44: Chapter 44 The Tang Group's Operations!

In the workshop break area of Tangs Heavy Industry, many employees, including Xiao Wang, were gathered in a circle.

Suddenly hearing news about Xu's Heavy Industry again, they became interested.

Even Engineer Li, who had been promoted to workshop director, walked over quietly. Seeing this, the other employees immediately cleared a space for him and invited him to sit down.

Engineer Li nodded with a smile and then sat down with his coworkers.

At this moment, the employees began discussing Xu's Heavy Industry again.

After all, everyone present was an insider; they were all old coworkers from Xu's Heavy Industry.

"The police have even been alerted; it seems Xu's Heavy Industry has gotten into quite a bit of trouble this time."

"Heh! I told you Xu's Heavy Industry was going to be finished, and now it's come true! Hahaha..."

"It's fortunate that Engineer Li led us away quickly, otherwise we would be in a lot of trouble right now."

"..."

Upon hearing this, the employees couldn't help but look at Engineer Li, their eyes filled with gratitude.

Engineer Li smiled lightly, took a puff of the cigarette held in his hand, contentedly exhaled a cloud of white smoke, waved his hand, and then looked at Xiao Wang, scolding with a smile:

"You brat, if there's any other news about Xu's Heavy Industry, spit it out. Don't hold back, or be careful, or everyone will beat you up!!"

Engineer Li was in a good mood. Tangs Heavy Industry was treating him very well, he had been promoted to workshop director, managing this group of employees, and life was going quite well.

Especially now that he had heard news about Xu's Heavy Industry from Xiao Wang.

His face, dotted with a few pockmarks and resembling a hornet's nest, was beaming with a satisfied smile.

Hearing Engineer Li's words, Xiao Wang felt a strange sensation in his heart.

Seeing the excitement on his face and that of the many coworkers, his expression shifted slightly. He gritted his teeth and finally spoke:

"No! It's not what you all think!!" Xiao Wang shook his head.

"I heard! Xu's Heavy Industry has caught the eye of the State; the State has the intention to inject capital, and I'm afraid Xu's Heavy Industry is about to become a State-owned Enterprise!!"

After Xiao Wang finished speaking, the smiles on the coworkers' faces instantly froze. Their eyes widened, and they stared at Xiao Wang in shock, wearing expressions of disbelief.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"

One of the coworkers shook his head wildly, shouting incessantly. His name was Zou Hao, an old employee of Xu's Heavy Industry.

At the time, having been employed for a year, he had applied to Xu Hao for a promotion to workshop team leader. Xu Hao had temporarily refused, citing that his tenure was too short and he lacked experience, but promised to promote him to workshop team leader after another year of work.

Zou Hao was unwilling to accept this and became dissatisfied with Xu Hao. Later, when Xu's Heavy Industry faced a financial crisis and wages were halved, his resentment grew.

Afterward, he resigned along with Engineer Li and joined Tangs Heavy Industry. His salary increased quite a bit, but he remained an ordinary employee.

He felt immense resentment toward Xu's Heavy Industry in his heart, believing that Xu's Heavy Industry was to blame for everything.

Now hearing that Xu's Heavy Industry was to receive capital injection from the State and become a State-owned Enterprise, jealousy and unwillingness made him lose his reason, his eyes filled with venom.

"How could Xu's Heavy Industry possibly be favored by the State? It's just a garbage company about to go bankrupt. This must be fake news!!"

"With a brainless, overly ambitious kid like Xu Hao, how could he possibly lead Xu's Heavy Industry to this point? Heh... heh hahaha..."

Zou Hao laughed wildly, his heart frantically rejecting this news. He could not accept that Xu's Heavy Industry, a company he despised, could suddenly receive capital injection from the State!!

While the others were not as unhinged as Zou Hao, they were not much better.

They first looked at Xiao Wang in disbelief, wanting to see even a hint of a 'joking' expression on his face.

But from beginning to end, Xiao Wang had his brows tightly locked in a serious expression.

Coworkers who knew Xiao Wang's character understood. Although Xiao Wang was usually playful, he was known as the 'Little Know-It-All' and could get a lot of information they didn't know.

If he could tell the coworkers this news, it meant he had already verified it. Moreover, his expression didn't look very happy either. After all, he had also come out of Xu's Heavy Industry.

Seeing this, many coworkers had uncertain expressions on their faces, their eyes darting around, and sighs rose and fell in the break area.

The break area, which had been lively and boisterous, was now terrifyingly quiet; no one spoke anymore.

They had never imagined that one day Xu's Heavy Industry would be favored by the State and willing to inject capital, with the prospect of becoming a State-owned Enterprise.

If they had stayed at Xu's Heavy Industry, wouldn't they be employees of a State-owned Enterprise now?

They had previously heard from relatives and friends that the benefits for employees of State-owned Enterprises were very good. Five insurances and one housing fund, annual leave, gifts and cash bonuses during holidays, monthly subsidies, and so on.

Thinking of this, their complexions worsened. Some coworkers inadvertently looked at Engineer Li, their expressions somewhat inscrutable.

After hearing Xiao Wang's words, Engineer Li fell silent, smoking his cigarette with his head down. Even though the cigarette in his hand was about to burn out, he kept taking puff after puff...

Meanwhile, in the upper management of Tangs Heavy Industry Group, in the Chairman's office, President Tang Minghui held a document in his hand, which detailed what had happened to Xu's Heavy Industry during this period.

This document was something he had managed to obtain by using certain methods and going to some trouble.

"Military presence, State capital injection, this..." President Tang Minghui's brows were locked tightly, his face grave.

He hadn't expected that Xu's Heavy Industry, which was poorly managed and on the verge of bankruptcy, would actually be favored by the State.

Although he didn't know the exact reason, this news was almost certainly true.

President Tang Minghui put down the document in his hand, rubbed the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and fell into deep thought.

Come to think of it, this seemed to be the first time the State had actively injected capital into a private heavy industry enterprise. This move and direction were unfathomable!!

President Tang Minghui felt a bit of a headache. Originally, he had planned to prepare funds to acquire Xu's Heavy Industry. Now it seemed that this plan had ended before it even began.

"No! While the news hasn't fully spread yet, I must do something." President Tang Minghui raised an eyebrow.

A heavy industry enterprise backed by the State, regardless of who it was or what it was like before, was worth Tangs Heavy Industry befriending.

While other enterprises were still watching from the sidelines, if he expressed goodwill now, he might be able to gain the favor of the Chairman of Xu's Heavy Industry.

Thinking of this, President Tang Minghui immediately picked up the phone and called his secretary in.

"Chairman." Before long, his charming and attractive secretary, wearing a tight, sexy uniform, walked in from outside and came to President Tang Minghui's side.

"Arrange for the people below to prepare immediately, pick a good time, and go visit the Chairman of Xu's Heavy Industry!!" President Tang Minghui instructed.

"Visit?" the secretary asked in confusion, looking at President Tang Minghui with great bewilderment. "Chairman, isn't Xu's Heavy Industry just a company about to go bankrupt? Why are you suddenly wanting to pay a visit?"

"Bankrupt? Heh..." President Tang Minghui sneered and shook his head. "The State is about to take over Xu's Heavy Industry, and it's about to transform into a State-owned Enterprise..."

Upon hearing this, the secretary was immediately taken aback. Her small, lipstick-coated mouth opened slightly, and her fair, delicate face was filled with shock!!

"Xu's Heavy Industry... is going to become a State-owned Enterprise?!?"