Chapter 360: Secretly Rejoicing

September 23, 1992, the 27th day of the eighth lunar month, Wednesday.

At the municipal government guesthouse, yesterday Feng Xingping received a call from the boss's secretary and learned that he had been reported. Moreover, thousands of report letters were placed on the desks of several bigwigs, which scared him so much that he almost sat on the ground.

Then he heard the boss tell him that he must find evidence of Zhou Andong's violations within two days, and if he couldn't find it, he should fabricate it. This made him immediately understand that the boss was also under pressure, and he felt the urgency of time.

It also made him feel panicked because if he couldn't catch Zhou Andong's handle within two days, he would be abandoned and become a sacrificial lamb in this game. So he ordered an audit of the accounts overnight, and he accompanied them all night, regretting all night that he shouldn't have come to Jiangzhou.

"Director!" After nine o'clock in the morning, he heard Old Lin's excited roar: "Found it! There is an abnormal fund of more than 110,000, marked as scholarships and prizes."

Everyone's spirits lifted. They gathered around to check, and then everyone cheered.

Kang Tong said viciously: "Zhou Andong, let's see how you can be arrogant now."

Feng Xingping clenched his fists tightly, his hands trembling with excitement: "Old Lin, you immediately take people to the winery and bring the Finance Department section chief back for questioning."

"Okay!" Old Lin took two people, walked quickly out of the hotel, and drove straight to the winery.

At ten o'clock, in a private room of the Dashang Hotel's second-floor restaurant, Gu Bing, Cheng Zhanjun, Deng Zhangli, Wu Huilin, and Tang Bei were sitting around the table, eating and chatting, the atmosphere very harmonious.

"Miss Wu, this is a fruit-flavored white liquor specially brewed by our Jiangzhou Winery for female consumers. The alcohol content is not high, and it doesn't go to your head. You should like it."

Deng Zhangli took a bottle of Jiang Xiaomei and poured the wine into the glasses in front of Wu Huilin and Tang Bei.

Wu Huilin picked up the glass, tasted it very suspiciously, and then her eyes lit up, and she took another sip.

"The fruit flavor is very strong, but the alcohol flavor is very light. It's really quite good."

Tang Bei didn't know how to drink. Hearing Wu Huilin's words, she picked up her glass, drank a sip, and then drank the whole glass of wine.

Gu Bing said with a smile: "Secretary Tang, although Jiang Xiaomei's alcohol content is not high, if you drink it like this, you will get drunk."

Tang Bei's face turned red instantly, not knowing if it was out of embarrassment or the stimulation of the alcohol.

Cheng Zhanjun said: "Miss Wu, if you have any requirements, feel free to put them forward. We have no conditions, but we will create conditions to satisfy you."

Wu Huilin said: "For the time being, there are no requirements. I am here at the invitation of Mr. Zhou to conduct an inspection in advance. There is also the acquisition of Jiangzhou First Construction Company. If possible, can I go take a look?"

"No problem!" Cheng Zhanjun said: "I will arrange it, and you can go inspect it tomorrow."

Wu Huilin nodded: "Our Xiangjiang Qiudongfang only does commercial real estate, such as hotels, office buildings, and shopping plazas. Also, we will not cooperate with any real estate company."

Hearing Wu Huilin's words, Cheng Zhanjun was stunned: "Miss Wu, the scale of this project is very large, with a total investment of over three billion."

"If it were US dollars, we would definitely consider it, but for RMB, we can still come up with ten or twenty billion."

When Wu Huilin spoke, she had a smile on her face and was very confident. But in her heart, she cursed Jian Qiu to pieces: "I've already said it. If you can't come up with so much money, I'll lose my face completely. I really should choose a high building to jump off."

Cheng Zhanjun and Deng Zhangli's spirits lifted. They hadn't heard of Xiangjiang Qiudongfang, but being able to easily come up with ten or twenty billion for investment meant their strength definitely wasn't ordinary, which made them happy in their hearts.

Deng Zhangli said: "We naturally welcome Xiangjiang Qiudongfang being able to take down the project on your own."

It was very pleasant chatting here, but the winery was a bit panicked.

Finance Department section chief Ge Zhengrong had been taken away by the investigation team, and Gu Bing wasn't in the factory. Fortunately, Du Chunhua was in the factory, which could slightly stabilize the morale.

Ge Zhengrong was brought to the guesthouse. Facing the serious-looking Feng Xingping, he was very calm. Because he knew that the account books had no problems at all. This was called, "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't fear the door being knocked."

"Ge Zhengrong!" Feng Xingping said: "You know why you were brought here, right?"

Ge Zhengrong shook his head: "I don't know!"

"You don't know?" Old Lin glared and shouted sternly: "As the Finance Department section chief, you don't know there's a problem with the accounts?"

Ge Zhengrong smiled slightly: "I really don't know. Since you've found a problem, tell me, let's see if I can remember."

"Fine!" Old Lin waved his hand, "Bring the account books over."

Zhang Zui brought the account books over and placed them in front of Ge Zhengrong: "Take a look, what kind of scholarships and prizes cost more than 110,000?"

Ge Zhengrong said calmly: "Our winery has established a scholarship fund. As long as they are winery children who get into university, they all get bonuses. For example, key universities, the bonus is 10,666..."

"How much?" Feng Xingping looked at Ge Zhengrong with a livid face, "Getting into university, a bonus of 10,666? Are you fools, or do you take me for a fool?

Tell me, where did this money go? Did you line your own pockets and put it all into your own pockets?"

Ge Zhengrong said: "This matter isn't hard to investigate. The Finance Department has a list. If you go and investigate it, won't it be clear?"

Feng Xingping turned back to Old Lin and said: "Take more people to investigate it."

Old Lin nodded and left again with people.

Ge Zhengrong, however, was secretly rejoicing in his heart. The factory director was truly a Zhuge of the present age, with foresight. When the scholarships were issued, they were taken from those two million. But later, Zhou Andong told him that this money couldn't be explained clearly and couldn't be entered into the accounts.

So he had him use the payment for goods to plug the hole of those two million, and then entered it into the accounts. Then he had him use procurement to enter the accounts, washing those two million clean, and then deposited it into the scholarship fund account. Otherwise, those two million in black money would have become the bomb this time, likely blowing them to smithereens.

Time passed bit by bit. It was noon, and Feng Xingping and the few people left behind didn't feel hungry at all. They didn't even eat, waiting anxiously for Old Lin to return.

Until after three o'clock in the afternoon, Old Lin finally returned. Seeing the relaxed expression on his face, a smile also appeared on Feng Xingping's face.

"How is it?"

In the corridor, a group of people gathered together, looking at Old Lin.

Old Lin took a deep breath: "The money was indeed given to the students who got into university, and we also saw the passbooks, this can't be fake. And the prizes were all Walkmans. However, those two students who got into key universities were also rewarded with two pagers, each worth more than six thousand."

Hearing this, Feng Xingping laughed out loud: "He, Zhou Andong, thinks the winery is his own? He does whatever he wants. This is a serious loss of state-owned assets." ===== CHAPTER 361 =====