Interrogation Results

Lu Yike frowned slightly, her face grim, and said, "Chen Qingquan, the matter of you learning foreign languages ​​at the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau has already been dealt with. This is the Handong Provincial Procuratorate. You should know why you were brought here!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Chen Qingquan asked in surprise. "What could it be? It's just about learning a foreign language, isn't it? Is it really necessary to transfer this to the provincial procuratorate?"

"Okay, okay, I realize my mistake. I admit I went to a prostitute. Is that alright?"

Seeing Chen Qingquan's shameless behavior, Lu Yike turned to Hou Liangping and whispered, "Since arriving at the procuratorate, Chen Qingquan has been playing dumb. Apart from confessing to soliciting prostitutes at the Shanshui Manor, he hasn't said anything else."

Hou Liangping was not surprised by this. Chen Qingquan had been working in the public security, procuratorate and judiciary for so many years. If it were so easy for him to break through, that would be a miracle.

Hou Liangping joked, "Dean Chen, that's something else. You're giving up on learning Mandarin and insisting on learning a foreign language..."

"Learning a foreign language is great. Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from Director Hou anymore. I've actually had a dream of becoming a teacher since I was a child, um... I want to be a foreign language teacher."

Chen Qingquan, with a sly grin, winked at Hou Liangping and asked, "Director Hou, are you one of us?"

"Dean Chen has unique hobbies, but I don't have such peculiar tastes." Hou Liangping's eyes flickered slightly as he inquired, "Dean Chen, tell me about Qi Tongwei, the Director of the Provincial Public Security Bureau. You should know him quite well, right?"

"Who? Qi Tongwei?" Chen Qingquan shook his head repeatedly, "I don't know him at all..."

"Not familiar?" Hou Liangping raised an eyebrow, tapping his pen on the table as he reminded him, "Dean Chen, you were Secretary Yu Liang's former secretary, and Qi Tongwei was Secretary Yu Liang's prized student. You're not familiar with each other?"

"Would you believe that if I told you that?"

"What's there to disbelieve?" Chen Qingquan glanced up at Hou Liangping and said jokingly, "Director Hou Liangping, aren't you also Secretary Yuliang's prized student? Are we acquainted?"

Hou Liangping was taken aback, then laughed in exasperation, pointing at himself and saying, "Dean Chen, it's true that I'm Secretary Yu Liang's prized student, but I've been transferred to Beijing, so my interactions with people in Handong have naturally decreased."

"But Qi Tongwei is different. He has a very close personal relationship with Secretary Yu Liang, and Secretary Yu Liang has even tried to recommend Qi Tongwei for the position of vice governor more than once!"

"And then what? What does that have to do with me?" Chen Qingquan said seriously, "When I was Secretary Yuliang's secretary, I did get to know Director Qi. But I haven't been Secretary Yuliang's secretary for many years, so naturally I have a new circle of friends."

"For example, my social circle of friends who are learning foreign languages."

After going around in circles, Lu Yike realized that Chen Qingquan had brought up the topic of learning foreign languages ​​again. Completely enraged, she slammed her hand on the table and stood up, shouting, "Chen Qingquan, stop bringing up learning foreign languages ​​all the time! You have other things going on. Do you think we can arrest you without evidence?"

"Director Lu, don't be in such a hurry." Hou Liangping pulled Lu Yike, who had stood up, back into her chair and looked at Chen Qingquan: "Dean Chen, since you like to talk about learning foreign languages, let's discuss your foreign language learning."

"Was it at Shanshui Manor that you were arrested for studying a foreign language?"

Chen Qingquan nodded and asked in return, "It's Shanshui Manor, what's the problem?"

"Of course there's a problem. Why would Dean Chen go to Shanshui Manor to learn a foreign language? Do you have some kind of deal with Shanshui Manor, like... the Dafeng Factory case!"

"What Dafeng Factory case?" Chen Qingquan asked with a puzzled look, and said bluntly, "Foreign languages ​​aren't something you can learn just anywhere. I'll go wherever I can learn a foreign language, what's wrong with that?"

Hou Liangping persisted, "Dean Chen, you personally handled the Dafeng Factory equity pledge case, you haven't forgotten, have you?"

"Director Hou, I've handled many cases. Which one, which case?"

