Chapter 85 A major discovery (bug hunting)
The news of the separation of Factory 1 and Factory 2 of 119 Food Factory spread like wildfire.
For ordinary people in Phnom Penh and even Hai Ninh Province, the origin is not important. They still buy 119 brand juice, soda and seafood sauce. It does not matter whether it is produced by one or two factories, because 119 is a golden brand anyway.
However, this incident caused quite a stir among factories in the same industry. Other factories would always talk about it when they heard about it, and they were amazed that the previously inconspicuous Factory 2 had the ability to become independent.
After expressing his feelings, he still focused on his own factory's products.
The reputation of the second factory is growing. From a small factory area in the unknown 119 Food Factory in the past, it has finally stood up completely.
Zhao Jianjun led the people from the second factory to set off four strings of firecrackers in front of the factory gate. The crackling sound was lively and festive. He then gave Lin Xiang and Kong Zhenzhen a look.
Kong Zhenzhen held the gong, and Lin Xiang hit it with a hammer, and there was a crisp clang sound!
Deafening! Echoing the sky above 119!
Factory 2 is now fully independent in terms of administrative level and financial areas, so the administrative duties that were a bit distorted in the past will naturally have to be redistributed.
Zhao Jianjun, who had been the director for too many years, officially became the director of the 119 Factory 2. He also promoted the old factory employees Yang Tian and Qiu Hongxia to unify the management of all technical workshops, in charge of the fruit juice soda production workshop and the Spanish mackerel sauce workshop.
Lin Xiang was appointed as the director of the product department, Kong Zhenzhen as the director of the factory office, and Ma Defa as the director of the purchasing department.
In addition, some senior staff of the second plant were promoted to successively serve as department heads and team leaders of the quality control department, financial group, and administrative group.
The second factory ushered in a brand new look. Many people were promoted several levels. Lin Xiang, who became the director at a young age, became the focus of everyone's after-dinner discussions.
Factory One is naturally aware of Factory Two's actions. Zhao Jianjun has always been the head of Factory Two, so there is nothing wrong with him being the factory director. The others who were promoted are also veterans who have worked in Factory Two for many years, so there is nothing wrong with that.
It was to directly promote Lin Xiang, who was only 23 years old, to the position of product manager. This was to hand over the most important link to a young person, which was really bold.
"How can someone so young be a factory director?"
"Factory 2 is crazy. Even if they promote young people, they have to do it step by step."
"Zhao Jianjun used to be a madman. He does things differently from everyone else. Otherwise, how could he have made Secretary Tang of our factory so angry? It's normal!"
When the news reached the ears of the leadership team of Factory 1, Secretary Tang could not help but make a few more complaints: "Zhao Jianjun is too radical in his actions. He does not consider the feelings of his subordinates at all! How will other more experienced workers feel about promoting such a young person directly to such an important position as the director of the product department? Doesn't this affect unity?"
Factory Director Huang drank tea and advised him, "Old Tang, Factory 2 is no longer under our control. It's useless for you to say more."
Secretary Tang: "..."
It's so frustrating! Otherwise, I have to call Zhao Jianjun to criticize him!
Hey, mention Cao Cao and he will appear.
Zhao Jianjun, who had just been promoted to the director of the 119 Food Factory No. 2, brought some candies and soda juice to the leadership meeting of Factory No. 1 and enthusiastically distributed candies and soda to everyone: "Come on, come on, we are all brother factories in the future. Factory No. 1 and Factory No. 2 are separated, but we will always be one family. Let's make progress together and create income for the 119 troops! Eat candies and drink coconut juice, don't be polite."
Turning back, Director Zhao patted Director Huang on the shoulder with one hand, put his arm around Secretary Tang's neck with the other, and said warmly, "Old Huang, Old Tang! We are brothers from now on!"
Director Huang: “…”
This role change is a bit too fast.
Secretary Tang: "..."
You used to call me Secretary Tang, but now you immediately change your attitude and call me Old Tang? ! ! !
