Chapter 189: Disguised Corruption and Bribery
While Gao Yuliang and Qi Tongwei, the master and apprentice, were discussing investment promotion, another prominent figure at Handong University, Hou Liangping, also officially embarked on the fast track of development. He was appointed as the director of the Luzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Although he has not yet been appointed deputy mayor due to qualifications issues, the path has been opened and Hou Liangping's development momentum is catching up with Qi Tongwei.
Since following Zhao Xiaohui, Hou Liangping's career path has been very smooth. He has made great progress step by step and has never missed a step.
Take the position of Director of Luzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau for example. The competition was quite fierce, but in the end it was won by Hou Liangping, who had the least experience.
Hou Liangping has been in a very good mood these days. He has finally made it. As long as he stays in the position of Public Security Bureau director for more than half a year, he will be able to smoothly take over as deputy mayor.
In this way, he caught up with Qi Tongwei in terms of rank.
Of course, he also paid a lot for this job as the Public Security Bureau chief. He stayed with Zhao Xiaohui for three whole days without leaving the room.
Zhao Xiaohui had something to do today, so Hou Liangping was finally able to go home. He almost ran away.
If he stayed any longer, he felt that he would die on the bed or on Zhao Xiaohui's belly.
"Hou Liangping, you're going too far. I don't care what happens between you and Zhao Xiaohui, but can you please take a shower before going home so that I don't smell the disgusting odor?" Liang Lu said angrily with a frown.
In fact, Hou Liangping still had the scent of Zhao Xiaohui's perfume and the scent of their lovemaking on him.
Hou Liangping raised his head and looked at Liang Lu, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he raised his voice and said, "Don't meddle in my affairs. If your old man hadn't had problems, would I have gone against my conscience to serve Miss Zhao Xiaohui?
It's all your father's fault. It has nothing to do with me. I had no choice."
"Hou Liangping, you are so heartless!
If it weren't for my dad, your father would have had an accident. If it weren't for my father, you wouldn't have a job now. Now you want to cross the river and burn the bridge." Liang Lu was so angry that she was shaking all over, pointing at Hou Liangping's nose and cursing.
Hou Liangping sneered and said, "Humph, so what if you cross the river and then destroy the bridge? Do you think I don't know why you married me in the first place?
It's because you like Qi Tongwei but can't get him, so you chose me as a second choice. I'm just your spare tire."
Speaking of Qi Tongwei, Hou Liangping felt uncomfortable all over. The farm boy who he looked down upon in the past has now married the daughter of the provincial party secretary and his career is also smooth sailing.
But he had to deal with two old women. Zhao Xiaohui was never satisfied with that kind of thing, which led to him taking medicine at a young age, which was far inferior to his peers.
"you……"
"Liang Lu, I don't want to waste time talking to you. You think I am willing to serve Zhao Xiaohui, but I have no choice." After saying that, Hou Liangping turned and walked into the bathroom, leaving Liang Lu alone in the living room in a daze. She didn't expect Hou Liangping to be so heartless.
At this moment Liang Lu thought of Qi Tongwei. How great it would be if she married Qi Tongwei. Life wouldn't be as messy as it is now.
In the bathroom, Hou Liangping was rubbing the dirt off his body, but his heart was burning with joy. After all these years of hard work, he finally came into Zhao Lichun's sight and was highly valued by him.
He must seize this opportunity to catch up with Qi Tongwei.
Qi Tongwei didn't know Hou Liangping's current situation. He hadn't paid attention to him for a long time. He only knew that he was now Zhao Xiaohui's plaything.
After leaving Gao Yuliang's office, An Xin came to him to report Chen Tai's investigation results.
"Sit down and tell me what we have gained from Gao Qiqiang."
"Secretary Qi, Gao Qiqiang sent a message that Chen Tai's background is Huang Yanjun. In addition, there are people from Chen Tai in the housing, transportation, environmental protection and other units. These people are collectively called friends by Chen Tai. The specific list is unknown." An Xin reported in a low voice.
