Although Li Ye hated Director Han's way of doing things, those twenty employees and cadres who had come for "observation and practical training" were still from Hongxing Factory. Since Director Han insisted, he could only notify the production department to settle their accounts and let them go.
But once the notice to leave reached those trainees, it met with fierce opposition and resistance.
"No, Director Wang, we've been working just fine. Why are you making us leave?"
"Yeah, Director Wang, didn't you say we could work until the end of the month? Why are you suddenly making us go?"
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More than a dozen Hongxing Factory workers crowded anxiously around workshop director Wang Luyang, chattering over one another as they questioned him without end.
Wang Luyang said helplessly, "I only just received the notice too. Your Director Han came to take you back. Not only are you leaving, but the five cadres in the office are leaving as well."
"I knew Old Han was behind this. Otherwise, First Branch Factory keeps its word—why would they make us leave early? Let's go find Old Han."
"What? That old bastard Han Jinqu really did this? While we've been training here, have we eaten his rice or his grain? It's bad enough that he doesn't pay us wages. We came out here to earn a little chewing money, and now he's seeing red?"
"Ah..."
Wang Luyang sighed and said, "I don't know whether he's jealous or not, but I seem to have heard that your Director Han wants to collect your wages himself. So hurry up and collect your pay first. If anything changes, we'll talk about it later."
Before Wang Luyang had even finished speaking, the Hongxing Factory workers exploded.
"What? He wants to collect our wages? I'll fuck his grandmother—"
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