Siheyuan: Starting from the driver

Chapter 689 Bickering! Neither side will back down!
Upon returning to the transport team, Li Kailang immediately recounted the entire incident to his mentor, Zhang Jinwu.

Upon learning this, Zhang Jinwu first investigated and confirmed that Master Wang was not lying. He then immediately sent someone to the office of the third workshop to cause trouble for Jin Lijing.

"Xiao Li, you don't need to get involved in this. I have another task to complete, so hurry up and deliver it."

Li Kailang looked at Zhang Jinwu and finally nodded: "I'll go right now."

Zhang Jinwu was worried that because he stood up for Master Wang, Jin Lijing would hold a grudge against him, which would affect Li Kailang's future employment in the workshop and cause him to make things difficult for Li.

After sending Li Kailang away, Zhang Jinwu felt relieved and went straight to Jin Lijing's office.

First, Zhang Jinwu went straight to question him.

"Bullshit! It's clearly your transport team's incompetence that's causing problems even when loading cargo!" Jin Lijing's voice was sharp and grating, carrying a somewhat aggressive tone.

"Not good enough?" Zhang Jinwu slammed his fist on the table, making a loud thud.

"If it weren't for your workshop's procrastination, only preparing the goods right before delivery and making Master Wang rush to deliver them, and now that something has gone wrong, you're blaming us?"

"Your workshop is in the wrong! You need to give us an explanation!"

Jin Lijing sneered: "Captain Zhang, you're so arrogant! It was your transport team that smashed the steel into scrap metal, and you have the nerve to come here and question us?"

"If you can't do the skills, then practice! How ridiculous! I haven't even had a chance to get an explanation from your transport team, and you've come to me first!"

Zhang Jinwu retorted without backing down: "Bullshit! If your workshop hadn't assigned this task at the last minute, would Master Wang have gotten into this mess?"

"How could something happen if you deliver it slowly? You're just lying to Master Wang and taking advantage of his kind heart!"

Jin Lijing sat behind his desk, a production report in his hand, and sneered:
"The factory's rule is that as long as the goods are delivered on time, who cares how you transport them? If your transport team can't even do this simple job, you should replace them as soon as possible!"

Zhang Jinwu was so angry he laughed, slamming his hand on the table: "Fine! From now on, you can have whoever wants to transport your goods from the Third Workshop. Our transport team isn't going to serve you anymore!"

This brings Jin Lijing into some trouble.

That's just talk; they're all from the same factory, so the transport team can't possibly refuse to deliver to them.

However, there are differences in how things are delivered. The difference between delivering something immediately and delivering it last can cause other factories to switch to other workshops or other factories.

Since it concerns performance and production, Jin Lijing has no choice but to pay attention.

"Captain Zhang, stop acting tough here!" Jin Lijing stood up. "According to factory regulations, the transportation team must complete delivery tasks on time. If production is delayed, they will be held responsible!"

"Ha! Factory regulations?" Zhang Jinwu sneered, pulling out a crumpled handover form from his pocket.

"Look at this! Your workshop just finished production last night. According to factory regulations, you're more than a day behind schedule!"

"Master Wang set off without even eating in order to meet the deadline, but his brakes failed halfway there, almost causing the car to overturn and nearly killing him!"

"If someone dies, can you take responsibility?"

Jin Lijing's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure: "That's because your transport team's vehicles are not properly maintained. What does that have to do with us?"

"Besides, everyone's fine, so why spread alarmist rumors?"

Zhang Jinwu laughed angrily: "Scare tactics? You don't care if the person who died wasn't someone you met in your car!"

"Captain Zhang, you're not right about that. I didn't mean it that way. Don't try to pin this on me!"

The office was thick with tension, neither of them willing to back down.

The argument attracted many onlookers, who began to discuss it animatedly.

The argument continued until Mr. Wang and Mr. Zhao returned to the transport team.

The apprentice who stayed behind saw Master Wang and hurriedly said, "Master Wang, Captain Zhang went to the workshop to stand up for you. You should go and see him."

"What! I'll go right now!" Master Wang was about to take a few steps when his apprentice stopped him again.

“Master Wang, please don’t go yet. You don’t have any injuries at all. It’s too unbelievable. It’s hard to say.”

Master Wang immediately understood; he had just escaped death, although he had no obvious injuries.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Master Wang urged his apprentices to "disguise" themselves.

Suddenly, a badly injured patient appeared, with gauze wrapped around his forehead, several abrasions on his arms, and dried bloodstains on his work pants.

"Let's go!" Master Wang rushed straight to the workshop without stopping.

