The First Branch Factory's selection process of "written test first, interview afterward" caused a powerful reaction throughout the Light Vehicle Company. Especially after the results were announced, it sparked widespread discussion.
This round of selection shattered many rules people had grown accustomed to over the decades.
For example, many experienced, well-connected managers like Old Dai did not even make it into the second-round interviews, while some workers who had kept their heads down in the workshops unexpectedly fought their way through the ranks and ultimately joined the First Branch Factory's sales department.
The sales department decades later would be a miserable grind, but in these days it was the envy of all. Not only could one "sit in an office," there were all kinds of travel allowances, as well as the First Branch Factory's high wages and generous benefits.
That had been unimaginable in the past. Even when voting elections were held before, certain groups were restricted by the rules and did not even qualify to be mere accompanying runners.
But this time, the First Branch Factory truly put multiple selection rules such as "no restrictions on work unit, no restrictions on background" into practice, making every employee in the whole organization understand what it meant for "the capable to rise."
So when the "failed candidates" represented by Old Dai complained and criticized this selection as "against the rules," they were immediately besieged in public opinion by a large number of frontline workers.
"Why should only you people be allowed to take part in the selection? Weren't you, Old Dai, a worker before? Even if you were promoted from worker to cadre, you were still a worker. What gave you the right to think you were a cut above us?"
"You think not giving you an interview chance means your