That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1189: Be an Ant? Or Be a Hungry Wolf? (Two in One)

Li Ye was ready to leave. Although he had only been in the city for more than half a month, he had done everything he should do.

The rights distribution of the new factory was completed, the first batch of employees were recruited, and the construction of the new factory was determined.

In addition, Li Ye also did some things that he "shouldn't have done".

He really helped to make connections in the local area, attracting Pengcheng Red Bull and Fenghua Clothing to come here, and expressed his intention to build a juice beverage base and a clothing processing base in the city.

As a result, when Li Ye was about to return to the capital, the people who saw him off were really "reluctant to let him go".

"Director Li, you left in such a hurry. We have been so busy these past few days that we haven't been able to entertain you properly."

"It's urgent! There's a lot of things going on in the capital! We can't lose sight of one thing while focusing on the other."

[Are you trying to entertain me? You are trying to solidify your investment! ]

Li Ye would definitely not stay to be "treated well", even though there were really no restrictions on hospitality these days.

Friendship is friendship, business is business. Even the old lady knows that it is not good to bargain with acquaintances. The investments that Li Ye has attracted are all his own business. Now it is time to negotiate terms, and he cannot give up even a penny of advantage. If he stays in the city, it will be too much of a hindrance.

"Oh, then we will go to the capital to visit you some other day. Thank you so much."

"Leader, instead of thanking me, you should thank Wang Jinyu. Without his persistence and foresight, we wouldn't have met each other~"

"That's true. Xiao Wang is as young as you, Director Li, and has the same vision. We all didn't make a mistake. We'll have to count on you young people in the future, hahahaha~"

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Wang Jinyu, who was squeezed at the back of the crowd, was finally led to the front and shook hands with Li Ye and said goodbye.

He was very grateful to Li Ye.

Although he was the one who insisted on and pushed forward this enterprise merger, at this point in time, Li Ye was the undisputed hero, and he was just Li Ye's "subordinate".
A boss who can promote his subordinates in front of local bosses is truly rare.

Moreover, after the merger of the automobile branch in the city was completed, except for the financial power which was strictly supervised by Li Ye, the rest of the power was given to Wang Jinyu with great management authority.

Although people like Wang Jinyu would not easily come up with the idea of ​​"willing to die for the lord", it must be said that it is a blessing to start a business under Li Ye.

If you encounter a leader like that, seven or eight of his direct subordinates will come in and completely sideline you, and you can only watch helplessly.

Although the motor vehicle manufacturing plant in the city no longer exists, Wang Jinyu's power and importance have not decreased but increased. It can be said that the current Wang Jinyu is no longer the young factory director of a small factory with a few hundred employees a few months ago.

So after Li Ye left, the bigwigs in the city held Wang Jinyu's hand and solemnly expressed their deep expectations for him.

"Director Wang, you and Deputy Director Li are of similar age and have similar work styles. You are both full of enterprising spirit, so you should learn a lot from him in the future, make the company bigger and better, and broaden your own path."

"I will definitely work hard and never let you down."

Wang Jinyu respectfully sent all the big guys away before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he smiled softly.

"Am I the same person as Li Ye? Yes and no!"

Wang Jinyu was able to become a factory director in his twenties, so he is definitely not an ordinary person with mediocre abilities. He does have many things in common with Li Ye, such as "bold style, courage to innovate, courage to try, courage to take responsibility", etc.

This is obviously different from those middle-aged and elderly cadres who have a steady work style.

However, if various innovations and attempts fail, the consequences will also be serious, which is also the biggest difference between Wang Jinyu and Li Ye.

Wang Jinyu knew very well that if he failed in this merger, and went to look for a husband with his dowry, but ended up finding a wicked mother-in-law, he would end up in a miserable situation, and he might never be able to get up in his life.

If Li Ye encountered a similar failure, he might just move to another place and lie dormant for two years, or even not lie dormant at all.

This is also the role of "relationship" that makes many people angry.

[The incompetent factory director of MLGB bankrupted our factory and became the director of the factory next door]

Similar insults have never stopped, and Wang Jinyu is very clear about it.

But Wang Jinyu knows that there is another aspect of "relationship" that many people do not understand.

That is the interference of "relationships" on work mentality.

If two people with similar abilities and talents start working at the same time, one of them has connections and the other does not, after working for a period of time, they may develop two different working mentalities.

The young man who said "It's OK" was always cautious and careful, and was polite and careful to his leaders and colleagues.

He didn't dare to push away the excessive arrangements made by his superiors, nor did he dare to hit out at his colleagues who secretly excluded him. He just kept working hard and was exhausted both physically and mentally after a long period of time, but he only earned the reputation of being "really capable."

