At around 9:30 p.m., the police officers from the Zhannan District Police Department left the People's Hospital after taking statements. At this time, the two foremen who were disabled by Changqing Company were just pushed out of the emergency room.
Kong Zhenghui had been in the hospital parking lot for more than an hour, but because there were police officers and some people from the sanitation management committee upstairs, he did not go up immediately.
When most people had left, Kong Zhenghui took several brothers from his family into the surgical building and came to the intensive care ward area on the third floor.
At the door of the ward, many workers from the Bai and Kong families came. They were all friends and brothers of the seriously ill foreman. When they saw Kong Zhenghui, they immediately surrounded him.
"Xiao Kong, Daming and Lao Li were both seriously injured. The doctor said that they are now disabled for sure. Whether they can survive depends on the follow-up treatment." An older middle-aged man said in an urgent tone: "We are on strike to support your companies. Now that someone is injured, the company can't just ignore it!"
"Yes, this person is disabled. What will happen to the whole family in the future?!"
"...!"
The workers present were very scared and spoke for the two foremen.
Kong Zhenghui looked at everyone with a serious expression and said in a loud voice: "Don't panic, everyone. The company will definitely take care of Lao He and Lao Li. I will discuss with Bai Hongbo later to see how to pay the money. I'll put it this way. Even if the bandits can't be caught and we can't get compensation, the company will pay the money."
When everyone heard this, their faces eased a lot.
Kong Zhenghui waved his hand and continued, "It's getting late now, so let's go and stop gathering here. Oh, by the way, don't tell anyone about what happened today, so as not to affect the mood of other workers. But don't worry, the police department just called me and said that the gangsters who injured people have been identified, and such things will not happen again in the future."
The workers could get very little information. Seeing that Kong Zhenghui was so sure, they didn't ask any more questions and left together anxiously.
After everyone left, Kong Zhenghui met the wife of his foreman He Daming and his son who had just come of age.
In the accompanying room of the ward, Kong Zhenghui closed the door and looked at He Daming's wife, who was dressed very simply: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, our company will definitely take charge of He's matter, and will not let those murderers off."
He Daming's wife is not well educated. She has been crying since she arrived at the hospital. At this moment, she looked at Kong Zhenghui with red eyes and said: "Xiao Kong! We don't need the company to take charge, and we don't look for any murderers. We are really scared. We can't beat those people from Changqing Company... We accept that Lao He was beaten like this... As long as the company pays for his injuries and saves his life, I will be satisfied... Really!"
Kong Zhenghui frowned at her and whispered, "Sister-in-law, this matter must not be let go. We are good people, why did they cripple us?! Listen to me, I have already found a connection with the police station, and people from two well-known media will come here soon. They will interview you and expose this case. When the public attention increases, someone will definitely pay for this matter."
"What, expose?! Don't dare, Xiao Kong! We have just been on strike for less than three days, and this person has been crippled. If it is really exposed, can our family of three still save their lives? The people from Changqing Company said that if we continue to make trouble, it will really be fatal!" He Daming's wife shouted in horror.
"Sister-in-law, I have arranged everything for the media. As long as it is exposed, they will not dare to make trouble again."
"No, Xiao Kong, listen to me, we are just ordinary people, we can't afford to fight with Changqing Company." He Daming's wife grabbed Kong Zhenghui's arm with a trembling voice and said, "I beg you, don't take the lead in making trouble again, and don't do any interviews."
Kong Zhenghui was silent after hearing this.
"Xiao Kong, save people first!" He Daming's wife said with a little pleading.
Kong Zhenghui paused and said, "Sister-in-law, if you don't cooperate with the company, other workers will not dare to strike again tomorrow. If the company goes bankrupt, how can you manage Brother He?"
He Daming's wife was stunned: "What do you mean by this?"
"...We have to get through this together and breathe a sigh of relief together, sister-in-law!"
"Xiao Kong! Lao He helped your company to stand up for it, so he led the workers below to go on strike. Now that something has happened, don't you want to manage him?!" He Daming's wife's tears have not dried yet, and she shouted in a trembling voice: "There is no such thing, Xiao Kong!"
"You went on strike, and I paid you, sister-in-law." Kong Zhenghui replied expressionlessly.
He Daming's wife stared at Kong Zhenghui in amazement, speechless.
"If ordinary workers go on strike for one day, I will give them a subsidy in addition to their normal wages. But foremen like Brother He will take one thousand yuan from me every day, not counting the contract area I promised to give Brother He for free." Kong Zhenghui slightly bent over and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, the money is not taken for free!"
"Xiao Kong, your words are not humane at all...!"
"It's not that I'm not humane, it's that reality doesn't give you the opportunity to consider human feelings." Kong Zhenghui turned around and pointed at the drip bottle next to the bed, and asked word by word: "I ask you, if you don't pay today, can the life-saving medicine be injected into the blood vessels? Sister-in-law!"
The woman gritted her teeth and said nothing.
"I will arrange for the media to come over later. You should explain clearly the monopoly of Changqing Company and the suspected violent retaliation against workers. The worse, the better." Kong Zhenghui narrated softly: "After you finish speaking and cooperate, I will send someone to pay the hospital fees. As for the compensation, the company will also give you the maximum amount. I'll make it clear that it will not be less than 20,000 yuan, and your son can also join the company in the future. Brother He can't work anymore, so I will give him the contracted area. That's it, sister-in-law."