However, this title was indeed well-deserved. Secretary Tang felt very aggrieved but could not refute it. He just chuckled twice with a forced smile and then sent the giant Buddha away.
"Director Lin." Kong Zhenzhen and Lin Xiang moved offices one after another. However, they were not far from each other and could bump into each other if they passed by. However, Director Zhao had a separate spacious office on the third floor, which was quite impressive. Ma Defa's purchasing department also chose another location and moved to two offices at the end of the corridor with several of his staff. "It's suddenly quiet here. I'm not used to it."
Lin Xiang knew that Kong Zhenzhen was teasing her, so she simply called her, "Director Kong, we are a pair."
Kong Zhenzhen never thought that she would become the director one day: "Yes! But there will be fewer people who can speak in the room in the future."
The factory director Zhao Jianjun, who was in a lonely position, was also not used to it. He still missed the days when the four of them used to chat, eat melon seeds and candies together in the office.
Not long after the second factory was upgraded, Director Zhao asked the newly appointed secretary Xiao Wang to go downstairs and call Lin Xiang, Kong Zhenzhen and Ma Defa up for a meeting.
The three were also new officials who had just reorganized the organizational structure. They thought the factory director had called a meeting for something important, but...
The conference room was filled with melon seeds, peanuts, orange candies, milk candies and four bottles of coconut juice, which was quite tempting.
"Director, what is this...?" Kong Zhenzhen's eyes widened. She had been very busy these past few days and she really wanted to take a break!
"Hurry up and sit down. Let's have a simple meeting." Zhao Jianjun waved his hand and asked several people to sit down. "Just talk about the situation of the factory."
Of course, the main purpose is to eat something and chat.
Lin Xiang really admires Director Zhao, oh, no, now it’s Director Zhao, there is no leader more relaxed than him!
But it’s really nice to be able to relax on a Saturday afternoon, eating and drinking, and welcome the coming Sunday.
After chatting for more than an hour, it was almost 4:30. Zhao Jianjun glanced at his watch and told everyone to get off work: "Hurry home! My wife is waiting for me to come back for dinner."
After several people hurried out of the office building, Zhao Jianjun looked at the huge factory area and the sparse workers who were preparing to finish their work. Holding a briefcase and looking like a successful leader, he assigned a new task to Kong Zhenzhen.
"Look at how everyone is not motivated after get off work. Xiao Kong, remember to add one more sentence to our factory slogan when you go to work next Monday."
Kong Zhenzhen was curious: "Director, what do you want to add?"
"No overtime!" Zhao Jianjun said bluntly, "If we have to work overtime, it means our equipment is not in place and our workers are not well trained. Otherwise, our production efficiency would not be so low."
Lin Xiang and Kong Zhenzhen looked at each other and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I will definitely add it when the time comes!"
Where can we find such a thoughtful and enlightened leader?
Where can you find a leader who is more motivated to leave work than the employees?
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Lin Xiang got off work at around four o'clock, but she didn't rush home. She met many neighbors on the way, and they all went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some food and daily necessities.
There is a gluttonous cat at home. Lin Xiang bought half a pound of winter melon candy from the supply and marketing cooperative. When she was about to go back with Jiang Wenfang and Qiu Hongxia who had just bought half a pound of peach cakes, she saw Qiu Hongxia staring at a place not far away, unable to move.
Lin Xiang followed Qiu Hongxia's gaze and saw a familiar figure in the crowded street. It was Qiu Hongxia's little girl Zhang Yafen.
Zhang Yafen, who has failed in blind dates many times, is now chatting and laughing with a young gay man, and they look very familiar with each other.
"This damn girl, she didn't even tell me that she had a boyfriend!" Qiu Hongxia thought to herself why the girl always said she didn't like the guy every time she went on a blind date, she never thought that she had a boyfriend secretly.
But who was that gay man? Qiu Hongxia knew almost everyone in the family compound, but she found him a little strange.
Could it be a relative of a soldier who had just arrived recently? He looked quite pale, not like a farmer.
"You guys go back first, I'll go over and take a look!" Qiu Hongxia couldn't stay there any longer.
