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The audience below the stage looked puzzled, wondering what the people from the Second Sports Equipment Factory were up to.

"Comrades, to judge the quality of a bicycle, we should not only look at its acceleration and cornering performance, but also how stiff it is."

As Director Chen had his men lay the two fixed-gear bikes down on the ground, he addressed the crowd:

"Nobody wants to spend over a hundred yuan on a bicycle that falls apart as soon as they start pedaling, right?"

The audience below nodded in agreement.

Director Chen continued, "We all know that the sturdiness of a bicycle depends on the toughness of the spokes on its rims!"

"If the spokes are of poor quality, the wheel may break, and it could even be life-threatening if the bicycle is traveling at high speed."

"So, I'll have the workers release the 30-pound lead balls at the same time, letting them fall freely and hit the spokes of the wheels of both cars!"

"After smashing it three times, you can immediately tell which fixed-gear bike is of better quality!"

Wow!

Director Chen's words caused an uproar among the onlookers.

If a 30-pound shot put is thrown down from the platform like that, wouldn't it damage a bicycle?

This fixed-gear bike costs over a hundred yuan; it would be much better to give it to them...

"Director Chen, that's not very fair of you. Our factory's people haven't even arrived yet, and you're already testing the quality of our two companies' bicycles?"

"If you engage in favoritism and malpractice, wouldn't that be tantamount to smearing our factory's products?"

Just then, Liang Ming's voice came from outside the arena.

Everyone turned to look and saw Liang's bicycle factory's tractor parked outside the county supply and marketing cooperative.

Liang Ming and Qin Fen, along with other senior executives of Liang's Bicycle Factory, strode over.

Upon hearing Liang Ming's last sentence, Director Chen's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure and coldly snorted:

"Boss Liang, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. The fixed-gear bikes from your factory were purchased directly from the county supply and marketing cooperative yesterday. How could we possibly engage in favoritism or corruption!"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Director Chen of the Contribution Society."

Upon seeing Liang Ming arrive, Director Chen of the county supply and marketing cooperative knew it was his turn to step forward.

He stepped forward and said to Liang Ming, "Boss Liang, the fixed-gear motorcycles they have were indeed bought from our supply and marketing cooperative yesterday!"

"It's only been one day, there shouldn't be any problems."

"If you're still not convinced, you can pick out a Niujiao fixed-gear motorcycle from our county's supply and marketing cooperative and have it tested for quality."

Chen Jiu's words seemed to be in support of the Second Sports Equipment Factory.

In fact, he was reminding Liang Ming that the other party had already bought the bull horn fixed gear a day ago, and if they wanted to tamper with it, they had enough time.

Testing with a new fixed-gear bike would be safer.

As expected, Director Chen's expression changed slightly upon hearing Chen Jiu's words.

"Director Chen, isn't it unnecessary to change vehicles for testing at this time?"

Wu Yong then spoke up.

"Director Wu, I'm just trying to make the test more fair," Chen Jiu said with a laugh.

Wu Yong and Director Chen both turned their gazes to Liang Ming. If Liang Ming agreed to switch vehicles for testing, their conspiracy would be ruined.

"No need to change it, we've already tested halfway through, let's continue testing."

To everyone's surprise, Liang Ming seemed not to understand Chen Jiu's words and chuckled lightly.

"Boss Liang, you..." Chen Jiu was a little anxious when he heard Liang Ming's words, and wanted to say something more.

Director Chen interrupted first, saying, "Since Boss Liang has no objections, let's begin testing the quality!"

Upon hearing Director Chen's words, both workers simultaneously released the 30-pound lead balls they were holding, letting them fall freely and smash down on the two companies' fixed-gear bicycles.

The audience below the stage watched intently as the two 30-pound shot puts landed freely.

boom!boom!

As two dull thuds rang out, everyone's eyes fell on the two fixed-gear bikes.

The spokes of the fixed-gear wheels from the sports equipment factory only had minor scratches.

The spokes of the fixed-gear bikes from Liangji were already bent.

"The spokes of the fixed-gear bicycles from Liangji Bicycle Factory are deformed?"

"One blow is nothing, let's see what happens after three."

someone exclaimed.

Some people offered explanations for Liang's bicycle factory.

Seeing this, Wu Yong on the stage smiled mischievously.