But is he willing to accept the label of "old workhorse" from the bottom of his heart?
Of course he was unwilling to do so, but he could only "seek no merit but no mistakes", because he could not afford to lose, he could not afford to offend anyone, and he could only regard "not making mistakes" as his greatest asset.

And what about the other young man with a connection?
He is cheerful and smiling every day. He never pays attention to excessive work. He dares to bring up new ideas at meetings and seize opportunities boldly. It doesn't matter if he makes a mistake or fails.

Because they can afford to lose, and they can also afford to offend.

Over time, obvious differences emerged in the working styles of the two people.

One quickly became like his middle-aged and elderly colleagues, being very formal and ordinary, even a little bit depressed.

The other one, on the other hand, became the "young and promising" one in the eyes of the leader, often making some outstanding achievements, and then leaving the "no-mistakes" colleague far behind.

At this point, who would still mention that the two people's IQ and talents were once equal?
Working in an organization is like climbing a pyramid. Everyone is a competitor. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind.

The cautious and defensive working style and the aggressive and enterprising working attitude will eventually shape two completely different types of people.
The person who plays cautiously and defensively can easily become a "secretary". By chance, he may be able to create an opportunity for a counterattack, but most of them become depressed clerks.

Those who are more enterprising are generally better at handling things and are more liked by leaders. Over time, even if they have no connections, they are seen as "people with connections" by others.

The same principle applies to people in flexible employment.

When an opportunity is presented to you, some people will ask their fathers for a few hundred thousand dollars in pocket money to use as start-up capital and rush in without hesitation.

If you win, naturally, a tiger father will have a dog son.
Even if you lose, doesn’t it also temper your character and accumulate experience?

And what about the other type of people?
Jiebei, Jintiao, Du Xiaoman, grit your teeth and go all in, if you win, all the problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation will be solved, and a good starting point will be laid for the next generation, so that your children will no longer cry over a few hundred yuan for tutoring fees.

But if once buried
If you lose two or three hundred thousand, it may take you ten or eight years to recover.

A monthly salary of 10,000 yuan is not too little, right? How many years would it take to save 300,000 yuan? That doesn't even include the interest!

So it’s not that there is no “fairness” in this world, but for most people, fairness only happens once.

Are you going to go? Or not?
Or you can be as diligent and cautious as an ant, working hard all your life and not stopping even if your hands and feet are broken.

Because once you stop, the ants will step on your body and crawl over to compete for the already limited food.

If you are unwilling, then you will be like a lone wolf, braving the wind and snow with an empty stomach, looking for opportunities to fight on the snowfield, tasting the fascinating taste of flesh and blood alternately.

Once, twice and finally fell before the last time.

Wang Jinyu felt that he had finally won a big victory and had a good meal. As long as there were no major accidents, the starting line for his descendants should be stable.

But looking at Li Ye again, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

"How can I be the same as him?"

But what Wang Jinyu didn't know was that eight years ago, Li Ye was actually just like him, a useless idiot from a small Brahmin family in a county town.

It's just that this fool was cheating. He was like a snow wolf that had insight into the entire battlefield. Relying on precise hunting again and again, he accumulated a full warehouse of harvest step by step and reached his current position.

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When Li Ye and Wen Leyu returned to the capital, they first went to their father-in-law's house to pick up their children.

On the way, Li Ye smiled and teased: "Xiao Yu, do you think Xiao Dou will smile when he sees us? Or will he cry loudly?"

Teacher Ke has his own way of educating children, so Xiao Dou'er is actually quite afraid of Teacher Ke. Except when asking for New Year's money, he tries not to stay at his grandma's house for too long.

But Wen Leyu curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Don't worry! Your daughter is almost smart. No matter how unhappy she is, she will never have any opinion on her grandma. She regards her grandma as a big backer!"

"Sigh~"

Li Ye took a breath and said with a smile: "Whose genes did she inherit from to become this treacherous person?"

Wen Leyu slowly turned her head, her lips curled even higher: "You have the nerve to call your own daughter cunning? Are you happy when others call her cunning?"

Wen Leyu is usually very troubled by her own daughter and always uses a feather duster to punish her, but as a mother she would definitely not be happy if someone said that she was cunning.

"Of course I won't be happy about that! And the word treacherous has to be interpreted in two ways."

Li Ye said seriously: "It's like a double-edged sword. When cunning is used in the right place, it is extremely smart. We must guide Xiao Dou correctly in the future. Cunning is okay, but it cannot be used for bad purposes. Instead, we must ensure that we do not suffer losses."

Wen Leyu laughed and said, "There's no need to guide me on this. Even if it's you, don't think of letting Xiaodouer suffer."

Old men with daughters are most afraid that their children will be kidnapped by young men, so the older their daughters get, the more worried they become.
But looking at Xiaodou'er's current state, it's good enough that she doesn't take advantage of others. How can you expect her to suffer any loss?

