That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1281 How much money does your company have?
After listening to Li Ye's words, Fu Guiru remained silent for several seconds before asking, "Xiao Ye, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Li Ye said, "I ran into her at the exhibition today. She's now in the car import trade. You can say I'm being overly pessimistic, but there are some things we have to be wary of."

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After learning that Fu Guiru was tinkering with imported cars, Li Ye began to feel uneasy.

Cars aren't frozen pig's feet, Marlboro cigarettes, or Double Lions trampling the earth; they can't be smuggled over by air. They can only be transported through ports.

Fu Guiru was granted permission to invest in mainland ports two years ago, and it has been almost two years now. Although there are multiple layers of supervision in the mainland and ports and customs are not the same system, there are still convenient conditions. If she is taken advantage of, how can she explain herself?
Fu Guiru was also cautious and immediately said, "I'll have someone ask right away if the situation you're worried about is true."

Li Ye said decisively, "You don't need to ask. Anyone who is a suspect, even if the possibility is very small, must be transferred or eliminated."

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Fu Guiru fell silent; this was the first time Li Ye had spoken to her so seriously.

In the past, when Li Ye communicated with Fu Guiru, even with deals worth hundreds of millions or billions, he would just smile and say, "Mom, you can handle this."
But now? They didn't give Fu Guiru any room for maneuver; they simply "eliminated" her.

Fu Guiru breathed a sigh of relief and said frankly, "Alright, I'll listen to you. Anyone who might be implicated will be sent back to our hometown in Malaysia."

Li Ye also said casually, "Mother, trust me, it's better to be safe than sorry. Also, she said she's getting married and asked me to let you know. I hope you can attend her wedding."

Fu Guiru asked in surprise, "She's getting married? She told you herself?"

Li Ye laughed and said, "Not only did she tell me herself, but I also saw her fiancé! He's 1.8 meters tall, in his early thirties, and has an artistic flair."

Li Ye gave a detailed description of Tang Zhiyu's appearance, and Fu Guiru couldn't help but curse after hearing it.

"A fool who'll never grow up. She'll die at a man's hands sooner or later."

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When Li Ye returned to the booth of the No. 1 factory, he saw Niu Hongzhang standing there with a sullen face.

When he saw Li Ye return, he said in a deep voice, "Comrade Li Ye, how was your harvest on the first day of the exhibition?"

Li Ye said calmly, "The weather isn't good today, but we've already opened for business, so it's neither good nor bad."

Niu Hongzhang raised an eyebrow and said, "It's just the opening? But Fengtian Sea Lions has already signed an export contract. Are we going to fall behind?"

"Toyota Hiace?"

Li Ye turned his head and looked around, but he didn't see any sign of the Hiace Motors.

Wang Siyu leaned close to Li Ye and whispered, "Director Li, the Toyota Hiace is a joint venture car, so it's in the exhibition area on the east side."

Li Ye frowned but remained silent.

Today, the number of visitors to the east exhibition area was more than ten times that of the west area. The booths over there must be better than ours. As for the so-called "joint venture automobiles", it's just a figure of speech. Nanjing Automobile's Iveco is also a joint venture brand, so why wasn't it arranged in the east area?

Niu Hongzhang turned to look at Wang Siyu and said with a sneer, "It seems your marketing department's work is still inadequate! You keep saying our products are bestsellers, but we've been squeezed into this corner, while the less popular ones are taking up the spotlight."

Wang Siyu was speechless with anger, but unable to refute it.

The fact that Fengtian was able to secure a booth on the east side shows that their public relations skills are indeed stronger than yours.

However, Li Ye immediately said, "What does this have to do with Wang Siyu? It's because our leaders don't have strong enough connections. Secretary Niu, could you try to find some connections to move our booth to the east side?"

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Niu Hongzhang was speechless. What connections could he possibly have? Even if he did, would he work so hard for the branch factory?

Li Ye suddenly realized and said, "Oh, you're okay too? Then Wang Siyu is so young, so he's even less of a problem."

Li Ye hated people like Niu Hongzhang who didn't do anything themselves and just waited for others to finish their work so he could find fault with them. So he didn't tolerate Niu Hongzhang at all.

Niu Hongzhang gritted his teeth and said, "They didn't go to the east booth because of connections, but because of the car logo. Fengtian Haishi has the Toyota logo, and overseas customers recognize that. I've talked to the representatives of Japan and Mitsubishi, and they are willing to let us use the Mitsubishi logo." Li Ye interrupted Niu Hongzhang directly, "You don't need to worry about business matters. I will discuss it with General Manager Ma."

Niu Hongzhang was furious and said angrily, "I'm doing this for your own good. You claim to be an expert in Western economics, but don't you know about the brand effect?"

"Oh~"

Li Ye almost burst out laughing.

Old Niu actually knows about the "brand effect," but does he know what he needs to give up after borrowing Mitsubishi's brand?

Mitsubishi has always had a representative stationed at the No. 1 plant, demanding every day that the plant use their engines. However, Li Ye strictly controlled the proportions, using a portion of Mitsubishi engines, a portion of Isuzu diesel engines, and a portion of low-end domestic gasoline engines.

But if you use someone else's trademark, you'll be subject to their supervision. Do you still have the right to freely compete and mix and match? You'd have to ask them for permission to choose the size of the tires, right?

So Niu Hongzhang may have been sincere, but in the end he was just being played like a fool.

"Comrade Niu Hongzhang, I hope you understand that everyone has their own area of ​​expertise. What I'm good at, you're not as good as me; and what you're good at, I'll never compare myself to you."

Let's each do our part, support each other, and not hold each other back, okay?

"I'm going to hold you back?"

Niu Hongzhang's fingers trembled with anger, but then he suddenly saw something and pointed behind Li Ye.

"Okay, let's each do our job. Now, explain to me why your family member is here to see you. Are they here to support your work?"

Li Ye turned around and saw Wen Leyu leading the little girl Zhong walking towards them from a distance.

Li Ye said calmly, "It's none of your business if she comes to participate in the exhibition."

"Hehehe~"

Niu Hongzhang chuckled and said, "Li Ye, I'm not an unreasonable person. Even if you just came here for a trip with her, who can say anything?"

I don't believe you for a second!

At the airport, Wen Leyu spat at Niu Hongzhang in front of him. Now that Niu Hongzhang is holding his anger and looking for "evidence" of Li Ye and Wen Leyu's crimes, it's no wonder he's not showing any sympathy.

Wen Leyu saw Niu Hongzhang pointing and whispering at her, and walked straight over.

"What's wrong? Is it strange to see me here?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Yes! My colleague suspects me, saying that I used public funds to come on vacation with you."

Wen Leyu glanced at Niu Hongzhang and said coldly, "Spending public funds is also spending my public funds. How much money does your unit have?"

Niu Hongzhang: "."

Xiao Zhu: "."

Wang Siyu and the others: "."

These people had never seen a woman speak of "squandering public funds" in such a domineering way.

"No more kidding."

Wen Leyu pointed to the Xiamen King Long booth: "Our company has invested in Xiamen King Long buses, so I'm here to inspect our work. Comrade Niu Hongzhang, are you satisfied with this answer?"

Niu Hongzhang, holding his breath, glared at Li Ye, his eyes clearly saying, "Are you kidding me? Your wife's company invested in a bus factory, and you're saying you didn't know?"

Li Ye laughed freely.

There's nothing I can do. My wife has investments that are overseen by many organizations. How could I possibly know everything?

(End of this chapter)