The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 211 Funny list, got slapped in the face
In early 1980, the American science fiction series "The Man from Atlantis", introduced by the dubbing department of Huaxia TV, appeared on TV screens every Thursday night.

This was the first American TV series to be introduced and broadcast on mainland TV stations.

The style of this series is rigorous and simple, and compared with other science fiction TV series, it is closer to the actual situation of scientific undertakings.

Compared with the gorgeous blockbusters that came later, "The Man from Atlantis" is actually very simple.

The image converted from analog signal is poor and even a little blurry.

Apart from the "Sea Whale" that looks like a pile of sugar, there is no trace of "high technology" in the play.

Some special effects are created by simple models, shot cutting and image editing.

The scene editing that fades in and out has a very primitive feel.

However, the impact of "The Man from Atlantis" on China is actually quite great.

There are two things that cannot be ignored, one is the frog mirror, and the other is the frisbee.

Mike Harris wore a pair of sunglasses, which were imitated by fashionable young people. Along with bell-bottom pants, floral shirts and portable tape recorders, they became the standard equipment for street youth in 1980.

Everyone calls it Mike mirror, also called frog mirror, and some call it panda mirror.

The lenses of this type of glasses are large and light in color. They can block wind and protect the eyes, as well as provide sun protection. There must be a self-adhesive trademark in the upper left corner of the lens, which cannot be peeled off because it represents the original product.

Against this backdrop, many people's curiosity about America has reached a high point.

The opportunity to go on a business trip to the United States is definitely something that many people do not want to miss and will strive for.

The Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant unexpectedly received an invitation letter from General Motors of America, which promised to host a five-member inspection team and provide various expenses including air tickets, food and lodging.

Naturally, someone from the First Ministry of Machine Building had their eyes on such a good inspection opportunity.

"Take down Chen Qi and Jiang Hui. Just keep Director Zheng Haiming at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant. Also keep Professor Zhu Jiansheng from the Capital University of Technology."

"The remaining three places are reserved for our department."

The procedures for going abroad at this time are very complicated.

According to the original plan, this time the Ministry of First Machine Industry would arrange a person to serve as the head of the delegation, taking Zheng Haiming, Zhu Jiansheng, Chen Qi and Jiang Hui to visit General Motors in the United States.

However, this list was stuck in the General Office within the Ministry of First Machine Building, which was responsible for specific overseas affairs.

"Director, if this happens, will there be a commotion at the Capital Automobile Factory?"

As the clerk who actually runs errands, he would not be given the chance after the quota change, so he actually did not want to have any setbacks in his life.

But since the director had given the order, he didn't dare to disobey.

However, he must first point out some possible risks to avoid being blamed.

"What are you fussing about? The previous contact with General Motors was originally led by the First Ministry of Machinery Industry, and the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant is also under the management of our ministry. Don't they even have this much awareness?"

“This time I will personally lead the team and go to investigate with our director and union leaders.”

As the deputy director of the General Office, Li Benman is in charge of some business related to overseas management.

He must make full use of such a good opportunity.

It’s a pity that there are only five places, otherwise he could arrange for more people to participate.

"Okay, then I'll go collect the documents and other information of the relevant personnel and complete the formalities as soon as possible."

Since the leader had said so, Yue Rui could only handle it according to his instructions.

Over at the American Embassy, ​​Smith had been paying close attention to General Motors' invitation to Jiang Hui and Zhu Jiansheng to visit its American headquarters.

After waiting for a long time, the Ministry of First Machine Industry finally sent the documents for visa processing. He immediately couldn't wait to follow up in person.

However, something happened that puzzled him.

"Woodcock, China's First Machinery Ministry has sent over the visa application materials for personnel going to General Motors for inspection. However, the list looks a bit strange. I only saw Zhu Jiansheng, not Jiang Hui."

Smith knew that Woodcock took this matter very seriously, so he went to report to him as soon as possible.

"Zheng Haiming, Zhu Jiansheng, Yang Jiansong, Cai Haoning, Li Benman, how come three people from the First Ministry of Machine Building are going together?"

Woodcock took the information Smith handed over and read it quickly.

"Yes, according to the information I originally had, this time the Ministry of First Machinery Industry should arrange a person to take people from the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and Capital University of Technology to America for the inspection."

"GM wanted to invite Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui the most. The others were invited as a group so that Jiang Hui and his friends could put their worries aside."

"But now the list for overseas inspections has become like this..."

Smith was a little unsure of what to do.

Logically speaking, the list of personnel from China who were going to inspect General Motors had nothing to do with them, and they could arrange for anyone to go.

The embassy is only responsible for getting the visa.

But Smith knew that this matter was rather special, so he came to discuss it with Woodcock.

"Tell GM this information, ask for their opinion, and then make further arrangements."

After a little thought, Woodcock found a solution.

Smith naturally had no objection to this.

That evening, Austin, who had just started work on the Pacific side, received a transatlantic call from Smith.

