That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1060 Let You Brag

Someone once said that the reason they work hard to make money is so that when they face something they don’t like, they will have the confidence and qualifications to hold their chin up and say “no”.

Li Ye works hard to make money so that he can live the life he wants, spend it however he wants, and spend it on whoever he wants.

People like Tong Mingyue and Niu Hongzhang were always calculating the money in Li Ye's pocket. They kept talking about family affection, justice and other great principles on Li Ye's mind, but Li Ye was unwilling to spend a penny on them.

But when facing some people and some things, Li Ye is a "spendthrift". He is willing to spend money just to make a noise.

Now, for people like Lao Fang, Li Ye is willing to pay to hear their advice.
In his previous life, when he was young and ignorant, Li Ye read “The Loveliest People” with a group of friends. In fact, he did not understand the meaning of the poem and even joked while reading it. Later, when he came into contact with some veterans, he had different opinions.

But when I saw them lining up to rush into the flood, I had no other thoughts in my mind and was left with only endless shame and admiration.

We are all human beings, with emotions, justice and darkness, but at a certain point in time, they are the most lovely people.

Many people overseas do not understand the meaning of the phrase "The People's Liberation Army is coming", but Li Ye really understands it.

So even if it was just a waste of money today, Li Ye felt it was worth it.

But Mr. Fang has everything he needs.

In this age where "everything is about money", they are not short of money. Who would believe this?

But Li Ye had no choice but to believe it! The old party had its own rules, and he couldn't do something bad with good intentions.

Seeing Li Ye's expression, Lao Fang laughed heartily and said, "Brother, you look like an honest man. If you don't believe what I say, we are actually short of something."

Li Ye raised his eyebrows and said confidently: "You said, as long as I can do it, I will definitely find a way to do it."

Lao Fang said seriously: "Our unit is mainly responsible for the transportation and support tasks on this line. We deal with cars all day long, so we urgently need trucks with better performance. Brother, if you are willing, please produce cars as good as Xiao Ri Zi as soon as possible."

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Li Ye, who was full of confidence just now, Li Ye, who was worth billions but didn't even know how much money he had, was speechless.

With Li Ye's current wealth, he could buy anything he wanted, but the "high-performance car produced by himself" that Lao Fang mentioned could not be bought with money.

So Li Ye could only do the same as Lao Fang just now, smacking his lips and savoring the bitterness of the remaining wine in his mouth.

The living conditions in Lao Fang’s garrison are backward, so aren’t the cars produced by Li Ye backward too?
Who is making fun of whom?

Sister Li Yue looked at Li Ye and said with a frown, "Let you brag!"

Li Ye smiled ashamedly and was speechless.

When Lao Fang saw Li Ye's expression, he felt embarrassed: "Hey, hey, it's my fault, it's my fault. In fact, the Dongfeng car we are using now is already very good. I used to drive an old Jiefang, hey, that feeling..."

Lao Fang has a talent for creating atmosphere. He quickly changed the topic and talked about his many years of persistence on 318. There were many interesting jokes among them, which made people at the table laugh.

But after everyone was happy, Li Ye said seriously: "In fact, I also want to build a world-class car, and I am working hard for this goal.

But this will take time, even a long time, so I can’t give you an answer right now.”

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Everyone fell silent, and Lao Fang looked at Li Ye and smacked his lips again.

Then, he, who had obviously drunk a lot, raised his glass to Li Ye again: "Brother, you are such a real person. I have to drink another glass with you."

Lao Fang really didn't expect Li Ye to be so honest. If others had heard what Lao Fang just said, they would definitely say "Please rest assured, we will definitely build the best car," instead of frankly admitting the gap between them and the world like Li Ye did.

So Lao Fang felt that he and Li Ye had a very good temper.

At this time, sister Li Yue said: "My brother is a pragmatic person. He has been working for less than three years, but he has expanded a unit with a few hundred people to a large factory with 6,000 people, introduced two advanced overseas production lines, and filled many gaps in China."

"The vans in our fleet are new models that their factory has just developed. Although they are not as good as similar products abroad for the time being, they are already first-class in China."

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Now it was Lao Fang's turn to smack his lips.

Just now, when he saw Li Ye casually saying that he could also support joint support and construction, he thought that he was just a young man who was ignorant of the immensity of the world and was boasting nonsense!
The result is good! He has six or seven thousand brothers under him, and he is doing much better than me who has been doing it for decades.

Lao Fang picked up the wine glass, then suddenly put it down again.

Because his alcohol tolerance is almost reaching its limit, and Li Ye's alcohol tolerance seems to be unfathomable. If he were to "always be drunk" with Li Ye, nothing would compare to him.

"Captain Jiao, come here."

Lao Fang called over the veteran Li Ye had met for the first time and introduced him to Li Ye: "This is Jiao Yongsheng. When the road is open, he will also go to Linzhi. Let him lead the way for you."

Soon, Li Ye developed a relationship with the other party, and then convinced the other party with his drinking ability.

In the process of building relationships, Li Ye learned that Jiao Yongsheng had been running on the 318 for twelve years and was very experienced and familiar with everything, making him a good guide indeed.

However, no matter how good the guide is, it will be useless if the road is blocked. Construction machinery these days is not as popular as it will be in a few decades, and it is unknown how long it will take to repair the road.

But Lao Fang finally patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, the traffic will be open tomorrow."

That night, the older relatives of the martyrs all slept in the barracks, but the barracks were indeed not big, so Li Ye and some young people slept in the car.

