Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

"Minister Li, I think we need to investigate this matter first and then report it to the General Office. After all, we can't handle Cheng Wanli."

Deputy Minister Liu is ready to compromise and can give up Wu Zhen, but Cheng Wanli cannot run away either.

"No need to go to such trouble. The Discipline Inspection Commission will send a few comrades over to get the minutes of their Standing Committee meeting. If someone really excludes Comrade Zhengguo and causes the scientific research to stop, I will report it to the General Manager personally."

Minister Li's words frightened all the standing committee members present.

If Lai Zong knew about this, the whole team would be wiped out and no one would be able to save them.

After the meeting set the tone, it was hastily adjourned. Immediately afterwards, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission sent a director to lead a team to investigate the institute.

After receiving the task, several investigators did not dare to delay and rushed to the research institute.

At the same time, after the meeting, several standing committee members also called their own people and told them that it would be best for them to put the blame on Cheng Wanli or Wu Zhen and try to protect themselves.

At this time, several members of the Standing Committee suddenly realized that without Sun Zhengguo, they were nothing.

They are so self-righteous that they think that as long as they curry favor with Cheng Wanli, they can maintain their current position or even make further progress.

"Are you the office director Zhou Weimin?"

Zhou Weimin, who was writing documents in the office, was stunned when he saw several people suddenly appear, and then asked.

"Comrades! I am Zhou Weimin. I wonder who you are...?"

"Oh! Comrade Zhou Weimin, let me introduce myself. I am the director of the Supervision Department of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Ministry of Machinery. My name is Zhang Taihang, and this is my work ID."

After the introduction, Director Zhang handed over his work permit.

Although Zhou Weimin didn't know why the Discipline Inspection Commission wanted to see him, he still took the work permit, looked at it, and then handed it back politely with both hands.

"Director Zhang, I don't know why you are looking for me?"

Director Zhang didn't hesitate to state his purpose directly, hoping that Zhou Weimin could cooperate with him.

Faced with this situation, how could Zhou Weimin not cooperate?

He directly found all the meeting minutes and also talked about what he saw and heard when he participated in the meeting minutes.

While the two of them were talking, several other investigators were also busy. They also visited several members of the Standing Committee and learned some of the circumstances.

Seeing a group of ruthless people from the Discipline Inspection Commission coming to their door, how could other people in the institute not know?

Especially Deputy Director Wu Zhen, who is now like a frightened bird, feeling extremely worried all day long.

This guy's background was not clean to begin with, and he had been strategically abandoned by his backers. He had not received any news at all, so he was so scared.

Cheng Wanli, who was in the office next to him, also realized that something was wrong.

After all, he was an airdropped cadre from the General Office, and no one notified him, so the information seemed to be delayed.

But this is not a problem for him. As long as he goes around to other members of the Standing Committee, he should be able to gain something.

However, things turned out to be a little beyond his expectations. The other members of the Standing Committee are now in trouble themselves and are already trying to shirk the blame. How could they possibly reveal the news to him?

So, after going around in circles, Cheng Wanli didn't get any useful information.

Finally, he could only go to Wu Zhen's office to see if he could get some useful information.

"Oh! Deputy Secretary Cheng, I was just about to look for you and you're here. Please take a seat."

When Wu Zhen saw Cheng Wanli visiting, he felt like he had met a relative. He finally felt more confident. He made tea for him, handed him cigarettes, and was a little too enthusiastic.

Those who know know that they are at the same level. If people who don’t know, they would think that Wu Zhen is a subordinate!

"Old Wu, why are you so polite? I just want to ask you something."

Cheng Wanli, who was unaware of the situation and didn't know that the two had the same experience, asked first.

"Deputy Secretary Cheng, if you have anything to say, just tell me."

Wu Zhen first handed over the teacup, then sat down and listened.

"Old Wu, I know you have a wide network of contacts in your department. I wonder why this comrade from the Discipline Inspection Commission came here today?"

When Wu Zhen heard this, he was dumbfounded. It was really tragic that both of them wanted to ask the same question.

"Deputy Secretary Cheng, I don't know. I wanted to ask you, but you came here first."

Wu Zhen had a helpless look on his face and a somewhat helpless look in his eyes.

The more this happened, the more bizarre it became, and Cheng Wanli couldn't help but feel frightened.

"Old Wu, why don't you give Vice Minister Liu a call to see what's going on."

"Deputy Secretary Cheng, why don't you just ask other people? Why bother Deputy Minister Liu?"

At this time, Wu Zhen didn't know that Cheng Wanli had been rejected, and he foolishly asked him to ask someone else.

"It's no use. They don't know either."

Cheng Wanli's casual words scared Wu Zhen greatly.

At this time, he didn't care what his leader would think and quickly called Deputy Minister Liu.

But the call was connected, and the answer made him even more devastated.

It turned out that the person who answered the phone was a staff member, who told him that Vice Minister Liu was out on an inspection tour and didn't know when he would be back.

"Deputy Secretary Cheng, Deputy Minister Liu is not here. What do you think we should do now? Are they... investigating the two of us?"

Wu Zhen is in a very bad mood now. It is really like a storm is coming, with a mountain of pressure pressing down on him, making him feel a little breathless.

"Why are you panicking? Let me make the call."

Cheng Wanli snatched the phone in annoyance, then dialed the General Office and found his backer, a deputy director.

The two communicated on the phone for a few minutes, then Cheng Wanli hung up the phone and regained his former confidence.

"Did you see that? Old Wu, I told you not to panic. You're just scaring yourself. It's okay. I guess the Commission for Discipline Inspection is just investigating something else. What does it have to do with you and me?"

"That's right, Deputy Secretary Cheng, you are really awesome. Anyway, from now on in the station, I, Wu Zhen, will follow your lead......!"

Wu Zhen was also completely relieved and kept flattering him.

At the same time, I was thinking about what else I could give as a gift to deepen our relationship.

After all, their backers lead directly to the red walls.

While the two were still holding out hope, the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission had already gotten what they wanted and left the institute.

Sun Zhengguo saw all of this clearly, but he never showed up from beginning to end...

Soon, Director Zhang and his team returned to the Ministry of Machinery. He handed over all the meeting minutes and some investigation notes to Minister Li.

Minister Li spent half an hour reading the materials and then got so angry that he almost broke the table.

It turns out that this group of grandsons were really ostracizing Sun Zhengguo, and they were particularly harsh in doing so.

"Fuck it, a bunch of people who don't work are squeezing out those who do work. It's really fucking ironic!" Minister Li also swore, which was rare.

When he first heard the report, he thought it was just some minor quarrels. He even advised Sun Zhengguo not to be the only one who had the final say and to listen more to everyone's opinions.

But the result?

Sun Zhengguo did not have the final say, but these grandsons did, and made the institute a mess.

The question is, how can we conduct scientific research in such an environment?

It’s good enough that he wasn’t killed, no wonder Sun Zhengguo came to complain.

It seems that I was careless.