"Get in the car and talk." This topic was very sensitive. After Winston reminded them, the three of them interrupted the conversation and got in the car in silence and rushed towards the Nack Weaving Factory.
"Comrade Andre is right. The only people in this area who have the motive to target us are other factory owners. But this is a light industrial zone with dozens of factories of all kinds. How can we find the instigator among them?"
?" Benedick sat in the passenger seat and turned to discuss with Andre and Winston sitting in the back.
"It's hard to say." Winston had no clue. "We can't rule out whether there are multiple factories uniting. If it is a collective test by them, it will be much more troublesome than a single factory causing trouble."
Benedick raised another possibility: "Could it be someone from the government? Because the counterfeit gang, or the new system we promulgated attracted their attention, so they arranged this hand to test it?"
Andre said: "Didn't you do the aftermath of the fake gang incident? You should know better than us whether the government has alerted or tracked it down."
"Probably not, but just in case..." Faced with such a big event, Benedick was also a little unsure.
"It would be even more dangerous if the government noticed the anomalies in our factory, because our various actions cannot withstand scrutiny from their side. But this time the trouble does not seem like something the government can do. Their
With great power and many means, if you want to test us, why don’t you
We won’t hire a few gangsters to fight with our workers.” Winston analyzed, “Of course, this is just my personal inference. There is no lower limit for the government, so we may not even take such a method... In short
We have to go back as soon as possible to develop countermeasures for various possibilities."
"Comrade, drive faster." Benedick urged the comrade at the sub-station who was in charge of driving.
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Twenty minutes later, the three of them returned to the Nack Weaving Factory. Among them, Andre and Winston went straight to the office, while Benedick went to the factory to call Verak.
"What's the situation?" On the way from the factory to the office, Verak listened to Benedick's general explanation, but overall he was still a little confused. "Are you sure that those gangsters did this under the instruction of others, rather than shirk responsibility?"
?”
"They have no reason to make up lies. No one knows the identity of the instigator now. Whether they tell it or not, the responsibility they need to bear is the same." After Virac and Benedick came in, Winston changed the contents of the office
The door was locked, and then the curtains were carefully drawn.
Verak realized the seriousness of the problem from Winston's behavior: "In other words, it may be the government or the factory owners of other factories who instigated these gangsters?"
"Yes, we haven't been able to confirm who it is. I've asked Chief Schneider to investigate this matter. He took the money, so he should be more concerned about it." Andre stood in front of the sofa.
"If they dare to target us, they must have taken sufficient precautions. It is impossible to find out just by those who are lying on the corpse. And if it is really done by the government, who can guarantee whether the police chief has known about it for a long time and is setting a trap for us?
?" Verak didn't have the slightest hope for that kind of stuff, "We can only verify this matter ourselves."
"I think the most important thing now is to concentrate on being prepared for these two different situations. If the government is really targeting us, hundreds of workers at the Nak Weaving Factory, and even the Kip City sub-station, and
Comrade Keating's construction of the school will be in danger," Winston said.
As the head of security, Verak knows the importance of everyone's safety: "You can proceed in two directions, preparing for response and investigating the instigator."
"Then we have to seek support from Comrade Mellen and Comrade Keating." Andre said.
With so many things to prepare at the last minute, the four of them are absolutely too busy. Moreover, whether it is prevention or investigation, they need to mobilize as many aspects as possible. Such mobilization will inevitably affect the branch station and the school.
Verak did not show off and nodded: "Notify them, but don't let them come forward. We will contact you by phone for the time being."
"Well." Andre came to the desk and picked up the phone.
"Do you want to investigate?" Winston looked at Verak.
"Yes, at least narrow the scope. Other factory owners and the government have to exclude one of them. Otherwise, how can we run the factory while guarding against both of their forces." Verak, like everyone else, stood in front of the sofa and had no intention of sitting down.
"Do you have any ideas now?" Winston asked.
