"What? The product we designed has a problem?"
"And it's going to delay the delivery date?"
"How could something like this happen?"
"The samples tested perfectly before, and we received rave reviews at the exhibition. How could there be a problem?"
Jiang Nan Fang shook his hand away.
"Watch your tone. You were there when the samples were accepted, and you clearly saw there were no issues!"
"If there's a problem now, it's because your assembly team didn't check properly internally. What does it have to do with me, a designer?"
"We won't know if it has anything to do with you until we go to the site. As a designer, shouldn't your first reaction to a problem be to take responsibility, not shirk it?"
Fine.
As an excellent product manager, shirking responsibility shouldn't be my first reaction when a problem arises.
Even though I'm exhausted and haven't eaten, Jiang Nan Fang didn't want to ruin her reputation.
She didn't want to betray Vice President Gao's trust.
And she definitely didn't want this scoundrel to criticize her for it!
So, gritting her teeth, she said, "Fine, I'll go. But let's be clear: if the problem isn't with me after the inspection, you have to apologize for what you just said!"
Soon, the two arrived on the first floor.
Zhan Bei Jue drove, and Jiang Nan Fang sat in the passenger seat.
She was really hungry.
The car weaved through the bustling night market streets, lined with shops.
Looking at the dazzling array of food, Jiang Nan Fang's mouth watered.
"Can you pull over so I can buy something to eat? I haven't eaten since noon, I'm so hungry."
As if he had eaten.
Zhan Bei Jue also hadn't eaten a bite since noon.
But he didn't want to eat.
"At a time like this, you're still thinking about eating? Are you a pig?"
"Zhan Bei Jue, even though we have some personal grudges, there's no need to resort to personal attacks."
"I gave birth to two children for you. If I'm a pig, then what are you? And what are your children?"
"..." Zhan Bei Jue shot her a dark glance. "What do you want to eat? Hurry up!"
There happened to be a night market stall by the roadside, steaming hot, selling fast food.
Jiang Nan Fang pointed. "Eat this. Wait for me for two minutes, I'll be right back."
Zhan Bei Jue pulled over, and she got out, running to the stall owner.
"Boss, one order of fried noodles."
"Coming right up. Anything you want to add? Egg? Or sausage?"
"Add both egg and sausage."
"Want chili?"
"No. How much?"
The boss glanced at the car Jiang Nan Fang had just gotten out of. "Just one order?"
The implication was, did she want to get another order for the person in the car?
Zhan Bei Jue didn't smell of alcohol at all and looked neat and tidy. He probably hadn't eaten either.
Jiang Nan Fang felt like a saint.
Given their relationship, she still wanted to care if his stomach was full.
"Forget it, add another order."
If her kindness wasn't appreciated and he refused to eat it, she'd just eat both portions herself.
She'd consider it making up for the hunger of the past two days!
The boss worked quickly, but it still took five minutes to fry two orders.
Jiang Nan Fang got back into the car with the fried noodles, Zhan Bei Jue's face as dark as Bao Gong's.
"Didn't you say two minutes? What time is it now? You have no sense of time."
"You, you always..."
Jiang Nan Fang handed the fried noodles to him, trying to shut him up.
"You probably haven't eaten either, so I bought you a portion. The time was wasted on you, so don't blame me."
The cheap cooking oil, mixed with various seasonings, made the food look exceptionally fragrant.
In the confined space of the car, in front of someone who had been hungry all day, the aroma hit them, and Zhan Bei Jue couldn't help but swallow.
But!
"Who asked you to buy it for me? I don't eat this kind of garbage from roadside stalls. It can cause colon cancer."
She knew this kind of arrogant person wouldn't look down on food eaten by ordinary people.
Jiang Nan Fang took the noodles back with feigned sincerity.
"If you don't want it, fine. Then you drive, and I'll eat mine."
The plastic bag was opened, and the aroma wafted out. The golden eggs, the bright red sausages, paired with noodles coated in various sauces, were truly a feast for the eyes and nose.
Jiang Nan Fang ate heartily, while Zhan Bei Jue glanced at her, irritably rolling down the car window.
"Normally, if you dared to eat in my car, especially this kind of garbage, I'd kick you all the way to the Pacific."
It's only because you just had surgery!
But he didn't say the latter part.
It smelled so good, and Jiang Nan Fang was so hungry, she ate without any regard for her image.
"I know, I know, it's just this once. If you hadn't insisted on me riding in your car, I wouldn't have bothered eating in it anyway."
Jiang Nan Fang overestimated her appetite.
Halfway through, her stomach was too full to hold any more.
Burping, she slowly stuffed the food into her mouth, adhering to the principle of not wasting food.
She had reached the stage where the food tasted like chewing wax, while Zhan Bei Jue's stomach rumbled with hunger.
This damned woman always knew how to provoke him!
"I can't eat anymore, I'm too full."
Taking a couple more bites, she put the remaining half back into the box and leaned back against the seat, satisfied.
"You're really not going to eat it? If not, pull over, and I'll throw the rest away."
Throw it away?
A bowl of fragrant food from a high-end brand...
"No. My background and upbringing do not allow me to eat this kind of garbage."
"Clang!" Jiang Nan Fang threw the food into the trash can.
With fewer cars on the road at night, they sped along and soon arrived at the dock.
Staff were waiting at the entrance. Zhan Bei Jue parked the car, and they headed straight for the cargo containers.
The unpacked products were placed on the ground, and a staff member pointed them out to Zhan Bei Jue.
"It was just packing, and it wasn't subjected to any external pressure, but the casing is already damaged. What will happen if this is sent to the customer?"
"We sampled ten boxes, and they were all like this."
Before Zhan Bei Jue could speak, Jiang Nan Fang, disbelieving, squatted down and picked up a product, examining it from all angles.
She immediately spotted the issue.
"It is indeed our product. But something is wrong. The material used is incorrect."
"When I issued the drawings, I specified that the casing material should be PVC. Why is PA66 being used here?"
The casing had the logo of Gre Electric, so there was no way to deny it.
Since Jiang Nan Fang had said so herself, it seemed the problem originated from the source.
Could the factory have mixed up the materials?
"Let's pull out a few more boxes from inside to check."
Zhan Bei Jue instructed the staff.
Soon, ten boxes were taken out from the middle and the back.
Upon opening them, as expected, all of them were incorrect.
"Jiang Nan Fang, are you sure your drawings specified PVC?"
It was wrong from beginning to end. Other than an error in the drawings, he couldn't think of any other reason.
"I'm sure! It's not the first time I've made this kind of product. Would I make such a low-level mistake?"
Jiang Nan Fang stated confidently, "It must be the procurement department that made a mistake. Let's pull up the procurement list and check. We have many more clients coming up, and we can't afford to keep making mistakes."
This product had secured hundreds of millions of orders at the exhibition.
If everything was wrong, Zhan Corporation would undoubtedly become a laughingstock.
Zhan Bei Jue was furious, gritting his teeth. He took out his phone and called Ah Zhong.
Soon, Ah Zhong sent over the procurement list and the drawings.
"Procurement says there's no mistake. The BOM table and drawings they received both specified PA66."
"Jiang Nan Fang, take a look at how you drew your drawings!"
Zhan Bei Jue pulled Jiang Nan Fang towards him.