Chapter 100: Appointing Zhou Andong as Factory Director

Zhao Jianlong clenched his fists tightly, his eyes looking like a beast staring at its prey, ready to pounce and take a bite at any moment.

Zhou Andong laughed, leaning his upper body forward: "I just like the way you can't stand me, yet can't kill me."

Huo Xing patted Zhao Jianlong on the shoulder and said to Zhou Andong: "Leave a line for others in life so you can meet again later, and leave a way out for yourself and your family."

Zhou Andong narrowed his eyes: "Huo Xing, it seems you've settled your wife and children well, so you have the guts to talk to me like this."

Huo Xing looked at Zhou Andong coldly and said to Zhao Jianlong: "Let's go."

Zhou Andong adjusted the collar of his cotton-padded coat and walked toward the hospital entrance. Although the sleeves of the coat still had patches, he walked with the style of Little Ma.

Huo Xing got into Zhao Jianlong's car. Just as he was about to close the door, he saw Zhou Andong suddenly stop, turn his head, and grin.

"Did you like the big gift I sent you this time?"

Huo Xing's hand on the car door suddenly paused, the color on his face changing constantly, while Zhao Jianlong's eyes were full of disbelief.

"Bang!"

After a long while, Huo Xing closed the car door.

"How is it possible!" Zhao Jianlong muttered in a daze.

Huo Xing took a deep breath: "There's something I didn't have time to tell you."

It was no surprise to Zhao Jianlong that Huo Xing got into his car; there must be something.

Huo Xing continued: "Before, I saw Zhou Andong at the game hall. He actually knew the information about my wife and children, where they live, and which nursery they are in."

Huo Xing tilted his head and looked at the hospital entrance, where Zhou Andong's figure was long gone: "He also knew the information about sister-in-law and the two children, and told me to tell you that he'll take whatever means you have. Life and death are fated, but don't target his family, otherwise..."

Huo Xing didn't continue, but his meaning was clear. Zhao Jianlong's face suddenly became somewhat twisted, looking very scary.

Huo Xing said in a low voice: "We suffered heavy losses in this incident. It's very likely he was the one stabbing us in the back."

"Impossible!" Zhao Jianlong roared savagely. He still didn't believe it. "I know him too well. How could he possibly know a reporter from the People's Daily?"

In front of Zhou Andong, he was always high and mighty. Even though Lang Tou and the other were crippled by Zhou Andong, he was angry and furious, but he never really took Zhou Andong seriously.

It could be said that in his heart, Zhou Andong was just a stinky bug that made him sick. As long as he wanted to, he could crush him to death at any time. How could he believe that such a stinky bug could make him suffer such a big loss? This was simply a huge joke.

"I didn't take him seriously before either, which is why I suffered such a big loss." A thick murderous intent flashed in Huo Xing's eyes. "Zhou Andong is too evil and too dangerous. He cannot be left, otherwise, I won't be able to sleep well at night. But now we are in trouble, we must bypass him first. After we solve the matter and arrange for our families to go abroad, then we will find an opportunity to make him disappear completely."

The three Sun Dahai were chatting. Seeing Zhou Andong enter, they hurriedly sat up.

"Zhao Jianlong has already been here."

"I ran into him." Zhou Andong asked, "What did you say?"

Sun Dahai said: "I said exactly what you told me. But after I said ten thousand, Zhao Jianlong didn't seem very happy."

Zhou Andong laughed: "Unless his head was kicked by a donkey, he wouldn't be happy."

Sun Dahai hesitated: "Why not ask for twenty thousand directly, instead of proposing ten thousand first?"

Zhou Andong asked: "Is there a difference between ten thousand and twenty thousand?"

"Yes!" one named Liu Zhongyu said: "There's a difference of thirty thousand."

Zhou Andong said: "For you, there is a difference of thirty thousand between ten thousand and twenty thousand. But for Zhao Jianlong, whether you ask for ten thousand or twenty thousand, there is no difference. Both are lion's shares and are unacceptable."

"However, proposing ten thousand first gives them a psychological expectation, a space for negotiation. When it drops to twenty thousand, they will find it easier to accept."

Yesterday, when they heard Zhou Andong say they could get twenty thousand in compensation, their hearts trembled, but they had been worried about gains and losses. Now that Zhou Andong said this, their hearts finally settled down a bit.

"I came over just to see how you were doing. I didn't expect Zhao Jianlong to come today." Zhou Andong turned and walked out, stopping at the door: "I think he will leave you hanging for a few more days, so don't worry, just wait for him to come."

At this time, Cheng Zhanjun was holding a meeting. This was the second party committee meeting he had convened since taking office. And the purpose of his convening this meeting was to promote enterprise reform.

"Grasp the big and let go of the small, keeping large enterprises in the hands of the state is adhering to socialism. Small enterprises do not control the lifeline of the country and do not affect the public ownership as the main body, so we can boldly try, and it doesn't matter if there are problems..."

"Select and use reformers well, be brave to take responsibility, and dare to be responsible. We need to promote reform in accordance with the law, need to explore and innovate, and need a large number of reformers with vision and courage, passion and tenacity, ideas and methods, ability and responsibility..."

Mayor Deng Zhangli smiled and said: "Secretary, to tell you the truth, before you came, we were still thinking about how to cross the river by feeling the stones. I didn't expect you to have already crossed to the other side of the river holding the stones."

"Do you think I summarized all this?" Cheng Zhanjun shook his head. "Before I came to report, I first met a young man, and all this was dug out of his mouth. This young man, whether in talent or ability, is the only one I have ever seen in my life."

Zuo Peiming's heart moved, and he blurted out: "Zhou Andong!"

Cheng Zhanjun was stunned, and then laughed out loud: "It seems that you also know Comrade Zhou Andong very well."

Zuo Peiming said: "The Jiangzhou Distillery being able to come back to life is the result of Zhou Andong turning the tide alone. Of course, Comrade Gu Bing, the party branch secretary of the distillery, also played a crucial role."

At this time, Dai Hongwei also spoke: "Before the new year, I personally sent a bravery award to Comrade Zhou Andong."

"It seems that Comrade Zhou Andong is also a talent who is both civil and military." Cheng Zhanjun chuckled. "A bit off-topic, let's return to the main topic. My meaning is that the distillery will be used as a pilot for reform, establishing a joint-stock company and appointing Zhou Andong as the factory director."

"Like foreign professional managers, give him a high salary and a certain percentage of shares. And our government will use land to buy shares, only having financial supervision rights, and not participating in any management. The remaining shares will be sold to employees, letting all workers become the masters of the factory, letting them develop together with the distillery, and truly realizing a moderately prosperous life." ===== CHAPTER 101 =====