Chapter 515: Everything Has a Price
As soon as Gao Zhen's words fell, the employees' hearts sank to the bottom. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.
Gao Zhen didn't care about them, turned around, and went back.
"Screw!" A guy beside Lan Hai cursed. "Zhou Andong seems to be humiliating us."
Lan Hai sneered: "It's not 'seems,' he is humiliating us."
"Damn it!" A guy said: "Brother Hai, go up and deal with him. If I don't make him kneel down and call me Grandpa, I'll write my surname backward."
"It's no fun dealing with him now." Brother Hai said sinisterly: "Smash the first floor of the factory office for me. Tomorrow smash the second floor, and the day after smash the workshop equipment. He can forget about opening this factory. I want all the money he invested here to rot."
"Clap!" A guy picked up half a brick from the ground and smashed it against the window. The glass shattered instantly.
Immediately after, the twenty-something people each found tools and began to smash wildly.
"Bang!"
"Clang!"
"Crash!"
"Crack!"
The glass was shattered piece by piece. In the first-floor office, tables and chairs were all overturned.
Over a hundred employees stood on the side watching. Some were afraid of being caught in the crossfire and hid far away.
Zhou Andong stood in front of the window, listening to the smashing sounds below and looking at the silent employees, and sighed.
Gu Qing said calmly: "Chairman, should we call the police?"
"Why call the police?" Zhou Andong laughed: "Since they want to smash, let them smash. When they are happy, my mood will also be very comfortable."
Zhou Wang didn't know that Zhou Andong, this big schemer, was digging a hole. He listened with a blank face; what kind of talk was this? He didn't understand.
"Sigh!" Zhou Andong sighed again. "Over a hundred and ten employees, over seventy are men, and not a single one has any guts."
Gao Zhen sneered: "This might be Beijing men. If it were in our Jiangzhou, pushed to this point, people like Lan Hai would have been beaten until they couldn't find their teeth long ago."
Zhou Wang blushed: "We Beijing men aren't afraid of trouble either, but it's been so many years. Lan Hai and these people are used to running wild in the factory. Not only do they have Sun Fuyuan backing them, but they all have backgrounds. Calling the police is useless; they get released after two days, and then they start crazy revenge. In this situation, no matter how much spirit you have, it's all exhausted."
Zhou Andong took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and then threw one to Gao Zhen and Zhou Wang each.
"Then let's exhaust it. Wage payments will be suspended again tomorrow."
Zhou Wang said anxiously: "They dare to smash the factory office today; they'll dare to smash the workshop tomorrow. If the equipment is smashed, what should we do?"
"What to do?" Zhou Andong sneered. "Everything has a price. If they want to smash, let them smash."
"But!" Zhou Wang still wanted to say something.
Gao Zhen said: "Old Zhou, what big scenes hasn't the Chairman seen? Little hoodlums like Lan Hai can't even catch the Chairman's eye."
Only then did Zhou Wang realize that except for Gu Qing, the others didn't show any worried expressions, and among them were two girls who also had no fear.
Logically speaking, encountering such a scene, especially for girls, how could they not worry about their safety? But now it seemed that his understanding of this Chairman was only superficial.
After more than half an hour, it quieted down below, and then they heard Lan Hai shouting outside: "Zhou Andong, I know you can hear me. Wait, I'm going to exhaust you."
Then, this guy took his people and swaggered away.
The employees watched the first floor of the factory office, which had been smashed to pieces, and remained silent.
After a long, long time, a middle-aged man said: "If we let Lan Hai and the others continue to smash, not only will we not get our wages, but we might not even have jobs anymore."
After speaking, the middle-aged man looked at the others and turned to leave.
None of the employees spoke, but after today's incident, a thorn had taken root in their hearts.
Zhou Andong watched the employees leave one by one and said with a smile: "Let's go too. Let's continue to drink. By the way, take all the account books, clear some space, and let them smash tomorrow."
The next day, Zhou Andong didn't even let Gu Qing and the others come. He parked the car at the main gate, let Gao Zhen get out, and notified the employees that the Chairman's mood was still bad today, and wage payments were still suspended.
Then, Lan Hai and the others continued to smash the factory office. This time it was the second floor, and it was another half an hour. In the entire factory office, not a single complete item could be seen.
