The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 75: Evidence in hand, only east wind is missing

Qian Jin thought that after he had cheated Luo Huijuan, the camera would not be of any use to him for the time being, so he sold it to the mall at a low price as a second-hand product.

Now he bought it back.

Like a sucker.

Since Bai Jie and others were only willing to help when someone could beat Zhang Hongbo to death, he let them think that Zhang Hongbo was going to be beaten to death.

Qian Jin's plan was simple and direct.

He knew that Luo Huijuan had once contacted Zhang Hongbo——

While he was working in the countryside to support agriculture, Luo Huijuan sent him a breakup letter but he was not at home. In order to find a witness, Luo Huijuan gave the breakup letter to Zhang Hongbo.

Then the nude photo incident of Luo Huijuan has caused a sensation in the city, and now everyone who knows about it is speculating about the identity of the person who took the photo.

Then Qian Jin used the photos from that time and Zhang Hongbo's photos to make some more weapons.

In everyone's opinion, the weapon created is enough to make Zhang Hongbo unable to recover!

Of course, these weapons cannot be shown to the official.

In any matter, Qian Jin tried his best not to reveal anything he had learned over the past 27 years to the authorities.

He wanted to show the photos to Bai Jie and others.

As long as Bai Jie and others believe that Zhang Hongbo is about to fall, they are willing to testify and report Zhang Hongbo.

These evidences are actually enough to deal with Zhang Hongbo.

Wei Xiangmi has been troubled by this matter.

She clearly knew that her side had the power to deal with Zhang Hongbo, but these powers lacked a breakthrough and could not be used.

What Qian Jin wants to provide is a breakthrough.

At night, a burning smell wafted from the Bai family's house. The sorghum porridge stewed on the kerosene stove had already turned into charcoal.

Bai Jie pinched her waist and scolded her brother: "Studying is right, studying is a good thing, and it would be even better if you could get into college, but you can't just ignore everything!"

Her younger brother Baiju was completely oblivious and was busy doing math exercises on the desk that was used as a sewing machine.

The pen poked dense black dots on the draft paper, like coal slag scattered all over the floor.

There was a knock on the door.

Wei Xiangmi's voice was like the scissors on the cloth-tearing counter at the supply and marketing cooperative, crisp and sharp:
"Comrade Bai Jie? Our street is counting candidates for the 'March 8th Red Flag Bearer' award and needs you to fill out a form."

Bai Jie went to open the door.

Wei Xiangmi and Qian Jin walked in with smiles on their faces.

Xu Weidong walked in with a lecherous look in his eyes: "Hey, Xiaobai, you're becoming more and more beautiful, just like the new vanishing cream on your building."

Bai Jie sneered at the former and smiled at the latter.

Qian Jin was stunned.

I am so handsome, and Lao Xu is so ugly and greasy, and he says cheesy love words - in short, your reaction is wrong!

Crossing her arms across her chest, Bai Jie said calmly, "What are you doing here so late at night?"

Wei Xiangmi said sincerely, "Comrade Bai Jie, the Central Committee has just issued a new document and I want to show it to you."

She opened her faux leather briefcase and handed over a copy of the "Notice on Resolutely Correcting Problems in Cadre Work Style":

"The higher-ups just held a women's work conference. Now is the time to purge the bad elements..."

Bai Jie seemed to be stung by the red seal on the document. She took a step back after seeing it. "I already said I couldn't remember it."

"Now I'm working at a department store and don't want to get involved anymore."

Bai Jie turned on the radio and a female host with a clear voice was broadcasting the news about the resumption of the college entrance examination.

Women's directors are all very good at ideological work.

After Wei Xiangmi changed the topic, she pulled Bai Jie away and started talking in private.

Bai Ju stared at Qian Jin and Xu Weidong warily. He guessed that these two people were not good people.

Qian Jin smiled warmly: "Are you doing the test? Are you preparing for the college entrance examination?"

Baiju treated him indifferently.

He pretended not to see the two people, took down the porcelain statue of the leader from the chest of drawers and wiped it carefully.

Xu Weidong went up to look at the question and nodded seriously: "Okay, you have talent."

"Brother, I think you are a talented person. I have a set of test papers. I will give them to you one day."

Baiju immediately changed his attitude: "It's better to do it today than to wait for another day. I'll go with you tonight to get it, okay?"

Xu Weidong waved his hand seriously: "No, we still have work to do tonight, otherwise you can come to me tomorrow."

Baiju nodded happily: "Thank you, the whole city is short of textbooks and test books right now, I really don't know how to thank you."

Xu Weidong smiled and said, "Just wait for you to help me do some ideological work on your sister."

"What ideological homework? I am good at doing homework and I can definitely complete the task." Baiju said.

Qian Jin understood immediately.

This is a nerd.

