"Unlucky?"
Wang Yu's brow furrowed slightly. Seeing Wu Lingling hesitate to speak, he greeted old Director Li Ming from the side, "Uncle Ming, you can arrange for the remaining workers to continue the rating work. You can grasp the general scale. I absolutely trust you. As for any additional special circumstances, you can just note them down and we'll discuss them when I get back."
After giving his instructions, Wang Yu left directly with Wu Lingling, leaving behind the murmuring crowd.
"Boss, did you notice? That beautiful woman just now was Miss Lingling's sister. She also said that the young factory director they..." Xiang Zi looked at Brother Hu with a lewd expression.
"Ahem, don't talk nonsense." Brother Hu, however, had a stern expression, acting like a true gentleman. "You guys stop gossiping when you have nothing better to do. If you have time, hurry up and transport vehicles to earn bonuses."
"But boss, didn't you just..."
"Why so much nonsense? Hurry up and go!"
Brother Hu roared, then watched Wang Yu and Wu Lingling walk away before speaking in a low voice, "Since you know their relationship, why are you talking so much nonsense? The young factory director is broad-minded and unpretentious, so you can joke around. But what if you offend the future factory director's wife? Do you still want this job?"
Looking at Brother Hu's demeanor, the subordinates immediately understood. As expected of their boss, his ideological awareness was so high!
So high, truly high!
Old Director Li Ming shook his head helplessly at this group of jokers, then tried his best to hide the worry in his eyes. He turned to the crowd, "Alright, the young factory director has some matters to attend to and is leaving temporarily. Let's continue with the rating work!
Show us what you've got. The money is waiting for you here. Hurry up and finish it so you can take your money home to your wives. This old man can also get off work early and relax!"
The old director's words immediately drew laughter from the workers, who then shifted their full attention to the task at hand.
...
"Speak, what's going on?" Wang Yu asked Wu Lingling after they had left the car factory.
It was evident that this girl, who couldn't hide her thoughts, was troubled.
As they walked, Wu Lingling was silent for a moment before she spoke.
"It's inconvenient for me to tell you too much about my family's affairs. Knowing too much won't do you any good. But I have to tell you, you've really gotten yourself into big trouble this time."
"How so?" Wang Yu didn't show any signs of panic and asked calmly.
"The issue they mentioned is actually a game between two groups."
Wu Lingling paused, then slowly said, "You should know about Qinglu Group. It's a multinational conglomerate founded by overseas Chinese from Dongzhou, involved in industrial fields, machinery manufacturing, and other heavy industries."
"Yes, I heard you mention it before." Wang Yu nodded. He hadn't forgotten his past ambitions to surpass them and stand at the pinnacle of the world.
"Among the small countries in Dongzhou, there are many overseas Chinese who have founded companies of various sizes. The organization they united is called the Dongzhou Overseas Chinese Association," Wu Lingling mused before slowly continuing.
"In the beginning, this association was just a loose organization for small enterprises to band together for warmth. However, one of its members was the Mu family from Donglin Country.
Their ancestors made their fortunes as pirates and possess vast financial resources. Over the years, they have been acquiring shares of members of the Dongzhou Overseas Chinese Association everywhere and now control more than half of the members. Therefore, although it is called an association, it has formed an incredibly vast industrial chain within it, mainly focusing on various light industries.
Then, last year, the Mu family signed a major commercial agreement with Qinglu Group, where Qinglu Group would provide production line construction and equipment supply for the Mu family's light industrial sector."
Listening to Wu Lingling, Wang Yu nodded slightly, "This is mutually beneficial, isn't it? The small countries in Dongzhou naturally focus on light industries with low barriers to entry, while heavy industries require high technical expertise and significant capital."
"Exactly, and that's where the problem lies."
Wu Lingling nodded. "The cooperation between the two sides was going quite smoothly, but in the early part of this year, a conflict suddenly arose for some reason, so the Mu family refused to continue their cooperation with Qinglu Group."
"You must understand that the scope of cooperation between the two parties involved production lines and equipment for dozens of enterprises in nine countries. The total value of everything added up to billions."
"Qinglu Group naturally wasn't willing. Once the arrow is shot, there's no turning back. They had already made all sorts of preparations. The Mu family could stop everything, including all production costs and operations, at any time. This was a tremendous loss for them, estimated to be at least over a hundred million."
Wu Lingling's words resonated with Wang Yu, who nodded in understanding. Manufacturing enterprises, especially heavy asset manufacturing enterprises like his, have very high operating costs. Once orders are placed, they can't be easily canceled. Many materials and supporting components have already been procured. If orders are canceled, they all become waste!
That's how the car factory he was involved in was dragged down. All orders were canceled, and they owed a large sum of money to various suppliers!
If his small car factory was like this, let alone a multinational conglomerate like Qinglu Group!
One could imagine the astronomical losses involved!
"But if the Mu family went back on their word, why didn't Qinglu Group sue them for breach of contract?" Wang Yu was a little curious.
He didn't believe that such a large deal would have no relevant contracts!
In fact, the documents for such large-scale contracts between major groups would probably be more numerous than all the books and exam papers he had taken for the college entrance examination combined! They couldn't have overlooked this possibility!
"That's where the problem lies," Wu Lingling sighed, shaking her head.
"Their contract had a special clause stating that if Qinglu Group failed to meet any of its project requirements, the Mu family had the right to terminate all cooperation. The Mu family seized this loophole. They had a candy factory, and because the filling and sealing of the candy boxes were too troublesome, they commissioned Qinglu Group to design a fully automated production line that could automatically fill and seal the candies.
The production line was designed correctly, but there was a significant problem: the candies had a small chance of being missed, meaning there was a slight possibility of an empty packaging box. The Mu family used this as a reason to claim the production line was defective and refused to fulfill the contract."
At this point, Wu Lingling looked at Wang Yu helplessly. "And this is what they are referring to as the 'problem,' demanding an absolute zero empty box rate."
"Is that so?" Wang Yu's brows furrowed slightly for the first time.
"This should be related to the infrared precision of the equipment, and also normal wear and tear can cause a certain probability. After all, mechanical devices are bound to have some variations and errors, which are quite normal phenomena! Even the most advanced technology can at most reduce this probability infinitely. It's impossible to achieve 100% zero errors!"
This... is an unsolvable problem!
The probability should be small. How could there be a 100% problem-free standard?