That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1460: Teach your apprentice to beat up your master?
Li Ye's words left Shang Bin speechless, but he couldn't remain silent in front of so many people, so he could only try to avoid the main point and make a roundabout attempt to resolve the awkward situation.

"The situation at Southwest Heavy Truck is different from that at Light Truck Company. The company was established earlier, and the local economy was poor, so it has been continuously absorbing social labor for decades."
However, despite fulfilling its social responsibilities, Southwest Heavy Truck did not receive sufficient support and benefits, which hampered its operations.

"Don't laugh at me, Mr. Ma and Mr. Li, but Southwest Heavy Truck also has an urgent problem of insufficient production efficiency. Many experienced and excellent employees are not being used properly; they have a lot of skills but no opportunity to utilize them."

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Li Ye lowered his head to avoid letting others see the sneer on his lips.

Shang Bin's eloquence is truly outstanding; he can describe poor performance in such a refreshing and elegant way. Moreover, judging from Shang Bin's words, Southwest Heavy Truck is already experiencing a situation of "unemployment within the factory."

【Hmm? That's not right!】

Li Ye suddenly realized something.

A man like Shang Bin doesn't easily talk nonsense, so he must have his own purpose in saying those words.

Sure enough, after rambling on for a while, Shang Bin changed the subject and said, "This time, the higher-ups conveyed the spirit of mutual assistance among enterprises, which can be said to have come up with a solution for us. I am very gratified and grateful."
"Our two companies have just merged into one, making internal employee mobility much easier. Plus, we both have needs and desires, it's a perfect match!"

【You think you're perfect for me? You're dreaming!】

No wonder Shang Bin was so picky about Dong Shan's report, refusing to approve it; he was setting a trap here.

Originally, Li Ye thought that Shang Bin was fabricating a story to steal credit that rightfully belonged to Dong Shan, since Dong Shan's application was blocked.

Now it turns out that Shang Bin's appetite is much bigger than Li Ye imagined.

Transferring people from Southwest Heavy Truck to Light Truck Company to solve your laid-off workers' problems—that's a really clever scheme.

More importantly, when Li Ye asked Shang Bin about how many laid-off workers Southwest Heavy Truck could help, he said that distance was not a problem; that was something for the higher-ups to consider. The lower-ups just needed to report their needs and figures.

Therefore, Li Ye could no longer use the "too far distance" argument, and Shang Bin had put him in a difficult position.

Shang Bin glanced smugly at Li Ye, then said to Ma Zhaoxian, "Mr. Ma, do you think we should discuss how to take advantage of this directive from above and resolve the needs of both sides?"
This way, the task assigned from above is completed just as well, achieving the best of both worlds and keeping the benefits within the family.

Ma Zhaoxian nodded calmly and said, "It is indeed a win-win situation. How about this: the receiving unit makes its request first, and the sending unit then sends the personnel."
There are no plans for expansion at the main plant for the time being, so the main focus at the light vehicle company is still on the first branch plant. Please send someone to coordinate with Comrade Li Ye later. He's in charge of the situation at the first branch plant.”

While explaining slowly and deliberately, Ma Zhaoxian gave Li Ye a wink.

Distance isn't a problem, but you can make demands! The initiative is in your hands, so what are you afraid of?

Shang Bin nodded slowly and said with a smile, "Alright, let the old man and Comrade Li Ye jointly take charge of this matter. Let's produce tangible results as soon as possible, which will be much more meaningful than submitting a flowery report to the higher-ups."

"Okay okay."

Weng Keming immediately agreed, and then smiled at Li Ye and said, "Mr. Li, when do you have time? Let's make some arrangements."

Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "I'm available anytime, but let me make this clear first: I can easily solve the work and salary issues, but I can't solve the Beijing residency issue."

Shang Bin waved his hand dismissively: "Household registration isn't an issue. We'll coordinate internally; it doesn't matter where the household registration is." "."

Perhaps Li Ye's "straightforwardness" surprised Shang Bin and others, who thought that Li Ye, the most difficult troublemaker, had really changed his ways. So Weng Keming came to find Li Ye that afternoon, wanting to strike while the iron was hot and solidify the "internal personnel mobility" issue.

However, when Li Ye handed Weng Keming a "job posting", Weng Keming's face darkened.

"We don't want any management staff, only technicians, engineers, and frontline workers, and we even have to interview them. Deputy General Manager Li, your requirements are too demanding."

In fact, when Li Ye first met Shang Bin, he had already taken a liking to several engineers from Southwest Heavy Truck. If they were willing to come, Li Ye would be very happy.

So Li Ye looked up at Weng Keming and said calmly, "Deputy General Manager Weng, the message from higher-ups is that everyone should, within their own capabilities, absorb the redundant personnel in struggling units."
"The availability of positions is the prerequisite for staff mobility. You can't expect us to create new positions just to accommodate others, can you? Wouldn't that just create redundant personnel for the country?"

"That's true, but I heard that the number of employees in the first factory has increased forty or fifty times in just a few years. Aren't there any shortages of management personnel? I know how rare an excellent manager is, hehehehe."

Weng Keming laughed, a laugh tinged with sarcasm.

When the first branch factory was first established, there were only more than 300 people. Now the number is approaching 20,000. At this rate of expansion, how can the management personnel not rely on external recruitment?

Southwest Heavy Truck may not have much else, but it has experienced managers who are proficient in various management skills. Now, its first branch factory wants to expand its production line, but it doesn't want a single manager.

So Li Ye isn't helping Southwest Heavy Truck solve its problems at all; he's clearly picking and choosing to drain Southwest Heavy Truck dry!

Technicians? Engineers? Frontline workers?
You wish!

"We don't really lack that."

Li Ye smiled and said, "I knew about the importance of management personnel when I was in school, so from the day the branch factory was established, it has had a well-established talent reserve mechanism."
Every department or workshop head must recommend one candidate for management cadre reserve to the factory each year.
If this person in charge can't do it, it's either because they lack the ability to cultivate talent, or they're jealous of capable individuals.

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Weng Keming stared blankly at Li Ye, unsure of what to say for a long time, but inwardly he was already cursing.

[Jealous of talent and ability? Do you even know what you're saying? I finally climbed to that position, and you want me to pick one person to train every year? What's the point of training them? To replace me? Don't you know the saying "teaching a disciple and then beating the master"?]

But Weng Keming forgot that decades ago, a group of people used this very mechanism of active cultivation to eventually bring down those corrupt officials.

When a group grows rapidly, it's never enough to train a large number of new people.

When those in power try every means to prevent newcomers from taking over, the change of power becomes a resource exchange for certain exclusive groups, and this group can no longer expand rapidly.

Therefore, the management of the first branch factory mainly relies on the training of new people. Li Ye is well aware that if the proportion of experienced "outsiders" exceeds a certain level, they will be like ink dripping into clear water, turning the entire water source black.

This is far more serious than a student teaching an apprentice to beat their master.

(End of this chapter)