Chapter 31 Section 3

Naoki looked at the head of the general affairs section.How many questions did the criminal police tell the company?Did you just investigate whether there are other family members? "Yes, there is an older brother." He nodded towards the criminal policeman.It says on the resume, can't lie here. "According to your introduction to the company, now he has gone to the United States to study music..." "Well, almost." Naoki felt feverish all over his body.The beating of the heart also quickened. "Where in America?" "Near New York... Well, I don't know much about it. There is no connection at all."

Furukawa listened to Naoki's words with a suspicious expression.Then he put the resume on the table, crossed his fingers together, and leaned forward. "Is this true?" "Hey, what?" "If your brother goes to America, does that really happen?" The detective's eyes seemed to be wrapped around Naoki, and he put his finger to his mouth to wipe it. "Did your brother apply for a work visa, or did he go in the form of studying abroad?" Naoki shook his lowered head, "I don't know." "No matter what form it is, it stands to reason that there will be no news after going there. When was the last time you returned to Japan?"

Naoki couldn't answer.If you accidentally say something, there will be conflicts immediately. He glanced at the Chief of General Affairs, who folded his arms across his chest with a displeased expression. "Is there anything I can't answer?" the policeman asked. "No, that... I don't know much about my brother." "But you are brothers, so you should know something. If you really don't know where to go, we will start a formal investigation." "Is there any connection between the incident and my brother?" "That's not good, so we need to investigate. We can't just swallow what you said and let it go. It's not that we don't trust you, this is a necessary procedure."

The criminal policeman also understood what Naoki said, but he didn't want to talk about Gangzhi in this place. So, the criminal police said, "Is it not convenient for the head of the general affairs section to talk here? If that's the case, you can ask the head of the section to leave." "Ah," Zhigui couldn't help making a sound, feeling as if someone had seen through his heart. "Let me go," the head of the general affairs section lifted up, "I'm fine." Naoki nodded slightly.If I feel like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to work in this company in the future.

After the chief of general affairs went out, the detective sighed. "I have been doing this job for a long time, and I have developed a special intuition. It may not be scientific, but it does exist. When I first read your resume, I didn't know why it felt wrong. I remember it was caused by the statement about your brother. It seems like this There is something hidden inside. So I want to meet with you. It seems that the intuition is still working." Zhigui was silent, and the detective asked again, "Where is your brother?" Naoki licked his lips, and lifted the hair in front of him with his hand, "In prison."

"Oh." Gu Chuan didn't show any surprise, maybe it was the answer he expected to some extent. "What about the charges?" "Is it necessary to say?" "If you don't want to say it, you don't have to. Anyway, you will understand, and you can easily find out. But if you ask you again for confirmation, the atmosphere will not be good." The way the criminal policeman spoke was quite brilliant, Naoki had no choice but to nod his head. "What did your brother do?" Gu Chuan asked the same question again. Zhigui stared straight at the criminal policeman's face and replied, "Robbery and murder."

This time seemed to be beyond his expectation, Gu Chuan's eyes widened instantly. "When did this happen?" "About six years ago...almost." "Oh, that's right. That's why I said I went to a foreign country. Well, it's understandable if you want to say it. It's very difficult to find a job now!" Gu Chuan rested his elbows on the table, propped his chin in the palm of his hand, and closed his eyes for a while. "We will not disclose this matter to the company." After opening his eyes, Gu Chuan said. It's too late, Naoki thought and nodded.

It seems to be true that the police did not convey to the company Naoki's brother's criminal experience.Because I feel that the company is trying to find the answer.For example, Noda and Kawamura, who worked together, were both called by the head of the general affairs section, and asked, do you know what happened to Naoki's brother?Of course, both replied that they didn't know anything. However, it is only a matter of time before others find out about Gangzhi. If the company has that plan, it can simply investigate it, as long as it entrusts it to a special investigation agency.

That day finally came, about a month after the robber incident, Naoki was summoned again by the head of the general affairs section.There was no criminal police there that day, but the Minister of Personnel was waiting there. The head of the general affairs section first said that as a company, it is necessary to accurately understand the family environment of employees, and if they find out that they have cheated in the exam before entering the company, they cannot let it go.Therefore, an investigation was conducted on your brother's matter.He said this plainly. Then, the head of the general affairs section fluently articulated the contents of Tsuyoshi's crimes, how the trial was conducted, when and in what form the judgment was made, and which prison he is currently serving, etc. .Maybe it's according to the investigation report.

"Is there anything wrong with the above content?" asked the bald section chief. "Nothing wrong." Naoki replied weakly. "It's the same things that were asked by the criminal police, right?" "yes." "Well," he nodded, then looked at the Minister of Personnel beside him.With his hair combed back and gold-rimmed glasses, the Minister of Personnel was weeping. "Why did you lie about going to the United States? Of course, saying this will probably not have an adverse effect on your employment, but it is still a bit bad to hide such a big thing for this."

