That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1397 It's all envy.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony and the unveiling of the Jingnan Group, everyone expected that the first D Committee meeting would be held soon, since the group's strategic direction, profit distribution, and annual plan all needed to be determined as soon as possible.

But no one expected that the first item on the agenda for such an important meeting would be Jia Zhongyue making a self-criticism.

This surprised Li Ye quite a bit. Although Jia Zhongyue only gave a verbal apology, a verbal apology is still an apology, isn't it?
Yesterday, when the banquet ended badly, Shang Bin and Jia Zhongyue were ready to fight Li Ye to the death. How come they suddenly backed down after a night's sleep and sobering up?

But as soon as Jia Zhongyue opened his mouth, Li Ye knew that this guy was using a "retreat to advance" tactic.

"I apologize to all the leaders and colleagues. Today is the first formal meeting since the establishment of our group. I would like to take a little time to give a sincere verbal apology."
During the group's preparation period, I was trusted by several leaders to be in charge of office arrangements. However, due to insufficient consideration and a lack of in-depth communication with Deputy General Manager Li,
Therefore, the office arranged for Deputy General Manager Li was unsatisfactory, causing serious misunderstandings at this crucial juncture of our group's merger. I feel extremely guilty about this.”

Jia Zhongyue gave a three-minute statement, his face full of shame, and everyone present looked at Li Ye.

Yesterday, the cramped and messy state of Li Ye's office had already drawn the ire of Xue Bu and others. Today, Jia Zhongyue took the initiative to apologize, shifting the blame to Li Ye and putting Li Ye in a difficult position.

In this situation, people from the mainland like to talk about "great tolerance" and encourage "harmony between generals and ministers." So, Jia Zhongyue's actions actually forced Li Ye to help Jia Zhongyue solve his troubles.

[Don't worry, boss, I've forgiven him.]

The question is, is Li Ye really willing to forgive Jia Zhongyue?
At the end, Jia Zhongyue bowed slightly to Li Ye and said, "I'm sorry, Deputy General Manager Li, I sincerely apologize to you. I will arrange a new office for you as soon as possible, and I will make sure you are satisfied."

"Wait, stop right now."

Li Ye waved his hand to stop Jia Zhongyue from apologizing, and then said seriously, "Since we're discussing this in a work meeting, don't apologize to me personally. Everything you do is for the sake of work; whether the work is done well or poorly is a matter of official business."

But if you apologize to me personally now, it will only make it easier for others to misunderstand and think that I have some personal grudge against you, turning a perfectly good business matter into a personal one.”

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The people around them all had strange expressions.

Although Li Ye seemed to have explained things clearly, he actually had a "relentless" attitude, and it seemed that this matter was not going to end so easily.

Jia Zhongyue's expression darkened further, because perhaps only he and Shang Bin knew that Li Ye meant, "Don't apologize to me personally; you're just incompetent at your job."

So at this moment, Shang Bin spoke. His first words were in the habitual tone of a superior, seemingly gentle but actually authoritative.

"Comrade Li Ye, you're being too serious. Director Jia just didn't expect you to have so much data, which is why the office he arranged didn't meet your expectations."
"Because a superior saw the mess in your office yesterday, a misunderstanding arose. Director Jia was trying to clear up the misunderstanding; there was no personal emotion involved."

"I don't have any personal emotions!"

Li Ye said in surprise, "My office is great! Did I say I was dissatisfied? Secretary Shang, you can't say that. This is a formal meeting, and there are meeting minutes."

Shang Bin's face also darkened.

[You son of a bitch, you say you're not satisfied? If you're not satisfied, why have you made your office look like a pigsty? Are you lying through your teeth?]

Li Ye was just lying through his teeth. Back then, Teacher Ke told Li Ye to "learn how to deal with people," one of the things he learned was to "wear a mask of hypocrisy." After several months of practice, Li Ye felt that he had reached the beginner level in this skill.

Moreover, seeing that Jia Zhongyue looked unwell, Li Ye said with great concern, "Hey, Director Jia, why do you look so pale? Are you feeling unwell? If you're not feeling well, please don't try to tough it out. You must go to the hospital, rest and recuperate."

