That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1004: Technical Men Also Have Their Own Spring (Two in One)

Wu Yan and Jie Chengjun got along very well. Wu Yan just stood there stupidly with a stack of data in his hand, muttering something that Li Ye couldn't understand.

Seeing Wu Yan's serious look, Li Ye knew that he had probably found the right person this time.

He didn't want to interrupt their conversation, so he pulled Master Ni back to the kitchen and asked in a low voice, "If what you said is true, this old Jie is very capable, but just because of some rumors, he gave up your project and came to me to start from scratch?"

If we understand it normally, since the social circles these days are very small, the news that Xie Chengjun's wife ran away must have spread throughout Ni Dashen's circle, so it is reasonable for him to "cross the border" and come to Li Ye's small unit to avoid the limelight.

But Li Ye knew Mr. Ni. Like himself, he was also a manager who valued talents. How come he couldn't come up with a solution, leading to the loss of such a talented person?
Master Ni smiled awkwardly and said ashamedly, "I invited Lao Jie to lead the project after I spotted him, but the technical talents of several units across the country have been concentrated in China Mobile, and there is also a researcher similar to him among them."

Li Ye was surprised and asked, "That researcher is more powerful than Lao Jie?"

Master Ni was even more embarrassed. After a long while, he said awkwardly, "Professionally, we are equal. It's just that Lao Jie is not good at speaking. Something happened at home suddenly. After arguing with that person several times, he became discouraged."

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Li Ye was speechless.

Master Ni, you are still real. Lao Jie is your direct descendant. Wouldn't it be the end if you just excluded the other one?

But Master Ni didn't do that. He must have concluded after comparison that a taciturn person like Xie Chengjun is not as suitable as that person to be a project leader!
Because a project leader has to manage dozens of people, big and small, and also has to know how to communicate with superiors to obtain funding and rewards and honors.

Xie Chengjun has excellent professional skills, but his interpersonal skills are too poor. Master Ni can only help him temporarily, but not forever. In addition, his family has encountered changes, so Master Ni remembered Li Ye as a "good place".

This is also why it is difficult for honest people to stand up. If you don’t stand up for yourself, others can’t always stand up for you. Otherwise, they will become your shield. Why should they do that?
Unless working in a very suitable environment, an honest person is likely to be excluded when competing with colleagues.

Why did Lao Jie mention "Chuanfei" to Li Ye just now? Because some people suspect that when the "Third Front" was being built, those science and engineering men who were able to work but had low "emotional intelligence" and low "wine business" were all "exiled" to the southwest.

Leaving home five thousand miles away! How deep is the emotion here?

Fortunately, Li Ye's working environment here is very good. Just like Mr. Ren in later generations, he gives enough respect to technical personnel.

Wu Yan suddenly took Lao Jie's arm and left. When he saw Li Ye, he just said, "I have an idea that needs to be verified. I'll take Lao Jie to the R&D workshop. You call the security department to report."

The R&D workshop of the first branch factory does not allow outsiders to enter. Lao Jie just arrived today. Unless Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang report it, he cannot enter.

But Li Ye said unhappily: "I just arrived and haven't settled in yet! Why are you so anxious now?"

Wu Yan curled his lips and took Lao Jie downstairs by himself: "It seems like you are not in a hurry, so you don't look anxious either."

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Li Ye was furious. He rushed out of the room in two or three steps and shouted at the stairs: "We have to welcome Lao Jie after get off work today. You're done. The technicians should also pay attention to rest. And you have to wear a helmet on your motorcycle."

"Om~"

Wu Yan did not respond to Li Ye. He got on his motorcycle and took Lao Jie away. However, judging from the sound of the motorcycle, the speed was obviously much slower than when he came.

Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t respond, just be obedient.

Master Ni, who couldn't hold back his laughter, followed him out and smiled at Li Ye, "Is this how you usually treat them?"

Li Ye said indignantly: "I don't want to spoil them either, but you have to know that the thinking of technicians is different from that of ordinary people. Excessive restrictions on their freedom will affect their ability to perform."

Master Ni looked at Li Ye deeply and said, "Old Jie, it's probably the right thing for me to come to you."

