Mixed in the last days as a salted fish

Three days passed in a flash.

Before Liu Jun went to report to the consul, he called Old Charlie again.

"Old Charlie, I'll give you one more chance. It's still too late to call off the strike."

"Chairman Liu, you don't need to persuade me anymore, we have made up our minds and will not back down."

Old Charlie's tone was hard.

Liu Jun looked around and suddenly lowered his voice: "Old Charlie, for the sake of our acquaintance, I will not hide it from you. Just last night, the consul held a high-level closed-door meeting. door meeting.

According to the information I learned, the meeting was attended by the chief of police, the commander of the National Guard, the person in charge of the entire east coast garrison base, Commander Zhu of the escort fleet, and personnel from other emergency units.

Such an obvious signal, I believe you should know what it means?Don't be too confident, maybe the consul has no intention of negotiating with you at all. "

"Hehe, Chairman Liu, don't scare me. The consul is not a dictatorial warlord. I don't believe he will do anything to ordinary people like us."

Old Charlie was unmoved.

In his view, the consul's move is mainly to put pressure on them and increase the bargaining chip for the next negotiation.

"Old Charlie, don't be stubborn. If the consul really wants to negotiate with you, he doesn't have to wait until now. He will actively intervene from the beginning."

"Chairman Liu, what you said is just speculation, please forgive me for disagreeing."

Hearing this, Liu Jun couldn't help but accentuate his tone:
"Old Charlie, just take your own risk, you shouldn't involve other people, just in case..."

Old Charlie took over the words: "In case of any danger, I will immediately call off the strike, and all the consequences will be borne by me alone, and no one else will be affected."

"To put it lightly, once the consul has made up his mind, the situation is beyond your control."

Liu Jun persuaded patiently again.

"Chairman Liu, you don't need to persuade us anymore. We are all law-abiding citizens, not thugs. Article 40 of the Federal Constitution clearly stipulates that citizens have the freedom to strike. The consul has no reason to use force against us."

Old Charlie was obviously determined by eating the weights.

Seeing that he couldn't convince the other party, Liu Jun subconsciously sighed, and finally sent a blessing:
"Okay! Good luck!"

Old Charlie said "thank you", and then replied with a famous quote from the great philosopher Marx:

"In a democratic country, the law is the king; in an autocratic country, the king is the law."

It seems that he wants to strengthen his confidence through this sentence.

Liu Jun didn't say anything, and hung up the phone resolutely. He had done his best.

……

Ten minutes later, Liu Jun appeared in front of the consul with a worried expression on his face. This matter will affect the normal life of millions of miners in a big way, and it will also affect his official career in a small way.

Zhang Hao signaled the other party to sit down, and asked solemnly:

"So the trade union has a result?"

"Yes." Liu Jun nodded, followed by Hui's report: "The trade union does not agree to disband the strike team. They want to negotiate with you personally, the consul."

Zhang Hao immediately snorted coldly: "Do you really think of me as a soft persimmon? You can squeeze it if you want?"

"Consul, they didn't mean that..."

"Well, whether it is or not, since it has happened, we can only deal with it with all our strength."

Liu Jun carefully probed: "Consul, what should we do next?"

"What do you think?"

Zhang Hao asked back.

At the same time, I also want to test the attitude of the other party.

"I think..." Liu Jun hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth: "I think we should strike hard and let those in the trade union realize the official determination. Only in this way can the strike issue be completely resolved."

"Chairman Liu, if this matter is entrusted to you, how are you going to fight?"

Zhang Hao asked with interest.

Liu Jun was very straightforward, and immediately took out a plan from his briefcase. It took him two days to complete it by summoning several important subordinates.

"Consul, this is the action plan we have drawn up, please read it over."

Zhang Hao took the plan and opened it on the spot. Generally speaking, the plan is not complicated, and the core idea can be summed up in four words:
Use force to promote talks.

"Chairman Liu, your plan is a little too conservative. In other words, you only want to solve the immediate crisis and have no long-term plans."

Liu Jun immediately put on a look of panic: "Consul, we also thought about solving the problem once and for all, but the cost is too high. If it affects the local energy supply, I'm afraid we can't explain it..."

