That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1412 Failing Homework

On the evening Ma Zhaoxian arrived in the southwest, Li Ye originally intended to discuss the next steps with him.
However, after leaving the airport, Ma Zhaoxian went off on his own and no one knows where he went. He just called Li Ye and asked him to take good care of Sun Xianjin and Lao Feng.

What else is there to say?
Li Ye was an old acquaintance of Sun Xianjin and Lao Feng. They had drunk vodka together in Moscow, so he could drink to his heart's content with the daqu liquor from the mainland.

However, Old Feng knew that Li Ye's drinking capacity was unfathomable, and relying on his age, he always tried to do things like, "I drank half of it and you finished it all."

Moreover, not only was he disloyal when drinking, but he also subtly probed for all sorts of gossip about the conflict, infuriating Li Ye to the point of killing a thousand enemies while losing ten thousand of his own, ultimately knocking the other party completely under the table.

After Lao Feng fell asleep, Sun Xianjin sighed and said to Li Ye with shame, "Brother Yi, I will do my best to get justice for you this time in the Southwest."
But I'm just a nobody right now and can't influence the overall situation. So hang in there a few years, and when I get promoted, I'll take care of these jerks one by one."

"What are you saying? People will think you're a treacherous official who abuses your power for personal gain!"

Li Ye jokingly punched Sun Xianjin, interrupting his "drunken ramblings."

But Sun Xianjin shook his head, his true feelings showing, and said, "Brother Yi, I've been through a lot at work these past few years, and I often feel suffocated. Only when I hear news of you do I feel a little better."
If Shang Bin and his ilk were all like you, our society's development speed could increase several times over. They're all useless at everything, but when it comes to holding things back, they're all incredibly good at it.

"Ah~"

Li Ye sighed softly, patted Sun Xianjin on the shoulder, and poured him a glass of wine.

"Advanced: The operation of an entire society inevitably involves hundreds or thousands of joints. You can't expect all of these joints to function smoothly and perfectly. The only thing we can control is ourselves."

"No, we can not only manage ourselves, but also manage our subordinates."

Sun Xianjin had drunk quite a bit, but his eyes were still bright: "Those in positions of power should fulfill their responsibilities. When you were the head of the factory, Branch Factory One had a unique atmosphere."
Now that you're at Jingnan Group, things are different. Once I become the head of a company, I will absolutely not let someone like you who gets things done suffer any injustice.”

"."

Looking at the "half-drunk, half-awake" Sun Xianjin, Li Ye did not stop him from uttering these outrageous words.

With Li Ye's keen observation skills, he knew perfectly well that Sun Xianjin must have been suppressing his feelings too much, so today he finally found someone like him who would never stab him in the back, and he had to vent his frustrations.

Li Ye did not advise Sun Xianjin to be cautious in his words and actions, to put away his sharp edges, and to blend in with people like Lao Feng, because he felt that after so many years of wasting time, Sun Xianjin still retained a stubborn "bookishness," which was very rare.

The world doesn't lack one Sun Xianjin who is smooth in dealing with people; what it lacks are countless Sun Xianjins who get things done.

“You’re right. Let’s work hard to climb higher. The higher we climb, the bigger the things we can do.”

"Yes, let's drink to climbing even higher!"

"One cup isn't enough! At least three cups!"

"Hahahaha~"

Sun Xianjin laughed heartily and got drunk after three cups.

Li Ye had already drunk quite a bit with Lao Feng, and after downing his drink with Sun Xianjin in one gulp, he was also a little dizzy.

So when he was woken up the next morning, he was still a bit grumpy.

But when he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Zhizhang.

"Li Ye, in half an hour, we'll question the workers involved in this conflict together."

Li Ye was taken aback: "Questioning? What questions?"

Lu Zhizhang thought for a moment before explaining to Li Ye, "It means that we and the people from Southwest Heavy Truck were present at the same time, and we interrogated and analyzed important issues related to the assault together."

A phrase popped into Li Ye's mind—"setting up a private court"—but then he thought about it again and realized it didn't quite fit.

