Chapter 2304: The destined ending

At this moment, Tong Gang's heart was very restless. The current situation had developed to an extremely dangerous edge, and the situation was very unfavorable for them. Facing such a situation, Tong Gang's heart began to waver.

He began to think about how much chance Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun had of winning, and the final answer was that the possibility of winning was not zero, but not great. If he didn't find a good retreat in time now, he might eventually fall into a desperate situation with nowhere to go.

Tong Gang stopped his restless pacing, put his hands behind his back, slowly tilted his head to look at the ceiling, and his whole person fell into a state of being dazed and absent-minded.

Nian Shihua was forced into sick leave. If he took the initiative to apply for sick retirement, Zhou Andong would definitely agree without hesitation. But the problem was, Zhou Andong hadn't fully stood firm yet. Once he fully controlled the woolen mill, would he conduct a liquidation against him?

Tong Gang was reluctant to give up the power in his hands, but freedom was more precious. Between power and freedom, he would ultimately choose freedom. However, he was worried that after handing over the power, Zhou Andong would not keep his word and would eventually liquidate him, and by then, he probably wouldn't even have a place to cry.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A light knocking sound suddenly rang out. Tong Gang was interrupted by the sudden knocking, then cast his gaze toward the office door, but didn't open his mouth to respond.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The person outside didn't have the slightest intention of giving up. Not hearing a response, the knocking sound not only didn't stop but became even more violent.

From the light knocking at the beginning to the heavy pounding on the door now, it seemed as if they knew Tong Gang was in the office and hadn't gone out, with an attitude of 'if you don't make a sound, I won't stop'.

Tong Gang frowned slightly, slowly turned around, walked behind the desk, and sat down slowly. Then he adjusted his sitting posture, took a deep breath, and only then called out unhurriedly.

"Come in!"

As his words fell, the heavy knocking that made people feel restless stopped abruptly. Immediately after, with a creak, the office door was pushed open, and the Executive Deputy Factory Director Jiao Liwei walked in with a teacup and a smile on his face.

Seeing Jiao Liwei, Tong Gang was stunned. He never expected that the Factory Director would suddenly come to his office. After a brief astonishment, Tong Gang hurriedly stood up and said with a face full of smiles: "Factory Director, why are you here? Quick, please sit!"

Jiao Liwei suddenly running to his office made Tong Gang feel very surprised, and his whole heart was also raised to his throat. After all, under normal circumstances, the Factory Director wouldn't run to a subordinate's office for no reason.

As the saying goes, a night cat entering a house doesn't come for nothing. At this very moment, in Tong Gang's eyes, Jiao Liwei was like a night cat without fur, suddenly coming to his office, and he always felt it wasn't a good thing.

Jiao Liwei sat slowly on the sofa, then looked around Tong Gang's office. Although the space was still quite spacious, compared to his office, the decoration was much worse.

Tong Gang took out a pack of imported Liangyou from the drawer, walked quickly to sit opposite Jiao Liwei. Then he tore open the cigarette pack, pulled out a cigarette, and handed it to Jiao Liwei.

"Factory Director, have a smoke!"

Jiao Liwei nodded with a smile, placed the teacup in his hand lightly on the coffee table, reached out to take the cigarette Tong Gang handed over, and then heard a 'click' sound. Tong Gang quickly pressed the lighter and sent a blue flame in front of Jiao Liwei.

Jiao Liwei lowered his head slightly, lit the cigarette in his mouth, then took a deep drag, and then slowly exhaled the smoke: "Director Tong, Guan Mingli was taken away by the Supervision and Examination Office for investigation, and Nian Shihua applied for sick leave—you should know about this, right?"

Tong Gang's heart tightened. He couldn't figure out Jiao Liwei's purpose, and besides, who in the factory didn't know about this? Not to mention the factory department, even ordinary staff probably already knew.

"I know, but I'm not clear about the specific details."

"This is an obvious matter!" Jiao Liwei smiled slightly: "In order to get the Finance Department, Zhou Andong started laying out his plans before he even took office. And Guan Mingli being investigated was destined; he wouldn't be able to run even if he grew wings. Even without today's matter, Guan Mingli wouldn't have been able to stay at large for many more days."

Tong Gang slowly took a cigarette from the pack, put it in his mouth, then lowered his head slightly and lit the cigarette with his lighter. How could he not understand this? Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought about applying for sick retirement; he was truly frightened by Zhou Andong.

Looking at the expressions constantly changing on Tong Gang's face, Jiao Liwei continued: "Do you know why Zhou Andong investigated Guan Mingli, with the posture of wanting to send Guan Mingli in, yet let Nian Shihua go?"

Tong Gang raised his head, his gaze at Jiao Liwei filled with doubt, because he truly hadn't figured this matter out. If it were him, since he held evidence of the other party's disciplinary violation, he would definitely catch them all in one net to avoid future trouble. It was precisely because he had this thought that he felt that once Zhou Andong stood firm and fully controlled the woolen mill, he would conduct a liquidation against him.

Jiao Liwei smiled faintly, slowly picked up the ashtray on the coffee table, and flicked the ash lightly: "The Union is dispensable to Zhou Andong, and Nian Shihua's only use to Zhou Andong was to establish prestige.

This time, Zhou Andong grasped the problem of the factory-run school staff's wage suspension and life difficulties, using this as an opportunity to force Nian Shihua into sick leave, and at the same time restored the staff's salary treatment, even equal pay for equal work with frontline staff. In this way, he not only established prestige but also bought people's hearts."

Speaking to this point, Jiao Liwei paused slightly, then put the ashtray back in place, and continued: "But Guan Mingli is different from Nian Shihua. He controls the Finance Department. It can be said that what others know, he knows, and what others don't know, he also knows.

Therefore, Zhou Andong definitely wants to dig out some dry goods from his mouth. Moreover, Zhou Andong doesn't know who the mole in the Finance Department is. Even if Guan Mingli chooses to resign, he can still use the mole in the Finance Department to create all kinds of trouble for Zhou Andong. Therefore, Guan Mingli's ending was actually already destined."

Tong Gang's eyes flickered. According to Jiao Liwei's analysis, he, the Director of the Party Building Work Department, didn't pose too much of a threat to Zhou Andong either, but he was a member of the Party Committee after all, and it was absolutely impossible for Zhou Andong to keep him to add trouble for himself. And at this time, if he applied for sick retirement and gave up the position on the Party Committee, then Zhou Andong probably wouldn't conduct a liquidation against him afterward.

Jiao Liwei looked at Tong Gang's drifting gaze, revealing a trace of a smile: "General Office, Personnel Department, Finance Department, and Sales Department—as long as you control these four departments, it's equivalent to controlling the woolen mill.

Now the Sales Department is completely controlled by Zhou Andong, and the Finance Department, with Guan Mingli being taken away for investigation, it's only a matter of time before it completely falls into Zhou Andong's hands. The remaining Tan Sheng of the General Office and Lai Zhaoxi of the Personnel Department, even if they kneel in front of Zhou Andong, their fates are destined; there is no way out."

Tong Gang's heart became increasingly doubtful. What exactly did Jiao Liwei want to do? Was it just to analyze these for him? ===== CHAPTER 2305 =====