Chapter 57 Comrade Xiao Ning is a Youth Backbone Ning Weidong could tell that Wang Zipeng might have some personal grudge against Liu Xinwen, and the grudge was quite big. Otherwise, people wouldn't have died and still be so gloomy. He also specifically mentioned Liu Hong'e, and the feud between the two should be related to this "factory flower". Ning Weidong listened all the way and arrived at the unit before eight o'clock. He did not go to the west gate again, but went directly to the factory office to find Li Peihang. When I arrived at the office, someone was already in Li Peihang's room. The man was of medium build and had a serious square face. After the introduction, Ning Weidong learned that the man was called Lu Zhou and was an officer in the Security Department. This time, the investigation team selected two people from the Security Department, one is Ning Weidong and the other is Lu Zhou. Lu Zhou looked Ning Weidong up and down. He didn't know if it was natural, but his smile was a little stiff. He stretched out his hand and shook Ning Weidong's hand: "Comrade Ning Weidong, hello."

Ning Weidong said: "Hello, Secretary Lu." Not knowing the background of this Secretary Lu, Ning Weidong didn't say much, especially in front of Li Peihang. "Old Lu, this incident happened in the factory this time, and the impact is very bad. Director Li has instructed that the truth must be found out." Lu Zhou said expressionlessly: "Please rest assured, organization." Then Li Peihang looked at Ning Weidong again: "Comrade Xiao Ning, you are a young backbone, you need to learn a lot from the old comrades." …… Coming out of Li Peihang’s office. After the door was closed, Lu Zhou looked at Ning Weidong deeply, and walked forward without saying a word. Ning Weidong didn't care. It was obvious that Lu Zhou was not on the same page as Li Peihang. Li Peihang didn't mention this person yesterday. It was probably because he hadn't made a decision yet or hadn't notified him. Although Li Peihang is only a section chief, he is in charge of personnel transfers in the Security Department. In theory, any work adjustments and job transfers must be handled by Li Peihang. Combined with his subtle attitude just now, Ning Weidong could roughly judge that this Secretary Lu was on Deputy Director Wang's side. Ning Weidong thought about it as he followed Lu Zhou downstairs to a meeting room on the first floor. A piece of white paper was pasted on the dark green wooden door, with the words "Production Accident Investigation Team" written on it in brush. I don't know who wrote it, but they had to add the four words "production accident" to implicitly characterize the incident. However, in Ning Weidong's opinion, this little trick of picking out words is really meaningless. If it were handled within the factory, this method might have some impact, but the police have already intervened, and whether it is an accident or a case is no longer something the factory can control. The room had been cleaned in advance, and the table and floor were clean. Ning Weidong and Lu Zhou sat down and no one spoke. About five minutes later, two more people came, one middle-aged and one young, wearing black-framed glasses, dark blue Mao suits, black leather shoes with pig-eyes, and a pen in his jacket pocket.

The standard configuration of intellectuals in this era. Ning Weidong guessed that these two people should have been transferred from the technical department. The two men came and nodded to Lu Zhou, obviously knowing him. Then they looked at Ning Weidong with a hidden, condescending look. These two people should have known Ning Weidong's situation in advance and didn't look down on him at all. Ning Weidong simply didn't go to make trouble. For a moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward. The young man from the technical department was not quite used to it. He took out a glasses cloth from his pocket to wipe his glasses to hide his discomfort. The middle-aged people were more mature and sat there as if nothing had happened. Ning Weidong didn’t care at all. I didn’t feel embarrassed anyway. It was not me who was embarrassed. Fortunately, the door was opened again soon and the young technician was saved. If it had been a while, the lenses of his glasses would have been worn thin. Two police officers in navy blue uniforms walked in, one tall and one short, both in their thirties. After introductions, the taller one was named Chu Zhongxin and the shorter one was named Wang Lei. Both of them were from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Municipal Bureau. Among them, Chu Zhongxin was the most prominent. Lu Zhou should know him. Chu Zhongxin did not mention his position, but Lu Zhou directly called him Section Chief Chu. This shows that Chu Zhongxin is at least a deputy section chief. When the six-member team arrived, Chu Zhongxin took the lead without hesitation. The factory set the tone from the very beginning and cooperated with the comrades from the public security department. Chu Zhongxin said: "According to the information we have so far, Wang Hong, a worker at workstation number four in workshop two where the incident occurred yesterday afternoon, had already reported to his superiors the morning before that the machine had an abnormality..." Ning Weidong listened carefully. What he had heard before about the accident were second-hand and third-hand rumors. Now these were first-hand information. Chu Zhongxin continued: "According to Wang Hong and his colleagues, Liu Xinwen, a technician from the second workshop, checked the machine and said there was no problem." Having said that, Chu Zhongxin looked at the two people from the technical department. Although he was in the second workshop, Liu Xinwen's actual personnel relationship was with the technical department. Chu Zhongxin continued: "The next day, which was yesterday afternoon, Wang Hong discovered that the machine was not functioning properly again and found Liu Xinwen for the second time to deal with it. When Liu Xinwen was checking, a serious accident occurred, resulting in one death and a large equipment and related equipment were seriously damaged..." Finally, Chu Zhongxin concluded: "Our mission this time is to thoroughly find out the cause of this accident. Is it an accident... or a man-made accident caused by someone's negligence?" At this point, he glanced at the others and paused for a few seconds. "Now let's divide the work. The two comrades from the technical department will be responsible for restoring the machine to its operating state before the accident." Then he looked at Lu Zhou, paused for two seconds, and then looked at Ning Weidong: "Old Lu, you know the people well. You and Wang Lei will be responsible for interviewing the workers who witnessed the accident. Comrade Ning Weidong and I will be responsible for investigating the situation of Wang Hong and the deceased Liu Xinwen." Upon hearing this arrangement, Lu Zhou was obviously stunned. I didn't expect Chu Zhongxin to choose Ning Weidong as his partner. Logically, whether in terms of experience, ability, or understanding of the factory's situation, Chu Zhongxin should have chosen Lu Zhou. What's more, before Lu Zhou came, his superiors had told him that everything had been sorted out and the public security department would cooperate. However, now, the situation has clearly changed.

Chu Zhongxin must have known that Ning Weidong was the "sand" that came in, but why did he keep him around? What did that mean? Lu Zhou looked at Ning Weidong calmly. Ning Weidong himself was a little surprised, but he immediately responded with a "yes". Chu Zhongxin is decisive and efficient. After assigning the work, he starts working immediately. Ning Weidong went to get his bicycle, and walked out of the factory gate with Chu Zhongxin. He asked, "Chief Chu, which way should we go first?" Chu Zhongxin smiled and said, "What section chief? Just call me brother." Ning Weidong was stunned. Chu Zhongxin's attitude towards him was obviously unusual. Is there some secret here that he doesn't know? (End of this chapter)