"You can rest assured, Mr. Igor. I'll make sure your technical project is implemented, and I'll also do my best to make you satisfied with the situation regarding your family."
Li Ye had to say a great many good things to Igor before finally coaxing away the man who had been driven mad with anger.
After he left, Li Ye pulled Wu Yan aside and questioned him carefully.
"There's a troublemaker like this in the team. Why didn't you report it to me sooner? Don't you know it'll affect everyone's mood?"
Wu Yan said gravely, "I actually communicated with the Hong Kong investors as well and wanted to send Igor back, but they're a very tightly knit little group. The moment I broached the subject, they collectively protested. And it seems they all have thoughts of going to the Lighthouse.
"Besides, although Igor has a lot of problems, the others are fine. And their little group has experience designing automatic transmissions.
"Even though we currently have no need to develop automatic transmissions, I think we may need them in the future.
"There are no such talents in our country. We don't even know what an automatic transmission is, so people like them are something you can encounter only by chance, never seek by searching."
Li Ye asked in surprise, "Igor and the others can design automatic transmissions?"
Wu Yan asked strangely, "Of course! According to the information the Hong Kong investors gave us, their little group wasn't originally from Kamaz. They were engineers from Moskvich automobiles. Didn't you know?"
Li Ye replied as if it were only natural, "How would I know? I had someone buy them wholesale, packed up as a bundle."
"..."
Hearing Li Ye's words, Wu Yan found it somewhat absurd. These high-level engineers, who could only