In the system, once you are the first to speak, you have to be deferential and obsequious—even if you’re just asking someone to move their feet so you can sweep the floor. You might as well be kowtowing to them.
That is the theory of "whoever speaks first loses."
Qi Tongwei simply wouldn't speak, forcing Li Gang to guess. And even after guessing, he had to take the initiative to get things done for him, exercising his own subjective initiative to make it look perfect.
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