"Old Niu, we've reviewed your situation and believe that your work at the Light Vehicle Company over these past years has been competent. So no matter what the outcome is, don't overthink it. You need to understand."
"..."
Listening to the gentle voice on the other end of the line, Niu Hongzhang found that despite having just moistened his throat with water, it was dry as sand. For a long while, he could not speak.
His work within the Light Vehicle Company had certainly been "competent." No disciplinary problems had occurred there in recent years. Just look at the increasingly frequent smiles on the workers' faces, and it was clear that the entire company's atmosphere was healthy and positive.
But that had not been his real mission in coming to the Light Vehicle Company.
Niu Hongzhang forced his hoarse throat open and asked with difficulty, "Leader, after the merger succeeds, will Ma Zhaoxian be presiding over the work?"
"Possibly! His management ability is fairly good."
The person on the other end did not give Niu Hongzhang a definite answer, but at a time like this, not explicitly denying it was the same as confirming it.
All at once, Niu Hongzhang seemed to lose all his strength, and desolation filled his heart.
During the years he had spent at the Light Vehicle Company, he had always been holding his breath against Ma Zhaoxian. After all, both his age and seniority surpassed Ma Zhaoxian's, yet now Ma Zhaoxian was going to sit on his head and "preside over the work."
Although Niu Hongzhang could choose to ignore Ma Zhaoxian, from now on, they would still be in a superior-subordinate relationship.
Then Niu Hongzhang suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked, "Leader, what about Li Ye? How will Li Ye be arranged?"
There was