Chapter 653 Suspension
"Old Zheng, why are you riding a bike here?"
Seeing Zheng Guoyuan riding his bike towards him, sweating profusely, Liu De went up to him and asked in surprise.
"Let's not talk about this. What's the situation with the equipment?" Zheng Guoyuan waved his hand and asked directly.
"Xiao He, you tell the story." Liu De called to Xiao He who was standing beside him. Xiao He was a technician in the machine repair room of Quanlin Factory.
"Director, the situation is like this..." Xiao He quickly explained the situation in detail. Listening to Xiao He's story, Zheng Guoyuan's face looked extremely ugly. After Xiao He finished speaking, he directly asked where the equipment was now. Xiao He pointed in a direction and said that the equipment had been pulled out of the warehouse by the machinery factory. It was supposed to be loaded directly onto the truck, but it was temporarily stopped because of problems with the equipment.
Zheng Guoyuan strode towards the warehouse. When he arrived, he saw several large wooden boxes stacked there. The factory's trucks and drivers were waiting on the side. When they saw Zheng Guoyuan coming, they greeted him immediately.
Zheng Guoyuan didn't say much. He just nodded slightly to them and went straight to look at the equipment.
The seal of the wooden box has been opened, and the equipment inside can be seen through the opening.
Xiao He pointed to several parts of the equipment and explained to Zheng Guoyuan, emphasizing the problems with the equipment. After careful consideration, Zheng Guoyuan confirmed that what Xiao He said was correct, and that there was indeed a problem with the equipment, and it was a big problem.
"I said, are you still loading? If you don't load the car, we will be off work!"
Just then, a voice came, sounding very impatient.
Hearing the voice, Zheng Guoyuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man in his thirties wearing work clothes.
"Someone from the machinery factory." Liu De said to Zheng Guoyuan on the side.
Zheng Guoyuan was furious. He spent a lot of money to buy such a pile of garbage, and the other party still had the nerve to urge him?
"There is something wrong with this equipment. Our technicians have found that this equipment is totally unusable. Why would we load this unusable equipment onto the truck? We have spent money on it, so are we going to buy a pile of scrap metal just to take it home?" Zheng Guoyuan quickly stepped forward and asked bluntly.
"Who are you? Why are you so arrogant? If you say there is a problem, then there is a problem? It's a joke!" The man looked at Zheng Guoyuan with a sidelong glance and asked back rudely.
"This is our factory director!" Liu De reminded from the side.
"Factory Director?" Hearing Zheng Guoyuan's identity, the man's attitude improved a little, but he still didn't answer Zheng Guoyuan's question. Instead, he asked them whether they would pick up the goods today. If they didn't, they would leave work.
"How do I bring it back? How do you tell me to bring it back? If there's something wrong with it, what good can I do with it?"
"I don't care about that. I'm in the warehouse and am only responsible for shipping. Whether there are any problems with the goods or not has nothing to do with me." The other party replied.
"Where is your leader? I won't discuss this with you. Let your factory leader come over and talk." Zheng Guoyuan knew that discussing this with such an employee would not produce any results, so he asked immediately.
“Our leader is not here.”
"Not here? There must be someone in charge in your machinery factory, right?"
"I'm sorry, we are a small factory with only one director and deputy director, but they are both on business trips."
"On a business trip?" Zheng Guoyuan was stunned and asked, "When did they go? When will they be back?"
The man laughed immediately: "What you said is funny. I am just a worker, not a big leader. Can the factory director and deputy factory director report to me when they are on a business trip? If I had this ability, why would I work in the warehouse? I would have been sitting in the office drinking tea long ago."
Zheng Guoyuan was speechless. He thought for a moment and waved his hand, saying, "We can't move this equipment."
"It's okay. It doesn't matter if you don't mention it. The order has been made anyway, and the goods are yours. But I want to remind you that if you don't pick them up today, I will not be responsible if they get bumped or dented in my warehouse." The other party replied with a smile.
Zheng Guoyuan's face was terribly gloomy. He didn't waste any more words with the other party. He told his people to turn around and leave.
On the way back, Zheng Guoyuan took a car . He didn't say anything in the car, but his face was very ugly. Liu De wanted to ask him, but it was not convenient to ask, after all, the driver and other people were sitting in the car.
After returning to the factory, Zheng Guoyuan got out of the car and walked straight to the office. Liu De followed quickly behind him. The two entered the office one after the other. As soon as they closed the door, Zheng Guoyuan couldn't help but slammed the table and started cursing.
After cursing for a few times, Zheng Guoyuan felt better after letting out the anger in his heart. Liu De handed him a cigarette and lit it for him, then asked what to do next?
"Wait until tomorrow. I'll ask Xu Guochu about the situation tomorrow." Zheng Guoyuan said.
"Old Zheng, I have to warn you about this." Liu De kindly reminded: "I think Xu Guochu must be aware of this situation. I felt something was wrong when I went to pick up the goods today. The leaders of the machinery factory were not here, and this set of equipment was recommended by him. What if..."
"Where do so many what-ifs come from!" Zheng Guoyuan said angrily, "One is one and two is two. Our factory's money didn't come from the wind. Don't you know how much this equipment cost, Old Liu? The equipment was recommended by Xu Guochu, so he should bear the responsibility. No matter what, it's the same principle!"
"Old Zheng, I think you'd better be patient about this. Xiao He and I have discussed this before. Xiao He told me that although this equipment has various problems, it can be repaired with some money. It's not completely unusable, but it's a bit troublesome. Old Zheng, at this time, if you take a step back, you will have a broader horizon. You just..."
