Chapter 1025: Technological Corruption Comes to Light

What happened at the gates of the Exhibition and Planning Commission. Soon the news reached the ears of the senior officials of Buridujin. Everyone was a little dissatisfied with this matter. After all, this was a time when the security in the capital was the most stringent, yet a petition group of hundreds of people was able to break in easily. Okay, what does this mean?

At least there are big loopholes in police work from the local level to the capital.

Then everyone noticed another problem. The origin of the matter was that Fan Investment Group once planned to acquire Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group. As a result, the matter was jointly rejected by the Zhanhe Planning Committee and several other commissions, resulting in the collapse of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group. The employees were angry, which led to what happened today.

"Why are you related to Wu Bing's company again?" Head No. 1 looked at Fan Heng in surprise.

Fan Heng didn't know what was going on, so he shook his head and said, "I usually don't ask about his affairs, except when it has something to do with my work. Besides, I haven't seen him recently. ”

Boss Zhu speculated on the side, "I have heard about Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group before. An enterprise group with an annual output value of tens of billions has a profitability of less than 200 million. After wages, it is difficult to even purchase new equipment. Today's Life is even worse. Maybe they saw that the treatment after being acquired by Fan Investment Group was better, so they became anxious after the acquisition was stopped, right? "

"However, for such a big case, the relevant ministries and commissions have not reported the relevant situation." Fan Heng expressed doubts.

Everyone was silent for a moment. This matter obviously needs to be carefully investigated, but what needs to be dealt with now is, of course, the more than 100 members of the Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group's petition group. They should not be placed properly. There will be endless troubles in the future.

The media is particularly troubled. They have been talking about human rights and dignity in recent meetings. If the methods used are too drastic, I am afraid that foreign political forces will get caught in the foot again.

Think of this. The No. 1 leader couldn't help but muttered, "What are these people in the ministry thinking about all day long? Is there any problem in this acquisition case?"

"I'll go and ask." Boss Zhu said immediately.

After Boss Zhu made a few calls, several leaders of the whole committee rushed over and gathered together to report their work to the Standing Committee members.

Boss Zhu asked directly, "Fan Investment Group's acquisition of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group was stopped. What happened? Now the public opinion is boiling, and petitioners have rushed to the capital. What is your job?" How is it done?”

“I don’t know anything about this.

"The director of the Exhibition and Planning Committee immediately replied, "I only found out about such a thing when I heard that the door was blocked. I had not received any work report on this acquisition case before. "

"Lao Zhang, you have been ignored," another ministry leader said to him, "Although I know about this matter, what I have directly received is your development plan and the opinions of the committee, requesting that this matter be stopped. In addition, the specific staff in our unit also expressed that there are serious problems with this acquisition activity, so we agreed to postpone it.”

What he meant was that your Development and Planning Committee has too much power, and you all said it was no longer possible. Naturally, we, the relevant ministries and commissions, could not openly speak out against it. Besides, it’s just a temporary stop, it’s not like I’m going to kill you with a stick.

"You all have seen the opinions of our unit, but I don't know about it?" After hearing this, the director of the Zhan Heji Committee immediately felt that something was wrong. Could it be that, as the other party said, he really Was he being sidelined by his subordinates? Otherwise, for such a big matter, others would know about Zhanhe's plan and the committee's opinions, but he, the director, had not heard anything about it. If Boss Zhu hadn't asked him face to face, he would have continued to be kept in the dark!

This incident made people very angry, so he said to everyone, "Dear leaders, I will investigate this matter immediately to see who is causing the trouble. Once found out, I will not be lenient!"

Once you get serious. This kind of thing is actually unchecked.

In a very short period of time, the entire development and planning committee had figured out the whole story. The origin of this case was a conspiracy between one of their internal division chiefs and some colleagues with similar positions in other departments.

The persons involved include a director of the Development and Planning Commission, an inspector of the Treaty and Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the deputy director of the Foreign Investment Department, the deputy director of the Foreign-invested Enterprise Registration Bureau of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and a deputy director of the Management and Inspection Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Director Xu, the Director of the Capital Department, and Zhang, two well-known lawyers who were once political colleagues and later became the link between everyone.

This case. It's the director of the Development and Planning Committee. They used their authority to directly bypass the director to raise objections, but this opinion happened to be made in the name of the director. At the same time, this opinion also circulated through various ministries and commissions through the hands of their small group. Opposition to Fan's Investment Group's acquisition of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group has become a common concern.

"What are the benefits of doing this?" The director felt a little sad when he asked his subordinates.

The director was in his thirties, and his betrayal made the director feel very sad.

In fact, in the entire structure of the ministries and commissions of the State Council, the most inconspicuous but most powerful ones are actually the cadres at the level of department directors. The ministers and directors above basically have the same name, and the powers of the department directors They are too small and numerous. The main force that truly formulates policies and regulations in all aspects is these department directors.

The several officials involved in the case this time are different from ordinary government officials. They are a group of technocrats. This group of technocrats is well versed in the law and has a smooth official career. In the future, they will be the pillars of the government and even the country.

But they didn't expect that they didn't cherish this advantageous position, and actually did something to hide it from their superiors and bully their subordinates. Self-destruction.

"We need money, and someone gave us this opportunity." The director was honest. At this point, there was obviously no room for turning around, so he answered the director's question very honestly, "This time the containment area will be closed." The acquisition of the investment group was mainly due to the payment of benefits from some overseas interest groups, requiring us to mess up the matter. "

These officials are said to have a bright future. On the eve of the country's accession, the government began to clean up foreign trade laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and normative documents on a large scale. Enterprises are involved in relevant legal issues... At that time, both parties formed a relationship of interest. With their joining. For many projects that need to be rushed, they can help companies speed up the approval process, seize the opportunity, and plan in advance.

