The 325 factory has more than 700 employees, which is relatively large among the few factories that produce tracks for tanks and armored vehicles. The Red Star Plant invested millions of yuan in the technical transformation of two production workshops, forming the capacity to produce tracks for the Asian Tiger tank.

So far, 20 sets of qualified products have been supplied, and it is an important component supplier for Asian Tiger tanks.

In the deal with Iran's Puda, the contradiction between the two sides is the production capacity. Iran's Puda company asked for more Asian Tiger tanks in a short period of time, but Red Star Defense could not increase its production capacity. In such a situation, Red Star Defense has been working hard to increase production.

At this moment, once there is a problem with the supply of tracks in the 325 factory, it will affect the contract with Iran's Puda company of hundreds of millions of dollars. Earning foreign exchange is a big thing in a big deal, once there is a problem, the slap above will be decisively and vigorously fanned down, and the ten Red Star Factories tied together can't catch that kind of anger.

The international arms deal is a major event, and the value of the Iran-Iraq contract won by the agent of the Red Star Factory is very likely to be the total amount of orders from other military enterprises in the country in the next 10 years, and it may even exceed it.

Therefore, ensuring a steady increase in the production capacity of the most important Asian Tiger tank is a top priority for Red Star Defense at the moment.

The 325 factory chose to use the strike as a threat at this moment, demanding the same treatment as the employees of the Red Star Factory, and I have to say that it really hit the soft underbelly of the Red Star Factory.

The next morning, Jiang Hao and the other three got up early in the morning, and after washing, they went to look at Li Lu's door, but no one opened the door for a while. When he was wondering, Li Lu walked over from the direction of the canteen and brought a large plate.

"Eat and talk." Li Lu opened the door with the key and let the three of them in.

Putting breakfast on the coffee table, Li Lu said, "Eat, talk while eating." ”

Wan Shan noticed that Li Lu's bed was not deep, indicating that Li Lu got up early. Combined with the fact that he came back from breakfast for dinner, he was able to conclude that something unexpected must have happened.

Picked up a bun and took a bite, pointing to the right side of the room, Li Lu said, "It's better to come early than to come by chance, Chen Huang lives in this room on the side, and he left before dawn." ”

"Chen Huang?" All three were taken aback.

The obstacles encountered by the 325 Factory before were made by Chen Huang's gang, who wanted to sell the 325 Factory at a low price to obtain personal profits to achieve the goal of embezzling domestic production. As a result, the Red Star Factory intervened strongly, and Chen Huang and the others not only had their plans in vain, but everyone was cleared out of the 325 Factory, even his elders were not spared.

The senior management of the Red Star Factory knew about this matter, and originally thought it was over, but it turned out to be troublesome again. The three of them all felt that the strike of the 325 factory might not be so simple.

Li Lu smiled, "I listened to the root of the wall once. The strike of Factory 325 has a great deal to do with Chen Huang. Xiao Jiang, Zhu Tongjie, chairman of the trade union, are you familiar with this person? ”

"The last time we met, during the symposium, I met this person, but he didn't talk much at the time." Jiang Hao said.

He knew several leaders of the 325 factory, but the chairman of the trade union belonged to a relatively marginal leader and had no right to speak, so Jiang Hao didn't care much about him at that time.

Li Lu said, "Now it seems that it was a wrong decision not to adjust the management team of the 352 factory at that time. ”

Wan Shan said in a deep voice, "Squad leader, this Chen Huang, leave it to me." ”

Li Lu said, "I have this intention, but I didn't want you to kill him." Investigate, give Lao Tzu a thorough investigation, and find out what role he played in the 325 factory strike. ”

"Understood." Wan Shan nodded in agreement.

Li Lu took a pen and paper and wrote an address and handed it to Wan Shan, saying, "This is his home address." ”

Obviously, Li Lu tracked Chen Huang when he left the guest house.

Pointing at Zhang Weiwei, Li Lu said, "Lao Zhang, you and Wan Shan are secretly investigating Chen Huang, and you must find out what conspiracy they have." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Weiwei grabbed a bun and immediately went out with Wanshan.

Jiang Hao couldn't eat breakfast, so he hurriedly asked, "Third brother, what should we do?" ”

"Do what you have to do." Li Lu said, wiped his mouth clean, patted his thigh, and said, "Let's go, go to the factory." ”

Fu Yonggui received a notice from the Red Star Factory a few days ago, knowing that Li Lu was going to come over in person, but he didn't know what day it was, and he didn't know that Li Lu went to the singer factory first, and then went to the 325 factory when he returned.