After speaking, Kong Zhenghui turned around and left. When he reached the door, he did not forget to remind him: "Don't instill too much negative emotions in other workers, sister-in-law."
The woman looked at her husband whose legs were broken on the bed and her son who had just become an adult outside the door, and murmured helplessly: "Joining the company... Then my son is still a worker...!"
Yes, it is difficult for the son of a worker to no longer be a worker...
Tears slid down, extremely turbid.
...
An hour and a half later.
Bai Hongbo drank in a well-known KTV in Zhannan District and came to the hospital drunkenly to the ward of Li Gang, the head of the Bai family's workers.
"Dabai, your uncle was messed up like this, what do you think we should do?" Li Gang's wife asked.
Bai Hongbo sat on the chair and replied in a cheerful voice: "The company will take care of it! Medical expenses, lost wages, pensions, and compensation are all paid by the company."
"Dabai, we dare not strike again, or we will lose our lives." Li Gang's wife cried.
Bai Hongbo burped, stood up, looked at the other party and said: "The man is like this, can you still make trouble with him? Okay, aunt, you take care of your uncle and heal his injuries, and don't worry about anything else."
"Hey!" Li Gang's wife nodded.
Bai Hongbo lowered his head and took out his wallet, took out all the cash of more than 3,000 yuan, threw it on the bed and said, "I asked people from the city to deal with my father's business today, and the money is almost spent. You can use this to pay the fees and buy some nutritional supplements. It will not be counted in the money given by the company."
"Hey!"
"This is the world, you should also be more open-minded, auntie!" Although Bai Hongbo was drunk, he did not leave immediately after paying the money, but chatted with Li Gang's family for more than an hour before leaving.
Before leaving, Li Gang's wife took the initiative to say, "Dabai, we won't talk nonsense to the workers below, it's not easy for you either."
Bai Hongbo wiped his eye mucus and replied with a wry smile, "Yes, it's all difficult."
...
It was more than 11 o'clock in the evening.
In the main building of the Su family garbage dump, Su Tianyu was sitting in the living room, listening to the workers' chat.
Because there have been many things going on recently, and the Su family is the leader in the arm wrestling with Changqing Company, there are seven or eight workers on duty every night. These people are bored at night, so they get together to smoke and chat about dirty jokes.
Su Tianyu likes this atmosphere very much, and he also sits in the living room, watching everyone play cards and talk nonsense.
In the corner of the house, Wu Shixiong, the black iron tower, sits on a small stool, fiddling with a half-carved wood sculpture.
Su Tianyu is bored and asks curiously: "Daxiong, why are you on duty every night? Don't you go home?"
"One... Thirty yuan a day, I can earn a little more by being on duty." Daxiong replied naively.
"Haha, you love money!" Su Tianyu laughed.
"There are four brothers in my family, only I... I... I am not smart... My dad said... There is no money for me to marry a wife, I earn it myself." Wu Shixiong grinned and replied.
Su Tianyu was a little surprised to hear such a plain reason and looked at Daxiong again.
Next to him, a worker smoking a cigarette bared his teeth and asked Wu Shixiong: "Silly Xiong, have you ever had s*x with a woman? Why are you always planning to get married?"
"No." Wu Shixiong replied simply.
"Then will you have s*x after you get married?" The worker asked in a purely teasing way.
"How...how to do it?"
"I'll tell you, when you are not on duty one day, when you stay at home at night, if you hear any movement in your parents' room, you can lie outside the window and watch secretly... You will learn it after watching a few times, haha!" The worker said with a smile.
Su Tianyu frowned slightly when he heard this, but did not say anything.
Wu Shixiong glanced at him, lowered his head and continued to fiddle with the wood carving, without answering.
"Silly Xiong, have you ever heard any movement in your parents' room?"
"...!" Wu Shixiong lowered his head and remained silent.
"F*ck, how old is his father? What can he do? You are asking nonsense." Another worker took over the conversation.
"Haha!"
The six or seven people in the room laughed boredly when they heard this.
"Tap tap!"
There was a sound of footsteps, and the third sister came down from upstairs, scolding fiercely: "Are you all sick? You make fun of Nobita every day?! Are you guys mean? Are you all free? Go out for patrol and stop smoking!"
When everyone saw the third sister coming down, they didn't dare to argue anymore. They gathered in groups of three or five and walked out of the main building.
Wu Shixiong secretly glanced at the fierce third sister, turned around and put the wood carving in his pocket: "I... I'm going to patrol too."
"Tap tap!"
A burst of footsteps sounded, and Su Tiannan rushed to the cargo yard in the early morning and said to Tianyu: "Something happened to the striking workers, and two were seriously injured."
Su Tianyu's face did not show any surprise, and he slowly stood up and replied: "Let's talk upstairs."
...
Zhannan District, City of Dreams, Lu Feng sat in the box with the phone: "I'll see if his workers will withdraw tomorrow! If they do, I'll immediately go after the next one, and our game will be solved, and we can arrange everything clearly."
"Have you decided which one to go after?" Li Hongze asked.
"Hehe..." Lu Feng grinned.