Jin Yihao explained, "We don't know what exactly happened over there, which led to this situation."
"I see. Make arrangements. We'll drive there now," Lu Luochen said. This time, he was determined to get to the bottom of this matter.
Jin Yihao nodded.
"I'll go with you," Wen Sining said.
"You don't need to go. Just stay here obediently. I'll be back soon after I handle this," Lu Luochen didn't want Wen Sining to go. If she went with him, he was afraid she might get hurt if those people did something impulsive.
"Come on, I'll go with you. It'll be easier to solve things if anything happens," Wen Sining said as she stood up.
She had made up her mind. Anyway, she had nothing to do staying here alone.
Looking at her, Lu Luochen finally gave in. "Alright, you can come with me."
Finally, the two got in the car and headed to Anhong Group. The car soon stopped outside.
Before they got closer, they saw the workers holding a long banner with some eye - catching words written on it: "Heartless Company, Return Our Hard - Earned Money!"
There were also quite a few media crews outside taking pictures. This incident was quickly posted online, arousing dissatisfaction among many netizens. They all spoke up for the workers.
Under one video, comments appeared quickly.
[The heartless group! That's the hard - earned money of those workers.]
[This video makes me so angry. These capitalists are so despicable!]
[Are companies these days all so heartless? They don't even pay the workers their hard - earned money!!!]
[They deserve to be protested like this! It serves them right!]
[I think this group should just go bankrupt. I don't see the point of its existence.]
Because of this incident, Anhong Group was attacked by netizens.
The security guards couldn't stop these people at all. To avoid being surrounded, Lu Luochen went in through the back door of the group.
After entering, they went straight to the office of the person in charge of Anhong Group.
The person in charge was sitting there idly with his feet on the desk. He saw someone suddenly barge into the office.
"I've said before that when you come in..." Before he could finish his sentence, his pupils dilated when he saw who it was. He quickly sat up straight.
"Mr. Lu, why... why are you here?" He didn't expect Lu Luochen to come at this time.
Lu Luochen gave a cold snort. "If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have seen you so leisurely here."
"Mr. Lu, please listen to my explanation. The situation is not what you see..." His words were interrupted by Lu Luochen.
"Wang Fanming, do you think I'm blind? Or do you think I shouldn't trust my own eyes?" Lu Luochen was already angry because of this incident. Seeing Wang Fanming's attitude made him even angrier.
"Mr. Lu, please listen to me. I've been trying to solve the company's problems. These workers have come to the group to cause trouble more than once. We've told them that we'll pay their salaries at the end of the year, but they just don't believe us," Wang Fanming tried to justify his actions.
Lu Luochen didn't believe a word he said. However, he caught the key point in his words. "You mean these people have come to the group to cause trouble more than once?"
Wang Fanming nodded, not realizing he had said something wrong.
Jin Yihao, standing behind Lu Luochen, could only shake his head helplessly.
"Then why don't you solve it quickly? You had to let things get out of hand. Do I have to solve such a small matter myself? Don't you know how serious the situation has become?" They all knew how powerful public opinion could be.
Lu Luochen's tone was stern. Wang Fanming was completely intimidated by his current appearance.
"Mr. Lu, I know I was wrong. I'll send someone to solve this right away," Wang Fanming quickly said.
"Forget it. You don't need to handle this," Lu Luochen said directly.
Wang Fanming didn't know what to do for a moment. He could only look at Jin Yihao for help, but the latter ignored him.
Since Wang Fanming had caused this mess, Jin Yihao couldn't help him. He could only fend for himself.
It was the first time Wen Sining had seen Lu Luochen losing his temper with an employee.
They followed Lu Luochen out of the office. "Did I scare you?" He turned to ask Wen Sining who was walking beside him.
Wen Sining shook her head. "No." In fact, in her opinion, one should be strict when it came to work.
"That's good," Lu Luochen was worried that he had scared Wen Sining.
"Where are we going now?" Wen Sining got in the elevator with him.
"Let's go down and see what's going on," Lu Luochen said. They couldn't let things develop like this any longer.
Wen Sining followed him downstairs.
The workers downstairs were still arguing, and the manager still didn't care about the situation.
The manager could only invite the leader in first. "Brother, it's not good for your repeated protests here. Why don't you go back first? Don't worry. We'll handle this matter. We'll definitely pay your salaries. But protesting here won't help. We're also waiting for the approval from above. Once it's approved, we'll pay you."
But the leader wasn't convinced. "You said the same thing last time. Even if it takes approval, it should have been done in a month. I brought these people out to earn money, but you've been delaying their salaries for half a year. They need this money to support their families and children. We have no other choice but to do this."
"I understand what you're saying, but we really don't have the money to pay you," the manager said bluntly when he found he couldn't convince the leader.
"That's not right. You're a big company. How can you not have the money? You shouldn't tell such a lie. I think you just don't want to pay," the leader saw through the manager. Anyway, he was determined to get the money.
"Why don't you believe me? I've made it clear that we'll pay you, but not now. If you keep causing trouble, you won't get a single cent," the manager said straightforwardly to the leader.
The people outside were still shouting, "Heartless company, return our hard - earned money!"
When Lu Luochen and the other two came downstairs, they happened to see this scene. The security guards and the company staff were trying their best to calm these people down, but it seemed to have no effect.