Chapter 334: Li Junxia Taken Away

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Fan walked into the meeting room on time, and the attendees were all present, sitting upright.

After Lu Fan sat in the first seat, he said in a deep voice, "Comrades, meeting starts! This meeting only studies one item, which is the illegal subcontracting problem of the High School new teaching building project and the gymnasium expansion project. The Urban Construction Bureau will report the specific situation first!"

Zhou Fei sat in the reporting seat and reported, "Secretary Lu, leaders, according to the meeting arrangement, I will report the verification situation of the Ganshui High School new teaching building project and the gymnasium expansion project as follows: At ten o'clock this morning, the County Urban Construction Bureau, together with relevant units, conducted a careful and detailed verification of the qualifications, contracts, personnel, material supply, equipment, and project site management materials of the above two projects, and found that the on-site construction enterprises were all illegal construction enterprises. The winning enterprise, without signing a contract, subcontracted the project to individuals who did not have the corresponding qualification conditions, violating relevant laws and regulations such as the Construction Law and the Engineering Quality Law."

The County Housing and Construction Bureau filed a case against the construction contracting unit suspected of illegal subcontracting, illegal sub-subcontracting, etc., and inquired about the legal representative Xue, the project person in charge of the supervision unit Li, and the labor company representatives Wang and Tian, and made inquiry records. At the same time, they informed them of the illegal facts, basis, and administrative penalty items to be made, and have not yet received the enterprise's statement and defense.

Now our unit proposes to issue an administrative penalty decision to the construction unit and the winning enterprise:

The above-mentioned companies violated the provisions of Article 25, Paragraph 3 of the "Regulations on the Quality Management of Construction Projects," in accordance with the "Administrative Penalty Discretionary Power Benchmark of Qinchuan Province Urban Construction System," based on Article 23 of the "Administrative Penalty Law" and Article 62 of the "Regulations on the Quality Management of Construction Projects," requiring them to stop illegal acts, suggesting lowering the qualification level, imposing a fine of 4% of the project contract price on the winning enterprise, and imposing a fine of 4% of the project contract price on the construction enterprise."

After Zhou Fei finished reporting, Lu Fan directly stated his position, "In order to further standardize market order and govern the illegal acts of government engineering projects in our county, we must create a strong atmosphere of severely cracking down on illegal contracting, subcontracting, illegal sub-subcontracting, and affiliation, fully play the warning education role of typical cases, achieve the effect of exposing a batch and deterring a piece through case explanation and case warning, and enhance the law-abiding consciousness of market subjects!

The illegal acts of the above-mentioned enterprises should be taken as a warning by all parties in the construction market to put an end to the occurrence of illegal and non-compliant contracting acts. The housing and construction department must increase the investigation and punishment of contracting and affiliation qualifications in the field of engineering construction, and severely crack down on illegal and non-compliant acts!

Here, I must severely criticize the County Government! At the last Standing Committee meeting, I clearly stated that the winning enterprise needs to be registered in the county. This is to increase the output value and tax revenue for Ganshui. But what was the result? A total of seven bid sections, only two were won by county enterprises. Is it that the tax revenue of several million is so insignificant to you? Or are you turning a deaf ear to the decisions of the Standing Committee and acting in defiance? Being so numb, why are you sitting in that position? Are you worthy of the common people of Ganshui?"

"Let everyone discuss it first, does anyone have different opinions on this punishment?"

Wang Baoguo bit the bullet and said, "The Secretary often instructs to create the best business environment. In the process of project bidding, some enterprises found the County Government with documents from the Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. There are indeed clear provisions: resolutely prohibit industry monopoly and regional blockades, and do not formulate restrictive conditions to hinder or exclude bidders from other places from entering the local market. Therefore, this bidding process was based on the principle of openness, transparency, fairness, and justice, treating market subjects from different regions equally, without restriction or exclusion."

Lu Fan asked back, "So, 32 million yuan of projects were all given to enterprises outside the county? County Head Baoguo, do you think this excuse can convince everyone? In the past few years, how many dark-box operations have there been in the whole county? Do we need to check them one by one?"

Lu Fan was about to lose his temper when his phone vibrated. Looking at it, it was actually Secretary Li Mingzhou calling, so he hurriedly stood up and explained, "Municipal Party Committee Secretary Li is calling, you discuss first, I will answer the phone."

After coming out, Lu Fan answered the phone and asked, "Secretary, I was in a meeting just now!"

Li Mingzhou scolded, "What is going on with that Li Junxia in your Ganshui? The bastard, it's spreading like wildfire on the Internet, and it has formed a major public opinion! What kind of place is Yingjiang? How can he be so presumptuous?"

Lu Fan was a bit confused and said, "Secretary, what happened?"

"Li Junxia and several division-level cadres were gambling heavily in a private club during the period. It has been posted on the Internet by someone, and it is spreading very fast. Just now, Provincial Party Committee Secretary Chen specifically called to ask, saying that Jingcheng is also paying attention! Where is he?"

