Chapter 861: Tough Luck

Early Morning

The fog was like a milky white thin veil, dreamlike, poetic, and picturesque.

In the winter cold wind blowing in his face, the steel rolling mill ushered in a new day.

Shazhu, carrying a broom, ran into Cao Weiguo, and his face immediately became incomparably ugly.

The gaze he directed at Cao Weiguo was filled with undisguised hostility.

To Shazhu's gaze, Cao Weiguo responded with a contemptuous sneer.

Subsequently, he walked past Shazhu as if no one else was there.

That dismissive attitude made Shazhu clench his fists, as if he had suffered a huge humiliation.

"Detestable villain!"

"Sooner or later, I'll make you kneel on the ground and beg for mercy!"

"What's so great about something like dog shit!"

"Letting such a villain become a director!"

"The leaders of the steel rolling mill are truly blind!"

Staring fiercely at Cao Weiguo's back, Shazhu gritted his teeth in hatred.

Thinking of Cao Weiguo being in high spirits at the steel rolling mill, while he was cleaning the stinking toilet,

the jealousy and resentment in Shazhu's heart were like the surging waters of the Yellow River.

Cao Weiguo didn't care about Shazhu's mood and went about his work step by step.

The wind in the factory had changed; Deputy Factory Director Li and Director Fang had already begun to rectify bad styles.

Many cadres had been taken away by the Security Section due to style issues and ideological problems.

The atmosphere of the entire steel rolling mill became heavy, like the calm before a storm.

In fact, in the past few days, Deputy Factory Director Li had already spoken with Cao Weiguo.

He had implicitly conveyed some ideas to Cao Weiguo, preparing for future movements and work.

Deputy Factory Director Li had a deep background; it was said his father-in-law had a high status.

These people in high positions naturally had well-informed sources and could touch upon higher-level matters.

Otherwise, Deputy Factory Director Li wouldn't have been thriving in such a turbulent era.

Thinking of the upcoming turbulent tide, Cao Weiguo's mood couldn't help but become nervous.

Regarding that period of history, Cao Weiguo had learned about it in school.

He knew a little! He knew a little!

Even if he hadn't paid attention to this movement, he knew some related matters.

Since November 10th, an article was published, criticizing certain people...

A certain place was even criticized as being "impenetrable by needles, impenetrable by water!"

The Great Leader also spoke on this, making the criticism of the article take on a more serious color.

Since then, the scope of the criticism had expanded rapidly.

As an important factory with tens of thousands of people, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was inevitably affected.

To tell the truth, none of those people taken away had clean hands.

If it wasn't corruption and bribery, or misuse of public office, it was moral corruption and greed for enjoyment... they were all typical cases.

Some had embezzled thousands of yuan, some had misappropriated public funds, some had long occupied collective assets...

Others had stolen supplies, documents, privately bullied female workers, terrorized workers, extorted...

These typical cases being caught was what the people wanted, and the worker brothers clapped and cheered.

Cao Weiguo arrived at the staff canteen located in the East District with a heavy heart.

Deputy Factory Director Li had spoken with him, implicitly telling him to catch a few "typical cases" as well.

While achieving results, it was also a way to show his stance.

Since he had already decided to follow Deputy Factory Director Li, the "typical case" was best if it was one of Factory Director Yang's people.

The East District staff canteen had 1 deputy director, 1 section chief, 3 chefs, kitchen helpers, and handymen... a total of twenty-three staff members.

Cao Weiguo arrived at the kitchen of the East District canteen, spoke a few words, and let everyone continue with their work.

Then, with a clear goal, he went straight to the warehouse, flipping through the ledger with a slight frown.

"Yang Guangyuan, come over here."

Holding the ledger and checking the inventory of salt, soy sauce, starch... Cao Weiguo became happier the more he looked.

Starch was moldy, soy sauce was watered down, potatoes were sprouting, chili, Sichuan peppercorns, dried ginger didn't match the accounts.

This situation made his heart bloom with joy: "Yang Guangyuan, is this how you do your work?"

Yang Guangyuan suppressed the displeasure in his heart: "Director, what's wrong?"

Hadn't his work always been done this way?

Was there anything wrong?

Following Cao Weiguo's hand to see the moldy starch, Yang Guangyuan didn't take it to heart at all:

"The warehouse is next to the kitchen, it's hot and humid."

"It's normal for starch to get moldy."

"I will definitely pay more attention in the future." ===== CHAPTER 863 =====