In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 463 Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.

After this incident, everyone in the factory finally realized just how terrifying Boss Yu really was.

He doesn't usually concern himself with the repair shop, so everyone assumes he's a very easygoing person.

Through how this matter was handled, everyone could see that Boss Yu himself values ​​rules, and they also understood that none of the rules Boss Yu set for them in the previous meeting were useless.

For the next two weeks, everyone in the factory worked with extreme caution, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

That day, Yu Dawei had just returned to the repair shop when he heard Lao Ji calling him and quickly pulled him into the small room.

"What's going on? Did someone get scratched or bump into something again?" Yu Dawei was really getting a little stressed out by these kids.

"No, no." Old Ji picked up the kettle, poured a glass of water for the boss, and then poured one for himself. He gulped it down before saying, "Something's happened, boss. Lately, a lot of people outside are spreading rumors that our repair shop is ruthless and fires workers who get injured, never to be hired again."

"Which slut has nothing better to do than spread rumors..." Yu Dawei used a stove hook to poke at the coal on the grate. "Qin Yourong? Impossible. Her shop went bankrupt. She probably won't deliberately cause trouble anytime soon."

As Yu Dawei was pondering this, his cell phone suddenly rang from the brown leather bag on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Hello?" Yu Dawei opened his crocodile skin bag, took out his Nokia 2110, and answered the phone with a frown.

Many people know his phone number, but not many people call him; he's lucky if he gets one a month.

"Dawei, what's going on with your factory? There's been a lot of negative news about your factory around the Eighth Bureau lately." It was Lao Chang's voice on the other end of the phone, his tone serious. "They say your factory had a serious safety accident, and not only did you not treat your employees, you even fired them in the end."

"No, which bastard spread this rumor!" Yu Dawei frowned even deeper. "My employee did this..."

Next, Yu Dawei gave Lao Chang a brief explanation, and finally Yu Dawei said incredulously, "How could this news have spread from Luhe to Youcheng? I suspect someone is deliberately targeting me! Who sent it first from the Eighth Bureau?"

"I don't know, let me check for you, but if you don't find a way to quell this, it will probably affect the strategic cooperation assessment at the end of the year. After all, the company's image is also an important part of our evaluation." Old Chang sighed on the phone.

For the past six months or so, he's been running around the three northeastern provinces every day, constantly building relationships and working on projects. He thought that with the end of the year approaching, he could go back to the company and take a good rest, but he didn't expect to hear about this as soon as he got back.

Based on his previous impression of Dawei, Dawei didn't seem capable of doing something so treacherous. Sure enough, after making the call, he realized that the rumors circulating outside were false.

"Okay, give me some time, I'll see how to handle this." Yu Dawei said, then hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, he sat there on the small stool, his gaze passing over the gap at the entrance of the stove, observing the bright, flickering firewood inside.

"Boss..." Old Ji squatted to the side, not daring to speak carelessly, but seeing Yu Dawei deep in thought, he was afraid that the other party would be discouraged, so he could only ask a symbolic question.

"Old Ji, take my car to Xiao Li's house and ask if any outsiders have visited recently. Also, inquire around in their village..." Yu Dawei paused here, his brows furrowed as he fell into deep thought again.

If someone damages the reputation of Fanfan Repair Shop, there are only a few possibilities.

Otherwise, this person simply doesn't like him, especially because he can't stand the way the people from Fanfan's Repair Shop act so aggressively towards him outside.

But this is impossible. In order to avoid a situation where everyone becomes rigidly hierarchical and resents the rich in the future, Yu Dawei always asks Lao Ji to give lectures on patriotism and safety, as well as education on keeping a low profile and restraining himself, whenever Lao Ji holds a meeting.

The main point is to always be humble, smile, praise, and be tolerant, and avoid causing trouble, no matter where you are. If you have energy but nowhere to use it, you absolutely cannot go to a car repair shop. If anyone causes trouble outside the repair shop, Yu Dawei will record it as a violation, which will eventually be added to their resume.

Therefore, in Yu Dawei's view, Fanfan Repair Shop has more positive reviews than negative reviews, and there are not many troublemakers who cause trouble for no reason.

Or perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio himself was upset, feeling dumped by Fanfan's repair shop, and in his anger, he added fuel to the fire.

However, afterward, both Yu Dawei and Lao Ji tried to persuade him, making him realize that his personality made car repair too dangerous.

This is also denied.

What remains might be rivalry among peers and deliberate revenge from people with past interactions.

The former is quite likely, while for the latter, Yu Dawei immediately thought of someone: Zhou Hao, the subordinate of Master Wang who was once caught by the Eighth Bureau for making fake sand and gravel.

This person predicted the outcome of the eighth round, successfully found a powerful backer, and was taken away before even entering the Black Prison.

