Chapter 6 Plaintiff and Defendant (1)

  "I am Zhao Yi. How did the court rule?" Director Zhao Yi said very calmly. He didn't listen to Deputy Director Wu Gang's courtesy words, but directly and simply put forward his own requirements. Director Zhao Yi knew that there was already news about the "Hei Shan case". No matter what, what should come will still come. Any emotional fluctuations would be useless. He wanted to use a calm mind to listen to Deputy Director Wu Gang's report on the trial results of the Hei Shan case, and then propose targeted countermeasures.

  Deputy Director Wu Gang heard the straightforward request from Director Zhao and knew that this was what he wanted to hear about the final result of his mood, so he immediately reported briefly over the phone: "The first-instance judgment is: Chen Sihuan of Siyuan Aiguo Agricultural Products Deep Processing Co., Ltd. was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for life; but the dispute between our property company and the Hekou Liberation Road Branch of China Construction Bank, the court did not make a judgment on the spot, but suggested that we mediate outside the court."

  "Got it!" Director Zhao didn't listen to Deputy Director Wu's detailed explanation on the phone anymore. He hung up after knowing the final result. Chen Siyuan was sentenced to life imprisonment, which is a well-deserved punishment for him. However, this result does not bring any substantial benefits to our Zhengqi Property Company. Our goal is to retrieve the 5 million yuan as much as possible. But Chen Siyuan is a typical "give me money or give me death" kind of person. Therefore, all hope for retrieving the 5 million yuan now lies with the Construction Bank Heishan Branch.

  Director Zhao knew that the case of the 5 million yuan funds in Heishan could be tried smoothly today, thanks to the tireless efforts of various departments of Jiangnan Bureau. The most crucial point was that Jiangnan Zhengqi Property Management Co., Ltd. sued the Construction Bank Heishan Branch as a defendant. As for Chen Sihuan of Siyuan Aiguo Agricultural Products Deep Processing Co., Ltd., from a legal perspective, he should have no legal relationship with our Zhengqi Property Company. However, due to various reasons, the Heishan judicial authorities finally did not fully agree to Zhengqi Property Company's request and instead put Chen Sihuan as the first defendant and Construction Bank Heishan Branch as the second defendant on trial.

  Director Zhao couldn't help but recall that after the Montenegrin police intervened in the investigation, he had received a text message from Gong Zhong: "Director Zhao, the Montenegrin police are threatening me and forcing me to admit that I knew the true identities of Chen Siyuan and others when I went to Montenegro in May to transfer money. If not, they will use judicial procedures to take me to Montenegro. I feel that their goal is to protect the Montenegrin Construction Bank. If I do as they say, it will be detrimental to our company's chances of recovering the 5 million yuan in funds."

  After receiving this message from Gong Zhong, Director Zhao immediately called Gong to his office to inquire about the specific situation. Gong reported in detail to Director Zhao about the threatening phone calls he received from the case handlers of the Heishan Public Security Bureau. It turned out that with the intervention of the public security department, some unknown details of the 5 million yuan fund incident in Heishan, which was manipulated by Shu Daming and others, began to surface. Among them was the fact that in May, Shu Daming arranged for Gong Zhong to go to Heishan with Fang Jianjun and Fang Lihong to retrieve the funds.

  Gong Zhong, based on the notification of Deputy Director Ma Jili of the Supervision Office, wrote a detailed report on the specific situation of the funds returned to Heishan during that trip. After submitting it to the case handling personnel of Heishan Public Security Bureau through the bureau's supervision office, Gong Zhong received a call from the case handling personnel: "Are you Gong Zhong? I am from Heishan Public Security Bureau. The report you wrote does not conform to the actual situation."

  Gong Zhongyi, upon learning that they were case handlers from the Hei Shan Public Security Bureau, became especially vigilant and immediately said: "I guarantee with my Party spirit, every sentence I wrote in the report materials, every word is factual and corresponds to the actual situation at the time."

  The public security officer said on the phone, "Okay, I'll ask you, do you know Chen Siyuan's true identity?" Gong Zhong replied, "Of course I do!" The officer followed up with Gong Zhong's tone and immediately asked, "You know that Chen Siyuan is the general manager of Sihai Aiguo Agricultural Products Deep Processing Co., Ltd.?" Gong Zhong answered without hesitation, "Yes, I do."

  The officer's voice rose, and he immediately questioned: "Since you knew Chen Siyuan's true identity, why did you say in the report that you didn't know? This is clearly inconsistent with the facts!" Gong Zhong explained: "Comrade, what I said was that I knew later, not that I knew at the time."

  The staff member of the Public Security Bureau of Heishan heard Gong Zhong's explanation and became somewhat unhappy: "Comrade Gong Zhong, you are telling lies. You should know that I am now representing the Public Security Bureau to investigate you, hoping that you will be honest and tell the truth, do not have any lucky psychology."

