"You said you reported someone from your own factory?"
Miao Wanli repeated Wang Yu's words with some confusion. He had truly never heard of someone reporting themselves before.
"That's right! Our factory workers made the first move, so they should bear the primary responsibility!"
Wang Yu said to Miao Wanli without hesitation, his gaze also falling on the workers at the front.
As a factory director, he knew almost all of the over two hundred employees in the factory. He immediately recognized the bald, large-headed man at the forefront.
His face was ruddy, clearly from drinking. His injuries were also the most severe; not only was he bruised and swollen, but there was also a large, purplish-blue lump on his head, likely from being hit with something.
Wei Liangyong, the squad leader of the production workshop's second shift. He was known for his forthrightness and loyalty.
However, his flaw was impulsiveness and rough behavior, often getting into arguments and fights with others at the slightest provocation.
"Da Yong, you tell me, who made the first move?"
"Little Director..." Wei Liangyong stammered, unable to speak, clearly sobered up by now.
"Speak!"
"Those people from the hardware factory cursed you first. They said you were spineless, that you only relied on a woman..."
Wei Liangyong opened his mouth to argue, but Wang Yu cut him off.
"Just tell me who made the first move?"
"Little Director!" Han Jun tugged at Wang Yu's arm from the side, clearly signaling him to stop talking.
"Let go! Let him speak, who made the first move?"
"Well... we made the first move, but didn't you hear what those bastards said about you? Each word was more offensive than the last! I..."
Wei Liangyong tried to say more.
"No more nonsense! If you make a move, it's your fault! Can't problems be discussed properly? Must you always solve them with fists?"
Wang Yu interrupted him unceremoniously, then turned to Miao Wanli.
"Captain Miao, please handle this according to the regulations."
"Fighting and brawling, this matter can be minor or major. According to regulations, if it's serious, both parties can be taken into administrative detention, and you'll have a record of administrative detention."
Miao Wanli spoke in a business-like tone.
"What? A record?"
Everyone was stunned. They had thought it was just a fight, but now there was talk of a criminal record?
Many shivered, their drunkenness completely gone.
People at this time, to put it bluntly, were largely ignorant of the law, with a weak sense of legal awareness. In their minds, only the truly wicked, those who committed murder or arson, would be considered criminals and jailed, leaving a record. They never imagined that a simple fight would be treated so seriously.
"Nonsense! Who told you scoundrels to have too much free time? Instead of being so eager for a fight, why don't you work harder and earn more money for your wives and children?"
Wang Yu sternly reprimanded them.
"Heh, jail time is criminal detention. For disturbances of public order like yours, the regulations allow for administrative detention. Then you'll have a record for life!"
Miao Wanli also explained at the opportune moment.
"Supervisor Zhang, this can't happen! You just told us to provoke the car factory people into a fight, you didn't say it would result in a record!"
Someone among the hardware factory workers suddenly shouted at the leader, the one who had previously participated in beating Han Jun and the others.
"Yeah, Director Fang, you didn't say it would be this serious before! You said it would be at most a fine, and you'd cover it?" The workers from the metallurgical general factory also chimed in, inadvertently "betraying" their leader, Fang Zhongtian.
"You guys..." The Zhang supervisor's face was filled with distress. Why were these workers so easily scared?
Didn't they realize that he had only said it *could* be minor or major? They had already lost their composure and foolishly spilled everything!
After all, the situation wasn't that severe. Although they had many people, they hadn't truly engaged in a full-blown fight. It was mostly to lure Wang Yu into a trap.
Then, their side would all insist that the other party made the first move, accusing Wang Yu of gathering people for a brawl. Once the facts were established, no one would have evidence, and Wang Yu would be locked up for some time.
Then the car factory, leaderless, would be ripe for the next stage of their plan.
But they hadn't expected Wang Yu to be lured here, and this fellow, instead of acting impulsively like an ordinary young man, had directly and decisively called the police.
Their own people, startled, had revealed the truth. They had tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice. They might actually be going to jail!
Supervisor Zhang looked bitter, while Fang Zhongtian was more direct. He immediately started shouting, trying to distance himself, "What are you looking at me for, you scoundrels? We didn't do anything, understand?"
"It's not like that, Director Fang! You told the brothers to provoke them, and you specifically called Brother Hu and his ilk, all to set a trap for Wang Yu.
But now that there's trouble and we're facing jail, you're trying to be the good guy and let the brothers take the fall and get a record? That's too disloyal!"
However, his subordinate workers weren't thinking that deeply. Upon hearing about a record, they became unwilling and started spilling everything, like beans pouring out of a can.
"You... you guys!"
Fang Zhongtian was so angry he was almost spitting blood. His expression was like that of a puppet army captain whose retreat had just been cut off by a guerrilla force.
If he had been born a few decades later, in Wang Yu's previous life, he would have involuntarily exclaimed, "Teammates from hell!"
"Fine, so you're the culprits!"
Miao Wanli chuckled as he watched the scene unfold.
"I received Director Wang's call just now and was wondering what kind of show you were putting on. So it turns out you guys were playing this trick."
"A trick? Wang Yu... you son of a bitch, you played dirty!"
Fang Zhongtian, as if waking from a dream, pointed at Wang Yu and cursed him.
"Heh, Captain Miao, as you can see, these people deliberately incited trouble, intending to disturb public order, and they also injured me..."
Wang Yu smiled, pointing to the bleeding wound on his brow.
"Brother Hu, didn't you make that move?"
From the crowd, Xiangzi, a lackey of Brother Hu, suddenly spoke up.
"You talk too much, you son of a bitch!" Brother Hu, enraged, subtly elbowed Xiangzi.
"Deliberately instigating a brawl, intentional injury of others, and disturbing public order by shouting in a public place..."
Miao Wanli sneered at Fang Zhongtian, "Come with me, you're not going home tonight."
"You... I..."
Fang Zhongtian panicked and tried to say more, but two burly security bureau members stepped forward, grabbed him by the arms, handcuffed him, and took him away.
Supervisor Zhang received the same treatment, as did the key workers from the hardware and metallurgical factories who had instigated the trouble.
"As for you..." Miao Wanli looked at the car factory employees, "Those in charge will also need to come back to make a statement and be investigated."
"Yes, we will fully cooperate with your work."
Wang Yu glared at Wei Liangyong and the others, then voluntarily stepped forward.
"Captain Miao, we have something to discuss."