So, be treacherous! It doesn't matter.

The two of them rushed to the COFCO compound before dinner time. When they arrived at their father-in-law's house and opened the door, they found the two children sitting obediently beside the sofa, listening attentively to Wen Qingsheng's storytelling!
"At that time, the Japanese were leading the puppet army to sweep the area. There were hundreds of people there! Your grandfather only had more than 20 people, so he could only outsmart them and not fight them head-on. He had to move to another place after each shot." Okay! Nowadays, the stories that can attract three-year-old children the most must be battle stories, especially the battle stories of their own elders.

Wen Qingsheng's talk was very exciting and the two children were fascinated by his words. Even if I told them that the Type 38 rifle could shoot down satellites, they would probably believe it 100%.

Hearing Li Ye and Wen Leyu enter the room, Xiao Baoer immediately ran over happily and helped his parents get things.

But Xiaodou said quickly: "Dad, you are back. Grandpa is telling us a story. He is just getting to the exciting part. Please wait for a while!"

Wow, Li Ye had to admit that this little girl really knew how to stroke her grandpa's beard! In order to praise her grandpa's wonderful storytelling, she even ignored her parents.

However, Wen Qingsheng smiled and said, "Your mother can also tell this story. Let your mother continue to tell it to you later! Why don't you help your mother get her things now?"

"Okay~"

Xiaodouer ran over and took the thing from Wen Leyu's hand.

"Mom, let me help you. Are you and Dad tired? Let me get you two bottles of soda."

Little Dou was so clever in taking things and soda that his honest brother looked dull and made people forget that little Bao took the heaviest and most things.

Li Ye could only touch his son's head and give him friendly comfort. Poor boy, he is also a smart child, and was commented by Wen Leyu as "unknowingly taking advantage", but if he is always suppressed under the halo of his sister, he doesn't know if he will feel depressed.

Because Teacher Ke has come to terms with it now and there is a nanny at home, dinner was prepared quickly and served soon.

After dinner, Teacher Ke asked about the situation in the city.

"When Xiaoyu left, she only told me a general idea. I heard that the woman who was abducted was a college student?"

Because Mr. Ke is in charge of education, he has always been committed to "broadening horizons through knowledge." As long as one's horizons are broadened, the possibility of being abducted will be greatly reduced. But this time, the person who was abducted turned out to be a college student, which can be considered an eye-opener.

Li Ye replied in a deep voice: "Yes, and that woman is Xiaoyu and I's high school classmate. She must have met a man pretending to be a member of Generation X, and was deceived and taken to the mountains."

"In addition, when we were investigating this matter, we found that some children in remote mountainous areas were unable to complete nine years of compulsory education, especially girls."

"We have lowered the recruitment standards for workers in the city, but it is still more difficult than in big cities like Beijing. Their level of cultural knowledge needs to be improved."

This is the "real thing" that Li Ye wants to discuss with Teacher Ke.

The mainland began to implement the nine-year compulsory education system in 1986, and it has been four years now. However, when Li Ye was stationed in the city, he found that many people still did not graduate from junior high school, especially children in mountainous areas. It was common for them to drop out of school in the first or second year of junior high school.

There are two reasons for this situation. One is that there is a lack of labor in the family, so children aged 14 or 15 start working early.
Second, the children are unwilling to go to school. They would rather drop out of school and go fishing and catching grasshoppers in the river than sit in class and stare at the textbooks.

In general, there is a serious lack of awareness of the importance of knowledge.

Among the first batch of new employees at the automobile factory in the city, most could not understand circuit diagrams, let alone physical geometry. It was good enough for them to be able to accurately draw obtuse angles and acute angles according to degrees.

These knowledge, which will be taught to third graders in a few decades, now really require junior high school students to learn.

"Mom, I know we have started vocational and technical education, but I think the efforts are far from enough. If we want to develop the economy, we need a large number of technical talents."

The mainland started the vocational high school education pilot in 1982, and it has been eight years now.
Don’t think that vocational high school is just for wasting time. Every day the teacher talks in class, and even if you listen unconsciously, you can still understand the basics.

Even if these students sleep half the time in class, they can still meet the training standards for team leaders or even section chiefs.

"We also understand the issue you mentioned and can discuss it in depth."

"Mom, your foresight is unmatched."

Teacher Ke's seemingly perfunctory words greatly encouraged Li Ye, and he flattered him willingly.

With Mr. Ke’s current position, as long as he promotes a policy, it will drive a series of changes from top to bottom, speeding up the popularization of education in the mainland.

Knowledge can change destiny at any time, not only for individuals but also for countries.

During World War II, most German soldiers had only second or third grade elementary school education, but facing the Soviet soldiers whose illiteracy rate was 90%, their technical and tactical level was overwhelming, and the casualty ratio was easily one to two.