"Chairman Liu, Australia's coal resources are indeed very important. This time, you have been able to successfully upgrade to a large region because of this consideration."

Zhang Hao paused, then changed the topic:
"However, if you have to compromise with those greedy and despicable people and let them get whatever they want just to ensure the energy supply, this is tantamount to breeding tigers, and sooner or later there will be big problems.

Besides, summer is coming soon, and the demand for energy will drop significantly. Coupled with the increasing coal production capacity in recent years, seriously speaking, the cost is definitely not as serious as you think. "

As soon as this remark came out, Liu Jun's heart tightened suddenly, this is 100% going to be ruthless!

He couldn't care about anything else anymore, and quickly persuaded:

"Consul, I admit that our trade union has not played its due role, which is a major work mistake, but... but the current situation is generally controllable. Are you overly concerned?"

"Hehe, you're right. There really won't be any major problems for the time being, but what about in the future? We can't leave problems to the next one just because we're afraid of trouble. This kind of thinking is bad." Zhang Hao took the opportunity to criticize.

Liu Jun was full of confusion, and finally after weighing the pros and cons, he made a decision immediately: "Consul, if you want to do it once and for all, it seems that there is only one way at present, and that is to ban the Australian trade union."

"Bah bang bang..." Zhang Hao clapped his hands a few times and nodded with a smile: "Haha, heroes really have the same idea. Since we both thought of going together, I'll leave this matter to you."

"I... I have no experience, I'm afraid I can't do well..."

Liu Jun immediately shied away.

He didn't want to bear the reputation of the executioner, and if there was a mistake in the suppression process, he, the executor, was definitely the most suitable candidate to take the blame.

Zhang Hao saw through the opponent's careful thoughts at a glance.

However, he did not forcefully issue an order, but took out the cigarette case casually, lit one himself, and handed one to the other party at the same time.

Liu Jun did not refuse. He was under a lot of pressure at the moment and wanted to relieve the pressure by smoking.

Zhang Hao took a few puffs of cigarettes, and then patiently persuaded him: "Chairman Liu, you have been the mayor of Sydney for six years, and then the governor of Sydney for two years. It means that you have been in Sydney for eight years. Sydney is your territory. This task belongs to you."

"Consul, aren't you afraid that I will play favoritism for personal gain?" Liu Jun smiled wryly.

"I'm sure you're not that kind of person."

Zhang Hao smiled and waved his hands.

Just kidding, he just wanted to give the other party a name. In fact, he secretly directed the entire operation. After all, this kind of suppression of workers has a bad reputation.

Seeing that Liu Jun couldn't shirk it, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree, his complexion was very bad.

Seeing this, Zhang Hao casually reassured: "Chairman Liu, the central government will never treat people who are serious about doing things badly. As long as I am still in the position of consul, I will not stand by and watch others attack you. You can rest assured. "

"Thank you Archon!"

Liu Jun suddenly lifted his spirits.

Zhang Hao shook his head, and also took out a plan from the drawer, and threw it in front of the other party:

"This is the plan drawn up by Commander Zhu and others. You can take a look at it. If there are any deficiencies, we will correct them immediately."

Liu Jun didn't open the document immediately, but asked a key question: "Consul, can I ask, what does the clearing operation mean?"

"It will officially start after the curfew tonight, and try to finish all tasks before going to work the next day."

Zhang Hao said coldly.

"So urgent?" Liu Jun was taken aback.

"The earlier the better, so as not to leak the news."

"But……"

"No, but." Zhang Hao waved his hand, "This operation is limited to Sydney, and other cities are temporarily on hold. Although Sydney has the largest number of strikers, they are unarmed after all. As long as we act quickly, we don't have to worry about causing chaos."

"Only in Sydney?"

Liu Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

If this is the case, the difficulty of cleaning will undoubtedly be much smaller. For such a large-scale group activity, the most fearful thing is to engage in large-scale series, which makes people exhausted.

"Yes, I hope you can remember one thing. The main purpose of our clearing operation this time is to ban the illegal unions of Australians, and at the same time, kill all the middle and high-level people in the union to avoid future troubles."

Zhang Hao clenched his fists hard.

"I understand."

Liu Jun pursed his lips tightly.

