That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 947 Isn’t That Stupid?
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Lai Jiayi, a sister from the trade union, "informed" Li Ye that the leaders of the general factory wanted to talk to him.

Li Ye ignored her.

In his previous life, Li Ye had seen a lot of this kind of situation at work. There was nothing serious in the first place, but these people just wanted to make trouble so that you would owe them a favor.

But Wen Qingsheng came in person to inform Li Ye and left the father and son alone in the car. Li Ye couldn't help but feel nervous.

Does Wen Qingsheng need Li Ye to owe him a favor? He is Li Ye's father-in-law.

They can give you a heads-up before the department talks to you. This is a real "early warning" that most people don't get.

"Dad, I didn't do anything wrong! Why do I have to be interviewed?"

Li Ye had heard in his previous life that if the people above wanted to talk to you, they must have evidence or a purpose, otherwise they would just be looking for you because they are bored.

Big shots are busy.

So after hearing Wen Qingsheng's words, Li Ye's mind started to work rapidly, carefully calculating what kind of evidence he had fallen into the hands of others.

[Isn't it that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot? ]

Although the spring breeze of "letting some people get rich first" was already blowing very warmly in 1988, the situation was not clear enough before 1992, and there were even fierce conflicts between the two sides.

Li Ye’s personal assets are actually not a concern, after all, he has Teacher Ke and some other people as guarantors.

But he led a branch factory to become an "outlier" in the industry, which made him an easy target of concentrated fire.

However, Wen Qingsheng's next words made Li Ye realize that the matter was not that serious.

"I asked around and it seems that you paid the workers too high a salary. And this high, not just ordinary high, is suspected of using public funds for personal gain."

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly said, "I know, Dad. It must be because we hired a foreign engineer. Seven thousand dollars a month does sound high, but how can I use this little money for personal gain?"

"That's why I came to give you a warning!"

Wen Qingsheng patted Li Ye on the shoulder and said, "It's reasonable for them to come here to ask questions. You didn't tell your family about hiring Ludwig. You acted on your own.

So you have to take it seriously and tell the truth, and try to make people understand that the money is worth it.
But don’t be so careless and say that I’m rich and don’t care about these 7,000 US dollars. You are wrongly accusing a good person.”

"You are only 25 years old this year, and you have done a lot of great things. You have been recognized by several uncles and aunts. You are indeed young and energetic.
But you must not think that you are too great, and you must not look down on others. You must remain calm in any situation, and you should avoid breaking someone's ribs with a kick."

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Listening to Wen Qingsheng's nagging lecture, Li Ye felt embarrassed and speechless, but his heart was warm and comfortable.

Someone of Wen Qingsheng's level took the risk of coming in person to give Li Ye "guidance". What kind of treatment is this?
A while ago, Li Ye kicked Lu Zixue, forcing him to jump off the building. Teacher Ke decisively stepped in to clean up the mess for him. Now the higher-ups want to talk to Li Ye, and Wen Qingsheng is teaching him how to strike a tidy balance. He really is raising him like his own son!
Seeing Li Ye's face was a little gloomy, Wen Qingsheng chuckled and said, "Don't be too nervous, it's not the secretary who wants to talk to you.
You can show a little pride and let them know that you are not a poor kid who can be easily manipulated."

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[Father-in-law, this is a bit difficult for me! ]

Li Ye knew what Wen Qingsheng meant, but the second-generation temperament similar to Wen Guohua and Wen Leyu was not something that could be faked, right?

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In the afternoon, someone from the department arrived on time and took Li Ye away for questioning.

But it is indeed as Wen Qingsheng said, the other party is not a disciplinary officer in the department. It is similar to the questioning that your direct supervisor would give you before handing over the suspect to the disciplinary officer, giving you a chance to confess.

"Comrade Li Ye, the salary you paid to Engineer Ludwig was settled in foreign currency, right?"

"Yes."

"Then where does your foreign exchange come from? You don't have any export business to earn foreign exchange, right?"

