As if he noticed the police's strange expression, Lu Yuan frowned and continued to ask: "Officer Gu, what's wrong? Isn't it convenient for you to tell me?"
"No." Gu Chen shook his head and said truthfully: "The person who had dinner with Wan Xiaomin yesterday was Wan Xiaomin's high school classmate, named A Ming."
"Ah...A Ming? Hu Ming?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Yuan's eyes suddenly froze, and his whole face suddenly became ugly.
Lu Weiwei also noticed something unusual and hurriedly asked Lu Yuan: "What's wrong, Lu Yuan? Do you know this person named A Ming?"
"I know you, of course I know you." Lu Yuan looked solemn at this moment and couldn't help but said:
"A Ming's full name is Hu Ming. He is from Magic City. His parents moved here together in order to support the construction of enterprises in Jiangnan City. My family lives very close to his family."
"Besides, we both go to the same school, and I am one year older than him."
"Are you alumni? Hearing this, Officer Wang was also very curious and asked Lu Yuan: "Then you, Hu Ming, and Wan Xiaomin must have been very familiar with each other at that time, right?"
"Yes." Lu Yuan did not deny it, and said truthfully: "At that time, the relationship between us was very strong."
"There was also a man named Azhe. At that time, we were three boys and one girl. We often traveled, climbed mountains together on weekends, and rode bicycles to school together."
"In short, the friendship between the four of us has always been very good."
After a pause, Lu Yuan suddenly hesitated again, and couldn't help but said: "It's just that I didn't expect that Hu Ming didn't contact me when he returned to Jiangnan City?"
"Maybe he doesn't even know you're married," Yuan Shasha said.
Lu Yuan suddenly raised his head: "Yes...is it?"
Yuan Shasha nodded slightly: "Yes, I remember that when Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin had dinner together yesterday, he didn't even know about Wan Xiaomin's marriage. It shows that Hu Ming doesn't understand the lives of you people."
"Moreover, not only Hu Ming doesn't know that Wan Xiaomin is married, but even the Azhe you mentioned doesn't seem to know that Wan Xiaomin is married."
"This dinner seems to have been arranged by this person named Azhe, but he had something to do and didn't go."
"Is that so?" After hearing what Yuan Shasha said, Lu Yuan seemed a little hesitant.
Seeing this, Gu Chen quickly asked: "What's going on with this Hu Ming? Forgive me for being offended, but this Hu Ming seems to be your lover Wan Xiaomin's first love, right?"
"ah?"
When Gu Chen said this, Lu Yuan suddenly frowned and was a little surprised.
But after a moment, he came to his senses, nodded helplessly and said: "Yes, he did fall in love with my lover back then, and he was indeed Wan Xiaomin's first love."
"The four of us had a very good relationship back then, so Azhe and I were both envious."
"What happened later?" Lu Weiwei said.
"Later? Later, Hu Ming's family wanted to move their registered residence back to Magic City. That was a matter of his first year in high school. Therefore, when he was in his first year of high school, he had to separate from us and go to Magic City to attend high school."
"In the beginning, he would occasionally call us to chat, but as time went on, we had less and less contact."
"Especially after the college entrance examination, everyone went to different universities and were located in different cities, so communication became less and less."
"Then Wan Xiaomin separated from him at that time?" Lu Weiwei couldn't bear to gossip and asked.
But Lu Yuan didn't seem angry, he nodded silently and proactively admitted:
"Yes, they broke up after Hu Ming moved his registered residence back to Magic City, and they rarely interacted with each other after that."
"Wan Xiaomin and I both stayed in Jiangnan City to study at university, so gradually, the two of us got together. We got married the year before last and now have a one-year-old baby."
"So that's it?" After clarifying the relationship between these people, Gu Chen felt that there seemed to be no taboos among everyone.
After all, these four people seemed to be die-hard brothers before. It was only because Hu Ming's family moved back to Shanghai and they were admitted to different universities that they rarely contacted each other.
Just when Gu Chen thought of this, Lu Yuan suddenly said in shock: "Could it be that... Xiao Min and Hu Ming were together last night?"
Glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Yuan's expression turned ugly.
"Maybe not?" Gu Chen couldn't say for sure. After all, Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin were once lovers.
We haven't seen each other for many years, but suddenly we meet again. It is inevitable that there will be a lot to say.
