From abandoned baby to CEO

After the conversation, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection found no wrongdoing on Vice Mayor Wang's part.

Sun Xue's words, however, further reinforced their impression of Zhang Jianguo.

The situation finally took a breakthrough a few days later.

After a thorough investigation of Zhang Jianguo's bank accounts, the investigators found nothing unusual.

However, during a thorough investigation of the bank accounts under his family members' names, it was unexpectedly discovered that his wife's account had received two transfers totaling 200,000 yuan several years ago.

Although the transfer amount was not large, the transfer record showed that the money was transferred from the developer who built the Chengtou office building to Zhang Jianguo's wife.

This unexpected discovery alerted the investigators.

In the letter of complaint sent by Sun Xue, she specifically mentioned that Zhang Jianguo and the retired former president of the city investment company received huge kickbacks in the construction project of the company's office building.

The investigators were also puzzled. Chengtou was a real estate company, so why would its own office building be constructed by another real estate company?

They felt there must be something fishy about this.

Following this lead, the investigation yielded a startling discovery: the vice president of the real estate company was actually the brother-in-law of the company's former president.

He was the one who took on the City Investment Office Building project, and he was also the one who wired money to Zhang Jianguo's wife.

The investigators immediately located the man named Bai Ning and took him to the police station for interrogation.

After several hours of interrogation, Bai Ning finally admitted that the money was a kickback he gave to Zhang Jianguo's wife to curry favor with her during the construction of the Chengtou office building.

He categorically denied the allegations made by investigators that he had bribed Zhang Jianguo and his uncle.

However, the investigators did not think so. Since he was willing to give 200,000 yuan to please Zhang Jianguo's wife, the amount of kickbacks he gave to Zhang Jianguo must have been even greater.

Subsequently, the investigators discovered a startling phenomenon during their further investigation.

Zhang Jianguo's wife's spending records over the past seven or eight years show that her annual personal consumption expenditures alone amount to hundreds of thousands of yuan, and sometimes even millions of yuan.

This money was mainly used for beauty treatments, purchasing various jewelry, designer bags, and luxury goods.

She also has a stock account, and she is a full-time housewife with no source of income.

Zhang Jianguo's annual income from the city investment company is only a little over 200,000 yuan, which is not even enough to cover his wife's annual expenses.

The question is, where does Zhang Jianguo's wife get the money for her astonishing annual spending?

Further investigation revealed that although Zhang Jianguo and his wife did not have large sums of money in their accounts, they owned two luxury homes and multiple properties in southern cities.

The cars they drive are also worth over a million yuan each.

Where did the money for these unexplained fixed assets come from?

The investigators thought of Zhang Jianguo's mistresses, Wang Yan and Pan Feifei. What they found out was shocking.

Wang Yan's account shows that her personal account has a transaction record of tens of millions of yuan in the past ten years, while Pan Feifei's personal account has also had a transaction record of tens of millions of yuan in recent years.

Some of this money was transferred to a mysterious account and company, while some was used to purchase gold bars, real estate, and other items...

Investigators concluded that Zhang Jianguo must have been using his two mistresses to launder money secretly.

The investigators decided to implement a "dual-track" approach against Zhang Jianguo.

When the police knocked on his office door, he calmly asked, "What do you want with me?"

The investigators said coldly, "We suspect that you embezzled and accepted bribes during your tenure at the city investment company. You need to come with us to the police station for investigation."

Zhang Jianguo remained completely unfazed. "Me, embezzle and accept bribes? You've got it wrong! That's utter nonsense! It must be some idle people maliciously slandering me!"

On the way to the police station, Zhang Jianguo kept defending himself, "Officer, I worked diligently during my years at the city investment company. I can say with my hand on my heart that I never did such a thing. You can investigate my personal accounts..."

The investigators remained silent.

They implemented the dual-track system against Zhang Jianguo precisely because they had a large amount of evidence.

Zhang Jianguo was arrogant and swore that he would hire a lawyer to punish those who framed him.

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When investigators questioned him about the multiple properties under his name, Zhang Jianguo confidently stated that these properties were his investments, purchased with his income over the years, money earned from stock trading, and money borrowed from relatives and friends.

He also flatly denied that Wang Yan and Pan Feifei were his lovers, and claimed to be completely unaware of the tens of millions of yuan in transactions in their accounts.

Regarding his wife's annual personal expenses, which amount to hundreds of thousands of yuan, he simply brushed it off:

"Don't laugh at me, but our relationship isn't good. We separated years ago, and I rarely ask about her affairs. She's involved in stock trading, and that money must have come from the stock market..."

During the interrogation, Zhang Jianguo remained calm and refused to admit that he had engaged in any embezzlement or bribery.

He even brazenly declared, "You can go to the city investment company and ask around to see what kind of leader I am! If I had these stains, would I still be able to work for the municipal safety supervision department? I'm innocent! Someone must be deliberately framing me! I'm going to have my lawyer help me seek justice!"

Zhang Jianguo refused to admit it, but the observant investigators noticed a hint of panic in his eyes.

During the interrogation, Zhang Jianguo repeatedly asked to smoke. In the five hours of the interrogation, Zhang Jianguo smoked nearly half a pack of cigarettes.

Unbeknownst to the investigators, Zhang Jianguo suffered from a heart attack. The intense interrogation, coupled with his high level of stress and fear, caused him to suddenly collapse from his chair just as the interrogation was about to end. His face turned ashen, startling the interrogators present.

The investigators quickly took Zhang Jianguo to the hospital.

After several hours of emergency treatment, Zhang Jianguo is now out of immediate danger.

However, he refused to answer any questions from the investigators, citing physical discomfort.

He lay on the hospital bed, his eyes unfocused, and remained silent no matter what the investigators said.

Meanwhile, investigators prepared to detain Zhang Jianguo's wife and interrogate her.

They then discovered that Zhang Jianguo's wife had gone on vacation to the south a week ago and had not returned.

The investigators rushed to the south overnight, traveling to several cities. After two days of investigation and search, they finally found her.

When the investigators, with the assistance of the hotel manager, opened the door to a luxury suite in a five-star hotel, an embarrassing scene unfolded before them.

The scene inside the room was appalling. Zhang Jianguo's wife, her eyes filled with panic, wrapped her naked upper body in a blanket, while lying next to her was a man who looked to be only about thirty years old.

Zhang Jianguo's wife was furious. "Who are you people? Why didn't you knock before barging into someone's room!"