The most tragic one was Yan Jiekuang. He had finally managed to save up 20,000 yuan and opened a scrap metal recycling station. But because his older brother accidentally broke in, the station was burned down to almost nothing.
At least others made some profit, right? Yan Jie didn't get a single thing; instead, he lost several thousand yuan.
After Yan Jiecheng died, the police even made Yan Jiekuang's own elder brother collect the body. Only then did Yan Jiekuang realize that the unfortunate one was his own elder brother.
His hatred for Yan Jiecheng reached its peak. He had never imagined that his elder brother would betray him so cruelly before he died.
After pulling Yan Jiecheng back from the execution ground, Yan Jiekuang simply found some ruins and buried his elder brother there. Don't expect Yan Jiekuang to handle his brother's funeral; it would be considered generous of him not to torment Yan Jiecheng properly.
After dealing with Yan Jiecheng's matter, Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to continue operating his business. However, every time he saw the things that had been burned, Yan Jiekuang felt somewhat uncomfortable.
But since his elder brother was already dead, Yan Jiekuang wouldn't go to the trouble of digging up Yan Jiecheng's corpse and whipping it. In the end, he could only let it go. At most, he would just curse Yan Jiecheng a few times in his heart.
The biggest victims of this whole affair weren't the people in Beijing. The biggest victims were the family of Yan Jiecheng's problematic wife. Almost the entire family of Yan Jiecheng's wife was arrested; anyone connected to them was either killed or imprisoned.
Even many people around them were arrested because of Yan Jiecheng. These included those involved in illegal mining, human trafficking, intentional assault, and even numerous murders. Don't expect these illegal mine owners to be kind.
If they were truly kind, the original coal mine owners would never have allowed Yan Jiecheng to exploit the workers. Even many of those who protected Yan Jiecheng were brought down.
The recently concluded crackdown on organized crime has turned into an anti-corruption storm. This has made many people remember the name Yan Jiecheng, as over 100,000 people were affected by him.
After everything was settled, Sha Zhu and his son decided to focus on running their restaurant properly. They believed that owning their own restaurant was far more profitable than working for someone else. Even though Wei Hua offered a high salary, it was still significantly less than what they could earn running their own business.
Wei Hua didn't insist on this, since the hotel had so many chefs, one or two more wouldn't make a difference. With so many businesses under his name, Wei Hua didn't pay much attention to his hotel.
Wei Hua is now focusing all his attention on Lou Xiao'e. Yan Jiecheng's reward this time is several CNC machine tools. With these CNC machine tools, they will definitely be able to open up the market very quickly.
In an era before widespread use of computers, machine tools were undoubtedly high-tech, let alone a product from two thousand years later. They were enough to surpass the assets of their counterparts in Europe and America.
Compared to other products, these are the foundation of a strong nation. Only steel can support the backbone of a country. Lou Xiao'e had originally only agreed to an investment of tens of millions, but after seeing these products, she immediately increased the investment amount.
Wei Hua also personally participated, investing 9,000 yuan along with Lou Xiao'e. Combined with funds raised from other sources, the total investment quickly exceeded 700 million yuan.
To better control the company, all the money was invested by Wei Hua's subordinates, allowing Wei Hua to maintain absolute control. Due to the complex relationships, even if someone wanted to manipulate things, they would have to consider their own position.
In later generations, 700 million might not seem like a huge investment, but in the 1980s, 700 million was an astronomical figure.
What the country is most concerned about are several CNC machine tools, because they have broken domestic records. Most importantly, Wei Hua and his newly established company are willing to share CNC machine tool technology with the country.
This made the already complicated shareholding structure even more complicated. Due to interference from multiple factors, the government added another 300 million yuan and merged the poorly managed steel rolling mill into the newly established company.
The steel rolling mill's profits are declining. The tens of thousands of employees have become a problem. Continuing to invest will strain the national treasury. It would be better to take this opportunity to hand over the mill to Wei Hua and Lou Xiao'e.
This not only relieved the country of a major problem but also solved the livelihood issues of nearly ten thousand workers. The government wasn't overly demanding; although it invested a considerable amount of money and established a steel mill, it only required a 40% stake, recognizing the immeasurable value of the technology.
Wei Hua's identity also changed abruptly from Yun Yehe to President of Longxiang Technology. Lou Xiao'e, the third largest shareholder, became Vice President and Administrative Director.
With state control, many things become much simpler. The state handles many things, and unnecessary items are disposed of directly. For example, much of the equipment in the steel rolling mill is outdated. These items can only be sold cheaply or transferred to other plants.
Lou Xiao'e, the vice president, also served as a purchasing agent. She procured a number of advanced machine tools from Hong Kong and other places, while the steel rolling mill's personnel also needed to be reorganized.
Deputy Factory Director Nie was relegated to his original position. He went from being the Party Secretary to the Chairman of the Longxiang Technology Trade Union. If even Deputy Factory Director Nie was demoted, Zhang Chu was even worse off. Zhang Chu went from being the Office Director to an ordinary employee awaiting reassignment.
The steel rolling mill became part of Longxiang Technology and was directly separated from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). This sudden change caught Deputy Director Nie and Zhang Chu off guard. What they didn't expect was that after the steel rolling mill was merged into Longxiang Technology, relevant departments immediately investigated it. Previously managed by SASAC, it had now become a private enterprise, and everything had changed.
The steel rolling mill's affairs could be kept secret from others, but not from Wei Hua. Now that the steel rolling mill had been incorporated into his company, Wei Hua could not allow these people to continue doing such things.
Especially those with bureaucratic tendencies like Deputy Factory Director Nie were taken away by relevant departments. Those who remained were the people who actually got things done.
Deputy Factory Director Nie and Zhang Chu, among others, received their due punishment. All their illegal gains over the years were confiscated by the state. Deputy Factory Director Nie was executed, and Zhang Chu was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
After realizing his affair had been exposed, Zhang Chu immediately began to repent. He regretted his actions, thinking that if he had known he would end up like this, he would have been better off just going to work. He believed that if he hadn't caused trouble, things wouldn't have turned out so tragically.
More than 40 other people were sentenced along with them; these were all close associates of Deputy Factory Director Nie. Zhang Chu's parents were devastated when they learned of their son's sentencing. What they found even harder to accept was the confiscation of their family's wealth, which led Zhang Chu's wife to file for divorce and have an abortion.
The drastic changes in the family were difficult for Zhang Chu's parents to accept. The two elderly people seemed to have gone mad.
When Xu Damao learned that Zhang Chu was finished, he deliberately brought his family to Zhang Chu's parents to celebrate.
"Now you know what it means for evil to be punished. Your son's character deserves retribution. Let's see how arrogant you are now!"
Faced with Xu Damao's words, Zhang Chu's parents remained silent, knowing that saying anything now would be pointless. Originally unwilling to retaliate against Xu Damao, they now wished they could tear him apart alive.
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