Li Cheng's words were definitely not alarmist. At this time, many companies in the city were facing the impact of this era. The old business concepts and old business models made those old state-owned enterprises face an unprecedented crisis.

Take the printing and dyeing factory for example. In addition to operational difficulties, this enterprise is also facing another crisis, that is, the pollution problem.

There is a river in Weizhou City that runs from south to north. However, in recent years, due to the paper mill located on the bank of the river, it has almost become a stinking river.

As a result, the more the printing and dyeing factory increased its output, the smellier the river water became. In the end, the citizens living by the river even blocked the gate and cursed them.

But its biggest crisis was the loans, the massive amounts of them. I don't know if the printing and dyeing factory's leaders or the bank's leaders were out of their minds, or if they were both, but the printing and dyeing factory took out loans again and again, and the bank continued to lend money, completely oblivious to the risks.

Li Cheng once heard a credit officer say that the leaders of the printing and dyeing factory thought that as long as they could get a loan, they would feel that they were doing a good job as leaders.

It seems that the bank’s money is his company’s profit, and it seems that the bank’s money does not need to be repaid.

Indeed, the money did not have to be repaid in the end. Just one week after Li Cheng asked Han Dayazi to visit the printing and dyeing factory, a bankruptcy liquidation team entered the printing and dyeing factory.

Not long after, the financial audit report of the printing and dyeing factory came out, showing that the company was insolvent and the bank would not be able to recover a single cent of the principal and interest.

As a member of the bankruptcy liquidation team, President Gao was so busy that he was hardly ever seen during that period, so Li Cheng had to run to the printing and dyeing factory every time he had something to do.

On this day, Li Cheng drove to the printing and dyeing factory with an urgent document that needed the signature of President Gao. The printing and dyeing factory was located by the river, and there was a narrow road leading to the factory gate.

But today, as soon as Li Cheng turned onto this road, he noticed something was amiss. In the past, when he'd been here, he'd barely seen anyone walking on the road, but today, there were many more people cyclists and pedestrians on both sides of the road.

Li Cheng recognized their work clothes and knew that these people were workers in the printing and dyeing factory.

Li Cheng has been paying close attention to the printing and dyeing factory recently. He knows that tomorrow is the day when the printing and dyeing factory will hold a bankruptcy announcement meeting, but there are so many people here today, which is definitely abnormal.

What puzzled Li Cheng the most was that the printing and dyeing factory had stopped production a long time ago, and the workers had not come to work for a long time. Why did these people still come? Moreover, they were wearing work clothes, and they were all dressed neatly.

Li Cheng continued driving forward. When he turned the last corner, Li Cheng instantly understood what those people were here for.

The main iron gate of the printing and dyeing factory was still closed as before, with only a side door open. Now, people wearing printing and dyeing factory uniforms were sitting outside the main gate and at the side door, and both doors were closed.

Moreover, more people continued to join them. Those who had just arrived were silent, and then sat down next to those who had already sat here.

Li Cheng stopped the car and stared at them blankly. Perhaps because he had driven here, these people thought he was also bankrupt and liquidated, and all looked at him.

Li Cheng knew that he couldn't get through the gate, but when he saw the urgent document beside him, Li Cheng thought about it and got off the car with the urgent document.

After getting off the car, Li Cheng looked at the workers sitting on the ground, then turned and left.

Li Cheng knew that given the current situation, he couldn't get in, and President Gao and the others certainly couldn't get out either.

On the way here, Li Cheng saw a big tree growing crooked outside the wall of the printing and dyeing factory. The side where the tree leaned was close to the wall.

After Li Cheng reached the big tree, he looked around and saw that there was no one around. So, he put the urgent document in his arms and started climbing the tree.

After climbing up the wall, Li Cheng looked at the other side and couldn't help but gasp. It was over three meters high, and Li Cheng knew that if he jumped down like that, the consequences would be unpredictable.

But apart from climbing the wall, it is obviously impossible to get into the printing and dyeing factory today.

Li Cheng thought about it again and again, and finally turned around and slowly put his foot down------

Li Cheng calculated that he was about 1.78 meters tall, and with his arms, he was probably over 2 meters tall. As long as he held the wall with his hands and relaxed his body, his feet would be no more than 1 meter off the ground.

At this distance, you won’t fall.

Just as Li Cheng stretched out his body and was about to let go, he suddenly felt his legs being hugged, and someone shouted: "Captain, come quickly, catch a thief------"

Li Cheng was startled and loosened his hands. As a result, Li Cheng fell on the man-------

As a result, Li Cheng was caught by the man's colleagues who came over.

Li Cheng felt a little dizzy and pointed at the nameplate on his chest and said to them, "Have you ever seen a thief wearing this thing?"

These people were from the factory protection team. They looked at Li Cheng's nameplate, and the middle-aged man among them, who was called the team leader, said, "Doesn't carrying this thing make you a thief? Our factory has been plagued by thieves recently, and they always climb over the wall here."

Upon hearing this, Li Cheng was both angry and amused. He took out the urgent document and said, "Look, what is this? Would a thief bring this to steal things from you?"

The middle-aged man came closer, took a closer look at the red-headed document, and then asked doubtfully, "Are you really from the bank?"

Li Cheng brushed off the dirt on his body, then straightened up and said, "I'm here to find our leader. Lead the way quickly and don't delay anything."

The captain was quite obedient and said to his men, "I'll take him to the factory office. You guys continue to guard here."

Without a guide, Li Cheng really didn't know which way to go. The printing and dyeing factory was very large, with many trees, factory buildings, warehouses, etc. It looked a bit messy.

When passing an empty field, Li Cheng asked, "Is this the scrap yard?"

The captain nodded and said, "When I first joined the factory, I worked here. At that time -"

Before he could finish, Li Cheng interrupted him and said, "Your colleagues are all sitting in protest outside today. What do you think?"

"What can I think? If I wasn't wearing this leather, I would still be sitting with them."

"Wages?"

The captain spat on the ground and said, "I've been receiving 200 yuan for living expenses, while they've been receiving 100 yuan. They don't have to work, and my brothers and I take turns around the clock."

Li Cheng had already spotted the office building he had been to before, so he said to the man, "Okay, no need to lead the way. I can go there by myself."

The captain shook his head and said nothing more, just continued walking forward.

Seeing him like this, Li Cheng said, "Hey!" and said, "Do you really think I'm a thief?"