After the meeting, Lin Mai was about to adjourn the meeting when a man who looked like a cadre burst in with an anxious look on his face.
When he saw Zheng Xudong, he said: "Oh no, Mr. Zheng, Manager Gao is going to start fighting with the people from the light factory!"
Lin Mai's face suddenly became heavy.
Gao Yuanzhong used to be involved in the underworld with Chen Feng, and he was also an effective general.
If he tried to teach people in the light factory a lesson, Lin Mai was afraid that he would be so angry that he would not be serious about it and would injure or maim them.
If that happens, it will be very difficult to deal with.
She immediately stood up and said to the little cadre-looking person: "Take us to the scene!"
The man who looked like a junior cadre didn't know Lin Mai, so he looked at her up and down, and then at Zheng Xudong.
Zheng Xudong introduced: "She is our President Lin."
The man who looked like a junior cadre quickly called out, "Hello, Mr. Lin."
He introduced himself again: "I am Liu Changqing, manager Gao's subordinate."
Lin Mai, Zheng Xudong and several male cadres drove company cars and arrived at the scene of the incident under the leadership of Liu Changqing.
On the plateau, a large group of migrant workers with weapons in their hands were storming the large iron gate of the light factory.
A dozen employees of the light factory used high-pressure water cannons from fire hydrants to shoot at them on the plateau, forcing them not to get close to the big iron gate.
Other employees were also holding big wrenches and steel bars in their hands, waiting for them.
Those who stood at the front on the plateau were all shocked and their hearts were in high spirits.
But no one took a step back, staring at the people inside the iron gate with blood-red eyes.
Lin Mai saw this posture and realized that if the two sides really started fighting, there would definitely be casualties, and there would be more than one or two.
She didn't wait for the car to stop, so she jumped out of the car and shouted through the loudspeaker: "Don't be impulsive, please go and call the police."
He also ordered Gao Yuanzhong: "Send all employees who are wet to the hospital for examination. Those who need injections should be given injections, and those who should take medicine should take medicine.
It’s winter and you’re so drenched in water. If a cold or fever causes pneumonia, that’s not a trivial matter!”
Gao Yuanzhong understood and immediately arranged for people to send all the migrant workers whose clothes got wet to the hospital.
Then he walked up to Lin Mai dejectedly and said guiltily: "Mr. Lin, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have believed the words of Factory Director Hu.
The house was delivered and I didn’t get back even a penny of the construction money~”
Lin Mai said with a cold face: "You are indeed so wrong. How can people who are in the world believe others so easily?
We will deal with your matter later, and solve the immediate matter first."
About a hundred people waited in the cold wind for almost a quarter of an hour before a few police officers arrived belatedly.
I learned about the case as soon as I arrived. I heard it was a financial dispute, and the police said it was a headache.
Economic disputes are the most difficult to mediate, but even if they are difficult to mediate, they must be mediated.
The police asked the guard to open the door. They wanted to find Factory Director Hu to resolve this financial dispute.
The guard refused to open the door and said angrily to several police officers: "You are looking for Factory Director Hu, but we are still looking for him, and we haven't been paid our wages yet."
If you find Factory Director Hu, you must urge him to pay us wages."
Several police officers turned to Lin Mai and spread their hands: "Director Hu has run away."
Lin Mai looked at the police officers expressionlessly, and then gave the guard a cold look.
The doorman had a provocative expression on his face, "I won't open the door, what can you do to me?", and he understood everything in his heart.
Although many state-owned factories in this era were not operating well and could not pay wages, it did happen that factory leaders took the money and ran away.
But Lin Mai didn't believe that Factory Director Hu, a good factory director who deceived the plateau for the sake of housing for the factory workers, would abandon the factory workers and run away or hide.
Even if he wanted to hide, he would only hide from the people from Wantong Real Estate who came to collect debts.
If he really ran away, his home would have been smashed to pieces by angry workers, and his wife and children would have been beaten.
But as far as she knew, none of these situations existed.
Moreover, the guard refused to even open the door, which showed that he had something in his heart and what he said was just lies.
The actions of the police are also thought-provoking.
The guard said that Factory Director Hu had run away, and they believed the guard's words without even investigating.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
Most likely, Director Hu was in cahoots with the higher-ups to kill the rich, give to the poor, and prey on her, a private entrepreneur. That's why the police handled the case so perfunctorily.
