Qi Tongwei is a shrewd and calculating person, while Hou Liangping is a dedicated and devoted person

Under Hou Liangping's coercion and inducement, Li Wei finally told the truth.

He is not the secretary of the general manager of Handong Oil and Gas at all.

Just a small business owner.

The reason I came to see Zhao Ruilong was about the food city.

Crescent Lake Food City is definitely an extremely profitable project.

In the early stage, it was infrastructure construction, and many construction companies found Zhao Ruilong, wanting to get a piece of the pie.

The later stage is operating income, which is more profitable.

Because news had already spread that this would become a landmark attraction in Luzhou.

It is managed by the Luzhou Municipal Construction Committee and relies on official background to build a food city on the lake.

Many people also noticed this and took the initiative to approach Zhao Ruilong to do some projects.

Even if you try to get a few stores first and then sublease them, it is a business that is sure to make money.

But Zhao Ruilong is obviously greedy.

His main goal is to get something for nothing.

He is not planning to allocate the construction funds to the construction unit.

The proposal is to use store fees to offset project costs.

In other words, the money used to build the house is from the construction unit, which then earns the money back by renting out shops.

In short, Zhao Ruilong didn't touch a penny of his money.

Many large construction units don’t care, after all, their strength is there.

Small construction units will be in trouble as this will greatly occupy their cash flow.

However, due to fear of Zhao Ruilong's power, he had no choice but to do it.

Then there are some stalls.

Basically, all of these are decided by Zhao Ruilong alone.

I came to Zhao Ruilong myself to "reserve" some stalls.

This stall of two or three square meters costs 5 yuan.

This is not rent, it's just a kickback to Zhao Ruilong.

"So how many stalls are there?" asked Hou Liangping.

"For such a large place, it depends on how much Zhao Ruilong can divide it into. At least several hundred, maybe more, perhaps even thousands."

"If one is 50,000, then one thousand would be 50 million?" Hou Liangping was stunned.

In the 1990s, this was an astronomical figure!

"Fifty thousand yuan! How long will it take you to make your money back?" Hou Liangping asked again.

"Don't underestimate a stall. In the Jingzhou night market, a snack stall can easily make 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a year. I don't do it myself, but for my sister-in-law. Even if I'm helping her find a job, it's not easy to find a job with 50,000 yuan now."

Hou Liangping and Chen Hai fell into deep thought.

This is just the last industry in the food city.

This is a huge amount of income.

It was beyond the two people's understanding.

No wonder the Zhao family has been eyeing this Feng Shui treasure land.

This is a veritable treasure trove!

Hou Liangping's eyes turned and he suddenly thought of something.

"Li Wei, is the 50,000 yuan in the ward yours?"

Li Wei smiled bitterly and did not answer.

It seems that the 50,000 yuan has been wasted.

But I can't just admit that this is my money.

If he admitted it, wouldn't that be considered as confession of bribery?

"Do you want the money back?" Hou Liangping continued to test.

"Brother Hou, please stop trying to trick me. It's useless to talk too much. It's all fate!"

"Li Wei, you need to tell me the truth. I can help you arrange for a visit to the hospital, and I can also help you get your money back!"

Li Wei looked at Hou Liangping and didn't dare to respond.

"There are hundreds of stalls, all wanting to send gifts, why are you the only one giving money in the ward? Do you have a special relationship with Zhao Ruilong?"

"Brother Hou, you think too highly of me. For small bosses like us, what special relationships do we have? It is precisely because we have no relationships that we pay directly with cash. Others who have good relationships will just transfer the money directly through bank transfers."

"Then you gave the money, Zhao Ruilong wouldn't be unaware of it, right?"

"No, he carries an account book with him and records the accounts directly," Li Wei replied.

This is a very important clue, as long as we get the account book and bank statements.

Zhao Ruilong will definitely not be able to escape.

"Okay, I promise you, Director Chen will arrange the hospitalization of your relatives. I will help you get the 50,000 yuan back."

The reason why Hou Liangping is confident.

Because he knew that the money was a hot potato.

It is now kept in a safe at the hospital.

The hospital has been eager to take action.

Now you just need to go through a procedure yourself to get it done.

Through this investigation, it is now basically confirmed.

Zhao Ruilong is the big boss behind the Food City.

All the land that is still under development has been sold.

I have to say that Zhao Ruilong is absolutely a genius when it comes to making money.

But didn’t he think about the risks?

In case something goes wrong in any link.

Isn't this all a waste of time?

Zhao Ruilong's actions once again refreshed Hou Liangping's cognition.

It seems that we really cannot speculate on the behavior patterns of these second-generation officials based on conventional thinking.

Speaking of the second generation of officials, he looked at Chen Hai beside him.

Now they are good friends again.

After all, since they are not in the same unit, there is no competition.

As a second-generation official, perhaps Chen Hai would have some good ideas.

"Monkey, don't you realize there is an extremely crucial issue here?" Chen Hai asked.

"This is a project waiting to be developed. Why do everyone think that Zhao Ruilong is the boss and has the final say?"

This question hits the point.

Their eyes were fixed on Li Wei.

Throw the problem to Li Wei.

"Why are you looking at me? I don't know. Everyone said that Zhao Ruilong should be found for this matter, so you came here?"

"Yeah? Why should we look for him? Could it be that he has legally obtained the right to develop and use the land?" Hou Liangping pretended to be thinking carefully.

"Monkey, you are so stupid. What do you mean by legal? Isn't this just for Zhao Lichun's relationship?"

"What do you mean?" Hou Liangping was a little confused.

"This has nothing to do with Zhao Ruilong. This is aimed at Zhao Lichun! It's aimed at the power in his hands!"

"Li Wei, let me ask you, did you send the money too late?" Chen Hai asked again.

"It's a bit late! Others sent it several months ago."

"Isn't this clear? At that time, there were rumors that Zhao Lichun was going to be elected as a provincial standing committee member. Everyone was going here for this!"

Chen Hai's explanation still left Hou Liangping confused.

Hou Liangping used his investigative mindset to try to find clues to the crime.

But Chen Hai has an official mindset. Clues or not, it doesn't matter. This is the monetization of power.

We need to find the real boss behind the scenes through the flow of power.

"So what should we do next?" Hou Liangping asked.

"What should we do? This is not an investigation of a case, this is an investigation of a person! The person to be investigated is Zhao Lichun!"

"Haizi, I am confused by what you said. Is there any difference between investigating a case and investigating a person?"

Chen Hai gave a sly smile.

"Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me, if you want to send Zhao Lichun and Zhao Ruilong to jail, what do you think we should do?"

"We don't have to do anything. Just wait until someone asks you to check!"

The kind-hearted Chen Hai has already said this.

It was obvious that Hou Liangping should not investigate it for the time being.

Corruption cases are different from traditional criminal cases.

There are too many people and too many things involved.

Someone has to make the final decision.

But the naive Hou Liangping didn't understand at all.

He wants to pursue a "pure" justice.

Now that we have found the clues, we must investigate them thoroughly!

Hou Liangping neither believes in evil nor believes in it.

Those who don't believe are evil.

I believe that I am destined to be unlucky.

Destined to work alone.