Maybe after leaving the restaurant yesterday, the two of them went for a walk outside, but as to whether they spent the night together? Gu Chen didn't know them well, so it was difficult to make too many comments.
But facing the anxious Lu Yuan, Gu Chen also gave a comforting denial.
Officer Wang frowned and asked Lu Yuan: "I mean, Lu Yuan, you have been a good brother and classmate for so many years, don't you know what Hu Ming is like?"
Lu Yuan shook his head: "We haven't seen each other for many years. I knew Hu Ming back then, but I really don't understand Hu Ming now."
"After all, why did he suddenly return to Jiangnan City after being in the Magic City for so many years? To be honest, I don't understand."
"If Xiao Min is missing, then Hu Ming must be related to him."
"Why was Xiao Min's life normal before Hu Ming came to Jiangnan City, but when Hu Ming came, my Xiao Min disappeared?"
"It seems to make sense." Officer Wang held his chin and said thoughtfully: "Well, your lover Wan Xiaomin, after we go back, we will investigate and see where she went?"
"Don't worry yet. It's best if you just go to get your phone repaired. Anyway, as long as the person is fine, she will naturally take the initiative to contact you."
"I know." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Lu Yuan also nodded silently, but said nervously:
"But Xiao Min never disappears quietly like this. Something must have happened to her, definitely."
"Okay." Faced with Lu Yuan's impatience, Officer Wang pressed his hands and said comfortingly: "We will help you solve your matter. We will notify you as soon as there is news."
After looking at Gu Chen, Officer Wang said again: "Gu Chen, just ask He Junchao to check the surveillance camera."
"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently, took out his cell phone and started to contact He Junchao.
Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, on the other hand, tried to appease Lu Yuan's mood.
After some communication, everyone got into the police car and left Sanyuan Alley.
Parking the police car on a spacious road, Gu Chen and others also began to wait for the results of He Junchao's investigation, ready to set off at any time to find Wan Xiaomin and Hu Ming.
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10:20 am.
Gu Chen's cell phone suddenly rang. Seeing that the caller was He Junchao, Gu Chen didn't say anything and directly opened the answer button: "Brother He, how is the situation?"
"Gu Chen, I took a look at the Wan Xiaomin you asked me to find. Indeed, after she left the restaurant last night, she went shopping with Hu Ming."
"Then what?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Then? Then they wandered to the family area near Xicheng Chemical Plant. That area has long been in ruins. Of course, there are also some old family buildings there, and there are still people living there."
"Xicheng Chemical Plant...family area?" After hearing this, Gu Chen suddenly recalled the situation that Lu Yuan had explained to him before.
Several of them were descendants of the Xicheng Chemical Plant, and they all lived in that area back then.
Thinking that Wan Xiaomin and Hu Ming were classmates in the past, maybe they just wanted to hang out in the place where they lived together after eating.
So Gu Chen asked again: "What happened next? Did the two of them go out together?"
"Later? Later, I only found that Hu Ming walked out of that area alone, got into a taxi, and then went to a hotel. After that, Hu Ming never came out again. He was probably still in that hotel."
"In other words, Hu Ming and Wan Xiaomin went to the family area of Xicheng Chemical Plant together, and then Hu Ming came out alone and returned to the hotel, but you did not find any trace of Wan Xiaomin?" Gu Chen confirmed again
asked again.
He Junchao replied affirmatively: "Of course, I have been monitoring the surveillance until now, and I haven't found any trace of Wan Xiaomin coming out."
"Because that area is also within the scope of demolition, many road facilities have been demolished, and there is no internal monitoring. There is only road monitoring, and I can only monitor the peripheral areas."
"I understand." After hearing He Junchao's report, Gu Chen also began to hesitate.
You know, so far, Wan Xiaomin only had contact with Hu Ming before she disappeared.
After those two people entered the family area of Xicheng Chemical Plant, why did Hu Ming come out alone?
Or is Wan Xiaomin still staying in the family area of Xicheng Chemical Plant?
Gu Chen hung up the phone and drove towards Wangjiang Hotel based on the coordinates sent by He Junchao.
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10:40 am.
When Gu Chen brought Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha to Wangjiang Hotel, Gu Chen immediately walked to the front desk and asked a front desk lady:
"Excuse me, is there a person named Hu Ming living here?"
"Hu Ming?" The lady at the front desk seemed unclear.
Lu Weiwei quickly added: "Check your computer. This person is from Shanghai. He should still be staying in your hotel."