The above ideas are good at present. They want to revitalize the economy and improve people's lives through reform and opening up.
But they are also afraid that state-owned factories will close down, causing widespread unemployment among workers.
Many workers carry a family on their backs.
If a worker has no job, it is very likely that a family will lack food and clothing. This is something the authorities do not want to see.
But here comes the problem. She has no objection to the higher authorities trying to protect state-owned enterprises.
But she will not be slaughtered as a fat sheep and cut off her meat to subsidize state-owned enterprises.
It's true that her Wantong Group has money, but it was earned through the hard work of her and all her employees.
Firstly, it was not given by the state, and secondly, it was not brought by the strong wind. Why should she be allowed to cut off her flesh to subsidize the light factory?
Workers in a light factory have no house to live in or food to eat. If they go to their factory director, what does it mean to make things difficult for her?
Lin Mai said to the two policemen: "Don't you go into the factory to search? Do you believe whatever the guards say?"
The police officers looked a little embarrassed.
The doorman and the workers of the light factory shouted: "Director Hu has just run away, it's useless for you to come in and search!"
"Really?" Lin Mai raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Then the person you shot at me with a high-pressure water gun just now was not directed by Factory Director Hu?"
All the workers in the light factory kept their mouths shut.
This is a gift question.
If the answer is no, the beautiful and young female boss of Wantong Group will definitely make them take responsibility.
If the answer is yes, then it was all lies when they said that Factory Director Hu had run away, and Director Hu would have to be handed over.
They don't want to.
Handing over Director Hu means that he will most likely have to hand over a new house.
The houseless households in the factory have finally been allocated a new house. Who is willing to move out?
Lin Mai waited for a while, but when no one spoke, he said: "Since you don't speak, I will assume that you are acting alone."
She pointed at the workers in the light factory who had just used high-pressure water cannons to shoot people in the plateau: "Comrade Public Security, I want to call the police.
They were the ones who just shot my employees with high-pressure water cannons.
At least 20 or 30 employees were injured and cold and were sent to the hospital.
Their behavior is a crime of provoking trouble. Shouldn't they be detained for five days and seven days?
Also, you have to ask them to pay for the medical expenses of my injured and frozen employees."
Several police officers hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "We will enforce the law impartially, don't worry about that."
Lin Mai smiled and said: "I don't listen to what you say, I only watch what you do. Who doesn't say nice things?"
Seeing that Tai Chi was useless, the police officers had no choice but to take all the dozen or so workers from the light factory who shot her employees with water cannons to the police station under her nose.
Lin Mai was then satisfied and told Gao Yuanzhong to go home quickly, change out of his wet clothes, drink a bowl of ginger soup, and take a hot bath.
Among all the employees, he was the most thoroughly wet, from head to toe. If he hadn't been strong, he might have had a fever by now.
In addition, Lin Mai also told him to keep an eye on the public security side, as medical expenses must be collected no matter what, and the migrant workers could not be left in vain.
Plateau nodded solemnly.
It's getting late, already past five in the afternoon.
Lin Mai took a taxi and returned home.
Grandma Fang has already prepared dinner, which includes stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, two vegetarian dishes, a bottle of mushroom hot sauce, and a plate of fried chili pickles.
Everyone sat down to have dinner.
Grandma Fang asked how the issue of Wantong Real Estate's default in project payment was resolved.
Lin Mai wrote lightly: "It is being resolved. Grandpa and grandma don't have to worry. The matter will definitely be resolved satisfactorily."
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang believed in her abilities, so they didn't ask too many questions.
Lin Mai tried the chili sauce and stir-fried chili pickles, both of which went very well with rice.
Zhou Caiyun's skills in making chili sauce and pickling vegetables are getting better and better.
She scooped out some tomato beef brisket and ate it. It tasted sour and sweet.
I couldn't help but think of Fang Zhuoran, wondering if he had any hot meals at this moment.
Thinking of Fang Zhuoran, Lin Mai suddenly realized that Fang Zhuoran had not been seen since they arrived home.
It's okay if I didn't see him during the day. He was busy at work.
But now it's six or seven o'clock in the evening, but there is still no sign of him, which is a bit abnormal.
Lin Mai asked Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang: "Where is Zhuo Zhuo? Has he ever come back?"