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Chapter 313: Chapter 313: This Time I’m Going to Fall
Lin Chuxia went to the Market Supervision Bureau to find Li Jian.
In recent days, Li Jian had heard some about the conflict between the Old Food Factory and Xiyang Food Factory, but he didn’t take it to heart.
After all, previously Lin Chuxia had told him that Xiyang Food Factory’s new beef sauce production line was targeting the Old Food Factory.
He had been wanting to find Lin Chuxia for a drink these last few days to get the news, and just then, Lin Chuxia came looking for him.
Li Jian poured a glass of water for Lin Chuxia and asked with a smile, "How is it? Has the Old Food Factory thrown in the towel this time?" 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Lin Chuxia looked at him unhurriedly and said, "Don’t mention it, Brother Li, this time I’m going to be in trouble."
The smile on Li Jian’s face stiffened and he became serious at once, "What happened?"
In his memory, Lin Chuxia was not someone to easily admit defeat.
He had witnessed her journey, Lin Chuxia’s abilities and boldness were more than enough just to deal with the Old Food Factory.
Working at the Market Supervision Bureau, he was all too aware of the Old Food Factory’s current state—it wouldn’t be an overstatement to call it an empty shell.
Lin Chuxia recounted to Li Jian the recent blockading of Xiyang Food Factory by the Old Food Factory employees and focused on how the police station and township leaders had handled the situation.
She also didn’t hold back on telling him about Liu Guoyi from the Old Food Factory asking to meet with her today.
Upon hearing this, Li Jian’s brows furrowed, "Are the workers from your factory still at the police station?"
"They are, they’ve been there for three days now. They say it’s to ’understand the situation’, but who needs to understand for so many days?"
Li Jian quickly realized where the problem lay and understood the reason Lin Chuxia had come to him.
"Director Feng is in the office right now, I’ll take you to see him."
Li Jian decisively took Lin Chuxia directly to Director Feng’s office.
Director Feng had had contact with Lin Chuxia even when he was the deputy director, and he was one of the parties involved when the Old Food Factory first came to Lin Chuxia wanting to buy her recipe for cooked food.
At that time he was sent by the director, and he had a lot of respect for Lin Chuxia, the young girl.
Later, when Xiyang Food Factory was established, he personally attended its inauguration, and in a way, he had watched this young girl grow up step by step.
Knowing that Lin Chuxia was here for a reason, Director Feng put aside his work and listened attentively.
He thought the girl might have some new ideas—after all, the Market Supervision Bureau was also overseeing them—but instead, it was another matter with the Old Food Factory, and such an issue at that, his whole demeanor turned serious.
"This is too outrageous. What is Liu Guoyi trying to do? He’s old enough to know better than to use such tactics on a woman—doesn’t he feel ashamed?"
What he really wanted to point out was the person behind Liu Guoyi, simply because of Liu’s seniority, was he allowed to act with impunity, causing market disorder?
"Lin, don’t worry, we will definitely seek justice for you."
He glanced at his watch; it was getting late.
"Go back now, tomorrow I will take you to meet County Magistrate Bai."
Speaking of which, he was only at the same level as Liu Guoyi, and even though the Old Food Factory was within the jurisdiction of the Market Supervision Bureau, clearly Liu Guoyi had backing.
Lin Chuxia breathed a sigh of relief – with Director Feng stepping in, things should be much easier now.
In fact, when she received the Good Samaritan award, Lin Chuxia had also met County Magistrate Bai.
She had considered going directly to County Magistrate Bai, but after all, their acquaintance was too brief.
If it were regular work, it would have been fine for Lin Chuxia to directly approach County Magistrate Bai.
To proceed knowing that Liu Guoyi had backup would not be a wise choice.
It wasn’t that Lin Chuxia thought the world was too sinister or people too complex, but it’s a reality that "too clear of waters hold no fish"—no matter the era, that’s just how it is.
Having rested at home for the night, the next day early morning, as soon as Lin Chuxia got up, someone came to her house.
Lin Chuxia recognized the visitor as an employee of Xiyang Food Factory and a villager from Qin Family Village.
During these days, some employees stayed in the factory to work, while others were blocked outside.
The visitor was one of those who were blocked outside. Although they were barred from the factory, they went to the entrance of Xiyang Food Factory every day to confront the people from the Old Food Factory.
"Mr. Lin, you should quickly go take a look. There are a lot more people outside Xiyang Food Factory today, and it looks like they are trying to break in," the visitor said, panting.
At the same time, the loudspeaker of Qin Family Village also broadcasted the village chief’s voice: "Elders and comrades of Qin Family Village, pay attention, all able-bodied adults please immediately head to Xiyang Food Factory, please immediately head to Xiyang Food Factory..."
Lin Chuxia’s face darkened, "Let’s go and have a look."
Mr. and Mrs. Qin followed her out, but Lin Chuxia, concerned about the chaos at the scene, asked them to stay home and wait for news.
However, Mr. and Mrs. Qin refused, "Don’t worry, we won’t hold you back. With such a serious incident, we can’t sit still at home; please let us go and see."
Knowing the two were sensible, Lin Chuxia didn’t stop them anymore and rode her bicycle ahead to Xiyang Food Factory.
Before she reached the factory, she could hear the orderly chanting.
"Give us back our orders, give us back our livelihood..."
"Xiyang Food Factory is not leaving us a way out. We will definitely not let them have it easy."
"We want to eat, we need a way out..."
"Yes, we want to eat, we need a way out, give back our orders..."
Outside the gates of Xiyang Food Factory, there were no longer the same people from before. There were a good hundred or so in the uniforms of the Old Food Factory, and there were villagers from Qin Family Village, as well as workers in Xiyang Food Factory uniforms.
Sun Guodong, the public security chief of Qin Family Village, and Sun Liangdong, the security director of Xiyang Food Factory, both brothers, organized the able-bodied youth of Qin Family Village and the workers of Xiyang Food Factory to stand ready and vigilant against the people from the Old Food Factory.
If previously the people from the Old Food Factory were blocking Xiyang Food Factory to prevent them from producing,
now the purpose of these people was even more obvious—to smash Xiyang Food Factory and end their production once and for all.
Some spotted Lin Chuxia, knowing she was the general manager of Xiyang Food Factory next to Su Wensong, pointed at her, and shouted loudly, "She’s the general manager of Xiyang Food Factory, it’s she who let Xiyang Food snatch our livelihood, we are not done with her."
The village chief was not far away. Realizing the situation was bad, he quickly gestured to the villagers near him to protect Lin Chuxia.
Lin Chuxia could have resisted, but clearly, this was not the time to fight. There were too many of them, and if a fight broke out, the consequences would be disastrous.
She knew that because she rejected Liu Guoyi’s demands yesterday, today had escalated to this situation; this was pressure meant to make her yield.
Protected by the villagers of Qin Family Village, Lin Chuxia quickly made it to the entrance of the food factory and discreetly handed Su Wensong a piece of paper with a phone number written on it.
