That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 744 It Must Be Me? Then Why Do I Need You?
The Spring Festival in 1987 came earlier than in previous years, with New Year's Eve falling in late January.

So after New Year's Day, the festive atmosphere in the unit gradually became stronger, and some New Year benefits were distributed from time to time, and various versions of "bonuses will be given out during the Spring Festival this year" were repeatedly reported.

On Friday morning, Lao Ding received a call and said to Li Ye, "The logistics department has notified that frozen chickens are being distributed. Go and get my portion as well."

Li Ye dropped the work at hand, stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, Master, but please don't be disgusted when I bring it back for you! I really can't compete with those patients."

Old Ding laughed and scolded, "When did I dislike you? Just pick up two from wherever you are. As long as they don't have three legs, I won't dislike them."

"Okay, I've seen chickens with one leg, but three-legged ones are really rare. If I come across one, I will definitely get it back for you."

"Hurry up! If you go too late, you won't be able to get a full chicken butt. Didn't you see Xiao Yue has already run away?"

Li Ye hurriedly turned back and found that Yue Lingshan had already rushed out of the door and ran more than ten meters away.

[Oh my god, are you so eager to grab a chicken butt? Why are you so slow at work? ]

However, Li Ye thought about the mentality of the aunties who lined up to get eggs, and he could understand Yue Lingshan's feelings - "If you go late, you may not be left with all the rotten ones, but if you go early, you can definitely pick the good ones."

Li Ye didn't care and walked leisurely towards the logistics department. Wu Qingyi, who worked in the same office, was not in a hurry either. After all, he had the title of deputy section chief and there was no way he would give him a lame hand.

But it was different for others. After receiving the notice, colleagues in the next office also ran out like Yue Lingshan.

However, when they left the office, they felt a little embarrassed when they saw Wu Qingyi and Li Ye walking slowly in front of them. They wanted to get ahead, but they were afraid of leaving an impression of being "unstable" in the minds of the two deputy section chiefs.

But luckily, there was a "cripple" in their office who didn't care.

"Deng Deng Deng~"

Following a rhythmic sound of footsteps, Zheng Jiemin swiftly passed Li Ye and Wu Qingyi and ran forward with his head held high. Even the stiff plaster on his foot could not conceal his unruly and arrogant temperament.

It would have been reasonable for Zheng Jiemin to rest at home for two months since he had three broken toes. However, someone started a rumor that Zheng Jiemin had "broken his toes while practicing hard qigong", which became more and more outrageous, so much so that he finally came to work a few days ago on the grounds that he "did not leave the front line with a minor injury".

Now seeing that he is arrogantly surpassing Li Ye, it is obvious that he intends to make a complete enemy of Li Ye. After all, after he came back, Li Ye did not let him move back to his original office position, but just let him "rest in peace."

"Ha~"

Li Ye smiled, turned to the side, and made way for his colleagues behind him. After everyone had left, he staggered towards the logistics department.

You don't have enough vision, and you still want to make an enemy of me? Are you qualified?

From a distance, Li Ye could hear the loud speaker of the logistics department yelling, "Hey, hey, hey, Lao Jiu, stop being picky. If you pick another frozen chicken, it will have two legs, they are all the same."

"Everything is the same? I haven't even contacted you yet! The fat meat I brought home the day before yesterday was all leftovers. I put it in the pot for half a day and there was not even a bowl of oil left.

My illness is caused by overwork, you can’t bully me like this, you must make it up to me this time."

"Yes, yes, yes, you are sick from exhaustion. Aren't you exhausted from going to the video hall every night?"

"Who is spreading rumors about me? Come out and let me see if you dare."

"Come on, come on, let me show you what a sick person like you can do to me."

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There really weren't many people at the scene, but it was very noisy and almost a scene of chaos.

Just during these few days, Li Ye suddenly discovered that there were some more people in the unit.

Li Ye had never seen these people before, but they all received benefits and bonuses, and they acted like they were worth 2.58 million.
When dividing hairtail, take the widest one; when dividing frozen meat, take the fattest one; even when dividing frozen chicken, reach out and pick it up to see which one has the thicker thigh and the thickest breast.

Whenever someone is dissatisfied, there will be a quarrel with everyone, and all kinds of weird ideas will broaden the horizons of Li Ye, a time traveler.

Interesting, really interesting.

After a full ten minutes, Lao Jiu finally scolded a few employees who disliked him until they were speechless, then he picked out two of the most suitable frozen chickens and left triumphantly.

After he left, everyone started lining up again, and soon all the benefits were distributed.

When it was Li Ye's turn, "Big Trumpet" smiled and gave Li Ye four frozen chickens. Both in size and appearance, they were the best ones.

Li Ye thanked him and was about to leave, but Zheng Jiemin looked unhappy with his face down.

"Big Trumpet, look at these two of mine, and then look at these four of Li Ye. Is this logistics department owned by your family?"

