Spy War 1929

Chapter 239 Not So Easy...

"Why are you here again?"

Xue Liangying looked at Chen Ledao who came in through the door, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, feeling a little pain in his head.

I don't know if it's because the two of them have been seeing each other a little bit during this time, and he can't stand it anymore.

"What do you mean, I'm here again." Chen Ledao grinned, and walked in with Zhang Xiaojun unceremoniously.

"I'm going to see the director, she'll stay with you for a while." Chen Ledao pointed to Zhang Xiaojun next to him.

Zhang Xiaojun and Xue Liangying were no strangers either, and when they met, they smiled and nodded.

"Oh, it's okay, Miss Zhang, you can sit wherever you want." Xue Liangying hurriedly greeted with a smile.

"What are you doing sitting there, pouring someone a cup of coffee, it's rude!!"

Seeing Xue Liangying dawdling behind the desk, Chen Ledao complained unceremoniously.

Xue Liangying resisted the urge to fly out to kick Chen Ledao, and gave Chen Ledao a hard look.

Your uncle, didn't you see that I was clearing the table!You can do it yourself, I have never seen you treat yourself as a guest before.

After arguing with Xue Liangying, leaving Zhang Xiaojun in Xue Liangying's office, Chen Ledao went to the director's office.

Because of Gu Haitang, Zhang Xiaojun really didn't want to stay in Ye Weiyang, when he saw that Chen Ledao was about to go out, he insisted on coming out.

Chen Ledao stood outside the office and knocked lightly on the door.

"Please come in." Fabre's familiar voice came from inside.

"Director," Chen Ledao pushed the door open.

Seeing that it was Chen Ledao, Fabre was overjoyed immediately, immediately put down his work, and called Chen Ledao to sit down.

"Is there any result from Feng Jingyao's side?"

Before Chen Ledao could sit still, Fabre couldn't wait to ask.

Not long ago, someone wanted to ask Fabre out for coffee.

Fabre has had enough of this. I don’t know if he has added too much sugar to his coffee recently. Fabre feels that he has gained a lot of weight.

Seeing Fabre's anxious appearance, Chen Ledao was a little surprised. It seems that he still underestimated the pressure on Fabre.

As long as there is still time, with Fabre's character, he would not be so anxious to reconcile with Feng Jingyao.

Seeing Fabre's eager look, Chen Ledao became more sure about what he was going to say next.

"Director, I went to see Feng Jingyao, and he told you about your conditions." Seeing Fabre's eagerness, Chen Ledao also went straight to the point.

"How? When can workers resume work?" Fabre asked.

"Uh..." Chen Ledao was about to speak, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it!" Fabre's impatient voice came out.

"Fabre, what made you so angry." A voice came from outside the door, and the door was pushed open.

An old man with golden hair walked in.

"Mena, why are you here again!"

Seeing the person coming, Fabre frowned suddenly, with a bit of impatience in his tone.

Obviously, he did not welcome the arrival of this person in front of him very much.

The person who came was the executive director of the Public Board of Directors, the chief executive, Dong Mena.

Mena who came in from the outside first looked at Chen Ledao, then nodded his head lightly, and then looked at Fabre who was very unhappy.

"I'm here to see if you can handle this strike. It's been a month now. If you can't, we"

"Okay, you don't need to say it." Fabre interrupted Mena impatiently.

He was tired of hearing Mena's words.

Workers went on strike, water and electricity were cut off in the concession, these matters were not under his control at all, and were not within his purview.

But Mena, a disgusting guy, insisted on getting himself involved.

Feng Jingyao is messing around, it has nothing to do with Fabre!

Mena had no choice but to take Feng Jingyao, so she came to find herself. This is a fool who only knows how to fight in the nest!

"Now that you're here, let's listen to the news Henry brought back."

Fabre asked Mena to sit down. Although he was very upset with Mena, the old yellow-haired man, it was still important to solve the matter.

And after all, Mena is the executive director of the Public Board of Directors, and his authority is not under him as the police chief. Strictly speaking, Mena is in charge of more things than he is the police chief.

It's better not to offend this old yellow-haired man.

Mena shook his head and looked left and right. There were only two chairs at the front and back of the desk. Fabre and Chen Ledao sat on one, so there was no room for him.

Mena and Chen Ledao are not in the same system, and Chen Ledao cannot be controlled, so Chen Ledao has no plans to give up his seat to him.

The three of them sat on the sofa, and Chen Ledao continued to tell them what he hadn't finished talking just now.

"Director, Mr. Mena, this matter may not go as smoothly as you imagined." Chen Ledao gave the two of them a vaccination first.

