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Chapter 283 - 281: Competing for the Project?

Chapter 283: Chapter 281: Competing for the Project?

When you come to work, it’s naturally necessary to understand the project situation in advance.

According to Weng Pinting, the student that Nan Zhubin and his team are about to evaluate has already undergone several official assessments before they arrived. Because the official assessment results were not accepted, there have been continuous appeals, which led to the initiation of the "social experts assessment" process.

Nan Zhubin had already acquired some obtainable information about this student through Weng Pinting.

In addition to the official assessment results, there are also basic living conditions and family information.

Chonghui had also worked overtime to read through the materials after getting off the plane.

At this moment, he nodded affirmatively at Nan Zhubin: "The information I saw is the same."

Speaking as he pulled Nan Zhubin a bit, dragging him from the very front to hold him back, indicating not to rush. Then, turning towards Chang Ming’s direction, he tentatively asked: "Are they from your side?"

Chang Ming heard Chonghui’s question and shook his head.

Actually, just looking at this liaison’s expression, you can tell that he is just as surprised as Nan Zhubin and his team, and doesn’t even know who is inside.

Chonghui obviously could see this. But at this moment, he deliberately asked this question, with the underlying intention of suggesting Chang Ming, as the representative of the authority, go forward to confirm the situation inside.

After all, he and Nan Zhubin are the ones who were invited to help.

Sure enough, Chang Ming pondered for a moment and took a few steps forward from the back of the group.

"Knock knock knock——" Directly knocking on the door, this community doesn’t even have doorbells.

The sounds of quarreling inside abruptly stopped.

Then came the thumping footsteps.

"Who is it?"

"Hello, I’m Chang Ming from the Health Commission, who visited before."

With a click, the door opened, revealing a woman’s face, looking about forty years old, exhausted.

"Director Chang." The woman evidently wasn’t seeing Chang Ming for the first time. Her tone was stiff, but still polite, "Why are you here?"

"Wasn’t an assessment for student Xiao Li scheduled in the afternoon? I brought the experts along."

"Experts?" Unexpectedly, the woman exclaimed upon hearing this, "Haven’t they arrived already?"

Upon hearing this, Nan Zhubin, Chonghui, and Chang Ming all had their expressions change simultaneously.

Meanwhile, it seemed two men inside the room also heard the commotion and appeared in view.

...

The two people inside the room, one tall and one short, were dressed quite uniformly, with polo shirts and casual business suits.

This attire is very staid and stable, aligning with the stereotypical impression people have of jobs like "teachers."

Facing this kind of situation, the two initially appeared flustered.

But the shorter one, upon clearly seeing the situation at the door, quickly calmed down.

The taller one hurriedly asked: "Teacher Yang, what should we do?"

The short one shook his head: "Don’t panic."

While saying this, he waved the evaluation report in his hand: "We have this."

Tall one: "...???"

Seeing the assistant’s puzzled expression, the shorter one felt exasperated: "Our report, the format and procedure within, meet the standards, right?"

"Yes, but—"

"But, we didn’t obtain the commission to do the evaluation." The short one interrupted, "Without this ’beginning,’ the subsequent process, no matter how standard, is useless— is this what you intend to say?"

The tall one nodded repeatedly.

"Fool!" The short one scolded harshly.

As mentioned earlier, the current project in hand is of the kind that can earn favor but is tough to profit from. Yet, the ones seeking favor aren’t qualified to take on projects; those qualified don’t need to earn favor.

The tall one and the short one are the sort who wish to earn favor but have no project-taking qualification.

However, they are somewhat better than others.

Though unqualified to take projects, they possess the ability to uncover the project’s details clearly.

Also capable of— taking an unconventional path, getting on first, then sorting out the ticket.

At this moment, the short one shook the freshly prepared evaluation report in his hand: "What’s inside this that we just wrote?"

The tall one said: "It’s that the student’s illness is—"

The short one interrupted: "That’s not the main point. What conclusion can be drawn from this?"

The tall one’s eyes suddenly brightened: "The student’s fall, the school has no responsibility?"

The short one showed a teachable expression: "With this report, everyone benefits. Even if the Health Commission initially didn’t hire us, afterward they wouldn’t mind letting things slide..."

Similarly, even if this little scheme doesn’t work, at least it can smooth over today’s awkward situation.

The short teacher and tall assistant thought as much.

But suddenly, Chang Ming was ushered inside by the parent.

This naturally allowed those entering behind him to come into the view of the two uninvited guests.

"Who are these?!!"

The originally relaxed short and tall ones suddenly stiffened like zombies.

"Teacher Yang...isn’t that Nan Zhubin? Nan Zhubin from the supervision conference a few days ago?"

"...It seems like it."

"Can we have mistaken him... maybe just someone resembling him closely?"

"...Such a face, it’s impossible for someone else to look so similar."

"Teacher Yang, what should we do?"

The short one didn’t speak, but the earlier confident demeanor had vanished without a trace, leaving him more panicked than when he saw Chang Ming.

He asserted resolutely: "Nan Zhubin... He’s good at consultation, which we can’t compare to; yet, ours is a psychological assessment, which not only speaks of professional skills but also human relations..."

...

On the other side, after a simple exchange with the student’s parent, Chang Ming knew what had happened.

—Two wild consultants who hadn’t taken a project came unauthorized to conduct consultations.

This is a very serious matter.

However.

Before others could speak, the short one hurriedly handed over his business card.

"Hello, Director Chang, we are introduced here by Director Zhang, perhaps didn’t communicate well beforehand with you, thus now... there’s some misunderstanding."

He showed a very professional calm and an extremely courteous smile.

If "need favor but can’t take projects" is considered one level, "can take projects but don’t need favor" is another level.

The tall one and the short one seem to hover between the two.

Being able to take unconventional paths, trying to overtake on bends, naturally isn’t without skill.

At least they can find out the project’s details, understand specific processes, and finally reach the juncture of "getting on first, then sorting the ticket."

Therefore, facing Chang Ming, they still held some measure of confidence.

At the same time, mentioning "Director Zhang’s" name, presenting their liaison, was calculated to leverage the public officials’ reluctance to expose internal conflicts before the masses, utilizing the other’s sense of propriety to gain a chance.

As expected.

"Oh, I see." Chang Ming calmly remarked.