Chapter 1577 Once on the Pirate Ship, There's No Way Off
"Old Zhou and his men only caused a ruckus at the guesthouse for a few minutes before slinking back home?"
"Yes, it seems that the police happened to be looking for Li Ye, so they couldn't take any further action and came back."
"What a bunch of useless trash."
Tang Xiangui felt that he had been extremely unlucky lately, and all his carefully planned schemes had failed.
Old Zhou and his gang, after a couple of drinks, would act like Zhang Fei or Li Kui, ready to fight anyone in need, even the Heavenly King himself. So when over twenty of them went to find Li Ye, they all ended up getting hurt and slinking back home.
Xiao Zhan looked at Tang Xiangui and asked awkwardly, "Uncle Tang, since there hasn't been any bigger conflict, are you still going to resign from your position as team leader?"
"Of course I'll resign. It's just a temporary team leader position. What else can I do but resign? I've already made my decision."
Tang Xiangui knew that Xiao Zhan didn't want him to resign, but he still decisively dispelled the other party's illusions.
Resigning now would allow me to retain some "backbone," but staying any longer would mean losing both face and dignity.
However, Tang Xiangui's plan was sound, but others wouldn't allow him to extricate himself from the situation.
First, Director Hou directly told Tang Xiangui that the unit leaders would not allow him to start something and then fizzle it out. Since he had accepted the task, he had to stick to his post.
"Old Tang, everything has a cause and an effect. Our work has reached a stalemate, so we need to find the cause and bravely resolve it."
【I'll take care of that!】
Tang Xiangui understood, of course, that Director Hou was telling him to continue apologizing to Li Ye. But since he had already instigated Lao Zhou and the others to cause trouble for Li Ye, what good would kneeling down and apologizing again do? Did Li Ye think he was stupid?
So Tang Xiangui went to the hospital the next day.
"Director Hou, I'm so sorry, I've had a relapse. I have a splitting headache, insomnia, and heart palpitations. I really can't continue working."
"Old Tang, you're playing these tricks on me, aren't you? Well, I won't hold back then. First you went to Hong Langman, then you instigated Old Zhou and the others to cause trouble for Li Ye. You don't clean up your own mess, so don't blame others for making it up for you."
“.”
Director Hou was so angry that he cursed loudly, but Tang Xiangui calmly lay in the hospital as a patient.
He's lived for over fifty years; he may not be good at much else, but he's certainly not bad at being a scoundrel.
But Tang Xiangui never expected that on the second day after he was hospitalized, some people would invite him to Hong Langman again.
Tang Xiangui said guiltily, "I'm sorry! I haven't been feeling well lately and am no longer in charge of the evaluation team. If you're not satisfied, I'll return those 'gifts' to you."
Please don't rush to refuse.
The person on the other end of the phone interrupted Tang Xiangui and said bluntly, "Team Leader Tang, there's no turning back now. Since we've decided you're our friend, we won't bother anyone else. Please accept our previous offer; we'll add another one for you."
Tang Xiangui was startled and couldn't help but frown.
His worst-case scenario was to return the benefits he had previously received, but now it seems there's something even worse.
What do you mean by not bothering two masters with one matter? Actually, I just don't want him to give up. Money makes the world go round, and even if Tang Xiangui dies, I'll still finish the job.
Tang Xiangui said helplessly, "But right now, no one among you can control Li Ye. If I continue to side with you, Li Ye will not let this go."
The person on the other end of the phone said, "No need to be biased, just be fair."
"Just ensuring fairness is enough?"
Tang Xiangui thought he had misheard.
If being fair is all that matters, then why did you invite me to Red Romance in the first place? I've ended up like this because I was biased towards you guys, and now you're saying all you want is fairness?
But then Tang Xiangui seemed to have a sudden realization.
If I could understand from Director Hou the higher-ups' intention to "let Li Ye win," then even if the people in the Southwest were a little slow to react, they should have guessed what was going on by now.
When a child who has always taken advantage of others suddenly realizes that he is about to fall out of favor, he will immediately raise the banner of "fairness" to fight for a fair right.
Because this child knows best how stifling it is for someone who is treated unfairly.
"Team Leader Tang, we're just asking you to stick to your principles. That shouldn't be difficult, right?"
【Not difficult my ass!】
Tang Xiangui cursed a thousand times in his heart, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's meet at Honglang today."
“.”
Tang Xiangui wasn't unaware of how difficult it would be for him to stick to his principles when his superiors were showing favoritism towards Li Ye. He just knew that he was already on a sinking ship and couldn't get off no matter what.
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In the second week after Li Ye arrived in Kunming, the evaluation team announced new evaluation rules.
Both sides dispatched drivers to jointly test the two test vehicles according to detailed testing rules.
This was actually a suggestion made by Li Ye earlier, but with a slight modification: each prototype vehicle would be driven by both drivers.
The new testing rules are much more rigorous than before, with detailed requirements for various test items. Combined with the monitoring equipment provided by the first factory, this can minimize the possibility of human cheating.
This change thrilled the people at the First Factory, because the harder the fruit was to obtain, the more delicious it tasted. This was a fair testing opportunity that Li Ye and his team had obtained through fierce struggle.
However, Li Ye poured some cold water on everyone's enthusiasm.
"Don't get too excited yet. The upcoming tests are intense. We can celebrate when we've completely won."
"Don't worry, factory manager, we'll definitely win this time."
Wu Yan said mysteriously, "As long as we get our driver into their car, we won't be far from final victory."
Li Ye raised an eyebrow and said, "Everything is reciprocal. This time, with eight cars being tested together, they'll do the same to our cars as we do to theirs."
Wu Yan blinked and chuckled, "Well, you have to mess with the right things. I looked at their car carefully the other day, and it's exactly as that Miss Kan said—their flywheel housing has a defect."
“.”
Li Ye immediately realized that the engineer Kan he had contacted through Shan Shengwen had finally come into play.
The prototype vehicles of Southwest Heavy Truck were assembled from parts, and some parts were designed hastily, which inevitably led to defects.
The next test site was chosen in a mountainous area, and it was subjected to extreme heavy loads. If the test was specifically designed to be challenging, problems could easily be exposed.
"Alright, let's get started!"
Li Ye never cared about the technical details; if Wu Yan said it could be done, then he would let him do whatever he wanted.
Over the next few days, the tests between the two sides began to proceed intensively, and Wu Yan and others were surprised to discover a new phenomenon.
Because there are many rules for testing, both parties occasionally violate them in actual operation. However, when the test drivers from the first factory "accidentally" violate the rules, everyone except Tang Xiangui will turn a blind eye.
This made Wu Yan and the others think that "there must be something fishy going on if things are not normal".
Dong Shan went to Li Ye and asked him to order his men to follow the principle of "fairness".
Li Ye smiled and promised to discipline his men properly, but then told Wu Yan to "do it discreetly."
When I gave you fairness, you didn't appreciate my kindness. Now that fairness is gone, you're expecting something for nothing?
(End of this chapter)
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