When Wei Xiangxiu rang the doorbell, Lu Zheng was flipping through today's "People's Daily", which had an interview with Huo Qinqun, the current secretary of the Wushan Municipal Party Committee in Eastern Hebei Province, mainly talking about the HLC fraud case that had just won in the United States, and the significance of reference for Chinese enterprises.

When Lu Zheng put down the newspaper, Wei Xiangxiu swept her eyes, obviously, she had read today's newspaper, and said: "It's just a magpie's nest, I think this Huo Qinqun, who loves to lead others so much, will have to collapse sooner or later." ”

Lu Zheng smiled, no squeak, Huo Qinqun, but Yang Chaoyang's father's right-hand man, at the peak of Yang's father's political career, the name Huo Qinqun was once famous in the land of China, and this person was as prestigious as his name, and he had a high reputation among the local people.

This year, he will be thirty-three or four-four, and it is the time when his career is starting to get on the right track.

Lu Zheng pondered these things, smiled, and said, "Don't talk about this." ”

Du Xiaohu poured a cup of tea for Wei Xiangxiu, was stared at by Wei Xiangxiu a few times, and said with a smile: "Huzi, you have grown taller." ”

Du Xiaohu's face turned slightly red, and he shouted: "Sister-in-law." ”

Wei Xiangxiu couldn't help but be amused and laughed.

Lu Zheng was helpless and glared at Wei Xiangxiu.

Lu Zheng was about to speak, the phone rang, Lu Zheng picked up the phone, and in the microphone, there was a faintly familiar male voice: "May I ask if Lu Zheng lives in this room?" ”

Lu Zheng was stunned and asked, "Secretary Duan?" "Listening to the voice, it seems to be Duan Zhongyuan.

"Haha, Lu Zheng, yes, it's me, Duan Zhongyuan." The male voice laughed happily.

"How? How is it going? Duan Zhongyuan, as before, spoke with a tough force

Wei Xiangxiu made a gesture to Lu Zheng to walk out, and then walked out of the room with Huzi.

"It's okay, it's not good, it's not bad." Lu Zheng smiled.

Duan Zhongyuan said: "I heard, you are in the Big Dipper Group now?" ”

Lu Zheng snorted and asked, "What about you, old leader?" How is everything? At the end of the year before last, Duan Zhongyuan was transferred from the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and I heard that he was very appreciated by Minister Qiu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In the microphone, Duan Zhongyuan said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm now in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, assistant minister, running errands for people all day long." ”

Lu Zheng sighed, "Congratulations to the old leader." "Minister Qiu, can you not be transferred to the post of Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation? It seems that Secretary Duan is really valued by Minister Qiu, and being able to bring him over speaks for itself.

Duan Zhongyuan said with a smile: "If I have time, I must sit with you, but on this phone call today, I mainly want to talk to you about the Beidou Star Group." ”

Lu Zheng was stunned and said, "You also know this?" ”

Duan Zhongyuan said: "Now there is no one around you, right?" ”

Lu Zheng snorted.

Duan Zhongyuan sighed, "It's hard to say, I guess Minister Qiu knows about it, and he will definitely make a big fuss, and it's really a mess for them to do it." ”

"That's the case, your money has been temporarily misappropriated for foreign aid, but don't worry, I will deal with it as soon as possible, before the end of this month, can you do it?"

Lu Zheng was confused and said: "I have no problem with capital turnover here, but I'm confused, why did I still alarm you?" How does it have anything to do with foreign aid? ”

Duan Zhongyuan seemed to be a little embarrassed, and said, "I also have to figure it out, and I'll talk back to you?" ”

Lu Zheng said okay.

When Duan Zhongyuan wanted to hang up the phone, he suddenly asked again: "Are you doing business in southern Yunnan now?" Are you familiar with the situation in Myanmar? ”

Lu Zheng said with a smile: "It's okay, there is a trading company under our group, which originally set up a branch in Lanjiang to do border trade, but this is not a Burmese civil war and peace, and then it was withdrawn, and now, the autonomous army and the government army have just reached a peace agreement, and our trading company may come back, look at it, the Burmese jade business is not very easy to do now." ”

Duan Zhongyuan snorted, and muttered in a low voice: "There is a company ......" and then smiled: "That's okay, let's do this first, you wait for me to believe." ”

Lu Zheng hung up the phone and pondered for a long time, but he didn't know the point.

The next morning, Lu Zheng had just washed up when he heard the doorbell ringing outside.

