The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 241, Dongzhimen Grain Management Office
Dongzhimen Grain Management Office is affiliated to the DC District Grain Bureau of the Imperial Capital and is one of the six grain offices under the jurisdiction of the DC District Grain Bureau.

It is in charge of the food supply of several streets and dozens of large and small units around Dongzhimen in DC District. It has several grain stations and more than ten grain stores under its jurisdiction.

The steel rolling mill is located just outside Dongzhimen, and the supply of grain falls under the jurisdiction of the Dongzhimen Grain Management Office.

According to past practice, at a fixed time every week, the grain buyers of the steel rolling mill and the truck drivers would go to the Dongzhimen Grain Station on time with grain stamps and cash to apply for grain allocation.

Since the public-private partnership, the two units have been cooperating very happily without any problems.

However, I never expected that something went wrong with today's food purchase. The food stamps I brought contained highly realistic fake food stamps. Now the purchaser and several drivers were detained in the grain station.

On the second floor of the Office Building of the Grain Management Office, there is the office of the deputy director.

At this time, the deputy director's office was not peaceful.

The deputy director of the grain institute, three grain payers, the security section chief and two security officers were questioning and investigating Xu Xiangqian, the grain buyer at the steel rolling mill, and several truck drivers.

In the office, deputy director Zhao Xingguo, who was sitting behind the main desk, glanced gloomily at the buyer Xu Xiangqian and several drivers present.

Pointing to the two stacks of food stamps, one large and one small, on the desk, he asked, "Xu Purchasing, tell me, what's going on with the food stamps you brought today? Why are there such huge amounts of fake food stamps?" "

"I don't know."

"Don't you know the food stamps you brought?"

"I really don't know. It was like this when the food stamps came to me. I...I was wronged."

The purchaser Xu Xiangqian was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and his face was frightened and helpless. He did not expect that in front of everyone, the food stamps that came out of his hand were found to be fake. Now he was really unable to argue. .

Captain Guo of the transportation team standing aside and several truck drivers also didn't know what to say for a while. As the drivers responsible for transportation and security, they were also jointly and severally responsible.

After hearing Xu Xiangqian's answer, no one spoke at the scene. The grain payers, security officers, and section chiefs all looked at him with distrust, waiting for Zhao Xingguo to speak.

The deputy director, Zhao Xingguo, was silent, with no expression on his face, but his heart was already filled with anger, and he wished he could tear Xu Xiangqian alive immediately.

Today's Dongzhimen Grain Management Office is an important moment when the old and the new are changing, and the old director is preparing to retire.

Dongzhimen Grain Co., Ltd. has three directors, one chief and two deputy directors. After the old director retires, the vacant director position will be created between him and another deputy director.

He, Zhao Xingguo, is only 40 years old this year, an age when he is strong and enterprising.

Now that the old director is about to retire, with his own ability and the relationship behind him, he is very confident that he can defeat his opponent and go one step further.

However, he never expected that at such a critical moment, the rolling mill he was in charge of contacting would actually give him something wrong.

There was a huge pile of coarse grain coupons totaling 800 catties on the table, and more than [-] catties of them were actually fake.

More than 800 kilograms of counterfeit notes. Even though their grain station handles hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain every month, it doesn't seem like much in comparison, but if there is a thunderstorm, it will definitely be enough for him to drink a pot.

The patterns, styles and fonts drawn on the counterfeit bills are extremely realistic, and even the paper material used is the same.

Except for the slight difference in the color of the ink and the size of the cutting, everything else is almost exactly the same, and the few payers in charge of handling it almost failed to notice.

Zhao Xingguo felt both happy and annoyed at the same time. If it weren't for the mature and prudent paymaster under him, who carefully checked the money receipt several times when checking it, he would definitely be the one who got kicked out today.

His first reaction at the time was that someone was trying to mess with him, but after carefully observing Xu Xiangqian's behavior in front of him several times, it didn't seem like it.

For a while, Zhao Xingguo was not quite sure whether it was a coincidence or someone did it on purpose.

Just as Zhao Xingguo was silently thinking, there was a "dong dong dong" knock on the office door.

