Wednesday at 6 p.m.

The lawyer and accountant of the machinery factory trotted along the three emperor cars. Both of them were so tired that they were sweating all over, just like dogs lying on the ground and sticking out their tongues, because the bosses no longer had time and space.

The front of the three cars was Li Guangxi, who was full of anxiety and was rarely messy in big hands. He turned around and looked back from time to time;

The second car was Zhang Qijie. His expression was like Napoleon III, who heard that the front line was defeated by Prussia. Although his face was expressionless, if you look closely, you can see that his skin was soaked in the water and then frozen, giving people a feeling that it could explode at any time;

Qi Yunlu was sitting in the last car. Although he was not as smiling as before, his legs crossed showed that the seriousness on his face might be just a kind of politeness and politeness to the previous two people. After all, he was involved in the election matter very lightly.

It was much easier to release Zhang Qijie from bail than the two of them imagined. After Li Guangxi and Qi Yunlu signed and stamped as guarantors, Ou Xingsun took the check handed over by Li Guangxi, and just took a casual look, then ordered his men to release him.

Li Guangxi, who had been tense and waiting for the other party to make things difficult for him, showed a look of surprise. Surprising and curiosity made this person forget the boss's shrewdness. He actually took the initiative to ask Ou Xingsun:

"Inspector Ou, this check belongs to Ocean Bank. Now that the bank has gotten off work, it will be possible to transfer and pay tomorrow. Is this okay?"

Ou Xingsun smiled and pointed Li Guangxi's chest with a long check. The pockets there were empty, but placing a pocket watch for a long time made the pockets swell, just like Li Guangxi's surprised mouth. He said, "Oh, Boss Li, you are so disgusting. Who doesn't know you in the whole Longchuan? The well-known business elite. How could I trust you? Besides, Boss Zhang is the same. It's just unlucky. No one would let Boss Zhang spend the night in our Public Security Bureau detention room. They are all fellow villagers in the village, so it's too unreasonable. Hurry up and take people."

Looking at the hurried backs of Li Guangxi and Qi Yunlu, Ou Xingsun sneered, looked at the large-scale beautifully printed check in his hand, and said to himself: "Are I afraid you will give me a blank check? That's better! You two will be caught together tomorrow. It's a waste of my trouble."

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When the group walked to the gate of Longchuan Textile Factory, they saw many people standing on the street pointing in the direction of the factory. A stream of black smoke hovered in the deep blue evening sky to the west of the textile factory.

"What happened?" Zhang Qijie jumped out of the emperor's car, pushed the crowd away, and rushed into the factory gate with a scream.

Seeing Zhang Qijie coming back, the workers and the managers surrounded him. This was because the factory buildings with machines were sealed. When the workers saw that the troubles came from the sky, they were not guaranteed, and no one was interested in going home. They gathered at the factory gate to wait for Li Guangxi to bail the boss.

Zhang Qijie ignored everyone's concern for him. Because he was surrounded by crowds, he suddenly tiptoed and pointed to the wall on the west side of the factory and shouted: "Is there a fire in the dormitory?"

"Yes, Boss Zhang, after you were taken away, they checked your office and accounting room, copied the account book, and the sheriffs left after sealing the seal. We were discussing how to save you here, and saw the black smoke in the dormitory building in the west. We quickly went to put out the fire. Fortunately, it was exhausted. But it was burned through the roof and most of the rooms were useless. What should our factory workers do?"

The accountant actually started to swallow as he spoke. He lowered his head and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

His crying infected everyone, all the workers lowered their heads, and several people started crying.

Li Guangxi rushed behind Zhang Qijie, who was silent, and looked at the managers of several textile factories in front of him and shouted for his friends: "Hey! He left well and there was no one in the building, so why did it burn? You are a textile factory. Didn't Lao Zhang ask you to pay attention to the safety of fireworks all day long? He doesn't even allow smoking dry cigarettes. There are matches and candles in the building that are just a place to sleep. Why did it suddenly catch fire?"

Someone shook his head, his expression suddenly became ferocious, and he clenched his fists and said, "Boss Zhang, a passerby told us that the sheriff had just evacuated and we were all discussing in the factory gate. He took advantage of this. Someone on the street to the west threw two smoked torches at our dormitory wooden building through the wall! At that time, no one was watching. When we found out, the fire had already started."

Li Guangxi gasped after hearing this. After a long time, he roared in anger: "Is there any other way to the king's law? Beast!"

Outside the crowd, Qi Yunlu looked at the dark dormitory building with her hands behind her back. Zhang Qijie built a textile factory three years ago on the train station. The new buildings were all Western-style buildings, but this dormitory building was left by one of the original landlords. It was originally a black and rotten two-story wooden building.

