"Assistant Feng, I'm very sorry, all we can do is this."

"Is that true, Dean Kang, if so, it would be a pity."

"How is the equipment industry company going to deal with this?"

"I have already said that everything is done according to the contract. Sorry, Dean Kang, we have given you a chance..."

The talks three days later broke down without any surprise. Kang Haidong asked the secretary of the institute to write the plan in the most tactful way, but Feng Xiaochen denied it on the spot. In fact, Kang Haidong also knew that his plan would definitely not satisfy Feng Xiaochen, but he had no choice, because he did not dare to promise to complete the design in half a year or less, and this was Feng Xiaochen's bottom line to the Petrochemical Design Institute.

During these three days, Kang Haidong has made efforts. He found many people to hold meetings and tried to persuade the researchers to devote all their efforts to the design of the ethylene device and complete the task in as short as possible. The old engineers, middle-level cadres, etc. responded to the requirements he put forward. Although they kept emphasizing difficulties, they at least expressed some determination. The younger generation was completely different. They gave silent answers to Kang Haidong's words. At most, they just said "Everything is followed in the hospital's arrangements" when Kang Haidong called on them to express their opinions. The passive and slacking attitude was self-evident.

Under such circumstances, how dare Kang Haidong guarantee Feng Xiaochen? He could only ask the secretary to write a lot of specious bold words in the plan, and there was nothing to put into practice.

Feng Xiaochen was not surprised by this result, and even breathed a sigh of relief. After chatting with Zhou Ting, Shao Youshi and others in private, he knew that the situation at the Petrochemical Institute was very bad and there was no possibility of completing the task at all. If Kang Haidong gave him a plan with confidence, he would be a little difficult to deal with, because he knew that such a plan was impossible to complete, but he could not find the reason for the attack.

Now, the plan submitted by Kang Haidong is obviously untenable. Not only Feng Xiaochen thinks this way, but Wu Shican, Xue Mucang and others who come with him also have the same view. After reading the plan, Feng Xiaochen clearly stated that he could not accept the plan. Kang Haidong also clearly stated that the Petrochemical Institute could only do this, and he was only left to say something like "If you want to kill, you should cut it."

After seeing off Feng Xiaochen and his party, Kang Haidong came to the office of the director Xu Aizhong and reported to Xu Aizhong about the conversation with Feng Xiaochen and the others. Xu Aizhong sighed and said, "Oh, we are wrong about this matter. We evaluated it at the beginning and felt that the design could be completed in one year, but it has been delayed for a year and a half. No wonder the equipment company has an objection."

"The people's hearts are dispersed, and the team is not easy to lead." Kang Haidong sighed.

"It's not like this in our unit. Many units are in this situation. What can I do?" Xu Aizhong said angrily, "I want to say that these are all problems caused by reform. In the past, there were not so many things. Now, you have to negotiate conditions for some work. What kind of bonuses, houses, and professional titles are purely personalized!"

Kang Haidong smiled bitterly, too lazy to debate with Xu Aizhong, but said: "Director, the problem now is that the equipment company is very dissatisfied and refuses to accept our new plan. What should we do?"

"What did they say?"

"That young man said he would do it according to the contract."

"According to the contract, how is the contract stipulated?"

"If it cannot be completed on time, you must bear the liability for breach of contract, including refunding the contract amount and financial compensation."

"How to return the contract payment?" Xu Aizhong snorted, "The money has been spent, how can I return it to them? Besides, we haven't done anything at all. Haven't we held several seminars before, and the overall design plan has been made several drafts. How could this money be returned to them?"

Kang Haidong said: "Of course it is impossible to refund money, but they probably want to use this as an excuse to go to the head office to sue us. The head office will definitely not be able to bear it back, and we will definitely make some statements in the end."

Xu Aizhong said: "We are not afraid of them when they really look for the head office. We took the contract payment they paid, and it was not distributed to private individuals. We reimburse employees for medical expenses, buying equipment, buying cars, and building houses, which are all reasonable expenses. What can the head office say? I guess this is just a quarrel..."

