When Li Cheng met President Gao, he was in a meeting.

Li Cheng had only been standing at the door of the shabby conference room for a moment when President Gao spotted him. He whispered something to a fat man sitting next to him, then stood up and walked towards the door.

After he walked out the door, Li Cheng whispered, "President Gao, there is an urgent document that requires your signature."

President Gao said "Oh," and took the document and began to read it. Li Cheng waited with a pen in hand, listening intently to the sounds coming from the conference room.

The meeting room was discussing the workers blocking the door and how to respond to their demands. At that moment, President Gao took the pen from Li Cheng, signed his name quickly, and returned the document to Li Cheng.

At this time, he looked at Li Cheng with a puzzled look and asked, "How did you get in? Why are you so dirty?"

Li Cheng looked at his dirt-stained clothes and said, "I climbed over the wall."

President Gao nodded without saying anything else, then took out a cigarette and started smoking.

Li Cheng looked at his expression and knew that he wanted to take this opportunity to stay outside for a while.

So, Li Cheng said, "President Gao, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Leave? Climb the wall? We are creditors. When have you ever heard of a creditor climbing a wall? Besides, the wall here is so high. What if you fall?"

Li Cheng thought about it and quickly said that he would not leave yet and would stay here with President Gao. Then, he pondered for two seconds and whispered, "President Gao, didn't you say that the debtor is the uncle?"

President Gao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he threw his cigarette butt to the ground and said angrily, "We can't get a single cent back, and yet we're still issuing another loan to the people who took over here. Do they think the bank's money was blown away by the wind?"

Li Cheng knew he was talking about the post-processing plan. To clean up the mess at the dyeing and printing factory, the relevant municipal authorities had come up with a "matchmaking" plan.

President Gao used the term "matchmaking" to mean letting a company that appears to be performing well take over the mess of the printing and dyeing factory.

The problem is that the company that looks good on the surface is actually heavily in debt and relies entirely on bank loans to survive.

Li Cheng asked, "Why are the workers blocking the door?"

President Gao glanced across the conference room and said, "I don't know where they heard the rumor that they're taking over this company and only want workers under 40. Those over 40 aren't allowed to take over. And now, not only are those over 40 showing up, but those under 40 are showing up too."

Li Cheng understood that those over 40 years old came to block the door because no one wanted them anymore. As for those under 40 years old, they came probably to ask for an explanation for their colleagues and to vent their anger or resentment.

Li Cheng sighed and said, "The ball finally came to our branch, no, it came to you."

This was the second time that the baton had landed in President Gao's hands in a game of passing the parcel. The city had previously done this, and not only had the bank lost all its money, but it had also lost a significant portion of its loans.

So, President Gao was extremely reluctant this time. But he had no other options. The powerful officials were pressuring him, and the city branch leaders were also looking for him, making him feel extremely anxious all day long, as if he was in debt.

Seeing President Gao light up another cigarette, Li Cheng said, "It's not good to smoke too much."

President Gao acted as if he didn't hear anything. He took two deep puffs and then threw the cigarette butt under his feet and crushed it hard.

"President Gao, workers blocking the door isn't a bad thing."

"oh?"

"Think about it, if they don't want workers over 40, this plan can't be implemented, and you won't need it..."

When President Gao heard this, he looked towards the conference room and pointed to the big tree not far away.

Li Cheng understood and followed him towards the tree. When they reached the tree, Li Cheng said, "The company that took over here isn't much better than this place. Once the last loan is used up, it will end up like this place."

President Gao also knew what Li Cheng said, and knew it in more detail. So when Li Cheng said this, he just nodded slightly.

Li Cheng continued, "Instead of going through this again and again, it's better to find a way to resolve this situation neatly. It would be best to make it a routine so that when we encounter this kind of thing again, we can solve it this way."

When President Gao heard this, he said, "It's useless for you to say all these things. In the end, you didn't come up with a solution!"

Li Cheng said a little embarrassedly: "I just proposed a solution. The solution still depends on you leaders. I am just a small employee, how can I have the right to speak? I am just talking to you. If we really get into that situation, who will listen to me?"

As he spoke, Li Cheng pointed towards the conference room.

President Gao snorted and thought to himself, if they could come up with a good idea, would they still be stuck here and unable to leave?

While the two were talking, the captain of the factory protection team who had brought Li Cheng here walked towards the conference room with two men in work clothes...

When President Gao saw this, he said, "The worker representatives are here," and then left.

Li Cheng had nowhere to go, so he followed him outside the meeting room. At this time, the captain of the factory protection team saw him and walked towards him.

After standing in front of Li Cheng, he said apologetically: "I'm sorry for what happened just now."

Li Cheng quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay. I was the first one to climb the wall. But, I see it's not easy for you guys either. You're still protecting the factory well under this situation. You're doing your best to help the factory."

Upon hearing this, the captain had a lot to say. He pulled Li Cheng over and told him the whole story of the printing and dyeing factory. Finally, he also recounted how difficult it was for him and his brothers.

"It's strange, the factory is failing, and the people who come to steal things are actually people who used to work there. Tell me, what can I do after I catch them? In the end, I just have to make them put their things down and then send them away with kind words."

Hearing this, Li Cheng agreed: "Yes, yes, it's not easy for anyone, how can we be so serious?"

The man continued, "That's right, your brother is right. We shouldn't take it too seriously."

Li Cheng continued, "But if you don't take it seriously, it can really kill people!"

The captain was stunned when he heard this and asked Li Cheng what he meant.

Li Cheng said, "What I mean is that you can be careless when they steal things, but you must be serious when it comes to major events. For example, at a critical moment when your lives depend on it, you must be serious. That way, you won't go hungry in the future."