That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1398 People are different

"Li Ye, don't you have your own car?"

After Li Ye finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

Don't be fooled by the fact that everyone thinks Li Ye is of a low rank and doesn't deserve to be "on equal footing" with them. Before the group merger, Li Ye was at least a deputy director level, so how could he not be given a car?

"What Li Ye said is true."

When Ma Zhaoxian first spoke, he carried a heavy sense of authority: "Initially, the ministry approved our establishment of a branch factory, but the unit was short of funds, so it only provided the branch factory with 300 employees, 200,000 yuan in funds, and a car."

Li Ye was the deputy factory director at the time, and in principle he should have been provided with a car. However, in order not to cause trouble for the country, he bought a car with his own money and traveled to the branch factory in all kinds of weather.
Over the years, the factory has grown from 300 to over 10,000 employees, and workers' wages have increased two or three times. But Li Ye's car is still the same car; he has never asked us to replace it for him.
So if you think Li Ye would care about a car, you'd better change your mind as soon as possible.

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As the general manager of Jingnan Group, Ma Zhaoxian's words carried significant weight. With just a few simple words, he rendered Jia Zhongyue speechless.

Upon seeing Ma Zhaoxian leave the stage, Shang Bin smiled and said, "So, Deputy General Manager Li has this kind of background! I'm ashamed to say that we've treated him unfairly, given his meritorious service."

Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "There's no such thing as being treated unfairly. I just don't like causing trouble for the country. It's the same with this car change. I see everyone else driving Audis, and I'm thinking that my Santana is a bit of a drag on the company's image."

I just joked with Mr. Pei, and he was so generous that he gave us three cars in one go.”

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At this point, even Shang Bin was speechless.

Li Ye said that these three Mercedes-Benz W14s were sent by Pei Wencong to help Li Ye get a new car, and you, Shang Bin, are just benefiting from Li Ye's generosity.

Shang Bin gave Jia Zhongyue a cold look, while Jia Zhongyue inwardly groaned.

Whoever takes the lead has to clean up the mess. They thought they could team up with Shang Bin to give Li Ye a hard time and let everyone know who the real owner of Jingnan Group is, but Li Ye's "don't cause trouble for the country" statement completely shut them up.

Shang Bin has been riding in government cars for decades, but Li Ye has never ridden in one for a single day. Now you're asking Li Ye to give up his car in the name of the government?

How big is your face?
Jia Zhongyue stood up again and bowed slightly to Li Ye: "I'm sorry, Deputy General Manager Li, I really don't know the specifics."

Li Ye interrupted Jia Zhongyue directly, coldly saying, "It doesn't matter if you don't know the specifics, but you must pay attention to one thing in the future: don't always get into the habit of taking food from other people's bowls just because you can't grow your own food?"

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Jia Zhongyue froze, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

Li Ye's words were too sharp, and he even used "you all," which implied that Shang Bin and the others were also being insulted.

Southwest Heavy Truck has been unable to grow enough grain all these years, hasn't it? Now that it's merging with Light Truck Company, is it trying to steal food from someone else's plate?
However, that's just how things are; you can't put it that way.

Jin Hong, the only female deputy general manager of Jingnan Group, glanced at Li Ye and said with a faint smile, "Comrade Li Ye, don't be so resentful. You speak as if you've swallowed gunpowder."
This is the first time we've worked together, and we're all still getting to know each other. We need to be more understanding and considerate of each other in the future.”

Old Meng quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Hahaha, Old Cong, what you're saying is both right and wrong. Comrade Li Ye is young and impetuous, and speaks his mind directly, hehehe~"

Weng Keming also laughed and said, "Hehehe, you know what, we old guys just don't have as much drive as the young people."

Deputy General Manager Li is capable and motivated; we should give him more responsibilities in the future. With great power comes great responsibility!

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The old guys' lighthearted banter finally livened up the nearly frozen atmosphere, but the rumor of "Li Ye taking gunpowder" ultimately couldn't be dispelled. It's believed that soon the rumor of Li Ye taking gunpowder will spread throughout the entire upper echelons of the Jingnan Group, and then upwards.

The merger of the two units means that any factor that affects unity is a shortcoming that the higher-ups don't want to see. Li Ye, this young man, is still too impulsive!
But Li Ye leaned back in his chair, completely unconcerned.

"It certainly seems inappropriate for me to have taken the gunpowder, but what if I genuinely wanted to dismantle the Jingnan Group?"

Decades later, those who worked in the system had a very carefree and bold statement: "As long as I don't want to be a deputy section chief, I can be a deputy bureau chief."

Although this sounds a bit like a "tantrum," it also reveals the truth: if you don't have what I need, then I have nothing to fear.

Does Jingnan Group have anything that Li Ye needs?
Have.

Time and level.

Li Ye needs time to advance his rank, that's all.

In fact, given the scale of the No. 1 factory, it should have been upgraded long ago. Saying it's at the vice-ministerial level is an exaggeration, but it's certainly qualified for the director-general level. After all, many director-general level units don't have the same production scale as them, so giving them the vice-director-general level is a bit too low.

But Li Ye hasn't matured yet!
Li Ye is only a division chief now. If you promote the unit's rank now, who will be the top leader? Someone like Shang Bin?
The First Factory is like a fragrant ginseng fruit, and many people are willing to come and taste it. If a god were to be transferred from several large automobile factories, it would require the power of several lifetimes. Could Li Ye, who is not yet thirty years old, withstand it?
Therefore, Li Ye is just a passerby in Jingnan Group. Whether you treat me well or badly, I don't care. I'll just guard my own branch factory and no one can touch it. After a few years, when I've accumulated enough seniority, we'll say goodbye.

So, do Li Ye still need to maintain good working relationships with people like Jin Hong and Weng Keming?

Forget it! Let's just become enemies and ignore each other!
"Well... how about this!"

Ma Zhaoxian glanced at the laughing crowd and said in a deep voice, "I'll transfer my Mercedes S600 to the office for reception duties. That's settled."

"This"

Shang Bin was caught off guard and could only say dejectedly, "That's a good suggestion. My Mercedes will also be transferred to the office for unified management. Two cars should be enough for most situations."

After Shang Bin finished speaking, he glanced at Li Ye.

But Li Ye completely ignored him.

[Your cars are both brand new Audis, while my Santana has over 100,000 kilometers on it. Why should I be "on equal footing" with you?]

As for Li Ye's unconventional behavior, such as riding in the best car in the Jingnan Group as the deputy general manager, Li Ye didn't care at all.

Even if it's controversial, it's still controversy. It would be better if they exposed this matter!

After it's reported, the higher-ups will definitely ask, "How could that kid be so ungrateful?"

"Hey, that's sponsorship they got. Besides, that kid's got talent; he's responsible for 70% of Jingnan Group's profits."

Many smart people who "consider the big picture" will never leave an impression on those in power, but Li Ye is someone that some people are already tired of hearing about.

Can people be the same?

People are definitely different.

At this moment, Jia Zhongyue was truly on the verge of tears.

The original intention was to give Li Ye a hard time and isolate him by using the Mercedes-Benz incident, but instead, Ma Zhaoxian and Shang Bin's new cars were "uniformly allocated". What kind of situation is this?
Is this a simultaneous attempt to undermine the two major figures in the organization?

(End of this chapter)