That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1201 Supporting the Show

Thursday, August 2, 1990.

When Li Ye arrived at a branch factory, he heard his colleagues discussing a "big news".

"Do you know? Saddam in the Middle East has sent troops across the border and has invaded Kuwait. The previous Iran-Iraq war lasted for eight years, and I don't know how many more years this time will last."

"It won't take many years. I have a world map at home. I looked at it this morning. The Science and Technology Commission is only a small place. Old Saddam has a million strong army. It is estimated that the war can be ended in a few months."

"Only a few months? Then there won't be much excitement to see."

Li Ye watched a group of colleagues happily discussing the war thousands of miles away, complaining that "it wouldn't be fun if there was no fighting," and he couldn't help but sigh.

The country has protected these compatriots so well that the war that just ended in the south did not have much impact on the lives of people in the mainland, so everyone was not aware of the cruelty of war at all.

From today on, the people of Saddam's country will be plunged into a nightmare lasting decades, with tragic events such as killings and famines happening one after another, and it will only be many years before the country can barely stabilize.

The once rich oil-rich countries will be reduced to poverty within a few years, and what is even more despairing is that they can see no hope of waking up from their dreams.

But such a cruel thing is just a spectacle in the eyes of Chinese people.

Therefore, Li Ye would not easily participate in such discussions. He just wanted to quietly do what he should do, and quietly prepare and contribute to the "excitement" that will belong to the Chinese people decades later.

"Drip drop~"

It was almost noon when Li Ye's mobile phone suddenly rang. After picking up the phone, it was Jiang Xiaoyan.

Jiang Xiaoyan asked: "Li Ye, have you watched the news?"

Li Ye smiled and replied: "You are so irrelevant, which news are you talking about?"

Jiang Xiaoyan asked, "What other news? News from the Middle East! Don't you care at all?"

Li Ye said: "I watched a clip this morning, but it has nothing to do with us, so why should I care?"

Jiang Xiaoyan was silent for a few seconds, then said awkwardly: "But it has something to do with us! Our factory director wants to treat you to a meal. Do you have time?"

"Yes, there must be."

Li Ye said without hesitation: "I haven't eaten the hand-rolled noodles made by your mother for a long time. How about going to your old shop for a visit at noon today?"

Jiang Xiaoyan was obviously happy: "Okay, okay, this afternoon, I'll tell my mother right away."

"Okay, see you at noon, but Xiaoyan, I have to tell you that this kind of thing is very normal, so don't be too polite to me."

"Thank you, Li Ye."

"Okay, I've told you so many times, don't thank me. You don't need to thank me for small things, but if it's a big thing, hey, I won't go either."

In fact, Li Ye knew that Jiang Xiaoyan invited Li Ye to dinner at the factory.

He must have seen that a war was about to begin over there, and hoped to get more military business through Wen Leyu.

It’s just that Jiang Xiaoyan is shy and embarrassed to go directly to Wen Leyu, so she can only go to Li Ye who is “easier to talk to”. Moreover, she is very nervous, afraid that Li Ye will dislike her.

. . . . . . . . . . .

Not long after Li Ye finished talking to Jiang Xiaoyan, Chen Jinhua called.

"Li Ye, I'm really sorry to bother you. Xiaoyan, the deputy director, still can't change the director's mind. If you can show up, it will help Xiaoyan."

When Li Ye heard this, he asked curiously, "Why? Does Xiaoyan have a bad relationship with their factory director?"

Chen Jinhua said, "It's not that he's bad, but I always feel that he treats Xiaoyan like a donkey. He just completed a project a while ago, but there was no reward. Now he wants to make more money. How can he treat someone like that for no reason?"

A few days ago, Jiang Xiaoyan and Hu Man came to me for help, and then Li Ye gave technical advice, and Wen Leyu helped to make connections, and successfully promoted a foreign exchange earning project for the Dongjiang Military Factory. Now, only a few days have passed, and the director of the Dongjiang Factory wants to use Jiang Xiaoyan's relationship to trouble Li Ye again. This behavior is a bit too much.