"Okay, please wait a moment." Faced with the police's inquiry, the front desk lady did not hesitate and directly started to open the computer to check the check-in list.
After a while, the front desk lady nodded and said, "Yes, there is a man named Hu Ming who lives in room 6602 of our hotel."
"Take us to find him." Officer Wang said.
Seeing the police's attitude, the front desk lady seemed to understand that the guest named Hu Ming seemed to have committed something serious, so she did not dare to neglect it. She immediately picked up the intercom on the table and said: "Is Aunt Wu here? Aunt Wu."
As the intercom buzzed with electricity, it didn't take long for a middle-aged woman to respond: "Here, what's going on?"
"A few police officers are going to find someone in room 6602. You go to the sixth floor to wait for them and take them there," the woman at the front desk said.
"Okay." The woman named Aunt Wu on the intercom agreed readily.
Hearing this, the woman at the front desk put down the walkie-talkie and said to Gu Chen and others: "Comrade police, you can take the elevator to the sixth floor now, and someone will take you there."
"Thank you for your cooperation." Gu Chen thanked him, and then led Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha to the elevator.
Afterwards, several people took the elevator and arrived at the sixth floor of the hotel.
As soon as I stepped out of the elevator door, there was an aunt in cleaning clothes standing at the door.
Seeing Gu Chen and others coming out, he took the initiative to ask: "You are looking for the guest in room 6602, right?"
"Yes, it's time to work." Lu Weiwei said.
"Come with me." The cleaning lady turned around and left, directly coming to the door of room 6602.
Gu Chen did not ask the cleaning lady to use the room card, but knocked on the door a few times.
"Who is it?"
A man's response came from inside the house. It should be Hu Ming who had dinner yesterday.
Gu Chen said directly: "I am the police, please open the door."
There seemed to be some hesitation in the room, but after a moment, Hu Ming still opened the door.
But just as Hu Ming opened the room, Officer Wang took the lead and pushed Hu Ming to one side.
Later, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha entered the room and began to search the room.
Seeing this posture, Hu Ming was stunned at the time, and his whole body was trembling: "What... what is this? What are you doing?"
But Officer Wang ignored him until Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha finished searching the room and winked at Officer Wang, who then gave up his position.
"Hu Ming, where is Wan Xiaomin?" Gu Chen walked up and asked.
When Hu Ming saw it was Gu Chen, he immediately pointed at Gu Chen and said, "Hey? Aren't you the Gu Chen who had dinner in the restaurant last night?"
Looking at the people around him, they were all the customers who had dinner yesterday. Hu Ming also had a dumbfounded expression on his face and said in a daze:
"You? Aren't you the same policemen who ate at the restaurant yesterday? Why are you here?"
"Hu Ming." Seeing that Hu Ming did not answer his question, Gu Chen reminded him: "Let me ask you, where is Wan Xiaomin?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Wan Xiaomin?" Seeing Gu Chen's serious expression, Hu Ming suddenly had an ominous premonition and asked weakly: "Wan...what's wrong with Wan Xiaomin?"
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"She is missing. Her husband has now called the police. Our investigation found that you were the last person to contact Wan Xiaomin yesterday, so we want to know where Wan Xiaomin is?" Lu Weiwei stepped forward and said.
The scene suddenly became quiet, and Yuan Shasha also closed the door directly after sending away the cleaning lady.
The hotel room suddenly became the scene of an interrogation.
Hu Ming stood there in a daze, unable to react for a long time, and then asked weakly: "What do you mean... Wan Xiaomin is missing?"
"Otherwise? Otherwise, would we have come here?" Officer Wang sat on a seat nearby and said righteously:
"We have investigated and found that last night, after you and Wan Xiaomin left the restaurant, you took a taxi to the family area of Chengxi Chemical Plant, which is where you lived back then."
"But it's strange. After you two entered this area, you were the only one who took a taxi and left. What about Wan Xiaomin? Why didn't she come out?"
"this……"
When asked by Officer Wang, Hu Ming was confused.
But Hu Ming, who had regained his composure, quickly defended himself: "I don't know about this either? After Wan Xiaomin and I had dinner yesterday, she suggested that we all go to the Xicheng Chemical Plant family area where we used to live.
Come on, I agree."
"Then what?" Gu Chen adjusted the position of the law enforcement recorder and asked again.
