Until the Words Shock the Death

On Wednesday morning, Liu Shang was waiting early at the school's side entrance. Manager Zhong gave him a ride, and they headed together to a meeting at the Third Oil Production Plant of Fengcheng Oilfield.

The primary discussion was about the completion of this profile control measure well and the technical plan for the next new well.

Since Song Guangyuan had personally requested that the focus shift from Ma Yuan to Liu Shang, and Xu Tiande and Manager Zhong were eager to mentor and develop Liu Shang, he was specifically brought along to this technical meeting.

When their group entered the conference room, the geology chief and engineering chief of the oil production plant, along with their very assertive plant director, Pan Qingfeng, were also present.

Before the meeting began, the atmosphere between the two sides was very cordial. They chatted and laughed, discussing other topics. The leaders from the client side, who were typically quite proud, were also very polite and enthusiastic.

This clearly showed how influential Song Guangyuan was in terms of connections.

Just then, Xu Tiande, who was already seated in front of the laptop in the conference room, preparing for the later report, suddenly received a phone call. His expression changed instantly.

Subsequently, everyone else learned what had happened: Xu Tiande's wife had accidentally fallen while walking and seemed to be quite seriously injured.

Seeing this situation, Song Guangyuan anxiously arranged for his BMW 7 Series to take Xu Tiande there quickly.

He even specifically instructed his dedicated driver to disregard traffic violations as long as safety was maintained, and not to waste any time on the road.

Before leaving, Xu Tiande, still anxious, couldn't help but give Liu Shang a few instructions: "Liu Shang, you'll have to do today's report."

"The PPT was made by you, and the content is familiar to you."

"The only thing to be careful about is to absolutely not talk too much. If you're not sure, absolutely do not speak carelessly."

"This is at the client's oil production plant, not like our company's internal meetings."

After Xu Tiande left, the meeting officially began, starting with the completion status of the profile control well that Ma Yuan and Xu Tiande had led the construction of.

After Liu Shang's relatively concise report, Zhang Zhengmao, the geology chief of the oil production plant, smiled and nodded.

"I must say, President Song, your young man is very good."

"His report was very straightforward, concise, and clear!"

"Also, the PPT you presented this time is excellent. You even used your company's logo as a template."

"That's quite rare in ordinary companies!"

Hearing him say this, the client representatives present all nodded in agreement, saying it was much more exquisite than what their oilfield used.

At this point, Song Guangyuan simply smiled and didn't say much. Instead, Manager Zhong enthusiastically praised Liu Shang.

"This kid's name is Liu Shang, and he's a student from Oil University."

"This PPT template you mentioned, he made that too."

"Let me tell you, even when I was managing people in the oilfield back in the day, I never had such a capable young man under me."

Hearing Manager Zhong praise Liu Shang, the staff from the oil production plant present, besides being surprised, didn't hold back their praise for Liu Shang either.

However, a significant portion of their compliments was to support Manager Zhong.

Even though Manager Zhong had retired, his prestige and connections had not diminished in the slightest.

For instance, Shen Chengcheng, the chief engineer of the oil production plant present, was once Manager Zhong's subordinate.

At this point, Zhang Zhengmao, the geology chief of the oil production plant, smiled. "Regarding this measure well, I don't think there's much room for further discussion."

"Liu Shang's report just now was very accurate; the current pressure of this well is already very high, leaving no room for further construction."

"However, it's the same as the previous few wells. Apart from the obvious increase in wellhead pressure, there have been no other dynamic responses."

"I think this well can be completed. I wonder what Director Pan thinks?"

With that, Zhang Zhengmao smiled and looked at Plant Director Pan Qingfeng beside him.

Pan Qingfeng hadn't smiled since the meeting started.

Even when everyone was chatting and laughing earlier, Pan Qingfeng had remained silent, with no extraneous expressions.

Only when Zhang Zhengmao directed the conversation to him did Pan Qingfeng sigh lightly and say with an unfriendly expression:

"To be honest, I don't understand much about this kind of technology, and I don't want to understand it."

"You are all technical experts here, and I have no opinion on the completion of this well."

"However! I believe there's no need for us to discuss the next well, and there's no necessity to continue with the profile control construction."

After he finished speaking, a deathly silence fell over the conference room, and the atmosphere became increasingly oppressive.

Perhaps unable to vent his frustration, Pan Qingfeng then looked directly at Song Guangyuan across from him.

"President Song, we've known each other for many years, haven't we?"

"There's no one else here today, so I won't beat around the bush. You know how important this year is to me, Pan Qingfeng, don't you?"

Hearing this, Song Guangyuan nodded repeatedly with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

Before he could explain anything, Pan Qingfeng waved his hand to interrupt him.

"At the beginning of the year, you, and your Professor Xu, how did you solemnly guarantee it to me?"

"You said that for this year's profile control measures, even if it meant losing money, you'd do everything possible to inject chemicals to increase oil production and achieve results!"

"I listened to you and even expanded our plant's plan to 80 wells."

"But what now? We've already drilled seven or eight wells, and forget about increased oil production, we haven't even seen the slightest effect!"

"Is this the guarantee you gave me?"

"Let me tell you, you've really ruined me! Every time there's a meeting at the bureau, people from other plants and the higher-ups make fun of me!"

Song Guangyuan sighed deeply at this point, "President Pan, I was wrong, I truly admit my mistake!"

"To be honest, I've been drilling each of these wells without regard for the cost!"

"But it's strange, it just hasn't worked!"

"It's not just you who's anxious; I'm anxious too. If this matter really delays your promotion, President Pan, how will I ever face you again!"

Pan Qingfeng waved his hand, interrupting Song Guangyuan's words, "Alright, to be honest, I'm really not in a good mood today. If I say anything too harsh, President Song, Manager Zhong, please don't take it to heart."

"That's all for today, let's break up."

At this moment, perhaps subconsciously, Pan Qingfeng offered Liu Shang some encouragement, "Your name is Liu Shang, right?"

"You're very good, a promising talent. Anyone that Manager Zhong favors is definitely not mistaken."

Just then, to everyone's surprise, Liu Shang not only showed no intention of packing up and leaving, but instead quietly looked at Pan Qingfeng and said with a slow smile:

"President Pan, I am confident and have the assurance that the next well we implement measures on will show significant dynamic responses in oil and water well behavior, or even a direct increase in oil production."

"I wonder if you'd be willing to trust me just once, or try to take one last gamble."

"As you said, there's still plenty of room in this year's planned output, so whether we drill the next well or not will have almost no impact on the oil production plant."

Before Liu Shang spoke, Manager Zhong, who knew him quite well, had a premonition that something was amiss.

As expected, this kid still managed to utter such earth-shattering, arrogant words.