For example, two years ago, the Economic and Trade Commission issued interim regulations on the use of foreign investment by state-owned enterprises to restructure assets. The purpose was to safeguard the rights and interests of state-owned assets and promote the reform of state-owned enterprises. However, the regulations were too simple and there were no clear implementation details.

It coincides with the first wave of foreign mergers and acquisitions of mainland state-owned enterprises. In the eyes of some people, the withdrawal of state-owned shares and the entry of foreign capital seem to have become a fixed pattern in the reform of state-owned enterprises and have been imitated one after another. However, this trend is also quite controversial. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation is still reviewing and approving it. People are becoming more and more cautious, and approvers have more room for discretion due to imperfect laws and regulations.

In this way, they finally formed a rare approval assembly line using legislative establishment, approval lobbying, consulting agency, etc. around the listing of joint ventures, foreign investment approval, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and counterattack review committees. Rent-seeking techniques are clever. In addition to selling public rights to make profits, they also use free decision-making in ambiguous areas of the law to the extreme.

It can be said that this is a small group of government officials who rely on technical skills, and it is also an unprecedented new phenomenon in anti-corruption.

Among the foreign investors who attacked Fan Investment Group this time, there are some familiar names, such as Hutchison Whampoa. For example, the Temasek consortium, Evergreen Industries, and some American consortiums are appearing. People are very surprised to find that so many foreign investors have begun to use their brains on domestic state-owned enterprise cakes.

Actually think about it carefully. This reason is also very simple. At present, some industries, especially state-owned enterprises, are still in the three-year reform period. The possibility of large-scale sales to foreign companies at low prices is very small, because overall results must be seen, not just one sale. However, after this year, those state-owned enterprises that have failed to save and are dying are likely to be abandoned. By then, a bankrupt Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group will obviously be easier to be acquired by foreign capital, and the price paid by foreign capital will be It will be more. This is the reason why they colluded with the powerful people in various ministries and commissions to prevent Fan Investment Group from acquiring Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group.

"Everyone hopes that their approval is the last step, otherwise the projects they approve may be rejected, and the rent-seeking value will be reduced in vain." The director said to the leader, "Departments usually compete with each other for power. But the long-term relationship between a few of us has made us a rare community of interests in the system. Unfortunately, if one of us is defeated, the whole circle will be overturned. What circle will end up in it? It’s all wreaths.”

After receiving the detailed report, the Standing Committee members all looked at each other in shock and felt very speechless. The department directors, who were the backbone, collectively committed corruption. This blow was indeed big enough, especially in the formulation of business and economic and trade policies. , it is true that not many people can play it well. How many loopholes are preset in the policies and regulations mainly formulated by them? It's hard to say right now.

It is still unknown how much damage these loopholes may cause to the country.

"What do you think about Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group?" Boss Zhu asked.

Fan Heng didn't say anything. In this kind of matter, it was obvious to everyone who was right and who was wrong. Due to the father-son relationship between him and Fan Wubing, it was inconvenient for him to say anything.

The No. 1 leader also rubbed his forehead with a headache, and then said, "To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell. I think it's better to invite Mr. Fan here and solve this problem face to face."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. If you want to completely solve the Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group matter, you still have to call Fan Wubing over. After all, the acquisition conditions he gave are relatively favorable. If you abandon Fan and switch to another company, you may not have such good conditions. , and without such good conditions, workers would still scold their mothers.

Moreover, there are few companies in China that are capable of solving the problem of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group.

Soon, Fan Wubing was invited over.

At this time, Fan Wubing had already guessed what was going to happen, but he was also prepared. After coming in and calling everyone uncle and aunt, Fan Wubing distributed a very detailed document to everyone.

After reading it, everyone had a look of doubt and uncertainty, and their eyes were full of worry and doubt, as well as some shock.

"How did you get these things?" Boss Zhu asked Fan Wubing, holding up the documents in his hand.

These documents. Detailed information about the officials involved in the case that Fan's acquisition of Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group was blocked. Including the recent bribes received from foreign companies, they were all written clearly, much more detailed than what they confessed.

Fan Wubing replied. "Oh, actually, it's nothing. I am very puzzled about the suspension of this acquisition. I am afraid that I will never find the preferential conditions I gave. Why did the ministries and commissions reject it together? So I hired an independent intelligence investigation agency to find out about this matter, and I really got some results.

"If these situations are true, a member of the Standing Committee said halfway and didn't say anything more.

The meaning of his words was very clear. If the information was true, the fate of these department-level cadres could be predicted. It was impossible for them to be let off lightly.

"What a pity! These are all talents," said Chief No. 1, shaking his head.

Fan Wubing shrugged and replied, "Obviously, the more professional the talent, the greater the harm once they fall. Fortunately, this matter was discovered earlier. If it was allowed to continue to develop, you can imagine what would happen after the tenth merger? So this time, it should be said that a bad thing turned into a good thing, which sounded a wake-up call for everyone! It also allows us to avoid a huge risk that may be brought about by a technocratic **!"

After listening, Chief No. 1 nodded and said, "Xiao Fan always said it very well. I felt a little sorry for them before. Now it seems that this evil trend must be stopped severely. If it continues like this, the country will no longer be a country!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and the fate of this group of people was finalized. Normally, Xiaolang tried his best to ensure the update of the word count and left, but he did not dare to say that he would definitely be able to complete it. What a tragedy" (to be continued)