That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 902: Did I eat salt for more than forty years in vain?

Li Ye chatted with Lu Zhizhang for the whole morning, and in the afternoon Lai Jiayi came to his office with a smile on her face.

"Deputy Director Li, are you back to work early? Oh, your child is still so young. You've been away on business for so long, you should stay at home for a few more days."

Li Ye saw that she was holding a file bag, so he asked with a smile: "Sister Lai, do you want to see me for something?"

Lai Jiayi smiled and said, "Yesterday Director Lu told me to sort out the information about housing allocation and give it to you for review when Deputy Director Li comes back. I am sending it to you now!"

"Old Lu said he wanted me to review it?"

Li Ye felt a little surprised because he had met with Lu Zhizhang in the morning and Lu Zhizhang did not mention this matter. Besides, Lu Zhizhang was the top leader, so this information should be given to Lu Zhizhang.

What's more, the word "review" is not appropriate to describe Li Ye.

Because Lai Jiayi's actual rank was half a level higher than Li Ye's, and she usually kept a high profile in front of Li Ye. It was very strange that she asked Li Ye to review it today.

[Is she deliberately insulting me? Or is she trying to kill two birds with one stone?]

In an organization, the distribution of power is very strict. If a deputy touches the power of the principal, a fierce battle may break out.

By that time, the monkey sitting on the side watching the show might be able to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, Lai Jiayi's behavior is suspected of alienating Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang.

But Li Ye still reached out and took the information: "Then give it to me! I will meet with Lao Lu later, and then call a meeting of worker representatives to study it and publish it on the bulletin board."

Lai Jiayi's eyes flickered, and she smiled nonchalantly, "Hey, the workers have discussed this list many times, and Director Lu said that as long as you, Deputy Director Li, think it's suitable, it's fine."

"How can I have the final say on this matter? It must be decided by everyone."

Li Ye opened the file bag, took out the document and looked at it. He asked in confusion: "Sister Lai, is this the information of all the employees who submitted housing applications? Why is there only so little?"

"Many people who don't meet the basic requirements have been initially screened out according to the system. More than half of our factory employees are young new employees who don't even have a partner. How can they be eligible to apply for housing? There are too many people and too little housing. It is definitely impossible to satisfy everyone."

Lai Jiayi gave a long list of reasons as a matter of course, and then she saw Li Ye's cold eyes, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang asked Lai Jiayi to take statistics on the housing situation in the factory, find out the housing conditions of all employees, and then decide how to distribute the houses and to whom to give them.

Now, look what happens. For three hundred housing units, she has submitted a list of three hundred and seventy or eighty applications. This at least leaves some work for Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang symbolically!

[How come you are so diligent? How come you are so capable? ]

Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang applied for land, allocated funds for housing, and found construction teams. As the buildings were about to be topped out, Lai Jiayi actually did most of the work of distributing welfare housing?
So this branch factory is opened by your family?

Lai Jiayi saw Li Ye's cold eyes and said with a smile: "If Deputy Director Li is not satisfied with this list, I will go back and ask the union to visit again, listen to the opinions of the masses, and then come up with a new list."

"No need. The roof of the house will be completed soon, and the workers are looking forward to spending the winter in the new house! Let me discuss it with Lao Lu and come up with a solution as soon as possible!"

Li Ye rejected Lai Jiayi outright. He thought it would be better to expect a girl who was used to making quick money to be a good person than to expect someone like her who was full of calculations to think about the public!

Lai Jiayi's face turned ugly. Although Li Ye did not have that kind of respect for her before, at least he treated her equally and without servility.

But now Li Ye obviously dislikes her and doesn't even pretend.

This made Lai Jiayi very angry. As a deputy-division-level cadre, she came to a branch factory and worked as a trade union leader, which was already very unfair to her.

Two months ago, when the head office wanted to transfer Li Ye back, Lai Jiayi informed her connections that as soon as Li Ye left, she would take over Li Ye's position.

According to her, Li Ye's position should belong to her, Lai Jiayi. Li Ye was just a tree planter who opened up the market, and he should let future generations enjoy the shade.

But now, a young man of twenty-four or twenty-five actually looks down on her, an old senior in her forties?
What’s up? You’re not going to pretend anymore. Are you going to show your cards?
I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice, how dare you turn your back on me?