The reason why the mainland became the world's factory decades later was also due to its basic education. It was those children who didn't like to study who supported the normal operation of the production lines.

It also requires knowledge to screw in screws. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask the black uncles to try it?
After discussing this issue, there was nothing more to talk about. Li Ye and Wen Qingsheng had a few drinks, and Wen Leyu was also laughing and talking happily with the mother and the child.

At this moment, a news report on TV about "Developing Pudong" suddenly caught Li Ye's attention.

The year 1990 was a turning point for the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Pudong began to be developed in the summer, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange was established in the winter, and stock trading began.

Li Ye didn't care about stocks. How much money could he make from the ups and downs? But he didn't want to miss out on the development of Pudong.

So he asked Wen Leyu: "Xiaoyu, have you discussed the development of Pudong with our mother?"

Wen Leyu sighed and said, "You are such a hands-off manager who doesn't care about anything. I have already discussed this with our mother, and she is probably in Shanghai now! What's up, does Manager Li have any instructions now?"

"Haha, I don't have any instructions. The more the better. The country will not let us suffer any loss."

Last year, Fu Guiru, Pei Wencong and others came to our rescue when the international situation suddenly changed. They actively invested in the mainland, including an important plan to invest in ports.

Not everyone can invest in a port, so Wen Leyu is naturally involved. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law often meet to discuss related matters, but Li Ye, the "commander-in-chief", doesn't care much about it. He occasionally says a word and then doesn't care about anything else.

And now that Li Ye said "the more the better", Wen Leyu took it seriously.

"The more the better? How about I go to Shanghai too?"

"Okay, it's up to you."

Li Ye agreed immediately. It was a game played by gods! It had to be played by gods.

However, when Xiaodouer heard that Wen Leyu was going on a business trip, he immediately blinked his eyes and said, "Mom, you're going on a business trip again just after you came back! I still want to hear your stories."

Wen Leyu glanced at Xiao Dou'er and said with a sly smile, "Well, I won't go. Let your father go to Shanghai."

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Xiao Douer was stunned for two seconds, then turned around and stuck to Li Ye: "Dad, are you going to Shanghai? Shanghai is by the sea, right? I haven't seen the sea yet! I heard that there are a lot of seagulls and petrels on the seashore."

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"Hahahaha~"

Everyone was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter, even Teacher Ke was no exception.

Who wouldn’t like such a quirky little girl?
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Wen Leyu finally went to Shanghai, and Xiaodouer did not go with him to see Haiyan, and then he just had fun at home.

Wen Leyu stipulated that she could only watch TV for half an hour a day, but she kept whining and wandering around Li Ye, and if she didn't watch for another half an hour, Li Ye would feel that he was abusing the child.

As for eating snacks, playing games, chasing cats and walking dogs, that's even easier.

On the third day after Wen Leyu left, Li Ye suddenly received a call from Hu Man, who said that she and Jiang Xiaoyan wanted to visit Li Ye together and asked if it was convenient for Li Ye.

"That must be convenient! Today, right? Then you go first, I'll be home soon, my grandma is at home! It's not like you don't know her."

Li Ye hung up the phone, finished his work, and then left home early.

But he had just arrived at the door of his house and hadn't even parked his car when he heard the sound of a gong in his yard.

There is only one gong in Li Ye's house, which is Wen Leyu's treasured collection. Wen Leyu is not at home today, so how could the gong be rung?
But the next moment, Pavlov started barking.

"Dang Dang Dang~"

"Wow~"

"Dang Dang Dang~"

"Wow~"

Back then, Li Ye used this small bronze gong to prove to Wen Leyu the "Pavlov's conditioned reflex", which was the proof of the love between the two young lovers.
But listening to the noise now, it feels like there is chaos everywhere!

"Auntie, are you causing trouble?"

Li Ye quickly ran home.

When he ran into the yard, he saw, as expected, that it was his own daughter who was beating a small gong, which made the already elderly Pavlov bark in annoyance.

Hu Man and Jiang Xiaoyan were also laughing, as if they had returned to the good old days in the backyard of the Erliangdian.

Seeing the looks on Hu Man and Jiang Xiaoyan's faces, Li Ye didn't feel comfortable scolding Xiao Dou'er. He just hugged her and spoke softly to her.

"My dear daughter, dogs are not allowed in the capital. Are you going to call the people from the street here? Are you afraid that they won't know that our family is special?"

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But Xiaodou said with a smile: "It's okay, Dad. A few days ago, I took them out to play, and people on the street saw them and said that our dog has a household registration."

My dear daughter, you have become accustomed to being special! When your mother comes back, I will ask her to teach you a lesson again.

(End of this chapter)