Chapter 82 Chapter Thirteen A Star Falls

In March of Yangchun, it is warm and cold. Explosive news came from Gurao Town: "Zhang Guixi has been arrested!" The news spread like a thunderbolt, and quickly spread around.First the employees of Guiguang Group, then Gurao Town, and then the entire Chaoyang City... Although some neighbors in the countryside expected that he would be arrested, they were still surprised.Because for Gurao Town, Zhang Guixi is really important!Zhang Guixi's Guiguang Group feeds more than 3,000 people in the town and outside the town. He also built a concrete road for the town. The existence of him and the Guiguang Group made Gurao famous in Chaoshan...

In March 2001, just as Zhang Guixi was preparing to attend a meeting in Beijing as a representative of the National People's Congress, the "807" working group completed its investigation and evidence collection. Among the "807" cases, another outstanding feature of Zhang Guixi's case is that he was a second-time tax evader, and the amount was astonishing. In 1998, the inspection team of the State Administration of Taxation inspected Guiguang Group and found that 7 of its subsidiaries had allowed others to falsely issue value-added tax invoices of 1 billion yuan for them, with a tax amount of 170 million yuan.In this regard, Zhang Guixi deeply reviewed to the inspection team, saying that it was all his negligence and was blinded by his two purchasers.

Zhang Guixi dared to act so boldly, it was not by accident.The amount of tax he evaded last time was huge, but relying on the dazzling halo on his head and the complex and reliable network of relationships, he finally passed the test smoothly.As a result, he became more and more courageous, and went further and further on the road of crime. Zhang Guixi, born in 1955, is a native of Shangbao Village, Gurao Town. In 1989, he founded a small business named Shangbao Garment Factory; in 1994, he established Chaoyang Guiguang Group Co., Ltd.; in 1995, his company was named The word "China"; in 1998, he was elected as a representative of the National People's Congress.

China Guiguang Group has a great reputation.The group invested 250 million yuan, with more than 2,300 sets of production equipment and nearly 3,000 employees.The group company has been rated as "Advanced Township Enterprise", "Township Enterprise with Best Economic Benefit" and "Model Taxpayer in Guangdong Province" by Chaoyang City, Shantou City and Guangdong Provincial Government for many years. Like other township entrepreneurs, Zhang Guixi also went through a tortuous development process. When he was interviewed by us in Shantou Detention Center, he described how he became an entrepreneur from a poor boy:

When I was a child, life in my family was very difficult.I have 3 younger brothers and 3 younger sisters. My mother is often ill, and the family is so poor that there is no other way.When I was 13, my father sneaked me into a small business.I was studying at the time, and it can be said that I was doing business while reading.I sold rice and even raised horses. I brought the horses from the production team back to raise them in order to fertilize them and earn more work points.When I was fourteen or fifteen, the family became more difficult. My father sold his rations and bought some chickens to raise.Chickens need feed, and our family worked so hard to save rations in exchange for bran and vegetable leaves to feed the chickens. Who knew that when the fat chickens were about to grow, they suffered from chicken plague, and a large number of fat chickens died, losing everything.In desperation, my father and I thought of starting a timber business.It was already the 1970s. Some overseas Chinese from Indonesia came back to settle down and needed to build some one-story houses. We dismantled some wood from the old houses and sold them to them, and then exchanged some rations for living.When those overseas Chinese came back to build houses, my father also went to help them build houses, in order to have a full meal at noon.Sometimes when I came back from school, my father asked me to work for him on purpose, and my father walked away with an excuse to let me eat this meal.At that time, I was in high school, and when I was growing up, a full meal meant a lot.However, this trick was quickly discovered, and some people made fun of me. When they saw me coming, they deliberately loudly said: Look, whose son is coming again.In other words, the people who saw nothing to eat came again... I was so ashamed that I wanted to go underground.However, because I was so hungry that I had to fill my stomach no matter how shameless I was, I had to reach out to eat with a blushing face.