Jia Zhongyue slowly sat back down in his chair, glaring at Li Ye with gritted teeth.

[You bastard, are you trying to make me take a sick leave? Or are you trying to force me to retire on medical grounds? I'll never forgive you!]

Overwhelmed by his emotions, Jia Zhongyue, driven by a sudden surge of malice, blurted out something he hadn't intended to do. "Vice General Manager Li is right," he said, "today's occasion is indeed unsuitable for discussing personal matters. So, I'll quickly address a work-related issue facing our department, hoping not to waste anyone's time."

Jia Zhongyue forced a smile and said businesslike, "It's like this, our group has just been established, and there are countless things to resolve, one of which is the issue of transportation for official receptions."

As a key unit being merged under the ministry's supervision, we will undoubtedly have many reception duties in the future, so we need several relatively good cars for this purpose.

However, our fleet only consists of a few old Volga cars and a few Santanas. If we use them to receive important guests, it seems a bit shabby, and if we use them to receive leaders, it seems even less respectful.
So I was thinking, should we first allocate all the new cars in the company together and set aside one of them?

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The people around him, like pigeons perched in the square, all turned their eyes to Li Ye when they saw him buying corn chips to feed the pigeons, as if Li Ye were the big bastard who had spent twenty yuan to buy five mao (0.5 yuan) worth of corn chips.

As a large enterprise, Jingnan Group certainly has no shortage of vehicles for official receptions, but when it comes to vehicles that make the leaders feel valued, the only ones are the three Mercedes-Benz W14s that Pei Wencong just delivered.

Your general manager, secretary, and deputy general manager all drive Mercedes-Benz, but you sent a Santana to pick me up. Do you not value me?

Even a fool would know that the question Jia Zhongyue raised was aimed at Li Ye.

But when Jia Zhongyue finished speaking, Li Ye lowered his head and started writing something in his notebook, as if he hadn't understood Jia Zhongyue's various indirect hints at all.

Jin Hong and Weng Keming exchanged a glance, both finding it somewhat amusing.

Li Ye's silent response, seemingly "unmoved as a mountain," was actually a poor choice.

Because Jingnan Group has five deputy general managers, Li Ye is ranked last in terms of age and rank, but he gets a Bentley Tiger while others can only ride in Santana. How can you not attract envy?
So if a Mercedes-Benz W140 is needed for reception, then without a doubt, it would be Li Ye's car, and everyone would support it.

"It's all for the company's work! Why don't you just drive an Audi or a Santana like us?"

However, no one would easily speak up about offending others. After all, judging from yesterday's situation, Li Ye was no pushover. Everyone could encourage him, but no one would take the initiative. Jia Zhongyue was the one to be the first to step forward, since he and Li Ye had already become mortal enemies.
Jia Zhongyue understood this principle, so he could only grit his teeth and ask Li Ye with a forced smile, "Deputy General Manager Li, do you think my suggestion is appropriate?"

Director Jia's smile was sinister. He was inciting the other four deputy general managers to gang up on Li Ye. Who told you not to know your place?

Li Ye raised his head and said with a smile, "Managing the vehicles for official receptions is the responsibility of your office. Why are you asking me? You're not under my direct management."

"Oh, oh, hehehehe~"

Jia Zhongyue chuckled awkwardly, then turned to look at Shang Bin.

I've been leading the charge for so long, you should lend a hand now. Dealing with Li Ye is your idea; I'm just your henchman.

Shang Bin glanced at Li Ye and asked with a faint smile, "I think Director Jia's suggestion makes sense. The country has already assigned each person their own car. Now that three new cars have suddenly appeared, it is reasonable to temporarily allocate them in a unified manner."

"Excuse me, I want to speak."

Li Ye raised his hand and said confidently, "The government has never assigned me a car. I have always arranged my own work vehicle, so please don't consider me when making unified arrangements."

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　Chapter Two will be updated a little later; you can read it tomorrow morning.

　　
　
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