At two or three in the morning, Xiao Chen from the security department of the agricultural machinery factory walked into the guard room, patted Da Mao who was sleeping on the table, and said, "MD, I watched a movie tonight and I was very angry. I can't sleep now. You go back to the dormitory. I'll stay here tonight."
Da Mao was so sleepy that he said sleepily, "Thanks, buddy. I'll go back to sleep." He walked to the door and turned back to ask, "What movie are you watching that's so exciting?"
“It seems to be played by Ye Something Qing, whose name is Wo Ben Jia Ren. She looks very energetic, with that figure, that tongue, wow…” In Qingzhou dialect, energetic means cool.
The aftertaste expression on Xiao Chen's face hurt Da Mao, and he muttered, "Remember to call me next time you go to see me." After that, he yawned and staggered away.
There was no moon tonight, and if I didn't take a flashlight with me when I went out, I wouldn't be able to find my stuff. The entire farm machinery factory was silent, with the occasional night wind blowing through the treetops, making a rustling sound. Damao had been walking for more than ten minutes, and Xiao Chen guessed that he had fallen asleep in the dormitory. He looked around and saw nothing was happening, so he opened the small iron door on the side of the guardhouse and shone his flashlight into the distance. Four or five people walked quickly from the darkness, nodded to Xiao Chen, and quietly entered the farm machinery factory.
Xia Fugui, Wei Gang's confidant, lowered his head and mixed in with the four people, following in silently. When they turned to the office building, Xiao Chen heavily spat at Xia Fugui's back and cursed in a low voice: "MB, wasn't your grandson very awesome before? You scolded whoever you caught, what's wrong with you now, you're still a grandson?"
The next morning, just as Wei Gang entered the factory, a workshop director ran over to intercept him and said in a panic, "Director Wei, something bad has happened. The workers are making trouble."
"Why are you panicking? What's there to panic about? They've rebelled!" Wei Gang was still very dignified in front of his subordinates. He walked in calmly without changing his expression, and asked calmly, "What's going on? Tell me slowly. The sky won't fall!"
"You... your office was pried open last night, and a list was posted. It was said that it was... the list of laid-off personnel that you finalized..."
Wei Gang suddenly stopped, a loud noise blasted through his mind, and he almost lost his balance. He trembled and asked, "What?"
Although the agricultural machinery factory has not yet reached the point of difficulty, the city's intention is very clear, and the reorganization and layoffs are almost certain. Zhang Changqing has been the factory director for his whole life. He didn't want to retire at the age of retirement, and was scolded by employees. At the beginning of this year, he claimed to be sick and hid in a sanatorium.
Wei Gang also took this opportunity to take over the position. He was given the power of personnel and finance in the agricultural machinery factory. With his strict administrative style, he managed to maintain the stability of the agricultural machinery factory for a year, leaving a good impression on the city. Not long ago, I heard from my uncle Wei Chenfeng that as long as he could stand his last shift and solve the layoff problem of the agricultural machinery factory, he would be transferred to the deputy director of the Light Industry Bureau. The deputy director was just a transition. When the current director retired in two years, he would be the designated leader.
As for who should be employed and who should not be employed, it is not a problem at all. Over the years, he has a group of confidants, lackeys, and lovers to arrange. In addition, those who are perceptive, quick-witted, and nimble have come to the door to talk about friendship, and he cannot accept gifts and not do things. And those who have connections in the upper levels have asked people to make a call, so he cannot refuse to do things. The factory has more than 400 people in total, and only one-fifth of the quota is reserved, so there are not many indicators.
The list was roughly finalized a few days ago. Some of them need to be adjusted depending on the situation. Some people who are long-tempered, difficult to talk to, unreasonable, and naughty need to be dealt with slowly. The final list will be announced only when we are sure that the situation is under control. But I didn't know that it was that damn guy who poked the sky with a hole.
Wei Gang's face turned pale, and he no longer cared about his leader's demeanor, and ran to the office building. A workshop director curled his lips, complained in his heart, and hurriedly followed. There was a large group of people gathered under the office building, men, women, young and old, and all kinds of voices were stirring back and forth in the wide open space, making it so noisy that it made people panic. Seeing Wei Gang, the crowd rushed up and instantly drowned him.
"Director Wei, is the list real?"
"Wei Gang, explain to me clearly why you want me to be laid off?"
"B--I'm telling you, if you dare to make me leave, I'll go to the city and sue you!"
"Don't think we don't know about your deeds! You ruined the factory and still want to get promoted? No way!"
"That's it! That's it!"
Wei Gang's face was livid and he said nothing. The buttons on his straight suit fell off due to the shoving. Finally, he squeezed out of the crowd under the protection of the security department. When they arrived at the office, Xiao Chen from the security department said, "After a preliminary inspection, it seems that people from the factory wanted to come in and steal some money and things. They pried open three offices in total, but didn't find anything valuable. As a result, they posted this list to vent their anger."