As soon as they said this, the two suddenly found that the lamp on Xu Aizhong's desk was turned off for no reason. When they looked up, they found that the ceiling fan on their heads suddenly dropped. Then, some noisy sounds began to appear in the corridor of the office building. Many people walked out of the office and asked other colleagues loudly:

"Hey, why did the electricity in our office be cut off?"

“We are also in our office…”

"It seems that the whole building has stopped."

"Is there a power outage in the family area?"

Hearing these voices, Kang Haidong opened the door and came to the corridor, shouting: "Old Hou, Hou Chao!"

Administrative Director Hou Chao ran out of his office in response and replied to Kang Haidong: "Director Kang, I'm here!"

"Why is the power outage?"

"I don't know, it's not the power supply bureau's maintenance line?"

"What routes are under maintenance in broad daylight? Call and ask, and see what's going on."

"clear!"

Hou Chao went back and called, but Kang Haidong didn't care. He still returned to Xu Aizhong's room and discussed with him about the equipment company. Power outages are not rare. Equipment inspections, transformer failures, etc., which may cause power outages, and no one will make a fuss.

A few minutes later, Hou Chao came to Xu Aizhong's office with a panic look on his face. The first thing he did after entering the door was to close the door, then listen to the outside, and make sure that no one was standing outside the door and eavesdropping. Then he walked to Xu Aizhong's desk.

"Old Hou, what are you doing? Why are you so divine and secret?" Xu Aizhong noticed Hou Chao's strangeness and asked in surprise.

"Director Xu, President Kang, something happened." Hou Chao said in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" asked the two deans at the same time.

"The power supply bureau has pulled our gate." Hou Chao said.

"Click the switch? What does it mean?" Xu Aizhong didn't react for a moment.

Hou Chao said: "I just called and asked. The power supply bureau said that we owe their electricity bills, so they pulled our gate."

"Nonsense!" Kang Haidong said annoyed, "When did we owe their electricity bills? Didn't we pay last month's electricity bills at the beginning of the month? What electricity bills do they charge for now?"

Hou Chao said: "That's right. The power supply bureau said that they received a notice from their superior that the bank account of our design institute had been frozen and it was impossible to pay the electricity bill, so they pulled our gate."

Xu Aizhong became even more confused: "Frozen the account, isn't this nonsense? When will the bank freeze our account..."

The answer was soon found. Chen Yujuan, the Finance Director, hurried over and reported to Xu Aizhong that he had just received a notice from the bank that the account of the Petrochemical Design Institute was frozen and the bank will no longer accept the checks issued by the Petrochemical Institute from now on.

"What is the reason, why do banks freeze our accounts?" Xu Aizhong finally couldn't calm down. The power supply bureau can explain it as a rumor. It may even be that a staff member was looking for reasons to make things difficult for the design institute and wanted to get some benefits. But the bank called to notify the account to be frozen, which was not like a joke. You know, the Petrochemical Design Institute has been established for almost 40 years and has never happened like this.

"The bank said that we did not fulfill the contract with the Equipment Industry Company on time. The Equipment Company sued us in the court and demanded that all payment be returned. The court frozen our account, afraid that we would spend the money." Chen Yujuan reported naively. When she heard about this on the phone just now, she was shocked. As the director of the Finance Department, she was of course very clear about the matter between the Petrochemical Institute and the Equipment Company, but she never expected that the other party would take such a ruthless move.

"They left me, and it's only less than an hour now. They can actually make the court freeze our account?" Kang Haidong said in surprise.

"This means that those people had already greeted the court before they came to us, and they just waited to have a breakdown in the talk with us, and they immediately asked the court to execute it." Hou Chao was very quick in his mind, and he suddenly understood the joints.

"So arrogant!" Xu Aizhong slapped the table harshly, "I went to the court to sue us, and also blocked our account, and even snatched us the power. I am planning to give us a stance! Our design institute is a well-known national unit, and it is on par with their equipment company. What are they trying to do!"

Kang Haidong pondered for a while and said, "Director, I think this is not simple. Think about it, it is impossible to move so quickly with the equipment company alone. It is obvious that the court, bank, and power supply bureau are all working together with them, otherwise they would not be so extreme. I guess they found a relationship through the Economic Commission, just to embarrass us a little. No wonder the man named Feng dared to speak harshly, it turned out that he had such a backup plan."
Chapter completed!