Chapter 328: Problems in Huaxing City (2)
Li Chunyan calmed down and said slowly: "In the past, when Secretary Shen held meetings, he often publicly praised Huaxing City's economic development and asked all prefecture-level cities to follow Huaxing City's example and learn from Huaxing's advanced experience."
“What goes up comes down.”
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "If the higher-ups like this, then naturally the lower-ups will also try to gain advantage from it."
Li Chunyan suddenly asked, "Xiaoyue, you're not going to release this news on 'Questioning Haizhou', are you?"
"Well, why not?"
Jiang Ningyue asked back.
"If this news gets out, it will be a heavy blow to Huaxing City's investment attraction, and even to the entire Haizhou!" Li Chunyan muttered to herself, "Even if Zhao Heping has this determination, does the newcomer Xu Zhaolin have it?"
"It shouldn't matter, right?"
Jiang Ningyue asked curiously, "This incident didn't happen during his term. I'm actually helping him by doing this. Besides, at most I've just brought Huaxing City back to its original state, which isn't a serious blow."
"Maybe."
Li Chunyan nodded slightly. "It's better to squeeze out some of the water. Sun Peisen has been leading the charge, and the atmosphere in Haizhou Province has become bad. Fraud and deception are rampant."
While the two were chatting, Luo Xuan knocked on the door and came in. "Minister, Secretary Heping has work arrangements for the whole day."
"Um……"
Li Chunyan was silent for a few seconds. "Well, ask Secretary Heping's secretary if I can visit him at his home tonight."
"OK."
Luo Xuan didn't dare to refuse and hurried to make another phone call.
If it weren't for the urgency of the matter, Li Chunyan wouldn't have wanted to go to Zhao Heping's house to complain to him. However, if they wanted to thoroughly investigate this matter, it wouldn't be done in a day or two. Even if Jiang Ningyue provided evidence and information from relevant units, the relevant departments would still have to verify them one by one.
"Sister, we can't let the Statistics Bureau know about this in advance," Jiang Ningyue said quickly. "If the Statistics Bureau knows, won't the whole province know about it?"
Li Chunyan looked at Jiang Ningyue with a half-smile, "Are you still thinking about the live broadcast?"
"Ah!" Jiang Ningyue nodded. "Not only am I thinking about the live broadcast, I'm also thinking about catching the municipal party secretary on the set of 'Questioning Haizhou'!"
“Hehehe…”
Li Chunyan smiled and nodded. "Okay, okay. But it's not going to be so easy for the municipal party secretary to participate in 'Questioning Haizhou'! After all, according to the rules, the mayor is responsible for the operation of the government."
Jiang Ningyue was also worried about this matter. "Yes! Sister, give me some advice."
"You want to expose the truth yourself, but you ask me to give you some advice..."
Li Chunyan smiled and said, "Okay, I have an idea. Invite Xu Zhaolin to attend. If he's there, then you don't have to call, Sun Peisen will come on his own."
“That makes sense!”
Jiang Ningyue's eyes lit up, "I'll try calling Secretary Wang later."
"Don't be impatient when things happen."
Li Chunyan smiled and said, "Wait until Secretary Heping confirms it, then you can call and invite him."
"good."
Jiang Ningyue nodded.
At this time, Luo Xuan knocked on the door again and came in, "Minister, Secretary Heping invites you to dinner tonight."
"good."
Li Chunyan smiled and nodded, then turned to look at Jiang Ningyue. "Then you can stay here with me if you have nothing to do. Tonight, the two of us sisters will go to Secretary Heping's house."
"OK."
Jiang Ningyue nodded.
After work that evening, Jiang Ningyue drove Li Chunyan back to the provincial party committee's residential compound. Secretary Heping's villa was larger than Li Chunyan's. Standing at the door, Jiang Ningyue thought for a moment before opening the trunk and pulling out a gift box of liquor, a gift box of tea, and a gift box of facial masks.
Li Chunyan smiled but did not stop him.
After the two entered, Zhao Heping personally stood up to greet them as a sign of respect. Seeing the large and small bags in Jiang Ningyue's hands, Zhao Heping frowned slightly, but said nothing.
"Minister Chunyan, Xiao Jiang, you've arrived just in time."
The three of them went to the dining table and sat down. Jiang Ningyue took out a bottle of wine from the gift box and said, "Secretary Heping, this is medicinal wine. It's good for your health."
As he said that, he opened the bottle and poured a glass for Secretary Heping first.
Zhao Heping chuckled and nodded, but he didn't refuse. He didn't talk about business, but chatted for a while. After taking a sip of wine, Zhao Heping's eyes lit up.
"This wine is indeed good."
Jiang Ningyue smiled secretly. How could it be bad if it was produced by the system?
"If you like, I'll bring you a few more boxes later."
Zhao Heping smiled and said, "This wine isn't cheap, is it?"
Jiang Ningyue said, "It's homemade, so there's no price."
Zhao Heping picked up the bottle, glanced at the packaging, and nodded slightly. "Which prefecture-level city are you investigating this time on 'Questioning Haizhou'?"
"Huaxing City."
Jiang Ningyue quickly said, "This time, during the investigation of Huaxing City, we discovered a serious problem with inflated GDP. Huaxing City's GDP in 2021 was 1.1 trillion yuan, but this figure was clearly false. After investigation, it was found that most companies within the jurisdiction of Huaxing City were required to inflate their revenue by two or three times. Some companies reported the actual figures, but had them inflated to three or four times as much."
Zhao Heping nodded after hearing this. "So, what is the real GDP figure for Huaxing City?"
"About 400 billion."
"So much difference?"
Zhao Heping, who was holding the chopsticks, was so shocked that the piece of meat he had just picked up fell back onto the plate. "How dare Huaxing City do this!"
Li Chunyan also lamented, "Yes! When I was the Party Secretary of Gulin City, I heard that Huaxing City's GDP was significantly inflated. But that was the prevailing trend at the time. All prefecture-level cities across the province also inflated their figures to make them look good. The resulting impact was very negative, and Haizhou Province was shrouded in the perverse trend of 'officials producing figures, and figures producing officials.'"
Jiang Ningyue added, "The Huaxing Municipal Government is fabricating fraudulent figures to create a short-term 'halo' of achievements for officials, but the lives of the people in Huaxing are in tatters. Limited fiscal revenue is being used for superficial projects, while the real pressing needs of the people are being ignored."
Zhao Heping nodded. "This problem is extremely serious, and this trend must be curbed. Government achievements must stand up to public scrutiny, and development must prioritize the well-being of the people. Only in this way can the city's future avoid being lost in the fog of false prosperity."
Li Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "So, Secretary Heping, shouldn't we make this public? It will serve as a warning to the public and deter those officials in the province who engage in fraud."
"certainly."
Zhao Heping nodded and said, "This situation must be dealt with seriously. Since they have no shame, there's no need to save their face."
Jiang Ningyue smiled immediately after hearing this. Zhao Heping said this, which meant that he agreed to ask questions on this issue. The first request was successful, and then Jiang Ningyue made the second request.
"Secretary Heping, I'm planning to invite Huaxing Municipal Party Committee Secretary Sun Peisen to attend the July episode of 'Questioning Haizhou'."
How could Zhao Heping not understand that this little girl was thinking of arresting someone during the live broadcast again.
When she agreed to arrest the then-Baihe mayor after the live broadcast, she had played a "pantomime" on herself. However, the effect was still good. At least officials across the province are now taking environmental issues very seriously.
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