Chapter 183 Being taken away

Is there no way to deal with people like Wang Qiang?

Just because he has a capable and powerful brother-in-law, no one can stop him from doing evil in the factory?

Seeing her worry, Lu Liangchen said, "Don't worry too much. I already have a solution. Before I attend the training, I will go to the provincial department first. I believe that the leaders of the provincial department will give us justice."

"Haitang, I didn't expect that there would be so many problems and such great risks in a small Jincheng Textile Factory." Lu Liangchen held Jiang Haitang's hand and said with great guilt.

If it weren't for her own reasons, Haitang might not have to take so many risks.

Jiang Haitang said softly, "Since we are together, we are one. I will accompany you through all the risks."

One can imagine how touched Lu Liangchen was. He stretched out his strong arms and gently hugged Jiang Haitang in his arms.

After leaving the factory director's office, Jiang Haitang went directly to the workshop.

The workers were taking a break, gathering in groups of three or four to eat and chat. Wang Xiaozhen sat alone in the corner, her eyes red and swollen, obviously she had been crying.

Jiang Haitang walked over and sat down opposite her: "Comrade Xiao Wang, why are you alone?"

Wang Xiaozhen was startled and almost dropped the lunch box in her hand: "Jiang, Jiang Gong..."

"Don't feel burdened," Jiang Haitang said gently, "I know you're being ordered around by someone, and the factory needs your cooperation right now."

Wang Xiaozhen raised her head, a glimmer of hope in her eyes: "Mr. Jiang, the factory won't punish me?"

"That depends on your performance." Jiang Haitang lowered her voice. "Who does Wang Qiang usually associate closely with? Besides inducing you to adjust the machine parameters, what else has he done?"

Wang Xiaozhen hesitated for a moment, looked around to see if anyone was paying attention, and then whispered, "Director Wang often invites a few sisters from the workshop to dinner, saying he'll promote us in the future... Last month, he even asked us to mix some substandard wool yarn into the genuine product..."

Jiang Haitang was shocked: "How many defective fabrics like this have been used?"

"About... five or six times." Wang Xiaozhen lowered her head. "All of it was spent on the department store orders..."

Jiang Haitang was really having a headache, the situation was serious.

Raw material quality problems are more difficult to detect than workmanship problems, but once problems occur, the consequences are more serious and may cause large-scale thread breaks, shrinkage, and even skin allergies.

"Xiao Wang, from now on, you will secretly keep an eye on those workers who are close to Wang Qiang. Tell me immediately if you see anything unusual," Jiang Haitang said seriously. "This is your chance to make amends."

Wang Xiaozhen nodded repeatedly: "I will definitely cooperate, Engineer Jiang!"

Wang Xiaozhen had not considered the possibility that Jiang Haitang's words might not count. After all, Jiang Haitang was Director Lu's girlfriend. If she dared to say it, she would definitely be able to do it.

After Lu Liangchen left, Wang Qiang became even more unscrupulous. He wore shiny leather shoes, combed his hair slickly, and looked very complacent.

"Since Director Lu has gone to study, I will temporarily assume responsibility. To ensure the timely delivery of the department store order, a production assault team will be established effective immediately. I will personally lead the team and work overtime to complete the task. I believe that as long as all of our employees work together, we will definitely be able to complete the department store order on time.

Jiang Haitang immediately retorted: "Director Wang, the quality problem has not been resolved yet. Blindly rushing the work will only lead to more defective products."

Wang Qiang said with a forced smile, "Mr. Jiang is worrying too much. I've already reached a consensus with the department store. They understand the minor flaws in the sweater. After all, we've already given them a discount on the price."

These words set off alarm bells in Jiang Haitang's heart.

Not only did Wang Qiang plan to continue producing defective products, he also arbitrarily lowered the factory price!

This is entirely for their own benefit, to damage the factory's reputation and reduce its profits.

"I object to this decision. From today on, no products can leave the factory without the signature of the quality inspection department."

Wang Qiang didn't expect that even if Lu Liangchen was not there, Jiang Haitang could still be so strong. The smile on his face disappeared.

"Comrade Jiang Haitang, please be mindful of your position! You are just an engineer in the R&D department."

"Director Wang, please also be aware of your position. You are only the head of the sales department."

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and everyone held their breath, watching this tense confrontation.

At this critical moment, the office door was pushed open and an unexpected figure appeared at the door.

"Director Lu? How come..." Wang Qiang stood up in surprise.

Director Lu's face was solemn: "I just received a call from the bureau. The training class has been postponed."

He walked into the middle of the crowd and said, "It just so happens that I heard you were discussing the department store order. I also have something I need to let everyone know."

Wang Qiang hurriedly explained: "Director Lu, I am considering..."

"No need to say more." Director Lu raised his hand to stop him. "I just received a reworked product."

He pulled out a wool sweater from his briefcase and turned up the collar in front of everyone. "Look everyone, this is the tiny flaw Wang Qiang mentioned!"

When everyone took a closer look, they saw that the edges of the sweater had sparse threads and loose stitching, and it was even obvious that the wool was of low quality.

"This..." Wang Qiang's face turned pale, "This is impossible..."

"Wang Qiang, you substituted inferior wool for qualified wool and privately resold high-quality wool, embezzling state property."

