Volume 1 Entertainment Circle Chapter 38 Bribery and Embezzlement

  The next day, Beijing city was drizzling with rain on a winter's day. This year had only seen a small snowfall so far. The heating in the office was turned up to full blast and tiny droplets of water were gathering on the windowpane.

  Global climate warming has caused today's weather to become increasingly abnormal. Internationally, many countries have begun to make amends for the damaged environment, but China, under its rapidly developing economy, is moving too fast and unstably, with the environment being severely damaged. Although Tan JiaYan has good intentions, it is difficult to change the current situation immediately, which is a helpless sorrow of politicians.

  "Deputy Mayor Tan." Dong dong, after the office door was knocked three times, Yu Jing quickly came in without waiting for Tan Jieyan to respond, closed the door, and on his usually calm and collected face, there was a clear expression of anger.

  "What's wrong?" Tan Jieyan recalled his thoughts and looked at his secretary who had followed him for eight years.

  When Tan Jiyuan first assessed his political performance, he was very impressed with Yu Jing's efficiency in handling affairs. Although he looked cold and distant, he was particularly smooth and tactful in his dealings with others, and his style of doing things was impeccable, so Tan Jiyuan exceptionally promoted Yu Jing from the county to his side step by step.

  "Just received a message from the Discipline Inspection Commission, someone wrote a letter to the commission, saying that Vice Mayor Tan accepted bribes from Su Muxi, the chairman of Tianyuan Group." Yu Jing was somewhat angry, reporting Beijing's Deputy Mayor, this whistleblower is really a "good citizen!", but it's not clear how much money he took from the Liu family.

  "Does the Discipline Inspection Commission also have people?" Tan Jieyan was very calm about being reported, but he was a bit surprised that Jingping, who rarely socialized, had such well-informed news and could basically get some insider information from various departments.

  "I'm the mayor's secretary now, isn't it said that even the driver for the mayor has more power than a county party secretary? Not to mention me, the mayor's secretary." Yu Jing looked at Tan Jieyan being so calm and also put his mind at ease.

  Under such rights, a little activity will inevitably make many people want to fawn on themselves. Yu Jing chose to help some people under the hidden rules and pull in some people. This is a politician.

  These little tricks were learned in the county government at the beginning, and over the years they have become even more skilled. However, Yu Jing knew that Tan Jieyan would never use these unscrupulous methods, he was a king standing at the top, and these things could be handled by himself.

  Listening to Yu Jing's words, Tan Jieyan understood and didn't interfere with anything. He lowered his head and continued to review the documents in his hand, saying in a low voice: "Get ready, the meeting will start at 9 o'clock sharp."

  Outside the window was a drizzle of rain, and the office lights were on. At this moment, the warm yellow light shone on Tan Jiyang's profile, his resolute features, calm and wise black eyes, giving people an extremely strong sense of presence.

  9 o'clock, 10th floor conference room.

  "Tan, you've been doing a great job lately. Young people really have the energy, I'm getting old and I'm afraid that next year's election will be taken over by young people like you." Mayor Wang said with a smile like Maitreya Buddha, although he was also wearing a suit and tie, but after all, he was almost fifty years old, his figure was slightly bloated under his loose belly, originally wanted to pat Tan Jieyan's shoulder, but he was too tall, so he patted Tan Jieyan's back instead.

  "Mayor Wang praised me, but I still have many shortcomings." Tan Jieyan smiled and responded with a sentence, his tall body slightly leaning to the side, allowing Mayor Wang beside him to enter the conference room first.

  "But politics is indeed not an easy job to do, young people just need to hone their skills." Wang was very satisfied with Tan Jieyan's humility and walked into the office with big strides.

  The mayor's face, full of smiles, quickly flashed a sinister look. It had taken him three years to climb to his current position, and letting Xian take over was absolutely impossible. The Tan family's power may be great, but he wasn't a soft persimmon either. Moreover, Tan Jieyan's recent actions were too radical, and many people were already dissatisfied with him. Young people just wanted to show off, but they forgot that this wasn't the military, where showing off one's prowess was enough to gain recognition.

  Because it's the end of the year, there's a lot of work to be done in the city. Under Jing's hosting, when the meeting was one-third of the way through, Vice Mayor Cheng Yun, who was in charge of discipline inspection, took out the letter of accusation from his hand. Although she was a woman, she had an iron face and was very efficient. "I have already reported the matter of accusing Deputy Mayor Tan to Mayor Wang. This is the letter of accusation, which also includes photos."

  "The Tianyuan Group case, you've got it backwards. The environment in Beijing has deteriorated a lot over the past few years. There's already a Xixia Mountain Villa in that area, and further development will cause significant environmental damage. Just the other day, Old Liu was complaining to me that the Environmental Protection Bureau received many calls from citizens protesting against the development of Xixia Mountain."

  Mayor Wang nodded, indicating that he would show the letter to Tan Jieyan. He leaned back in his leather chair and continued, with a serious expression of elder's advice, "Tan, your approach is good, but some things need to be put on hold for now, slowed down a bit. Many people want to develop Xixia Mountain, but they've all been suppressed by the central government. This shows that the central government wants to protect the environment. Let's put this matter aside for now. At the end of the year, our leadership team has many things to attend to, let's solve some important tasks first."

  "Mayor Wang, the matter of Xixia Mountain has nothing to do with the Discipline Inspection Commission, but the letter of accusation did arrive here, so please ask Vice Mayor Tan to give a response." Cheng Yun spoke in a cold tone, his eyes gleaming sharply as he looked at Tan Jieyan.

  Discipline inspection is a thankless job, and the former head of the discipline inspection commission was Cheng Yun's grandfather. Now, although his granddaughter did not go to the discipline inspection commission, she is the vice mayor in charge of the discipline inspection commission and has inherited the iron-faced and impartial style of the old man of the Cheng family. Whoever commits a crime under her jurisdiction will be thoroughly investigated, regardless of their identity or background.

  "The dinner party and the photos are real, and so is the five million yuan, but the hotel service staff who reported it only heard the first half of the conversation." Under the gaze of several pairs of complex eyes, Tan Jieyan took a document from Yu Jing's hand and handed it directly to Cheng Yun.

  "I won't mention the Western Canyon Mountain project, the report has already been submitted. This agreement is just a draft, and 50 million yuan is the annual charity fund of Tianyuan Group, which will be used for the education expenses of migrant workers' children in Beijing. We'll need to trouble the relevant people from the Education and Charity departments to discuss this further later."

  "It turned out to be like this." Cheng Yun quickly flipped through the contract in her hand, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her originally tense face. Cheng Yun and Tan Jieyan's father, Tan Zhan, were classmates, and she, who had never married all her life, loved Tan Jieyan as if he were her own younger generation. At this moment, she could finally relax her face, and the child did not disappoint her.

  "It was just a misunderstanding, haha, it's okay, as long as the misunderstanding is cleared up." Mayor Wang smiled and his face showed relief, but what he thought in his heart, no one knew.

  Digression

  This chapter involves politics and is probably a bit boring, so let's just get through it quickly.

  Dear, have a great weekend!