Chapter 378
The day the procuratorate and police arrived at Dongfang Factory, the entire factory was in an uproar!
No one expected that Yang, the deputy factory director who usually appeared low-key, gentle, kind and amiable, would actually embezzle public funds from the factory and accept bribes in private!
Yang Zhiping, the son of Deputy Factory Director Yang, even set up a shell company to illegally embezzle and launder hundreds of thousands of yuan of public funds from the factory under the guise of purchasing raw materials!
Even more concerning, the two foreign-invested enterprises that were the subject of much discussion recently, the American and Japanese, were allegedly bribed by Yang Zhiping to collude with him to short-sell the factory's assets. This constitutes a serious crime involving the leakage of information concerning the safety of national and people's assets.
Deputy Factory Director Yang and Yang Zhiping were taken away by the city's procuratorate for investigation that same day.
When the father and son were put into the police and prosecutor's vehicle, many workers from the factory came to watch and pointed at them.
Yang Zhiping's face was gloomy. He couldn't understand why Ji Xingguo, that old bastard, could see through his meticulous and foolproof plan.
In order to lower Ji Xingguo's guard and continue to sign a contract with the remaining investor, he even went to great lengths to make it seem legitimate. He actually sent 850,000 yuan from his shell company to the finance department of the Oriental Factory so that they could confirm that the cooperation was indeed a legitimate procedure.
Yang Zhiping also knew how to play the long game.
He has paid 850,000 yuan now, and once they take over the factory, they will be able to get back several times that amount of 850,000 yuan.
Although, this 850,000 is all the money he could get through various underhanded means.
But often a scam works like this: you only need to let the victim taste the first sweetness, and that's enough.
Yang Zhiping didn't believe that Ji Xingguo would have any more suspicions after seeing the 850,000 yuan that had been deposited into his account.
He was very certain because his father, Yang Changhua, knew Ji Xingguo very well.
Yang Changhua said that Ji Xingguo was a man who always did things in a proper and upright manner. He respected others and reciprocated with equal respect.
As long as their people show sincerity in raising funds, Ji Xingguo will be able to handle the rest.
That's how it was in his past life. Under the double act of the Yang family father and son, Ji Xingguo trusted the Yang family father and son without a doubt.
It wasn't until the very end, when the factory underwent a complete upheaval and the true colors of the Yang family were fully revealed, that Ji Xingguo regretted his poor judgment in judging people and being deceived by his most trusted deputy.
But this time, with Ji Wanmei behind the scenes providing strategic advice and guidance to her father, Ji Xingguo will no longer fall for the Yang family's deception.
Yang Changhua, after all, is an experienced and shrewd man.
Even when he was escorted into a police car belonging to the public security and procuratorate authorities, he did not appear very flustered.
Yang Changhua even considered using the tactic of immediately pleading his innocence and turning the tables on Ji Xingguo by spreading public suspicion.
As he was being escorted out of the factory, he cried out in despair, "I'm innocent! I'm innocent! Ji Xingguo, I've been loyal to you my whole life. Now that you're about to retire and I might take your place, you've started to hold a grudge against me. You're deliberately trying to frame me!"
Ji Xingguo, his face grim and expressionless, coldly said, "Take those words and tell them to the supervisory department."
The factory workers and some junior managers were all baffled; it all happened so suddenly.
Yes, that's true. Yang Zhiping was young and impetuous, and he was a bit too high-profile at the factory. His previous affair with that girlfriend also caused quite a stir and was very ugly.
Moreover, ever since he went to Guangzhou for a year or two to attract foreign investment, he has become unusually unrealistic and seems to look down on the other ordinary workers in the factory.
People also have a lot of opinions about Yang Zhiping. They say in private that he only got his position because of his father, Deputy Factory Director Yang.
However, when it comes to Deputy Factory Director Yang, there's basically nothing to say.
Yang Changhua is a man of deep cunning and a master of disguise. He is incredibly shrewd and cautious in his dealings with people, leaving no room for error.
Apart from two trusted confidants, he would never entrust any other matter to anyone else that might leave behind incriminating evidence.
He usually kept a low profile at the factory, knowing that he was just a deputy factory director. No matter what, he always remembered to never show off in front of Ji Xingguo and to always put Ji Xingguo's opinion first.
He gets along very well with the managers, technicians, and even the most ordinary frontline workers.
Such an old fox would never leave anyone with any reason to criticize him.
So when everyone suddenly saw that Deputy Factory Director Yang had been arrested and interrogated by the procuratorate, they were still somewhat incredulous.
At times like these, it's crucial to prevent the morale of the factory workers from collapsing.
Ji Xingguo was the first to speak out.
"The factory's cooperation with the two foreign companies has been ordered to be suspended. In the next few days, someone from above will come down to investigate. It has not affected our production department, so the workers in the production department should continue to do their jobs."
"Don't believe the rumors outside. The final determination of this matter will be based on the results of the procuratorial department. As for what crimes Deputy Factory Director Yang and Section Chief Yang committed, I believe the public security and procuratorial departments will release a result soon. At that time, the truth will naturally come to light."
One worker panicked and asked, "Then, factory manager, does this mean our factory's cooperation with the foreign company is going to fall through?"
Ji Xingguo said, "There is now evidence that the two foreign companies introduced by Section Chief Yang had problems with their signing representatives and funding. If the investigation confirms this, then it will definitely be impossible to continue attracting investment."
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