Chapter 2609: Something Big Happened

The night in Beijing seemed to be being painted by a magical brush. The originally pitch-black sky, like splashed ink, gradually faded its deep tones, first turning into a gray chaos, and then slowly being painted into white tones. Just over ten minutes later, a faint bright line quietly appeared on the eastern horizon, bringing vitality to the entire Beijing from dead silence.

The breakfast stalls on the street had long since lit their fires. The rolling oil in the frying pan, the steaming heat in the steamer, the hardworking figures of the bosses, the grandpas and grandmas exercising early, and the busy environmental workers on the road, intertwined with the thin mist of the early morning, formed the unique city atmosphere of Beijing.

"Ding-a-ling..."

Fang Hongbin, the director of the Donghuamen Police Station, was sleeping soundly when he was startled by the sudden ringing of the phone. He opened his eyes suddenly and sat up reflexively. Even though the bedroom was dark and lightless, he grabbed the phone on the bedside table very accurately.

"Hello, this is Fang Hongbin."

"Director!" An excited and thrilled voice came from the receiver: "This is Da Zhang. I just received a call from the Suihua police; the big fish have all been caught."

Fang Hongbin also excitedly raised his fist and smashed it down fiercely, and immediately heard his wife, Chen Jie, say "Ouch": "Fang Hongbin, are you looking to die?"

"Wife, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was too excited." Fang Hongbin couldn't care about Da Zhang on the other end of the phone, hurriedly apologized to his wife, and then said: "Immediately notify the instructor and others to arrive at the station in half an hour."

Before Da Zhang could reply, Fang Hongbin put down the phone. At this time, Chen Jie also turned on the light. She looked at her arm, which had been smashed red by Fang Hongbin, and glared at him irritably.

Fang Hongbin also saw his wife's red arm, gave a dry laugh, and hurriedly said: "There's an emergency at the station; I have to rush over. It's not even 5:00 yet; you sleep a little longer."

Fang Hongbin quickly put on his clothes and hurried away, very afraid that his wife would be in a bad mood and find trouble for him. After arriving in the living room, he picked up the phone on the coffee table and quickly dialed a string of numbers.

It rang several times before Zhou Andong's lazy voice came from the receiver: "Hello, who is this!"

Fang Hongbin hurriedly said: "Chairman Zhou, this is Fang Hongbin from the Donghuamen Police Station."

"Director Fang!" Zhou Andong became spirited instantly. Calling so early, the Wen Simao case must have had major progress: "Is there progress in Wen Simao's case?"

"Right!" Fang Hongbin said in a deep voice: "I just received a notification from the Suihua police; the big fish have all been caught, including your former colleague."

Zhou Andong took a deep breath and turned over to sit up: "Director Fang, you can arrest Wen Simao."

Fang Hongbin asked: "How do you need me to cooperate on your end?"

"You don't need to worry about my end." Zhou Andong held the receiver in one hand and pulled his pants onto his legs with the other: "You just need to make sure Wen Simao doesn't run away. I will immediately suspend Hong Jinyan, the factory director of Jinshiguang Garment Factory, for investigation."

"Good!" Fang Hongbin said: "I'll go to the station now to arrange the arrest of Wen Simao."

"Doo, doo, doo..." A busy signal came from Zhou Andong's receiver, and then he dialed another string of numbers. The other party answered quickly: "Hello, this is Dai Weimin!"

"Old Dai, this is Zhou Andong." Zhou Andong said in a low voice: "Notify Tian Hongwei and all personnel of the Supervision Office to come to the factory for a meeting immediately."

Dai Weimin knew something big had happened as soon as he heard: "I'll notify them right away."

Zhou Andong put down the phone, then dialed his uncle's home. Soon, his aunt's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Aunt, this is Zhou Andong." Zhou Andong said quickly: "Gu Bing is home, right? Tell him to go to the factory for a meeting immediately."

Calling so early to have Gu Bing go to the factory for a meeting, it must be something big: "Good, I'll wake him up immediately."

"Then that's it." Zhou Andong put down the phone, then fastened his belt, ran to the washroom, washed his face simply, and ran out without even brushing his teeth.

Gu Bing was sleeping soundly when he was startled by the heavy knocking on the door, followed by his mother's voice: "Old Five, Dongzi just called and told you to hurry to the factory for a meeting."

"What meeting is so early?" Gu Bing said dissatisfiedly.

"Calling you to a meeting so early, it must be something big." His aunt was very dissatisfied: "Get up quickly; don't delay important matters."

"I'm up." Although Gu Bing grumbled, his speed in putting on clothes wasn't slow, and he left the room in less than a minute. Zhou Andong had at least washed his face, but he didn't even wash his face and ran out.

Watching her youngest son run out, his aunt shook her head helplessly and went out to buy breakfast. Her mind kept thinking about what could have happened at the wool mill—calling people over for a meeting at dawn, the matter definitely couldn't be small.

At this time, Dai Weimin also called to notify Tian Hongwei. After putting on his clothes, he washed up simply, told his wife, and hurried out the door.

Because it was too early, the driver hadn't come to pick him up yet, so he could only ride his old bicycle, pedaling desperately to rush to the factory. Mainly, he didn't know what had happened, so he was anxious and wished he could grow wings and fly over.

The gate of the wool mill was still locked, but the breakfast stalls on both sides of the gate were already bustling, and people were eating.

As soon as Zhou Andong's car arrived at the gate, a man and a woman eating at a breakfast stall opposite the gate recognized it, and the man said with some surprise: "Isn't that the factory director's car?"

The woman looked over: "It really is. Why did the factory director come so early?"

The man took a bite of a fried dough stick: "Something didn't happen, right?"

"It's really possible." The woman chewed what was in her mouth and said thoughtfully: "In this period, too many things have happened in the factory; every single one is a big deal."

The man nodded: "As soon as Factory Director Zhou arrived, he had all the parasites in the factory arrested. Two days ago, he started clawing back the 'ghost wages' that had been embezzled. At the time, I thought there was no way that money could be recovered. Who would have thought that everyone who didn't pay it back would be put on a wanted list? I hear they're pulling strings and looking for help everywhere now."

"Hey!" Just as the man and woman were chatting and eating, the woman said "Hey": "Deputy Factory Director Dai is also here."

As soon as her voice fell, they saw Tian Hongwei's car turn into the gate, followed by more than ten people from the Supervision Office arriving one after another. This scene was all seen by the man and woman.

The man swallowed what was in his mouth: "It seems something big is really going to happen."

The woman said somewhat excitedly: "The people from the Supervision Office are all here; someone is definitely going to be caught again, just don't know who it is."

The man also thought of this: "Factory director, deputy factory director are all here, definitely..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Secretary Gu also get out of a taxi: "Damn it, such a big formation? The secretary is here too?"

The woman's throat rolled: "The matter is even bigger than we imagined. The one to be caught this time, it won't be the factory leadership, right?" ===== CHAPTER 2610 =====