Chapter 1820: Money from the Finance Bureau

Gao Wei stood beside Xie Zhiguo, turning on the speaker of his mobile phone to ensure that Xie Zhiguo could hear Long Jianping's words. At the same time, he briefly explained the situation at the scene and the causes and consequences to Long Jianping.

Don't underestimate these words. Without a solid foundation, it is impossible to be so rigorous. It can also be seen from this that Tang Yun put a lot of effort into selecting this secretary for Xie Zhiguo.

Long Jianping might have been confused by the sudden question and didn't react for a long time. Even if he did react, he didn't dare to say anything. After all, the other party was the secretary of the municipal party committee, and he could clearly hear that Xie Zhiguo was angry and intended to hold him accountable.

"Director Gao, this... I'm not too sure. Please give me some time. I will check what happened to the money and get back to you."

Long Jianping was also very smart and found an excuse. Qin Feng didn't know whether Long Jianping really didn't know the specific situation of the money, but he was sure that Long Jianping was looking for such an excuse to think carefully about how to respond to Xie Zhiguo's words.

Qin Feng knew very well the reasons and consequences of why the money was not allocated. After all, Cao Changsheng had been running around for two months for this money.

The allocation process for this money had already been completed. Liang Jianbo had already signed and allocated the first million yuan when he was mayor.

The remaining funds were allocated at the beginning of the year, but something happened at the beginning of the year and Xia Junhua and Liang Jianbo were both dismissed from their posts. After Liu Xiaoping took office, he asked the Finance Bureau to stop the money without even giving a reason.

"Director Long, Secretary Xie and other leaders are waiting for your reply." Gao Wei said in a low voice.

Gao Wei's whisper was just a pretense, after all, Xie Zhiguo was standing next to him.

"I'll do it as soon as possible. I'll investigate it right away and get back to you right away." Long Jianping said.

"Give him ten minutes." Xie Zhiguo said coldly.

"Director Long, please investigate the situation thoroughly and call me back within ten minutes," said Gao Wei.

"Okay, okay!" Long Jianping said and hung up the phone.

Xie Zhiguo's expression did not improve at all. After Gao Wei hung up the phone, Xie Zhiguo said, "Let's just sit here and wait. If we don't solve the problem of this road today, I won't be able to face the villagers in this village!"

So, dozens of people from the city and county stood on the mountain road waiting for Long Jianping's call.

After Long Jianping hung up the phone, he sat in a chair and smoked a cigarette, his mind racing, thinking about how to respond to Xie Zhiguo about this matter.

In fact, this matter had little to do with Long Jianping. He just followed Liu Xiaoping's orders and blocked the money.

Money in finance is a mystery, and there are many tricks. First of all, the money cannot be approved without the signature of the leader, which is a matter of procedure. In some cases, even if the leader approves and goes through the procedures, you may not get the money immediately.

But the problem now is that Xie Zhiguo is asking about this matter. It is impossible for Long Jianping to give Liu Xiaoping away and say that Liu Xiaoping verbally ordered him to suspend the disbursement of the money, right?

If Liu Xiaoping is not named, what excuse can he come up with? The procedures have been completed, the leaders have approved it, but the money has not been transferred for several months.

Eight minutes later, Gao Wei's cell phone rang again.

"Secretary Xie, Director Long called." Gao Wei reported to Xie Zhiguo.

This time, Xie Zhiguo did not let Gao Wei answer the phone, but answered it himself.

"Comrade Long Jianping, I am Xie Zhiguo." Xie Zhiguo said.

Long Jianping thought the person on the other end was still Gao Wei, but he didn't expect that it was Xie Zhiguo who answered the phone. He quickly said, "Hello, Secretary Xie."

"I just inquired about the situation of this money. The reason why this money has not been allocated is that at the end of last year, the municipal government..."

Long Jianping was explaining when Xie Zhiguo interrupted him and said, "Director Long, I don't want to hear why the money hasn't been allocated. I just want to ask you, can the money be allocated within three days?"

Don't underestimate Xie Zhiguo's subtle action of interrupting Long Jianping's explanation, as it contains great wisdom.

It is very clear whether Long Jianping is withholding the money or Liu Xiaoping is withholding it from Xie Zhiguo. If Long Jianping is asked to explain why he did not allocate the money, no matter how he explains it, he will definitely find a plausible reason. Even if Long Jianping does not dare to involve Liu Xiaoping, he will definitely blame the municipal government.

What should Xie Zhiguo do then? If he continues to force the order, will it not give Liu Xiaoping any face? Moreover, as the municipal party secretary, isn't it inappropriate for you to force the other party to allocate money even though they have given a high-sounding reason? At least you should communicate and negotiate with the municipal government, right?

However, Xie Zhiguo interrupted Long Jianping's explanation and asked him first whether he could allocate the money within three days. This effectively avoided all problems and put all the responsibility on Long Jianping without involving Liu Xiaoping.