Chapter 212: Breaking the Sky "Who dares to mess with me, Qincheng or Yancheng...
Chapter 212 The Sky is Broken
"Ding-ling, ding-ling..."
"Dad, the phone~" Little Four held the mobile phone in both hands and handed it forward, and Little Five also helped. The mobile phone was really too heavy, and it was quite difficult for a child to hold it.
Yan Jiuru took it back and said, "Thank you, my dears."
"Hello, it's me."
"...Um?"
Chen Yin sat in the passenger seat and watched the man's face change from calm to on the verge of rage in a matter of seconds.
What phone call made Minister Yan so abnormal?
Little Four and Little Five also felt their father's anger and were so frightened that they fell silent, not knowing if they had made a mistake by handling the phone.
Chen Yin turned back to reassure the children, "It's okay. Just sit tight and don't get too close to the door."
There are many children in their family and they are very naughty. Yan Jiuru had already installed safety locks on all the car doors, but Chen Yin still felt that it was more important to develop good habits.
There are very few locks like this nowadays. What if the children get in someone else’s car?
Yan Jiuru had finished the call and looked confused.
Seeing that he was still staring at the car and people not far away, Chen Yin couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"
Yan Jiuru handed the phone to Chen Yin and explained briefly, "In a nearby township, some villagers went to a wood ear mushroom farm invested by overseas Chinese to cause trouble. Most of the wood ear mushrooms, which cost over 2 million yuan, were blocked from being transported and are now rotting on the piles and in the fields.
An overseas Chinese businessman was injured in the conflict, and his secretary secretly called abroad for help. The message was relayed back to China, and it turned out to be a call from the Ministry of Public Security.
this. . . . . .
Chen Yin was also speechless.
"Okay, let's clean up our own mess first. Let Lao Xiao take care of these people here."
With his wife and children in the car, Yan Jiuru was not so careless as to drive while talking on the phone, so he handed the phone to Chen Yin, turned the steering wheel, and drove the jeep straight out of the market.
Chen Yin took the phone and dialed Lao Xiao's number, reporting the location, the number of people on the other side, the license plate number and other information.
Chen Yin is basically familiar with all of Yan Jiuru's social relationships, except those that require confidentiality. Conversely, Yan Jiuru is also familiar with all of Chen Yin's social interactions.
This is true unity between husband and wife.
Chen Yin then called the driver Xiao Zhang. She guessed that the man was in a hurry to do work and would have to leave in a hurry when he got back.
Sure enough, as soon as the jeep arrived home, Xiao Zhang was already waiting there in his Red Star sedan.
"Go to the Ministry of Public Security." Yan Jiuru gestured to Chen Yin and got in the car and left.
***
On the way to the Ministry of Public Security, Yan Jiuru called Secretary Song and said, "An overseas Chinese businessman who invested in wood ear cultivation was obstructed and injured by local villagers in Wanjiang City. Please contact the local authorities immediately to find out the situation."
When we arrived at the Ministry of Public Security, Assistant Minister Guo Yuanchao was walking around anxiously.
Hearing footsteps, he looked up suddenly: "Oh, Minister Yan, you are finally here."
"Guo Zhu, what's going on? I'm completely confused."
It was not convenient to go into details over the phone, and he only heard the general idea, and the rest was made up by his own imagination.
Guo Yuanchao pulled him and said, "Come here, come here and talk."
The two entered an office.
The attendant on duty beside the phone stood up hurriedly: "Assistant Guo, Minister Yan."
Guo Yuanchao stretched out his hand, "Where are the phone records?"
The attendant hurriedly found a piece of recording paper and handed it to him.
"Come here, take a look at this yourself first." Assistant Guo handed the record paper directly to Yan Jiuru and went out to do other things.
Yan Jiuru knew that they were very busy, but he didn't feel ignored. He took the records and walked to the window to look at them.
The full page contained a report from the local Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce, conveyed by the economic counselor of a certain embassy or consulate abroad, stating that during the harvest season, the truck of overseas Chinese businessman Mr. Liang, in whose plantation he had invested more than 2 million yuan, was surrounded by villagers. Upon hearing the news, Mr. Liang went to deal with the matter and was injured in the conflict.
Mr. Liang now feels that his personal safety is threatened and his millions of investment is at risk of being wasted.
The following are mostly expressions of anger and dissatisfaction and calls for stopping all investment projects of overseas Chinese businessmen in the country in the mainland.
It does not specify why the conflict occurred.
If this kind of incident follows normal procedures, it can generally be resolved by the municipal public security organs and the city's foreign economic and trade departments.
