Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1943 - 1944: Passerby Female Intellectual Youth 86

Chapter 1943: Chapter 1944: Passerby Female Intellectual Youth 86

Zhang Yu saw Zhang Jie and was delighted, "I knew you would come back."

Zhang Jie nodded, "Of course, that’s a must."

"By the way, sis, did you know that Old Zheng has been having a hard time at the factory recently?" Zhang Jie got angry just thinking about that cunning Director Zheng, and he couldn’t even bother to call him director.

"What’s happened to him?" Yao Ying had mentioned before that Old Zheng was indeed stirring things up, pushing them to return their house to the factory.

Although when Zhang Wei initially decided to change jobs, he had already mentioned returning the house to the factory.

But there’s a difference between voluntarily giving it back and being forced to return it; the feelings are completely different.

"Recently, the factory has been actively reclaiming housing, and even the old leader who promoted Old Zheng to technical director is required to return the house."

"The old leader’s children aren’t very accomplished, and they couldn’t get a big house in the factory anyway, so of course, they wouldn’t return a big house from the machinery factory, and the factory wouldn’t bother about it."

The reason is very simple; what’s convenient for others is convenient for oneself. But now that this has come up, the leaders of the machinery factory can’t pretend anymore. They’re worried the research institute will escalate the matter and provoke some department.

"Sis, you wouldn’t believe how harsh those leaders’ children are in their scolding. Some even ran to Old Zheng’s house to curse him." Each time colleagues brought this up, Zhang Jie tried hard to control his expression so as not to look like he was kicking someone when they were down.

In fact, every time he heard about this, he felt overjoyed, "That Old Zheng is just too wicked."

"Back then, when he had troubles, our dad helped him so much, but he never remembered it in his heart. He even promised our dad to recommend him for the director’s position, but in the end..." Zhang Jie felt upset just thinking about it.

"But now it’s good, retribution has come for him." Zhang Jie recalled the news he heard today, "He got scolded by the old leaders’ families until he fainted and was taken to the hospital."

"He’s always been a sickly person." Zhang Yu knew the man well, always falling ill, so it was no surprise he was sent to the hospital,

"Yes, it’s not surprising for him to go to the hospital, but sis, you wouldn’t believe how formidable those people are—they even found out that Director Zheng’s relative is a complete fool."

"They also dug up all his past dealings at that factory, discovering that Director Zheng sacrificed the factory’s interests to promote his own relative."

You have to know that Director Zheng kept this hidden, and if it weren’t for needing Zhang Wei’s cooperation, Zhang Wei wouldn’t even have known.

Zhang Jie had previously considered whether to expose this matter: why could Old Zheng target their family while he could only retreat?

Indeed, Zhang Jie had thought of a solution, but when he discussed it with Zhang Wei and the others, they suppressed the idea. He didn’t expect someone else to blow it wide open.

Zhang Yu knew a bit about the family matters, and upon hearing Zhang Jie’s words, her first thought was, "They won’t suspect it’s our family, will they?"

After all, Zhang Wei was involved too, and "whether our dad might get dragged into it," such a reputation wouldn’t sound good.

"Don’t worry, our dad is just a researcher, not confronting anyone, and he didn’t benefit from it; he was a victim." Zhang Jie said, but then his expression suddenly changed.

"Will those lunatics set their sights on our dad?" Now that Old Zheng is in absolute trouble, he can’t focus on our family, but there’s concern those people might act like mad dogs and target us; after all, our family was part of the cause.

Zhang Yu thought for a moment and shook her head, "I don’t think it’s likely."

"Think about it, did our dad have any direct dealings with them?"

"Any reasonable person would help only the people they’re truly connected to, and why would the other factory admit it?" The main point is that the other factory won’t acknowledge it; if it blows up, neither factory would look good.

"In the end, anyway, Director Zheng is going to bow out and step down; after all, his health is poor, so an early retirement would be fine." Transferring to a low-key government position? That’s absolutely impossible; the factory leaders probably all hate Director Zheng to death now.

Of course, concerning their own dad, Zhang Yu figured he probably attracted a lot of dissatisfaction, and there were probably many people criticizing him in private.

As for Director Zheng’s beloved nephew, "He shouldn’t even think about the director’s position, much less the deputy director’s position..."

Zhang Yu thought for a moment, really not optimistic, "I bet if he doesn’t bow out and step down, he’ll be pushed out to take the fall."

Recalling what Zhang Jie mentioned earlier, "Brother, I remember you said the factory secured a military order."

Zhang Jie, being smart, hadn’t overlooked this point; he was just really unhappy. But hearing Zhang Yu’s analysis now, his eyes lit up, "Right, hmm, let’s see them bully our dad."

Zhang Yu knew Zhang Wei would be fine since it wasn’t the same system; in fact, working at the research institute, Zhang Wei couldn’t be meddled with by the machinery factory or even municipal leaders.

Zhang Yu suddenly had a thought—had Zhang Wei already considered all this when he decided to work at the research institute?

Unfortunately, there was no evidence, and even if she asked, she probably wouldn’t get an answer.

"By the way, is it okay for you to still be working at the machinery factory?" Zhang Yu suddenly worried about Zhang Jie, given that his health was really frail.

Zhang Jie recalled recent events at the office when many people stopped talking to him, avoiding him whenever they saw him. He knew they were just trying to annoy him, showing how unhappy they were with him.

But does it matter? "Everyone knows I’m in poor health; if I collapse, even if I don’t need them to pay for medicine, the medical expenses at least have to be covered."

Heh, Zhang Jie was well prepared, "At that time, I’ll just go on a long sick leave. The factory has to pay my wages, right? They have to compensate, don’t they?"

Heh, just once, and Zhang Jie guaranteed that no one would want to do it a second time. Zhang Jie didn’t think his actions were outrageous.

This could work, in Zhang Yu’s opinion. Her first reaction was, isn’t this like scamming? But then she realized, there’s actually nothing wrong with this operation. Everyone knows Zhang Jie’s health is poor, and it’s normal for him to collapse with a push or a taunt.

"Yes, Xiao Jie, that’s exactly it."

"Try to pull off a long sick leave without going to work." Is there a problem with milking it? Absolutely not. The factory leaders wouldn’t dare have opinions; had they not hindered things, would it have come to this?

Given their poor management letting things escalate, they must bear the consequences; it’s only fair.

Zhang Jie initially thought Zhang Yu would oppose this, surprisingly she strongly supported it, and even suggested he go on a long sick leave, "Is that appropriate?"

"The finance department can’t just let me take a leave for too long." Zhang Jie knew the finance department had a heavy workload; occasional leaves were okay, but a long sick leave was improbable.

"Then switch departments." That’s a problem? That’s not even a problem, "Look at you; you’ve been in the finance department for so long and you’ve already lost so much color."

"Brother, health is the money for the revolution." Anyway, after a few years, once the college entrance examinations resumed, everyone had to leave here, so why not take good care of himself now?