Strike?
After hearing this unexpected word, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, and it took a while before he recovered.
“Strike? For… what reason?”
“Everyone is not working anymore.” Secretary Zhou said, “The entire electromagnet research laboratory has stopped. The researchers all ran to the lobby of the laboratory building to protest your scientific research reform… Basically, the scene is chaotic. If they continue to make trouble, I am worried that the board of directors will take action.”
Tang Yunge, who was standing next to him, couldn’t help but show a bitter expression on his face.
To be honest, he was not surprised that this kind of thing would happen.
The entire electromagnet research laboratory had almost become the playground for Director Liu Sihai alone. With the support of Song Yangwei, the old man who held an important position on the board of directors, he eroded the electromagnet laboratory of East Asia Energy after several years of management.
From the leaders of key projects to the management personnel of other laboratories and production units, all important positions were held by his corrupt friends.
This was no longer a problem that could be solved by one or two people.
Unless the entire East Asia Energy’s R&D department had a big change, forget about second-generation controllable fusion, it would be a blessing to be able to continue to maintain East Asia Energy’s advantage in the first-generation controllable fusion field.
Lu Zhou: “Did they ask for anything?”
Secretary Zhou hesitated for a while without speaking.
Finally, after seeing the impatient expression on Lu Zhou’s face, he clenched his teeth and said truthfully.
“They asked the board of directors to remove your position as a director of the scientific committee and stop you from using administrative means to interfere with the laboratory’s daily work and academic freedom.”
The daily work of the laboratory?
Academic freedom?
Lu Zhou was so angry that he almost laughed out loud.
“What if I don’t agree?”
Hearing the unkindness in Lu Zhou’s tone, Secretary Zhou said cautiously, “According to their representative, if you don’t agree, they will resign collectively…”
“Pff!”
The moment when he heard these words, Lu Zhou did not hold back. He laughed out loud at this serious moment.
After a few seconds, he finally got the laughter out of his stomach. He coughed and stopped.
Secretary Zhou stood in front of his desk with a dazed expression. He paused for a moment, reached out his hand, and spoke.
“Where is it? I’ll take it.”
“It? What?” Confused, Secretary Zhou asked in a quiet voice, “What?”
Lu Zhou gave him a strange look.
“The resignation letter!
“They’re going to threaten me with resignation without even writing a resignation letter?”
Secretary Zhou and Tang Yunge: “???”
…
At the electromagnet research laboratory, today’s atmosphere was particularly lively.
Someone said that “Academician Lu is going to cut half of the researchers in the institute”, then stood up and called on everyone to unite and protect their rights.
From the office to the laboratory, almost all the desks were empty. Regardless of whether it was on their own volition or compelled by the instructions of their superiors, everyone came to the lobby on the first floor of the laboratory building, sat on the floor with protest signs in their hands, and protested the reforms implemented by Academician Lu.
“Aren’t we out of line for doing this?”
An old researcher who had been working at East Asia Energy for nearly 20 years showed a somewhat uneasy expression on his face.
This kind of anxiety was not out of conscience or morality, nor out of the anxiety and guilt about doing barely anything over the past decade, but just worried that things would not end well.
“The bigger the trouble, the more favorable the final result will be for us!”
Seeing the boiling atmosphere in the hall, Yang Xiaofeng smiled happily, narrowed his eyes, and continued, “I bet that the old popsicle must be worried now.”
The times had changed.
People nowadays were not like people before; they fought for their own rights.
It’s a pity that Academician Lu is not a qualified manager. If he has even a little managerial skill, he will definitely not take such tough measures to promote his one-size-fits-all reform.
East Asia Energy did have many problems, but these problems were not limited to East Asia Energy.
Yang Xiaofeng admitted that he was only here to collect a paycheck, and the best paper he wrote over the years was his graduation thesis. However, this was how the rules of this world were, so he didn’t think this was his problem.
Also, his predecessors left such a large family business. If he didn’t maintain his power, how could he reflect the strength of his predecessors?
Looking at the empty door not far away, another researcher sitting next to him spoke in a nervous tone.
“You think Academician Lu… Will he really compromise? I always feel that he is not simple…”
“It doesn’t matter whether he compromises or not,” Yang Xiaofeng said slowly. “As long as the shareholders see the trouble he has caused after taking office, as well as the dismal stock price, they will naturally make the right choice.”
Of course, if Academician Lu was willing to cooperate, the door of opportunity would still be available to him.
The premise was if he would be willing to sit in the position of chairman as a mascot, without worrying about the past and never trying to take anything away from Yang Xiaofeng.
At this moment, footsteps came from the door of the laboratory.
When Yang Xiaofeng saw the person who appeared at the door, he was immediately happy.
The person who came was none other than Zhou Lei, the administrative secretary in Lu Zhou’s office. Although the fact that Lu Zhou didn’t come here in person disappointed him a little bit, he did send his secretary here so quickly…
Obviously, Lu Zhou couldn’t take it anymore!
Yang Xiaofeng stood up from the ground. He patted his pants and walked to Secretary Zhou calmly.
His chin was pointing high as he spoke with a proud face.
“What are you doing here? We want to meet Academician Lu, not his secretary.
“If he still has this arrogant attitude and refuses to talk to us, then we will let him pay for his arrogance!”
This guy…
Has no idea where his situation stands.
Secretary Zhou gave him a sympathetic look. He then moved his gaze away from him. After a light cough, he looked at the researchers sitting on the floor in the hall and spoke.
“Everyone has been sitting here all morning, so you all probably haven’t had lunch yet.
“Academician Lu is very considerate of everyone’s hard work. In order not to delay everyone’s lunch break, we will strive to complete everyone’s procedures before noon.”
Procedures?
What procedures?
Stunned by the words of this sentence, Yang Xiaofeng’s speech that he had rehearsed for a long time was thrown back into his stomach.
“What procedures? What do you mean?”
Secretary Zhou opened his mouth, hesitating to explain, but at this moment, the staff member of the legal department standing next to him spoke with an impatient expression.
“Of course it’s the resignation procedures, what other procedures? You are too lazy to even write a resignation letter, so hurry up and fill out this form, stop wasting our time.”
Yang Xiaofeng: “???”
Resign?!
What’s going on?!
The moment he heard these words, the entire hall on the first floor of the laboratory building had already exploded in chaos.
As for Yang Xiaofeng, he was dumbfounded. As he looked at Secretary Zhou and the person from the legal department, he was speechless.
Although he used all of the laboratory staff members’ resignations as a threat, he never thought that the final result would be like this.
A drop of cold sweat passed across his forehead.
When Yang Xiaofeng felt the pairs of eyes staring at him from behind, he gradually began to realize that he was in a bad situation…
