Siheyuan: Back to 50 years ago, Shazhu joined the army

He Daqing was quite surprised to hear what He Yuzhu said. He didn't understand what his son meant by this and why he suddenly asked this question. He immediately asked back,

"Zhu Zi, is there something wrong? Why are you asking?"

He Yuzhu did not explain the reason, but continued to ask,

"Dad, don't ask for the reason. Just tell me if there is such a person."

He Daqing immediately fell into deep thought. After thinking for a long time, he replied directly,

"Zhu Zi, I don't know the details, but there shouldn't be such a person, because you know I usually work in the kitchen, and after I finish the work at hand, I light a pipe and rest in the back kitchen. I rarely interact with the workers in the factory."

When He Yuzhu heard his father's answer, he knew that he would not be able to get any useful information or intelligence. Now, he had no idea about this "rat" hidden inside the steel mill, and he didn't know where to start. The only thing he could do now was to send more people to patrol the factory to prevent this potential spy from doing anything detrimental to the steel mill. This was also the only solution.

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A week later, a shocking incident occurred at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill: one ton of steel was missing from the material workshop for no apparent reason.

You have to know that China is a country with relatively scarce resources. Although there are many proven resources, they are not conducive to mining. Iron ore still needs to be imported in large quantities. Although this ton of steel may not seem like much, in this era, steel is a state-owned asset and an important strategic material. Now that so much material is missing, it means that a theft has occurred in the steel plant, and in the 50s when there was a lack of surveillance and criminal investigation methods, finding the lost steel would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

As the head of the security department responsible for factory security issues, He Yuzhu was directly called to the office by Nie Chu, director of the Security Department.

As soon as He Yuzhu entered the room, Nie Chu started to scold him.

"He Yuzhu, let me ask you, what do you do as the head of the security department? There is a ton of steel missing from the factory. Do you know?"

He Yuzhu was also quite shocked and surprised to hear the news, because he didn't know about this matter at all and had never heard anyone mention it.

For this reason, he immediately asked Nie Chu,

"Director, when did this happen? How come I don't know about it?"

When Nie Chu heard He Yuzhu's answer, he was furious. He was already furious, and now hearing He Yuzhu's words, it added fuel to the fire. He was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

He slammed the table vigorously with his hand and continued to scold He Yuzhu.

"He Yuzhu, are you crazy? As the head of the security department of our steel mill, you don't have any information at all.

I want to ask you, how do you usually manage it? You know, this ton of steel is not a small amount. Now it just disappeared for no reason. If the higher-ups find out, not only will you lose your job, but I, the director, will also be in trouble!"

Then Nie Chu changed the subject.

"He Yuzhu, listen to me carefully. I will give you three days to find the missing one ton of steel.

No matter what method you use, even if you have to dig deep into the ground, you must find it for me. Otherwise, you will be punished and criticized at the very least, or fired from your post and imprisoned at the worst. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

He Yuzhu was helpless after hearing what Nie Chu said.

He understood that what the other party said was true. The lost steel was an extremely scarce strategic material. The loss of one ton meant the loss of state-owned assets. This was a huge negligence and dereliction of duty. If he didn't handle it properly, he would really be dismissed from his public office and even go to jail.

When he thought of this, He Yuzhu was a little scared. He immediately asked Nie Chu,

"Director, is it possible that the purchaser in charge of purchasing and the worker in charge of inventory did not count clearly, resulting in a problem in the accounts?"

When Nie Chu heard what He Yuzhu said, he directly denied this speculation.

"He Yuzhu, I have thought about the problem you mentioned before, and I sent people to verify with the purchasing department. I also asked the workers in the warehouse and the material workshop who are responsible for storage one by one. Based on their descriptions, it can be basically confirmed that this batch of raw materials really exists.

Logically speaking, each link is not managed by the same person, and the probability of collusion is very low, so the most likely possibility is theft.

But don't worry about this for now. I will send someone to verify it later. Your first priority is to find the missing ton of steel for me."

He Yuzhu heard this and immediately patted his chest and promised,

"Okay, Director, I understand. I will definitely try to find a way to fix the problem and find the missing steel."

Coming out of the director's office, He Yuzhu felt terrible. He really didn't expect that some bastard would dare to offend such a person. If he couldn't handle the theft of this batch of steel properly, his whole career would be over.

Moreover, there are only three days, which is very tight. Besides, there is still no clue at all, which makes He Yuzhu speechless.

When He Yuzhu returned to the security department, his follower Chen Feng immediately noticed his abnormality and took the initiative to care about him.

"Chief He, what's wrong with you? What did the director say? You looked so sad after coming back from the director's visit."

He Yuzhu waved his hand and told the truth directly without hiding anything.

"Xiao Chen, don't mention it. Something happened. One ton of steel was lost in the material workshop of our steel rolling mill. Director Nie ordered me to find the whereabouts of this batch of steel within three days."

When everyone in the security department heard the news, they were all stunned. You know, losing something in a factory is no small matter, especially losing a ton of steel. With such a large amount, the entire security department might have to be punished.

Everyone started to get nervous.

He Yuzhu directly picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, then sat down in his position as section chief and began to think about countermeasures.

Maybe it was because of the glass of water he drank, he calmed down a lot. No longer as impatient as before, he began to calmly analyze the various possibilities of the matter.