Drug Primer

By mid-September, the Light Vehicle Company's new "Beijing 136" model had reached the final stage of its certification work. Communication with several relevant departments was more than halfway complete, with only a few departments still needing to be brought into line.

On Monday, the certification team held a meeting to discuss the problems they were about to face.

Team leader Qiao Musheng entered the office carrying his "Model Worker Enamel Mug" and began speaking and asking questions in a rigidly methodical manner. Li Ye found him somewhat stiff, but at least he was organized.

Ten minutes later, Qiao Musheng suddenly asked, "Old Qiu, can you complete the technical review of the new vehicle this week? There are only two months left until the end of the year. If we delay the year-end tribute, every one of us will get chewed out."

"I seem to have a bit of trouble on my end."

Old Qiu from the Technical Department pushed up his glasses and said, "After we delivered the technical documents and prototype vehicle last week, they never approved us. But this morning, we suddenly received notice saying our new vehicle's braking performance was too poor and needed further rectification."

"The brakes are no good? Too poor? How is that possible?"

Qiao Musheng asked sternly, "Our new vehicle's load capacity hasn't changed, its curb weight hasn't changed, and neither have the tires or wheel hubs. How could the brakes suddenly be no good?"

Old Qiu said gloomily, "I asked them. They said our new 136 had almost the same brakes as the original 130, but our engine power had increased from seventy-five horsepower to eighty-five horsepower, so the braking system had to be substantially strengthened. Therefore, it didn't pass."

"Do they understand anything or not? What nonsense."

Qiao Musheng angrily slapped