1979 My Life in the Era

Chapter 305 Investigation Team

In the afternoon, at the county magistrate’s office.

Ning Weidong drank his tea, looked at his watch, and said to Zhao Lichun, "Brother, it's time."

Zhao Lichun said "hmm" and smiled, "As an old comrade, it's reasonable for us young people to wait a little."

Before he finished speaking, a figure appeared outside the south-facing window of the office. It was Director Li.

Director Li took two steps over the window, glanced into the room, and then lifted the curtain and came in.

Ning Weidong and Zhao Lichun stood up to greet him. Since they wanted to win over Director Li, they had to show due respect. There was no need to act like a winner and humiliate the other party.

"Director, please take a seat. My sister just sent me some good tea from Beijing the day before yesterday." Zhao Lichun smiled, and there was no sign of the previous tit-for-tat between the two.

Director Li waved his hand and said, "What's the use of director? Just call me Lao Li. You are more suitable to be the director than I am."

Zhao Lichun said, "You're joking. This is my first time in a local area, and I still need your approval for many tasks."

Director Li was slightly surprised. He had just made his attitude clear and was willing to give up his position to Zhao Lichun.

Who would have thought that Zhao Lichun would regress instead of make progress? What does this mean?
But he was also a smart man. He only thought about it for a few seconds and guessed roughly.

This was to let him take the blame for Zhao Lichun. As the director, he had done all that he was supposed to do and offended all that he was supposed to offend.

Director Li narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Lichun meaningfully.

It's not that this thing can't be done. Since he is here today, we should be mentally prepared.

But the price is different.

The former was just giving way so as not to cause trouble for Zhao Lichun and Ning Weidong, but now he is asked to attract fire.

Zhao Lichun did not do this on impulse, and continued to smile and said, "Old Director, you are only 55 this year~"

Director Li narrowed his eyes slightly and understood some of the meaning.

Zhao Lichun said: "I see that you are in good health and have great abilities. Now is not the time to retreat."

Director Li's heart moved. To be honest, he had not thought about this situation.

I couldn't help but lick my lips and asked tentatively: "Is this what you mean?"

If it was just Zhao Lichun's idea, it would have no meaning.

Zhao Lichun said: "I just talked to my dad on the phone at noon."

Director Li's eyes lit up and his heart beat faster. This is attitude.

Simply gritted his teeth and said, "Where should I go after this is done?"

Zhao Lichun said: "Deputy Liu, who is in charge of electromechanical, has not been in good health..."

Director Li gasped. This was really beyond his expectations. It was too much, it was a bit scary.

Director Li didn't respond for a long time. Zhao Lichun guessed that he was worried and explained, "Don't worry. This is the collective's intention. We have to let people know that cadres who are loyal to the Guo family and serve the people should be promoted."

Director Li suddenly realized that he was going to be used as a role model for local people.

This is definitely risky for him, but it may also be an opportunity.

……

Half an hour later, Director Li left.

He did not agree on the spot and said he would go back and think about it.

Zhao Lichun did not force it. This was a very serious matter and required careful consideration.

Ning Weidong said: "Brother, do you think he will agree or refuse?"

Zhao Lichun chuckled and said, "Do you think he has the right to refuse?"

Ning Weidong smiled. Director Li really had no choice, unless he gritted his teeth and gave up everything.

I asked him to consider it just now to save his dignity.

If he doesn't want to be decent, teach him to be decent.

And next door is Director Li’s office.

After returning to the house, he started smoking continuously, one cigarette after another without stopping.

After a while, the ashtray on the table was full.

He was still a little conflicted. Going to the capital to take up a post would not be a wasted trip. Before leaving, he had to cut ties with the past and fight blood, becoming enemies.

Until dark, Director Li was still sitting in the office.

At the same time, the city was in chaos.

The side effects of the three tons of explosives have already begun to ferment.

In the morning, Zhao Lichun and Ning Weidong went to report. As soon as they left, Director Liu of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China took action.

This matter cannot be covered up. Zhao Lichun is directly connected to the capital. If he dares to do anything else, he will be handing a knife to the higher-ups.

Therefore, this matter must be dealt with seriously.

Director Liu immediately contacted the Municipal Bureau and sent people directly to Jinshan County to arrest the person.

By the evening, the criminal was caught red-handed.

Before this, both sides were ready to go, and even used a sledgehammer to kill a chicken, which triggered the ground artillery group.

It is to completely cut off the thoughts of the higher-ups, at least they cannot target Handong.