"What's even more serious," Director Lu produced several more invoices, "is that they even reduced the factory price by 15% without reporting this to the factory leadership. This behavior constitutes dereliction of duty!"

"With these two crimes combined, what kind of punishment do you think you should receive?"

There was an uproar at the scene.

Jiang Haitang had already learned about it from Wang Xiaozhen, and looked at it all in shock. She didn't expect that Lu Liangchen had already investigated so much.

Lu Liangchen announced a temporary decision: "From now on, all of the problematic sweaters will be sealed and stored pending further processing. As for Comrade Wang Qiang's case, the factory has already reported it to the public security department."

Wang Qiang looked ashen, but still unwilling to give in. He grabbed his briefcase and planned to run away.

Unexpectedly, before I even left the house, I saw two police officers appear at the door.

"Comrade Wang Qiang, please come back with us to the bureau for investigation."

Wang Qiang was unwilling, but at this time, no one listened to his wishes. In the end, Wang Qiang was still taken away by force.

The people in the factory obviously didn't expect that Wang Qiang would disappear from everyone's sight in this way.

After the crowd dispersed, Jiang Haitang asked, "Liangchen, why are you back?"

Lu Liangchen smiled tiredly. "Due to the intervention of Director Hu, this training has been delayed for one day. I will go for the training tomorrow."

"Although Wang Qiang is in jail, there are still many follow-up issues that I need to deal with. I may not be able to go home tonight."

Jiang Haitang smiled lightly: "Work is important, you should also take care of your health."

Lu Liangchen nodded, turned around and strode away.

After finishing her work at the textile factory, Jiang Haitang went to the machinery factory.

The production of the sock machine has entered the final debugging stage. As soon as she arrived at the workshop, she saw Xiang Wentao and several others debugging the machine with sweat all over their faces.

"Engineer Jiang, you're just in time!" Xiang Wentao waved at her when he saw her. "This machine's transmission system keeps having problems. No matter how we debug it, it doesn't work."

Jiang Haitang walked over and carefully observed the operation of the machine.

Xiang Wentao said, "Teacher Yun's illness has slowed our progress a lot. Engineer Jiang, you're the only one we can count on now."

Jiang Haitang observed the condition of the machine carefully while saying, "Teacher Yun is in very poor health and will probably need to recuperate for about ten days. During this time, I will come to the machinery factory at any time."

Xiang Wentao finally felt relieved after getting Jiang Haitang's guarantee.

After a while, Jiang Haitang pointed to a component and said, "The gear meshing clearance here is too large and needs to be readjusted. Also, there's a problem with the way the lubricant is applied; it needs to be applied in layers."

Under the guidance of Jiang Haitang, Xiang Wentao and several other technicians re-debugged the machine.

When the machine finally made a smooth running sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Engineer Jiang, you are truly our savior!" Xiang Wentao wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face full of admiration. "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't know how long we would be stuck at this step."

Jiang Haitang smiled and said, "This is what I should do. After solving this problem, how long will it take to produce the first batch of machines?"

Xiang Wentao said: "If we go fast, it will take five days. If we go slow, it won't take more than ten days."

Jiang Haitang nodded, and she and Xiang Wentao led the technicians to work non-stop.

Although Jiang Haitang is a woman, she is no worse than a man at work.

Even though the temperature is not high now, the back of my beach work clothes is already wet after working for a morning.

She put down the wrench in her hand, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and was about to speak when she saw a young worker hurried in.

"Mr. Jiang, the textile factory called and said they have something urgent to ask you."

Jiang Haitang frowned. Did something happen at the textile factory again?

Before she came to the machinery factory, she had already reported to the factory that they were in the critical stage of developing the sock machine, so she would stay in the machinery factory.

If it wasn't a big deal, the textile factory probably wouldn't have called me.

She thought about it and walked quickly to the workshop office and picked up the receiver: "Hello, this is Jiang Haitang."

"Haitang, something's wrong!" It was Zhang Hanzhiqiu's voice on the other end of the line. "The Light Industry Bureau just sent an investigation team. They said someone reported you for leaking our textile factory's core technology to the machinery factory! They're checking your office now!"

Jiang Haitang's fingers tightened unconsciously: "What core technology?"

"It's... the jacquard machine! The report said you secretly transferred our jacquard machine technology to the machinery factory!"

Jiang Haitang was almost laughing out of anger. The jacquard machine was an equipment produced by a machinery factory, so how could it be "leaked"?

It's obvious that someone is deliberately looking for trouble.

"I see. I'll be right back." She hung up the phone, turned to Wentao and said, "Something's going on at the textile factory, so I have to go back. I've written down the debugging steps for this machine in my notebook. You should be able to follow them without any problems. I'll be back soon."

Xiang Wentao asked worriedly, "Mr. Jiang, what happened? Do you need help?"

"It's okay, just a little misunderstanding." Jiang Haitang smiled. Someone was just trying to make trouble. Jiang Haitang believed that it wouldn't be a big problem.

However, the time chosen by the informant was very clever, just during the period when Lu Liangchen was away. Perhaps there was a conspiracy behind this.

The car from the machinery factory took Jiang Haitang to the textile factory. As soon as she got off the car, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Sister Haitang!"