Chapter 5 Chapter Four

Lao Zhang, a national TV reporter, is an excellent reporter well-known throughout the country, but also an extremely paranoid person.As long as he decides to do something, he must do it to the end.No matter who intervenes in the middle, it will not help.For this reason, Lao Zhang won the respect of everyone, and also the recognition and respect of the leaders.But also because of this reason, Lao Zhang has struggled in the TV station for many years, and he is still an ordinary reporter, and he still needs to travel around to complete the program tasks. Many of the classmates and friends who participated in the work at the same time as Lao Zhang have made it to the leadership positions of the central news agencies and bureaus. The worst is the director or producer of the TV station who holds the power.They only need to issue orders and do not need to do specific work at all.And Lao Zhang still continued to run around on the front line of interviews, but he had an aura of a journalistic model worker on his head.

What made Lao Zhang most angry was that many good films were finally made after all the hard work and painstaking efforts. Before they could be submitted for review, the higher-ups issued a notice to kill them.Whenever this is the most uncomfortable time for Lao Zhang, he can't wait to kill the guy who went to the TV station to intercede. Lao Zhang came to Shanxi this time, not to investigate the mine accident, but to investigate a bizarre case. Someone reported that the head of a coal coke inspection station on a highway, at best a sub-section cadre, actually used his power to embezzle a huge amount of coal coke fees to invest in a real estate company along the coast.After more than two years, tens of millions of profits have been made from it.From anyone's point of view, this is a shocking case. If the warehouse rat is not killed, it will not be enough to anger the people.

It was such a simple and clear case that Lao Zhang, a well-known reporter from the national TV station, couldn't continue to investigate it. When he went to the coal coke station where the accident happened, everyone excused that they didn’t know about it, and the investigation encountered difficulties; A dead nail; he went to the case handling department to find out the situation, but the case handling staff excused that the case was under investigation and there was no final conclusion, so it was inconvenient to provide any information, so Lao Zhang was blocked again; The other party was worried about retaliation and was unwilling to continue contact with Lao Zhang...

Lao Zhang came to Shanxi for more than half a month, four or five units involved in the case ran around, and could not interview anything of practical significance.Seeing that this valuable clue was cut off, Lao Zhang was helpless. When he was in despair, an earth-shattering explosion in Shuiyugou Coal Mine suddenly caught his attention. Local news media reported: Shuiyugou Coal Mine Accident, Six People Died... The common people talked about this matter. It is particularly inconceivable that, apart from a brief briefing on the situation on the day of the mine disaster, the local government has no further information...

Lao Zhang knew in his heart that the local newspapers and TV stations had always fought each other for the sake of profit, but on this issue, everyone seemed to have reached a consensus, and no one hyped this matter.The sharp-eyed Lao Zhang realized that there was such a "tricky" hidden behind it: someone above said hello and refused to report.Newspapers and TV stations have become dumb in order to survive. Soon, the reaction of the people confirmed Lao Zhang's conjecture.The more you try to cover it up, the faster and weirder it will spread.Lao Zhang, a well-known national television reporter, began to turn his guns around and paid attention to the mine accident.

Although it didn't go well at the beginning, since he went to Lao Liu's house that night and learned the exact number of twenty-six people who died, Lao Zhang immediately became more confident about the interview. What surprised him most was that when he came back last night, he found an anonymous report letter in the room. Although it was anonymous, the facts and clues were very clear. The letter reflected some of the most critical issues: In the first half of the year, there was a mining accident in Shuiyugou Coal Mine that killed three people, and it was finally concealed.The list of the dead is listed above, and they are all from the nearby Hougou Village.If this matter can be determined, it means that there is a major loophole in the safety management of that coal mine.

After the Shuiyugou Coal Mine accident last time, because there were not many dead people, and because he was a big taxpayer and powerful, he did not pay attention to the safety supervision department at all.The security supervisors came to check and were beaten out by the security guards. Two of them were severely injured and were hospitalized.If this matter can also be determined, the Shuiyugou Coal Mine is not only a management problem, but also has the nature of a gangster... What surprised Lao Zhang the most was: the report letter reflected that Wang Xiangdong, secretary of the party committee in charge of daily work at Shuiyugou Coal Mine, was a fake party member!A year ago, he was a logistics worker at the nearby private Tianliang Coal Mine, and he spent money to buy a "black hat"!If this matter can also be determined, the problems behind this mining disaster will be terrible...

