"Were that many people really hoping I'd be transferred away?"
After Li Ye finished speaking, the conference room fell silent for a moment. Then someone said, "Li Ye, none of us wants you transferred! Don't misunderstand."
"Who exactly has been spreading these rumors? I recently heard people in the departments saying Director Li was going to be transferred, but when I asked them who they heard it from, they couldn't give me a straight answer."
"I heard it too. The rumor was told with such convincing detail—it said you, Li Ye, were being transferred to North Wind Machinery Factory. You aren't really leaving, are you?"
"..."
For a time, more than half the people in the conference room began "showing concern" for Li Ye, no longer bothering with meeting discipline.
Niu Hongzhang felt immense pressure. He could not understand it. A few months ago, everyone had agreed to ruthlessly suppress the First Branch Factory's arrogant momentum.
Now that he had come up with such a clever move, intending to transfer Li Ye away, why had this pack of short-sighted fools suddenly become reluctant to let him go?
Could they not see that if Li Ye was not transferred, the First Branch Factory would sooner or later nibble away at the main factory bit by bit?
Just look at what had happened after salaries were paid this month. So many workers at the main factory already regarded the First Branch Factory as their own father. Once they grew accustomed to the benefits from the First Branch Factory, would they still take people like you seriously?
Tap, tap, tap~
Niu Hongzhang knocked on the table and said heavily, "I also heard a rumor, but it was somewhat different from what you heard.
"It was said that someone had threatened the leaders above,