Then came the third day, the fourth day, and some equipment in the workshop was also destroyed.
Just as Lan Hai and the others were leaving, Zhong Caishun appeared.
"Chairman Zhou!" Zhong Caishun knocked on the car window.
Zhou Andong rolled down the window, looking miserable, and spoke weakly: "Deputy Factory Director Zhong, is something the matter?"
Zhong Caishun said with a smile, "The old Factory Director wants to treat you to a meal. Do you have time?"
Zhou Andong said with a bitter face: "How could I have the mood to eat."
Zhong Caishun said: "Perhaps the old Factory Director has a way to solve this matter?"
Zhou Andong was stunned, then slapped his forehead: "Right, how could I forget Factory Director Sun. Get in the car quickly, let's go."
Zhong Caishun smiled triumphantly, thinking to himself that no matter how awesome you are, once you get here, if you're a dragon, you have to coil, and if you're a tiger, you have to lie down. Going against us will make it impossible for you to move an inch.
This guy opened the passenger door, saw Gao Zhen, and said impolitely: "Sit in the back."
Gao Zhen muttered with dissatisfaction, got out of the car, and sat in the back.
Zhong Caishun got into the car and slammed the door shut: "Let's go, turn left at the intersection ahead."
Under Zhong Caishun's guidance, Zhou Andong arrived at a small restaurant.
He was genuinely curious about what Sun Fuyuan wanted with him.
Entering the restaurant, Zhong Caishun led Zhou Andong and Gao Zhen to the second private room, where Sun Fuyuan was already waiting.
"Oh!" Sun Fuyuan stood up enthusiastically and shook hands with Zhou Andong, "Chairman Zhou, I've been waiting for your arrival for a long time."
Zhou Andong gave a bitter smile: "Factory Director Sun, I really should have come to ask for your advice earlier."
Sun Fuyuan was in a great mood and laughed heartily: "It's not too late to come now." After speaking, he shouted: "Waiter, serve the dishes!"
Zhou Andong and Gao Zhen sat down, and Sun Fuyuan said: "Don't look at this shop as small; the taste of the dishes is very good."
Zhou Andong sighed: "These past few days, no matter how delicious the food is, I can't eat it."
"That won't do." Sun Fuyuan said: "No matter what happens, you should eat when you should eat and drink when you should drink. Your health is more important than anything else."
Zhou Andong took out a cigarette, respectfully lit one for Sun Fuyuan and Zhong Caishun, and then lit one for himself: "That's what they say, but hundreds of thousands have been invested in it.
Now those little hoodlums like Lan Hai come to make trouble every day, the factory office and workshop have been smashed, and so much money has been lost. I've thought about withdrawing and preparing to go elsewhere to open a new factory."
"Brother Zhou." Sun Fuyuan didn't even call him Chairman Zhou anymore, directly calling him Brother Zhou. "No one's money is blown in by a strong wind. Hundreds of thousands are invested, and there are over six hundred thousand in debts. That's over a million in total. How can you just say you're leaving?"
Zhou Andong said helplessly: "What else can I do if I don't leave? It's meaningless to struggle with little hoodlums like Lan Hai."
Sun Fuyuan smiled: "If Brother Zhou is willing to sell some shares, I can buy them. At that time, I'll leave Lan Hai and these people to me to solve."
Zhou Andong suddenly realized that Sun Fuyuan's goal was this. Now it seemed that behind those little hoodlums like Lan Hai, there was also this guy's shadow.
Zhou Andong lowered his head in thought, but a smile that was hard to detect curled at the corners of his mouth. It was a long while before he raised his head.
"Factory Director Sun, to tell you the truth, I'm quite serious about this radiator factory. I'm preparing to develop a new type of radiator and have ordered a batch of new equipment, costing over a million."
When Sun Fuyuan heard this, his eyes lit up, but he didn't show it on his face, waiting for Zhou Andong to continue.
Zhou Andong took a puff of his cigarette: "But after this incident, my ambition has been exhausted. Since you want to buy shares, then take the controlling interest. I'll transfer one percent to you. You become the legal representative and continue to be the Factory Director. As for me, I'll just be a small shareholder. What do you think?" ===== CHAPTER 516 =====
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