The family is so difficult, and my father still pays for me to study.I have good academic performance and better maths. I am one or two in our class.When I graduated from high school, I was 19 years old.This year, my mother fell ill and vomited blood, and died soon after.I have graduated from high school, which is enough in the countryside.I swore secretly at that time, I must make a good show for people to see. I'm still in the lumber business because I'm more familiar with the lumber business.The main thing is to demolish the old house, remove the old wood, sell it to others, and make a little money.Later, the old houses in the surrounding area disappeared, so I went to other places, even to Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.Not long after the reform and opening up, some places in the south had begun to loosen, so I went to pull down the old timber there one by one, rearranged them and sold them to others.By then my business had started to grow. When I got married in 1977, I had already saved 3,000 yuan and built a bungalow.But I continued to work hard and gradually expanded the scope of business. I rented 10 acres of land there to store those old timbers.At this time, the whole old timber business was good, so I worked while the iron was hot, and worked until 1985 and 1986. When all the old timber was purchased, I started the new timber business again, and went to Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and other mountainous areas. Put wooden rafts, and then do wholesale in Guangzhou, and do business with some Hong Kong bosses.It was an extremely difficult day, with the scorching sun, mosquito bites, biting cold wind, and cool rain pouring on my heart, but every day I saw the wooden rafts going down the river, I felt an indescribable sense of harvest and accomplishment in my heart .Although I am a businessman, I can feel the great change in the country from the large demand for wood, and I am also encouraged by this change.

At this time, I was already well-known in the Chaoshan area.At that time, the market economy began to recover, and I was one of the first people to swim in the economic tide. Everyone knew that I was a successful timber merchant, and my popularity was getting bigger and bigger. By 1989, the rural housing model began to change. People were no longer satisfied with the one-story houses and courtyard houses with incomplete functions, and began to build buildings.The main structure of the building is reinforced concrete, so the demand for wood is correspondingly reduced, and the wood business is not easy to do.

However, I already have about 36 million funds, which is considered to have completed my original accumulation. Then I started to trade clothes. At the end of 1991, I directly negotiated business with Hang Seng Company in Hong Kong.From 1991 to 1995, my business grew bigger and bigger, and the momentum of development was very rapid. In 1992, I rebuilt a factory building of 20,000 square meters, with more than 1,000 workers; by 1995, my company had already ranked among the best in Shantou... After the business grew, Zhang Guixi gradually changed. A deputy director of the Chaoyang City People's Congress said that Zhang Guixi, the boss, became very arrogant when he became a senior, especially after becoming a representative of the National People's Congress. As a representative of the Chaoyang City People's Congress, he rarely came to Chaoyang City to attend meetings.

During our interview at the Shantou City Procuratorate, a prosecutor said that Zhang Guixi was very airy, and our chief prosecutor had a hard time meeting him in the past. We saw in Gurao that Guiguang Group, which was so popular in the past, has been empty and prosperous. The reason why Guiguang Group has come to this point is because it is too eager for quick success and too ignoring the law, which leads to its prosperity and sudden death. When Zhang Guixi started his business, he was still a very responsible, thoughtful and hard-working person. When others were still sticking to the rules, he was unwilling to be lonely and left his hometown to join the business world.The villagers of Shangbao Village reported that Zhang Guixi was very practical when he first started the business, and the business benefits were also good.But later, Zhang Guixi gradually put his energy into managing the relationship network and operating political capital, and handed over the business to his family members.It is an open secret in Chaoyang that he dared to spend a lot of money by blending various relationships.A town cadre said in an interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency: "Guiguang Group claims to have ten factories and companies under its umbrella. In fact, only Guiguang Garment Factory belongs to Zhang Guixi himself. The rest are other members of his family. The name of his company is "China", which is not true, and there is a lot of bubbles. As for how he got through the joints, outsiders don't know. Anyway, Zhang Guixi has not been in the factory for many years, but has been running outside."