Wan Shan and Zhang Weiwei naturally found a way to find a means of transportation to run errands, and Li Lu and Jiang Hao drove the dirty LC80 and went straight to the 325 factory. Li Lu deliberately passed by the steel plant and took a few glances at the Longcheng Iron and Steel Plant. There are a lot of trucks coming and going at the gate of the production area, which shows the good benefits of Longcheng Iron and Steel Plant. When passing through the gate of the factory, it coincided with the rush hour of work, and the army of bicycles rushed in, indicating that the wages of the workers of this factory were quite good.

At least it's much better than the old Bright Factory.

The director and secretary of Longcheng Iron and Steel Plant are at the same level as the secretary and mayor of Longcheng City.

After driving about five kilometers northeast of the Longcheng Iron and Steel Plant, I saw a factory on the left, which was relatively independent.

Jiang Hao pointed there and said, "Third brother, that's the 325 factory." ”

Like most factories of this era, there is a strong Soviet-style layout, and the color of the buildings is mainly gray, but fortunately, the sky market in Dragon City is blue, so that it does not look so oppressive. Li Lu couldn't understand why the factory architecture style of the Soviet Union was dim and bleak, although it was as calm as steel, it seemed too depressing, and there was no positive taste.

It was the time to go to work in the morning, and compared with the Longcheng Iron and Steel Plant, the gate facing the south side of the 325 factory was much more deserted, and only a few people pushed bicycles in. The doorman stood there with his hands behind his back, yawning incessantly. Looking further in, the door to the workshop in the distance is closed.

It's not like a factory that's running at full capacity, it's more like a factory that's on the verge of closing.

When the doorman saw a car coming, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran over to inquire about the situation.

Li Lu rolled down all the windows and handed out the documents.

The doorman took a look, hurriedly stood up and saluted, and returned the documents to Li Lu with both hands.

"I'm looking for your factory director Fu Yonggui." Li Lu said.

"Chief, I'll call the factory department immediately!" The doorman said.

Li Lu waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll go directly." You go and open the door. ”

"Yes!"

The doorman hurriedly opened the door.

The certificate presented by Li Lu is the general manager of the Red Star Defense Company, and the 325 Factory knows that the Red Star Defense Company is a big customer, the God of Wealth. On the contrary, most of the workers do not have much clear understanding of the Red Star Factory. In the eyes of many workers, the Red Star Factory is the capitalist who paid for the 325 Factory, and the orders of the Red Star Defense Company were won by the 325 Factory itself.

There was clearly something wrong with the bootstrapping.

Entering the factory gate, Jiang Hao introduced the situation of the 325 factory, and Li Lu circled around the factory along the concrete-paved road. As far as the eye can see, the production area is lifeless, and even the fallen leaves of the trees on the side of the road have not been cleared. The more he looked at it, the more ugly Li Lu's face became. The real situation was worse than he had predicted. This is clearly not the result of occasional strikes.

"When did the supply of Asian Tiger tank tracks over there be a problem with Red Star Defense?" Li Lu asked.

Jiang Hao recalled carefully and said, "A week before the Spring Festival, in January. It's been a month now. ”

Therefore, Li Lu can know that at most, in half a month, the production capacity of the Asian Tiger tank will have problems due to the supply cut off by the 325 factory.

"Fu Yonggui should be damned." Li Ludao.

Jiang Hao persuaded in a low voice, "Third brother, let's understand the situation clearly first, Director Fu is very capable." I'm not speaking for him, he played a big role in the previous technical transformation and production. ”

"Merit is merit, and passing is excess. The current state of the 325 factory can fully explain that Fu Yonggui has lost control of the 325 factory. Li Lu said in a deep voice, "Or, he has taken an attitude of implicit support for the strike." ”

Jiang Hao was speechless, no matter which one it was, it would be difficult to forgive Fu Yonggui's mistakes.

Turning to the warehouse, Li Lu saw that there were several sets of tracks placed in the open space in front of him, and there were several workers sitting around the small Mazha on the side, eating breakfast in the open air, and a small wooden table was set up in the middle, not afraid of the cold to eat breakfast in the open air.

Stopping the car, Li Lu and Jiang Hao walked over.

The workers had already seen the car coming, but there was no such car in the factory, so they stood up one after another, thinking that some big local leader had come up.