Thinking of this, even Lao Zhang, a well-informed national TV reporter, felt terrified! It is not difficult for Lao Zhang to implement several problems reflected in the report letter.Although he has never been to the Shuiyugou Coal Mine and never met the people there, he has plenty of methods and channels. Early in the morning, Lao Zhang took a taxi to the Safety Supervision Bureau.The director had a meeting in the city, and when Lao Zhang asked the people in the office, he found the two safety supervisors who had been beaten by the Shuiyugou Coal Mine.The two had hated the bad behavior in the coal mine for a long time. Before Lao Zhang could ask questions, they explained what happened at the beginning clearly and plainly, and even rolled up their clothes to reveal their scars, which made Lao Zhang The camera took enough...

Lao Zhang is not the kind of reporter who easily trusts others. He is worried that someone will deliberately falsely accuse Shuiyugou Coal Mine.So, after coming out of the Safety Supervision Bureau, the second stop was the hospital.I looked through the relevant hospital records and found the original doctor.From the doctor's narration, Lao Zhang confirmed that the safety supervisors did not lie. In this way, the first major problem was solved: the Shuiyugou coal mine where the mining disaster occurred had once refused the supervision of the safety supervision department.From a legal point of view, this is an extremely bad gangster behavior!

Regarding the fact that the Shuiyugou Coal Mine concealed the mine accident in the first half of the year, although the safety supervisors and hospital doctors who were beaten had said it to varying degrees, Lao Zhang still told himself to continue to look for evidence.For nothing else, there is one possibility that needs to be ruled out, that is, if there is a tacit understanding between the safety supervisor and the doctor, it will cause too much trouble for himself. The local authorities often set up bureaus to trap reporters from TV stations. In the end, what the reporters reported was fake news!This kind of thing is not uncommon.To rule out this possibility, there is still a way: go up the mountain and look for evidence from a third party.