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I almost spit out a mouthful of saliva from the loud speaker. It has been a rule for so many years, and you are arguing with me here? Is this your first day in the company? Do you really think everyone is equal?
But before the loudspeaker could make any sound, Li Ye reached out and pushed two frozen chickens in front of Zheng Jiemin.

"Want to switch? Let's switch! I like to eat lean food."

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Zheng Jiemin and Li Ye stared at each other for more than ten seconds, feeling more and more uncomfortable.

He really wanted to slap the frozen chicken in Li Ye's hand to the ground and explain the principles of "fairness and justice" to this "unruly" bastard.

But the kick that Li Ye gave to the tree that rubbed off the bark in front of Zheng Jiemin had knocked out 99% of his courage. Now, no matter how angry he was or how fierce his eyes were, he couldn't raise his hand anyway.

Just when Zheng Jiemin was in a dilemma, Xiao Zhu from the technical department came running over from a distance: "Li Ye, you are here? Quick, quick, Guan Liang is notifying us for a meeting!"

"Meeting? What kind of meeting?"

Li Ye handed his four chickens to Pan Dachuan and prepared to follow Xiao Zhu.

"They said there was an emergency and called all the college and technical secondary school students in the factory to a meeting. I went to your supply department but couldn't find you. Yue Lingshan and Zheng Jiemin also wanted to go to the meeting."

When Xiao Zhu saw Zheng Jiemin's unfriendly look, he quickly took him along. Xiao Zhu really couldn't afford to offend this ruthless man who had broken three of his toes by kicking him.

Several people went to the small conference room together, and most of the others had already arrived.

Li Ye saw that the factory director's secretary Guan Liang and a deputy director of the factory office were sitting in the first seats. It was obvious that the level of this meeting was not high. If it was high, at least Director Lu would come to preside over it.

"Everyone is here! Let me make it short. A few days ago, the Hong Kong side once again raised the issue of ISO standards. The factory director attached great importance to it and arranged for me to gather all the intellectuals in the factory to learn more about and evaluate the specific effects of the ISO standards."

Guan Liang spoke eloquently and without hesitation, emphasizing that he was ordered by the top leader to temporarily "recruit" all the college and technical school students on the scene.

Li Ye was quite happy after hearing this. He believed that this meant that the three major shareholders had finally reached a consensus and that they should regard these college and technical school students who were most receptive to new things as the backbone and begin management reforms.

But Guan Liang's next words made Li Ye a little puzzled.

"Let's count now, who has classmates or friends overseas? Master Lin, do you have classmates or friends overseas?"

"Yes, there is, but there has been no news for more than ten years, and we can no longer contact him."

Master Lin was the oldest college student at the scene, and was of similar age and experience to Teacher Ke. Li Ye had only heard that he had been demoted to a marginal department, and today was the first time he had seen him in person.

"What about the others? Zheng Jiemin, do you have any? Zhu Changmin. Yue Lingshan." Guan Liang held a small notebook and asked his colleagues at the scene one by one, but most of them either had no contact or were technical secondary school students like Yue Lingshan and Zheng Jiemin. How could they have any international student classmates?

Finally, Guan Liangcai asked Li Ye: "Deputy Section Chief Li, now all hope lies with you. Your Beijing University has many places for studying abroad every year. You must have classmates studying abroad, right?"

Li Ye nodded: "Indeed, but what does this have to do with our unit?"

"Of course it is related," Guan Liang said with a smile, "The factory manager said that we can't always listen to the one-sided words of the Hong Kong side, so we must try every possible way and means to obtain first-hand information from overseas.
Li Ye, please contact your overseas classmates and ask them to buy us materials related to ISO standards. If our country wants to take off, we need everyone to work together."

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Li Ye looked at Guan Liang expressionlessly, waiting patiently for him to finish speaking before asking, "There must be many versions of ISO standard materials. Which one do you want to buy? And what is your budget?"

Guan Liang waved his hand, showing a very leadership style.

"Of course the more the better. We should buy every kind. As for the budget, that's no problem. We can discuss it. We can discuss it."

Li Ye didn't believe such empty talk! He continued to ask, "How much is no problem? How much money did the Finance Department approve for you?"

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Guan Liang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Li Ye, we are a large state-owned unit. How can we approve funds without seeing the goods? I will contact the Finance Department when your classmate sends the information back."

"Don't tell me that," Li Ye interrupted directly, "I'll give you my classmate's contact information, you can contact her directly. Public is public and private is private. It's not appropriate for me to be in the middle."

"Why is it inappropriate?" Guan Liang insisted, "The task assigned by our factory director is for everyone to contribute. I don't know your classmate, so I'm going to trouble you, Li Ye, for the benefit of the unit."

"Do you want a poor overseas student to buy things for you just for the sake of your company's interests?"

Li Ye said coldly: "Do you know how expensive overseas books and materials are? They don't have money to buy them, do you want her to rob them?"

"They don't have money. Don't you have money?"

Guan Liang smiled and said, "Li Ye, don't get me wrong. You can't miss even a penny of the money you spent. If you don't believe me, ask other people in our unit. Advance payment and reimbursement is a normal procedure."

