Chapter 88 Section 88 Employment of "Overseas Corps"

The rapid rise of Lai Changxing's "smuggling empire" is not only due to his intricate network of relationships, but also another reason that cannot be ignored is that he hired "overseas corps" to participate in operations. The so-called "Overseas Corps" refers to a social group formed after some former cadres who worked in the customs changed jobs.Lai Changxing successively recruited 18 cadres who had resigned from the customs to form an "overseas corps" in Yuanhua.Lai Changxing paid a lot of money to buy customs officers to develop their professional potential, make full use of their proficiency in import and export business and the advantage of customs acquaintances and easy handling of affairs, find loopholes in business supervision, and wait for opportunities to smuggle.

Although Lai Changxing and Yang Qianqian are close buddies, he never asks Yang to do something for him easily.Lai Changxing knows that some things are very taboo to be arranged by the upper level leaders, and it is easy to leave future troubles and increase the risk factor.To solve the problem directly, we must also work hard at the grassroots level to buy off key links and customs cadres in key positions. Lai Changxing's main energy is to weave a network of relationships. He tries every means to curry favor with the upper-level officials and play tricks on them, while the "Overseas Corps" is specifically responsible for playing tricks on the handling personnel.

Hou Xiaohu was originally an ordinary customs officer in the Dongdu Office of Xiamen Customs. After defecting to Yuanhua, he became the deputy general manager of the group. He belongs to the business authority and has full control over the customs clearance business.He has made many friends in the customs, and he has a good relationship, and he also has a group of solid buddies in the army.Chairman Lai Changxing always thinks highly of him. Hou Xiaohu was only in his early 20s when he entered the customs. He was slender, lean and full of "skinny".But he has a smart mind, a wide range of contacts, and he dares to take risks.No one dared to underestimate this clerk at the business site. As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.What's more, he took a good job in the east office to inspect goods, which is really a "fat job". The manager, factory director, and customs declaration clerk all nodded and bowed to him, respectful.Colleagues around are thinking about how to develop their careers. In order to become a section chief, they ask for instructions early and report late.But Hou Xiaohu's thoughts are all on making extra money, making some windfalls by sticking to the customs.As an inspector, he still has quite a lot of power. Containers worth hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of dollars can be released or withheld as soon as they are said, all according to his words.At the beginning, Lai Changxing wanted to buy containers from the East Office, and he was looking for someone like Hou who dared to think and do it.For example, putting a container can range from as little as 50,000 yuan to as much as 100,000 yuan.Lai Changxing continued to carry out "primitive accumulation of capital" through smuggling.Hou Xiaohu is also carrying out his own "primitive accumulation of capital" by selling smuggled containers one by one.

Lai Changxing really knew the "Maximum" with his eyesight, and soon recruited Hou Xiaohu to Yuanhua Company, and gave him the title of "Vice President". Get it done." One day in August 1996, Hou Xiaohu, who had just taken office, called Fang Kuanrong, the head of the Ship Management Section of the East Customs Office, and asked him to come out for a chat after get off work.Hou drove the imported black car assigned to him by Yuanhua Company to pick up Fang Kuanrong, both old colleagues, who showed some enthusiasm when they met.After exchanging some pleasantries, Hou Xiaohu went straight to the point, saying that he had already worked in Yuanhua, and asked Fang to take care of him in the future.

"In the future, Yuanhua will import some diesel in the name of Dongfang Company. You just need to know about it." Fang stated: "As long as there are legal procedures for importing goods, it can be done under any name." Hou Xiaohu said softly: "You don't matter if you want it, anyway, there are many people waiting for your position. Besides, everything has been done from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside. All the procedures for importing oil are handled by me. I will try my best to be considerate and not leave any excuses, anyway, the ship procedures will be followed, the tonnage tax will be levied, and the import manifest will be sealed and submitted to the shipping agent for review and delivery." At first, Fang was tolerant and principled, but they disagreed, and the two disagreed. And scattered.A few days later, Hou Xiaohu called Fang Kuanrong again to tell him that a tanker of oil had arrived and everything was going well, and no one inside or outside said anything, so let me prove what I said.Hou comforted Fang again: "It's okay, we do things very carefully, and we will think of everything we need to think of."