That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 740: Do I still have to endure your anger?
On the day of the lecture, Li Ye changed into a Mao suit, which he rarely wore on weekdays, and arrived at the office building ten minutes early.

Old Qiu and others from the technical department had already arrived. When they saw Li Ye, they were surprised and said, "Hey, Li Ye, aren't the two sets of clothes you usually wear pretty good? Why are you dressed like an old man today?"

"How do I look like an old man?" Li Ye stretched his arms and legs, and said with a smile: "Master Qiu, have you ever seen such a flexible old man?"

"Hahahaha~"

Everybody laughed. Li Ye had been in the appraisal team with Lao Qiu and other technical staff for a long time. They all had similar personalities and there was nothing wrong with joking around with each other.

However, after Lao Qiu smiled, he whispered to Li Ye: "Li Ye, the leader of the department will be here today. Don't you have a car? Go home and change your clothes quickly.

Young people should act like young people. If you become like us old guys, you won't achieve much!"

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"Thank you, Chief Qiu. With so many leaders here today, how can I have a chance to make progress?"

Li Ye smiled and thanked Lao Qiu, but did not accept his suggestion to go home and change clothes.

Perhaps in Lao Qiu's eyes, in a big occasion like today, Li Ye should be "extra alert" to attract the attention of the leaders and seize every opportunity to become a "familiar face" as much as possible.

Otherwise, the leader wouldn't even look at you, so how could he ask "Who is that young man?"

If you want to stand out, you should at least get your leader's attention first, right?
However, Li Ye’s idea is different from Lao Qiu’s. The tradition within the system has always emphasized "moderation". Li Ye looks energetic in his custom-made suit from Hong Kong Island, but it may not necessarily give them a good impression.

When you are in high spirits, you can certainly attract the attention of your leaders, but you will also attract the hatred of the jealous people.

Just like those cautious trendsetters in later generations, they would leave their $200,000 watches at home when attending meetings, and would never wear Italian leather shoes worth tens of thousands of dollars, let alone Baleno and Armani, for fear of being backstabbed by petty-minded people.

Sometimes just one bad word can make a person's years of hard work go to waste.

Of course, although Li Ye was wearing the same Zhongshan suit as the old men, could Chen Zhen’s Zhongshan suit be the same as others?

Even though Li Ye was wearing a rough old cloth, he was still the most handsome guy in the whole audience.

When it was almost time to leave, the general manager's secretary Guan Liang came over and told Li Ye, "Li Ye, you will be in car number six, following behind Master Zhang's car. Section Chief Park and Director Han will be in your car. If there are any problems, just follow their instructions."

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Li Ye, who was happily chatting with Lao Qiu and the others, suddenly frowned.

Yesterday, I thought Guan Liang had given Li Ye a favor by saying "one word"! I didn't expect that he actually used him as a driver, and judging from the situation, he was a driver of his own car.

"Secretary Guan, I drive car number six? Which car is number six?"

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Guan Liang was obviously stunned for a moment, then he took out a piece of red paper from his pocket, on which was written the number "six" in calligraphy.

"Here, Li Ye, put this number on the window of your Santana, and it will be car number six."

Li Ye did not answer the call, but said calmly: "Secretary Guan, that is my private car. If the company wants to requisition it, they have to discuss it with me in advance, right?

You suddenly told me this, and I haven't washed my car or filled up my gas tank. I'm afraid it will damage the image of our company!"

Guan Liang's expression was not looking good either. He looked at Li Ye for five full seconds before he said, "It is true that today is a bit hasty, but isn't the factory's business everyone's business?

How about this! When I come back, I will help you apply for a ten-liter gasoline ticket as compensation for you, how about that? "

Li Ye also stared at Guan Liang for five seconds, then said calmly: "Forget about the gas coupons, I don't need that little bit of gasoline, but please don't do it again."

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Guan Liang left. Li Ye observed the way he walked and knew that he was very angry.

