In the president's office in the administration building of USTC, Huang Pei was finalizing some paperwork when there was a knock on the door. Two people pushed the door open and came in. The one wearing a grey Zhongshan suit was Luo Yanbing, director of USTC's School Administration Office. The other was a middle-aged woman with curly hair and a pair of myopic glasses. She was Wu Dan, a clerk in the Financial Audit Section of the Audit Office.
When facing Huang Pei, Wu Dan seemed a little excited and nervous. Wu Dan was just a clerk at ordinary times, and she didn't have many opportunities to meet with Vice President Huang alone. The main reason was the task assigned to her this time, and Wu Dan had more or less heard some rumors about Vice President Huang, so she worked extremely hard on her work, and finally she discovered the clue.
"What's the matter?" Huang Pei stopped what he was doing and put the cap on his pen. He vaguely guessed that it should be good news.
"Not long ago, we audited the project studio of the student Tianxing Society and found some problems." Wu Dan was excited, because there was feedback from many channels that Huang Pei was very dissatisfied with the recent decline in the academic environment on campus at USTC. Now there was a need for a pretext, or to put it bluntly, a target to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. The Tianxing Society, the student society that made a big move, was a target. Huang Pei asked the Audit Office to intervene and conduct an audit, needless to say, he hoped to find out something.
Huang Pei nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"It's like this. When we were auditing the Tianxing Studio, we found a problem with a large amount of funds from unknown sources... Last month, the studio's account received a public payment from a company called Qingshan Investment, but this payment was not supported by a relevant contract and was only noted as labor fees."
Huang Pei frowned.
Luo Yanbing at the side said, "The audit showed that this student studio commissioned a domestic company called Xiaosong Software to develop a software data module. This was on the contract, and after the development passed the acceptance, the other party also paid a sum of money, 58,000 yuan. However, the problem is that we found that this software module appeared in the products of a company called Huazhang Software."
"Huazhang Software is a well-known domestic office software development company with a market share of more than half. Not long ago, they launched their administrative management system version 2000, and our school also purchased a batch. After the audit concluded that the source of the funds was unknown, our technical support staff also conducted a comparison and found that the list item data module of Huazhang Software's administrative management system was very similar to the data module that the Tianxingshe team was commissioned to develop by Xiaosong Software, with a similarity of up to 80%."
"What do you mean...?" Huang Pei asked.
Wu Dan looked up. She knew very well that she had caught something important. Completing the task assigned by Vice Principal Huang would definitely be a great achievement that would improve her impression on Huang Pei's side.
"Based on this situation, we have reason to suspect... this student association may be involved in unfair business competition!"
Huang Pei leaned forward with an expression that said, "I knew it would be like this!"
"How much can you be sure of?"
Luo Yanbing said, "The technical support was provided by Dean Chen Yue. Their college purchased Huazhang Software this year, and they happened to have samples for technical comparison. The result of the comparison is this. Although they are not exactly the same, many of the core architectures are from Tianxingshe Studio. Before that, the public payment received by Tianxingshe Studio was 150,000. Labor fees, why can labor fees without a contract be so high? In this matter, Tianxingshe Studio is likely to be suspected of reselling!"
Huang Pei stood up and paced back and forth.
Then he stopped and nodded, "I understand. I'll handle it. You guys continue to check and see if there are any other problems! Find them all at once! By the way, this matter cannot be made public until a thorough conclusion is reached."
Luo Yanbing and Wu Dan both knew that if this matter was exposed, the illegal behavior of this student group would be a small matter, but the loss of reputation of USTC would be a big deal.
Nowadays, there is no shortage of unscrupulous behaviors in commercial competition. Some companies will do anything to expand and gain market share, and then take advantage of loopholes in domestic laws. Even if they are sued, they can only pay compensation if they lose the lawsuit. However, the market occupied during this period is much more valuable than the money paid. Such companies may not collapse, and may even have the last laugh, but the peripheral companies that get involved are destined to be abandoned by such companies, and their bodies will be scattered all over the ground.
Huang Pei felt that these students were really crazy to dare to do such a thing.
After explaining all this, Huang Pei put his hands behind his back and said, "What a filthy man."
…
As if a shadow suddenly loomed over him, Shi Jiaxun returned to the dormitory. Not long after, his girlfriend Gao Min, who should have been in the laboratory at this time, hurried back. She opened the door and saw Shi Jiaxun inside. She walked up quickly with a worried look on her face, "Is everything okay?"
Gao Min seemed a little excited. "My teacher's wife helped me find out. She had dealt with Director Liao of the Audit Office before, so they knew each other. But Director Liao didn't reveal much. He just said that the problem was not serious. It might be that there were some problems with the accounts. It would be fine if the audit was clear. But what if it is not clear? You see... You are very nervous as a counselor. I have said it many times to be cautious. If you go to be a counselor for the club, then if there is a problem with the club, you will be the first one to be held responsible! You have worked hard to accumulate qualifications over the years, and there are only a few vacancies for hundreds of counselors. What I am afraid of is not that you can't be transferred, but that you have caused trouble in this matter, and your way up in the future will be completely blocked! What other way out is there?"
Gao Min was very excited, but it was also a realistic problem.
Seeing Gao Min's eyes turn red, Shi Jiaxun hurriedly comforted her, "It's okay, it should be clear, there won't be any problems. Besides, look at how good your relationship with your teacher's wife is now, isn't it because of the concert tickets for the club? I can't make a name for myself, but you at least have a bright future. Can't I rely on you?"
Gao Min's eyes were red as she punched his shoulder hard, "Why are you still saying such things at this time!" But the girlfriend in his arms had calmed down a little. She asked carefully, "Is it a problem with the sponsorship last time? Otherwise, let's get the money from the concert tickets back. How much did they lose? Your salary has not been high in the past two years, but I still save every month... I also save the subsidies I sometimes receive. I originally planned to buy us a house... Now we still have more than 20,000... Otherwise, you can give it to them and talk to them, don't ruin their future..."
Shi Jiaxun frowned and said, "Let me ask again."
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The summons from the vice-chancellor arrived soon.
Shi Jiaxun discovered that Dean Luo from the School of Computer Science and Technology was also present in the conference room in the administrative building with him.
In that conference room, Shi Jiaxun heard some very serious problems at the moment.
On the audit side, when asked about this amount of money that had not been moved in the account, the head of the studio, Nie Chuan, could not tell the source. Cheng Ran, the president of Tianxing Society, said it was a normal fund transaction.
Based on the opinions gathered from the Audit Department and the School Administration Office, a very high possibility was reached.
They are fighting censorship.
Why fight censorship
Because they did engage in incidents of suspected commercial misconduct, but they dare not admit it.
Huang Pei stood in front of them and made it clear, "This is really a very bad thing. What kind of behavior is this? To put it bluntly, it is commercial fraud and a crime... Is this something that students from our school would do? They must be severely punished. We may give them a serious warning or even a heavier punishment..."
"You, Shi Jiaxun, are jointly responsible for this matter. You'd better persuade them not to resist the school's review and confess the truth..."
"You must give a clear answer before Wednesday! We only have two days. But don't let this matter spread. There will be an important inspection on Wednesday, and the senior leaders of Nanzhou will be there. Before that, all these things should be put on hold. But that is also the deadline. If there is still no result, the relevant personnel will be severely punished! Inform the whole school!"