Before the 1980s and 1990s, the level of social stability in mainland China was different from that in later years. Coupled with factors such as insufficient police force, the security forces in mainland China were implicitly delegated to the security departments of work units and auxiliary security units such as village joint defense teams.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for employees to conduct internal questioning. They also approve of this management style. In fact, if something happens in the workplace, they tend to go to the security department first rather than the police station outside.

However, Li Ye was used to handling matters strictly by the book, so while washing up, he asked, "Why do we have to question them ourselves? Wouldn't it be better to hand them over to the police?"

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "They feel it's unfair."

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, toothpaste foam smeared all over his face.

Unfair?
That sounded so harsh.

But if Li Ye hadn't sought Qin Ge's help from Wen Guohua, wouldn't Li Ye also feel it was unfair?

. . . . . . . . . . .

Half an hour later, Li Ye arrived at the interrogation site arranged by Southwest Heavy Truck.

In a small conference room, six tables were set up in front, with only one chair opposite each table. It looked similar to the interview scenes Li Ye had experienced in his previous life, but Li Ye knew that in this era, this situation was more like a makeshift courtroom.

After Li Ye sat down, the questioning began. The first person brought in was none other than Ruan Mingyue.

Faced with this situation, Ruan Mingyue was clearly nervous and fearful, but when she spoke, she was much more fluent than Li Ye had expected.

"After we arrived in the Southwest, someone gave us 50,000 yuan, telling us to downplay the matter. We're just ordinary people; how would we know anything about laws and regulations?"

Upon hearing the phrase "ordinary people," Li Ye felt somewhat puzzled, sensing that Ruan Mingli was reciting a script.

But who wrote this article for her?
Li Ye almost turned to look at Ma Zhaoxian, trying to confirm through keen observation whether it was his doing.

Ma Zhaoxian acted alone last night, could he have gone to do this?

"Nonsense! Who told you to downplay big issues and make small issues disappear? Tell me, who told you to say that?"

The security personnel from Southwest Heavy Truck were furious and used intimidation tactics against Ruan Mingli.

However, Ma Zhaoxian simply tapped the table lightly, shattering his official prestige.

"We are questioning each other together today, so no one should intimidate anyone."

The security personnel from Southwest Heavy Truck immediately held their breath. After all, Ma Zhaoxian was the nominal head of the company, and they had jurisdiction over him.
Therefore, the arrival of Ma Zhaoxian and Shang Bin in the southwest already signified an escalation of the situation; he, as a security guard, no longer had his usual authority.

He wouldn't even allow him to raise his voice, let alone detain more than twenty workers from the No. 1 factory like before.

Shang Bin glanced at Ma Zhaoxian and said to the security personnel, "Alright, call Wu Tiande in! Ask him if he actually stabbed anyone with a knife."

Li Ye immediately perked up, because according to the report from the workers of the No. 1 factory, Wu Tiande and Ma Haimao were the murderers who stabbed Xiahou Xiaoxu and Zhang Wenchang with knives.

However, the security personnel, upon hearing Shang Bin's words, said with difficulty, "Secretary Shang, Wu Tiande has escaped."

"He got away? How could you let him get away? What are you all doing? So many people are waiting to investigate the truth, and you actually let the most important suspect escape?"

Shang Bin launched into a tirade against the security personnel, but Li Ye could sense an uncontrollable smile playing on his lips.

These days, many people who get into trouble choose to "lay low" and travel far away by train, disappearing without a trace like finding a needle in a haystack. That's why so many ruthless criminals are fearless and don't take the police seriously.

If things were like they are decades later, and something happened in the morning, you would be dragged back by the afternoon. No bandit could be as fierce as the police.

Therefore, with Wu Tiande's escape, the case became an unsolved mystery, and it's normal for it to drag on for ages.

So it seems that not only Ma Zhaoxian did his homework last night, but Shang Bin was also quite busy!
However, just as Shang Bin was about to burst out laughing, the security guard weakly said, "Um... Secretary Shang, Wu Tiande has escaped, but Ma Haimao is still here."

Shang Bin was taken aback: "Ma Haimao is still here? Where is he?"

The security guard pointed outside the door and said with a grim expression, "It's right outside the door."

Li Ye's lips slowly began to twitch.

He didn't even need to use his keen observation skills to notice the panic in Shang Bin's eyes. It seems that the other party failed his homework last night!
(End of this chapter)