Chapter 1390 - Cold Wind
It was also snowing heavily in the capital city, and it seemed cold.
On this cold day, the Beijing airport is welcoming distinguished guests.
Grand and rich!
In the snowstorm,
A few hours later, the two sides held talks.
The meeting appeared to be very efficient.
The two parties signed a large order worth 800 billion yuan, which involves the supply of oil and natural gas.
The smiles on the faces of both parties as they signed the order were photographed by reporters, and the handshake photo became the world's front-page news the next day.
Even on this day, it did not steal the world's front-page news.
But on this day, Liu Tao felt unwell.
He was shocked by the news brought by He Rong.
"Comrade He Rong, has this matter been investigated clearly? You must be clear that there must not be the slightest mistake in this matter!" Liu Tao's tone became serious.
He Rong also felt the pressure. She had just been promoted to leader of the disciplinary inspection team a few months ago, and now she encountered such a big case. The pressure was enormous.
She has just been appointed as a member of the Party Leadership Group of Panshan Group, but Wei Zhenguo has been a member of the Party Leadership Group of Panshan Group for many years. He is now the general manager of China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation and ranks fifth among the members of the Party Leadership Group of Panshan Group.
Although, except Liu Tao who has a veto power in the Party Group meeting, other members of the Party Group have the same one vote in the Party Group meeting, the ranking still represents the influence in Panshan Group.
In comparison, He Rong, who has just become a member of the Party Leadership Group of Panshan Group, is very different from Wei Zhenguo.
He Rong said solemnly: "Leader, the chain of evidence has been closed now. There is no need to interrogate Wei Zhenguo. It is enough to prosecute and convict him!"
Liu Tao looked at the arrest warrant and felt very uncomfortable.
Wei Zhenguo is a veteran of Panshan Group. In the mid-1980s, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and other departments supported a group of cadres in Panshan Group, and Wei Zhenguo was one of them. After arriving at Panshan Group, Wei Zhenguo worked hard and was promoted step by step. Now he has become the general manager of Huaxia Southwest Electronics Group Corporation.
In a few years, Wei Zhenguo will also reach the age to retire.
But no one expected that Wei Zhenguo had done so many shocking things over the years.
This is absolutely prohibited.
It's really bold.
Liu Tao picked up the pen with his hands shaking a little. This was the first time since the establishment of Panshan Group that a member of the Party Committee was dismissed while in office. This was completely different from other people who were transferred to other ministries or local governments and then fell from power.
But in the end, Liu Tao still signed the arrest warrant.
At this level, no one can arrest Wei Zhenguo without an arrest warrant signed by him.
Even He Rong and her team reported the matter to Liu Tao and only dared to start the investigation after obtaining Liu Tao's consent.
"This matter must be handled as a major case, a solid case! The organization will not wrongly accuse any good person, nor will it let any bad person go!" Liu Tao said in a deep voice.
He Rong nodded: "Understood!"
After leaving with the arrest warrant, He Rong personally led people to the headquarters of China Southwest Electronics Group.
Wei Zhenguo was convening a meeting, during which he talked a lot about the necessity of building integrity among cadres.
As a result, He Rong presented the arrest warrant. When Wei Zhenguo saw Liu Tao's signature on the arrest warrant, he was completely paralyzed.
Two staff members held him on the left and right to prevent him from falling.
It was these two staff members who held him and took him out of the meeting room.
As soon as He Rong and others left, Pang Yiyong arrived.
At the meeting, the appointment document was presented, and Pang Yiyong was appointed as the acting general manager of China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation!
Pang Yiyong then announced several regulations at the party group meeting of China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation, including cooperating with the investigation and interrogation of the discipline inspection team and strictly prohibiting leaving the place of residence, especially prohibiting going abroad.
Everyone felt that a terrible storm was brewing.
No one knows who will fall in the end.
When He Rong took Wei Zhenguo away from the headquarters building of China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation, Liu Tao watched from afar.
Seeing that Wei Zhenguo didn't even have the courage to walk, Liu Tao knew that Wei Zhenguo was definitely not wronged.
