Chapter 77: Bad Luck "Director Fang is the mastermind!"
Qian Tongsheng felt the situation was a bit difficult. The city was cracking down on sexual misconduct. If he didn't pursue Wang Ying and Wu Haiyang, he'd likely be seen as shielding them, and he might even be reported. But if Wang Ying were actually dragged into a struggle session, she wouldn't let it go. After all, she was clearly wrongly accused.
To be on the safe side, Qian Tongsheng thought that he should find the person who posted the big-character poster and confront him. Then he could make the person who posted the big-character poster apologize to Wang Ying.
Wang Ying had been observing Qian Tongsheng's expression. Seeing that he seemed troubled, he said, "If we don't arrest the poster posters today and confront them, I'll post posters tomorrow too. I'll post posters on anyone I don't like! This kind of chaos has happened before, after all."
"Yes! I will post it too! Who cares about the leader or anyone else at that time? I will post them all!" said Wu Haiyang.
Qian Tongsheng saw both men threatening him, and in the freezing weather, he was practically sweating. He couldn't let any more trouble happen... He feared trouble the most.
"Don't get excited. We must find the person. You should have evidence to prove your innocence, right?" Qian Tongsheng asked.
Wang Ying looked at Qian Tongsheng and said, "Director Qian, it's wrong for you to ask this."
"What do you mean?" Qian Tongsheng said.
Wang Ying said, "If you ask me that, I could write a big-character poster right now, saying you had an affair with so-and-so, and then ask you to prove you had no relationship with her. If you can't provide evidence, then you must have had a relationship with her."
"Yes! That's right!" Wu Haiyang chimed in. "I can write a hundred of them, listing every man and woman in the factory!"
Qian Tongsheng was overwhelmed. It was as if he had returned to seven or eight years ago. He had finally gotten some peace and quiet in the past two years... It seemed like ever since Wang Ying joined the factory, things had been going on non-stop...
The security officers looked at each other, and one of them said, "You are making false accusations and threats."
"Then who can prove that the posters against me aren't falsely accusing me?" Wang Ying asked. "Director, please ask the security department to point out the posters' posters, or I'll report them for dereliction of duty by their real names. I have ready-made evidence. The posters still there are proof."
The people in the security department looked at each other. They didn't expect Wang Ying to be so calm and his thinking was not wrong at all. He even stumped them all at once.
Wu Haiyang's brain wasn't enough, so he just echoed Wang Ying's words: "Yes, they must know who posted it, otherwise it must be them!"
"We didn't post it!" The people in the security department refused to take the blame.
"Then you point out the person who posted it!" said Wu Haiyang.
They couldn’t say either... Wu Haiyang and the security department started arguing.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of the factory director's office.
The person who came was the lame warehouse keeper.
Director Qian asked, "Comrade Liu Yi, what can I do for you?"
Liu Yi, one hand supporting the outside of his lame thigh and the other hand on his waist, walked into the office. He glanced at the people in the office and said, "This morning, I saw someone posting a big-character poster. I wanted to see how the factory director would handle this matter."
"Did you see the person who posted it?" Wu Haiyang said excitedly.
"Isn't it from your workshop?" Liu Yi said, "Once I went to the warehouse with Team Leader Wang to get materials."
"Can you recognize him?" Wang Ying asked. She didn't expect that Liu Yi would take the initiative to come and talk about this at this time.
"Why not?" Liu Yi said.
Wang Ying looked at Qian Tongsheng and said, "Director, now that Comrade Liu can recognize people, can we call him to confront him?"
"Okay, then let's confront each other," said Qian Tongsheng.
Wang Ying said, "If we want to confront them, we have to do it in front of all the employees. After all, everyone has seen my big-character poster. If I can't stand up to them, they can just criticize me in front of all the employees!"
"There's no need for that. It will delay production!" said Qian Tongsheng.
"You can do it in the cafeteria during lunch." Wang Ying wanted to make a big deal out of this matter, expose the person behind it, and let people know that she is not someone to be trifled with, so that no one would dare to talk about this matter again in the future.
