Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Since Du Zhenguo said it was okay to lock the door, Cao Zhiqiang no longer insisted and could only regard it as a characteristic of the times.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang thought that as long as he made a phone call to Factory Director Li, it would be useless no matter how arrogant Niu Shufen was, not to mention that she was most likely at fault.

However, when Cao Zhiqiang actually told Director Li about the matter on the phone and asked him to send someone to check the accounts, Director Li did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked Cao Zhiqiang to come to his office immediately.

Although it seemed strange, since Director Li had spoken, Cao Zhiqiang naturally had to listen.

After explaining to Du Zhenguo, Cao Zhiqiang got on his bicycle and went directly to the factory next door, then passed through the long factory area to the office building, and finally arrived at the factory director's office.

It may have been explained in advance, so the people in the big office outside the factory director's office, or the secretary's office, opened the door immediately after seeing Cao Zhiqiang coming. They were all very enthusiastic and did not mean to make things difficult.

It seems that Cao Zhiqiang is a popular person of Factory Director Li. At least everyone in the factory director's office knows it very well.

I went straight to Director Li's private office and saw Director Li just put down the phone.

"Hey, Xiao Cao, you're here, come on, sit down!"

Do you want Cao Zhiqiang to sit down on the sofa first? Director Li stood up and came to sit down opposite Cao Zhiqiang.

Immediately afterwards, Factory Manager Li shouted: "Secretary Chen, bring over two cups of tea!"

Soon, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a Chinese tunic suit walked in and quickly served two cups of tea.

When Secretary Chen was about to leave, Director Li said again: "Xiao Chen, Manager Cao and I have something private to discuss. Please take everyone in the secretary's office out."

Secretary Chen nodded, said nothing, quietly retreated, and closed the door.

If nothing unexpected happens, after he leaves, he will take the other people in the big office outside the door with him to ensure that the place is absolutely private.

This is usually done when the leader wants to say something important in private.

Cao Zhiqiang's current treatment shows that Niu Shufen's situation is not simple.

"Come, drink tea." Director Li said with a smile.

Cao Zhiqiang frowned slightly: "Director Li, I'm not thirsty, and I'm impatient. If I have something to say, I'll just say it.

You didn't tell me on the phone or send someone over, but instead asked me to come over. Is it because you can't move Niu Shufen?"

Director Li frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "It's not that I can't move, but what should I do if I move."

"What do you mean?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

Director Li sighed and said: "Niu Shufen is already forty-eight this year. According to regulations, she will retire in less than two years. Can't we turn big things into small things and trivial things, let her go and let her retire well?"

Cao Zhiqiang said: "Director Li, I think so too, so I usually respect her, otherwise I wouldn't let her be in charge of finance and personnel, which are very important departments and powers.

But who would have thought that today she openly opposed me, made it difficult for me to step down in front of everyone, and refused to carry out my orders.

I just want Niu Shufen to hand over the power of personnel and accounting, and then do nothing else and just take good care of herself in retirement.

But she was kind enough to directly refuse my order in front of everyone and said that I had no right to withdraw her.

With her like this, what prestige will I have in the future? How can I lead people?

What's more important is that I now seriously suspect her of stealing public accounts, which is why she acted so shamelessly and openly opposed me.

Now that this is the case, I can no longer retreat.

If I quit, everyone can treat me as a general manager as a child's play and embezzle public funds. How can this publishing house do anything?

Or do you want me to fire everyone and recruit a new group of people for Niu Shufen?"

"Wait a minute." Director Li frowned, "What did you just say, that you asked Niu Shufen to take charge of finance?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Didn't I say that?"

"You only said that she is responsible for accounting and human resources." Director Li frowned and said, "Don't you have a cashier in your publishing house? Isn't the cashier also Niu Shufen?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Niu Shufen is both the accountant and the cashier. As long as it is the publishing house's money, she is currently in charge of it, so I suspect there is something wrong here."

"Hu Tu!" Director Li glanced at Cao Zhiqiang accusingly, "How could you let the accountant and cashier be the same person? And it's also Niu Shufen? You, why didn't you tell me this earlier?"

Having said this, Director Li stood up directly and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.

After walking back and forth for two times, Director Li stopped and came back to the opposite side of Cao Zhiqiang, bending down and saying, "Are you sure Niu Shufen embezzled public funds?"

