That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1086 People Want You to Give Gifts
"Director Li, I must have another drink with you. I have heard too many stories about you these days. You are so legendary."

"I can't drink anymore. I have to go to work this afternoon!"

"Hey, what kind of work are you doing? We have to drink until we get off work in the afternoon."

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the people from the Fengtian Automobile Factory were leaving.

They stayed in Beijing for nearly a month and argued with the people from the first branch for most of the month, but since they were leaving, they still had to be polite and a farewell banquet had to be arranged.

At the promotion banquet, Director Hua and Director Wang seemed to suddenly come to their senses and came to Li Ye to build relationships. Although they were in their forties, their wine glasses would often be level with Li Ye's, which made Li Ye very embarrassed.

People in Dongshan tend to break rules when drinking, and Li Ye sometimes feels that this is a bit pretentious, but the issue of the height of wine glasses is not unique to Shandong. Li Ye is in his twenties, and it would be disrespectful for him to drink with the glasses level.

"What legend is this? I was just young and ignorant, and I was just messing around. Don't listen to their stories that are getting more and more mysterious."

"Why is it that the story becomes more and more mysterious?"

Director Hua leaned against Li Ye's arm and said as if he was very familiar with him: "We are all brother units. Our Jinbei 130 and Jingcheng 130 have a deep connection, so everyone knows who has how much wealth."

"But look at it now. It's been less than three years since the first branch factory was built, and everyone is already looking at it with new eyes. I've made careful inquiries, and Director Li has made great contributions to this!"

"Haha, Director Hua, you are too serious, too serious"

Li Ye modestly perfunctorily responded to the Hua factory director's question without really saying anything. The other party had been talking to him in circles for so long, so he must have something to talk about. The other party didn't say anything, and Li Ye didn't ask either, just to see who would be the first to lose the temper.

In the end, Director Hua couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Director Li, we are not acquainted until we quarrel. The situation is serious now and the department has given us a task. From now on, we are in the same boat.

In the future, when dealing with Kechuang, Changbei, and Laidong, we must keep each other informed and move forward and backward together!"

"Ok?"

Li Ye smiled and asked, "Inform each other? What does Director Hua want to inform?"

Director Hua said: "Now that the higher-ups have given us a deadline for localization, we will do as they say and strengthen cooperation with the Kechuang and Changbei factories.

But big stores bully customers, and big customers bully merchants. They seem to be raising prices these days! So I think if we two companies make plans together and work together to lower the price, wouldn’t we both benefit then?”

"Price pressure?"

Li Ye wanted to laugh, but finally held it back.

A few days ago, Director Hua and his colleagues were nitpicking about the spare parts of several units in Changbei and Kechuang, finding fault with everything.

The technical staff in Changbei and Kechuang units face all kinds of criticisms. They curse in their hearts, but at the same time, they improperly propose improvement plans for the sake of "high salary".

But until June, Director Hua and Director Wang were not in a good mood. Even though several consecutive actual vehicle adaptation tests proved that these parts were of good quality and low price, Director Hua and others were still picky and not only lowered the purchase price, but also proposed outrageous payment methods.

But after early June, the situation suddenly reversed.

The higher-ups issued a death order, requiring Director Hua and his colleagues to raise the domestic production rate to a very high standard within a certain period of time. Director Hua and his colleagues knew that this was a spiritual instruction from the higher-ups, who then pressed the task on them.
If the task is completed well, Director Hua and others will be rewarded, and their superiors will also be proud of it. If the task is not completed well, then there is absolutely no bad result, it must be good.

Manufacturers such as Kechuang, Changbei, and Laidong have expressed their full cooperation in the localization of Hiace vehicles. What reasons do you have for not being able to complete it?
Director Hua and others had no choice but to confirm cooperation with the accessory manufacturers and urge them to start adaptation and supply as soon as possible.

But at this time, can the accessory manufacturers, who are very angry, just bow their heads and accept it submissively?

You want to talk to me about the price? No way, I'm going to raise the price! The external environment has changed, the price of raw materials has increased, it would be unreasonable not to raise the price.

You want to owe me money for the goods? How is that possible? We only deliver the goods after payment. If you don't pay, we won't ship a single screw.

Isn't this the end of the world for Director Hua? Don't even think about finding faults now. It's still unclear whether they will supply you with goods!
So now Director Hua wants to form an alliance with Li Ye to negotiate prices with Kechuang and Changbei. Even if they can't come to an agreement, as long as they know Li Ye's purchase price, they can go back and complain to the department!
But how could Li Ye form an alliance with him?

Those accessory manufacturers are all controlled by the young wife. If he had informed Director Hua, wouldn't he be betraying his own people?
Now that girl Wen Leyu is becoming more and more obsessed with money. She always says "this is Xiaobao'er's money". What if Li Ye touches his children's money and doesn't let him go to bed in the middle of the night?
I'm going to go to hell with you!
"Director Hua, although we all order spare parts from those companies, our car models are different and our quality control requirements are also different, so it is impossible to unify the prices. This is why it is difficult to handle this matter. It is not easy to handle!"

"Hey, we are all experts. How can we guess the cost of something when we look at it? Let's communicate with each other and use it as a reference."

"Haha, okay, okay, I'll give you an absolutely real price then. Come on, I'll toast you a glass."

Li Ye drank with the other party very openly, and soon he got the other party drunk to the point of being disoriented.

"Didi-di-di-di-di~"

Just when Li Ye felt a little tipsy, his cell phone suddenly rang.

I found a quiet place and answered the phone. It was my sister Li Juan calling.

"Brother, our teacher said he wants to talk to you about my graduation assignment."

"About graduation assignment?"

Li Ye asked curiously, "Didn't I tell you last time to just wait for arrangements? What do you want to talk to me about now?"

Li Juan on the other side also said a little depressed: "It's still about the Electronics Research Institute. The teacher said that the school's situation this year is very special and our graduation assignments are very unstable. He said that the research institute is worth going to.
So the teacher asked me to discuss it with my family, and I said my brother told me to just wait for the assignment, so he asked where I worked and asked me to come and talk on behalf of my parents. I had already refused several times, but today I just couldn’t refuse anymore.”

"This is not normal!"

Li Ye shook his head, sorted out his thoughts, and asked in confusion: "Your teacher can't make the decision on the assignment, right? If that electronics research institute likes you, then they can just ask your school for someone. Why did they have to come to me to discuss it?"

Li Juan hesitated and said, "Maybe, he wants you to give him a gift?"

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Li Ye was stunned.

[It’s only the 1980s, it shouldn’t be that serious! ]

(End of this chapter)