"Then? Then I took a taxi and went there together. We walked around the family area for a long time and talked a lot."
"When I finally left, I was ready to send her home, but Xiao Min refused."
"She said, let me take a car back to the hotel by myself, because a taxi happened to be passing by at that time."
"I asked her to leave first, but she didn't agree, so I had to take a car and leave first."
"Are you leaving first?" Upon hearing what Hu Ming said, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt unhappy and said, "It's late at night, and the family area of Xicheng Chemical Plant is very remote. You let a woman stay there alone, you leave first?"
"Uh..." He felt a little sorry, but Hu Ming still tried to explain: "I didn't want to at the time, but I couldn't bear Xiao Min's insistence."
"She said that if I sent her back, she would be afraid of being seen by the neighbors or what her husband would say. So she didn't want to cause trouble, so she insisted on letting me go first."
"Then do you know who her husband is?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked again.
Hu Ming shook his head: "I don't know. Every time I wanted to ask this question, she didn't answer. She just changed the subject and talked about our past days."
"So, I didn't ask too many questions, so I never talked about this topic."
After a pause, Hu Ming added: "Anyway, I know that she seems unwilling to talk about her family at this time. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to her, I followed her suggestion.
I took a taxi and left the family area."
"Then after you went back, did you ask Wan Xiaomin if he was home?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Hu Ming shook his head: "No."
"No?" Lu Weiwei's eyes were blank, and she said angrily: "Isn't it at least necessary to ask? What if something happens along the way? How about you know it?"
"It's useless." Hu Ming smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "What identity should I use to tell her now? Make a phone call? Send a text message? If her husband finds out, it will be even more unclear."
"So after much deliberation, I didn't want to cause trouble for her, so after I came back, I stopped contacting her. I felt that meeting her in Jiangnan City was enough."
Hearing this, Officer Wang couldn't help but sigh and waved his fingers at Hu Ming: "I really don't know what to say to you?"
"Comrade police, so Wan Xiaomin hasn't gone home since last night, right?" Hu Ming asked nervously.
"Does that need to be said?" Officer Wang said angrily at this moment: "If you had sent a text message last night and made a phone call to ask if Wan Xiaomin had arrived home, you wouldn't have been missing for so long."
"Now her husband calls the police, and you are the last person to see Wan Xiaomin. Do you think you can get rid of the suspicion?"
"I……"
Hu Ming seemed to be confused by Officer Wang's question. Hu Ming was stunned for a few seconds, but he hesitated to speak.
Gu Chen also said: "As far as these are concerned, these are just your words, but you are the only one who came out of the family area of Xicheng Chemical Plant. Whether the things are consistent with what you said remains to be investigated."
"Officer Gu, what I said is true. I'm very sorry for Wan Xiaomin's disappearance, but I really don't know where she is?"
After thinking about it, Hu Ming added: "Please tell her husband that we were former classmates and we went out alone last night just to reminisce about old times. Please don't misunderstand her."
"He already knows." As soon as Hu Ming finished speaking, Gu Chen replied directly.
"You know... you know?" Hu Ming couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Gu Chen's words.
But thinking about the dinner at the restaurant last night, Gu Chen and others were also present, maybe Gu Chen and others explained the reason.
So Hu Ming also nodded silently and said helplessly: "I know, but I don't know what kind of person Xiao Min's husband is? Is there any misunderstanding?"
"His name is Lu Yuan."
As soon as Hu Ming finished speaking, Gu Chen continued to add.
Hearing Gu Chen's words, Hu Ming suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Chen in disbelief: "You...what did you say? Wan Xiaomin's husband is Lu Yuan?"
After a pause, fearing that he might misunderstand, Hu Ming hurriedly asked: "Is it... is it the Lu Yuan who was in the same school as ours? The Lu Yuan who was also a child of Xicheng Chemical Plant?"
Gu Chen nodded silently.
Hu Ming suddenly plopped down and sat on the bedside: "It's him? How could it be him?"
"Lu Yuan and Wan Xiaomin know each other well, and they went to college in the same place. Isn't it normal for two people to get married?" Lu Weiwei also had something to say.
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Officer Wang also said helplessly: "Hey, after all, you are all former alumni and classmates. Even if we separate after graduation, we still have the necessary friendship, right?"
"Have you not kept in touch with each other for so many years? Has the friendship back then been wasted like this?"