"Stop talking!" Zheng Guoyuan shouted, and the office suddenly fell silent. After a long while, Zheng Guoyuan said, "I know what's going on. It's getting late, and we've been busy all day. Go home first. We can talk about anything tomorrow."
Liu De sighed in his heart. He and Zheng Guoyuan had been colleagues for so many years, so he knew Zheng Guoyuan's temper. This time, Zheng Guoyuan was really angry. But he also knew that he couldn't be persuaded. Although Zheng Guoyuan usually had a good temper, he was different in his bones. There were some things he couldn't help, especially things like today.
As expected, Zheng Guoyuan found Xu Guochu as soon as he got to work the next day and questioned him about the equipment assembly line.
The two didn't know what the conversation was about in the office. It was fine at first, but not long after, a quarrel broke out in the office, and the noise was so loud that the whole corridor could hear it.
In the end, Zheng Guoyuan slammed the door and left angrily, but Xu Guochu continued to do what he was doing as if nothing had happened. He sat in the office drinking tea, reading the newspaper, and looking very leisurely.
Zheng Guoyuan had a big quarrel with Xu Guochu in the factory, left the factory and went directly to the district to report the situation.
He had to get an explanation for this matter. He could tolerate Xu Guochu's other behaviors, but not this kind of situation.
It wasn't easy for Quanlin Factory to get to where it is today, but if Xu Guochu continues like this, this well-maintained factory will be ruined by him.
Zheng Guoyuan couldn't bear to watch all his years of hard work being wasted by Xu Guochu. He really couldn't tolerate this and had to report it to his higher-ups.
Zheng Guoyuan was also cautious when he went to the region. He did not go to see Director Shi, but instead found other leaders to report the situation.
The regional leaders received Zheng Guoyuan warmly, listened to his story carefully, and took notes.
Afterwards, the leader comforted Zheng Guoyuan and told him that they took this matter very seriously and would send someone to verify the situation as soon as possible. He asked Zheng Guoyuan to go back and wait for news, not to let these situations affect his normal work, and to trust his superiors.
In this way, Zheng Guoyuan returned to the factory from the region to continue working, while patiently waiting for the investigation, verification and handling opinions from above.
But he never expected that a few days later, the person he was waiting for was not the one investigating Xu Guochu's problems, but the one investigating himself.
As soon as the cadres from several regions arrived at the factory, they directly announced the suspension of Zheng Guoyuan. The notice stated that Zheng Guoyuan, as the director of the collective factory, blatantly violated the policy and signed a OEM agreement with Youmin Factory without the consent of his superiors. He also hollowed out the supply and marketing department and production workshop of Youmin Factory through OEM, and put the three major areas of supply and marketing, production and even finance under the control of Quanlin Factory.
Such practice is extremely serious, a typical dereliction of duty, and an act of undermining the country.
In view of Zheng Guoyuan's serious mistakes and taking into account the actual situation, after discussion with superiors, the decision was made to suspend Zheng Guoyuan, the director of Quanlin Factory, for investigation.
During the period of Zheng Guoyuan's suspension and investigation, Secretary Xu Guochu will be in charge of the work of Quanlin Factory. We hope that Comrade Xu Guochu will shoulder the heavy responsibility and correct the mistakes made by Quanlin Factory before...
This order stunned Zheng Guoyuan like a bolt of lightning. He could hardly believe his ears.
But the facts were there, and the suspension notice written in black and white with a seal was also in front of him. Zheng Guoyuan's mind went blank and he couldn't say anything .
This notice made Liu De and Xiao Qiang, as well as the entire Quanlin factory, indignant. Xiao Qiang, in particular, asked directly why such a suspension notice was issued? What did Director Zheng do wrong? Why didn't they investigate the problem that was clearly there, but instead suspended Director Zheng?
Ordinary workers also couldn't understand why. In everyone's opinion, it was because of Zheng Guoyuan that the Quanlin Factory had such a good life in recent years. If it weren't for Zheng Guoyuan, Quanlin Factory might have been dying like Youmin Factory.
Now, first they stopped the cooperation with Youmin Factory, and then they even suspended Zheng Guoyuan’s position as factory director. Will he be dismissed next?
Without Zheng Guoyuan, would Tranlin still be Tranlin? No one could figure it out, and they were even more confused as to why their superiors made such a decision.
For a moment, the crowd was furious. Many people surrounded the cadres who came down and asked them to give a reasonable explanation. Where had the cadres from those regions seen this? Their arrogant expressions suddenly became panicked, and they shouted loudly that this was a decision made by their superiors. They were just announcing the decision on behalf of their superiors, and this matter had nothing to do with them.
At the same time, everyone turned to Xu Guochu for help. Xu Guochu stood up and severely reprimanded everyone, warning everyone not to get carried away, not to be used by people with ulterior motives, and to face the facts. The superiors would not wrongly accuse a good person, and would never let a bad person go.
The masses must open their eyes, see the essence of things clearly, and trust their superiors and the organization.
It would have been better if Xu Guochu didn't say anything, but his words made everyone even more angry.
Someone immediately shouted, "He's the one who did it!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the angry employees clenched their fists and rushed towards Xu Guochu. Xu Guochu was so scared that he turned pale and ran faster than a rabbit. He ran upstairs and hid directly in the secretary's office. No matter how everyone banged on the door, he refused to come out.
