Chapter 2395: You Have to Give Them a Way Out

The old man said to Su Xinghui, "Young man, if you really are here to collect debts from the factory, you must be prepared psychologically. If things go wrong, you might have to spend the New Year here. The factory has no money now, and even our wages haven't been paid for nearly a year. Last year, we could still get some living expenses."

Su Xinghui finally found an opening to speak: "Uncle, I'm not here to collect debts."

The old man was a bit puzzled: "Not here to collect debts, then what are you here for? Our factory is just waiting to collapse now. What else are you here for?"

Su Xinghui laughed and said, "Grandpa, we are from a machinery factory. We heard that your factory is going to update equipment, so we wanted to come here to see if we could promote some textile machines."

The old man waved his hand quickly: "Young man, then give up that idea. Where would our factory have money to buy textile machines now? Even if we bought them, we wouldn't have money to pay you. Where did you hear that news? Don't be deceived by someone, right?"

Su Xinghui said, "That's fine, Uncle. I'll just treat it as a trip here to play."

A middle-aged man said, "What's fun about our place? Young man, you'd better go back quickly. It's cold now, and our place isn't a good place."

Su Xinghui asked while eating breakfast, "Uncle, the Yanzhong Textile Group is such a large factory, how could it just fail like that?"

The old man looked at Su Xinghui and shook his head: "Sigh, it's a long story!"

The old man was a bit hesitant, probably because he saw Su Xinghui was a stranger and didn't want to speak ill of the factory in front of a stranger. After all, he had worked in the factory for a lifetime, and the factory's honor was greater than heaven.

Those young people didn't have so many scruples. A woman in her thirties said, "It wasn't ruined by those spendthrifts."

Another man in his thirties said, "That's right. Our factory is getting worse and worse, but the families of those factory leaders are getting fatter and fatter. Isn't this a poor temple with a rich abbot?"

"With such a bunch of unreliable factory leaders, can this factory be good?"

The old man sighed and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about it."

The young woman was very sharp-tongued. She said to the old man, "Uncle Li, I know what you're afraid of. Aren't you afraid of airing dirty laundry in public? But do we need to air it? Everyone can see what's going on in the factory."

A middle-aged woman in her forties said, "Exactly. The factory hasn't paid a single cent for nearly a year. In such cold weather, there's no heating, and every household is like an ice cellar. Many people want to buy coal to light a stove themselves, but they don't have money to buy it!"

A middle-aged man said, "The day before yesterday, my younger brother's child had a fever in the middle of the night. To borrow some money for the child to see a doctor, he had to borrow from over a dozen families to make up the amount. It's not that everyone isn't willing to lend, it's just that they really don't have money!"

The sharp-tongued woman said, "Our workers are living so hard, but those factory leaders are still eating and drinking well every day, living comfortably. I think we should just go to their homes to eat every day."

The middle-aged man said, "We want to go to their homes to eat too, but the problem is, we don't know where they moved to, and we can't find them."

"That's right. They know the people in the factory hate them to the bone, so how would they dare live in the factory? Besides, the factory doesn't have heating or electricity now, so how could they live here? It's not like they don't have money to buy houses. They all moved into new houses, and we can't find them!"

Su Xinghui didn't expect that he would provoke such indignation from these people just by asking such a simple question. They revealed many inside stories, some of which made him feel indignant after hearing them. However, he certainly couldn't get angry at this time. He stopped his chopsticks and listened silently. At this time, he didn't need to ask anything anymore; once these people's chatterboxes were opened, they couldn't be closed.

He didn't doubt that these workers of the Yanzhong Textile Group were lying. They didn't know Su Xinghui's identity, and they didn't know Su Xinghui would come to this snack shop for breakfast today. What was the use of them making up lies to tell Su Xinghui?

Perhaps under indignation, their words were a bit exaggerated, but regardless, the Yanzhong Textile Group was made into this state by those leaders, and they were hard to blame. 30,000 workers of the Yanzhong Textile Group, along with their families, in such weather, with no heating or electricity at home—how were they supposed to live?

This matter was originally caused by Su Xinghui's sentence, but in the end, the indignant workers held a criticism meeting for the leaders themselves, and no one paid attention to Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui and Xia Song finished their breakfast silently, then called the landlady to pay the bill and prepared to leave. Everything the workers said was in the whistleblower material he received last night, and it was more detailed. He didn't need to listen anymore.

What he heard here today proved that the leadership team of the Yanzhong Textile Group indeed had problems, and the problems were very big. If he wanted to do a good job in the economic system reform of the Yanzhong Textile Group, he had to solve this problem first.

Su Xinghui and Xia Song ate a bowl of millet porridge, a bowl of corn grits, three steamed buns, and four flower rolls. When they settled the bill, it only cost a little over five yuan. This snack shop was truly good and cheap. No wonder the business was so hot.

After Su Xinghui stood up, he waved goodbye to everyone, then walked toward the Municipal Party Committee guesthouse with Xia Song.

When they returned to the Municipal Party Committee guesthouse, it was already past 8:00 AM. At this time, Yi Bingcheng was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Lin Zhenhua and Hao Zebo had naturally gotten up, but when Yi Bingcheng asked them where the group leader Su went, they didn't know either.

Yi Bingcheng dialed Su Xinghui's mobile phone, but no one answered. How could Yi Bingcheng not be anxious? Su Xinghui's identity was extraordinary. This was his first time in Yanzhong City, and he didn't know the way. What if he got lost? If there was an accident, it would be a big deal. The public security in Yanzhong City wasn't very good.

If the public security in Yanzhong City were good, that would be strange. Yanzhong City had so many laid-off workers who were idle and had no income. Among them, there would always be some who would embark on the road of illegal and criminal activities.

This was also very normal. You didn't give them a way to live. Under such circumstances, if everyone were still law-abiding, would that be possible? Such things would only exist in novels; it was impossible in real life.

Yi Bingcheng was anxious. He was ready to call the Municipal Public Security Bureau, but Lin Zhenhua and Hao Zebo stopped him. They said that Group Leader Su went out for morning exercise and might eat breakfast outside, so he would be back late. They told Yi Bingcheng to be patient and wait a while longer.

Yi Bingcheng had no choice but to wait, but how could he sit still? He was restless there.

Now, he finally saw Su Xinghui and Xia Song return. He quickly greeted them and said to Su Xinghui, "Group Leader Su, you're finally back. You scared me to death."

Su Xinghui said, "Oh, what's wrong? It's Mayor Yi. Why are you here so early?"

Yi Bingcheng said, "I'm here to accompany Group Leader Su for breakfast."

Lin Zhenhua said, "Group Leader, Mayor Yi has been waiting here for over an hour and has called your mobile phone several times."

Su Xinghui said, "Then I've kept Mayor Yi waiting for a long time. I'm sorry. I went out for morning exercise and didn't bring my mobile phone."

Yi Bingcheng said, "That's nothing. I was just worried about your safety, Group Leader Su." ===== CHAPTER 2397 =====