After sitting in the office for a while, the secretary Huang Jianghua came in to report, Mr. Liu Weining, the vice president of Gray Bank, came to visit, and Chen Xing heard about it and hurriedly asked Huang Jianghua to invite people in.

"Mr. Liu, it's a good luck." Chen Xing smiled and got up to greet him.

"Mayor Chen, it's a pleasure." Liu Weining walked forward quickly, smiling and shaking hands with Chen Xing.

"Mr. Liu's visit has made my office shine, come on, please take a seat." Chen Xing warmly invited the other party to sit down.

After the guests and hosts of the two sides sat down, Liu Weining looked at Chen Xing's office, and said with a look of amazement, "Mayor Chen, you are really surprising, I heard that the assessment and selection of officials in the mainland not only pay attention to ability, but also pay attention to qualifications. ”

"Yes, Mr. Liu, it seems that you don't know enough about our continent." Chen Xing glanced at Liu Weining, according to Lin Qing's introduction, Liu Weining is also a Chinese who grew up abroad and received Western education, and he doesn't necessarily know much about the situation in the mainland, at this moment the other party will say this, Chen Xing is not surprised at all, in fact, the impression that the mainland gives people abroad may be like this, the selection of officials is rigid and rigid, and what Liu Weining said at this time is not necessarily wrong, how many officials of his level will be in their early thirties?

Can be in charge of the party, as the mayor of a city, basically forty or fifty years old, fifty years old also abound, like him, can only be said to belong to a small number of deposits, Liu Weining's amazement, Chen Xing is also extraordinarily patient explained, "Our central government has been vigorously promoting the policy of younger cadres in recent years, and has worked hard to explore the way of reform in the cadre selection mechanism and personnel system, I believe that in the future we will have a more perfect and scientific cadre selection system. In the future, Mr. Liu will also meet more and more young officials like me, and Mr. Liu will not be as surprised as he is now. ”

"Oh." Liu Weining nodded as if he didn't understand, and then said with a smile, "China is a very amazing country, so many years have maintained a high-speed development speed, I have to say that it is a miracle of the world economy, although I am not Chinese now, but my ancestors immigrated to the United States from China, I also have the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang in my body, I am deeply proud of such achievements in China, I still have certain feelings for this country, I am looking forward to China becoming stronger and stronger." ”

"I'm glad to hear Mr. Liu say that." Chen Xing said with a smile, secretly observing Liu Weining, as the so-called Three Treasures Hall is not allowed to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, it is impossible for Liu Weining to come to his office to visit the door.

"Mayor Chen, I came here today to talk to you about the expansion of our group's business." Liu Weining said with a smile, "Our group plans to set up a microfinance company to serve small and medium-sized enterprises in Nanzhou City and surrounding areas. ”

"That's a good thing." When Chen Xing heard this, the smile on his face was even worse, an international financial giant like Gray Group, with strong financial strength, the other party intends to develop the loan business of small and medium-sized enterprises, which is a good thing for Nanzhou City, and is also conducive to promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Nanzhou City, Chen Xing has been eager to say, "Our city will definitely support it." ”

"Then I would like to thank Mayor Chen first, I mainly heard that the approval procedures in the mainland are more troublesome and take a long time, so I came to visit Mayor Chen to see if I can speed up the approval." Liu Weining smiled a little embarrassedly, "Mayor Chen, you also know that our group pays attention to efficient work efficiency. ”

"Mr. Liu, don't worry, I will greet the relevant departments and strive for special affairs." Chen Xing smiled and nodded, "Our government has also been committed to simplifying approval procedures, improving efficiency, and is working hard to transform into a service-oriented government. ”

"Hearing Mayor Chen say this, I'll wait and see," Liu Weining said with a smile, but a trace of ridicule flashed in his eyes, he has been in the officialdom for nearly 20 years, and his understanding of this system is no less than Chen Xing's, and even more, a change in the system, from the beginning of the discussion to the final brewing and implementation, to say the least, it will take several years, bloated institutional settings, intricate interest relationships, if you want to change, it is not easy to say.

Chen Xing smiled and nodded, and when he inadvertently looked at Liu Weining, Chen Xing was slightly stunned, he suddenly understood why he was a little familiar with Liu Weining, it was Liu Weining's eyes, yes, it was Liu Weining's eyes, especially the kind of eyes that Liu Weining was talking at the moment, Chen Xing had a particularly familiar feeling, déjà vu, which made Chen Xing even more puzzled, could it be that he had seen this kind of look in a familiar friend.