Li Ye said as a matter of course: "Then you must have come to the right place! What I respect most here is technology. Pay attention, it is technology."

Master Ni nodded to show that he understood. What Li Ye respected here was not the person, but the technology. Even if you were an unknown person, as long as you had the technology, you would be respected. No matter how famous you were, if you didn't have the technology, you would have to stand aside.

Wu Yan is only 30 years old this year, but he was poached by Li Ye to serve as the chief engineer. His former direct subordinate Xiao Zhu is now working as a deputy technical section chief, assisting Wu Yan and his colleagues!
"Old Nie, please help arrange it. See if there is anything missing in this room and add whatever you need. Don't wait for others to ask for help when they have difficulties or needs. Try to get things done in advance."

After Lao Jie left, Li Ye turned around and instructed Lao Jie from the General Affairs Department to settle the new employees.

Then he saw Lao Jie's daughter coming over and said carefully, "Director Li, I have something to trouble you with."

Li Ye quickly agreed: "Oh, your name is Jie Fangfang, right? Tell me what's going on."

Xie Fangfang said: "Director Li, when I transfer my household registration, I want to change my name to Xie Ruonan."

"change name?"

Li Ye said in surprise: "It is your freedom to change your name. You don't need to tell me, right?"

Xie Fangfang looked at Li Ye strangely and said, "I need a letter of introduction from my employer. I'm not old enough, so I need my dad to take the letter of introduction to the household registration department to handle the formalities for me."

"Oh, I didn't know this before," Li Ye also said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll find someone to do it for you later."

Xie Fangfang smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Li."

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Li Ye looked at Jie Fangfang's smile and felt as if she was relieved of something.

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After Master Ni sent the people over, he was about to go back in a hurry, but after seeing Wu Yan's attitude towards Li Ye, he changed his mind and decided to have a chat with Li Ye.

Now the business run by Mr. Ni is getting bigger and bigger, and he has many technical projects under his charge. It is very complicated to manage so many technical personnel, and it is not an easy task to make them play their roles efficiently.

So he was very interested in Li Ye's management methods and hoped to learn from them.

When he arrived at Li Ye's office, Master Ni saw the calligraphy on the wall at a glance.

He was stunned for several seconds before he said in a deep voice: "Li Ye, I feel ashamed that you have such ambition."

Li Ye waved his hand and said, "Old Ni, don't be modest. When you came back from Maple Leaf Country, you walked on the same path as me."

"Yeah, hehe~"

Master Ni's mood improved, but after chatting with Li Ye for an afternoon, he regretfully realized that he could not learn Li Ye's management methods.

If he were to bring Li Ye's entire approach to the mobile company, he would "make a mistake" within a few days and be dealt with by forces from all sides.

The first branch was built from scratch by gradually absorbing external personnel and gradually assimilating and forming a corporate atmosphere of "technology first". Everyone accepted the consensus that technicians were awesome, and the technicians' salaries were twice as high as that of Li Ye, the deputy factory director, and everyone thought it was normal.

If you try this trick with Ni Da Shen, it will be hard for Pan Xiaoying to pass it.

What's more, the first branch factory has the nature of a reform experiment and has foreign capital background, so even if it does something out of the ordinary, it is "excusable."

"Ah~"

Master Ni looked at the calligraphy on the wall again, sighed and said, "Li Ye! You must make a name for yourself.
When the time comes, the ministry will definitely promote your management experience to the whole country, and we will be blessed.”

Li Ye smiled gently: "We are the same kind of people, we should work together to achieve something great."

"Hahahaha, I feel embarrassed by what you said."

"Don't be so hypocritical with me. Stay for a drink tonight. Let's see if you're still embarrassed after you get drunk. Old Ni, you have ambitions too."

"Hmm~"

Master Ni nodded honestly and said, "As a human being, who doesn't have a pursuit or a belief?"

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Capable science and engineering men are all stubborn, but the technical men in the 1980s were not as arrogant as those in later generations, who took salaries of tens of millions and ignored their bosses.

So when Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang went to the R&D workshop to find Lao Jie to welcome him, Wu Yan and others still suspended their verification research and went to the cafeteria to have lunch with Li Ye and others.

