Chapter 74
It was exactly nine o'clock in the morning when we left Xingzhuang toll station.
Lian Yijian's navigation direction was Liangxi. He had to send Xia Kaiqun back first, treat the brothers and sisters in the Liangxi District Delivery Department to lunch, and then rush to Tongzhou with Xia Zhongqin in the afternoon.
The car had not driven forward a hundred meters when Lian Yijian received a call on his cell phone. It was Zhou Yucheng, the project manager of the Sucheng Metro.
If this call had been made in the past, Lian Yijian would have answered it no matter how busy he was or how late it was. It was precisely because of his high professionalism and extreme dedication that the delivery personnel in Southern Jiangsu District were called the "Iron Army of Delivery for Beijing Smart Internet", and the team he led had never had a project that could not be delivered.
The phone placed on the car's magnetic holder with the navigation system turned on rang for almost two minutes. Lian Yijian didn't answer it this time, but the phone kept ringing. His right hand was always tightly holding the left hand of Xia Zhongqin, who was sitting on the passenger seat.
Xia Zhongqin then gently placed her right hand on the back of his right hand.
Xia Kaiqun, who was sitting directly behind Lian Yijian, saw the two people in front of him being so sweet and said with a sour look in his eyes, "Boss Lian, we're on the highway now. Can you drive with one hand? The lives of Zhong Qin and me depend on you."
"No, you've got to get on the bus too, or I'll drop you off at the service area ahead..."
Before Lian Yijian could finish his words, Xia Kaiqun interrupted him, "No, Mr. Lian, please continue to show your affection and pretend I didn't say anything."
Before and after she started dating Lian Yijian, Xia Zhongqin had ridden in his car more than five times. She was still very confident in his driving skills, which were particularly good and steady. When she turned sideways to look at him, he was also looking at her, and the two of them smiled at each other in surprisingly tacit understanding.
When they finished their eye contact, Xia Zhongqin said, "Brother Yi Jian, I have a feeling that you'll be asked to leave by President Wang before we even reach Liangxi."
"He thought I was really his tool, someone he could manipulate as he pleased. Before he arranged for me to go to the Zhongtian Interconnection project in Tongzhou, I explained to him the current stage of the Suzhou Metro project and the risks of changing project managers, but he still insisted on his own opinion. The reason I agreed to go to the Zhongtian Interconnection project in Tongzhou was so that he could see what the Suzhou Metro project would look like without me in charge. Even if he came to pick me up in person, I wouldn't be able to go back. We should take our time and let it cool down for now."
Lian Yijian had just finished speaking when Xia Zhongqin received a new WeChat message on her phone. She opened it and saw that it was from Li Tiantian.
Li Tiantian: Sister Qin, I heard from Zhou Qing that you, General Manager Lian, and Teacher Xia will not come to the Suzhou Metro project anymore. Without General Manager Lian, the Suzhou Metro project site is completely out of control.
Xia Zhongqin had just finished reading the WeChat message sent by Li Tiantian when Li Tiantian sent him a short video of the Suzhou Metro project site.
Xia Zhongqin clicked on it and after just three seconds, she heard the voice of an extremely arrogant person. He was battling with Zhou Yucheng, and the scene in the video was extremely chaotic.
As soon as he heard Xia Cheng's voice, Xia Kaiqun asked for Xia Zhongqin's phone. After watching the video, he handed the phone back to Xia Zhongqin, cursing, "Son of a bitch! This idiot keeps changing my worldview. It seems that the customer service relationship you worked so hard to build for the Sucheng Metro project is about to collapse."
"Uncle Xia, shouldn't you be used to this kind of person? Don't get excited. Let him build it together with Mr. Wang."
Lian Yijian's voice was just like the expression on his face after he glanced at the video on Xia Zhongqin's phone. It was very dull, with no visible or audible emotion in it.
"Sooner or later, Wang Dayu will ruin our title as the Iron Army of Delivery. I've already figured out a way out. Yi Jian, I'll follow you wherever you go..."
A sharp ringtone interrupted Xia Kaiqun's talk about future plans. Lian Yijian's phone received another call. The caller was none other than Wang Dayu.
Xia Zhongqin and Xia Kaiqun thought that Lian Yijian would not answer the call this time. After the phone rang for half a minute, Lian Yijian answered the call.
Wang Dayu's anxious voice immediately came from the other end of the phone.
"Yi Jian, are you on your way to Tongzhou now? Turn back quickly! The client on the Suzhou Metro project site is furious. They say if the project manager is changed, they will terminate the contract and sue us in court for breach of contract."
Wang Dayu spoke quickly and urgently.
After working with Wang Dayu for so many years, even Yi Jian and Xia Kaiqun heard him speak in such an anxious and angry tone for the first time. However, their faces were calm as if in sync. After all, the current situation of the Sucheng Metro Project was caused by Wang Dayu alone, and no one else was to blame.
