Crossflow

Although it was agreed that Tao Fengche would bring bodyguards for this trip, Xu Song and Tao Fengche held different opinions on the number of bodyguards.

Xu Song acted both soft and hard, but Tao Fengche flatly refused. The two fought back and forth for a long time, and finally each took a step back—three bodyguards who changed into casual clothes and hid all their guns and weapons accompanied Tao Fengche, and then followed Wang Chengzhi. After ventilating, they said to the outside world that they were researchers who came to observe and study together.

Of course, I don't know how many bodyguards secretly followed.

Anyway, as long as Tao Fengche can't find out, it means there is no one. Steward Xu, who has been "following the law and violating the law" all the year round, is very experienced in this regard.

The production base I visited this time is located in an industrial park on the outskirts of Jingpu, and there is still a certain distance from the nearest airport.Even though Tao's driver parked the Maybach at the exit of the airport early and drove to the destination non-stop as soon as he received the person, it was already past eleven o'clock in the morning when the group arrived.

Tao Fengche and Wang Chengzhi got out of the car, followed by bodyguards disguised as researchers, and a group of staff members who were waiting at the door came up to them. The leader was a middle-aged alpha in a shirt and tie. She has a big beer belly and a slight bald spot on top of her head.

... fits well with the public image of a corporate executive.

Tao Fengche's gaze had just turned around the other party's precarious hairline, when he heard him introduce himself as Chen Jun, the quality director of the base.

"Hello, Director Chen." Wang Chengzhi smiled and extended his hand, shaking hands with him, "This time I brought a few students here to learn more, thank you for coming to pick me up."

"What is Director Wang talking about? It is our honor that you can come to our grassroots to guide our work." Chen Jun shook his hand with both hands, with a sincere expression.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries. During this process, Tao Fengche was half a step behind Wang Chengzhi. He stood beside Wang Chengzhi and acted as a transparent person, trying to minimize his presence. The appearance of a transparent person.

But the sky didn't go his way, several eyes that he thought were well hidden floated over from the opposite side, secretly glanced at him several times, Tao Fengche had no choice but to turn a blind eye and pretend nothing happened.

He knew in his heart that this situation was inevitable now.

Although Wang Chengzhi didn't identify him, he only vaguely said that he was bringing new researchers to gain insight, and the bodyguards he brought were all young alphas in their twenties who were good at camouflage and lurking, but they were still The explanation made sense, but Tao Fengche, a minor alpha who hadn't yet produced pheromones, was too conspicuous among them.

Why did you work in a research institute before you were an adult?According to Kyushu's labor laws, this falls under the category of child labor, and companies that violate the law will be severely punished. Industry giants like Dow will never break the law knowingly and artificially create a scandal.

This group of people who came to receive them before had a clear heart, and the underage alpha in front of them was the young master of the Tao family, who was sure to be in power in the future of the Tao family.It's not easy to have such an opportunity to meet the heir of a wealthy family, and it belongs to my own company. Why don't you hurry up and take a second look?

Tao Fengche understood their feelings, but being watched by so many scorching gazes, although he could barely maintain a calm appearance on the surface, he was crying bitterly in his heart, and a thought popped up suddenly: Did Yuesheng feel the same way when he was in the mourning hall and was scanned by people from all walks of life?

As he thought about it bitterly, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly relaxed.

But other people are far less relaxed than Tao Fengche.

Jingpu in August is like a stove, and today is a sunny day. The sun is tirelessly scorching the earth, and there is an astonishing heat wave in the air, as if you are in a huge oven made of heaven and earth. It was hard to breathe.

Just for a short while at the door, the clothes of several staff members were already soaked in sweat, and they were tightly attached to their bodies, as if they could wring out water.

Tao Fengche frowned, and took another half step back indistinctly.

He is middle-aged and has been doing research in the laboratory. After all, Wang Chengzhi's physical fitness is still incomparable with this group of strong young alphas. Others are just sweating from the sun. Helping the "researcher" was even more calm, but after such a short while, he was a little dizzy from the sun.

Wang Chengzhi raised his hand and looked at his watch, and couldn't help but click his tongue in his heart—this time is really embarrassing.

According to his original plan, he and Tao Fengche should arrive at the production base around 2:[-] p.m., set aside about a day and a half for work, take an overnight flight home tomorrow night, and return to work the day after tomorrow.

But Tao Fengche actually arranged for a private jet, and a special driver was waiting at the airport gate. Although it enhanced the comfort and greatly shortened the commuting time, it also disrupted his original plan.

If you go directly to the factory to look at the production line now, you won’t be able to see anything and it’s lunch time. In the afternoon, you have to start all over again, wasting an hour in vain.

and many more.

Wang Chengzhi suddenly thought of something.When Jing Ning asked him to bring Tao Fengche to work together, he mentioned that Tao Fengche had never been to the production base before, and asked him to take care of it. If so, why not...

"Time is a little tight now. If Director Chen doesn't mind, why don't we go around the base first, and then go to the production line in the afternoon?"

Chen Jun nodded quickly, picked up the pager in his hand, and said, "Okay, if I remember correctly, there was another person who came to inspect before. This is Director Wang's first visit to our base."

"Isn't it advocating environmental protection now? We responded positively and planted a lot of trees. I asked the security guards to drive a few sightseeing cars over and take you around the base."