Upon reaching the outside of the workshop, I heard a series of loud arguments, so I immediately slowed down and started walking with a limp.

Under the watchful eyes of the workers, Master Wang strode into the office.

"Captain Zhang!"

The sudden noise stopped their argument, and Zhang Jinwu looked at Master Wang.

He immediately asked with concern, "Old Wang, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere? Have you been to the hospital?"

Master Wang shook his head: "It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."

"Nothing's wrong? How can it be nothing? Look at your injuries, how can you say it's nothing?"

He instantly turned to Jin Lijing and angrily confronted him: "Jin Lijing! Look at this! This is your workshop's 'rule'—making us work like crazy to meet deadlines, and then shirking responsibility when something goes wrong!"
"Even with such serious injuries, Master Wang didn't forget to deliver steel to your workshop. Is this how your workshop treats us? It's truly disheartening!"

Seeing Master Wang's 'miserable state', Jin Lijing's eyes flickered, but he still wouldn't budge:
"That was an accident! The factory provides safety training every year. You made a mistake, so who can you blame?"

"An accident?" Zhang Jinwu laughed angrily.

"Alright! Then let's do it the 'rules'! From today onwards, the transport team will not accept orders from the third workshop. You can go find whoever you want!"

Jin Lijing's face was gloomy. Zhang Jinwu brought up the matter again, but he was not flustered.

He knew the factory's rules—the transport team had to obey production schedules, otherwise it would be a violation of discipline.

"Captain Zhang, have you thought this through?" Jin Lijing slowly sat down.

"According to factory rules, if the transportation team refuses a task without a valid reason, their monthly salary will be deducted, and in serious cases, they will be reassigned."

"Without cause?" Zhang Jinwu sneered. "Master Wang almost lost his life, and you call that 'without cause'?"

“That’s your own problem,” Jin Lijing said, shrugging. “The factory only cares about the results, not the process.”

Zhang Jinwu stared at Jin Lijing, then suddenly laughed: "Good, very good! We'll see!"

He turned and shouted to the workers of the transport team who had followed him:
"Brothers! Starting today, we're not transporting any more work from Workshop 3! Whoever wants to transport it can do it!"

Zhang Jinwu is the captain of the transportation team. Jin Lijing has offended not just the first transportation team, but the entire transportation team.

As the saying goes, rules are rigid, but people are flexible; even rigid rules can be adapted to different people.

The conflict between the third workshop and the transportation team quickly spread throughout the entire steel rolling mill.

in the afternoon.

Workshop 3.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, it's those drivers' fault for not being skilled enough. We'll arrange for a replacement steel delivery right away, and make sure it's intact."

Jin Lijing repeatedly bowed and apologized to the tractor factory on the other end of the phone.

Finally, they managed to calm the other person down.

'bump! '

Jin Lijing hung up the phone with a livid face: "The transport team is a bunch of useless idiots! They can't even do this simple job right! They made me get yelled at!"

"Director, what should we do if the transport team refuses the mission?" a trusted confidant asked worriedly.

Jin Lijing sneered: "They dare?! That coward Zhang Jinwu, he dares to go against the factory's rules and regulations? I don't believe it!"

"No matter how arrogant the transport team is, it's still the factory's transport team. If I don't go to them, does that mean I can't get things done?" "Don't forget, the transport team is a department under the logistics department."

"Oh my! How come I didn't think of that? You're really amazing, Director!" the confidant said, giving a thumbs up.

"You should learn from this!"
Transport team.

"The logistics department has assigned us some work."

There were more tasks to be done, and the masters selected their tasks one by one.

Master Zhao noticed that there was a task for the third workshop among them, so he immediately pulled it out and casually threw it away.

"Damn it, this is bad luck. From now on, don't bring any more work from the third workshop over here, understand?"

Master Zhao said to the clerk who had returned with the task.

"Huh? Why? What happened?" The clerk was completely unaware of the conflict between the two parties.

"No? Aren't you one of my transport team members? How could you not know about this? What are you good for? If you don't want to stay in the transport team, then get out of here?"

Hearing Mr. Zhao's aggressive tone, the clerk retorted without backing down: "What are you yelling about! Don't you know I asked for leave this morning?"

"If you dare to argue with me again, believe me, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

The girl at this time was not the delicate girl of later generations who would burst into tears and feel wronged after saying just a few words. She didn't care at all about Master Zhao's harsh words.

The others immediately rushed to explain the reason.

"Alright, I know, I'll be more careful next time. You should have said so earlier!"

The clerk glanced at Master Zhao and stomped on his feet twice before leaving.

The masters got their tasks and went about their business, but before leaving, they didn't forget to stomp on each other's feet.

