HPDBC Chapter 241 I am a truly despicable person
Chapter 241 I am a truly despicable person
Qi Dahai's mind was buzzing, and his eyes were darting rapidly from side to side.
He took another look at the photo and confirmed that it was Zhou Xiangzhang's handwriting. He had worked with Zhou Xiangzhang for so long that he could tell the difference.
My first instinct was to reach for my phone.
Wu Maocai quickly retrieved his phone, put it back in his pocket, crossed his legs, puffed out a cigarette, and exhaled a long plume of smoke toward Qi Dahai.
"You've embezzled quite a bit, haven't you, Secretary Dahai?"
Wu Maocai smiled jokingly.
"Fuck your mother."
The money a family in Xiaotang Town gave me in one go was equivalent to five years of my salary.
What do you need so much money for?
Aren't you afraid of going to jail?
You're not afraid, fine, but you've even ruined your son's life.
Well, now the whole family is going to jail.
Yao Zhan and Li Lengmian, the newest official in the city, were sharpening their knives, as the newly appointed officials were worried about not having a place to start a fire.
Your family just happened to boost their sales figures.
I'll do you a favor and report your whole family; that's something I'm good at.
Qi Dahai panicked, realizing that Wu Maocai was giving him a chance; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered coming to his house to plead with him, and would have gone directly to the Discipline Inspection Commission to find Yao Zhan and the others.
He quickly poured a glass of water and placed it on the coffee table next to Wu Maocai.
"Director Wu, please have some water."
"Hey, how could I dare?" Wu Maocai said sarcastically, "That night you even put on a show of standing in the snow outside my door, pretending to be asleep and refusing to see me. Why are you being so polite today?"
It's not that Director Wu is being mean.
He knew that Qi Dahai looked down on him, Wu Maocai, and wanted to negotiate with Dawei.
But Dawei gave Wu Maocai the power of life and death.
In essence, it was to send Wu Maocai to give Qi Dahai a good dressing down.
This kind of thing is not suitable for Dawei's status. Dawei is a person in the public eye, and he must always be glorious and presentable in front of others and behind their backs.
This also gave Wu Maocai a chance to vent his anger.
Therefore, Wu Maocai needs to handle this carefully.
If we don't teach Qi Dahai a lesson, the other party won't submit.
"I'm sorry, Director Wu. I was narrow-minded. I'm so sorry."
"You're not narrow-minded, you're too big for your own good. You want to talk to people with a bigger perspective. You're too lazy to talk to me. You've never given me a second glance."
Qi Dahai bowed, looking apologetic. He had a pretty good idea of what was going on; Wu Maocai's visit must have been at the behest of Dawei and the others.
"Director Wu is very magnanimous, please don't hold it against me."
"I'm not some kind of adult, I'm just a real scoundrel. But the person with a bigger picture certainly won't come to your house, so you can only talk to me."
Qi Dahai was even more certain that Dawei had arranged for Lao Wu to come, so he remained humble and replied in a low voice, "Director Wu, if you have any instructions, please just say so, and I will do as you say."
He got straight to the point, without beating around the bush. At this point, all you could do was lower yourself and follow his instructions.
No matter what people say, you must not get angry.
Seeing how sensible he was, Wu Maocai felt bored and said with a long face, "You're no good, you're too dirty. You should just turn yourself in."
Qi Dahai looked anxious and kept waving his hands, saying, "No, no, no, I will absolutely obey orders. It can be used, it can be used!"
"Don't even mention you, even your wife dares to look down on me. Who would want to work with you?"
Qi Dahai gritted his teeth: "I'll beat her up later."
"really?"
"really!"
"That does show some courage."
"I'm glad you're satisfied."
"Nothing else, just the county committee meetings. I always let you know beforehand, and you support whatever the county head says."
Qi Dahai secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Is that all...?"
Wu Maocai looked at him coldly: "Including when I tell you to withdraw, you withdraw when I tell you to. If you cooperate, I won't make things difficult for you."
Qi Dahai wiped the sweat from his brow: "Yes..."
Wu Maocai continued slowly, "As long as you cooperate, your family will be fine."
Zhou Xiangzhang has been taken away; you can speak to the propaganda department.
When you have free time, you can discuss this with the publicity department.
I'll just write some articles and do some serious work.
Let's talk about the good things about the county and praise the new projects launched by the county government.
Let's give a shout-out to our government office, transportation bureau, agriculture bureau, and the county party committee office.
The goal is to present a harmonious and peaceful atmosphere within the county government.
The reason Dawei didn't punish everyone outright and spare Qi Dahai was not only to demonstrate his magnanimity, but also to use Qi Dahai to win over some of Zhou Xiangzhang's old subordinates.
We can't kill them all.
Even if David is right, people will still think he's arrogant.
This is not how things are done in officialdom; it's outrageous.
David didn't say it explicitly, but Wu Maocai could still understand the deeper meaning.
Wu Maocai smoked a cigarette and drank tea; he had said what he needed to say.
I've vented all my anger.
I originally wanted to make Qi Dahai kneel down and humiliate him severely.
But after thinking about it, I decided against it.
Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring, so it's always good to leave yourself an out.
Since we still need to use Qi Dahai, we can't go too far.
"What I said about my sister-in-law was just an angry outburst."
Don't do anything later.
Pretend I was never here tonight.
You have one more night to talk to your former colleagues.
It's said that Zhou Xiangzhang left behind a protective charm, and the item is with me.
When a person dies, this protective charm also dies.
As long as the person lives, this protective charm will also live.
As you can see, every line in this notebook is crucial.
That's all for now.
Wu Maocai got up and went downstairs, leaving Qi Dahai standing there, stunned for a long time.
After Wu Maocai and the others left the villa by car, Qi Dahai finally came to his senses, sat by the window smoking incessantly, and finally made a phone call to Chen Tiecai.
"Mayor Chen, something terrible has happened."
"I know about the camphor tree incident. It's alright, he won't say anything reckless, he knows what he's doing."
"No, Mayor Chen," Qi Dahai said, his voice trembling. "Zhou Xiangzhang... he left an account book."
It contains records of his financial dealings with all of us.
Every stroke is clear and distinct.
Every stroke was fatal.
Upon hearing this, Chen Tiecai immediately exploded: "What! How do you know? You didn't just hear it from someone else, did you?"
"I saw it with my own eyes; someone took a picture, and I saw it."
Chen Tiecai paced back and forth in the room. If such a thing really existed, then the notebook would surely be filled with his name, Chen Tiecai.
Their family has very frequent financial dealings with Zhou Xiangzhang.
"Who showed you the photos?"
"Someone threw an envelope into my house with a photo inside. On the back of the photo was a sentence: 'When a person dies, the account book dies; when a person lives, the account book lives!'"
"Where are the photos? Are they still there?"
"How could I dare keep it? I burned it."
Qi Dahai wasn't stupid; he used his wits and didn't dare say that Wu Maocai had given it to him.
He had already sided with Wu Maocai and was helping Wu Maocai to frame the other party.
He knew that Wu Maocai was planning to use Chen Tiecai as a tool.
"Okay, Da Hai, I understand. That's all for now."
Chen Tiecai hung up the phone and paced back and forth quickly in the room.