Siheyuan: Start with a big car

Yi Zhonghai is not a fool. He has already seen
Liu Haizhong must be helping Deputy Director Wang this time, and he will definitely be punished if he doesn't finish his work.
He was gloating, but when he saw Liu Haizhong pointing at him, Yi Zhonghai was terrified.
He rushed out of the crowd, waved his hand and said, "Liu Haizhong, what nonsense are you talking about?

This matter has nothing to do with me. Do you think Comrade Li Weidong is dissatisfied with us old workers, so you want to cause trouble?
At that time I advised you that Comrade Li Weidong was such an upright person.

If you have any opinions, you can tell him directly, how could he do such a thing?

You just wouldn’t listen.”

Just kidding, he didn't want Liu Haizhong to put the blame on him, that was just wishful thinking.

Liu Haizhong wanted to argue, but Yi Zhonghai continued, "Liu Haizhong, it's not fair for you to do this. How about we ask everyone?"

Having said this, Yi Zhonghai turned his head and looked at the workers who were watching.

"I'm sure everyone knows what happened. Let's tell it all in front of Director Li."

The workers and masters who were watching also knew
Things have developed to this point, Liu Haizhong's plan must have failed.
They would no longer have any chance to enter the steel mill laboratory and workshop, and might even be severely punished by the factory. In this situation, they began to add insult to injury.

"That's right, Yi Zhonghai is absolutely right, it was indeed Liu Haizhong who did it.
He lied to us at first, saying that Li Weidong had something against us old workers.”

"I didn't want to come, but he insisted on buying me a drink and threatened me that if I didn't come, he would make things difficult for me when he became a leader in the future."

"Director, Mr. Li, I hope you will severely punish Liu Haizhong this time and never let him get away with it."

The old masters became excited and waved their fists.

Li Weidong certainly didn't believe their lies. He turned his head and glanced at Liu Haizhong calmly and said, "Liu Haizhong, I'm giving you one last chance now. Tell me the truth, and I might be able to plead for you."

At this time, Liu Haizhong was in a dilemma.

If he tells the story, he will definitely offend Deputy Director Wang.
At that time, Deputy Director Wang will definitely punish him severely.

If he takes all the responsibility on himself, he will definitely be punished by the factory.

No matter which result it is, it will be extremely disadvantageous for him.

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Haizhong finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "This matter has nothing to do with other people. I am jealous of you and I hate you for not letting me enter the laboratory workshop of the steel rolling mill."

Hearing this, Li Weidong sighed slightly. He knew very well that Liu Haizhong would never betray Deputy Director Wang.

Li Weidong turned his head and looked at Director Yang and said, "Director Yang, please tell me how to solve this problem."

At this time, Director Yang was excited because the matter had been clarified.

Hearing this, he said coldly: "Liu Haizhong, you are really too much this time.
You have destroyed the stability and unity of our steel mill. From now on, you can only receive wages as a level 7 worker."

Hearing this, Liu Haizhong's face suddenly turned pale.
You know, the main reason why Liu Haizhong dared to help Deputy Director Wang was because he considered himself a worker and Director Yang had no way to deal with him.
But he never expected that Director Yang would start from his level.

Although Director Yang had no way of depriving him of his status as a level eight worker, he could reduce his salary, which meant he would receive more than ten yuan less per month.

More importantly, from now on, the workers in the factory will only think of him as a level 7 worker.

He has lost all face in the factory.

Liu Haizhong subconsciously looked at Deputy Director Wang, who quickly said, "Director Yang, Comrade Liu Haizhong may have good intentions. Isn't our punishment too harsh?"

Hearing this, Director Yang frowned and said, “Lao Wang, I don’t think you realize the seriousness of the problem.

You have to know that Comrade Li Weidong is the benchmark of our steel rolling mill. Now Liu Haizhong's approach is to cut down our benchmark.
If things go wrong, our entire steel mill will be affected."

The meaning of this statement was very clear. He had already noticed what Deputy Director Wang had done, but considering that Deputy Director Wang was the leader of the factory, in order not to affect unity, he did not expose Deputy Director Wang.

But Deputy Director Wang shouldn't go too far.

