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

"I didn't want to come either, but after our inspection team came down, we found some problems in your development zone and reported them to you. However, your processing speed was rather slow, so I had no choice but to come!" Liu Cunci said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Upon hearing this, Liu Canshen quickly smiled apologetically and said, "Secretary Liu, I have been supervising and rectifying the issues that the inspection team reported to us regarding the development zone. Perhaps because there are many companies involved, the process has been slow. It is truly my responsibility to make Secretary Liu come in person! I am really sorry."

"Oh? How's your development zone's self-inspection and rectification going?" Liu Cunci asked with a forced smile.

"We are urging some foreign-invested projects to be completed and put into operation as soon as possible. Currently, some projects are already under construction."

"At the same time, we also investigated and dealt with some controversial issues regarding the flow of foreign capital. However, this matter is specifically handled by Director Wu Kairong of the Management Committee, so you may have to ask him for details," Liu Canshen continued with a forced smile.

"Hehe, then Secretary Liu, you can go do whatever you need to do. Our investigation team will not interfere with any of your development zone's daily work. However, we hope that all your departments can cooperate with our investigation." Seeing that the other party was somewhat evasive, Liu Cunci lost patience to continue asking questions.

Let's talk about it after he's done his investigation and round of questioning!

"Secretary Liu, rest assured, our development zone will absolutely cooperate with your investigation," Liu Canshen said solemnly.

When Liu Canshen returned to his office, his face darkened slightly.

"I didn't expect Liu Cunci to personally lead the team down. This time, he might have to take some responsibility!"

He was somewhat resentful of those bosses, damn it!

It’s really bold!

You dare touch the celery!

I haven't even spoken to him yet! He's so angry!

Look, now we've provoked the big tiger into trouble.

Fortunately, all the celery plants were injured, and no one died so far.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"Hopefully we can get away with this this time."

……

This night.

Jiang Zhisong, Li Senhua, Cui Ye and several other smuggling bosses appeared in the study of a private club.

"Did Liu Canshen and the others relay the news that Liu Cunci is leading the team down today?" Jiang Zhisong asked in a deep voice.

"I received it immediately as well, and this is not good news for us!" Li Senhua's expression was somewhat unpleasant.

They naturally knew what position Liu Cunci held.

They knew that the province was definitely serious this time.

“I told you not to take such a risk, but you wouldn’t listen and insisted on targeting the celery! Now look what’s happened, the attention is even greater, and the higher-ups are paying even more attention!” Cui Ye said, his face looking rather grim.

"Old Cui, you're such a coward. What's done is done, can you take it back now?" Li Senhua said, pursing his lips.

"Alright, stop arguing!" "Smuggling is our livelihood! It's the most profitable business. As long as we don't get caught, everything is negotiable."

"We'll pay taxes on foreign exchange if it's due. What's the big deal? We'll just earn a little less!"

"Our priority now is to get through this difficult time first."

“We have already put out a large sum of money to get those fictitious projects that were previously invested in the development zone started. As long as we can get away with it, everything will be fine.”

“Besides, these projects in the development zone can actually make money, although the profit margin is low and the cycle is long. But as Liu Canshen said, the advantage is safety!” Jiang Zhisong, who was in charge, spoke slowly. Jiang Zhisong and his group had previously invested the US dollars they earned overseas in some projects in the development zone of Linhai City as “foreign investment” to avoid foreign exchange taxation.

For example, some enterprises in the development zone are owned by the development zone and are commonly known as municipal state-owned enterprises.

Then Jiang Zhisong used an overseas foreign investment company to invest in these municipal enterprises. Then the company started to launch some project investments, using their foreign investment funds to allocate engineering funds, purchase equipment, etc.

Because of the special policy of the development zone, these foreign investment funds can be settled without paying taxes.

The money was transferred back to Jiang Zhisong and his associates. Of course, these business owners had to set up shell companies, equipment companies, etc., in Linhai City to facilitate receiving the money!

To put it bluntly, they use the foreign exchange they earn overseas in US dollars as an intermediary, the development zone, to transfer money from one hand to the other, easily bringing the money earned overseas into their own pockets in China without paying taxes.

However, the payments were made under the guise of project payments and equipment purchase payments to their shell company in Linhai City.

However, they did not build any projects in the development zone, nor did they purchase any equipment there.

They're trying to fix this now!

They started spending money on procurement.

This proves that the injected foreign capital was not for 'sham money laundering,' it was just that the process was a bit slow.

"Also, Wang Guangming and Liu Canshen said that the development zone still needs some scapegoats, and we need to satisfy their appetites as well."

"As long as we remedy the situation quickly enough, those scapegoats will at most be dismissed, or even just demoted. We will definitely handle this well."

……

A day has passed in the blink of an eye.

The investigation team had already moved into an office building.

"Xiao Peng, how's your team's investigation going?" Liu Cunci asked Peng Weizhong.

"Secretary Liu, after our team's investigation, there is indeed a large amount of foreign investment in the entire development zone! This includes 13 municipal state-owned enterprises and 19 county-owned state-owned enterprises."

"The total foreign investment that has settled here has reached 17 billion!" Peng Weizhong reported.

"This involves 19 foreign companies! However, since these companies are located overseas, it is quite troublesome to verify whether these companies have any problems."

"We've investigated, and these municipal and county-level state-owned enterprises have indeed received continuous foreign investment over the past three years. They've also invested in numerous projects and purchased a considerable amount of advanced equipment during this period..."

"We're still sorting things out..."

Listening to Peng Weizhong's report, Liu Cunci nodded slightly: "Tomorrow, your group and the second group will be specifically responsible for investigating each of these municipal state-owned enterprises that have received foreign investment and invested in so many projects. How many of these projects are actually implemented and how many are just empty promises!"

"Yes!"

Liu Cunci then began to inquire about the progress of the investigation into the brake failure...

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.