Although Director Hang had helplessly revealed the message of "Don't be in a hurry" to Li Ye, when Director Hou of Jilin Automobile came over, Li Ye still put on the posture of "walking off the job."
"Director Hou, we will submit a detailed written explanation, thoroughly explaining the reasons and circumstances behind our withdrawal from the testing."
Director Hou clearly knew what was going on, so he did not ask much. Instead, he advised Li Ye in a half-joking tone, "Deputy General Manager Li, the testing has only been underway for a few days. If you withdraw now, wouldn't that be surrendering without a fight?"
If it hadn't only been a few days, I wouldn't have had such an easy time withdrawing! Otherwise, wouldn't you people have wronged me to death?
Li Ye replied calmly, "Director Hou, surrendering without a fight at least means no blades are drawn, no people are exhausted, and no money is wasted. But if we know full well that it is a losing battle and still keep fighting ourselves to the death, that would be stupidity, wouldn't it?"
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The reason Li Ye had withdrawn so decisively this time was to avoid ending up with the label of "inferior skills, fleeing with his face covered."
Because if you waited until all the testing items had been completed before raising a dissatisfied protest, they would say that your skills were inferior, that you refused to admit defeat, and that you were brazenly denying it while making excuses for yourself.
By withdrawing early, however, he could shift the focus onto the fairness of the testing process.
I had only been tested for a few days—what right did you have to say I was inferior to my competitor? When I said my skills were inferior, I was