I'm back in 1990

Chapter 921: The Water Is Too Muddy

Meanwhile, the six-member review team in southwestern Sichuan was waiting for a reply from above at their hotel.

They didn't know how to handle this situation either, since they were only responsible for testing, not for handling specific tasks.

"Professor Sun, Engineer Qian, you are experts. Does this situation constitute a violation of regulations?" Ji Chonghao looked at Sun Jianqiu and Qian Xing, hoping to get some answers.

Sun Jianqiu remained silent, while Qian Xing scratched his head in distress. This situation was indeed quite complicated. According to the regulations, there were no quality requirements for the school building, as it met the lower limit of the building code requirements.

However, according to the design requirements of the Sany Foundation, it certainly does not meet the requirements. However, the design requirements of the Sany Foundation do not have legal effect, that is to say, they are not mandatory requirements.

But the Sany Foundation actually spent so much real money! Judging from the current situation, not all of that money was used for the construction of these school buildings. Where it went is self-evident. But they were only entrusted to conduct a follow-up inspection. They are not the disciplinary inspection department, so this matter is not their business.

Zhai Yong was indignant. He said angrily, "Although the school buildings we built do meet the standards, where did the money that was saved go?" His meaning was quite clear.

Sun Jianqiu glared at his student with dissatisfaction. Zhai Yong was young and inexperienced, but he was different. This was obviously a case of collusion between superiors and subordinates, involving many people. Otherwise, these school buildings wouldn't have been built like this. Only seasoned veterans could do this. Besides, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. After all, they were still on someone else's turf.

So the situation here is a bit murky, and he definitely doesn't want to get involved. He's just doing what he's asked and doesn't want to get into any unnecessary trouble.

Although Zhu Yunzhu didn't say anything, her gaze towards Zhai Yong was somewhat strange. Was this still her timid and cowardly junior brother? She never expected him to have such a strong sense of justice.

However, after glancing at Zhai Yong again, she noticed that he was glancing at Fu Ying out of the corner of his eye. Well! So he wanted to show off in front of the girl! This guy, but then again, his courage is commendable.

Since arriving in Wuxia County yesterday, they have been warmly received by Deputy County Head Du Qihong, Construction Bureau Director Ma Cheng, and contractor He Bi, among others. They had to admit that this was the most grand reception they had received since they left the county.

Moreover, the other party had prepared a lot of gifts and even wanted to give each of them a red envelope. Although Zhu Yunzhu didn't take any, she wasn't blind; the red envelopes were quite thick.

Zhu Yunzhu sensed that there was some ulterior motive behind this overly enthusiastic reception. Sure enough, the next day, during an inspection of the county's first school donated by the Sany Foundation, problems were discovered.

Although the other party had taken many precautions beforehand, Sun Jianqiu and Qian Xing could tell at a glance based on their years of professional experience. Moreover, Fu Ying had also brought a scanner, which was more advanced and highly accurate than the one Zhai Yong had brought.

During the inspection, they found that compared with the design requirements of the Sany Foundation, the number of longitudinal steel bars in those columns had been significantly reduced. After further testing with a scanner, they initially believed that the other party may have used steel bars of lower specifications.

The spacing of the stirrups at the main beam joints was also increased, and the horizontal distribution of steel bars in the shear wall was reduced. These problems were not visible on the surface, but they could not escape the detection of the scanner brought by Fu Ying. After calculation, they were certain that the school was not built according to the design requirements of the Trinity Foundation, but it met all the requirements of the building code.

At the time, they did not publicly announce the data in front of those people, but silently recorded it, because the situation was complicated and they could only truthfully inform Ji Chonghao of Sany Foundation after summarizing it later.

As for decision-making, that's not their job.

Back at the hotel, Ji Chonghao learned about the situation from Sun Jianqiu and others. He was immediately overwhelmed and, without hesitation, contacted his superior, Zhou Chengyu, the chairman of the Sany Foundation. He truthfully explained the situation to Zhou Chengyu. He understood that this was not a problem Ji Chonghao could solve alone; he knew the stakes involved were high.

Moreover, he realized that even if he didn't say anything, his superiors would know everything. The reason was simple: who had ever seen a new employee who had only been with the company for a little over a year bring a state-of-the-art scanning and testing instrument on a business trip?

If Fu Ying didn't have a powerful background, Ji Chonghao would dare to gouge out her eyes and stomp on them.

After several twists and turns, the news was reported to Huang Xiaochuan.

After Huang Xiaochuan returned home, he immediately made a phone call to Zhou Chengyu, the chairman of the Sany Foundation.

Zhou Chengyu was constantly on edge, mainly because he was frightened. In the end, he was responsible for this matter because Huang Xiaochuan had insisted that the foundation should take the lead in designing the blueprints and approving the construction plan before allocating funds step by step.

However, due to the limited manpower of the foundation at the time and the large number of schools to be built, following the original method would have resulted in a large workload, and the foundation's annual donation and construction plan might not have been completed.

To address this, Zhou Chengyu simplified the process, only requiring the construction company to design and construct according to the foundation's design requirements. He would allocate funds according to the construction progress, believing that he could simply withhold the funds if the quality was substandard. However, he did not expect that someone would take advantage of the loophole.

Huang Xiaochuan could guess that there must have been some oversight, but now was not the time to investigate the responsibility. Instead, he needed to confirm the situation again.

After receiving the call from his boss, Zhou Chengyu greeted him with utmost respect: "Mr. Huang!"

Huang Xiaochuan didn't waste any time with pleasantries and directly instructed, "Have the review team conduct a review of the next school according to the plan, and then report the results to me."

He hung up the phone after saying that, while Zhou Chengyu was covered in sweat.

He dared not delay and immediately called Ji Chonghao to convey the boss's instructions.

Huang Xiaochuan also couldn't sleep all night because of this. He was worried that Yu Xiang would find out, so he didn't dare to toss and turn in bed. Instead, he closed his eyes and thought about what to do.

The next morning, the review team arrived at Qingyan Town Middle School as planned.

Just like the schools mentioned earlier, there were already people waiting at the school gate.

Upon seeing their car, the people immediately came to greet them.