After Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye had been "questioned," the higher-ups did not immediately react to Cong Jinhong's matter. They did not say whether they would investigate it severely or let it fade away.
Li Ye could understand that. Cong Jinhong was, after all, someone with rank. Even if the higher-ups truly intended to deal with her, they would have to hold a meeting and go through the proper procedures before making a decision.
But the higher-ups reacted very positively to the "Kamaz Project" reported by Shang Bin. The very next day, they notified Jingnan Group that they would visit Southwest Heavy Truck Company a week later to inspect the Kamaz development results.
"What? Southwest Heavy Truck Company has already built prototype vehicles? What kind of joke is that?"
Li Ye had learned from Xiao Zhu that Southwest Heavy Truck Company's technical team had achieved a "major breakthrough,"
but Li Ye was not some fantasy-prone dreamer who sat in an office all day staring at newspapers and sipping tea. How could he believe in such wildly unrealistic results?
Li Ye frowned and thought for a moment, then asked Xiao Zhu, "You're at least a deputy director in the technical department. With such huge progress on their side, there's no way there wouldn't be a single sign of it. Do you think this is real or fake?"
Xiao Zhu said with a laugh that bordered on tears, "Deputy General Manager Li, ever since our people withdrew from Southwest Heavy Truck Company, Gan Zhongjie has announced at every weekly meeting that Southwest Heavy Truck Company has made major progress.
"But whenever asked exactly what progress, he speaks in clouds and mist and cannot explain it clearly. Besides, given Southwest Heavy Truck Company's R&D conditions, we all thought it was another cry of