Chapter 5: The Grand Mansion of Righteous Energy
For the time being, Deputy Director Dong Xin has put aside his own political future and is constantly mindful of the lessons learned from his predecessor, Tree Great Ming. He racked his brains to provide "refined" services for the bureau leaders, even at the cost of sacrificing some interests of the unit, in order to satisfy the different needs of the bureau leaders. The story now returns to Gong Zhong, the protagonist, and the two incidents of "alleged disciplinary violations" that occurred at Jiangnan Zhengqi Property Management Co., Ltd.
Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, it was May 2010. After the tireless efforts of the special case group and Fang Jianjun's countless private pleas, Fang Jianjun's old comrades finally managed to find a way to repay the mortgage loan ahead of schedule, and the Zhēng Qì Building, which had been mortgaged for nearly a year, was finally released from its mortgage. On that day, Ma Jian, the director of the Finance Department of Jiangnan Zhengqi Management Bureau, personally held the five original property certificates, occasionally making some gasping sounds with his mouth, and knocked on the door of the office of Cong Xiaoling, the head of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jiangnan Zhengqi Management Bureau.
Director Ma Jian knew that Director Cong Xiaoling was waiting for him. Half an hour ago, when he picked up these few property certificates from the mortgage bank, he immediately called her to report. "Good! Good! Good! Please come to my office immediately." After receiving the call, Director Cong Xiaoling said three goods in a row. Director Ma Jian not only felt Director Cong's excited heart but also seemed to feel that she had let out a big sigh of relief, with a kind of comfortable feeling like putting down a huge burden.
It's no wonder that since Shu Daming and others took the liberty of mortgaging Zhengqi Building without authorization, Cong Xiaoling, the head of the group, hasn't had a good night's sleep. As the full-time leader in charge of discipline inspection and supervision at Jiangnan Zhengqi Management Bureau, she is now facing such a violation, which puts state-owned assets at risk of huge losses. No matter how you look at it, this has a great impact on her work. At that time, when she learned that Zhengqi Building had been mortgaged for 12 million yuan, she was shocked. She knew that if the mortgage issue wasn't handled properly, it would be even bigger than the 5 million yuan funding problem in Heishan.
Ten minutes later, Cong Xiaoling finally calmed down her excited heart and brought Ma Jian to the office of Party Secretary Zhao Yibiao. When Zhao Yibiao took the five property certificates that had been out of control for nearly a year from Cong Xiaoling's hand, he felt a long-lost and familiar feeling. Cong Xiaoling clearly felt that Zhao Yibiao's hands were shaking slightly, and she understood his mood at this moment. Both of them were very worried about the mortgage of Zhengqi Building, but Cong Xiaoling was in charge as a deputy leader, while Zhao Yibiao was responsible for the unit.
Director Zhao took the property certificates and did not speak immediately. Instead, he gently opened each one, carefully examining them again and again. Then, he pulled out a few tissues from his desk drawer, lightly wiping the covers of the five dust-free certificates. Finally, he placed them gently on the table, pressing down on them softly with his hands. All this was like an elderly person tenderly caring for their treasured possessions that had been lost and found again. The affection and joy of recovering something lost were palpable.
When Director Zhao was quietly doing these actions, Team Leader Cong Xiaoling did not speak, and Deputy Director Ma Jian did not say anything. They just silently watched Director Zhao do these actions, but the two of them had completely different mindsets. As for Director Zhao's actions, Deputy Director Ma Jian did not have any feelings because he was only the financial director of Jiangnan Bureau and did not have a special relationship with Shu Daming. Whether these few property certificates could be retrieved, whether the Rongda Building could be kept, what responsibilities Shu Daming and others would bear, all this had little to do with him.
While Director Zhao and Commissar Cong are completely different, the Zhēn Qì Building was able to promptly lift the mortgage, and these few property certificates were smoothly recovered, ensuring the safety and integrity of the Zhēn Qì Building. This not only relates to the handling of Shù Dà Míng's case but also affects Director Zhao's political influence as the head of the Jiangnan Zhēn Qì Management Bureau, and even more so, it affects Commissar Cong's work quality in her specialized leadership role.
Director Zhao finally calmed down, picked up the five property certificates from the table, and said to Director Cong Xiaoling and Director Ma Jian: "From now on, these property certificates will be handled in accordance with the decision of the Bureau Party Committee last time. They will be locked in the confidential room and uniformly managed by the Jiangnan Bureau Office. If you want to use these property certificates, you must get the approval of the person in charge of the bureau. The successful resolution of this irregular mortgage event is the result of the hard work of the special case team, it is the result of the correct command of the Bureau Party Committee, and of course, it is also the result of Comrade Fang Jianjun's active cooperation."
It is not difficult to see from Director Zhao's words that he is a pragmatic and fair-minded person. The successful resolution of the illegal mortgage of Zhengqi Building is indeed, as Director Zhao said, the result of the efforts of the special case group, the correct command of the bureau party committee, and the active cooperation of Comrade Fang Jianjun. When Director Ma heard Director Zhao's summary, he couldn't help but admire Director Zhao's astuteness and fairness.
These past few months, in order to lift the mortgage on Zhengqi Building ahead of schedule and complete the task assigned by the Municipal Party Committee, Director Ma Jian led a few subordinates to run around banks to inquire about policies, run around enterprises to communicate, and also sought judicial support. They indeed suffered a lot, asked for a lot of favors, and said a lot of nice words. Although they didn't ask for anything in return, now that they have received Director Zhao's recognition, they still feel somewhat comforted in their hearts. This is normal; who doesn't want to receive recognition from others in life?
