Wu Naijin nodded and said, "I know. I even had a meal with her before. Her name is Zhu Haiying, and she has a good relationship with the county head …"
Li Ruixin's head shook violently. It was her. Oh my god, it really was her. Previously, the boss had a meal with Fang Qingyun, and there was Zhu Haiying during the meal. At that time, the boss's main purpose was to recommend Zhu Haiying to Fang Qingyun and let Fang Qingyun take care of Zhu Haiying's business. Fang Qingyun also agreed and said that as long as there was a project in the county that Zhu Haiying could take on, she would be given to her to handle. This included the road infrastructure project along the Fairy River. Since such a big project was given to her, then it wasn't surprising that she was given the task of handling the two disaster stricken villages. What was surprising was that Zhu Haiying's company actually tricked the village officials into installing the high-pole lights. Wasn't this too much? Was it Zhu Haiying's idea, or was it her subordinate's idea?
"No, this matter has already involved the boss. We have to investigate it as soon as possible and report it to the boss. Otherwise, he might be implicated by this matter!"
Li Rui said to Wu Naijin, "Director Wu, I'll have to trouble you to investigate it as soon as possible. Find out how much kickbacks Zhang Fulai and the others received and who urged them to install the lighthouse. I'll stay here and wait for the news."
Wu Naijin said, "Okay, I'll speed up. Please wait a moment." As he spoke, he instructed his subordinates to invite Li Rui and the others into the house to drink tea and wait.
Ten minutes later, Jiupo Town's Party Secretary Li Yulan arrived with the mayor and the town's disciplinary committee secretary. The three of them, along with Wu Naijin, organized a court hearing. Xishan Village's Party Secretary Zhang Fulai and the village director couldn't withstand the pressure from the four leaders and quickly confessed the truth.
Just as Li Rui had expected, Zhang Fulai and the village director had received kickbacks. First, when the Haiying Municipal Engineering Company was in the process of doing road work for Xishan Village, a young and beautiful saleswoman in the company took the initiative to find Zhang Fulai and Li Shiqiang to sell the high-pole lighting lamp to them. Although Xishan Village was an extremely poor village, since the flood last year, it had repeatedly received special financial funds and relief funds from the provincial, county, and provincial governments. Some time ago, it had also received special post-disaster reconstruction funds from the provincial government. All in all, the total amount was around 100,000 RMB. It could be considered a small capital. Even so, Zhang Fulai and Li Shiyu didn't dare to spend it recklessly. They didn't dare to take out a huge sum of money like 32,000 RMB to install lights that were completely useless.
However, the saleswoman had a glib tongue. She helped Zhang Fulai and Wu Naijin find a lot of excuses for the installation, including the so-called "convenience" that Zhang Fulai had just fooled Li Rui and Wu Naijin. She also said that this was a political achievement project for the village, and promised that as long as Zhang Fulai and Wu Naijin agreed to the installation, Hai Ying Company would give the two village leaders a rebate of 2,000 RMB each.
At first, Zhang Fulai and Li Shiyu weren't willing to agree to the installation. On one hand, the expenditure was indeed too high. On the other hand, they didn't get any benefits. Since that was the case, why would they do such a good thing that would harm themselves and benefit others? But now, it was different. Now, each of them could get a rebate of 2,000 RMB, and they could also create a political achievement project. Why not? Thus, they readily agreed.
Then, the two signed the project contract with the beautiful saleswoman. They asked the village accountant to take out 32,000 RMB and give it to her. After the saleswoman received the contract payment, she also gave the two of them a rebate of 2,000 RMB as agreed. A few days later, the high-pole lighting lamp was erected in the courtyard of the two village committee members. After that, there were some curious villagers who questioned the use of the lighthouse, but they were all perfunctorily dismissed by Zhang Fulai and Li Shiyu with the same set of excuses … If it wasn't for Li Rui's sudden arrival today, the inside story of this matter would never have been uncovered.
After Wu Naijin, Li Yulan, and the other two explained the situation to Li Rui, Wu Naijin asked Li Rui what they should do about this matter.
Li Rui thought about it and asked the Jiupo Town leaders represented by Li Yulan to deal with Zhang Fulai and Li Shiyu in accordance with the laws and regulations. At the same time, they would also remove the high-pole lighting lamp. Of course, the poverty-stricken village adjacent to Xishan Village wouldn't be able to escape and would also receive the same treatment.
After that, Li Rui didn't have time to talk privately with Li Yulan and hurriedly called his boss, Song Chaoyang, to report this matter.
After hearing this, Song Chaoyang was furious. He reluctantly supported Zhu Haiying's development because of his friendship with her. For this reason, he didn't hesitate to put down his face and ask his old classmate, Fang Qingyun, to help take care of her. Fang Qingyun had indeed arranged a lot of projects for Zhu Haiying's municipal engineering company in Shuanghe County, including all the projects related to the "VIP Society", poverty alleviation, and post-disaster reconstruction in Jiupo Town. As long as Zhu Haiying was down-to-earth and diligent in her work, she would accumulate reputation and strength little by little. Sooner or later, she would develop and expand. Even if she didn't earn much at the beginning, she would definitely receive rolling in money in the future. Who would have thought that she wasn't satisfied with accepting so many projects and even had the idea to target the poverty-stricken villages. She even used underhanded means to bribe the village officials in order to obtain unjust wealth. This had buried endless political risks for him, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. This was simply unbearable!
