Don't Be Too Kind

On Wednesday, October 15th, at ten in the morning, deafening firecrackers suddenly erupted outside the final assembly workshop of Beijing Light Vehicle Company.

Several sky-blue Beijing 136 cars, draped in red and festooned with decorations, drove out of the workshop and slowly stopped before the temporarily erected platform.

Several reporters circled the cars, searching for the right angles, permanently capturing the brand-new vehicle models and the smiling faces of countless workers on film.

"I announce that the Beijing 136 has officially entered production. This is the mark of our renewed departure!"

"I believe that in the not-too-distant future, we will forge entirely new glories, make all our lives better, and make our nation more prosperous and powerful!"

The rarely seen general manager delivered an impassioned speech from the platform, earning thunderous applause from the countless worker brothers below.

After a year and a half of new vehicle development, it had finally achieved "complete success" today. Everyone felt that better days were just around the corner.

Li Ye sat in the front row with the vehicle finalization team, lightly applauding along with them.

But there was noticeably less of a smile on his face than on everyone else's.

Because Li Ye felt that today's new vehicle rollout ceremony had been far too rushed. The Beijing 136 did not truly possess the capability for mass production yet. These few new cars were actually prototypes that had been repainted to put on a show.

But why had it been so rushed?

Because of the pressure from Jinling Yuejin. They needed to show the higher-ups as soon as possible—we were not inferior in the slightest.

So after Li Ye used Qu Da's connections to rush through the new vehicle's "birth certificate" all the way, the factory immediately announced that the new vehicle had officially