Chapter 689

Time flies, years pass like a shuttle...

Yi Yi Zhonghai was brought to the office with his hands tied. The First Lady rushed up with teary eyes: "Old Yi, ugh, what is that smell on you!"

But before she could get to Yi Yi Zhonghai, the First Lady was forced to retreat and dry-heave by the smell.

To this day, Yi Yi Zhonghai had been locked up for seven days, eating, drinking, and relieving himself in the little black room. One can imagine the smell on him; it was no different from being fished out of a cesspit.

Yi Yi Zhonghai scolded with an ugly face: "You dislike me? I'm that smelly? I'm that disgusting?"

The First Lady explained anxiously: "No, I didn't, ugh, Old Yi, ugh, I didn't dislike you, I ate something bad this morning, ugh! Old Yi, I brought good news, you're saved!"

Yi Yi Zhonghai stepped forward excitedly: "I'm saved! Tell me quickly what's going on!"

The First Lady said: "I begged Yu Yu Haitang, gave Cao Cao Weiguo a gift, and said a basketful of nice things. I also pulled in the Old Lady and Old Yan to plead for you. After much persuasion, Cao Cao Weiguo finally loosened his mouth and pointed out a path for me."

Yi Yi Zhonghai was full of anxiety: "What path did that little rabbit Cao Cao Weiguo point out?"

The First Lady whispered: "He took me to see the Security Section Chief, Zhao Zhao Mancang, and then we went to the state-run restaurant for a meal together. After the meal, Zhao Zhao Mancang said that if you handle your matter with some money, it can be handled leniently at his discretion."

Yi Yi Zhonghai sneered: "Handle it? Isn't that just asking for money! How much?"

The First Lady said with a bitter expression: "At least two thousand."

Yi Yi Zhonghai exploded on the spot: "Two thousand! He has a big appetite! Isn't he afraid of choking to death from eating too much! No money, I'd rather die! I'm an eighth-grade worker in the factory; I don't believe they can really do anything to me."

The First Lady grabbed Yi Yi Zhonghai's hand, enduring the nausea: "Old Yi, what time is it now? You can't be impulsive. Let me tell you, you know Old Hu from our alley, right? Because a Buddha head was found in his house, he has now been sent to the Great Northwest... And Old Zhou from the courtyard next door, he was an engineer who returned from abroad... Old Yi, what does your eighth-grade worker status count for? I went to find Deputy Director Dong of the Street Office, who has a good relationship with our family, to ask about your problem. If the factory handles it seriously, your punishment will be being sent to the Great Northwest at best, or becoming a labor reform prisoner at worst. Old Yi, you don't want to end up like that, do you? Old Yi, our family cannot be without you."

Yi Yi Zhonghai was frightened, his face turning pale: "Did Old Dong really say that? But! Two thousand! That's all our family's savings!"

The First Lady persuaded: "Old Yi! Now is not the time to feel bad about money! The Great Northwest! Labor reform! Old Yi, you're not young anymore. At your age, you could be gone if you're not careful. Tell me, if you're gone, what's the use of keeping the money? Old Yi, you can't be foolish at this time."

Yi Yi Zhonghai covered his chest with a heart-wrenching pain, gritting his teeth and letting out a low roar: "Good! Good! Two thousand, right! I agree! I agree! Give them the money! This time I'll consider myself unlucky, I admit defeat. However, this matter is not over. Sooner or later, I will make those two beasts, Cao Cao Weiguo and Liu Haizhong, pay double!"

Thinking of his family wealth, which he had saved up through frugality and hard work, being emptied out all at once, Yi Yi Zhonghai felt like the sky was collapsing. In his heart, he wished he could tear Liu Haizhong and Cao Cao Weiguo apart and chew up all their bones.

This was all his pension money!

Just like that, it was gone!

Gone!

How is he going to live the rest of his life!

The First Lady held Old Yi's hand: "Old Yi! Think of it this way! Let's just consider it losing money to avoid disaster! I'll go get the money, handle the matter early, and you can come home early."

Yi Yi Zhonghai waved his hand with no desire to live: "Go! Go!"

