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

Chapter 547 Yu Dawei inspects the imported parts purchased by Boss Liang.

"I have to go back to Luhe. I'll leave the rest of the work to you two." Yu Dawei stood in front of the two men and thought for a moment. "The Zhao family and the Han family behind us are paying their rent today. Monkey, remember to collect it for me."

"Old Zhang's family behind the shop should have moved out this afternoon. Their house is nice, and they even installed their own heating. Monkey, you'll move out of the old house behind the shop and live with them from now on. Keep the key safe."

"Okay, boss! Don't you need me to go back with you?" Monkey is now a manager like Brother Tao, so he has to share the boss's burdens and act as a pawn.

"No need, you take Xiao Gao and focus on fixing the car." Yu Dawei glanced at the young man squatting next to him, dawdling. "While I'm gone, you better work properly! If I find you slacking off again, you can forget about working here."

Afterwards, Yu Dawei privately discussed some things with Monkey before driving away with peace of mind.

The gas station is about to be built, and Yu Dawei is worried that he will be overwhelmed. He asked Monkey to keep an eye on it for now, and if Yu Dawei can't come back in the short term, he will have Axe come over to take charge of the gas station.

Around 3 PM, Yu Dawei drove straight to Yangchun Flour Mill without even having lunch. When he got to the second floor, he saw Duan Dahai talking on his phone in the corridor.

“Director Duan, our county isn’t that big. It’s impossible for a living person to just disappear without a trace. Please take care of it.” Duan Dahai paused for a moment, then nodded and said, “Alright, thank you. I’ll come see you again when you’re free.”

Duan Dahai hung up the phone, clutching his phone and sighing with worry. He then placed his hands on the railing and saw Yu Dawei coming up from downstairs.

"How's it going? Still haven't found him?" Yu Dawei walked up to Duan Dahai, his brows furrowed, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.

"Not yet. I already asked people to look for you yesterday afternoon, but the area from the county seat to the various towns and villages is quite large, so finding someone isn't easy." Duan Dahai sighed again. "I've used all the connections I can, but there's really no other way but to bring you back."

As Duan Dahai spoke, he took out a box of Changbaishan cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out, put it in his mouth, and lit it.

He turned and leaned against the second-floor railing, taking the initiative to explain: "Old Liang has really messed up this time. A couple of days ago, I noticed that his expression was a bit off, he looked very tired. I asked him what was wrong, and he just said that the plates were too big and he was a little too busy to handle them."

"I didn't think much of it. Besides, we went through the same thing before, so I didn't think there was anything wrong with it." Duan Dahai rested his left arm on his right arm, holding a cigarette between his fingers. "But less than two days later, Xu Guiling suddenly came to me and said that she couldn't contact Lao Liang."

"Is it about the parts? That Pres?" Yu Dawei frowned even more, as if this was the only possibility.

“Hmm! There’s a problem with the parts supplied by Pres. Xu Guiling said that a lot of distributors have come to her door these past few days and brought back a lot of damaged parts.” Duan Dahai turned to Yu Dawei. “It’s good that you’re back. There are people waiting outside Xu Guiling’s house and outside Lao Liang’s factory. Come with me to take a look at those parts and see what the problem is.”

“Okay.” Yu Dawei nodded upon hearing this. “I’ll bring my sister-in-law along later. That way, what we say will be more convincing. We shouldn’t make it seem like we’re running away with the money. Right now, we have to keep those distributors calm.”

"Ah."

"Where's your sister-in-law?"

"Sigh, I guess she didn't sleep all night and slept on the sofa in my office with her son." Duan Dahai stubbed out his cigarette and complained to Yu Dawei in a low voice, "Old Liang is a businessman who only thinks about the immediate situation and not the long-term consequences. We all have our own things to do and can't help him with everything. He's almost forty years old and still doesn't seem to be able to think things through."

"Let's go find your sister-in-law first and settle things. We can talk about the rest when we meet the other person." Yu Dawei clenched his fists and followed Duan Dahai to the office. This matter involving Boss Liang gave Yu Dawei a strange feeling, as if he had once been ignorant and had dragged his wife and children down with him for his own selfish desires, without even realizing it, and even outwardly feeling smug.

The two arrived at the office, woke Xu Guiling up, took her home first, and then went to the new factory warehouse.

Yu Dawei and Duan Dahai are well-known in Luhe Town and even the county seat, so their words carry some weight.

In addition, the fact that the person involved's wife and children were all there and didn't run away helped to calm most people down.

Duan Dahai contributed the most, using various persuasive and emotionally resonant methods to make everyone seeking repayment or returns feel like they were bathed in a gentle breeze.

In the end, all the returned goods were brought back to the warehouse, and the debt collectors also chose to extend the deadline by a few more days.

After dealing with these people, Yu Dawei returned to the warehouse, took out several excavator and loader parts from the warehouse, and examined them carefully.

“According to what the dealers just said, most of the problems are with excavator and loader parts. Take a look at the engine parts, can you tell anything?” Duan Dahai brought over the engine connecting rods, pistons, and solenoid valves.

In addition, there were also the gears of the forklift's gearbox, all left out in the sunlight.

Although the sunlight at four o'clock was not as strong as at noon, the good thing was that the boss's eyesight was still good, unlike when he was old.

"Tsk tsk! You know what, just looking at it on the surface, there's nothing wrong with the connecting rod, including the piston." Yu Dawei suddenly realized why even Boss Liang, who had been selling spare parts for years, couldn't spot the problem with the parts—because there really wasn't anything wrong with them!

"Brother Duan, go and get me a few more damaged parts." Yu Dawei continued to squat on the ground, staring at the pistons, connecting rods, and bearing shells.

Before long, Duan Dahai returned with several broken cylinders, brake pads, and a few main shafts.

"The spindle is also faulty?" Yu Dawei turned and stood up. "Let's go! Let's lift one out and take a look."

The engine's main shaft, also called the crankshaft, rarely has major problems. If there are any problems, it usually just requires boring the cylinder and grinding the shaft, which is a simple fix.

The two men worked very hard to get a broken spindle onto the trailer. Because it had been used before, it was covered in black engine oil when they unloaded it.

Yu Dawei found another can of gasoline in the warehouse and began to scrub the broken crankshaft with a brush and rag.

Finally, when they were halfway through the cleaning, the two of them simultaneously discovered the problem.

"Cracked?! The crankshaft is cracked?! This is an imported part?!" Yu Dawei's face was filled with disbelief, as was Duan Dahai next to him.

(End of this chapter)