(Mid-December 2025, XX Group Headquarters, Precision Instruments and High-End Equipment Business Unit)
Li Banjia knew all too well that dealing with Vice President Shi Wengu—a man as cold and unyielding as millennia-old ice—and the cohort of veteran experts under his command who believed that "experience is the absolute truth," any sweeping, storm-like "comprehensive health check report" or "subversive reform plan" would only prove counterproductive, stoking even fiercer resistance and defensiveness on their part.
"When tackling these venerable, stubborn maladies," Li Banjia said during an internal strategy seminar at the Digital Transformation Office, addressing Chang Siyuan, Lin Yixuan, Chen Mo, and the others, "we cannot simply rush in with major 'open-chest' surgery. We must start with a 'minimally invasive intervention,' pinpointing a small lesion that causes them the most pain, the most frustration, and yields the quickest results. In the shortest time possible, we must deliver undeniable therapeutic outcomes. Only when they witness the miraculous methods of the 'master physician' with their own eyes will they willingly lie down on the operating table and permit us a more comprehensive treatment."
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