Li Lu remained silent, and greeted the workers with a smile, "A few masters, how can you put it out for breakfast on a cold day?" ”

One of the older workers, the master, hid the chopsticks behind him unnaturally, and said, "You, who are you?" ”

Li Lu introduced himself with a smile, "I am from Red Star Defense Company, and I will accompany the leader to see the production situation here." ”

Jiang Hao on the side kept wiping his nose, thinking, the third brother is too good at acting, his face is not red and his heart is not beating.

"Oh, the leader of the Red Star Defense has come to inspect the work." The older worker looked at the others a few times and said, "You're the leader's driver?" ”

"Uh, yes, this orderly who is also the leader, let's go around." Li Lu pointed at Jiang Hao.

Obviously, if such a young couple introduced themselves as leaders, no one would believe them. The doorman is different, there are only two people in the car, and Li Lu can't hide his identity.

"I see, this, you, have you had breakfast, right?" The older workers hurriedly invited.

Li Lu smiled, "Then I'm welcome." ”

The workers hurriedly vacated their seats, and the young workers beckoned to the others and said, "Go inside and get some side dishes, and some porridge." ”

Someone was going to work right away.

The older worker smiled and said, "Comrade, breakfast is relatively simple, just eat it." ”

"It's okay, I just like to drink some porridge and eat a few bites of side dishes." Li Lu took the chopsticks handed over by another worker and ate the vegetables honestly and unceremoniously.

Seeing this, Jiang Hao hurriedly cooperated with the performance to the end and ate it.

The distance is so close, and the gap between each other's professions disappears all at once. Drivers are a very enviable and awe-inspiring profession, and the driver who leads the car.

"Master, what's going on, it seems that the factory has stopped production." After chatting a few words of gossip, Li Lu asked.

The older worker immediately became angry and said, "It's not that the Red Star Factory is causing trouble. ”

The little worker around him was quick to speak, and immediately shouted, saying, "The workers of the Red Star Factory take at least more than 300 yuan a month, and what about us, my master only gets more than 300 yuan a month, and my master is a sixth-level fitter." It's all a boss, but our 325 factory is raised by the stepmother, it's so unfair! ”

"Xiaoyi, eat your breakfast!" The older worker scolded.

Li Lu pointed to the warehouse and said, "Master, what's going on with this warehouse?" And the tracks in the open space over there, which I look like the tracks of our company's Asian Tiger tanks. ”

With a long sigh, the older worker said, "Little comrade, you have to help talk to your leader." This warehouse is not under our control, we are the workshop. But after the strike, the people in the warehouse stopped coming to work. You can also see that these sets of tracks that were supposed to be pulled into the warehouse are right at this gate, and no one cares about them after the strike. So what to do, the factory let us come here to live and guard these sets of tracks day and night. These are all qualified finished products, if they are damaged or dismantled by criminals and sold as scrap iron, the loss can be great. ”

Jiang Hao said, "Since it is a product that can leave the factory, why not pull it to our company?" ”

The little worker named Xiaoyi couldn't help but say again, "It's all on strike, who cares about this." None of the people in the transportation department went to work, who would pull it. ”

Li Lu said quietly, "But if it's just in the open air, it will also affect the rain, right?" ”

"There must be an impact, at least now these sets of tracks have to leave the factory, and they have to be re-tested, and then do maintenance work such as rust removal." The older worker said helplessly, he looked at the track as if he was looking at his own child, after all, it was a fruit produced by his own hands, and it was put in the open air like this, who didn't feel distressed.

Li Lu frowned and asked strangely, "What does the strange Red Star Factory mean?" I heard the leader mention a few words before, saying that the Red Star Factory has bought your factory, and many of the supply contracts of our Red Star Defense Company are given to the Red Star Factory. Your wages ......"

"Comrade driver, that's not what you say." The older worker said, "What you said is true, but since you bought our 325 factory, at least you have to treat everyone equally, right?" Our 325 factory is a lot lower than that of the Red Star Factory. This is patently unfair. ”

Xiaoyi said with hatred, "Not only should we increase wages, but we should also give dividends to our employees!" The Red Star Factory didn't know how to buy our factory, so we didn't even have an establishment, but became employees of a private enterprise. The private sector is something, they can fire us if they say it's open. Therefore, we require a share dividend, and we are truly in charge. ”

Isn't this a pack of white-eyed wolves!

Jiang Hao almost couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and his smile had slowly disappeared. The situation of the 325 factory, from beginning to end, he knows best. At that time, the 325 factory had not been able to pay wages for several months, and what was waiting for them was to close down and go bankrupt.