"Sightseeing car?" Tao Fengche was a little puzzled.

"Yes." Chen Jun explained, "The base is too big. In the past, people from the company or research institute came to inspect it, and they used this to travel."

Tao Fengche nodded.

The sightseeing cars in the base are the common ones in the scenic area. In order to match Dow’s LOGO, they are painted in blue and white colors. The maximum speed does not exceed 40 yards. Although there is no seat belt, there is no need to worry about safety issues.

But even so, Tao Fengche was still protected by two bodyguards, one on the left and one on the right, as the center, and the other one sat on the opposite side of the rear of the car, observing the surrounding environment vigilantly, He was closely guarded.

The seats on the sightseeing car were limited, and Tao Fengche was inseparable from the three bodyguards. The remaining seats in this car were divided among Wang Chengzhi, Chen Jun and a young laboratory qc, and the others were divided into two parts. Returning to their jobs, the other part took another sightseeing car to accompany them to visit the production base.

As soon as the driver stepped on the accelerator, the sightseeing car drove forward slowly. Amid Director Chen's unhurried introduction, Tao Fengche looked around with some curiosity.

Unlike the two production bases that Tao Fengche visited two days ago, they are relatively centrally located, focusing on R&D and supplemented by warehousing and manufacturing. This base is located in the suburbs, the land is cheap, and it occupies a larger area. many.

As far as the eye can see, there are rows and rows of factory buildings painted pure white, with a huge Dow LOGO in the upper left corner. They are square in shape and neatly arranged.

"Going further is the living area of ​​the employees in the base. Supermarkets, dormitory buildings, and entertainment centers are all there. The base is too far away. We provide board and lodging, and most of the employees will choose to live in the base. Here, wait until the weekend before going home."

When the sightseeing car drove past the back door of the base, Chen Jun introduced.

"Then... shall we go back first?" Wang Chengzhi turned his head, saying that he was seeking the opinions of the students, but his gaze was only on Tao Fengche.

They had already circled the base in a sightseeing car, and they had seen all the places they should see. The remaining staff living area was nothing to see. Tao Fengche had already feasted his eyes, and when he was about to nod, he Suddenly found something wrong.

——There is a dilapidated factory building on the right. It is not built directly beside the asphalt road like other factories, but it is a little farther away, and a few towering trees are planted around it. If it weren't for his good eyesight, he really wouldn't be able to find it its existence.

He narrowed his eyes and examined it carefully.

There are about four or five factories in this batch. The outer walls are very mottled, and many of the coatings on them have fallen off, revealing the dark brown bricks underneath. The other factories they passed were completely different, it was as if a piece of the jigsaw puzzle that did not belong here was forced in, full of a sense of disobedience.

If Tao Fengche hadn't vaguely seen Dow's LOGO in the upper left corner of the factory building, Tao Fengche would have wondered if he had gone to the wrong place.

"The one on the right is...?" he asked.

"Oh, you asked this." Chen Jun swallowed quietly.

He was a little shocked by Tao Fengche's keenness, and he also complained that the driver hadn't been driving faster when he passed by here. When Wang Chengzhi and his party saw such a dilapidated place, they would inevitably suspect that they had used the maintenance funds for other purposes, or reported it to their own pockets.

But that's not the case at all.

Now that Tao Fengche had pointed it out, he put away his cover-up thoughts and said, "That was the traditional Chinese medicine factory before. But you know that the weather in Jingpu is wet and rainy in spring, and most of the Chinese herbal medicines used as raw materials are of the same type. Harvested every year, it is easy to mold and deteriorate in this kind of weather, and the ointment produced is also prone to insects. Although equipment can be used to remove moisture, the inherent conditions are indeed not as good as those in the north.”

"Didn't the company build a large traditional Chinese medicine factory in Taiqing seven or eight years ago, and simply abandoned the factory here, and the machines passed out together, and the place became empty, and it became dilapidated over time. the way it is now."

"In fact, everyone has always felt that it is a pity that this place is empty. They want to reuse it, but each has their own ideas. The employee union wants to take it away as an activity field, and the management of the base wants to open a new factory... ... Both sides hold their own words, and there is no result in the argument, so they have been put on hold."

"It is also for this reason that every year when the factory is repaired, it is ignored, and it is a waste of money to repair it when it is empty!"

After Chen Jun finished explaining, he looked at Tao Fengche's expression with trepidation, for fear that he would get angry.

Tao Fengche had no expression on his face. He just nodded after hearing what he said, and suddenly said, "I've never seen an abandoned factory building. If it's convenient, can Director Chen take us there to have a look?"

People who have been in high positions for a long time, even the interrogative sentences have the tone of not being able to refuse.

The bodyguard sitting next to Tao Fengche tilted his head, and exchanged a glance with Tao Fengche indiscriminately.

——"I'm curious because I haven't seen the abandoned factory building" is not a real reason at all.

Tao Fengche was extremely talented, and the three bodyguards Xu Song personally selected to protect him each had their own specialties, and they were all outstanding alphas.

Even though it was so far away, both of them could see that the circle of weeds at the entrance of the factory was slightly bent towards the ground, and the arc was very neat, like the traces of being stepped on by shoes.

...But a factory building that has been abandoned for seven or eight years is located in such a remote place, how can there be people walking around here?