Zhang Hao nodded in satisfaction, followed by waving his hands: "For the sake of confidentiality, from now on, no one is allowed to leave the city hall. Besides, Commander Zhu and the others are having a meeting in the meeting room next door, so hurry over there!"

"Okay, I'll go now."

After Liu Jun finished speaking, he immediately stuffed the plan into his briefcase, then turned around and left the office.

……

The time soon reached [-]:[-] in the evening, and the curfew would start in ten minutes.

Sydney is the capital of Australia and also the largest city, so the curfew time is relatively late, usually from ten o'clock in the evening to six o'clock in the morning of the next day, which adds up to exactly eight hours.

In fact, the curfew time is carefully designed to perfectly correspond to the night shift with three shifts.

At the union headquarters, old Charlie and others are having a meeting.

Since the strike, they have been sleeping in their offices at headquarters and have not been home once.

Facing the crowd, old Charlie cheered loudly, "I told everyone great news. Just now, Liu Jun called and said that the consul rejected all the arguments and agreed to negotiate with us on the issue of strikes."

"Wow, hooray!"

Everyone cheered.

As long as the consul is willing to come forward, it means that the strike is half successful.

Little Charlie was so excited that he performed a magical dance on the spot, and his excitement was beyond words:
"Sure enough, as we expected, whether it is to show closeness to the people, or just for show, the consul has no choice."

Diao Guoping couldn't help reminding: "Old Charlie, we Orientals pay attention to courtesy first and soldiers later. Tomorrow is the first negotiation, so try not to provoke the consul."

Until then, he was truly relieved.

"Don't tell me...I know it too, don't worry."

Old Charlie nodded earnestly.

Someone took the opportunity to suggest: "Old Charlie, since the consul is so knowledgeable, should we add another condition to let the official recognize our trade union?"

Old Charlie lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally shook his head:

"It's better not to make more troubles. Let's talk about it again when we have a chance next time."

"I agree. Anyway, our trade union has never taken a dime from the city. It doesn't matter if they admit it or not."

"This is a happy event. Shall we have a glass of wine to celebrate?"

"Alright! Let the cafeteria cook up a few more appetizers."

Old Charlie nodded with a smile.

Soon, under his orders, little Charlie got two bottles of brandy from no one knew where, and everyone drank the wine and ate supper at the same time.

The more we chat, the more energetic we are.

During the wine tour, there was a sudden noise outside. Before everyone at the wine table could react, Liu Jun personally led a team of police officers in.

Seeing this situation, old Charlie immediately sobered up halfway: "Chairman Liu, what do you mean?"

Without talking nonsense, Liu Jun took out an arrest warrant and explained in public:
"Old Charlie, this is the arrest warrant from the court. Please come with us!"

"Why? We...we didn't break the law?"

Little Charlie couldn't wait.

"Whether you have broken the law or not is not what you decide, but what the law decides."

Liu Jun couldn't help saying something.

Old Charlie quickly calmed down and stared closely at Liu Jun's eyes: "Chairman Liu, everyone is smart and doesn't whisper. I know that you are here for the strike. If you have anything to say, let's speak directly."

"Hmph, it's late." Liu Jun said sarcastically, "Just this afternoon, the District Council urgently passed a motion to officially rule that your miners' union is illegal..."

"It's nonsense. The union was formed voluntarily by our miners, and no one was forced to join. How is it illegal?"

Old Charlie was furious.

"You have violated the state of emergency law. Large organizations like trade unions must pass the parliamentary review, otherwise they will not only be invalid, but also illegal."

Liu Jun made an excuse prepared in advance.

It is undeniable that the emergency law is very useful. No matter what the officials want to do, they can find a legal basis. It can be called a panacea.

Diao Guoping on the side couldn't sit still any longer, and stepped forward to argue: "Chairman Liu, you are arguing. Our miners' union has a history of nearly 70 years and complete procedures. How could it be illegal?"

"One moment, another moment. It didn't break the law before, but it doesn't mean it's not breaking the law now. I advise you to stop dawdling and come with us obediently!"

Liu Junyu said earnestly.

"I'm not going anywhere, I want to see a lawyer..."

Old Charlie glared.

Liu Jun waved his hand and ordered the accompanying police officers to arrest everyone and put them in a police car.

And this is just the beginning.

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