"Come in." Zhao Xingguo shouted without raising his head.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone opened the door and walked in. It was Li Huaide and his party from the steel rolling mill.

"Sorry, Zhao Suo, I'm late."

As soon as he entered the room, Li Huaide greeted him with a smile, walked up to him, and extended his hand to shake hands with Zhao Xingguo.

"Director Li, here we come."

Zhao Xingguo didn't feel nervous when he saw someone who could talk, even if the person they saw was a head taller, but Li Huaide's rank was already high-ranking, so he still had to give him the face he deserved, so Zhao Xingguo hurriedly got up from the office. Came out from behind the desk and shook hands with Li Huaide.

Li Huaide smiled politely, and at the same time he was relieved. Judging by Zhao Xingguo's appearance, it should be easy to discuss. When he came, he was worried that the food department would be angry and directly reported to the branch office to follow the procedure.

Under this special era background and economic system, the food unit has a detached position compared to other units. If it really doesn't show respect and follow procedures, it really has nothing to do.

Just like the previous meat joint factory, if people are willing to sell your face, they will sell your face, and if they are not willing to bully you, you can't do anything to them.

After shaking hands with Zhao Xingguo politely, Li Huaide stared at Xu Xiangqian bitterly, secretly annoyed.

When Xu Qianqian saw the leader glaring at him, he knew he was in the wrong, so he quickly shrank his head and stood aside, not daring to say a word.

After saying hello, Zhao Xingguo stretched out his hand and invited Li Huaide to sit down at the coffee table.

And Li Weiguo, who came in behind, saw that the deputy director was Zhao Xingguo, and let out a "huh".

He didn't expect that it was Zhao Guobing's own father, Zhao Xingguo, who was in charge of connecting with their rolling mill, so he hurried forward to say hello.

"Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Xingguo turned his head when he heard the sound and found that Li Weiguo was also there. He smiled, stretched out his hand, and invited them and the security guards to sit down together.

"It's Weiguo, come on, come on, come and sit together, haha."

He knew that Li Weiguo had helped Zhao Guobing prepare the ingredients for the wedding banquet. With such a capable young man, he was happy to let his son Zhao Guobing get closer, and even brought him a lot gentler attitude.

Seeing that Li Weiguo and Zhao Xingguo are so close, Li Huaide, Dong Jianjun, secretary Xiao Wu and others at the scene couldn't help but look sideways at him. They didn't expect him to have such a relationship in the grain store.

But this is also good, there are acquaintances at the grain station, so it is easier to talk about anything.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Xingguo called someone to help pour water, and then introduced the grain payers and security cadres in the steel rolling mill to everyone in the steel rolling mill, and also briefly talked about today's events.

After Zhao Xingguo finished introducing the situation, Li Huaide stopped his smile, looked at Xu Xiangqian standing in the corner with a gloomy look, and went straight to the topic.

"Xiao Xu, what's going on, why did you make such a big mistake today, and where did so many counterfeit tickets come from?"

The fake food stamps with a denomination of more than 800 jin were not only enough for Zhao Xingguo to drink a pot, but also enough for Li Huaide to stumble.

If you don't find out the truth, Li Huaide will definitely be the one to blame. Who will let him take charge of the logistics department? Naturally, the higher-ups will be the first to look for him when something happens.

Hearing the leader's question, Xu Xiangli hurriedly explained: "Director Li, I don't know either. This is the food stamp I received from the cashier."

"I didn't expect that the food stamps I received from the cashier would contain fake stamps, and they were almost real. I didn't pay attention at the time and only counted the amount. Who would have thought that there were a lot of fake stamps mixed in."

After all, Xu Xiangqian had a mournful face, looking like he was down on luck.

"You mean the problem is with the cashier?" Li Huaide asked with a frown.

"Yes, after I got the money ticket from the cashier, I kept it in my bag all the time, and I never opened the bag to touch it along the way."

"Who can prove it?"

"Captain Guo and several fellow driver masters can attest that in addition to driving, they are also responsible for protecting money, tickets and food."

"From receiving the money ticket to delivering it at the scene and the comrades of the food station, I was accompanied by them throughout the whole process. I guarantee that I have not done any manipulations."

(End of this chapter)