That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1436 An Era of Comparison of Worsts

"Sigh, workplace rules are a killer!"

After Ma Zhaoxian left, the office building at the headquarters of Jingnan Group immediately fell silent.

Standing by the window, Li Ye watched as several of his colleagues, who had just been "holding their posts," rushed home for dinner, one after the other with Ma Zhaoqian. He couldn't help but think of the days he spent working for a large company in his previous life.

As long as the company's top executive is still at the office, several managers and middle-level executives will be very motivated to "work overtime without pay."
When supervisors and middle managers work overtime, it can also put their subordinates in a dilemma, especially if there are one or two highly ambitious colleagues among them.

"Everyone else is still here, why did you leave at the appointed time?"

"If you leave now, what will the leaders think of our department? Everyone else in the department is still here. Are you trying to ruin the whole thing with one bad apple?"

At the beginning, Li Ye was the one who was scolded and blamed. He thought he was being unreasonable and that he was causing everyone to miss out on the "Advanced Department" award!

It wasn't until several years later that Li Ye finally understood.

Screw you! You guys stay here so you can have a chance to show your faces in front of the leaders and at least become familiar with them after a few more times. What can I, a lowly beast of burden, earn?
Do you want to earn a huge credit for using someone as a stepping stone for you?
Therefore, the ultimate beneficiaries of this bullying-style overtime rule are only the few people with the most "promotion opportunities," while the rest are just tragic supporting characters.

Just like the last few people who left in front of Li Ye, their names might appear on the next promotion list. At that time, the effect of being "familiar" will become apparent.

Of course, this familiarity is not 100% effective, but in the face of the strong obsession with "I want to improve," their spare time is worthless, and the spare time of their employees is even less valuable.

Those who are not even qualified to be on the list are victims of this evil rule. You either follow suit, lie down and give up, or you can only get caught up in internal strife.

But how do Li Ye perceive these things?

Those in positions like Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye need to select suitable subordinates and provide them with various rewards and promotion opportunities.

If it's impossible to determine who is more capable or who has a greater impact, should the rewards and opportunities be given to the person who seems "ambitious," or to the person who simply gives up?
If you give the wrong thing, you'll become what some people call a stupid boss.

However, Jingnan Group is not a branch factory, and it has not formed a mechanism and atmosphere that respects ability. Under such circumstances, everyone thinks that they are the one who should be promoted.

Therefore, it is impossible for Li Ye to satisfy everyone, and if he wants to achieve anything, he will inevitably offend some people.

"Sigh, I guess I'll have to play the villain!"

Li Ye picked up the phone and, following the Spring Festival duty roster he had prepared before the new year, began calling each person to check on their duties.
Li Ye is currently on duty on behalf of the Jingnan Group headquarters, so he is not only checking the Light Vehicle Company and the First Branch Factory, but also the vehicle factory in the city, the Eighth Machinery Factory, and the duty situation of Southwest Heavy Truck.

"Hello, is this the Spring Festival duty office of Jingnan Group, the branch office in the city? I'm looking for Wang Jinyu."

"Mr. Li, this is Wang Jinyu. Everything is normal here. I've assembled a Spring Festival patrol team, ensuring at least twenty people are on duty for patrols."

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"Hello, is this Xinxing Machinery Company? This is Li Ye, I'm looking for Kong Jueming."

"Hello, Mr. Li. I'll be on duty at the factory today and tomorrow. The factory is doing exceptionally well this year, better than in previous years, and everyone understands that this is thanks to Mr. Li."

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The Spring Festival duty roster lists the names of the people on duty. As long as Li Ye can find the person by phone, he can just give them a few instructions on fire prevention, theft prevention, and keeping in touch. It's the Spring Festival, and they won't make a big deal out of it.

However, when Li Ye attacked Southwest Heavy Truck, he encountered something interesting.

Li Ye made the call for a long time, and it wasn't until the fourth time that someone answered.

As soon as the call connected, Li Ye heard a lot of noise on the other end, including shouts of "Eight of Bamboo" and "Six of Wan".

Yes, playing mahjong during the Spring Festival is a tradition in Southwest China.

Li Ye calmly asked, "Hello, this is the group's Spring Festival duty room. I'm looking for Tao Shangping."