Lin Xiang understood the mother's feelings, and she and Jiang Wenfang watched her leave: "Go quickly, Sister Hongxia, remember to treat us to the wedding banquet when the time comes."
I just don’t know how the young couple felt when their mother-in-law suddenly showed up and got caught.
Lin Xiang and Jiang Wenfang walked back to the family compound together and entered the house one after another. Little Coconut heard the noise and ran towards his mother. His little face was red and puffy after playing all day, like a little apple.
"Mom, winter melon candy!" Little Coconut hugged his mother's thighs, his eyes almost glued to the oil paper bag in Lin Xiang's hand.
"How do you know that mom bought winter melon candy? You have such a dog nose~" Lin Xiang raised her hand and pinched the tip of the lady's nose.
Little Coconut pouted his nose and touched it. His face was red and sweaty. He said proudly, "I really have a dog nose!"
When He Hongyuan entered the room, he heard the lady say, not knowing whether she was praising herself or insulting herself: "You are quite generous, calling yourself a puppy."
Sitting on a high stool, eating winter melon candy and swinging his legs, Little Coconut stretched out his hand: "Baba, have some candy."
"Dad doesn't want to eat, so you eat." After returning home, He Hongyuan took the kettle and poured a cup of tea. He looked at his wife and kept her in suspense, "Guess what I found out."
When Lin Xiang heard this, she felt that there was big news!
His eyes rolled and he immediately guessed, "Is it about Wang Qifa and Zhou Hongfei?"
The two of them sat on the sofa and watched from a distance as the girl grabbed a few winter melon candies and was about to take them out to other children. They only reminded her to be careful and then continued to talk about the investigation.
"That's right. This time I used some connections to get in touch with people in Wang Qifa's hometown. I found out that Wang Qifa was criticized twice in the commune in his hometown and was imprisoned for three months in the Public Security Bureau. He was released now." He Hongyuan's eyes were sharp. "This is the result of my exposing him again."
"The punishment is not too severe. If you had not exposed it, it would have been easier." Lin Xiang understood that this was naturally because of the face of Chief Zhou who was behind Zhou Hongfei.
This should also be the situation of cleaning up the rotten stall that Zhou Shengqiang mentioned.
"Yeah." He Hongyuan naturally understood that his current power was not enough to compete with Zhou Shengqiang. He sold his personal connections for Zhou Hongfei's sake, so he could not defeat him. "But after Wang Qifa was released, he just hung out in his hometown, doing nothing all day, without a proper job, but he lived a pretty good life and often went out to eat."
"It must be Zhou Hongfei who gave him the money!"
"That's right. And in the past three years, he has asked Zhou Hongfei for money several times."
Lin Xiang's guess was gradually confirmed: "For someone as arrogant as Zhou Hongfei to give money repeatedly, Wang Qifa must have something on him. The person who contacted Wang Qifa to buy our factory must be Zhou Hongfei!"
This matter could be big or small, but it’s a bit far away, and given Zhou Hongfei’s family background, it’s really difficult to handle.
The most crucial thing is that Wang Qifa did not sell Zhou Hongfei three years ago. Is it possible to do so two years later?
Finally, He Hongyuan dropped the most crucial news: "Wang Qifa sneaked into Phnom Penh again yesterday and asked Zhou Hongfei for money."
Lin Xiang's eyes lit up, and her thick, curly eyelashes fluttered like two small fans. She looked at the man expectantly: "Did you catch him?"
He Hongyuan saw the glimmer in his daughter-in-law's eyes and wanted to smile. He nodded in response to her expectation: "Well, do you want to ask him a question? I've invited him over."
The revenge from two years ago had not yet been taken. Before leaving, Wang Qifa ordered a drunk scoundrel to pull Lin Xiang's door in order to scare her and relieve his hatred.
It’s a pity that he returned to his hometown at that time. He Hongyuan has always held a grudge and still bears the grudge.
This time when he was caught, Wang Qifa begged for mercy with just a few words, but was still hit hard by He Hongyuan.
