Chapter 399
Lei Tingjun, the former gangster boss who was fired from the Dongfang Factory, has now become a big boss. He has returned home in glory and not only bought the state-owned factory where he used to work a few years ago, but also became the factory director's rich son-in-law!
This is such a dramatic and fascinating story!
In less than a day, the news spread throughout Pingquan County.
Ji Wanmei led her studio team of more than a dozen members into the factory and held a meeting with the management staff of Dongfang Factory to conduct a management handover ceremony.
Lei Tingjun was only accompanying Ji Wanmei back; he did not attend the meeting.
He was surrounded by his former factory coworkers, who wanted to hear about his experiences working outside the factory over the years.
Actually, everyone was still a little worried, afraid that Lei Tingjun's status and position were different from theirs now. He was a big boss and no longer the same kind of people as them ordinary workers. They wondered if he would look down on them and not want to associate with them.
To everyone's surprise, Lei Tingjun was still as loyal as ever. Seeing a group of former coworkers looking at him expectantly, he offered to treat them to dinner after get off work.
We met at the same Sichuan restaurant that Old Chen used to frequent.
Pingquan County has not changed much in the past two years; the street layout and building locations have basically remained the same as they were three or four years ago.
Except for a few people, like Ah-Qiang, who earn money outside and then come back to renovate their houses to make them even more beautiful.
Lei Tingjun has now become a legendary figure in Pingquan County, and you can hear stories about him wherever you go.
However, very few people have been able to hear him speak for himself about how he started his business step by step after leaving the Dongfang Factory.
A dozen or so people sat around two tables pushed together, drinking, eating twice-cooked pork and peanuts, just like four years ago, chatting and laughing with Boss Lei.
It feels like time has turned back to four years ago.
Everything feels the same, yet everything has definitely changed.
What hasn't changed is that this group of people seems to be stuck in the same place, becoming even more confused and uncertain. What has changed is Lei Tingjun. His nature is still as loyal and generous to his friends as before, but his speech, knowledge, vision, and overall perspective are far beyond what the original group could ever hope to match.
After the dozen or so workers finished the meal, they were all filled with emotion.
Some people seem to be born extraordinary.
He can seize any fleeting opportunity and rise rapidly to great heights.
And these mediocre and unproductive people, even when good opportunities are presented to them, hesitate and are timid and cowardly. They weigh the pros and cons for a long time and watch the opportunity slip away, but they dare not take a step forward.
This is probably the difference between the Thunder Army and them.
Lei Tingjun said to them, "I've bought the Dongfang Factory now, for my wife Ji Wanmei. From now on, the factory will belong to the Ji family, and the factory director will still be your director."
“You guys used to work for me, so if you want to stay, then stay and do your job well. If you’re going to work, then work hard. Don’t just drift through life like before. Those who just get by day by day will eventually be eliminated. If you’re not laid off today, you’ll be laid off tomorrow.”
"Also, when the factory transforms into a garment manufacturing plant, you all need to put in more effort and learn some production knowledge in this area. Take advantage of the opportunity during the factory's transformation. After all, you've been here for so long, it's time to make a career plan and improve yourselves. In the future, the factory will definitely have a better future than the current Dongfang Factory under my wife's management."
“If you’re willing to work here, Meimei and I will definitely make sure you don’t lose out. If you don’t think our factory is good, then I’d say you can start looking for other jobs sooner.”
"They'll probably come up with a new management charter after their meeting today. Those who are unsettled and unreliable will definitely be fired. After all, we're not a state-owned enterprise anymore; we can't afford to keep so many idle people who just cause trouble and don't do any work."
Lei Tingjun's words were meant to both enlighten and warn everyone.
It's worth noting that several of these individuals were among those who led previous strikes and disturbances.
It belongs to the type where, when there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkeys become kings.
Although Lei Tingjun has been away from the Oriental Factory for many years, he is still fully aware of its deep-seated problems.
He knew that if a new official wanted to make a strong first impression, he had to address a few typical cases.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, that was the truth: the group of model workers left in the factory were the same group he had led back then.
As for the factory workers from the families of those factory management cadres who used to stand against these people, they all fled when disaster struck when the Yang family fell from power.
Now, everyone has learned to keep a low profile and be extremely honest. They no longer dare to claim to be apprentices of any factory, for fear that they will be the next ones to be targeted.
Now that the factory has been bought by Lei Tingjun and Ji Wanmei, the group of factory workers are among the fastest to express their support and curry favor. As soon as someone gets a word of it, people come to Ji Xingguo's office every day to serve him tea and water, afraid that they will fall behind and miss the opportunity to show their talents.
Those people could try to get acquainted with Ji Xingguo, flatter him, and hope that after the factory's transformation, they could still leave a good impression on the old factory director and keep their jobs.
But the lowest-level workers didn't have that opportunity. In their anger and resentment, they had no choice but to strike and cause trouble to fight for their own interests.
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