Wu Haiyang actually didn't want to make a big deal out of it. He felt ashamed, but at this time, he felt that he was definitely not as smart as Wang Ying, so he kept his mouth shut.
"Let's go to the workshop first." Qian Tongsheng did not agree, as it would be easy for trouble to occur if there were too many people.
Qian Tongsheng led his men to Workshop 4. On the way, they met some colleagues, who would look at Wang Ying. Wang Ying looked back without any guilt, and greeted and smiled at those she knew.
When they arrived at Workshop 4, Fang Hongjun was fuming at Yang Jianshe, accusing him of overcooking the syrup. Yang Jianshe hung his head like a child who had made a mistake. He had lost all the charisma he had displayed while giving on-the-job training to other comrades more than two weeks ago. He had become the same dull, unremarkable Yang Jianshe again.
Upon arriving at the workshop, Director Qian sensed a strange atmosphere. Everyone's faces were filled with restlessness and a complete lack of focus on production. Director Qian was all too familiar with this, and his heart sank. He realized that reckless, unchecked action without evidence would ultimately disrupt the hard-won production order. He had to keep things under control!
Fang Hongjun came over and was about to speak when Qian Tongsheng raised his hand to stop him. Fang Hongjun glanced at Liu Yi and then at Wang Ying, feeling something was not right.
Qian Tongsheng did not ask Liu Yi to directly identify the person who posted the big-character poster. Instead, he said, "Comrades, please stop for a moment."
Everyone stopped and looked at Qian Tongsheng and the others. Xu Lili and the others looked at Wang Ying with concern.
"Today someone posted a big-character poster about Comrade Wang Ying and Comrade Wu Haiyang. Whoever posted it? Stand up. They want to confront you," said Qian Tongsheng.
No one stood up, so Wang Ying searched the crowd and saw someone secretly looking at Fang Hongjun.
Wang Ying said, "Why, no one is standing up? Are they afraid, or are they guilty?"
Seeing that no one came forward, Qian Tongsheng said to Liu Yi, "Comrade Liu, who did you see?"
Liu Yi pointed accurately towards the material preparation area: "That's him! I saw it with my own eyes, there's no mistake."
Wang Ying knew him. When Fang Hongjun wanted to send someone in for the second time, this person was among them. His name was Jiang Li. He was the one who was peeking at Fang Hongjun just now.
Jiang Li stood up and said, "So what if I posted it? If they could do it, why can't I expose it? I'm responding to the city's call to rectify the atmosphere. It's everyone's responsibility!"
"Did you also write the letter of complaint?" Qian Tongsheng said.
"I wrote it! Our factory cannot be corrupted by such people!" Jiang Liyi said sternly.
"Do you have evidence to prove that there is a relationship between them?" Qian Tongsheng said.
"What evidence do you need? Someone saw it with their own eyes!" Jiang Li said.
"Who? What day? Where? What did you see?" Wang Ying asked back.
"I dare not tell you. Your father-in-law is the production director of the factory, and I'm afraid of his revenge! I don't care about myself. I'm not afraid of revenge for the sake of the factory's atmosphere, but I have to protect the witnesses," said Jiang Li.
It seems that Director Zhao will be dragged into this, Wang Ying thought.
Wu Haiyang was anxious: "You are just spreading rumors! Because no one saw it!"
"Then can you prove that you have nothing to do with each other?" Jiang Li said.
Wang Ying said, "Director, I'm reporting Jiang Li for being a hooligan towards a female comrade under my real name."
"You're talking nonsense!" Jiang Li jumped up quickly, "When did I ever act like a hooligan?"
"I can't say that because I want to protect the reputation of my female comrade, but someone saw it with their own eyes," said Wang Ying.
Everyone present knew that Wang Ying was talking nonsense, or rather, he was using his own method against the person.
"You are deliberately taking revenge and making false accusations!" Jiang Li jumped up anxiously.
