That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1435 Your Majesty, Your Little King

When Li Ye and Wang Jianqiang returned to Beijing, it was already past four in the afternoon.

Wang Jianqiang went straight to his post, while Huang Suwen went home to get some things and then brought her child to keep him company. The family of three had been spending New Year's Eve at their posts for several years in a row.

Over the years, Li Ye has never worked the New Year's Eve shift because Lu Zhizhang has been there to cover for him. At most, he would go over in the middle of the night to switch shifts with Lu Zhizhang.

But this year is different. More than half of the senior executives at Jingnan Heavy Truck are going back to the southwest for the Spring Festival, so only Li Ye, Ma Zhaoxian, Lao Meng, and Weng Keming are on duty.

However, Weng Keming returned to the southwest ahead of time and will not be back until the third day of the Lunar New Year. So from New Year's Eve to the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li Ye and Ma Zhaoxian will have to "do more work"!

So Li Ye planned to go home and grab a quick bite before rushing to the group building to relieve Ma Zhaoxian, who was on duty that day.

When Li Ye drove home, the meal was already prepared by his mother, Fu Guiru, and his stepmother, Han Chunmei.

Both of them returned from Hong Kong Island together on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Fu Guiru had finished her business in Japan and rushed over to explain things to Pei Wencong, while Han Chunmei had been staying in Hong Kong Island with Xiao Youan for the past six months.

Originally, Han Chunmei was supposed to come back earlier this year, but Li Ying and Fu Yiruo were doing some luxury goods business, and she was also learning to handle business in Hong Kong. She made a mistake in the rush at the end of the year, which delayed her return trip.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be a problem, since she's a novice in business and making mistakes is normal. However, when she saw Li Ye and the others enter, she felt somewhat embarrassed and ashamed.

Not only did he feel bad about losing money, but he also missed the chance to go back to Qingshui County to visit the graves with Wu Juying. In the old days, the men in the family would have taken out their belts and beaten him.

Li Ye glanced at Han Chunmei and immediately said, "I'm in a hurry to get to my shift at work, so please get me a bowl of food right away!"

"Oh, yes, yes, yes."

Han Chunmei quickly set out several dishes for Li Ye, a mix of meat and vegetables, and in the process of preparing them, she also managed to ease her own embarrassment.

Wu Juying asked gently, "Chunmei! Is everything settled?"

Han Chunmei said awkwardly, "Well, I only finished dealing with it the day before yesterday, so I could only catch yesterday's flight."

Wu Juying nodded and said, "It's good that it's been dealt with. Losing some money is okay. The key is to learn from this experience, understand how this money was lost, and not lose it again next time."

Han Chunmei nodded quickly and said, "I understand, Mother. This time, I'm so grateful to Sister Fu for helping me and for teaching me so many things."

Wu Juying glanced at Fu Guiru and said with a smile, "That would be wonderful. Harmony in the family brings prosperity in everything. Our family is getting more and more prosperous."

A few years ago, when Wu Juying learned that Fu Guiru had returned, she nervously ran to Pengcheng to find Fu Guiru, fearing that she would go crazy and cause chaos in the Li family.

However, it seems that Fu Guiru's interest is not in "family feuds," and her attitude towards Han Chunmei, her "second wife," is not particularly bad.

Li Ye quickly finished his meal, packed another meal to go, and then drove to Jingnan Group. When he arrived, he saw Ma Zhaoxian eating in his office.

Li Ye laid the food out in front of Ma Zhaoxian: "I'm sorry, Uncle Ma, something delayed me on the way back today, so I'm sorry to have kept you from having your New Year's Eve dinner."

"It won't delay me, I'm not planning to go home for dinner."

Ma Zhaoxian waved his hand and said, "I still need to go to the light vehicle company later and have a chat with Lu Zhizhang."

Li Ye looked at Ma Zhaoxian and asked, "Talk to Lao Lu? Uncle Ma wants to promote him?"

"Ha, you can see right through this."

Ma Zhaoxian took a sip of water, cleared his throat, and then said, "Although I am still concurrently serving as the general manager of the light vehicle company, concurrent positions are prone to delays, so someone needs to be in charge of the work regularly."
The First Branch Factory is now the core of the core, so I think there's no more suitable candidate than Lu Zhizhang. Do you have any opinions?

"I have no opinion."

Li Ye said frankly, "Old Lu has the qualifications and experience to be qualified. He's been in charge of the entire branch factory for years. As long as those people at the main factory don't cause trouble, he can easily manage the whole thing." "It's impossible for him not to get emotional. Yesterday, Old Meng was testing me, wanting to recommend Old Yang."

Old Yang used to be the head of personnel at the light vehicle company. After the group merger, he was promoted to deputy general manager. It would be reasonable for him to temporarily take charge of the work on weekdays.

However, compared to Lu Zhizhang, he might not be a suitable candidate.

"Alright, I'm going now. You keep watch tonight, and I'll relieve you tomorrow morning."

"Okay, Uncle Ma, take it easy."

After seeing Ma Zhaoxian off, Li Ye quickly called Lu Zhizhang.

Ma Zhaoxian just revealed so much to him, wasn't it just to get Li Ye to do Lu Zhizhang a favor?

"Hey Lao Lu, are you on duty at the factory today?"

Lu Zhizhang chuckled and said, "Of course I'm here! I've been having a really tough time since you left."

Li Ye said in a deep voice, "Stop joking with me, I have something serious to tell you. General Manager Ma will be there soon; he said a few things to me before he left."

Li Ye carefully recounted what had just happened to Lu Zhizhang, and then said, "You'd better be prepared. Old Yang is following Old Meng's path, wanting to compete too!"

Lu Zhizhang remained silent for several seconds before saying, "Thank you, Li Ye, thank you for giving me the opportunity to compete with him."

Li Ye explained with a smile, "This wasn't something I negotiated for you! It was General Manager Ma who recognized your talent and took a liking to you."

"Hehehe~, you're always so modest."

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "Now that you and General Manager Ma are backing me up, I have even more confidence!"

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on."

Li Ye hung up the phone and let out a long sigh of relief.

Lu Zhizhang is a very capable person. Li Ye originally thought he would be ahead of him, but he jumped three times in a row and ended up leaving Lu Zhizhang behind.

Now, thanks to Ma Zhaoxian's maneuvering, he is able to keep up closely.

As for the "competition" that Lu Zhizhang mentioned, Li Ye wasn't worried at all.

With the support of Lu Zhizhang and Li Ye, Lu Zhizhang was like the "Little King" in Dou Dizhu (a card game), ready to form a royal flush with Ma Zhaoxian at any time.

Before this, Lu Zhizhang, like Lao Yang and the others, was just a small 2.

A single Joker can control a single 2, but it cannot control a pair of 2s. However, in a large enterprise, there are a bunch of 2s.

When a player is facing a pair of 2s, three 2s, or even a bomb, he is truly helpless. This is why some newly appointed top leaders find it difficult to make any progress in their new units.

Without the support of the king, Xiao Wang can't manage a group of junior 2s and senior 3s; without the cooperation of Xiao Wang, the king is all alone and accomplishes nothing.

How can you, as an individual, control a group of middle-level managers?

Therefore, only when the king and the prince reach a consensus can they eliminate whoever they see and ensure that their orders are carried out effectively.

(End of this chapter)