Tax evasion

  "No, no, it doesn't matter whether you're on the front line or above. Lin Qiang nodded his head, "Work is not just about hard work, but also using your brain."

  "What do you mean? Are you saying I'm just mechanically working?" Zhong Sheng showed a hint of dissatisfaction, "Not wrong, most of it is indeed about data, but I need to use logic to string the data together, and then..."

  "Old clock, you're thinking in the wrong direction." Lin Qiang hurriedly stopped him, "Using your brain means using your interpersonal skills."

  Zhong Sheng was taken aback by his words and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

  "It's a brain that moves between people" - this phrase, no matter who says it, wouldn't be unexpected, but now, it was said by Lin Qiang, this "foolishly honest" person.

  "You might think I'm the last person to have a mind for this, right?" Lin Qiang chuckled and sat down on the stone chair in the courtyard. "Actually, Nail Lin was forced into it."

  Zhong Sheng cautiously looked at the door behind him, confirmed that it was locked, and then sat down beside Lin Qiang, asking in a low voice: "What do you mean?"

  "I had a good relationship with everyone before I went to the branch for financing," Lin Qiang recalled. "At that time, whether it was the director of the business hall or the business manager, even the cleaning auntie, they all got along well with me. In the end, it was the original director of the business hall who actively recommended me to go to the branch. I have done enough in terms of interpersonal relationships here."

  Zhong Sheng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you're right. To jump from customer manager to branch financing department in such a short time is indeed an extraordinary feat. Even with excellent performance, it shouldn't be so smooth."

  "As for what happened afterwards, it's not up to me. Lin Qiang put his right hand on Zhong Sheng's shoulder and patted his own thigh with his left hand. "I'd rather not say more about the specifics, just use your imagination. In short, I was forced to do some things I didn't want to do, and they were dangerous."

  "Are you referring to... that loan?!" Zhong Sheng's eyebrows moved, and in an instant, he thought of the matter that forced Lin Qiang to be transferred.

  Lin Qiang just smiled and didn't confirm or deny, continuing to say: "That matter, I also thought about it. If something goes wrong, I'll be the unlucky one, so I'd rather make a big fuss than be the scapegoat."

  "No wonder." Zhong Sheng nodded again, "Above the leaders, there are even bigger leaders covering them. When something happens, they will inevitably push all the responsibility to their subordinates. The leader is just suspended for inspection, and after a period of time, he will resume his original position. Subordinates, on the other hand, face punitive dismissal or transfer to a remote subsidiary."

  "Yes, if it weren't for United Bank, after what happened, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to mix in the entire financial circle."

  "I see," Zhong Sheng sighed regretfully. "You're also helpless. But what now? Who have you offended this time?"

  "Haha, now no one has been offended, now it's competition, a life-and-death competition, a fish-die-net-break competition." Lin Qiang suddenly changed his expression, after a bitter past, revealing a hint of ferocity and determination. "Zhong Sheng, have you heard that phrase? In the workplace, if you want to be promoted, there is always a leader above your head. At this time, either help the leader get promoted and replace him, or overthrow him and directly replace him."

  Zhong Sheng's expression also changed as he understood the meaning behind Lin Qiang's words.

  This theory about workplace is extreme and biased, but a shrewd person like Lin Qiang suddenly said this, his purpose is self-evident.

  "For example, my previous leader was a very good person. I did my best to help him achieve his performance goals, and he also recommended me to the branch. There was mutual benefit between us, and we left each other with deep feelings. Later on, when I was in the financing department, I would still take care of things for him. If it's a leader like that, I will help him, because I know that helping him is equivalent to helping myself."

  "But not all leaders are like this."

  "Some leaders ignore the emotions between people, disregard morality and right and wrong. They treat you as a pawn, using you to the death when they need you, and throwing you away when they don't. If you still work diligently under such leadership, who knows what crime you'll be accused of one day? And even if you have the opportunity to get promoted, he will secretly stop you, making you sacrifice your life for him."

  "He is not benevolent, why should I be righteous?"

  "He has no virtue; why should I be loyal?"

  Lin Qiang quietly finished his own career theory and clearly explained the current situation.

  After hearing this, Zhong Sheng thought for a long time. There was no profound truth here, just simple things that couldn't be simpler. It was clear that Lin Qiang's words were pointing to something.

  Zhong Shang thought for a moment, and his hand reached into his pocket again, pulling out a cigarette.

  After a while, in the faint mist, Zhong Sheng narrowed his eyes and asked softly: "Are you talking about Qian Cai, Hao Wei, or... Zeng Baichuan?

  "I've said what I wanted to say, how you think about it is up to you." Lin Qiang smiled wistfully and said, "Waiting for opportunities to come along is one kind of work style, taking the initiative to seize opportunities is another kind of style, it all depends on a person's character and risk tolerance."

  "Wind resistance?" Zhong Sheng coughed and smiled, "Isn't this that sales talk?"

  "Haha." Lin Qiang patted Zhong Sheng's shoulder again, "I know you have your own thoughts and style, you're from the audit department, many things are inconvenient to say, let me just share my own thoughts, you can just take it as a joke."

