That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1391 A cowardly soldier is one coward, a cowardly general makes a whole army cowardly.

Because the opening ceremony of Jingnan Group was scheduled for November 20th, Li Ye started moving to the group's headquarters ahead of schedule on the 17th.

The temporary office building provided above has a good location, near Fuchengmen, and was formerly the office building of an agency under the Ministry of Machine Building.

Because of the various mergers and adjustments of ministries over the past decade or so, this agency was abolished, leaving only a handful of staff, which is why the higher authorities were able to find a way to free it up.

Although this building is over ten years old, it is closer to the city center and has been renovated, so Li Ye felt that the office environment here should be better than that of the light vehicle company.

At least it's closer to home when I go to and from get off work, right?

Moving is always a lively affair. Since it was a group of people from the light truck company moving together, a long line of trucks came rumbling by.

When Li Ye arrived, he discovered that Southwest Heavy Truck had moved in yesterday, and today, when the people from Light Truck Company came over, they all came down to help enthusiastically.

There were a couple hundred people on both sides, carrying things on their shoulders and in their hands, busy up and down. The atmosphere was quite good, even in the dead of winter.

Although Li Ye couldn't put on airs and act like a leader at this time, he carried heavy bags and moved things upstairs like ants, just like everyone else.

Of course, he could only take light items; when he tried to help others carry larger items, they all refused with all their might.

Just kidding, Li Ye is now one of the top "giants" in the group, would he really get covered in dust with everyone else?
So in the end, Li Ye could only move his office belongings with Zhou Ziqing. You meant well by helping everyone, but you made them feel embarrassed. Isn't that just making things worse?

During the process of moving things, Li Ye discovered that Zhou Ziqing was in good physical and mental condition. She was not afraid to carry dozens of kilograms of things up and down the stairs, and she did not have the spoiled "whining" of the fairy maidens and old fairy maidens of later generations.

However, when they moved the fourth time, Li Ye noticed that Zhou Ziqing's complexion was not very good.

Li Ye quickly joked, "Sister Zhou, you need to rest for a while. Don't touch anything too heavy either. If we collapse from exhaustion on our first day here, won't people laugh at us?"

But Zhou Ziqing said in a low voice, "I'm not tired, I just think your office seems a bit small."

"A little small?"

Li Ye looked at his office with surprise. Although it wasn't as luxurious as the nouveau riche's offices in later generations, it was still about 20 square meters and had good lighting.

Zhou Ziqing pointed to the office wall and said, "When I came here before, it was agreed that this place would be opened up and the two offices would be combined into one, but today I see five desks set up next door."

Upon hearing Zhou Ziqing's words, Li Ye knew that something was wrong.

He stepped out of the office, casually strolling around with his hands behind his back, and looked around the top floor.

As he passed the office with the sign "Vice President's Office," he deliberately measured the side length of the room with his feet to estimate the office's area.

Yes, my office is indeed smaller than the other vice presidents' offices.

To make sure he wasn't mistaken, Li Ye went into Lao Meng's office, who was also a vice president, and chatted with Lao Meng for a bit while he was moving things.

His face darkened as he left Lao Meng's office.

Old Meng's office is a combination of two offices, with a lounge inside and an office area outside. In addition, Old Meng and his assistant each have their own office.

However, Li Ye only has one room, and Zhou Ziqing, his assistant, has to share an office with four other people next door.

Normally, Li Ye wouldn't care about such things, otherwise his branch factory's office building wouldn't be considered "shabby" by everyone. But today, he couldn't help but care.

After returning to his office, Li Ye said to Zhou Ziqing, "Go and ask which department is in charge of assigning offices. Find someone to come over so I can ask them a couple of questions."

Zhou Ziqing didn't go out to ask, but first explained to Li Ye: "This matter is handled by the group office. The office director and two deputy directors are from Southwest Heavy Truck. There is only one old Gao, who was brought over by Vice President Meng."

Li Ye remembered Lao Gao.

It seems like it was the year before last or last year when he approached Lu Zhizhang, hoping to transfer to the First Factory to secure a position, but Li Ye rejected the idea. Now, by some twist of fate, he has found a better future.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Isn't there still Old Gao? Call him over so I can ask him about the situation." During the merger of the Light Truck Company and Southwest Heavy Truck, various power struggles were fierce, and the competition for control of key businesses was intense.

