It was still at the best Crown Hotel in Luzhuang City. Chen Ping arrived here on time in the evening. When he got off the bus, he saw Jiang Wanquan greeting him with a diligent look on his face and took the initiative to hold Chen Ping's hand and said, "Hello Mayor Chen, I look forward to the stars and the moon, but finally I have come here. Mayor Chen is really a great honor to have dinner with me as an appointment today!"

Chen Ping did not mean to be polite to Jiang Wanquan. He simply shook hands with Jiang Wanquanxu, then walked straight into the hotel and asked Jiang Wanquan: "Boss Jiang should have already set up the private room, right? Where is it?"

Jiang Wanquan did not expect that Chen Ping was so disrespectful and did not have any politeness at all. However, thinking about Chen Ping's identity and the trouble he caused this time, Jiang Wanquan felt that it was reasonable, so Jiang Wanquan immediately reacted and said to Chen Ping: "Of course, everything has been prepared for Mayor Chen, you are waiting for Mayor Chen to come. Mayor Chen, please."

Jiang Wanquan said this, then made a gesture of invitation and took Chen Ping to the box he had booked.

When he arrived at the private room, the first thing Jiang Wanquan did was to ask the waiter to serve wine and food, but Chen Ping said at this time: "Boss Jiang, you can eat wine and food or not, let's talk about the main business first."

Facing Chen Ping's words, Jiang Wanquan was slightly stunned and then said, "How can Mayor Chen do this? Mayor Chen is the leader of Luzhuang City. He works hard for the development of Luzhuang all day long. If Mayor Chen is unable to do anything at work because of my poor hospitality, I will not be able to explain to the people of Luzhuang!"

Chen Ping waved his hand and said, "I'm not that delicate yet. If I don't eat a meal, I won't even lose my energy to work."

Jiang Wanquan wanted to say something at this time, but Chen Ping did not give him a chance to speak, and went directly to the topic and said: "I think Boss Jiang should know what my purpose is to look for Boss Jiang today. Just this afternoon, at the construction site of the heavy industry project in our Luzhuang City, an accident occurred suddenly in the project contracted by Boss Jiang. The scaffolding broke, causing a migrant worker to fall from the sixth floor and die on the spot. According to the investigation results of relevant departments after the accident, this is because you cut corners and used extremely inferior scaffolding."

Chen Ping's words were cut into Jiang Wanquan's heart like a knife, which made him tremble all over his body subconsciously. He hurriedly explained: "Mayor Chen is not my business! I don't know how these scaffoldings are inferior. All of this must be a problem caused by the purchasing staff under my command. Mayor Chen is please rest assured. I will check and correct myself when I go back and give Mayor Chen a satisfactory explanation."

Chen Ping said with an oh, "Does Boss Jiang be completely unaware of this?"

"Of course I don't know," said Jiang Wanquan. "I know that this heavy industry project is the most important project that Mayor Chen and the Luzhuang Municipal Party Committee and Government. If I knew it in advance, I would never let those inferior materials be used. Even if I lose some material costs, I will definitely ensure the quality of the project when I pay for it myself."

Regarding Jiang Wanquan's explanation, Chen Ping smiled and said, "Boss Jiang, you said you have no idea about this. Are you coaxing me as a three-year-old child? If Boss Jiang has such an attitude, I think we will not have to continue chatting. Boss Jiang, then I will say goodbye first. You can eat this meal by yourself, Boss Jiang."

As Chen Ping said that, he stood up and walked towards the door of the box. When Jiang Wanquan saw that Chen Ping was about to leave, he suddenly became anxious and stood up to hold Chen Ping and said, "Mayor Chen, why are you leaving now? I was wrong, isn't it okay if I said it wrong?"

Chen Ping stopped and turned his head to look at Jiang Wanquan. Jiang Wanquan certainly understood what Chen Ping meant. He said to Chen Ping embarrassedly: "I know Mayor Chen is the economic leader of Luzhuang City. I believe Mayor Chen has a certain understanding of the economic operation. Then Mayor Chen must also know the difficulties of our engineering industry now. Although the investment in this heavy industry project is very large, after layers of subcontracting, it has no profit in my hands, so I took risks like this, but I really didn't expect it to happen. Mayor Chen, please believe me!"

Jiang Wanquan paused when he said this, and then took out a box with exquisite packaging in a magical way. When he opened it, he found an exquisite watch inside. Judging from the brand, the price was at least more than 10,000 yuan.