But now, these three tons of explosives have become a death warrant.

Especially since his second son was involved here, Director Liu gritted his teeth at this moment, hating himself for giving birth to such a fool.

At this moment, the phone on the desk rang.

Director Liu picked up the phone and immediately recognized who was on the other end: "Director, OK... I'll be there right away."

After hanging up the phone, Director Liu felt a headache. The person who called just now was Director Wang from the Provincial Ge Committee.

In fact, according to Handong’s internal situation, he and Director Wang are not on the same page, but this time they are facing the outside world in a united manner, so they can be considered a cooperative relationship.

Because he messed up things, he would probably be reprimanded this time.

But now that things have come to this, he can't shirk the responsibility even if he wants to.

……

Three days later, there was no movement from the Jinshan County artillery regiment mentioned earlier.

According to normal procedures, it should be ready in the next few days.

On the other hand, on Ning Weidong's side, after five days, the number of people increased from more than 2,000 on the first day, to even more on the second day, and to an even more exaggerated number of 3,000 on the third day... By the morning of the fifth day, 10,000 people had been recruited.

But at this time there was still a long queue outside the factory, even though An Ning had already told those queuing behind that the vacancies were full and asked them not to queue.

But people didn't listen at all. An Ning had no choice but to come to Ning Weidong: "There are still more than a thousand people. What should we do now?"

Ning Weidong walked to the door, leaned out half of his body and glanced into the distance: "Continue to register~, until the end of the day, whatever you have will be counted."

An Ning breathed a sigh of relief. Without Ning Weidong's words, she would have had a hard time making a decision.

Ning Weidong's words attracted thousands of additional employees, and the monthly salary expenditure increased by more than 30,000 yuan.

"By the way, call Shen Zhou." Ning Weidong pulled back and gave another instruction to An Ning.

An Ning responded and went out. Not long after, Shen Zhou came in in a hurry: "Leader, you called me."

Ning Weidong pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down~"

Shen Zhou was in charge of the factory protection team and did a very good job.

Shen Zhou was very obedient. He sat down when Ning Weidong asked him to.

Ning Weidong took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over.

Shen Zhou was flattered and quickly stood up to take it with both hands. Ning Weidong patted his shoulder, sat on the table next to him, lit a cigarette and asked, "How many people have you recruited in the past few days?"

Shen Zhou quickly put the cigarette behind his ear and said, "Leader, we now have a total of 1,300 people in the factory protection team, all of whom are militiamen from the original brigades."

While recruiting people these days, Ning Weidong asked Shen Zhou to select the factory protection team from the newly recruited workers.

The proportion of militiamen was quite high in this era, and these more than 1,300 people were the best of the best.

Although these people should not be needed under the current circumstances, it is better to be safe than sorry, and they must be available even if they are not needed.

Only by pulling these people out can we ensure that they are not really needed.

Otherwise, Ning Weidong could have imagined that the desperate person would do something desperate.

If we are even a little careless here, our house might be robbed.

Ning Weidong said, "Very good, Lao Shen, you train the team these few days and tell everyone not to be afraid of being tired. Anyone who participates in the training will be subsidized 30 cents a day for food by the factory."

Shen Zhou's eyes lit up. Thirty cents a day, that's nine dollars a month.

Ning Weidong smiled again and said, "I'll ask Director An to make the arrangements later and tell him that it was you who fought for it."

Shen Zhou was stunned for a moment, and met Ning Weidong's gaze. It took him two or three seconds to react. Ning Weidong was trying to establish his prestige.

He stood up suddenly: "Leader, I..."

Ning Weidong smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Work hard for me, and I will leave the safety of the factory to you from now on."

Shen Zhou's nose felt sore and he felt a sense of "a gentleman will die for his friend".

With his level of education, he didn't know this sentence. He only knew that at this moment, when Ning Weidong gave the order, he wished he could rush towards the enemy with a bag of explosives.

After Shen Zhou went out, Ning Weidong followed him outside, looking towards the direction of Jingzhou City.

I pondered silently in my heart, wondering what choice the other side would make in the end. Should I give up or give it one more try?

There has been no accurate information since the last time I met with Director Li.

Even Director Li didn't hear any news about it.

After considering it, Director Li decided to invest. However, he only knew that there were huge disagreements among the people above him in Handong, and after several arguments, he failed to convince the other party.

Just at this moment, the phone in the room rang.

Ning Weidong turned around and wondered who would call at this time.

I went into the house, picked up the phone, and heard Zhao Lichun's voice on the other end.

