Chapter 242: Someone Wants to Target Dafeng Factory
by xennovel“Give us an explanation!”
“That’s right. Dafeng Factory must give us an explanation! We’ve trusted your reputation for years and bought your hot pot ingredients. Now there’s a problem; you must take responsibility!”
“You must take responsibility…”
Xu Shaochen and Mei Liangxin arrived at the factory gate and saw a group of workers gathered there. Some were holding banners and shouting, while others were taking photos nearby.
Lin Youguo was sweating profusely as he tried to communicate with the other party, but they completely ignored him, continuing to shout that Dafeng Factory must take responsibility.
“Chairman Xu is here!”
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone quickly made way for Xu Shaochen.
“Hello, Chairman Xu.”
“Chairman Xu, I’m so glad you’re finally here. I really can’t handle this anymore.”
Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Lin Youguo approached Xu Shaochen, his face full of helplessness because the other party was being unreasonable.
“I’ll handle it.”
Xu Shaochen nodded, then walked over to the middle-aged man in a black short-sleeved shirt who seemed to be leading the group.
“Are you the person in charge? My brother ate your factory’s hot pot ingredients, and now he’s had diarrhea for three days straight. You must give us an explanation!”
The middle-aged man in the black short-sleeve pointed to a pale-faced young man beside him and shouted at Xu Shaochen.
“That’s right! You must give us an explanation, or this matter won’t end.”
“Give us an explanation!”
Several of the middle-aged man’s companions echoed, waving their banners.
“Hello, I’m a reporter from Jiangzhou Network. What do you think about this situation?”
“I’m a reporter from Jiangzhou Shanhe Daily. Dafeng Factory has been a local company for decades. How do you plan to resolve this incident?”
The nearby reporters swarmed forward, thrusting their microphones towards Xu Shaochen.
“Everyone, please calm down. I’m Xu Shaochen, the owner of Dafeng Factory. Let me first speak with the concerned parties, shall we?”
Xu Shaochen raised his voice as he looked at the group of reporters, maintaining a faint smile to appear more approachable.
“Chairman Xu, when you say you’ll communicate with the concerned parties, are you planning to reach a private settlement?”
“Right, what concerns us are the sanitation and safety of Dafeng Factory’s hot pot ingredients. Please provide an explanation for this incident, Chairman Xu.”
However, the reporters wouldn’t let up, and they kept pressing with increasingly sharp questions, clearly with an agenda in mind.
Seeing the group of reporters before him and then glancing at the suddenly quiet group behind the man in the black shirt, Xu Shaochen narrowed his eyes. The more he looked at it, the more organized this seemed.
“Excuse me, I need to make a phone call.”
Xu Shaochen smiled slightly at the reporters, then stepped aside and made a call.
The call was to Sun Hai, asking him to have the websites and newspapers recall their reporters immediately.
Whether these reporters had been paid off to cause trouble would be investigated later. If that were the case, Xu Shaochen was determined to make sure they’d never work as reporters again.
“Chairman Xu, are you trying to avoid something? We ask for a clear response.”
“Chairman Xu, we have the right to interview, and the people have the right to know. Please give us an explanation.”
“Chairman Xu…”
As Xu Shaochen was making his call, a group of reporters tried to push their way in but were forcefully stopped by the security guards.
If they really got in, those security guards would definitely lose their jobs.
“Ring ring ring…”
Soon, the phones of the group of reporters began to ring incessantly, and after finishing the calls, they all had expressions of shock and confusion.
Xu Shaochen waggled his phone at the group of reporters and smiled slightly.
The reporters all had a bad feeling. Then, with forced smiles, they hurriedly left.
“Hey, where are you going? Reporters, come back!”
Seeing the reporters leave, the middle-aged man in the black short-sleeves panicked immediately. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go! Without the reporters, how was he supposed to keep up this act?
“You said your brother ate our factory’s hot pot ingredients, had diarrhea for three days, and became this weak?”
Walking up to the middle-aged man, Xu Shaochen pointed at the pale young man beside him.
“That’s right. He had hot pot two nights ago and then ate nothing else. Now he’s in this state. If the hot pot ingredients aren’t the problem, what else could it be?”
The middle-aged man in the black short-sleeves tried to keep calm as he looked at Xu Shaochen.
Xu Shaochen didn’t say anything and took out his phone to dial.
“What are you doing?” the middle-aged man asked.
Xu Shaochen smiled, “Calling the hospital and the police. Let’s get everything investigated thoroughly. If it’s indeed our hot pot ingredients at fault, I’ll take full responsibility.”
The man’s acting was so poor that Xu Shaochen noticed his panic as soon as the reporters left.
“This is too much trouble. I’m already late for work and don’t have time to waste. Fine, count yourselves lucky. We won’t pursue this any further. We’ll just accept our bad luck, okay?”
The middle-aged man in the black short-sleeves’ face changed, and after speaking, he tried to leave with his people.
Xu Shaochen waved his hand, and Long Yi and Long Er stepped forward, blocking their way.
“What do you mean by this? We’re not holding your factory responsible anymore, and now you won’t let us leave?”
The middle-aged man in the black short-sleeves turned around to question Xu Shaochen, his voice loud, but his eyes wobbling uncertainly.
“You may not be holding us responsible, but now I have a bill to settle with you—a bill for falsely accusing Dafeng Factory.”
Xu Shaochen spoke slowly, his face so dark it could drip water.
If he hadn’t made that call earlier to have Sun Hai recall the reporters, Dafeng Factory would surely be in the spotlight within the next few days, and its reputation would be ruined.
The key to this situation was those reporters. Without them, the middle-aged man in the black short-sleeves was nothing more than a tool—a trigger for this scheme.
Someone wants to destroy Dafeng Factory. How could Xu Shaochen not be furious?
“Damn it! I knew it. After all these years, our factory has never had a problem. Why now?”
“Exactly! This is clearly a setup against us. How despicable!”
“These people deserve to be struck by lightning…”
The workers of Dafeng Factory were infuriated, glaring at the middle-aged man in the black short-sleeves, wanting to beat him up.