The two sides argued fiercely over the selection of personnel for the finance department. Although the two organizations were said to have merged, only the finance department was relatively unified; in other areas, each side maintained its own territory, so neither side was willing to concede an inch on the finance aspect.

In the end, the dispute resulted in Lao Yang from the light truck company becoming the head of the finance department, but as a balance, Southwest Heavy Truck gained the upper hand in the other departments and sections.

According to Li Ye's understanding, the two sides are cooperating this time because of Kamaz heavy trucks, so the light vehicle company will definitely take the lead.
But in the end, Gan Zhongjie from Southwest Heavy Truck became the director of the technology department, while Lao Qiu from the main factory became the deputy director.

Xiao Zhu, who was the first to follow Li Ye, was only a section chief before and had no chance to compete, so he could only be the last deputy director.

But listen to what Zhou Ziqing is saying about the group office now, it seems even worse than the technology department, with only one deputy director, which must be very difficult when it comes to vying for the right to speak.

A short while later, Zhou Ziqing arrived with Lao Gao.

Li Ye didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Old Gao, how are my and Assistant Zhou's offices arranged? Why are they different from the other vice presidents'?"

Old Gao paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "President Li, it's like this: when the offices were being assigned, everyone met for a meeting, and the offices were allocated according to rank."

"According to level?"

Li Ye chuckled and said, "So you mean I'm not high enough in rank?"

Li Ye didn't get promoted two levels in a row, so he was indeed one level lower than the other deputy general managers. But everyone's position was the same, so everyone had their own reasons and could say whatever they wanted.

Old Gao quickly explained, "No, no, Mr. Li, that's not what I meant. It's just that there are only so many south-facing rooms on this floor, so Director Jia suggested allocating them according to usual practice."

Li Ye interrupted, "According to whose practice? I don't know our company has such a practice. Is it according to the practice of Southwest Heavy Truck? And who are you working for?"

Li Ye was genuinely angry. Even if Lao Gao was relatively isolated in the group office, you couldn't just ignore Li Ye, after all, Li Ye was "one of us."
It turns out that the other party didn't argue at all, and it's unclear whether they were slow to react, thought it was better to avoid trouble, or felt embarrassed by Lu Zhizhang and Li Ye. In any case, they didn't communicate clearly with Zhou Ziqing, which led to Zhou Ziqing's misunderstanding.

At that moment, Zhou Ziqing asked in a composed manner, "Deputy Director Gao, why are there desks for the driver and secretary in the office next to General Manager Li's?"

It turned out that while Li Ye was out wandering around, Zhou Ziqing was not idle either, and had already found out the situation in the office next to Li Ye's.

Old Gao said awkwardly, "Those are Secretary Shang's driver and secretary."

Zhou Ziqing said bluntly, "Then you think I should share an office with the driver and secretary, right?"

Old Gao was speechless with embarrassment.

When it comes to putting on airs and intimidating others, Zhou Ziqing is far more adept than Li Ye. Although she is half a rank lower than Lao Gao, she is many ranks higher than the driver and secretary, and she speaks with absolute confidence.

Old Gao lowered his head: "Then I'll go back and discuss it with Director Jia."

Seeing Lao Gao's expression, Li Ye waved his hand irritably: "You can go back now! Don't bother with this matter."

"."

Old Gao glanced at Li Ye, nodded, and left.

After he left, Li Ye couldn't help but mutter, "A cowardly soldier is a cowardly one, and a cowardly general makes a whole army cowardly."

When Lao Meng was at the light vehicle company, he was very laid-back, never offending anyone, and just waiting for his promotion step by step.

And the old man he brought along also had the attitude of "it's none of my business"—what can we expect him to do in the future?
Didn't he realize anything was wrong with letting the VIP's driver and secretary share an office with Zhou Ziqing?
This guy's here to spy on us, okay?
Li Ye picked up the phone and called Wu Yan: "Hey? Send me some technical data related to Kamaz, not confidential stuff, it takes up space."

Wu Yan paused for a moment, then asked, "How much space will it take up?"

"The 20-square-meter office is so big that there's barely room to stand."

(End of this chapter)