Reborn in 1985, starting from a machine factory

Chapter 51 Television Set

"Engineer Wang, you..."

Just as Chen Mo opened his mouth, he suddenly looked up and glanced at the office door.

The remaining three engineers also looked towards the door.

The door was ajar.

Before Chen Mo could speak, the engineer surnamed Wang stood up, quickly walked to the door, and carefully closed it.

Chen Mo nodded slightly and lowered his voice: "Engineer Wang, have you heard? Engineer Yang is in a bit of trouble this time."

Engineer Wang raised his eyelids slightly, then lowered his body and asked in a similarly low voice, "Engineer Chen, which aspect are you referring to?"

"Several aspects!" Chen Mo leaned back slightly to make sure the other two could hear him.

"The first thing, I don't remember if you were there that day, the day we distributed the Lantern Festival gifts."

"You know that Engineer Yang openly mocked the working class, and apparently some people echoed him?"

As soon as Chen Mo finished speaking, the remaining two engineers exchanged a glance, and the engineer surnamed Sun suddenly changed his expression.

Wang seemed oblivious to the changes in the two people beside him, not even raising his eyes: "Chen, I took leave those few days, so I don't know much."

"If you want to know, please tell me in detail!"

"This is the first time!" Chen Mo said.

"The second time, Engineer Yang spoke recklessly, saying that studying the spirit of xx was a waste of time, and this time he was caught red-handed by Director Liu from the factory director's office."

"Engineer Wang, is it something you should say?"

Engineer Wang subconsciously bowed slightly; these words, even just hearing them, sent chills down one's spine.

"Engineer Chen, is this true?" Engineer Wang couldn't help but ask.

"That's true, I remember there were still a few engineers there, what a pity!"

"What's wrong?"

Engineer Wang and another engineer behind him spoke almost simultaneously.

Chen Mo looked around: "Think about it, Engineer Yang is in charge of this office, right? He has this kind of thinking, do you think it might..."

He pointed around with his finger.

"Won't this give the leadership the impression that our office harbors such dangerous ideas?"

"In particular, at the time, no one reported Engineer Yang, and no one stopped Engineer Yang. It was Secretary Liu who spoke up."

Upon hearing this, the three engineers simultaneously turned pale.

That's right!

Failure to report such information is tantamount to complicity.

Not to mention, there were people who were there at the time.

Even if we didn't manage to stop Engineer Yang from speaking at the time, we should never have remained silent until now.

Oops!

The three of them stared intently at Chen Mo.

"Guys, that's the first point: being outspoken. The rest is the second point," Chen Mo continued, ignoring their reactions.

"Do you remember the key aid projects for Africa that the factory manager mentioned?"

The three nodded in unison.

"Gantry milling machine delayed, unable to be repaired!"

"As the head of the Equipment and Power Section of Production Department Three, Engineer Yang probably has to bear most of the responsibility for this!"

"After all, we exist to maintain the equipment."

"Of course, there are times when things are beyond our control. This matter is probably not a big deal!"

"What do you think, Engineer Wang?" Chen Mo asked, looking at Engineer Wang.

Engineer Wang nodded: "There are countless types of equipment, and no one can claim to be proficient in all of them. If the factory holds us accountable for this, we will accept it."

"But the second thing shouldn't have happened. In a fit of pique, Engineer Yang threw the damaged equipment away and went back to sleep!"

"What is this?"

"This is allowing collective assets to be wasted, and it's a thousand times worse than simply not knowing how to repair them!"

"I don't know what you guys heard, but I feel this isn't over!"

All three, including Engineer Wang, fell silent.

Unlike last time, Engineer Wang was also present this time.

If Engineer Yang was allowed to waste collective assets, then the others were definitely no better.

However, Chen Mo is absolutely right; from any perspective, these are undeniable facts.

Everyone felt heavy-hearted. Engineer Wang opened his mouth, but didn't know how to start speaking.

Chen Mo pretended not to see: "If you ask me, it's Engineer Yang who should be compensated!"

"These tasks were handled exceptionally well, each one more significant than the last. If it were any ordinary person like you or me, we might have been fired on the spot."

"It's only because Engineer Yang has connections that he can be somewhat protected. Temporarily halting production is a form of protection."

"It's just the few of us..."

Chen Mo looked at the three people in front of him, as if he had suddenly woken up. He stood up and said, "Hey, don't overthink it, Engineer Wang, Engineer Sun, Engineer Xue, please don't overthink it, cheer up."

"Isn't it better that we weren't suspended?"

"Hehe!" Engineer Wang forced a smile. "Engineer Chen is right."

He sat back down at his desk, his face expressionless.

The same applies to the remaining two engineers.

They already sensed something was wrong when they saw Engineer Yang being punished, and when they saw Director Li respectfully escorting Chen Mo over, their hearts sank even further.

Hearing Chen Mo mention it today undoubtedly confirmed their suspicions.

Engineer Yang, this time you've taken a dead end, and there's a high chance you'll be implicated as well.

Chen Mo sat back down, took a sip of tea, and found the temperature to be just right—neither too high nor too low!

"Hey guys, you probably know that I have a pretty good relationship with Secretary Liu."

Upon hearing this, the three engineers simultaneously looked up at Chen Mo.

Everyone knows about this.

Nobody dared to say anything, except for Engineer Wang, who was shameless and dared to stick around anything.

The other two are from technical backgrounds, and they remember everything clearly!

Their relationship with Chen Mo has never been good!

Now that Chen Mo had spoken up, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Don't worry, everyone. I'm here in the office to try and get along with everyone. I'll take care of things over there and smooth things over naturally."

"But we have to do something about this."

Engineer Wang revealed a knowing look and shook his head slightly: "Engineer Chen, even if Engineer Yang has a thousand faults, he has nothing to say to us."

"It's really hard to draw a clear line."

"If I get dragged into this, so be it."

The remaining two engineers also looked on as if it were perfectly normal.

A man's loyalty!

Chen Mo sighed inwardly, "It's a misunderstanding. Engineer Yang has done an excellent job, trying his best to benefit the office, even if his methods were flawed."

"What I'm saying is that we need to do something about the violations on the production side; we can't turn a blind eye to them."

"Hmm?" Engineer Wang turned his head. "Over there in production?"

"Gentlemen, do you think Director Li will protect us?"

The moment those words were spoken, the entire office fell silent.

After a while, all three engineers shook their heads at the same time!

Chen Mo saw this, picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and suppressed the joy in his heart.

What a coincidence!

Just when I was dozing off, someone handed me a pillow.

With these people around, we can give them a surprise.

After a slight hesitation, Engineer Wang looked up: "Engineer Chen, what do you think we should do..."

"Thump!"

Before Engineer Wang could finish speaking, the office door was suddenly kicked open, and a person rushed into the office.

"Chen Mo, Chen Mo!"