"What's going on here?"
Zhao Tao's face went blank, and he immediately had a bad feeling. These towed vehicles were all agricultural vehicles produced by their farm machinery factory.
"Director Zhao, you've really screwed me over!"
The person who arrived was the old man from the agricultural machinery company who had participated in the investment promotion meeting before.
Before he even entered the farm machinery factory, he saw Zhao Tao standing outside and immediately began to call out busily.
"Old Qin, what are you up to?"
Zhao Tao was startled and quickly asked.
"What do you mean, what am I up to? I should be asking you that!" Old Qin was full of anger.
"The new agricultural vehicles you supplied us have serious quality issues. After selling them, users are causing trouble within two days! Their main beams are all breaking.
If only one or two had such problems, it would be understandable. But every single one has such problems. What else could this be but a quality issue?"
Old Qin's words immediately drew agreement from the surrounding farmers.
Didn't you say we were operating improperly or colluding to frame you? Now there are victims right in front of you. Are they also operating improperly or framing you?
"Old Qin, don't talk nonsense. Let's go to the office to discuss this."
Zhao Tao's face stiffened. He wanted to stop Old Qin from saying more. Didn't he see the situation? Why pour more oil on the fire!
However, Old Qin didn't seem to notice the situation.
Or perhaps, he was pretending to be confused while knowing exactly what was happening, still shouting noisily.
"Director Zhao! You asked me to be a plant at the auto factory's investment promotion meeting. Now that there's a problem, you can't ignore me!
So many of your cars have quality issues, and the users are coming to your doorstep. It's fortunate that no one was injured or killed, otherwise, we'd all be in deep trouble!
Our general manager of the agricultural machinery company has given a strict order that I must resolve this problem! So, I didn't even bother to call you. I brought these cars to you directly overnight!"
Well, this guy was afraid Zhao Tao would run away or use an excuse to avoid him, so he didn't even call and just showed up at his doorstep.
"Old Qin, you..."
Zhao Tao was about to say something when Wang Yu stepped forward.
As expected, these few cars all had the same problem: broken frames.
Some were cracked, some were deformed, and the most severe one was even broken into two pieces.
Did you think it was a sugarcane that you could just snap in half?
Wang Yu immediately smiled. Zhao Tao had copied his homework too diligently, following his example precisely, even copying the hidden loophole he left behind perfectly.
If he had made any changes, it wouldn't have resulted in such drastic damage.
"Director Zhao, no matter what, you must give me an explanation. Otherwise, I'm not leaving with these cars!"
Old Qin shouted directly at Zhao Tao, his stance like those elderly people who demand money for faking accidents.
However... speaking of which, this old fellow's age seems to be about the same as those people in later generations?
Wang Yu grumbled in his heart.
How could Zhao Tao not understand what Old Qin meant?
What do you mean by "people and cars won't leave"?
It means he intends to act shamelessly and block his doorstep with these cars.
But it seems like they are in the wrong here. The public security comrades nearby aren't stopping him.
"Right, right, right, us too. If you don't give us an explanation, we won't leave either!"
Seeing this, the surrounding farmers also quickly chimed in. They naturally understood the power of numbers, and in such a situation, they had to stick together!
"You... you guys!" Zhao Tao's eye twitched constantly. Although he still didn't understand why the cars were having problems out of the blue, the most urgent thing now was to solve the problem.
As for the reason, he could find it out later!
"This... it's probably a quality issue with a batch of parts."
Zhao Tao gritted his teeth. He made a decisive choice to prevent the situation from escalating further.
"Don't worry, our farm machinery factory will definitely not shirk responsibility."
Zhao Tao gritted his teeth and said loudly, "For these problematic vehicles, I announce that we will directly replace the main beams of the frames and provide a compensation of 3,000 yuan per vehicle!"
Oh ho!
Wang Yu thought to himself, Zhao Tao is really bleeding heavily.
The cost of the frame alone is over a thousand yuan. Add the 3,000 yuan compensation, plus labor costs and material loss during assembly, and all these miscellaneous expenses bring the cost to about 5,000 yuan per vehicle!
This guy can be considered a decisive figure. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately cut off his arm to save his body.
Hearing Zhao Tao's promise, not only Old Qin but also the farmers stopped.
To be honest, 3,000 yuan in compensation is quite a lot! And they also promised to replace the parts with new ones. It's likely a batch quality issue, right?
At this point, everyone fell silent, signifying their acceptance of the proposed solution.
The farmers stopped blocking the entrance and causing trouble, and Old Qin once again returned to being Zhao Tao's most loyal partner.
Zhao Tao immediately summoned the "surrendering general," Liu Wenming, and pretended to scold him fiercely, criticizing him for not ensuring quality control, and then ordered him to immediately arrange for the replacement of the main beams of the frames. He stressed that Liu Wenming must personally inspect the quality and ensure there were no problems!
After being splashed with a lot of saliva on his forehead by Zhao Tao, Liu Wenming repeatedly nodded in apology, accepting the blame, and then kept promising to arrange it immediately and handle it perfectly.
Watching their act, the farmers breathed a sigh of relief, and Old Qin on the side was very satisfied.
Seeing that the matter had been resolved satisfactorily, Zhao Tao sneered at Wang Yu.
"I'm really sorry, Director Wang. Your scheme seems to have been in vain. It was just a batch of parts with quality issues, and you made a big fuss about it."
"Heh heh, Director Zhao, you are truly amazing!"
Seeing Zhao Tao's nonchalant demeanor as if he had already solved the problem, Wang Yu also smiled faintly.
Losing 5,000 yuan per car? Let's see how many 5,000s he can afford to lose in the future! And even if the frames are replaced, so what? It's likely they'll have problems again within a week at most!
When he designed it originally, he had specifically engineered it to maximize the effect of resonance frequency!
Everyone smiled at each other with unspoken understanding, as if all the problems had been resolved.
Seeing that everyone had harmoniously resolved the issue, the public security comrades nodded with relief and turned to leave. However, before leaving, they mysteriously told Wang Yu to be prepared to receive a reward in the coming days.
A reward? What reward?
Wang Yu was a bit bewildered, but he still left with everyone else.
As for the farm machinery factory, he had no intention of getting involved further.
Because he knew that today was just the beginning of a bigger show!