"I just repeated what you said. I was deliberately taking revenge and making false accusations? Then what are you?" Wang Ying said coldly.
"Anyway, I didn't." Jiang Li glanced at Fang Hongjun and calmed down. "Director, these two people refuse to repent and are corrupting the factory's atmosphere. They should be dragged out for criticism and fired from the non-staple food factory!"
Wu Haiyang was anxious and looked at Wang Ying. When he saw her, Jiang Li jumped up again: "Look, look, Wu Haiyang is still flirting with Wang Ying!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Wu Haiyang was anxious.
"So many eyes are watching us!" Jiang Li said proudly, feeling that he could definitely discredit Wang Ying this time.
Wang Ying said, "Director Qian, you saw this. This is how this person framed someone right in front of me. Wu Haiyang is my subordinate. He glanced at me and flirted with me. Who here hasn't glanced at each other a few times? Are they all flirting? And since I came in, I saw him constantly looking at Director Fang. Was he flirting with Director Fang?"
When Qian Tongsheng saw that Wang Ying directly pointed the finger at Fang Hongjun, he did not quite agree with her approach.
"Jiang Li, stop being unreasonable. You said there is a witness, so call the witness over, otherwise apologize to Comrade Wang Ying." Qian Tongsheng still wanted to make a big deal out of a small matter.
Wang Ying immediately said, "I don't accept the apology. He's taking advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters, frame his compatriots, and undermine unity. This can't be resolved with just an apology. If he can't produce evidence today, I will definitely file a complaint!"
When Jiang Li heard that Wang Ying was going to appeal, he panicked and looked at Fang Hongjun again.
Wang Ying immediately said, "Director, look, he's flirting with Director Fang again."
"Team Leader Wang, please don't involve irrelevant people." Fang Hongjun said.
"Whether it's relevant or not, we'll know after I file a complaint and ask the higher-ups to investigate. By the way, they should also investigate why accidents happened again and again after I entered the factory, especially the last time when the materials were changed. We should also check whether there is some trick behind it." Wang Ying said.
Qian Tongsheng felt that Wang Ying was definitely going to make a big deal out of this. He had to appease her and said to Jiang Li in a stern voice, "Jiang Li, if you have evidence, show it to us. If not, Comrade Wang Ying will sue you!"
Fang Hongjun said, "Jiang Li, if you have a witness, just tell us directly. The factory director will definitely protect the witness."
Jiang Li then said, "It was a colleague from the quality inspection team who saw it."
"Who is it? Go and call him over." Qian Tongsheng said.
"Yes...Dai Xueqin." Jiang Li said.
"Someone go call him over." Qian Tongsheng said and glanced at Wang Ying. Now that there was a real witness, he wondered how Wang Ying would respond.
Dai Xueqin was soon called over, and the leader of the quality inspection team came with him.
As soon as they arrived, Wang Ying spoke first: "Comrade Dai, you said you saw Comrade Wu Haiyang and I behaving inappropriately?"
Dai Xueqin is not very tall, and with his head lowered, his hair covers his eyes.
"Yeah... I saw it." Dai Xueqin said.
"Someday."
"I can't remember clearly." said Dai Xueqin.
"What did you see?" Wang Ying asked again.
"You hugged...huddled together in the office," said Dai Xueqin.
"Oh, how did you see it? The door was open at that time?" Wang Ying asked slowly, as if what she was talking about was not her own business.
"The door... the door is closed." Dai Xueqin began to stammer.
"Then how did you see it? Were you looking through the crack in the door? Which crack? How did you hold me? What was I wearing? Why didn't you report it?" Wang Ying asked a series of questions.
"I don't remember..." Dai Xueqin said again.
The quality inspection team leader looked at Dai Xueqin with a serious expression and said, "You don't remember anything, so why are you here to testify? Who can prove that you are telling the truth? At least remember one or two specific points to prove that you are telling the truth!"
The quality inspection team leader had no idea about this before he arrived. He had also seen Wang Ying's big-character poster and knew without a second thought that someone was trying to harm Wang Ying. But he had no idea that his own team members would be implicated.
