Chapter Ninety-Eight: Caught Off-Guard
"Mayor Chen, of course I don't have so much power, what I did was done in full accordance with the spirit of the instructions of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, and the government document No. 31 of 09 on the implementation of the funds for the City Paradise Project has been explained very clearly, this document was issued by Mayor Xue Rui, and it was also discussed by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, therefore, I think that the Finance Bureau has transferred part of the funds from the funds of the central supporting large farm project in the past three years, and the funds earmarked for this project are fully able to withstand inspection. I also welcome the comrades of the city leaders and the Discipline Inspection Commission to inspect the work of our financial department. ”
Zhou Wangnan knew that at this time it was a matter of life and death, and it was very likely that he would be burdened with a big black pot as soon as he loosened his mouth, so he didn't care that he was just a finance director, and he didn't hesitate to fight Chen Yang in front of so many people in the venue.
And the participants vaguely guessed Chen Yang's true intentions, I am afraid that the problems about the poor economic development discussed earlier are all covered, and his drunkard's intention is not to drink, and to win Zhou Wangnan is his real purpose.
As for the misappropriation of funds for the big farm project that Chen Yang took out as a bullet, it was completely an excuse, after all, such a large amount of funds, without the opinions of the main leaders of the city, he did not dare to make his own opinions.
It's just that this matter is very interesting, after the project was approved, after getting this large amount of money from the central government, how to use it, whether it was immediately put into the project, which caused a lot of controversy at the time, the city does not know how many people are very red about this money, and it just happened that there was a city park project in the city at this time. Originally, this project was not large, but the original intention was mainly to carry out commercial development in the area around the suburban junction, so as to promote the economic development of East China County, so that East China County would not be left behind too much. Originally, the original intention of this project was good, but because of the lack of strength of investors, several large shopping malls just laid a foundation and could not be sustained, seeing that this project was about to become an unfinished project, just at this time came such a large amount of money, the city naturally focused on this money.
But no matter how interested people are, after all, this is a brazen misappropriation of special funds supporting the central government, and the amount is so huge. Not to mention the government's side, even if it is the municipal party committee, Gao Ming, the secretary of the municipal party committee, will never dare to take this responsibility clearly, when the project was built. The city did issue a document No. 31, but it did not explicitly say that the money could be diverted to the City Paradise project, but it was vaguely mentioned that the Municipal Finance Bureau would allocate it at its discretion, and set a time limit for filling the gap, as long as the city's finances were slightly more generous. It is necessary to make up for this special fund in a timely manner.
But obviously, this is a lie like the emperor's new clothes, since the start of investment and construction of the City Paradise project, I don't know how many related enterprises in the city have received a piece of the pie in the past three years. Including the leaders of the city, there are also many people who have reaped the benefits from it. It's a pity. The city invested such a large amount of money in the project, but the final results were not significant. Now it is just a copycat version of Huahai Park similar to Disneyland, plus there are several large shopping malls and office buildings around it, and because the project plot belongs to the suburb of Huahai, the popularity is far less than the downtown area, plus the west is the countryside, it is conceivable that such a suburb can attract many well-known international and domestic businesses to settle in, therefore, so far, the vacancy rate of several seventy or eighty-story buildings has reached 60%, Not to mention how much it brings to the government.
But no matter what, after all, this project is a secret on the table that everyone in Huahai officialdom knows, but all along, everyone has tacitly agreed that no one has pierced this layer of window paper to expose this secret. More than 10 billion is not much, but it is not much, but it is not much, for Huahai, as long as the city's finances are tight, it can still make up for the gap, it depends on how the city leaders make decisions.
Once they figured out this section, the leaders present suddenly became alive in their hearts, some were waiting to watch the show, some were gloating, and some were cold, in short, for a while, the atmosphere of the venue became depressing and weird.
"Mayor Chen, you haven't been in Huahai for a long time, you don't know much about this project, let me put it this way, at the beginning, part of the supporting funds of the big farm project was used to pay off the arrears of some contractors of the City Paradise project in advance, and it was indeed unanimously discussed at the Standing Committee, and our government also held a special symposium to study it, and then issued the No. 31 document in 09, and the text was finally implemented after the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee discussed it. What Lao Zhou just said is indeed the actual situation, the project did not achieve the expected benefits, and it was mainly caused by the general environment, Lao Zhou just did things according to the rules, and Mayor Chen's criticism I felt reluctant. ”
Wen Yue, the deputy mayor in charge of urban construction, took the initiative to speak at this time, which can be regarded as helping Zhou Wangnan say a fair word. She is the only female member of the team, and she is a member of the Jiusan Society, and she has always been known for speaking directly and not afraid of offending people in the government team, and taking the initiative to speak at this time is also in line with her consistent style. Of course, as for what little Jiujiu she has in her heart, no one knows.