"No, give me some time." Verak closed his eyes and reduced his perception of the outside world so that he could concentrate more on how to find out who was behind the scenes.
On the other hand, Andre made a call to the temporary site of the warehouse: "Hello, this is the Nack Weaving Factory. My name is Andre. I have something urgent to call Comrade Meren."
"...Hello, I'm Mellen." After a while, old Mellen's voice came from the other end.
"Comrade Meren, this is Andre, and the thing is like this..." Andre said in a short sentence without missing any important information, "... now we have decided to seek support, divide the troops into two groups, and verify the instructions along the way.
identify the perpetrators and prepare response plans along the way.”
The impact of this news seems to be greater than the emergence of the counterfeit gang.
After four or five seconds of silence, Old Mellen said in a deep voice: "This matter is related to the collective safety of the pilot factory, the school and the sub-station. Let me know what kind of help you need."
"If it is the government who is trying to test it, they probably haven't noticed the branch station and the school yet. You can contact Comrade Keating first to meet and gather our strength."
"Now we can't easily go over to join you, and you can't leave the factory at will, right?"
"Yes, people from the government may be keeping an eye on us now, so we can just contact you by phone temporarily, so that even if something happens here, it will not affect you, and the layout of Kip City will not be completely disrupted.
"Andre said.
"Has this matter been reported to President Boyne?" Old Mellen asked.
Andre looked at Verak. Verak was the person in charge of security. It was up to him to judge whether the matter was serious enough to be notified to the president: "Verak, do you need to notify the president of this matter?"
"No need for now." Verak thought that Boyin was so tired. If he kept worrying about this kind of self-guessing thing for a few more days, he might fall ill again and cough endlessly. "I feel that the possibility of it being instigated by the government is very low.
Low."
"How do you say that?" Benedick couldn't wait to understand the basis for Verak's judgment.
"The workers who work all day long may not know my face, and the factory owners who only count money all day may not know it, but the government people can definitely recognize it at a glance. If they focus on the Nak Weaving Factory,
How come you didn't notice me? If you noticed me, why didn't you just send someone to arrest me instead of instigating the gangsters to cause trouble?" Verak lowered his worries after careful consideration.
"It makes sense. Apart from not going to the police station, Verak has been involved in a lot of other activities. If the government really pays attention and suspects this place, it should find Verak, and use this to directly contact the Schnack Weaving Factory.
The Equality Society has something to do with it, and they sent people directly to surround this place." Benedick clapped his hands, and a smile appeared on his tense face.
"Then..." Andre didn't know whether he should continue to seek help from Mellen and Keating.
"Just in case, it's better to ask Comrade Mellen and Teacher Keating to stand by. The president is not in a hurry," Verak arranged.
"Okay..." Andre and Mellen started talking again.
"Your analysis is very pertinent. It seems that the possibility of it being the government is indeed very slim." Winston also felt that the sense of crisis had receded a lot, and he poured himself a glass of water. "If the possibility is really one in ten thousand,
If the government knows you are still doing this here, then they are probably setting up a big trap."
"If that's the case, no matter how many precautions we take, it will be useless. We can only inform Comrade Mellen and Teacher Keating that they must evacuate Kip City as soon as possible." Verak was roughly sure that other factory owners were causing trouble, so he refocused his energy on
Think about how to identify the troublemakers from dozens of factories in light industrial zones.
Verak never thought that other factories would target them, and even if they targeted them, it shouldn't be at this time. Because they are taking a road that has never been traveled before, and once this road is passed, it may open up more new roads.
As for the money-making model, those factory owners should not take any action, and just watch the Nak Weaving Factory experiment for free without paying any price.
When Nak Weaving Factory failed, just pretend that nothing happened.
The success of Nak Weaving Factory can be regarded as giving them another choice for the future.
No matter what, there is no loss, so why would anyone come to make trouble? Could it be that other things have affected their interests?