After Duan Zhongyuan called last night, Lu Zheng felt that Zhang Baicheng should not harass him anymore, so he asked Wei Xiangxiu to go back.

Wei Xiangxiu was going to drink coffee with her, but when she heard that she had something to do at night, she went home.

Thinking about it, I don't think it's funny, now that I am treating her with the sadness card?

Someone came early in the morning, wouldn't it be Wei Xiangxiu who brought breakfast to herself?

Lu Zheng muttered in his heart and opened the door, and was immediately stunned, outside the door, there was a middle-aged Yu Bu with a smile on his face.

Old acquaintance, Zhang Rongyuan.

When he was first transferred to the post of vice chairman of the Wushan CPPCC and director of the Finance Bureau, Zhang Rongyuan was the director of the special commissioner's office group of the State Economic and Trade Commission (State Economic Commission) in Wushan.

When his father was the deputy mayor of Beijing, Zhang Rongyuan was the director of the Second Division of the Secretary of the General Office of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee.

"Zhengzi, long time no see." Zhang Rongyuan sighed as he spoke, "I really didn't expect to see you again in Nanzhou." ”

Zhang Rongyuan's mood was a little heavy, and after entering the room, he wanted to speak several times.

Lu Zheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, my dad is fine, now he is good, I think it's very good, Yu Crisp, I think I can do business with me." ”

Zhang Rongyuan smiled reluctantly and said, "Zhengzi, I'm sorry Secretary Lu, I said a lot of things against my will at the ministry's conference. ”

Lu Zheng stared at Zhang Rongyuan deeply, sometimes, it is really difficult to see the truth, Zhang Rongyuan doesn't have to say this to himself at all.

Although his father went into the wilderness, after all, he was assigned an idle post, which belonged to the group of treating diseases and saving people, and did not issue a document to the extent of criticism by the whole party.

It is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid evil, but Zhang Rongyuan looks very guilty.

Lu Zheng poured Zhang Rongyuan a glass of water, smiled and said: "Brother Zhang, you can't change anything, at most, be a sacrifice, if Secretary Lu's old life is sacrificed this time, it will not help, but there are some people" When Lu Zheng said this, there was an indescribable meaning in his eyes, and he was immediately peaceful, Zhang Rongyuan didn't notice it.

"Brother Zhang, why are you also in southern Yunnan?" Lu Zheng asked curiously.

Zhang Rongyuan smiled bitterly: "I am now the special commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Nanzhou. ”

Lu Zheng was stunned.

Last year, the State Economic Commission was abolished, and some functional organs were merged into the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

The offices of the commissioners of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation stationed in some provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and important ports in China are under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and are units at the department and bureau level, and the commissioner responsibility system is implemented.

The main responsibility of the special offices of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in various localities is to understand the implementation of national economic and trade laws, regulations, guidelines and policies by the competent departments of commerce and foreign trade of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, enterprises and other organizations and individuals in accordance with the authorization of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Track the implementation and feedback of various business policies and measures in the local area after they are introduced or adjusted; Participate in macro policy guidance for local foreign trade and domestic trade industries; Supervise and inspect the management and use of various special funds for trade promotion from the local government to the central government, and so on.

In addition, the special offices of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in various localities are entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to accept and issue some import and export licenses, automatic import and export licenses, or other import and export licenses.

In fact, the most important task of the special office is to manage the issuance of import and export licenses. Although it has this function, the role is limited.

A few years have passed, Zhang Rongyuan met with him again as a department-level commissioner, and Lu Zheng couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, as if he had just returned to the time when he had just been transferred to the director of the Wushan Finance Bureau.

The difference is that Zhou Tao was not present at this meeting.

"Zhengzi, you pack up and follow me to Beijing, Minister Qiu wants to see you." Zhang Rongyuan was stunned, and then remembered his intention.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Or is it related to foreign aid?" What does it have to do with my money? ”

Zhang Rongyuan nodded and said, "Actually, you know that our Nanzhou Special Office also has a task entrusted by the ministry, right?" Supporting Guobang, including a lot of secret support that will not be made public, is all done by us. ”

Lu Zheng nodded slightly, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade was formed seven years ago by the merger of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Liaison Department, the State Import and Export Administration, and the State Foreign Investment Administration.

Among them, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Liaison before the merger was mainly responsible for the economic assistance and economic cooperation of the Republic to Asian, African and Latin American countries.

