After Li Ye told Wu Yan and the others about what had happened at the "expert consultation meeting," the technicians were not all that pessimistic.
These engineering men felt that the higher-ups' grand campaign for "third-party testing" was meant to pursue fairness in the first place. It would be best if Li Ye's suggestion could be adopted, but even if it was not, they had faith in the progress everyone had made through more than a year of working overtime.
After nearly ten years of effort, Wu Yan and the others had built up the conviction that one force could break ten thousand methods. So long as they pushed their technology to the point of crushing their opponents, all crooked tricks and side paths would be nothing more than clouds scattered with a wave of the hand.
But late that night, Li Ye received a call from Zheng Qiang.
"Factory director Li, this is Zheng Qiang. Today, my two former colleagues told me that someone had invited them and their department head out... to enjoy themselves. So they told me to tell us... to be careful."
"..."
Li Ye fell silent.
It was already the middle of the night, and they had only just finished enjoying themselves. What kind of entertainment do you think that had been?
And notifying Zheng Qiang in the middle of the night—were they warning the First Branch Factory to watch out for cheating, or reminding Li Ye to grease the wheels in time?
They treated us to the full package. You can't just treat us to a banquet and call it a day, can you?
In the end, Li Ye said to Zheng Qiang, "Ask those two close brothers of yours what they want us to do now. Should we follow their example and wine