That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1242 Do you treat me as a criminal?
"This year, the best workers in our factory are Zhou Ziqing, Zhu Xiaoxian, and Miao Hongsheng. Their prize is a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment at a special price."

The first day of 1991 was Tuesday.

As per usual practice, the First Branch held its annual commendation meeting for 1990 separately, and Li Ye also carefully prepared generous prizes, including red envelopes, motorcycles, and daily household appliances, giving out prizes until his hands were almost full.

However, this year's "big prize" made the employees on site somewhat "unsatisfied".

"Why aren't you sending out sedans this year? I thought it was still going to be the Xiali this year!"

"Yes! The reward of a two-bedroom apartment is too bad, isn't it? Even if we don't give out Xiali this year, a minivan will be fine!"

"You don't know yet, right? Last year, our factory distributed three cars. Some people with red eyes were dissatisfied and wrote to the department every day to report the situation. Even if our factory director Li wanted to reward our workers, he couldn't force it in the face of the public."

"I knew someone was playing tricks on me. Otherwise, our factory director is not such a stingy person. He should be able to give prizes to his employees too! He is stingy himself and yet he scolds others for being generous.
But Master Miao, Section Chief Zhou, and Section Chief Zhu all have houses, right? What are the special price houses? Do they need to vacate the houses they are living in now?"

"This is impossible. It's absolutely impossible. I don't know what the situation is at Section Chief Zhou's home, but I've been to Master Miao's home. It has three bedrooms and a living room. He didn't make any mistakes. How could he change it to a two-bedroom, one-living room?"

"Why are you guys guessing here? Why don't you just go and ask?"

"Hey, Xiao Meng, you are really capable. Why don't you ask your leader?"

"I'll ask if I want to. Are people from our branch afraid to ask the leader?"

The workers at the first branch were indeed not afraid to ask questions to their leaders, because Li Ye had stipulated that as long as the questions were not unreasonable, the leaders must give the workers serious answers.

After a while, Xiao Meng came back.

"I have found out for you that part of our newest batch of staff buildings is open for sale, but the price is too high, more than 1,000 yuan per square meter.
These three houses are on sale, priced at 450 per square meter. Once you buy them, they are yours, and you can give them to your parents or your children and grandchildren to live in."

"Four hundred and fifty? That's a special offer? Did you hear it wrong?"

"Yes! Four hundred and fifty per square meter, the whole house costs twenty or thirty thousand, which is not as good as the motorcycles just given to the production model!
I just went over to take a look, Yang Dabiao and his team's prize is an imported 125, worth more than yuan, so Section Chief Zhou and his team have lost to yuan, which is not worth it, it's really not worth it."

A group of workers were chattering and discussing this year's "unprofitable" big prize, but they didn't pay attention to the key point of "completely owned".

The housing prices in Beijing have actually been rising quite fast in recent years, from 410 square meters in 1982 to just over 1,000 in 1990, nearly doubling. With an average wage of just over 200 per square meter, it has reached the point where "if you don't buy now, you'll never be able to afford it."

However, because each unit still has a welfare housing distribution system, people are basically not enthusiastic about buying houses. Why spend more than ten or even twenty years of salary to buy a one-bedroom apartment? Isn't it better to wait for the government to solve it for you?
Especially in units like the First Branch, which have excellent welfare benefits, employees have no intention of buying a house at all.

So for this year's three first prizes, the people in the first branch were not envious. Instead, they felt that Zhou Ziqing and others were at a disadvantage. Even Master Miao's family was a little disappointed.

"Dad, why are we so unlucky this year? I told my wife that we would have a car soon!"

Master Miao is a representative of the workers. He finally won the first prize. It would be great if he could get a Xiali car! His son and grandson are looking forward to it.

Now I have been given a house.
"Shut up, everyone,"

Master Miao scolded his son, and then sternly rebuked him: "A house can stand on the ground for thirty or fifty years without falling down. If I give you a car, how many years can you drive it? If you are still not satisfied, I will give this house to my sister."

"No, no, no, Dad, please don't be angry. I am content, very content! Besides, you have two grandchildren, and our house is not big enough."

Master Xiaomiao was intimidated by his father's authority and quickly admitted his mistake, but he must have still felt a little unwilling in his heart.

Perhaps it will not be until decades later that they will understand Li Ye's painstaking efforts.

A Xiali these days can be exchanged for two small houses, but a small house a few decades ago can be exchanged for a Bentley.

However, those who are not willing to accept this are only a minority like Master Xiaomiao, and the vast majority of employees are still very content.

So when the commendation meeting was about to end and Li Ye went on stage to speak, everyone gave him warm applause.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Are you all satisfied with this year's rewards?" "Satisfied~"

"Now that you are satisfied, you are all motivated for next year, right?"

"Yes~"

"Now that you are motivated, you have to work harder before the end of the year. We are overwhelmed with orders. If you are delayed for one day, your bonus next year will be less."

Li Ye stopped talking halfway through his words.

Because he saw several public security personnel walked into the venue abruptly, and the staff of a branch factory who were maintaining order below the stage had already come to greet them.

After both sides exchanged a few words, they looked at Li Ye in surprise.

[Is this someone looking for me? ]

. . . . . . . .

The public security personnel came to find Li Ye, but Li Ye was not surprised, because since Xiahou Qingzhi was investigated, he had said a lot of things that he shouldn't have said, including colluding with certain people and forces to maliciously suppress one of Li Ye's branches.

So Li Ye believed that they were here to investigate the losses suffered by a branch factory. After all, the greater the loss, the heavier the crime.

But when Li Ye was questioned, it turned out that it was not the case at all.

"Director Li, are you sure you saw Ms. Yuli bathing in the river with the foreigners on the plateau last summer?"

Li Ye asked in surprise: "Does this question have anything to do with the case? And why are you asking me?"

"Director Li, please cooperate with our investigation and answer our questions seriously."

Li Ye thought for a moment, not understanding the other party's intention, so he told the truth: "I am sure that there were five men and two women bathing in the river at that time, and Yuli was one of them."

"Then do you have any evidence to prove this?"

Li Ye glanced at the other party and asked, "What kind of evidence do you want? What evidence can I have?"

"Comrade Li Ye, please be serious and don't hide anything from us. You clearly said in public that Yuli and the foreigner went to the river to take a bath."

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Li Ye also became serious and asked calmly: "Are you trying me as a criminal?"

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"I'm sorry, Director Li, this is just a routine matter. I hope you can cooperate."

"I am willing to cooperate with you, but you also have to be careful about your approach. I am not a criminal."

"Yes, yes, my colleague was just a little impatient. We are just understanding some situations and it will be over soon."

The elderly police officer was relatively friendly, but he was very blunt in his questions, asking them over and over again for most of the afternoon.

Li Ye used his keen observation skills to observe the other party, and finally figured out something - the other party wanted to prove that Yuli was not a good person.

That's right! Her son cut his father with a knife for Yuli, so it's strange that she is a good person.

However, when Li Ye returned home at night, he realized that things were more complicated than he had thought.

(End of this chapter)