Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Chapter 902 Weird Mist

Perhaps it was because the emperor was far away, in any case, in Sun Meng's narration, the former commander-in-chief was just like a bully in the old society, but Zhou Tian found it a little unbelievable.

After all, he knew how much importance the country attached to the base. He didn't believe that such a person would become the commander-in-chief of the base, and even acted so domineeringly in the base. Isn't he afraid of being discovered?

Not to mention anything else, you have to know that there are still many big scientists in the entire base. If the other party really does this kind of thing, he doesn't think he can stay in this position for so long.

He asked whenever he thought of it. After all, Zhou Tian was not familiar with the previous commander-in-chief, so he had no scruples.

When Sun Meng heard the commander-in-chief's question, he first smiled bitterly, which solved his doubts. It turned out that the reason why this commander-in-chief was able to serve as the commander-in-chief of the base was, first, that he had someone behind him, and second, that it was the result of the efforts of Big Brother.

The second reason is that the former commander-in-chief was also a returned overseas student. He had one attitude towards the scientists in the base and another attitude towards the workers, plus he usually hid it very well.

So at the beginning, everyone in the base just thought that he was strict in treating the workers, and they didn't think much of it. However, as time went on, perhaps because he had tighter control over the base, suppressed a group of people, supported a group of people, and replaced many of the middle and senior levels of the base with his own people, his true nature began to be exposed.

He began to secretly sell all the parts processed by several factories in the base, and even sold them to people on Big Brother's side, deceiving his superiors and subordinates. The hospital's practice of accepting red envelopes also started with his tacit approval. Everyone said that he would get a share of all the red envelopes here.

Even a portion of the workers' wages would be deducted as tribute after they were paid. Anyone who dared to complain would be suppressed by him. However, this only existed among the workers in a few factories. As for the scientists in the base, he did not dare to offend them at all and would even fight for their interests. This allowed him to remain firmly in the position of commander-in-chief.

I don't know if he was too confident, or maybe too confident. Three months ago, he directly embezzled the wages issued by the car factory, and did so for two consecutive months.

The matter was soon reported by the family members who felt something was wrong, which attracted the attention of the higher-ups, who began an investigation into him. During the investigation, they found that this guy had embezzled nearly 10 million yuan in just ten years in office.

You have to know that ten million in this era is much more than the tens of billions in the previous life, which is why he was arrested. At the same time, a total of thirty-eight people from the entire base were arrested because of this incident.

It accounts for one-third of the entire base management.

Even though Zhou Tian had seen many corrupt officials in his previous life, he still couldn't help but be secretly shocked after listening to Sun Meng's words. You know, after living in this era for so long, he always thought that although there were people who were corrupt in this era, they were all petty corrupt officials, and most people were in awe of corruption. However, the incident of the former commander-in-chief told him that no matter what era it was, there would always be people who were greedy and would want to swallow an elephant.

And through Sun Meng's narration, he also understood why these workers were so numb about their work. To put it bluntly, one reason was the unpaid wages, and the other was their numbness about the future. Although the former commander-in-chief had been arrested, they had gone through such an unprecedented suppression. If they wanted to arouse their enthusiasm for work again, it seemed that he still needed to do it step by step.

After visiting the entire car factory, Zhou Tian also had some ideas on how to transform the car factory in the future. After saying goodbye to Sun Meng, he, Liu Yuan and Xiao Zhao drove to the command area.

On the way, Zhou Tian was thinking about how to clean up the mess left by his predecessor. Although he already had some plans in mind, he still held back and asked Zhao Gang, "Xiao Zhao, how much do you know about the former commander-in-chief?"

Zhao Gang heard this, and a hint of hesitation flashed across his eyes for a moment, but in the blink of an eye he replied firmly: "Commander-in-chief, I only know a little about the former commander-in-chief, but I have also heard some of what Director Sun said just now!"

In fact, he did know something about the former commander-in-chief, but he only heard these things from his colleagues. After all, his office was established to assist the commander-in-chief in managing the base.

Anyone who can enter here must have some connections, so naturally there are a lot of gossips flying around. It is difficult for him not to know about it, but the news he hears is often two-sided. Some people privately said that the former commander-in-chief was not kind in his work, but at the same time, there were also people who said that the former commander-in-chief was not that kind of person.

However, from what he had seen and heard, his impression of the former commander-in-chief was that of a stern man. To say that such a man was really a corrupt official, he did not really believe it in his heart. But thinking back on what he had seen and heard at the car factory today, he did not know who to believe for a moment.

But he also believed that since the higher-ups had arrested the former commander-in-chief, they must have evidence of his corruption and bribery. In addition, what Sun Meng said about the hospital accepting red envelopes made him more certain of this idea.

"Oh, tell me then!"

After all, that was just Sun Meng's one-sided statement. Although he also believed that there must be something wrong with the arrest of the former commander-in-chief, he felt that it was debatable whether it was really as Sun Meng said.

Because he couldn't believe that he could really keep it secret for so many years. This was a bit inconsistent with his understanding of this era. Secondly, what Sun Meng said just now, although it seemed a bit indignant, he always felt that some of the words in it were untrue.

He didn't understand why he thought this way, but his intuition told him that it would not be that simple. After all, if the former commander-in-chief was really such a person as Sun Meng said.

Did he really not know that misappropriation of workers' wages would affect the livelihood of many families? Or was there something he didn't know?

Also, when Sun Meng was taking him to visit the car factory just now, he could feel that the mental state of those workers was obviously not right. If they were told that those workers were just worried about salary issues, he would not believe it. After learning that the former commander-in-chief was arrested, they were still so numb. This was totally unreasonable.

But if he wanted to say what the problem was, he couldn't say it for a moment. He always felt something was weird. And then there was Sun Meng. He always felt that this person looked honest on the surface, but as he said just now, such a person could still sit firmly in the position of factory director without cooperating with the former commander-in-chief and deputy factory director. He didn't think he was really honest.

He didn't feel it just now, but now that he has left the car factory and thought about it carefully, he always feels that there is something weird here!

It seems that in the next period of time, I still need to visit several other factories and hospitals privately, and even the technical areas of several research projects, to check out and try to get a general understanding of the situation of the base first.

After all, he only looked in the documents at the beginning and found many problems. Now it is time to go on a private visit!