Chapter 3986: Doomsday

This call was from a staff member in Lu Zhenghong's office. He told Su Xinghui that Tian Xiaopeng had been placed under "shuanggui" (investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission).

Su Xinghui said "Thank you" and hung up the phone.

Tian Xiaopeng being placed under shuanggui was not exactly big news. For Su Xinghui, although the Tian brothers had always hated him to the bone, he had never regarded them as true opponents; he rarely even thought of them.

However, this time, it was necessary to take shuanggui measures against Tian Xiaopeng because the Tian brothers had been too active lately. They were jumping around, acting as the vanguard for the other side, and many famous scholars had been bought by them to speak on their behalf.

Behind their Daye Real Estate Development Company, a not-insignificant force had gathered, which currently counted as the main force in the opposing camp.

If Tian Xiaopeng could be taken down, it would deal a heavy blow to their arrogant momentum. Sometimes, momentum was extremely important. With one Tian Xiaopeng under shuanggui, many people on the other side would panic. After all, those people valued personal interests more, so they were not very clean in economic matters. Who wouldn't be afraid of the Discipline Inspection Commission investigating?

And now, Lu Zhenghong was the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission; he had a natural advantage in this regard.

Tian Xiaopeng himself had not expected that he would actually be placed under shuanggui by the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission. He always felt that the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission couldn't possibly have any solid evidence. As long as they had no solid evidence, they couldn't take any measures against him.

Yet, the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission had actually come to his office and taken shuanggui measures against him, which left Tian Xiaopeng a bit bewildered. Did the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission really have evidence?

Tian Xiaopeng still tried his best to remain calm. He signed his name on the notice and, with a very calm expression, walked out with the two staff members from the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission.

As he walked through the corridor of the office building, he could feel the gazes of countless people falling upon him. This was a very natural occurrence; a deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and a candidate for the next mayor had actually been taken away by the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission. This was absolutely a major event in the city, and everyone was extremely shocked.

When Tian Xiaopeng was about to reach the ground floor, the composure he was trying so hard to maintain felt like it was slipping. As he took the last few steps, his foot slipped, and he nearly fell. Fortunately, the two staff members beside him reached out to steady him, and only then did he stand firm.

Tian Xiaopeng steadied himself and said "Thank you" with a smile. The two staff members also nodded at him with a smile; the two sides looked as if they were just going out to eat together.

Only Tian Xiaopeng himself knew that his heart was actually filled with fear. He had an ominous feeling; he always felt that something was wrong. Whenever he thought that the rest of his life would likely be spent in prison, he shuddered.

Tian Xiaopeng's feeling was not wrong; there was indeed something wrong. However, he did not know yet that the reason he had fallen to this state was that his most trusted friend, Cui Wenbin, had betrayed him.

Just that time when he called Cui Wenbin and told him to go abroad immediately, Cui Wenbin had indeed gone abroad, but he did not go alone; he had taken all his relatives with him.

Tian Xiaopeng also did not know that over the past few years, Cui Wenbin, utilizing Tian Xiaopeng's trust in him, had already transferred most of the assets of Daye Real Estate Development Company abroad and deposited them into his own accounts. What remained of Daye Real Estate Development Company was merely an empty shell, with a large number of real estate projects under development and huge debts owed to banks.

Over these years, Cui Wenbin had used the connections of Tian Xiaopeng and the people behind Daye Real Estate Development Company to raise countless funds from banks. Added to the profits they made from these real estate projects, he had transferred everything away through various means. Cui Wenbin's methods were extremely sophisticated; basically, everyone up and down Daye Real Estate Development Company were his confidants.

Previously, he had indeed helped the Tian brothers make a lot of money, which had won him the trust of the Tian brothers. He also reported the company's performance to the Tian brothers every month. The company's scope was spread too wide, with several projects under development in basically every major city, making it impossible for the Tian brothers to know the specific operating situation of the company.

