Chapter 123

Zhou Andong and the others found a hot pot restaurant not far from the distillery, sitting by the window, just able to see the distillery, but until past ten o'clock, there was no movement. Fortunately, they were old customers and often ran over to eat, otherwise the boss would have driven them away long ago.

Yao Jun said: "Is our guess wrong?"

Zhou Andong put a piece of meat in his mouth: "Hope so."

As soon as his voice fell, thick smoke rose from the distillery direction. Gu Bing stood up abruptly: "It's on fire."

Qian Zhen looked out the window, staring with angry eyes, gritting his teeth and saying: "How dare they."

When Jian Qiu found him, he didn't believe that Gao Qingkui and Zhang Deyou dared to do such a thing. Now it seemed that he had underestimated the other side's boldness.

Zhou Andong drank beer calmly: "If this fire isn't set, once it's found out, they will sit in prison until they die. If this fire is set, everything will be turned to ashes, and they can still be carefree. Why wouldn't they dare?"

"Hurry back and take a look." Yao Jun stood up and was about to leave.

Zhou Andong pressed Yao Jun down: "Don't be anxious, we just arrived when the fire started, it will arouse suspicion. Besides, our factory has fire-fighting equipment. Since they dare to set this fire, they must have made full preparations. Especially Qu Hongqi, as the section chief of security, once the fire spreads and affects the brewing workshop, causing an explosion, it won't be as simple as sitting in prison, but eating peanuts (bullets)."

Jian Qiu said: "What they need is to burn the account books, they will definitely control the fire."

Gu Bing and Qian Zhen were both anxious. Hearing Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu say this, they also felt relieved. And the factory department and the production workshop were some distance apart, as long as it was controllable, nothing big would happen.

The restaurant boss stood at the door looking at the distillery direction. He knew Zhou Andong and the others were from the distillery, but didn't know what they were doing. Seeing them still eating and drinking calmly, he couldn't help shaking his head. Really don't know what to say, their own factory is on fire, and they still have the mood to eat.

Probably after more than ten minutes, two fire trucks sped past with sirens. After another ten minutes, Zhou Andong stood up.

"Let's go back and take a look."

At this time, the distillery was noisy, with moving shadows everywhere. Some people were holding basins and buckets running toward the distillery. Those were the distillery employees, and they only had one thought: save the fire quickly. It wasn't easy to have hope in life, if the distillery was burned to nothing by a fire, how would their whole family live?

"Factory Director is here, and Secretary too!" As soon as Zhou Andong and the others appeared, the employees surrounded them. In the freezing cold winter, one by one they were wet, definitely anxious, water had been splashed on them.

"Factory Director!" An employee said: "The factory department is on fire, it seems to be the Finance Section. Fortunately, the security section had people on duty, controlling the fire so it didn't spread. After the fire truck came, the fire has been extinguished."

Zhou Andong patted the employee's shoulder and shouted: "I am very gratified that when the distillery encountered a crisis, everyone disregarded danger and worked together to fight the fire. Now listen to me, those whose clothes are wet, go home quickly, it's freezing cold, don't get sick or catch a cold, delaying production tomorrow."

"Yao Jun!" Zhou Andong said: "You take a few people to move ten boxes of Yugong (premium type) over."

"Good!" Yao Jun greeted several people and ran toward the warehouse.

Zhou Andong shook hands with the fire brigade captain Gong Liwu: "Thank you, if it weren't for you, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Gong Liwu said with a smile: "This is what we should do."

The two chatted for a few words, and Yao Jun and the others moved the liquor over.

Zhou Andong said: "Captain Gong, I won't say words of thanks. It's freezing cold, you ran a trip, take the liquor back and drink some to warm your body."

"No, no!" Gong Liwu waved his hand to refuse.

Zhou Andong said: "Just a few boxes of liquor, just treat it as a comfort item sent by the distillery, this is not a precious item. Besides, we are a distillery, we lack everything, but we don't lack liquor."

Gong Liwu looked at the liquor placed on the ground, the words "Premium Type" on the outside of the packaging box were very eye-catching. He knew that Jiangzhou Yugong Liquor was quite hard to buy now, especially the premium type, which couldn't be bought even with money, and each bottle was speculated to more than 300. These ten boxes of liquor were almost 20,000 yuan. To say he wasn't moved would be a lie. It's just that taking this liquor was a bit hot to the hand.

Zhou Andong saw Gong Liwu was a bit hesitant: "Yao Jun, move the liquor onto the car."

"Alright!" Yao Jun took people and put the liquor on the fire truck.

"This..." Gong Liwu didn't know what to say.

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "No matter how much money this liquor is speculated to be outside, here with me, it's just a few boxes of liquor."

Seeing that Zhou Andong had said it to this point, Gong Liwu didn't say anything more. And in this era, for this kind of thing, the discipline requirements were not that strict.

Gong Liwu left. He knew Gao Qingkui and Zhang Deyou, and didn't know when the distillery had changed to such a young factory director. But the feeling Zhou Andong gave him was quite good, speaking in a way that made people feel intimate, much stronger than Gao Qingkui and Zhang Deyou. If there was a chance, this person could be interacted with.

At this time, several police officers were walking out of the factory gate with flashlights, obviously going to investigate the cause of the fire, but he had no confidence in the investigation technology at this time.

Zhou Andong was just about to walk over, when three small cars sped into the factory courtyard, and then stopped with a screech.

Cheng Zhanjun, Zuo Peiming, and Dai Hongwei got off their respective cars one after another. Zhou Andong, Gu Bing, and Qian Zhen walked quickly to welcome them.

Cheng Zhanjun asked: "What's going on?"

Zhou Andong shook his head and said: "I haven't had time to go in and take a look, but looking at the location, it's the Finance Section that caught fire. As for the reason, it still needs to be determined after investigation."

"Bureau Chief!" Several police officers saw Dai Hongwei coming and hurriedly ran over to salute.

Dai Hongwei asked: "What's the situation inside?"

A middle-aged police officer said: "It's the distillery's Finance Section. Because it was controlled in time, the fire didn't spread, but the inside of the Finance Section has been burned beyond recognition, and everything has been burned away."

Hearing this, Zuo Peiming was thoughtful, Cheng Zhanjun frowned, and Dai Hongwei walked away: "I'll go take a look."

"What's going on, how could it catch fire?" Gao Qingkui's anxious voice came from behind, and then he saw that old guy running toward the factory department with stumbling steps, as if he hadn't seen Cheng Zhanjun and Zuo Peiming.

Immediately after, Zhang Deyou also came, following Gao Qingkui and running toward the factory department.

Zuo Peiming snorted coldly: "Let's go take a look too."

As soon as they went up to the second floor, they heard Gao Qingkui's painful crying: "I have sinned, I have sinned, I didn't expect that on the day before my retirement, a fire would occur. It's me who didn't stand the last shift well..."

Zhou Andong walked into the Finance Section, which had been burned beyond recognition, and saw Gao Qingkui crying with tears streaming down his face, looking very sad. And Zhang Deyou was also shedding tears, blaming himself for poor management, which caused such a serious incident.