Wang Ying felt that Dai Xueqin didn't seem to be willing to testify, so he said, "Comrade Dai, I want to tell you one thing first. This matter won't end with just an apology. I will definitely pursue this matter to the end! If you perjure others and harm others, you will end up in a labor camp. It's not too late to turn back now."
"Don't threaten the witness!" Jiang Li said.
"Don't worry, you can't escape from the labor camp. It's no use changing your words now." Wang Ying glanced at him.
Dai Xueqin hesitated, and the quality inspection team leader said, "Did you see it wrong? The door was closed, why did you pry open it? You really want to know the truth. Don't be confused for a moment and hurt yourself and others. The truth will eventually come out, and when it does, you won't have anywhere to cry."
"Someone asked you to frame me, right? Now tell me who asked you to come, and I won't hold you responsible." Wang Ying took the opportunity to say.
Dai Xueqin lowered his head and said nothing.
Wang Ying hated this kind of cowardly and hesitant look in men. She hated any man who behaved like that. She wasn't going to give him another chance. Turning to Qian Tongsheng, she said, "Director, you've seen this witness is just talking nonsense. This is completely someone taking advantage of the situation to target me. I think it's necessary to report this matter and have the organization send someone to investigate. Anyone who opposes this is deliberately framing me."
Qian Tongsheng saw that Wang Ying wanted to make the matter bigger, the bigger the better.
"Let's solve it internally first and not always try to make things bigger," said Qian Tongsheng.
Wang Ying looked at Qian Tongsheng and said, "Director, don't you know the principle of nurturing a boil and leaving it with hidden dangers? We can't resolve this internally. I'm going to sue Jiang Li for false accusation. I'm going to do it."
Wu Haiyang hadn't expected Wang Ying to be so resolute. He couldn't afford to hold back, so he said, "I want to sue too! I'm a clean, honest young man. Why am I being framed?"
At this time, Zhou Qianjin said in the crowd: "Support the team leader to sue Jiang Li!"
Luo Wenshu said, "Catch the thief and take the dirty laundry; catch the adulterer and take both. I've never heard of such an empty-mouthed accusation." In fact, at that time, there were many empty-mouthed accusations. It was just that the fighting at the food factory was not fierce, and there was a cowardly Qian Tongsheng in charge.
"That's right, I haven't heard of it! Team leader, we support your counter-sue!" said Xu Lili.
"I also support Team Leader Wang!" Tian Yulan stood up and said.
Yang Jianshe also stood up: "Team Leader Wang is definitely not that kind of person! Someone wants to harm Team Leader Wang!"
Jiang Li felt a little weak. Wang Ying was too strong, not weak or soft at all. Luo Wenshu moved to Jiang Li's side and whispered, "The last person who harmed our team leader was called Tian Yong. He's already lost his job, and you're still foolishly rushing forward! Prepare to take the blame, you big fool!"
Luo Wenshu returned to his original position after he finished speaking. Jiang Li's legs felt a little weak...
The head of the quality inspection team also whispered to Dai Xueqin, "Why don't you confess now? Tell me now! You're really driving me crazy. I've been with you and teaching you how to do things since you joined the factory, and now you've turned yourself into someone who frames others!"
Dai Xueqin had been keeping his head down, but after hearing what his team leader said, he raised his head and said, "I'm sorry, team leader."
"If you know you're sorry to me, just confess immediately!" said the quality inspection team leader.
Dai Xueqin looked at Jiang Li and then at Fang Hongjun.
Fang Hongjun felt a little embarrassed. Qian Tongsheng was really useless. He could even endure being humiliated by Wang Ying.
"Jiang Li told me to say that I haven't seen Team Leader Wang and Comrade Wu..." Dai Xueqin finally said it.
Jiang Li didn't expect Dai Xueqin to betray him like this. He quickly jumped up and said, "Hey, what's wrong with you? You were the first one to tell me that you saw them hugging each other! Now you deny it. Are you trying to hurt me?"