"Not sure, just doubtful." Cao Zhiqiang said.

"But her behavior today was very strange. I also heard that this Niu Shufen once embezzled public funds from our machinery factory and resold industrial coupons. After being reported, she pretended to be crazy and burned the factory's account books in public.

It was precisely because of this incident that she was transferred to the magazine department. In fact, she was relegated to the sidelines.

Since she has such a criminal record, why can't she be a slut again now?"

Director Li frowned and sat down opposite Cao Zhiqiang again: "Who did you listen to those words just now?"

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Anyway, I heard what others said. As for who it is, does it matter?"

Director Li tapped his fingers on the armrest of the sofa, then sighed: "Yes, it's not important."

"Director Li, I..."

Director Li waved his hand to stop Cao Zhiqiang from speaking.

Then, Director Li raised his head, thought for a moment, and then sighed: "The matter has come to this, it doesn't hurt to tell you.

In fact, I knew about Niu Shufen's embezzlement of public accounts and industrial coupons, because I was already the director of this factory at that time."

Having said this, Director Li sighed slightly sadly.

"I think back then, due to various reasons, I took over this factory in the midst of turmoil and became the director of this factory.

When I became the factory director, the old factory director contributed a lot and gave me a lot of guidance and help.

Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that at the beginning, if the old factory manager hadn’t shielded me from the wind and rain and took all the responsibilities on himself, I might not have been able to survive the first two years.

It can be said that without the old factory director, I would not be where I am today."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned and was about to speak, but saw Director Li's sighing look and closed his mouth again.

Director Li sighed and continued: "Due to various reasons, the old factory director had no children and only one daughter left, so he regarded this daughter as a treasure and asked me to take good care of her. Regarding this request,

Of course I have to agree."

Cao Zhiqiang finally couldn't help it anymore: "Could this old factory director's only daughter be Niu Shufen, right?"

Director Li nodded: "Yes, it's Niu Shufen. She is the only remaining child of the old factory director. As for Niu Shufen's two brothers and one sister, including Niu Shufen's mother, they have all died. They are all martyrs."

Cao Zhiqiang clicked his tongue: "Awesome, a hero."

Director Li nodded again: "Who says it's not the case? That's why Niu Shufen's status is very special. As long as she takes the right path, she will be promoted faster than others.

However, it may be because she has been too smooth since she was a child and lacked family ties since she was a child, so she...how to put it, in short, she always does one thing and does another thing behind her back.

She has always been very well-behaved in front of the old factory director, but she becomes particularly arrogant in front of people who are weaker than her."

"Haha." Cao Zhiqiang curled his lips, smiled and said nothing.

Factory Director Li glanced at Cao Zhiqiang, shook his head, and continued: "Anyway, later on, Niu Shufen joined our factory, and then I arranged for her to work as an accountant. This is an easy job, and the bonus is good for both young and old.

But who knew that she would actually steal it, and the quantity was extremely huge.

It's just that I knew about it. The key thing was that Secretary Dong at the time also knew about it.

Secretary Dong has been on the battlefield and fought in the war. He has no sand in his eyes and hates corruption especially."

Cao Zhiqiang blinked and was about to say how could he still do it now...but he quickly shut up and continued to listen to what Director Li had to say.

Director Li continued: "Back then, the person who anonymously reported Niu Shufen for embezzling public funds seemed to know very well about my relationship with her father, so the anonymous letter was not given to me immediately, but to Secretary Dong.

Secretary Dong was also a new official at that time. After seeing the anonymous letter, he became furious. He slammed the table on the spot and asked me to find someone to investigate immediately. Once verified, we must deal with it seriously.

I had no choice but to have someone check on Niu Shufen.

In fact, my idea at the time was to have someone bring Niu Shufen over first, and then let Niu Shufen admit her mistake, and then find a way to turn the big thing into a trivial one.

Who would have known that as soon as my men were sent over, Niu Shufen made a big fuss in the accounting office. Not only did she not let anyone get close to her, she tore up the account books and burned them in front of everyone in the accounting office.

This is a big deal.

It can be said that once this matter is revealed, Secretary Dong will definitely fight to the end with his temper.

If it were really found out that Niu Shufen had committed theft, refused to explain the matter, and burned the account books in public, the sum of these charges would be enough to be shot based on the circumstances at the time!

