That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1409 Factory Rules and Regulations
Not long after Li Ye finished his call, he received a call from Shang Bin.

Since the news of the worker's injury reached the capital, Shang Bin had mysteriously disappeared without showing up. Now that he had suddenly called, it was obvious that the seriousness of the situation had exceeded his expectations.

Shang Bin immediately said, "General Manager Ma and I will be heading to the Southwest tomorrow. Before we arrive, we must not escalate the conflict between us. This concerns the reputation of our Jingnan Group. You should consider this carefully."

"Ha~"

Li Ye smiled slightly and then said, "If we can handle this matter impartially, bring the murderer to justice, and punish the organizers who detained the workers and fabricated evidence, I will have no objections."

If you're still trying to hide anything at this point, don't blame me for not giving you face.

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Shang Bin on the other end of the phone didn't argue with Li Ye; after a few seconds of silence, he hung up.

This time, Jia Zhongyue's cleverness in getting Zhang Wenchang to give a false testimony has pushed Southwest Heavy Truck, which was already in the wrong, into a quagmire that can no longer be covered up by a few words.

Originally, it was just two perpetrators who committed violence and injury during a worker conflict.

However, Jia Zhongyue himself does not seem to be aware of the impending disaster.

Just after Li Ye finished making the call, he walked in from outside at the opportune moment, clearly knowing that Shang Bin was going to call Li Ye.

After Jia Zhongyue entered, he said with a grin, "Oh, Deputy General Manager Li, you're still here! I was saying we'd prepared a welcome banquet, but we couldn't find the guest of honor! Turns out you're here. I'm so ashamed."

"Hehehe, really? I overslept, don't feel ashamed."

Li Ye smiled and said, "We won't be attending the welcome banquet or anything like that. The hospital just called to say that one of our injured patients has suddenly gone missing, and I need to go check on him right away."

Jia Zhongyue exclaimed in surprise, "What? The injured are gone? Oh dear, they just got out of danger, how could they wander around like this?"

However, we still need to have a welcome banquet. After the meal, I'll send someone to help you find a place. This isn't the capital; we know the area better."

"No matter how well you know them, it's useless! Do you even know which way they went? Hehehe~"

Li Ye chuckled wickedly a few times, then pulled Lu Zhizhang away.

You want to stall for time, and I want to stall for time too. We'll see!

The three young men who were held down at the airport confessed within one night. Could Zhang Wenchang hold out for a whole day and night?

The answer is no.

Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang left Southwest Heavy Truck and immediately changed hotels. As dusk fell, Brother Qin called Li Ye and said that Zhang Wenchang had confessed.

Brother Qin's point is that Zhang Wenchang was blinded by greed, which led to the police's misjudgment. Therefore, Brother Qin will take over and investigate the responsibilities of Zhang Wenchang and Southwest Heavy Truck.

"Understood, Brother Qin, thank you!"

"It's nothing, just give my regards to your brother-in-law."

"Okay, okay."

After receiving Qin Ge's call, Li Ye turned off his mobile phone, knowing that he wouldn't be able to sleep if he didn't.

Sure enough, Li Ye turned off his phone, and Lu Zhizhang's phone rang all night.

Shang Bin's, Jia Zhongyue's, Gan Zhongjie's, Ma Zhaoxian's, and even Lao Meng's.

But no matter who called, Lu Zhizhang would say, "Li Ye isn't here," "Li Ye is handling everything," and "We'll talk about it again tomorrow when the police confirm the situation." In addition, Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang had changed hotels, so those who were jumping up and down in panic couldn't find him no matter how hard they tried.

But the very next morning, before dawn, Li Ye was woken up.

It was Ruan Mingli again, plus her mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were crying and wailing in the corridor of the hotel where Li Ye was staying, as if they had suffered a great injustice.

Jiang Shiqi explained, "The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were also taken away by the police yesterday, but they were released after questioning. Then they went to the hospital to cause trouble for us. We ignored them, so they went to Xiahou Xiaoxu's ward."

Li Ye said calmly, "It's alright. Since they've come to me seeking justice, let everyone be the judge!"

Jiang Shiqi was taken aback: "Let everyone be the judge?"

Li Ye nodded and said, "Go and inform our twenty-eight colleagues to come and assemble in twenty minutes."

