The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 47: I, the dean, am too embarrassed to continue doing this (Long Chapter)

Wang Juanhong was so angry that she was shaking all over: "I didn't do it, you are wrongly accusing me..."

Luo Shengli's eyes flickered. "I wrongly accused you? Well, then how do you explain why the warehouse started to smoke and catch fire as soon as you came out? If it hadn't been put out quickly, the whole warehouse would have been burned! Who else could it be but you?"

Luo Chang smiled faintly and looked at Li Mu:

"The three old workers in the factory have no grudges against Wang Juanhong. Tell me, what reason do you have to wrongly accuse her?"

Li Mu ignored Luo Chang and looked at Jiang Jianghe, saying, "Director, can I ask them a question first?"

"You..." Luo Changchang saw that Li Mu ignored him, and his eyes were raised and he was about to get angry, but Jiang Jianghe interrupted first: "Ask, ask clearly, so as to avoid further entanglement!"

Luo Chang turned his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and cursed in his heart, "Old fox, why is he trying to trip him up at this time?"

Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. You want to suppress the matter of the factory this time, but I won't let you. Let's see if you can continue to do your job as the factory director!

A hint of sternness appeared in Luo Chang's eyes.

Li Mu walked towards Luo Chang and the other two and asked in a deep voice, "Masters, do you have the habit of smoking?"

"What's it to you whether I smoke or not?" Luo Shengli spoke first, his tone full of hostility.

Zhang Zhiguo answered very cautiously: "I don't smoke!"

"No, we work in a bedding factory, we can't smoke!" The last one, Wang Kangzhan, shook his head like a rattle.

Li Mu's gaze paused slightly on Wang Kangzhan. All three of them were lying, but only Wang Kangzhan could not hide his guilty conscience and did not dare to look at him.

"Okay, thank you for your answers, Masters." Li Mu was not surprised by their answers. He turned his head, looked at Jiang Jianghe, and asked again:
"Director Jiang, I'm actually very curious. Since your factory is a clothing factory, you must have a strict management system for things like open flames."

“I wonder if the Third Bedding Factory has regular inspections?”

Jiang Jianghe said: "Of course, any open flames or things that can ignite fire are not allowed to be brought into the factory. This is written in the employee regulations."

"Inspections will be conducted every two weeks. Once found, the whole factory will be criticized and fined at the very least, or directly fired at the worst. There will be no leniency."

“Safety is also my top priority!”

Li Mu said earnestly: "Director Jiang, I believe in your management strength, but have you ever considered that the factory's regulations are not fully implemented?"

"I just asked them if they smoked, and they all said no. You should have heard that, right?"

Jiang Jianghe's eyes moved and he nodded slowly.

Li Mu continued: "But isn't it a coincidence that I clearly smelled cigarette smoke from them."

"If they don't smoke, where does the smell of cigarettes come from?"

"If they smoke, what do they use to light their cigarettes?"

Li Mu's words made Luo Shengli and the other two behind him suddenly change their expressions.

Luo Chang glared at the three of them angrily and said in a deep voice, "Why don't I smell any smoke? Young man, are you just making up something out of nothing?"

"Director, Deputy Director Luo, you have to make the decision for us!" said the somewhat timid Wang Kangzhan.

Li Mu sneered and said, "Since you don't smoke, why are the knuckles of your index and middle fingers obviously yellow? This is a trait that only long-term smokers have."

"And your teeth have been stained yellow and black by the nicotine and tar contained in tobacco. Isn't this evidence that you smoke?"

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, before Jiang Jianghe could speak, Luo Chang shouted in a deep voice, "Nonsense! The hands of all the factory workers, male or female, are black and rough, and their teeth are almost the same yellow."

"Are all these people smokers?"

"You are a college student. You have received so many years of education. Have you learned nothing?"

"You haven't even grown all your hair yet, yet you dare to call a deer a horse? How dare you!"

"Luo Shengli, go call the security department and have someone call the police. Hand them all over to the police station!"

Li Mu was slightly startled by Luo Chang's sudden counterattack. The other party didn't dare to call the police just now, so why did he change his mind now?

Just when Li Mu was puzzled, Jiang Jianghe stood up and said angrily: "Why call the police? Haven't you lost enough face?"

"Do you really think it's an honorable thing? If you keep bringing it up, will the reputation of the factory be ruined?"

"You three, get out of here!"

Faced with Jiang Jianghe's sudden intrusion, Luo Chang seemed a little unwilling.

Li Mu looked at Jiang Jianghe and Luo Chang in the office with different expressions and sighed in his heart.

In the end, he failed to convince Jiang Jianghe to make up his mind to deal with Luo Chang.