Faced with Officer Wang's questioning, Hu Ming also sighed and said helplessly:
"Friendships after graduation cannot be proven. When I was in high school, I had evening self-study at 9:30, but I usually got home at 11 pm."
Taking a deep breath, Hu Ming also tried to recall his past, and couldn't help but say:
"Even the distance between the school and my home at that time was less than 18 minutes' walk."
"But I will still ride my bicycle every night and wander around the roadside with my good friends."
"At that time, I remember that the milk tea shop at the school gate cost 3 yuan a cup, and the billiards hall on the roadside cost 5 yuan an hour. These were my favorite places to go, and then we would go to the overpass to play.
A free evening breeze.”
Smiling, Hu Ming also shook his head and sighed: "Although no one had much money at that time, life was much easier than now."
"You don't know, at that time we even went to the toilet in groups."
"But since you two are so close, why don't you even have each other's mobile phone numbers now?" Lu Weiwei also asked him curiously.
Hu Ming raised his head and smiled bitterly: "Maybe he changed his number? Everyone changed their numbers before, but we didn't keep in touch much. I only recently got in touch with a good friend from back then named Azhe, and I learned about Wan Xiao from him.
Min’s current mobile phone number.”
"As for Lu Yuan, although I don't have his phone number, I do have his WeChat account, but he doesn't usually post updates, or in other words, he has blocked me, so I don't even know the fact that he and Wan Xiaomin are married.
"
Taking a deep breath, Hu Ming also said helplessly: "So I think Lu Yuan definitely doesn't want me to know the fact that he married Xiao Min."
"Sometimes I really want to chat with my old classmates, but I just look at the chat history on my phone, think about it, and forget it."
"It's not that the Magic City is far away from Jiangnan City, but that I'm suddenly not sure whether this friendship is still within its shelf life."
"After all, the friendship after graduation cannot be proven."
After hearing Hu Ming's words, Gu Chen and others also looked at each other, but did not bother them.
Hu Ming also took advantage of everyone's interrogation to express many of the thoughts buried in his heart and said:
"We can no longer skip classes together to prove our loyalty, nor can we show our friendship in the examination room."
"Maybe my classmates in college can be better, and we can occasionally meet in games."
"As for the earlier ones, some you can't contact, and some you dare not contact for fear of fraud or borrowing money."
"Actually, it's not as pessimistic as you said." After hearing Hu Ming's words, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but said: "Classmates and friends are actually two concepts and cannot be confused."
"Besides, even old friends sometimes have moments when they can't help themselves."
Hu Ming nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Maybe our requirements for the word 'friend' are too strict."
"I only remember breaking appointments and pushing back again and again, but ignoring the responsibilities and pressure on the other party."
"It's only in these years in Shanghai that I understand that this so-called happiness is not just about how much money you make and how many new circles you integrate into."
"It also depends on how many old friends you still have by your side along the way."
"After all, every number in the address book that is no longer contacted takes away a part of you that no one has seen since."
"Lu Yuan is like this. Although we had a good relationship in high school, he even helped me when I proposed pursuing Xiao Min."
Smiling, Hu Ming shook his head helplessly: "But it's okay, after all, I have left Jiangnan City for several years, and I have lost contact with Xiao Min, and the two of them have been separated for a long time."
"Lu Yuan is Xiao Min's husband. I can rest assured. After all, Lu Yuan is a very loyal man."
"It's just that your good friend married his first love. Are you a little embarrassed, right?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Although Hu Ming didn't want to admit it, he still nodded and replied: "A little bit, after all, I feel that everyone will be a little embarrassed when we meet again."
"Maybe this is the reason why Xiao Min doesn't want me to send her home? Maybe it's because of Lu Yuan's consideration."
"Then what kind of person do you think Lu Yuan is?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked.
"Lu Yuan?" Hu Ming thought about it carefully and said thoughtfully: "Lu Yuan's impression on me when I was in high school has always been that of a good buddy who is very loyal."
"We lived close to each other at the time, so... we had a good relationship and the people were nice."
After thinking about it, Hu Ming quickly asked Gu Chen: "By the way, Officer Gu, did Lu Yuan have any special reaction when he found out that Xiao Min had dinner with me alone last night?"
Gu Chen shook his head: "That's not true. When we revealed that the friend Xiao Min was having dinner with was you, he didn't have much reaction. He just felt a little surprised."
"What about emotions?" Hu Ming asked again.
