Factory Director An chuckled and took it: "Don't let my age fool you, I'm two years older than you. My eyesight is much better than yours. Here, let me take a look."
After reading what was written on the paper, Director An's face fell.
Director Shang was extremely anxious: "No, can't you just read it out loud so I can hear it too? What exactly is written on it that makes my son so secretive?"
Factory Director An took a deep breath: "Your son said that this Andrei could not possibly be a technician. You can tell from his conversations that he has no education and is on the contrary very vulgar, just like a street thug."
"Damn it, are they kidding us? These damn foreigners." Director Shang slammed his hand on the table, then blew on his hand, his face flushed red. It really hurt.
Factory Director An took another deep breath: "He also said that yesterday he accidentally saw someone go to see Andrei alone. That person seemed to be someone from our factory. He said the person looked familiar but he couldn't quite place him."
"He felt something was off but didn't dare get close. The other person didn't notice him either. This morning, Andrei asked to go back to the workshop. He seemed to be muttering something about seeing who had touched the machine, as if he didn't want our machine to be fixed."
Of course, these are all embellished words. What Andrei said at the time was quite harsh and particularly insulting. The translator was afraid of upsetting his father and the others, so he could only try not to say those words and silently suffer in silence.
Director Shang let out a sigh of relief: "It seems there's a traitor among us. This foreigner just wants to see us spend a lot of money to buy back a piece of scrap metal. What the hell is going on?"
Factory Director An clenched his fist, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, clearly showing his extreme anger: "We had already suspected this, but we just didn't expect these people to be so shameless."
"How are things on your end?" No matter how angry you are, you still have to swallow your anger.
Speaking of this, Director Shang's stern face relaxed: "You know what, this Comrade Qian is something else." Director Shang gave a thumbs up.
"You didn't see it, did you? Yesterday I went to the machine factory, and the people in the workshop wouldn't let Comrade Xiao Qian touch their machines no matter what. It was only after Master Qu from their factory vouched for him that Xiao Qian was allowed to touch them."
"In the end, she impressed even the fitters at their factory. That little girl did an excellent job as a fitter and was even thinking about poaching Xiao Qian to work at their factory."
Factory Director An slapped his thigh: "Hey, that's a good idea. You can try to contact that girl behind Lao Wu's back and see if she can come work for us. We'll raise her salary by one level."
Director Shang glanced at Factory Director An and said, "What are you dreaming about? Don't forget that he graduated from Longda University. If he wanted to go somewhere else, how could he have been directly assigned to a small county town?"
"I heard from Lao Wu and the others that the girl's boyfriend also works at the machinery factory in the county town. They grew up together as childhood sweethearts and are already engaged. His hometown is also from there, and living in the county town is close to home, so I guess he won't move there."
Factory Director An shook his head regretfully. There's a shortage of truly skilled people everywhere, it's a pity their factory isn't destined to have them.
"Then let's get it for her boyfriend too. He's a college student, so it must be pretty good too."
"What are you dreaming about? I've already inquired. His partner is even more powerful than Xiao Qian. Will the county's machinery factory release him?"
Director Shang waved his hand: "Don't interrupt me. Comrade Xiao Qian said that six parts need to be replaced, and the most important one needs to be imported. My heart sank at that time. I didn't expect Xiao Qian to say that she would try to do it herself."
"Think about it, they're already ripping us off when it comes to buying a robot. Let alone how difficult and expensive it is to buy parts, can those people even sell us good parts? Even if they could, it wouldn't be a matter of a few days. It's like we're paying a lot of money for the machine, only to lose money as soon as it arrives."
"The parts were all measured yesterday. The experienced mechanics at the machine shop measured them and said they were almost as good as the imported ones, which were handmade by hand with little money."
"There's only one part left to polish, but I saw that Xiao Qian was exhausted, so when I got back this morning, I let him rest first. We have to take good care of such a talented person."
What their country lacks now is people who truly understand technology and have skills. These people are far more valuable than people like them; they can't be used like mules.
"Before I arrived, I heard that Xiao Qian hadn't slept for long before he started working. He's such a diligent young man. It's a pity he's not one of our factory's employees."
If there were even the slightest hope, he would have poached them; it's just a pity there's absolutely no hope!
"Look at the people from the county machinery factory these past two years. They're much more popular than the people from the city machinery factory. People like that are truly hard to come by. Also, that girl has a good temper. When people from our factory ask her questions, she never holds back and explains everything to you in detail."
"It's a pity, but we can't force them to come and work here. However, we still need to maintain good relationships. Our factory may not have many other things, but it certainly has plenty of machines. We'll inevitably have to deal with people in the future." Director An also expressed his regret, but they couldn't force them to come.
"In a bit, you should tell the logistics department to prepare some extra things for them to take back. That way, they'll have a better chance to ask for things next time." Their factory has money; they can still provide the sweet talk.
Director Shang chuckled, "That's exactly what I've been waiting for. Let's be generous this time. Not only is Comrade Ren willing to endure hardship, but think about how much money and trouble he's indirectly saved us."
"Okay, you handle it. Try to get in touch with your son and see if you can find the person who contacted Andrei privately. I remember that Andrei doesn't speak our language, and there's someone who can communicate with him, so we have to be careful."
He might be a deeply hidden spy. We must find him to prevent him from harming the talents here.
"Okay, I'll go home in a bit and have my second son bring his older brother some food."
My second son can draw. As long as my eldest son tells me, he can draw it almost perfectly. This makes it easier to find out who the person is.
The two whispered and discussed the follow-up matters before splitting up to take action. Director An still needed to talk to the higher-ups about this matter, as it was no small thing and involved diplomacy.
Qian Xiao stayed in the room for two whole days before she finally finished polishing the last part.
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