Instead, he almost got himself into trouble.

"Thank you, Director Jiang, uncle. Let's go first." Li Mu looked at Jiang Jianghe deeply, then pulled Li Jun and Wang Juanhong out of the office.

Li Jun clenched his fists and wanted to argue a bit more, but after looking at Li Mu's eyes, he finally chose to give up.

"Uncle, aunt, this matter is not that simple. Wait for me..." After coming out, Li Mu was about to comfort Li Jun and Wang Juanhong when he suddenly saw Luo Shengli and three others following him out.

Luo Shengli looked at Li Mu and said sarcastically, "Some people are really shameless than city walls. They almost burned down the warehouse, but they still want to stay in the factory!"

"I think this family is shameless!" Zhang Zhiguo said sarcastically.

"You can smell cigarette smoke on us. Do you think you have a dog's nose?"

"Hey, that's not certain, what if it's really a dog's?"

Luo Shengli, Zhang Zhiguo and Wang Kangzhan had the look of smug villains on their faces, and were making sarcastic remarks in a weird way.

Li Mu was thinking about the next countermeasures and didn't want to pay attention to them.

But the next moment, he thought to himself: "Not good!"

The moment he realized it, he turned around suddenly and tried to grab Li Jun.

But it's too late.

Li Jun was feeling extremely aggrieved. Facing the ridicule from the three men, he could no longer suppress his anger, and he pounced on them like a cheetah.

The next moment, a shrill scream rang out in the corridor, echoing for a long time!
……

Glass factory.

"Ding-ling-ling~" The phone rang in the factory director's office.

Zhuang Guodong was leisurely drinking tea and reading the newspaper when he picked up the phone. Before he could say anything, he heard Jiang Jianghe's voice cursing:
"Zhuang Guodong, Li Jun from your glass factory is a capable man. How dare he come to our factory and beat people up!"

"If I hadn't stopped you, someone would have died today!"

"Come here right now! If you can't handle this today, I'll never let you go!"

After being criticized harshly, Zhuang Guodong was about to speak when a busy tone came from the phone.

After a long pause, Zhuang Guodong finally reacted. His face turned dark as ink and he slammed the table in anger: "This is outrageous! This is outrageous!"

A clerk from the glass factory just outside the door came to report on his work. Hearing this, he walked in curiously and asked, "Director, what's the matter that makes you so angry?"

"This Li Jun actually went to someone else's factory to fight and was detained there. Now they want me to go and get him!"

"I can't afford to lose face like this, so hurry over and bring the person back to me!"

The clerk was a little dumbfounded and regretted it in his heart: "I just asked an unnecessary question."

……

No. 27, Luogu Lane.

In the evening, Professor Wei went to his brother's house to visit his mother as usual. After dinner, they chatted about the daily life of the people around them.

As she was talking, Professor Wei's old mother seemed to remember something and said:
"Let me tell you an interesting story. Recently, a female worker from the Third Bedding Factory in our alley made a mistake at work and almost burned all the bedding in a warehouse."

"Isn't this illegal?" Professor Wei frowned. If the warehouse was burned, the loss would be state property, and the culprit would definitely be severely punished!

"Of course it's illegal, but the factory protected her and just fired the female worker."

"This..." Professor Wei shook his head secretly, but this had nothing to do with him after all. Even if the matter was handled incorrectly, he could not interfere.

Professor Wei's mother continued, "But you probably wouldn't have guessed that the female worker was not only ungrateful to the factory, but she also brought her family to make trouble and beat up the people from the Third Quilt Factory!"

"I heard that the female worker has a nephew who is a student of your Beijing Institute of Technology. He lives in our area, also nearby. The three of them were stuck in the factory and almost couldn't get out!"

After listening to what his old mother said, Professor Wei couldn't help but frown.

There seems to be only one Beijing Institute of Technology student living in this area. Could it be...

"Impossible, Li Mu's personality wouldn't allow him to do such a thing." Professor Wei quickly stopped this terrible thought.

However, he inevitably felt a little worried.

……

The next day.

Li Mu returned to school, his heart full of worry.

Yesterday, my uncle got angry and started a fight. It was only after the leader of the glass factory came that the other party let the man go.

However, because of the fight, Li Jun was also punished. Not only did he have to make a self-criticism in front of the entire factory, but he also had his salary reduced by one level.

This is like adding insult to injury for the current Li family.

“I can’t learn anything at all!”

During class, Li Mu sighed and turned off the video.

But until the end of get out of class, Li Mu still couldn't come up with any good solution.

Just when Li Mu was feeling extremely worried, a voice called out from outside: "Li Mu, come out for a moment."

