44: Chapter 44 Old Li, are you serious?

"When it comes to new energy, only Tesla is the true hegemon."

His eyes filled with contempt, Liu Haokai's face was full of disdain.

His junlong 4 should have won this race, but he hadn't expected it to end in a draw.

This made Liu Haokai very unhappy.

A piece of trash Hongqi actually tied with his junlong?

This is a new energy car with a price point of 100,000.

"Heh, Hongqi is trash? It sounds like you Tesla guys are any better?"

"Did you forget about the brake failure from a few years ago?"

Zhou Xiyue retorted sarcastically.

Brake failure is the biggest criticism of Tesla's new energy vehicles.

At the time, a Tesla owner was involved in a pile-up due to brake failure.

This incident shocked the whole country.

What was even more unbelievable was the explanation given by Tesla's official channels in the end.

It was because the owner didn't use the Tesla correctly, which caused the brake failure.

It was shameless to the extreme.

Yet, some people actually believed this reason.

For Tesla at the time, it was only a brief decline in performance, and within three months, their performance recovered again.

Liu Haokai's expression was ugly; he hadn't expected Zhou Xiyue to be able to dig up such old, trivial matters.

"So, was I wrong?"

"Hongqi is just trash!"

"Do you really think Xia country car companies can produce anything good?"

"Even if Tesla isn't great, it is still a hundred, a thousand times better than Hongqi!"

Zhou Xiyue didn't want to pay any more attention to Liu Haokai.

Clearly, Tesla now realized that their own new energy market share was being occupied by Hongqi.

That was why they came up with this method to suppress Hongqi.

What a pity.

The two cars weren't even in the same price range.

Why compare them?

It was really shameless.

"Haokai, if you keep talking like that, I reckon Xixi is really going to slap you twice."

"Sigh, are people not allowed to tell the truth these days?"

"Haokai, you too, don't you know how to let a girl have her way? Men should be broad-minded!"

A few Rich second generation nearby spoke up in a sarcastic tone.

These people were all Rich second generation who liked cars, and they had frequent contact with Liu Haokai and Zhou Xiyue.

They were very familiar with each other.

Liu Haokai waved his hand, clearly unbothered, because what he said was, after all, the truth.

This expression was almost like a fuse, ready to blow Zhou Xiyue and the other two up.

What do you mean Xia country car companies aren't good?

What do you mean Hongqi is trash?

The anger in Zhou Xiyue's eyes intensified; she wished she could slap Liu Haokai to death.

But in her mind, Wang Xiuming's words still echoed.

"I can give you maximum freedom to design a car that belongs to you, belongs to Hongqi, and belongs to Xia country."

She turned her head and glanced at An Ruoyun.

Although she hid it well, Zhou Xiyue could still see the deep longing in her eyes.

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"General Manager Wang, the results of our trip to recruit at various universities this time were very good."

"Many graduates heard it was Hongqi and all wanted to sign up to come here."

"The school administration's attitude was also very good, stating they could arrange for some students to come to our Hongqi for internships."

"However, they couldn't control the rest."

Hongqi Group.

Old Li reported his work to Wang Xiuming, looking a bit excited.

"But those people in charge at the schools are real schemers."

"Clearly the current employment situation isn't very optimistic, yet they acted as if we were begging them."

Wang Xiuming wasn't surprised by Old Li's complaints.

Many universities are like this; even though graduation is equivalent to unemployment, they still insist on promoting their high employment rates to the outside world.

Forget it, just consider it a benefit for them.

"How many people have we recruited now?"

Wang Xiuming asked.

Hongqi is not only short of people at the factory, but talent is also scarce at the headquarters.

With so many production lines, plus the Power System about to go into production, and the heavy industry god king.

All of these need people.

The current factory is running non-stop around the clock.

But there are fewer than 200 people.

This has resulted in all Hongqi employees working endlessly every day.

"This time I ran to several universities, and just the ones who signed agreements exceed 800 people."

"As for the others who want to come for internships, or interviews, there are about another thousand."

"Basically, we have all the professional talent Hongqi needs."

So many?

Wang Xiuming was stunned; it seems he doesn't need to worry too much about the staffing problem for a short while.

"How long will it take for them?"

Time is money; Wang Xiuming wished he could use a big truck to haul the people over directly.

"The people who signed the agreements will arrive in three days; as for the others, it will take about half a month."

"General Manager Wang, that... over at Qian Weiyi's side, did they build a crane called something like the heavy industry god king?"

On the way back, Old Li heard people from his own department talking about this.

Saying it was like a transformers, Hongqi's greatest black technology, and so on.

At the time, Old Li was completely confused.

Later, after seeing the video taken by an employee, he casually asked which workshop had developed it.

Old Li understood; this was a crane!

"You crafty Old Jia, no wonder you told me to stay outside for a few more days!"

"You are definitely eating this sh*t!"

After saying goodbye to Wang Xiuming, Old Li ran downstairs directly and went to the factory to find Old Jia.

Before going, he first took out a lump of pitch-black stuff from his office.

Clearly, this guy hadn't just prepared it for a day or two.

"Old Jia, you old rascal, is it time to fulfill your promise?"

Production workshop, office.

Carrying a bag, Old Li burst in directly, his face excited.

Old Jia, who was working, changed his expression, but then immediately put on a full smile.

"Aiyo, isn't this Old Li?"

"You didn't tell me when you got back so I could pick you up."

"Hmph, if I had told you, wouldn't you have run away immediately?"

Old Li gloated, "Anyway, is it time to fulfill your promise?"

Old Jia rolled his eyes, his expression unchanging; clearly, he already had a plan.

"Of course I have to fulfill it, think carefully, I didn't say when to eat it at the time, just wait a bit longer."

"Don't worry, I, Old Jia, am definitely not the kind of person who breaks their word!"

Good grief.

Can you even play it like that?

Old Li really hadn't expected Old Jia to say that.

But he had prepared for so long, how could he let Old Jia get away with it?

"Since you won't eat it, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Saying that, Old Li reached into his briefcase with one hand and pulled out a lump of pitch-black, sticky stuff.

"Holy sh*t, you're playing for real!"

Old Jia couldn't believe his eyes; Old Li just scooped it out with his hand?

This, this guy is ruthless!

Slap!

Before Old Jia could react, that lump of black stuff was smeared directly onto his face.

Ugh!

Old Jia looked like he was constipated and his expression changed immediately.

Wait!

Why does this thing taste a little sweet?

Old Jia savored the taste.

Chocolate!

That's right, it's chocolate.

Damn it, you scared the hell out of me!

Looking at Old Li laughing heartily in front of him, Old Jia lunged forward and smeared the chocolate from his own face back onto Old Li's face.