After Zhang Qijie took over, he did not demolish the wooden building leaning against the west wall, but let the workers live in it. This was a cheap ready-made dormitory.

Later, as his factory became bigger and bigger, the second-story wooden building was first extended, and then another floor was added to it, turning into a three-story long wooden building. However, it can be imagined that the dormitory born in this way looked depressed and depressed. With a little strong wind, the entire dormitory building was creaking, like a beggar grinding his teeth at night.

But Zhang Qijie didn't care. Local workers went home to live, so most of the workers living in the factory were outsiders or local poor. It would be nice to have a place to live, which was better than sleeping on the bridge hole when you left the factory.

When Qi Yunlu came to Longchuan, when she first met Zhang Qijie, she wanted to build a Western-style tube building for him several times. She often said to Zhang Qijie intentionally or unintentionally: "Old Zhang, aren't your dormitory building afraid of wind? Something happened to collapse one day, what if the worker died? Why not build a good building? I'll repair it for you and I'll use it for you for a hundred years and it won't break."

But Zhang Qijie always smiled without saying anything, and Qi Yunlu knew that he was saving money.

But now, this is not enough to save money. The wooden building is already burned to death. Just looking at the black shell and half of the building are burned through the roof, and the exposed dark wood stubble is still smoking, you know that there will be no one to live anymore.

"Maybe I have a business again." Qi Yunlu secretly looked at Zhang Qijie in the crowd. He pursed his lips tightly, striving to maintain a serious expression on his face.

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Workers formed a large circle. Some were silent and some were crying. Seeing that Zhang Qijie didn't say anything, Li Guangxi shouted for him and investigated who was dereliction of duty and made people burn the dormitory. Some workers asked again: "The factory has been blocked, what should we do if we don't work? Do you have any wages if you don't work? Boss Zhang, my family needs to be raised." Someone immediately agreed with this, as if a wave of cold wind blew across the crowd, and the scene was desolate.

At this time, Zhang Qijie yelled: "Listen to me!"

After saying that, he pushed the workers away, climbed onto a four-wheeled carriage in the factory, looked down at everyone, and everyone gathered in front of the carriage, staring at Zhang Qijie calmly, and quieted down.

Zhang Qijie reached behind his back, took the tip of his braid in front of him, held it hard and held it hard, as big as his teeth. Then he swung it violently, and the braid flew up like a black snake, and it was wrapped in his neck, showing a sense of determination.

He clenched his fists and shouted: "Brothers! Friends! My workers! Our textile factory has encountered some difficulties! This is not rare. Who has no obstacles in life? Don't keep it in your heart and we unite to overcome difficulties! As long as I am a one-day bond, Longchuan Textile Factory will be there! Longchuan Textile Factory will be there for a day, and your job will be there!"

As he said that, he stretched out his fist and turned into a finger to point at the factory gate and said, "But everyone has seen that the government is causing trouble for me. If someone has difficulties at home and doesn't want to work with me, it's great. Thank you brothers for helping me with this textile factory. The Bible says that you must not owe any brothers' hard-earned money, and the same is true this time. I will settle the salary immediately, and the accountant and Boss Li will help you to give the salary first. If you are willing to stay, I will thank you here! Who is willing to leave? Who is willing to stay? I thank you all! Thank you for everything you have done for Longchuan Textile Factory side by side!"

After saying that, he bowed three times to the dark head below with Chinese etiquette.

The workers were silent.

A long time later, someone said, "I can trust Boss Zhang. Where can I go after leaving the textile factory? I am willing to stay, so I don't have any wages."

"I am willing to follow Boss Zhang, too." Another whispered.

Everyone said the same thing, raised their heads and gritted their teeth at Zhang Qijie in the car.

Zhang Qijie held back the tears in his eyes, bowed repeatedly, and shouted: "I thank everyone!"

After saying that, he pointed to the factory and said, "Brothers living in the factory have nowhere to go. Let's go to the second floor office area first. There are conference rooms and corridors, and the place is big enough. I will live with you too. Sharing the joys and sorrows and overcoming difficulties together!"

After saying that, he pointed to a manager below and said loudly: "Old Li, go to my house immediately and take my family to the factory. During this period, I have lived in the textile factory office."

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In the office, Zhang Qijie was listening to the stories of Li Guangxi and Qi Yunlu.

The more he heard him, the more angry he became. The blue veins in his temples jumped. He shouted: "The emperor asked everyone to elect, just a word for election. What's wrong with us? Their Democratic Party is so strong that they don't even allow us to choose?!! They even use such despicable means to mess with us? Is he still shameless? This beast/life!"

