That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 709 You are really old and wise
In his previous life, Li Ye once heard a senior leader discussing a problem with others at a drinking party. The question was whether it was worth it and right for a director to compete with a clerk.

At that time, a group of Li Ye's colleagues expressed their own opinions and put forward various reasons, which were three times more powerful than Zhao Kuo, who was good at talking about war on paper. They hoped to get some affirmation from their leader.

But in the end, the leader smiled.

He said very confidently: It's not worth it.

Because as a manager, the first thing you have to do is to manage your subordinates and ensure the normal operation of the entire work group. In other words, don't cause trouble for your superiors.

If your subordinates point at your nose and curse at you in front of everyone, then people around you will only laugh at you as an incompetent manager who cannot control your subordinates.

It would be fine if you could really subdue him, but if you meet someone who is particularly stubborn, tough, and cruel, he will fight you to the death.
That is your incompetence as a manager. It is you who are incompetent.

Megatron has a famous saying: I can tolerate your betrayal, but I cannot tolerate your incompetence.

Therefore, a manager should be careful about the degree when suppressing his subordinates and choose the appropriate method carefully. Don't just label others as "incompetent" and feel good when seeing others feel depressed.

Do you think you are capable just by putting two incompetent hats on others?

Forget it! Any form of spiritual pleasure comes at a price.

Section Chief Wu and Li Ye are now in a similar awkward situation.

Li Ye had just joined the company, so it was not a big deal for him to be "taught a lesson" by the old employees. Even new recruits had to learn the rules, right?

But the bad thing is that Li Ye is different from other graduates.

Section Chief Wu originally thought that he could easily control Li Ye, but he ended up running into a stupid and arrogant guy. What's more, in just a week or two, he actually managed to drug Lao Ding into a madman and suddenly he had someone to rely on.

The reason why new employees are easily manipulated is that there is information asymmetry, and trivial matters are blown into huge disasters, which scare the new recruits.

But now that Li Ye has a veteran named Lao Ding backing him up, 99% of his tricks are useless!

This is how to do?
Otherwise, Li Ye, could you give me a way out?
But this is obviously impossible.

Section Chief Wu knew very well that the conflict between him and Li Ye today would spread throughout the factory at a very fast speed. If he could not defeat Li Ye, then the undecided position of Section Chief of the Supply Department might not be his.

The working characteristic of state-owned enterprises is "stability". Not only the employees are stable, but also the leaders and managers are stable. Once an unexpected vacancy occurs, who among all the gods would not want to play an airborne surprise attack?
[You, Wu Qingyi, can't even subdue a rookie, and you still want to be a section chief? We should send a capable section chief to help you maintain order! ]

Therefore, Section Chief Wu now has only one way to go: either defeat Li Ye or drive Li Ye away.

So Section Chief Wu stopped arguing with Li Ye and picked up the phone to dial.

"Hello, is this the Personnel Department? Is your Section Chief Wang here?"

"Hey, Lao Wang! I need to talk to you about something. Are you free now? Okay, I'll be there right away."

Section Chief Wu hung up the phone and went out angrily.

The two colleagues in the office looked at Li Ye, with a look of gloating in their eyes.

But Li Ye was unaware of anything. He threw his leave application on Section Chief Wu's desk, then picked up his master Lao Ding's thermos and went to get some water.

Old Ding coughed and was about to get up and catch up, but his female colleague Yue Lingshan took the lead and chased after Li Ye.

Before Li Ye reached the boiler room, Yue Lingshan caught up with him, so he turned around and asked, "Sister Yue, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Yue Lingshan nodded, and then whispered to Li Ye: "Li Ye, I know you are not convinced and think that the section chief is deliberately targeting you, but you have to understand that this is a unit, not a school.

The unit has its own rules, and the head of the department has absolute management power over the staff, so if you continue to argue with the head of the department, you will suffer a great loss in the end."

"A big loss?" Li Ye smiled and said, "How big? He's going to fire me?"

"It's impossible to fire you, but I can make you feel worse than if you were fired."

Yue Lingshan whispered, "Li Ye, think about it carefully. Master Ding has been with the company since the factory was founded. How come he is still a deputy section chief?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment and shook his head slowly.

He didn't understand why Yue Lingshan told him this. After all, he was Lao Ding's apprentice. If Yue Lingshan said something bad, wasn't she afraid that he would spread the word? Wasn't she afraid that Lao Ding would hold a grudge against her?

Yue Lingshan looked around and said mysteriously, "Master Ding was just like you back then. He argued with his superiors on several issues and was later sent to work in a scrap warehouse for five or six years.

And everyone knows about Master Ding's bad temper, so he didn't get the chance to be promoted in the next few times. So, Li Ye, you understand, right? It's not too late to regret now.
I'll talk to the section chief later, and I'll set up a party for you tonight. If you apologize and show your weakness, this matter will be over."