Hearing the voice, I looked and saw it was Professor Wei.

Professor Wei called Li Mu to his office and asked, "Has your family encountered any difficulties recently?"

"No, it's not difficult." Li Mu hesitated and shook his head.

It's no use telling Professor Wei about this. The school and the factory are two different systems. If you intervene, it will only make the other party's leader unhappy.

Professor Wei saw that Li Mu didn't want to talk, so he just said, "You, you forgot what I said. If you have any difficulties, just go to the school, okay?"

"If I hadn't gone to my brother's house yesterday, I wouldn't have known that such a big thing happened in your family."

"This is my family matter. How can I trouble the school?" Li Mu said.

Professor Wei didn't say anything. He stood up and made a cup of tea for Li Mu, then asked him in detail about what happened.

"Can you guarantee that your aunt is really innocent?" Professor Wei said in a deep voice after listening.

Even if he helps Li Mu, he cannot ignore the facts.

Li Mu said solemnly:
"I can guarantee that. And I went to confront them yesterday and actually found evidence. But Luo Chang, the deputy director of the Third Clothing Factory, deliberately protected the three culprits, and I was powerless to do anything."

"The three culprits behind me deliberately mocked me, my uncle and my aunt, which made my uncle lose his mind in anger and beat people up."

……

Li Mu explained the causes and consequences of the loss.

After Professor Wei heard this, he immediately said, "How can this be possible!"

"Li Mu, don't worry, the school will definitely handle this matter to the end!"

"Go back to class and wait for my news."

After saying that, Professor Wei left in a hurry without waiting for Li Mu to reply.

……

Professor Wei came to the office of Dean Qian Shuyan.

"Knock, knock, knock~" After knocking on the door three times, Professor Wei walked into the office with a sullen face.

Qian Shuyan had heard nothing but good news during this period, so he felt a little uncomfortable when he suddenly saw Professor Wei's expression.

Who would have thought that Professor Wei’s first sentence would make Qian Shuyan almost jump in fright.

"Dean, something happened to Li Mu!" Professor Wei said in a deep voice.

Qian Shuyan was so frightened that his hands were shaking. He asked in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Seeing Qian Shuyan's expression, Professor Wei realized that what he said was ambiguous, and quickly added: "To be precise, something happened in his family."

Qian Shuyan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and couldn't help but curse: "Old Wei, Old Wei, you are already an old man, why are you still so incoherent in your words!"

"You know how important this student is and how much attention he has received from the higher-ups!"

"If anything happens to him, even if I am held accountable by higher-ups, I will not be able to continue doing this job as the dean."

"What's going on? Tell me now!"

"It's like this. Yesterday I went home to visit my relatives and accidentally heard about Li Mu's aunt..." Professor Wei told them everything he heard yesterday, plus what Li Mu said today.

"This matter has seriously affected his learning state. I think we need to help him solve this problem." Professor Wei finally emphasized the seriousness of the matter.

A genius who can produce world-class research results one after another wastes his time on these trivial matters. This is not only a personal loss for Li Mu, but also a loss for the country.

After hearing this, Qian Shuyan frowned deeply and said, "I'm afraid this matter is not easy to handle. After all, the other party is not from the same system. Even if I call, they may not give face to our Beijing Institute of Technology."

They are from different systems and usually have little interaction. It is impossible for them to punish people in their own factory just because of a phone call from Qian Shuyan.

"Dean, have you forgotten where Li Mu's previous research was finally handed over?" Professor Wei said with a smile.

Qian Shuyan was stunned.

He slammed the table and said, "Yeah, I was so focused on solving it myself that I forgot about this."

"Li Mu has a good reputation in front of several leaders of the First Ministry of Machine Building. The factory is directly managed by them, so it is most appropriate for them to come forward."

Thinking of this, Qian Shuyan picked up the phone and called the Ministry of First Machine Building directly.

When Leader Qiu from the First Ministry of Machine Building heard that the president of Beijing Institute of Technology was looking for him, he was a little confused.

When the call came in, Leader Qiu asked, "President Qian, what can I do for you?"

Qian Shuyan said, "No, no, Leader Qiu, I actually want to ask you for help with something."

"Do you still remember Li Mu from our school?"

"Of course I remember. He was an amazing student!" Leader Qiu praised him generously.

Li Mu's achievements had been praised by the senior leaders above him, and no one could deny it.

"Just remember it. This matter is actually related to Li Mu..." Qian Shuyan explained the whole story.

Five minutes later, Leader Qiu put down the phone and called his secretary: "Go and get the director of the Third Bedding Factory to come to me!"

(End of this chapter)