Chapter 1578 Either Stupid or Evil
Li Ye originally planned to stay in Chuncheng for only one or two weeks, because the entire testing process might take more than two months, and he only needed to keep an eye on the testing going in the early stages.
So when Tang Xiangui began to "uphold justice," Li Ye planned to return to the capital first and then come back to supervise the results later in the testing phase.
However, the design flaws in those prototype vehicles from Southwest Heavy Truck were far more serious than Li Ye had imagined. Li Ye thought it would take some time before problems arose, but on the fourth day, just as Li Ye was preparing to return to Beijing, one of Southwest Heavy Truck's prototype vehicles broke down.
The test driver from the first factory excitedly told Li Ye, "Factory manager, factory manager, their vehicles really do have a problem. When shifting gears and releasing the clutch under heavy load, if you press the accelerator even slightly, you can clearly feel a squeaking or creaking sound."
"Yes, Director Li, this problem isn't limited to the car we test drove; it also happened to the two cars driven by their own staff. I reckon their cars will break down in a few days too."
Experienced drivers may not be able to use various technical terms, but they have a wealth of driving experience and a keen intuition about the condition of a particular vehicle while driving.
Li Ye frowned and asked cautiously, "There's already a problem after only three days? You haven't gone too far, have you?"
No, absolutely not.
The two drivers said confidently, "You don't understand, factory manager. This time, everyone is traveling in the same convoy for the test. If we make our tampering too obvious, the other drivers will start messing with our cars too."
Wu Yan added, "These past few days, Tang Xiangui has been supervising us like he's on steroids, scrutinizing us closely late at night with videotapes. Our room for maneuver is really limited, and our branch factory always wins fair and square; we disdain using such underhanded tactics."
"Heh~"
Li Ye chuckled and then said to Wu Yan and the others, "Do you know that in the eyes of the 'chicken girl,' all women in the world are willing to sell themselves for money? So, they will soon be suing us. Be prepared to respond."
"What the hell? In Chicken Girl's eyes, the world is... Hahahaha~"
"Hahaha, Director Li, that's an insult!"
The group of technicians were amused by what Li Ye said.
However, as Li Ye had predicted, Dong Shan lodged a strong protest with the First Factory and the evaluation team that afternoon.
"This kind of test is completely meaningless. A vehicle with a standard load capacity of twelve tons is being tested on mountain roads with a load of twenty-five tons, which seriously exceeds the vehicle's safety design redundancy."
Another test driver at the branch factory is also suspected of deliberately manipulating the car. Any qualified driver would not have caused the flywheel housing to crack on a new car.
"Flywheel housing fracture"
Tang Xiangui's brows furrowed tightly and remained so for a long time.
Although he has been obsessed with power struggles in recent years, his decades of technical experience are not fake. In cases like flywheel housing cracks, more than 90% of the time it is due to design defects. If the testing is carried out strictly according to the testing procedures, relevant evidence can be found.
However, it is difficult to find evidence to support Dong Shan's claim that the test drivers maliciously manipulated the vehicle, because everyone has different driving habits. Some people can drive a tractor like a Ferrari, while others can drive a Ferrari like a tractor. Everyone has their own version of events, and it is difficult to determine the responsibility involved.
Therefore, if a detailed investigation is launched, Dong Shan may suffer an even greater defeat.
Therefore, Dong Shan's protest was either due to his lack of technical knowledge and his own self-inflicted harm, or he wanted Tang Xiangui to "uphold justice" and force Tang Xiangui to exclude this incident from the test results.
Simply put, they're either stupid or malicious.
The problem is, just a few days ago you said you only wanted "absolute fairness"!
Indeed, those accustomed to manipulating power cannot accept absolute fairness.
Tang Xiangui adjusted his glasses and calmly said, "We will make detailed records of the traces of the malfunction and await further analysis and research."
Tang Xiangui thought this approach was already quite good. After all, it was just recording the fault traces. If you didn't analyze them later, wouldn't that be deliberately "studying"?
However, Dong Shan said with great dissatisfaction, "Team Leader Tang, this was a human error and should not be included in the test results at all. Moreover, the newly revised test rules are flawed; a car has already broken down in just three days."
Tang Xiangui was almost driven to his death by anger.
Are you deaf or something? I'm already taking sides. Do you really want absolute fairness? Or do you think I'm obligated to risk my life for you just because I've received double benefits?
Tang Xiangui waved his hand and said, "Let's record this first. If we can confirm that it was caused by human error, then we will make the correct judgment."
"But."
Dong Shan wanted to argue further, but Tang Xiangui silenced him with a single sentence.
“If I don’t record the fault traces, Li Ye will also protest, but not to me.”
“.”
Dong Shan immediately fell silent. He had already determined that Tang Xiangui's abilities were unlikely to be able to defeat Director Hou. If they continued to argue, the matter would become impossible to cover up.
Tang Xiangui glanced at Dong Shan and then said in a low voice, "Regarding the test drive personnel, I hope your Secretary Shang can intervene. After all, they are all people from your Jingnan Group, and it's not appropriate for us to interfere with internal discipline."
If I could handle Shang Bin, would I need to go through your connections?
Dong Shan really wanted to curse, but after thinking it over, it seemed that he could only ask Shang Bin for help now.
Dong Shan's transfer to the Southwest was not in Shang Bin's interest; in fact, it could be said that it undermined Shang Bin's core position.
However, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The conflict between Shang Bin and Li Ye may be even greater. Moreover, the prototype of Southwest Heavy Truck was originally spearheaded by Shang Bin. Even if Shang Bin doesn't want to get involved after the Southwest incident, he might still be willing to exchange benefits at this point.
Left with no other option, Dong Shan called Shang Bin, but couldn't get through.
[What the hell are you doing in Kunming? You're nowhere to be seen eight out of ten days! Aren't you afraid that woman will drain your back and cause you pain?]
Dong Shan was very confused. Shang Bin came to Chuncheng under the guise of "supervising the prototype test," but after showing up for two days, he disappeared without a trace.
Thinking back on Zhuo Minglan's situation, Dong Shan could guess that the "couple" had probably gone sightseeing and had also turned off their phones.
But Dong Shan didn't have time to wait, so he called Shang Bin's assistant, Geng Yunping, again, but couldn't get through. He then called the headquarters in Beijing, only to be told that they had lost contact with Shang Bin and Geng Yunping for the past two days and didn't know what had happened.
Dong Shan immediately tensed up.
The news broke a few days ago that Li Ye assisted the police in arresting a major criminal gang, proving that the environment in Zhi'an in the north is completely different from that in Beijing. Shang Bin and Zhuo Minglan have both disappeared. Has something happened?
After Dong Shan called back to the Beijing headquarters, the headquarters staff became somewhat worried and notified Li Ye as well.
Li Ye replied speechlessly, "It's highly unlikely that three grown people could disappear together, especially since it's only been two days."
However, the authorities in Beijing subtly reminded Li Ye that the dozen or so managers at Southwest Heavy Truck who were in jail might have some dirt on Shang Bin, so it wasn't impossible that Shang Bin would run away with his mistress.
"Hey, how come I didn't think of that?"
That's great, things suddenly got interesting.
(End of this chapter)
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