Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 740: Where there's a policy, there's a countermeasure!

"Qian Daqing! Wei Qiang! Zhang Sixi! You three, come out here!" Around midnight, the door to the detention cell was suddenly opened, and Li Aijun looked at the gamblers locked in the cell and called out their names directly.

Uncle Qian, who was locked in the detention cell, suddenly changed his expression when he heard Li Aijun call their names. Even if he was slow to react, he immediately realized that their identities had been exposed. They looked at each other helplessly before walking out of the detention cell.

Just as Li Aijun was interrogating Qian Daqing and others, Guo Jianguo finally returned with the remaining men.

Guo Jianguo walked quickly to Jia Dongming's office door, saw Jia Dongming sitting inside, knocked on the door, and reported, "Director! We're back."

Upon hearing Guo Jianguo's shout, Jia Dongming instinctively looked up and saw Guo Jianguo walking into the office. He smiled, pointed to the chair opposite the desk, and then said to Guo Jianguo, "Comrade Jianguo! You've worked hard. Have all the employees from those brother units who were gambling been taken back by their security departments?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Guo Jianguo immediately nodded and happily reported to Jia Dongming, "Director! You didn't see what happened at the time. When those comrades from the factory's security department learned that we had raided the casino, they wished that the people raiding the casino were from their security department. They even asked me about our haul tonight, but I was careful and didn't tell them the real haul."

Upon hearing Guo Jianguo's report, Jia Dongming immediately thought of the courtyard where the casino hid its funds and asked Guo Jianguo, "Comrade Jianguo! Have you searched that courtyard where the casino used to confiscate gambling money? Did you find anything?"

When Guo Jianguo heard Jia Dongming ask about their haul that night, he immediately reported to Jia Dongming: "Chief! We thoroughly searched the courtyard where the casino used to hide gambling money. We found 7,321 yuan in cash, 20 small yellow croakers, and some antiques and calligraphy and paintings in the underground secret room of that courtyard."

Upon hearing Guo Jianguo's report, Jia Dongming immediately instructed Guo Jianguo: "Jianguo! Hand these things over to the logistics department first. We'll decide on the next steps after we get the results from Aijun."

Around 1 a.m., Li Aijun walked into Jia Dongming's office with the interrogation records and respectfully reported to Jia Dongming: "Director! We have completed the interrogation records for everyone. According to our interrogation results, there are three people mixed in with the gamblers in the casino. They are Qian Daqing, the casino owner; Zhang Sixi, the accountant in charge of the casino's accounts; and Wei Qiang, who is in charge of the casino's operations."

"The small courtyard we discovered earlier was Zhang Sixi's residence. Lao Guo has already led people to Qian Daqing's house and Wei Qiang's house to conduct searches of their residences."

Upon hearing Li Aijun's report, Jia Dongming immediately stood up from his desk and said to Li Aijun, "Comrade Aijun! I believe you should know that our raid on the gambling den this time was mainly to solve the department's financial difficulties. Although we have made a great haul this time, our regulations stipulate that all confiscated assets must be turned over to the public, so the amount of money that can actually be kept is not much."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, Li Aijun immediately understood what Jia Dongming meant. He said to Jia Dongming with an indifferent expression, "Director! Regarding this matter, Lao Zhang just told me that apart from a few comrades who know the specific gains from tonight's operation, the other comrades are not clear about it. Therefore, it is entirely feasible for us to seize some of the yellow croakers."

"Besides, we're not putting these yellow croakers into our own pockets. Even if the higher-ups find out, at most we'll get a disciplinary action. It's no big deal."

Upon hearing Li Aijun's reply and seeing his nonchalant attitude, Jia Dongming said to Li Aijun, "Aijun! Let's hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss this matter together. Now, go and call Comrade Guoping over for me. I need to discuss the overtime pay for tonight with him."