Chen Yang glanced at the middle-aged woman, and Chen Yang had never had much affection for this low-ranking deputy mayor. It's no wonder that this Wen Yue relies on his special identity, and he also knows that he has also come to the end in his official career, and often says some strange things with an alternative style at the government executive meeting, and sometimes even makes Chen Yang a little unable to get off the stage, which makes Chen Yang annoyed at the same time There is really not much way to take this woman, I want to kick her away, first, Chen Yang does not have the personnel power, and secondly, this woman is not necessarily afraid of this, it can really be said that she can't be beaten, scolded or scolded, and she can only be worshiped as a Buddha.
At this time, Wen Yue's words obviously meant to give Zhou Wangnan support, Chen Yang naturally knew what this woman's true intentions were, it was very simple, eighty percent of this woman also had a relationship with a lot of money from the project. Not only her, Chen Yang believes that there are other people present who have something to do with the project. After all, there are a lot of tricks in the government's engineering projects, and he knows it, but he didn't mean to lift the lid at all, if this matter was put on hold a few years ago. He might do this, but now he is no longer the cadre who was easy to take risks and can't tolerate too much sand in his eyes, and he has matured a lot in politics, and he knows very well that if he does this, he will immediately put himself on the opposite side of most of the real power factions in the city, which will do him more harm than good in his current situation.
"Mayor Wen, I am very clear about the situation you talked about. I don't need you to remind me that if the issue of this project hadn't been approved by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, the nature of this project would have changed a long time ago, and it would be our turn to talk about it here. Hmph, I think someone here is probably going to be invited to the Commission for Discipline Inspection for tea, Mayor Wen, you said that I said so, right? ”
Chen Yang replied in a stiff tone. didn't save much face because the other party was a lady, and his words were sharp, believing that as long as the other party was not stupid, he could hear the deep meaning hidden in his words.
Sure enough. Wen Yue originally had the intention to take the opportunity to incite everyone's feelings and do something. Now she was immediately speechless, where did she dare to speak disrespectfully again. Hurriedly picked up the teacup, drank a big sip of tea with some embarrassment, and took the opportunity to cover it up, but her heart couldn't help but pound a few times, indeed, Chen Yang's gaze at her just now was too sharp, so that she almost thought that her little kitten had been caught in something, but thinking about it carefully, she only introduced a few builders from Sudong to participate in the bidding for a few subcontracted small projects, and the process was all in the sun, although she also received a considerable amount of red envelopes afterwards, But it was all collected by people she absolutely trusted, she neither had direct relatives come in directly to make money, nor did she stupidly ask the other party for red envelopes, even if the Commission for Discipline Inspection came to investigate, she had absolutely no problem.
Delusion, it must have been an illusion just now! This kid must be just a good old lady, hum, he's still tender, I really think the old lady is so easy to provoke!
Wen Yue secretly cheered herself up in her heart, stabilizing her obviously flustered feelings, don't look at her as a high intellectual, but when she scolds people in her stomach, she is not much different from the shrew on the side of the road, and she secretly takes advantage of some verbal advantages in her heart.
After suppressing this deputy mayor Wen who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, several other people who originally wanted to say two fair words for Zhou Wangnan immediately did not dare to open their mouths at this time, they are all people who are still running for the future, although Gao Ming is still the leader in the city, but who knows when Gao Ming will leave, it is the most stupid to stand in line at this time, and the wisest is to be a wall-riding faction, and only watch the drama and not move the real character.
It's just that they can choose, but Zhou Wangnan, a clever descendant, has no choice, he has already firmly tied his political future to Gao Ming, if he is soft at this time, not to mention that Chen Yang must have made it clear that he wants to get rid of him, I am afraid that Gao Ming will not take a straight look at him again.
Seeing that a group of old buddies who were chatting happily with themselves just now closed their mouths one by one, Zhou Wangnan couldn't help but secretly scolded in his heart that these guys are really not fucking things, and when they asked Lao Tzu for money, they laughed sweeter than dogs.
Thinking for a moment with a dark face, he suddenly stood up from his seat suddenly, stared at Chen Yang with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice again: "Mayor Chen, the bureau has allocated funds for the City Paradise Project, I think it can stand up to inspection, I can guarantee with my party spirit and principles, I personally have absolutely not taken any benefits from it, if Mayor Chen does not trust me, then I can immediately submit my resignation report to the party committee, not the financial director of this Laoshizi, but I must give me a clean slate in the organization!" ”
Zhou Wangnan's voice was sonorous and powerful, and a look of perseverance flashed on his dark and thin face, if he didn't know, he would really be shocked by his righteous and awe-inspiring statement, thinking that he was a good official who was arrogant and not afraid of power.
