Half an hour later, the group arrived at Shanyuan Restaurant. This is a newly opened restaurant, more impressive than expected, decorated in European style. It is hard to imagine that there is such a standard hotel in a town.
Qiao Zhenhua introduced: "This hotel is divided into two floors. The lower floor is mainly for private banquets, and the upper floor is the hall, which is mainly used for weddings and can accommodate 180 tables."
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "Now that economic conditions have improved, people are looking for pomp and circumstance, and they pay special attention to important events like marriage, so they have very high requirements when choosing a hotel. It can be seen that the owner of this restaurant has a good business sense and knows how to do business."
Qiao Zhenhua said: "This restaurant is a joint investment by several prestigious local gentry in Zhaoqiao Town. The major shareholder is named Chen Feng. He used to work in the system, but later went into business and made a lot of money. He bought a lot of land in Zhaoqiao Town, some of which he built factories and rented out to others, and other parts were used to build commercial communities. This restaurant is just a small part of his many businesses."
Entering the reserved private room, a young woman wearing light makeup and black work clothes walked in quickly and said with a smile: "Director Qiao, according to your instructions, the dishes are already in the pot. What kind of drinks should we serve?"
Qiao Zhenhua smiled faintly and asked Xiang Xin in a low voice, "You really don't want to drink anything?"
Xiang Xin knew Fang Zhicheng's character, so he waved his hand and said, "It's a working meal, and no drinks are needed. Just some tea will be enough." Seeing that he didn't want to drink, the young woman didn't ask any more questions and went straight down to make arrangements.
Qiao Zhenhua whispered to the people present: "The woman just now is Chen Feng's concubine, her name is Du Rui. This restaurant was actually given to her by Chen Feng."
Du Rui left the box and came to the service desk. A phone call came in from Peng Yaowu, director of the township government's general office. Peng Yaowu asked, "Madam boss, how is the business at noon?"
Du Rui smiled and said, "You haven't come to take care of my business for a long time. How can my hotel's business be good?"
Peng Yaowu smiled faintly and said, "Hasn't the relevant higher authorities recently been rectifying the work style? Many people are focusing on the three public consumptions, and no one dares to eat and drink lavishly."
Du Rui sighed and said, "So, recently the business of Shanyuan Restaurant has plummeted. If it weren't for the wedding celebration, it would have closed down sooner or later."
Peng Yaowu paused and said, "I want to ask you something. Did Lao Qiao book a table of food at your place today?"
Du Rui frowned, thinking that Peng Yaowu had finally gotten back to the point. She knew that the higher-ups were cracking down on the work style of officials and forbidding them from eating and drinking lavishly, so many officials often called her to find fault with others. Du Rui knew that Peng Yaowu must have heard something, so he deliberately wanted to cause trouble for Qiao Zhenhua.
If Du Rui didn't tell, she would offend Peng Yaowu, but if she told, it would be a bit immoral to Qiao Zhenhua. Du Rui thought for a moment and said, "Director Qiao, we did order a table of food, but the standard was the lowest, and there was no alcohol, it was just a working meal."
Peng Yaowu smiled sarcastically and said, "Going to Shanyuan Restaurant to have a working lunch? Who would believe this if we tell anyone?"
Du Rui frowned and said, "Director Peng, it's fine if you don't take care of my business, but are you trying to cause trouble for my customers now?"
Peng Yaowu quickly said in a serious tone, "How could that be? I was just doing a simple investigation. Since Old Joe was having a work lunch, that's fine."
After hanging up the phone, Peng Yaowu hurriedly called the party secretary Sun Liuan, "Secretary Sun, I just learned from Shanyuan Restaurant that Qiao Zhenhua has booked a private room."
Sun Liuan nodded and said in a deep voice: "In that case, you arrange for someone to go and take a look."
Peng Yaowu asked, "Should we notify the Discipline Inspection Commission?"
Sun Liuan thought for a moment and said, "Ask Xu Gaojin to wait for me at the entrance of Shanyuan, and I'll go with him to take a look."
Peng Yaowu knew that Sun Liuan was trying to suppress Qiao Zhenhua. Some time ago, there was a private fight in the industrial park and Sun Liuan found that Qiao Zhenhua was not a very useful soldier. Qiao Zhenhua was a slippery man who always said one thing to him and another thing to him. He relied on Xiang Xin, the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the district, as his backer. Sun Liuan was dissatisfied with him for a long time.
During this period, Sun Liuan specially arranged a spy at Shanyuan Restaurant. Whenever a cadre from Zhaoqiao Town booked a private room, he would tell Peng Yaowu. Sun Liuan had been fishing, but he didn't expect to encounter Qiao Zhenhua today.
