Rebirth: My dad is too obedient

Chapter 179 No one can beat you and your son
Although Jin Guiyuan has been sidelined, he still retains the treatment of "deputy factory director" for the time being, such as having an independent office, a car and a driver.

This was actually a deliberate arrangement made after discussion between Xu Zhiquan and Xu Chen.

"Deputy Director Jin" was still picked up and dropped off by car every day, and went to and from get off work on time. Even when he occasionally went to the nursery project, he took the factory's assigned car, a black Nissan Teana.

This invisibly reminded the factory workers that when the factory could not even pay their salaries, Director Jin still insisted on picking them up and dropping them off and receiving their salaries as usual.

However, Xu Zhiquan took this opportunity to get along well with hundreds of workers at the machinery factory.

Whenever he had no social engagements or official business, he would go to the construction site to work together. Every time he did so, he would be drenched in sweat, and he did not have the luxury of a big boss at all.

Mr. Xu also ate the same boxed lunches and drank the same mung bean soup as the other workers at the machinery factory.

These simple workers realized that what Xu Zhiquan said in the auditorium, that he "came from a peasant family and worked as a workshop director in the Northeast", was absolutely not empty talk or a lie.

This kind of cognition and feeling still brought some shock to these honest and hardworking former employees of state-owned factories.

After all, all the previous leaders of the state-owned Guangming Factory were high and mighty.

They wear leather shoes every day and sit in a clean and tidy complex building, and are only responsible for holding meetings and receiving people from outside.

Occasionally he would go into the workshop to visit the employees, say a few nice words, take a few photos, and then leave.

Even the old secretary Ji Yusheng, who seems to be "hardworking" now, still had some leadership style when he was in power.

Not to mention Jin Guiyuan, who was parachuted into the factory as a leader and acted arrogantly...

In comparison, these simple workers became more convinced of Mr. Xu.

Moreover, the scene of Mr. Xu chatting and laughing with many city and provincial leaders in the past few days also made everyone admire him.

Mr. Xu not only worked hard with the workers and prepared for battle, but also got along well with various big leaders and managed so many seedling engineering projects...

Mr. Xu's character and ability are obviously much superior to those leaders of the machinery factory at that time.

It's no wonder that as a private enterprise in Tiancheng, he was able to take over the state-owned Guangming Factory...

These hundreds of former employees of the machinery factory also began to sincerely feel that it was a good thing that the machinery factory went bankrupt and was restructured and was bought by Mr. Xu and Dongchen Shares.

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One day at noon, Jin Guiyuan, who was drinking tea in the office, suddenly received a phone call.

He glanced at the phone number, immediately showing a hint of nervousness and standing up from his chair.

He didn't rush to answer the phone, but went to lock the office door first.

Jin Guiyuan walked to the window, took a deep breath, and then pressed the call button.

He lowered his head slightly, responded respectfully to the phone for a few words, and then whispered:

"It'll be fine. Those two security guards are very tight-lipped, don't worry..."

"Aren't their children's schooling issues still in their hands? They don't dare to say anything..."

"Besides, they actually don't know anything, and there's nothing you can get out of them."

"There's nothing wrong with those account books. After all, the city didn't find anything."

"At first, I was just worried about what might happen, but even if it fell into their hands, I couldn't tell what was going on..."

"Yes, the information in the account book is not complete to begin with, not to mention the few insignificant records. There is not even any payment or receipt, not a single cent has been transferred..."

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That evening, Xu Chen took a taxi and arrived at Guangming Factory.

As soon as I got off the car, I saw two vertical signs temporarily hung on the right side of the gate.

"Dongchen Co., Ltd.", "Morning Wind Technology Co., Ltd."

The original signboard of "Tiancheng State-owned Guangming Machinery Factory" has been taken down.

The two young security guards at the door called Xu Chen "Brother Chen" as soon as they saw him.

This is naturally Zhao Feng’s younger brother.

Xu Chen rummaged through his backpack, took out two packs of cigarettes, and stuffed them into the two men's hands.

"Thank you, Brother Chen!"

……

There were not many people in the factory. Half of the workers were helping the high-speed seedling engineers, and the other half were arranged by my fourth uncle to work in several planting areas in the west of the city.

There were several workers repairing the machinery in several workshops of the machinery factory. These were all ready to be sold off to generate some funds.

Xu Zhiquan has already contacted the buyer and will ship them away in the near future...

Xu Chen walked through the factory area and all the way to the comprehensive building.

When I went up to the second floor, I saw Zhao Feng and several other brothers standing and hanging around in the corridor.

"Brother Chen!"

As soon as he saw Xu Chen coming over, Zhao Feng greeted him with a smile on his face.

Xu Chen took out two packs of cigarettes from his bag and stuffed them into Zhao Feng's hands.