Verak first became suspicious of those factories that were also engaged in the textile industry.
Their output has grown horribly, and other weaving factories are worried that they will take away customers and orders, so they specifically injure their workers to affect output. This makes sense logically.
"Weaving factory..." Verak recalled other weaving factories in the light industrial zone.
Before they acquired the Nak Weaving Factory, they visited many factories here and negotiated acquisitions with several of them, so they knew the situation very well.
The textile industry in Kip City is developed, and many people in the light industrial zone are engaged in the textile industry. Among them, 'Wifred' is the largest and most profitable weaving factory in Kip City, and it is also the one set by Verak, Winston and others.
It is a goal that Nak Weaving Factory will surpass.
In addition to Wilfred Weaving Mill, Rodney Weaving Mill and Jeffrey Weaving Mill are also doing well.
If these colleagues who are currently above Nak Weaving Factory feel that the rapid development of Nak Weaving Factory will affect their profits, there is a certain possibility that they will secretly cause trouble.
But this is just a speculation, how to confirm it?
If it wasn't them, which factory would it be and what motives would it have?
Or, as Winston predicted, several factories banded together to attack them?
"How do you think we handled this fight?" Verak suddenly asked how well we handled the fight between three people.
Andre just finished talking to Meren and hung up the phone: "Both our people and the people who helped us have been rescued. The former is recuperating and has not been fired and has not affected his normal attendance. The latter's medical expenses are borne by us.
We also received a thank you payment and will be given priority in subsequent recruitment... Everyone in the factory works harder. Outside the factory, knowing that we are willing to protect workers, no one dares to take the initiative to provoke us anymore. No matter how you look at it, the effect is
Not bad.”
Benedick added: "Besides, the troublemakers have no money and it's useless to act rogue. We will make them work to offset the compensation."
"Then if you were the envoys, would you still take action in such a situation?" Verak asked in depth.
"This..." Benedick hesitated, "If it were me, it wouldn't happen. It's obvious that Nack Weaving Factory has a perfect response. If it continues like this, it will only ask for trouble."
"I think it depends on what my initial motive is. If I just want to test it out for fun, there won't be a next time. If I have a certain purpose and that purpose has not been achieved, then I will find someone new."
We will continue to target it." Andrei expressed his opinion.
"What about you? Winston."
"I can't put it into perspective..." Winston shook his head helplessly, "It's hard for me to understand why we want to target the Nack Weaving Factory. We are obviously creating a new model to strive for a win-win situation. It will also allow the factory owners to earn more.
It allows workers to enjoy good treatment, so why are they being targeted? Don’t other factory owners not want to make more money? Don’t other workers not want to be like the workers in our factory?”
Verak also doesn't know the answer: "I guess we may have touched their interests in some aspects. For example, our production has increased rapidly recently. When supply exceeds demand, the price of the product will drop, and they will naturally make less money.
Producing so many products out of thin air may also take away all the customers and orders that they originally came into contact with. Therefore, it is known that our factory treats workers very well. Factories whose interests have been shaken have thought of injuring our workers to affect our output.
Or bring us down."
"Do you suspect that the trouble is caused by other weaving factories?" Winston's thoughts became much clearer after Verac said this.
"There is such a possibility. At present, we can only try to explore in this direction."
"But our production has reached a bottleneck, and the main orders are also in Lezein, so the threat is limited, right? Because of this little profit, they dare to provoke us?" They are from Lezeine, with mysterious backgrounds and generous spending.
, making the people nearby extremely fearful, which is why Sheriff Schneider treated them with respect. Winston didn't understand why other factory owners dared to cause sabotage for such a little conflict.
"So they didn't come out openly, but secretly instigated a group of gangsters they didn't know." Verak put the logic together, "I feel that the matter is not over yet, and sooner or later they will arrange a second trouble. This is of course appropriate.
I think, the more arrangements he makes, the easier it will be for us to make omissions and catch them out."