There's a good chance this person is targeting himself. And he has the ability to spread information within the Eighth Bureau.

However, it seems difficult for him to dig out information about his own factory. After all, the other party has always been in the oil city, and there is no reason for them to stay in a town like Luhe 24 hours a day just to find out about him.

"Old Ji, when you go to the village, make sure to ask around and find out if anyone in your family works in car repair or machinery, or if anyone has a relative who does it. Keep an eye out for them." Yu Dawei thought for a long time before taking out the keys to the little red car from his pocket and handing them to Old Ji.

"Go ahead, be careful on the road. There's been a lot of snow lately, so drive slowly," Yu Dawei reminded him again as he handed over the keys.

Several heavy snowfalls occurred during the winter. After one of the snowfalls, he couldn't even drive his car because the snow was knee-deep.

During the days when it snowed, Yu Dawei didn't let anyone do any work, focusing instead on ideological education, safety awareness, and professional exams.

Because it's inconvenient to print exam papers and set questions now, Yu Dawei had Lao Ji ask questions verbally. If any apprentice didn't perform well, points would be deducted directly without any leniency.

Even someone as skilled as Xiao Li was dismissed; others should understand that professional car repair skills are merely one aspect of the promotion evaluation.

"Boss, there are two cars to be delivered to the factory today. Remember to take care of them for me." Before leaving, Lao Ji made sure to give his instructions.

Yu Dawei nodded and waved to Lao Ji.

After he left, Yu Dawei went out and wandered around the factory. He first went to check on Dafeng's place. Yu Dawei hadn't taken any heating measures in the spare parts storage room. There was only a small room with glass display cases and shelves for sale, and a stove pipe connected to the repair room next door.

The room wasn't warm, but it wasn't cold either; it was at least around 18 or 19 degrees Celsius. Even if you did nothing and just sat in a chair all day, you wouldn't feel too cold. It was a fairly moderate temperature.

Since leaving Laotun, Dafeng has rarely returned. During this time, Yu Dawei forcibly dragged Dafeng back a few times, but she became even more silent after returning.

It's probably because of the pressure to get married.

After arriving at the parts department, Yu Dawei chatted briefly with Dafeng before leaving to handle the unfinished work left by Lao Ji at the factory.

Besides that, they continued to think about how to resolve this negative news.

After dinner, Yu Dawei called Lao Ji, Da Feng, and Tao Zi to his small room. A white kang table was placed between the four of them, with some peanuts, melon seeds, and tea on it.

Yu Dawei had been thinking about suppressing negative news all afternoon but had no clue how. He decided to bring it up for everyone to discuss and also ask Lao Ji about the results of his investigation.

“Brother, I think we should publish this in the newspaper?” Just then, Da Feng, who was sitting on the south side of the kang, suddenly spoke up, looking at Yu Dawei.

"Do you think things haven't gotten big enough? What? Do you have to let all the Chinese people in the country know?" Yu Dawei was completely puzzled and speechless.

Fortunately, the old man always told him to consult Dafeng if he had any problems, as she could occasionally offer some different ideas.

Yes, today he finally understood this "different" way of thinking.

Taozi and Lao Ji, who were sitting opposite Yu Dawei, were also full of surprise, thinking to themselves, "This really is the boss's younger sister; she dares to say anything."

If this were to be published in the newspapers, it would probably become a laughing stock for the entire nation.

"Brother, that's not what I meant." Seeing that the three of them still didn't understand, Da Feng added, "Publishing in the newspaper doesn't mean publishing this false news, but rather publishing our true story in the newspaper."

"Now the top leaders of the Eighth Bureau have begun to doubt the image of our factory, but with the support of the newspapers, I think many rumors can be debunked on their own."

"Great!" Old Ji was overjoyed upon hearing this, even more excited than Yu Dawei, who was deep in thought across from him. He smiled at Da Feng with wrinkles on his face: "This is a good idea! But with such a small factory like ours, do you think the People's Daily of China will publish it?"

Yu Dawei on the other side also nodded silently. After Da Feng finished explaining, he had been thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

In this day and age, not just anything can make it into the China Daily. After all, intellectuals across the country are watching, and the censorship of news is extremely strict.

“Who says it has to be published in a national newspaper? We still have local newspapers,” Da Feng said. “We can tell the provincial newspaper about the accident at our factory, and if that doesn’t work, we can tell the city newspaper. If that doesn’t work, we still have the county newspaper.”

“I know that. A while ago, a reporter from a newspaper who lived in a county town came here to get his car repaired.” Taozi suddenly interjected, his eyes filled with envy. “I don’t know what his wife does. From what he said, his wife bought him that Jeep.”

(End of this chapter)