As she listened to their words, Guan Wenru slowly curled a cold smile onto her lips.
Her eyes were sharp as she stared at Captain Li. "Captain Li, your 'reasoning' is certainly righteous and eloquent."
Captain Li felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze, but he still stubbornly spoke up, "That's exactly right!"
"Ha!" Guan Wenru sneered and took a step closer. "Then I'd like to ask Captain Li! More than a month ago, in Director Chen's office, who was it that kept saying... collective property is precious... we dare not take risks... we are afraid to take responsibility?"
Captain Li's face stiffened, and he opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
Guan Wenru continued, speaking slowly but like a whip, "When Captain Che Wang was the first to stand up and use his own team's cattle and sheep to support the trial, you stood by and mocked him, saying that he was gambling with the team's sheep!"
I kindly offered to let you use the feed on credit, with payment only required if it proved effective, but you were afraid of missing your quota and couldn't bear the responsibility for even a small 'possible' mistake. You made all sorts of excuses and refused to try it.
Reminded by Guan Wenru, not only Captain Li, but also Captains Wang and Zhang lowered their heads in shame.
Seeing their reaction, Guan Wenru's voice remained sarcastic, "Captain Li, I explained everything to you in detail, pointed out the way, and opened the door for you. It was you yourselves! You personally! Slammed that door shut! And locked it from the outside!"
Now! You see the feed is effective, you see others scrambling for it, you see the benefits, and you jump out to lecture me about the "our own commune" mentality? You tell me about "keeping the good stuff within the family"? Where were you all this time?!
Captain Li was speechless when questioned, his temple veins throbbing, his fists clenching and unclenching.
The surroundings were deathly silent.
Captain Wang and Captain Zhang were speechless, their faces turning red and white in turns, and they wished they could bury their heads in the ground.
Guan Wenru took a deep breath, his tone hardening again, "For a factory to survive and develop, it must have rules and keep its word. Only then can it stand firm! I gave you a chance back then, but you closed the door yourselves."
"The factory's output is limited, and rules are rules. No matter how much you explain now, I have no feed to share with you."
After speaking, Guan Wenru turned her gaze back to Chen Jianhui, her tone returning to normal, "Director Chen, the directors of those two communes have already called me. They have also seen the results and will come to sign contracts with our factory tomorrow."
Chen Jianhui nodded, "Okay, you can handle things at the factory."
He naturally hoped that this feed could be used by his commune's production brigade.
But that day, he heard with his own ears how these people rejected Guan Wenru, and he was angry, let alone Guan Wenru.
Right now, he certainly didn't have the face to make any demands of Guan Wenru.
Guan Wenru nodded, "Director, I have other things to do at the factory, so I'll head back now."
"Okay, you can go now."
Captain Li stared at Guan Wenru's retreating figure, his face turning ashen.
Captain Wang looked anxious. "Director Chen, you...you have to do something about this!"
Team Leader Zhang wore a bitter expression. "Yes, Director Chen! Factory Manager Guan sold all the feed to other communes! Our three production teams are just watching helplessly, without getting a single share! Is this...is this acceptable?"
Captain Li also stirred things up, "Director Chen! You are the commune director! This feed mill is supported by the commune! No matter how capable Guan Wenru is, she is still the commune's factory director!"
You should say a word and make it so that she must prioritize supplying our own commune's production brigades! That's only right and proper!
Chen Jianhui looked at the three men with an absurd expression, "Do you guys think you're... behaving properly?"
Captain Wang shrank back, but for the sake of the brigade's cattle and sheep, and for the sake of production, he still mustered up the courage to speak up, "Director Chen, if you step in, Factory Director Guan will definitely listen to you!"
Captain Zhang chimed in, "That's right, Director Guan is still the director of a factory under the commune!"
"Bullshit!" Chen Jianhui suddenly raised his voice, filled with anger. "Now you remember I'm the director? Now you remember the feed mill belongs to the commune? Back in my office, when Director Guan was patiently persuading you to give us a trial period, what were your faces like?!"
The three men shrank back in shock at the shout.
Chen Jianhui pointed at Captain Li's nose, "Especially you! Captain Li! Those excuses you made back then were so high-sounding!"
Factory Director Guan even offered to let you use it on credit for free, and what did you do? You were afraid of missing your quota, afraid of taking responsibility! You absolutely refused to try! Completely impervious to reason!
Captain Li's face flushed red. "Director Chen, that...that wasn't..."
"Shut up!" Chen Jianhui interrupted him, ignoring him completely. "You deliberately made things difficult for me back then, and now that you see the benefits, you're jealous and suddenly remember the commune is 'your own home'? You suddenly remember me, the director? Too late!"
Captain Wang and Captain Zhang lowered their heads in shame.
Chen Jianhui, still furious, couldn't help but yell, "Shortsighted! I'm talking about you! You didn't dare take any risks back then, and now that you see others succeed, you want to reap the rewards? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"
Captain Li was unwilling to give up and tried to argue, "Director Chen! You can't say that! We're doing this for the collective..."
"Enough!" Chen Jianhui interrupted sharply. "Let me tell you, back in the office when I saw you blocking the way, I already made the decision in front of Guan Wenru! The factory's sales, especially the sales channels... who to sell to... I, Chen Jianhui, will absolutely not interfere! Factory Director Guan will be fully responsible! That's my promise to her!"
"!" The three of them stared at Chen Jianhui in shock.
"So, I have no right to say anything now! I won't interfere with her decision! If you're so capable, go find Director Guan yourselves! See if she'll give you feed! Don't waste your time on me!"
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