In a spacious factory building in the new industrial park of the automobile plant, it was packed with people.
Everyone was whispering to each other, and from time to time, eyes would dart towards the large entrance of the factory.
This place originally belonged to a profitable private steel rolling mill.
The interior was wide and high-ceilinged, with the roof covered in high-grade industrial frosted glass, like a skylight, allowing for excellent light penetration.
Later, after the steel rolling mill went bankrupt due to poor management, this factory building, along with over a dozen other factories, was sold by Secretary Yang to Wang Yu. After slight modifications at the new site, Wang Yu used it as a conference hall and auditorium for employees, and it worked very well.
Now, these individuals who had registered for recruitment and internal assessments, after a series of evaluations, were anxiously awaiting Wang Yu to personally announce the final results.
Of course, only a small portion of the people were truly anxious. These were the ones who disdained offering money or gifts, or who simply didn't pay anything but were unwilling to give up and wanted to try their luck.
The vast majority of the others, one by one, wore expressions of confidence.
After all, they had all paid! Not to mention anything else, even the written test in the previous round had its answers leaked in advance, forcing them to deliberately write a few typos to seem like they were trying, lest they appear too deliberate by getting perfect scores.
As for the interview, it was even simpler. The supervisory secretary, Liu Lu, who was rumored to be involved with the young factory manager Wang Yu, directly asked them to repeat the content of "Five Stresses, Four Beauties, Three Loves."
Wasn't this just an internal courtesy and perfunctory gesture? Otherwise, who would ask such questions in a recruitment interview?
Speaking of which, this young factory manager Wang Yu was truly blessed. He had a future factory manager's wife and such a beautiful supervisory secretary, and he even managed to keep them in harmony and cooperate in their money-making endeavors! No wonder he could earn so much money, while they could only live by the whims of others.
As everyone was lost in their own thoughts, a figure flashed at the factory entrance, and a group of people walked in.
The person leading the way was none other than Wang Yu! Flanking him on either side were two people: one was the supervisory secretary Liu Lu, and the other was the golden lackey Brother Hu. A group of cadres followed behind them.
It was worth noting that the faces of these cadres were all extremely grim, as if they had encountered something immensely disastrous.
Seeing this scene, many in the crowd inwardly smiled.
These were the cadres and key workers of the automobile plant. They had bribed and sought connections, all for the sake of a good position!
Now that these original cadres brought by Wang Yu were looking grim and silent, what did that indicate?
It meant that young Manager Wang was about to remove these people and make way for them!
At this, more and more people in the crowd began to smile, and some even winked at Brother Hu, hinting at something.
However, Brother Hu maintained a stern face, indicating that he was not familiar with them.
Well, understandable, they needed to avoid suspicion! After all, many of the bribes and gifts had been facilitated by Brother Hu…
The crowd in their minds imagined that in reality, Brother Hu was completely dejected after learning that everything was a setup by Wang Yu, who had deliberately not told him, just to have him play his part and lure everyone into the trap!
Didn't this clearly make him, the Tiger, offend people? In the end, Wang Yu would surely punish and judge these people. They would be angry but couldn't do anything to Wang Yu and Wu Lingling, so they would have to find trouble with him, Tiger?
Damn it, if he hadn't gone ashore, he wouldn't have cared about these guys! The problem was that now that he was ashore and had become a respectable person… although from his appearance and demeanor, he looked very disreputable.
Putting aside Brother Hu, who was feigning a poker face, Wang Yu walked directly to the center of the factory, where a table, chairs, benches, and a speech microphone had been prepared. Liu Lu had also thoughtfully prepared cups of tea.
Wang Yu nodded with satisfaction at his secretary's actions, sat down in the chair, and tapped the microphone. The resulting sound immediately quieted everyone, and all eyes focused on Wang Yu.
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you here today."
Wang Yu began with pleasantries. "Next, I won't beat around the bush. Today's main purpose is the external recruitment and internal selection of positions for our automobile plant… I'm a lazy person and dislike trouble, so I've decided to combine the two matters.
Now, I won't waste any more time and will directly announce the results. Please step forward if your name is called."
After speaking, Wang Yu handed the list in his hand to Brother Hu. This kind of name-calling was naturally entrusted to him.
"I… damn…" Brother Hu's face stiffened. The young factory manager was trying to put him in a difficult position!
But he could only grit his teeth and walk forward, ignoring the knowing glances of many, and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Zhang San, Li Si, xxx, yyy…"
A string of names was roared out by Brother Hu. Those whose names were called all showed a relieved expression, as if it was as expected.
Undoubtedly, they had all pulled strings and offered bribes!
In the crowd, those who had not bribed or sought connections gradually showed expressions of despair as each name was called out by Brother Hu.
So… there was no such thing as fairness after all; it was all done through backroom deals!
Some in the crowd were filled with resentment, hating Wang Yu for his duplicity, for being hypocritical. If he was going to play dirty, why bother with formalities?
Others regretted it deeply, wondering why they hadn't been bold enough to borrow some money, otherwise, if they had secured a spot, wouldn't they be standing at the front now?
This was a great opportunity to make money! And they had missed it just like that!
Soon, the recruitment list was read. Then came the list of internally adjusted personnel. Those whose names were called by Brother Hu were all beaming with joy and excitement, looking as if victory was within reach, almost jumping up to cheer.
The list was soon finished, and Brother Hu's voice was a little hoarse. He hastily made an excuse to drink water and retreated far away.
Wang Yu stood up and smiled at the crowd before him.
"Very good, it seems everyone is here, so I announce…"
"Wait a moment!" Suddenly, someone shouted, interrupting Wang Yu.
Following that, a short, stout, bald figure blocked everyone's path. It was Wang Jinhui!