Chapter 49: Situation Spirals Out of Control

  Too passive, too humiliating!

  The incident in Qingyuan City shocked the provincial leaders, and the city's leaders were still unaware of it. Guo Zichun slammed his fist on the table and summoned Tang Yifu, the vice mayor in charge of industry, to his office, ordering him to rush to the scene immediately, evacuate personnel, clear roads, and quickly calm down the incident to prevent the situation from worsening and eliminate negative impacts.

  Tang Yifu was scolded by the municipal party secretary, so he naturally didn't have a good face for Guan Haoyu. He instructed Guan Haoyu to immediately contact the main leaders of the instrument factory and rush to the scene to organize an investigation and handling.

  Guan Haoyu was after all an old hand in official circles. Deputy Mayor Tang Yifu was burning with anxiety, but he didn't show the slightest urgency.

  The laid-off workers of the instrument factory gathered to make trouble, and the head of the factory was the main responsible leader. The traffic was paralyzed, and the head of the traffic management department had to take responsibility for the negative impact. The head of the municipal party committee and government were most afraid that a big incident would occur. As a director of the state-owned assets supervision and administration commission who was about to retire, he was at most indirectly responsible for leadership.

  He slammed down the phone, and Gu Hao Yu still assigned Huang Rishan to bring the director of the Enterprise Reform Department, Ye Ping, and Qi Daguang to the scene. He himself used his physical discomfort as an excuse and continued to hide in his office, refusing to show up.

  Tang Yifu has always been known for his boldness and decisiveness, a typical hardliner. He had previously handled some conflicts involving state-owned enterprise employees, but almost all of them were nipped in the bud by him taking strong measures without mercy. The municipal party secretary Guo Zichun and mayor Zhu Minwen are satisfied with Tang Yifu's ability to handle sudden events.

  Today, this matter came out too suddenly, making Tang Yifu lose face in front of the provincial and municipal leaders. He had a fire burning in his heart. As soon as he arrived at the scene, before the car had even stopped, the first thing that caught Tang Yifu's eye was not the blocked traffic or the crowded crowd, but the few banners hanging at the factory gate:

  "State-owned assets must not be lost!"

  "We want to survive, we want to work!"

  "Defend the Instrument Factory with our lives!"

  Especially the last one was written "officials and merchants collude, can't die a good death!" This is especially piercing in Tang Yifu's eyes, as if it were cursing him. Looking around, he saw that among the few people who came to greet him, Guan Haoyu was not there, and his anger was even more unbearable. He thought to himself, "You're putting on airs with your seniority again."

  He then poured all the fire on Huang Rishan, Guan Haoyu's substitute, scolding him severely without saying a word, forcing him to take people to collect the banners hanging at the factory gate, and said that if he couldn't do it, let Guan Haoyu come and do it himself.

  Tang Yifu is in charge of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Huang Rishan wants to smoothly take over Guan Haoyu's position, this deputy mayor who is in charge can decide life or death with just one sentence, his instructions must be executed without any discount.

  Huang Rishan was not stupid either, he asked Ye Ping, the director of the Enterprise Reform Department, to bring over Secretary Guo and Director Liu from the Instrument Factory, telling them to organize people to go and confiscate the banners. If they couldn't do it, then the secretary and director shouldn't be in their positions anymore.

  This is how officialdom works: one level presses down on another; whoever controls the official hat is the master.

  The black hat of state-owned enterprise leaders is held in the hands of SASAC, and Huang Rishang's instructions are naturally not dared to disobey by Secretary Guo and Director Liu.

  In fact, Secretary Guo and Director Liu had already been secretly scolded by the factory workers as "traitors who sell out the factory". Their words were not listened to by many people. After receiving the notice, the two of them brought several mid-level cadres who were close to them, and they had been squeezed into the crowd, begging for help from their fathers and mothers, but the chaotic scene did not improve at all. Instead, it was pushed back and forth by laid-off workers, getting more and more anxious, sweating profusely, and still unable to do anything about it, with more and more people gathering.

  They thought that with the leaders from the municipal and state-owned assets committee arriving, the pressure would be alleviated a bit. But they never expected that the first task assigned by the leaders was not to evacuate the crowd or clear the road, but to confiscate the banners.

  It's an imperial decree, how can it be disobeyed!

  To show the SASAC's support, Huang Rishang asked Qi Daguang to follow Guo Secretary and Liu Factory Director together.

  Tang Yifu informed the head of Beihu District Public Security Bureau, Hao Jiancheng. After Huang Rishan was dispatched, Hao Jiancheng led a dozen or so police officers including Han Li and rushed over in several police cars.

  Tang Yifu ordered Hao Jiancheng to organize police forces and immediately disperse the crowds blocking the riverside highway, ensuring the road remained unobstructed.

  Hao Jian immediately ordered Han Li to lead a dozen or so police officers in forming a human wall, using threats and intimidation to slowly push the crowd standing in the middle of the road onto the sidewalk, finally restoring normal traffic flow on the Tongqinglianjiang Bridge.

  Tang Yifu was very satisfied with Hao Jiancheng's tough performance, but he was very dissatisfied that Huang Rishan couldn't take down the hanging banner for a long time.

  At the factory gate, a group of female workers led by Tan Yufen organized a banner hanging event. They were all middle-aged women with sharp tongues and quick wit, who not only remained unmoved by the earnest persuasion of Secretary Guo and Director Liu, but also scolded them until they were covered in sweat.

