"What? You're saying Hu encountered a similar situation over there? That's highly unlikely. I think Hu is just exaggerating!"
Portland felt somewhat incredulous, but not only him, even James found it hard to believe, because the two of them had always managed to discipline their subordinates reasonably, yet they never expected to encounter such a thing.
"It seems we both need to investigate this thoroughly. If something like this really happens, neither of us will be able to explain it to him!"
James's words enlightened Portland, who also felt that Hu Yuan was doing the right thing, so he didn't say anything more.
So the two of them immediately gathered all the shipyard workers together. Polant felt that there might be something fishy about this, so he decided to investigate it thoroughly.
While they were inspecting the workers, they noticed that some of them seemed to be resisting them, which made the two men somewhat suspicious.
"Hey, why are you so resistant to our inspection? Do you have something to hide?"
James stepped forward and, although he didn't yell at the employee, he still questioned him. However, the employee didn't respond to James immediately but looked around timidly.
James noticed that he seemed to be holding something in his hand. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was just an insignificant component from the shipyard.
"That's strange. This part isn't that important at all, so why are you so fixated on it?"
James snatched the component and examined it carefully. Although he didn't find anything unusual, his trust in the employees here had diminished. When he returned to his office, James noticed that there seemed to be some parameters engraved on the component.
"Polant, come and take a look at these parts. Are they the parameters for the instruments in our factory?"
Without a second thought, Portland took the other side back and examined it carefully. After looking at it, he was stunned and cautiously said to James.
"It seems that the parameters here were personally set by Hu. Ordinary people really don't know about them. It seems that we need to keep this employee and interrogate him carefully. If we can find out any clues, we can give Hu an explanation!"
After Portland finished speaking, James immediately went out, invited the employee in, and then changed his tone.
“I know it’s not easy for you people to work in our factory, so I don’t want to punish you too harshly. But we still have a lot of things to clarify! Tell me, who gave you the parameters for this part? Was it Boss Hu or someone else?”
The employee was terrified. Although he was indeed sent by Hu Yuan, he was so petty that he couldn't get along with his colleagues and became depressed over time. So when James and Portland asked him questions, he could only pretend not to know.
James and Portland knew that no matter how much they asked, they wouldn't get an answer, so they didn't continue to make things difficult for the employee and instead asked him to leave immediately.
"I know this matter has a lot to do with you, but we don't want to pursue your responsibility for now. If we do, it will be too late. So I've decided to let you off the hook for now, but you'll have to perform some meritorious service before we can consider how to describe what you've done!"
The employee was overjoyed upon hearing this, as he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"Since you two have put it that way, then naturally I must tell you everything I know, otherwise I would truly be in a difficult position to escape blame!"
The employee immediately took out a letter from his person, which turned out to be written by Hu Yuan himself.
"I didn't expect you to be the spy that Boss Hu specially placed among us. No wonder you're so dedicated to your work. How about we give you a raise?"
The other party waved their hand, indicating that the matter was absolutely impossible.
"If you give me a raise, my identity might be exposed to the scoundrels in the market, and it won't be easy for them to find out. If that happens, the factory will suffer huge losses!"
James and Portland agreed, so they didn't say anything more.
"In that case, just go back to your original intentions, and we'll pretend nothing happened. I will definitely not hold you responsible anymore!"
So the employee quietly left, as if nothing had happened, and everything was as usual. Although many people didn't know what had happened, James Porter knew very well that the shipyard was now in its most dangerous moment.
On the other side, Thoros was also keeping a close eye on Hu Yuan in Newen, wondering what he would do next.
Just then, the secretary gently pushed open the door and placed the information about Nurem on Thoros's desk.
“Mr. Thoros, to be honest, this Hu Yuan is a formidable character. He is currently secretly negotiating a cooperation with Eric Foods. I expect they will reach an agreement soon. If problems arise then, it will be really bad!”
Thoros picked up the report, a hint of displeasure in his expression, but he knew he couldn't stop Hu Yuan now.
"Why is Dajiang Food Company so quiet lately? I sent someone over a few days ago, why haven't we been able to get in touch with them yet?"
These words made the secretary very uneasy. In fact, the secretary had already investigated this matter, but found that the chairman of Dajiang Food Company was somewhat negligent in management. Although the secretary wanted to take charge, he had some relationship with Thoros, so the secretary did not dare to interfere.
"It's like this, the chairman of that food company seems to be related to you in some way. We really don't dare to take action against them, so we can only watch them do it. If we had your order, it would be much easier for us to deal with them!"
Thoros was somewhat angered upon hearing this, and immediately wrote a warrant on the table for his secretary.
"No matter who it is, anyone who violates the company's rules must be severely punished. Only in this way can our company have room to develop. We absolutely cannot let people go because of personal relationships. Otherwise, how will the company's people view us? How can we stand here?"
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