Lian Yijian replied calmly, "Boss Wang, I've already informed you of the risks of replacing the project manager for the Suzhou Metro project last night. Boss Wang feels I'm unfit to continue as the project manager and insisted on replacing me. This situation has led to today, and it's not something I can resolve by returning. There's a lot of traffic on the highway, so I won't go into details."
As soon as the word "Yi" came through the other end of the phone, Lian Yijian had already hung up the call.
When the hung up phone rang again, Lian Yijian glanced at the three words "Wang Dayu" on the phone and chose to ignore it.
The calm lasted less than ten minutes. When they arrived at the Meicun service area, Lian Yijian's phone received another call.
Looking at the three words "Dong Dawei" on the incoming call, Lian Yijian showed a hint of sarcasm. There was nothing particularly important or urgent. A head of headquarters delivery like Dong Dawei, who was busy with a lot of things, would not have time to chat with him. Even if the two of them were on WeChat, they rarely talked unless it was about the project.
In the years since he came to Beijing Smart Internet Company, Lian Yijian has received no more than five calls from Dong Dawei.
Lian Yi Jian knew the purpose of Dong Dawei's call this time. He didn't wait for the phone to ring for too long before picking it up.
This time, the person on the other end of the phone spoke first.
"Yi Jian, I just scolded Dayu severely. He's completely messing around. The delivery supervisor he hired for Suzhou City went through a special approval process, and the approval process skipped me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to let someone with no delivery ability join Beijing Smart Internet Company. I know you've been wronged this time. I've already asked General Xiang for special approval for the H1 delivery bonus. On top of the original amount, I'll give the Southern Jiangsu District an additional 30,000 yuan. This money will be deposited directly into your salary card."
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment, as if waiting for Lian Yijian's response. When he didn't, Dong Dawei continued, "As you know, Yijian, the Suzhou Metro project is the first subway project for our Beijing Smart Interconnection Company. It's a major project for the company and a benchmark for the entire office systems industry. Only Yijian, a leader in Beijing Smart Interconnection delivery, could deliver the Suzhou Metro project."
Lian Yijian's phone was on navigation, so the conversation between the two was also played out loud. Xia Zhongqin and Xia Kaiqun, who were sitting in the car, could hear Dong Dawei's words clearly. Apart from Lian Yijian, there was no other person in the entire Beijing Smart Internet Company who could make the person in charge of delivery at the company's headquarters do this.
Dong Dawei continued on the phone, talking a lot. Lian Yijian just listened quietly without replying. Dong Dawei sighed deeply and said, "Yijian, I know Wang Dayu's actions this time have deeply hurt you. So, please make your demands to headquarters. I will agree to everything within my power, and I will fight for anything beyond my power. Our company cannot do without delivery experts like you."
As the person in charge of delivery at the headquarters, Dong Dawei has said so much and his trump card has been revealed.
Lian Yijian, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up. He put forward his demands for the region as the delivery director of the Southern Jiangsu District one by one, just like arranging the overall implementation plan of the project. His thinking logic was very clear, and his emotions were not affected by Dong Dawei's words and remained stable.
Lian Yijian had only two demands: First, he could continue to be responsible for the Sucheng Metro project as the project manager, on the precondition that Xia Cheng could no longer interfere in the Sucheng Metro project; second, all the projects under construction in the Sucheng area, except the Sucheng Metro project, would be managed by Xia Cheng. After the H2 sprint, if the project acceptance rate in Sucheng District did not reach 5%, Xia Cheng could no longer continue to serve as the Sucheng District Delivery Director. During this period, he, as the Delivery Director of the Southern Jiangsu District, would not interfere in the business of the Sucheng Delivery Department.
After Lian Yijian stated his two demands for the region on the phone, there was no immediate response from the other end, and the call remained silent for more than ten seconds. This was obviously because his demands were too low-end.
"Yi Jian, I thought you were going to tell me to fire Xia Cheng. I didn't expect it was my fault for being so narrow-minded. You're truly the leader of Beijing's smart interconnected delivery industry, with a broad vision and a broad mind. You've given Xia Cheng the opportunity to hone his skills. If he doesn't perform well in the end, Wang Dayu won't have the nerve to complain behind his back about us targeting his people and not giving him face. In recent years, under your management, the acceptance rates for H1 and H2 in Sucheng District have both been above 95%. Your target of 50% is truly too low. Do you want to raise it a bit?"
The two points raised by Lian Yijian were within Dong Dawei's authority. He agreed quickly, with a hint of obvious pleasure in his voice.
The reason why the headquarters did not fire Xia Cheng immediately was, as Dong Dawei analyzed, that Lian Yijian wanted to give Wang Dayu a slap in the face and let Wang Dayu see how capable the people he personally recruited were.
A 50% acceptance rate was not in line with Xia Cheng's ability. Lian Yijian estimated that it was less than 10%, but this 10% was too ugly. "No need for Dawei, just 50%."
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