So, after I heard about this, I rushed over in person as soon as possible, took control of the scene, and gave everyone present a silence order to prevent them from telling anyone about it."

Speaking of this, Director Li glanced at Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged and remained silent, obviously not intending to betray Du Zhenguo.

Factory Director Li continued: "After I issued the gag order, I advised Niu Shufen to stop making trouble. If she makes trouble again, I won't be able to protect her.

As soon as she saw that I was here in person and heard what I said, she stopped making trouble and followed me obediently back to the security department.

Afterwards, I asked the people from the security department to lock her up, and then sent someone to check the accounts again.

At this time, Niu Shufen's man, together with the old factory director who had retired at home, came to plead for mercy in person.

According to the old factory director, Niu Shufen was also obsessed with lard for a while, and she embezzled public funds just to buy medicine and treat the old factory director's illness.

I was particularly embarrassed at the time, because to keep Niu Shufen, I had to go against Secretary Dong.

Secretary Dong is not only a fighting hero, but also has a great background. If I openly cover up, I will definitely not be able to take advantage of him.

The most important thing is that I have no chance of winning if I go against Secretary Dong.

After thinking for a long time, I could only ask the people at the factory-run hospital to give Niu Shufen a mental illness diagnosis, saying that Niu Shufen was mentally ill and could not tolerate agitation.

Then, when Niu Shufen set fire to the accounting office, it was said that after seeing the people I sent to investigate, she felt she had been wronged and fell ill in anger, so she burned the account books in public.

As for the embezzlement of public funds, I tried to find a way to smooth it over. I just said it was nothing and it was just a false accusation.

After I reported these situations to Secretary Dong, Secretary Dong really believed me.

According to what Secretary Dong said at the time, he did not believe that normal people would burn the account books in the accounting office. This must be done by a madman.

Moreover, Secretary Dong also criticized me, saying how could I let a mentally ill person work as an accountant."

Speaking of this, Director Li smiled and said, "If you don't say that, soldiers are all stupid and always take things for granted."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned at this time: "In other words, the person who helped Niu Shufen settle everything back then, or in other words, Niu Shufen's real backstage, was actually you?"

Director Li nodded with a look of shame on his face: "That's right...it's me."

After sighing, Director Li said again: "I have always regretted this matter, but, but...

You don’t know that the old factory director knelt down in front of me at that time, and cried bitterly that he wanted to sell the iron and the house, and also pay back the money owed to the government. He only asked me to let his daughter go.

Everyone is like this, how can I not agree?

Without the old factory manager, I wouldn’t be where I am now.

The old factory manager protected me from wind and rain, and I have no reason not to repay the favor, otherwise what would happen to me?"

Cao Zhiqiang narrowed his eyes: "So, in order to repay a favor, public interests can be sacrificed. Am I right to understand this?"

Director Li was silent for a long time, and then nodded: "You are right, what I did was indeed wrong, but from another perspective, if I had gone about my business, Niu Shufen would not have survived.

I forgot to tell you that Niu Shufen was pregnant when she burned the account books.

If you really go to do official business, then I really can't imagine the consequences.

In addition, Niu Shufen was not the only one who was responsible for stealing. In fact, many people were unclean.

Secretary Dong had just arrived at that time and had little experience. He did things according to his temper, but he did not know that some things could not be investigated at that time.

Take Niu Shufen for example. If I was really doing official business at that time, Niu Shufen would definitely have to confess a large number of people.

By that time, I am afraid that the entire accounting office, even the entire administrative department, and other related departments and workshops, including the unit canteen, will be in trouble.

To put it bluntly, if that matter was really revealed at that time, it would be a huge hole. Not only me, even Secretary Dong would be unable to suppress it, but in the end everyone would be unlucky together."

Cao Zhiqiang secretly curled his lips, but on the surface he sighed: "That's true, and I understand it. After all, it was back then, and everything was difficult."

"Alas." Director Li sighed.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Director Li, we won't talk about the past. The problem is now.

What are you going to do in this situation now?

Is it possible that, now, you are still trying to protect this Niu Shufen, even if this person makes me lose my dignity, is unorganized and undisciplined, and even commits suicide again?

If you want to do this, then I will continue to file a lawsuit!

You should know about my relationship with Uncle Xu, right?"