Chapter 322: Chapter 322

Gong Zheng was dumbfounded after receiving the call from Gong Zhuang. What? Their father’s money wasn’t gone, but Gong Qiang wanted to swallow it all up rightfully.

This is absolutely unacceptable. Gong Zheng would never agree to this. Even if the four brothers had to split it among themselves, it would be better than letting Gong Qiang take it all alone.

But should he go back? Gong Zheng was also considering it. He was about to get a promotion, which was almost settled, but until he received the official order, anything could happen. He had to be cautious.

Not going back could save him some trouble. None of his brothers at home were good people; even the second brother, whom he previously thought was honest, had become hard to understand.

But if he didn’t go back, would he miss out on any benefits? Gong Zheng was actually more worried about this issue because it involved a house of the Dong family.

If there was such a house, their four brothers could each get half a house.

It’s really a dilemma; Gong Zheng sat at his desk, unable to concentrate on work, with thoughts only of the house.

Gong Zheng sat there dazed, not handling tasks, and although his colleagues were a bit annoyed, there was nothing they could do, knowing that Gong Zheng’s father-in-law had connected with a major leader and would soon be promoted.

With the father-in-law getting promoted, Gong Zheng would be promoted too. How could these people dare to offend someone who was clearly about to rise?

No matter how disgruntled they were inside, they could only turn a blind eye, and it was better to work hard, as they might later have to take over Gong Zheng’s unfinished work.

While other colleagues in the office were busy with work, striving to advance, Gong Zheng stood out as being inattentive.

Usually, this wouldn’t be a problem if it were any other day, since there’s always someone slacking off, but today Gong Zheng was unlucky enough to encounter a senior leader coming down for an inspection.

If everyone were lazy, the leader might not notice the difference, but since everyone else was busy, Gong Zheng was underscored as inattentive in his work.

"Who is that?" The senior leader asked softly to the person beside him.

The person beside him peered through the glass window and immediately spotted Gong Zheng.

Unfortunately, his side was at odds with Gong Zheng’s father-in-law’s side. He had been unable to trip up the opposite side, but now, seeing such a good opportunity, how could he pass it up?

He promptly reported Gong Zheng’s situation, but knowing not to exaggerate excessively, lest the leader think poorly of his character.

"Working diligently and responsibly?"

"Does this count as diligent?" The senior leader was displeased. If it weren’t for this impulsive inspection, he wouldn’t have seen such a scene.

"Do not let this spread," the senior leader continued his rounds, quickly touring the adjacent offices and returning unnoticed.

The senior leader returned to his office, had not even had a cup of water before being exasperated by the report that was delivered, "How could there be so many defective products?" Content orıginally comes from novel[f]ire.net

"What are the technical department people doing?" Suddenly he remembered that Gong Zheng was part of the technical department, and he got increasingly angry.

Because there were so many people in the technical department not pulling their weight, such a major issue occurred, "Freeze all current personnel in the technical department, no transfers allowed from the department."

"Also, the supervisor of this office -- no, the technical section chief receives major demerits."

"The technical department staff receives no annual bonuses for a year, and the section chief for three years."

The vice director, who delivered the report, was stunned by the director’s remarks. These penalties were quite severe; the technical department was really in big trouble.

However, given such significant losses, someone had to take responsibility for it, or else there would be so many losses.

The vice director turned to prepare to convey the director’s orders, but remembered something significant, "Technical section chief Gong Zheng is about to be transferred to the main factory’s technical section as deputy chief."

Though it’s just a deputy chief position, it’s the main factory’s technical section deputy chief, and the chief is retiring in less than two years, clearly paving the way for Gong Zheng to rise.

"With this level of skill, still trying for the deputy chief position?" The senior leader sneered a few times, wondering how many connections were pulled, "I will discuss this with the main factory."

Having just announced the penalties, it would be a loss of face for him if Gong Zheng were transferred just like that.

The senior leader grabbed the phone and called the main factory, and the vice director, after getting the insight he wanted, respectfully left the director’s office.

As for how the further events will unfold, really, it’s not something someone without an influential background could consider; it’s better to leave swiftly.

Is there any question about who would prevail in this matter? Of course, the local director would win; others shouldn’t even entertain the thought.

Headquarters over there would not cause discord with the local director over someone like Gong Zheng.

Wu Zhen, Gong Zheng’s father-in-law, had been in a great mood recently. He had thought that after fleeing to here in disgrace, it would take a long time to rise again, but unexpectedly, it happened so quickly. How could he restrain his joy?

Thinking about how soon he would be promoted and could go back and mock those who ridiculed him at the time, Wu Zhen almost wanted to sing a song.

A pleased Wu Zhen naturally wouldn’t concern himself with the happenings in the workshop below.

The technical department was the first to learn about this matter. As a leader, Gong Zheng naturally noticed it too, but since he didn’t think it was a problem for their department, he didn’t worry about it.

Although Gong Zheng went to the workshop to handle this matter, with his mindset of soon leaving, he certainly wouldn’t foolishly rush out to solve this problem. Since it had nothing to do with him, there was no need to be the bad guy.

Gong Zheng adopted an approach of not offending others, which left the newly arrived senior leader quite dissatisfied, wondering how someone with no sense of responsibility could climb to the chief position.

The senior leader couldn’t help but feel that his earlier punishment of Gong Zheng might have been too lenient. With such an attitude, he would be fortunate to be a low-level officer in the technical section at most, let alone a chief.

The senior leader glared at Gong Zheng, displeased. Gong Zheng felt the gaze though he was puzzled about why the director viewed him this way.

Gong Zheng pondered for a long time without figuring it out, but the leaders of the production and other departments understood. Since the director was displeased with Gong Zheng, what else needed to be said? They directly shifted the blame onto Gong Zheng.

After all, everyone around knew about Gong Zheng’s impending promotion. There were some who were envious -- they just hadn’t found a chance to act, but now, given the opportunity, they naturally took advantage of it.

Even if they couldn’t sabotage Gong Zheng’s promotion, at least they wanted to annoy him a bit.