He was sent to the hospital and waited anxiously outside. After more than an hour, the doctor finally came out of the emergency room.
"If you had come one minute later, the patient would have been beyond saving."
The middle-aged man couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this. Then he shook Yuan Fangguo's hand with tears in his eyes and said, "Brother, thank you."
Just then, the old director and Uncle Scar came over with twenty or thirty workers.
After seeing that the old secretary was fine, their hearts, which had been in their throats, suddenly relaxed.
"Thank you, young comrade." The old director also held Yuan Fangguo's hand tightly and said with gratitude.
"It's okay. An old secretary like Secretary Wen should be respected by us younger generations."
When he was anxiously waiting outside, Yuan Fangguo heard the middle-aged man talking about Secretary Wen to another young man.
It turns out that Secretary Wen is almost eighty years old this year. He was the first director of the Hongqi Factory and a senior party official. He was honest and upright during his tenure and had a high prestige in the factory. In fact, not only Secretary Wen had a high prestige in the factory, but several directors after him also had a very good reputation. The atmosphere in the factory really got bad after 1982 and 1983. Since then, several directors in the factory have been the type who indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, making the Hongqi Machinery Factory a mess.
"The old secretary is in good health now. Let's not go in to visit him now. Let's wait a few days and let him have a good rest." The old director turned around and comforted the fellow workers behind him.
"Old Wu, you don't need to watch over us in this hospital now. Let's go back together." The old director said to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man nodded and couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hand.
"Young comrade, your opinions and suggestions just now are very good. We must report them to the factory party committee in a timely manner after we go back." Before leaving, the old director took Yuan Fangguo's hand and said excitedly.
Yuan Fangguo nodded and said, "Then I would like to thank you, senior."
"It's not really a thank you. If you really get the management rights, I hope you can keep your word." The old director said meaningfully.
After watching them leave, Yuan Fangguo drove to Li Chunli's clothing store.
Business has gradually declined in the past two days, and they don’t have any good investment opportunities at the moment. Therefore, Li Chunli followed two shop assistants to pack up the summer clothes that have not been sold and prepare to go to the market in the countryside in the next two days.
When she saw Yuan Fangguo coming, Li Chunli quickly stopped what she was doing.
"Fang Guo, what's going on?"
"The situation is more complicated than I expected. The staff hospital is about to be sold. With our capabilities, we definitely can't swallow an elephant. However, I was able to talk to the grassroots workers and analyzed the pros and cons of selling the hospital. They all agreed with my opinion. Some veteran comrades even said they wanted to have a good talk with the factory leaders."
Li Chunli nodded as she listened. "Since everyone supports your idea, it means there's still hope. Sometimes, don't underestimate the power of these workers."
Yuan Fangguo nodded and said, "I think there will be news today."
"What news?" Li Chunli asked quickly.
Yuan Fangguo told Li Chunli the story of the old director and Uncle Scar. He told Li Chunli that when the old director was speaking at the end, Uncle Scar did not say anything, which meant that he must have had a plan in his mind.
"No way, Uncle Scar is so straightforward?"
"I don't think I'm seeing things." Yuan Fangguo said after taking a sip of tea.
"If that's the case, it will be more beneficial to us." Li Chunli's expression also became a little excited.
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Yuan Fangguo's guess was correct. At around 1:00 p.m., Uncle Scar led more than a hundred workers and rushed to the factory's office building, strongly demanding that the factory not sell the hospital.
These reckless workers claimed that they would not let the factory officials go home if they did not agree.
In the past two years, there have been many mass incidents at the Hongqi Machinery Factory. At the beginning, people from all levels came to maintain stability. After coming a few times, some of the leaders in the factory could not withstand the pressure. Generally, as long as the problem was not too big, they would solve it themselves.
The problem this time was actually not a big deal. The workers in the factory had only one thing in mind, which was that they were absolutely not allowed to sell the hospital, but they could introduce local private capital to run it.
This time it was the senior disciplinary official in the factory who stepped forward to maintain stability. Before he could even say a word, he was severely scolded by the uncle with the scar.
"As a high-ranking disciplinary official, have you ever addressed the issue of corruption in the factory? Why didn't you? You must have embezzled a lot..."
"The old secretary had a heart attack today, and the factory cars are out of gas. We can't even deliver on our old secretary's benefits, and we can't guarantee them either. We won't believe your lies anymore."
The workers were talking so much that even the senior disciplinary officer in the factory was a little overwhelmed. He was only responsible for maintaining stability and had no power to make the final decision. As for the workers' lawsuit, he could only convey it as soon as possible.
The leaders of the factory were blocked in the office building and couldn't get out, which made the factory director Bao Youwei very angry. After Ji Gaoguan reported the situation to Bao Youwei, Bao Youwei raised his eyebrows and slammed the table hard.
"These workers are just messing around. Wen Chunlai was the first secretary, and he didn't have a car any longer. Why should I give him one? They're putting pressure on us to pay our salaries, so we can only sell the hospital, but they won't allow it. Isn't this just bullshit?"
The leaders of the factory have long been in collusion with each other, and everyone knows that the Hongqi Machinery Factory will be disbanded soon. Even Wu Jingzhong, who had always coveted the position of factory director, no longer has too many ideas. Like other leaders of the factory, he either wants to make money or gain capital from it.
"Old Bao, I think this is a good opportunity." Wu Jingzhong said slowly.
Bao Youwei stared at Wu Jingzhong for a few seconds and asked, "What good opportunity?"
"Think about it, what's our biggest pressure right now? Isn't it the restructuring of the enterprise? Compared to the hospital, the restructuring of the enterprise is the biggest problem. Since these workers are making trouble, let's implement it according to their wishes. If we can't pay them, it's none of our business. If the hospital is leased out and it doesn't operate well, we won't be blamed. This has absolutely no benefits for us."
"What if this hospital is doing well?" Senior Official Ji couldn't help but ask.
"Our contract is for one year. If the business is doing well, we can just take it back next year. We won't suffer any loss. However, I think the hospital has inconvenient transportation, and its reputation was ruined by the previous factory party committee. Business is definitely not going to be good."
Wu Jingzhong and others just discussed it, but the final decision was still in the hands of Bao Youwei.
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