"Jiang, that ringtone over there is so annoying. You should answer it. Maybe it's something urgent?"
"What the hell could be so urgent? It's probably my wife checking up on me, or my useless brother-in-law asking to borrow money."
"Jiang, just go check. It keeps ringing and ringing. It's driving me crazy."
"Fine, give me a few minutes."
"Okay!"
Looking thoroughly annoyed, Jiang Nanbo reluctantly picked up his phone.
"Who is this?"
A strange man's low voice came through. "Director Jiang, your company's No. 1 blast furnace is going to explode at six tonight. You'd better send someone over for emergency repairs right away."
Jiang Nanbo froze briefly, then burst into curses. "A blast furnace explosion? Are you out of your mind? Calling me up to curse me!"
With that, he hung up.
But the caller persisted and called again.
Furious, Jiang Nanbo answered and started cursing before the caller could speak. "Get lost! Harass me with another call and I'll call the police!"
Then he hung up again and blocked the number outright.
He sat back down at his computer.
"Jiang, what's wrong? What got you so angry?" the woman on the video call asked.
Jiang Nanbo looked disgusted. "Some lunatic called to curse me. Said our steelworks' No. 1 blast furnace would explode at six tonight and told me to have a full emergency inspection done."
"Huh?! Surely nobody would joke about something that serious? Jiang, better safe than sorry. Maybe he heard something. He's trying to help."
"Help, my ass. I could figure it out with my ass. Some bastard down below is definitely stirring up trouble on the sly."
"Jiang, don't be angry. An inspection isn't such a big deal, is it? What if there really is a hidden problem?"
"What the hell do you know?