  Tang Yifu called to urge Huang Rishan, and Huang Rishan immediately called to urge Qi Daguang. After several rounds of urging, Tang Yifu couldn't help but say coldly: "Huang Rishan, with your indecisive character, can you really be a leader?"

  Huang Rishan was really anxious, he held up his mobile phone and shouted at Qi Daguang: "Qi Daguang, such a trivial matter can't be handled for half a day, with your incompetence, how can you still be the director of the office?"

  Zhi Daguang was stimulated and, after consulting with Secretary Guo and Director Liu, decided to take drastic action. He took the lead, rushed forward and tore down a banner. Secretary Guo also directed several mid-level cadres, some of whom blocked the female workers while others went to tear down banners.

  The female workers were caught off guard and didn't have the strength to resist these few big men, in just over ten seconds, several banners had fallen into the hands of Qi Daguang and others.

  Tan Yufen suddenly became anxious, her eyebrows inverted and she loudly shouted: "Sisters, take back the banner."

  Female workers swarmed up, led by Tan Yufen, and tore and pulled Qi Daguang and others.

  Zi Daguang finally managed to grab a banner and hastily stuffed it into his bosom, planning to take it to Huang Rishan's face to show off. Seeing Tan Yufen rushing over, he stretched out his hand to block her, but ended up bumping into Tan Yufen's chest.

  "Someone's here! Someone's being a hooligan!" Tan Yufen hadn't realized, but a loud voice shouted from an auntie beside her.

  Zhang Wei and the others were chased to the side of the road by the police, heard the shouting at the factory gate, turned back to see that Qi Daguang's hand was pressed on Tan Yufen's chest, immediately furious, he rushed over and slapped Qi Daguang in the face.

  Young workers were driven back and forth by the police, but they didn't dare to argue with them. They had been holding in their anger for a long time. After being laid off, they had suffered a lot of grievances in society and had developed a fearless attitude. As soon as Zhang Wei made a move, everyone joined in, each one showing off their strength, wanting to vent all the resentment in their hearts on Qi Daguang and Secretary Guo.

  These few fellows, seeing the situation was not good, did not wait for the young workers to rush up and fled in a flurry of ghostly wails, with Qi Daguang, who held the banner, running even faster than a rabbit. The remaining banners were also snatched back by Tan Yufen and other female workers.

  Tang Yifu and others are just this effect, this is also his usual trick to deal with sudden events, on the surface he doesn't make a sound, secretly instructing people to make some small moves, the people who cause trouble are already emotionally excited, slightly stimulated and easily lose control, once they take action, catching people becomes justified.

  Tang Yifu has a good grasp of the psychology of ordinary people, who although like to stir up trouble, are mostly timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Once their own family members are taken away, they immediately become weak and soft, and want to beg the government to release them.

  At this time, the vast majority of people have forgotten the goal of gathering and making trouble, and they just hope to release the person as soon as possible and everything will be fine.

  Zhang Wei and his men indeed fell into the trap, and Tang Yifu gave orders to Hao Jiancheng: "Arrest them."

  Han Li led several fully armed police officers into the crowd, went forward and subdued Zhang Wei, put on handcuffs and dragged him onto a police car.

  The young worker who was eager to move forward was stunned and immediately stopped his chasing footsteps.

  Da Hu and Lao Wan rushed over, shouting loudly: "No way, you can't take him away!"

  Han Li glared at them: "What's going on? Do you want to attack the police? If you dare to make another move, I'll arrest all of you together."

  Taking advantage of Lao Wan's momentary distraction, two policemen pushed Zhang Wei into the police car.

  If it were another woman, she would probably cry and beg the police to release her husband. However, Tan Yufen was a brave woman who rushed to the front of the police car and shouted: "You want to take away my man? You'll have to step over me first."

  Han Li ordered: "Drag her away!"

  Two young policemen rushed over and seized Tan Yufen's arms.

  Tan Yufen suddenly tore open her shirt, half-exposing her breasts, and shouted "The police are being hoodwinked!" The two young policemen saw the situation and didn't dare to drag her away, so they let go of their hands and retreated to one side.

  Tan Yufen didn't stop, rushing forward and crashing straight into Han Li's arms, scaring him pale, retreating repeatedly, hiding in another police car, and not daring to come out again.

  The laid-off female workers from the instrument factory were encouraged by Tan Yufen, and one by one they bared their chests and stood in front of the police car that was holding Zhang Wei.

  It's lively and beautiful, with passersby stopping to watch.

  The traffic that had just resumed was blocked again.

  Zi Daguang covered his face and leaned towards Huang Rushan, who pulled out a banner from his arms and ran towards Tang Yifu to show off. Wu Shicai, who had been watching coldly, saw this and shouted: "There are even bigger leaders over there, let's go reason with them!"

  The laid-off workers rushed towards the direction where Tang Yifu's Audi car was parked.

  Hao Jiancheng was shocked and directed the remaining police officers to form a human wall, blocking the Audi car.

  The situation is out of control again and more chaotic than before.

  Tang Yifu scolded Huang Rishan severely and got into the car, then called Guan Haoyu and ordered him to quickly organize forces to quell the incident. Otherwise, he would submit his resignation report to his office tomorrow.

  Guan Haoyu answered the phone and remained calm, summoning Ouyang Meimei to his office with just one call.

  With a brief introduction of the situation, Ou Yang Mei's delicate face broke into a sinister cold smile as she said, "Director, don't worry, I have a way."