After the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's reform meeting, Chen Qing and Tu Xindong arranged to meet at a small private restaurant. The restaurant owner was someone He Yuxiang had met years ago while selling goods. Regardless of whether he was reliable or not, at least he wasn't one of Liu Guangsheng's people, which guaranteed their privacy.

Tu Xindong was afraid that Director Chen would get involved in this mess, so he advised, "Director Chen, you have to be careful. Liu Guangsheng seems to have a lot of leverage over him, but he always has a way out. Besides... the machinery factory has little to do with you. Don't let anything happen to you because of this."

Chen Qing sighed helplessly: "I've always thought that way all these years. The machinery factory is just a place I used to work. What am I, a garment factory manager, doing getting involved so much? But now it's not a question of whether I want to get involved or not. It's that everyone wants to drag me down with them. I just want to protect myself."

"Really?"

Tu Xindong's eyes were filled with suspicion.

She always felt that Director Chen was up to no good.

Chen Qing shrugged innocently: "In your eyes, I seem like I'm a bad person, but I'm not."

Tu Xindong was helpless.

The director threw a tantrum and acted shamelessly.

But she still revealed all the evidence she had.

Simply put, Chen Qing was the person she trusted most.

He added at the end, "I can step in when it matters. I've already been to jail several times, so I can accept staying there for a while."

"Don't say anything discouraging. I'll let you know if anything happens." Chen Qing patted her shoulder: "Don't worry, you're a very important person to me. I won't let anything happen to you."

Tu Xindong looked up and met Director Chen's resolute gaze. His heart skipped a beat, and he wanted to say something, but ultimately swallowed it back: "Okay."

After obtaining the evidence, Chen Qing returned home, entered his study, locked the door, drew the curtains, and rapidly processed the information provided by Tu Xindong in his mind.

Misappropriation of 1.2 million yuan in technological upgrading funds, falsification of documents to bribe personnel leaders, and joint ventures with other leaders to resell land...

Each of these points is enough to bring Liu Guangsheng to her doom, but each one is also far-reaching, especially the last one, which involves a behemoth that she cannot confront directly at present.

Remembering what He Yuxiang had said, Liu Guangsheng sent people to patrol the vicinity of the warehouse and to prepare for the disposal of the abandoned warehouse.

This is a sign of guilt and defensiveness.

Chen Qing called a squadron leader from the city's fire brigade.

The squadron leader's parents, sister, and wife all work at the garment factory. They had not only met before during a fire safety inspection of the garment factory, but had also eaten together.

When the call connected, Li Jianhua was surprised that Factory Director Chen had called him.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chen Qing casually remarked, "The weather has been dry lately, so we need to pay more attention to fire safety in the old factories in our city, especially factories like Linhai Machinery Factory. They have many old factory buildings and miscellaneous material storage. I heard they've been cleaning up obsolete materials recently, so they need to be thoroughly inspected. Shouldn't your brigade arrange a surprise inspection? It's better to be prepared."

Li Jianhua was a sensible man. He knew that Chen Qing wouldn't bring up a specific factory for no reason, and this was a good opportunity for Chen Qing to owe him a favor. If handled properly, his younger brother and sister might be able to get jobs in the garment factory!

He immediately agreed: "Director Chen is right, safety in production is paramount. We'll make arrangements in the next couple of days to give special attention to the machinery factory."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Qing added some more information to Shen Yaopeng's side. He couldn't just let him sit on the sidelines forever, could he?

She picked up a pen and quickly wrote a few lines on a piece of paper. She did not sign her name and the content was extremely cryptic. She only mentioned that the flow of funds for the technological upgrading of the machinery factory was questionable and that there might be overseas connections. She also mentioned that there had been frequent changes in personnel files in the factory recently, which seemed to indicate something was wrong. She then put the paper into an ordinary envelope and tried to send it to Shen Yaopeng.

Finally, Chen Qing pondered how to use the evidence provided by Tu Xindong. Directly reporting it might alert the enemy and could easily be intercepted or downplayed at each stage of the process.

She needs to make other arrangements.

Chen Qing thought about the upcoming annual audit of the province's industrial system.

The audit team was directly dispatched by the provincial department and was relatively independent. However, the choice of who the section chief was was very important. A suitable person had to be found as a breakthrough point. Among them, Section Chief Yan was meticulous, not good at socializing, but stubborn and particularly sensitive to data issues.

Chen Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

He's the one!

*

In his anxiety, Shen Yaopeng received an anonymous letter that only revealed some problems at the Linhai Machinery Factory, such as funding for technological upgrades and its overseas connections.

Shen Yaopeng gasped. He didn't know if it was sent by Chen Qing, but if he didn't take action now, he would be in deep trouble if Liu Guangsheng was really brought down.

Shen Yaopeng's mind was about to explode. He sat up all night, still managing to pass the message directly to the audit team. After the message was passed out, he felt like he had aged several years. If Liu Guangsheng hadn't gotten into trouble, he would have been in deep trouble.

He really wanted to yell at Chen Qing, but if the letter wasn't written by Chen Qing, and Chen Qing found out, Chen Qing would curse him to death. Even if Chen Qing wrote it, Chen Qing would still curse him to death, saying, "I've already given you the information, and you still haven't investigated or tried to clean up your mess! What more do you want?!"

No matter how you calculate it.

They can't escape being scolded.

Let's just stop fighting.

Shen Yaopeng waited anxiously for the outcome of the investigation.

Two days later, Liu Guangsheng received a phone call from the fire brigade informing him that a surprise inspection was about to take place.

His face suddenly darkened. He had just given orders to clean up the abandoned warehouse when the fire inspection came. What a coincidence!

"Tell the warehouse that all special items must be completely moved tonight, leaving no trace! During the fire inspection, have someone follow them the entire time; write down what they look at and give a consistent answer to their questions!"

Liu Guangsheng gave the order sternly, his inner unease growing stronger.

The inspection came suddenly, but it was quite large-scale.

Two fire trucks were parked on the main road of the factory area. The uniformed personnel looked serious and headed straight for the material warehouse and key workshops.

In particular, the old warehouse where scrap materials were stored was thoroughly searched inside and out.

When Liu Guangsheng received the news, he was holding a teacup. His hand trembled almost imperceptibly, and a few drops of scalding tea splashed onto the back of his hand, but he seemed not to notice.

He immediately put on his signature warm smile and personally went to accompany the inspection, repeatedly saying, "It's my duty, it's my duty, safety comes first, thank you for your guidance..."

Inside the warehouse, the person in charge of guarding it was Liu Guangsheng's distant cousin. His face was deathly pale, his forehead was sweating, and his eyes were darting around.

When firefighters asked about the whereabouts and storage regulations of certain scrapped parts, he answered haltingly and looked at Liu Guangsheng several times.

Liu Guangsheng glanced at him with a gloomy look, a warning in his eyes, then smiled and tried to smooth things over, offering him a cigarette and attempting to steer the conversation towards the usual inspection of fire exits and fire extinguishers. (End of Chapter)