Jiang Wanquan handed the watch and the box to Chen Ping and continued: "I believe that with Mayor Chen's magnanimity, he can understand my difficulties."

Chen Ping did not accept it, but glanced at the box and asked Jiang Wanquan coldly: "Is Boss Jiang going to bribe me?"

Jiang Wanquan hurriedly shook his head and said, "Mayor Chen misunderstood. I don't plan to bribe you. I just want to thank Mayor Chen for your care and support for me. I specially brought a small gift to Mayor Chen. How could it be a bribe?"

"A Vacheron Constantin watch that is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands has turned into an insignificant gift in Boss Jiang's mouth. Boss Jiang, you can really say it out loud," said Chen Ping.

Chen Ping's words made Jiang Wanquan's face full of embarrassment, but he did not give up. He continued to say to Chen Ping: "Mayor Chen, whether this gift is light or heavy, it depends on who the person is given. If it is a general small gift, wouldn't it seem like I am too ignorant?"

"I know this incident has caused a lot of trouble to Mayor Chen and even the entire Luzhuang City, but this is something I don't want to see after all, so I want to ask Mayor Chen to help me and suppress this matter. I promise that such things will not happen again in the future. When this matter is over, I will definitely thank Mayor Chen again." Jiang Wanquan said and placed the opened box in front of Chen Ping, "This gift is just a little respect for Mayor Chen, I hope Mayor Chen will accept it with a smile."

After Jiang Wanquan finished speaking, Chen Ping smiled slightly, and his smile made Jiang Wanquan feel nervous. Then Chen Ping slowly said to him: "Boss Jiang, according to the interpretation regulations issued by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the specific application of laws for handling criminal cases of bribery, if anyone who bribes state officials in order to seek improper benefits and the amount is more than 10,000 yuan, criminal liability should be pursued in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law."

"Mayor Chen, I'm definitely not bribery. I just want Mayor Chen to help me!" said Jiang Wanquan.

"Enough!" Chen Ping slapped the table heavily and said to Jiang Wanquan very seriously, "You know you want to ask me for help now? Then why didn't you do it carefully when you received this project? But you cut corners and bought those inferior scaffoldings. The money you deducted in this way was exchanged for the lives of those migrant workers' brothers. What you earned in this way was a bad money. Don't you feel guilty about your conscience? Now you are not repentant and still want to bribe me. You can punish me with multiple crimes!"

Jiang Wanquan said: "Mayor Chen, I really know I'm wrong. I'm just confused for a while. I hope Mayor Chen can be generous and forgive me this time."

"Give you aside?" Chen Ping said, "You are so light. Do you know how much trouble it caused because of your greed? What should I do with the wife and children when the migrant worker fell to death? And in the countryside, men are the labor force. Do you know that because of your greed, will a family be in trouble for nothing?"

"Sorry, Mayor Chen, I will compensate the dead migrant worker well, and it will be as much as possible," said Jiang Wanquan.

"Money?" Chen Ping sneered, "Can money buy back a good husband and a good father? Boss Jiang, you still want to bribe me to get rid of you. I see you are no longer saved, so wait for legal sanctions."

As he said that, Chen Ping walked towards the door. At this time, Jiang Wanquan hurried over and knelt down for Chen Ping, grabbed Chen Ping's trouser legs, and cried to Chen Ping, "Mayor Chen, please give me a chance. I promise not to have another next time. I promise I will never dare again. I beg Mayor Chen to give me a chance."

"I'll give you a chance? Then who can give the dead migrant worker brother a chance to come back to life?" Chen Ping looked down at Jiang Wanquan and said, "Boss Jiang, if you really care about the lives of these migrant worker brothers and are not that greedy, I believe that what happened today would not happen, so all this is your own fault."

After saying that, Chen Ping kicked Jiang Wanquan away the hand that grabbed his trouser legs and walked out of the door of the box. Jiang Wanquan stared blankly at Chen Ping's departure, as if he had lost his soul.

He couldn't figure out why the money he had tried and done was not working for Chen Ping? How could the lives of migrant workers who had been indifferent before become his own death talisman in the blink of an eye? Could it be that this time he invited Chen Ping to dinner became the tomb he dug for himself?

But Chen Ping, if you treat me like this, you will not give me any chance at all, you will regret it!

Jiang Wanquan thought so, and a vicious light flashed in his eyes as he kept watching Chen Ping leave.
Chapter completed!