What Li Cheng said seemed to make a lot of sense. Even President Hou felt that Li Cheng really cared about others and was dedicated to doing things for them.
But she felt she couldn't help Li Cheng. It was obvious that the houses had all been divided up. Besides, single people weren't given houses.
But Li Cheng told her that there were houses, not only that, there were quite a lot of them!
President Hou was confused and wondered why he didn't know there was a house.
In fact, it was normal for her not to know. She was not Director Pi who was in charge of real estate, so how could she know how many houses the bank had.
However, Li Cheng knew that this was all thanks to Director Pi, who had actually revealed the city branch's financial situation while boasting at the dinner table.
Li Chengdu had visited those places. It was estimated that there weren't many people working at the bank back then, so the city branch had built some housing in scattered locations.
There was one place that was larger, consisting of two buildings, while the others were either a single unit in a building or a few households within it.
Later, the city branch began to build houses in a centralized manner, and the residents living in those scattered places gradually moved into the new houses. The vacant houses became collective dormitories.
Later, as more and more houses were built, even the dormitories were moved to newer houses, which became vacant.
Later on, these houses were forgotten and only existed in the accounts of the Infrastructure Department, but few people asked about them.
Look, this is a unit that has no shortage of housing, so people don’t care what happens to these idle houses.
But Li Cheng knew what the current situation of these houses was. When Li Cheng told President Hou about these houses and their current situation, he was even more shocked.
She never expected that those houses would be treated like that.
So, when Li Cheng once again asked her to take advantage of her acquaintance with the two disciplinary inspection officers of the provincial branch to meet with them and explain the real problem, President Hou agreed immediately.
Don't forget that President Hou came from a disciplinary inspection background. Before she became the branch president, she had a talk with Li Cheng as part of her duties!
As for how to meet the two disciplinary inspectors, that was much simpler. Li Cheng concluded that the bigwigs from the city branch would host a banquet for them. As for where, the most likely choice was the city's most upscale Pengfei Hotel.
So, Li Cheng asked Zhang Dahe to wait in the Pengfei Hotel. Zhang Dahe was very good at this kind of thing, which is why when Li Cheng and President Hou arrived at the Pengfei Hotel, Zhang Dahe came out to greet them.
The room card Zhang Dahe gave Li Cheng was for another room. After entering the room, President Hou started making an internal call.
Although President Hou already knew who was coming, she was not sure whether the two people would see her so late.
The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered. So President Hou called the number in another room.
This time, the call was answered quickly. However, when the person on the other end heard it was a female voice, he said, "I don't need it," and then hung up.
President Hou was a little embarrassed, and then he made another call.
This time, after the call was connected, President Hou handed the microphone to Li Cheng.
Li Cheng took the phone and said, "Hello, Director Sun, it's our President Hou who wants to see you."
There was no movement on the other end of the phone, as if Director Sun was in a daze.
Li Cheng held the microphone and waited quietly. After a while, the person on the other end of the phone said, "I'm not Director Sun."
Li Cheng was stunned for a moment. President Hou also heard the voice on the microphone. She was about to speak when Li Cheng said, "Oh, sorry, are you Director Yang? Maybe we got the wrong room. Director Yang, our President Hou is right next to us. Would you mind speaking to her?"
Director Yang must have drunk a bit too much. He calmed down for a moment before saying, "Oh, come here."
Li Cheng quickly handed the microphone to President Hou, who had been listening closely. President Hou took the microphone and said, "Director Yang, I'm Xiao Hou. Do you remember me?"
Seeing the middle-aged President Hou calling himself the Young Hou, Li Cheng almost laughed out loud. But this was not the time to laugh, so Li Cheng leaned in close to the microphone and listened.
The person on the other end of the phone said, "Remember, remember, a few years ago we went to the south to handle a case together. What was the name of that thing you ate? It smelled so bad, like eating shit------"
Li Cheng quickly moved aside, thinking that it would be better for him not to listen to some things.
President Hou smiled and said, "That's a durian. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. It's like shit------"
The two of them chatted for a bit, and while Director Yang was in high spirits, President Hou said, "Look, I have something important to report to you two leaders. Could you and Director Sun come over? We're in Room 1110."
Director Yang said, "Okay, I'll call Old Sun to go with me right away------"
After learning that the two were coming, Li Cheng hurried to make tea. After the tea was brewed, Li Cheng took another look at the fruit snacks that Zhang Dahe had prepared, thinking that it would be enough for them to eat for the night.
Facts proved that Li Cheng's preparations were indeed correct. The two men, forced to drink heavily by the city branch staff, vomited after returning to their rooms. The things Li Cheng prepared for them were indeed very much to their liking.
The four of them sat together and talked for more than two hours. The two of them took notes while eating, and before they knew it, they had written two full pages.
After Li Cheng and President Hou finished what they wanted to say, the two of them looked at the things on the paper and began to feel troubled.
According to the rules, they would not tell President Hou what they were investigating, but President Hou already knew they were there for the retirees' complaint letters.
But what President Hou and Li Cheng told them was something even more serious than the lawsuit filed by the retirees.
This put them in a difficult position. They were from the provincial branch, and the provincial and municipal branches were like father and son. If the son made a small mistake, the father would naturally warn him, and maybe even give him a few gentle spankings.
But if my son commits a serious offense, does he really have to tie him up, hang him up, and beat him half to death?
Li Cheng and President Hou both noticed their embarrassment. Li Cheng glanced at President Hou, suggesting that if he told them about this, they would be in trouble.
President Hou had done what they did before, so she naturally understood how they felt. So, she smiled and said, "I'm not reporting this to the two leaders because I'm not expecting the provincial branch to hold them accountable. After all, if the city branch's head of staff knew about this, he'd be in a difficult position."
When Director Yang heard her say this, he asked in surprise, "Then what does President Hou mean by telling us these things?"
President Hou glanced at Li Cheng and said, "Let Li Cheng from our branch speak. He can explain it more clearly."
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