It rained all night, hitting the roof of the car, making a dripping sound, which had a strong sleep-inducing effect, so Li Ye did not wake up until dawn.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that no one was exercising in the camp.

Li Ye thought of something and quickly went to notify the camera crew, but he didn't expect that the camera crew had already started moving.

"Master Wang, notify the cameraman, and ask him to come to the front with me. They may be repairing the road for us."

Wang Luyang said: "Director Li, the soldiers here quietly went out in the middle of the night yesterday. Director Yang told us not to miss any material, so Lao Liu and his team went to shoot last night. We will switch shifts with Lao Liu and his team later."

Li Ye understood, nodded and said: "Okay, then you guys take care of the arrangements. Tell everyone that no hardship or fatigue is in vain, and I won't treat you unfairly when I return."

Wang Luyang shook his head and said with shame: "Director Li, please don't say that. Compared with those young people, our suffering is nothing. If we tell others about it, they will laugh at us."

The film and television industry at that time was not as impetuous as it is in later generations. The camera crew responsible for filming included people from the Propaganda Department and "self-employed" people like Wang Luyang who were found by Li Ye.
However, since everyone started working on 318, no one has complained about being tired. Instead, they are all proud of the filming process and feel that they are doing something "meaningful."

This time, Li Yetuo found a few more cameras and told them not to worry about the consumption of film and to try to record the entire process, capturing many meaningful moments. After sorting them out when they return, they will definitely be able to edit out many touching shots. These cameramen also feel a great sense of accomplishment.

In the afternoon, news came from the front that the road was open to traffic.

Jiao Yongsheng drove his green truck and was the first to drive out of the base, leading the convoy westward.

When passing the landslide section yesterday, hundreds of soldiers covered in mud collectively saluted the convoy, causing many of them to shed tears.

Things like this are often portrayed as tear-jerking classics in Hollywood blockbusters, but in the land of Flower Growers, they are commonplace happening every moment.

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"It's snowing on the hill ahead. I'll be parking the car in five minutes to wind it up."

Li Ye sat in Jiao Yongsheng's lead car with a walkie-talkie in his hand, keeping in touch with the people at the rear of the team.

Jiao Yongsheng drove in silence the whole time. Whenever Li Ye talked to him, he mostly responded with "um" or "ah", which made Li Ye feel suffocated along the way.

However, Li Ye had to admire this guy's driving skills. On such a bad road condition on 318, he could drive a Dongfeng 140 truck with almost no shock absorbers so smoothly.

Jiao Yongsheng can accurately control the huge truck along the best route. There is clearly a pothole ahead, but he just passes through it smoothly. It's really amazing.

But there was one thing that Li Ye was not quite used to.

Whenever he went uphill, Jiao Yongsheng would hold the horn tightly, even if there were no cars on the road ahead. He was very domineering.

When they reached the foot of the hill, the convoy stopped and started to put on anti-skid chains.

Xiao Mu, who was sitting in the car behind, ran over and put anti-skid chains on the Dongfeng car while excitedly giving suggestions to Jiao Yongsheng.

"Squad leader, why don't you drive the van in front and lead the way? I just drove it for a while and it was really great. It's powerful when climbing hills, brakes well when going downhill, and the seats are really comfortable."

Jiao Yongsheng squinted his eyes at Xiao Mu and said coldly, "After you've gotten used to eating white flour steamed buns, can you still eat steamed bread?"

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Xiao Mu didn't dare to speak anymore.

He is a new recruit and also Jiao Yongsheng's apprentice. He is usually trained according to the strict rules of "old leading new". He has to rush to put on the anti-skid chains, and he has to listen obediently when his master scolds him.

Li Ye wanted to say something, but Jiao Yongsheng suddenly said to Li Ye: "I know your van is good, but what is most needed on this road is a truck. Do you know why I kept honking the horn just now?
Because the engine water temperature is too high, I have to use the air from the horn to help cool the water tank.
Sometimes I wonder, now that everyone is rushing to research sedans that cost 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, why haven’t they thought about improving trucks? Even improving the cooling system would be fine.”

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Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then he bent down to look at the horn of the Dongfeng car and found that it was blowing upwards to dissipate the radiator.

Li Ye sighed in shame.

Just now he thought Jiao Yongsheng was driving too aggressively! He didn't expect that he was using this "homemade method" that might not be very effective to solve the frustration in reality.

No wonder Fang Min asked Li Ye, "Can you make a car that is better than the Daily Life as soon as possible?" Because along the way Li Ye saw many Mitsubishi ute trucks that were obviously very old, but were still running on the 318.

Li Ye said softly, "In fact, the Quancheng Automobile Factory is already trial-producing a new type of truck. Its performance is much better than the 140. It should be officially put into production in the near future. By then, everyone will be much more relaxed."

Jiao Yongsheng frowned and said, "Is it the Yellow River brand from Quancheng? That car is so tiring."

Li Ye smiled and said, "No, it's a better car. It will surprise you when the time comes."

In June 1989, the first domestically-produced Steyr heavy-duty truck rolled off the production line at the Quancheng Automobile Factory, which greatly improved the working environment of Jiao Yongsheng and others.

Although Steyr was only a technology of a less advanced country in the mid-1970s, it ultimately brought confidence to the mainland to move forward.
As long as you move forward, even a small step a year is good.

In fact, many people at this time know that they are lagging behind, and everyone hopes to catch up quickly.

But in this confusing era, many people cannot see the road ahead or the light ahead.

But there are always some people who have been moving forward silently, accumulating strength, and waiting for the moment of rise and revival.

(End of this chapter)