Hougou Village is located halfway up the mountain. From the mouth of the mountain to the village, it is a rugged mountain road, which takes more than an hour to walk. Walking on the mountain road for more than an hour is not an easy task for a city person, and it is even more difficult for people in the city who often take office.National TV reporter Lao Zhang often went up and down the mountain to the mines. He had such a life experience. He was still sweating profusely after walking for more than an hour. When he was lonely and bored on the road, Lao Zhang inadvertently remembered that those classmates who became high-ranking officials were all fat-headed, big-eared, and full-bodied. If they had to walk this mountain road, they might have collapsed early. Although I am not as prosperous as they are, the hard life will also bring unexpected gains to people.For example, having a good body - I am fifty years old, and climbing a mountain is not inferior to a boy in his twenties. This is probably the greatest gain in life. The village committee of Hougou Village is located in the newly built Guandi Temple.When Lao Zhang saw Dahei in the village, Dahei was like a crazy vicious dog, complaining loudly: "What a fucking government! What a fucking official! He knows he is making money, and he doesn't care about the lives of ordinary people!" It seemed that the village chief in front of him hadn't been "taught" by others beforehand, so Lao Zhang felt relieved. "You are a big man, a big reporter. Let me ask you: Why can the big mine of the government be opened, and the medium mine of the boss can be opened, but the small coal mine in our village can't be opened?! Coal is the underground treasure of our village. We can use it to make money, so why do we just suffer from poverty!" Dahei's complexion was uglier than the dogs in the yard. Lao Zhang couldn't answer this question: "You are a local, why do you say?" "Why? The government is stuck!" The anger in Dahei's heart has been accumulated for a long time, "What the fuck is breaking the regulations, all coal mines with a capacity of less than 150,000 tons are closed. Then his big coal mine has a million tons, so it's not the same Dead people! No one has died in our small coal mine yet." Lao Zhang understood that the local government originally stipulated that coal mines with an annual output of less than 150,000 tons must be closed, but he was very puzzled: "The mountains in this ditch are high and the emperor is far away. If you open it secretly, what will happen to you?" Dahei rubbed his arm, and it was covered with bruises and purple spots: "How about it? Arrest people and beat them! Look, I just paid the insurance premium and released them. Their Public Security Bureau and Safety Supervision Bureau are like dogs. They don't do anything every day. To do it is to wander around in the mountains and arrest people when they find small coal mines, even me, the village chief.” Lao Zhang was very sympathetic: "Well, this policy is a bit unreasonable." "Of course it's unreasonable. There are five coal mines in our ditch. Except for our small coal mine, they can't afford to mess with any of them. They just know how to bully us mountain people who have no money or power." Dahei sighed. In a calm tone, the black dog outside the door slowly crept in and leaned docilely at his feet. Lao Zhang squatted down and stared at the black dog carefully, and found that the animal resembled its owner in many ways, with a fierce appearance but a docile heart: "In addition to the Shuiyugou coal mine and your small coal mine, who owns the other three mines?" Dahei: "Two belong to Zhao Guozhong of Huihai Group, and one belongs to Guo Tianliang." Old Zhang was surprised: "Two of Zhao Guozhong's?" Dahei: "Others don't know, but I know. The one that really belongs to Zhao Guozhong is the only one, and the other one hangs under his name. It actually belongs to the district committee secretary's best friend, a woman named Yang Juan." Lao Zhang: "Women also participate in coal mine operations?" "Should men and women earn money? A coal mine, as long as there are no accidents, at least tens of millions a year, and the money is not so fast. Of course, anyone who is capable will open a coal mine." Dahei finally met someone he could confide in, There is no hindrance in speaking. Lao Zhang seized the opportunity to ask: "Do their coal mines meet the standards?" Dahei squatted down and patted the dog: "Of course. To reach the mining standard of 150,000 tons, the investment in equipment alone needs 50,000 to 60,000,000. Those of us in the mountains are gone, because we can’t afford the equipment, and the money that our ancestors gave us to bury in the ground has been dug up by others. Disappointed!” Lao Zhang looked at the newly built Guandi Temple: "You have no money, how can you build such a good temple?" "We built it! The coal boss Guo Tianliang made a wish to open a mine here, and he built it last year. The temple is new, and the people living next to it are poor people who can't afford to build new houses. Many houses are cracked." Hei pointed to the dilapidated houses around. Lao Zhang followed Dahei's words and continued to ask: "The people in the village are poor, do some of them work in the mine?" Dahei replied without hesitation: "Yes. As long as there are dead people in the mine in this ditch, there are people from our village. This time, nine of the twenty-six people are from our village. The last time was the worst, and three people died. All belong to our village." Lao Zhang took the opportunity to turn on the camera lens: "Can you tell me about the death in the Shuiyugou coal mine last time?" "Okay! I'm not afraid of anything." Dahei straightened his back, "The officials bully me every day, and I also get angry. Last time, three people in our village died in the Shuiyugou Mine. Because there was no exposure, each of them