In fact, you are the one who knows best whether you have done anything wrong.
Those who have not committed any crime are full of indomitable spirit and will appeal even against the court's verdict.
And when the real criminals saw the arrest warrant, they didn't even have the courage to stand.
Now it depends on how much Wei Zhengguo will reveal and whether the harmful influence can be eradicated as quickly as possible.
Soon, the news that Wei Zhenguo was taken away by the disciplinary inspection team at the party group meeting of China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation spread throughout the Panshan Group. Everyone in Panshan Group seemed to feel the coldest cold wave from Siberia sweeping over.
This is the highest-ranking leader to be brought down since the establishment of Panshan Group, and also the person arrested directly by the disciplinary inspection team at a party group meeting.
So what next?
They always say it's a good start, but this is not a good start!
But no one dared to plead for Wei Zhenguo. If they could go to a certain extent, no one would not understand Liu Tao. Since Liu Tao signed the arrest warrant, it meant that the evidence was conclusive. Who would dare to plead for him in this situation?
More people are feeling the chill and are examining themselves to see if they have done anything wrong, so that they won’t be taken away by the disciplinary inspection team one day and not know what happened.
There are also people who rush to get to know their wives and children, for fear that their wives and children might do something bad behind their backs and bring harm to themselves.
Many people fell into the water because they were dragged down with their wives and children.
After all, humans always have weaknesses.
Not long after, He Rong came to Liu Tao's office and said, "Leader, Wei Zhenguo wants to see you. What do you think?"
"Take him to the middle school stadium in the afternoon." Liu Tao said after a slight hesitation.
He Rong hesitated for a moment, "Is it inappropriate? It's not safe there."
Liu Tao waved his hands and said, "There's nothing unsafe about it. It's decided."
In the afternoon, Liu Tao, wearing casual clothes, came to the Panshan Middle School Stadium, which is a stadium that houses both junior and high school departments. So far, the students are basically children of employees of the Panshan Group.
Since the pilot program of vocational high school diversion was implemented, the high school entrance examination has become a watershed. Those who perform well in study will continue to go to high school, while those who do not perform well in study will go to vocational schools.
A football match was going on in the stadium at this time. Many people were watching from the bottom. On Liu Tao's side, there were only Liu Tao and a secretary.
About five minutes later, Wei Zhenguo was brought to the stands.
Liu Tao ignored Wei Zhenguo and watched the football match for half an hour.
Only then did Liu Tao start to speak, talking about things that happened in the 1960s and 1970s.
Wei Zhenguo is five years older than Liu Tao. He was one of the first batch of college students when the college entrance examination was resumed. He was assigned to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building as soon as he graduated.
The two can be said to belong to the same era.
However, when Wei Zhenguo was in college, Liu Tao was already famous and the pride of the school.
They have a deep understanding of how difficult that era was.
No matter how good a family is, it can't be any better. No matter how bad a family is, it can't be any worse.
The whole society is poor, everyone is almost equally poor, and the poverty is obviously visible.
"Old Wei, the life we have now is something our parents and even our generation could not even imagine. I looked at your income last year. Your salary, bonuses, etc. added up to 15 million. We could never have dared to imagine this before." Liu Tao said a lot, and after saying this, he patted Wei Zhenguo on the shoulder and left.
Wei Zhenguo covered his face with his hands and burst into tears.
After returning to the interrogation room, Wei Zhenguo no longer resisted and said whatever he wanted to say.
The cold winter meant that the year-end party group meeting was held without the usual smiles.
In just less than a month, two members of the Panshan Group’s Party Committee were taken away, five people at the deputy general manager level were taken away, and there were even more at the next level.
The high level of personnel involved and the large number of people involved are unprecedented since the establishment of Panshan Group.
The sharp knife of the Disciplinary Inspection Group has frightened everyone in the Panshan Group.
Scrape the bone to heal the wound, cut off the arm to be a brave man!
Easier said than done!
Some people realized that something was wrong and wanted to escape, but were arrested directly at customs.
Just as a special year-end party group meeting was being held at the Panshan Group's headquarters building, North Africa seemed quite lively.