Sure enough, when Deputy Director Wang heard this, he dared not say a word.

Director Yang continued, "Liu Haizhong, in addition to demoting you, the factory will also fine you one year's salary.
Then you have to go to the education room to study every day. When you have improved your ideological awareness, you will graduate."

These two punishments were also very severe and far exceeded Liu Haizhong's expectations. Liu Haizhong was anxious at the time and wanted to give up Deputy Director Wang.

Deputy Director Wang saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly stepped forward to stop him and said coldly: "Liu Haizhong, you made a mistake yourself, so you should be brave enough to take responsibility.
Director Yang's punishment of you is just to help you. As long as you can correct your mistakes, you can still be our good comrade in the future."

This seems to be a lesson to Liu Haizhong, but in fact it is a warning to Liu Haizhong.

If he could take full responsibility for the crime, Deputy Director Wang would help him in the future.

Liu Haizhong’s only hope now is Deputy Director Wang. Upon hearing this, he dared not say anything more.

"Director Yang, I have indeed made a serious mistake. Don't worry, from now on, I will definitely turn over a new leaf."

"Get out of here!" Director Yang, who had no good impression of Liu Haizhong, waved his hand.

Liu Haizhong ran away in shame with his tail between his legs. Yi Zhonghai and those old masters turned around and wanted to leave too.

At this time, Director Yang stopped a few more people and said, "You listened to Liu Haizhong's instigation and gathered here to cause trouble, so you must also bear part of the responsibility.

Let’s put it this way, each person will be given a serious disciplinary action and one month’s salary will be deducted.”

A serious punishment would be recorded in the files, and the old masters were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

Yi Zhonghai quickly defended himself: "Director Yang, we are also victims. We were deceived by Liu Haizhong. How can you put the blame on us?"

Director Yang looked at Yi Zhonghai deeply and said, "Yi Zhonghai, don't think I don't know what you did.
The reason why I ignored you was because I thought you were a veteran in the factory, but you pushed your luck and even dared to cause trouble."

Yi Zhonghai was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. You know, he had indeed done a lot of things in the past, but this time, he really chose to help Liu Haizhong because he was greedy for that little bit of money.

Of course, Yi Zhonghai now knows that no matter how much he explains, it will be of no avail. The decision made by Director Yang cannot be changed.

After dealing with the situation at the factory gate, Director Yang waved his hand and asked all the workers to disperse, and then reported what happened today to the leaders in the department.

After all, the ministry pays close attention to the production of televisions.

"Leader, I'm really sorry that such a big thing happened in our factory." The leader nodded and said, "Old Yang, Comrade Li Weidong has made a lot of contributions and has also attracted the envy of many people. So in this situation, you must protect Comrade Li Weidong and never let those people with ulterior motives destroy the development momentum of our steel mill."

Director Yang nodded quickly and said, "Leader, please rest assured. From now on, if anyone dares to make such a mess, I will punish him severely."

The leader was very satisfied with Director Yang’s statement.

Li Weidong can be said to have had a blessing in disguise this time.

Precisely because of what happened to Liu Haizhong, all the workers and leaders in the steel mill are now very clear that they must not offend Li Weidong.

The recruitment of color TV workers went very smoothly. Those workers knew that once they entered the workshop, they would not only be able to get extremely high wages, but would also have Li Weidong as their backer, so they all took the initiative to express their willingness to join the workshop.

In just two days, Li Weidong selected a large number of qualified workers, and then the work of television production was put on the agenda.

While Li Weidong was busy producing televisions

Liu Haizhong returned home angrily.

At this time, Second Aunt had already heard from the neighbors in the compound about Liu Haizhong being punished. When she saw him come back, she started to blame him.

"Liu Haizhong, how many times have I told you not to offend Li Weidong, but you just wouldn't listen. Now you've been demoted one level and fined a year's salary. How are we going to live in the future?"

Liu Haizhong was already angry, and he became even angrier when he heard this, and his teeth were chattering.

"Old woman, what nonsense are you talking about?

I was fooled this time. If it wasn't for that kid Li Weidong setting a trap, I wouldn't have ended up like this.

I tell you, I will never reconcile with Li Weidong in my life."

