"Minister Lu, let's go in through the back door, otherwise they'll surround you and you won't be able to get away at all." Assistant Teng hurriedly pulled her towards the back door.
A group of people were gathered around the gate, unaware of them.
The foreman explained, "You won't be shortchanged on your wages. As long as you finish on time, overtime pay will be doubled..."
At this point, everyone was very agitated, and hearing him say that, they only felt that he was making excuses to delay paying wages.
The market will open soon. If they cause trouble after the opening, it will be considered disrupting the normal operation of the market, and they may be arrested.
"We don't believe you. Just pay last month's wages first. We don't care how much overtime pay is..."
"That's right, it's time to pay salaries..."
"Pay wages..."
Everyone shouted in unison, their voices so loud they drowned out the foreman's.
Lu Qiuying picked up the megaphone and clapped it a few times, announcing, "Wages will be paid soon, everyone line up..."
Assistant Teng had his men surround the foreman to prevent him from leaving.
The foreman is up to no good; he deliberately caused trouble before the market opened, otherwise he wouldn't have been so good at timing things.
"Minister Lu, how could you promise them that if they get paid, they won't work overtime..." the foreman shouted deliberately.
Lu Qiuying: "The money has already been transferred to your account. Are you trying to pocket it all by not paying your salary?"
"Don't make false accusations! How could I possibly want to keep it all for myself?" The foreman got angry, saw the red bricks on the ground, grabbed them, and started smashing them towards Lu Qiuying.
"careful!"
By the time Assistant Teng realized what was happening, it was too late; the brick was aimed at Lu Qiuying's head.
The workers who had approached quickly stepped back.
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