Chapter 504

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Lu, if we don't expose Wang Hongcheng's scam, although he is scamming Tian Xiaopeng and the others, where would Tian Xiaopeng get so much money to cooperate with Wang Hongcheng? He would just go to the bank for a loan. When Wang Hongcheng takes off, will Tian Xiaopeng pay back this loan? Wouldn't the ones suffering the losses still be the country and the common people?"

Lu Zhenghong nodded thoughtfully. He had also seen Wang Hongcheng's tricks in the newspapers. Every time he went to a place, he would scam at least a few million, and at most tens of millions. And with the development of the economy, his appetite was getting bigger and bigger. Now it was possible for him to scam Tian Xiaopeng out of tens of millions.

Tian Xiaopeng couldn't come up with such a large sum of money himself. He would inevitably go to the bank for a loan through his father's connections, and the bank would definitely not be able to refuse. Once this money was lent to Tian Xiaopeng, it would definitely be swindled away by Wang Hongcheng. After it was swindled away, could the bank get the loan back from Tian Xiaopeng? Lu Zhenghong thought this was doubtful.

Such a large sum of money was an astronomical figure for the current Hudong Province. If it were swindled away by Wang Hongcheng, Lu Zhenghong would naturally also feel very distressed.

Su Xinghui saw Lu Zhenghong pondering without speaking, so he said to Lu Zhenghong, "Uncle Lu, I think it doesn't have to be us who expose it. I can find someone else, someone who seems to have nothing to do with us."

Lu Zhenghong said, "Who are you talking about?"

"Do you know the name Jiang Zhaoyang?" Su Xinghui asked.

"'Jiang Zhaoyang'?" Lu Zhenghong said, "Is he that famous reporter in Jiangcheng?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, that's him. He is a senior who was a few years ahead of me in school, and he is also a very upright person. But no one knows the relationship between him and me."

Lu Zhenghong said, "The risk of this matter is not small. Are you sure Jiang Zhaoyang is willing to do it?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "If he is really unwilling to do it, then that's it. I believe con artists will always get the end they deserve."

Lu Zhenghong thought for a while and said, "Don't be in a hurry about this matter. You're not in a hurry to leave in the next two days, right?"

Su Xinghui said, "I asked for two days off from the township to come to Jiangcheng, and tomorrow is Sunday, so it doesn't matter if I go back on Tuesday."

Lu Zhenghong nodded and said, "That's good. Then come to my house for dinner again tomorrow noon, and I'll tell you then whether to do this matter or not."

Su Xinghui knew that Lu Zhenghong was probably going to discuss it with Gu Shanmin again, but this was also a matter of course. With such a big thing, he couldn't make a decision on his own.

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll come over tomorrow noon."

Lu Zhenghong smiled and said, "By the way, Xinghui, what did you come to Jiangcheng for today? You haven't told me yet. It can't be just to find Xiaoya for dinner, right?"

Su Xinghui told Lu Zhenghong the reason for coming to Jiangcheng. Lu Zhenghong nodded and said, "This is a good thing. If you can participate in the provincial art exhibition again, you will be a member of the Provincial Artists Association."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "This membership doesn't matter, it's just Uncle Qu's good intentions, I can't refuse his intentions."

Lu Zhenghong said, "Your Uncle Qu likes to promote talented juniors the most. You are truly talented, so of course he wants to promote you. But you can't take the membership status of the Artists Association lightly. With this status, your paintings will be more valuable in the future."

Su Xinghui said, "Speaking of this, I have another thing to tell you. Last month, a French gallery merchant, Mr. Joao, came to our place and accidentally saw my paintings. He spent 100,000 yuan to buy twelve of my paintings."

"'100,000'?" Lu Zhenghong laughed, "Then you have made a small fortune."

Su Xinghui said, "I also paid 16,000 yuan in taxes."

Lu Zhenghong nodded and said, "It's very good that you have this awareness."

After pondering for a moment, Lu Zhenghong nodded again and said, "You did a good job on this matter. Being able to have this way of making money is good for you in the future. As cadres of the Communist Party, although we advocate integrity, it doesn't mean we must be poor. I am very happy that you have such a specialty to make money. I hope you can be honest and upright, but not worry about expenses."

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Lu, that's what I think. To be honest, in the year or so since I started working, I have also faced some temptations. Fortunately, I have withstood them all. But the temptations in the future will only get bigger and bigger, so doing this can be considered as increasing my ability to resist temptation. I plan to use the money from selling paintings to make some investments, so that my life in the future will be more affluent, and then no one will be able to tempt me."

Lu Zhenghong said, "Your idea is also correct, but the temptations for our Communist Party cadres are diverse. So to truly resist temptation, we still need to strengthen our studies and often clean up the dust in our minds. As Zeng Zi said, 'I examine myself three times a day'."

From Lu Zhenghong's words, Su Xinghui heard his deep expectations for himself. He nodded and said, "Mm, I will do so."

The two were chatting when they heard Lu Xiaoya calling from outside, "Xinghui, my foot has been washed clean, when will you massage it for me?"

Lu Zhenghong laughed and said, "Xiaoya can't wait, so go out and massage it for her. By the way, did you learn your massage from your aunt's husband?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, I learned it from him."

Lu Zhenghong stood up and said, "Then no wonder, your aunt's husband is a good doctor!"

Su Xinghui also stood up and followed Lu Zhenghong out of the study. He saw that Lu Xiaoya had already taken a bath and was sitting on the sofa in her pajamas, with her long hair draped behind her, looking lazy and charming.