Seeing that Liu Haizhong was still unwilling to give up, the second aunt said quickly: "That's all for the future. I think you should think about what to do now.
I tell you, we have no food left at home. If you don’t bring back your salary, we will be left with nothing.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Haizhong, who had been so aggressive just now, suddenly lost his temper.

You should know that the so-called fine of one year's salary does not just mean a fine on future wages, but also that all wages already paid in that year must be handed over.

Liu Haizhong didn't have much savings to begin with, and now that he had paid so much money, he had no money left to buy food.

"Old lady, why don't you try to borrow some from your neighbor?
Just hold on for another two months and I’m sure I’ll find a way.”

The second aunt sighed and said, "Liu Haizhong, I would have said you don't know anything. In the past few years, Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang have often borrowed food from their neighbors. Who among the residents in the compound is willing to lend out food now?"

"By the way, speaking of this, I remember Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi borrowed food from us. Let's go, I'll go get the food now."

Liu Haizhong stood up and left the house before Second Aunt could react.

The second aunt stamped her feet and said, "Liu Haizhong, what are you thinking? How could Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang return the grain to you?"

But after hesitating for a moment, the second aunt did not chase after Liu Haizhong. After all, if he came over, they would be able to overcome the difficulties before them.

At this time, Liu Haizhong had already arrived at the door of Jia's house in a menacing manner.

Jia Zhang was squatting at the door. When she saw him coming, she rolled her eyes and said, "Hey, isn't this Liu Haizhong? I heard that you are very popular in the steel mill now. You even dared to stop the leader's car!"

When Liu Haizhong heard this, he was furious and shouted, "Jia Zhang, this is my business and has nothing to do with you. I came to you now to ask you to return the dozens of kilograms of corn flour you lent to my family."

Jia Zhang snorted coldly and said, "Liu Haizhong, what food? How come I don't know? Did you remember it wrong?"

Liu Haizhong was stunned for a moment.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, a while ago, my family lent you fifty or sixty kilograms of corn flour. Why don't you acknowledge it?"

Jia Zhang stood up with the help of a chair, looked at him coldly and said, "Liu Haizhong, do you have any evidence? Or an IOU or something like that?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Haizhong's face suddenly changed. You know, for something like borrowing grain, how could there be an IOU? Jia Zhang was obviously denying it.

"Jia Zhang, I'm telling you, if you want to cheat, you've found the wrong person.

I am not a fool. If you don’t return these cornmeal to me today, I will never forgive you.”

Seeing Liu Haizhong jumping up and down and cursing, Jia Zhang snorted coldly and said, "Liu Haizhong, I'm telling you, if you don't bring the IOU over, I won't give you even half a pound of grain, let alone dozens of kilograms of grain.

I'm going to rest now, get out of here!"

After saying this, Jia Zhang no longer looked at Liu Haizhong, and turned around to go into the house. Liu Haizhong did not expect her to do this, so he rushed over and grabbed Jia Zhang's arm.

Liu Haizhong's original intention was just to stop Jia Zhang, but he forgot that he was very strong, and with this pull, he actually pulled Jia Zhang to the ground.

Jia Zhang sat on the ground and burst into tears: "This is terrible, this is terrible, please come quickly, Liu Haizhong is bullying me, an old woman, please come quickly!"

When the residents in the compound heard that the incident was related to Liu Haizhong and Jia Zhangshi, they didn't want to show up.

But now they heard that Liu Haizhong had pushed down Jia Zhang, and they immediately became interested. They came out of their houses and surrounded the door of Jia's house.

"Hey, what's going on? Why can't you talk it out calmly? How can you hit someone?"

"Yes, Jia Zhang is so old, what if something happens to her?"

"Liu Haizhong is definitely going to be in trouble this time."

Liu Haizhong didn't expect things to develop to this point.

His face changed, and he explained at that time: "Everyone, don't listen to her, I just pulled her gently just now, I didn't hit her at all!"

Jia Zhang was not willing to give in. She pointed at Liu Haizhong's nose and said, "Liu Haizhong, I am standing there perfectly fine. If you hadn't hit me, how could I have fallen down?"

Jia Zhang's words were agreed by the residents of the compound.

(End of this chapter)