Revival Road

Chapter 31 Suicide Incident
When he went to work on Tuesday, Tao Tang saw that the questionnaire he arranged had been placed on the table, asked Li Zhibin, and replied that Deputy Secretary Chang had just sent it.

The questionnaire lists 20 questions, covering five aspects including company development, operation, scientific research, salary and property.Tao Tang thought about it for a while after reading it, and began to summarize and cut it down to 11 questions, and added two more questions about marketing.Then I went to Chang Wenhai's office.

"Vice Secretary Chang, I've read the questionnaire, and it's basically OK, with a slight revision. Go and seek the opinions of Secretary Zhao and Chairman Guo. If possible, please draft a notice and send it out."

Chang Wenhai read the revised questionnaire, "President Tao revised it well. I will do it right away. I want to organize a branch secretary meeting to arrange it so as not to go astray."

"Alright." Tao Tang sat down on the chair opposite Chang Wenhai's desk, "Old Chang, when did you join the factory?"

"87 years, a full 26 years."

"I heard that your accent is not local."

"No, my hometown is in Jiangnan Province. After graduation, I was assigned to Red Star, and I didn't want to move after I got married. Now I'm from Hiraizumi. Mr. Tao, you are a child of our factory. Do you feel that the factory has changed a lot this time?"

"Great, the change is all-round, especially in terms of equipment. When I was a child, I went to deliver meals to my father who worked overtime. He was a foundry worker, and the working environment was extremely poor. Now it is much better." Tao Tang waved his hand, rejecting the cigarettes that Chang Wenhai handed over. , "It's hard to quit, and I don't want to quit. Lao Chang, I was thinking about the topic of the questionnaire just now, and I want to ask you, what do you think are the biggest problems in our factory right now?"

"President Tao is testing me." Chang Wenhai put the smoked cigarette on the desk calendar, "I think the first thing is to eliminate the bad influence brought by Song Yue and Yang Wenhuan. Now there is a lot of discussion below, it seems that the whole team is rotten... ...is very unfavorable to work. Second, the wages are too low. Oh, I mean ordinary employees. Not being able to retain people is a big problem."

"Well. So, how to eliminate Song Yang's negative influence?"

"I can't say that well..."

"As for me, I want to combine questionnaires and hold several symposiums including retirees after May Day. I haven't discussed this with Secretary Zhao. What do you think?"

"Of course." Chang Wenhai thought to himself, you are the chairman and general manager, how do you think about the affairs of the party and the masses?

"In addition, mass cultural and sports activities should be carried out. Now is a good season to enrich the spare time life of employees. In the past, Red Star's basketball level was very high. At that time, Red Star's team could represent Hiraizumi's highest level. Now I don't know why. That's it."

More and more, is this something you should care about?But Chang Wenhai couldn't reveal his true inner thoughts, "The trade union has a plan for cultural and sports activities every year. I'll ask them to report for you. You were right when I mentioned basketball. When I came to the factory, the basketball team really It's strong, but now it can't."

"Old Chang, I have always been engaged in administration, and I have basically never done party-mass work. But I have never dared to underestimate the power of party-mass work. This is soft power, especially for a big factory like ours. Don't worry, I will definitely It doesn’t cost much to support the work of Qunkou.”

"With your words, my work can be done easily."

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore." Tao Tang got up and left.

Back in the office, Li Zhibin reported, "Just now I received a call from the No. [-] branch factory. One of their employees committed suicide."

"Suicide? What happened?" Tao Tang was taken aback.

"I am not sure as well."

"Go and find out, now."

After Li Zhibin left, Tao Tang was a little depressed.Suicide is not the responsibility of the company, but it is extremely uncomfortable, and the speed of reviewing documents is much slower, and some are absent-minded.Chang Wenhai didn't mention this matter just now, which means that the branch factory didn't report to Chang Wenhai who was in charge of mass work in the first place.He wanted to say something to Chang Wenhai, picked up the phone and put it down again.

After he finished reviewing all the documents in the two folders, Li Zhibin came back, and Tao Tang checked the time, it was a quarter past nine.

"what's the situation?"

"The dead man's name is Wang Luochuan, a 29-year-old car worker at the No. [-] Branch Factory. Last night, in the rented house, he sealed the doors and windows with tape, committed suicide with gas, and left a suicide note. Now several leaders of the branch factory have rushed over. gone."

"Do you know the reason?"

"I read the suicide note and listened to Secretary Gao, oh, it was Gao Jiming, the branch secretary of the No. [-] Branch Factory, who introduced Wang Luochuan's situation. It should be that the family is too difficult, and his partner is blowing up again. I can't think about it..."

"What kind of difficult method? Have you figured it out?"

"His parents are both in the countryside. He was recruited after graduating from a technical school. His mother is paralyzed and can't take care of himself. His father has some mental problems. He has a younger brother who still suffers from polio and is basically incapable of working..."

"Understood. Go, take me to his house."

"Do you want a car?"

"What kind of car do you want!" Tao Tang's voice was muffled.Li Zhibin originally wanted to ask if he should notify the directors and other leaders, but seeing Tao Tang's gloomy face, he didn't dare to mention it.

The two rode bicycles to the No. [-] courtyard. A large crowd had already gathered at the door of the deceased. When they heard that Tao Tang had come, Zhu Yu, the director of the No. [-] Branch Factory, and Gao Jiming, the secretary, immediately came out to welcome them.

"The Ministry of Security has checked, and it is basically determined to be a suicide... 110 has been reported... The police should be here soon." Zhu Yuhui reported.

With a gloomy face, Tao Tang walked into the room where the deceased lived from the crowd of people who moved away without saying a word.A bed sheet covered the deceased. He stepped forward and lifted the sheet, took a look, and then covered it again.Then he took a few glances at the most rudimentary furnishings in the house, and left the house.