Li Ye led Lao Jie and said, "Just now I asked your daughter to come for dinner, but she was embarrassed to come, so I asked my colleague to bring her a meal.

Although our canteen is a big pot restaurant, the chef is a talented person that I hired from a big restaurant with great effort.

If you don’t have time to go home and cook in the future, let your daughter eat in the cafeteria. It is guaranteed to be tasty and nutritious.”

Wu Yan also said to Lao Jie: "Don't worry, the stir-fried dishes in the cafeteria are sold at cost price. With our salary level, you can eat different dishes every day and still not go broke." Lao Jie nodded silently. It was not easy for him to raise a child alone. He could take care of his work but not his family. Ensuring that his child was well fed and went to school safely was probably more important to him than work.

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you something."

Li Ye remembered what he knew about Fang Fang and took out a letter of introduction from his bag: "Just now your daughter said that she wanted to change her name and needed a letter of introduction from her employer. I've got it done for you. I'll ask Old Nie to go to the police station with you tomorrow."

Lao Jie silently took the letter of introduction, opened it and took a look at it. Then he was silent for a long time and suddenly said something.

"I also want to change my name. Can you please give me a letter of introduction, Director Li?"

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Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then suddenly put his arm around Lao Jie's shoulder and walked forward: "I didn't think it through. Since it's a new life, it must be a new beginning. Don't worry, we have a very good relationship with the X police station, and we guarantee that everything will go smoothly for you."

As soon as Li Ye touched Lao Jie, he felt his body stiffen for a moment. It was obvious that he was resistant to this kind of "arm-climbing" intimacy mode. However, after Li Ye finished speaking, he still showed a happy smile.

Didn't he leave Ni Da Shen's circle just to seek a new life?

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After arriving at the private room in the cafeteria, Lao Jie realized that Li Ye was a man of honest words, because the dishes on the table did not look rich, but tasted excellent.

If his daughter could have this kind of meal for just a few cents, then he, as an old father, would feel relieved.

Moreover, the technical colleagues who came to welcome him were all very "rich" and basically had pagers.

During this time when they were eating, several people's pagers rang. It was their wives calling.

Then these people borrowed Li Ye's mobile phone to call back. The tone of their voice made Lao Jie surprised and envious.

These technical guys are all very arrogant, and the tone they use when talking to their wives is more tough than the other.

"I'm not working overtime today. I'm having dinner with my colleagues at work! Oh, didn't I forget to tell you? Okay, okay, go to sleep!"

"Hello? You have nothing to do all day long but call me. When have I ever drunk too much? I'll be home at 10 o'clock, don't waste your phone bill."

Lao Jie felt a little bitter in his mouth, and he didn't understand how he had lived in the past few years. They were all technicians, and his skills were particularly high, but why didn't he experience a little bit of masculinity or feel a little bit of warmth from a woman?
Lao Jie picked up the wine glass and drank two liang of it in one gulp before he suppressed the bitterness in his mouth.

Everyone looked at it and realized that the toast hadn't even started yet! You, Lao Jie, were already drinking by yourself? You must be a wine lover!

So what are you waiting for? We science and engineering guys are honest. You must walk out sideways today.

"Come on, come on, Lao Jie, you and I hit it off right away. Let's do it together. If I do it, you do it too."

"Old Jie, drink slowly. Eat some food first to get rid of the alcohol. We'll drink later."

Faced with the enthusiasm of a group of new colleagues, Lao Jie soon couldn't handle it and his face turned red.

The persuasion to drink in the 1980s was not like the "stop after persuasion" policy decades later. If you didn't drink, you were being disrespectful, and those who could not drink much were left with no tears.

Xiao Zhu, the technical section chief, was a smart man. He quickly helped Lao Jie block the drinking: "Everyone, that's enough! Lao Jie came here on his first day today and you got him drunk. He didn't let his sister-in-law scold him when he went back! That's enough."

"Oh oh oh~"

The group of science and engineering men immediately stopped making moves. Although they acted like decent people in front of others, they were all loving wives when they went home.

Wu Yan was half drunk, and said to Lao Xie with concern: "It's okay, brother Xie, we will take you back together later, and let sister-in-law scold us and we will feel relieved. By the way, I didn't see sister-in-law today! Which unit does sister-in-law work in?"

