Huo Qianli smiled and said, "It's okay. I don't really like lobsters. I prefer crabs."
"What's the point of eating crabs? There are crabs everywhere in the river! Let's eat something expensive! You officials don't have money, but I have plenty..."
"Brother Gang, you are drunk!" There was still a sober person behind him, who hurriedly nodded and bowed to Huo Qianli, then pushed Gu Gang out.
"Officer Huo, I'm leaving now. See you next time...Lobsters are expensive!"
Gu Gang had already walked out, and the surroundings were still quiet.
Huo Qianli smiled bitterly and looked at Zhao Fei, "It seems that we can't eat well here tonight. Pack up and eat at my house!"
Zhao Fei was naturally eager for this. In this round, Huo Qianli was almost certain to win. If he could have a good relationship with Huo Qianli, he would make a lot of money on this trip.
Unfortunately, there was no drinking with this midnight snack.
At twelve o'clock that night, Huo Qianli contacted Secretary Yan of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and together with Zhao Fei, the three of them held a short meeting together.
Secretary Yan was immediately excited after hearing what Zhao Fei said. "Qi Mingguang has always refused to explain himself, hoping for the best and resisting the organization's investigation. Now that we have these confessions, we will definitely be able to pry Qi Mingguang's mouth open!"
Huo Qianli nodded, looked at Secretary Yan, and said seriously: "Secretary Yan, we are not allowed to interfere in the next work. Can the Discipline Inspection Commission keep a close eye on this?"
Secretary Yan immediately stood up and said firmly in front of Zhao Fei: "Secretary Huo, don't worry, GA's comrades have done such a good job, and our Discipline Inspection Commission will definitely give the organization a satisfactory answer!"
There is no need to say much about what happened next. Secretary Yan passionately arranged further offensive against Qi Mingguang, while Huo Qianli and Zhao Fei walked out of the room.
The night was as dark as ink, and all windows on all sides were dark.
Zhao Fei said in a very low voice: "Secretary Huo, will Secretary Yan be able to help?"
With the precedent of Wu Siwei, Zhao Fei was like a frightened bird and dared not trust anyone except Huo Qianli.
Huo Qianli shook his head. "What I can be sure of is that Secretary Yan, who was transferred here three months before me, is not a core member of their group."
"But what if he's also been implicated? Or is the person over there also trying to get through to him?"
Zhao Fei was still a little worried that if Secretary Yan leaked the news in advance, the whole situation might change.
Huo Qianli chuckled and said, "There was a very popular movie two years ago called Let the Bullets Fly. Have you seen it?"
Although Zhao Fei was a little confused about why they were still talking about movies at this critical moment, out of "respect" for his leader, he still honestly said, "I've seen it. It's very good."
"There is a sentence in it that can answer your question just now."
"What?"
"They will help whoever wins."
Huo Qianli smiled and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, go back and have a good sleep."
.......
The next morning, Huo Qianli came to the office. Before he had even sat down for a while, Secretary Yan came over excitedly, "Secretary Huo! Qi Mingguang has given instructions!"
Huo Qianli stood up and said, "Come on, take me to see it."
Huo Qianli did not go to see Qi Mingguang, but went to Secretary Yan's office and watched the video of last night's interrogation.
In the room where the Discipline Inspection Commission was handling cases, the curtains were drawn tightly and the lights were bright. Qi Mingguang sat there dejectedly, with an untidy beard and a haggard look. He no longer had the swagger he had when he first met Huo Qianli at the entrance of Hushan Village.
He began, "I met Zhou Gui by chance, more than four years ago, almost five years ago. At that time, he came to my house to discuss business with a herbal medicine dealer. I was friends with that guy, so we had a drink together. He told me about his life in Qianfu Town. He was full of indignation and cursed a lot, but we didn't say much since we just met by chance. We didn't keep in touch after that drink."
"About a year later, he came again. He was originally here to look for my friend, but he happened to be seriously ill at the time, so he just found me. He thought I looked good and had some education, and I also had a cousin, so it was convenient to have one inside and one outside. Now that I think about it, he was probably afraid that finding someone who lived close by might cause trouble, so he deliberately looked for someone like me who lived far away."
"Zhou Gui said he had established connections with the town and the village and wanted to start a medicinal materials business. After I came here, I found that it was indeed the case. At that time, my cousin and Zhou Gui's subordinate named Liu Shuai were away, while Zhou Gui and I were inside Qianfu Town. We successfully supplied goods to the pharmaceutical factory at first, but gradually began to shortchange people and pass inferior goods off as good ones. As a result, the people sent by the two shareholders of the factory were not happy and said they would cancel our qualifications. The incident was quite a big deal at the time, and I almost backed out, thinking that if it didn't work out, it would be fine. After a few months, I had made some money. Zhou Gui told me not to panic."
At this point, Qi Mingguang looked at the investigators and asked, "Can you give me a cigarette?"
The case officer lit up a cigarette for him. Qi Mingguang took a deep breath with satisfaction and continued, "As a result, within a week, I heard that the town and the management committee were going to adjust the structure of the pharmaceutical factory, withdraw social capital in an orderly manner, and fully nationalize it. Then the two shareholders were out. It is said that they didn't lose much money. Although they made a little money, it was still far less than the profit of the pharmaceutical factory. But there is nothing we can do. The people should not fight against the officials!"
"But, perhaps because the incident was too ugly and had a bad social impact, the secretary was investigated not long after, and the director of the pharmaceutical factory was also imprisoned. The second time I thought about it, I just gave up, I had made a lot of money, enough for retirement. But Zhou Gui came to me again and said, don't worry, it's no problem. He also asked me if I wanted to be the director, and that I knew a little about Chinese medicinal materials, so it would be no problem for an outsider to do some research. I thought he was joking, so I said yes!"
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