"What? Jiang Hui is not on the list?"

"Fake!"

Austin couldn't help but swear.

The last time he went on a business trip to the capital, the most important outcome was inviting Jiang Hui and Zhu Jiansheng to visit and inspect the General Motors headquarters in the United States.

After fully witnessing Jiang Hui's professional level, Austin was very eager to attract Jiang Hui to join GM's design team.

But after working so hard for so long, it ended up like this.

Could it be that Jiang Hui changed his mind midway?

It shouldn’t be!

"I also find it a bit strange. This list does not meet our previous expectations, so I called you to communicate with you."

Across the Pacific Ocean, Smith could also feel Austin's dissatisfaction.

At this point, he basically knew that there must be something wrong with the list handed over by the Ministry of First Machine Building.

But he still didn't quite understand where the problem lay.

"The purpose of establishing this inspection team is to invite Jiang Hui to go abroad for inspection. If he is not on the list, there is no need for this delegation to exist."

Austin said in a stiff tone.

He didn't care how high the personnel level of the First Ministry of Machine Building was, he just wanted to see Jiang Hui come to General Motors.

"How about this, I approved the visas for Zhu Jiansheng and Zheng Haiming, and rejected the visas for the other three. Let's see what the lists they resubmit look like."

"If Jiang Hui is still not available, we will discuss a solution."

Smith already fully understands GM's thinking.

Then he knew exactly what he should do.

Whether the visa is approved or not is entirely up to the embassy.

They don't even need to explain to anyone why they don't approve your visa.

Soon, Smith took charge of the visa issue himself.

Afterwards, someone was asked to notify the staff from the First Ministry of Machine Building to come and collect the information.

"Ah? The visas of our director, deputy director, and union leader were all rejected?"

When Yue Rui took the information, he felt like his head was about to explode.

He thought that the call from the American Embassy informing him to come and collect the documents meant that his visa application had been arranged.

Who knew this would be the case.

Doesn't this make things difficult for him?
If he brought this result back, God knew how Li Benman would look at him.

“Why was the visa rejected?”

Yue Rui couldn't help but ask the embassy staff, but the answer he got was a cold "No comment!"

Knowing that he wouldn't be able to get any information out of him, Yue Rui had no choice but to bite the bullet and return to the department with the information.

"Old Yue, why do you look so sad?"

Downstairs in the First Ministry of Machine Building, Yue Rui ran into Wei Shuwu who was about to go out to do some business, and the other party greeted him.

"Oh, don't mention it. The visas I sent to the American Embassy were rejected by three leaders in the department. The other party didn't explain why. I don't know how to explain it to Director Li later."

Yue Rui and Wei Shuwu were college students who entered the Ministry of Machine Building in the same year, and they had a very good relationship.

That's why he dared to bring up the problem as soon as they met.

"The leaders of the department are going to America for an inspection?"

"It seems there are no special events recently."

Wei Shu Wu asked in confusion.

There are no secrets in the agency.

For things like this kind of overseas inspection group, it is basically impossible to keep the news secret. "It's about the inspection trip to General Motors. Your Automobile Bureau knows it best."

After Yue Rui said this, Wei, Shu and Wu felt even more puzzled.

"Didn't General Motors specifically invite people from Capital Automobile Manufacturing and Capital University of Technology for the inspection?"

"At most, we can send one person from our department to lead the group, right? Otherwise, we don't even need one person."

Wei Shuwu looked at Yue Rui in confusion, feeling that there seemed to be something they had overlooked.

"That was the original arrangement. Capital Automobile Manufacturing Company sent three people, Capital University of Technology sent one person, and our General Office arranged a person to lead the team."

“But when the list reached Director Li, it was not approved.”

"The list we rearranged is Zheng Haiming, the factory director of Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, and Zhu Jiansheng, the dean of Capital University of Technology. The remaining three people are Director Yang and Director Li of our department, and Leader Cai of the labor union."

After Yue Rui said this, Wei Shuwu couldn't help but frowned.

Having stayed in the agency for a long time, he could naturally understand the ins and outs quickly.

It is obvious that the General Office has taken a fancy to this opportunity for overseas inspection.

I don’t know why, but when I went to the American Embassy to apply for a visa, I was stuck.

It is a relatively rare situation for a visa to be rejected in the Ministry of First Machine Building.

At least Yue Rui has never encountered it.

After all, these people are traveling abroad on official business, and the relevant information is endorsed by relevant Chinese departments. The American Embassy rarely refuses to issue visas to these people.

"General Motors invited Jiang Hui to this inspection, right?"

Wei, Shu and Wu have had a lot of contact with Jiang Hui during this period, so they naturally know something about the relevant situations.

Jiang Hui was not on the list at the moment, and he immediately felt something was wrong.

Maybe the visas for the personnel of the Ministry of First Machine Industry were rejected this time because the list was wrong.

"Originally there was, but when reporting to our Director Li, the list was revised."

