Lu Zhizhang felt as if his throat were about to catch fire.
Anyone who had to argue alone against a dozen people from morning until afternoon would have their throat smoking.
"This fact-finding trip to Japan is an import project led by our First Branch Factory. There are nine inspection slots in total, yet we only get three. That's simply unrealistic!"
"How is that unrealistic? Your First Branch Factory is only at the bureau level. By rights, even one slot would exceed your quota. Now that you've been given two, you still think it's too few? Little Lu, don't be so ungrateful."
"What do you mean, ungrateful? We're inviting two experts from the machinery industry to come with us. Other than them, that leaves just one slot. So tell me, who's supposed to go?"
"Obviously, you! You're the head of the factory. It's not as if we said you couldn't go."
"What about Li Ye? Li Ye was the one who found a way to secure the funds for this project. Isn't it inappropriate not to let him go?"
"Then let Li Ye go."
"Little Lu, now I really have to say something about the two of you. Our factory has been building automobiles since the fifties. Which person here isn't an automotive expert? And now you're actually spending money to hire outsiders for help. What a joke."
Lu Zhizhang barely stopped himself from spraying a mouthful of curses right in the man's face.
A person like you, who spends every day in meetings and drinking tea and can't even read a blueprint, has the nerve to call yourself an expert?
For this trip to Japan to inspect that minicar, Li Ye had invited Professor Zhao and one of his most outstanding disciples to come along.
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