But now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been alerted first, and the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Public Security has been sent out. It is reasonable for him, the head of the Ministry of Commerce, to be called in to handle the follow-up.
After all, the Ministry of Commerce is the legal leader in foreign economic disputes.
***
The records include the mobile phone number of overseas Chinese businessman Mr. Liang, as well as the numbers of his assistant and secretary.
Yan Jiuru called Secretary Song again: "Who is on duty at the department today?"
Secretary Song had just finished a few phone calls and said hurriedly, "Vice Minister Wang, who is in charge of the Foreign Investment Department, is on duty today. Xiao Shen is in our office. I just notified Xiao Li and I'm on my way to the office too."
No matter their rank, these cadres must report to work immediately if something happens, even if they are on vacation.
Yan Jiuru said 'hmm', "I'll send a fax back later. After you receive it, try to contact the overseas Chinese businessman to understand the actual situation and obtain first-hand information. Please pay attention to the other party's safety."
"Okay Minister, I understand."
Yan Jiuru had just finished his call when Assistant Guo came in to report the progress: "We've contacted the other party's mobile phone. The head bruise is not a big deal, but the arm may be broken. The village chief is afraid of loss of life and has brought the person to the village committee. The other party is resisting and dissatisfied."
Yan Jiuru frowned. Bringing the people into the village committee was protection in a nice way, but on the other hand it could also be said to be "trapped", especially for the frightened people.
He didn't even use the word house arrest because that would imply something bigger.
"Where are we now?"
Assistant Guo said sternly, "We've instructed the Deputy Director of the Wanjiang Municipal Bureau to lead a team to the local area to rescue the suspect. We must ensure their safety. The provincial department will follow shortly."
The person in question bypassed the county and city public security organs and directly called for help from abroad. How embarrassed the local public security organs must have been.
"Didn't the subordinates report according to the regulations?" Yan Jiuru flicked the records in his hand.
This is what Guo Yuanchao is angry about: "The city said it didn't receive the report from the county. Now the question is whether the county and township knew about it but didn't report it, or whether they didn't know about it."
Not to mention the public security and government agencies, even their foreign trade and economic cooperation department did not receive the news in advance.
Under normal circumstances, if economic disputes arise in foreign investment, the Ministry of Commerce has a set of statutory procedures with a 48-hour response. Generally, the county-level foreign trade departments involved must report to the municipal-level competent department within 2 hours of the incident, and the municipal-level units must report to the province within 24 hours. The provincial-level foreign trade and economic cooperation departments must report to the Ministry of Commerce within 48 hours.
Now that people have been injured, especially an investment boss has been beaten, whether it is an accidental injury or something else, the process cannot be carried out step by step, and the emergency plan must be activated.
Before Yan Jiuru even walked out of the Ministry of Public Security, he received another call from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Although he had just received the news, the diplomatic department had already asked about the progress.
***
In the Ministry of Commerce office building.
Deputy Minister Wang and his two secretaries arrived one after another, and Secretary Song quickly introduced the current situation to them.
Seeing Yan Jiuru hurried in, everyone greeted him:
"minister!"
"Hello, Minister!"
"Hello, Minister!"
Yan Jiuru nodded in response and invited everyone into his office to talk.
Xiao Shen was on duty today. He was the secretary in charge of translation. He didn't expect to encounter this incident. Apart from serving tea and water and answering the phone, he couldn't help much else.
Deputy Minister Wang waved his hand and refused. There were many things that needed to be arranged, so how could he dare to sit there and drink tea?
Don’t you see that the minister is still busy?
The other two secretaries, who were still a little confused, didn't even dare to sit down. They just stood by and took notes and followed orders at any time.
Yan Jiuru sat down and called Li Zhonghua, saying, "Contact the Exit-Entry Administration to verify the identity of the overseas Chinese businessman; maintain communication with the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
He tapped the table lightly, pondered for a moment, and said to Vice Minister Wang, "Old Wang, is this company registered at the Wanjiang municipal level or the provincial level? Please verify the company's detailed investment situation."
Deputy Minister Wang gave a look and the secretary next to him immediately ran over to check.
Yan Jiuru said: "Also, please arrange for someone to contact the Foreign Affairs Office in Wanjiang, and ask them to work with the public security organs to arrange for the best tertiary hospital.
If overseas Chinese businessmen are involved in injury assessment, strict procedures must be followed and no human interference in the assessment results is allowed.
Once discovered, the highest penalty will be imposed.”
"OK."
Vice Minister Wang stood up and went back to his office to work.
