Chapter 1025: Technological Corruption Surfaced
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What happened at the gates of the Development and Planning Commission. Soon it reached the ears of the high-level people who were at the meeting, and everyone felt a little dissatisfied with such a thing, after all, this was a time when the capital was the most heavily guarded, and it was able to let hundreds of petitioning groups easily attack it, what does this mean?
At the very least, there are big flaws in the police work in the local area up to the capital.
Then everyone noticed another problem, the origin of the matter is because Fan's Investment Group once planned to acquire Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group, but the matter was jointly vetoed by the Development and Planning Commission and several other ministries and commissions, which caused the employees of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group to be angry, and only today's incident happened.
"Why is it related to a disease-free company again?" The No. 1 leader looked at Fan Hengdao with some surprise.
Fan Heng didn't know what was going on, so he shook his head and said, "I usually don't ask about him, unless I can get along with my work, and I haven't seen him recently." β
Boss Zhu speculated on the side, "I have heard of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group before, the annual output value of tens of billions of enterprise groups, profitability is less than 200 million, after the payment of wages, it is difficult to even purchase new equipment, and now life is even more difficult." Probably they saw that the treatment after being acquired by Fan's Investment Group was better, so they were anxious after the acquisition was stopped, right? β
"However, in such a big case, the relevant ministries and commissions have not reported the relevant situation." Fan Heng expressed his doubts.
Everyone stopped talking for a while, and this matter obviously needs to be taken care of, but what needs to be dealt with at the moment is, of course, the more than 100 people in the Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group petition group, if they are not settled, follow-up troubles will emerge one after another.
Especially the media side is more troublesome, the recent meeting has been talking about human rights and dignity, if the means used are too drastic, I am afraid that the foreign ** forces will be caught again.
Thinking of this, the No. 1 leader couldn't help muttering, "What are these people in the ministry thinking all day long?" Is there something wrong with this acquisition? β
"I'll ask." Boss Zhu immediately said.
After Boss Zhu made a few phone calls, several leaders of ministries and commissions rushed over and gathered together to report to the Standing Committee members.
Boss Zhu asked directly, "What is going on with the suspension of Fan's Investment Group's acquisition of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group?" Now that public opinion is boiling, and the petitioning groups have rushed to the capital, how exactly are you doing your work?! β
"I don't know anything about it." The director of the Development and Planning Commission immediately replied, "I also heard that the gate was blocked, and I only found out that there was such a thing, and I had not received any work reports on this acquisition before." β
"Lao Zhang, you've been set asideβ" another ministry leader said to him, "although I know about it. However, what I got directly was the opinion of your Development and Planning Committee, which asked for a halt to this matter, and the specific staff in our unit also said that there were big problems with this acquisition activity, so we agreed to suspend it. β
The implication of his words is that the power of your development and planning commission is too great, and you all say that you can't do it, so it is naturally difficult for us relevant ministries and commissions to openly contradict it, and besides, it is only a temporary stop, and it is not a stick to death.
"There is an opinion from our unit, you have all seen it, but I don't know?" After hearing this, the director of the Development and Planning Commission immediately felt that something was not quite right, could it be that as the other party said, he was really overshadowed by his subordinates? Otherwise, for such a big matter, others know the opinions of the Development and Planning Commission, but I, the director, have not heard any rumors, if it wasn't for Boss Zhu asking in person, I would continue to be kept in the dark!
This incident made people feel very angry, so he said to everyone, "Leaders, I will immediately investigate this matter to see who is making trouble, once it is found out." No leniency! β
Once serious, this kind of thing is actually unchecked.
In a very short time, the Development and Planning Commission had figured out the ins and outs of the case, which had its origins as a conspiration between one of their directors and some of their colleagues in other parts of the country.
Those involved include a director of the Development and Planning Commission, an inspector of the Ministry of Foreign Trade's Treaty and Law Department, a deputy director of the Foreign Investment Department, a deputy director of the Foreign Investment Registration Bureau of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Xu Xu, director of the Management and Inspection Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and two well-known lawyers, Zhang, who were once political colleagues and later became the link between the public.
In this case, the director of the Development and Planning Commission used his authority to directly bypass the director to raise an objection, but this opinion was sent in the name of the director, and at the same time, this opinion was also passed through the hands of a small group of them, and it went around in a big circle among various ministries and commissions, making the opposition to the acquisition of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group by Fan's Investment Group a consensus among everyone.
"What's in it for you to do that?" When the director questioned his men, he felt a little distressed.
The director is also in his thirties, and his betrayal made the director feel very puzzled.
In fact, in the structure of the entire ministries and commissions of the State Council, the most inconspicuous but the most powerful are actually the cadres at the level of these departments and directors, and the ministers and directors above are basically in the same name, and the power of the directors is too small and too much, and the main force that really formulates policies and regulations in all aspects is these departments and directors.
The officials involved in the case this time are different from ordinary ** officials, they are a group of technocrats, this group of technocrats are well versed in the law, and their careers are smooth, and they will be the pillars of the rulers and even the country in the future.
But I didn't expect it. They did not cherish this advantageous position, and actually did the trick of concealing and bullying their superiors and subordinates, and ruined their own future.
"We need money, and someone has given it that opportunity." The director was also honest, and the matter had come to this point, and there was obviously no room for reversal, so he also answered the director's question very boldly, "This time, the acquisition case of the Fan Investment Group was mainly to collect the benefit fees of some overseas interest groups, and asked us to make sure that this matter was messed up." β
On the eve of the country's accession to the TO, the government began to sort out foreign economic and trade laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and normative documents on a large scale.