Qi Yunlu looked at Zhang Qijie and coughed and said, "This, Lao Wang is said to have to go to prison for the past two months. Lao Zhang, what should I do? Do you want to... cough cough, accept it, prepare some gifts, and come to Fang Bingsheng to apologize?"

"Damn him/dass!" Li Guangxi yelled, stomped the floor hard, and shouted: "He framed us for no reason! We didn't mess with him at all. Why did he do so poisonous? He came to destroy his family! This is a mad dog!!! He actually used a murder case to cover the head! The two of our factories were sealed and the jobs of hundreds of people were smashed! We still want to apologize to him for this mess?"

"What should I do? How to fight?" Qi Yunlu spread her hands and said, because she was too devoted, she couldn't help but smile: "You know, Liu Guojian has become his dog, Director Zhang doesn't care. Are you fighting with the county magistrate and mayor?"

Zhang Qijie gritted his teeth and said, "We are united in Longchuan County. Fang Bingsheng and Liu Guojian and other dog breeds from other places, I... I... I... I... Alas!"

I couldn't continue to say it halfway because the other party was powerful and I really didn't know what to do if I rely solely on a group of people in the small county town.

At this time, Li Guangxi suddenly said "ah" and said, "I have industry partners in Huizhou City and Beijing City. Some of them are very rich, and some are also officials in the court. I will write to them for help?"

Zhang Qijie thought for a while, nodded and said, "You can't let him be so arrogant, otherwise what should Lao Wang do? Lao Wang is a stubborn temper and will not give in. It is possible that he and Liu Guojian will die in prison. I also wrote a letter, my machine was imported through the cloth merchant association, and I know two friends in charge. I go and ask them to see what can I do."

"Where is the newspaper industry? Does Old Li know the newspapers in Huizhou City? Their cities have many great influences. Let's find reporters to expose the dark side!" Qi Yunlu yelled, but he was not sincere, so he was a little weak.

Li Guangxi was stunned for a moment and sighed, "I thought about it too, but what do you think? Lao Wang is suspected of murder, Lao Zhang is suspected of tax evasion and opium smuggling. These are all... all... I'm sorry, this newspaper is not easy to report. You can't let the Public Security Bureau maintain public order and not allow tax checks, right?"

"Guangxi, you are most familiar with Huizhou City. Go and contact the newspapers you know. I will also ask someone to contact the Beijing newspapers." Zhang Qijie let out a long sigh, and suddenly punched the desk, shouting: "I want to sue Songzuo Iron and Electric Power Company for lack of supervision, so that my goods were mixed into opium! I sue them! It is best to let everyone know the whole country! I must make the matter big! At that time, the news in the newspaper will fly all over the sky. I will see what Fang Bingsheng should do?!"

"Are you really determined? Song Zuo Tel Electric is a super big company." Li Guangxi asked in horror.

"Isn't it just a gamble?" Zhang Qijie gritted his teeth.

Qi Yunlu waved her hand and smiled hard, "Old Zhang, you figured it out, you are fighting an elephant by a mouse, so it won't be a death-death battle. Isn't it just an election?"

Li Guangxi also stood side by side with Qi Yunlu, nodding repeatedly, seemingly agreeing with his opinion.

Zhang Qijieheng glanced at him and Qi Yunlu and said, "You two don't know one thing. This time, not only did I offend Fang Bingsheng, but the most important thing was that Liu Guojian took the opportunity to mess with me. When my factory first got up, he asked me for money and repeatedly recommended his relatives to work in my factory, but I refused. I also wrote a letter of complaint and revealed to the newspaper that they played mahjong in the yamen. I offended him too many places. Just because I have money and have a church as a pillar, Longchuan newspaper industry is pretty good, and Liu Guojian is not a local, and he has a deep foundation, so I dare not do anything about me.

When I was in prison this afternoon, Liu Guojian's secretary came to see me personally and said that I offended the big man this time and was confiscated by Fang Bingsheng. He asked Fang Bingsheng and the foreign medicine guild to be blessed. Longchuan Textile Factory and I became the fish on his Liu Guojian's chopping board. Liu Guojian would do whatever he wanted! Liu Guojian proposed to ask them for 33% of the shares and hire Liu Guojian's secretary as the deputy general manager. If he agreed, he would guarantee me to hire black workers, tax evasion, and suspected of smuggling opium, etc., otherwise my factory would disappear in Longchuan forever! Do you understand? If you don't get it over, I don't know whether my factory can still be there!!!"
Chapter completed!