Naoki raised his head and looked into the eyes of the Minister of Personnel, "Is it bad?" "Isn't it?" "I don't know." Zhigui shook his head, then lowered his head again. Why is it bad? I really want to protest.Hope they hired me instead of my brother.For this, lied about my brother, is that such a bad thing?Didn't cause anyone any trouble— Tsuyoshi was asked about it, but he didn't say a word about the future.Zhigui thought that he would write a resignation letter immediately, but there was no such thing. However, with this day as the boundary, the environment around him is indeed changing.It didn't take long for all the employees to know what kind of person his brother was, but when Noda and Kawamura who worked together treated him with a distant attitude, they understood what was going on. Having said that, he hasn't been treated unfairly. In other words, Noda and Kawamura seem to be taking more care of themselves than before.If Zhigui does unpaid overtime, they will say, don't work so hard, it's okay.But even so, it didn't make Zhigui feel better. The culprit of the theft was caught exactly two months after the incident.It was a gang of thieves including foreigners, and one of them was a person who had worked at the Nishikasai branch of Nova Electric a year ago.He revealed the situation of the store structure and anti-theft facilities.It is also based on his experience that new game machines are shipped to the store the day before. Taking this incident as an opportunity, the company has greatly improved the safety management system.It not only enriches the anti-theft system, but even goes deep into the interpersonal relationship of employees.Perhaps the original employee who participated in the crime had a large amount of borrowings and participated in the crime in order to repay it. All employees once again filled in information about family composition, hobbies, special skills, whether there are rewards and punishments, etc., and submitted them to the company.There's even a section for paying the balance owed in installments.Although the parts that you don’t want to fill in for the time being can be left blank, almost everyone has filled in as much detail as possible in order not to arouse random suspicions from others. "The company thinks there is no benefit to filling in such a thing. Didn't it say that it is inconvenient to write it?" Noda complained with a ballpoint pen in his hand. "Because the original employees were involved in this incident, the company must consider some countermeasures. I guess the guy who asked to fill in these things knew that it was useless." Kawamura said persuasively. Naoki felt different from the two of them.He felt that the person who asked everyone to fill in these things might be the head of the general affairs section.See Naoki's situation, and grasp those secrets as much as possible. Naoki wrote down Tsuyoshi's name in the column of relatives, and noted next to it: serving his sentence in Chiba Prison. After a while nothing happened.Zhigui arrives at the company on time every day, puts on his uniform and starts working.Although the economic downturn, but the computer department is still very busy.Customers who inquire about new products, customers who ask about things that are not written in the manual, and customers who complain that the computer they bought do not work as expected, the customers who come to the store are very different.No matter what kind of customer it is, Naoki takes it seriously.He can answer almost all the questions raised by customers, even if customers put forward difficult requirements, he will try his best to get them. He feels that he actually sells a lot more than Noda and Kawamura. It might be fruitful to continue working like this. Just when he started to think this way, there was a sudden personnel change.He was called by the Minister of Personnel to appoint him face to face.His new job is in the logistics department. "The other side said that young people are needed. You have been in the company for a short time, so changing your job won't have any big impact, so that's why we made the decision." The HR Minister said coldly. Zhigui felt that he could not accept it, so he did not accept the appointment and dismissal order handed over. The minister stared at Zhigui, his eyes seemed to ask: What's the matter?Naoki also looked into his eyes. "Is it still because of that problem?" "The question? What?" "My brother. Do I have to change jobs because my brother is in jail?" The Minister of Personnel leaned back, then leaned over the table again. "Do you think so?" "Yes." He replied simply. "Really. Well, you are free to think what you want. I just want you to remember that it is not feasible for company employees to avoid transfers. There are many people who are dissatisfied with their own wishes, and you are not alone. .” "Not dissatisfied, just want to know the reason." "There is only one reason, because you are an employee of the company." After saying this, it seemed that there was nothing to say, the personnel minister stood up, and Naoki could only look at his back helplessly. "What's the matter, this! You should definitely protest, it's wrong!" Holding a beer glass in his hand, Yushiko complained. The two were in a tavern in Kinshicho.It was Zhigui who invited her to come.I wanted to talk to her about my complaints, but she seemed to be very happy to come. "How do you protest? You say that job transfer is the fate of the company's employees, and you can't say anything to refute it!" "But, that's unreasonable. Isn't Zhigui-jun's sales in the store very good!" "It probably doesn't matter." "I, write a letter to protest against the president of Xinxing Electric." After listening to Yumiko's words, Naoki almost spit out the beer. "Forget it, if you want to do that, it will be more conspicuous. Don't say it." "How should I do it?" "It's not bad if I didn't get fired, I think. In the past, once the brother's affairs were revealed, it was all over. It was the same with part-time jobs, and it was also the same when the band was about to perform. Everything was cancelled." "Lover, too... ah," Yushiko lowered her head and rolled her eyes at him. Naoki sighed, turned his head to one side, and drank his beer like that. "It's not bad if you don't get fired. I've seen it through." "See through?" "My own life. I'm never going to be on the stage again in my life, just like a band can't be on stage, and I can't work in an electronics store without being in the store." "Your Majesty..." "Okay! I've given up." As he spoke, he drank the remaining beer in the glass. The new job, simply put, is to look at the warehouse, move the packaged products in, and then move them to the store, check the inventory, and so on.Uniforms have also changed from brightly colored blazers to gray overalls, complete with hard hats.While transporting the cardboard boxes with a trolley or a forklift, Naoki thought, am I just like my brother!Gangzhi used to work for a moving company, but later he couldn't do it because of his back pain and couldn't think of another way, so he sneaked into someone's house. What will happen to me?Straight expensive think.What happens if I get physically injured?It would be fine if the company would give me another job, but if not, I would have to quit my job.Then you will be distressed because you don't have money, and will you eventually have the idea of ​​​​stealing other people's things?Surely there will be no such thing, thinking now.But as for Gangzhi, he never thought that he would become a thief and impulsively kill the old woman.I and my brother have the same blood flowing through them.And what people in the world fear is precisely that bloodline.