However, he wanted to scare his wife first, so Wang Qi was punched and trembled with pain, but he dared not say a word.
When Lin Xiang followed He Hongyuan to meet Wang Qifa, she had forgotten about being frightened two years ago. She was only concerned about the news about Factory 119 being sold.
"Wang Qifa, was the person you handed over to Zhou Hongfei three years ago?" Lin Xiang asked bluntly, not expecting him to tell the truth, but just staring at his face carefully.
Hearing the three words "Zhou Hongfei", He Hongyuan and Lin Xiang clearly saw Wang Qifa's face change, and he immediately denied it: "Of course not!"
Lin Xiang smiled and spoke softly, seemingly harmless, but her words shocked Wang Qifa: "So you know Zhou Hongfei? Otherwise, how do you know who Zhou Hongfei I'm talking about?"
"I..." Wang Qifa was stunned on the spot, cursing the couple in his heart, one was fierce and the other was cunning!
I really got fooled!
"No matter what you say, I will not come out to testify." Are you kidding? How dare he offend Zhou Hongfei's father? He is the chief!
Lin Xiang understood Wang Qifa's concerns and just wanted to get more information from him: "Then how did you contact Zhou Hongfei to sell the information?"
Wang Qifa was determined not to say anything, but when he saw He Hongyuan standing aside with a gloomy look on his face, he was immediately frightened again: "The person who bought the information and I exchanged money and information. Let me tell you, it's been a long time since this happened, why are you still looking for me? If you hadn't ruined my job, would I have been able to take revenge on Factory 2? You can't blame me entirely for this!"
Three years have passed, and Wang Qifa is no longer willing to get involved in these things.
They couldn't get any more information out of Wang Qifa, so Lin Xiang, He Hongyuan and Jiang Rong threatened him not to tell anyone what happened today, and then they let him go and left. He was still thinking about it on the way home.
"Do you think Wang Qifa has told the truth?" Lin Xiang was ready to consult the Buddha who was an expert in interrogating secret agents.
He Hongyuan was good at observing the enemy and could identify the spies who were good at disguising themselves from the clues. Thinking about Wang Qifa's expression in the evening, he said, "He should have said everything. He almost confessed about Zhou Hongfei, but he was too stubborn to confess Zhou Hongfei."
"Yes." Lin Xiang just felt sorry that he couldn't be forced to confess.
Wang Qifa was jealous of Zhou Shengqiang, and this matter was indeed difficult to handle.
"Did you notice anything?" He Hongyuan suddenly asked.
Lin Xiang turned her head and looked at him: "What?"
"He said the same thing several times in an emotional state, which basically meant that you guys caused him to lose his job, so he wanted to take revenge on Factory 2 and sold the news to Zhou Hongfei. Usually in this case, he would repeat the same thing emotionally at different times, which is usually the truth. And he never mentioned the canned fish formula that was stolen and leaked from Factory 1."
Lin Xiang quickly recalled Wang Qifa's words of throwing the jar into disarray. It was true!
If what he said was true and he angrily blamed himself for the incident, then what he said later was also true.
"So he did steal the coconut purchasing address of the second factory and the news that we were going to develop kumquat water and sold it to Zhou Hongfei in revenge for us." Lin Xiang's brain worked quickly and he immediately understood what He Hongyuan meant. "But the fish canning formula of the first factory was stolen and leaked, so it shouldn't be him who did it!"
Lin Xiang suddenly understood, "So there were actually two 'traitors' back then! And Wang Qifa took all the blame?"
As soon as the words came out, Lin Xiang was shocked. Who would have thought that the incident at the 119 factory was not done by the same person? They were both betrayed, and more importantly, the news was also sold to Shiwei. Everyone's first reaction was that there was a traitor in the factory who was in contact with Shiwei Food Factory with ulterior motives. In addition, Wang Qifa admitted everything when he was arrested, so another traitor got away.
No one suspected there was a traitor.
Even Wang Qifa's revenge on the second factory was superficial and did not involve any core secrets. The real hidden insider who sold the core formula is a huge threat and disaster!