As for Guobang, it is an ethnic group in Myanmar near the Lanjiang River in southern Yunnan, in fact, it is the descendants of the Han people, the Guobang area, which was once the territory of China, at the end of the Qing Dynasty under the British Empire, the Guobang area became a part of Myanmar, but in fact, it has been self-governing by the Han people, and later, the Burmese government ruled Guobang, and the Guobang Autonomous Army that opposed the government retreated into southern Yunnan and was sheltered by the Republic, and the Chinese in the Guobang area were forced to change their names to the Guobang people, and the Chinese language was changed to Guobangwen.

A few decades ago, the Burmese Communist Party entered the Guobang area, and the Guobang autonomous forces that retreated to southern Yunnan returned to the country, and the Guobang area has been in constant war for many years.

In the first half of this year, the leaders of the autonomous forces of the state reached peace talks with the Burmese government, and the state became a special zone of autonomy, retaining the army, and the Burmese government sent a small number of public servants to the country.

In fact, Guobang is almost no different from Chinese mainland, speaking Chinese and writing Chinese characters, that is, the telephone area code is the area code of the Lanjiang area, and there is no risk of international calls when dialing.

Now that the state has entered a critical period of peace-building, the support of the Republic is crucial.

It seems that this task is mainly handled by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Nanzhou.

There is nothing to keep secret about supporting Guobang, but Zhang Rongyuan bluntly said that some secret support was also handled by them, which made Lu Zheng stunned.

Zhang Rongyuan said: "Now that the international sanctions are on us, all aspects of the funds are tight, the latest support for Guobang materials and funds, originally, the central government hopes that the southern Yunnan finance can pay a part, but there is a problem with this fund, I don't know much about the things inside, zuihou, I moved your project money for emergency." As for Zhang Baicheng, he shouldn't know what to do, but he is the person in charge of foreign trade and economic cooperation in the border area, and he deals with Guobang, and he comes forward many times, so he has more contact with me, last night, he suddenly came to report to me, mentioned you, and said that you, the general manager of the Big Dipper Group, sabotaged the foreign aid work, and listened to me in a fog, and later confirmed that it was Zhengzi You, I called Duan Zhongyuan. ”

When Lu Zheng heard it now, he understood why Duan Zhongyuan called him so quickly.

As for the matter of foreign aid funds and misappropriation of their own funds, this is not something that Vice Mayor Kong or Zhang Baicheng can afford at all, at least, it also involves the provincial leaders of southern Yunnan Province.

It seems that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation is not prepared to pursue the investigation, and in this eventful autumn, what the central authorities are seeking is unity and stability.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "As far as our private enterprises are soft persimmons, they are easy to pinch." ”

Zhang Rongyuan also smiled and said: "But now I say that bad things may become good things, listen to the meaning of Minister Qiu's phone, Duan Zhongyuan should recommend you to Minister Qiu, you also know, Minister Qiu is an old man's ministry, there is always incense, Duan Zhongyuan's recommendation is strong, I listen to Minister Qiu's meaning, I am ready to call you into the special office, responsible for the aid of the fruit, the specific situation, I have to wait for you and I to return to Beijing and then talk to Minister Qiu, you, the famous God of Wealth, can make money anywhere, understand business operations, I'm used to dealing with foreigners again, and I think it's hard for Minister Qiu to think of it without you. ”

Lu Zheng smiled bitterly, but because of what happened in the past six months, the relationship between the Republic and the United States has broken down, it has been jointly sanctioned by Western countries, foreign trade has dried up, financially, it is difficult to move forward, all walks of life have been affected, and all kinds of funds are also very tight.

Zhang Rongyuan said mysteriously: "And Minister Qiu has been inquiring about your relationship with the Big Dipper Group, and also about the Big Dipper in the Lanjiang Trading Branch, I wondered, is it that Minister Qiu wants to hang some bad accounts in the name of your trading company?" Lest there be people shouting in the international community, after all, you are a private enterprise, and it will not attract too much attention. ”

Lu Zheng scratched his head even more when he heard this, if he really did this, it would be okay in the short term, but in the long run, there would be no impermeable wall, especially if he helped to carry out the arms trade, the Big Dipper Group would inevitably be on the US surveillance list.

However, aiding Guobang is not a big thing for the West, and it is still fundamentally different from aiding the so-called evil regime, and the positioning of the Big Dipper is originally a real estate-led enterprise group developed in China, and the possibility of being sanctioned by Western countries is very small.

Moreover, these are all conjectures now, and everything will not be decided until after going to Beijing.

After pondering, Lu Zheng stood up and said, "Have breakfast first, I remember, there is a flight to Beijing at ten o'clock." ”