With their joining, many projects that need to be in a hurry, they can help enterprises speed up the approval process, seize the opportunity, and lay out in advance.
For example, two years ago, the Economic and Trade Commission issued interim regulations on the use of foreign investment by state-owned enterprises to carry out asset restructuring, the purpose of which is to safeguard the rights and interests of state-owned assets and promote the reform of state-owned enterprises.
coincided with the first wave of foreign mergers and acquisitions of mainland state-owned enterprises, in the eyes of some people. The withdrawal of state-owned shares and the entry of foreign capital seem to have become a fixed pattern in the reform of state-owned enterprises and have been imitated one after another, but this sign has also been quite controversial, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation has become more and more cautious in examination and approval, and the approvers have more discretion because of the imperfection of laws and regulations.
In this way, these people finally formed a rare approval assembly line around the listing of joint ventures, foreign investment approval, mergers and acquisitions, and anti-monopoly review, etc., using legislative rent, approval lobbying, consulting agency, etc., and their rent-seeking methods are clever, in addition to selling their own public rights for profit, but also using the free ruling in the ambiguous area of the law to the extreme.
It can be said that this is a small group of ** officials who eat technical food, and it is also an unprecedented new discovery of anti-corruption.
In this time, the foreign capital that sniped at the Fan Investment Group. There are many familiar names, such as Hutchison Whampoa, such as Temasek Consortium, such as Evergreen Industrial, and some American consortiums are emerging, which is very surprising.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, this truth is also very simple, at present, some industries, especially state-owned enterprises, are still in the three-year reform period, and the possibility of large-scale low-cost sales to foreign companies is very small, because the overall results should be seen, rather than a sale, but after this year, those state-owned enterprises that are about to save ineffective are likely to be abandoned, and a bankrupt Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group will obviously be easier to be acquired by foreign capital, and the price paid by foreign capital will be smaller. This is the reason why they colluded with the powerful factions of these ministries and commissions to block the acquisition of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group by Fan's Investment Group.
"Everyone wants their approval to be the last hurdle, otherwise the projects they approve may be rejected, and the rent-seeking value will drop sharply." The director said to the leader, "Departments usually compete with each other for power, but the long-term interaction between several of us has made us tied to a rare community of interests in the system. Once one of them falls, the whole circle will be subverted, and what circle will end up being a wreath. β
The Standing Committee members who have received a detailed report have looked at each other for a while, feeling very speechless, as the backbone of the department and bureau chiefs have collectively appeared corrupt, this blow is indeed big enough, especially in the formulation of commercial and economic and trade policies, there are indeed not many people who can play around, and how many loopholes are still preset in advance in the policies and regulations drawn up by these people? It's hard to say right now.
And how much damage these vulnerabilities may cause to the country is still unknown.
"What do you say about Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group?" Boss Zhu asked.
Fan Heng didn't say anything. In this kind of thing, no matter who is right or wrong, everyone can see at a glance, because of the father-son relationship with Fan Wuxie, it is inconvenient for him to say anything.
The No. 1 chief also rubbed his forehead with a headache, and then said, "The bell must be tied to the bell, I think it is better to invite Mr. Xiao Fan to solve this problem in person." β
After hearing this, everyone nodded and said yes, if you want to completely solve the matter of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group, you still have to call Fan Wuxian over, after all, the acquisition conditions he gave are relatively generous, if you abandon Fan's and change to another company, there may not be such good conditions, and without such good conditions, the workers still have to scold their mothers.
And now there are few enterprises that have the ability to solve Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group.
Soon, Fan Wuxian was invited over.
At this time, Fan Wuxi had already guessed what would happen, but he also came prepared, and after coming in, his uncle called out, and Fan Wuxi distributed a very detailed information to everyone.
After reading it, everyone had a look of surprise, and their eyes were full of worry and doubt, as well as some shock.
"How did you get these things?" Boss Zhu raised the information in his hand and asked Fan Wuxian.
These materials involve detailed information about the officials involved in the obstruction of Fan's acquisition of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group, including the recent bribes received by those foreign companies, which are clearly written, far more detailed than the content of their confessions.
Fan Wuxian replied, "Oh, in fact, there is nothing, I am very puzzled by the fact that this acquisition was stopped, I am afraid that I will no longer be able to find the preferential conditions I gave, why did the ministry and committee veto it together?" So I hired an independent intelligence agency to find out, and sure enough, something came of it. β
"If these are trueβ" A member of the Standing Committee said halfway through, and then did not go any further.
The meaning of his words is very clear, if this information is true, then the fate of these department-level cadres can be predicted, and it is impossible to let it go gently.
"It's a pity, these are talentsβ" Chief One shook his head.
Fan Wuxi shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Obviously, the more professional a talent is, once it falls, the greater the harm it will bring, fortunately, this matter was discovered relatively early, if it is allowed to continue to develop, can you imagine what will happen ten years later?" So this time, it should be said that the bad thing has become a good thing, and it has sounded the alarm bell for you! It also allows us to avoid a huge risk that can be brought about by technocrats**! β
After hearing this, the No. 1 chief nodded and said, "Mr. Xiao Fan said it very well, I was a little sorry for them before, but now it seems that this unhealthy trend must be stopped fiercely, and in the long run, the country will not be a country!" β
Everyone nodded in agreement, and the fate of this group of people was finalized.
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