303: Chapter 303 Inspection of the Northwest Province

A few days later, the Tenth Inspection Team was officially established with the task of inspecting Northwest Province. They arrived in Northwest Province at the beginning of August. On that same day, the Provincial TV Station reported on the arrival of the inspection team and announced the team's tip-off hotline and other contact details.

The inspection team stayed at the Provincial Party Committee Hotel, and their office was located in the Northwest Province Letters and Calls Office, where a few separate offices were available to receive visiting members of the public.

The inspection team officially began their work.

Every day, they received many visitors and a large volume of tip-off calls. Matters of a general nature did not reach the Deputy Team Leader, Qin Chuan; the inspection commissioners below could handle them well, and he only needed to listen to the daily reports.

The next day, a situation was reported to Qin Chuan.

Someone reported that in the western suburbs of the capital of Northwest Province, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, someone was developing real estate on a large scale—an exclusive high-end villa district.

That area was a national ecological protection zone, marked with a red line, where real estate development was strictly prohibited, let alone large-scale development of high-end villa districts.

Not only Qin Chuan, but Team Leader Xue Guanglin also took this very seriously. The two met in the office, discussed the matter, and exchanged their opinions.

Qin Chuan placed the printed satellite images on the table. "Team Leader Xue Guanglin, look, this is the satellite image from three years ago, and this is the most recent one. The contrast is very obvious. Three years ago, this area around Phoenix Mountain was a dense forest with a very good ecological environment."

"Over a hundred detached villas have been developed and built here, and the occupancy rate seems quite high. This must be the second phase of the project, which is currently under construction, and it looks like another hundred villas are being built."

Team Leader Xue Guanglin's expression darkened. "This is absolute nonsense. What is going on in Northwest Province? With something this big, I don't believe those provincial leaders are unaware of it."

Qin Chuan reminded him, "Such an ecological protection zone definitely should not be developed in this way. My opinion is that we must resolutely investigate and handle this, investigating anyone involved. Furthermore, all the villas here should be demolished to restore the original ecological appearance."

Team Leader Xue Guanglin remained silent for a long time.

Demolishing so many villas was undoubtedly a huge waste, but it had to be done; it was a national-level ecological protection zone.

If they were not demolished, it would set a very bad precedent, and people would follow suit in the future, thinking, 'It won't be demolished anyway, so let's build it first.'

Those buying the villas would also have no concerns; since they wouldn't be demolished anyway, they could buy with peace of mind. This would have no deterrent effect at all.

As for the losses, they violated the relevant regulations first. The enterprises that developed the villas were not wronged at all; they would have to bear the losses themselves, and they would also be held accountable. At most, the villa owners would suffer a little loss.

Some of them might not have known that it was a national ecological protection zone where villas could not be built, but most owners probably knew. At most, they could order the real estate development company to refund the money; if they couldn't refund the full amount, they could at least refund a portion.

After a brief silence, Team Leader Xue Guanglin said, "Right, Comrade Qin Chuan is absolutely correct. We must not only strictly investigate and handle this, but we must also demolish all those villas and restore the original ecological appearance."

The two quickly reached a consensus.

After leaving the office, Qin Chuan felt it was necessary to go and see the site in person. It wasn't far away, just in the western suburbs of the capital of Northwest Province, only about a thirty or forty-minute drive.

Because of the good ecological environment, convenient transportation, and the fact that they were all high-end villas, many people bought them. The villas there were selling well, and some owners had already started moving in.

Without making a big fuss, Qin Chuan brought two people, Old Liu and Little Zhao, with Little Zhao driving.

Little Zhao was from the Northwest Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and was assisting the inspection team's work, while Old Liu belonged to the inspection team and had been brought in by Qin Chuan.

Little Zhao was a local who had worked at the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection for many years and was quite familiar with the local situation.

While driving, he spoke about the situation of the villa district.

"Director Qin, that villa district is called Qinglong Bay. It is located at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. When it was first sold, it set a record in our Northwest Province. The villas were sold at a very high price, and the developers behind it made a fortune..."

After introducing the general situation of Qinglong Bay, Little Zhao changed the subject and warned, "Director Qin, I heard that the waters here are very deep, and there is the shadow of Young Master Zhao from the capital behind it."

Qin Chuan was slightly stunned. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that it actually involved Zhao Zhijie. He thought to himself, 'Could this villa district be developed by Zhao Zhijie?'

The Zhao family had become increasingly outrageous over the years. Taking Zhao Zhijie as an example, relying on the legacy of his ancestors, he was simply lawless and engaged in extortion and plunder.

It was said that for many things, Zhao Zhijie did not come forward personally; he had a group of lackeys to handle matters for him. For many businesses, he was not the legal representative, so on the surface, it had absolutely nothing to do with him, but in reality, they were all under his control and belonged to his assets.

If Qinglong Bay was also Zhao Zhijie's asset, it was likely the same. If they wanted to investigate, they wouldn't be able to find any connection between it and Zhao Zhijie at all.

To be able to develop such a large-scale villa district at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, an ordinary person really couldn't do it. It was possible that Zhao Zhijie was indeed behind it.

Through chatting with Little Zhao, Qin Chuan grasped a lot of new information, although Little Zhao was not certain, as many things were just hearsay, speculation, and so on.

The traffic to Qinglong Bay Villa District was very convenient, with a wide asphalt road leading directly to Phoenix Mountain. It was unclear whether it was built by Northwest Province for the Phoenix Mountain scenic area or for the Qinglong Bay Villa District.

Upon arriving at the destination, they found a place to park. The three of them walked into the Qinglong Bay Villa District like ordinary people. They first went to the sales office, pretending to be there to buy a villa, and gathered quite a bit of information there.

Even under the enthusiastic guidance of a saleswoman, the three entered the villa district and took a look around inside.

The occupancy rate was somewhat present but not very high, about one-third, because the first phase of the villas had not been completed and delivered for long.

The second phase was under large-scale construction. Seeing so much construction machinery at work and the once-pristine ecological zone turned into a patch of yellow earth, Qin Chuan shook his head repeatedly.

When leaving the Qinglong Bay Villa District, Qin Chuan felt heavy-hearted.

This group of people was too bold; they dared to wantonly trample on the red line of the national ecological zone. They definitely had to investigate it and find the mastermind behind it.

Of course, the first thing to do was to arrange a talk with the Municipal Party Secretary of the capital of Northwest Province, issue a stop-work order, and order an immediate halt to construction; development and construction could not continue.

Little Zhao was driving, and Qin Chuan sat in the car, thinking about the next step of the action.

Before the car had left the villa district, right near the main entrance of the villa district's sales office, Qin Chuan saw a figure.

Wasn't that the arrogant Porsche woman he had seen at the hospital in the capital half a month ago? Why was she here?

Little Zhao noticed Qin Chuan's expression and couldn't help but ask, "Director Qin, do you know her?"

Looking at the situation, Little Zhao knew her and knew the woman's identity. Qin Chuan became interested. "Little Zhao, who is she?"