The head of the quality control team said, "You saw it! I told you to tell me, but you didn't! Now you're getting bitten again!"
"No matter who bites whom, I will sue you all together!" said Wang Ying.
Seeing Wang Ying like this, Qian Tongsheng knew that persuasion was useless. He sighed and looked at Fang Hongjun. Fang Hongjun also looked at him, his eyes slightly closed, feeling that his success and failure were all due to Qian Tongsheng.
Qian Tongsheng was a conciliatory person and he always protected Fang Hongjun, but because of this character, he could not directly drag Wang Ying out to fight... People outside the factory did not dare to rush into the non-staple food factory. He really made a mistake.
Fang Hongjun hadn't wanted to fight Wang Ying, but something happened, and he saw it as an opportunity. A few days ago, someone told him that Wu Haiyang and Wang Ying left work together, and that Wu Haiyang had been staring at Wang Ying's back for a long time, seemingly interested in her. After observing her for a while, he realized that Wu Haiyang's attitude towards Wang Ying seemed quite different...
Just at this moment, Director Zhao came with someone who looked like a leader.
When Jiang Li saw Director Zhao and his men approaching, he realized he couldn't escape and shouted, "I want to report! I want to report! I'm reporting Director Fang. He told me to do this! Director Fang is the mastermind!"
Director Zhao didn't expect that when he arrived, the other party confessed without saying a word. Looking at Wang Ying again, he saw that he was calm and not afraid at all.
Wang Ying and a group of people involved in this incident were taken away.
Wang Ying was lucky, while Fang Hongjun was unlucky. The tide had actually turned in the past couple of days. A case had occurred at the woodworking factory where someone was deliberately harassed by a □□. The victim, unable to bear the humiliation, committed suicide, but it was soon discovered that he had been wrongly accused.
As soon as this happened, a leader immediately stepped forward to restore order, and Fang Hongjun happened to run into him.
With the testimonies of Jiang Li and Dai Xueqin, they called Tian Yong. The testimonies of several people were consistent. Where could Fang Hongjun run?
Fang Hongjun consistently denied the charges, instead accusing them of harming the martyrs' descendants. However, Jiang Li and Tian Yong betrayed him, and a large amount of unidentified money and banknotes were found in his home. He ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced for multiple crimes. The security officers implicated by him were also punished.
Qian Tongsheng was also criticized for not handling Tian Yong's matter properly.
By the time Wang Ying and the others returned to the factory, it was almost time to get off work. Qian Tongsheng, with a sullen face, called Director Zhao and Wang Ying to his office. Zheng Liancheng hadn't been at the factory that morning, and only learned of the incident when he returned in the afternoon. Seeing them return, he hurriedly followed them.
"It was really Lao Fang who did it. He was arrested?" Zheng Liancheng said.
"Well, what happened between them has also been dug up." Qian Tongsheng said.
Zheng Liancheng asked hurriedly, "What's the matter?"
"Tian Yong's substitution of materials," Qian Tongsheng said. "He has other matters, and the higher-ups are still investigating. Let's not talk about him anymore. Comrade Wang Ying, the factory will restore your reputation tomorrow."
"Thank you, Director. I'm sorry for your trouble." Wang Ying became well-behaved again, completely different from the person he was in the morning.
"Old Zhao, you called the leader over without telling me in advance." Qian Tongsheng's tone was somewhat complaining.
Director Zhao said, "I didn't shout. It was a leader who passed by and saw the big-character poster at the factory gate and said he wanted to come in to understand the situation! But as soon as he arrived at the workshop, Jiang Li started to report on us..."
Now everyone except Director Zhao was stunned.
Even Wang Ying thought that the leader was invited by Director Zhao, but he didn't expect that he came by himself. It can only be said that Fang Hongjun was unlucky!
However, what even Director Zhao didn't know was that the leader went in to find out the situation because he had just heard of Wang Ying's name the day before and had tasted the new product produced by Wang Ying and his team.
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