"It's a loan. When we introduced the technology project, we borrowed some foreign exchange to introduce equipment, pay for technology transfer fees, etc." "Then how will you return this foreign exchange? Will you return it in foreign exchange or RMB?"

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The other party asked Li Ye a lot of questions, and Li Ye answered calmly throughout the whole process. It was not known whether he was arrogant or not, but he was neither humble nor overbearing. Li Ye felt that he had done it.

After two hours, the other party finally said, "Comrade Li Ye, we are also aware of your achievements over the past year.

But a few days ago, we suddenly received more than a dozen letters of complaint from the public, reporting that you violated the unit's regulations and arbitrarily allocated the unit's public funds.

After preliminary verification, we determined that you did arbitrarily adjust the workers' bonus income.

Moreover, the annual salary of an engineer is more than 80,000 US dollars or even more, which has caused a very bad influence among the masses. You must handle this problem properly."

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Li Ye felt that when the other party said these words, it was as if he was saying, "I actually have high hopes for you, but you can't underestimate the power of the masses, otherwise you will fail."

So he said boldly: "Two leaders, since the masses have opinions about me, do you think I can convene a meeting of mass representatives now and explain it to everyone in front of you two?"

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The other party looked at his watch, smiled and said, "If there is still time, we are also willing to listen to the voice of the masses."

Li Ye immediately understood something.

[Uncle Xue, who is on friendly terms with Wen Qingsheng, is quite capable, otherwise he wouldn't be so easy to talk to.]

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Half an hour later, not only representatives of workers from the first branch arrived at the auditorium, but many cadres from the main factory also came.

"Have you heard? Li Ye has to make a self-criticism this time. Someone from the department came to talk to him."

"Someone from the ministry came to talk to him, and they just asked him to make a self-criticism and that's it? Isn't that too easy for him?"

"Hush, haven't you figured it out yet? Deputy Director Li is not an ordinary person!"

The people in the audience were whispering to each other, and they all felt that Li Ye had suffered a loss this time. After all, making a self-criticism in front of all the representatives was a stain that was not small!
But when Li Ye opened his mouth, he showed no attitude of self-reflection at all. Instead, it seemed like he was there to teach everyone a lesson.

"Hello everyone, the first branch is busy these days introducing projects. When you are busy, misunderstandings are likely to occur, so I'm here to explain it to you."

"The first one is the salary of Mr. Ludwig, the chief engineer. Some people may think that $100,000 a year is too much, but do you know how much a master's degree graduate from UC earns in Lighthouse?"

Li Ye held up three fingers and said, "32,000 US dollars. When I went to study at UC Berkeley in San Francisco in the spring of 1986, an international student named Xia Zhemin did not choose to return to China after graduation. Instead, he went to Boeing and his starting annual salary was 32,000 US dollars."

"Let's not discuss why he didn't come back to work in China, but chose to work at Boeing in Lighthouse. I would like to ask, how much should an engineer who earns $45,000 a year at Lighthouse be paid to work in the mainland?"

"Can anyone tell me how much money he should get?"

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Li Ye's last sentence was full of resentment, resulting in no one responding for a while.

But a man who was on the blacklist of a branch factory finally stood up and shouted, "It can't be $45,000, right? How much do our engineers get paid? Why should we give him so much?"

Li Ye immediately pointed at the man and asked, "Old Tan, you earn 200 yuan a month now. If I ask you to leave your wife and children behind and go to work thousands of miles away, would you be willing to do it if I gave you 100 yuan?
We have to pay for business trips. If we don't earn two or three times more, who would want to go to a place where they don't know anyone to make a living?"

Old Tan was stunned, he didn't expect Li Ye actually knew him, and if he asked him to go thousands of miles away to work and earn a hundred... wouldn't that be stupid?
But Lao Tan was not happy to lose face in front of so many people, so he still said stubbornly: "Deputy Director Li, if you send me to work at the lighthouse, a hundred dollars is fine, and I can also eat foreign food."

Li Ye smiled coldly and said, "If you want to work at the lighthouse, you must have the ability to go to the lighthouse. Ludwig has the ability to work in the mainland, do you have the ability to go to the lighthouse?"

(End of this chapter)