Chapter 294: Temporarily immobile
Consultant Zhou, can you tell me which side you are on?
Before going out, Xing Yuan suddenly asked Zhou Ming this question, and Zhou Ming answered him: I am just standing on my own side.
Xing Yuan wanted to ask something else, but Zhou Ming said first: Well, don’t ask so many questions, just explain the facts of your crime. Your current amount will not be shot, and the procuratorate will also use your
I will give you an appropriate reduction of sentence based on your guilty plea attitude. All I can tell you is that some of the lids have not been lifted yet. If you want to be guilty and meritorious, you should sort out some things in your mind and I will come to you again.
Xing Yuan nodded silently: I understand, I will do it.
Zhou Ming smiled, reached out and patted his shoulder: You are a smart man, I believe you will make the right choice.
Then Zhou Ming left the room and went downstairs to the lobby on the first floor. Shen Xin was waiting here. Since Xing Yuan was the mastermind of a billion-dollar illegal fund-raising case, he was secretly held incommunicado. Zhou Ming was granted special permission.
She could only go in, but it was very difficult for Shen Xin, especially since she also had the identity of a Hong Kong reporter. This identity was very sensitive in China, so she could only wait below.
Seeing Zhou Ming come out, Shen Xin immediately stepped forward with concern and asked him: How is it?
Everything went very smoothly, Zhou Ming said, Xing Yuan would honestly confess all the facts of his crime, and he also understood what should be said and what should not be said.
Although Shen Xin had always had great confidence in Zhou Ming, she still let out a sigh of relief at this time.
Seeing Shen Xin like this, Zhou Ming couldn't help but laugh a little: Why is Reporter Shen so unsure of me?
It’s not that I don’t have confidence, it’s just that I think Xing Yuanhui should have the same doubts as me, why would you, a guy like you, only ask him to confess the facts of his crime and not say more about the rest, like this kind of illegal crime involving a billion dollars?
The fund-raising case will definitely lead to a big case, and there will definitely be many exciting inside stories later. Shen Xin said.
That's why I didn't let him say it. Zhou Ming sighed.
This is why Shen Xin asked in surprise. She didn't understand Zhou Ming's logic at all.
Zhou Ming explained to her: It's very simple. If the amount involved in Xing Yuan's case this time is 10 billion, then I will not hesitate to ask him to reveal all the facts, and to clear the way for those behind the scenes.
All the corrupt officials he escorted were dug out, and a shocking case was exposed against him. But now that he only has one billion, it would be a bit difficult to handle it.
Shen Xin nodded thoughtfully and said: I understand, Zhou Ming, do you think that one billion is not big enough to really bring down those big officials behind the scenes?
That's it. One billion sounds like a big number, but sometimes power is more difficult to deal with. Illegal fund-raising is also in full swing in Xingyuan right now. It has not caused a bad impact yet. It is difficult to really do anything to some people.
Zhou Ming said.
But this is only temporary. Zhou Ming, you are just hiding the chess piece Xing Yuan. Sooner or later it will come in handy, right? Shen Xin said.
Zhou Ming looked at her in surprise: Why do you have such an idea?
Because I think Zhou Ming, you are a marshal galloping on the battlefield. You are commanding a huge battle, and this victory over Xing Yuan is just a part of this battle.
Shen Xin said this completely from the heart. She even recalled the scene with Zhou Ming at the Yuntian Hotel five days ago.
That day was the first time Xing Yuan attacked Zhou Ming, but no matter how Xing Yuan ridiculed Zhou Ming, Zhou Ming remained unmoved. Until the end, Zhou Ming suddenly attacked, and police officers and armed policemen from the Ministry of Public Security came in like magic soldiers descending from the sky.
Xing Yuan's uniform was taken away.
This scene, in Shen Xin's opinion, is the most perfect movie, and Zhou Ming is the protagonist of the movie. Shen Xin looks from behind, she feels that Zhou Ming is like a strategizing general, he will count everything to death, Xing Yuan
No matter how he jumps, he will eventually be defeated by Zhou Ming.
It is precisely because of this confidence that after Xing Yuan was taken away by the armed police that day, Zhou Ming did not get frustrated like Xing Yuan. He just continued to discuss the highway and did not talk about Xing Yuan's affairs at all, as if that
The thing was just like a dream. Such calmness and demeanor, in Shen Xin's opinion, are the generals who remain undisturbed in the face of thousands of troops on the battlefield. They are the real men.
Shen Xin's praise made Zhou Ming feel a little embarrassed: He is not a marshal galloping on the battlefield, but I have said part of the battle. So if I want to tell you that I didn't actually think that much at the time, you won't be disappointed.
die
That's not the case. Anyway, that's what I think. I don't care what you think. Shen Xin said with a showy attitude.
