At eight o'clock the next morning, the morning light shone through the windows of the county government office, casting a few soft rays of light.

Li Lin arrived here early as usual.

At this time, two piles of documents were neatly stacked on his desk, which were the audit and inspection reports on Zhao's real estate.

Last night, Li Lin worked late into the night and reviewed the contents in detail.

Apart from common problems that are common in some projects, such as "non-standard bidding documents" and "non-standard engineering procedures", there are two problems that are particularly eye-catching.

First, in the road greening project, Zhao Real Estate falsely reported the project volume and actually increased the financial budget by 30 percent.

Second, the quality of the road and bridge construction projects did not meet the standards and posed serious safety hazards. The relevant report recommended rework and reconstruction.

Although Zhao Chengqiang's company issued a third-party inspection report, symbolically reduced the amount of work and resumed work on a small scale, and on the surface it seemed that the rectification was in place, Li Lin was very observant and saw through the trick at a glance.

The first road greening project cost nearly 70 million yuan, and the additional 30% fiscal investment came to 21 million yuan.

Moreover, this amount was not paid in multiple installments over the years as required, but was directly settled in full by the County Finance Bureau after the project was completed and accepted.

On the attached budget approval form, the instructions of "agree to pay" from the three county governors Ma Qingyuan, Wu Aiguo and Jiang Weihua were clearly visible.

The three county governors knew that direct payment was not in compliance with regulations but still signed the documents. This shows that Zhao Chengqiang put a lot of effort into these three people, and the extra 20 million yuan may have gone into their pockets.

Although this project has been completed over a year ago, if we can avoid improper interference from county leaders and allow the audit department to re-audit and recalculate, for this greening project alone, Zhao Chengqiang will not only have to replant saplings as agreed in the contract, but he will also have to return the 30% of the project payment that was falsely reported!

The second road construction project was even worse. If we take people to inspect it on site, we will definitely find many problems. According to the requirements, Zhao Chengqiang must rework and rebuild the project!

These two questions alone would make Zhao Chengqiang anxious for a while. He should "bleed" his company a little to wake him up!

While I was thinking like this, time quietly came to half past eight.

Zhao Chengqiang estimated that he had been waiting outside the door for a long time. When the time came, there was a knock on the office door.

Soon, Zhang Yupei led Zhao Chengqiang in.

As soon as Zhao Chengqiang stepped into the office, he walked quickly towards Li Lin in a familiar manner, stretched out his hand to shake hands with him, with a seemingly enthusiastic smile on his face.

Li Lin glanced over, as if he had caught a glimpse of an annoying mosquito, his eyes were cold and he simply ignored the hand he extended.

Zhao Chengqiang's hand was awkwardly suspended in the air. He stretched it out, and when he saw that Li Lin had no intention of responding, he reluctantly withdrew it slowly, still with a smile on his face, and said, "County Magistrate Li, you asked me to come here. Do you have any instructions?"

Li Lin lowered his head intentionally, his eyes falling on the audit report on the table.

Zhao Chengqiang followed Li Lin's gaze and saw a thick stack of audit and inspection reports on the table about Zhao Real Estate's undertaking of government projects. In an instant, his heart was shocked and it seemed as if his heart was in his throat.

Although Li Lin did not say anything, his serious and unsmiling expression, coupled with the report on the table, made his intention obvious - he was going to cause trouble for Zhao Chengqiang!

Zhao Chengqiang's pupils contracted sharply, but he still forced a bright smile on his face. He pretended that he didn't understand and grinned foolishly.

Li Lin did not let him sit down, so Zhao Chengqiang could only bend his body slightly and stand awkwardly in front of Li Lin, like a pug waiting for his master to give orders.

Li Lin looked stern and asked in a cold voice, "Don't you know why I called you here?"

Zhao Chengqiang forced a smile, shook his head, and said, "How can I guess what the leader is thinking?"

When he said this, his tone was gentle, but it clearly contained a hint of emotion that was hard to detect.

Especially the twitching corners of his eyes, which revealed his dissatisfaction with Li Lin without any concealment.

He thought to himself that as a wealthy businessman in the county, the county's economic development could not be achieved without the help of businessmen like them. However, Li Lin looked down on him and didn't even let him sit. This was clearly a humiliation to him!

Li Lin was keenly aware of his dissatisfaction, but did not take it to heart at all.

In Li Lin's eyes, a "vampire" like Zhao Chengqiang who sucked the blood of the county's finances was not worthy of being treated with courtesy in front of him!

He stood up slowly, and his tall figure just blocked the sunlight coming through the window. His ever-lengthening shadow completely enveloped Zhao Chengqiang's fat body that looked like a ball.

Zhao Chengqiang raised his head and looked up at Li Lin in front of him. In the dim light, he could not see Li Lin's expression clearly, but Zhao Chengqiang only felt an invisible and powerful pressure, like a mountain pressing down on his head, knocking him to the ground and making him unable to move.

Li Lin's eyes were like knives, and he said coldly, "Boss Zhao is so generous that he gave my driver a house right away. You acted so confidently about the bribery. It seems that you do this kind of thing a lot in your daily life, right?"

Zhao Chengqiang's heart trembled, and he opened his mouth slightly to defend himself, "County Magistrate Li, you misunderstood. I just sympathized with the difficult life of our public officials, and the preferential treatment was a little bigger. It was not bribery as you said."

Li Lin's eyes were sharp as a torch, and he asked coldly, "Then why don't you give preferential treatment to sanitation workers? Why don't you give preferential treatment to ordinary people? Is their life easy?"

"This..." Zhao Chengqiang was stunned for a moment, speechless and unable to respond.

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