BXBX NOVEL Chapter 174 - 174: Won
Eastern Empire has always been Shengling Group’s competitor, and the personnel of the Eastern Empire’s team are well known within the group.
Lu Lingche even knows the capabilities of every one of them.
Since his team couldn’t identify the tenth flaw, it would ostensibly be unreasonable for Dongfang Mu’s team to find it too, as both teams were evenly matched and there was no clear advantage on either side.
Even more so, the Shengling Group should have had the upper hand given that they had him on their side.
However, for this project, Lu Lingche had no plans on intervening directly.
As the CEO, he had to take charge of the operation of the entire corporation. It was not possible for him to constantly follow the team to find and correct faults, that was the engineers’ responsibility.
In the Eastern Empire team, the only additional variable was Qiao Yin.
But her demeanor was completely different from that of the other engineers. She was more akin to Secretary Wan, not the least bit nervous or pressured.
Addressing flaws was evidently more difficult than detecting them. More than an hour passed before the CEO of Siya Automobiles announced the results.
First place was still with Eastern Empire, who took 35 minutes.
Second was Shengling Group, who took 50 minutes.
The other teams from various countries took even longer, with some teams unable to fix the tenth flaw, and subsequently giving up on it.
Eastern Empire topped the rankings, leaving everyone else behind.
Lu Lingche could not help but frown.
It was impossible!
He was well aware of the strengths of Dongfang Mu’s team and it was implausible that they had such an advantage!
He suspected a problem with his team, “What happened? Why did it take so long?”
The project’s Vice President quickly explained, “President Lu, we fixed the other nine flaws in less than thirty minutes, it was the tenth one that held us up.”
Lu Lingche understood, they still lost because of the tenth flaw.
If it wasn’t for someone in Dongfang Mu’s team fixing the tenth flaw ahead of time, Shengling Group should have won.
Lu Lingche’s gaze swept across Eastern Empire’s team, finally landing on Dongfang Mu.
Seeing Lu Lingche looking at him, Dongfang Mu smiled brightly, “President Lu, I thought we were destined to lose. How did we win two rounds? We’re flattered, really!”
From his smile, Lu Lingche was able to perceive an unprecedented arrogance as well as a provocation.
However, Lu Lingche didn’t lose his temper.
The development of events had exceeded his expectations. It was clear that Dongfang Mu came prepared, appearing weak beforehand, and even deliberately bringing Qiao Yin along to disrupt his mental state.
He calmly withdrew his gaze and listened to the next round of competition announced by Siya.
By dusk, all five rounds of the competition had ended.
Eastern Empire’s team took first place in all of them.
With their overwhelming advantage, they won Siya Automobiles’ collaborative project for the next five years. Siya will share new technology for new energy vehicles with Eastern Empire to produce more energy-efficient and safer cars.
Cross, the CEO of Siya, was ecstatic. He shook hands and thanked every member of the Eastern Empire team, including the secretary and assistant, expressing his sincere gratitude.
Qiao Yin quietly followed behind Dongfang Mu. After shaking hands with Cross, she didn’t speak anymore, simply listening to Dongfang Mu converse fluently in English with the other team.
Not far away were Lu Lingche and the people of Shengling Group.
She acted as if she hadn’t seen them, carrying a laptop bag in one hand and Dongfang Mu’s suit in the other, looking more like a secretary than Secretary Wan.
At the moment, Lu Lingche wasn’t paying attention to Qiao Yin.
The severity of losing the project was much too significant.
Before the competition, he hadn’t even considered the possibility of failure.
Siya was at the forefront of new energy development in the world, and collaborating with them would have greatly benefited the future development of the group.
Domestically, there was still a new market for new energy, with huge potential.
This failure would certainly lead to enormous losses for the corporation!
When he returned, he would inevitably face a severe questioning from the Board of Directors..