After a long silence, Wei Houcheng finally couldn't help it: "Minister Xu, I have something urgent to report to you..."

"I know what the urgent matter you are talking about. Secretary Jing just called me. Did the IRS have many domestic media reporters today? Your bureau has also received many calls from the media to interview you to investigate and deal with tax evasion in a company?" Xu Honggang interrupted Wei Houcheng.

"Yes, yes." Wei Houcheng nodded quickly, sweating on his forehead. This incident alarmed the municipal party secretary so quickly and made it big.

"It is normal for you to investigate tax evasion in enterprises. Why did so many reporters alarm? Do they want to promote you directly or expose it?" Xu Honggang said slowly.

"Exposed." Wei Houcheng blurted out, regretting it after saying that, but he accidentally exposed his foundation.

"How do you know it was exposed? Could it be that you are guilty of being a thief? Could it be that you are inappropriate in investigation and punishment?" Xu Honggang's words were very sharp.

"This...we, we..." Wei Houcheng stuttered.

"You come to me to be unable to deal with the centralized interviews of so many media reporters. You are worried that you will not be able to wipe your butts after being exposed. Are you trying to let the Propaganda Department put out the fire for you?"

"Minister Xu, this is what..." Wei Houcheng wanted to tell a few words.

Xu Honggang interrupted Wei Houcheng again: "Since you are afraid of being exposed, why do you still have to do this?"

"This, this..." Wei Houcheng looked embarrassed.

"Director Wei, tell me what happened." Xu Honggang picked up the cup and took a sip of water. Jing Haoran said it very general on the phone. He needs to know the specific situation now.

"That's right, Minister Xu, we received a letter from the provincial bureau yesterday, reporting that the Zhengtai Group was suspected of tax evasion and the amount was huge. Now the national tax system is carrying out a centralized tax inspection across the province. So we sealed the account of the Zhengtai Group and moved out their financial computer host..."

When he heard that the person who was sealed was Zhengtai Group, Xu Honggang's eyelids twitched, Ye Xinyi's body trembled slightly, and Chu Heng remained silent.

Wei Houcheng continued: "I don't know how this incident spread. As soon as we started working today, we received interview calls from mainstream domestic media, asking us if we were making trouble for the Zhengtai Group for no reason. The phone number in the office was almost blown up, and many reporters called the phone number to my office...

Then, after noon, many reporters from mainstream domestic media rushed to Jiangzhou and arrived at the bureau and insisted on interviewing me directly, while others went to Zhengtai Group for interview. When I saw that the matter was getting big, I quickly came out from the back door of the unit and came directly to the department to report to you. I have to find you in the publicity and firefighting matter."

Xu Honggang was very angry after hearing this. Obviously, the IRS was deliberately making things difficult for Zhengtai Group, otherwise he would not be afraid of news media interviews.

Jing Haoran called himself and obviously realized this.

For Jing Haoran, maintaining stability and not having any trouble in Jiangzhou's administration is the top priority. At this time, if a news that has a negative impact on Jiangzhou is revealed across the country, it is extremely important for Jing Haoran to retire directly after leaving the position of Secretary of the Jiangzhou Municipal Party Committee or to step into a sub-provincial hurdle.

So Jing Haoran was very annoyed when he learned about this, so he called Xu Honggang directly and told him to handle the matter well. He must not let the negative news in Jiangzhou spread across the country. He immediately took emergency measures to put out the fire and found out the source of the leaked news.

For the Propaganda Department, on the one hand, it undertakes positive publicity from both inside and outside, and on the other hand, it undertakes fire-fighting tasks for negative news.

Jing Haoran attached great importance to it and became angry, so Xu Honggang naturally did not dare to neglect it.

Xu Honggang thought quickly and looked at Wei Houcheng: "Director Wei, I think this matter should be handled in this way. If you think you are doing things according to the rules, don't worry about media reporters. Be honest and generous in accepting interviews. In this way, you can spread your reputation of being honest and strict in the IRS, which will also be of great benefit to you, the Director..."

Wei Houcheng complained repeatedly, "Damn, this matter is shameful. What letters are sent by the provincial bureau, and what tax evasion in Zhengtai Group are all false excuses. It's nothing. He was entrusted by Tang Chao to help."

Xu Honggang continued: "On the contrary, if you think the content of the report from the masses is false and the evidence of tax evasion by Zhengtai Group is not effective enough, I think you should know how to do it. There is a saying that goes, and it is impossible to correct it if you know the mistake. I can put out the fire for you and wipe your butts for you, but whether you can wipe your butts clean depends on how you do it."

Wei Houcheng nodded repeatedly: "Okay, Minister Xu, I know what to do."

"You can leave now."

Wei Houcheng stood up and said worriedly: "Then, Minister Xu, those reporters..."

"This is my job, you don't have to worry about it." Xu Honggang waved his hand in annoyance.

Seeing Xu Honggang like this, Wei Houcheng didn't dare to speak anymore and hurriedly took the people away.

After Wei Houcheng left, Xu Honggang snorted: "Things that are not good."

When Qiao Liang heard Xu Honggang scolding Wei Houcheng, he was very happy. When things got so bad, Wei Houcheng knew how to do it when he went back. The troubles of Zhengtai Group were easily solved by himself.

Qiao Liang couldn't help but secretly applauded his good idea, and thanked Ye Xinyi, thanks for her for providing the list.

Xu Honggang had a gloomy face at this time. Although he was angry that Wei Houcheng made things difficult for the Zhengtai Group, he knew very well that he could not publicly show any favoritism towards the Zhengtai Group. He had to deal with this matter in the name of work and could not be mixed with any personal feelings.

Xu Honggang was even more helpless to Wei Houcheng. Not to mention that he was not in charge, he could not even be in charge. The State Taxation Bureau is a management unit, and all people, money and property are under the jurisdiction of the province. The city has no right to remove Wei Houcheng.

Then Xu Honggang looked at everyone and said, "Wei Houcheng went back to deal with the matter of the State Administration of China. The rest is that we are going to put out the fire. Minister Ye, you immediately take people to see the reporters and arrange their delicious food and drinks to the Jiangzhou Hotel, telling them that this is a false rumor, someone was spreading rumors and slandering the positive image of Jiangzhou City, and then give each of these reporters a big red envelope, and the round-trip transportation costs will be reimbursed."

Xu Honggang knew that Wei Houcheng was afraid of making a big deal, so he would stop.

Ye Xinyi nodded: "Where is this money?"

Xu Honggang simply said: "Of course it's the IRS. Do they ask us to pay for the trouble they caused?"

Ye Xinyi agreed.

Xu Honggang continued: "The next step is to find out who broke the matter. Secretary Jing was very angry on the phone just now, saying that this was a serious incident that slandered Jiangzhou's image. We asked us to put out the fire first and find out the source of the leaked news..."

Qiao Liang, who was secretly proud, was nervous when he heard this. Damn, it alarmed Jing Haoran, it was a big deal!

Chu Heng frowned: "The direct parties involved in this matter are the IRS and Chint Group. Of course, the IRS will not do this. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the Chint Group."

This is what Xu Honggang didn't want to hear the most, but Chu Heng's words were not without reason. He pondered for a moment: "It's just that I'm very surprised. How could Zhengtai Group know the contact information of so many media reporters? This seems not normal."
Chapter completed!