Ning Weidong's heart moved, and he realized that there might be a result, and his heart began to tighten.

But then he heard Zhao Lichun laugh heartily: "Weidong, it's settled!"

Ning Weidong breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked for details.

Zhao Lichun said: "My father called just now and said he would send an investigation team."

Ning Weidong's heart trembled as the superiors finally took action.

Before, Zhao Lichun and Ning Weidong came to Handong to test the waters.

What happens next will depend on the performance of Ning Weidong and Zhao Lichun.

This investigation team is not only a support for Ning Weidong and Zhao Lichun, but also an affirmation.

It is precisely because they tested well that there will be follow-up.

If they perform poorly, there will be no follow-up at all.

Zhao Lichun continued: "Once the investigation team arrives, it will be stable."

Ning Weidong disagreed: "Brother, I think it's difficult for this investigation team to come."

Zhao Lichun was surprised: "Can there be any changes?"

Ning Weidong said: "Handong will definitely find a way to obstruct it. If the investigation team really comes, they will be completely passive."

Zhao Lichun pondered: "This..."

Ning Weidong said: "But their arm wrestling has little to do with us. We can just take this opportunity to build the factory."

After ending the call with Zhao Lichun, Ning Weidong did not feel relaxed, but instead felt a little more anxious.

In the next few days, the progress of the entire factory construction was greatly advanced because tens of thousands of new people were recruited.

The first is the factory wall.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. Previously, due to lack of manpower, we mainly focused on building the factory building and there was no time to build the wall.

This time it took less than half a month to divide the factory wall into sections according to the planned scope and it was completed quickly.

Then there is the family quarters next to the factory, with large tiled houses built to the standard of three rooms per household, with the first batch of 1,000 households to be built.

At the same time, regarding the issues raised by the dispatched investigation team, Handong did as Ning Weidong wished and tried every means to deal with them.

In the end, I don’t know how it was done and the investigation team didn’t come.

But it can also be imagined that Handong must have suffered a great loss, and everyone from top to bottom has stopped their activities.

……

As the Spring Festival is approaching, the situation in Handong has stabilized and Ning Weidong is about to return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year.

"Brother, are you really not planning to go back home for the New Year this year?" Ning Weidong and Zhao Lichun stood on the platform of the train station, watching the train that had already left.

They had just seen Li Yuanchao off.

Originally, Li Yuanchao planned to return to Beijing with Ning Weidong, but because of some urgent matters at home, he was called back early.

Zhao Lichun said: "I've already told Dad, I plan to stay here and keep an eye on it."

Ning Weidong nodded. Zhao Lichun certainly had his reasons for making this decision.

Zhao Lichun asked again: "By the way, according to the current progress, when can the factory start trial production?"

Ning Weidong said, "Around May 1st. The construction of the factory is progressing very quickly, and Li Yuanchao's technology and equipment are also following up. If nothing goes wrong, the first production line can be installed around May 1st at the latest."

Zhao Lichun paused for a few seconds and lowered his voice slightly: "Is the An family ready?"

Ning Weidong said: "The progress is also being made over there. As for the specific situation..."

As for the An family, although An Ning and Ning Weidong are of the same mind, An Ning's influence on the Hong Kong An family is limited, and Ning Weidong is even more out of reach.

However, it stands to reason that Anjia would be more motivated to take advantage of the profits involved in supplying spare parts to a large factory with tens of thousands of employees.

This was indeed how the An family behaved in the capital before.

On the contrary, recently, especially since Ning Weidong came to Handong, he has been less enthusiastic about settling down.

This made Ning Weidong doubt whether there would be any changes.

But it was groundless, so he didn't tell Zhao Lichun.

After returning to the county from the city station, Zhao Lichun returned to the county government office, and Ning Weidong went straight back to the factory.

In just half a month, although the factory was still a large construction site, it looked very different.

Within the three-meter-high wall, two large factory buildings have been built, one and a half floors of the office building have been built, and many roads on the ground have been hardened.

The wall has been built, a large iron gate has been installed at the main entrance, and the guard room next to it has also been completed, but the cement has not dried yet.

Opposite the guard room is a row of bungalows built earlier, which are now temporary offices.

In the middle room, on the unpainted wooden door, the words "Factory Director" were pasted on white paper.

"Sister An~" Ning Weidong called out and pushed the door open.

Just now at the train station, Zhao Lichun did not mention that Ning Weidong also planned to come back and tell An Ning about the situation of the Xiangjiang An family.

(End of this chapter)