Extremely arrogant and with a mentality stuck years in the past, the factory director had been unable to keep up with the trends, mistakenly overestimated his own importance, and continued his old tricks—secretly selling off the company's assets, filling his own pockets, then reporting to the company that these items were either lost or damaged, and requesting funds to purchase new materials.
This sort of behavior had become second nature to the factory director, who was adept and confident in his deceit. Moreover, he had leveraged his position to fill the factory with relatives and friends, firing anyone who defied his management, thus creating a situation where he commanded the entire factory—a confidence that empowered him to confront the new company.