***
Currently, investments of less than US$3 million only require registration and review at the municipal level, while investments between US$3 million and US$8 million require registration and review at the provincial level, and only those exceeding US$8 million will be reported to the ministry.
Fortunately, with the support of Yan Jiuru, the Ministry of Commerce has already implemented electronic informationization, and these can be checked in the computer system.
It is much more convenient than paper registration.
Everyone's hands were busy.
Yan Jiuru picked up the phone and dialed: "Lao Ling, there's something urgent at the department. Can you come back?"
Lao Ling is in charge of the Law and Regulations Department. Although we haven't reached this stage yet, it is necessary to prepare in advance.
Instructions were issued one after another from the Ministry of Commerce, and the corresponding subordinate departments also urgently ended their weekend breaks and rushed to their respective offices to deal with the matter.
We can still hear Vice Minister Wang’s roar from this side.
Yan Jiuru strolled over at his leisure and saw Vice Minister Wang with one hand on his hips, yelling into the phone: "I don't care what you do, before 8 o'clock in the evening, the heads of foreign trade and economic cooperation at the municipal and provincial levels must report the situation of this incident to the ministry.
If you cheat, Lao Pu, there are plenty of people who want your position!"
Yan Jiuru walked over with his hands behind his back and added sinisterly, "Whoever dares to mess with me, Qincheng, Yancheng, or Tilanqiao, there must be a suitable one!"
As soon as the words fell, the air in the office froze for a few seconds.
Qincheng Prison is directly under the Ministry of Public Security, and inmates there are high-ranking officials at the provincial and ministerial level or above, or prisoners endangering national security;
Yancheng Prison is directly under the Ministry of Justice, and its inmates are all those who have committed crimes at the bureau or department level or economic crimes;
Tilanqiao Prison is known as the branch of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Anyone who comes out of there is either a financial tycoon or a financial expert, and there are also many overseas returnees.
Falsifying accounts is considered too low a standard here, and any criminal is worth at least a small target.
It can be said that those with insufficient official rank or too low means are not worthy of entering these places. However, once you are in, it is not enough to work on the sewing machine, but the more uncomfortable thing is that you have to receive a "visit" every now and then, and be judged by others as a warning.
In essence, it is no different from watching a giant macaque.
If your mentality is not good enough, most people really can't handle it.
***
As the saying goes, there is always a brave man when there is a big reward.
The same thing can be said: when one's position may be at risk, one can unleash unprecedented potential.
Just then, at around six o'clock in the evening, the situation report from the province arrived.
First came a few pages of fax, followed by a telephone report from Director Yu of the Provincial Department of Foreign Economic and Trade Cooperation.
Yan Jiuru was looking at the fax while having information from other channels at hand, and put the phone on speakerphone.
"...Mr. Liang Xianzong was an overseas Chinese businessman from Malaysia who ran a dry goods business. He met Liang Dafa, a native of Qi County who was also doing small business in Malaysia. After talking with him, they discovered that their ancestors were all from Pingba, Shahe Township, Qi County.
Although the village has changed, the local accent remains.
Liang Xianzong's dry goods business was doing well. Liang Dafa learned that he had some spare money, so he invited him back to his hometown to invest.
Because Liang Dafa knew that many local governments in China gave commissions for attracting investment.
The commission in Qi County is 2.5% of the investment amount. In other words, if he can persuade Liang Xianzong to invest one million US dollars, Liang Dafa can get a commission of 25,000 US dollars.
This makes money much faster than the hard work he did in Malaysia doing small business.
I won't go into the details during this period, but after Liang Xianzong visited his ancestral home, the Qi County Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department and the Shahe Township Government were very enthusiastic and promised many conditions. Finally, under the leadership of the township government, they invested one million US dollars in Pingba Village to establish the Xiangqing Wood Ear Cultivation Farm.
An additional one million US dollars was subsequently added.
“This project was very successful in its early stages and is considered a relatively well-known project locally.
The $2 million investment in the Xiangqing Wood Ear Farm includes a ten-year land use fee signed with the village, as well as mountain timber felling fees, factory buildings, equipment, mushroom strains, etc.
In addition, it was agreed that the villagers would be hired to plant and harvest the crops and would be paid 150 yuan per month.
Now the basic salary of workers in the county town is only about 200 yuan, and some factories cannot even pay their wages.
In general, after the Xiangqing Wood Ear Farm was built, the local villagers were very happy to have extra income, but as the efficiency of the wood ear farm became better and better, the locals became jealous.
Let me put it this way, at first he was jealous and stole wood ear mushrooms from the wood ear farm. After being fired, he held a grudge and started to cause trouble.