"Mayor Chen, why are you looking at me like this, is it possible that there is something wrong with my face." Liu Weining looked at Chen Xing suspiciously.

"That's not it, I just think Mr. Liu has a familiar feeling." Chen Xing said with a smile.

"Oh?" Liu Weining's body shook slightly, and he immediately returned to normal, and said with a smile, "It may be that Mayor Chen has a friend who looks like me." ”

"Maybe." Chen Xing smiled and didn't think about it again.

When Chen Xing and Liu Weining were talking, at the wharf of Nanzhou Port, Zhou Zhijin personally took more than 20 soldiers borrowed from the military division to guard the wharf, waiting for a freighter that was about to dock, the freighter is a freighter owned by Nanzhou Dingjin Shipping Company, with a tonnage of nearly 1,500 tons, and the customs declaration procedures of the freighter are complete. The whistleblower seemed to know the situation of the freighter well, saying that as long as Zhou Zhijin took someone to investigate, he would definitely not be disappointed, and even said clearly what time the freighter would dock tomorrow.

And the reason why he did not dare to transfer people from the relevant law enforcement departments was because the whistleblower's words shocked Zhou Zhijin, and the whistleblower said unmistakably that if Zhou Zhijin wanted to take the public security border detachment, or the customs anti-smuggling bureau, or even the people from the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, then it would be best not to go, the other party would definitely get the news in advance, and the freighter would never continue to choose to dock at Nanzhou Port.

Out of trust in the whistleblower, moreover, Zhou Zhijin also knew that he had just been in charge of the anti-smuggling work, and he was not familiar with the members of the anti-smuggling leadership office team, not to mention the relevant law enforcement departments below, he, the newly arrived mayor's assistant, did not have his own right-hand man and trustworthy person in Nanzhou, and some of the information provided by the whistleblower was very detailed, which did not look like a fraud, plus the other party said that the person who used the relevant law enforcement department would only leak the news, this kind reminder was purely from Zhou Zhijin's point of view. After careful analysis, Zhou Zhijin confirmed that the information provided by the other party should be true, which led to today's action.

Originally, it was supposed to bring people from the public security border detachment, the customs anti-smuggling bureau, and even the industrial and commercial bureau and other relevant law enforcement departments, but as the whistleblower said last night, Zhou Zhijin really didn't dare to bring people from these departments, but if he didn't bring people from the law enforcement department, who would he bring? He can't be an assistant to the mayor Cheng Guang Commander to come to enforce the law by himself, not to mention that he can seize the freighter, whether he can still stand well is still a question, and the criminals are in a hurry, who thinks he is the mayor's assistant? It's possible to just put him down.

Thinking about it, Zhou Zhijin can only borrow people from the military division, the foundation of the Zhou family is in the army, although it is not a particularly prominent kind, but it is not something that ordinary people can underestimate, through the relationship between his own family, Zhou Zhijin can easily borrow people from the army, and there is no need for Chen Xing to come forward, in fact, Chen Xing does not necessarily have him to make a good appearance, Chen Xing also has to go through the Zhang family, and the people in the army will buy face, but he does not need to, this is where he has an advantage over Chen Xing.

Zhou Zhijin's operation did not alarm anyone, and even the people from the port administration did not inform him, because he was afraid that if the news was leaked, even if there was even the slightest possibility, he would lead the operation to fail. Of course, the premise is that what the whistleblower reported is true, and the cargo ship that is about to arrive is indeed loaded with a large amount of smuggled goods.

Squinting at the sea ahead, Zhou Zhijin had already seen the cargo ship in front of him with the 'Dingjin No. 1' written in large letters on the hull slowly approaching, and glanced at an officer on the side.

The freighter docked at the wharf without accident, Zhou Zhijin's eyes flashed with excitement, if what the whistleblower said was true, this would be a huge smuggling case, he just arrived in Nanzhou, and he personally cracked such a big smuggling case, which is of extraordinary significance.

"Let's go, rush up." When he saw that the freighter had set up a ladder and someone on the ship had come down, Zhou Zhijin shouted, and the first one ran to the front, without the consciousness of being a leader at all, and no one rushed to the front line like him.