The two frowned slightly when they heard this, but neither of them was in a hurry to speak, letting Chen Ledao continue.

Seeing the calm appearance of the two, Chen Ledao looked at them differently.

As expected of a person who can sit in these two important positions, it really is not comparable to those idiots.

If they guessed right, the two of them should have been burning with anxiety, but it is not easy to hold back their temper after hearing what he said.

Even Fabre, who was still in a hurry just now, is listening to Chen Ledao's narration patiently at the moment.

"I told Feng Jingyao everything you said, director. Feng Jingyao said that he can end the current conflict, but he has conditions."

"Conditions!? What conditions!" Fabre couldn't help frowning.

The conditions he gave to Feng Jingyao were already good, how could Feng Jingyao still have conditions.Did Feng Jingyao take himself as the police chief too seriously, did he really think that he was afraid of him now!

Mena didn't speak. Feng Jingyao had a grudge with Fabre.Even if there are conditions, it should be mentioned to Fabre, and it should not have much to do with him.

"Feng Jingyao said that he could write a letter of guarantee privately, assuring you that he would not make the same mistake again in the future.

But this letter of guarantee cannot be published in the newspapers. It can only be used as a private letter between the two of you, and no one else can know it. "

"Not reporting?!" Fabre raised his eyebrows.

"No, the purpose of the report is to give him a punishment, let him remember the lesson of this time, and he can't commit another crime in the future, so why not report it.

He made a mistake and had to accept punishment.

Could it be that those criminals who have violated the law can not accept punishment as long as they express their willingness to correct? !
Absolutely not! "

Without even thinking about it, Fabre said firmly, as if there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

Seeing Fabre's attitude, Mena couldn't help frowning.

"Fabre, the top priority is not to punish anyone, but to restore the water and electricity in the concession, so that the lives of the people in the concession can return to normal order." Mena reminded Fabre in a calm tone.

Fabre glared at Mena in dissatisfaction, are you teaching me how to do things, you old yellow hair? !
Why do you insist on dragging me into the shitty things that the Board of Directors are in charge of?

"Um, director, Feng Jingyao is very firm in this matter, if he doesn't agree to this point, he might not compromise.

Feng Jingyao was called Mr. Feng in Shanghai, people like them care about their own face the most.

Let him publicly admit his mistakes in the newspaper, I think it may hurt him more than killing him. "

Hearing Chen Ledao's words, Fabre frowned.

Of course he knew what Chen Ledao said, but if Feng Jingyao was only asked to write a letter of guarantee in private, then Feng Jingyao would have no real loss at all.

On the contrary, it was the concession, which was made into a mess by him.

This made Fabre feel a little unacceptable, he wanted to teach Feng Jingyao a lesson, but now this matter, why does it feel like they have been taught by Feng Jingyao instead.

"Is this the only condition?" Fabre said, frowning tightly.

"There is another condition." Chen Ledao said after looking at Mena.

Chen Ledao sighed in his heart that it was really the right time for Mena to come. Workers' demands for wage increases should be handled by the public board of directors.

But if Mena is not here at the moment, then in order to convince Fabre, he might have to take care of the matter himself.

But Mena is here, so you don't have to mess around with yourself.

Mena felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by Chen Ledao, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Feng Jingyao said that even if he no longer intervenes in the workers' strike, if the workers want to return to work, the wages of the workers must be raised.

As long as the wages of the workers are increased, they will resume work themselves. "

"No, absolutely not!"

As soon as Chen Ledao finished speaking, voices of opposition rang out.

But this time it was not Fabre who opposed it, but Mena.

What a joke, asking that miser Jimmy Anderson to raise wages for workers is harder than skinning him.

Mena is not willing to take trouble on himself.

Now it was Fabre's turn to look at Mena with ironic eyes.

Just listen to Fabre's indifferent way:

"The most urgent task now is to restore the water and electricity in the concession, so that the life of the residents in the concession can return to a normal order, rather than saving some people's money in their wallets."

When Mena heard Fabre's lukewarm words, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

What do you mean, old yellow hair!
Even if you save money, it's not saving my money. Who are you running on here with your innocuous tone?
As the two major officials under the consulate, the police chief and the executive director usually have a lot of things to argue with each other, but at this moment, the two are even more displeased with each other.

"No, if wages need to be raised to allow workers to return to work, what else does Feng Jingyao need to do! It is because the wages cannot be raised now that Feng Jingyao came forward!" Mena and Fabre said in similar tones just now.

The same is so decisive.

"Heh!" Fabre cast a sideways glance at Mena, with disdain in his eyes.

You pretend to be chicken feathers!
If you can get workers back to work by raising wages, you will still come to me?