[You are angry, but I am also angry! ]

Of course, Li Ye didn't want to offend people for no reason, and he was very willing to get along with others, but don't you think I don't know how to count? I invested so much money in the company, is it for you to PUA?
I came to this unit in order to develop the automobile manufacturing industry in the mainland. Otherwise, if I invested the Hong Kong capital in the Japanese financial market, the rate of return would be many times higher.

Besides, you are just the general manager's secretary, what's so arrogant about that? Even the general manager's boss attended my wedding with Wen Leyu, why should I be angry with you?
Old Qiu from the technical department whispered to Li Ye: "Li Ye, you shouldn't offend him. He is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister. Guan Liang is a person close to the factory director. You... Alas~"

"Uncle Qiu, you can't say that," Li Ye sneered, "My car is worth nearly 200,000 yuan! He just said he would use it, who does he think he is?

Besides, shouldn't it be Guan Liang's job to arrange the vehicle? How can he arrange it so confidently? "

Old Qiu was also helpless in the face of Li Ye who "did not know the current situation". Lu Zhizhang from the factory office happened to come over, so he twitched his chin and said, "Director Lu is here, go ask him."

After Lu Zhizhang came over, he smiled and asked Li Ye: "Did Guan Liang come to see you just now?"

Li Ye raised the number paper and said, "Here, I've been assigned car number six."

Lu Zhizhang said awkwardly: "This is actually my fault. I arranged everything well yesterday, but this morning a Shanghai sedan wouldn't start and the manager was angry! He came up with this idea and I didn't stop him."

Well! He volunteered to lend his love to the Buddha. This Guan Liang is really smart.

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Although Li Ye had some complaints, since he had accepted the task of "Car No. 6", he followed the convoy to the exhibition site safely.

In a large open space, there were trucks and jeeps of different sizes, even tractors, tricycles, and motorcycles. It was a large gathering of the motor vehicle industry.

It’s just that there was no concept of “auto show” those days, so there were many cars but not many people on the scene.

Moreover, because the Spring Festival came very early this year, the twelfth lunar month began at the end of December. The whistling north wind blew across the empty venue, causing the few people to seek places to shelter from the wind, making the scene seem very deserted.

Li Ye did not avoid the wind, but instead visited the "tributes" of various units on the scene with great interest.

The first thing he looked at was a new product from the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant - Cherokee, commonly known as 213.

Cherokee is a new model launched by Lighthouse in 1984. It was introduced by the Foreign Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce in the Mainland in 85.

In September 85, the first domestically produced Cherokee rolled off the assembly line. It can be said that both the level of advancement of this car and the speed at which it was put into production made Li Ye very interested.

The staff of the Beijing Automobile Factory saw Li Ye walking around like a poor guy who couldn't afford a car but wanted to see one, so they asked him unfriendlyly, "Brother, which unit are you from?"

Li Ye introduced himself: "I am from Beijing Light Automobile Company, which was formerly Beijing Second Automobile Company."

"Oh, it's from Second Automobile Works! Do you like this car?"

"I really like it. It looks well made."

"Of course, these are all imported goods, we are only responsible for the assembly."

They immediately became enthusiastic and introduced their masterpieces to Li Ye.

This introduction was of no importance, as Li Ye finally understood why they were able to go into production so quickly.

Almost all the parts are imported and assembled in the mainland. How can it be slow?

Li Ye then recalled the rumors he had heard in his previous life. When Beijing Auto was producing the first generation of Elantra, the wheels were removed from the overseas vehicles. After the parts were imported, the wheels were installed and the vehicles could be sold off the production line.

The quality of new cars produced in this way is very good, but the profits from the entire vehicle flow overseas.

When Li Ye was looking at the 213 in front of him and sighing, a woman suddenly said from behind: "What's wrong, nephew, you've had enough of driving that Santana, do you want to change to an off-road vehicle?"

"Ok?"

Li Ye turned around and asked with a smile: "How do you know I drive a Santana?"

"Tsk, you're so famous, who doesn't know you?"

(End of this chapter)