Chapter 56 Two, five hundred thousand dollars

When I got back to the hotel, I called Chi Xiaomu, but his phone was turned off.This kid's actions after he arrived in Beijing were too surreptitious, and I couldn't help but sweat.I thought to myself, you have to come back sooner or later tonight, I have to ask you why you went to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. I turned on the TV and tuned the channels indiscriminately, and I was touched by the scene. I remembered the first time I met Mr. Long, a foreign businessman from the Philippines, at the Great Wall Hotel with Zhang Guochang.It was also such a crisp autumn night, with soft lights floating in the air, adding a warm and pleasant atmosphere to this bustling main road.I took a car from Dongzhou Municipal Office in Beijing to pick up Zhang Guochang from the National School of Administration.At that time, Zhang Guochang was training and studying there.

Zhang Guochang got into the car, and he said braggingly, "Leimer, go to the Great Wall Hotel, tonight I will let you meet the top boss, Mr. Long from the Philippines." In the past, I heard Zhang Guochang talk about Mr. Long, but I never met him. Beijing Landmark River has four five-star hotels including Hilton, Kunlun, Great Wall and Kempinski. Every night is a scene of feasting and luxury.Especially next to the Great Wall Hotel, there is a heaven and earth entertainment city full of real beauties. It has long been known, but I have never had a chance to enjoy it. When the car arrived in front of the hotel, the doorman hurried over to open the door.Zhang Guochang and I got out of the car and walked into the lobby one after the other.At this time, a person came out from the lobby, very stylish.Zhang Guochang immediately shook hands with that person.

"Boss Long, hello! Let me introduce you, this is my secretary Leimo. Leimo, this is Mr. Long from the Philippines." Mr. Long looked very easy-going, and he offered to shake my hand.In my heart, I really admire people who have achieved fame and have no airs, so my first impression of Mr. Long was very good. Mr. Long invited Zhang Guochang and me to dinner at Shunfeng in the East Third Ring Road. It was nothing more than shark fin, abalone, hairy crab and the like.A hotel like Shunfeng is originally a place where big money and high-profile guests spend a lot of money. During the dinner, the conversation between Mr. Long and Zhang Guochang never left women. From the conversation, we knew that Mr. Long was a playboy, determined to play with beauties all over the world.

Here, Mr. Long told Zhang Guochang the principle of "harvesting yin to nourish yang".The two hit it off and soon became close friends.Due to trust, Zhang Guochang entrusted Mr. Long to privately deposit 500,000 US dollars in the Philippines.After the incident, Zhang Guochang confessed the ill-gotten gains to the organization, and he wrote a letter to Mr. Long: "Respected brother Long, the younger brother is ignorant and has violated the laws of the country. In recent years, the funds transferred to the brother are greedy for the country's wealth and should be returned to the country. Now my brother and sister-in-law are both in prison. I hope that after seeing the letter, I can actively help China. The judiciary will take back the money for my brother as soon as possible. I have cared for my brother for many years, and my brother never forgets it. If I can get this money back, there will be a chance of life. I hope that I will be sympathetic. All the troubles caused by this, brother. I feel deeply guilty. Brother Guochang knelt down and begged for peace."

When the prosecutor of the Qingjiang Provincial Anti-Corruption Bureau found Mr. Long in the Philippines, Mr. Long looked indifferent and refused to admit that there was such a thing. No matter what the Chinese judicial personnel explained, Boss Long refused to cooperate. Prosecutors returned without success.Zhang Guochang has been dead for more than two years, and the money has not returned to Dongzhou after all. I kept thinking, did Boss Long pocket the half a million dollars, or did he return Meng Lihua to her after she was released from prison?I don't know what the outcome will be.However, I recently heard that Meng Lihua was released on medical parole.One thing is certain, with Meng Lihua's character, she and Mr. Long will meet after all.

Memories seem to have grown many invisible wings.The wings turned into dangling shadows again, hovering around me, arousing lamentation, regret and even despair deep in my heart.Wings can be broken, but shadows cannot. The shape of shadows is constantly changing, sometimes thin and light, sometimes dark and solid, and most of the time it is a shadowy outline.