"Emotions? His emotions didn't seem to fluctuate much. He also recalled some things about you guys back then." Lu Weiwei said.
"That's good, as long as he didn't misunderstand." When Hu Ming heard what the two said, he also sighed and tried to calm down.
But Officer Wang quickly asked: "Although Lu Yuan doesn't have much emotional fluctuations about you and Wan Xiaomin eating alone, he wants to know why you suddenly came back from Magic City?"
"After all, you have been living in Shanghai silently for these years and rarely call anyone to chat."
"But after so many years, everyone has graduated from high school and college, and now you suddenly appear in Jiangnan City to meet Wan Xiaomin. He doesn't know what your real purpose is here? Do you really want to see your old friends?
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When asked by Officer Wang, Hu Ming felt a little embarrassed, but he still told the truth:
"Actually, the main reason why I came to Jiangnan City this time is because of the company's layoffs."
"The company laid off employees?" After hearing Hu Ming's remarks, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but was stunned and said hurriedly: "So, you have been laid off?"
"No." Hu Ming shook his head and sighed:
"You also know that in recent years, the economic situation has not been very good, so our company has been unable to bear it."
"So a week ago, our boss designated an 'ideal salary reduction schedule' plan."
"The 'ideal salary reduction' plan?" After hearing what Hu Ming said, Lu Weiwei was a little confused and hurriedly asked Hu Ming: "What is going on?"
"To put it simply, the salary reduction is not just a salary cut directly, but a table is made for employees to bid, and how much should they fill in?"
Hu Ming sighed quietly and said helplessly: "Moreover, the company also requires all employees to keep confidentiality. Finally, the company will conduct an internal selection and make arrangements based on the salary reduction amount rankings filled out by the employees themselves."
"To put it simply, the more the salary reduction, the higher the salary reduction rankings are, the employees can continue to stay in the company."
"And those employees who are reluctant to cut their meat may not be able to continue working."
"As for this form, there are only three places that employees need or can fill in."
"One is the employee's salary, one is how much the salary is voluntarily reduced, and the other is if you don't take the initiative to reduce your salary, you have to fill in the reasons why you don't want to reduce your salary."
"Haha." After hearing Hu Ming's words, Officer Wang couldn't help but said with a smile:
"Do you need a reason for not wanting to cut your salary? I just want to ask what reason you have for not wanting to cut your salary? Is it a reason to want to add a piece of meat to my meal?"
"Yes, many people think so too." Hu Ming tried to calm down and then said:
"And this boss is such a thief that after the salary reduction, he also indicated that overtime pay was included and wrote the words 'overtime is voluntary'."
"In other words, not only will the salary be voluntarily lowered in the future, but you will also have to work overtime for free. This wave of operations is really outrageous and disgusting."
"Yes." After hearing Hu Ming's words, Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"I want to say that it is really not easy for many small, medium and micro enterprises now. To survive, companies have to lay off employees and cut wages."
"But if everyone is asked to cut their salaries and tide over the difficulties together with the company, there should be corresponding procedures and standardized plans."
"Moreover, it usually starts with the middle and senior management. The most important thing is to openly announce and negotiate with employees, reach an agreement, and then revise the contract and confirm it."
"But if your company does this and makes a bidding-style salary reduction, it is simply an insult to the employee's personality."
"Isn't it?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Weiwei also echoed:
"And this kind of weird operation may help the company reduce operating costs in a short period of time, but it forces away capable people and loses people's support."
"From a long-term development perspective, the gains outweigh the losses."
"What's more, it's hard to say whether it can really reduce costs. A salary cut is a change in the labor contract, and the labor law stipulates that the conclusion and change of a labor contract should follow the principles of equality, voluntariness, and consensus through consultation."
"And must not violate laws and administrative regulations."
"Yes." After hearing what several people said, Officer Wang also said angrily:
"Your company's operation seems to allow employees to voluntarily reduce their salaries, but behind this 'ideal salary reduction schedule' is the threat of leaving without a reduction."
"If someone cuts their salary and stays, they are taking advantage of the company's strong position to force employees to cut their salaries. This is no longer considered an equal and voluntary agreement."
"That's right." Yuan Shasha crossed her arms and said thoughtfully:
"Then if an employee refuses to reduce his salary and does not take the initiative to resign, but the company takes the initiative to lay off employees on the grounds that the results of the employee's 'bid for a salary reduction' are unsatisfactory, then this is an illegal termination."
