281: Chapter 281 Honest and Upright

The Sixth Inspection Office held a general meeting. Since there were not many people—only about a hundred or so—even the regular clerks and administrative officers attended.

"Wow, that's our new deputy director, he's so young!"

"Did you notice? The new director is so handsome!"

"..."

The conference room was buzzing with excitement, and almost everyone's gaze was fixed on Qin Chuan. Many people looked surprised because the new director was so young and handsome.

Zhang Zili presided over the meeting and raised his hand to gesture for quiet, causing the bustling, noisy conference room to immediately fall silent.

"Comrades, today is the day Comrade Qin Chuan takes office as the deputy director of our Sixth Inspection Office. Next, Director Liu will announce the appointment. Let's welcome him."

As the enthusiastic applause died down, Director Liu announced the appointment of Qin Chuan on behalf of the organization.

Next came speeches from Qin Chuan, Zhang Zili, and others. The entire meeting lasted about thirty minutes. After the meeting adjourned, a smaller meeting was held, primarily for those at the deputy division chief level or above.

Zhang Zili introduced the key personnel to Qin Chuan and gave a general overview of the Sixth Inspection Office's basic situation.

In the evening, he specially hosted a banquet for everyone to gather and celebrate Qin Chuan's appointment.

The atmosphere was very harmonious.

Qin Chuan's perception was much sharper than that of an ordinary person; he could feel that this was a very harmonious group, and he estimated there was little of that kind of backstabbing or intrigue.

This was good; he wouldn't need to waste energy on such things and could just focus on working hard.

For the next few days, Qin Chuan remained quite idle.

This was a special courtesy from Zhang Zili; since Qin Chuan was new, the priority was for him to familiarize himself with the work, so no specific tasks were assigned.

A few days later, presumably feeling it was about time, Qin Chuan started to receive some tasks. Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

Today, Party Secretary Qian Gang called Qin Chuan over.

"Xiao Chuan, you've been in office for over ten days now. How is it? Are you adjusting well?"

Qin Chuan felt a deep sense of concern and quickly replied, "Thank you for your concern, Secretary Qian. I have no issues; you could say I'm starting to get into the groove."

"Good, not bad." Party Secretary Qian Gang praised him, then picked up a file bag from his desk. "Take this back and have a look."

Qin Chuan said, "Alright, I will definitely read it carefully when I return to my office."

Party Secretary Qian Gang waved his hand and said, "Sit, have some tea."

The secretary immediately brewed two cups of tea. Qin Chuan sat on the sofa and chatted with Secretary Qian for about ten or twenty minutes before leaving.

Rather than a casual chat, it was more like Party Secretary Qian Gang was inquiring about Qin Chuan's work situation with concern, then passing on some work experience, points to watch out for, and so on.

Back in his office, Qin Chuan opened the file bag, took out the contents, and began to read them carefully.

After a while, his expression gradually became serious.

It was an anonymous report.

Logically speaking, ordinary anonymous reports would not appear on Party Secretary Qian Gang's desk; this had likely been specially selected to give Qin Chuan some practice.

The anonymous material reported a deputy general manager of the Heishanzi Mining Group, a cadre at the department level.

The Heishanzi Mining Group was one of the largest iron mines in the country. This mine not only had huge reserves but also contained large amounts of associated rare earths, making it one of the largest rare earth mines in the country as well.

After spending some time reading it, Qin Chuan sat in his office chair and pondered.

Party Secretary Qian Gang had specifically given him this anonymous report; there must be a deeper meaning, and it might even have been specifically selected with the purpose of giving him some practice.

Then he would give it a try.

He tidied up the documents and put them back into the bag. Qin Chuan felt it necessary to use the system to check the situation of Chief Engineer and Deputy General Manager Zhao Chunlei of the Heishanzi Mining Group, who was being reported.

The report material claimed that Chief Engineer and Deputy General Manager Zhao Chunlei was severely corrupt, so he decided to check and see if he was truly corrupt and what the specific details of that corruption were.

After checking, Qin Chuan was greatly astonished.

Chief Engineer and Deputy General Manager Zhao Chunlei, male, 37 years old, Ph.D. from China University of Geosciences, Deputy General Manager of Heishanzi Mining Group, department level...

As expected of the system, the information about Chief Engineer and Deputy General Manager Zhao Chunlei was very detailed, including his education, work experience, family situation, social connections, official background, and relationships, etc.

However...

Regarding corruption, the system only had a few words: "Upright and honest, integrity personified."

This... this is a rare honest official!

For such an official to be maliciously reported anonymously was very thought-provoking. Who was the whistleblower? Who instigated it? Why report Chief Engineer and Deputy General Manager Zhao Chunlei?

After thinking about this for a moment, Qin Chuan simply sat in front of the computer and searched online for a series of information about the Heishanzi Mining Group, including its operational status, leadership team, and so on.

Such a large mining group, with over ten thousand employees and a deputy ministerial-level unit, was actually suffering losses every year in recent years, and last year's losses were as high as several hundred million.

That shouldn't be possible.

Mining at a loss is truly a novel thing.

If the mineral resources were exhausted, losses would be possible, but the Heishanzi mining area could be mined for at least another twenty or thirty years. The key point was that it contained large amounts of associated rare earth minerals, making it one of the largest rare earth mines in the country.

And you're telling me such a mining group is operating at a loss?

Qin Chuan was thoughtful; he could roughly guess the reason and couldn't help but smile wryly. He was gradually becoming interested in the Heishanzi Mining Group, so he decided to go there quietly to take a look.

With this plan in mind, Qin Chuan picked up the phone and called Secretary Lu Wangshu, the chief of the Third Division, over.

Secretary Lu Wangshu was a capable woman, a graduate of a prestigious university, and only thirty-one years old this year, just two years older than Qin Chuan.

Being a division-level official at thirty-one was rare, even in central ministries, which indicated that this person either had very strong work capabilities or a fairly substantial background.

According to the division of labor, the Third Division was directly led by Qin Chuan, and Secretary Lu Wangshu usually reported her work directly to Qin Chuan.

"Director Qin, did you call for me?"

"Yes." Qin Chuan nodded. "Take this anonymous report and have a look. Also, pick two people; we're going to Northwest Province."

The Heishanzi Mining Group was located in Xihe City, Northwest Province.

Taking the documents, even without opening them, Secretary Lu Wangshu guessed that this was a report, and she nodded.

"Alright, I'll arrange it immediately."

Holding the documents, Secretary Lu Wangshu walked out of Qin Chuan's office.