Could it be that Jimmy Anderson doesn't want to raise his salary, so there's nothing you can do about it, you old bastard?

Who are you fooling here!
It's not that you don't want to take trouble on yourself, old boy, or that you don't want to damage your image in the eyes of others.

If the strike can be resolved by raising wages, the Board of Directors will still be waiting here?I'm afraid that Anderson's salary will be raised for a long time.

Fabre didn't bother to believe a word of Mena's words.

This old scumbag is too greedy, and now that a salary increase can end this matter, he still wants to talk about it.

"Cough cough," seeing the displeased look of the two bosses, Chen Ledao covered his mouth and coughed dryly twice.

The two eyes immediately fell on Chen Ledao.

Does Feng Jingyao have any conditions?
Of course not.

Seeing that the eyes of the two people fell back on him, Chen Ledao continued what he said just now:

"Mr. Mena, if we don't agree to Feng Jingyao's conditions, even if the wages are raised, I'm afraid Feng Jingyao will have other means to make the workers continue to strike.

If he wanted to solve this problem with a salary increase, the director had to agree to Feng Jingyao's conditions first, so that Feng Jingyao would not continue to intervene in the strike.

Otherwise, even if the wages of the workers are raised, the strike may not solve the problem. "

When Fabre heard Chen Ledao's words, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was extremely satisfied.

Did you hear that, if you want to solve this problem with a salary increase, you have to ask the old man!
The corners of Fabre's mouth raised slightly, but the corners of Mena's mouth twitched a few times.

Mena didn't go to see Bull, he asked Chen Ledao unwillingly:
"Is it necessary to give workers a wage increase before they can go back to work?"

Chen Ledao sighed and shook his head lightly.

"Mr. Mena, do you know the wages of those workers in Mr. Anderson's factory?

Prices in Shanghai are rising very fast now, but the wages of those workers have not been raised for a long time, and their current wages are far below the normal wage level.

If they don't raise their wages, this matter cannot be resolved. "

On the surface, Chen Ledao seemed to be worrying about Mena, but inside he was laughing hard.

What old man Feng did this time is really a bit beautiful. Although Feng Jingyao's starting point is for himself, the result is that he can help those workers raise their wages along the way.

The starting point is not important, as long as the result is good.

This time, Feng Jingyao has done a human thing, the key is whether he has lost anything or not.

Nice job.

After hearing what Chen Ledao said, Mena couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

He understands the reason, but if the matter can be resolved without raising wages, then he doesn't have to force Anderson to raise wages.

Why be a villain if you can be a good person!

As for being a good person in the eyes of the workers, Mena never considered it.

Even though Mena was unwilling, seeing that there was no other way, he seemed to have no choice but to be that villain.

After pondering for a while, Mena felt a little helpless, but nodded seriously.

It's better to be a villain than to lose your position as executive director.

The longer the strike lasts, the more dangerous his position as executive director becomes.

"That's how it is. The interests of these workers should also be protected. I didn't know that their wages were so low before, but now that I know, I have to take care of them." Menay said seriously.

Fabre twitched the corners of his lips in disdain, and said so grandly, he still didn't know what he was thinking!
Mena looked at Fabre. He promised to raise wages for the workers. Anyway, the wage increase didn’t cost him money, so it’s fine for him to be depressed.

Now, we have to look at Fabre's attitude.

Seeing Mena looking at him, Fabre's happy mood just now became a little gloomy.

Of course he didn't want to agree to Feng Jingyao's condition not to publish in the newspaper.

But there seems to be no room for change in this matter.

If he doesn't agree to come down today, Mena doesn't know how to arrange him for others!
After thinking about this, Fabre frowned, endured the awkwardness in his heart, and reluctantly nodded.

It is true that the concession has been without water and electricity for too long. Although strictly speaking, he cannot be held accountable for this matter, but he really does not want the water and electricity to continue to stop like this.

After all, Fabre is still a little more human than Mena.

The members of the Board of Directors were only selected from the famous French citizens in the concession. Of course, there are not only French citizens in it now.

But no matter what nationality they are, to put it bluntly, they are actually just famous businessmen.

If it weren't for this, Feng Jingyao would not have been able to seek the position of one of the directors of Hua at the beginning.

As long as you are a businessman, you will inevitably pursue profits.

There is an essential difference between Fabre and the businessmen in the Board of Directors. Although water and electricity are not owned by the police, he does not want to see the residents of the concession continue to live without water and electricity.

To put it bluntly, Fabre, the police chief, is a bit more humane than the businessmen in the Board of Directors.

In the eyes of the businessmen of the public board of directors, profit is more important, but in the eyes of Fabre, there is still the existence of the people.

(End of this chapter)