After Lu Wanqing refused Huang Yun's advances, the consequences became apparent. The Construction Bureau actually required the safety department to conduct a large-scale inspection of the construction project. If any safety hazards were found, the project had to be suspended for rectification.
Fortunately, no safety hazards were found in the projects managed by Luo Hao, and all safety measures were in place.
He put in a lot of effort to manage the project well, and even enrolled in a night school to study project management.
Lin Ye also found him a lot of materials, all translated from foreign sources, which are hard to find on the market.
Unexpectedly, while the engineering project went smoothly, the garment factory ran into trouble. The Industry and Commerce Bureau received a report that the factory's fully automatic sewing machines and overlock machines had stolen the core technology of a foreign equipment and were counterfeit, and should be investigated and severely punished!
Yu Meng, who was in charge of the garment factory, was extremely anxious. She returned to her office and called Huo Yingdong and Lu Wanqing respectively.
Henry Fok told her not to worry, he would be there right away.
Lu Wanqing reassured her that she would let Huo Xiao handle it.
Yu Meng carefully entertained the leaders from the Industry and Commerce Bureau, among whom was an acquaintance named Meng Hui.
After being rejected by Lin Chunhua, Meng Hui felt a little resentful. Not long after, he saw her and Luo Hao together, and a small flame of jealousy began to spread in his heart.
What? When she was with him, he wouldn't even let her hold his hand. He asked her out to dinner, and she refused nine out of ten times. He had been a simp for years, but he never expected that he would end up with nothing.
He concluded that Lin Chunhua was nothing more than a vain woman who only cared about Luo Hao because he was richer than her.
She never expected that her mother would verbally abuse her several times and refuse to acknowledge her status as a country person.
Lu Wanqing is Lin Chunhua's best friend. Now that her factory has run into trouble, he finally has a chance to get revenge.
When Fok Ying-tung and Fok Siu arrived at the factory, the factory owner was drinking tea and was very firm in his stance. The factory was to be shut down and all the fully automated equipment was to be seized. He completely disregarded the two men.
"Director Meng, we've been friends for a while now. You can't be so ruthless. This factory is related to the livelihoods of thousands of employees. We can't just shut it down like that, can we?" Huo Xiao argued with him, suppressing his anger.
Henry Fok also swallowed his pride and discussed it with him:
"Do you think it's okay for the factory to continue production and rectify any problems?"
This factory is a major taxpayer; you don't want it to disappear, do you?
Who knew that Meng Hui was so stubborn and insisted on closing the factory:
"The equipment you're using has stolen someone else's core technology. If you go to court, you'll lose anyway, and you'll have to close down sooner or later. You might as well make plans now while you still can."
Upon hearing this, Huo Xiao clenched his fists, yet dared not confront him. His chest heaved with anger, and his mind raced, trying to figure out how to resolve this thorny issue.
At this moment, Yu Meng, who had been silent all along, suddenly turned stubborn with a melancholy expression and said to Meng Hui:
“Our machines are all purchased from machine factories. When they manufactured them, they didn’t say there were any problems. How come they became defective products when they reached us consumers?”
If this machine is truly a counterfeit, you should find the source, not come and make things difficult for us!
Some of his words impressed Huo Xiao greatly.
He had a pretty good idea that Meng Hui was retaliating against him, which was why he was targeting the garment factory. But if the conflict shifted to the machinery factory, perhaps he wouldn't be so persistent.
These words were like a wake-up call. Huo Xiao immediately called Director Zhou and explained the situation to him.
"President Huo, don't worry, I'm coming right away." Factory Director Zhou seemed to have been prepared and promised to come immediately.
Meanwhile, Meng Hui and his men had already begun to use excessive force, affixing seals to the machines one by one.
The workers who were still working were so frightened that they quickly stopped the machines and stood aside, looking at each other in bewilderment, not daring to make any rash moves.
With no other option, Huo Xiao arranged for someone to bring a video camera and started filming them.
“Director Meng, I have no right to refuse what you are doing, but in order to explain this to my superiors, I must record the process.”
After saying that, he ordered the people carrying the camera to start recording.
Meng Hui stood aside, his face turning ashen with anger, but he couldn't stop them, so he had no choice but to let them record. He had a valid reason for doing this; it was his duty, and he had nothing to be afraid of.
A while later, Factory Director Zhou appeared at the workshop door with a pile of documents.
"Director Meng, do you have any evidence to support your claim that these machines are plagiarized?" Director Zhou asked without showing the documents.
He wanted to find out who was behind all this underhanded dealings.
"I've already shown the materials to President Huo and the others. There are not only instruction manuals and data comparing various technical indicators, but also photos. Go and see for yourself!" Meng Hui said dismissively, sounding annoyed.
He didn't even consider a small factory manager a threat.
Factory Director Zhou quickly went to his office and reviewed the documents. He then discovered that the machine that had been bought by a foreigner last time was among the documents.
They took photos of the machine, then disassembled it and took photos of each part, comparing them with those of their own company.
The work was very detailed, even including photos of the workshop production site. Judging from the scenes, the photos were taken in the last two days.
Is there a mole in the factory?
However, this is not the first thing he needs to solve today; what he needs to do is get Meng Hui to abandon the plan to shut down the factory.
His eyes darkened, and he took his documents and went to the workshop to find Meng Hui again.
They acted quickly; in no time, they had sealed off more than thirty machines.
"Stop!" Factory Director Zhou shouted, drawing everyone's attention.
Meng Hui was very unhappy. Seeing that his men had stopped moving, he shouted at them:
"Keep going! Don't stop without my order!"
He turned his head and looked coldly at Factory Director Zhou, saying in a serious tone:
"What are you yelling about? We'll go to your Red Star Machinery Factory after we've settled things at this factory!"
Factory Director Zhou approached him, his face dark and inscrutable, and simply extended his hand:
"Director Meng, all the machines in my factory have been patented, and we have detailed drawings and technical parameters. If other companies have similar equipment, it's not that we plagiarized, but that they did!"
He spoke each word with such conviction that it sent a chill down Meng Hui's spine.
Huo Xiao immediately laughed. How could he have forgotten this? Back then, when Lu Wanqing handed those materials to the machinery factory, she repeatedly told them to apply for a patent. Fortunately, Director Zhou took it to heart and didn't overlook even a single component.
In this way, the other party becomes the one who infringes on rights.
Frank came to Beijing with the intention of ruining the machinery factory and, incidentally, dragging the Wenwan Group down with him!
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