novelraw Chapter 66: Finding the Flaw, Starting the Tracking!
Chapter 66: Finding the Flaw, Starting the Tracking!
The section chief, who was in his early thirties, wore black-rimmed glasses.
When she shook hands with Lin Yu, she touched him briefly and then walked away, as if afraid of getting something on her.
Lin Yu narrowed his eyes. Sending a young man to his death, who is behind it all?
"Environmental Protection Bureau, Zhou Jiannan."
"Director Lin, we have received reports from the public that your factory is illegally discharging industrial waste."
He flipped through the notebook and recounted the story.
"This morning, several steel slag dumping sites were discovered near the residential area. Some residents reported seeing your factory's transport trucks dumping things there last night."
"After inspecting the area, we found that the garbage in front of your factory was no different from that in the residential area."
We need an explanation for this.
Lin Yu didn't reply, but simply nodded, his gaze passing over him to the three piles of garbage.
Lin Yu squatted down and brushed away the layer of rotten vegetable leaves on the surface of the garbage pile.
The steel slag underneath was fresh, with a silvery-gray metallic sheen on the cross-section, indicating that it had just come out of the furnace not long ago.
Sun Qingnian lowered his voice behind him.
"Factory manager, this isn't the kind of material we need."
"The steel slag we are using now is all from the old slag heaps of Beigang and Shougang. It has been sitting there for at least three to five years, and the cross-section has long been oxidized and turned yellow."
"This is fresh steel slag, from gray cast iron..."
"But we're operating in three shifts right now, so there's always someone at the factory."
"But no one saw who put it there... I suspect there's a mole inside."
Lin Yu nodded, turned the piece of steel slag over, and found that the soil at the bottom was still damp.
Seeing that Lin Yu ignored him, Section Chief Zhou pushed up his glasses.
"Director Lin, we need to go into the factory for an inspection."
"Can."
Lin Yu stood up and patted the mud off his hands.
"But the factory has just completed safety production rectification, and some workshops involve confidential processes, so I need to report to my superiors. Please wait 10 minutes while I make a call."
Zhou Jiannan, who was about to say something, was stunned, probably because he didn't expect Lin Yu to be so cooperative.
This request is compliant and reasonable, and he, as a mere section chief, doesn't have much authority.
Besides, Lin Yu had already turned and walked towards his office, so there was nothing he could do even if he didn't agree.
So he quickly agreed.
Upon arriving at the office, Zhang Guoqiang followed and asked in a low voice.
"Is this for Commander Hou?"
"It wasn't called to him."
Lin Yu wiped his hands on his body.
The sticky feeling from pinching the rotten vegetable leaves still seems to linger on my fingers.
"Some people are just stupid."
"Thinking that you've done something flawlessly, but it's full of flaws."
"I was just racking my brains trying to figure out where to find the mastermind behind this."
"As a result, the person sent the answer directly."
Lin Yu chuckled.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone so stupid.
The factory employees can be bribed, and if the timing is right, there can be no eyewitnesses.
However, the steel slag used to frame them was actually a new process for gray cast iron.
In order to start production as soon as possible after the steel plant is launched, Lin Yu also investigated a lot of technologies related to steelmaking and ironmaking.
Ever since Zhao Mingli from the Steel Plant and Zhou Dakun from Red Star Plant No. 1 came to inspect the area, Lin Yu impressed them with his technology.
As a state-owned enterprise, all the steel slag we acquired came from them.
However, all of his factories, including Hongxing No. 2 Factory, Hongxing No. 1 Factory, Beigang Shougang, etc., produced open-hearth furnace steel slag.
The traces of gray cast iron in this converter slag are too obvious.
The person who did this must be someone who doesn't understand technology.
"I called Zhao Mingli."
Lin Yu said, and at the same time told Zhang Guoqiang:
"Go and inform the professor and Sergei to discuss Soviet technologies at their usual meeting place at the Jinghai Hotel today."
Zhang Guoqiang was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.
Zhao Mingli, the head of the technology department at Beigang Corporation, was among the first group of people to be convinced by Lin Yu's theories.
Lin Yu picked up the old-fashioned rotary dial landline in the office and dialed a phone number.
After a few beeps, the call connected shortly afterward.
"Director Zhao, this is Lin Yu."
There was a moment of surprise on the other end of the phone, but then the conversation quickly warmed up.
"Director Lin! It's you!"
"Oh dear! I hope the rumors from the outside world haven't hurt you?"
"After our last talk, I've really rekindled my passion for learning. I've been reading and studying ever since I got back, and it's been incredibly beneficial! When do we have time to meet again and exchange ideas?"
Seeing Zhao Mingli's enthusiastic attitude, Lin Yu also breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be much easier if no one from Beigang or Shougang were openly causing trouble.
"Director Zhao, something's happened to me."
Lin Yu interrupted him, his tone calm.
"The Fangshan Environmental Protection Bureau received a report that we were illegally dumping steel slag. The steel slag mentioned in the report is the new slag from gray cast iron."
There was silence for a few seconds on the other end of the phone.
Zhao Mingli has a technical background and is very quick-witted.
"Gray cast iron? That's a new process in converters. Your factory has never practiced this type of product before."
"So I'd like to ask Director Zhao for a favor."
"It's so refreshing to talk to smart people," Lin Yu replied, nodding.
"Since you're familiar with Shougang's quality inspection department, could you ask if any factories around Beijing have had large quantities of gray cast iron slag hauled away in the past month?"
Which factories have adopted converter technology?
The sound of turning pages came from the other end of the phone.
"Okay, wait ten minutes."
Zhao Mingli then hung up the phone.
Lin Yu put down the microphone and stood by the window.
Outside the window, Section Chief Zhou and his group were still waiting at the door, and Liu Jianguo was offering them cigarettes with a smile.
This junior section chief is young, but quite arrogant.
Liu Jianguo smiled slyly as he offered him a cigarette, which he accepted, took two puffs, and then dismissively threw it away.
It is only right that they come to check on the situation.
But there were no permits, no regulations, and not even enough people to come.
It was quite unusual that he immediately came over with two subordinates after being reported in the morning.
The response speed is too fast, it's completely illogical. When did these people become so diligent? I guess they received the news in advance.
Now that Lin Yu has arrived, Liu Jianguo has also realized that these people's paperwork is incomplete, and they are probably just here on their own initiative to come and show their loyalty and gain merit.
We're just waiting for Lin Yu, with his powerful connections and technical skills, to clash with this group.
He slyly bowed and scraped, ready to watch the spectacle unfold.
In the distance, several figures in overalls were squatting at the workshop entrance; they were the drivers who hadn't driven today.
He is now being held as a suspect.
Zhang Guoqiang approached Lin Yu, scratched his head, and asked with some confusion.
"Comrade Lin, even if it turns out that the steel slag was planted by someone else, they can still say that we received waste from other factories. We can't clear our name now."
"Are you asking us to investigate whether these people have any other problems, and then find evidence to shut them down?"
Lin Yu turned around and nodded.
"This matter will indeed require your assistance."
"From the moment they started spreading rumors, what they wanted wasn't the truth, but to shut down the factory."
"They want to pressure me into handing over the technology."
"This technology was originally intended to benefit the country and its people. I was only able to process the steel slag in the capital, and I never thought of keeping it all to myself."
"But they acted far too hastily and too ruthlessly."
"The reason they sent the Environmental Protection Bureau this time is probably because they want to shut down my newly started factory."
Lin Yu spat and cursed:
"dream!"