With Yi Yi Zhonghai's nod, the First Lady didn't delay and hurried away from the rolling mill.

Returning home, she rummaged through boxes and cabinets, taking out the family wealth from a very secret place.

More than two hundred ten-Brother Yuan bills!

The First Lady was also bleeding in her heart, but when people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads.

Wrapping the two thousand Brother Yuan tightly in a piece of blue cloth and stuffing it into Old Yi's old satchel, the First Lady hurried back to the rolling mill and found Cao Cao Weiguo with an anxious expression.

This matter should be done sooner rather than later; the First Lady was worried that there might be changes if it were late.

Cao Cao Weiguo took the First Lady to find Zhao Zhao Mancang, and then led the First Lady to find Factory Director Li.

This matter could not be hidden from Factory Director Li, the top leader.

He and Zhao Zhao Mancang naturally couldn't swallow this money alone.

Besides, his purpose was just to retaliate against Yi Yi Zhonghai and make Yi Yi Zhonghai suffer a big loss.

As for a mere two thousand Brother Yuan, he really didn't look down on it.

So after the plan started, he found Factory Director Li to communicate.

This way, he avoided future worries and could also use Old Yi's money to win Factory Director Li's favor.

A gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way!

Factory Director Li's "love for money" is well known to everyone.

How could Factory Director Li not happily accept the "person and money" delivered to his door?

Although Cao Cao Weiguo had the heart to beat Old Dog Yi into a dead dog.

But this Old Dog Yi was, after all, an eighth-grade worker in the factory with old seniority, and the evidence caught this time was not small, but the crime was not enough to die. Being able to lock him up for a few days and make him bleed heavily was already considered okay.

It could be considered acting on behalf of heaven.

Factory Director Li accepted the First Lady's intention without changing his expression, criticized the First Lady a few words verbally, and urged the First Lady to strengthen supervision over Old Yi to prevent ideological slippage...

Subsequently, Old Yi was brought to the office, and the foul stench almost made Old Li faint.

Originally, he wanted to educate Old Yi well, but he couldn't stand the smell on Old Yi, so he criticized him perfunctorily and let the First Lady take him away.

The next day, the factory leadership notified all employees to hold a general meeting.

Under the gaze of thousands of workers, Old Yi walked onto the stage with a wilted head.

Factory Director Li, Deputy Factory Director Nie, and employee representatives announced the factory's punishment for Old Yi: Yi Yi Zhonghai, because of... was given a four-level demotion, from an eighth-grade worker to a fourth-grade worker.

The intensity of this punishment was not small, so it was no wonder Old Yi looked like a frost-bitten eggplant.

Not only was his family wealth emptied, but his technical grade was also cut in half.

You know, technical grades are linked to wages, which meant that from today on, he could only receive the wages of a fourth-grade worker.

In the ranks of employees, Liu Haizhong gloated and nodded happily: "Good! Old Yi deserves this! From now

on, I am the highest-level worker in the Red Star Sihe Academy. Old Yi, oh Old Yi, your era has passed. From now on, the Red Star Sihe Academy is the era of me, Liu Haizhong!"

At the meeting, Old Yi lowered his head and looked at his toes, wishing he could find a place to crawl into.

He cared about face the most, but he didn't expect to be pushed to the general employee meeting again to accept criticism.

Sigh!

This old face is completely lost!

For a time, his heart was filled with shame and anger, and his hatred for Liu Haizhong and Cao Cao Weiguo became even heavier.

Just when Old Yi was so ashamed and angry he wanted to die, Factory Director Li's voice sounded: "Next, Yi Yi Zhonghai will make a self-criticism!"

Under the spotlight, Old Yi took out the self-criticism prepared in advance from his pocket, forced himself to lift his head, and shouted loudly with a resonant voice, telling about the mistakes he had made, that he realized his mistakes, how he would correct them in the future, and how he would improve his ideological and moral level...

After a self-criticism that made him want to die of shame, the employee representatives educated Old Yi, and the factory leaders spoke one after another... The meeting lasted until lunch before it ended.

On this day, Old Yi was deeply impressed and became famous!