He coughed and was about to explain the situation, but Xu Weidong stopped him and whispered, "What are you doing?"

Qian Jin said, "Let him help us work on Bai Jie's thoughts. Didn't you say that?"

Xu Weidong said: "What did I say?"

"Captain Qian, please don't ruin my plans. I want him to do some homework on our relationship."

"As for official business? Of course, official business should be completed with public resources, and my personal resources should be used for personal matters."

If it weren't at someone else's house, Qian Jin would have to give him a nest.

Seeing his angry look, Xu Weidong became serious. He whispered, "I was just kidding you, but can't you see? This guy is unreliable."

"He's a nerd. Can we let him know that we're going to contact his sister to deal with Zhang Hongbo? I'm afraid if he gets the news, Zhang Hongbo will know too!"

Qian Jin thought about it and realized that it was true.

Fortunately, Wei Xiangmi is reliable.

After she came out, she smiled and nodded at Qian Jin: "You go in."

Qian Jin entered the bedroom.

Bai Jie still had a bad attitude towards him: "What do you want to do?"

Qian Jin said, "Director Wei should have told you that we have a way to take down Zhang Hongbo."

"Then go and capture him." Bai Jie sneered, "Why are you looking for me?"

Qian Jin asked, "Revenge if there's revenge, grievance if there's grievance. Do you want to keep your grievances bottled up forever? Don't you want to crush him to death together?"

Bai Jie's expression changed slightly.

Qian Jin took out the photo from his arms and handed it to her: "This is a secret, you can just look at it here for yourself, and you must not tell anyone else!"

Bai Jie only took one look, her eyes widened and her mouth opened.

Surprised!

Qian Jin swept the photos away, bringing her a series of shocks:

"You should have heard about the incident involving the reactionary thoughts of the female workers at the food factory, right?"

"You should have guessed who took the photo, right?"

"That's right, it was Zhang Hongbo who did it!"

Bai Jie didn't dare to examine the photo closely. She twisted her hands together in confusion, her eyes darting from side to side. "How could such a thing actually happen? Yes, that scoundrel Zhang Hongbo is truly capable of being this vile!"

"But, but how could you get such a private thing?"

Qian Jin smiled slightly: "This is a secret of our Public Security Bureau. According to the rules, I can't disclose it."

"But since you are a similar victim, I think special treatment should be given and I can disclose some information to you."

"A while ago, our security team arrested a thief from the Iron Hand Gang. Did you know about this?"

Bai Jie said, "I know. The Iron Hand Gang later hired a female assassin to take revenge on you, but you also caught her."

Qian Jin nodded: "Yes, you should know that the Iron Hand Gang specializes in stealing things from leading cadres."

"The thief had visited Zhang Hongbo's home at the time and stole some film. After we developed the film, we discovered his secret."

"So why did Director Wei and I deal with him? Because this was a task assigned by the organization!"

"But you work at a department store, so you should know that it's not appropriate for the organization to publicly disclose this kind of information to deal with people's cadres. This is when we comrades need to work together!"

Bai Jie's worries were swept away, and she said straightforwardly, "No problem, Captain Qian, I'm willing to write a letter of complaint and serve as a witness."

Qian Jin shook hands with her seriously and thanked him on behalf of the people for getting rid of a pest for the country.

When he was about to leave, Bai Jie called him again and explained shyly:
"I wasn't treated like that by him. He took the opportunity to hug me, but I firmly rejected him."

When Qian Jin heard this, he was disappointed on the spot.

Just a cuddle?

Of course, hugging and cuddling is a big problem these days, but if there is no physical evidence then it can be a small problem.

Fortunately.

Bai Jie pulled out a small box from the back of the closet and said, "I have evidence. It was summer, and the weather was very hot. He was only wearing a sweatshirt at home."

"I tore off a piece of fabric while struggling. Later I saw him patch the shirt and wear it again. I guess he thought he accidentally got a nail or something and tore the shirt..."

Qian Jin was ecstatic again.

This evidence is good enough!

Strike while the iron is hot, Wei Xiangmi took the two to the home of an old worker.

The old worker's surname is Duan, and he has only one son named Duan Xiangrui. He graduated from a technical secondary school in his early years and worked as a secretary for Zhang Hongbo for a period of time.

Qian Jin was incredulous: "Can the neighborhood committee director also have a secretary?"

Wei Xiangmi said, "During that special era, Zhang Hongbo wasn't just a neighborhood committee director. He held several positions, responsible for rectifying the work styles of personnel in many units..."

As they were talking, they arrived at Master Duan's house.

The corridor was filled with a strong medicinal smell, so much so that even though the pickled radish hanging at the door had clearly gone bad, there was no sour smell coming from it.

The door was not closed. Wei Xiangmi knocked and went in. Inside was a room as messy as a garbage dump.