Ma Jianzhu, the head of the Construction Department, knew that the successful resolution of this incident was closely related to the active cooperation of Fang Jianjun and his comrades. From his perspective, Shu Daming and Fang Jianjun did not ask for instructions from the bureau leaders and arbitrarily mortgaged the Rongqi Building, which was only an internal matter of the Jiangnan Rongqi Management Bureau. This did not affect the legal validity of the mortgage relationship at all. If he did not raise funds to repay the loan in advance, the bank would not agree to cancel the mortgage relationship in advance and return the property certificate to Ma Jianzhu.
It can be said that Fang Jianjun is lucky to have such a kind comrade and not harming him. Of course, if there was no need for this comrade, the Zhēng Qì Dà Shà pledge event might not have happened either. But from the development of things, from the nature of Shù Dàmíng, Fang Jianjun, Fang Lìhóng and others, even if they didn't pledge Zheng Qi Da Sha to their comrades, they would still pledge it to other people, because they had their eyes on the tens of thousands of yuan in pledge handling fees, a huge pie.
The matter of the mortgage has finally been resolved, and the two "alleged disciplinary" incidents stirred up by Tree Daming and others have also been successfully settled. Director Zhao couldn't help but secretly let out a sigh of relief. But thinking about the 5 million yuan in funds from Heishan that still hasn't had a final result, Director Zhao's heart, which had just slightly relaxed, was once again hanging high up in the air. "That damned Tree Daming!" Thinking this, Director Zhao couldn't help but scold Tree Daming harshly in his heart once again.
At that time, due to the lack of funds for Zhengqi Property Company, normal production and operation could not be maintained. Dong Xian, who had just taken office as deputy director, had to ask the party group of the bureau for support. However, the finance department of the bureau also did not have extra funds to help Zhengqi Property Company solve its temporary difficulties. In this situation, Director Zhao had no choice but to personally intervene and found a friend who was in charge of Jiangnan Province Branch of China Construction Bank, asking him to order Heishan Construction Bank to advance some funds first.
After repeated communication and negotiation, Jiangnan Zhengqi Management Bureau and Jianhang Jiangnan Branch signed a written agreement. Jianhang Jiangnan took the lead in guaranteeing and instructed Heishan Construction Bank to pay 2.5 million yuan in advance to solve the production and economic funds needed by Jiangnan Zhengqi Property Management Co., Ltd. This agreement was personally signed by Director Zhao and his friend. Both parties also agreed in writing that this fund is of a temporary loan nature, and the final result will be based on the court's judgment, with more refunds and less supplements.
After seeing off Cong Xiaoling, the head of the group, and Ma Jian, the director of the construction department, Director Zhao picked up the teacup on his desk and took a sip. Then he went to the bathroom to relieve himself and washed his face with cold water. He wanted to make his mind clearer and respond to the people and things in Jiangnan Bureau with the most vigorous energy. Director Zhao looked at himself in the mirror, his face showing weakness and fatigue, and his temples had turned white for more than half. After all, he was already fifty-six or seven years old, and he no longer had the vigorous energy of his youth.
After coming out of the bathroom, Director Zhao felt that his spirit had improved a lot, possibly due to the stimulation of cold water. Facing the current extraordinary period in Jiangnan Bureau, Director Zhao couldn't help but constantly remind himself to draw lessons from the Shu Daming incident, to fully grasp the personnel and affairs of Jiangnan Bureau, and to strictly manage with an iron fist to prevent similar incidents like Shu Daming's from happening again.
When Shu Daming was the head of the finance department, he didn't listen to himself and often thought he was right, giving himself some difficult problems. These issues had been felt by him for a long time, but Director Zhao didn't deal with him, only transferring him from the powerful finance department to the purely service-oriented agency logistics support center, focusing on logistics services. To control Shu Daming's power, Director Zhao also restricted the business scope of the property company, prohibiting them from accepting any external business.
Director Zhao thought that with this, Shu Daming would not be able to cause any more trouble and relaxed his vigilance. But he never expected that just a few months after he left in August, something happened again in February the following year. It was because he was too soft-hearted and his methods were not severe enough! At the same time, it also exposed that he still had not seen through Shu Daming and misjudged him. No wonder someone had reminded him: "Shu Daming is a person who, once he decides to do something, will stop at nothing to achieve it."
"Damn Tree Daming!" Zhao, the director of the bureau, couldn't help but curse Tree Daming again in his heart. He collected his thoughts and looked up at the clock on the wall, it was almost 12 o'clock, why hadn't Deputy Director Wu Gang's phone call come yet? Director Zhao's emotions became somewhat impatient, but he controlled the urge to call Deputy Director Wu Gang. Originally a gentle person, Director Zhao's temper had become somewhat explosive since Tree Daming's two "alleged disciplinary violations" incidents.
After going to work today, Director Zhao didn't go anywhere. He stayed in his office waiting for a phone call from Deputy Director Wu Gang. Director Zhao knew that today was the day of the formal trial of the "Hei Shan Incident". At this moment, Deputy Director Wu Gang was in Hei Shan, accompanied by the legal advisor of the bureau who was also the proxy lawyer of the case, as well as Director Zhao Yan of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office and Director Yang Shan of the Legislative Affairs Office. They were attending the trial at the Hei Shan Intermediate People's Court, where the court was hearing the case of the 5 million yuan fund being cheated.
Just as Director Zhao was getting anxious, the phone on his desk finally rang. Director Zhao was startled, but he didn't immediately pick up the receiver, instead letting it ring a few more times. Soon, Director Zhao calmed down his impatient heart and picked up the receiver with his right hand, placing it to his ear, where he finally heard the familiar voice of Deputy Director Wu Gang...