"Does his family know?"

"Not yet..."

"After determining the cause of death, you, as his direct leaders, must go to his home in person."

"Yes." Zhu Yu and Gao Jiming agreed in unison.

"Did he have any abnormal signs before?"

"No……"

"Didn't find it or not?" Tao Tang raised his voice.

"I didn't find..."

"Where's the suicide note?"

A man who looked like a worker handed over a piece of manuscript paper.

"you are?"

"President Tao, I am the chairman of the branch..."

After Tao Tang read the suicide note, his face became more and more gloomy, "He was driven to death by difficulties. I am responsible, and you are even more responsible!"

Zhu Yu and Gao Jiming lowered their heads.

Chang Wenhai, Zhou Bing, and Zhang Xingwu rushed over. Tao Tang said to Chang Wenhai and Zhou Bing: "This is a painful lesson. Handle the funeral properly. Deputy Secretary Chang is in charge. I'll go back first." After speaking, he turned around. gone.

Tao Youdao and his girlfriend Wang Xiaojuan were at the scene, and the people who came to the scene were basically people from the sixth branch factory, because the deceased had no relatives in the factory, and those who came to help with the funeral were colleagues.Tao Youdao saw the second uncle coming in a hurry and leaving in a hurry. The second uncle must have not seen him, and even if he did, he probably wouldn't pay attention to him.

"That's Mr. Tao?" Colleagues were discussing in low voices.

Wang Xiaojuan came with Tao Youdao, and she dared not enter the house, nor would she let her boyfriend in.It was also the first time she saw Tao Tang. After Tao Tang left, she whispered to her boyfriend, "Your second uncle is so majestic."

"Not your second uncle?"

"Fuck you. I heard him admonish Secretary Gao and Director Zhu just now, look how ugly their faces are..." Wang Xiaojuan pointed to Zhu Yu and Gao Jiming.

Tao Youdao was thinking about his dead colleague.He knew Wang Luochuan and had a drink together, but he was not a friend.Zhu Yu asked the cadres to help, so he came.He was a taciturn young man who devoted himself to work all day long... Tao Youdao had just found out about Wang Luochuan's family situation, it was miserable enough, and it would put a lot of pressure on anyone... A girlfriend wouldn't want to be with him. In reason...

The siren sounded, and a police car stopped in the open space at the head of the row of houses. Three police officers came over accompanied by the security department. Wang Xiaojuan grabbed her boyfriend and gave way to the police.

Tao Youdao suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, "Let's go, I'm afraid we can't help much."

In the afternoon, the routine production administration meeting was held in the large conference room on the second floor of Building No. [-].Ma Guangming, who presided over the meeting, had just announced the opening of the meeting. Seeing Tao Tang push the door in, "Mr. Tao..." Ma Guangming stood up.

"Let me say a few words first." Tao Tang sat down beside Ma Guangming. "Comrades, let me take this occasion to say a few words. This morning, a young worker in the sixth branch factory passed away unfortunately. Everyone should have heard about it. I don’t know how everyone here is feeling, I’m very sad, very remorseful, and very angry.”

Tao Tang looked around at the participants, "People are humble individuals, everyone has only one life. A 29-year-old young man, if he is not desperate, will never go to this dead end. I have a preliminary understanding of the situation. Before that The party and government of the No. [-] Branch Factory were not aware of the pressure this young worker was under. They did not do any work, talked to him, or expressed any concern for him. Neither did the branch factory nor the workshop. The company There are no trade unions, human resources departments, etc. I think that if the organization reaches out as soon as possible, he may not be on the verge of death." At this point, Tao Tang slammed the table and stood up, "We are a state-owned enterprise! We are a state-owned enterprise! With a perfect organizational structure, we have always had the cheek to say that the employees are the masters of the enterprise! I feel ashamed when something like this happens. As the general manager, I am deeply ashamed! I punish myself and don’t want this month’s salary. To Comrade Wang Luochuan's family. But I want to ask, what kind of responsibilities should the company's leaders at all levels and various institutions take? Where were you when Comrade Wang Luochuan was in desperate need of help and care?"

The atmosphere became tense.

"Some people say that Wang Luochuan was killed in arrears of wages. After I came, the Human Resources Department, Vice President Liu Xiuyun, and other leaders did suggest that the owed wages be repaid as soon as possible, but I did not agree. Why did I not agree? Now I have changed my mind, and the owed wages will be repaid as soon as possible. Mr. Han has already gone to the headquarters to collect the debt. I just talked to Mr. Han on the phone. Next week at the latest, the wages will definitely be paid. Human resources department, is the regulatory department here?"

"Here we come." Lu Qi and Pan Chenggui stood up at the same time.

"Immediately do all the work of repaying the owed wages. As soon as the money arrives, it will be paid immediately, and it will be paid according to the number you originally calculated."

"Yes."

"Now I order you to go back and sort out the difficult employees in your respective units, and let me know the situation. Based on our current conditions, use your conscience to find ways to help them, so that they can truly understand the differences between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. Different. Can it be done?"

"Yes." There was an uneven voice in the venue.

"Ask again, can you?" Tao Tang raised his voice.

"Yes!" This time it was neat and much louder.

"Okay, that's all I'll say, so I won't delay your meeting." Tao Tang turned and left.

Lu Qi watched Tao Tang's figure disappear, with mixed feelings in her heart, bitterness unspeakable.She attended the meeting on Liu Xinjun's behalf, and it was stipulated that the executives should attend the administrative meeting. However, the content of this meeting generally has little to do with the Ministry of Development and Regulations, so Liu Xinjun always asked his deputy to attend the meeting on his behalf.

(End of this chapter)