The current Cui Wenbin was already a billionaire. The money he had transferred abroad amounted to nearly several hundred million US dollars—enough for his family to spend for several lifetimes. The current Cui Wenbin had already vanished without a trace.

And just after Cui Wenbin went abroad, he sent an email to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, telling them the address of a house he owned in Beijing. Stored in that house was evidence of some of the illegal and criminal activities of the Tian brothers over the years.

At the time, the Discipline Inspection Commission had launched an investigation into Tian Xiaopeng and Daye Real Estate Development Company, but they had no leads. Tian Xiaopeng naturally would not cooperate, and limited by his special status and the background behind him, the Discipline Inspection Commission could not use any harsh measures against him, let alone place him under shuanggui.

Moreover, Daye Real Estate Development Company's scope was spread too wide; auditing their accounts would not be something that could be completed in a few months. By the time their accounts were audited clearly, the outcome of this game would have long been decided, and it would have no meaning by then. Furthermore, Cui Wenbin could not be found; even if problems were uncovered, it would be difficult to implicate Tian Xiaopeng, and he could not be held responsible for too much.

Just when the Discipline Inspection Commission was at a loss, this email suddenly made them overjoyed. They immediately sent people to the address mentioned in the email. Sure enough, they found several large boxes of various documents there, all of which were records of the economic dealings between the Tian brothers and Daye Real Estate Development Company, as well as their economic dealings with those major families.

Based on these documents, it was enough to convict the Tian brothers. This made the Discipline Inspection Commission feel as if they had obtained a treasure.

And the evidence of the Tian brothers' economic dealings with those major families, as well as how they helped Daye Real Estate Development Company acquire land, was an even bigger bombshell. These major families were forces of great importance in today's political arena and were the backbone of the opposing camp. If all these documents were released, it would cause a massive earthquake in the political arena.

Of course, if all these things were released at this time, it would not be the act of a wise person. That would cause the other side to band together and unite to deal with Lu Zhenghong's side. Moreover, causing chaos in the political arena at this time was not what Lu Zhenghong and his people wanted to see.

Lu Zhenghong hoped to use these things to gain a favorable position in this game and ultimately achieve the goals they hoped to reach.

Although this might not be the most "correct" result, politics itself is an art of compromise. If one only talked about right and wrong in everything, the world would fall into chaos, and China would once again fall into dangerous turmoil.

Being able to use these things to steer the situation in a direction favorable to the country and the nation, and allowing the common people to obtain real benefits, could be considered a very good result.

And wanting to obtain such a result was not that easy; it required superb political skills and artistry, as well as balancing the relationships between all parties. The degree of this was also very difficult to grasp. If the other side was pushed too hard, they might bite back, but if things were loosened, it was possible that they wouldn't get the results they wanted.

Regardless, Tian Xiaopeng had to be placed under shuanggui first; this was also a way of "beating the grass to scare the snake." The strategy Su Xinghui and Lu Zhenghong had initially set was to first take down the Tian brothers and Daye Real Estate Development Company to fiercely dampen the other side's arrogant momentum, but they just hadn't had any solid evidence until now.

Now that they had solid evidence, what was there to hesitate about? Thus, Tian Xiaopeng was placed under shuanggui measures by the people from the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission.

At the same moment, Tian Xiaotao was also arrested. At the moment he was arrested, he was still arrogantly clamoring, telling the police who arrested him to let him go immediately, otherwise, he would make those police officers take off their uniforms. However, the police were certainly not afraid of him. Seeing that he wouldn't cooperate, they made Tian Xiaotao suffer a bit.

Tian Xiaotao had always lived in luxury and was accustomed to debauchery; his body was very weak. After suffering a bit, he immediately became obedient and dared not bare his fangs at the police again.

Poor Tian Chengzu was already a seventy-year-old man, but upon hearing that both his sons had been arrested, he dragged his old, sickly body around, hoping to rely on some of his old face and the friendship between Tian Xiaopeng and those major families to get those families to extend a helping hand. ===== CHAPTER 3988 =====