Million-dollar rent contract

　　"The 12 stores have a total annual rent of 10,000 yuan, the lease term is 20 years, and the rent remains unchanged." Not long ago, when the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Ruian City, Zhejiang Province carried out a special inspection of village-level finance, a distressed house in Shayangshang Village The lease contract attracted the attention of the inspectors.

With the deepening of the investigation, the tricks of the "million price difference" behind this lease contract gradually surfaced.

　　In 2009, Shayangshang Village, Ruian City, Zhejiang Province, in order to solve the housing problem of the village’s needy households, the village collectives and villagers raised funds to build 12 relief houses, and agreed that the ownership of the 12 stores on the first floor of these relief houses belonged to Shayangshang Village. The village collective.

At that time, the collective economy of Shayangshang Village was weak and there was no source of income in the village. The "two committees" of the village decided to open the 12 stores for rent, but they were left vacant for three years without anyone interested.

　　Until the first half of 2012, when Xie Shipei, a villager in Shayangshang Village who was doing business abroad, returned to the village and saw the leasing announcement, he approached the then village party branch secretary Xie Yongguo and his village friend Xie Mouzhao to discuss: "We three of us have joined forces to combine these 12 houses. The store is rented at a low price, and then you can operate it yourself or sublet it to earn the difference. It will definitely make a profit without losing it!" The three hit it off.

　　In order to conceal others' eyes, Xie Yongguo and Xie Shipei and Xie Mouzhao reached an agreement to rent 12 stores in the name of Xie Shipei, and the rent and income were equally divided among the three.

　　In order to reduce the "investment cost" and increase the "profit space", Xie Yongguo and Xie Shipei sang a "double reed". Xie Shipei proposed at the village "two committees" meeting that to solve the problem of vacant housing, we would like to 12 stores were rented at a rent of 10,000 yuan, and Xie Yongguo understood it and agreed on the spot.

Therefore, in the second half of 2012, without a collective vote by the villagers' congress, Xie Shipei signed a lease with the village at a low price of 10,000 yuan per year for a lease term of up to 20 years.

　　"The members of the'two committees' of individual villages have put forward opinions that the rent is too low. If the market price is used, the total annual rent of these 12 stores can reach about 60,000 yuan, and at least 1.2 million yuan can be generated for the village in 20 years. But thank you Yongguo signed the lease contract, and the others did not object." The village cadres who were present at the time revealed to the investigators.

　　Later, Xie Shipei was elected as the secretary of the Party branch of the village. In order to conceal the public’s attention and manage this “stable profit without loss” business for a long time, Xie Shipei discussed with Xie Yongguo and Xie Mouzhao, and continued to lease these 12 shops in the name of Xie Mouzhao Storefront.

　　In March 2021, Xie Shipei and Xie Yongguo's "business experience" was seen through by investigators. In the end, the two were severely warned and punished by the party for violating the integrity and discipline, and the income from the violation was returned to the village collective. (Chen Zhiwei, correspondent of this newspaper)