  Gong Zhong knew that the person was now representing the public security department to ask him questions, so he could only hold back his emotions and continue to explain patiently: "I met these people for the first time, and it was also my first time going to Hei Shan. At that time, they only introduced Shi Jiangsheng's specific identity as deputy general manager, but did not introduce which unit the others were from. At that time, I could only confirm Shi Jiangsheng's true identity. Since they were with Shi Xingzhang, I thought they were also bank employees like Shi Jiangsheng."

  The public security officer was even more unhappy, and threatened Gong on the phone: "You're just quibbling! The facts prove that you are clear about Chen Siyuan's true identity, Fang Jianjun and Fang Lihong also proved this point. If you don't cooperate, I'll take you to Heishan Public Security Bureau for investigation."

  Gong Zhong heard that he was clearly threatening himself, so he also replied angrily: "Comrade police officer, I think you have a problem that hasn't been clarified yet! I am not a criminal, cooperating with your investigation is just my duty. What I say is true or false, I will naturally bear the corresponding legal responsibility. As for what others say, it's their business, but you can't force me to say what you want. Of course, you represent the organization, you have the power to take me to Hei Shan, just follow the procedure!" Gong Zhong said and directly hung up the phone.

  After hanging up the phone, Gong Zhong carefully analyzed what the person in charge of the case at the Hei Shan Public Security Bureau had said. Soon, he discovered a problem - the ultimate goal of the person in charge was not to investigate what he had done in Hei Shan in May, but to get him to admit that he knew Chen Siyuan's true identity at the time. What was his ultimate purpose in doing so? Gong Zhong's nerves tightened as he thought carefully about it.

  As he thought about it, Gong Zhong was shocked. The purpose of the case handler at Heishan Public Security Bureau could only be one: to shield the Heishan branch of China Construction Bank. If he really said what the case handler suggested, it would indirectly prove that Zhengqi Real Estate Company knew Chen Siyuan's identity, and Zhengqi Real Estate Company was in contact with Chen Siyuan, this swindler, and had nothing to do with Heishan Construction Bank. In the future, when the court made a judgment, Zhengqi Real Estate Company would not be able to sue Heishan Construction Bank as a defendant.

  What to do? Should this new situation be reported to Director Zhao, reminding him to pay close attention to the matter. It is known that it is unlikely to recover the 5 million yuan from Chen Siyuan personally, and the greatest hope is for the Construction Bank Heishan Branch to compensate. However, how much the Construction Bank Heishan Branch can compensate depends on the size of the responsibility undertaken, rather than being able to do as one pleases.

  Here is the translation:

  Thinking of this, Gong Zhong immediately sent a message to Director Zhao Yi, reporting the situation. He wasn't worried that the police from Hei Shan would take him away and cause him trouble, but rather he was considering the interests of his unit and the 5 million yuan in funds for Zheng Qi Property Company. If he only considered his own interests, he could have cooperated with the officer handling the case and said what he wanted to hear. But he couldn't do that - no matter what time or situation, he couldn't tell lies for any purpose, this was Gong Zhong's basic principle of being a person.

  Zhao Yi said after listening to Gong Zhong's detailed report: "Gong Zhong, you are right. At any time and under any circumstances, we must seek truth from facts and take the unit's interests as the starting point and destination. I am aware of the situation you reflected, and I will remind relevant personnel to pay attention."

  Gong Zhong's report slowly replayed in Director Zhao's mind. Later, the facts turned out to be just as Gong Zhong had feared. The Heishan Public Security Bureau began to strongly disagree with the property company's request when handling this case, refusing to sue Heishan Construction Bank as a defendant, but instead made Rongqi Property Company and Heishan Construction Bank co-plaintiffs, putting Chen Siyuan, general manager of Suyuan Aiguo Agricultural Products Deep Processing Co., Ltd. in the defendant's seat.

  This way, Chen Siyuan's life is ruined, and if we don't get the money back, then our company's 5 million yuan will be gone. Director Zhao thought of this and couldn't help but feel relieved that he had adopted Gong Zhong's suggestion in time. We only sued the Heishan Branch of the Construction Bank. That swindler Chen Siyuan has no legal relationship with our company, and the funds he embezzled using a fake seal are from the Heishan Construction Bank, not ours.

  Gong Zhong is right. Our company, Air Material Property Company, opened an account in Hei Shan Bank legally and followed the regular procedure. The source of our funds was also legal. Now, due to the bank's problem, someone used a fake seal to transfer our funds away, which is the bank's responsibility. We are the bank's clients, and the bank has the obligation to protect its clients' fund safety.

  Unfortunately, Shu Daming, Fang Jianjun and Fang Lihong did not have the brains of Gong Zhong, only knew how to shirk their responsibilities. In the operation process, especially in the report materials for the Public Security Bureau, there was no awareness of this aspect, which brought disadvantages to Zhengqi Property Company. This is also the fundamental reason why Heishan Construction Bank can only be the second defendant standing on the court trial platform.