CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection recently reported five cases that middle-ranking cadres violated the eight central regulations, and five corrupt senior officials generally had access to private clubs. Four clubs and hotels, including Beijing Huishang Hometown Hotel, were named, which was rare in previous reports.
According to the circular, from 2013 to the beginning of 2016, Wang Yang, a member of the former party group and deputy director of the Standing Committee of Liaoning Provincial People’s Congress, was invited by a private business owner three times to accept banquets at the hometown hotel of Huishang in Beijing and the residence of the business owner.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily found that the hometown of Huizhou merchants has five stores in Beijing. Are the dishes in this restaurant luxurious? Why are the problem officials noticed and named by the discipline inspection department after spending here? The reporter’s investigation found that the appearance of these hotels is very low-key, but the interior is mainly private rooms, and the space is private. The dishes range from ordinary home cooking to a table of 10,000 yuan.
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There is little difference between low-key hotels and mid-range hotels.
The hometown of Huizhou merchants is an enterprise established by Anhui Huangshan Tourism Development Co., Ltd. in Beijing, and has opened five branches in Beijing. The reporters of Beiqing Daily visited five stores respectively and found that the general appearance of these stores was relatively low-key and there was no gorgeous decoration. Houhai Store, the hometown of Huizhou merchants, is located in gulou west Street on the north side of Houhai. On the north side of a narrow road, the hotel is a four-story building with a small area. The dense leaves in front of the door almost block the hotel. Low-key is also the "advantage" that staff talk about. The staff said that there are such shops next to Houhai, with small storefronts, neither a five-star hotel nor a club that looks very high-end.
The Chaonei branch, located at No.2, Nanxiaojie Street, Chaoyangmen, is the flagship store of Huizhou merchants’ hometown in Beijing. Outside the main entrance of the restaurant is an archway made of bricks, wood and stone carvings, which is a typical Huizhou architectural style. The interior decoration of the restaurant is also very rich in Anhui characteristics. The storefront of Sanlihe Road Store, the hometown of Huizhou merchants, is also unobtrusive, and the design of the store is mainly based on the unique gray and white color of Huizhou architecture. The decoration style of Yuanda Road Store, the hometown of Huizhou merchants, is different from other branches. The store is located on the first floor of Qingqing Commercial Building on Yuanda Road, which is inconspicuous.
The antique private rooms are mainly private and sound-proof
The reporter of Beiqing Daily found that most of the private rooms are the main features of this restaurant. These private rooms generally have televisions, and some large private rooms also have antique desks and other furnishings. Sanlihe Store has many private rooms, the lobby is only 40 square meters, but there are 26 private rooms. The same is true of Houhai Store. In addition to the public dining space on the first floor, there are private rooms on the second, third and fourth floors, and there is a private room on the terrace on the fourth floor. You can see the hutong outside through the large glass window, which is quite comfortable and is also a popular private room. A six-room private room in Guang ‘anmen Store is uniformly paved with wooden floors, equipped with solid wood chairs, and a wooden screen is used to create a Huizhou-style architectural style. All the boxes are equipped with separate bathrooms, and this six-person private room is also equipped with a special tea room area.
Yuanda Road Store has a large private room named "Luzhou", which covers an area of about 30 square meters. There is a solid wood dining table made of Chinese rosewood in the middle of the room, and there are 16 chairs on the side. On the other side is a set of Chinese wooden sofa made of the same material. There is also a wooden antique shelf on the wall at the back of the sofa, on which several ceramic antiques are placed, and a small hollow wooden screen is separated between the dining area and the rest area.
The waiter of a branch told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that the box was the first choice for customers to book because of its privacy and good sound insulation.
Small tomatoes in 58 yuan are selling puffer fish and swordfish.
What’s the price of the food in this restaurant? The menu of Houhai Store shows that there are high, medium and low-priced dishes, ranging from home-cooked dishes with a price of 40 yuan to 50 yuan, as well as dishes with a price of several hundred yuan, such as Huangshan Shaoshuangshi with a price of 468 yuan, Liaoshen with a price of more than 100 yuan, and Yangtze saury with a price of 198 yuan. This kind of fish is often fried to a higher price in some places. In Chaonei store, the prices of several famous Anhui dishes are mostly above 100 yuan, such as Huizhou Stinkfish 268/ case and Hu Shi Yipin Pot 168/ case. In addition, there are also sea cucumber dishes that charge by the place, and the price ranges from several hundred yuan.
