"Who the hell sealed our factory? The real culprit is here, right? We need to have a proper chat about this!"
An elderly man, surrounded by a group of men, came directly to the office that had been temporarily requisitioned by Qin Shi.
"Old Liu, this is an investigation team sent by the state. You'd better behave yourself, otherwise you will have to quit your job as village chief!" The local police who were traveling with him directly scolded Village Chief Liu.
"If we don't want to work, then don't work. How much money can we make in a whole year? We finally have something to look forward to, but now the factory is closed. I would rather starve to death than let the old and young in our village go hungry!"
Even with the police on the scene, Old Liu still refused to give in and kept shouting in a tone demanding justice.
"That's right. Why are you closing down our factory? What did you say when you built it?"
"That's right, we are all doing business in accordance with the law. Why should we close our factory?"
As soon as Old Liu opened his mouth, the villagers below were immediately in an uproar. They were talking to each other and almost tore the house down.
"Old Liu, hurry up! This is a government employee. Don't mess around. If anything goes wrong, I can't handle it!"
Seeing the people's outrage, the police pointed the finger directly at the village chief, Liu. They said it was the people's own voice, but in fact, it was just the village chief's words to make everyone behave properly.
"Village Chief Liu, we represent the country, and these are our credentials. We are here to investigate you, and we hope you will cooperate!" Zeng Fan appeared in everyone's sight at the right time.
"It's no use going aside and representing anyone. Who represents us? You can investigate and inquire, but first unseal the factory. Otherwise, there's no point in discussing this!"
Village Chief Liu didn't show any respect to either the familiar police officer or the refined Zeng Fan. With a wave of his hand, he scared Zeng Fan away.
“Bang!”
There was a loud slapping sound, and Wanli took out a pistol from his waist and slammed it directly on the table. Even the solid wood table was cracked.
"Whims, whine, whine, whine, don't you just want the factory? Send someone out to negotiate. If you don't want to talk, just burn the factory down and see who cries the loudest in the end!"
As the saying goes, the soft are afraid of the hard, and the hard are afraid of the desperate. Wanli himself is a stern person. When he threw the gun, the scene suddenly became quiet. Everyone was watching what Village Chief Liu would do next.
"Who are you trying to scare with a gun? Do you think we are afraid of you?" Although Village Chief Liu was a little timid, he still did not lose face.
"Hello, Village Chief Liu, right? My name is Qin Shi, and I'm the leader of the national investigation team." Qin Shi stood up and walked straight to Village Chief Liu. Then he whispered in his ear.
"I'm very busy. If you cooperate now, I promise to resume production at the factory as long as there are no major problems. But if you don't cooperate, I will only report that the fire he mentioned was an accident. Think about it carefully!"
He looks like a young man, but he speaks very calmly. Even in this situation, he remains calm. And judging from his face, he should not be lying. He definitely has the right.
Village chief Liu knew very well that how could a village like his own fight against the people of the country, but he had to do some things to show the villagers, otherwise his position as village chief would be in vain.
"Okay!" Village chief Liu made a choice between the two dilemmas and turned to shout to the villagers.
"Don't crowd around. The one in charge stays here, and the others go back to cook."
Seeing that Village Chief Liu started to cooperate, Qin Shi stopped being so reserved and began to work.
"Mingyue, Chang Zheng, check the finances, Zeng Fan and Humadu will investigate production, and Wanli and Longfei will check the inventory!"
"As for Village Chief Liu, if you don't mind, would you please take me around the village?"
"Ah? Okay!"
Village chief Liu was stunned at first. He didn't expect Qin Shi to suggest to tour the village, but after thinking about it, he agreed.
Without anyone accompanying them, Qin Shi and Village Chief Liu left the factory and wandered around the village.
"Village Chief Liu, it's not a big deal. I believe you are innocent, but we have to go through the process. Once we're done checking, we'll let you continue production!"
"Oh, thank you, Team Leader Qin. I heard it was the batch of goods from the Guangzhou Wang Group that caused the problem, but we really don't know anything. We're just a processing factory, working according to the drawings. We finally got a big job, and the whole village is counting on us!"
"I understand, but how did you get the blueprints? Did Wang Group give them to you?"
"That's not the case. There's a live streamer online who specializes in making tool men. From the news, all the iron men he made were sold out, so we followed his lead and learned from him."
"Is that the popular Geng Handicraft?"
Qin Shi had been following the happenings on the internet since his rebirth. Geng Gongshou was just an unemployed, honest beneficiary, yet he had managed to create many bizarre and strange gadgets on his own.
"Yeah, we saw that everything he made was selling well, so we thought, what's the big deal? So before the New Year, we also made a few iron men and planned to go to the Guangzhou Expo to check it out! But we didn't have an invitation letter, so we didn't get in. Instead, we were questioned by a few foreigners outside the door for a long time."
"Foreigner, did they ask you to customize it?"
"No, they disappeared after asking for our contact information. But a few days later, someone from Wang's Group found us and said they needed some work done. They also put forward a lot of technical requirements, which took us a long time to figure out."
"You mean, you researched all those things yourself, the connections, the wiring harnesses, the proportions, and you even had an engineering designer?"
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