It's almost time to get off work.

Jin Lijing waited in the workshop for a long time, but the transport team never came to pick up the steel, and he began to worry.

"No way! What's wrong with the transport team? They actually dared to do this! Aren't they afraid of factory regulations?"

Seeing Jin Lijing's fury, his trusted aides dared not utter a word.

"No! I have to go check if they're doing anything!"

Jin Lijing naturally didn't dare to go to the transport team, but instead turned to the logistics department to ask if any tasks had been assigned.

"The task has already been assigned. The transport team came to pick it up as soon as we started work this afternoon. The task for the third workshop has also been assigned to them. I remember this very clearly, there's no way I could have made a mistake."

Seeing the confident look on the clerk's face, Jin Lijing couldn't help but believe it a little, but why didn't he believe it at all?

"They should be on their way. Wait a little longer and they might call us."

Jin Lijing returned to the workshop and waited, and sure enough, he finally received a call from the tractor factory.

"Jin Lijing, what have you done! It's almost time to leave work, and the steel still hasn't arrived! You've delayed our factory's production! Can you take responsibility?!"

As soon as the phone rang, he started cursing at Jin Lijing.

"What? It hasn't been sent over yet?" Jin Lijing asked incredulously.

"What? Do you think I would lie to you?"

"No, no," Jin Lijing denied repeatedly.

"I don't care about all that. If it's not delivered before I leave work, I'm calling your factory manager!"

"Snap!" With that, the phone was hung up before Jin Lijing could respond!

"What should we do? What if Director Yang finds out? That would be a real problem." Jin Lijing was immediately filled with panic.

Although they belong to the same steel rolling mill, the various workshops are also in competition with each other.

The performance of each workshop is crucial to year-end bonuses, and this order is quite substantial.

"No! We have to go check on the transport team!"

Jin Lijing went straight to the transport team to confront them.

Zhang Jinwu remained calm and unperturbed, having anticipated Jin Lijing's arrival.

"Zhang Jinwu! What kind of work is your transport team doing?! Why haven't the steel for my workshop been delivered yet?!"

As expected, the two started arguing.

Zhang Jinwu spread his hands: "What is it? I didn't know that. Director Jin, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"Pretending? Still pretending! You've already forgotten what happened this morning? Do you really think I'm stupid?"

"Director Jin, what are you saying? You know perfectly well whether you're stupid or not."

"Haha~" This immediately caused the apprentices to burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at! Get back to work!" Jin Lijing shouted, his face dark.

He didn't get a drink from anyone, and everyone just laughed at him.

"What are you looking at! Director Jin is right, hurry up and go."

Everyone only moved after Zhang Jinwu gave the order.

As each person left, they intentionally or unintentionally stepped on a piece of black paper on the ground.

Immediately, it caught Jin Lijing's attention, and he immediately picked up the task sheet that had been trampled and turned black.

The footprints clearly show that this is the work order for the third workshop!
Jin Lijing, holding the sheet, turned to Zhang Jinwu and demanded, "The evidence is conclusive! The task sheet is right here! Let's see how you try to deny it!"

"Ah? So this is a task sheet! I didn't know that. I thought it was some paper that an apprentice put here." Zhang Jinwu pretended not to know.

"Zhang Jinwu! Don't play dumb with me! This is dereliction of duty!"

"What dereliction of duty? Director Jin, don't talk nonsense. It's just that I wasn't paying attention and forgot to do it. It's not an urgent task. Doing it tomorrow won't make a difference."

"This is an urgent mission! The tractor factory needs it today!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jinwu was finally able to put his hard work of most of the day to good use.

He casually crossed his legs and said, "Impossible. This task hasn't been stamped or signed. According to factory regulations, it's just a regular task. Regular tasks have to be scheduled according to procedures."

Zhang Jinwu responded to Jin Lijing with the same factory regulations, leaving him speechless and unsure how to respond.

Looking at Jin Lijing at the mountain pass, Zhang Jinwu felt a surge of joy.

He went through a lot of factory regulations and finally found a loophole.

All tasks assigned to the transport team, unless they are urgent, are given at least one or two days to be arranged.

Seeing Jin Lijing's discomfiture, Zhang Jinwu couldn't resist making a final sarcastic remark.

"Oh dear, it's almost time to get off work, there's no time left. I see Director Jin is in such a hurry, how about I have someone deliver it first thing tomorrow morning?"

"You...you...hello!"

Jin Lijing was furious.

"Zhang Jinwu, you just wait!" Jin Lijing turned and left in a fit of rage.

This intensified the conflict between the two sides, making them irreconcilable enemies.

(End of this chapter)