"Do you know how Chen Tai dragged these people into this?" Qi Tongwei asked.
An Xin shook her head and said, "I don't know, Gao Qiqiang hasn't discovered it yet.
However, he discovered a strange phenomenon. According to the accounts, Chen Tai often spent a lot of money to buy cultural relics and calligraphy and paintings, but he could not find the whereabouts of these cultural relics and calligraphy and paintings either in the company or at Chen Tai’s home.
"Calligraphy and paintings?" When Qi Tongwei heard this word, his brows frowned slightly, and an incident that happened in his previous life suddenly emerged in his mind.
I remember when I was the director of the Public Security Bureau, my cousin once brought a boss to him for help and gave him a fake calligraphy and painting.
The painting was obviously a replica, but the key point was that it came with an invoice and receipt from a cultural relics store for 5000 yuan, and the buyer was named Qi Tongwei.
He never charges money for doing things for his fellow villagers, and if someone comes without paying, he will probably do the job for them.
For the sake of his cousin, he accepted the worthless calligraphy and painting, but after the people left, he casually threw the painting into the study.
About a week later, his cousin came to him again to take back the calligraphy and painting, claiming that there was an auction that needed the painting and that experts would come to authenticate these collectibles, calligraphy and paintings.
Qi Tongwei was very puzzled because the calligraphy and painting that the boss gave him was so ordinary that even he could tell it was a fake and there was no need to authenticate it.
But my cousin seemed a little mysterious. He didn't say much and took the painting away directly.
The next day, his cousin handed him a bank card with 200 million yuan in it! In addition, there were also relevant transaction records, appraisal records, and tax payment certificates.
My cousin told me that I could spend the money without worrying about it. No matter how I investigated, it turned out that I had just spent 5000 yuan in an antique shop on a whim and made 200 million yuan by picking up a bargain.
That incident left a deep impression on Qi Tongwei. It made him realize that there was such a way to bribe with gifts. Could it be that Chen Tai also used this method?
"What's wrong with Secretary Qi?" An Xin asked in confusion.
Qi Tongwei shook his head and said nothing. It was obvious that Chen Tai was using this method to bribe people, and the difficulty of the investigation increased sharply.
This is not just corruption, but a corrupt industry. It involves not just Chen Tai, there should be many people across the country who use this method.
In his previous life, he was very curious after receiving 200 million yuan and was ready to investigate. Later, he found out that the auction house actually had backgrounds of overseas Chinese and Hong Kong businessmen.
In addition, that was a critical moment for him to take office as deputy director, so he did not do anything unnecessary.
From then on, he focused on Shanshui Manor and forgot about this matter. Unexpectedly, he encountered the same problem again in this life.
After sending An Xin away, Qi Tongwei thought for a long time but still didn't know how to break the deadlock.
Qi Tongwei sat on the sofa, frowning, thinking about how to find those officials who accepted bribes through cultural relics.
His first thought was to check the tax department for a list of officials who paid taxes on cultural relics, but he quickly rejected this idea.
Because he guessed that the auction company would never leave such a big loophole, they should pay taxes uniformly and give the selling officials a tax payment certificate.
In this way, only the tax payment information of the auction company can be found in the tax system, while the information of the officials may not be found.
Moreover, it is also a question whether these officials have paid personal income tax.
After much deliberation, Qi Tongwei decided to investigate the personal income tax situation of public officials across the country through the tax system.
If we find any huge taxpayers, we should pay special attention to them.
Even if no evidence can be found now, if it is discovered in the future that some officials are making money from cultural relics, they can be punished according to the tax law.
In fact, Qi Tongwei knew clearly in his heart that this matter must be carried out in secret and no one must be informed of it. Once it was exposed, the consequences would be something he could not bear.
With his current position, he is unable to touch upon such sensitive matters.
After thinking for a long time, Qi Tongwei still couldn't come up with a perfect solution.
In the end, he could only put the matter aside for the time being and wait for the National Day holiday to end before looking for other ways to break the deadlock.