"Sigh~"

Li Ye took a breath and looked at Yue Lingshan strangely, as if he understood why she was so "well-intentioned". She was determined to stand firmly on Wu Qingyi's side and didn't care about Ding Zhiwen at all!
There is a position of section chief in the department now. Only when Section Chief Wu is promoted to the position, will the position of deputy section chief be vacated for Yue Lingshan and another colleague Zheng Jiemin to compete for.

If Li Ye and Wu Qingyi had a serious quarrel and a section chief was parachuted in from somewhere else, then Yue Lingshan's position as deputy section chief would be in jeopardy.

Therefore, only if Li Ye gives in, it will be most beneficial to the unity of the department and to Yue Lingshan's future.

As for Li Ye, you have admitted your mistake. How can a person who made a mistake be promoted to deputy section chief in just half a year?
Dreaming!
Li Ye looked at Yue Lingshan, who had "good intentions", and couldn't help but smile, then walked towards the bathroom.

"Just exile me! It's good for me to have some free time."

"Hey, Li Ye, why don't you listen to my advice? This is a very serious problem."

Yue Lingshan was so anxious that she jumped up and down, but Li Ye left without looking back.

After all, he is a graduate of Peking University! In later generations, he is a person registered in the "Talent Office". Can Wu Qingyi marginalize him just by chatting with the Personnel Department?
If he could really make things happen with a flip of his hand, why would Li Ye still stay here?
The world is so big, where can't I find a place for me?
Li Ye fetched some water and returned to the office, refilling half a cup of tea for his master, Lao Ding.

Old Ding pushed his notebook forward, allowing Li Ye to see a line of words on it - wait and see, it's better to do nothing.

Lao Ding's meaning was very clear. In Li Ye's situation, if he did nothing and allowed people to find no fault with him, he would be able to rise smoothly.

Li Ye smiled and nodded secretly.

If he could just lie down, Li Ye certainly wouldn't want to make trouble, but isn't this Wu Qingyi looking for trouble?

. . . . . . . . .

It was noon and Wu Qingyi had not returned yet. No one knew which department he had gone to work in.

Lao Ding said to Li Ye: "I have something to do at noon today, you can go to the cafeteria to eat by yourself!"

Li Ye nodded in agreement and went to the cafeteria with his lunch box. Lao Ding "coincidentally" got off work with Director Lu from the factory office, and the two chatted for a while on the way.

"Today Wu Qingyi is causing trouble for Li Ye again. It seems he wants to transfer him to another department."

"Ha~"

Director Lu smiled and said, "Old Wu has gone insane now. He thinks everyone wants to compete with him for the position of section chief. He doesn't even have the slightest tolerance for others."

Old Ding said calmly, "Not to mention now, he didn't have much tolerance even in the past! But his vision is really accurate. When Li Ye first came to our department, I didn't think he would be the head of the department."

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Director Lu was stunned for a moment, then smiled at Lao Ding and said, "Okay! Lao Ding, are you here to test my opinion? I don't know whether Li Ye will be the head of your department!"

Director Lu thought that Lao Ding was trying to trick him into believing that Li Ye was going to be parachuted in as the head of the supply department. If so, that would not be surprising at all. Just look at the guests at the wedding that day. Any strange thing could happen.

But if not, then Ding Zhiwen's chance will come.

Ding Zhiwen has two years left before retirement. Li Ye joined the company this year, first as a deputy section chief and then as a section chief. Ding Zhiwen was promoted to section chief first, so he could teach Li Ye all his skills and then help Li Ye get on with his job in the last six months.

With this arrangement, Li Ye can not only enrich his grassroots management experience, but also make his progress more solid, leaving everyone speechless.

So no matter how Director Lu thought about it, he felt that all of this was arranged by the higher-ups for Li Ye, and that Old Ding had picked up a big bargain just before his retirement.

But Old Ding shook his head and whispered, "I'm not really asking you about this. I want you to do me a favor and transfer my son from the steel mill to our unit."

Director Lu looked at Lao Ding in surprise, and suddenly realized: "Lao Ding, you are really smart. You can see the future even further than me. You are trying to find a future for your son!"

Old Ding will retire in two years. No matter how glorious he is, his career will be limited. He can only be a section chief for two years at most.
But Li Ye now calls Lao Ding "Master". Is this favor only worth the rank of section chief?

Who are you looking down on? Even if the Dragon King sneezes, it can cause heavy rain! If you don't quickly grab a basin to catch it, will you let the sweet dew from the sky go to waste?

"Okay, I can help with this matter, but Lao Ding, I can't decide this matter myself."

"Of course, I'll go around for the rest of the group, and you just need to help give them the green light."

"Don't worry, we never know who will help whom in the future!"

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When Li Ye got married, the entire unit only hired Director Lu and Lao Ding, so both of them felt that their future was full of uncertainty.

(End of this chapter)