Zhang Guixi is good at running relationships, and everyone in the working group knows it well.After Zhang Guixi was investigated for tax evasion for the first time, he flew to Beijing.He wanted to use the popular way of giving gifts and interceding through the back door to settle this matter.If you say that the Beijing emperor has a sea of ​​nobles at his feet, trying to inquire about the whereabouts of any official is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but Zhang Guixi and others are not afraid.Ask here and there, not only can you know which courtyard, building, door, and number you live in, but also your temperament, disposition, hobbies, and ancestral home.For Zhang Guixi, it is not difficult to know Han Qiu's family, but Han Qiu's family does not accept guests who are out of relationship at all.Not to mention at home, even the office will not welcome you, even if you hold a banquet in a restaurant, you will not be honored.This is not difficult for Zhang Guixi.If you shrink back when encountering such a thing, how can you do such a big business today?One day, Han Qiu went to the headquarters to work.As soon as he went out, Zhang Guixi suddenly appeared beside him mysteriously, and blocked Han Qiu.Youdao means that officials don’t make smiles, and youdao means that it’s a pleasure to have friends come from afar. He is a representative of the National People’s Congress and has a great reputation. Now that he condescends to be so condescending, Han Qiu can’t refute face too much. .That Zhang Guixi prepared another banquet to "report on work" for Han Qiu.During the dinner, they all tacitly agreed that Han Qiu had a way to deal with it long ago. When Zhang Guixi got to the point, Han Qiu went along with the flow, saying that she could make the decision on how to deal with it?She is soft-spoken and doesn't dare to make mistakes, so she should find the leader.Zhang Guixi had no choice but to go back disgruntled.After dinner, Han Qiu returned to the bureau and reported Zhang Guixi's matter to the chief inspector.Speaking of Zhang Guixi, the chief inspector picked up a business card and handed it to Han Qiu, saying, "Look if it is this person, he has already been to my place."

