By the next morning, Yang Ruoqian understood the real enemy.
It was not the color.
It was the summary.
Colors helped eyes.
Summaries helped decisions.
Decisions were where labor went to die.
At nine, he entered the meeting with a clear order.
"No change summaries."
The assistant lead blinked.
"Owners are using them voluntarily."
"Then discourage volunteering."
Finance asked, "How?"
"Say summaries may be incomplete."
"They may make them more complete."
"Say complete summaries are too long."
"They may make them concise."
Yang looked at the ceiling.
The ceiling had no suggestions.
That was why he preferred it.
At ten, he tried the soft version.
"Reply: full documents are authoritative."
The assistant lead typed it.
Full documents are authoritative.
Yang admired the sentence.
It sounded like it had a stamp.
Then the operations manager said, "Owners can still summarize and attach the full document."
"Tell them the summary is unofficial."