Because Russia increased its involvement in the Libyan war, the Americans had to change their strategy and instead increase their efforts in Tunisia and then lease a military base from Tunisia.
In addition to bombing Libya and the army's threat to the Libyan border, the Americans increased their infiltration into Algeria.
The 'Arab Spring' naturally spread to Algeria, causing Algeria to be deeply affected.
France, Germany and other countries strongly oppose the US's approach of launching a war. After all, this will bring security risks to Europe.
You know, North Africa is one of the important sources of energy for Europe.
The largest energy industrial country in Europe is Russia, followed by North Africa.
Instead, the Middle East was relegated to third place.
This is the result of Europe's diversification of energy import channels after experiencing several oil crises.
Although French forces were driven out of Africa, Europe still has an important influence on the whole of Africa, especially North Africa.
This influence is first reflected in cultural influence.
The most obvious thing is that outstanding football players in North Africa often play for European football clubs and even take European citizenship. They yearn for Europe from the bottom of their hearts.
In addition, wealthy people in North Africa often prefer to study and travel in Europe.
The US launching of the war in Libya is undoubtedly not in the interests of Europe.
Originally, the current US government upheld "democracy and freedom" and strengthened the alliance, and the relationship between the two sides was slightly improved. But now that the United States launched the Libya war, the relationship between the two sides has changed dramatically, and Barack Obama has been criticized by the media in major European countries such as France and Germany.
At this moment, the Nobel Prize is also embarrassed because the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Barack.
The result is that Barack happily accepted the award and now directly launched the war in Libya.
Although European countries are also unhappy with Gaddafi, the Americans launched the Libyan war, which is undoubtedly an infringement of Libya's sovereignty.
The Americans wanted to invoke NATO's collective defense clause, but were strongly rejected by Germany and other countries and failed. The French president even directly called out "NATO is brain dead", believing that Europe is Europe for Europeans, not America.
The French president opened his arms and embraced the visiting Russian guests at the airport, which made headlines around the world.
This was interpreted by the media as Europe moving from a Franco-German alliance to a Franco-German-Russian alliance!
Some experts even confidently stated that it is only a matter of time before Russia joins the European Union.
Americans are extremely furious about the actions of France and Germany, denouncing it as betrayal, betrayal of allies, and betrayal of freedom and democracy.
You know, the United States has three major strategic pillars, namely Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, Japan and South Korea. Through these three strategic pillars, it rules the world and is truly a world hegemon.
However, in recent years, problems have arisen in these three strategic pillars, which has undoubtedly shaken the foundation of American hegemony.
Now France and Germany want to accept Russia, EU + Russia, then what does Europe still need the United States for?
Is there still a need for the United States to station troops in Europe?
Europe is America's most important overseas interest. Losing Europe is unacceptable to the United States.
The United Kingdom is equally unacceptable. If such a situation really occurs, it will be a huge disaster for the United Kingdom.
The voices calling for Britain to leave the EU are getting louder and louder.
Driven by the United States and Britain, there are far more documentaries about World War II, reflections on World War II, and commemorations of World War II than ever before.
It seems that Germany is suddenly being reshaped into the culprit of World War I and World War II, and a sinner in human history.
Since it is not enough to make European countries fear Russia, let them recall the terror of Germany.
In the modern and contemporary history of Europe, Germany is an absolutely powerful country that cannot be ignored.
In both world wars, Germany was the absolute main force. Compared with its stupid teammates, the military power it displayed was too strong.
Germany has now fully restored its independent sovereignty, and its military strength is extremely powerful, second to none in Europe.
And Germany is currently the leader of the European Union!
Germany is militarily stronger than France, except it doesn't have nuclear weapons.
Currently, all major military journals rank Germany's military power fourth in the world, ahead of Britain and France.
When meeting with the French President, Merkel reiterated the friendship and alliance between France and Germany, and reiterated the necessity and urgency of European integration.
Merkel first publicly stated that Europe belongs to Europeans, not Americans, and that the future of Europe should be in the hands of Europe. (End of this chapter)
