Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 849 The So-Called Fairness!

Li Huaide, looking anxious, led Xiao Zhang and hurried towards the main entrance. Not long after, he saw Wu Tianpeng alone walking towards the experts' apartment. He quickly reached Wu Tianpeng and politely greeted him, "Mr. Wu! I just heard from Xiao Zhang that you had a misunderstanding with our Director Wang, so I came to check on you."

When Wu Tianpeng saw Li Huaide, who was panting and covered in sweat, and noticed the anxious look in his eyes, he replied with a half-smile, "Mr. Li! Are you mistaken? Your Director Wang is a very principled and good cadre. What misunderstanding could there be between us?"

If Wu Tianpeng had just complained to him, Li Huaide wouldn't have been too worried. But now, instead of complaining, Wu Tianpeng was praising Director Wang as a principled and good cadre. This made Li Huaide uneasy, so he quickly explained with a forced smile, "Mr. Wu! You don't know this, but when we started preparing for this training course, someone leaked the content of the course. Countless people came to the preparatory office to register, and among them were quite a few people with connections."

"Considering the importance of this training course to the development of our Chinese industry, several senior executives in the ministry held a special meeting to discuss and decide that no one, regardless of who they are, is allowed to place their cronies in the training course. Director Wang misunderstood the leaders' intentions, which is why this misunderstanding occurred."

Initially, Jia Dongming didn't care at all about the selection of trainees for this training course. It wasn't until Lin Zhongtian's incident that Jia Dongming realized that the Ministry of Industry's method of selecting and training personnel was very unreasonable.

Through the system's real-time synchronization function, Jia Dongming heard Li Huaide's explanation and immediately used the system to control Wu Tianpeng to ask Li Huaide: "Mr. Li! You just told me that your superiors made this decision to prevent people from planting their cronies in the training class."

"But as far as I know, you selected the trainees based solely on their education and job level, without any practical skills or relevant knowledge tests. How can you be sure that these selected people aren't people with connections? And how can you be sure that these selected people are the most suitable technicians to learn the technology?"

The series of questions posed by Jia Dongming stumped Li Huaide, leaving him momentarily at a loss for how to answer.

Seeing that Li Huaide was speechless after being questioned by the system's real-time synchronization function, Jia Dongming continued to ask, "Mr. Li! Originally, as long as we trained the technicians you selected in accordance with the agreement between the two parties, the rest would have nothing to do with us."

"However, this morning, when our experts were communicating with the technicians you selected, they clearly found that several of the technicians you selected only had theoretical knowledge but lacked practical experience. In particular, their hands did not look like those of someone who had been engaged in front-line maintenance work for many years."

"Of course! Regardless of the technicians' identities or whether they have been engaged in front-line maintenance work for a long time, these are not things we need to worry about. We are only responsible for training your operators and maintenance personnel according to the agreement between both parties. As for whether these people can learn real skills, that has nothing to do with us."

As the director of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, Li Huaide knew better than anyone that although all the technicians in the mill's technical department had at least a vocational school diploma, the people actually working there were always the technicians without connections. Meanwhile, the technicians with connections would come to the mill every day and spend almost all their time drinking tea and reading newspapers in their offices. At this moment, Li Huaide finally realized that this selection process, which seemed fair and just, actually concealed a lot of shady dealings.

Realizing this, Li Huaide humbly asked Wu Tianpeng, "Mr. Wu! If you were in charge of the selection, how would you conduct the selection?" Wu Tianpeng looked at Li Huaide with a half-smile and replied slowly, "Mr. Li! We are only responsible for training your operators and maintenance personnel for the industrial machine tools. As for how to select personnel, that has little to do with us."

Wu Tianpeng finished speaking and, without giving Li Huaide a chance to reply, headed towards the small building where they were staying.

Watching Wu Tianpeng walk towards the small building, Li Huaide recalled what Wu Tianpeng had just mentioned. Without even thinking, he could guess that there was something fishy about this selection process. He quickly asked Xiao Zhang, who was standing beside him, "Xiao Zhang! Do you have the list of trainees for the training course?"

Xiao Zhang had overheard every word of the conversation between Wu Tianpeng and Li Huaide. As the person in charge of arranging accommodations for the trainees, Xiao Zhang immediately nodded upon hearing Li Huaide's question and replied, "Director Li! I have a list of trainees. If you need it, I'll go get it for you right away."

Upon hearing Xiao Zhang's answer, Li Huaide immediately instructed him, "Xiao Zhang! I believe you should know that this training program established by the ministry is for training important talents for our country. The entire process absolutely cannot tolerate any carelessness. I believe you should have heard what Mr. Wu just said, so you must remember to keep what just happened a secret."

Xiao Zhang was able to be assigned by the ministry to the industrial university to participate in the logistical support work of the training course, which naturally indicates that he has certain connections. Xiao Zhang is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages involved.

Faced with Li Huaide's instructions, he smiled and nodded immediately, earnestly assuring Li Huaide, "Director Li! Don't worry, I promise I won't tell anyone about the issue Mr. Wu just raised."

Hearing Xiao Zhang's promise, Li Huaide nodded in satisfaction and instructed Xiao Zhang, "Xiao Zhang! I'll wait for you in the cafeteria office. Go and get the list for me to look at."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's instructions, Xiao Zhang immediately nodded and then quickly walked towards the registration area.

Li Huaide watched as Xiao Zhang hurriedly walked towards the registration desk. Thinking of what Wu Tianpeng had just told him, Li Huaide's eyes narrowed instinctively. He muttered to himself, "I thought Wang Deming was inflexible and couldn't distinguish between priorities, which angered Wu Tianpeng. I never expected it would lead to something like this."

(End of this chapter)