Chapter 45: Business Delegation OR Tourist Group...

  Lu Zhong picked up the photocopy of the confession on the table, glanced at it and put it down, his eyes hinting at Ouyang Rong, "Ouyang, what do you mean by this? These things shouldn't be shown to me, should they?"

  Ouyang Rong smiled wryly and said: "Take a look again and then talk, it has something to do with you.

  Lu Zhong took the copy of the record and browsed it from head to toe, slightly frowning. It was indeed Li Lao Ban, he had suspected as much yesterday. What about Qin Huai Liang? Was he involved? Last night when they were talking about Niu Wu, he didn't seem quite right.

  "What's your impression after watching?" Ouyang Rong stared at Lu Zhong's expression.

  Lu Zhong slowly sat down behind his desk, picked up his teacup and took a sip of water, smiled: "Ouyang, tell me what brings you here? What's the point of showing me this? Since Qingtian is innocent, if verified, you should release him immediately. He is a national cadre after all, and this case has had a terrible impact. Those who framed him should be arrested, what else is there to say? Li Zhihao is just a small capitalist, how could you be afraid of him?"

  Lu Zhong's face didn't reveal anything, while Ouyang Rong sat on the sofa, smoking silently for a moment before sighing and saying: "I'm not afraid of Li Zhi Gao, but do you know who Ni Wu finally implicated?... Qin Huai Liang! He said Qin Huai Liang was also involved in this matter." Sighing again, "You know Qin Huai Liang, I don't dare to mess with him. Moreover, I don't know if Ni Wu has gone crazy and is biting everyone randomly. But I still can't suppress this confession, it's not right to ignore the lives of others... This case isn't something I can cover up either..."

  Normally, Ouyang Rong would never discuss these things with outsiders, let alone Lu Zheng, who also holds a national cadre position. How could he bring up such topics in public?

  But now, Ou Yang Rong felt suffocated by the case, his mind was in a mess, and he unknowingly poured out his heart to Lu Zhong as if he were an intimate friend.

  Is it really Qin Huailiang? I suppose Zhang Qingtian has cut off many of his sources of wealth.

  Looking at Ouyang Rong sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face, Lu Zhong smiled slightly and said: "Ouyang, do you care if he's real or fake? Do you care about Qin Huailiang? Why worry about these things?"

  She also said, "If the sky is really unjustly framed, you can clear it up for me, and I would thank you. After all, he is a cadre of our commission, and it's always a relief to be able to come out clean."

  Ouyang Rong smiled wryly and said nothing, thinking that's also true, you don't need to worry.

  Lu Zhuo thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I think this case is quite simple. Niu Wu has already confessed to pushing the vagrant into the water and also revealed the hiding place of the person who had a conflict with Zhang Qingtian. These past few days, Zhang hasn't been around, so you can find that hidden witness, right? If we find that person, it will prove that Niu Wu's actions were real, including pushing the vagrant into the water and framing Zhang Qingtian."

  "As for Niu Wu's motive, he confessed that the mastermind behind the scenes was Li Boss or Qin Secretary-General, whether it was a false accusation or not, you don't have to worry about it. Zhang Xiangdong will be back soon, just hand over the case to him and let him handle it. Since it involves these people, you should have reported it to your superiors anyway."

  "The truth will ultimately be revealed, and Zhang Xiangdong and the leaders of the bureau will certainly investigate it."

  Ouyang Rong began to nod absent-mindedly, listening to Lu Zhong speak, his eyes suddenly lit up.

  It's settled, taking Zhang Qingtian out of the case is fine, this way you won't be suspected of being an accomplice to murder and your conscience will be clear; as for the truth about Zhang Qingtian being framed, you don't need to get involved, just push it onto Zhang Xiangdong, he has a close relationship with Qin Huailiang, doing so is also recognizing the situation, in the end how the case is handled is up to them to manipulate, and if something goes wrong later, it will have nothing to do with you.

  "Alright, Ouyang, from now on, don't come to me with cases from the bureau again. This is forcing me to make mistakes." Lu Zhong said as he tossed a cigarette to Ouyang Rong.

  Ouyang Rong nodded, smiled and said: "Who else to look for? I really thought you'd come back to be the director." After this incident, Ouyang Rong suddenly felt much closer to Lu Zhun.

  "How about it? Want to have lunch together?" Lu Zhong glanced at his watch.

  At this time, there was a gentle knock at the door. Director Chen San Shui of the Investment Promotion Office pushed open the door and entered. Lu Zhong immediately put the photocopy on the table into his drawer. Ouyang Rong also stood up to bid farewell, smiling: "You're too busy here, let's do it another day, I'll make arrangements." His mood was completely different from half an hour ago.

  After Ou Yang Rong left, Chen San Shui handed a list to Lu Zhong and said: "Director, this is the final confirmed delegation list, I just got it back from the municipal party committee office. Take a look." His face showed some disappointment and he said: "Originally, the leaders who were supposed to go didn't go? Director, was there something wrong with my work that made the leaders dissatisfied?"

  Chen San Shui brought with him a list of Wuxi City Government Economic and Trade Delegation to Hong Kong for investment promotion activities.

  The head of the trade delegation was Vice Mayor Wang Husen, and Lu Zhong, deputy director of the Economic Commission, was one of the deputy heads.

