Chapter 1307: Letter of Submission

Niu Hongzhang sent someone to "invite" Li Gang over. As soon as he entered the room, he asked sinisterly, "Li Gang, are you determined to join that boy and become his thug?"

Li Gang rolled his eyes and said bluntly, "Be a thug? I'm almost starving to death. Who do you think I have the strength to beat? Can I still do it?"

Niu Hongzhang glanced at Li Gang coldly and threw a newspaper to him.

"Don't get angry with me first. Read the newspaper carefully and think about the situation carefully. Don't sell yourself out in a hurry, only to end up in a fire pit."

"Into the fire pit?"

Li Gang took the newspaper and read the front and back pages twice in confusion, but he couldn't see where the fire pit was.

Niu Hongzhang sneered and said, "Li Gang, your political awareness is still so low. When we first attended the refresher course together, everyone was about the same. But look at you now. If your awareness could be higher, you would not be the director of a small factory anymore."

Li Gang raised his head coldly, tilted his mouth and sneered: "Lao Niu, you are promoted faster than me, is it really because of your higher awareness? Why did I hear that you sold out your best friend and stepped on his head to get promoted?"

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Niu Hongzhang seemed to be emitting a cold aura, as if he was about to jump up and strangle Li Gang to death in the next moment.

But in the end, he just took the newspaper back and pointed at an international news item with his finger.

Li Gang looked carefully and found that it was the news that Tukumenkistan declared independence.

So he said sarcastically: "What does this have to do with us? Is this what you call a dispute?"

Niu Hongzhang snorted coldly and said, "I told you that you are not aware enough, but you still don't believe me. Have you counted how many member states are left in Su'e?

There is only one left, Kazakhstan. When Kazakhstan becomes independent, will Su-e still exist?"

Li Gang was stunned for a moment, feeling a little dazed.

Although he still felt that these things had nothing to do with him, the fact that the once huge country in the north had fallen to the point of "the end of the song and the people dispersed" still made him feel a sense of sadness.

When Li Gang was full of vigor and vitality, he never imagined that this day would come.

Niu Hongzhang saw Li Gang's trance and said calmly, "In fact, when Lithuania and Taiwan declared independence last year, I felt that it was not good. After the August 19 incident in Su-e this year, within ten days, nine member states including Ukraine, Taiwan and Belarus declared independence.

Now it seems that Su-E has fallen from power. Do you know why? "

Li Gang looked at Niu Hongzhang and said impatiently: "You have become more and more fond of being mysterious over the years. If you have something to say, just say it directly, otherwise I will have to rush back to the factory to arrange production!"

Niu Hongzhang took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Because it was the reform that caused the disaster. After Kobachev came to power, he started the reform. In just six or seven years, the Soviet Union that had existed for 70 years was torn apart.

We have been reforming for more than a decade, and various chaos have emerged one after another. The gap between the rich and the poor has widened sharply. Some people can earn tens of thousands of yuan just by stretching their hands, while others can only earn a few dozen yuan after working hard for a month.

So, do you think we will not be vigilant? Do you think the higher-ups will tolerate us going the way of Su E? Do you think Li Ye's branch can continue to prosper forever? They are a pilot unit for economic reform."

Li Gang looked at Niu Hongzhang in shock, and suddenly asked, "What do you think will happen in the future? Will we return to the planned era?"

Niu Hongzhang said calmly: "I have been analyzing the situation for the past few months, and I found that the wind direction in the newspapers has indeed changed. No matter how difficult the days in the planned era are, will your factory be unable to pay wages?

Looking at the current situation of Su E, I think it is possible to go back.”

Li Gang was stunned for several seconds, then suddenly shouted at the top of his voice: "What? Are you still waiting for society to go back to the old days? Back to the 1970s?"

Niu Hongzhang was also stunned. He really couldn't understand why Li Gang had such a big reaction.

During the days when Su E had the problem, many people were discussing similar issues. Why did Li Gang react so strongly?

But the next moment, Li Gang's shouting made Niu Hongzhang's face turn green.

"Niu Hongzhang, no wonder you have been preventing me from contacting the first branch and preventing me from contacting Director Li. It turns out that you are looking forward to returning to the planned economy! You are the leader of the unit, and your thoughts are incompatible with the spirit conveyed by the higher-ups."

"Li Gang, what are you yelling about? What are you yelling about?"

"Why am I yelling? I just want everyone to hear how you are holding back our brother unit."

Li Gang pushed open the door of his office and started yelling at the crowd of people watching the excitement in the corridor. He kept saying the same thing over and over again - this guy Lao Niu is a stumbling block to our merger with the first branch factory and has ruined our good fortune.

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The news soon spread to the first factory.

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "What do you think Li Gang is up to? Didn't you say he and Lao Niu are good friends?"

Li Ye said with a smile: "Maybe they want to give us a token of their loyalty."

Lu Zhizhang had also read "Water Margin" and immediately said with a smile: "A letter of surrender? Haha, interesting. Then do you accept his letter of surrender?"

Li Ye smiled indifferently and did not comment.

The reason why he and Li Gang disliked each other in the beginning was not because of Niu Hongzhang, but because of smoking on the plane. That guy was arrogant and bullied the weak.

So if you are willing to process spare parts for me at a low price, I will do business with you and let the employees in your factory have a job. But if you say you want to be a "good colleague fighting side by side with us", that is absolutely impossible. You can turn against Niu Hongzhang for me today, but what about in the future?

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Many days after Li Gang left, Director Han of the Red Star Manufacturing Plant finally arrived.

Li Ye felt that he had to come at the last minute because of his face. After all, the situation of the Eighth Machinery Factory was becoming clearer and clearer.

If the merger really takes place, Director Kong's power will not be reduced much. Instead, he will receive technical and financial support, which is a very tempting result.

But facts have proved that Li Ye sometimes guessed wrong.

When Director Han arrived, he went straight to the first branch factory to ask for people.

"Two factory directors, since you have chosen to cooperate with the Eighth Machinery Factory, it is time for the twenty workers in our unit to finish their inspection and go back!"

Li Ye asked in surprise: "They haven't returned yet? I'll call and ask."

In front of Director Han, Li Ye called the department below, and the answer from the other end was very clear: "Those people don't want to leave. I told them that they will be paid one month's salary if they work until the end of the month."

After hanging up the phone, Li Ye told Director Han: "I have asked, the production department arranged for them to work until the end of the month so that they can calculate their wages."

Director Han raised his eyelids and said slowly: "Our unit also has production tasks. Please settle their wages now and let me take them back personally."

Li Ye frowned, feeling a little unhappy.

I just saved face for Director Han by not saying that it was the people in their unit who didn't want to leave, and now he's getting excited.

"Okay, I'll arrange for them to leave today."

Li Ye immediately called the production department and said, "Notify the comrades at the Red Star Manufacturing Plant to go to the Finance Department to settle their wages immediately, and then leave under the guidance of their leaders."

But Director Han suddenly said, "We will pay the wages ourselves."

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"What? Don't we have to pay your salary?"

Li Ye was a little puzzled. Is Director Han so tough?

But Director Han blushed and said again: "We have our own wage standards, so please settle their wages with us."

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"You were given the wages to take away? You collected their wages?"

Li Ye couldn't help but exclaimed.

[Vonima, did you learn this from General Jin? ]

(End of this chapter)