"What did you say? A mass resignation?!"
Ji Xingguo slammed his fist on his desk and jumped up from his chair in a rage: "Who did this? Tell me, who led the charge!"
The workshop foreman below also looked worried and explained, "Factory manager, at first I didn't know what was going on either. It wasn't until I received resignation applications from five or six workers in the production workshop that I realized something was wrong. I called people over and asked them, and they said that this was started by that Sun Xiaojun."
"He persuaded everyone to resign with him, saying that they were going to Pingdong City to work on a big project and join their Boss Lei!"
At this point, the workshop director, still worried that Ji Xingguo might not know who this so-called "Boss Lei" was, paused to explain:
"Factory manager, you may not know, but this is Lei Tingjun, the one who beat up Yang Fu and his son last year and sent them to the hospital. This guy is something else. When he was in our factory, he was the leader of the workers, and most of them followed his lead. Later, because he got into a fight and caused trouble, you personally fired him."
"And guess what? I heard that Lei Tingjun later went to Pingdong City, where he somehow made his fortune and started a construction business. I heard from Sun Xiaojun that Lei Tingjun even got land from the Pingdong City government and is doing some kind of development zone project, which is quite large!"
"This news got back to our Dongfang Factory and was heard by Lei Tingjun's old buddies. Everyone's saying that Lei Tingjun has made a fortune and become a big boss. Zhou Peng, who resigned from our workshop last year, used to work for Lei Tingjun and has become a reception manager and bought a car. This rumor spread like wildfire and made people in our factory uneasy."
"Those guys who used to be close to Lei Tingjun couldn't stand it anymore. They all wanted to be like Zhou Peng, quit their jobs, and go work for Lei Tingjun to make big money!"
"That's why this incident of more than a dozen people collectively resigning occurred."
The workshop foreman recounted the whole story, and concluded by saying, "Factory manager, you'll have to decide how to handle this. I can't control these people anymore. Even if we force them to stay, they'll probably just slack off every day; their hearts aren't in the factory anymore."
Ji Xingguo remained silent for a long time, his face grim.
Thunder Army?
It's... Lei Tingjun, the former head of the gang in his factory.
In Ji Xingguo's memory, the last time he saw Lei Tingjun was during the National Day holiday last year when he bumped into him at Pingquan Bus Station.
That time, Lei Tingjun seemed no different from before, all alone, loitering outside the station, still looking like he wasn't doing anything productive.
In just one year, he was able to take on a major development project for the Pingdong Municipal Government?
Ji Xingguo was skeptical about this.
It's not that he completely denies a person's ability, nor that there aren't capable and ambitious people who, within a certain period of time, embark on the right path because of some opportunity or benefactor.
But perhaps Ji Xingguo's prejudice against Lei Tingjun was too deep, which made him less trusting.
But then Ji Xingguo thought of something else.
That is, before Zhou Peng resigned, he told Ji Xingguo the truth and reason why Lei Tingjun beat up the Yang family father and son: it was because he wanted to help his brother keep his job.
The whole incident revealed that Lei Tingjun's true nature was not as irresponsible as he thought.
It does reveal a certain boldness, righteousness, and courage to take responsibility for one's own actions.
A mature man doesn't need righteousness and passion to do things; he needs composure, thoughtfulness, and the ability to take responsibility.
After much deliberation, Ji Xingguo decided to set aside any doubts about whether Lei Tingjun had become wealthy after leaving the Dongfang Factory. Right now, he just wanted to calm the emotions of the factory's employees.
Even if this unhealthy trend of mass resignations is curbed.
After remembering Chu, Ji Xingguo said to the workshop director, "Go and call Sun Xiaojun over here. I need to talk to him."
The workshop foreman nodded: "Okay, I'll go and find the person for you right away."
Since Sun Xiaojun had the idea of leaving Dongfang Factory, he has become less enthusiastic about going to work. He is either late or leaves early every day, and he tries to slack off whenever he can.
He had thought it through clearly: if he really couldn't go through the proper procedures to resign, he would get the resettlement allowance and the extra month's salary.
Then just quit. Forget about that little bit of money. Anyway, once I get to Brother Lei's place, I'll definitely earn it back in a month!
So, on this day, he slept in late in his dorm room again.
All the other workers in the dormitory had gone to work in the workshop, but he was the only one sleeping soundly.
When the workshop director came looking for him, Sun Xiaojun was fast asleep.
"Sun Xiaojun, get out here!" Director Wang kicked open the dormitory door and roared.
Sun Xiaojun jumped up with a start. Seeing that it was Director Wang from the workshop, he grinned and said, "Director Wang, you're here. What's up? You finally approved my resignation?"
Director Wang had a look of utter disgust on his face, as if he wanted to beat the guy to death with a stick. He said irritably, "Get up and put your clothes on. Director Ji wants to see you and ask you questions in person!"
When Sun Xiaojun heard that Director Ji was going to ask him questions personally, he was a little worried.
But then he remembered the inside story Zhou Peng had told him: that Brother Lei was currently dating Director Ji's daughter, Dongfang Mingzhu. Sun Xiaojun felt much more confident.
He chuckled and said, "Go ahead and ask questions. I'm definitely going to resign anyway."
Perhaps, after Director Ji finds out about this, he'll treat them well and let them go, so these guys can go and help out at his future son-in-law's place.
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