Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

"Zhou Jiandong... who gave you the courage to investigate the section-level cadres at the steel mill?"

Just when Yi Zhonghai was sweating and didn't know how to explain to everyone, Director Li's angry curse rang out directly at the gate of the courtyard.

Everyone turned around and saw the factory director and more than a dozen security officers running into the yard in a hurry.

Seeing the captain of the action team, Zhou, he started to curse: "Zhou Jiandong, Zhou Jiandong..."

"I think you don't want to be the captain of the action team anymore."

"I investigated several deputy section-level cadres at the steel mill behind my back. Since your action team found solid evidence of their violations of laws and disciplines, I didn't bother you."

"I didn't expect your action team to become more and more daring and even dare to lay hands on the section-level cadres of the steel mill."

"That's what I told you when we formed the action team."

"The investigation of the cadres at or above the section chief level in the steel mill must be approved by me... What do you mean by must... That's how you fooled me."

Seeing that Director Li had helped him out of the predicament, Yi Zhonghai's colleague breathed a sigh of relief, but he still had not given up the idea of ​​suppressing Wang Dong.

Because only by using this incident can Wang Dong be completely defeated and he will never have a chance to turn things around. In the future, Wang Dong will not be able to use his status as a cadre to retaliate against himself, and the action team will not investigate the letter of complaint because they wrongly accused Wang Dong.

In his opinion, although Director Li scolded Captain Zhou of the action team very harshly, he was actually protecting him. This was to reduce Captain Zhou's responsibility for this mistake, so that a big thing could be made small and a small thing could be made nothing.

After all, the action team was formed by Director Li himself. If the action team is really held accountable, it would be like slapping him in the face.

He felt that the opportunity to show himself in front of Director Li had come, and by the way, he could also step on Wang Dong in front of Director Li.

He immediately interrupted: "Director Li, don't be angry..."

"I think the action team did nothing wrong, and Captain Zhou did nothing wrong either."

"Although the action team did not get your permission to investigate Wang Dong, they have a report letter about Wang Dong's corruption in the kitchen."

"Captain Zhou must be eager to make a contribution. He was too anxious and worried that Wang Dong would receive the news in advance and hide the evidence. That's why he didn't report it to you."

"I think the fault lies with Wang Dong."

"Isn't it just an investigation by the action team? What's the big deal?"

"As the old saying goes, those who are innocent will be innocent..."

"If he really didn't embezzle in the kitchen, the action team will naturally give you justice after the investigation."

"As a result, Wang Dong not only stopped the action team himself, but also instigated the neighbors in the yard to oppose the action team."

"wrong……"

"The people who stopped the action team were not only the neighbors in the yard, but also Wang Dong's subordinates in the kitchen."

"You are the one who set up the action team. Wang Dong is clearly not taking you, the factory director, seriously by doing this. This is really too much."

"Now that you're here, I think you should personally lead the action team to investigate Wang Dong's home to determine whether Wang Dong has embezzled money in the kitchen."

If Yi Zhonghai said this to other leaders, he would indeed be helping them out and they might even be thanked by him.

But standing in front of him now was Director Li, the real culprit of corruption in the steel mill's kitchen.

If he really followed Yi Zhonghai's words and continued to investigate the corruption in the kitchen with the action team, wouldn't that mean he was investigating Director Li himself? So facing Yi Zhonghai's instigation, Wang Dong didn't show any anxious expression on his face, and even encouraged Yi Zhonghai to say more in his heart, especially the words "investigate the corruption in the kitchen", which he must say several times in front of Director Li.

As expected, when Director Li heard the words "corruption in the kitchen", his face changed.

The anger he had when he first entered the door was immediately replaced by gloom. He stared at Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Yi Zhonghai's first reaction was joy, feeling that he had touched Director Li's heart.

Maybe after today, I can become Director Li's confidant, otherwise why would Director Li let me continue talking?

As for the anger and gloomy expression on Director Li's face, Yi Zhonghai believed that it was all because of Wang Dong's anger.

Because in the eyes of people who don't know the inside story, Wang Dong's blocking of the action team was indeed a slap in the face of Director Li and a lack of respect for Director Li.

Facing Director Li's gaze, he continued, "If it is proven that Wang Dong really embezzled money in the kitchen, the action team will not only have no responsibility in this matter, but will also have made a contribution..."

"Shut up..." Director Li became angrier and angrier as he listened. If he really let the action team investigate the corruption in the steel mill's kitchen, wouldn't that be investigating himself?

The look he gave Yi Zhonghai became more and more angry, and he snorted coldly and asked, "Who are you?"

Yi Zhonghai quickly replied: "Reporting to the factory director, I am Yi Zhonghai, a third-level fitter in the first workshop of the steel rolling mill."

At this point, in order to enhance Director Li's impression of him, Yi Zhonghai continued, "I used to be an eighth-level fitter in the factory, but I was demoted to a third-level fitter because I made some mistakes."

"But please rest assured, Director, my benchwork skills are still there and I can do the work of an eighth-level benchworker at any time."

Director Li's face immediately flashed with enlightenment: "I remember..."

"When Director Yang was removed from his position, you felt that Director Yang was not on good terms with me and deliberately suppressed them in the workshop, causing the two of them to be unable to work physically for more than ten days."

"The factory felt that you were too opportunistic and had a huge negative impact, so they gave you a disciplinary action."

"I didn't expect to see your fawning behavior again today."

"It's obvious that the action team didn't follow the rules and violated the mill's rules and regulations. In order to curry my favor, you actually said that the action team didn't make any mistakes and instead made meritorious contributions. How could there be such workers in our mill? I'm so disappointed."

"Two people from the security department, restrain him and investigate him thoroughly."

"This Yi Zhonghai came up and spoke well of the action team, instigating the action team to investigate Comrade Wang Dong. He must have something to do with what happened today."

Yi Zhonghai was dumbfounded.

He felt that he had been on Director Li's side from beginning to end, helping Director Li out of trouble, speaking for Director Li, and maintaining Director Li's prestige in the steel mill.

How come in the end, not only did he not get any benefits, he didn't even get a single compliment from Director Li, and he was scolded by Director Li.

What's wrong with this world?
Shouldn't Director Li stand on my side and praise me? Did I hear it wrong just now?

It was not until two security officers lifted him up on both sides that Yi Zhonghai believed what he had just heard. He immediately became panicked and quickly begged for mercy from Director Li.

"Director..."

"I was just talking nonsense. Please don't take it to heart. Just pretend that I didn't say anything. Please don't arrest me. I have nothing to do with this matter..." (End of this chapter)