1979 My Life in the Era

Chapter 332: Explosion
After meeting Anaiasna, Ning Weidong did not stop and continued to take the bus to Chita, the capital of the Baikal Region.

We didn't arrive until dark.

Anaiasna had already arranged accommodation for her, a rather luxurious three-story building in the city center.

Unlike the last time he came, Ning Weidong now has some foundation here and has mastered a lot of resources through Anaiasna.

After dinner, the two met again after a long separation and had a fierce fight.

Although the emperor is far away, Ning Weidong is not without spies here.

Anaiasna naturally didn't dare to act recklessly. Besides, she was not an ordinary person. She was able to graduate from the Swallow Training Camp and undergo ophthalmological training. In addition to her beauty, her willpower and wisdom were beyond ordinary people.

She will not destroy the life she has worked so hard to get because of a man.

Her current wealth and power, and the reason why all the officials were polite to her, all depended on Ning Weidong.

If she betrayed Ning Weidong, all this would be in vain.

On the elastic mattress, Ning Weidong leaned his body like a cricket pupa against the headboard.

Anaiasna immediately took the cigarette from the bedside and gently put it in his mouth.

With a "click", a little flame came out of the lighter.

Ning Weidong took a deep breath of smoke and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Anaiasna lay on his chest like a cat: "Dear, what do you think will happen if old Kirolev goes to Moscow this time?"

Ning Weidong patted her shoulder from time to time and said thoughtfully, "It's hard to say, but don't hold out too much hope. Since the news has spread, it means the other party is very determined. Bakibanov is in charge of this matter, and now this situation has happened, which is equivalent to slapping him in the face. If it weren't for the situation, it would never have come to this."

Anaiasuna frowned and said, "Will this have any impact on us?"

Ning Weidong chuckled: "Don't worry, the other party has come up with so many tricks, the purpose is nothing more than to put pressure on us, to intervene and share the cake. If they want to share the cake, they won't overturn the table."

Anaiasna nodded, but suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, there is one thing that I feel is not right."

Ning Weidong raised his eyebrows: "You say."

Anaiasuna’s background was such that although she didn’t graduate normally and didn’t have any practical experience, she took all the classes she was supposed to take and her achievements were quite outstanding.

Since she noticed it, it must be unusual and important.

Anaiasna said, “In the past two months, our TVs seem to have more and more quality problems.”

Ning Weidong's heart moved, and he immediately sat up straight and said, "What's going on? Tell me in detail."

Since the joint venture started producing color cathode ray tubes in the second half of last year, the electronics factory's output of Panasonic-imitation 18-inch color televisions has reached sets per month.

The quality has also been greatly improved, with the yield rate reaching over 95%.

Although the televisions sold may have quality problems, and although they are solved by Speedlink, they can be divided into two situations.

One type is directly OEM, such as Panasonic, Toshiba, Sony and the like. Ning Weidong does not care about this type of product after it is sold, and the price will be higher.

The other is Ning Weidong’s own Dongyi brand TV. He certainly can’t fool people with his own brand, so if there is any quality problem, he can replace it.

And what Anaiasna said was that the problem was with the Dongyi brand TV.

When he finished speaking, Ning Weidong's expression became more serious: "It actually exploded?"

In fact, in Speedlink, it is not uncommon for TV sets to explode.

Especially those produced in their own country, explosion accidents often occur due to insufficient technology.

But Ning Weidong got the Oriental technology and basically avoided the explosion.

However, there is a probability of this happening, and the Japanese cannot guarantee 100% that there will be no explosion.

If it was just a small probability, it would be fine. I was afraid that someone was deliberately setting up a trap. Anaiasna continued: "I immediately dealt with it at the time. It just exploded, and no one was injured. I replaced it with a new one."

Ning Weidong said: "It's been two months, why didn't you tell me?"

Anaiasuna lowered her head: "At the time, I thought it was just an isolated case."

Ning Weidong said "hmm" and stopped worrying about it.

Firstly, no one was hurt, and secondly, the explosion of a TV was nothing to Speedlink, so it was normal that Anaiasna didn't take it seriously.

I didn’t mention it last time, but I bring it up now. It must be more than just this.

As expected, Anaiasna said, “But I didn’t expect that three more would explode afterwards.”

Ning Weidong clicked his tongue.

Normally, if only one machine exploded, it could be ignored, but four machines exploded in two consecutive months was definitely not a coincidence.

Even before the joint venture went into production, all televisions were assembled using low-quality parts from Japan, and the workers were all novices, so the failure rate was several times higher than it is now, and there were still no explosions for several months at that time.

On the contrary, the failure rate has now dropped, but explosions continue.

Ning Weidong asked: "How did you deal with it?"

Anaiasna said, "Although I doubted the second time, I still had some luck. Until the third time, five days ago, there was another explosion. I wanted to send you a telegram, but I was afraid that there might be other situations. I thought you would come in a few days, so I didn't tell you."

Ning Weidong guessed that Anaiasna was actually worried about old Kiroryov.

Although they are partners with Kiroryov, there are conflicts of interest.

Anaiasna knew their own people better, so when she discovered the situation, she immediately suspected old Kirolev.

It's just that yesterday old Kirolev and Seryosha suddenly went to Moscow, which eliminated the suspicion of these two people.

Ning Weidong thought for a moment and said, "What's going on in the newspapers and on the radio?"

Anaiasna also thought of it and immediately said, "I sent someone to keep an eye on it, but there is no movement yet."

Ning Weidong didn't breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, he frowned and muttered, "Cast a long line to catch a big fish?"

If these TV explosions were not accidental, then they must have been an ambush.

In addition, the fact that old Kirolev's promotion to governor was blocked by someone made Ning Weidong more and more certain that the two sides were definitely connected.

There is no movement now, just waiting for the opportunity to strike.

Ning Weidong immediately said, "Send someone to find those families and make sure they shut their mouths."

Anaiasna nodded quickly and was about to make a phone call.

Ning Weidong added: "Let Sangitorov go."

Anaiasuna's heart sank: "Is it that serious?"

Since following him to the Baikal region, Sangitolov has risen rapidly in the career of the government and now works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chita City.

Ning Weidong was even less optimistic: "I'm afraid that even if Sangitorov goes there, he may not be able to find anyone."

Anaiasuna reacted quickly: "You mean, someone will hide those people!"

Ning Weidong took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I hope I'm just worrying too much."

Anaiasna pursed her lips, called Sangitorov immediately without saying anything else.

(End of this chapter)