"According to the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, for this inspection, we only need to arrange an ordinary staff member to serve as the leader, but..."

Yue Rui didn't need to say much, Wei, Shu and Wu knew what was going on.

A similar thing happened when we visited Japan some time ago.

Originally, it was people from the factory below who went to Japan for inspection, but in the end, more than half of the inspection team were people from the ministry. There was even one person who was neither from the Ministry of First Machine Building nor from the factory, but from a local department and had nothing to do with the project at all.

The water here is quite complicated, and Wei, Shu and Wu dare not gossip too much.

"Go report to Director Li as soon as possible and see what arrangements he has made."

"Let's go find a place to have a couple of drinks later. We haven't gotten together for a while."

In this matter, Wei, Shu and Wu could not help Yue Rui in any way.

Yue Rui was also very clear about this.

So I had no choice but to go to Li Benman to report.

"Director Li, I got the visa information back."

Yue Rui met Li Benman in his office smoothly.

When the other party saw him coming back with the documents, he said happily, "Since the visa has been approved, you should finalize your schedule as soon as possible and book your flight tickets to avoid any unexpected problems."

After hearing what Li Benman said, Yue Rui's face was full of bitterness.

At this time, Li Benman also realized that something seemed a little wrong and asked, "What's wrong? Are there any difficulties? Did something happen at home?"

Li Benman never thought that his visa would be rejected. This had never happened before.

For people in these ministries, getting a visa is just a process.

"There were indeed some unexpected things. Only Zheng Haiming and Zhu Jiansheng's visas were approved this time. The others were rejected."

Yue Rui spoke carefully, fearing that Li Benman would vent his anger on him.

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Li Benman's expression changed suddenly.

“Didn’t pass?”

“How could it be possible that it didn’t pass?”

"Is there any information you haven't prepared yet?"

Li Benman couldn't understand why his visa would not be approved.

This kind of thing can't happen.

"I have checked all the information. The five people's preparations are the same. It should have nothing to do with the information itself."

Yue Rui certainly cannot admit that it is a problem with the data, because wouldn't that be equivalent to admitting that it is his problem?
I don't want to be the scapegoat.

The key point is that in fact it is not a problem with the information. No matter how he improves it, it is impossible for Li Benman and others to obtain a visa.

If we admit this, it will cause more trouble later.

"What's the problem?"

"Did the visa officer at the American Embassy give any instructions?"

Li Benman continued to ask with a dark face.

But these problems of his were destined to not get satisfactory results.

But if I can’t get a visa, this overseas inspection trip will definitely not go smoothly.

And now that the matter has come to this point, it must be reported to the higher-ups, otherwise it will be embarrassing.

"I asked the other party, but got no information, and the other party did not intend to give any explanation."

"Or maybe the ministry could consider finding out the situation through other channels?"

As soon as Yue Rui finished speaking, Li Benman's secretary walked in.

He didn't care that Li Benman was talking to Yue Rui, and went straight to Li Benman and said, "Boss, General Motors sent a letter of contact. They are questioning why Jiang Hui is not on our inspection list. They said that if Jiang Hui is not there, then there is no need for this inspection."

"They also explicitly said that they hope Zheng Haiming, Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui will all be on the delegation's list. They just want to have a good exchange with the people at Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant."

After hearing what the secretary said, Yue Rui felt relieved.

Obviously, there seems to be some overlap between these two things.

Zhu Jiansheng and Zheng Haiming, the two people General Motors wanted to invite, successfully obtained visas.

The others were rejected.

Li Benman was not stupid and he quickly realized this.

However, he couldn't lose his temper at this time, so he could only hold his anger in his heart.

"If it's not necessary, then it's not necessary. Does GM really think it's the only car company in the world?"

"I've already been squeezed out by Toyota, but it seems like it's still very powerful."

"If you have the guts, don't get in touch with us."

Li Benman said very unhappily.

Obviously, this matter is absolutely shameful.

After the news got out, he, the deputy director, felt ashamed.

Of course, he also knew that his secretary and Yue Rui were not the kind of people who would gossip casually.

But I still feel unhappy.

"Director Li, what should we do next?"

Yue Rui asked cautiously.

He didn't want to ask, but this matter definitely couldn't stay in his hands, otherwise problems would arise sooner or later, and she would have to take the blame.

"What do you mean?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

"I still have to explain the situation to the director and Leader Cai."

Li Benman's words made Yue Rui feel helpless.

However, a higher-ranking official can crush a person, not to mention that the rank difference between the two people is more than one level.

"Then I will try to submit the visa application documents according to the list originally provided by the Capital Automobile Factory?"

No matter how helpless we are, we still have to do our work.

Otherwise, Yue Rui's situation would be even worse.

"Just send Chen Qi and Jiang Hui's information over, and also your own information."

"If there is anything else, come to me again."

Although Li Benman was very angry, he also knew that the best way was to let this matter go as soon as possible.

Otherwise, you might end up feeling even more embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)