Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

The predecessor of the garment factory was the textile factory. Today, more than half of the people in the textile factory have entered the garment factory, and the other half have gone to other places to start a new business.

But whether it is a garment factory or a textile factory, fire prevention is the top priority.

As the factory director, Zeng Youqian spent most of his energy on technology, but he did not shirk his responsibilities in the factory. With the help of Chen Rong and two deputy factory directors, he did a good job.

After growing into a qualified cadre, Zeng Youqian repeatedly emphasized discipline and production safety in meetings, with fire prevention being the first priority, and no one was allowed to bring fire sources into the factory.

In garment factories, there are more female workers than male workers, so smoking still causes some trouble.

However, after Zeng Youqian and Chen Rong used iron-blooded tactics to fire several male workers who secretly brought fire sources into the factory, no one dared to commit a crime in this regard.

But Han Qiaosheng is an exception, or he is a traitor.

"Fire, fire..."

"Warehouse No. 3 is on fire..."

It is not known who sounded the first alarm, but by the time it was sounded the entire warehouse was already on fire.

When Zhao Hongqing discovered the dangerous situation, he immediately led the on-duty members of the security department and the militia company, and all the forces that could be mobilized, to immediately start firefighting in accordance with routine drills.

Afterwards, workers in each workshop immediately put down their work and participated in the firefighting according to the drill...

But what was stored in Warehouse No. 3 was polyester yarn, semi-finished products that were to be used to make fabrics. If that stuff started burning, there was no way it could be put out.

Next to Warehouse No. 3, Zeng Youqian and Chen Rong, who had hurried over, had faces as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Don't worry about Warehouse No. 3!" Zeng Youqian calmly instructed Zhao Hongqing, "It's too late to save them. Pay attention to the connection between Warehouse No. 3 and other warehouses..."

His order was crucial, as it deprived Han Qiaosheng, who was hiding and preparing to continue, of the opportunity to attack again.

But Warehouse No. 3 is the garment factory’s largest polyester storage warehouse, and the last batch of polyester was just stored there these days.

After this batch, the garment factory will temporarily have no more materials to produce polyester, and all the stored polyester will be used for the production of a large order.

Therefore, even if the fire does not expand, the garment factory is in big trouble.

The black smoke rising into the sky almost dyed the entire Chaoyang District sky black. Everyone in the city could see it.

The fire department came, but it was useless!

The entire warehouse was burned to ashes, but fortunately no one was injured and no other warehouses were affected.

In the conference room of the garment factory, Zeng Youqian, whose face was blackened by smoke, remained silent. Chen Rong was presiding over the meeting to investigate the cause of the fire.

Zhao Hongqing from the Security Department and Han Qiaosheng, leader of the security team, are the main persons held accountable.

Zhao Hongqing lowered his head and reviewed himself, sincerely reflecting on whether he had done anything wrong in his recent work.

But Han Qiaosheng did not do that. He insisted that he was not responsible and that there was a problem with the warehouse management.

"I have emphasized again and again that there is a problem with the electrical wiring in Warehouse No. 3..." Han Qiaosheng's well-reasoned arguments made Zeng Youqian very annoyed.

"Stop talking, let's not discuss this responsibility issue now!" Zeng Youqian slapped the table, suppressing his anger, "Attention all departments, our focus now is production issues. Warehouse No. 3 caught fire, and our production of delivery orders will be stopped. Let's not discuss the workers' problems for now. How to solve the export products? We must come up with a solution."

"Director, let me make a statement!" The head of the purchasing department also stood up with a dark face and said fiercely, "I will leave now and stay in the petrochemical plant until they give us another batch of raw materials..."

"Okay, that's right!" Chen Rong realized that the most urgent issue was wrong, and immediately said, "I will report it to the higher authorities and find a way for the petrochemical plant to cooperate with you. Remember, if there is a truck, we will transport it. The sooner it comes back, the sooner our factory can resume production...

"Deputy Director Yan, please do a good job in logistics. It is very necessary to calm the workers' emotions. Arrange for them to rest in an orderly manner and divert production..."

As orders were issued one after another, the subject of the meeting was immediately changed.

However, all this cannot change the fact that the problem is serious. Although the order delivery date is still a long way off, the supply from the petrochemical plant is obviously not enough.

After the meeting, a small meeting was held. Chen Rong called together the two deputy factory directors she trusted and Zhao Hongqing to hold a small meeting.

"Zhao Hongqing, you can tell me now." Zeng Youqian wiped his face with a towel and said, "What do you think about the fire? I know that the security department pays special attention to fire prevention in warehouses and factory areas. The safety team doesn't know as much as you do."

This is a major production matter. Although Zeng Wangcai uses Han Qiaosheng as a chess piece, he is also on guard.

In fact, the core members of that production safety team were arranged by Zhao Hongqing, and Zhao Hongqing has always been in charge of the safety work of the entire factory.

Such a big thing cannot be easily relaxed.

But none of Zeng Wangcai and his friends would have thought that Han Qiaosheng would act on his own and be so disloyal as to do such a shocking thing.

The most important thing is that Han Qiaosheng left everyone behind and acted alone. With just a cigarette and a match, he caused such a big event that shocked the entire city.

"Director, the actual situation is not like what Han Qiaosheng said!" Zhao Hongqing replied while smoking a cigarette. "Warehouse No. 3 was taken over from the textile factory. It is true that the building and circuits are aging, but we conduct regular inspections. Old Jiao said that there are absolutely no safety hazards. He has replaced all the problematic circuits."

"You mean... there are other reasons for the fire?" Chen Rong asked first.

"I can't guarantee anything else!" Zhao Hongqing said, "Anyway, it's not this..."

"Stop talking so much bullshit and just state your suspicions!"

"I suspect... the fire was man-made..."

Zhao Hongqing was a military man, and an excellent scout at that, so naturally everyone would remember the direction of his suspicion.

However, Zhao Hongqing added that since everything was burned in a fire, there would definitely be no evidence.

There's no way to talk about this.

After the small meeting, Zeng Youqian and Chen Yun continued to discuss the next steps.

"Lao Zeng!" Chen Rong changed her previous calmness and asked anxiously, "What's the situation with Wangcai? Where are his raw materials? When will they arrive? This is related to your future..."

Originally, if the 8,000 tons of raw materials had not arrived and the situation was not that urgent, the factory could have held on for a while.

But not now!

"I don't know either!" Zeng Youqian didn't want to hide too much from Chen Rong, so he picked out a few details and said, "Xiaobao is on the way, and will be able to dock tomorrow at the latest, but because Wangcai didn't come back, you know these days..."

"Those people are just bored..." Chen Rong cursed angrily, and then immediately stopped. Some people were not someone she could scold, and she didn't want to cause trouble. Although Zeng Youqian was sure to trust him, what if he got used to it? She said, "If we dock tomorrow, maybe we can still make it in time."

"Is it still in time?" Zeng Youqian seized on this question, "Have you heard anything?"

"I......"

Before Chen Rong could say anything, her secretary came over to report that the boss was calling...