As soon as Jiang Shiqi heard the number "twenty-eight," he knew who it was. Back then, Chen Yazhi brought thirty people to the Southwest. Two of them were lying in the hospital, so there were still twenty-eight left. After Li Ye finished explaining to Jiang Shiqi, he let Jiang Shiqi bring in the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were sitting in the corridor crying.

After the two women came in, they tried to make a scene by crying, crying, and threatening suicide, but Li Ye coldly said, "It's almost dawn now. I'm going to the police station after dawn. You'd better hurry up and say what you have to say, or it will be too late."

Ruan Mingli was stunned for a moment, then quickly stopped her mother-in-law's wailing and said to Li Ye, "Deputy Factory Director Li, you have to give us justice. We only wanted to go back to Beijing to get my husband medical treatment, but we were arrested by the police and intimidated without any explanation."

Li Ye interrupted Ruan Mingli and asked, "What did they scare you about?"

Ruan Mingli was taken aback, then said, "They... they said my man gave false testimony."

Li Ye interrupted again, asking, "Did Zhang Wenchang give false testimony?"

Ruan Mingli fell silent, but her mother-in-law began to wail again, "How would we know what perjury is! We just want to leave here as soon as possible. My poor son, he's seriously injured and still can't have a moment's peace!"

Li Ye said irritably, "Stop howling, what do you want from me?"

Ruan Mingli hadn't expected Li Ye to be so cold-blooded, so she could only stubbornly say, "Deputy Factory Director Li, my husband's injury was work-related, so you have to help us get him out of trouble!"

Li Ye chuckled softly and said, "Alright, I'll go ask about the details after dawn."

Ruan Mingli's mother-in-law then added, "Also, we need to get back the compensation money that was given to us."

"Oh, there's also compensation?"

Li Ye blinked his eyes, tempting him like a little devil, "Then you have to tell me the source and amount of the compensation, otherwise I won't be able to ask them for it."

Ruan Mingli and her mother-in-law exchanged a glance, feeling that something was off about Li Ye's words, but at this point, there was nothing they could do.

"It was Jia Zhongyue who gave it to us, a total of 50,000 yuan. My husband was seriously injured, so 50,000 yuan is not excessive at all."

What was the concept of 50,000 yuan in 1992? It would take a worker in the No. 1 Factory more than ten years of saving without eating or drinking to buy a 30-square-meter apartment in Beijing. Most people really couldn't resist that temptation.

"Yes, fifty thousand. That's a lot of money."

Li Ye opened the door and walked into the corridor, where he saw that the twenty-eight technicians from the first branch factory had already arrived.

Li Ye didn't waste any words and said directly, "I woke everyone up so early today because I need to make a decision. You all judge for me and see if my decision is right or wrong."

Li Ye pointed at Ruan Mingli and her mother-in-law, and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Wenchang gave a statement to the police yesterday, claiming that the injuries on him and Ouyang Xiaoxu were caused by them falling and stabbing themselves."

"What? Nonsense! I saw it clearly at the time; Xiaoxu was stabbed by Ma Haimao."

Li Ye gestured for Li Ye to stop, then said, "But today Zhang Wenchang changed his story, saying that someone gave him 50,000 yuan in compensation, which is why he said that."

"Boom~"

The corridor erupted in chaos.

These twenty-odd technicians had suffered enough these past few days, how could they tolerate Zhang Wenchang's behavior?

Li Ye suppressed the commotion once again and said loudly, "Therefore, I have decided to expel Zhang Wenchang from the factory in accordance with the factory rules and regulations. Now you all judge for me whether I did the right thing or not?"

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"Yes, fire him, he must be fired."

"Dismissing him is too lenient; in the past, a traitor would have been executed."

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The angry shouts from the people in the corridor terrified Ruan Mingli and her daughter-in-law. They never imagined that their actions would arouse such great "public outrage".

Li Ye slowly turned around and said to Ruan Mingli, "Zhang Wenchang was injured at work, so we will cover all his treatment costs, but his benefits must be cancelled."

"I'm giving you seven days to move out of the housing provided to Zhang Wenchang by the factory."

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Ruan Mingli felt her brain buzzing and uncontrollably collapsed to the ground.

She simply couldn't understand how Li Ye, who had always "loved the people like his own children" at the First Factory, could be so heartless.

Zhang Wenchang, as a technician under Wu Yan, had always been quite arrogant and domineering in the factory. How come he was so easily discarded today?
(End of this chapter)