only gave Compensation of 150,000 yuan; this time, everyone in the society knows about the death, and each person has to pay 200,000 yuan. The family members of the three people who died early knew about it, and they are looking for me to come forward to seek justice..." After filming the scene, Lao Zhang put down the heavy camera and said casually: "You are not like the village head, but a coal mine owner. What do you say?" Dahei smiled wryly: "You, a big reporter, have a good eye. To be honest, I used to be the coal mine owner in the village, and I competed for the village chief because I made some money. I originally hoped to use the power of the village chief to turn the coal mine into a mine. Big, so I can earn some money. Who knows, they shut down the coal mine, and I really don’t know how to live in the future!” The Dahei in front of him was a real person, and his luck was too bad. Apart from expressing sympathy, Lao Zhang couldn't help him at all. Back at the hotel at night, Lao Zhang, who had worked hard all day, planned to rest, but the waiter brought him a large sealed file bag. Old Zhang opened it curiously, and it turned out to be a set of personnel files, the personnel files of Tianliang Group.It completely records the entire life trajectory of a man named Wang Xiangdong, from recruiting workers into the mine to resigning last year. Lao Zhang understood that the person who sent him the file wanted him to understand something that was not in the file.Lao Zhang read it again from the beginning to the end, and found that Wang Xiangdong's party membership procedures were not in the file, which meant that the owner of the file was not a party member at all!That was the last question he needed to confirm. Lying on the bed, Lao Zhang raised his head, looked at the ceiling, and thought in his heart: the personnel file, most people can't get it out, especially the owner of the file, who probably won't know what is recorded in it for the rest of his life. There are only two kinds of people who can take it out: one is a thief, and the other is a person who has the right to control the file. There is no need for a thief to steal such a top-secret thing and secretly give it to himself, because by doing so, the thief will not get any benefits.If this possibility is ruled out, there is only one channel left: the person who has the authority to control the file sends it to the door on his own initiative. Is the person who sent the report letter last time the same person who sent the file this time?What is his real purpose?For what benefit?Several complicated questions troubled Lao Zhang most of the night. In the end, the former question was clarified, but the latter two questions were still a bit confusing. The next day, based on what he had figured out last night, Lao Zhang went straight to the point and met with the whistleblower: Guo Tianliang, chairman of Tianliang Group, at the coffee shop of Longtian Hotel. Lao Zhang, a well-known national TV reporter, has read countless people.When I met Guo Tianliang for the first time, I could see from his looming wolf eyes that he was an unusual person: "I came to this city alone, and found a place to live quietly. Chairman Guo can find a needle in a haystack." , Get me out. From this point of view, your relationship with the Public Security Bureau is extraordinary." Guo Tianliang smiled lightly, but that kind of smile could easily give people a kind of "friendliness" like a big bad wolf: "To tell you the truth, I did find internal relations from the police, and searched for outsiders from the accommodation registration website. After a lot of searching, I finally found you. I have a question: How can you be sure that the whistleblower is me?" Lao Zhang has been engaged in news investigation for most of his life, and his sharp eyes are no worse than any public security investigator: "I have seen too many whistleblowers. No matter what their identity is, they can report truthfully or anonymously. Most of them have unresolvable conflicts with the person being reported, the more you want to provide us with detailed clues, the more you want to hide yourself deeply, the easier it is to expose yourself. Isn't it?" Guo Tianliang turned his "wolf eyes": "Why isn't the whistleblower a safety supervisor or a village chief? They all have a deep hatred for Shuiyugou Mine." "They are really angry, but they can't get Wang Xiangdong's file. Besides, after my investigation, although they are the enemies of the coal mine, they are all ordinary people. They don't have such deep scheming, and they are not good at planning a story." Lao Zhang completely exposed Guo Tianliang's true colors. "Since you found me, I also want to find out why I reported them? According to you, every whistleblower has a grudge against the person being reported. What grudge do I have with Shuiyugou Mine?" "Wolf Eye" asks knowingly, and has only one purpose, which is to find out what the other party knows. Lao Zhang, a well-known national TV reporter, said while observing the expression of the other party: "You are essentially a private coal owner. From an economic point of view, I suspect that you did this for the purpose of 'snake swallowing an elephant'! Of course, politically Other purposes are not ruled out, but I haven't found it yet." "Wolf Eye" was not surprised, but showed a hint of surprise: "You have provided me with a good reason and a good idea. I haven't thought that far yet." Lao Zhang asked back: "I didn't think so far? It's not the truth. Although the accident occurred in a joint venture mine, it was a large state-owned mine that actually came out to manage it. Many large state-owned mines were brought down by your private bosses through improper means. , In the end, the value was greatly depreciated, and finally it was in my own hands. Are there few examples of embezzlement of state-owned assets like this?!" The smile of "Wolf Eye" is still so elusive: "You are flattering me." "It's not that I'm flattering you, but that you're using the news media to ruin state-owned enterprises." Lao Zhang couldn't hide his anger, even though the person in front of him had provided him with clues. Seeing that Lao Zhang was angry, "Wolf Eyes" also showed a hint of a wolf's breath: "I used you? You didn't use me? If I didn't provide you with clues, would you be able to interview such good content? There is no good content, the TV station Can you have good ratings? Can you become a world-renowned reporter? Don’t say the word ‘use’ is good, if you say use, we are using each other!” What "Wolf Eye" said made the big-name reporter Lao Zhang speechless. "Besides, what's so good about state-owned large mines? Some taxes are paid to the local government, but the biggest beneficiary is not the local government, but the upper management. You know this truth better than me. Now enterprises, as long as they are "state-owned" 'Which one doesn't regard the country as a cash machine? Which one takes responsibility seriously? They have all had major incidents that have never happened in our private coal mines, and more than once. Shouldn't enterprises that don't care about the life and death of ordinary people like this be restructured? !" Once the "wolf's eyes", which are docile on the surface, reveal their wolf nature, they will have an unstoppable aura, which is based on financial resources and strength. "Okay, okay, okay!" A person suddenly appeared from behind. Lao Zhang never thought that there was someone hiding behind such a hidden place. If there were no such righteous words as "wolf eyes", the person behind the scenes might be hidden forever Go on, "Chairman Guo is reasonable, I agree. Let me introduce myself, I am Zhang Guojun, the president of the Coal Culture Promotion Association, and the former mayor of this city." The unexpected scene surprised both Lao Zhang and Guo Tianliang, especially the latter: "President Zhang, why did you do it yourself? Didn't you mean..." "Needless to say!" Chairman Zhang immediately stopped Guo Tianliang, and extended his hand very kindly. Old Zhang had to get up passively, and briefly shook hands with the other party, "Reporter Zhang, although you are a reporter, your ideas are too conservative. , does not meet the spiritual requirements of the central government. Today's private enterprises, regardless of their tax payment rate, employment rate, or contribution rate to society, have long surpassed state-owned enterprises. It is a basic national policy to vigorously support the development of private enterprises. We cannot Give resources to irresponsible state-owned enterprises, and exclude private enterprises?!" Such words, uttered from the mouth of a former mayor, made the big-name reporter Lao Zhang very embarrassed, and he stood there for a while unable to respond. "President Zhang, on this occasion, you shouldn't..." "Wolf Eye" still has concerns. Zhang Guojun took the initiative to sit down: "I stand up and say a few fair words. There is nothing inappropriate or inappropriate. Reporter Zhang, the mine disaster incident hides a huge amount of political corruption behind it. Your national TV station should focus on major issues, but You shouldn’t care about a few gossips from me, a retired cadre, right?” "Then do you think I should continue the investigation? Can I continue the investigation?" Lao Zhang quickly released himself from the embarrassment. Chairman Zhang laughed loudly: "Your TV station thinks that the government will cover up corruption for the sake of its own face. In fact, it is a big mistake. I have been a civil servant for so many years. Others don't understand it. I still understand the provincial party committee and the provincial government. , the main leaders have always had a very clear attitude towards corrupt elements. If they find one and investigate one, and discover a batch of investigations, they will never tolerate it. If you don’t believe me, you can directly meet the governor, and I will tell you his phone number right now! " Not only Lao Zhang and Guo Tianliang did not expect such a meeting, such an ending, and such an expression, even Zhang Guojun, the former mayor who said these words, was beyond his expectations. Impromptu performance, no matter how good it is, there is always a limit, and there will always be unexpected negative effects.Guo Tianliang hurriedly closed his mouth: "It's getting late, Reporter Zhang has worked so hard on the investigation, we should treat him well." Lao Zhang, who was caught in the puzzle, immediately waved his hands: "No, no." "You are too polite, you have already entered my big hotel, and you still care about having a meal." "Wolf Eye" quickly called to arrange a private room. Zhang Guojun immediately understood the intention: "Yes, it's time for dinner, let's chat while eating. Lao Zhang, I heard that you have been to the crematorium alone. I admire, admire. You are a lonely hero, so you don't dare to come to my place." Have a 'Hongmen Banquet'." "What's that?" Lao Zhang understood that today's meal seemed impossible to escape, "Let's go, let's talk as the mayor said." "Eating, there must always be an atmosphere of eating, and don't keep talking about annoying work." Guo Tianliang led the way, and the two followed. What a smart person Zhang Guojun is. Even if Guo Tianliang didn't remind him, he would never talk about serious topics again. He patted Lao Zhang on the shoulder and said, "Old Zhang, don't forget. The biggest resource in our city is not coal." , but culture. We are a famous historical and cultural city, and there have been many great figures in history. During the meal, I will give you a detailed introduction. time." Hearing this, Lao Zhang was more than half out of breath. No matter how rich and high-end the lunch meal was, he still felt that it was boring.