"Assistant Zhou, slow down." The captain's company commander who was standing next to Zhou Zhijin just now almost didn't fall out of his eyes, and secretly said that this young mayor's assistant is really fierce enough, his hands and feet are sharper than theirs, thinking about it, he didn't dare to delay at all, before coming, Xu Feng, the division of the military division, also specially told him to ensure Zhou Zhijin's safety, with the order of the No. 1 head of the military division, he didn't dare to be negligent, in case Zhou Zhijin had some accidents, he couldn't afford it.

The captain and company commander personally followed Zhou Zhijin to protect his safety, when a group of them rushed to the boat, the people on the boat were dumbfounded, and their first reaction was to copy the guys, and then when they saw the black muzzles, they all immediately became honest and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

"What are you doing, don't you know that we are Dingjin Company, dare to check us." A middle-aged man who looked like the person in charge was not intimidated by this scene, staring at Zhou Zhijin and a group of people, his eyes were full of doubts, these people were all wearing civilian clothes, and he couldn't see what the origin was, but there was no doubt that in such a place as the mainland with strict gun control, some of these people had guns, and there was no doubt that they could only be people from state agencies, he didn't believe that on the ground in Nanzhou, someone dared to intercept their goods in the dark, and the middle-aged man was full of puzzlement at this time, which department is this, from the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau? Or is it from the public security border detachment? But it is impossible for these departments to check them, and even if they do, they will get the news in advance, what is going on today.

"Dingjin Shipping Company?" Zhou Zhijin sneered, "It's you who checked." ”

Zhou Zhijin spoke, instructing several people to open the container one by one to check.

"What the hell are you in? Who told you to check, do you know the consequences of doing so? When the middle-aged man saw that someone was going to open a container for inspection, he looked flustered, staring at Zhou Zhijin inwardly, and he also saw that the young Zhou Zhijin was the leader.

"I don't know what the consequences of this are, I just know that if you don't carry any smuggling prohibited items, then don't be nervous, just cooperate with the inspection." Zhou Zhijin smiled and threatened him? He was never afraid of threats.

"You ......" The middle-aged man looked at Zhou Zhijin, his face was gloomy, he couldn't figure out why there was an accident on this trip, they Dingjin Company transported so many goods, there was no accident, the middle-aged man knew that the company's boss had a relationship in the province and the city, and he had already put the relationship up and down, as long as it was their Dingjin freighter, it would never be investigated, what was going on today? And this is the largest smuggling in the history of their company, even the big boss attaches great importance to it, and the relationship has already been dredged, so it is said that there can be no accidents, but where did these people in front of them come from.

With a gloomy face, the middle-aged man couldn't stop the other party from checking, and it was unrealistic to expect the crew to resist, and these people of unknown origin opposite, although not everyone had guns, but as long as there were two or three guns, they wouldn't dare to act rashly, and the middle-aged man was also carrying a gun in his arms, but he didn't dare to mess around, if he had any action to pull out the gun, the middle-aged man had no doubt that he would fall.

Taking out his mobile phone, the middle-aged man was going to call the big boss at the top.

"Confiscated his phone." Zhou Zhijin saw that the other party was about to call, his expression was cold, and he ordered someone to detain the middle-aged man's mobile phone.

"Don't you dare to let me call, what, can't you be afraid?" The middle-aged man's mobile phone was robbed, his face became more and more ugly, and he glared at Zhou Zhijin angrily.

"Dead ducks still have a hard mouth." Zhou Zhijin snorted coldly, and didn't bother to pay attention to the middle-aged man, his eyes were already attracted by the first container that was opened in front of him, and walked forward.

Looking at the car in the container that looked completely brand-new, Zhou Zhijin was no stranger to the logo on the front of the car, good guy, brand new Bentley, Zhou Zhijin secretly said, the market price of this car is afraid to be tens of millions, just seeing such a car, Zhou Zhijin knew that this time the action was worth it, the mysterious whistleblower did not lie to him, sure enough, there were large quantities of valuable smuggled goods, just this Bentley, this smuggling case is worth a lot of money.

"Isn't your cargo list full of electronics, what's going on with this car?" Zhou Zhijin glanced at the middle-aged man, his face was full of mockery, this time he caught a big fish.

