That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1492 Overcorrection is sometimes necessary to correct a wrong.
"Let's go, Li Ye. You also need to explain to the higher-ups."

The bigwigs just need to say a few words, but the underlings have to run themselves ragged. Now that the higher-ups know about Cong Jin Hong's matter, Ma Zhaoxian and Shang Bin have to give an explanation, and a serious, earnest, sincere, and profound one at that.

However, when Li Ye learned that he would also be "carried along" along, he couldn't help but suspect that Dong Shan was a spy planted by higher-ups to monitor every move of the Jingnan Group.

Li Ye wasn't afraid to explain to his superiors. After all, when he learned that he had overpaid by several million for the land purchase and decided to take action against Shang Bin and Cong Jinhong, he had anticipated this situation, which was bound to happen sooner or later.

However, when the three of them arrived at their destination and were seated in the reception room to wait, Shang Bin whispered something, as if he were reminding Ma Zhaoxian, or perhaps Li Ye.

"What the higher-ups want to see most right now is unity, not division."

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Li Ye glanced at Shang Bin, feeling that his words were somewhat superfluous. He and Ma Zhaoxian were not greenhorns; of course they knew what the higher-ups wanted to see most.

Unity and friendship, active development, creating more profits for the country, and enabling workers to live a better life without worrying about food and clothing—but among all these things we most hope to see, there is no corruption.

When a rat dropping falls into a pot of porridge, do you stir it vigorously with a spoon to break it up and dilute it into the porridge, so you can continue eating without worrying about it? Or do you quickly scoop the rat dropping out with a spoon?

However, when Ma Zhaoxian was the first to be called in for questioning, Shang Bin said something pointed.

"Li Ye, I actually admire you a lot. You became famous at a young age, have no worries about food or clothing, and possess wealth that others cannot accumulate in a lifetime at such a young age."
But this also makes your thinking different from others, your consideration of issues too one-sided and narrow, and you unable to understand the needs of the general public.”

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Am I being targeted by people who resent the rich?

Li Ye found it amusing. Shang Bin seemed to be implying that "not everyone is as rich as you, Li Ye, so you can't use your standards of integrity to judge others."

It's no secret that Li Ye is rich. One of the most popular topics of discussion among the young women and older women at the group's headquarters is whether Li Ye's net worth is in the hundreds of thousands or millions of US dollars.

But no matter how envious, jealous, or hateful they are, they cannot deny that Li Ye is not afraid of people knowing about his money. But Shang Bin and Cong Jin Hong, no matter how rich you are, would you dare let people know?

After Shang Bin finished speaking, he received no response from Li Ye for a long time, and his brows furrowed slightly, clearly indicating that he was very unhappy.

Half an hour later, Ma Zhaoxian came out.

Then a staff member said to Li Ye, "Li Ye, it's your turn."

Shang Bin suddenly raised his head, somewhat incredulous.

He is a very rule-abiding person. Logically speaking, after Ma Zhaoxian came out, he should have gone in to explain the situation. Why is Li Ye now placed in front of him?
Isn't this a mess?
Li Ye was also somewhat surprised, because this order might reveal a message—"This incident is another one of the troubles caused by you, Li Ye."

Li Ye followed the staff inside, bowed slightly to Qu Si and two other staff members, and then calmly sat down in his chair.

Qu Si looked at Li Ye and asked directly, "Li Ye, what do you think of Comrade Cong Jin Hong?"

Li Ye calmly replied, "I have no personal issues with the deputy general manager, but I do have some concerns about her work style."
Starting last November, the group company instructed me to work with the deputy general manager to oversee the construction of the office building. I believe this arrangement was intended to allow us to assist and supervise each other.

However, at the beginning of this month, I went to school D for a period of time. After returning, I learned that the deputy general manager had already signed several contracts.

I did not question the deputy general manager's signing of the contracts; I merely reviewed the contents of these contracts and raised several objections, hoping to receive an explanation. However, the deputy general manager was very resistant.”

"Strongly resistant?"

One of the staff members looked at Li Ye and said in a cold voice, "Explain in detail how she resisted."

Li Ye calmly said, "I think there's a problem with that contract. Some parts are very vague, but the deputy general manager has shifted all the blame onto the clerk who drafted the contract."

I find it strange that this contract ultimately needs to be approved and signed by the deputy general manager. What decision-making power does a clerk have?

I don't know how Southwest Heavy Truck handled this kind of thing before, but since I started working, I've never let people who shouldn't be held responsible take responsibility, so that's why we had an argument."

Li Ye hadn't forgotten that Feng Shuyun had "surrendered" to him before he went to D School. To prevent Feng Shuyun from being wrongly accused and taking the blame, Li Ye took this rare opportunity to give her a heads-up.