"I don't have any money," Li Ye interrupted Guan Liang for the third time, "I borrowed 30,000 yuan from relatives and friends to buy that Santana! And if you want to buy books and materials from overseas, you can't use RMB, you have to use foreign currency."

Li Ye, who has lived two lives, knows how rich people should refuse others who "take advantage of them", which is to say that they "have foreign debts" and say, "Don't borrow money from me, I still need to borrow money from you!"
However, Guan Liang was well prepared today. He smiled and said, "Li Ye, you are too modest. A friend of mine from Peking University told me that you joined the Lone Army Literature Society when you were a sophomore and earned foreign exchange every month! So this mission assigned by our factory director must be carried out by you!"

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[You idiot, you actually investigated me? Did you find out that I'm one of your bosses? ]

Guan Liang was obviously concerned about Li Ye. After all, there was no Internet in those days, and getting any information required a lot of manpower and connections.

He asked people from Peking University and learned that Li Ye had joined the Lone Army Literary Society, but he could not find out how good his relationship was with Pei Wencong of Hong Kong Island, nor could he find out the specific relationship between Pei Wencong and Hong Kong Island Seris Company, otherwise he would not have asked Li Ye to purchase all the information related to ISO on his behalf.

On the one hand, he does not trust the major shareholders of Hong Kong Island, and then he asks the boss of the major shareholder to confirm the true intentions of Hong Kong capital. Isn't this nonsense?
"Don't waste your breath."

Li Ye glanced at Guan Liang sarcastically and said indifferently: "Secretary Guan, we are such a big company, but we are reluctant to approve the funds first. Why do you think you can make me make money just by talking?"

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Guan Liang's expression finally changed. He had been smiling at Li Ye today, but now his expression suddenly became as deep as water.

"Since no one can do anything, we can only settle for the next best thing."

Guan Liang took out a stack of English materials and began distributing them to each person.

"This is the original information we asked the Hong Kong side to give us. We are all people who have learned English, so we shared it with each other, translated it, and compared it with the Chinese version they provided."

Yue Lingshan, Zheng Jiemin and a group of people who had studied English suddenly looked worried.

Do you expect that a person who has never learned English from elementary school to junior high school, or who only speaks fluent English, can translate complex and obscure original English materials after attending a technical secondary school and reading basic English books?
But they soon discovered that this was not the most miserable moment for them.

Because Guan Liang assigned most of the English materials to Li Ye.

"Li Ye, you are the most educated person in our factory. The more you work, the more you earn. You should share more of the responsibility. The task assigned by the factory director is very urgent. Please hand it over to me next week."

"I'm busy."

Li Ye didn't take it at all and pushed the information back: "I have a lot of work to do in the supply department. I don't have time to do this kind of translation work."

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Guan Liang's chest rose and fell violently, and he was obviously annoyed by Li Ye's repeated interruptions.

"Li Ye, it doesn't matter if you don't have time. You can ask your girlfriend to help you! Isn't your girlfriend studying English at Peking University? Isn't it a piece of cake for her to translate this information? It only takes a few minutes."

Li Ye slowly raised his head, stared at Guan Liang's face, and spat softly.

"How dare you be so shameless? You even arranged for my wife to be involved? Who do you think you are?"

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Guan Liang looked at Li Ye in shock and even forgot to wipe the saliva off his face.

After several seconds, he angrily said, "Li Ye, what's your attitude? I'm doing this for the company. Since the factory director has assigned me to do this, I have the right to assign you."

Li Ye immediately said, "The factory director assigned you but not me directly. I have done all the work, why do I need you?"

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Guan Liang was dumbfounded.

The people around were also dumbfounded.

Because what Li Ye said seemed to make sense.

The factory manager asked you to be responsible for solving this matter, but you pushed all the work to Li Ye, and even said that this job must be done by Li Ye. Then what the hell are you qualified to be in charge of the work?
What's the matter? Li Ye did the work, so all the credit is yours, right? You're the only one who's watched "County Party Committee Compound"?

Guan Liang used the factory director's chicken feather as a token of authority, which did have some power.

If it were any other situation, Li Ye might not have openly contradicted him, but Guan Liang even arranged for Wen Leyu to join. Who do you think you are, WCNM?

In his previous life, Li Ye was fed up with this kind of "scalpers doing the work and foxes taking credit" bullshit. In this life, he has enough wealth, friends, laws and land, so why should he listen to you nagging here?
Weren't you arranged by the factory manager? Well, you'd better let the factory manager talk to me directly. I will immediately volunteer to take over the job, and then, based on the interests of the company, I will promote the implementation of the new management standards without favoritism.

Li Ye would not seize power and plunder state property for the sake of Hong Kong capital. After all, it's not like he doesn't make money, so what if he gives the bulk of it to the state? Thirty percent is enough for me.

But you, a secretary, want to act like a boss in front of me? How are you better than me?

I don't want to steal your limelight, but you insist on provoking me. Do you know what it means to "compare people to death, and compare goods to waste?"

If you get dumped by someone, don't blame me.

(End of this chapter)