"Give it up among you brothers!"

Zhao Feng looked embarrassed:
"Boss Xu just paid us our salaries, and Brother Chen is spending money again!"

Xu Chen: "Where is Teacher Fang Jun?"

Zhao Feng: "Still inside!"

Xu Chen: "Has she had lunch?"

Zhao Feng: "I brought it to you after I ate it."...

Xu Chen walked to the door of the finance office and knocked gently.

After a while, the door was opened from the inside and Fang Jun was standing inside.

She didn't say anything, but opened the door and let Xu Chen in.

After Xu Chen closed the door, he saw four large tables put together, with piles of account books and documents spread out on them.

Xu Chen said, "Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Fang Jun. I'll treat you to a meal later!"

Fang Jun: "I'm almost done with my job!"

Xu Chen staggered around the table and glanced down at the account book on it.

Fang Jun showed a hint of nervousness:
"Don't move! Each book has a fixed position, and even the angle of placement cannot be changed!"

Xu Chen was so frightened that he dared not move and even raised his hands.

Fang Jun paused, showing a hint of embarrassment:
"Go sit inside for a while and wait for me to finish cleaning here."

"Oh."

Xu Chen responded, turned around and walked inside.

He found a stool and sat down, then spoke again:

"Are there any clues in those account books?"

Fang Jun frowned, naturally knowing which books he was talking about.

Before Fang Jun could answer, there was another knock on the door.

Fang Jun stood up to open the door, and Xu Zhiquan walked in with a smile.

Xu Zhiquan looked up and saw Xu Chen, and said with a smile:

"Xu Chen is here already? I thought you would be here for a while...

That's perfect. I just asked Li Rui to bring a lot of meat and vegetables over. Let's go to the meeting room next door to eat together later!"

As Xu Zhiquan spoke, he walked towards the table piled with account books.

Fang Jun frowned again and said sternly:

"Don't go over there, don't touch any of the paper, I'm still sorting it out!"

Xu Zhiquan was startled, but then he smiled, turned around, walked inside, and sat down next to Xu Chen.

Fang Jun said nothing more, walked to the desk, and quickly sorted out the piles of documents on the desk.

Her movements seemed random and messy, but each book she stacked up was in a specific order.

She worked silently for about ten minutes before she had roughly gathered the documents on the desk.

Fang Jun breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the mineral water on the table and took a big sip, then said:

"The accounts are basically done. Mr. Xu, we can check them carefully tomorrow."

Xu Zhiquan then stood up:
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Fang Jun. I will give you a long vacation after you are done with your busy schedule."

Fang Jun flipped through several account books on the table and said, "I still haven't found any problems with these hidden accounts."

Xu Chen has also come over:
"What exactly is in these books?"

Fang Jun: "They are all trivial and unimportant receipts and payments, even including the purchase of stationery for logistics and food for the cafeteria...

There are also some transactions that did not actually take place, but there is no clue as to why.”

Xu Chen: "What do you mean by it didn't actually happen?"

Fang Jun: “I was originally planning to transfer the funds, but I withdrew it for various reasons.

For example, in this case, the canteen originally wanted to buy a batch of beef for two thousand yuan, and I was ready to pay, but maybe for some reason I didn't need to buy it, so the bill was withdrawn.

The financial rules of the factory were set by the old finance minister many years ago, and they are all recorded in the accounts. "

She paused, then continued:

"Or give me some more time.

These days I have been mainly calculating the financial accounts, which involve clearing out the factory's assets and repaying debts, and I am quite anxious.

Now that it is almost finished, I can go over these account books more carefully.

If you check every income and expenditure carefully, you should be able to find some problems.

After all, they wouldn’t have hidden these books away for no reason.”

Xu Chen flipped through the account books and said:

"There must be at least several thousand of them, right? How long will it take to find them?"

He looked up at his father Xu Zhiquan and said:
"Dad, Zhao Jihong should be almost done with hanging out. It's time to find him and have a chat."

Xu Zhiquan lit a cigarette and nodded slightly.

Fang Jun: "What do you mean?"

Xu Chen: "If Jin Guiyuan has hidden any secrets, the only person in the factory who might know is Chief Engineer Zhao Jihong.

Judging from their previous state, they looked like they were tied together.

It is now almost certain that these account books were arranged to be taken out by Jin Guiyuan.

Zhao Jihong might know something."

Fang Jun thought for a moment and said:

“Jin Guiyuan and Chief Designer Zhao Jihong were indeed on the same page before.

At that time, several vice presidents were fighting among themselves, and Jin Guiyuan and Zhao Jihong formed an alliance, which helped to stop the fight between the other two. "

Xu Zhiquan: "I have confirmed from many sources that Zhao Jihong has no background to rely on now.

