Chapter 391 Workers Demand Wages
That day, Qi Tongwei was reviewing documents in his office when Liu Zhaojun suddenly burst into the office and said anxiously, "Secretary Qi, something bad has happened."
"What happened?" Qi Tongwei looked up and asked.
"A large-scale conflict broke out in front of the Hefu Construction Company in Guangming District, Jingzhou City. There were more than 200 people on both sides. It has become a hot topic." Liu Zhaojun reported quickly.
Qi Tongwei took the phone from Liu Zhaojun and started looking at it. It was a secretly filmed video.
In the video, a short, fat middle-aged man said, "Fuck you, can you understand the company's situation? Can we not give you the money?"
"Manager Bai, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. We are just waiting for our salary to go home for the New Year. Our children will need money to go to school in the spring of next year!" said a worker representative sincerely.
"I told you we have no money. You should think of a way to overcome the difficulties. As long as the company has money, we will give it to you. Go quickly and don't stay in Jingzhou. If you stay, I won't have any money to give you." Manager Bai said perfunctorily.
"No, you must settle this account for us today, otherwise we won't leave." A worker in the crowd shouted.
"That's right. We work hard for a whole year and only rely on this little salary to live," the workers said angrily.
"Shut up. I already said I don't have any money. If I had money, I wouldn't give it to you."
Qi Tongwei became more and more angry, and asked immediately: "Do you know what the situation is with this company?"
"I just asked, and rumor has it that the boss of this company is the cousin of Director Bai of the Provincial Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department," Liu Zhaojun explained.
"I got it. Call Li Dakang and tell him that I want to conduct research at this company and go now." Qi Tongwei ordered.
Liu Zhaojun nodded and agreed. After going out, he first notified the driver to prepare the car, and then immediately called Li Dakang.
"Hello, Director Liu!" Li Dakang greeted very politely when he saw that it was Liu Zhaojun calling.
"Secretary Qi is now going to Handong Province Hefu Construction Co., Ltd. for investigation, and he needs you to go with him." Liu Zhaojun reported to Li Dakang in a serious tone.
Hearing this news, Li Dakang's heart tightened, but he still responded quickly: "Okay, okay, Director Liu, I'll leave right away!"
After saying that, he immediately waved to his secretary Xiao Jin to prepare the car.
After thinking for a while, Liu Zhaojun kindly reminded: "Secretary Li, I think you'd better bring the public security personnel with you, just in case something unexpected happens."
It’s not that he and Li Dakang have any special relationship, but he is worried that the workers may act too aggressively and endanger Qi Tongwei’s safety.
Hearing Liu Zhaojun say this, Li Dakang's heart skipped a beat, realizing that something must have happened, otherwise Liu Zhaojun would not have said that.
He did not dare to neglect it and nodded and agreed immediately: "Director Liu, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job in protecting Secretary Qi's safety."
It has to be said that Li Dakang is really good at dealing with people. He was extremely polite to Liu Zhaojun. In this respect, Li Dakang, who came from a secretary background, does have an advantage over ordinary people.
After hanging up the phone, Li Dakang looked at his secretary Xiao Jin with a serious expression and quickly gave an order: "Xiao Jin, you have three minutes to find out what happened to this Hefu Construction Company! Hurry up!"
He had a clear mind and could guess from Liu Zhaojun's words just now that something serious must have happened at the Hefu Construction Company, otherwise why would they specifically ask him to bring the police with him?
Secretary Xiao Jin did not dare to delay. After receiving the instructions, he hurried out to make a phone call to inquire about the relevant situation.
Before he could call to inquire, a call from the city's public opinion control team was made to the Municipal Party Committee Office.
On the other end of the phone, the staff reported in detail to the Municipal Party Committee Office a series of events that occurred at Hefu Construction Co., Ltd.
"Damn it, these bastards, what do they want to do?" Li Dakang cursed.
After cursing for a while, Li Dakang didn't care about losing his temper and hurriedly called Dudu: "Director Dudu, there was a confrontation between the workers and the construction company at Hefu Construction Company, and Secretary Qi is going to the scene now.
You must immediately bring enough people to the scene to avoid any accidents that threaten Secretary Qi’s safety.”
Since it concerned Qi Tongwei's safety, Du hurriedly agreed and immediately took the patrol special police to the scene.
Li Dakang then notified Sun Liancheng, secretary of the Guangming District Party Committee (who was promoted to secretary of the Guangming District Party Committee some time ago), so that there would be someone to take the blame in case Qi Tongwei became too angry.
In order to get to Hefu Construction Company first, Li Dakang called the traffic police team on the way and asked them to keep the 22-minute section from Jingzhou Municipal Government to Hefu Construction Company open.
He also used the time on the road to understand the cause and effect of the matter.
Li Dakang, Dudu and others arrived at the scene almost at the same time.
"Extremely high level, control the scene immediately and check if anyone is injured. If there are any injured, send them to the hospital for treatment immediately." Li Dakang gave the order immediately.
"Yes, Secretary Li." On the surface, he still gave face to Li Dakang.
"Public security comrades, these workers will disperse soon, and we don't need your help." Manager Bai said to the public security officers who were controlling the scene.
The police ignored him and guarded various places according to the orders of the degree, waiting for orders at any time.
Dudu glanced at him and ignored him, instead looking towards the scene.
The group of people in tattered clothes at the entrance of the construction company were obviously workers demanding their wages, and opposite them were the security personnel of the construction company armed with sticks.
Dudu quickly analyzed the situation and ordered, "Li Fei."
"Here!" a middle-aged policeman shouted.
"Take down these people's weapons and control them for me." Dudu ordered.
"Yes, Director Cheng." Li Fei immediately directed a group of police officers to deal with the security personnel of the construction company.
"Leader, what happened? My name is Bai Zhiping. My cousin is Bai Zhiming, the director of the Provincial Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department. He and your Director Hou are good friends." Bai Zhiping took out a cigarette and prepared to hand it to Du.
Knowing Qi Tongwei to a certain extent, he knew that this man was finished this time. He winked at the policeman next to him, who immediately understood what he meant and took Bai Zhiping under control.
The workers originally thought that the police were hired by the construction company, but when they saw that it was obviously not the case, they began to agree with the extent of the situation.
After seeing that the people from the construction company were under control, Dudu began to calm the workers down. He wanted to ensure Qi Tongwei's absolute safety.
"Hello, fellow workers. Please stay rational. Secretary Qi of the Provincial Party Committee has learned about your situation. He is on his way. If you have any questions, please report them to Secretary Qi later."
"Are you telling the truth?" The workers were a little bit unbelieving.
"Of course it's true." Dudu assured loudly.
Then he continued, "But it's hard for so many of you to explain it clearly. You can select three or five people now and report the problem to Secretary Qi in person. What do you think?"
The workers looked at each other, and finally the leader, a very dark-skinned man, said, "Okay, we'll listen to you."
Seeing that the workers' emotions had calmed down, he breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, Qi Tongwei's special car slowly drove in.
Seeing Qi Tongwei's car arrive, Li Dakang immediately trotted forward and opened Qi Tongwei's car door first.