Inside the security department office, the guards, thinking about the loot from the raid on the casino that night, one of them immediately asked Ye Tian, ​​"Old Ye! How much of a bonus do you think the department will give us for tonight's operation?"

"What! Bonuses? Old Song! Do we get bonuses for raiding the casino tonight?" A comrade who had just transferred to the security section was visibly taken aback by his colleague's question to Ye Tian and quickly asked the security guard. Old Song, hearing his new colleague's question and seeing the curious and expectant looks from the dozen or so new colleagues, immediately recalled their operations from last year and proudly introduced the operation to everyone: "Comrades! Do you know why our director arranged this operation?"

Upon hearing Lao Song's question, one of the security guards immediately spoke up, saying, "That casino is located within the jurisdiction of our steel mill's security department. If we didn't know about it, that would be one thing, but now that we do, we certainly can't allow it to exist."

“Comrade Zhang Jun is right. Raiding casinos is our security department’s job. Isn’t that a normal thing?” As soon as the first guard finished speaking, another guard immediately chimed in.

Hearing his two colleagues' answers and seeing everyone's matter-of-fact expressions, Lao Song smiled and said to everyone, "Comrades! Tell me, compared to other units, are the benefits in our department better or worse?"

The new colleagues present, upon hearing Lao Song's question and recalling the Mid-Autumn Festival benefits distributed by the department, all wore happy smiles and replied, "Of course, our department's benefits are better. One of my comrades was transferred to the security department of a textile factory, and this Mid-Autumn Festival, the textile factory only gave him half a jin of meat and two jin of flour. Compared to the benefits we receive, it's like night and day."

When Lao Song heard what his colleague said, he smiled and nodded, and continued, "Comrade Wang Jun is right. Our benefits are second to none among all the factories in Beijing. Otherwise, the workers from the steel mill wouldn't have come to cause trouble here last year."

"Putting aside the difficulty of procuring these supplies, just consider the funds needed to distribute welfare for the Dragon Boat Festival. The funds allocated to us from above simply cannot buy so many things, not to mention that in addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are also the Spring Festival and other holidays. So where will these funds come from?"

"I understand now. The reason we raided the casino this time is because the department's slush fund is empty, which is why the director assigned this task." Upon hearing Lao Song's words, Zhang Jun's face immediately showed a look of sudden realization, and he blurted out the answer.

“No! Our regulations stipulate that all confiscations must be turned over to the public. Since all the gambling funds seized must be turned over to the public, where will we get the money to buy holiday benefits?” The guard who spoke first, upon hearing Zhang Jun’s words and thinking of the relevant regulations, immediately asked Lao Song curiously.

When Lao Song heard his colleague's question and saw the curious looks on everyone's faces, he subconsciously glanced at Ye Tian sitting next to him and replied with a smile, "Our rule is that all the spoils must be turned over to the public, but we can take a portion of the gambling money according to a certain ratio. Besides, there's a saying, 'For every policy, there's a countermeasure.' As long as we don't say exactly how much we seized, how will the higher-ups know how much we've gained from tonight's operation?"

Upon hearing Lao Song's words, everyone's faces showed expressions of sudden realization. Zhang Jun couldn't help but exclaim, "No wonder our department has such good benefits; now I know why!"

Seeing that the time was almost right, Ye Tian finally couldn't help but remind everyone present: "Comrades! The reason why our department's welfare is so good is entirely because our department head went through pressure to secure it for everyone. Think about the food in the canteen on weekdays, the affordable grain provided by the department, and the welfare distributed this Mid-Autumn Festival."

"These are all benefits that our section chief risked being punished for to secure for everyone, so we should keep these things to ourselves and not spread them around outside."

The welfare of the security department is related to the interests of all the personnel in the security office. When everyone heard Ye Tian's reminder, they all understood what Ye Tian meant and made promises to Ye Tian, ​​guaranteeing that they would not spread the amount of gambling funds seized in the operation that night.

(End of this chapter)