The specialty dishes of Sanlihe Store are mainly from 200 yuan to 400 yuan, and there are also relatively expensive dishes, such as "Li Hongzhang Health Club", which is priced at 298 yuan/person, and guests need 888 yuan if they order a whole meal. In the menu of Guang ‘anmen Store, the most expensive dish is a dish named "Yangtze shad", which is about one catty in size and priced at 498 yuan/case. Except for puffer fish, rare fish and other typical dishes with high price per head, the price of Anhui specialty dishes in this hotel is not high, generally not exceeding that of 100 yuan. However, the cold dishes in this restaurant are generally priced on the high side. A small persimmon is priced at 58 yuan/serving and a pig’s head is priced at 88 yuan/serving. Mr. Chen, the business manager of Guang ‘anmen Store, said that the average per capita consumption of this hotel is around 200 yuan, which is already a relatively high-end Chinese food price. If there are special needs, the hotel can provide catering and ordering services. He told the reporter of Beiqing Daily: "We can get 10,000 yuan for a table for ten people, excluding drinks, and more dishes."
The drinks provided by many stores include high-end brands, such as Feitian Maotai, which costs more than 2,000 yuan a bottle. Waiters in many stores said that there was a 15% service charge for all private rooms, but the dishes were no different from those in the lobby.
The operation has not been significantly affected by the notification.
After Wan Qingliang, former member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of Guangzhou Municipal Committee, was investigated by CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on suspicion of serious violation of discipline and law, the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately raided the private clubs he set foot in and shut down many clubs. Beijing has also launched a special campaign to rectify the unhealthy trend of clubs, and some high-end clubs have been transformed into cheap hotels for civilians.
The staff of a store in the hometown of Huizhou merchants said that in their view, their store is relatively civilian and open to the public. It does not belong to the nature of high-end private clubs that are only open to a few people, so it does not belong to the category of rectification. There has been no special movement in recent years.
The staff of Houhaidian said that they had never heard that their restaurant appeared in the notification of the officials who had fallen off the horse, nor did they know when the leading cadre had eaten in the store, nor did they feel any obvious changes in the past few days.
The staff of Guang ‘anmen Store said that the store had just opened for one year, and the eight central regulations had been promulgated at that time. Usually, people who looked like officials came to eat. The person also claimed to have seen officials from a certain Beijing office come to dinner, but there was not much extravagance and waste. Regarding the impact of the eight regulations issued by the central government on the business, the staff of Yuanda Road Store said that these will definitely have a more or less impact on the hotel. Many people will not come, and now they can’t eat and drink with public funds as before, but he thinks that the store is an ordinary middle-and high-end hotel chain, not a private club, and the business is still normal at present.
Can provide small invoices without serial numbers.
A staff member of Houhaidian said that it is not clear how many customers are leading cadres and have not been inspected by discipline inspection. The staff member said that if the inspectors came for an unannounced visit, they might not know it, but they had never encountered such insightful work as checking invoices. Some staff members said that they had not heard of the news that the hotel appeared in the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection bulletin. It was the first time that they heard about it, because it had never been inspected, so there was no need to tamper with it.
Regarding the recent criticism from CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the reporter of Beiqing Daily asked if he would pay attention to it. The staff of Guang ‘anmen Store said that some people would ask them to issue small invoices when they finished spending. He said that the method of multiple sheets in small amounts is safer, and hotels can cooperate with the opening of small invoices. When the reporter of Beiqing Daily said that the invoice denomination was too large to be handled well, the sales staff of Chaonei Store revealed that although the invoice content can only be used for meals, it can be divided into several parts, and it can be disconnected. "Don’t worry, we are all cheap restaurants here and have never been checked."
Text/reporter Zhao Tingting Li Zewei Trainee reporter Jiang Ruojing Lei Ruojun
