Chapter Thirty-Two
Since Ji Xingguo had spoken, Lei Tingjun stepped forward and said sincerely, "Director Ji, we came to see you today because we want you to act as a peacemaker and help us express our apologies to Deputy Director Zuo."
"That day, my brother had a short temper. The two of us had a disagreement over a trivial matter, and he impulsively punched the other person, making his nose bleed."
“We visited Zuo Quangui at the hospital yesterday. He was lively and seemed to be doing well. However, he was still angry and wasn't happy to see my brother. We bought him some things to apologize, but he refused to accept them, saying he would only be happy if my brother lost his job.”
“We know that Zuo Quangui was just saying things in anger. Ultimately, it was my brother's fault for striking first. I've already asked him to apologize to Deputy Director Zuo, and he's quite angry too. Well, after all, he's his own son, his own flesh and blood. It's understandable that he'd be heartbroken to have his nose bleed from being beaten. I understand the feelings of any parent.”
"That's why I came to Director Ji to ask you to help me pass this small gift on to Deputy Director Zuo. I hope he'll be magnanimous and forgive my little brother this time. I'll definitely make him apologize to Zuo Quangui properly. We're all employees working in the same factory, and we'll see each other all the time. Let's be friends if we can!"
His words were quite reasonable and logical.
Moreover, Lei Tingjun subtly emphasized that Zuo Quangui's injuries were minor in his words, using the phrase "bleeding from the nose" twice to make it clear to Director Ji that Zuo Quangui's injuries were not serious.
The claims that surgery or a week-long hospital stay are all nonsense made up by Zuo Quangui.
Furthermore, he explained that he had already gone to the hospital to see Zuo Quangui and also apologized to Deputy Director Zuo, and that his attitude was very sincere.
As he said this, he also subtly mentioned Zuo Quangui's resentment, saying at the hospital that he would make his brother lose his job.
This also serves as a hint to Ji Xingguo: if Sun Xiaojun does lose his job in the end, it is very likely that the Zuo family father and son are behind it.
Yang Changhua never expected that Lei Tingjun, who looked like a rough and uncultured scoundrel, would speak so clearly and logically, and would also subtly absolve himself of all blame, revealing the arrogant attitude of the Zuo family father and son.
He does have a rival in love now.
"Hmph," Yang Changhua snorted coldly, slamming his hand on the table and glaring angrily, "You make it sound so easy! Zuo Quangui was beaten so badly by you that he had to be hospitalized and had to have surgery. Do you think you can just brush such a serious injury aside like that?"
"You still want to ask Director Ji to help you out? Do you think you can control everything?"
"Let me tell you, Lei Tingjun, this is extremely serious. You engaged in a gang fight, injuring and maiming people. This is called the crime of hooliganism!"
Yang Changhua adopted the same imposing manner he used when reprimanding his subordinates, which was quite intimidating.
But now, Ji Xingguo, sitting behind his desk drinking tea, is the one who ultimately makes the decision on this matter.
While Lei Tingjun was speaking, he seemed to be casually blowing on his tea and drinking water, but he was actually listening attentively.
He initially thought that the matter was as reported by his subordinates: Lei Tingjun and his gang of scoundrels were idle and didn't work. When they weren't at work, a dozen of them would get together and cause trouble everywhere. When they encountered Zuo Quangui, he couldn't stand him and beat him up without asking any questions.
The people below him, including Deputy Director Zuo that day and Deputy Factory Director Yang today, all came to report to him in this way.
Ji Xingguo, a factory director, was a very busy man. Most of the time, his main source of information about the truth was the information reported by his subordinates. He would then summarize, analyze, and process this information before taking any action.
However, as the great comrade also said, one has no absolute right to speak without investigation.
Ji Xingguo could not have imagined that his subordinates had already conspired together and prepared their stories, and each of them came to him to complain about Lei Tingjun and his gang of factory thugs with no background or connections.
Ji Xingguo naturally assumed that this was the truth of the matter.
Unexpectedly, Lei Tingjun dared to come directly to his office and explain the truth of the matter from his own perspective.
This is completely different from the facts stated by Deputy Director Zuo and his colleagues.
This made Ji Xingguo feel that he had probably been kept in the dark about this matter, and that he would have to call both parties back for a face-to-face confrontation and a reinvestigation.
But Ji Xingguo had been a factory leader for nearly twenty years, and he was calm, experienced, and not impatient in handling matters.
He glanced at the impatient Yang Changhua and said in a deep voice, "Old Yang, calm down. I will handle this matter fairly after I have understood it clearly. Don't be in a hurry. Let this young man speak first."
"As factory leaders, we can't just listen to one-sided opinions; we have to listen to all the opinions of the people."
Seeing Ji Xingguo bring out his usual set of grand principles again, Yang Changhua cursed inwardly, but he couldn't be in a hurry to speak up, so he could only shut up and remain silent for the time being.
Seeing how fair and just Ji Xingguo was, Lei Tingjun felt that there was a better chance for the matter to turn around.
At the same time, he stood up, a sense of relief rising in his heart.
He likes Ji Wanmei and wants to be with her, but sooner or later he will have to get past Ji Xingguo, his 'future father-in-law'.
If Ji Xingguo is a dictatorial, unreasonable, prejudiced, and arrogant old-fashioned person, then Lei Tingjun will definitely not gain his approval in the future.
If he doesn't gain his father's approval, his future with Ji Wanmei will likely be fraught with difficulties.
Although this incident is likely to leave Ji Xingguo with an extremely bad impression, Lei Tingjun still stepped forward to help his brother.
When Ji Xingguo asked him about the cigarettes, alcohol, and fruit that his brothers had pooled their money to buy, he chose to remain silent.
He knew all too well that sometimes too much talk can be counterproductive.
If he talks too much, their argument will turn into one of injustice.
Moreover, there was Deputy Factory Director Yang standing nearby, who had been speaking up for the Zuo family father and son. If provoked, he might do anything.
Lei Tingjun was very rational. He put the things on the table and respectfully nodded to Ji Xingguo: "Director Ji, you are the head of our factory. We can rest assured that we can entrust this matter to you."
"As for my brother, he has already seriously realized his mistake. I'll have him go back and write a self-criticism, promising that he will never dare to fight again. I'll send the guarantee to you tomorrow."
After saying that, Lei Tingjun prepared to take Sun Xiaojun out.
"Wait a minute."
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