freenovelworld Chapter 647: Corruption
Chapter 647: Corruption
Wu Huifen put down the phone and pressed the hands-free key. "Hello, Tongwei, is that you?"
"Hey, Mr. Wu, I didn't expect you to go to Haizhou. I didn't have time to say hello to you right away. Are you feeling well?"
Wu Huifen smiled and said, "Of course, you think your teacher Wu is in his seventies or eighties."
Qi Tongwei also smiled, "That can't be possible. Teacher Wu, you will always be young and beautiful in our hearts, and always be eighteen years old."
Gao Yuliang took a sip of his coffee and smiled at Wu Huifen, "Teacher Wu, look at these little monkeys, they only know how to please you."
Wu Huifen said, "You think everyone is like you and doesn't understand the fun of it."
Qi Tongwei joked, "Teacher Wu, you can't blame my teacher Gao. He teaches political science and law, and people in political science and law must be serious and rigorous. They must always maintain an objective attitude and not have subjective feelings."
Gao Yuliang said, "Tongwei, what you said is wrong. I maintain an objective and rational attitude in many things, but I still have subjective feelings towards you little monkeys."
Wu Huifen said, "I don't think so. You still have some subjective feelings towards that Mr. Zhao, and these subjective feelings may very well corrupt you."
Gao Yuliang's tone was a little unhappy, "Teacher Wu, why are you saying this to Tongwei?"
Qi Tongwei sensed something was wrong and asked, "Teacher Wu, please tell me what's going on. How could my teacher be corrupt?"
Gao Yuliang said, "Tongwei, don't listen to your teacher's wife's nonsense. I just accepted Zhao Ruilong's normal banquets a few times, but your teacher Wu thinks I am corrupt.
Think about it, they're investing in Haizhou, they're investors, and they have Comrade Zhao Lichun behind them, so as the mayor, how can I not give them this honor?"
"You're giving face too often. You've accepted five invitations to dinner in the last month or so. If this gets to your political opponents, they're bound to make a fuss about you." Wu Huifen couldn't help but chatter.
"Who is Zhao Ruilong? Others may not know, but don't we know? Back in college, he got a girl pregnant. It caused a huge uproar, and even everyone at Handong University was talking about it.
If his father hadn't suppressed him, he would have been in jail now.
In recent years, he has been involved with a group of real estate developers and has been aggressively acquiring land in Handong. I heard that none of his contractors have not owed wages to migrant workers.
He invited you, and I don't think he has good intentions. Yuliang, you have to be careful, don't take the blame for others and become their umbrella."
Qi Tongwei didn’t know whether Gao Yuliang was alert or not, but he was alert.
I hope Zhao Ruilong will not repeat what happened to Xiaofeng in the 15th year of Wanli.
Think about it, who doesn’t have weaknesses, especially in the officialdom which is a big melting pot.
As long as you have a hobby, it will be a breakthrough to be brought down.
Gao Yuliang has a big weakness. He likes Ming history. No, he doesn’t just like Ming history.
Wu Huifen is a Ming Dynasty history teacher. Isn't she more profound than Gao Xiaofeng? In the final analysis, it was just that under the erosion of alcohol, his resistance was weakened and he made the mistake a man should make.
Thinking of this, he also reminded: "Teacher Gao, that Zhao Ruilong is indeed not a good person, you really need to be careful."
Gao Yuliang said, "Tongwei, don't worry, your teacher is not that stupid. Zhao Ruilong and I are just dealing with normal investments. The issue of the unpaid wages for the migrant workers that your teacher Wu mentioned is only a problem with his partner, the builder.
And it is only a very rare case. I have emphasized to him about this matter that in Haizhou, I only agree to the contracting of our local Qiangsheng Group. I do not agree to any other contractors.
"Tongwei, you should be familiar with the name of the Qiangsheng Group. It has grown rapidly in recent years. I heard that it is controlled by a big boss in Hong Kong Island with abundant funds. The fact that they withheld wages from workers has never happened in the Qiangsheng Group before."
Qi Tongwei certainly knew that Qiangsheng Group was just a creation of his out of mischievous taste.
But I didn’t expect that Gao Qiqiang was really not bragging. He just provided a platform, and others developed it into a big company.
The last time I heard Jiang Mao report, he said that Qiangsheng Group has become a real estate company with assets of over 100 million yuan, and is currently preparing to go public.
In addition, Jiang Mao also told him some news about Gao Qiqiang.
He said that Gao Qiqiang has been a little arrogant recently. Although he respects him on the surface, he is increasingly unwilling to listen to opinions in the business world and is determined to follow Zhao Ruilong to the end.
Of course, Qi Tongwei didn't care too much. Gao Qiqiang was just a boring move in his political career. It was good enough as long as it could bring him benefits.
It would be fine if the other party was content to be a small boss and make money for him, but if he really wanted to become big and strong and follow Zhao Ruilong all the way to the end, he would not care.
"If it's the Qiangsheng Group, they shouldn't be withholding workers' wages. I know the big Hong Kong businessman Luo Qian behind it, so she has some connections. If necessary, I can ask Luo Qian to make a call."
Gao Yuliang immediately said to Wu Huifen, "Look, Teacher Wu, Tong Wei said so. You should be relieved now, right?"
Wu Huifen continued to mutter, "It's not that I don't trust your local builders, but I don't trust Zhao Ruilong. Yuliang, you better be careful."
Gao Yuliang was impatient: "What a woman's opinion, Teacher Wu, you are a history professor, can you look at the problem from a long-term and comprehensive perspective?
If the water is clear, there will be no fish!
Which businessman is not like this nowadays? If they want to get a project, they have to make arrangements and welcome people from all walks of life.
I won't accept anything from him. If he doesn't even go to eat, how can he dare to invest in Haizhou?
And if Comrade Lichun hears this, what will he think?
Do you think that since I'm leaning on Secretary He and Vice Governor Liu, I won't give him, the Governor, any respect? Then do I still want to be the mayor?
In official circles, one has to pay attention to superficiality and act according to the circumstances.
And you know that I come from a political and legal background. Secretary He has made great efforts to enable me to take over as mayor. Many people are waiting to see me make a fool of myself.
We must not embarrass Secretary He. Now that we are in office, we must do a good job, achieve achievements, and boost Haizhou's economy."
Feeling her husband's anger, Wu Huifen lowered her voice a bit: "Yuliang, I don't mean anything else. I just feel that, you see, with our reform and opening up, the people have become richer, but the social atmosphere has also changed, especially the cadre team, which has become more and more corrupt.
I went to see Mr. Chen a while ago, and he asked me to keep whispering in your ear to remind you not to go the wrong way.
"Times have changed. Mr. Chen's approach is no longer suitable today. If we had followed his way, we wouldn't have achieved such results. Sometimes, appropriate corruption can make the economy prosper faster."
Wu Huifen was silent. "Yuliang, what you said doesn't sound like something a professor of political science and law would say."
Gao Yuliang said: "At that time, I was just a scholar with ambition. Only when I put my feet on the ground and did I understand what was right and what was wrong. Besides, my behavior was not considered corruption. If eating a few meals and drinking a few glasses of wine was considered corruption, then there would be no honest officials in our team."