Material Empire

"Your name?"

"Ichiro Kawashima."

"identity?"

"Vice President of the Greater East Asia Shared Green Foundation."

"What is the purpose of coming to Beixi Iron and Steel Plant?"

"Help Beixi Iron and Steel Works clean up the waste slag."

"Where is the slag going to be shipped?"

"Shipping back to Japan."

"What are you going to do after it's shipped back to Japan?"

"For land reclamation."

"Where is the land reclamation? What is the name of the company responsible for the land reclamation?"

"..." Kawashima Ichiro was dumb. He suddenly realized that he really hadn't made up the details. He couldn't even think of a place name to use as a cover-up.

He originally thought that the Chinese knew nothing about Japan, and they would believe whatever they said. As long as they could get the slag out of China's ports, there was no need to explain the rest. However, now that he is facing an interrogation by the military, it may not be so easy if he wants to get away with it. It is true that some places in Japan are engaged in land reclamation, but Kawashima Ichiro has no contact with the institutions in these places. He can neither give their phone number nor the name of the contact person. As long as the other party is not a fool, he can He could tell he was lying.

"Why, can't tell?" Yue Guoyang who was sitting in the interrogation seat sneered, "You are in charge of this matter, you don't even know which dock the cargo ship is going to and who will pick up the cargo, right?"

"I..." Ichiro Kawashima remained speechless.

"Stop going around in circles, it's a waste of your time as well as ours. Tell me, when did you know that these slags are rich in tantalum and niobium?" Yang Yihe also spoke. He must be present to witness such an important event. As long as it can be confirmed that Kawashima Ichiro has bad intentions, Anhe Province will not have any responsibility in this matter, and he will be able to explain it to the central government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Conversely, if Ichiro Kawashima's exact handle cannot be grasped, the pressure on Anhe Province will really be enormous.

Hearing Yang Yihe's words, Kawashima Ichiro was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully, and said: "I'm sorry, sir, I only know that these slags are very useful, but I really don't know that the ingredients are tantalum and niobium. If If I had known it was these two elements, I don’t think I would have taken the business.”

"Who asked you to cheat for these slag?" Yue Guoyang asked.

"It's the Fukuoka Club." Kawashima Ichiro simply put it all down. By now, he knows that he will not end well if he dies. Since Kunio Kishida caused this incident, let Kunio Kishida deal with it. He is just a broker who takes money to work. It is better to tell the truth. Being imprisoned as a commercial espionage? The charges given to him by the military are really terrible. If the charges are true, he may really go to jail.

After asking this level, things will be easy to handle later. Yue Guoyang told the staff to ask Kawashima Ichiro to write down the whole process of the matter clearly, and sign it, and then handed over all these materials to the officials from the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office who came to deal with the matter. This kind of foreign-related case has a series of sensitive policy issues, which only the people from the Foreign Affairs Office can figure out.

A day later, the Japanese consul in Pujiang also rushed over. After reading Ichiro Kawashima's self-report, the Japanese consul had nothing to say, so he had to discuss with the Anhe provincial government, hoping to settle the matter on the basis of an apology. . Of course, Anhe Province did not want to make a big deal out of it. After some procedural twists and turns, Kawashima Ichiro was released, and he was allowed to leave Anhe with the Japanese consul, and quickly returned to Japan.

The government of Anhe province submitted a report to the central government on this matter. The main content is that the relevant departments of Anhe province were aware of the details and tried to catch them. They saw through the true colors of Japanese commercial espionage and avoided the loss of important mineral resources of the country. In this report, the important roles played by Yang Yihe, Yue Guoyang, Li Linguang, Zeng Yongtao, Liu Zunian, Wang Yiqiao and others in this process are specifically mentioned. As for Qin Hai and Ning Zhongying, they were only casually mentioned at the end of the report, saying that they also played a certain role in solving the case...

After receiving this report, the relevant departments of the central government quickly forwarded it to all provinces and autonomous regions across the country, asking all regions to learn from the experience of Anhe Province, learn relevant lessons, and carefully review foreign-related cooperation projects, and not be completely led by the nose by foreign parties. . Local governments acted quickly, discovered several similar cases in a short period of time, and corrected them in time. That's another story.

After sending Ichiro Kawashima away, Yang Yihe was not in a hurry to return to Hongze, but stayed for an extra day. He specifically called Qin Hai to his temporary office in Beixi, and immediately said, "Xiao Qin, I'm very sorry about this matter."

"Governor Yang is serious. I don't seem to feel that I have been wronged." Qin Hai replied with a smile.

