I just joined the inspection department, and the whole country is in a panic.

Upon returning to his work station, Peng Weizhong immediately gathered his team.

"Yang Wen, you're in charge of collecting information on over 50 million yuan in tenders in Haidong City over the past five years." "Xiao Zhou, you're in charge of investigating these procedural issues related to the tendering process!" "Xiao Wang..."

Peng Weizhong assigned the tasks one by one.

After receiving the assignment, Yang Wen immediately began his investigation.

The entire team got busy.

A few days later.

Yang Wen, whose eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night, looked at the huge pile of files on his desk and felt a slight headache.

I received a series of archival materials a few days ago, and I still need to summarize, organize, and compile them.

For some companies that have acquired target companies, further verification is still required.

Actually, it wasn't just him; the rest of the team had been working overtime until 1 or 2 a.m. every day for the past few days.

Several more days have passed.

Finally, the team members gradually managed to compile some information.

In a small meeting room.

“Secretary Peng, I’ve reviewed the bidding records for projects worth over 3 million yuan over the past five years, and I found that these projects have almost always been won by 35 companies, including Chuanglong Group!” “However, Chuanglong Group has only won three bids in these five years, which is not many, practically none. The other 34 companies have absolutely no connection to Gu Yaolong on the surface,” Yang Wen reported.

This Chuanglong Group is owned by Gu Yaolong.

"A fatal problem is that, for the vast majority of these 35 companies, after winning these bids, more than 90% of the projects are outsourced to other companies!"

"In that case, it's just like what was reported in the anonymous letter before. After winning the bid, these companies almost never do the work themselves. They all 'sell' it to others, and there may be middlemen making a profit!" Yang Wen said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Peng Weizhong nodded slightly.

"Xiao Zhou, where are you over here?" Peng Weizhong looked at Xiao Zhou.

"I've been checking the bidding documents for these past few days, which are worth over 50 million. After checking, I found no procedural irregularities. However, bid rigging and collusion are generally difficult to detect, so I don't have any good news for now," Xiao Zhou said, shaking his head slightly.

Hearing this, everyone understood that bid rigging and collusion were extremely difficult to detect.

Unless the person involved is caught.

Otherwise, if inside information is leaked, collusion could be accomplished almost effortlessly.

“Actually, our current problem is that we need to find out whether the other 34 companies that took turns winning the bid all belong to Gu Yaolong. As long as we can find out the result, we can directly solve the mystery,” Peng Weizhong said with a frown.

“Secretary Peng, I’ve investigated the legal representatives of these dozens of companies over the past few days, and I found that only four or five of them are related to Gu Yaolong. The rest are not! With so few connections, it’s probably difficult for us to pin the blame on Gu Yaolong,” Xiao Wang said.

Although no one has direct evidence yet.

But after these 35 companies won the bids, they outsourced the vast majority of the projects to others, which is a very obvious motive!

Why are there so many companies, yet only a few dozen of your companies have won bids over the past five years?

It is extremely rare for other companies to win the same bid.

You guys are taking turns winning the bid!

There are obvious signs of bid rigging and collusion among them.

“I think we should find the owners of some companies that failed to win bids four or five years ago, or even five or six years ago, to find out what happened! But we must exclude companies outside of these 35 companies. Those companies may be the ones who really wanted to bid, but they couldn’t win because of bid rigging and collusion,” Yang Wen said slowly.

“Yang Wen, your suggestion is good. Next, we need to find out the situation from the bosses of these companies. You guys quickly organize the information and start talking to them tomorrow!” Peng Weizhong thought Yang Wen’s words made sense.

"Row!"

……

Because all bidding documents are kept on file.

Therefore, there are records of which companies participated in the bidding and which were eliminated.

The next day, Yang Wen and the others went to find out what was going on on their own.

Sun's Construction Co., Ltd.

Inside the chairman's office.

This company was quite well-known locally more than a decade ago.

However, it started to decline in 2007 or 2008.

Especially in the last four or five years, they have mainly been doing small and medium-sized projects.

Large-scale projects exceeding 50 million are now rarely undertaken.

Sun Tianlei is 50 years old this year.

He looked at Yang Wen in front of him and was quite surprised after learning who he was.

"Are you really from the inspection team?" Sun Tianlei was still somewhat surprised and puzzled when he heard Yang Wen's purpose for coming.

He considered himself a respectable businessman, so why would he suddenly come knocking on his door?

"This is my identification. If you don't believe me, you can call them to verify my identity," Yang Wen said with a smile, handing over his identification.

"I believe you." After looking at the documents, Sun Tianlei had no further doubts.

"I'd like to know, about five or six years ago, regarding a tender worth over 100 million, your company lost the bid. Did you feel that there was any collusion or bid-rigging involved?" Yang Wen said, handing a document to the other party.

After Sun Tianlei finished reading the documents Yang Wen had given him, he recalled them.

"My company did participate in this bidding back then..." "If you insist on talking about bid rigging and collusion, I can't say for sure. Anyway, my company was among the top three in terms of strength at the time, but we didn't win the bid. The other two companies that were about the same strength as ours also didn't win the bid. On the contrary, a company of average strength met the requirements..." Seeing the other party's all-purpose reply, Yang Wen went straight to the point: "Really nothing else? We've received a lot of anonymous letters saying that your bidding here doesn't reach Haidong City. They also say that the bidding for large projects here is monopolized by someone."

Upon hearing this, Sun Tianlei's eyes lit up!

He's a shrewd old fox; he wouldn't easily offend anyone.

But now, hearing Yang Wen's words, things are different. The higher-ups are going to rectify these chaotic situations?

Then he won't be afraid!

We must say it without reservation!

"Actually, some things were a bit strange. At the bidding registration site, I felt that my company was being targeted. Some staff members deliberately arrived late for work, left early, and even deliberately left their posts." "In some subsequent bidding processes, I was also implied by several other bosses that I had no chance and that there were other companies with greater strength."

"Some bosses even directly implied that I couldn't compete with them..." Sun Tianlei gritted his teeth, revealing years of grievances and bitterness. What did he want?

It's fair!