  "Please advise." Zhong Sheng's expression was not at all as if he were listening to a joke. He knew that although Lin Qiang was currently in an unfavorable situation, it was impossible to erase his past glory. His words must have had some meaning.

  "The insurance for Jiaxin's renovation is just the tip of the iceberg, you must have discovered more things, right?"

  "......Uh." Zhong Sheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "If it's possible to investigate the decoration of Jiaxin's home, there are indeed many clues."

  "Let's make an assumption," Lin Qiang said, opening his arms and gesturing as he spoke. "This week, the Third Inspection Team of the Audit Department conducted an inspection at Longyuan Business Hall. Suppose you gave a final result that everything was normal, and then you all packed up and left. But what if one week later, Longyuan Business Hall was exposed by the media for helping enterprises evade taxes, or was caught by the China Banking Regulatory Commission's Audit Bureau? What would happen?"

  A few words left Zhong Sheng speechless.

  Is this an assumption? This sounds like a conspiracy theory!

  Lin Qiang saw him stunned and said to himself: "Firstly, the person in charge of this business hall is going to be unlucky. Many things in the bank can be passed off, but once it gets big, someone has to take the blame. As for who takes the blame and how much fault they have, it all depends on their own abilities. But that's not all, imagine this, the audit department just checked and how did the scandal break out so quickly? What is the significance of the audit department's examination?"

  Zhong Sheng's face slightly trembled, "That's right, if that's the case, the Auditing Department would at least be guilty of 'incompetence', and would also be implicated in the matter. If further investigated, they might even be charged with 'covering up'."

  "Yes, either way would be troublesome. The purpose of the audit department is to find problems and solve them internally, without making a fuss in society, media and regulatory departments. If such an obvious error cannot be found, what's the use of this department, what's the use of auditors?"

  Lin Qiang said, "Sorry, it's not aimed at you, I know you've found the problem."

  "I understand!" Zhong Sheng threw down the cigarette butt, and suddenly a sense of powerlessness surged up. He hugged his head with both arms and shouted angrily, "But what can I do?! What's the use of finding out?! If this hypothesis is true, I'll also be held responsible!!"

  "Yes, what can we do at that time?" Lin Qiang shook his head helplessly. "Can't say it's all the team leader's responsibility, can we?"

  "That would only make things worse..." Zhong Sheng's eye corners sank deeper, "That's how banks work, the superior's mistakes are borne by their subordinates; the subordinates' achievements are all credited to their superiors."

  "So, being in a disadvantaged position as a subordinate, one should leave a way out for oneself." Lin Qiang's expression gradually turned ruthless, and he said sternly, "Knowing the outcome would be like this, if it were me, I would have prepared a future and an exit strategy for myself long ago."

  Zhong Sheng asked dazedly: "How can I prepare? I don't even know anyone up there?"

  "There is a photocopier in the file room." Lin Qiang stood up and patted Zhong Sheng silently, "I do many things because I am forced to. No matter if they are good people, bad people, leaders or subordinates, as long as they try to harm me, they are my enemies. I hope you are luckier than me."

  Lin Qiang stopped talking and didn't chat anymore, he walked straight to the back door. He and Zhong Sheng shouldn't be absent from the conference room for too long, otherwise it would arouse suspicion.

  "I understand." Zhong Sheng nodded and stood up, slightly bowing his head, "Thank you for reminding me."

  "Don't lose halfway." Lin Qiang smiled and entered the corridor.

  "It's you."

  Jiaxin's decoration finances have been closely watched by Lin Qiang for a very long time.

  Relying on the reasons of "travel expenses" and "procurement fees", Jiaxin Decoration used checks to withdraw tens of millions of cash from the company account in several months. At the same time, under the pretext of "insurance benefits", it also purchased commercial insurance worth hundreds of millions for Wang Jiaxin personally.

  Think about it, how could a home decoration company possibly have so much travel expenses? As for procurement fees, Jiaxin Home Decoration is also an old company, and the suppliers must be very fixed. In this long-term cooperation, the account should be clearly completed through public account remittance, why use checks to withdraw cash.

  The conclusion of tax evasion is almost a foregone conclusion.

  But the thing is, no one will investigate it, and nothing will happen. After all, this is a small business, Longyuan is just a small sales office, and tens of millions of yuan in the financial circle are just a drop in the bucket. Normally, such an amount of slush fund would not cause any problems. Even if something happens, it's just a matter of basic accounting rules, at most, it can only be charged with "withdrawing large amounts of cash from corporate accounts within a short period", but that's just tens of millions, which is not a big problem at all, and can be explained as "doing favors for old clients".

  Lin Qiang has been keeping a low profile all along, and that's because of this reason. Even if he exposed Hao Wei at the right time, it's likely to end in nothing. This matter must be grasped with some substantial evidence to make a fatal blow.

  After circling the conference room to show that he hadn't slept, Lin Qiang returned to his office and habitually opened his personal email.

  Account information——22:45.