"You must be Lin Chen? We heard you played a crucial role in turning the printing factory around. Could you tell us more about it?"
A TV reporter held up a long microphone and shoved it right up to his mouth.
Around her were several newspaper reporters with notebooks, also trying to conduct interviews.
Without saying a word, Lin Chen broke through their encirclement and ran away like the wind.
reporter:"......"
Everyone else is eager to be interviewed by them and make a big splash, so why is Lin Chen hiding?
When the reporters couldn't get an interview with Lin Chen, they turned around and went to the factory to look for Shen Bo.
Still consumed by self-blame, Shen Bo immediately notified Wang Qiuju to ask all reporters to leave the factory and forbid her from contacting any newspapers or television stations in the future.
Wang Qiuju thought she had made a great contribution, but unexpectedly she was scolded by Director Shen, which made her feel wronged.
Just when the atmosphere in the factory was tense and delicate, the old factory director, dressed in his work clothes, appeared in the office and said in a strong voice:
"Xiao Shen, you've worked hard these past few days. Let's call a meeting."
Shen Bo's eyes widened in disbelief. Director Zheng had entrusted the factory to him during its most critical time, waiting to retire. How come he'd returned now that the factory was thriving?
He came back to hold a meeting; it was clearly to take away his power!
After this ordeal, Shen Bo was no longer the indecisive person he used to be. He immediately turned to Director Zheng with a forced smile and said:
"Zheng Factory, it's not that I don't want to call a meeting, it's just that everyone is too busy. We have orders for 100,000 books a month, and everyone has to work overtime..."
If you need anything, just let me know.
Factory Director Zheng understood perfectly what he meant. Shen Bo now had a high reputation in the factory and had established a firm foothold. If he wanted to regain power, how could Shen Bo possibly give it up?
No one can spit out the fatty meat they're holding in their mouth.
However, he had also conducted an investigation, and the financial dealings between Shen Bo and his current partner Lin Chen could not withstand scrutiny.
He believed that if he could take advantage of this, Shen Bo would hand over his power.
Sure enough, as soon as Shen Bo heard him mention Lin Chen, he knew he had no chance of winning.
"Fine, I'll hand over all the factory affairs to you, but you must promise me you won't bring up the old scores again."
"That's more like it. A wise person knows when to yield. I have connections with the leaders above, so I'll handle your little tricks."
"You just need to help me with the sales." Factory Director Zheng revealed a shrewd smile.
Shen Bo felt disgusted just looking at his face and immediately resigned.
When Director Zheng heard that he wanted to resign, he was overjoyed and immediately processed the paperwork.
Soon, news about the printing plant reappeared in the newspapers.
However, this time the writer was someone else.
Wang Qiuju simply couldn't accept that the two people who had led the factory to its glory had resigned one after the other.
She also angrily resigned.
Director Zheng also promised her a good position, provided she wrote an article praising him.
How could she do that?
I just told him to hurry up and complete his resignation procedures.
For a time, morale in the factory was low, and production was not being carried out. People were wondering who Director Zheng would target next.
......
After returning home, Wang Qiuju went to Lin Chen's house immediately to apologize to him.
"Sister Jiang Ning, my original intention was to help the printing factory promote its products and sell more books, but I didn't expect it to have the opposite effect and cause Brother Lin Chen to lose his job!"
I really didn't mean to, boohoo~
Jiang Ning realized that she really didn't mean it, and instead comforted her:
"Lin Chen is about to take the college entrance exam. He'll have to leave the factory sooner or later. Don't blame yourself too much. If you really want to help, you can do this..."
She leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words.
When Wang Qiuju left, she pursed her lips, her face full of righteous indignation, as if she were ready to die for her cause.
Lin Tao strolled over to check on the progress of the house construction. He was overjoyed to see that Lin Chen had lost his job and was staying at home all day. He whistled and played with the birds.
Old Zheng only went back to seize power because he was instigated by him.
Now that he holds great power, giving him a position shouldn't be too difficult, right?
The next day, he went to the printing factory and found him.
Factory Director Zheng was very happy to see him and gave him the position of sales manager.
"The books printed in the factory now have fixed channels: Xinhua Bookstore and Shanghai Science and Technology Bookstore. We just need to supply them regularly."
Director Zheng felt that this position was not difficult at all, and anyone could do it.
Lin Tao patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "Let's join forces and take the printing factory to new heights."
He had never done anything serious before, but after becoming the director, he started to do his job properly.
He was having a great time confirming shipments with the transport team and signing various documents.
Just as they were getting started, Wang Qiuju withdrew her resignation and returned to her original propaganda department.
This time, she led her department to launch a massive propaganda campaign for Factory Director Zheng.
He was credited with the entire credit for the printing factory's revival.
Factory Director Zheng was interviewed every day, and television stations and newspapers took turns reporting on him. For a time, he was incredibly popular.
Meanwhile, Lin Chen sold the master copy of his review materials to other printing plants.
During this period, printing factories saw the news reports and were extremely envious.
Why was this book given to that small factory? They could have printed it themselves!
Once they received the master copy, they began to imitate it and started printing it, and they also began to contact Xinhua Bookstore and Science and Technology Bookstore.
Their prices could be even lower, and the director of Xinhua Bookstore began to waver.
At first, he only gave a portion of his share to other printing factories, but later the share became larger and larger, and finally he simply terminated his cooperation with Director Zheng.
Lin Tao was defeated right from the start, but he wasn't annoyed at all. Xinhua Bookstore wasn't a big client, and as long as the Science and Technology Bookstore was a client, they wouldn't be afraid of not making money.
Once the printing factory started generating revenue, the first thing Director Zheng did was replace all the furniture in his office with high-end mahogany furniture.
Because the workload of the workers decreased due to the loss of Xinhua Bookstore as a customer, he quickly reduced their wages.
Of course, his salary increased, and through various means, he and Lin Tao's pockets swelled considerably.
Lin Tao was overjoyed; he easily made several hundred yuan.
The workers protested, arguing that they should be given bonuses under various pretexts while their wages were reduced.
They quit!
"If you don't want to do it, then get the hell out of here!" Lin Tao's temper flared up, and instead of trying to calm the troublemaking workers, he roared at them.
The workers were furious. Who did Lin Tao think he was, daring to talk to them like that? Had he never experienced a strike before?
The printing plant was without workers and was at a standstill for a time.
Soon after, the printing factory received a lawyer's letter...
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