Facing Zhou Zhijin's questioning, the middle-aged man turned his head directly to the side, and did not answer Zhou Zhijin's words with a cold face, he knew that he couldn't explain it clearly, and now that something happened, he could only hope that the boss with great powers could solve it, and his wisest choice now was to talk less, and the more he talked, the worse it might be.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was silent, Zhou Zhijin smiled proudly, this trip was not in vain, at this time he was also secretly glad that he did not mobilize the relevant law enforcement departments, listening to the middle-aged man's tone just now, it seemed that the head was very big, as if those law enforcement departments did not dare to check them, Zhou Zhijin secretly wanted to really bring border guards and customs people to check, and now I am afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty, and the news has already been leaked in advance.

Soon, the results of the inspection made Zhou Zhijin excited again, the fifteen containers that have been opened, in addition to a Bentley, there are ten extended Hummers, four Audis, all of them are luxury cars, Zhou Zhijin walked over from the containers that had been opened one by one, with a smile on his face, these smuggled cars are worth a lot of money, and I don't know what the remaining containers contain, could it be that they are all cars? If they are all luxury cars, just like the open containers in front of you, then the value of this smuggling case is very amazing.

Zhou Zhijin waited patiently, there were a total of more than 100 containers, and it would take a lot of time to open them.

With the passage of time, the people of the port management authority were also alarmed, because to unload these containers with stolen trucks from the ship, the cooperation of the port management authority was required, and it was not surprising that the people of the port management agency got the news, and at this moment, Zhou Zhijin no longer wanted to deliberately conceal the news of the blockade, and he no longer had to worry about leaking the news.

More than 100 containers were unloaded from the ship, and when all the containers were opened, the goods involved in the case were only counted one by one, and there were a total of 98 cars, including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen Touareg, Porsche Cayenne, Lexus, Cadillac, Toyota Land Cruiser, Land Rover, Audi and other brand cars, including 25 cutting cars, and a large number of foreign high-end cigarettes and milk powder and other items were found at the same time, and the value of the smuggled goods seized at the scene was as high as 60 million. Also taken aback.

More and more people gathered at the scene, and people from the public security and border defense departments, the customs anti-smuggling bureau, the industrial and commercial administration department, and other law enforcement departments all came, and Zhou Zhijin's people who had borrowed from the military sub-district were able to retire at this time and hand over the scene to the people of the customs anti-smuggling bureau.

Jia Zhengde, deputy mayor of the Standing Committee, also rushed to the scene as soon as possible, Zhou Zhijin clearly saw that the other party's face was not very good-looking, but Zhou Zhijin, who was in a good mood, did not forget to tease Jia Zhengde, "Why did Vice Mayor Jia come over?" ”

"Assistant Zhou can come over, can't I come over?" Jia Zhengde said angrily, he knew what the other meaning of Zhou Zhijin's words was, it was nothing more than saying that he was no longer in charge of the work of smuggling, what was he doing at this time.

"This is the job I am in charge of, and I have found out such a big smuggling case, isn't it normal for me to be here." Zhou Zhijin said with a smile, deliberately wanting to disgust Jia Zhengde.

Jia Zhengde snorted slightly, ignoring Zhou Zhijin's cynicism, looking at the people from the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau who were counting the goods in front of him, his face changed uncertainly, and after a while, he only heard Jia Zhengde turn his head and ask Zhou Zhijin, "I heard that this smuggling ship was seized by Assistant Zhou?" ”

"Yes, how?" Zhou Zhijin looked at Jia Zhengde.

"No, I think it's strange, where did Assistant Zhou get the news, I wonder if Assistant Zhou can satisfy my curiosity? I have been in charge of anti-smuggling work for several months, and I have always heard that some people are engaged in smuggling activities along the coast, but they have been unable to catch the smugglers for a long time. Jia Zhengde said with a smile, and he couldn't tell whether he was praising Zhou Zhijin or mocking.

"How did I get the news, I can't sue Mayor Jia, this is related to the safety of the whistleblower, Vice Mayor Jia, do you say yes?" Zhou Zhijin glanced at Jia Zhengde, "Besides, Deputy Mayor Jia doesn't have to worry about it now." ”

"Assistant Zhou, what do you mean by that?" Jia Zhengde's face was angry, the speaker had no intention of listening, Zhou Zhijin said this, but it made Jia Zhengde's expression faintly unnatural, but it was more covered by the anger on his face, "Is it possible that I will leak the information of the whistleblower." ”