Zhou Ming gave her a thumbs up: So domineering
Then Zhou Ming and Shen Xin left the hotel together. There was a car with a Lingnan Provincial Party Committee license plate waiting for him at the door. Zhou Ming and Shen Xin got in the car, started the car and drove straight to Yuntian Hotel.
First of all, the reason why I came here in the car of the Lingnan Provincial Committee was just to avoid suspicion in such an important place. On the other hand, today is also the day when the Chuling Expressway Road Management Company was officially established. Zhou Ming was the person who proposed and implemented the entire expressway project.
Those who do, must definitely participate.
Zhou Ming and Shen Xin got off the bus at the Yuntian Hotel. It was not yet time for the ceremony to start, but the Yuntian Hotel was already covered with banners, which read various units congratulating the company on its establishment. There was a red carpet at the door and a flower door.
It was also ready. There were even two trucks loaded with fireworks and firecrackers parked on the roadside not far away.
Judging from these circumstances, it is not difficult to see the grandness of today's founding ceremony, but it is no wonder that this is the first expressway in the country to truly take the road of commercialization. It is the first of its kind in the country. Private financing has been ten years old.
More than 100 million, whether it is Lingnan, Jingchu or even the entire country, it is of great reference significance. It cannot but be huge. It is no wonder that even Xing Yuan wanted to get a share of the pie after seeing it.
The appearance of Xing Yuan was just a minor episode. Although it brought a lot of trouble to Zhou Ming, in general the problem was not big and did not have any substantial impact on the expressway project.
Zhou Ming, you came quite early. Things over at Xing Yuan are over.
Suddenly there was a voice in his ears. Zhou Ming turned around and saw Cao Jianning walking over with several entrepreneurs from Baiyun City. Those entrepreneurs also greeted Zhou Ming warmly.
Zhou Ming nodded to the others, and then replied to Cao Jianning: I'm just going to assist in the investigation, it's nothing else. Of course, I'll be here soon. After all, for me, the highway project is what I care about most right now.
, we can’t delay things here, right?
That's true. Cao Jianning nodded and said, but what I mean is that Consultant Zhou seems to be very good at dealing with criminals. I heard that as soon as Consultant Zhou took action, Xing Yuan, who was very tough before, immediately confessed everything.
Mr. Cao’s information is really well-informed, but Xingyuan was already on the verge of collapse. I analyzed it for him from an economic perspective today. He also understood that his sin was unforgivable, so he had no choice but to take action. Zhou Ming said.
So let me just say, this guy Zhou Ming is omnipotent, he can do anything, and now he even takes away the job of the police.
Cao Jianning said and laughed together with several other entrepreneurs. Everyone laughed together for a while. Cao Jianning dismissed the entrepreneurs, took Zhou Ming aside and asked: Zhou Ming, how is that matter?
There were only two of him and Cao Jianning, so Zhou Ming stopped talking to Cao Jianning. Zhou Ming said truthfully: Don't worry, Mr. Cao, I have stabilized Xing Yuan. He knows what he should and shouldn't say now.
.
But Zhou Ming, you said so, do you think Xing Yuan will think that we are from there? Cao Jianning, who wanted to silence him, asked again.
Xing Yuan has already asked me this question, and I told him clearly that I am only on my own side, and it is my own consideration if I want him to do this. What he wants to think is his business anyway.
All he needs to do is follow my instructions in the end. Xing Yuan is a very smart person. He knows what he should do and what he should not do. Zhou Ming said.
Cao Jianning nodded lightly: I believe this. No matter whether Xing Yuan broke the law or not, he always pretended to be worth one billion. If he could deceive people worth one billion, he would not be that stupid.
I thought so too, so I was relieved. Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said, but to be on the safe side, Mr. Cao, you'd better follow up.
I will. Cao Jianning said.
As time went by, more and more people came to Yuntian Hotel, including entrepreneurs from Lingnan and Jingchu, as well as journalists from all over the country and abroad. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the ceremony officially started.
Compared with previous meetings, today's establishment ceremony is even more important. The governors of Lingnan and Jingchu provinces came to attend in person. First, the two governors delivered speeches at the ceremony, which also commended the epoch-making significance of the expressway.
, and here to testify for the expressway management company, and then it was Zhou Ming who took the stage to give a speech on behalf of the entrepreneur.
The speeches of the two provincial governors were not very long, and Zhou Ming only said a few words hastily.
At the end of the ceremony, the two provincial governors unveiled the road management company, and then Zhou Ming was hired as the company's president, responsible for the company's main business.
After receiving the appointment letter, Zhou Ming took the microphone and preached to everyone: I don’t want to say that this is not honor but responsibility, because it is obvious. What I want to say is that since I have become the president of the company, I am not only
To repair the road, I also want to make this Chuling Expressway a model for national expressways, so that our road can be worry-free whether it is maintenance or other things.
Chapter completed!