After a lot of speculation, Lin Xiang felt more and more that the traitors in the 119 factory had not been completely eliminated. There must be someone hiding in it, waiting silently, and could bite 119 again at any time.
He Hongyuan looked at his wife with admiration: "In the past, with your level, you could have helped us interrogate spies."
Lin Xiang was slightly proud of this professional soldier's compliment, and a smile crept up her eyes and eyebrows: "If only I had this ability! I would definitely catch all the spies in the world!"
The two guessed the same thing, and they felt more and more that Wang Qifa was just a discarded pawn. He was arrested in order to protect the real traitor behind the scenes.
When they got home, it was already late. Little Yezi was playing with her grandmother in the house. He Hongyuan and Lin Xiang washed up and went back to the bedroom to continue their analysis.
Lin Xiang was very serious. She found a pen and paper and wrote down the names of the people she suspected were the traitors.
"To make Wang Qifa resist the work of another traitor, there must be someone from Shiwei who arranged it. So this person is the one Shiwei wants to protect, and his position should not be too low." Lin Xiang temporarily ruled out ordinary workers and carefully recalled the details of the night when Wang Qifa was arrested. His eyes lit up and he was excited. "Do you remember? When Wang Qifa was arrested, it was not the people from the Security Department who found out first!"
He Hongyuan's memory was equally amazing. On that night three years ago, he and Lin Xiang received the news and went to check. They indeed heard that it was two factory workers who first discovered Wang Qifa. Now it seemed very suspicious.
"If I remember correctly, one of them said that he had left his cigarette in the workshop and had to go back to get it. The other person was accompanying him back, and that's when they 'happened' to see Wang Qifa trying to steal the recipe for Spanish mackerel sauce, and they arrested him."
"That's right!" Lin Xiang wrote down the name of the first suspect on the paper - He Zhigang. "That person is He Zhigang, the leader of the fermentation group in the shrimp sauce workshop. Is it really such a coincidence? He didn't drop it earlier or later, but dropped it in the workshop on the night when Wang Qifa took action. He was in a hurry to go back to get it, and happened to run into Wang Qifa stealing the recipe. Now it seems that it was very likely intentional."
"It's indeed suspicious." He Hongyuan agreed with this suspect.
Lin Xiang thought about the performance of everyone in Factory 119, and wrote down the second suspicious name on the paper - Song Ming.
"After all, He Zhigang is from the shrimp sauce workshop, so it's not easy for him to get the canned fish recipe. It's easiest for Song Ming, the director of the second canned fish workshop, to sell the recipe for money. In addition, he is eager for quick success, and his series of behaviors after the recipe was leaked were not very normal. He even went to our Spanish mackerel sauce workshop many times to find trouble, and maybe he wanted to steal our Spanish mackerel sauce recipe. I also have some doubts about him."
He Hongyuan didn't know much about the situation of the 119 Food Factory's employees, but his wife's analysis made sense: "There are many cases of surveillance theft."
Lin Xiang bit the pen and thought deeply, frowning as she thought: "Are there any other suspicious people..."
He Hongyuan raised his hand and rubbed his wife's wrinkled brows, then took the paper and pen from her hands and said, "Don't think about it tonight, you won't be able to sleep later. It usually takes us years to catch spies. If you want to catch the traitor in the factory, it's definitely not something you can do in one night."
Lin Xiang's anxiety was soothed by the man. Listening to his unhurried words, she gradually calmed down: "Yes, you are right. I will discuss it with my colleagues when I get to work and analyze it carefully. Maybe I have missed some details."
"Yeah." He Hongyuan and Lin Xiang leaned against the wall, temporarily putting aside the things in the factory, but his mind was still not calm. He still had a heavy heart, "Xiangxiang, I have something to tell you."
Her husband rarely spoke in such a tone, so Lin Xiang looked at him curiously: "What's wrong?"
"Brigade Yang promoted me and secured for me an opportunity to study at a military academy."
