Chapter 514: Suspending Wage Payments

Arriving at the Finance Section, Gu Qing and the others were all there. Seeing Zhou Andong, they greeted him one after another.

Zhou Andong said: "The accounts are mostly cleared, right?"

Gu Qing said: "Cleared. Although they made some accounts very secretive, we still discovered quite a few problems."

Zhou Andong asked: "When signing the contract, it was stated that it was six debts. Is there a problem with this?"

"There's no problem with this." Gu Qing said: "It's just some incoming and outgoing accounts that they tampered with. Besides, the factory's account only has a few."

Zhou Andong smiled: "That doesn't matter. As long as there are no hidden debts, we won't bother with those bad debts from before. But keep the account books safe; we might need them."

Gu Qing nodded: "Should we transfer the money to them tomorrow?"

"Transfer it!" Zhou Andong said: "Since there are no hidden debts, the contract is effective."

"Alright!" Gu Qing checked the time: "It's time. Should we pay the wages now?"

"Wait!" Zhou Andong looked at Zhou Wang: "Where is the list I asked you to draft? Give it to me."

Zhou Wang hurriedly took out a list from his pocket. Zhou Andong looked at it and handed it to Gu Qing: "Cross out the names of these people; fire them all."

Gu Qing took the list, checked the payroll, and then took a pen, crossing out the names one by one.

"Da Zhen!" Zhou Andong said: "Take the list outside, read it once in front of all the employees, and then post it on the factory gate."

"Alright!" Gao Zhen took the list and went out. Zhou Wang looked worried: "Chairman, doing this will cause trouble."

Zhou Andong laughed: "It won't!"

"Huh?" Zhou Wang was stunned, but still worried: "I'll go out and take a look." After saying that, he ran out.

The first-floor corridor and the rooms on both sides were full of people. Gao Zhen came down, stood on the stairs, and shouted: "Everyone be quiet!"

Everyone looked at Gao Zhen; even those in the rooms squeezed out.

"Our factory is now a private enterprise; not a single cent will be wasted." Gao Zhen raised the list in his hand and shook it. "This is a list. The people recorded on it are all fired."

The whispering that had been going on disappeared instantly. Everyone nervously stretched their necks, looking at the list in Gao Zhen's hand, wanting to see if their own names were on it.

Gao Zhen took the list and started reading: "Lan Hai, Zhao Wei, Zhu Guangqi, Zhao Yuzhu..."

As the names were read out, everyone turned their heads to look.

Lan Hai laughed, laughing very arrogantly: "Screw your mother, tell Zhou Andong to get out here. Wanting to fire me? Let me see how many heads he has."

"Zhou Andong, get out here!"

"Zhou Andong, I'll kill you."

"Come out, don't hide like a turtle."

"Do you think I can't do anything to you just because you hide your head in a turtle shell?"

Gao Zhen coldly swept a glance at Lan Hai and the others and continued reading the names.

Zhou Wang couldn't stay calm and whispered to Gao Zhen: "Factory Director, this won't work. They are just hoodlums and thugs; they'll do anything."

"Chen Xiaoguang!" Gao Zhen read the last name and looked up at the indifferent employees in front of him, feeling very disappointed.

"Because some people are making trouble, wage payments are suspended this year. Come back tomorrow."

Gao Zhen's words left everyone dumbfounded; even Zhou Wang was stunned.

Gao Zhen sneered, turned, and went upstairs. Zhou Wang came back to his senses and hurriedly chased after him.

With a loud bang, the first floor exploded. Everyone was waiting to get paid today, but suddenly it wasn't happening.

"Why isn't it being paid? Why isn't it being paid?"

"Exactly, how can it be like this?"

Then some people looked at Lan Hai and the others.

"What are you looking at!" Lan Hai cursed arrogantly: "I'm in a bad mood today, don't look for trouble."

This bunch of guys was used to running wild, and these employees were used to being bullied; not a single one dared to make a sound.

"Pay tomorrow, then we'll come tomorrow."

An employee said, squeezed out of the crowd, and left.

With the first, there was a second. Soon, all the employees left.

"Damn it!" Lan Hai glanced at the second floor. "Let's go too, we'll continue coming tomorrow."

Zhou Andong stood in front of the window, watching the employees leave: "Over a hundred people, facing twenty-something little hoodlums, and they didn't even dare to say a word."

Zhou Wang sighed and said: "There's no way around it. Lan Hai and these people will do anything. It's not like no one resisted before, but they were either beaten, or their home windows were smashed, or they were splashed with feces, or they went to their homes in the middle of the night to make trouble, making the whole family terrified."

"Alright!" Zhou Andong laughed: "If these pieces of trash come again tomorrow, wages will still be suspended. I want to see if the spirit in our employees has really disappeared."

Hearing Zhou Andong's words, Zhou Wang finally understood why wages were suspended.

Immediately after, he shivered. He knew better than anyone what the employees' lives had been like these past two years.

Everyone was almost at the end of their rope, and they had finally waited for a glimmer of hope, but because of Lan Hai and these people, they couldn't get their wages.

If Lan Hai and these people continued to make trouble, over time, it would definitely ignite the anger in the employees' hearts.

"Let's go too." Zhou Andong greeted Gu Qing: "You've arrived, and I haven't treated you to a meal yet. It just so happens you're free now; I'll treat you to roast duck. Zhou Wang, come along."

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Sun Fuyuan picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip.

Zhong Caishun sat opposite him, grabbed two peanuts, and threw them into his mouth.

"It should be very lively at the factory today."

Sun Fuyuan snorted: "Refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

Zhong Caishun crunched on the peanuts: "When are we going to find Zhou Andong and talk to him about buying shares?"

"What's the rush?" Sun Fuyuan picked up a piece of scrambled eggs. "Let Lan Hai play with him for a while. When he's at his wit's end, he'll naturally agree to us."

"Right!" Zhong Caishun said with a smile: "At that time, our conditions won't just be those few shares. You continue to be the Factory Director, and I continue to be the Deputy Factory Director, otherwise, no deal."

Sun Fuyuan laughed heartily and picked up his wine glass: "Come, let's clink."

"Clink!"

The two clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

The next day, Lan Hai and his bunch arrived early. Zhou Andong stood in front of the finance office window, watching downstairs. When all the employees had arrived, he said to Gao Zhen: "Go notify the employees that because I saw Lan Hai and these people, my mood suddenly became very bad, so wage payments are suspended again today."

Gao Zhen laughed, walked out quickly, went downstairs, and exited the factory gate: "Comrades, the Chairman said that because he saw Lan Hai and these people, his mood suddenly became very bad, so wage payments are suspended again today. Everyone go back." ===== CHAPTER 515 =====