315: Chapter 315 Cai Zhengguang's Petty Actions

"Pah, what a piece of work!"

After watching Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang leave his office, Qin Chuan sneered in disdain and spat a glob of phlegm accurately into a trash can several meters away.

This guy, despite his dignified status as Deputy Party Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, was willing to act as a lobbyist for Zhao Zhijie; he was likely no good, and there might be some secret exchange of benefits between them.

Whether that was true or not, a quick investigation would reveal the truth.

After checking, Qin Chuan was shocked and utterly astonished; while he had suspected an exchange of benefits, he hadn't expected the amounts to be so massive.

Every year, Zhao Zhijie gave Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang a share of the profits from the Paotaishan Copper Mine, ranging from tens of millions at the very least to over a hundred million at the most.

No wonder, no wonder...

Furthermore, Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang's other corruption was also extremely severe. He had accepted huge amounts of wealth from others, with the total sum reaching several hundred million. The materials provided by the system regarding just a portion of his corruption filled dozens of pages.

Team Leader Xue Guanglin had been feeling regretful; they had been stationed in the Northwest Province for over ten days, but they had only been swatting flies and hadn't discovered a single tiger. Well, look at that, a big tiger had just appeared.

Now that they had a target, the next step was to investigate this big tiger.

Sitting in his office chair, Qin Chuan flipped through the data provided by the system regarding Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang. It took him over half an hour to finish reading it, and afterward, he felt heavy-hearted. The corruption was too severe, and his audacity was too great; he deserved to be executed several times over.

Office of the Deputy Party Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang kept a straight face, looking gloomy, and grew angrier the more he thought about it.

"Damn it, I am a dignified Deputy Party Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and I personally stepped in to plead for him, yet you, a mere deputy bureau-level official, actually dare to disrespect me."

Shutting down the Paotaishan Copper Mine? That was impossible.

With tens of millions, even over a hundred million in annual profits, how could he just let it go? He had to think of a way. Perhaps he should pay a visit to the Central Inspection Team Leader, Comrade Team Leader Xue Guanglin...

He sat there thinking for a long time, and before deciding to visit Team Leader Xue Guanglin, he picked up the phone and called his secretary in.

The secretary's attitude was very respectful, even appearing a bit cautious, because he knew that Secretary Cai had been rebuffed and was in a terrible mood.

"Boss, you called for me."

"Yes." Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang nodded slightly and instructed, "Has the phone number for Director Qin of the Central Inspection Team been made public?"

The secretary was slightly stunned, not understanding why the leader was suddenly asking this question, and replied, "It was made public long ago. The Central Inspection Team's reporting hotline, as well as the public office numbers for the team leader and deputy team leader, have all been released."

What was released were only the office numbers, all of which were landlines, with dedicated personnel to answer and record calls.

Work mobile numbers were generally not made public, and as for private mobile numbers, it was even less possible for them to be released.

Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang said, "Go do one thing: release Director Qin's work mobile number and his private mobile number to the public."

The secretary looked shocked, as such an action did not comply with regulations, but since the boss had said so, he couldn't argue and immediately nodded, "Understood, I will do it right away."

Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang said, "Remember, do it discreetly. Don't let others know that you were the one who did it."

Once this was said, the secretary understood completely.

So the leader was trying to annoy Qin Chuan.

Releasing his work and private mobile numbers to the public wouldn't cause any substantial harm to Qin Chuan, but it could certainly annoy him.

Once the numbers were officially released, everyone would know these were the mobile numbers of the Central Inspection Team's deputy team leader. They would likely call like crazy, with non-stop calls, enough to drive Qin Chuan insane.

Watching the secretary leave to handle the matter, Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang revealed a cold sneer on his face and thought to himself, "Qin Chuan, this is just an appetizer for you; the bigger moves are yet to come."

...

In the office.

Qin Chuan printed out the materials regarding Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang's corruption; it was over thirty pages long and very detailed.

It was worthy of being a system product. Additionally, besides this thirty-plus-page paper document, there was also a USB drive containing pictures, videos, and other data related to Deputy Party Secretary Cai Zhengguang's corruption.

"Hmm, could I find an excuse, say I received these anonymous report materials, and then meet up with Team Leader Xue Guanglin to communicate about this matter..."

Just as he was thinking this, Qin Chuan's mobile phone rang.

He picked it up and saw it was an unfamiliar number. This was his private mobile phone; anyone who could call this number was basically an acquaintance.

Although he felt a bit strange, he answered without hesitation, "Hello, who is this?"

A strange voice came from the other end, "Are you Director Qin of the Central Inspection Team? I want to report our bureau chief..."

Within ten to twenty minutes, Qin Chuan received several such calls.

They were all unfamiliar numbers, all reporting calls. This was strange; how did these people know his private mobile number, and know that he was the deputy team leader of the Central Inspection Team?

After finishing another call, he was just about to call his subordinates to investigate what was going on when there was a knock at the office door, and Old Liu pushed the door open and entered.

"Director, I discovered a situation that I feel is necessary to report to you."

"Oh, go ahead, what is the situation?"

"I discovered that someone, I don't know who, leaked your private mobile number. My WeChat Moments and WeChat groups are all forwarding information about you, attached with your private and work mobile numbers, saying things like 'If you have difficulties, find Director Qin' or 'For reports, find Director Qin.'"

There was such a situation???

Qin Chuan looked at Old Liu's WeChat Moments and checked his group messages, finally understanding. No wonder his phone kept ringing non-stop, with people always calling.

This was definitely someone doing this maliciously.

Qin Chuan's expression turned serious, "Old Liu, you go and investigate where the source is and who did this."

Old Liu also knew the matter was quite serious; the leaking of the Central Inspection Team deputy director's private and work mobile numbers was no small issue.

"Understood, I will investigate immediately!"

Old Liu strode out to investigate the matter.

Within two minutes, Qin Chuan's other phone rang; it was his work phone, and those who called this phone were generally people within the system.

Oh, another unfamiliar number.

After answering, Qin Chuan recorded the content of the report from this call. His private and work phones received calls from time to time; although it was a bit annoying, there were benefits, as he received quite a lot of reporting information.

But after all, he was the Deputy Director of the Central Inspection Team, not an operator. Qin Chuan simply called the mobile company, requested them to set up call forwarding, and asked for technical processing so that all unfamiliar numbers would be transferred to the public numbers released by the inspection team, where there were dedicated personnel to answer them.

This way, it was much quieter, and any calls that came through were from familiar numbers.

Within two minutes, the private phone rang again. He picked it up; it was a familiar number.

A call from his wife.