"Regarding the case of Cai Chenggong, the owner of Dafeng Factory, pledging his shares, Dean Chen, you know perfectly well that Dafeng Factory is an employee-owned enterprise. Without the consent of all employees, Cai Chenggong's share pledge is completely illegal!"

"But Dean Chen, you still awarded the land of Dafeng Factory to Shanshui Group, didn't you?"

"Oh, so that's what you're talking about." Chen Qingquan looked enlightened, but then, as if remembering something, he frowned and asked, "Director Hou, what do you mean by bringing this up now?"

"The person who pledged the shares of Dafeng Factory was Tsai Cheng-cheng, and he was also the one who borrowed the money. All these problems lie with Tsai Cheng-cheng, the owner of Dafeng Factory. What does it have to do with me?"

"While Tsai Chenggong certainly made mistakes, are you, Dean Chen, entirely without fault?" Hou Liangping reiterated, "Dafeng Factory has employee stock ownership; Tsai Chenggong didn't..."

"Stop!" Chen Qingquan suddenly interrupted Hou Liangping, looking at him coldly. "Hou Liangping, I have a question for you now, and I hope you can answer it truthfully."

"What is your relationship with Tsai Cheng-cheng, the owner of Dafeng Factory?"

"Cai Chenggong and I are childhood friends, but that's not the key point. The key point is..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qingquan's expression turned even colder, and he interrupted again, saying, "Hou Liangping, as a friend of someone involved in the case, you should recuse yourself. How can you be sitting here judging the case? Don't you understand any rules?"

"Or is it that the entire provincial procuratorate operates this way, disregarding the rules and with prosecutors openly favoring lawbreakers?"

Hou Liangping opened his mouth, about to retort, when Ji Changming's voice came through the earpiece: "Liangping, Yike, come out."

Hou Liangping, unwilling to give up, continued, "Chen Qingquan, although Cai Chenggong and I are childhood friends, I have never shown any favoritism and have always upheld the law impartially!"

Chen Qingquan scoffed, "Hou Liangping, I took my pants off to learn a foreign language, and I guarantee I didn't do anything wrong. Aren't we the same?"

……

As night fell, after 10 p.m., in the Handong Provincial Stadium, Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin and Secretary Bai were engaged in a fierce basketball game when Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Tian Guofu walked over, carrying some documents in his hand.

Upon noticing Tian Guofu approaching, Sha Ruijin tossed the ball to Secretary Bai and walked with Tian Guofu to a nearby bench, asking, "How did the interrogation go?"

Tian Guofu handed over the documents, saying, "After a day of interrogation, Gao Xiaoqin, the general manager of Shanshui Group, and Zhao Ruilong, as if they had planned it together, completely absolved our Public Security Bureau Chief of any responsibility!"

"Liu Xinjian, the general manager of Handong Oil and Gas Group, did confess, and he swore that Qi Tongwei and Gao Xiaoqin were making money together, but he had no evidence. It's the same as saying nothing."

"The most ridiculous thing is Zhao Ruilong, who provided evidence that he bribed Qi Tongwei with 5 million yuan. But when it was investigated, it turned out that Qi Tongwei not only did not accept the bribe, but also paid for his own meals."

Sha Ruijin frowned, flipping through the interrogation results in his hand, and asked, "Anything else?"

"And there's Chen Qingquan, the vice president of the Jingzhou Intermediate People's Court." Tian Guofu shook his head. "Wasn't Chen Qingquan arrested for allegedly soliciting prostitution? Throughout the interrogation, he couldn't stop talking about learning foreign languages."

"In my opinion, he's more suited to be a foreign language teacher than a court president!"

Sha Ruijin's brows furrowed deeper, his expression growing increasingly grim. He said in a deep voice, "Secretary Tian, ​​what's your opinion on this matter?"

"How can you interpret it? What else can you interpret it?" Tian Guofu said calmly, analyzing, "There's a saying in officialdom: 'As long as your backer doesn't fall, I won't fall; if your backer falls, I'll run first.' Isn't that obvious?"

"Their patron, Gao Yuliang, holds a high position and wields immense power; he's as stable as a mountain. As long as Gao Yuliang remains in power, they certainly won't say a word!"

"Hmm, you have a point." Sha Ruijin pondered for a moment, then said firmly, "Don't they think that since Gao Yuliang is still in power, he will save them?"

"Then shatter their illusions, deal with Gao Yuliang first, and then we'll deal with them!"