When I took over Guangming Factory earlier, I deliberately took down Zhao Jihong as soon as possible, just to see whether Jin Guiyuan would save him and whether he had the ability to save him.

It was obvious that Jin Guiyuan didn't care about him at all.

Now Zhao Jihong should be disappointed and resentful towards Jin Guiyuan.

If we ask Zhao Jihong now, we should be able to find out something."

Fang Jun frowned and said:

"I don't think anyone in the world can outplay you and your son."

Xu Zhiquan smiled heartily:
"Let's go eat!"

In the large conference room, Li Rui, Zhao Feng and others put two tables together and filled them with the packed meals.

These dishes are packed from outside restaurants, not made in the cafeteria.

These days, the factory cafeteria is mainly responsible for cooking for the workers. After preparing the boxed lunches every day, they stew several large pots of mung bean soup and directly transport them to several construction sites...

Xu Zhiquan walked in with a smile, followed by Xu Chen and Fang Jun.

Li Rui, Zhao Feng and others hurriedly and politely called Mr. Xu, Brother Chen, and Teacher Fang...

After Xu Zhiquan sat down, he found that Li Rui, Zhao Feng and others were huddled at the back and had no intention of coming to the table.

He glanced at Xu Chen and said:

"Hurry up and let your brothers sit down. You are still too polite to me, the chairman..."

Xu Chen smiled, turned to Li Rui, Zhao Feng and others and said:

"Hurry up and sit down to eat, Mr. Xu has spoken!"

Li Rui, Zhao Feng and others responded and then sat down around him.

Xu Zhiquan took a pair of clean chopsticks and picked up two pieces of braised pork and put them into Fang Jun's bowl:

"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Fang Jun. Please make up for it quickly!
This braised pork is specially ordered for you, Xu Chen said you like it. "

Fang Jun was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Xu Chen:
"How do you know I like to eat?"

Xu Chen smiled and said, "When we were on a business trip in Shanghai, you always liked to order it!"

Fang Jun: "I love to eat, but I'm trying to lose weight recently."

As she spoke, she took a big bite with an expressionless face.

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The next morning.

In the west of the city, there is a planting base of Chenxin Seedlings.

Former chief engineer Zhao Jihong is learning how to graft flowers and trees from Zhang Yongqing.

He looks meticulous and has a serious attitude towards work.

Xu Zhiquan came over smoking a cigarette and said:

"Teacher Zhao, I didn't expect you to be here!"

Zhao Jihong stood up, looking a little embarrassed:
“I don’t have any other skills, I don’t have any income, and I have to support my family…I just signed up with Director Yang.

Director Yang still has some feelings for me and knows that I can't do heavy work, so he arranged for me to come here!"

Xu Zhiquan handed Zhao Jihong a cigarette, put his arm around his shoulders and said:
"Let's go and have a chat!"

……

In the open-air shed, Xu Zhiquan and Zhao Jihong sat on bamboo chairs and smoked.

Xu Zhiquan was silent for a while, then said:

"Teacher Zhao, please understand that we will no longer be able to serve as the chief designer as we are transitioning to electric vehicles."

Zhao Jihong: "Mr. Xu, I can totally understand you, but I really don't understand electric cars.

It was because I didn’t understand that I rejected Director Yang’s electric tricycle plan…

I totally understand that, and it’s nobody else’s fault.”

Xu Zhiquan took a few more puffs of his cigarette and said:

"I have two friends who run a machinery parts factory. They can introduce me to Teacher Zhao. They are both local to Tiancheng.

In addition, there is a machinery factory in the neighboring city of Zibo, with a scale of several hundred people, and they are also looking for engineers...

But a private factory is definitely harder than Guangming Factory, but the pay is higher..."

Zhao Jihong smoked in silence, his expression changed but he didn't speak.

Xu Zhiquan continued:
"I know you just bought a house for your child in the south of the city, and you have to pay the mortgage every month..."

"Sir, you want to join the company in West City, right? Actually, it just so happens that I know the leader there..."

Zhao Jihong lowered his head and was silent for a while, then said:

"Mr. Xu, what do you want me to do?"

Xu Zhiquan threw the cigarette butt on the ground and exhaled a puff of white smoke:

"When we received the factory's financial accounts that day, someone hid several account books...

I want to know, what's in those account books?"

Zhao Jihong took a few puffs of his cigarette in silence:
"Mr. Xu, I really don't know..."

Xu Zhiquan smiled, took out a whole pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and stuffed it into Zhao Jihong's hand:

“It’s okay, I just want to chat with Teacher Zhao.

If Mr. Zhao wants to chat with me later, just call me anytime!"

Having said that, Xu Zhiquan stood up, put his hands behind his back and left.

(End of this chapter)