"What?"
Feng Daochun's words stunned everyone.
Had they misheard? Wang Yu had already gone to Jianglin City?
What was he doing there? What could he do there?
"I'm saying, your excuse is a little too shoddy, isn't it?"
Zhao Tao chuckled, and Lu Fangquan and Liu Jinsong on the side chimed in.
"Exactly, if Wang Yu doesn't come, he doesn't come, but he has to say he's already gone to Jianglin City?"
"Did he grow wings? He just hopped over there?"
They echoed each other with sarcastic undertones, making some people grit their teeth in hatred.
"Did your factory director really go to Jianglin City?" Yang Xiaoqing ignored Zhao Tao and others, and looked directly at Feng Daochun.
"That's right! After feeling the strong aftershocks yesterday and hearing the news of the disaster in Jianglin City on the radio, our little factory director immediately organized and mobilized the factory workers."
Old Director Li Ming stepped forward to explain everything. Combined with his venerable demeanor, he had a convincing air.
"Our little factory director said that we, as factory owners, must have a sense of social responsibility, and giving back to society is the top priority. Although our factory is also in a difficult situation, we have still offered our humble contribution as soon as possible.
We don't have any surplus funds in our accounts, so yesterday we urgently mobilized a group of workers, led by our Director Wang, to personally go to Jianglin City to provide support.
Not only did they go, but all the factory vehicles were also driven there to support disaster relief!"
Feng Daochun said sternly,
"Those vehicles were for all our customer orders, and we were urgently waiting for the funds to be recovered. I believe everyone knows the financial situation of our factory; it has always been very difficult.
If these vehicles are used for disaster relief, it means they will have a lot of usage marks and become used cars. Even refurbishing them would cost a lot, not to mention the possibility of customer order cancellations.
But even so, our factory director went all out without hesitation, driving all the vehicles out, even all the trial production products, not leaving a single one behind, and went to support Jianglin City with all the workers!"
Feng Daochun's words moved everyone. Wang Yu had taken a huge gamble!
He had spared no expense for disaster relief!
Commercial vehicles couldn't just be driven around casually. They were a major commodity with high manufacturing and usage costs.
If anything went wrong and users canceled their orders or demanded compensation, it would be a huge problem.
This could be seen from the Agricultural Machinery Factory, which also produced cars. They only donated money and supplies and didn't actively contribute their own vehicles for disaster relief!
The cost was too great; there was no need to risk their own downfall while helping others!
Yet Wang Yu did exactly that. This action was like burning himself to light the way for others!
Let alone others, even Zhao Tao, his enemy, was slightly stunned.
Wang Yu was playing too ruthlessly!
"A madman, he's a complete madman!" Zhao Tao muttered to himself, though he also felt a thrill.
Compassion doesn't lead armies, and benevolence doesn't manage wealth. He never expected Wang Yu, as a factory director, to be so passionate and naive. What was the point of winning everyone's admiration?
The price he had to pay was enormous, and the automobile factory would likely not last long. It seemed he would soon be able to take over completely and merge the automobile factory.
Well, what should he do with Wang Yu then? Should he guard the gate, sweep the toilets, or work in the canteen?
Zhao Tao was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface, he maintained an expression of admiration.
"I never expected that young Director Wang, despite his age, would be so warm-hearted and generous. We are far inferior to him in this regard!"
"Yes, yes!"
"Truly admirable!"
Everyone else also chimed in with insincere praise. Although they admired Wang Yu's actions, they couldn't help but curse him as a "idiot" in their hearts.
Especially Lu Fangquan of the Hardware Factory and Liu Jinsong of the Metallurgy General Factory, who had grievances with Wang Yu and understood the underlying implications, were so gloating that they almost burst into laughter.
The only words that could describe their expressions at that moment were probably "getting promoted, making money, and losing a wife"...
"I see. I didn't realize your factory director was such a warm-hearted and responsible person! Truly a promising young man."
Secretary Yang Xiaoqing didn't understand the complexities involved. He only felt Wang Yu's actions were very noble and couldn't help but praise him.
The representatives from other factories also nodded in agreement, though what they were thinking in their hearts was probably known only to themselves.
...
While the disaster relief work was in full swing in Jiangyang County, Jianglin City was also busy.
Everyone was racing against time for disaster relief. Under Lin Chunfeng's arrangement, Wang Yu and the一行 from the automobile factory were dispersed to various corners, having barely slept all night.
He now stood in front of a transformer, his hair disheveled, covered in dust, and his eyes bloodshot. Before him was a tangled mess of electrical wires.
"What are you doing?"
Wu Lingling asked from the side, looking concerned.
They had all traveled a long distance to Jianglin City and then worked for an entire night.
Wu Lingling had been assigned to assist nurses, cleaning and bandaging the wounds of lightly injured patients, while Wang Yu went to help restore electricity.
Due to the high intensity of the work, Wang Yu had forced her to rest in the car for a while in the middle of the night, but he himself did not sleep, working straight through the night.
"Generating power."
Wang Yu replied without looking up, his hands constantly busy. Perhaps due to exhaustion from staying up all night, his lips were dry and pale, and his voice was hoarse.
But some things had to be done by him personally!
Among the relief supplies they brought were not only agricultural vehicles and fuel-assisted vehicles, but also the newly trial-produced miniature fuel engines and hydraulic/wind power generators.
What Wang Yu was doing now was directly using local resources. With the tools he had brought, he combined the generator and the fuel engine to temporarily assemble a fuel generator.
This was not like building blocks that could be simply disassembled and reassembled.
It required high professional skills and hands-on ability; ordinary people really couldn't handle it.
Coupled with the technical design by Wang Yu, even the provincial technical experts might not be able to fully grasp it immediately, so he had to do it himself.
After a whole night of sleepless work, Wang Yu had finished modifying all the generators and fuel engines on hand, with only this one left.
It was precisely because of his presence and hard work that power was restored to several critical locations.
Although the power generated by these temporarily modified generators was not high enough to run large-scale equipment, it was more than sufficient for emergency situations, bringing immeasurable help in the race against time!
"Done!"
As Wang Yu let out a long sigh of relief, the last piece of equipment was assembled. With the ignition of the engine and the operation of the generator, precious electricity was supplied to the transformer!
Wang Yu couldn't help but heave a long sigh of relief. Perhaps due to prolonged mental tension and exhaustion, he suddenly collapsed to the ground!