Aiding the Enemy

Now that Ma Yuan had made this proposal and gained the support of Chen Xu and the others, they could only proceed according to Ma Yuan's suggestion.

Seeing that his scheme had succeeded, Ma Yuan revealed a smug smile, then opened a half-finished project design proposal for profile control measures on his laptop and projected it onto the screen.

He had originally been the PPT presenter for today's technical meeting as well, and with the computer and projector right in front of him, they were convenient for him to operate.

Then, before everyone's eyes, a series of geological data and basic information about the treatment well appeared one by one.

"Liu Shang, this is an injection well where we will be carrying out profile control measures. Its basic data and information are all here."

"You can first examine this data and information carefully, then calculate the approximate amount of plugging agent we will need to inject for this profile control operation."

"Hehe, Liu Shang, don't panic. Take your time looking it over. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask. Your senior brother is here to help you."

As always, it was another round of hypocritical, nauseating words.

His words might have sounded pleasant, but the question he had set for Liu Shang actually concealed a massive trap.

It could be said that Ma Yuan's question was highly irregular and extremely insidious. It was tremendously unfair to Liu Shang.

This question was no longer meant to assess Liu Shang's technical ability. To put it bluntly, it was simply deliberate harassment.

At that moment, Song Guangyuan frowned slightly, deeply displeased by Ma Yuan's petty scheming.

Professor Xu Tiande sighed softly, feeling sorry for Ma Yuan.

Even if Liu Shang could not answer such a question, it would have no effect whatsoever. The only thing affected would be everyone's opinion of Ma Yuan as a person.

Manager Zhong, who came from an engineering background and had always been hot-tempered, had already gone cold-faced, making no effort to conceal his anger.

As for the others, they were naturally delighted inside, waiting for the show to begin.

Just then, once again to everyone's surprise, Liu Shang did not even glance at the data on the screen before directly giving his answer.

"There's no need to look at the data. Just give me the total designed quantities for several wells I worked on before, and I'll casually come up with a quantity within the same range."

"And the quantity I come up with will be well-supported and justified. The oilfield client won't be able to find any fault with it."

Upon hearing Liu Shang's words, Ma Yuan, who was still looking down as he operated the computer and basking in smug satisfaction, froze as though he had seen a ghost.

"Huh? Junior brother, I didn't quite understand what you meant."

"The question I gave you was to calculate this well's total designed quantity based on its data and the theoretical formulas for profile control measures."

Clearly, Ma Yuan was still unwilling to give up. He continued emphasizing his verbal trap, deliberately trying to mislead Liu Shang.

Liu Shang truly could not even be bothered to respond to such petty tricks and cleverness.

Faced with Ma Yuan's questioning, Liu Shang could not even be bothered to look at him.

At this moment, Professor Xu Tiande and Manager Zhong were both wildly delighted. They abruptly raised their heads and stared at Liu Shang, thinking, Could this kid really be this gifted?

He even understood matters that went beyond the scope of technical expertise?!

"Liu Shang, tell me first why you said that."

"Don't be afraid. With Zhong Gaokuang and Professor Xu here, no one will dare do anything to you. Just say what you think!"

Hearing Manager Zhong's words, Liu Shang smiled. "Manager Zhong, Huahai is a private enterprise primarily engaged in petroleum technical services."

"Compared to the oilfield, we are Party B. The most fundamental purpose of our operations is output value and profit."

"So how much we design and how much it costs to inject the chemicals are all tied to costs and profits."

"If I'm not mistaken, the total injection quantities for most of the wells we have worked on probably did not differ by much."

"As for the so-called injection quantity design formulas, Professor Xu is the expert and should know better than anyone."

"At present, both domestically and internationally, there are all kinds of methods, but they share one common feature: they are limited to theory and have not yet truly become meaningful guides for technical operations."

"For us right now, the only significance of this formula is to persuade Party A."

"So this question itself is a false proposition."

Hearing Liu Shang's perfect answer, Xu Tiande and Manager Zhong were overjoyed. Even Song Guangyuan shook his head in disbelief.

Who could have imagined that a first-year student who had only just enrolled would possess such deep and thorough understanding of oilfields and the relationship between Party A and Party B?

It was simply unbelievable!

At this point, the hot-tempered Manager Zhong slapped the table and glared directly at Chen Xu and the others, especially Ma Yuan.

"This time, I assume you have nothing more to say?"

Seeing everyone lower their heads or avoid his gaze, Manager Zhong snorted. "Then it's settled. From now on, Liu Shang is one of us at Huahai. He'll work as an assistant by Professor Xu's and my side."

On the other side, Song Guangyuan nodded as well. "At Huahai, our core principles are unity and fairness."

"Earlier, you questioned Liu Shang and gave him a question that could be said to be rather difficult to answer."

"If he couldn't answer it, his salary would be reduced from 4,000 yuan to 2,500 yuan. That was the penalty mechanism for this question."

"Now that he has answered it, in the interest of fairness, I hereby announce that Liu Shang will officially remain at Huahai."

"He will take an engineer position, with a salary of 4,000 yuan, and will start work directly without the two-month probationary period. This is also the reward mechanism for this question."

"If none of you have any objections, then let's move on to the main topic of today's meeting."

"Liu Shang, sit in and listen as well. Learn what you can. After the meeting, go directly to Manager Sun to complete the relevant procedures."

Obviously, Song Guangyuan had directly assigned Liu Shang the same technical engineer position as Ma Yuan, with the same salary. He was plainly using this opportunity to put Ma Yuan in his place and express his dissatisfaction.

Without question, Ma Yuan was already burning with rage and resentment, while his hatred and hostility toward Liu Shang rose sharply.

However, he did not dare show it. Still, his expression had become extremely ugly.

Upon hearing this final news, Song Jia, who had been standing by the doorway the whole time, suddenly came to her senses.

Earlier, she had still been thrilled and delighted that Liu Shang had defeated that shameless Ma Yuan, but now she was suddenly dumbfounded.

Her father had already made his decision. Liu Shang would officially stay, earn 4,000 yuan a month, and even have his probation period waived!

For a student, a monthly income of 4,000 yuan was truly not a small amount!

And without question, the salary Liu Shang earned would surely be used for his daily life with his girlfriend, Jiang Ruolin. If Tan Feng and the others found out, wouldn't that count as indirectly betraying them and aiding the enemy?

My God, what was she supposed to do now?!!!