Aunt Wang cried heart - rendingly. Her miserable appearance was like that of a professional mourner.
Hua Qingqing poked her stick on the ground and watched her leisurely, smiling sweetly and charmingly.
"Why stop crying?
"Everyone is tired from work. It's good to watch a show. Keep going. We're all waiting."
Aunt Wang opened her mouth, not knowing whether to cry or not. Then she stood up and started shouting abuse: "Who are you? This is an issue of our Dongxing Factory. It's none of your business!"
Hua Qingqing smiled and then suddenly her tone turned cold.
"Who am I? Hehe, I'm the one who can decide whether you can still stay in this factory or not!"
Aunt Wang's face changed. Suspicious and uncertain, she didn't dare to act rashly for a moment.
What's going on?
She had never seen such a young leader in the factory before!
Hua Qingqing didn't look at her anymore. Instead, she turned to Yu Linxiu.
"They said this was all because of you. If there's anything to say or any matter to resolve, it should be cleared up right now. Being too kind - hearted will only invite bullying. Now, you deal with this matter."
Yu Linxiu pursed her lips. She realized that Qingqing was giving her a chance to establish her authority.
She had been doing a good job in Dongxing Factory, but her personality was too gentle. Most of the workers in the factory were older than her. Although they didn't act in an over - bearing way just because of their seniority, there were always some people who regarded her as a junior and didn't take her seriously.
This really affected her daily performance.
Under Hua Qingqing's encouraging gaze, Yu Linxiu walked towards Aunt Wang.
"I remember that when you brought this up before, I refused you twice. You didn't take my words to heart and brought your relative to the factory without permission. First, you've violated the factory rules; second, this commotion of yours has delayed one day's work for everyone. Aunt Wang, from now on, you're no longer an employee of this factory. Later, I'll ask Tong Yan to calculate your salary for this month. You can leave."
"As for your nephew... Jiang Jiang, call the police later and say that there's someone who illegally entered our factory, tried to steal our factory's secrets, and used violence against me."
The man was stunned for a moment and immediately retorted: "I didn't steal any secrets! I came here to court you!"
Yu Linxiu didn't look at him. Instead, she looked at all the employees.
"I've found that there are serious security problems in our factory. We pay people to be gatekeepers and security guards so that you can watch over the factory and protect the employees. If you can't even do this, then there's nothing more to say. This is a private factory, not an iron - rice - bowl for useless people!"
The few gatekeepers who came later looked at each other in dismay.
Some simply admitted their mistakes, while others stiffened their necks and refused to admit their dereliction of duty.
"Usually, the female workers in the factory often bring their kids here. How can we stop them! And the leaders never said anything before, so we thought it was okay."
Several regular female workers who had brought their kids quickly lowered their heads.
Jiang Jiang sneered: "You thought it was okay? Is this factory yours? You can say whatever you want? If something really happened to someone today, it would be a huge hidden danger. If the goods in the factory were damaged, you'd be the ones mainly responsible because you didn't do your jobs!"
At this, the few gatekeepers lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything more.
Who would dare to take the responsibility?
Two gatekeepers with good sense of the situation stepped forward to subdue Aunt Wang's nephew and took him out while Aunt Wang cried and pleaded.
Aunt Wang lay on the ground, crying and begging Yu Linxiu not to fire her and not to send her nephew to the police station.
But no one pitied her. Someone even spat at her when passing by.
Hua Qingqing asked Yu Linxiu to go for a meeting, and she herself was going to the Zhou's place.
Three new models of Zhou's products had been made, and only some finishing work was left. So, Zhou hadn't come to the factory for a while, and during this period, the factory had mainly been managed by Yu Linxiu.
Hua Qingqing would come here once a month to summarize and report the accounts.
She didn't come here often. Even when she did, she came with others. Moreover, when she was here, she only worked in the leadership office, so no one had noticed her.
Jiang Jiang walked beside Yu Linxiu and whispered curiously: "Sister Linxiu, who was that female comrade just now? Is she also one of our leaders? Why doesn't she work with us?"
Looking closely, her eyebrows were dancing with excitement, and her eyes were filled with admiration. Obviously, she had been deeply shocked by what had just happened.
"She's so impressive! That stick - strike of hers was even more decisive than mine!"
Yu Linxiu smiled: "She's a technical employee of the factory. You can just think of her as Deputy Factory Director Zhou. The schoolbag we're making now was designed by her based on an ancient painting."
"She's usually busy with other things, so she doesn't come to the factory often."
Jiang Jiang tried to suppress her excitement and sighed: "She's so amazing..."
"Yeah, she is. Stop daydreaming. Go and call everyone. Today's is a general meeting, and all employees must be present."
"Yes, I'll go right away!"
Jiang Jiang immediately responded.
Soon, the small square was filled with people, all wearing blue work uniforms, looking like a scenic line of the era.
There was a small square in the middle of the factory yard, and there were a few trees planted beside it. The trees hadn't grown up yet and were just showing some bare green buds.
The sound from the loudspeaker echoed almost throughout the entire factory.
Yu Jianhua poked her head around outside the factory gate, but there was no one at the gate, and the gate was tightly closed.
Is this the right place?
Yu Jianhua looked at the big characters on it: Dongxing Luggage and Bag Manufacturing Factory.
She stood at the gate and waited. Vaguely, she could hear some muffled voices, as if someone was speaking through a loudspeaker.
She was familiar with this kind of commotion. When she used to work in the timber factory, the factory leaders liked to speak like this, for fear that the employees below couldn't hear.
Yu Jianhua suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
Since that day when she heard what Qingqing said, she had thought about it for a long time. Finally, she made up her mind and summoned up the courage to talk to her mother - in - law and husband about this.
They strongly opposed it, and she almost gave in.
But when her mother - in - law heard that she could earn twenty - five yuan a month, she immediately agreed.
She even said that Yu Jianhua had to hand in twenty yuan for household expenses every month.
Although Yu Jianhua was reluctant, she couldn't resist. As long as she said no, all that awaited her was her husband's fists.
Finally, she could get a job.
As long as she had a job, would her mother - in - law and husband go back to the way they used to be? Yu Jianhua dreamed.
The intermittent sound from the loudspeaker stopped.
Yu Jianhua knew that the factory leader inside had finished speaking. She stepped a bit closer to the gate, waiting for it to open.
Unexpectedly, when the gate opened, a disheveled woman walked out, muttering and cursing. Then she turned around and shouted abuse at the gate.
She said all kinds of dirty words, scolding from the parents to the ancestors of eighteen generations. It got more and more vulgar.
What kind of hatred could drive this woman to such an extent?
Yu Jianhua thought the woman seemed a bit crazy. She quickly stepped aside, afraid of being affected.
Fortunately, after the woman scolded for a while, someone came out with a stick and drove her away. Seeing this, the woman didn't dare to stay and ran away quickly.
Yu Jianhua witnessed this scene and suddenly had second thoughts. What a strange factory this was!
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Just as Yu Jianhua was hesitating whether to leave, she heard the gatekeeper who had driven the woman away ask. She quickly explained that she was here to look for a job.
"I... I can operate a sewing machine."
The gatekeeper took out a notebook: "Write your name here. Normally, our factory doesn't recruit anymore. You're quite lucky. Just now, a regular worker was fired for a serious mistake, so there's an opening. Let me tell you, our factory has good welfare and working conditions. It's not easy for an ordinary person to get in."