“Again!” Director Chen continued.

Two workers picked up the shot put and dropped it again.

This time, even the spokes of the sports equipment factory's wheels bent.

However, the spokes of the wheels from Liangji Bicycle Factory were completely deformed.

"Hiss! It's already deformed like this after just two hits. If you hit it again, won't the fixed-gear wheel hub of Liang's bicycle just shatter to pieces?"

"It seems I still have to buy bicycles made by state-owned factories; private factories are no good."

The crowd below the stage started talking all at once.

"How is this possible? The spokes on the wheel hubs of our bicycle factory can't be this fragile!"

Qin Fen exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this scene.

The other senior executives of Liangji Factory behind him also looked incredulous.

"Director Qin, even if you come from our state-owned factory, it doesn't mean you have mastered all of our factory's production technology."

“You private factories still have a lot to learn…”

Director Chen said to Qin Fen in a sarcastic tone.

"You!" Qin Fen was furious upon hearing this and was about to lash out.

Liang Ming, who was standing nearby, stopped him and said casually, "Director Qin, let them finish the test first."

Although Qin Fen felt somewhat indignant, he nodded in agreement after Liang Ming said so.

When Director Chen saw Liang Ming's appearance, he assumed that Liang Ming had backed down and secretly sneered at him.

Once the test results come out, even if he had a hundred mouths, he wouldn't be able to explain the quality issues of Liangji's fixed-gear bikes.

Liangji Bicycle Factory was destined for a ruined reputation and a dismal closure.

"One last time!"

Director Chen immediately spoke with great enthusiasm.

The two workers picked up the shot put again and let it fall freely.

This time, the spokes of the fixed-gear wheels from the Second Sports Equipment Factory also became deformed and twisted.

However, the fixed-gear wheel hub of Liangji Bicycle Factory was indeed completely smashed to pieces.

Comparing the two, it's easy to tell at a glance which fixed-gear bike has better quality.

The faces of the people in the audience who saw this scene changed.

Some customers who had purchased fixed-gear bicycles from Liangji Bicycle Factory angrily questioned Qin Fen and his group:

"What's going on? Why are the quality of your factory's fixed-gear bikes so poor?"

"It was only hit by the shot put three times and it was completely crushed. If we were to ride it to the countryside, who knows if the vehicle would fall apart in some ditch?"

"They're trying to kill us!"

"Give us an explanation! You must give us an explanation!"

In an instant, Qin Fen and other executives of Liangji Bicycle Factory were surrounded by the people.

"It's a misunderstanding, there must be some misunderstanding here."

Qin Fen quickly said:

"The steel used in our factory's fixed-gear bicycles is only better than that used in the Second Sports Equipment Factory."

Upon hearing this, Director Chen sneered and said, "Is that so? Then how do you explain that your factory's fixed-gear crane was smashed to pieces after being hit by a shot put three times?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Fen was speechless.

He didn't understand why this was happening.

"How else can we explain it? We can only say that this fixed-gear fly is not a product of our factory."

At this moment, Liang Ming remained calm and said...

As soon as Liang Ming said this, the surrounding people frowned.

Everyone knows that the Niujiao fixed-gear bicycle is a product of Liangji Bicycle Factory. Now, the factory owner is actually denying this fact. Does he think they are fools?

"Mr. Liang, stop talking. If your factory's products really have quality problems, just correct them in time."

Chen Jiu said to Liang Ming.

He knew that Liang Ming might have been framed, but the die was cast, and even if Liang Ming was stubborn, it wouldn't make a difference.

"Just correct it in time? Ha! Their factory deceives consumers like this, and they think they can get away with it just by correcting it in time?"

Director Chen said, not one to back down.

Hearing Director Chen's words, Liang Ming knew that it was time to stop; if they continued arguing, things would become truly unexplainable.

He immediately turned to Director Chen and asked:

"Director Chen, I wonder how many steel balls are used in the wheel bearings of your Second Sports Equipment Factory?"

"Nine steel balls, of course."

Upon hearing this, Director Chen responded reflexively.

He had a vague feeling that something was wrong, so he asked another question: "Why are you asking this?"

After receiving the answer directly from Director Chen, Liang Ming's lips curled up slightly.

Today's show is about to reach its climax!