He is the notorious tobacco giant He Zehua, who has amassed a staggering 1 billion yuan in total wealth. What is even more shocking is that He Zehua did not stop after his retirement and continued to use the network resources at hand to make a big profit. Even before he was arrested, he was ashamed to say, "In my area, no one dares to mess with me." But he never expected that after retiring for so long, there would be an incident in the east window, which is exactly what he said: Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky! He Zehua has worked in the tobacco industry all his life, and he has also been greedy all his life. He is 70 years old this year, and he can only face the iron cage and regret the rest of his life in tears.
He Zehua's corruption is deep-rooted, and he uses his power and tobacco resources to trade power for money, and is suspected of two crimes: one is accepting bribes, and the other is using influence to accept bribes. There are three things that are particularly shocking about the facts of his crime. The first is that in the past 26 years, the amount of money accumulated has reached 943 million yuan! More than 37 million yuan has been easily earned every year, and the daily income has exceeded 100,000 yuan! This number has been among the best in tobacco cases over the years. According to the data of the Bureau of Statistics, in 2023, the per capita disposable income of residents in the country will be 39,218 yuan, which means that an ordinary worker will have to work for 24,045 years to earn so much. According to a 2016 report by Hospital Circle, the average annual income of a tertiary hospital in an ordinary prefecture-level city is 510 million yuan. Roughly calculated, He Zehua's greed for 943 million can almost support such a hospital to treat the poor for free for a whole year. When the people saw this, how panicked were they in their hearts?
The second shocking point is that there are many ways to collect money: from contracting business for enterprises, from employee recruitment to job promotion, He Zehua has played every channel in the palm of his hand. It can be said that there is a way to be greedy for money, and the wealth is rolling.
The third shocking point is: He Zehua has been corrupt since 1998, and he will not be investigated until January 2023, a full 26 years, during this period, he has been promoted all the way, he has been greedy all the way, and his methods are so secretive that no one has found out!
He Zehua, born in 1954, a native of Huaiyin, Jiangsu, was a textile worker in his early years, working in Siyang Cotton Mill, Jiangsu. Because of his good writing, he first worked as a secretary in the factory, and then was promoted to the head of the propaganda section, and finally rose all the way from deputy director to factory director. In 1990, 36-year-old He Zehua became the second-in-command of Huaiyin County. A year later, He Zehua began to move to the tobacco field, serving as the director of a cigarette factory in Huaiyin, Jiangsu Province, and later promoted to deputy director of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau. In 2000, at the age of 46, he was sent to Anhui to serve as the director of the Tobacco Bureau. In 2003, he stepped into the Tobacco Bureau of the national unit and served as the deputy director. In 2013, at the age of 60, he retired, thinking that he could enjoy his family in peace, but who knew that ten years later, he had to face the backlash brought by the wanton accumulation of wealth. After He Zehua's collapse, the huge family business network behind him was also exposed. They undertook the tobacco packaging business in many places, continuously expanded the industry, and established factories. And not only Ho Zehua, his brothers also control a number of companies under their names, covering a variety of fields such as packaging, wine and real estate.
As we all know, the tobacco industry is not only a big taxpayer, but also an industry with amazing profits. In 2022, China's tobacco tax will exceed 1.4 trillion yuan, which can be compared to 20 Huawei, 23 Moutai, and even more than "two barrels of oil". Tobacco tax revenue accounts for almost 8% of the country's total tax revenue, making it an out-and-out large taxpayer. Therefore, this kind of "fat shortage" industry naturally many people want to get in, so inbreeding is particularly serious in this industry. Moreover, every link of tobacco is linked to performance indicators, which leads to the fact that power is always concentrated in the hands of a few people, and some people can't hold it, so it is particularly easy to be overwhelmed and go into the abyss!
Therefore, in recent years, the tobacco anti-corruption storm has risen again and again. A bunch of executives have already been sanctioned. In May 2021, Pan Jiahua of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, although he has been retired for 9 years, is still under investigation. Not only did he make a lot of money, but he also used the "shadow company" to help the bosses of private enterprises seek personal gains, and cronyism, arranging relatives and friends into the system. In 2019, Zhao Hongshun, deputy director of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, was also found out. He used his power to collude with illegal private entrepreneurs, amassed 90.32 million yuan, and was sentenced to life. A 2021 TV special exposed his tongue-smacking behavior. Zhao Hongshun not only hoarded more than 2,900 bottles of Moutai, but also a large number of celebrity calligraphy and paintings, jade, watches, etc. At noon that day, he also feasted with the boss of a private company, drank a bottle of 50-year-old Moutai, and slept like thunder in the bureau that night, which is really ridiculous!
In March this year, He Zehua's case was put on trial, but the amount of money involved in the case was too large, and the court did not pronounce the verdict on the spot. He Zehua was full of remorse in court and confessed his crime. But does this work, and will the common people forgive? I have found that such sinful people always behave at the last moment in a heart-wrenching and heart-touching manner, as if they had truly repented. Then why bother in the first place?
In the face of such a big predator in the tobacco industry, what kind of verdict do you think is fair? China's tobacco industry contributes as much as 1.5 trillion yuan every year, and every minute of this money must be used precisely in the key areas of national development. If anyone dares to touch the crooked thoughts of this money, he must face the thunderous blow of the state! Such people must be severely punished. They are the moths of society, harming the people and the country. In my opinion, this kind of person, what should be sentenced to death, at least indefinitely. These guys, if they are officials and don't make decisions for the people, they might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. We have to eradicate this pest in one fell swoop, only in this way can society be more fair, and resources can be truly distributed fairly. He Zehua's case shows that whether they are in office or retired, whether they are monopolistic or ordinary, the evildoers have nowhere to hide in the end.