"This time, you are the first to see through the Japanese conspiracy. This is the consensus between Commander Yue and I. However, your role was not highlighted in the report provided by the province to the central government, so I need to tell you Apologize." Yang Yihe said frankly. When a person does something wrong, he will always have some uneasy conscience, and he is in this state now.

Qin Haidao: "I don't dare to accept Governor Yang's apology. The province must have a deep meaning in doing so. I dare not complain."

Yang Yihe said: "The impact of this incident is too bad. Up to me, the governor, down to the relevant leaders of the Foreign Affairs Office and Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, no one has the least vigilance against Kawashima Ichiro's behavior .If you and Professor Li Linguang hadn't been so persistent, our province would have lost all face. The province will definitely not be able to report such things truthfully, so we need to have some spring and autumn style of writing, and at the same time downplay your role. I hope you can do this understand."

Qin Hai couldn't help laughing, Yang Yihe's words were straightforward enough. Thinking about it, even the officials of a province didn't find the problem. In the end, it was a graduate of a technical school who warned everyone. If this kind of thing spread to the central government, how could the whole Anhe province be embarrassed? The current way of dealing with it, assigning the credit to the provincial leaders, city leaders, and factory leaders, has turned a scandal of collective deception into a glorious event with far-sightedness and strategic planning.

To put it in a more general way, it means that one Qin Hai has been wronged, and thousands of officials have been benefited. Qin Hai's merits are boundless.

"I don't care whether I have credit or not, but the province should have an attitude towards those cadres who worship foreigners. Director Zeng of the Foreign Affairs Office and Director Wang of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant knew that Ichiro Kawashima had problems. They also plan to drive me and Factory Manager Ning away forcibly. If such behavior can not be punished, but can be praised instead, then no one will dare to speak out.” Qin Hai said.

Yang Yihe waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, the province will see the behavior of the relevant personnel in this incident. After this incident, we will deal with Zeng Yongtao and Wang Yiqiao, who are seriously responsible. Comrades deal with it seriously, at the very least they have to be transferred from important posts. By the way, the Foreign Affairs Office has already reported to me that they think that the translator named Liu Xuping is no longer suitable for foreign affairs work. Transferred to the provincial library to do the cataloging of Japanese documents."

"Governor Yang really knows people well." Qin Hai said in a teasing tone.

Qin Hai is not a person who likes to hold grudges, but for Zeng Yongtao, Liu Xuping and others, he has a feeling of disgust and always hopes that they will be punished as they should. Hearing that the province intends to deal with these people seriously, Qin Hai felt much relieved. In contrast, he doesn't particularly care whether he himself appears in the application materials to the central government.

"The province is also very clear about your contribution in this matter. Although it is not appropriate to publicly praise you, the province can give you some rewards in other ways. Tell me, what do you hope for? What about the reward?" Yang Yihe asked.

Qin Hai shook his head and said, "I don't need any rewards. Governor Yang's affirmation of my work is already the greatest reward for me."

"Haha, Lao Yue also said that you can't talk, but I think you can talk very well." Yang Yihe laughed, and after laughing for a while, he said again: "Forget it, this question is not suitable for you. The province owes you a favor, I will write it down first, and I will consider you when I have a suitable opportunity in the future."

"Then I would like to thank Governor Yang." Qin Hai bowed and said.

"Xiao Qin, I heard from Commander Yue that you have a lot of experience in steelmaking, isn't that true?" After Yang Yihe finished talking about Ichiro Kawashima, he diverted the conversation to another topic.

Qin Haidao: "I studied casting in technical school, and steelmaking is one of our professional courses. I usually like to read some professional books, so I do have some insights on steelmaking."

Yang Yihe asked: "Do you know the situation of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant?"

Qin Hai was taken aback for a moment, not understanding why Yang Yihe would ask such a question. He thought for a while and said: "I don't know much about Beixi Iron and Steel Works. However, most of the steel used in our Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory comes from Beixi Iron and Steel Plant. As far as I can see, the quality of these steels is not good. Too much."

Yang Yihe nodded heavily, and said: "You are quite right. The province has high hopes for Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, but over the years, the production status of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant has been unsatisfactory. The quality of the steel you said is not good. Qualified is only one aspect of it. Another aspect is that the output of the Beixi Iron and Steel Plant has been lingering, which has seriously affected various infrastructure activities in the province. I came to Beixi this time to take the opportunity to beat them of."

"But... what does this matter have to do with me?" Qin Hai was a little puzzled.

Yang Yihe said: "I would like to ask you to use your ability to turn stones into gold and give Beixi Iron and Steel Plant a pulse."