The person on the other end was visibly taken aback for a moment, then called out to someone nearby, "Mr. Tao, someone's looking for you."

"Looking for me? Which one is looking for me? Seventy thousand."

He said it was the group's Spring Festival duty office.

"Duty office? This is the group's duty office. Which bastard is causing trouble? Four Cakes."

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After a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, Li Ye heard the other person ask, "Who are you? Are you kidding me?"

Li Ye coldly replied, "I am Li Ye. Do you think I'm making a fool of myself?" "Li Ye?"

The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then hung up.

Li Ye glanced at the phone and smiled.

Has my reputation become so intimidating?

Li Ye drove and dialed the number again, and it took him three or four attempts to finally get through.

"Hello, this is the office staff on duty during the Spring Festival at Jingnan Group."

"Ah, I know, I know you're Li Ye. The phone signal was bad and the call dropped. What's up?"

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For a moment, Li Ye didn't know how to answer the other party.

The person on the other end of the phone was clearly a different person; their voice, tone, and attitude were noticeably different from before, exuding arrogance and impatience.

Li Ye said coldly, "I called to see Tao Shangping and have him report your unit's current situation to the group."

The man on the other end of the line said in an exaggerated tone, "I am Tao Shangping. What does Deputy General Manager Li want me to report? Since our Southwest Heavy Truck merged with yours, our salaries haven't increased, and our bonuses have disappeared. Would Deputy General Manager Li like to hear about this?"

Li Ye laughed angrily: "You've lost your bonus, but you still have money to play mahjong?"

Tao Shangping raised his voice and said, "Who's playing mahjong? Deputy General Manager Li, are you going to frame someone again? Why don't you come over here right now and see if we've been playing mahjong?"

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They are fearless because they have something to rely on; they are absolutely fearless because they have something to rely on.

It takes half a day to fly from the capital to the southwest, so even if Li Ye flew there, he wouldn't be able to find any leverage against the other party.

Li Ye completely lost interest in arguing with him and said directly, "No need. Just a reminder: be careful of fire and theft during the Spring Festival. Pay attention to safety. If any problems arise, you will be held responsible."

"That's no need for Deputy General Manager Li to worry about. In the decades before the merger, Southwest Heavy Truck had never had any problems until a few days ago when the police took some of our men away."

Tao Shangping rambled on and on, his words filled with resentment, clearly indicating that the aftermath of the recent stabbing incident was far from over.

"You're lucky you didn't run into me."

Li Ye coldly uttered a sentence and then hung up the phone.

Then he picked up a red pen and drew a big cross next to Tao Shangping's name on the duty roster.

They don't target the diligent or the lazy, but only the blind. As long as Li Ye doesn't leave the management of Jingnan Group, Tao Shangping will never be able to advance any further in his life.

Promoting someone is difficult, but suppressing someone is easy. I put you on duty during the Chinese New Year, but you were playing mahjong? And now I have to fly over to check on you?

You're so smart!

After drawing the cross, Li Ye suddenly remembered the "unlucky guys" in his previous company. What exactly did they do wrong?

Logically, they may have various reasons, but in the eyes of leaders, an employee's value is "what can you bring to me?"
If you can bring in big orders, then you're the top salesperson. If you can keep the business running, then you're the cornerstone of the company. But if you bring me "negative emotions" and make me unhappy...
Li Ye didn't continue thinking about it, but instead continued making phone calls while looking at the Spring Festival duty roster.

Compared to the light truck company, Southwest Heavy Truck has more branches and subsidiaries, with eight managers on duty during the Spring Festival alone.

However, out of these eight people, only Tao Shangping and one named Shan Shengwen answered the phone.

Compared to Tao Shangping, Shan Shengwen was very calm and gave Li Ye a well-organized report, at least on the surface he met the standard of being dutiful.

Li Ye put a checkmark after Shan Shengwen's name.

Apart from these two people, no one answered the other duty phones; it's unclear whether they were playing mahjong or drinking heavily.

Li Ye had already made his notes on the Spring Festival duty roster and was just waiting to settle accounts after the holiday.

"Ha, what an era of competing to be the worst!"

(End of this chapter)