"The Xiangqing wood ear mushroom farm was experiencing either water or power outages. The power outages in particular forced the farm to move its expensive drying equipment imported from West Germany to other locations to avoid further losses.
The manager hired by the Xiangqing Wood Ear Farm has reported the problem to the local public security organs and foreign trade and economic authorities many times, but with little effect.
Even many daring villagers have set up their own small fungus farms, which are full of infected fungus segments stolen from other people’s hometown fungus farms. They don’t manage them, because no matter how much they collect, it’s all for free.
Go steal when the wood ear mushrooms are used up.
What they did made the name "homesickness" seem so ridiculous.
The police can do nothing about this.
The Xiangqing wood ear farm covers an area of hundreds of acres. It is impossible for the police to watch the farm every day. Once the police leave, the villagers will continue to steal.
The security guards in the factory are all hired from the village. How good it sounded at the beginning, how terrible it is now.
Because the security guards simply turned a blind eye.
If the security guard is punished in the field, others will follow suit and steal.
Anyway, such a large wood ear mushroom farm is right here and can’t be moved away. What can you do?
Later, the village simply refused to recognize the contract that was originally signed and wanted to go back on its word.
The lawsuit was brought to the county level, and with the coordination of relevant departments, the contract between the township and the village was changed to five years.
However, the villagers did not restrain themselves, but became even more excessive and even began to block the trucks that were used to collect wood ear mushrooms.
There were tolls, bridge fees, and all kinds of other charges. I was stopped more than a dozen times before I even left Pingba, and I had to pay a toll every time.
But the fungus must be transported out for drying as soon as possible, otherwise it will rot and the loss will be even greater.
Both the director and Liang Xianzong endured it.
“…Unexpectedly, this time the villagers started to escalate and demanded that the trucks must buy their wood ear mushrooms at the same price, otherwise they would not let them pass even if they paid.
Their so-called small wood ear farms simply cannot meet export requirements, let alone be mixed with export-quality products.”
The fellow villagers who were so enthusiastic that made people cry have completely changed their faces and made people grit their teeth.
If the delay is extended by one hour, the damage to the goods will be calculated in tens of thousands of yuan.
"The conflict occurred yesterday morning. Liang Xianzong didn't know who had attacked him. Only eight trucks escaped, and two were still unable to leave. Because the village was closed to the public, the provincial, municipal, and even county governments didn't get any news."
Yan Jiuru shook his head when he heard this. What's the difference between this and a village bully?!
Some places are poor because of lack of resources, while some places are poor because of lack of morals.
Those without virtue will not be blessed by their ancestors.
A place without virtue will not be blessed with wealth.
“Since there has been a long-standing dispute between the villagers and the Xiangqing Wood Ear Farm, and the county hasn’t reported it to the city or the province?
I don't believe the city didn't hear about this."
Director Yu said stubbornly, "The investment in the Xiangqing Wood Ear Farm was made by the local township itself, and the investment performance is considered the township's, not the city's... Therefore, general economic disputes are mediated and handled by the township, with assistance from the county..."
Yan Jiuru sneered a few times when he heard this: "Listen everyone, Director Yu is doing a lump sum of responsibilities. Is it true that whoever benefits, bears the responsibility?
The city and provincial governments didn't get any commission from the investment, so when something goes wrong, they're also turning a blind eye?!"
Director Yu swallowed hard. Even if the minister dared to say it, he didn't dare to admit it.
Although everyone is doing this to solicit investments and get commissions, it is not compliant after all and cannot be said openly.
But this time the matter has been exposed, and no one wants to take the blame, so they can only bite the bullet and come up with this excuse.
***
Yan Jiuru leaned back in his chair with his arms folded, and sneered coldly, "I don't know when attracting investment became a matter of dividing the pie?
So... whoever takes the benefits is responsible, and no one cares whether they can afford it or not! "
"Two deputy ministers, may I ask who made this rule?
Could it be that the organization and I have entrusted you with important tasks over the past two years, and this is all you've given us in return?"
Vice Minister Wang remained silent.
Deputy Minister Ling... clenched his fist.
The others... lowered their heads, their eyes darting around.
Yan Jiuru looked at everyone for a while and said, "This case must be treated as a typical example!
Lao Ling, you will take the lead in forming a joint investigation team with other departments, and Lao Wang will assist you.
I hope to have the group set up by noon tomorrow and set off before afternoon!
Thoroughly investigate all illegal and disorderly activities in attracting investment.
Regardless of who condoned it, or if it was tacitly agreed to it, or what, you must spit out what you ate and hand over what you took. No matter the amount, no leniency will be shown!
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