Locally, Zhang Guixi is like a duck to water.During the investigation of the task force, he told the task force leader Lu Ming a "story" in the joint.Zhang Guixi said: "In our place, you can't survive if you take the right way, because you have to take care of every link. If you take the right way, you don't have any money to take care of. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't given money to a leader in the city. Sending money, so I called the leader immediately, saying that the festival is over, I will go to see you, and I will give you some tea money by the way. When I arrived at the appointed hotel, the leader came out of the box. I will pack 200,000 I handed over a plastic bag with 100 yuan, and said to buy you some tea. The leader looked at it and asked, is this the tea money you gave me? I said yes. The leader immediately became upset and said, fuck, you Why are you so stupid! How can I take such a heavy thing? Why don’t you change it into US dollars or Hong Kong dollars? I said, I’m a little busy these two days, so I had no time to change it, so I had to take RMB. The leader said, really I can’t do anything! After finishing speaking, I took the money and left.” Zhang Guixi said that what he did was caused by the environment, and it is not without reason, but Zhang Guixi is indeed not an idle person, and the subjective reason is not that you can push it away.He himself despises the lack of restraint of the law and his later self-inflated self-righteousness. He thinks that tax evasion is nothing. Unjust is doomed to destruction.When the "807" working group of the State Council was stationed in Shantou, Zhang Guixi was unable to escape the law. Hearing that the working group came to the door, Zhang Guixi first came to attack and defend, and asked to see the working group leader many times.Lu Hua told Ma Sen that he took the initiative to find a working group, so you can meet him and tell him about the policy.A thought flashed in Ma Sen's mind. Now that arresting the suspect is the most important time, why not use Zhang Guixi's special status as the president of the City Chamber of Commerce to mobilize some escaped people to come back?Ma Sen reported this idea to Lu Hua.Lu Hua said, this method is good, you can try it. After all, he is a person who has seen the world. After meeting Ma Sen, Zhang Guixi appeared very calm on the surface, and made a preemptive strike.Zhang Guixi said in Mandarin with a Chaoshan accent: "As soon as you come, our company will be affected. The export tax refund cannot be refunded, and the workers are not in the mood to work. Besides, it is not my company, other companies are the same. It is presumptuous to say Some, the working group has affected the development of the local economy...” Zhang Guixi was eloquent, and Ma Sen listened carefully.After Zhang Guixi finished speaking, Ma Sen pressed the cigarette butt on the ashtray and began to fight back effectively: "You are right, but what is your economic development based on? Most enterprises in Puning They are all fake. The working group is going to crack down on fake companies. This is one; second, you have no products to export, but you have refunded taxes, which is equivalent to embezzling national assets; third, your company has problems in the past and has been investigated and dealt with. , if you commit the crime again, according to the "Tax Collection and Administration Law", you will be punished severely if you commit the crime again..." Zhang Guixi did not expect that the gentle and elegant bureaucrat in front of him was quite ruthless in his words, and it would not be of any benefit to fight him.So Zhang Guixi changed the subject.Ma Sen put some pressure on him to pave the way for future investigations. Now that the purpose has been achieved, seeing that Zhang Guixi no longer "debates" with him, he will not investigate further. After a while, Mason talked about getting back some of the fugitives involved.Mason told him about the policy of the working group. If he can voluntarily return and surrender, the working group will recommend a lighter punishment to the judiciary.Let him do the work, Zhang Guixi expressed that he would do his best and cooperate with the work of the working group. Before coming to the working group, Zhang Guixi was not without a little worry. He was also afraid that the working group would "keep him" by the way, but if you think about it carefully, the more you are afraid of being arrested, the more likely you will be arrested. Liu Bang took the initiative to go to the banquet in Hongmen, and it was as if he had escaped a catastrophe. "The last is the first, and the outer is the first." Zhang Guixi may not know this sentence, but he knows the reason.After talking with Ma Sen, Zhang Guixi went back safely.The working group asked him to set an example, and hoped that more people involved in the case would come back through him. After the conversation between Ma Sen and Zhang Guixi, the investigation of him by the task force has also been carried out step by step.In front of Ma Sen, Zhang Guixi didn't hesitate, let alone ordinary investigators.Zhang Guixi still used the old saying, once you come, the export tax rebate will stop, and I have 70 million yuan in taxes that cannot be refunded.Right now, I am working on an industrial park, building large-scale construction projects, and spending tens of millions of dollars a day and a month. It is time to spend money. I hope you will show concern for our private enterprises and refund the tax of 70 million yuan to me!He went to work group activities during the day, and returned to the company at night to make arrangements.If the first plan is to use offense as defense, the second plan is still to follow the previous example and follow the same pattern, that is, replace it with a few virtual characters. In 1999, he made two virtual people, one named "Zheng Rubin" and the other named "Lin Yousheng", claiming that they collaborated with outsiders to issue false invoices.As a result, the two rebellious officials and thieves were afraid of the incident, and fled in fear of crime before the inspection team came.This time, he made 4 more people, namely two buyers and two warehouse keepers.One buyer is called "Zhang Zhenyuan", the other is called "Chen Guoxiong", the warehouse clerk is called "Lin Youqiang", and the other is called "Zheng Weibin".The names of these people were drawn up by Zhang Guixi, and then he asked his subordinates to write 3 reports, putting all the responsibilities on these 4 people. When everything was ready, Zhang Guixi thought he was sitting on the Diaoyutai. August and September passed in this way, and October and November were also calm. Liu Xing