Nominal: The pinnacle of power began in the sixth province of Handong.

Chapter 137, Article 3

That evening, Zhao Ruilong took the fastest flight back to Handong.

Upon landing, he went straight to Huilong Group.

The executives were woken up by Zhao Ruilong's scolding and rushed to the company for an emergency meeting.

After listening to the report, Zhao Ruilong gained a preliminary understanding of the current situation.

The audit office took away five years' worth of accounts.

But these are all accounts that are publicly known.

The deeper accounts are beyond the reach of the audit office.

Zhao Ruilong breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Fortunately.

If they can't find the deepest level of accounts, at most they'll just be fined and a couple of people will be punished.

These are all easy to handle.

As long as it can't be traced back to me or the old man, this isn't a big deal.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ruilong emphasized with a sinister tone:

"I solemnly warn you all once again that you are all my trusted confidants, and we will share any benefits. But if any of you feel resentful and keep secrets..."

Zhao Ruilong paused deliberately, his gaze sweeping over each executive, before gritting his teeth and saying:

"Then he definitely won't see the sun rise the next day."

The executives quickly swore and vowed that they absolutely dared not.

Only then did the meeting come to a close.

After everyone left, Zhao Ruilong called Cheng Du.

"Director Cheng! Congratulations on your promotion!"

Zhao Ruilong spoke sarcastically on the phone.

"Brother Long, please stop teasing me... Is there something wrong?"

On the other end of the phone, Cheng Du spoke cautiously.

Zhao Ruilong said with a cold, sinister smile:

"I asked you to find Gao Xiaoqin's account books, how did that go?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Du's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to reply:

"Brother Long, you know about the relationship between Gao Xiaoqin and Governor Qi..."

"To hell with Governor Qi! Who does he think he is! Let me tell you, he hasn't cleaned up his dirty laundry!" Zhao Ruilong was also furious, perhaps not taking Cheng Du seriously, and blurted out his trump card:

"I have a secret that can put him to death!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Du felt a chill run down his spine.

The reason why Brother Qi was able to become the vice governor is precisely because he handled everything cleanly.

How could Zhao Ruilong still have something on him?

Perhaps this is just a bluff.

Thinking of this, Cheng Du tentatively asked:

"Brother Long, Qi Sheng... Tongwei, what other dirt do you have on him? He's really brainless!"

Zhao Ruilong said coldly:

"Chengdu, don't try to trick me. You think you can get information out of me? Listen up, go to Shanshui Group and find Gao Xiaoqin's account books, or else..."

At this point, Zhao Ruilong deliberately took his phone down, moved it to the side of a voice recorder, pressed the play button, and played the recording for Cheng Du to hear.

The more Cheng Du listened, the paler his face became.

He certainly knew what the recording was about.

He just hadn't expected that everything would go according to Zhao Ruilong's instructions.

"Got it? Get to work!"

Zhao Ruilong turned off the recording and cursed:

"A bunch of ingrates, always thinking about who to invest in, do they think I'm some pushover?"

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Du Cheng listened absentmindedly to the busy tone on his phone.

Her legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the bed.

He was wide awake in the early hours of the morning.

Cheng Du believed that he could follow Qi Tongwei's example and step by step, step off the Zhao family's big ship.

But what happened that night haunted his mind like a nightmare, impossible to shake off.

That was the dirtiest job he had ever done for Zhao Ruilong.

Huilong Group has someone secretly falsifying its accounts.

Two men and one woman, carrying a USB drive for bookkeeping, planned to escape to the deep mountains and forests, and then take the opportunity to transfer the USB drive out.

What troubled Zhao Ruilong was that they didn't want money.

I just want to expose the scandals of Huilong Group to the world.

Zhao Ruilong finds these idealists who spout platitudes about justice and fairness the most annoying.

He dispatched personnel to handle the situation.

After several days and nights of pursuit.

Enter the mountain pass.

Night, thunderstorm.

Cheng Du held a pistol, pointing it at the three panicked people.

Zhao Ruilong's original words were, "Keep only the USB drive, and leave nothing else."

Ultimately, it's impossible to be that cruel.

He told the three men to hand over the USB drive, and he would give each of them 200,000 yuan, then send a police car to take them back to their hometowns.

Cheng Du said that these were his "hardship fees" for doing things for Zhao Ruilong, and he took them all out.

I hope the other party understands.

Perhaps it was the sincerity of his words that made it seem like he was lying.

The girl among the three took a USB drive out of her bag.

After receiving the car, Cheng Du hurriedly told them to get in.

He personally drove the car.

However, just as Cheng Du turned his head...

A gunshot rang out.

When I turned around again, the girl was already lying in a pool of blood.

Cheng looked in the direction from which the bullet had come, and in the dense forest, there was clearly a dark gun barrel.

It's a spotted tiger. Zhao Ruilong doesn't seem reassured.

But the girl's companions didn't know that; they only saw Cheng Du holding a gun.

So they surrounded him, ready to fight him to the death.

The degree of self-defense was forced upon them.

By the time they realized what was happening, the two boys had also fallen to the ground.

The spotted tiger has left the scene.

However, two bullets were missing from the pistol.

Afterwards, Zhao Ruilong blamed all three deaths on Cheng Du.

This also made Cheng Du follow Zhao Ruilong's lead and do his best to serve him.

Cheng Du thought this would make Zhao Ruilong let him go.

But he never imagined that from the moment he was implicated in the murder case, Zhao Ruilong would never let him go.

No one could save him.

Until tonight, I heard Zhao Ruilong's recording.

Only then did he realize that he could not escape it after all.

In comparison, the other things Cheng Du did for Zhao Ruilong seemed insignificant.

Thinking of this, Cheng Du suddenly woke up from his nightmare, his whole body shuddering.

Ledger, ledger.

That time it was also about the account books.

This time, it's still about the account books.

Damn it, damn it!

All of you should just listen to Brother Long!

Why insist on keeping accounts privately?

Isn't this putting your own life in the bag?

Cheng Du rushed into the bathroom and turned on the cold water.

It was just before the Spring Festival, the coldest time of the year.

Only by pouring icy cold water over his entire body could he remain calm.

The account book is with Gao Xiaoqin.

He definitely won't get it if he asks for it.

Unless Qi Tongwei speaks up.

But why would Qi Tongwei help him get the account books?

They certainly wouldn't hand over the account books to Zhao Ruilong after obtaining them.

Is there any way...?

Several more days passed.

Finally, the day before the Lunar New Year's Eve holiday arrived.

Everyone seemed inspired by the holiday, thinking about wrapping up all their work and having a happy new year.

In addition to the Discipline Inspection Commission, Audit Bureau, Procuratorate, and Economic Investigation Bureau.

They are conducting an intensive investigation into Huilong Group, without daring to stop for a moment.

I'll probably have to work during the Lunar New Year.

We aim to achieve a satisfactory result when we return to work after the New Year.

The Organization Department also completed all aspects of the annual performance evaluation of the leadership team before the end of the year.

The new pilot program for parallel job ranks, jointly drafted with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, is also ready to be issued in red after the new year.

Finally, we can have a good New Year.

Xia Qing sat in her office, contemplating whether or not to return to Beijing for the Chinese New Year.

My phone suddenly rang.

He opened the call and saw it was from his wife, Jiang Yao.

After the call was answered, a stern voice came from the other end:

"Old Xia, it's an emergency! According to the department's investigation and intelligence from international organizations, Du Bozhong has already entered the country and is very likely to have returned to Handong!"