  Chen San couldn't help but feel disappointed, the level of this delegation was indeed not very high. Wang Husheng, in his fifties, was said to be the son of a capitalist family in Shanghai before liberation, and had suffered greatly during the turmoil. After the dust settled, he was released to work, as a non-party member, ranking last among the seven deputy mayors. Not to mention the party committee side, but even some department-level officials on the government side, such as the municipal government secretary-general and the director of the Supervision Bureau, had higher political status than him. After all, the secretary-general of Wushan's municipal government and the director of the Supervision Bureau were both members of the municipal party group.

  How high can the standard of a delegation led by a vice mayor go?

  The head of the delegation has actually changed three times. Originally, Municipal Party Secretary Duan Zhongcheng was going to take charge personally, and it's said that he had a fierce argument with Mayor Huang Mintai over this. Then, the candidate for team leader became Ma Hua, municipal party committee member, vice secretary, and director of the Planning Commission.

  This specification is barely acceptable.

  Who knew, in the end Chen San Shui got the list, and the team leader became Wang Husheng.

  Chen San Shui is now really worried, at the moment of departure, will he be replaced by Yang Wenxue, the deputy director of the delegation, or will Lu Director lead the team as the head of the economic and trade delegation? In that case, this economic and trade delegation might as well not be called a government delegation, but rather a Economic and Trade Investigation Delegation of the Planning Commission.

  The delegation's specifications are getting smaller and smaller, and Chen San cannot help but think about it. Is it because he didn't work hard enough? Why did the city leaders suddenly change from being very concerned about going to Hong Kong to attract investment to being indifferent and detached?

  Lu Zhong smiled: "Don't think too much, just do your own job well, the rest doesn't matter, whoever leads the team is fine, this time we must make a good impression on our business trip."

  From all indications, the storm in Wushan seems to be nearing its end. It appears that the main leaders of the municipal party committee have sensed something unusual and are staying in Wushan to deal with this sudden turn of events.

  Chen San Shui nodded, then immediately said with dissatisfaction: "Those who should go don't go, and those who shouldn't go are all fighting to go. It's really chaotic." Seeing Lu Zhong slightly frowning, he didn't dare say more, so he said: "I'll go get lunch for you." He opened the door and walked out. During this time, Lu Zhong usually had lunch at the unit, and Chen San Shui bought him a meal from the cafeteria to bring over.

  Looking at this list, Lu Zhong also slightly shook his head. Indeed, as Chen San Shui said, those who shouldn't go are all fighting to go.

  Delegation members, six deputy heads, Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission Vice Secretary and Director of the Supervision Bureau Deng Yihong, Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department Deputy Minister Zhu Dagang, Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau Director Liu Weihong, Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary-General and Foreign Affairs Office Director Gao Yanyan, Municipal Public Security Bureau Deputy Director Wang Tian.

  Lu Zheng, as the deputy team leader ranked last among the six deputy team leaders, will of course be responsible for the specific activity arrangements of the delegation after arriving in Hong Kong.

  Among the top five deputy team leaders, if Foreign Affairs Office is in charge of business contacts and Propaganda Department is also required to send officials due to political propaganda needs, but it's really unclear what relationship the other three deputy team leaders have with this investment promotion trip.

  Looking at the list of delegation members again, some cadres who are completely out of tune with this business trip are everywhere, and two retired old comrades have retreated to the reception committee.

  It is obvious that this business delegation to Hong Kong has become a tourist group, a recuperation group in the eyes of many people, and has turned into a kind of welfare treatment.

  It's also an inevitable thing, in the past, very few Wushan cadres could go abroad, even if they went abroad, most of them were to North Korea, and at best, they would only go to the Soviet Union and some Eastern European countries.

  Hong Kong, this oriental pearl and capitalist paradise, is so close yet so far for many cadres to visit. Although there are many stories about it, especially after the reform and opening-up, the image of Hong Kong as a prosperous metropolis with towering skyscrapers has become increasingly well-known among Chinese people.

  Now, Wushan suddenly organized a business delegation to Hong Kong, and the leaders of various departments and bureaus all want to take the opportunity to go out and have a look. The competition for quotas is extremely fierce, and in the eyes of some cadres, whether they can go to Hong Kong this time and whether they can get this benefit has become a matter of great importance, directly related to their political status among middle-level cadres.

  If it weren't for the big leaders of the municipal party committee, most people would have sensed the smell of impending storm and would stay put at this critical moment, trying to avoid going out, fearing that the list of representatives would become even more bloated.

  Then, Lu Zhong cast his eyes on the name of Ma Cai Fu, a member of the delegation. Although Ma's name was listed in a relatively backward position, he was indeed a deputy department-level cadre and the editor-in-chief of Wushan Daily.

  Although many officials joined this business delegation with a therapeutic tourism mindset, Lu Zhong hoped that the officials who could go were basically in place, and it can be seen that the city still has great hopes for this investment promotion work.

  The last few names on the list are comrades from the Wuxian City National Security Bureau, who have gone to Hong Kong and other places abroad. According to relevant regulations, in addition to providing national security education to personnel going abroad, the National Security Bureau will also send personnel to accompany them if necessary.