told us some details about the investigation of Guiguang Group: One morning, we went to investigate a company owned by Zhang Guixi.We went to the company and saw that a shed was built in front of the house, and the door was locked, and we couldn't open it no matter how hard we asked someone to open it.We couldn't get in through the front door, so we went in from the back, but when the door opened, two dogs jumped out of it, and I was almost bitten by the dogs, which scared me half to death.At this time, Zhang Guixi had not been taken away by the working group. I happened to meet him at the gate of the Chaoyang City State Taxation Bureau, and I asked him, when did the enterprise you mentioned become a dog pen?Is this your supplier?I said this on purpose in front of everyone.Zhang Guixi is a very face-saving person, and he is most afraid of making a fool of himself in public, so I deliberately swept his prestige away.His face was very ugly at that time.But he tried his best to explain to me, saying that he didn't know about all this, that his subordinates did it, and so on. Of course I don't believe him.I said Zhang Guixi, now the working group is actually giving you a chance to save you, if you still don’t realize it, then there is only one dead end.I will tell you three points, please remember.First, although there are some substantive evidences that have not yet been captured, the Ma Zi under your command has been captured, and the people under Wei Junwu have been captured. Whether you are buying from their company or not, the situation will be resolved sooner or later Clearly, you can't hide it even if you want to.Second, you said that these things were done by your subordinates, which is too childish.Although you, Guiguang Group, have more than a dozen companies, I know that in fact, only you have the final say.According to the market, there is a handling fee for invoicing, and the handling fee of several hundred million is several million yuan.Only you, Zhang Guixi, can afford this money, and the rest can at most pass it on for you.No employee can pay for the several million expenses by himself. Who would take the risk to do this for you?These lies can only deceive laymen.Third, this time is extraordinary, it is a national action, you see the State Council has made such a big determination, the working group has made such a big determination, even if you are a relative of the royal family, no one will dare to protect you.You might as well tell the truth about the situation. Although how to deal with it is a matter of law, it is absolutely different to deal with it when you tell it yourself and when you have no choice but to tell it. When I said these words, Zhang Guixi's wife and another subordinate were present.I found that their faces were not normal after hearing what I said.But he still continued to quibble, saying that I do not rule out that these invoices were falsely issued, but it is true that I did not ask them to issue them. I am actually a victim and I am innocent. I remember Han Qiu said at the time that Zhang Guixi would not tell the truth until the end.The "final" mentioned by Director Han, I think he will only tell the truth when he gets the evidence and under certain conditions and circumstances.He won't say it easily until this step.He has always believed that his political title is his own umbrella, and many people who practice crooked ways also think so.Actually he was wrong. The investigation of Zhang Guixi is proceeding step by step. The inspectors commanded by Han Qiu found that during the one and a half years from January 1999 to June 2000, Guiguang Group actually established 11 new enterprises.Among these 11 enterprises, 7 are manufacturing enterprises, and 4 of them have the right to operate import and export.The legal representatives of these enterprises are not Zhang Guixi, but his relatives and friends, seven aunts and eight aunts.Why did Zhang Guixi run so many businesses in such a short period of time?Its intention is self-evident. In this way, Zhang Guixi's fox tail was gradually exposed. Liu Xing, a member of the working group, approached Zhang Guixi and said bluntly: "After investigation, Guiguang Group is suspected of falsely issuing value-added tax invoices. In the name of the '807' working group, I hope you can clarify the facts. Otherwise, all consequences will be borne by you. You are conceited." Zhang Guixi still yelled for injustice as before. He said: "I knew about this two months ago. I was cheated by my subordinates. There are two buyers who are really nothing. They work with two other warehouses to keep the goods. My company has suffered a huge spiritual loss. I trust others too much, too paralyzed, too defenseless, and I must learn a lesson. Our group has already written a report on this matter, and I want to personally Ask the leader of the working group to clarify..." Zhang Guixi spoke with gaudy hype, saliva splashing everywhere. Liu Xing came back and reported the conversation with Zhang Guixi to Han Qiu and Ma Sen.Ma Sen felt that the Guiguang Group had too much influence after all, and the various tax frauds and false evidence related to the Guiguang Group were not yet in order. After Chief Hua's report, Lu Hua said: "The matter of Zhang Guixi must be tightened internally and loosened externally. Continue to investigate!" Zhang Guixi never thought that his glorious days would come to an end soon. Zhang Guixi was taken to Dongshan, Fujian. Yangbo Hotel by the Maluan Bay in Dongshan has a beautiful environment.Zhang Guixi stayed in the luxury suite of the hotel, which has a reception room, refrigerator, air conditioner, TV, and high-end bathroom, everything is available.Zhang Guixi was quite satisfied with this arrangement, and his mood naturally relaxed.After looking at the room and peeing in the bathroom, he hastily told the two armed police soldiers accompanying him to turn on the TV quickly and watch today's news. A staff member did not dare to be negligent, and immediately turned on the TV, impartially, what appeared on the screen happened to be Guangdong TV, and what made people extremely surprised was that the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress happened to broadcast on the TV about the removal of Zhang Guixi from the National People's Congress. News on Delegate Qualifications... Zhang Guixi froze immediately, he turned into a statue, for a long time, he remained motionless... The news program on TV had finished broadcasting, and the armed police soldiers carefully tuned a station, and cheerful music immediately filled the huge room.An armed police soldier wanted to serve Zhang Guixi a cup of tea, but Zhang Guixi stood up and slammed straight into the TV...