Lu Fan was shocked and said, "Secretary, we are holding a Standing Committee expansion meeting, and Li Junxia is also there."

"Wait, the Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee will go to Ganshui immediately!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Mingzhou said to Wu Xiaohua, "Send people to these counties immediately, bring the people back, adhere to zero tolerance, strictly investigate and handle, never indulge, and handle at the top level! Especially that Li Junxia, doesn't he have economic problems? Handle them together!"

Lu Fan returned to the meeting room and said, "Continue!"

County Party Committee Deputy Secretary Wang Zhikun said, "The illegal subcontracting or splitting and subcontracting of projects actually formed a bad phenomenon of 'layer-by-layer skinning, geese passing and plucking hair,' which greatly reduced the funds actually used for project construction, eventually leading to cutting corners during the construction process; even worse, the project fell into the hands of 'underground' subcontracting teams without corresponding qualifications, causing low construction project quality, appearing serious project quality hidden dangers, becoming a veritable 'tofu dregs' project, causing major quality accidents, and causing serious losses to people's lives and property!

This kind of behavior that disrupts market order will also trigger various disputes. For example, migrant worker wage arrears, tax arrears disputes, triangular debts, etc., and may also cause serious problems such as loss of state-owned assets, seriously damaging the market economic order, and must be prohibited. I support severe punishment for these enterprises!" He was very eager to beat the dog in the water!

Discipline Inspection Committee Secretary Zhang Qianyuan pointedly said, "Yes, laws and regulations have repeatedly clarified that subcontracting and affiliation behaviors should be resolutely stopped. However, subcontracting and affiliation behaviors in the construction market are still rampant and intensifying. The migrant worker jumping incidents that have occurred frequently in recent years are all hidden behind the figures of unqualified subcontracting heads, and all involve interests and corruption problems!"

Slowly, the Standing Committee meeting turned into a criticism meeting.

Deputy County Head Li Junxia lowered his head and said nothing. He wanted to look at his mobile phone, but as soon as his head was raised, he saw the Secretary's stern gaze, which scared him to put his hand down.

As time passed, the Standing Committee meeting gradually evolved into a criticism meeting. A tense atmosphere permeated the meeting room. Deputy County Head Li Junxia lowered his head and said nothing, his heart full of anxiety and uneasiness. His fingers unconsciously reached for the mobile phone in his pocket, but when he looked up, he met the stern gaze of the County Party Committee Secretary, which startled him and made him shrink his hand back.

Executive Vice County Head Yang Chengyu was very fortunate that he did not participate in the High School project, otherwise, the person who couldn't sit still would be himself!

After everyone finished expressing their opinions, in order to delay time, Lu Fan temporarily added an agenda item regarding the merger plan of township schools.

Li Junxia had to express his opinion; he was the leader in charge.

Originally, Lu Fan could call Li Junxia to his office and wait for the Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee to arrive, but he wanted this person to be taken away by the Discipline Inspection Committee in public, so that the attendees could experience a brainstorming session on the spot, let them experience the Discipline Inspection Committee "taking people" personally, and let them understand "don't reach out, if you reach out, you will be caught"!

Three good words are not as good as a stick; a thousand good words are not as profound as a bloody lesson!

At 5:20, Lu Fan's phone rang. He answered the phone in front of everyone and said, "Come in!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a knock on the door in the meeting room.

Then, Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee Supervision Office Director Du Wenlong pushed the door and entered, saying, "Secretary Lu, there are some situations that need Li Junxia to cooperate with the Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee for investigation!"

Lu Fan nodded and said, "Okay, Ganshui County will cooperate with the Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee's work."

Du Wenlong walked quickly to Li Junxia's side with people, his expression exceptionally serious, and said, "Comrade Li Junxia, please come with us!"

Hearing this sentence, Li Junxia's face instantly turned pale as paper, as if all the blood color had been drained. His legs were trembling, and he struggled to stand up with his hands on the table. His lips were trembling slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't make any sound.

Du Wenlong had long been accustomed to such scenes. He just looked at Li Junxia coldly, and then gave a wink to the two cadres next to him. The two cadres immediately understood his meaning, stepped forward without hesitation to "frame" Li Junxia, and took him out of the meeting room. The whole process was rapid and decisive.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden change. The huge meeting room was dead silent, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere, making people feel suffocated.

Wang Baoguo widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief and horror, his palms full of sweat, and he didn't even dare to look at Lu Fan!

Lu Fan cleared his throat and said, "Comrades, geese leave sounds, snakes leave traces! As long as you reach out your hand that shouldn't be reached, you will leave clues. I hope everyone will take it as a warning. I advise those who want to play 'edge balls' to extinguish their thoughts and resolutely stop, and never be unable to distinguish between public and private, harm the public with private interests, and never use public power to do evil. Otherwise, being caught and corrected will happen to yourself!

Regarding the High School project, please ask the Urban Construction Bureau to act according to the rules and seriously pursue the responsibility of the involved enterprises. And terminate the contract, and the Education Bureau will be responsible for re-bidding!" ===== CHAPTER 335 =====