Chapter 619 Washing Machine Information Stolen
In mid-April, the electrical appliance factory's first color TV was successfully launched.
During the Dragon Boat Festival in May, a limited number of 100 units were sold in each of the three places: Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, and they were all sold out in less than one morning.
Song Fuyu was not too upset, after all, she had seen many good things in the future. Han Li, however, burst into tears when he saw the new color TV in their factory. He used to work in the radio factory. Their factory produced the first color TV in my country in 1972, but they never built a production line.
What had not been accomplished before was accomplished at Feifan Electric Appliance Factory.
"Mom, are they safe? Why can't I see them?"
In the past, when she came back from outside, the two little ones would come out to greet her as soon as they heard her voice. But today, they walked into the living room but didn't see anyone.
"I went to watch TV next door."
"I'll go and call them back."
The Jin family's TV was brought back directly from the factory by Jin Kai. Since he was close to the factory, he skipped the process of going to the department store to buy it.
Song Fuyu asked his grandfather if his family wanted to get one, but the old man refused, as he felt that selling it for money was more important.
Song Fuyu did not force it, mainly because there were really not many programs to watch on TV in those days, and most of the time there was only snow.
"Mom, come quickly, there are colorful people moving in here."
When An An pulled her over, his eyes were still fixed on the TV screen.
“Does it look good?”
"nice!"
"Mom, why don't we have a TV at home?"
"The TV is a bit expensive, and Mom can't afford it for now."
“Is it expensive?”
"Yes, it costs a lot of money to buy it."
An An thought about it seriously and pulled Ping Ping, who was watching TV intently next to him.
"Brother, how much money do you have?"
"Fifty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents."
"Then do you know how much money I have left?"
"You have fifty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents."
Pingping is very smart and has inherited Song Fuyu's super memory. He can remember many things after being told once or twice at most. The Three Character Classic with more than a thousand words was not formally taught to him, but the old man occasionally recited it in their ears, and he has now memorized it.
"Mom, can my brother and I buy a TV with our money?"
"I can't buy it. I'm still a lot short of money."
"Oh, all right."
Grandpa and grandma listened to Song Fuyu talking seriously to An An. The factory that makes televisions is hers, so is there anything she needs in need of a TV?
Only the naive little girl An An would believe the nonsense her mother said.
"Okay, stop looking. We have to go home for dinner. Grandma has already prepared dinner."
She held a child in each hand and brought them home, as they were reluctant to leave the TV.
Not only did the two children find it curious, even the old man and the old lady liked it very much. They had only watched black and white TV before, and this was the first time they saw color images.
"Xiao Yu, why don't we get one back home?"
He felt a little embarrassed because when Xiao Yu asked him a few days ago, he had clearly refused.
"Grandpa, why don't we wait until next month? I just told An An that we can't afford it."
"Okay, next month then."
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In early June, a major event occurred at the electrical appliance factory.
One of the team leaders of the washing machine research department tried to take their latest research data on washing machines out of the factory, but was caught in the act by Wu Cheng, the captain of the security team.
Song Fuyu drove to the electrical appliance factory early in the morning. Han Li and Qiu Yong were waiting at the gate.
"Where are the people?"
"He was guarding in the security room. Wu Cheng and his men stayed there all night."
"Have the police comrades arrived?"
“Already here.”
"Did you find out any useful information?"
"No, he insisted that it was because their washing machine research lab was progressing too slowly, and he wanted to take the data back and divide the work among the researchers in detail."
"Oh, you are so stubborn. Give me his contract and bring him to the office."
I entered the office, greeted the public security comrades, and sat down behind the desk.
Within two minutes, Wu Cheng and Yang Zihang brought the other party in.
"Yi Peng, I remember that I interviewed you when you entered the factory. I didn't expect that the meeting would be so embarrassing now."
"Tell me, how much benefit did the other party give you to make you give up our high salary and take the risk to steal the information."
"I was really wronged. I really only wanted the best for our factory."
"Then I have to thank you in return, right?"
This was actually a trap set up by Song Fuyu and Wu Cheng.
Although the washing machine research department had the information she provided, the progress had been very slow. After talking to Director Han and hiring new researchers, the progress still did not improve.
After much thought, there is only one possibility, that is, a team leader or someone above the team leader in the laboratory deliberately slowed down the progress.
As for why he did this, there was no doubt that he was ready to betray the factory.
If you want to catch this person and make him reveal his true identity as soon as possible, the best way is to gather all the information together. In the past, according to regulations, each group was only responsible for its own part of the information.
"I'll give you one last chance. If you insist on not speaking up, then I can only seek compensation from you according to the terms of the contract we signed."
"Director Han, he may not be clear about the specific amount of our factory's claim. Please talk to him and clear his mind."
"good."
"Researchers at or above the research department team leader position all signed a confidentiality agreement when they joined the company. If the information is leaked, they will be required to bear the planned sales amount of the research project for one year at our Feifan Electric Appliance Factory."
"According to our factory's sales plan for washing machines, we expect to produce a total of 10,000 units this year, with a tentative price of 2,200 yuan per unit. In other words, Comrade Yi Peng needs to pay us 22 million yuan in total."
After Han Li finished speaking, Yi Peng's forehead began to sweat and his body began to tremble slightly. The two police officers who were listening on the side silently calculated in their minds how much money 22 million was. For them who only earned a few dozen yuan a month, they had no idea.
"You are just blatant blackmail!"
"You can try to see if it's blackmail. You signed the contract and put your red handprint on it. You also have a copy of the original contract in your hand."
When Yi Peng signed the contract, he did notice the compensation amount, but he did not think about how much money he would have to pay. He thought that at most one or two years' salary would be enough.
"Have you thought it through? If you still refuse to admit it, then we can only act according to the contract."
"Comrades, please..."
"Wait! I say!"