The most common things in the room were empty bottles of glucose injection, with glass bottles tilted here and there, and the words "State-owned Third Pharmaceutical Factory" printed in blue paint on them.

Although the electricity was on, there was no light in the room. Instead, there was a kerosene lamp on the table.

There was a gap in the window, and the autumn wind blew in, causing the small flame to flicker violently.

In the dim light, the old man curled up on a mattress covered with patches, his eye sockets sunken enough to hold two taels of soy sauce.

Seeing Wei Xiangmi come in, Lao Duan smiled bitterly and said, "Xiao Wei, I'm bothering you again."

Wei Xiangmi rolled up her sleeves to reveal her fair arms: "Look at what you said, I'm the March 8th Red Flag Bearer of our street."

She obviously came to Lao Duan's house often and was familiar with everything. She quickly lit the stove, cut the radish, and boiled shredded radish and shrimp dumpling soup in a pot.

Master Duan pulled up the yellowed mosquito net and reluctantly sat up. He asked Qian Jin and the other man to sit down.

"My home is in chaos, and I'm sorry to have you young people come to laugh at me."

He couldn't even add tea or water to the guests because there was only an enamel pot in the house, which was covered with brown medicine stains.

Qian Jin hurriedly said no, no.

He looked around the room. The only furniture that looked acceptable was a Western-style clock, but it was also covered in dust.

The only thing that was clean was an enlarged photo pinned on the wardrobe.

The young man in the photo is wearing a ribbon with the words "There is a vast world with great potential for development" and his smile is as stiff as that of a mannequin in a department store window.

Wei Xiangmi quickly cooked while saying, "Xiao Duan already has a job, so he doesn't need to go to the countryside."

"Guess what happened? Director Zhang forced him to resign and sent him to the countryside."

"They also changed, cough cough, his age." Old Duan said sadly.

"My poor child, my poor child!"

Qian Jin thought to himself that working in the countryside wasn't an easy job, but it couldn't be described as pathetic, right?

Xu Weidong finally knew about the Duan family's situation and whispered, "The eldest brother of the Duan family went to the fishing grounds just like you, but he was unlucky. He died while rescuing collective property during a typhoon!"

Qian Jin remained silent.

Wei Xiangmi scooped a bowl of dumpling soup for the old man: "Uncle, I won't fight you in vain. This time I want to help you get revenge and bring down Zhang Hongbo!"

The old man's wrists, which were as thin as branches, were shaking violently. "Forget it, forget it. Xiao Wei, you are a lesbian. I will say something you don't like to hear. You can't fight him."

"The arm cannot twist the thigh. I finally understand. The arm cannot twist the thigh!"

Wei Xiangmi said, "I didn't refute you when you said that before, right?"

"But this time it's different!"

She pointed at Qian Jin and said:

"You don't recognize him at home every day. He's a rising star in our neighborhood. He's the chief captain of the labor assault team, the deputy captain of the public security assault team, and he's even been hired by the Supply and Marketing Cooperative as a worker."

"He's a formidable comrade. He's absolutely sure he can send Zhang Hongbo to jail!"

Qian Jin went up and showed the photo to the old man:
"Uncle, look, the government has discovered this. You said we have this, and combined with your accusations, even if Zhang Hongbo can cover the sky with one hand, I can still poke a hole in it!"

The old man's wrist shook even more violently.

The hot dumpling soup fell on the bedding.

Qian Jin hurried to pack up, but the old man's withered hand held him tightly: "He has someone up there!"

"Then let's pull them out together!" Qian Jin said domineeringly.

Master Duan started coughing excitedly.

He struggled to get down, lifted the quilt, and removed a bed board. Inside the hole was a diary wrapped in a cloth strip:
"Zhang Hongbo had been embezzling state-owned materials from the very beginning! Coal coupons, cloth coupons, industrial coupons, and the like. He's committed a serious crime of corruption!"

"Why did he send my son to the countryside? He discovered something and wanted to avoid investigation!"

Xu Weidong immediately turned on the flashlight.

Wei Xiangmi and Qian Jincou looked through the diary together.

This is indeed a diary, but many days contain records of Zhang Hongbo withholding overnight supplies from residents.

Wei Xiangmi was pleasantly surprised: "So there's this?"

"Now the higher-ups say we need economic evidence to settle political accounts. Great, we have it!"

Qian Jin looked through:

Last month, Zhang Hongbo mixed 30% of the relief coal approved for our neighborhood into coal gangue...

On the 14th, Zhang Hongbo went to collect an extra 15 kilograms of white flour. He mixed bran into the flour for the five-guarantee households to make up the total, and asked me to forge a supply report...

Zhang Hongbo falsely listed eight households under the "nighttime kerosene subsidy" issued by the Security Committee, falsely claiming 8 kilograms of kerosene, which he then resold to black market dealer Dafeng.

(End of this chapter)