Speaking of this, Li Botang looked at Ouyang Ming and further analyzed: "And, as long as you convince Xiao Ye to take over this hard work, not only will you have security, but we feel very relieved. There is no need to worry about one day the procuratorate will come to pursue our bribery crime. Why? You should be very clear: Behind Xiao Ye, the provincial discipline inspection secretary Li Runji, supported by him. Xiao Ye is Secretary Li's godson who was the default godson and once saved his life. Therefore, on the issue of integrity construction, Xiao Ye should be the only one who doesn't make a fuss.
What a big deal of embezzlement and bribery of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan, which does not disturb the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Who dares to touch a hair within Tianjiang Province? Besides, the interests of our steel factory are actually related to you: If you are investigated, the income tax exemption in our factory will definitely be investigated again. Maybe I will also be held accountable for bribery and defrauding state taxes. So, we are in a relationship of prosperity and loss. Xiao Ou, you don’t have to worry about what happens to me.”
When Ouyang Ming heard these "heart-to-heart" words, the vigilance in his mind finally disappeared completely. He nodded and said, "Uncle Li, then I'll try it. Director Ye is in the capital now and it will probably take a week to come back. At that time, I will go and tell him in person."
Li Botang happily patted Ouyang Ming on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Ou, your attitude is very happy. Let's do this. The Spring Festival is coming. Our tax reduction and exemption materials will be reported immediately after the Spring Festival. Tomorrow, you can go to my office and have a little gift for the holiday. Please get it and bring a copy to Xiaoye by the way."
The next day, Ouyang Ming followed Li Botang's instructions and came to his chairman's office in Zhenxing Steel Factory. After Li Botang chatted with him for a few words, he called the company's cashier and asked her to come to his office and bring the things over.
Soon, a middle-aged woman wearing glasses carried a lady's bag and pushed open the door and came in.
Li Botang pointed at Ouyang Ming and said to the middle-aged woman: "Xiao Wang, this is Deputy Director Ouyang Ming of the Local Taxation Bureau. He has just taken over the work of a key enterprise group. You may have not dealt with him yet. I'll go to the toilet first and you can get things done."
Ouyang Ming knew the tax accountant of Zhenxing Iron and Steel Plant, but he was a little disgusted with the cashier named Wang. When he saw Li Botang turn around and crawl into the rest room in the office, closed the door, saying that he had gone to the toilet, a trace of uneasiness flashed through his heart, but he didn't care too much.
The cashier named Wang smiled slightly and took out two bundles of 100 yuan bills that had just been taken out of the bank from the big bag. Each bundle was ten pieces, which should be 100,000 yuan.
Then, she put the banknotes on the table and said to Ouyang Ming: "Director Ou, here is 200,000 yuan. Please click it. If there is nothing else, I will go out first."
Ouyang Ming stared at the two thick bundles of banknotes on the table, and his mind was a little confused: How could Li Botang give gifts in this way? This is too conspicuous. Since they want to give money, their company went directly to the bank to apply for two cards, which is not much simpler.
Not long after the cashier went out, Li Botang smiled apologetically while using a tissue to wipe his wet palms and said, "Xiao Ou, I'm a little anxious just now. Sorry, you must be wondering why I gave you cash directly. In fact, this is also for your sake: now you go to the bank to apply for a card and then give you the card. It's really much easier, but if I give you a bank card, if something happens in the future, those who investigate this matter will just come.
The bank checked these two cards and confirmed that you had transferred or withdrawn the money in the card. It was just a mountain of evidence and could not argue even if you wanted to, but the cash was different. You accepted it today. If anyone came to check it, you denied that you didn’t get the money, and no one could do it because they had no evidence, right? As for the little Wang just now, don’t worry, she is also a shareholder of the company, and she has seen many such things and will never go out to talk about anything.”
Although Ouyang Ming was still a little doubtful, he heard that Li Botang was so confident and explained it reasonably, so he didn't say anything else. He took the 200,000 yuan back with a brown briefcase prepared by Li Botang...
Tonight, Ouyang Ming came to Ye Ming. In addition to returning Chen Mengqi's 70,000 yuan in cash, the main purpose was to give Ye Ming the 100,000 yuan given to him by Li Botang, and then do Ye Ming's ideological work, so that he could give the green light to revitalize the tax reduction and exemption information of the Iron and Steel Plant after the Spring Festival. If you sign a letter on it, don't do any tax reduction and exemption investigations.
However, for some reason, when he saw Ye Ming, he had no courage to give him money, especially when Ye Ming asked him vigilantly: Where did he get the 70,000 yuan from, he felt even more panic and almost didn't dare to look at Ye Ming's eyes.
It was not until this time that he realized that Ye Ming naturally had a sense of righteousness on his body. It was this righteousness that allowed him to face all temptations calmly, consciously resist all unhealthy trends, and make those who want to corrupt him and win him unconsciously feel guilty when facing him, and he didn't know where to start with the gift...
So, the words he had already thought of could no longer speak, and under Ye Ming's questioning gaze and suspicion, he escaped from his room in a very embarrassed and embarrassed manner...
After coming out of Ye Ming's room, Ouyang Ming's mind was much clearer and calmer when he was blown out by the biting cold wind outside. After wandering in the family yard for a while, he finally made up his mind: call Li Zhi tomorrow and must return the 200,000 yuan. Since he wants to be a new person, he must learn from Ye Ming and keep in mind his advice. Never have problems with integrity, otherwise he may really fall into a state of doom.
After making this decision, he felt a little relieved, but soon another problem began to bother him: a few days ago, he took out 20,000 yuan from the 100,000 yuan given to him by Li Botang, plus the 40,000 yuan that Liu Yun had saved to repay the debts of the cadres in the bureau. Now, Liu Yun only has 5,000 yuan for the New Year in his card. If he wants to refund Li Botang's 200,000 yuan tomorrow, he still has 20,000 yuan. How can he make up for the 200,000 yuan? He can't get back the money he has returned to his colleagues.
After frowning and thinking for a while, Ouyang Ming finally made up his mind: No matter what, I will return the 180,000 yuan to Li Zhi tomorrow, and agreed to him: I will write a IOU for the remaining 20,000 yuan, and wait until the Spring Festival is over, and then I will find a way to get it back to him.