Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 638 Li Yongbao

Qu Zhengping asked, "How much food did you lose in Beishan?"

He Anxia said vaguely: "About a thousand tons."

Qu Zhengping was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone before saying, "How about this? The province will provide you with a batch of grain aid, the amount is 1,200 tons."

He An was stunned.

What an unexpected surprise!

He Anxia also pondered for a moment, "Governor Qu, I don't have much of a problem here. The main problem is our mayor. If we can't deal with him, I'm afraid even if you give me 10,000 tons, I won't be able to do anything."

Qu Zhengping is not a fool. If he sends over a thousand tons of grain, as long as the other party makes good use of it, he can definitely save Hu Youde.

Knowing that He Anxia wanted to ask for too much, he casually said, "I just want to atone for the sins of my old subordinate. No matter what, he still has the problem of dereliction of duty. In this case, just ignore what I said."

He Anxia did not expect the other party to be so decisive, and it was difficult for him to try to cover it up. More than a thousand tons of grain were nothing to him, at least not as important as his face as the Prince of Handong.

After hanging up the phone, He Anxia smoked a cigarette.

He wondered about the deputy governor's intentions, whether he wanted to save him or not.

He said he didn't want to save the person, and then another call came, saying he didn't want to save the person. He didn't even talk about bargaining and just directly denied it.

Just raise the price, add a few hundred tons, and I'll "reluctantly" agree to give it a try.

After thinking about it, he called Qi Tongwei and first told him about the situation of several cadres who came to confess. Qi Tongwei also reported on the situation of a group of cadres who came from his side.

Qi Tongwei said: "This way we can also make use of waste. There is still a lot of illicit money in the hands of officials of all ranks in Beishan. If we can collect it, it will be a considerable fortune."

He Anxia teased, "Model Worker Qi, you're lucky you're not a corrupt official, otherwise you'd be stripped of several layers of skin. You'd even be stripping your own comrades and cadres. That's too cruel."

"We have no choice. We in Beishan are too poor. Only this group of people are the richest. If we don't get money from them, where else can we get it?" Qi Tongwei chuckled and got down to business. "Speaking of money, the patriotic Ding Yizhen and his team are holding a large investment promotion conference tomorrow. I heard that many businessmen are coming. I guess most of them are attracted by the nearly 10 billion yuan in our fiscal funds. So, you can attend it tomorrow on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government."

He Anxia said: "The investment promotion conference is not your job as mayor, why do you want me to go?"

"It's my job. If you go, it will just add to our confrontation. Others will think you're suppressing me, stealing my spotlight, and stealing the city government's limelight. We need to make a better impression on the people below us."

He Anxia didn't fall for Qi Tongwei's trick and said affirmatively: "Tongwei, why do I feel like you are plotting against me?"

Qi Tongwei said, "How is that possible? Who would scheme against a good cause?" He then changed the subject, as if to instruct, "There are several major entrepreneurs attending this meeting that you should pay special attention to, especially Mr. Bai from Weiye International. He's the largest private enterprise in Hanjiang, with nearly 10 billion in assets. Governor Anbang even sent him here to ask him to come. You must treat him well. If he takes the lead in investing, it will be a huge boost for Beishan."

"Okay, okay, Model Worker Qi, I understand." He Anxia didn't want to listen to Qi Tongwei's nagging, so he quickly agreed and said, "By the way, Qu Zhengping just called me."

Qi Tongwei said without surprise: "Look, as soon as we show disunity, all sorts of evildoers come out. Is he here to beg for mercy?"

"Yes." He Anxia told Qi Tongwei what happened and asked him what the other party meant.

Qi Tongwei thought about it and guessed, "Could it be the common tactic in the business world, retreating to advance?"

"I think so too. Maybe the other party will bring up this matter again in a few days."

"Maybe not. He's not an ordinary businessman. I think it's very likely that he'll come back for a hunting rifle instead of a good bottle of wine."

"You mean he'll use some tricks?"

"Hard to say."

"What's your opinion? Should we take Hu Youde?"

"If the price he offers is right, then let's sell it. Lao Xiao's investigation hasn't yielded any breakthroughs. A big fire has burned everything. The most we can charge him with is dereliction of duty and misconduct. We'll have to go up against a vice governor, so this deal is a bit of a loss. But if he resorts to some trickery, that's another story."

"Okay, I understand."

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"Of course we have to use some tricks." Qu Zhengping said into the phone.

The person on the other end of the phone was his former secretary Li Yongbao, who is currently the director of the Heji City Grain Bureau and also the director of the provincial grain depot.

As the name suggests, Heji City is an important grain producing area in the Han River and bears the heavy burden of ensuring food for the people of the entire province.

Therefore, the work focus of Heji City is different from that of other cities. The director of the Grain Bureau is concurrently the deputy mayor, at the deputy bureau level.

"If they dare not give me, the Vice Governor of Agriculture, face, then I will make everyone lose face. You must arrange to prevent nearby grain from flowing into Beishan City at a fair price."

Li Yongbao said, "In this case, will they transfer grain from Handong?"

"That's their business. I can't stop them. But feeding a city of five million people is a huge expense. As long as they can afford it."

Li Yongbao felt that this was inappropriate. "Wouldn't that completely offend them? What if they file a complaint with the Provincial Party Committee?"

Qu Zhengping was stunned. "Are you stupid? Can't you find an excuse? Just say that there's a food shortage nearby. Besides, food has been in short supply in the past two years, so we have a legitimate reason.

"Besides, what's wrong with offending them? As the Vice Governor, am I really afraid of them? Or do you want me, the Vice Governor, to bow down to them? Isn't that a joke?" Then he realized belatedly, "Or do they have something against Youde? Does it involve you?"

Li Yongbao smiled and said, "What kind of handle could they have? It's even more impossible to involve me. I'm in Heji City, hundreds of kilometers away from Beishan. I just feel that this won't save Youde. We've known each other for so many years, and we're old friends."

It would be fine if I didn't talk about this, but as soon as I mentioned Qu Zhengping, I got angry. "He deserves to die. He actually set fire to the granary! What kind of a crime is this? Even if he gets caught, he won't be able to get ten heads."

Li Yongbao argued, "Leader, I don't think he's a capable person. You know his character well. Killing chickens and ducks is fine, but setting fire to a warehouse is something he wouldn't do.

I think someone else, fearing being caught, took this opportunity to burn down the granary and pin the blame on Youde."

Qu Zhengping pondered for a moment, "That makes sense, then it can only be considered bad luck for him, but if that's the case, there's nothing to worry about.

If someone else burned it, it would be discovered sooner or later. If it can't be discovered, then there won't be any problems with Youde."