When Li Ye's plane landed in the capital, it was already past ten at night, yet Ma Zhaoxian called him.
"Li Ye, you're off the plane, right? If you have time, come to Group Headquarters. I'll wait for you here."
Li Ye paused slightly, then said with a smile, "What is it, Uncle Ma? You're still working overtime at the company this late. Did something major happen?"
"It's not really anything major," Ma Zhaoxian said. "It's just that several company heads suddenly called me today, saying they wanted to visit our group in the next few days. I wanted to discuss it with you."
"Visit our group? All right, I'll come over right away."
Li Ye thought it over and seemed to have guessed something. He called home, then had the driver head straight for Jingnan Group.
Once he arrived at Jingnan Group, Li Ye's suspicions were indeed confirmed.
"This morning, Shanghai Gear Company officially sent us a letter listing the performance standards and prices for the eight-speed transmissions they produce.
Then in the afternoon, Jicheng Heavy Truck Company in Dongshan called me. They wanted to arrange a visit as soon as possible. I probed into their intentions, and they were probably hoping to supply us with ready-made engines, rear axles, and even chassis components.
Even more amusingly, not long afterward, people from Weixian Diesel Engine contacted me as well, saying they could provide us with engines.
I thought, one engine has two maternal homes! So I wanted to discuss it with you. Aren't you from Dongshan? Could you find out what they're really up to?"
Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "Uncle Ma, there's no need for us to investigate something like this. We can more or less guess it. The two prototype vehicles Shang Bin secretly put together