"I... how do you know... No, I mean, I never did anything like this! You can't slander me!"
Yang Song began to cry injustice, and then his gaze fell on Liu Lu, becoming manic.
"It's her! It must be her!
Liu Lu is framing me! She wants my position as factory director and then slanders me! You must believe me, I really didn't do anything!"
Yang Song roared frantically, waving his limbs as if that could give his words certainty.
"Someone has reported you by name, and there is evidence that you yourself admitted it!" The leading member of the public security bureau looked at Yang Song with disdain.
These vermin who sucked the blood of ordinary working people were the most despicable. He didn't bother to waste more words with Yang Song and directly waved his hand. Two people stepped forward and subdued Yang Song to the ground.
"Let go of me, let me go! I'm not guilty, you can't arrest me. Liu Lu, you bitch, you framed me for my factory director position!"
Yang Song struggled frantically, but it was to no avail.
"Heh heh, I want your factory director position?"
Liu Lu looked at Yang Song with amusement. "Why don't you think about how many guilty things you've done? I heard that you fired me on the grounds of absenteeism when I was away. That's just perfect.
This time, besides seeing how you get arrested, I'm also here to tell you that I really don't care about a mere steel mill.
The huge debts my late husband and mother-in-law left behind have already been paid off with the help of Factory Director Wang Yu.
As they say, a scholar dies for his confidant. I have already accepted his invitation and will be working at his automobile factory as a secretary manager.
I really don't care about your petty gains!"
Liu Lu's words, though not spoken, only added fuel to the fire and made Yang Song explode.
"I just know, I just know you're relying on hooking up with Wang Yu. You two shameless adulterers are working together to frame me for my steel mill!
Otherwise, why would Wang Yu make a gambling agreement with Heda on behalf of the steel mill? I..."
Before Yang Song could finish speaking, he was impatiently interrupted by a member of the public security bureau.
"Where did all this nonsense come from? Someone as busy as Director Wang Yu, where would he find the time to specifically conspire to frame you? Do you really think of yourself as something special?
Don't you know what wicked things you've done? Take him away, take him back for investigation!"
Because they had previously received Wang Yu's selfless donations, such as motorized bicycles, electric kettles, electric fans, etc., which had tangibly improved the working environment of the public security bureau members.
Therefore, although they would not bend the rules for Wang Yu out of professional ethics, it did not affect their good impression of him.
At this, several public security bureau members directly dragged Yang Song away without regard for his shouting.
Liu Lu watched Yang Song being taken away, a look of satisfaction in her eyes, and then turned to leave.
"Wait a moment, Liu Lu!"
Someone among the remaining cadres of the steel mill called out to her.
"What about our factory now?"
Everyone looked at Liu Lu with anxious eyes.
"What else can we do?" Liu Lu shrugged. "Now that Yang Song has been brought to justice, you can elect a new factory director. As for the mess the factory is in now, it's not just me saying good things about my new boss, but do you think anyone else besides Wang Yu has the qualifications to give you a better life?"
"So, you know what to do."
After speaking, Liu Lu turned and left directly, leaving the group of people staring at each other.
"How about we let Wang Yu acquire it?"
After a long silence, someone spoke up, and then was immediately met with nods of approval from everyone.
This really seemed to be the only solution at the moment!
...
In the conference room at the original site of the automobile factory, Wang Yu smiled and looked at everyone present.
These parts suppliers and contract manufacturers, who had been so proud and defiant in demanding higher prices from him, were now looking at him helplessly.
Helplessness, pleading, hatred, regret... various expressions intertwined, converging into gazes that fell on Wang Yu.
"Little Factory Director Wang, is there really no room for maneuver? As they say, 'Leave a way out for people, and you'll have a way to meet later.'"
Huang He gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Yu with a hoarse voice. He was now dejected, looking as if he had aged decades.
Although only sixty years old, he now looked like a centenarian, exuding a sense of impending death.
"Heh heh, when you united to force me, did you ever think about meeting later?"
Wang Yu said calmly, "I don't like to fall out with everyone easily. Even at the last moment, I still left you a sliver of room for maneuver.
I have always insisted on the principle of everyone making money together, but if you all insist on forcing me to the brink, then you can't blame me for not giving you face.
As I said before, the money I, Wang Yu, earn is indeed a lot, but not a single cent is superfluous!"
Having said that, Wang Yu lightly flicked his fingers, raising two fingers.
"Two choices:
Either we proceed according to the contract, and due to your breach of contract, we terminate all cooperation and you pay the liquidated damages.
Or I take a 51% stake in your factories, and I will act as if the breach of contract never happened. Cooperation can continue as usual, and there will be more profitable opportunities for you in the future. I absolutely guarantee this!"
After saying this, Wang Yu looked at everyone present steadily, waiting for them to make their decision.
"You want to get our equity for nothing just on your word? You're dreaming!"
Huang He said fiercely, "51% means absolute control, doesn't it?"
He had originally thought that Wang Yu would offer a reasonable and good price to acquire their stakes. After all, Wang Yu had always given the impression of being generous, righteous, and a believer in the principle of everyone making money together.
But he hadn't expected that this damned Wang Yu was simply a ravenous wolf that ate people without spitting out bones, demanding 51% of everyone's equity!
And the price was just to write off the so-called liquidated damages?
Isn't this trying to get something for nothing?
Huang He was furious, but the liquidated damages were something that they, having breached the contract first, had voluntarily handed over to Wang Yu!
"Heh heh, Uncle Huang, to use your own words when you advised me, you'd better think carefully about the pros and cons and weigh the benefits."
Wang Yu looked at Huang He with a calm demeanor. "We had already noted in our contract that the party who unilaterally breaches the contract would need to compensate the other party with 10 times the liquidated damages based on all order amounts since the business began.
If I recall correctly, in the motorized bicycle business alone, we had orders for 5,000 units from major bicycle companies that Lingling had negotiated, plus nearly 3,000 units from other small factories, and the retail sales we made, all totaling tens of thousands of units, right?"
Wang Yu smiled at Huang He. "These orders, regardless of whether I made a profit or a loss, you collected a processing fee of 100 yuan per unit without any hesitation. For these orders totaling nearly one million yuan, a tenfold compensation would be ten million yuan.
Tell me, would you prefer to pay 10 million yuan in compensation or give up your equity?"
As Wang Yu spoke with a smile, Huang He's face turned paler with each sentence, until finally, he looked like he had turned ashen!
"I... this..."