Then Li Ye continued, "Furthermore, we established a principle of dedicated funds for the construction of the office building. However, when I thought the prices of the building materials, which were being procured under the responsibility of the deputy general manager, were inflated, she bypassed this principle and borrowed money to purchase the materials herself."
I have no idea where she borrowed the money from, or why she was in such a hurry to borrow it. Our project hasn't even started on the foundation yet!

Qu Si looked up and asked, "She borrowed money to buy materials?" Li Ye nodded and replied, "Yes, I went to D school for two weeks to study, and the finance department strictly followed the rules and refused to make payments."

The deputy general manager had privately borrowed several million yuan for purchasing materials, and when I returned, she asked me to sign off on the accounts, which is why I raised my objection.”

Seeing the two staff members lower their heads and quickly jot down what he had said, Li Ye felt that he had achieved his goal.

During the earlier arguments with Jin Hong, Li Ye never mentioned borrowing money from her, precisely to lull her into a false sense of security.

Such a large sum of money, it's fine if the higher-ups don't intend to investigate, but if they do, she'll be in big trouble.

"Besides being in charge of the office building construction, what other tasks are you responsible for now?"

"The main focus is on the operation of the first branch plant and the technological research and development of the light vehicle company, with the Kamaz project being the top priority this year."

How is the KamAS project progressing?

"Things are going relatively smoothly, and we expect the prototype to roll off the production line by the end of this year or early next year."

After Li Ye finished his report, Qu Si and the two staff members asked some more questions, which were finally less serious and oppressive than the previous questions.

However, at the very end, Qu Si suddenly asked Li Ye, "Jingnan Group has been established for half a year now. What are your work experiences? What are your prospects for the future?"

Li Ye hesitated for a few seconds, then said sincerely, "I am willing to dedicate my efforts to the country's automobile industry, and I am also willing to unite with all brother units that can be united, to make progress and develop together."
However, if problems are discovered during this development process, I believe that "correction must go to extremes; without going to extremes, there can be no correction."

Qu Si and the two staff members looked up at Li Ye, because what Li Ye said was too sensitive. If it had been more than ten years ago, the power of those words would have easily crushed any explanation.

When Li Ye was young in his previous life, he didn't particularly like this type of language. However, when he read these words again in his middle age, he increasingly felt that there might be a difference of several decades between the perspectives of a sage and an ordinary person.

Some of these sayings might have seemed "outdated" or "meaningless" in the 1980s and 90s, and some anthologies were even sold to scrap yards. But decades later, people finally realized and understood some of these things.

Qu Si stared at Li Ye for a long time before finally picking up his pen and writing down the sentence, "To correct a wrong, one must go to extremes."

This statement may soon land on someone's desk, playing a role that is currently uncertain.

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Li Ye went out, and Shang Bin came in.

Qu Si asked indifferently, "Comrade Shang Bin, do you have anything to say about Comrade Jin Hong's recent performance in your group?"

Without hesitation, Shang Bin replied, "Since the group merged, I have been mainly responsible for the research and development project of Kamaz heavy trucks, so I am not very familiar with Jin Hong's recent situation."

Qu Si: "."

Staff member: "."

Shang Bin's dismissive answer really surprised Qu Si and the others.

You're really good at shifting the blame.

Cong Jinhong, after all, came from Southwest Heavy Truck, and now Shang Bin isn't saying a word in her defense. I wonder if Cong Jinhong would climb to the roof and jump off again if she found out.

However, before Qu Si could ask another question, Shang Bin continued, "Because of the lack of cooperation from the First Branch Factory, the development of the KamAZ project was once stalled, which made the original technical staff of Southwest Heavy Truck very indignant. That's why I focused all my energy on the KamAZ project."
After several months, the Kamaz project has finally achieved a breakthrough at its Southwest R&D center. It is expected that the prototype will roll off the production line and enter the road testing phase within a week.

Qu Si and the others were even more surprised, because if what Shang Bin said was true, then the research and development speed was too fast.

The R&D speed of the First Plant in recent years has been astonishing enough. Now you're saying that Southwest Heavy Truck, which has always been prone to slow progress, is even faster than the First Plant?

But then he thought, what is it that everyone wants to see now? Isn't it this kind of solid, tangible achievement?
Jingnan Group was formed through a merger because of the Kamaz project. Now that Shang Bin's R&D project has been successful, is Shang Bin trying to "cover up all his flaws"?

"Are you sure we can see the prototype in a week?"

"Yes, I'm pretty sure."

　Recently, I've been shuttling between work and the hospital, so my update schedule has been unstable. I'll adjust as soon as possible. I'm ashamed and sorry!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)