Chapter 2417: Conscience is Greatly Bad

"Oh my!" Zhou Andong stood up, greeted him with a full face of smiles, enthusiastically held Liu Chunhua's hand, and said, "Troupe Leader Liu, you came to find me today, it must be for the performance next Tuesday, right?"

Zhou Andong was as clear as a mirror in his heart. With the current situation of the Woolen Mill, Liu Chunhua being able to personally come to find him already indicated his attitude. Therefore, he was too lazy to go around in circles to test him.

After all, Liu Chunhua coming to find him to report on work already explained many problems, meaning Liu Chunhua had already made a choice. In this situation, if he still continued to go around in circles to test him, then he would have fallen into the lower level. Doing so would not only make people feel he was narrow-minded but also make others look down on him.

Moreover, Liu Chunhua was not an ordinary department-level cadre; he himself was a national-level actor, enjoyed a high reputation in society, and also possessed extensive interpersonal relationships. It could be said that his influence was very large.

In contrast, Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun were far behind in this regard. They couldn't compare with Liu Chunhua at all, otherwise, they couldn't have watched Liu Chunhua jump around like this without any way to deal with him.

"Come, come, come, Troupe Leader Liu, sit!" Zhou Andong invited Liu Chunhua to sit on the sofa, and he personally poured a cup of tea for Liu Chunhua.

Liu Chunhua took the teacup with both hands and said with a face full of apology, "Factory Director, you also know that our Art Troupe and the school teaching staff are the same, all wages have been stopped. There's no way, everyone has to find a way to fill their stomachs.

I've been worrying to death every day about the food, drink, and daily needs of the seventy-odd staff in the Art Troupe, and I have to look for performance opportunities everywhere to earn money. So, I haven't had time to come to report on work to you.

Just yesterday, I received a call from Deputy Factory Director Liu, saying that you plan to arrange a performance next Tuesday and invite all the teaching staff in the school to watch. When I heard this, this is absolutely a great thing!

We actors, after all, have a skill, even if we don't get wages, we can take on some commercial performance jobs in our spare time, so we won't go hungry. But the teaching staff is different; what they can do is teach and educate people, and besides that, they have no other means to earn money. Therefore, the lives of the school teaching staff have been quite bitter these past two years.

So when I received Deputy Factory Director Liu's call, I was quite excited. We can bring some joy to the teaching staff living in hardship by dedicating a performance; this can be considered the only contribution our Art Troupe can make for everyone."

Zhou Andong smiled slightly. Everyone said Liu Chunhua was a straightforward and upright person, but now it seemed that this rumor didn't seem credible at all. However, although the words Liu Chunhua said earlier had a lot of water, the words later were true feelings; this guy could also be considered a person of temperament.

"I have always been saying that education is the foundation of the country and the cornerstone of national development. What education carries is far more than the imparting of knowledge; it is also a key way to cultivate talents, inherit culture, and promote social progress. If a country wants to be prosperous and strong, the support of the educational cause is indispensable."

As he spoke, Zhou Andong paused, his voice becoming low and having a lot of oppressive force: "When I learned that the three factory-run schools had all their teaching staff's wages stopped, and even some teachers had to go to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves to fill their stomachs, I felt incomparably angry.

Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun, as the top two leaders of the factory, their actions are digging at the foundation of our country's education, destroying the growth opportunities of our next generation; their actions are undoubtedly a crime!"

Zhou Andong's fingers tapped lightly on the sofa armrest, making a rhythmic sound, and at the same time took a deep breath, easing his "excited" mood.

"If the Woolen Mill had really reached the end of its rope and had no way out, to the point where all factory staff couldn't get wages, then I would have nothing to say. However, the facts are not like this.

The basic wages of all factory staff are still being paid normally, and there is no situation of arrears. But it just so happens that the teaching staff and your Art Troupe have had their wages stopped. This can only explain one problem, and that is that Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun's conscience is greatly bad!"

Hearing the words "conscience is greatly bad" come out of Zhou Andong's mouth, the corners of Liu Chunhua's mouth couldn't help but twitch. Actually, he also looked down on Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun, and had cursed them quite a bit when he was alone behind their backs. But like this, cursing to someone's face, he had truly never done it before.

However, this also fully proved that the famous Zhou Dong in front of him, their Factory Director, was a person who was straight inside and square outside, hated evil as if it were an enemy, and couldn't tolerate even half a grain of sand in his eyes. Moreover, this also once again confirmed how wise his decision was.

Liu Chunhua steadied his mind and opened his mouth to say, "Factory Director, to tell you the truth, I have always looked down on Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun. When they decided to stop the Art Troupe's wages, they said it so high-sounding, and guaranteed with a solemn vow that the Art Troupe could find its own way, and no matter how much money we earned in the future, the factory absolutely wouldn't take a single cent.

But who could have thought that their words were just like farting? After we really earned money through hard work, the faces of Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun were completely gone, and they became completely shameless."

Liu Chunhua became more excited as he spoke, his voice even trembling a bit. It could be seen that he was really very dissatisfied with Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun, otherwise he wouldn't have run to Shi Guoqiang's office and pointed at the other party's nose and cursed.

"They not only talked to me three or four times, asking me to hand over the management rights of the Art Troupe's commercial performances, but also exerted various pressures and threats on me under the circumstance that I kept refusing. Later, I was so angry that I went to the City Committee Office, found Shi Guoqiang, and cursed him until I felt comfortable."

Zhou Andong burst into laughter: "Those two dog-day things deserve to be cursed!"

"Isn't it!" Liu Chunhua had finally found a soulmate, gritting his teeth and saying, "If killing people wasn't against the law, I would definitely kill them both first."

Zhou Andong snorted: "If killing people wasn't against the law, you wouldn't even need to take action; our Woolen Mill's forty thousand staff could dismantle Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun's bones."

After speaking, Zhou Andong stood up, came to the desk, picked up the cigarette placed on the desk, and then turned and walked back.

"Troupe Leader Liu, smoke?"

Liu Chunhua waved his hand: "I don't smoke."

Zhou Andong took out a cigarette and lit it: "Alright, those two pieces of trash, Shi Guoqiang and Hu Dajun, will sooner or later be swept into the trash can. Let's not talk about them, let's talk about the main business."

Liu Chunhua nodded: "Mainly about the performance duration and program arrangement, I can't make the decision on this matter, so I came to ask for your opinion, Factory Director."

"Performance duration, huh!" Zhou Andong thought for a while: "Two hours. As for the program arrangement, it's mainly to have some fun. So, arrange more crosstalk and sketches, and for songs and dances, sing some popular songs that everyone likes..."

The two talked for not long, just about half an hour. Just as they finished talking, the office door was knocked.

"Come in!" Zhou Andong looked up and shouted.

Dong Wenjuan pushed the door and walked in: "Factory Director, there is a comrade named Zhang Zuo who wants to see you. He says he is the General Manager of the Housing Management Co., Ltd. that you mentioned." ===== CHAPTER 2418 =====