That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1383 You Broke the Rules First

After agreeing to Fu Lianbing's request, Li Ye brought him all the specifications of the leaf springs his unit had purchased the next day, and also sent him several sets of leaf springs.

Li Ye was so efficient for two reasons: first, because of the friendship between classmates, and second, because he wanted to use this incident to give certain people a warning.

The First Branch Factory has expanded rapidly in the past two years, and some people have become a bit arrogant, forgetting how much effort and commitment everyone made to establish strict rules and regulations within the factory.

Two days later, in the morning, Pan Dachuan, the head of the supply department of the first factory, knocked on the door of Li Ye's office.

After entering, Pan Dachuan said with a smile, "Director Li, Director Sun is here. He said he has some work-related matters to discuss with you. Do you think we should have him come over?"

Without even looking up, Li Ye asked, "Factory Director Sun? Which Factory Director Sun?"

Pan Dachuan paused for a moment, then said awkwardly, "Director Sun from the Jingxi Leaf Spring Factory."

Jingxi Leaf Spring Factory was the first batch of suppliers selected by Li Ye through a "bidding" process after he established a branch factory. At the time, many suppliers ignored Li Ye, a young man with no experience, but Lao Sun firmly stood by Li Ye's side.

In recent years, Li Ye has not treated Lao Sun badly. Back then, the entire light vehicle company's annual production was only 20,000 vehicles, but now the first branch factory produces more than 100,000 vehicles a year. Lao Sun, the supplier, has also made a fortune. It was worth it for him to have the foresight to follow Li Ye.

But when Li Ye heard that it was Lao Sun who was coming, he looked up at Pan Dachuan and said unhappily, "Haven't you always been the one handling our work with Lao Sun? Why do you need to discuss it with me?"

Pan Dachuan's heart skipped a beat, and he felt inexplicably uneasy.

As the branch factory continued to expand, Li Ye could not do everything personally. Therefore, each middle-level manager had a clear scope of responsibilities. As a supplier, Director Sun's work-related matters did not require Li Ye's involvement; Pan Dachuan could handle them himself.

However, because Director Sun was one of the first suppliers to firmly support Li Ye, he has had a good personal relationship with Li Ye over the years. Whenever he comes to Li Ye's office for a cup of tea, Li Ye always greets him with a smile.

But thinking about the supply specifications that Li Ye personally took away two days ago, Pan Dachuan felt even more panicked.

But the next moment, Li Ye said, "Since he wants to see me, then let him come over!"

"Okay, I'll have him come over."

Pan Dachuan left Li Ye's office and couldn't help but wipe away his sweat.

Summer in Beijing is truly hot, but the sweat on Pan Dachuan's face was cold.

Director Sun arrived quickly and immediately started taking things out of his bag as soon as he entered.

"Director Li, I'm sorry to bother you again. It's summer now! Our factory got a batch of high-temperature tea, and I think the taste is alright, so I brought you a couple of cans to try."

Seeing that Director Sun had taken out several cans of tea, Li Ye smiled and said, "Old Sun, are you trying to make me break the rules?"

Factory Director Sun was taken aback for a moment, then slapped his forehead and said with a smile, "Look, look, I forgot about that. I'll put it in the reception room later; consider it a visit between brother units."

Li Ye doesn't accept gifts, but if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes, visiting clients bring some "gifts" that are hard to refuse, so he puts them in the reception room as a kind of "official" gift exchange between units.

But today, Li Ye smiled and said, "No, you can leave it here! Anyway, we've already broken the rule once, so breaking it again won't hurt."

"what?"

Factory Director Sun was stunned. Li Ye had actually broken the rules?

This is big news.

After all, Li Ye has proven with a series of examples over the past few years that he truly "regards money as dirt".

But now Li Ye has actually "gotten it".

Thinking about this, Director Sun suddenly felt that the few cans of tea he brought today were too light. Although the tea was not a high-temperature tea, it was definitely not a "generous gift".

Before Lao Sun could figure it out, Li Ye asked bluntly, "Lao Sun, what brings you here today?"

Factory Director Sun had been dealing with Li Ye for quite some time and knew he disliked beating around the bush.
So he said frankly, "It's like this, Director Li. Thanks to you, our factory's output has increased five or six times in the past two years. So last year we built a new factory building and installed new equipment, hoping to work hard with you."
But I heard you're planning to add another leaf spring factory recently, so I'm a bit worried! The newly hired workers, the bank loans…”

Li Ye listened quietly to Lao Sun's complaints, like a wronged woman blaming her husband for being "unfaithful" and having affairs behind her back.

After Lao Sun finally finished speaking, Li Ye said calmly, "Lao Sun, you broke the rules first!"

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Old Sun opened his mouth, about to say something, when he saw Li Ye take out two metal detection reports from the drawer.

"Old Sun, we've been working together for five years. Can you tell me why your factory's technical level hasn't improved in these five years, but has actually regressed?"

"It might be a problem with the process! Our factory is trying out a new process."

"New process? You tried a new process, did you even let me try the ingredients? Where did it go? Did you eat it?"

Li Ye glanced at the test report, his face devoid of any smile.

Starting last year, the after-sales department reported that the leaf springs of the trucks produced by the first factory showed obvious signs of "weakness" after a period of use. Li Ye had someone investigate, and the test results met the national standards, so the conclusion was that it was caused by "serious overloading".

Trucks in mainland China have different design specifications and actual specifications. If your truck is rated to carry three tons of cargo, its actual carrying capacity is at least five tons, and its maximum load can reach seven or eight tons. Don't be stubborn, or you won't be able to sell it.

This is like decades later when a certain car company conducted a "crash-in-truck" test. The engineers performed theoretical calculations based on the rated load of a certain truck and thought that "it would hit the target every time." But try hitting one on the road in reality.
Trucks from China are all falsely advertised, aren't they?

So Li Ye didn't pay attention at the time, because if truck drivers always transport at the limit load, the leaf springs are indeed prone to fatigue. As a manufacturer, you can't openly encourage them to overload, can you?

But this year, things have changed, because the new cars from back then are not as good as the old cars that have been used for several years.

This is something Li Ye absolutely cannot tolerate.

However, Li Ye did not react immediately.

When redness and swelling appear on the surface of the skin, there must be a more serious inflammation hidden underneath.

Taking advantage of Fu Lianbing's situation, I sent him several sets of leaf springs from different years, asking him to help me conduct authoritative testing. The results showed that the test reports were significantly different.

(End of this chapter)