Anti-gang campaign: Female bureau chief

Qian Shouyi didn't speak, he just lowered his head.

How many years have you worked at Fengmao Group?

"...Fifteen years."

"As the CFO for fifteen years, every penny of the Fengmao Group's funds has passed through your hands."

Evidence of Shen Wangshan's involvement in organized crime, bribery, and tax evasion is all in the ledgers you handled.

You think you've kept the accounts spotless, but you've forgotten one thing—no matter how well the fake accounts are made, there will always be a day when they don't match up.

We found two sets of ledgers in your office: one for the tax authorities and one for internal use.

Do you know how many years you could be sentenced to based solely on the contents of those internal ledgers?

Qian Shouyi's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

His lips moved, but no sound came out.

"I'm not here to talk about conviction, Qian Shouyi. Leave the conviction to the court. I'm here to talk about opportunities." Jiang Ruolan leaned forward slightly.

"You know best what role you played in this case. You're not the principal offender; you're an accomplice."

The things you did were what Shen Wangshan told you to do, and the accounts you kept were what Shen Wangshan told you to keep.

If you are willing to confess and tell me everything you know, I can treat you leniently according to the law. Of course, the prerequisite is that you must tell the truth.

Qian Shouyi raised his head and glanced at her.

His eyes held countless calculations and weighing of options—he knew he had no other way out.

The police found the internal ledgers, which clearly recorded all of Fengmao Group's illegal income and expenditure over the past decade:

The records included details of casino turnover, principal and interest on usurious loans, profits from smuggled diesel fuel, and bribes to officials at all levels.

All the false accounts he had spent fifteen years creating and the holes he had covered up were exposed during the police search.

He took off his glasses, wiped them slowly with the corner of his shirt, and then put them back on.

When he looked up again, the panic in his eyes had subsided, replaced by a weary, resigned calm.

"Give me a glass of water," he said.

Jiang Ruolan had someone bring her a glass of water. Qian Shouyi picked up the glass, took a sip, and then let out a long breath, as if he were about to release all the secrets he had kept in his heart for fifteen years at once.

"Let me start from the beginning." His voice was calm, almost mechanical.

"In 2009, I met Shen Wangshan through an introduction from a vice president of Fengmao Group."

At that time, I was a partner at the largest accounting firm in Ngee Ann and had a good income, but Shen Wangshan offered me three times the salary to become the CFO of Fengmao.

I knew what he had done, and I knew his money was ill-gotten, but I still went. Money, once you've tasted its sweetness, is hard to give up.

He paused, took another sip of water, and continued:

"The first thing I did in my first year at Fengmao was to completely overturn and start over all the messy accounts from scratch."

I designed a system of internal and external accounts. The external accounts are shown to the tax bureau, and they are clean and transparent, with every penny able to withstand scrutiny.

The internal accounts were only shown to Shen Wangshan, and they recorded Fengmao's true sources of income—casinos, loan sharking, illegal sand and gravel mining, diesel smuggling, and various irregularities in government projects.

"What about the bribery part?" Jiang Ruolan asked.

"It's also recorded in the internal accounts. Every bribe is documented, including the recipient's name, the amount, the time, and the reason for the bribe."

Shen Wangshan had a rule—the money used for bribes had to be accounted for; it couldn't be handled haphazardly.

He said something I've always remembered: "This money will be our lifeline. If we get caught one day, these ledgers will be the ropes that drag them down with us."

Jiang Ruolan was shocked. This was exactly what she had predicted—Shen Wangshan not only bribed officials with benefits, but also deliberately preserved evidence of their bribery, with the aim of one day binding these people to his cause and making them live and die together.

Where are these internal accounts now?

"Did you find it in the hidden compartment in my office?"

Jiang Ruolan glanced at Lu Zheng, who shook his head slightly. Qian Shouyi noticed this gesture, and a wry smile appeared on his lips.

"It seems Shen Wangshan moved it beforehand. After receiving news of the quarry being searched, his first action was definitely to destroy the evidence. That ledger is his lifeline; he would never let it fall into the hands of the police."

"Whose names are listed in the inner register?"

Qian Shouyi paused for a moment, then recited a string of names. With each name he called out, the air in the interrogation room grew increasingly heavy.

Zhao Wannian, deputy director of the Municipal Land and Resources Bureau, accepted bribes totaling 3.2 million yuan from Fengmao Group in exchange for helping the group illegally obtain mining rights in Shiqiao County.

When Qian Shouyi mentioned this point, he specifically added a sentence: Qian Desheng, Deputy Director of the Municipal Housing and Construction Commission.

"He is my cousin" - He accepted bribes of 2.8 million yuan and illegally approved the planning and construction of multiple Fengmao Real Estate projects.

Sun Zhigang, deputy director of the Municipal Planning Bureau, accepted bribes of 1.5 million yuan in exchange for facilitating the change of land use for multiple plots of land owned by Fengmao Real Estate.

Liu Changhe, deputy director of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, accepted bribes of 1.2 million yuan and failed to punish environmental violations such as excessive discharge of sewage and waste gas by companies under Fengmao Group.

Zhang Youcai, vice president of the Intermediate People's Court of the city, accepted bribes of two million yuan and made judgments favorable to Fengmao in several civil and criminal cases involving Fengmao Group.

Qin Chuan accepted bribes totaling over five million yuan in exchange for tipping off Fengmao Group during criminal investigations, suppressing cases, and destroying evidence.

Qian Shouyi specifically mentioned that the trading company opened by Qin Chuan's son, Qin Tianyou, was actually an empty shell from beginning to end, and was a "bribery channel" set up by Shen Wangshan specifically for Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan didn't need to personally collect the money; his son received millions of yuan in "business commissions" from Fengmao every year, and both father and son were well aware of this.

Fang Xuewen accepted bribes totaling 3.8 million yuan, mainly for providing convenience to Fengmaoxing in public security cases and government procurement projects.

Fang Xuewen's wife, Li Cuilan's, trading company was a shell company registered and operated with the help of Fengmao Group, specifically used to undertake equipment procurement orders from the Municipal Bureau.

Li Guangping, the president of Yi An Bank, also accepted bribes of five million yuan and provided Fengmao Group with more than 500 million yuan in illegal loans.

Most of these loans lacked sufficient collateral and would not have been approved through the proper procedures, but Li Guangping abused his power to grant them preferential treatment, ultimately turning them into expansion funds for Fengmao Group.

As Jiang Ruolan listened to these names, her pen flew across the page as she took notes.

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