That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 699 Li Ye invited me here

10:00 a.m., Light Vehicle Company, Supply Department.

Ding Zhiwen looked at his watch, slowly drank the tea in the cup, and poured the tea leaves at the bottom of the cup into the trash can.

Xiao Yue, a female colleague sitting behind him, immediately laughed and said, "Yeah, Uncle Ding, didn't you say that the first cup of water, the second cup of tea, and the third cup is the essence? Why did you stop with the second cup of water today? What's wrong? This tea doesn't suit your taste?"

Old Ding laughed and said, "I'm going to have a big feast at noon today. If I drink a lot of tea now, how can I eat all the delicacies I see when I see them?"

"Eat a big feast? Where can we have a big feast?"

Yue Lingshan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Uncle Ding, are you going to attend Xiao Li's wedding?"

"Oh, you figured that out?"

Old Ding turned and looked at Yue Lingshan with a playful smile.

[You three have been watching me all morning, aren't you just waiting to see if I'm going to Li Ye's house for dinner? Are you still pretending with me? ]

Lao Ding has eaten more salt than Yue Lingshan has eaten rice. On weekdays, Yue Lingshan can visit other departments eight times in a morning, but today after work, she didn't move at all and kept looking at Lao Ding. Isn't she just waiting for a chance to "assist"?
Sure enough, after Yue Lingshan finished speaking, Section Chief Wu, who was concentrating on studying the international situation, spoke.

"Old Ding! You said you were going to Li Ye's house for a big feast. Did they invite you?"

Old Ding glanced at Section Chief Wu and said decisively, "No, I didn't invite you! I was the one who insisted on going."

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Old Ding said it all in one breath, and also choked several colleagues in the department.

Everyone had prepared what to say next - "He invited you to a big banquet, why didn't he invite us? Who is he looking down on?"

That's how trivial things come about. They are obviously not familiar with Li Ye, but they still find excuses to accuse Li Ye of being unreasonable and having low EQ.

As a result, Old Ding did not play by the rules. He is 57 or 58 years old and he just gave you a half-joking "I'm shameless". Who can you go to for justice?
Do you dare to spread gossip about Lao Ding? Are you really going around saying that Lao Ding is shameless?

Shit, do you believe he will slap you in the face tomorrow?

He's an old hand who's about to retire. He gets a little bit of truth and slams the table and yells at the factory manager without any hesitation. Are you PUAing him?
Koraj, please draw your sword!
But seeing that Old Ding was about to leave slowly, Section Chief Wu felt embarrassed and said coldly, "Old Ding, it's not time to get off work yet! Is this a sick leave? Or a personal leave?"

"Hum~"

Old Ding smiled with a fake smile, reached into his pocket, took out a leave application, slapped it on Wu Qingyi's desk, and then walked away.

Wu Qingyi felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

Old Ding had already prepared the leave note, as if he had expected Wu Qingyi to be "ruthless". The feeling that everything was under the control of others made Wu Qingyi, the head of the department, very uncomfortable.

Moreover, Section Chief Wu is now thinking back on Old Ding's smile and is certain that this matter is not over yet.

I guess if he wants to leave early in the future, Lao Ding will ask him, "Do you want to leave early or take a leave?"

[Is Lao Ding stupid? How dare he go against me just for Xiao Li? ]

Wu Qingyi was very angry, but at the same time, he felt that Lao Ding didn't seem to be afraid of making things difficult for him.

Lao Ding is also a deputy section chief, and is on the same level as Wu Qingyi. If he gets so shameless as to start a fight with him, won't others come to watch and laugh at him?
Old Ding’s leg is half in the coffin, but Wu Qingyi still has a bright future!

Section Chief Wu was getting angrier and angrier when he heard Yue Lingshan say, "Section Chief, that Xiao Li is too unreasonable. He should either not invite anyone or invite everyone. Why did he only invite Old Ding?"

Colleague Zheng Jiemin said calmly: "Don't you understand this? They just look down on us!"

"Humph, if you look down on me, then look down on me. You are just looking down on me."

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If Li Ye heard these words at the scene, he would definitely cry out in injustice: "It was you who looked down on me first, okay? Who is the dog?"

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Lao Ding left the supply department and was about to reach the main door when he heard someone calling him from behind.

"Old Ding, where are you going?"

Old Ding looked back and found that it was Lu Zhizhang from the factory office.

So he smiled and said, "I'm going to attend my apprentice's wedding! Director Lu, where are you going?"

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "We are going to the same place, but why are you the only one going there from your department?"

Lao Ding smiled and said, "Xiao Li felt that he had just arrived and was embarrassed to collect everyone's share of the money, so he didn't plan to invite his colleagues over. But I am his master, so he has to ask me! So I asked for leave and went there!"

The interpersonal relationships among flower growers are a science, just like the gift money, which requires give and take.

If you don't give people their share of money in the beginning, then they don't have to go later.

The most annoying people are those who don't give money to others at the beginning, but invite others to the banquet later without batting an eyelid.

Li Ye had just arrived and hadn't given any gifts to others before, so it was understandable that he felt embarrassed to ask others for gifts.

But Lu Zhizhang asked in surprise: "Ask for leave? Old Ding, you also asked for leave?"

Lao Ding said, "Not really, I gave my leave note to our section chief."