However, Li Ye smiled and said, "Aunt, it's actually the same in the unit. Xiaoyan is not stupid, so she will get used to it in the future. But we are all family, and if you need support, just speak up." When Li Ye arrived at the Light Automobile Company, didn't everyone, from the factory director to Niu Hongzhang, want to treat him as a hardworking donkey who would work hard for him?

Chen Jinhua has always been a "self-employed person" and has little understanding of the various rules and regulations in the unit, so she complains.

In Chen Jinhua's opinion, Li Ye came to support Jiang Xiaoyan today, and Jiang Xiaoyan will be more confident in the future.

But Li Ye knew that whether it was hard or not depended on Jiang Xiaoyan's own skills.

At noon, Li Ye arrived at the old Chen family store east of the zoo.

The old Chen's shop has now opened many branches in Beijing, and the locations and areas of many of them are better than this one.

However, Jiang Xiaoyan's mother Chen Jinhua did not give up on this place. Instead, she renovated it carefully and came back occasionally to roll noodles and cook braised dishes by hand.

As soon as Li Ye's Santana stopped at the door, Jiang Xiaoyan and a few people came to greet him.

Jiang Xiaoyan introduced them to each other first: "This is Director Hai from our factory and this is Director Li from the Light Automobile Company."

"Hello, hello, Director Li, right? Xiao Jiang said that you helped me with the last incident, and I've been looking for an opportunity to get to know you, and today I'm glad to have you here."

"Haha, Jiang Xiaoyan and I are not only old classmates, but also good friends for many years. If I can help in any way, I must help."

"Yes, yes, yes. Going out depends on friends. The more friends you have, the easier it is to travel. Let's go in and talk! Hahahaha~"

Several people entered the noodle shop. Chen Jinhua had already prepared a table of noodles. There were not many dishes, but they were prepared with great care.

But after Li Ye took a look, he smiled and said, "Aunt, you need to add two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, because Dayong and the others will be here later."

Chen Jinhua was startled and hurriedly added chairs and bowls and chopsticks, while Jiang Xiaoyan said, "You didn't even tell me, there's not enough food, right?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "You brought so many colleagues here, and I'm alone. How can I not get drunk by you? I must find a few people to drink with me!"

Jiang Xiaoyan glanced at Li Ye, her face full of helplessness.

Li Ye was not looking for someone to drink with her, she was clearly calling Li Dayong to come over and support her.

After a while, Li Dayong arrived, and another one who came was Sun Xianjin.

In the past, Li Ye often cooked meat in a big pot in the courtyard of Zaojun Temple to satisfy his hunger. Sun Xianjin often went there to eat and drink for free, and he had a pretty good relationship with the chef Jiang Xiaoyan.

"This is Sun Xianjin, who works in our department after returning from studying abroad. This is Li Dayong, who is the deputy general manager of Changbei Machinery Company."

"Deputy General Manager? Is this the company of the Hong Kong guy in Changping County?"

"Yes, Director Hai is very familiar with him!"

"How can I not be familiar with it? Your factory has been on the No. 1 TV station and the No. 1 newspaper."

Director Hai exchanged a few pleasantries with Li Dayong, then asked with a twinkling look in his eyes: "My dear brother, did you marry the sister of the big boss of Hong Kong Island? I seem to have seen a report about your wedding in the newspaper."

"Oh yes."

Li Dayong nodded helplessly. People who didn't know the inside story always thought that he married Pei Wenhui as a "son-in-law", so every time he talked about this issue, he felt embarrassed.

But Director Hai immediately stood up and shook hands with Li Dayong again warmly, even more enthusiastically than he treated Li Ye and Sun Xianjin.

"Oh, I am so lucky today. I am so lucky."

Li Ye: "."

Sun Xianjin: “.”

Nowadays, no matter whether you are a director in a department or a factory manager outside, you don’t have as much face as the brother-in-law of a big boss in Hong Kong.

(End of this chapter)