So Lai Jiayi said to Li Ye with a hidden ulterior motive: "Oh, it seems that Deputy Director Li is not satisfied with my work!

But you and Lao Lu have been to Riben for an inspection these days, and I don’t even have anyone to discuss things with. If there is such an inspection in the future, can you and Lao Lu leave one person in the factory?"

[Leaving Lao Lu in the factory and letting you go with him? ]

Li Ye glanced at Lai Jiayi and said calmly: "Old Lu and I are not in the factory, which just tests the emergency response ability of our first branch management system. For example, this time, Zhang Xiaoshuai from the Finance Department performed very well." Didn't Li Ye know that he should keep someone at home? But this time he went to Riben with Lu Zhizhang.

When a unit is developing rapidly, there will definitely be various hidden dangers, just like there will definitely be a few troublemakers in a high school class.

Li Ye just wanted to see which monkey would jump out to take charge when there was no tiger in the mountain, and completely eliminate the hidden dangers in advance.

Lai Jiayi was stunned when she heard what Li Ye said.

[So you two are testing me? ]

Then she explained: "You are talking about this matter! Hey, I was just about to talk to you and Director Lu about this! The other day, Lao Wan from the main factory came over and said he needed to borrow some money for urgent use.

Anyway, our factory's profits are very stable, so we can just hedge it in the next few months. But Zhang Xiaoshuai said that you and Director Lu are not at home, so no one can transfer money at will."

"Then Lao Wan also said that he would ask Zhang Xiaoshuai to make a long-distance call directly to Ri Ben to report to you and Lao Lu.
But Zhang Xiaoshuai is stubborn and won't call you. He insists on waiting for you and Lao Lu to come back. Aren't you delaying things?"

"Lao Wan came to me again. I told him that although I was not in charge of financial matters, Zhang Xiaoshuai could not handle it right away. After much persuasion, Zhang Xiaoshuai's position was not revoked on the spot."

[Oh my god, it turns out that you, Lai Jiayi, are the hero? ]

Why didn't Zhang Xiaoshuai call me as he did before? Was he worried about the long-distance charges?
Of course not. If he hadn't made this call, he could have pushed back against the unreasonable demands of the head office.

Anyway, the branch factory has its own financial system. Large sums of money cannot be used without the signature and seal of the factory director. If you have the ability, you can pry open the safe of the finance department.

So Zhang Xiaoshuai can handle it on his own, so why should he cause trouble for Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang?

It is this responsibility and this absolute stance of standing on the side of the First Branch that is the reason why Li Ye said he performed very well.

On the contrary, Lai Jiayi's performance was really bad.

A fence-sitter sways with the wind and ends up being disliked by everyone.

"Sister Lai, please go back first! We will have a meeting in a few days to discuss the issue of welfare housing distribution."

"Okay then! I'll go back first."

Lai Jiayi came out of Li Ye's office and immediately looked gloomy.

She thought about it for a moment, and instead of going back to her office, she turned to the production area and looked for a few people.

"Lao Zhang! Today, I discussed the issue of welfare housing distribution with Deputy Director Li. Your house is a bit unsafe."

"Why is there no insurance? According to my length of service and position, I should be allocated a two-bedroom apartment!"

"Hey, I'd like to give it to you, but Deputy Director Li wants to hold another meeting to discuss it. Let's talk about it then!"

"No matter how much we discuss it, it should be given to me. It's either the third floor or the second floor. The fourth floor is not acceptable."

"Hey, Lao Qi! I'm so sorry, I can't confirm the house I agreed with you on now."

"What do you mean? Who wants to make an enemy of me?"

"Hey, that's what Deputy Director Li meant. But don't worry, we'll have a meeting in a few days."

Lai Jiayi is worthy of being a trade union cadre. She is very familiar with mass work and quickly gathered a group of "her own people".

She has worked in the unit for decades. How could she not know that such a major issue as welfare housing distribution could not be decided by a union member like her?

But she made promises to a group of people first.

Once Li Ye rejects all these promises in accordance with the rules and regulations, won’t there be a conflict of interest and distribution contradiction?

Since there are conflicts and contradictions, don’t there have to be opposing factions and opposing mountaintops?

After Lai Jiayi came to the first branch, she has been unable to make any progress. This welfare housing distribution is a rare opportunity!
[Humph, I have been around for forty years, but I am not as good as a young boy like you? You are still so young! ]

(End of this chapter)