Chapter 250: Baihe Corruption (Part 2)
The two of them took the elevator to the basement, and Jiang Ningyue said, "The car is parked a bit far away. Sister, why don't you wait here for me?"
"No, just take a few steps."
Li Chunyan waved her hand casually, and the two of them strolled from the elevator to the parking space. After getting in the car, Li Chunyan looked around and said, "Your Mercedes is nice. How much did you buy it for?"
"The original price was two million, right? My friend gave it to me as a gift, but a while ago, Tao Yu from the Second Cadre Department told me that leading cadres can't borrow cars for long periods of time. If I keep driving it, I'll have to buy it. So I bought it for 500,000."
"Oh, 500,000 is quite worth it."
Li Chunyan nodded. "It consumes quite a lot of fuel, doesn't it?"
"It's okay."
Jiang Ningyue said casually, "On a normal basis, I fill up my tank once every two weeks if I'm commuting."
As the car drove out of the basement, Jiang Ningyue asked, "Are we going back to the compound?"
"No."
Li Chunyan waved her hand, "What do you usually eat at home?"
Jiang Ningyue was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Of course, she couldn't say ramen or braised chicken, so she could only pick one of the dishes she often ate that Li Chunyan could accept.
"It's the little restaurant downstairs from my house."
"Is it tasty?"
"It's Haizhou cuisine, and it tastes quite authentic."
Jiang Ningyue replied, "But their restaurant is very small, with only seven or eight tables. I've been there a few times, and it's become a popular check-in spot. I always order food from him, and they deliver it to my home."
"Okay, just order a few."
After saying that, Jiang Ningyue immediately called the boss to order food.
After returning home, Jiang Ningyue immediately took out a pair of slippers and placed them in front of Li Chunyan. Li Chunyan put on the shoes and looked around. "Your house is nice. How big is it?"
"230?"
Jiang Ningyue hung Li Chunyan's clothes at the door, and then hung up her bag. "I don't know the details, but Gu Meng bought it."
"oh."
Li Chunyan said helplessly, "I said, you have made so much money, how come you can't even afford a house?"
“It’s not worth buying a house now.”
Jiang Ningyue continued to promote her ideas. Although there was no epidemic in the world, the decline of the real estate industry was already visible. "I estimate that in two years, housing prices will plummet. First-tier cities will be fine, but third- and fourth-tier cities may even see prices cut in half."
"Yeah." Li Chunyan, as a provincial party committee leader, nodded upon hearing Jiang Ningyue's words. "Local governments have indeed relied too much on land taxes in recent years, but there's nothing we can do about it. After all, even the top leaders have to deliver results!"
As the two were talking, the doorbell rang and the community security guard brought the takeaway upstairs.
After saying thank you twice, Jiang Ningyue picked up the lunch box and placed it on the dining table. She unpacked it and then took out plates, bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen. Li Chunyan was confused, "What's this for?"
“Putting it on a plate gives you a sense of ritual that it’s not just takeout.”
Li Chunyan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
But Jiang Ningyue did have a point. After being placed on a beautiful plate, it did look much more pleasing to the eye than the takeout packaging. Li Chunyan picked up a piece with chopsticks and nodded, "It's really good, authentic."
The two ate and chatted, and Li Chunyan occasionally reminisced about the past, "My happiest time was when I bought an 'umbrella cake' with my friends and shared it with two or three of us. Have you ever had it?"
Jiang Ningyue blinked and quickly shook her head, "I've never heard of it."
"You check it out."
Jiang Ningyue searched for a while and showed it to Li Chunyan. Li Chunyan smiled and said:
"That's it. It must have been 50 cents each, which was a huge sum of money for me back then! There were also those boxed lunches at the entrance of the alley, which cost one yuan each. I can still vaguely smell the meatballs inside them when I talk about them now."
"Didn't the capital have KFCs back then?"
"Yes." Li Chunyan smiled, "Back then it was a high-end Western restaurant, and adults only took us to eat there once on birthdays."
Jiang Ningyue was a little unconvinced, "Sister, your family should be well off, right?"
"The conditions are good, and we have enough food and drink, but forget about anything else. After all, I have many brothers and sisters! I have three brothers and one sister. My grandfather has a high salary, but he hardly ever takes any of it. He gives it all away, either to support his former comrades or donate it."
Li Chunyan smiled and said, "But the conditions were average at the time. Only those in enterprises might have better conditions. So, everyone was willing to go to the enterprises."
The two chatted about family matters and the meal lasted until around eight o'clock in the evening. Li Chunyan said, "Okay, show me your evidence."
"oh."
Jiang Ningyue returned to the study, took out her laptop, turned it on, and plugged in the external hard drive. "Sister, this is the evidence we collected during our interviews about the corruption of Baihe City Mayor Xia Baohua."
Li Chunyan carefully reviewed the evidence and nodded. "The evidence is sufficient. We'll have no problem apprehending this guy. But, you're about to question the government. Why are you bringing this out now? What's going on?"
"Hehe." Jiang Ningyue smiled shyly after hearing this. "Sister, I want to ask the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission to take Xia Baohua away during the live broadcast of the question-and-answer session."
"You're so bold!"
Li Chunyan pretended to hit her, frightening Jiang Ningyue so much that she quickly took a few steps away from her. "Live broadcast of arresting a mayor—do you know how big of a deal that would have?"
Jiang Ningyue defended herself, "It's because of the big impact and the big effect!"
"Will I be arrested if I appear on your show in the future?"
"No, no, I just want to catch this one."
"You're still working for the Discipline Inspection Commission."
Li Chunyan teased and picked up the external hard drive, "Who else knows what's inside this?"
"No more." Jiang Ningyue shook her head. "What they knew was scattered. I collected and integrated it all together."
"Yeah. Keep it confidential."
Li Chunyan nodded, "Okay, take me back."
"Sis, this program is going to be aired on the 15th. If we want to launch an investigation, we have to hurry up."
"You still care about me."
Li Chunyan said sarcastically, "Please send me home quickly. I don't want to stay at your house anymore. Who knows what problems you might cause me."
"That's not a problem at all."
After sending Li Chunyan home, Jiang Ningyue called Mr. A and Mr. B on the way back to inquire about the progress of the filming. Both of them had also finished filming and uncovered a lot of corruption issues in Baihe City.
Jiang Ningyue sighed, Baihe City is simply a den of corrupt officials. She was not surprised that Qingfeng could find problems. It was really impressive that Mr. A and Mr. B could find problems with just a casual investigation.
The information of both people was also sent to Jiang Ningyue via a mobile hard drive, but it has not yet arrived at Jiang Ningyue's community.
The next morning, Jiang Ningyue opened the information after receiving it and found that the content was extremely rich. She planned to organize it a little bit, send one copy to the TV station and one copy to her colleagues in the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
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