Damao violated the security system last night and secretly switched positions with Xiaochen, which led to this incident. He dared not say anything and echoed, "It must be. I was on duty last night and no outsiders entered the factory. It must be someone from the factory. Others don't know the importance of this list."
The head of the security department asked in a low voice: "Director Wei, do you think we should call the police? We dare not make a decision without instructions."
Wei Gang shook his head. What he needed to do now was to appease the employees and avoid doing anything that would exacerbate the conflict. He said, "Since nothing was lost, forget it. Call a meeting immediately with the factory leaders, workshop directors, and shift leaders who are at home."
In just two days of the weekend, rumors that the agricultural machinery factory was about to lay off employees intensified. It was said that only one-tenth of the employees would be retained in the end, and the list had been decided long ago. All those who had a good relationship with Director Wei and had given gifts to him were retained. In particular, several female employees who had a close relationship with Wei Gang were on the exposed list of people who stayed in the factory. Because Ding Mei's husband worked in the Municipal Party Committee, female colleagues would call from time to time to ask if the matter was true or not. Ding Mei, who had been warmly advised, naturally said that it was true. Didn't everyone know that I had offended Director Wei some time ago? Now even I have to prepare another way out. When they heard that even Ding Mei, whose husband was the deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee, could not stay because she had offended Wei Gang, there was a lot of discussion and noise, and some people deliberately spread rumors, and all kinds of rumors were rampant.
Although they knew that the factory would be closed down someday, they did not expect that when the day came, people would still be so panicked, and most of them felt like they had lost their parents. Some of these people had worked in the factory all their lives, some were children of the factory and grew up here, and some took over their parents' jobs. The factory was almost everything to them. It was gone all of a sudden, and many people felt at a loss.
The anxious crowd finally erupted, and for two days in a row, groups of people blocked the factory director's office and demanded an explanation from Wei Gang. Wei Gang had to appease the employees during the day and his mistress at night. He had originally intended to keep these women, but in this case, he had to cross out one or two to avoid suspicion.
But who should be included and who should not be included? All this made Wei Gang very anxious.
On Sunday night, he received a call from Xia Fugui, who invited him to go to Dajiangdong to relax. Wei Gang didn't want to go, but he couldn't resist Xia Fugui's soft and hard persuasion. He was basically satisfied with this follower. In addition, he was very upset in the past two days, so he agreed to go. After dinner and drinking good wine, Xia Fugui said that he found a new place with fun things to do. This was their routine after-dinner program. Wei Gang didn't think much about it and followed him into a bath center called "Xiushuiwan".
These things were usually arranged by Xia Fugui, and there had never been any mistakes. After taking a bath and massaging his feet, Wei Gang took a girl to the private room to have fun. This place was really good. The girl was good-looking and had first-class business skills. Before they even entered the alley, she had already teased him impatiently. After taking off their clothes in a few seconds, Wei Gang was about to go all the way, but the girl blushed and pushed him, saying, "This is my first time, you... you be gentle..."
Wei Gang didn't take this little trick in the romantic world seriously, and said jokingly: "The flower path has never been swept for guests, and the door is now open for you. The first time is the best, as long as it is not the first time today, I will give you a big red envelope."
Just as he finished speaking, the door was slammed open and several security guards rushed in like wolves and tigers. Without saying a word, they pushed Wei Gang down on the bed. There was also a man who looked like a reporter holding a camera and took more than a dozen close-up photos.
Usually, this kind of reporter is only available when the city organizes a large-scale operation. Wei Gang did not think about it, thinking that it was just bad luck and happened to encounter the city's anti-prostitution campaign, so he took out some money and wanted to solve it privately. Unexpectedly, the reporter took a few more photos, which confirmed the two crimes of prostitution and bribery. The girl saw that the situation was not good and actually changed her words on the spot and said that he raped her. Wei Gang was furious and shouted that he would call their leader. The leading joint defense officer rejected his request with a righteous face. Wei Gang was dumbfounded and realized that he had hit a wall tonight.
When he was taken to the police station in charge of the location of "Xiu Shui Wan", the famous Deputy Director Liu of the Municipal Bureau was on night duty and was inspecting here. Wei Gang's face turned pale immediately. He had no friendship with Liu Tianlai, and he had heard that Liu Tianlai would not be persuaded by soft or hard tactics and hated evil. No one would be able to escape from his hands.
Wei Gang had originally decided that at most he would be fined and detained for one night, and then he could just make up a name to get away with it. But now that he had met Liu Tianlai, all his fantasies were shattered.
There was a row of people squatting in the police station, all of them were the prostitutes caught in this area tonight. Liu Tianlai walked up to Wei Gang, with a look of shock on his face, and asked in surprise: "Oh, isn't this the deputy director Wei of the agricultural machinery factory?"