He said to Li Rui, "Xiao Rui, you did a good job with this matter. Among the people around me, only you are good. They wholeheartedly want what's best for me. Unlike some people, who don't know what's her surname when you give her some sunshine. She only cares about her own fortune and doesn't think about others at all. I will talk to her about this matter. The two lighthouses will be demolished first. Later, she will send someone to clean them up. The money will also have to be returned to the village. "
Li Rui said, "The responsibility may not necessarily be on Sister Zhu. Perhaps that saleswoman acted on her own in order to earn a commission. Boss, please don't be angry. Other than this problem, the results of the inspection are not bad. I will lead the team back to the city first. "
Song Chaoyang said, "Okay, tell the driver to drive slowly. There's no need to rush. Let's hang up."
After hanging up the phone, Song Chaoyang immediately called Zhu Haiying. Now that he had calmed down, he also suspected that he had misunderstood. Perhaps this matter was not Zhu Haiying's intention at all. It was the saleswoman who did it herself and had nothing to do with her. If that was the case, he would have wronged a good person by scolding her. Therefore, when the call was connected, he did not say anything first. Instead, he pretended to miss Zhu Haiying and chatted with her for a while.
Seeing that the conversation was getting heated, Song Chaoyang asked in a roundabout way, "How's the project in Shuanghe County going? It's mainly the road project in the two poor villages that were hit hard by the disaster last year. That's the face of those two poor villages. During the CEO meeting this time, the provincial leaders and other city leaders will go over to visit. "
Zhu Haiying said, "It's pretty good. The county has already checked and approved it. You can go and take a look now. You definitely won't dare to admit it. Compared to before, it's like two different villages, hehe. "
Song Chaoyang probed, "There's no problem with the labor and materials, right? For example, the quality of the roads. Don't let the roads be full of potholes after a few days. Also, the quality of the street lamps. Don't let the bulbs stop working after a few days. Don't screw up during the VIP meeting. "
Zhu Haiying smiled and said, "Do I still need you to personally instruct me on this? I definitely won't embarrass you. Don't worry. The roads in the village are paved with asphalt, which can withstand the sun and rolling. The street lamps are solar-powered and LED bulbs. They can last for a few years, hehe. "
Song Chaoyang said, "That's good. Then I can rest assured. Haiying, let me tell you, when you start your business, don't think about making money first. Build your reputation first. With me and Qingyun taking care of you, do you still have to worry about not having any projects in the future? But you have to build your reputation first. "
Zhu Haiying said, "Yes, yes. I know, I know. You don't have to repeat it. You've already said it a few times. I didn't make much money from this project. "
Song Chaoyang chuckled and asked, "How much money did you make if you didn't make much money?"
Zhu Haiying smiled embarrassedly and said, "The two poor villages only had a total of 400,000 yuan for the road project related to me. How much do you think I made? It's just a few tens of thousands of yuan for hard work. "
Song Chaoyang asked, "How much did you make from the street lamps?"
Zhu Haiying said, "The street lamps didn't make much money. I calculated that it was only about 10,000 yuan."
Song Chaoyang asked again, "How much did you make from the two tall lighthouses?"
Zhu Haiying didn't realize that this was a trap. She was already used to answering his questions. When she heard his question, she subconsciously answered, "Those two made a little more. That is … Eh, how did you know that I installed two tall lighthouses?"
When Song Chaoyang heard this, he knew that Zhu Haiying knew about this. Since she knew, it was naturally not the saleswoman who made the decision on her own. His heart ached. He suppressed his anger and asked coldly, "Why did you install tall lighthouses for the poor villages?"
At this moment, Zhu Haiying made another mistake. She didn't realize that Song Chaoyang's tone was wrong. She only thought that it was a simple question and answered without thinking, "Oh, it was the village's two committee cadres who requested it. We installed it for them."
Song Chaoyang sneered in his heart. This woman was quite clever. She knew that she had pushed all the blame to the two poor village cadres in Xishan Village. She also knew that if she told the truth, he would definitely scold her. He said, "Haiying, I'll give you a chance now. Tell me the truth. Was it your idea to install the lighthouses or was it your subordinate's idea? Did you think that this project wouldn't make much money, so you wanted to install two more lighthouses to make more money? "
Zhu Haiying asked in surprise, "Chaoyang, why do you say that? What truth do you need? I'm telling the truth. "
Song Chaoyang said coldly, "The truth? The truth is that your company's saleswoman took the initiative to bribe the two poor village cadres. She used 2,000 yuan to forcefully promote the tall lighthouses that the village didn't need. You sold one tall lighthouse for 32,000 yuan. After taking out 4,000 yuan as a commission, you still have 28,000 yuan left. The profit should be at least half, right? Two lighthouses can make 30,000 yuan. It's really profitable. Hmph! "
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