Chen Yang didn't feel any emotional fluctuations because Zhou Wangnan coldly commanded his army, his face was still as indifferent as just now, looking at Zhou Wangnan's slightly exaggerated performance, the corners of his mouth hooked, revealing a sneer that was imperceptible to others.
The principle of party spirit? The most worthless thing this year is this, and everyone can take it out and say it!
"Old Zhou, what are you doing here? You sit down and talk first! ”
Chen Yang did not respond to his questioning. Just frowned and drank lightly.
Zhou Wangnan put on an open-minded posture, his eyes turned his head coldly, and he snorted coldly, but instead of obeying the order. On the contrary, it made the scene more rigid.
Executive Deputy Mayor Zeng Aihua glanced at Lao Zhou, who was angry and dark-faced, as a cadre who was very close to Gao Ming, he also knew that he would not stand up to support Lao Zhou at this time, and as soon as today's meeting ended, the news reached Secretary Gao's ears, and he would definitely lose Secretary Gao's trust.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, and immediately spoke: "Mayor Chen." Lao Zhou has worked diligently in the financial department for more than 10 years, and his work performance has been affirmed by the central government. As an old comrade on the financial front and as a member of the Communist Party, he has made very important contributions. ”
He spoke very skillfully. not only directly gave Lao Zhou spiritual support, but also dragged other comrades into the water.
The other people present couldn't help but secretly scold this guy in their hearts, but at this time, seeing Lao Zhou being forced into such a ghost by Chen Yang's words, they did feel a little chilled. Who knows which one this young mayor will use after dealing with Lao Zhou?
So next. Several deputy mayors, including Peng Weiguo, as well as several district mayors and district party committee secretaries, also came out to express their positions. The words are different, but the meaning is very clear, it is nothing more than that Chen Yang's approach is very inappropriate, and there is no evidence and no evidence. Many people even took this opportunity to faintly force the palace.
Chen Yang really didn't expect Zhou Wangnan to dare to turn his face with himself at the meeting, he didn't mean to make it difficult, but he didn't expect this guy to be so hard, he seemed to step on his tail with just one word, and immediately jumped up, of course, he didn't expect that there would be so many people to support Lao Zhou at this time, and he was also put on the line by these people, which really caught him off guard, which made him frown secretly, and at the same time, he also wondered a little in his heart, could it be that Lao Zhou really misunderstood? Is he really a two-sleeved official?
To be honest, after he took office, he knew about this project, which would get a lot of money from the city treasury every year, and he didn't pay much attention to it, and this time it was entirely because of an accident that he thought of making a fuss about it.
The cause of the matter is not complicated, that is, it has something to do with Huang Guoqing he met in the resort in Huadong County last weekend, although he does not know much about Huang Guoqing, but he can also hear about the history of this person from some channels, it seems that Huang Guoqing seems to have a lot of business in hand, but in fact, he mainly made a fortune by engaging in infrastructure projects, to put it bluntly, he is a contractor specializing in government units to make a fortune, This is not much different from the history of many businessmen with deep backgrounds in China, nothing unusual, and Chen Yang paid attention to him, in addition to the unpleasant thing that happened in the resort that day, another thing that made him noteworthy, that night he not only saw Huang Guoqing, but also saw a lot of good cars from the Municipal Finance Bureau, such a big contractor who made a fortune by the government and the heads of the Municipal Finance Bureau appeared in the same entertainment venue, which in itself is a very interesting thing. Not to mention that Chen Yang originally had the intention to get a look at this Zhou Wangnan, who had never taken him very seriously, and only obeyed Gao Ming.
With such a thought, after going back, Chen Yang specially asked Wang Wanping to check it, but Zhou Wangnan's official reputation outside the bureau is very good, and he is also very sophisticated, and he has not been able to find out what he can do in a short period of time. Economically, Zhou Wangnan has no problems, at least it shows that there is no problem, and even this guy doesn't know if it's intentional, a dignified director of the Huahai City Finance Bureau still lives in a two-bedroom and a living room, and there are not many valuable things at home, in short, it is obviously very difficult to find a breakthrough from here, in terms of family life, this guy is also very careful, he has been mixed in officialdom for so many years, and he has never heard of him having a close relationship with any woman.
At this time, seeing that the order of the venue began to be a little chaotic, fortunately, Chen Yang, who had been trained for many years in officialdom, did not seem too flustered, but he also knew that it would be difficult to open it here.
However, after seeing that the main purpose of this meeting has been achieved, firstly, it has sounded a wake-up call to everyone, so that they will never dare to slack off in their work in the last quarter, and secondly, he has successfully tested the true attitude of Zhou Wangnan, or this group of cadres working beside him, whether it is good or bad, has been in his eyes. (To be continued......)