"The compensation that should be given is absolutely necessary."
"I know, what you said is right." Facing the words of Gu Chen and others, Hu Ming nodded frequently, but said helplessly:
"But even so? This boss still took an unusual approach and chose the 'lowest bidder gets it' approach to allow us employees to keep our jobs."
"I guess this boss is thinking, I've obviously given you a job, why do I still need to pay you?"
"But even so, this job is a job that we, or most people, cannot give up."
After a pause, Hu Ming shook his head helplessly: "Later, I took the lead in opposing it, which also aroused the support of many new and old employees."
"In the end, the boss and senior management were unable to step down, because if they fired me because I took the lead in making trouble, many people would leave at the same time. This is what we all discussed together. We will advance and retreat together. I will take the lead.
Come and be the first person."
"Then you have to be careful." After hearing what Hu Ming said, Officer Wang immediately reminded:
"You are the one who stands out, but if those employees who have agreed to advance and retreat together suddenly betray someone in public, then you will really become the one who stands out. It will be you, Hu Ming, who will be shot."
"Haha, I know." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Hu Ming laughed twice and replied helplessly:
"So, the boss is also afraid that things will get serious, and among us, we have always been very united, and we all despise betraying each other."
"At first, the boss wanted to divide us, but found that it was not easy, so he adopted the second plan. This is also the real reason why I came to Jiangnan City this time."
"Second plan?"
After hearing what Hu Ming said, everyone looked at each other in shock.
I feel that he can come up with this method of reducing salary and competing for jobs, which shows that this boss is also a "talent".
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Gu Chen asked straight to the point: "What is your boss's second plan?"
"Debt collection." Hu Ming said.
"How to operate it specifically?" Gu Chen asked again.
Hu Ming took a deep breath, trying to calm down, and then said again:
"To be specific, it's a customer of our company who owed our company a huge sum of money before and has yet to be able to repay it."
"Now, our company is in a deep financial crisis. If there is no return of capital chain, salary cuts and layoffs are certain."
"Although it is very despicable for the boss to do this, the fact that he called me to the office alone also shows that the company is currently in a very difficult situation and is trying to survive with a broken arm."
With a sigh, Hu Ming was also quite helpless: "There is no way, the boss is in urgent need of cash replenishment."
"He told me that a client in Jiangnan City owed the company about 2.5 million yuan. Even if I could get back 2 million yuan, he would no longer raise the issue of salary reduction and job competition, and would also give me an additional 5% commission."
"That means I want to get back 2 million and give you a commission of 100,000?" Yuan Shasha said.
Hu Ming nodded silently and added: "And my travel expenses to Jiangnan City will be reimbursed according to the department manager's quota."
"After the work was completed, I was promoted to department manager of the company."
"So, this is the real purpose of your coming to Jiangnan City? It's not just a special trip to visit an old friend?" Officer Wang asked.
Hu Ming sighed softly and nodded to admit: "Yes, the main purpose is to come here to collect debts, but because this is where I once lived."
"Many of my good friends from the past are here, so I also want to take advantage of this business trip to meet these old friends."
After a pause, Hu Ming added: "But, I really don't know that Wan Xiaomin's husband is Lu Yuan, and I really don't want to renew our relationship with Wan Xiaomin. I just want to catch up with old friends."
"As for why Wan Xiaomin disappeared in the Chengxi Chemical Plant, I really don't know, but I can take you there to look for it. I can tell you where we went last night?"
Seeing that Hu Ming's explanation was quite candid, it didn't look like he was deceiving everyone.
Especially since Hu Ming returned to Jiangnan City this time with a debt collection mission, Gu Chen felt that if the matter was true, the credibility would be quite high.
So he nodded and agreed: "Okay, then you can clean up now and come with us to the family area of Chengxi Chemical Plant."
"Alas!" When he heard that he was going to cooperate with the police and search for Wan Xiaomin's traces, Hu Ming seemed to be very happy, and he was very active.
Subsequently, everyone followed normal procedures and checked Hu Ming's belongings in the room, including the name of the company that wanted to collect debt this time, and some financial documents, and took photos to collect evidence.
After completing all the operations and seeing that there were not many abnormalities, Gu Chen took Hu Ming with him, got into the police car, and drove quickly towards the family area of Xicheng Chemical Plant, preparing to investigate Wan Xiaomin's final whereabouts.
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