They hurried to Shanyuan Restaurant, where Xu Gaojin, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, had been waiting for a few minutes. Sun Liuan nodded and said, "First take a picture of the license plate of the police vehicle, and be sure to leave evidence after you go in."
Xu Gaojin saw that Sun Liuan was really determined to take down Qiao Zhenhua, he sighed secretly, and then ordered his men to take pictures.
After collecting the evidence, Sun Liuan led a group of people directly to the restaurant's private room. They paused at the door for a few seconds. Xu Gaojin understood and asked the people below to take a picture of the box number.
With the photo of the police car and the box number, and then entering the box and taking photos of the table of food, the evidence is solid.
Peng Yaowu walked in front and knocked on the door, then pushed it open without waiting for the person inside to open it. The person in charge of license plates rushed in and started taking pictures with his camera.
Sun Liuan's expression was a little arrogant at first, but when he saw the situation clearly, his face suddenly changed.
"What's going on?" Everyone in the box was shocked by what happened.
Sun Liuan just felt cold sweat breaking out, his mouth wide open, wondering how to explain all this.
What a mistake!
He originally thought that he could find evidence of Qiao Zhenhua's open eating and drinking, mainly because Qiao Zhenhua was fond of this before the rectification of his work style, which was why he was so fat. But the actual situation was that several district party committee leaders were sitting opposite Qiao Zhenhua, and in addition to Xiang Xin, the district party secretary Fang Zhicheng was also there.
Fang Zhicheng coughed, and Qiao Zhenhua responded with a smile, "Secretary Sun, what brings you here? Secretary Fang is visiting Zhaoqiao Town today, so I invited him to have a working meal at Shanyuan Restaurant. Of course, this working meal was also paid for by me, and it will not be paid from public funds."
Sun Liuan looked at the table again and saw some very ordinary dishes. He knew that Qiao Zhenhua had put a lot of thought into it and did not order any expensive dishes.
Sun Liuan touched his forehead and smiled awkwardly, "We knew that Secretary Fang was here, so we wanted to give him a surprise."
Fang Zhicheng had already put down his chopsticks, looked at Sun Liuan with interest, and smiled faintly: "Oh? This is not a surprise, right? At most, it can be considered a shock. You arranged so many people to rush into the box, and took a camera to take pictures randomly. I think you want to collect evidence?"
Sun Liuan's face turned pale. Even the dumbest person could smell the conspiracy, not to mention that they were all officials. He stared at Peng Yaowu fiercely, secretly annoyed that you were usually very smart, why didn't you investigate the situation? If you knew that Fang Zhicheng and Xiang Xin were in the box, why would you get involved in this muddy water
Peng Yaowu was also sweating profusely. How could he have thought that the district party secretary and the district party committee's political and legal committee secretary would suddenly have dinner in Zhaoqiao Town when he had not received any prior notice? The spy arranged at Shanyuan Restaurant was a waitress. She had no idea what the district party committee leaders looked like. She only knew Qiao Zhenhua, so when she got the news, she called Peng Yaowu.
Xiang Xin knew that Fang Zhicheng was not in a position to speak in this situation, so he stood up and said, "Comrade Liu'an, since you are here today, I will also 'report' to you the whole story of why we are sitting here. This is Ms. Zhang Cuihua, whose husband died in a private fight in the industrial park. Secretary Fang learned that her husband's former factory owed her a sum of money, so he took the initiative to help her get it back. The matter was perfectly resolved. Comrade Qiao Zhenhua, as the host, privately invited us to have a working meal at Shanyuan Restaurant. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Of course..." Sun Liuan said with a wry smile, "There are some misunderstandings here. The higher-ups have been cracking down on work style issues, so when we learned that Qiao Zhenhua was hosting a banquet at the restaurant, we became suspicious!"
Xiang Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Comrade Liu'an, I've heard about your suspicions a long time ago. It's true that the higher-ups are focusing on work style issues, but all actions must be based on evidence. If Qiao Zhenhua hadn't invited Secretary Fang and me to a banquet today, but his hospitality standards hadn't exceeded regulations, how would you have handled it?"
Xiang Xin's words hit the nail on the head. If Xiang Xin and Fang Zhicheng had not been present, regardless of whether the standard of the meal exceeded the limit or not, with the photos as evidence, Qiao Zhenhua would definitely have to bear the consequences.
Fang Zhicheng sighed softly at this time, and cooperated with Xiang Xin, saying: "As the head of the Party Committee, you should do more practical work and less conspiracy. Comrade Liu'an, I am very disappointed in you!"