That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 872: Do you know how to give gifts?
The next morning, Li Ye entered Lu Zhizhang's office and the two began to "plot".

"Old Lu, we have to grow stronger as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid the tree will fall too fast and hit us, and we won't be able to bear it."

Lu Zhizhang rubbed his bloodshot eyes and said in a deep voice, "I also thought about it for a long time last night. Judging from our current achievements, we really cannot guarantee that we can take over the main factory."

Li Ye was surprised and said, "Wow, why are you so frank now? Didn't you always beat around the bush before?"

Lu Zhizhang smiled meaningfully at Li Ye and said, "Then I have met a deity like you, haven't I?"

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Li Ye never told Lu Zhizhang that he wanted to "be greedy and try to swallow an elephant" and use a branch factory as a basis to realize his intention of absorbing the main factory.

But today, Lu Zhizhang spoke for him.

Li Ye must be the key training target of some people. Now the first branch factory has also made achievements and made substantial profits.
But in the eyes of some people, these achievements are at best just improvements on the old 130, just old wine in new bottles.

Therefore, the next branch must make great strides forward and achieve more outstanding results to convince others.

"Our current production capacity has reached 2,500 units per month. If we are given another six months, our output will exceed that of the main factory, but as the raw materials increase, our profits may decrease."

Lu Zhizhang took out a stack of forms and described the current production capacity of a branch factory. Then he looked up and asked Li Ye: "Do you have any new plans?"

Li Ye nodded and said, "I originally wanted to strive to produce a new type of 1041, but now it seems that it is impossible in the short term, so we will start a new project ourselves."

Lu Zhizhang's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "Is what you said last time about introducing new overseas models true?"

At first, people from the Zhucheng Vehicle Factory came to Li Ye to discuss a joint venture. Li Ye proposed the idea of ​​introducing new overseas car models. Later, there was no news from the Zhucheng side, so Lu Zhizhang thought it was hopeless!
Li Ye spread his hands and said, "Why not? Lao Lu, you should be more open-minded. If you keep holding on to old products, you can only make ends meet at most. You won't have any great future."

"I know, I know, that's why I said you are a god!"

Lu Zhizhang rubbed his hands excitedly, and then asked Li Ye: "What series of cars do you plan to introduce?

Now we have the Lighthouse Cherokee in Beijing, the West German Santana in Shanghai, and the French Peugeot 505 in Guangzhou. Should we import British or Japanese cars? I think the Crown is good, or...

"Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop first!"

Li Ye quickly held Lu Zhizhang down, saying with a smile: "What are you thinking, Old Lu? You know how complicated a car is. Introducing a car production line is a national project. We are just a truck factory. You are trying to swallow an elephant, but you are trying to eat the sky."

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Lu Zhizhang was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly: "I'm just fantasizing, I'm just having fun!"

As of the 1980s, the mainland did not have any production and supporting capabilities for modern cars. If one wanted to introduce an advanced car like the Crown, the various supporting technologies and equipment that needed to be imported would have required an astronomical figure.

Even if Li Ye's money came easily and even if he was willing to spend money, when such an enterprise was established, could Lu Zhizhang, a department-level cadre, be the general manager?

Not to mention Li Ye, you are only twenty-five or twenty-six years old and have only worked for one or two years. How can you be qualified to lead a group of senior people who are three, four, five or six levels higher than you?
Lu Zhizhang smacked his lips and asked in a down-to-earth manner, "So, Li Ye, what kind of car are you planning to import?"

Li Ye said: "I heard that there is a kind of light truck overseas that is very suitable for our rural environment in the mainland. I plan to go and take a look."

"Light trucks?" Lu Zhizhang asked quickly, "Will there be a conflict with the Isuzu cars we imported? If there is a conflict, then our efforts will probably be in vain."

"No, it's much smaller than our 1041."

Li Ye gestured the size with his hands, and then Lu Zhizhang was disappointed.

"Li Ye, I finally understand why you want to hook up with Director Wang who is stationed in the city. You want to make agricultural vehicles! Then why import them? Just let our factory's masters modify them themselves!"

When Li Ye saw Lu Zhizhang's disappointed look, he knew that he was just like many car enthusiasts today, who despised farm vehicles and microcars, and even thought it was easy to build one by hand.

But if it were really that easy, would mainland car people still have to spend forty years catching up?
A car's chassis has only so many parts, but when running on bumpy roads, some of them are loose and seem like they are going to fly off when the steering wheel is moved, while others are solid and tight, and the steering wheel hits exactly where you point it.

This is actually a gap in design, technology, experience and craftsmanship.

Li Ye was willing to believe that the industrialists in the mainland could slowly develop a qualified mini truck through collective research. But he couldn't wait that long, so he decided to import from overseas first, then reverse research, thoroughly understand the prototype, and finally accumulate his own R&D capabilities.

This is also the choice of many mainland automobile companies at this time, but many people have failed and many people have been calculated.

During the decades of development, there have been at least dozens of new car brands put into production in the mainland. Unfortunately, so many of these short-lived "hopes" ended up without even a punctuation mark.

Li Ye knows history, so he knows which type of car will shine in the mainland.

After thoroughly understanding the mini trucks, Li Ye wanted to try to replicate the epoch-making national car.

“Tuk-tuk-tuk~”

Just when Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang were discussing whether to import the prototype car from Japan or Dengta, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Master Lao Ding's son Ding Jiuchang walked in. Then, with a wry smile, he took out a thick envelope and placed it in front of Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang.

"Pfft~"

Lu Zhizhang smiled.

Li Ye looked at the envelope speechlessly, then looked at Ding Jiuchang. After a long while, he asked strangely, "Brother, are you here to give me a gift? There are only two of us here! You are giving me an envelope. Are you offering a bribe?"

Ding Jiuchang smiled awkwardly, then said: "Director Lu, Director Li, this money is not mine. I met Director Wang and others when I got off work yesterday.
They stopped me, stuffed this bag of money into my pocket, and said they wanted to make friends, and asked me to help arrange a meeting with you guys."

Li Ye's expression calmed down and he asked, "So you took it?"

Ding Jiuchang said quickly: "They threw the money from the car and ran away. I really had no choice but to sleep with him all night. I came here to hand it over to the police today."

Li Ye's expression eased a little when he heard Ding Jiuchang say "hand it over to the authorities".

"It's still right to hand it over to the government, but brother, next time he throws money at you, just throw it on the ground and walk away, don't take it again."

"Hey hey hey, I get it, they are all stinky shit, I will curse them next time I see them"

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After Ding Jiuchang left, Li Ye pushed the thick envelope to Lu Zhizhang.

"Well, you are familiar with this kind of thing, just decide what to do!"

Lu Zhizhang glanced at Li Ye and said with a smile: "Are you testing me?"

Li Ye asked back: "Why, you can't stand the test?"

Lu Zhizhang weighed the envelope and threw it on the table.

"My salary and bonus this month add up to more than 500 yuan, and there will definitely be more in the future. They are wrong to try to bring me down with a sugar-coated bullet."

"Fuck, what if I give you five million in the future?"

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Lu Zhizhang's eyes widened, and he pursed his lips and said, "If you bribe me with 5 million, what level would I be at? At that level, would I still need money?"

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Now it was Li Ye's turn to not know how to respond.

There are so many tigers in later generations, and their levels are not low. Why do they want both?

(End of this chapter)