Chapter 2496: Open and Transparent

The leading cadres of the Woolen Mill and the onlookers, adding up to nearly 500 people, came to the downstairs of the factory headquarters like a surging tide, mighty and majestic.

Sun Baocun stopped his steps, took a deep breath secretly, and then faced the crowd behind him: "The factory headquarters is an important office venue. If so many people all go in, it will definitely affect the normal work order. Therefore, let our Discipline Inspection working group and the Woolen Mill leadership team go in to handle it."

"No, no, no!" Zhou Andong shook his head and said: "Secretary Sun, your arrangement won't do. Since it was Comrade Hong Tao who publicly reported Comrade Gu Bing, then we must conduct the investigation in an open and transparent occasion.

Otherwise, when the result comes out in the end, those people with ulterior motives and bad intentions, if they haven't achieved their goals, will definitely spread rumors everywhere saying that I, Zhou Andong, practiced favoritism and shielded my own, slandering me for shielding corrupt elements. By then, wouldn't I be wronged to death?"

Gu Bing smiled slightly and nodded in agreement: "Factory Director Zhou is right. I, Gu Bing, will absolutely cooperate with the investigation unconditionally, but the premise is that it must be conducted in an open and transparent situation.

If I really have a problem, handle it however it should be handled. Whether to kill or cut, that is what I deserve. But if I have no problem at all, yet I am burdened with a bad name because of some rumors, then I definitely cannot accept it!"

Sun Baocun's left eyelid began to jump crazily. He really wanted to turn around and leave immediately. But as his gaze swept over the dense crowd in front of him, his steps were like being nailed, unable to move a single bit.

If he disregarded everything and walked away at this moment, then in less than two days, all kinds of rumors would sweep in like a rainstorm. Practicing favoritism, shielding one's own, shielding corrupt elements... these labels would all be mercilessly pinned on him.

"Then arrange a few representatives." Sun Baocun could only compromise. He had been forced into a corner by Zhou Andong and had no other choice. At the same time, he secretly swore in his heart that as long as there was a chance, he must make Zhou Andong die without a burial place.

"I nominate myself!" As soon as Sun Baocun's voice fell, the old cadre who had been leading the trouble took a few steps forward and shouted in a loud voice.

"And me!" Immediately after, another old cadre who was causing trouble stood out without hesitation and stood side by side with the previous old cadre.

"We all want to participate in supervising the investigation of Gu Bing." One old cadre after another stood out one after another. Their voices rose and fell, connecting into one, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

A smile that was not easily noticed appeared on Zhou Andong's face, and a faint mockery flashed in his eyes. Then he said in a tone that sounded gentle.

"We naturally cannot dampen the enthusiasm of the old comrades, and the old comrades have rich work experience. With your participation in supervision, it will definitely make the investigation work more fair and transparent."

"However, we must also give others a chance. After all, the number of old comrades is too large. If everyone wants to participate, then others won't have a chance. Therefore, I have a small suggestion here: the old comrades can nominate ten representatives."

Zhou Andong smiled and said at a leisurely pace: "In addition, our fellow villagers in Jingcheng can elect thirty representatives, with Party members and veterans given priority."

Wang Jianmin was mixed in the crowd. When Zhou Andong said to elect representatives to participate, he was a little worried. After all, with so many people on the scene, they would probably fight when electing representatives. He naturally couldn't get involved.

Of course, if he could reveal his identity publicly, no one would dare to compete with him. But at the same time, that old fox Sun Baocun would definitely use him to break the situation, which would be a bit of a loss.

But Zhou Andong mentioned Party members and veterans given priority, so there was no problem at all. Don't look at the fact that there were hundreds of people here; there shouldn't be too many true Party members and veterans who met the conditions.

At the same time, Elder Huang and Elder Song originally intended to mix into those old cadres who were causing trouble, but when they heard Zhou Andong's words, smiles appeared on their faces at the same time. Since they could enter to watch the spectacle openly and honestly, there was no need to deal with those shameless old immortals.

In the crowd, there were two other people, who were Wu Hongkang and Zhang Shenghui. They came relatively early, at that time the old cadres hadn't come to cause trouble yet, and they mixed in during the Woolen Mill's working hours.

Mainly, they were indeed very curious about what kind of play Zhou Andong let them watch. Just when they were bored and wandering around, several Woolen Mill workers ran past them, saying something about something happening at the main gate.

Wu Hongkang and Zhang Shenghui's eyes lit up immediately. It seemed that the big play was on. The two didn't hesitate, turned around and walked toward the main gate, and walked faster and faster, very afraid of missing the good play.

Then, they watched from the beginning to the present. They were very satisfied with the big play arranged by Zhou Andong, because it was really wonderful, made them watch with relish, and still had suspense.

As for whether they could enter the factory headquarters to continue watching this big play, they were not worried. They were invited by Zhou Andong to watch the play. Even if they were not elected as representatives, they could just find Zhou Andong directly.

The old cadres were very dissatisfied with the suggestion made by Zhou Andong, but they could only accept it. The reason was very simple: they came to cause trouble, intending to bring Zhou Andong down. Although they had put away the banners now, they didn't believe that Zhou Andong knew nothing about this.

It could be said that from the time Zhou Andong wanted to check the Woolen Mill's finances for twenty years, to today they came to the Woolen Mill to cause trouble and wanted to bring Zhou Andong down, the two sides had become deadly enemies. If they didn't accept Zhou Andong's suggestion, Zhou Andong would definitely not let a single one of them in.

"I am a veteran!"

"I am also a veteran!"

"I am a Party member!"

"I am a veteran!"

"..."

Shouts came from the crowd. Just as Wang Jianmin thought, among these two or three hundred people, there were only 7 Party members, but there were 21 veterans. This included Wang Jianmin and his secretary, as well as Elder Huang, Elder Song, and Wu Hongkang and Zhang Shenghui.

At this time, the old cadres also nominated 10 people. The old guys looked at Zhou Andong with unkind eyes, but didn't dare to make trouble to his face. Because when they arrived at the scene, they also clearly knew that Zhou Andong was not easy to deal with.

"The people have all been elected." Zhou Andong looked at Sun Baocun beside him with a smile: "Secretary Sun, let's go in."

Sun Baocun didn't say anything, turned around and walked up the steps, then pushed open the door of the factory headquarters and walked in. Shao Yan and the others hurriedly followed, followed by the 10 old cadres.

"Hey!" Zhou Andong grinned: "Dear reporter friends, you follow along too."

Saying that, Zhou Andong looked at the reporter from the Yugong Group TV station: "Is the machine still running?"

The reporter was named Cao Hongwei. Hearing the Chairman's words, he hurriedly nodded and said: "It has been filming all along."

"Hmm!" Zhou Andong nodded: "Let's go!" ===== CHAPTER 2497 =====