Chapter 1598 Are all pitiful people hateful?
Dong Shan was furious, but he still suppressed his anger and dialed the number again: "Hello? I wasn't finished speaking! If we can't get the heavy truck license, the next step of the company's IPO can't proceed, so..."
"Stop spouting that nonsense?"
The person on the other end of the phone interrupted Dong Shan and said coldly, "Don't I know how important the license is? Do you know how much we paid to arrange a prototype test for you?"
The prototype at Factory One wasn't even fully developed yet! You had everything going for you—timing, location, and people—yet you still lost decisively.
I asked you to listen to the workers' strong opinions and then report them to your superiors, but you leaked the information that very day.
Dong Shan, your incompetence has truly opened my eyes, and it has put us in a passive position. Now what else do you want to say? What right does a piece of trash have to say anything?
“.”
Dong Shan was stunned by the scolding. When he was useful, he was praised as a "talented pillar of the nation," but now, just because he made a few minor mistakes, he was labeled as "incompetent."
But Dong Shan asked himself honestly, if the person on the other end of the phone had handled everything he had experienced, 99% of the time they wouldn't have been as good as him!
If you are incompetent, then the person on the other end of the phone is even more incompetent than you.
But Dong Shan could not bring himself to utter the word "incompetent."
Dong Shan could only suppress his emotions and explain, "Even so, we can't agree to Li Ye's plan. If we use Jicheng Heavy Truck's license to produce, it will be very difficult to get our listing application approved."
“That’s not something you should worry about. You just need to scale up production. Dong Shan, if you can’t even do this one thing well, then you’re really useless.”
[Your special brew is garbage!]
Dong Shan felt his blood rushing to his head, his temples throbbing, and he almost gave up.
Dong Shan wasn't stupid; he could guess roughly what the person on the other end of the phone wanted and what they were planning to do.
If Southwest Heavy Truck doesn't have its own licenses, it's equivalent to not having its own intellectual property rights, which is equivalent to not having its own core technologies. So, what gives it the right to go public?
Is it right to rely on deception?
Even if you fabricate a splendid application and, with the help of others, successfully deceive them and complete the listing process, what then?
Those people were going to cash out and leave, and once they left, they didn't care about the raging flood on Dong Shan's side.
There are no secrets in the world. When the scandal finally breaks, won't Dong Shan still have to bear all the responsibility?
Why did Dong Shan try to get the license? It was to deal with the situation after these people cashed out and left. He would then use this to coerce Li Ye into helping Southwest Heavy Truck complete its technological upgrade. As long as production and profits could be stable, there wouldn't be any major problems. At most, it would just cause shareholders to lose some money.
But now, the person on the other end of the phone is clearly using Dong Shan as a disposable pawn. Will they still care about Dong Shan then? Dong Shan might end up in jail.
Now, who can save me?
Dong Shan thought of all the "connections" he had made, but in the end, he could only think of one person—Li Ye.
Sigh~
Dong Shan sighed and hurried back to the conference room, pondering how to explain things in a way that would persuade Li Ye to help him.
Is Li Ye an easy person to talk to?
Dream on! Li Ye is notorious for being vindictive; how could he possibly repay evil with kindness?
After much deliberation, Dong Shan felt that only by accepting Li Ye's technical solution could he "find a way out of a desperate situation."
However, when Dong Shan returned to the conference room, he saw that Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye were already discussing the details of "borrowing licenses" for production with the workers.
"Southwest Heavy Truck's production capacity is not a problem. The only issue now is the license. Don't worry, the higher-ups will help you coordinate with Jinan Heavy Truck to ensure you can start production within a month."
Once the Kamaz project in Beijing enters the production phase, you can also choose to switch to producing Kamaz.”
"Can the higher authorities provide us with the production funds?"
"This has already been considered, and you will absolutely not let funding issues affect production."
When will our wages increase?
"You've expanded production and increased efficiency, so why shouldn't you get a raise?"
“.”
Every question raised by the workers received an affirmative answer; while not entirely satisfactory, there was nothing wrong with it.
This made Dong Shan inwardly groan.
These workers are too honest. If some smart people had been brought in to act as worker representatives, they certainly wouldn't have been so easily led by the nose by Ma Zhaoxian.
The problem was that when Qu Si invited "worker representatives" to come in and express their opinions, only these honest workers stood up, while the clever ones hid behind their fellow workers.
Whether you say they are driven by self-interest or fear of retribution, the more ordinary the worker, the greater their sense of responsibility in such matters.
Seeing that the deal was almost finalized, Dong Shan had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask Li Ye, "Vice General Manager Li, we discussed this in Chuncheng last time. If the Southwest region accepts your technical solution, will you provide sufficient support and assistance?"
Now that Mr. Qu and our worker representatives are here, could you explain the details to them?
Li Ye looked at Dong Shan in surprise, not understanding why Dong Shan would suddenly "go backwards" at this point.
[You even got into a workers' petition, so why are you willing to surrender to me now?]
There must be something fishy going on when things are unusual. Even if Li Ye couldn't figure it out in a short time, he was certainly not lacking in the awareness to avoid risks.
"If Southwest Heavy Truck accepts the technical solution from the First Branch Plant, then rectification must begin immediately, including both technical and management overhauls."
The First Branch Factory will send relevant technical and management personnel to assist Southwest Heavy Truck in revising its technical standards, and Southwest Heavy Truck must strictly adhere to these standards without fail.
“.”
Dong Shan pursed his lips, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
The demands Li Ye was making now were a bit more "demanding" than they had been in Chuncheng, but Dong Shan, who had firmly disagreed with Li Ye's demands back in Chuncheng, now felt that they weren't entirely unacceptable.
The requirements of the branch factory are very strict, but if you comply, they will cover for you! At most, you will only lose some management authority, but you will not face the risk of going to jail.
However, just as Dong Shan was trying to take advantage of Qu Si's presence to "bargain" with Li Ye and try to gain some leniency, the workers on site vehemently objected.
"Deputy General Manager Li, you're sending people again. Are you not going to send our workers to jail again like last time?"
"That's right, Comrade Li Ye. If you want to send someone to manage us, just say so. Why talk about coercion? And why insist on carrying it out without any compromise? Does that mean we have no say at all?"
“.”
Dong Shan felt like she was about to faint.
When he first arrived at Southwest Heavy Truck with over a hundred people, occupying many management positions, it already caused considerable resentment among the local faction.
Are these workers now displaying xenophobic tendencies in an attempt to completely block their last remaining path?
[You idiots, I'm trying to save you! If things go wrong, I'll just go to jail, but what about you? Why don't you go to Kunming and see what kind of chaos it is?]
Dong Shan knew about Li Ye's "heroic act" in Chuncheng, and of course, he also knew how difficult life would be for the workers after they lost their jobs.
But before today, Dong Shan had never considered these things. Perhaps if he hadn't realized that he was about to become a discarded pawn, he would never have thought of this.
In a sense, the workers who lost their jobs and Dong Shan who was abandoned were both equally pitiful.
But is there anything hateful about those who are pitiful?
Chapter Two might be updated a little later.
(End of this chapter)
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