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The old man nodded his head in silence, and Li Ye looked at Wu Yan in silence.

Nowadays, when a man gets drunk with his colleagues and comes home, his wife does have the habit of scolding his colleagues, but are you so blind? Didn’t you see that Mr. Jie didn’t bring his wife with him when he moved today?

As soon as the clever Xiao Zhu saw it, he immediately laughed and said to Wu Yan: "Old Wu, drink your wine! You are an old bachelor and you are still being scolded for Old Jie. Do you know that beating is love and scolding is affection? You don't understand love, so stay out of other people's family affairs."

Wu Yan had almost finished drinking, and he stared at her with displeasure: "Who are you calling single? You're the only one who understands love, right?"

Xiao Zhu said without hesitation: "Of course, I have a wife, and I will be a father in a few months. Where is your wife?"

"My wife. If I want to find a wife, I have to line up to choose one."

Wu Yan was too embarrassed to save himself and started to brag.

"Alright, alright, stop bragging. No one is perfect. You are good at business, but not good at love, which is normal."

Li Ye quickly spoke up to smooth things over to avoid embarrassing someone at the scene.

But in a moment he found that Lao Jie had fallen asleep on the table.

Getting drunk and falling asleep, what a high level of skill.

Li Ye finally understood that Lao Jie was a taciturn person, an honest man, but definitely a smart man. He just pretended to be a turtle and hid and pretended to sleep when he felt embarrassed.

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The main character of the welcoming banquet got drunk, so it had to end early.

Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang supported Old Jie and finally sent him home. They repeatedly told Jie Ruonan to be careful at night and to call immediately if anything was wrong, and then they left.

After going downstairs, Li Ye said to Lu Zhizhang: "Old Lu! We have been focusing on production and development for the past two years and have forgotten about the personal problems of those technicians. Look, Wu Yan is almost 30 years old and still has no partner or family. This is our work mistake."

Lu Zhizhang said embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, this is my work error. Our factory has so many new young men, which is indeed a big problem.

Tomorrow I will discuss with Lai Jiayi and contact the surrounding units to organize a social gathering."

Li Ye was stunned for a moment before he understood. It turned out that solving personal problems was the union's responsibility. It was not Lu Zhizhang's fault, but Lai Jiayi's inaction!

If you don't do anything, then don't do anything.

Li Ye said angrily: "Why does it have to be the union's business? You write a report to the factory tomorrow and set up a life management department. If you don't give her a sense of crisis, she won't work hard."

"Haha, your idea is great. I'll do it tomorrow. I have an acquaintance in the textile factory in the north. I'll try to solve the bachelor problem in the factory before the New Year."

"Textile factory? Lao Lu, do you think it's suitable?"

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Lu Zhizhang was stunned, not understanding what Li Ye meant.

Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "Let's contact a few more units! Contact the surrounding hospitals and cultural and health systems."

Lu Zhizhang blinked and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll contact them."

Li Ye knew what Lu Zhizhang was thinking just by looking at his eyes.

People say that to see your status among your relatives, just look at the kind of person they introduce to you.

If she always introduces you to ugly things, it means she looks down on you from the bottom of her heart.

Although the mainland broke the old concept of marrying someone of equal social status after 49 years, the fact has proved that there are some things that we still have to listen to our ancestors.

Doctors, nurses, and teachers in the 1980s were all popular in the blind date market. Even decades later, when online fraudsters were establishing their personas, they still liked to use a coquettish voice like “I’m just a little nurse”!

The spring for technical men came a little late. These days technical men are not as popular as truck drivers.

Even decades later, if it weren't for the rise of the IT industry, it would be difficult to change the stereotype of taciturn science and engineering men in the minds of prospective mothers-in-law.

"Old Lu! You have to change your old ideas. Our technicians are all good young people with golden rice bowls. They are very popular."

In desperation, Li Ye began to popularize to Lu Zhizhang the new standard of a "rich son-in-law".

Technical guy, is it okay to have spring too?
Li Ye’s mission is to make spring come earlier.

(End of this chapter)