The workers swarmed around, startling Ross.
He was a man who had seen a lot, and he stood tall with his chest out, looking completely fearless.
He had two ladies behind him, so he had to be assertive.
He wasn't particularly tall for a foreigner, only a little over 1.7 meters, and his build wasn't exactly burly, but when he stood there, Wang Meizhu thought he was quite manly.
“What you’re doing is robbery. I will not sign an unequal contract with you,” he said firmly.
After speaking in English, he also said "robber" a few times in Chinese to make Wang Shengli understand his position.
Jiang Ning translated for her, using a tactful tone, not wanting to stoop to their level.
To everyone's surprise, Wang Shengli burst into laughter and changed his strategy:
"It's fine if you don't want to cooperate, but I've shown you around all day, so you should at least give me some compensation for my trouble."
As he spoke, he held up one finger and announced one hundred... US dollars.
Upon hearing Jiang Ning's translation, Ross's face immediately darkened. "If it were a hundred dollars, I might give it to you, but a hundred US dollars is absolutely out of the question."
Jiang Ning gave him an idea: pay the money first, and then report the matter to the embassy after you get out. This way, at least you can protect your personal safety.
Ross wouldn't listen, thinking that since he was a foreigner, they couldn't possibly use force against him.
His attitude was very firm.
Wang Shengli didn't expect him to be so stubborn. He pushed them into the factory and locked the gate.
If you don't want to pay, then stay in the workshop. Come out when you've figured it out and pay the money.
Ross only panicked when he heard the door lock click shut.
At the same time, I felt a little sorry for Jiang Ning and Wang Meizhu.
"I should have listened to you," he said apologetically to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning shook her head. "You did the right thing. We can't encourage this kind of behavior. Let's find somewhere to go."
She began searching in the workshop.
The workshop was large, a high-ceilinged space. She walked around and found six iron doors, but they were all locked.
The windows are made of glass, but they are blocked by iron bars.
If they want to get out, they can only break the iron bars and climb out the window.
"Let's split up and look for tools," she suggested.
Ross and Wang Meizhu began to act separately.
Ordinary tools were naturally insufficient to pry open the iron bars, so Jiang Ning went to a secluded spot, entered the space, and took out an electric drill.
Electric cutting machines didn't exist back then, but electric drills did.
She found an outlet, plugged in the power, and started drilling holes in the railing.
After a few people worked together to pry open the window bars, it was already evening outside.
They jumped out of the window and walked in the dark toward the car parked outside.
Just as they got on the bus, a commotion broke out in the factory, and a group of people came out with flashlights in hand.
Ross quickly tried to insert the key into the car, but due to nervousness, he couldn't get it in several times.
At this moment, a worker who was running fast caught up, opened the car door, dragged Ross out, and punched and kicked him.
"I'll teach you to run, you foreign devil!"
I don't know what grudge he held, but he showed no mercy when he hit me.
Upon seeing this, Wang Meizhu quickly stepped forward to help.
More and more people were chasing after them.
Jiang Ning pressed the remote control in her pocket.
Just as she was trying to find a way to escape, she took out a remote-controlled explosive charge from her spatial storage and placed it in the porcelain kiln in the workshop.
She thought that if they could escape successfully, they could just take out the explosives when they found them; if they persisted, she wouldn't be so lenient.
With a loud bang, a cloud of dust billowed into the air above the workshop.
Everyone was stunned, frozen in place, staring at Wang Shengli with probing eyes.
Wang Shengli's heart skipped a beat, and he gave the order:
"Leave ten men to hold them down, and the rest of you hurry to the workshop."
Jiang Ning scoffed, not expecting that after the accident in the workshop, they would have to deal with them.
She quickly stretched her leg forward from the back seat, moved her body to the driver's seat, picked up the keys that had fallen to the ground, and inserted them into the car.
As the car started, she drove it.
"Get in the car," she called out the window, then drifted, turning the passenger door towards Ross and Wang Meizhu.
The two pushed each other aside, opened the car door, and got in.
Jiang Ning stepped on the gas and drove onto the road.
The car was shaking violently; one of the tires must have gone flat.
But she didn't stop; she kept looking ahead.
Ross had a black eye and an injured leg. He was groaning in pain, but he admired Jiang Ning's ability to drive.
"Don't forget, I just spent 600,000 yuan to buy a Crown. Although I've never been to a driving school, I did learn a little bit from them," Jiang Ning made up a reason.
Ross gave her a thumbs up:
"You don't seem like someone who just learned this."
I never expected her to be so quick to understand.
She drove a distance and, seeing no one chasing after her, stopped the car.
If a tire gets punctured, you should find a place to get it repaired.
She got out of the car and went to ask the residents next door about car repair shops.
After getting on the bus, she walked two kilometers in the direction someone pointed out and found a repair shop.
She stopped and called the owner to fix her car.
At that moment, several people's stomachs began to rumble.
Fortunately, there was a noodle shop right next door that was still open.
While they wait, they can go eat noodles.
While eating noodles, Jiang Ning chatted with the owner and learned that the ceramics factory had a bad reputation, and many truck drivers who came to pick up goods could not leave the factory area without paying protection money.
Actually, if the driver doesn't listen, they have a way to fix it: they can puncture his tires. There's a repair shop near the factory gate that can fix tires.
The truck was carrying porcelain, and even if the tires were punctured, it dared not drive on the road and had to go to the repair shop.
It costs fifty to repair one.
Some people were not satisfied and would go to a farther place to get it repaired.
If you get this kind of car tire repaired here, it only costs five yuan.
Jiang Ning was furious when she heard this. She never expected that their first expedition would end so badly.
Feeling increasingly uneasy, she asked the boss for directions to the restroom, entered the restroom (which was actually a spatial dimension), found a car, and drove towards the ceramics factory.
At this time, the ceramics factory was investigating the cause of the destruction of a kiln.
Wang Shengli suspected that Jiang Ning and his men were responsible, but he found it unbelievable and was cursing at his subordinates.
"A bunch of good-for-nothings, even a few weaklings couldn't catch them."
From their conversation, Jiang Ning roughly understood why this factory was so corrupt: it was protected by local authorities, so even if someone called the police, no one would care.
Since no one else is in charge, she'll take charge.
She went to the workshop containing the raw materials and put all the silicate materials inside into her own space.
Without raw materials, let's see how their factory can produce anything!
When she returned to the noodle shop, the car had already been repaired. She then encouraged Ross to report the incident to the nearby police station.
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