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Lu Zhizhang was stunned for a moment and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

After the joint venture, the light vehicle company has been very strict about the working hours. People do not go downstairs early for lunch or after get off work.

But taking leave will affect the bonus for that month, especially with the evidence of the leave slip. It is okay to eat on time, but if it affects the bonus.
There are policies from above and countermeasures from below, and everyone will usually make concessions to each other. But now Lao Ding was forced to hand in a leave note in order to attend a wedding, so it is conceivable that the things in the supply department must be very interesting.

When the two men walked out of the factory gate, they saw a red Santana waiting with the air conditioner on.

Old Ding said in surprise: "Xiao Li said he would send a car to pick us up at ten o'clock. Could it be this car?"

"I do not know either!"

Lu Zhizhang glanced at the license plate and was not sure whether it was the car Li Ye usually drove or not.

But when the people in the car saw the two people leaving the factory gate, they immediately got out to greet them.

"You two are Director Lu and Section Chief Ding, right? Li Ye asked me to pick you up. If everything is fine, let's go."

"Hey, let's go, thank you for troubling me."

"No trouble, just assign me this one job today. I'll take you both home after we finish drinking."

"Okay! You can even pick me up and drop me off!"

Old Ding felt the comfort of the air-conditioned car and thought that his young apprentice was really good at handling things and had some abilities.

But when Lu Zhizhang looked at this man who was about forty years old, he always felt that he didn't look like a driver.

So he asked, "What's your name, comrade? Are you also from Fenghua Clothing?"

The other party replied: "My last name is Tian, ​​Tian Hongshan. I used to work for Fenghua Clothing, but later I went out on my own. However, my relationship with Li Ye is much better, so please don't be polite to me."

"It's good to work alone! Then we have to call you Boss Tian," Lao Ding said with a smile, "From your accent, Boss Tian must be from Beijing, right? What business are you doing now?"

Tian Hongshan said as he drove: "I opened a trading company that specializes in distributing various sewing and textile equipment, but I may expand my business scope and do some auto parts business in the future. Maybe I will have to trouble you two in the future!"

"Haha, that's not a big deal. Just come find us when the time comes."

Lao Ding agreed readily. Anyway, their supply department receives countless parts suppliers every year, so it is normal for everyone to eat and drink together. As for purchasing your parts, don't take it too seriously.

But when Lao Ding arrived at the restaurant where Li Ye was treating him, he immediately changed his mind.

Today's wedding banquet was hosted by both the groom and the bride, so the Li family and the Wen family were both at the door to welcome the guests. Old Ding recognized Wen Qingsheng's face.

After all, the light vehicle company has only three shareholders, and how many vice presidents are there in COFCO?
He bumped his shoulder against Lu Zhizhang: "Hey, Director Lu, look at that person, is he Vice President Wen?"

Director Lu whispered, "What do you mean by 'is it?' That is it, and don't call him vice president, he may be promoted in the next few years."

"Sigh~"

Lao Ding took a breath and lowered his voice and said, "How much are you prepared to pay?"

Lu Zhizhang smacked his lips and said, "I was going to give you five dollars. Do you think it's too little?"

Is it missing? Do you think it is missing?
If it were according to normal market conditions, it would definitely be a lot.

Although wages in mainland enterprises began to rise in 1982, the average worker's salary was no more than 100 yuan in 1986.

In the 1990s, the average salary was only over 200 yuan, so a five-yuan share of the bill was a lot.

But look at this situation, can you afford five dollars?
At this moment, Wen Qingsheng suddenly took two steps forward and made a joke to someone who had just arrived at the door.

"Old Xue, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for so long. I am so anxious!"

"Don't be so literary. It scares me." Old Xue said with a smile, "Didn't my father come here a long time ago today? I'm a little late and you're scolding me. I have to drink a few more glasses with you today to make amends. Okay?"

"I can't drink as much as you, but today I'll find you someone who can drink more, Li Ye, come here."

Wen Qingsheng called Li Ye over and introduced him, "This is your Uncle Xue. He has skills that are rare in the world. You should learn more from him in the future."

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Li Ye exchanged pleasantries with Uncle Xue for a while, and the uncle took out five dollars and deposited it into the account with the accountant.

"Let's go, five dollars is just right."

Director Lu quickly pulled Lao Ding upstairs, greeted Li Ye with a smile, and then deposited five dollars into each of their accounts.

After the two of them sat down, Lao Ding asked Director Lu, "Do you know that Lao Xue just now?"

Director Lu asked back: "You don't know him?"

Old Ding shook his head.

He really didn't know him, but he observed Director Lu's emotional changes, so he was sure that Director Lu knew that person.

Director Lu whispered, "One of the leaders of the First Ministry of Machine Building. I saw him from a distance during a meeting last year."

"Oh~"

Old Ding suddenly realized.

Although the First Ministry of Machine Building was changed to the Ministry of Machinery Industry two years ago, these old workers are still accustomed to the old name.

If COFCO is still just a shareholder of Lao Ding's unit, then the First Ministry of Machine Building is its mother-in-law. If it wants to make you suffer, you have to endure it.

Lao Ding suddenly remembered the argument he had with his colleagues in the department an hour ago.

[I really look down on you guys, but I'm not here to beg for mercy. Li Ye invited me here and even gave me two boxes of good cigarettes!]

(End of this chapter)