"Really?" Lin Xiang probably also understood that this kind of opportunity for further study was rare, especially in peacetime when it was difficult to get promoted. He Hongyuan had this opportunity, which meant that he had a good chance of being promoted in the future. "That's a great thing!"
"But it will take two years to go to the capital." He Hongyuan was speechless after saying this. "This opportunity is rare, but it will take a long time to go thousands of miles away from home. I..."
The guilt in my heart surged again.
Lin Xiang still had a happy look on her face, and even her eyes sparkled: "You have to go! You are the best in the army, and you will become even better if you go to the military academy for further studies! You will have a better future!"
She remembered the ending of He Hongyuan in the book. He was discharged from the army due to an injury and then went into business. But that was not what He Hongyuan pursued.
His greatest wish was to join the army, purely to shed sweat and blood to defend his country.
But in the military, if you can't get promoted, you will be forced to retire sooner or later.
Lin Xiang strongly supported He Hongyuan's study at the Capital Military Academy.
"I've thought about it carefully. If I go to the Capital Military Academy for further studies, our family will either be separated for two years, or you will have to quit your job here and accompany me to the army."
He Hongyuan has always been a rational person who doesn't act on emotion. However, this time, if he chooses to go to the Capital Military Academy for further studies, he is bound to let down his family.
Lin Xiang blinked and looked at the man: "Do you want me to quit my job at the Second Factory and accompany you to the capital?"
He Hongyuan thought of Lin Xiang, who had been thriving in the food factory in recent years. She had even risen from an ordinary military wife to the youngest director position admired by everyone. Every day after work, she would go home and talk about her work in the factory with great enthusiasm.
If she followed me to join the army and go to the capital to accompany me, she would not be able to have a job and could only wait at home every day, waiting for me to return to the dormitory after class.
He Hongyuan was very reluctant to be separated from his family, but he could also imagine how cruel such a life would be to his lover.
His throat rolled. "Forget it. If you go with me, every day will be boring. You definitely won't like that kind of life. Just stay at the second factory. I'll come back as soon as I have a holiday!"
Lin Xiang thought the man would ask her to quit her job and go to be with him so that the family would not be separated.
I didn't expect him to say something like, "You definitely don't like that kind of life."
Lin Xiang's heart moved, and she put her hands on the man's neck, put her cheek against his, and cursed him softly in her heart, "Idiot."
The college entrance examination will be resumed soon, and she can go to university in the capital, and then their family can be together!
But the news of the college entrance examination has not been announced yet, so she can't say that. She glimpsed the man's reluctant look and smiled softly: "Okay, I'll wait for you here. Two years will pass quickly. You go to school and study hard. We will wait for you at home."
Lin Xiang knew that the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination would be announced nationwide in October. If she did well in the exam, she could go to the capital, experience a different atmosphere, and expand more contacts and sales for the second factory. It was really the best. But the man was feeling more and more guilty and reluctant, which made Lin Xiang nervous.
"Don't frown anymore. You'll look like an old man if you do." Lin Xiang raised her head, sat up straight, and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead.
The woman smiled brightly, her eyes sparkling: "Okay, and maybe we don't have to be apart for so long."
A little hint should be fine.
He Hongyuan put one hand on Lin Xiang's waist and held her arm with the other, and suddenly pulled her close to him. Although every word his wife said was to comfort him, he also knew that as a soldier, he was worthy of his country but not his family.
But Lin Xiang didn't blame herself at all.
My heart felt like it was being pulled back and forth, and it felt sore and swollen.
"Xiangxiang..." He Hongyuan slowly approached, lowered his eyebrows and met her eyes, sparks flew, and their breaths gradually entangled.
Just as the distance between the two was gradually shortened, a few noises like cat plucking suddenly came from the bedroom door. The door panel was being moved, and a childish voice was heard.
The little one almost lay on the closed door, thrashing it with his two little hands from time to time: "Ba Ba, Mama, what are you doing? Open the door quickly, Little Coconut wants to go back to sleep~"
He Hongyuan & Lin Xiang: "..."
You are such a romantic ruiner, little coconut!