That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 982 I will pay for it. Can you afford it? (Repaying the debt)
"Li Ye, what do you mean?"

Niu Hongzhang almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth, because by this point, he had realized that his three attempts had failed.

A new official has to make three big moves when he takes office, but he can’t do it randomly either.

If you don't burn it, no one will take you seriously. But if you burn it carelessly, you may hurt yourself.

Niu Hongzhang had learned about the situation of the Light Automobile Company before coming here. He knew that if he wanted to turn the tide and achieve outstanding results, and turn the loss-making main factory into a star enterprise, he must control one of the branch factories. Even if he could not control it, he at least needed the cooperation of one of the branch factories.

That's why he placed his main target on Lu Zhizhang, and also adopted a tentative strategy towards Li Ye.

Because according to the information he had gathered, Lu Zhizhang could be safely controlled, but Li Ye seemed a little tricky, most likely because he had some background.

But there are many people with backgrounds in the capital. If Niu Hongzhang is afraid of this and that, he might as well do nothing and wait for his retirement in peace.

Are you willing to retire at the age of fifty?
So even though I knew Li Ye was a bit tricky, I had to confront him now.

Anyway, he holds the panacea weapon of "no money, only faith", and no matter what, he can put a big or small hat on the other party.

Li Ye said seriously: "As a D member, I want to say a few words from my heart. It doesn't matter if you are dissatisfied with our research plan, but please give scientific instructions.
If your blind command affects the normal research progress, who will bear the responsibility?

This is a loss of tens of millions, which is not affordable for one person, even if his lifetime salary is deducted."

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Niu Hongzhang was completely stifled and his face turned red.

Li Ye's words directly choked back his words "I will be responsible if anything goes wrong".

How much is his lifetime salary? How big is the gap with tens of millions?
"Very good. I will ask for instructions from my superiors. I will submit today's meeting minutes intact and without reservation."

In the end, Niu Hongzhang finally used his trump card and he had the right to report to his superiors.

"Okay, I respect your opinion."

Li Ye was also in a bad mood, and his impatience was clearly shown on his face.

If Li Ye came from a grassroots background, he would definitely be doomed if he did this. Niu Hongzhang has a hundred ways to kill him, and it would not be difficult to kick him out of the D Committee.

But he is not a grassroots!
You asked me to report the production situation to you, and I reported it truthfully to give you face. It is you who does not understand the technology and do not respect the technology, and you still blame me?

No matter what, I, Li Ye, have achievements to show for myself, and more importantly, the people at the top know that I can afford the losses!

I have invested tens of millions, and I will compensate for it even if it goes down the drain.

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Under Ma Zhaoxian's control, Niu Hongzhang's performance at the meeting has not yet been circulated within the Light Automobile Company. After all, he has just taken office, so they have to give him some face and not appear too stingy.

But within a few days, all the employees in the unit experienced how "powerful" Niu Hongzhang was. Legends about Niu Hongzhang continued to spread, and the versions were automatically updated.

"Have you heard? Our new secretary is ruthless and impartial. Not only did he scold the logistics director's son until he cried, but he also forced the logistics director to write a self-criticism."

"It's his fault. That guy works for three days and rests for two days. He even sleeps during work, but he still gets an excellent grade in the year-end evaluation. Finally, someone is going to take care of him."

"The higher-ups have chosen the right person this time. Secretary Niu is at such a high level, yet he rides a bicycle to work! He must be a good and honest official, not like Xiao Jingang and the others."

"Yes, yes, our factory is saved. Secretary Niu is not only honest, but also very dedicated to his work. Look at his frowning brows all day long. He even has forehead wrinkles."

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After Niu Hongzhang took office, he really paid attention to the work. He stood at the factory gate early in the morning and silently watched the workers go to work. In less than three days, he reduced the lateness rate to a few tenths of a percent.
After work during the day, Niu Hongzhang would appear at irregular intervals anywhere in the unit, just like a high school dean, and he might stand at the back door of a classroom at any time.

Although the employees in the unit are not as timid as the high school students, Niu Hongzhang's mysterious appearances for a week have indeed put a heavy curb on the laziness in the unit.

He is quietly expanding his influence in the unit in his own way, and has won a good reputation among the workers by cleaning up the bad apples several times in a row.

But the wrinkles on his forehead had nothing to do with being a black sheep.

Because during his one-week field observation, he had to sadly accept a reality: whether in terms of work atmosphere, worker enthusiasm, production efficiency, etc., the first branch factory was far behind the main factory, so Niu Hongzhang could not find any fault at all.

If you can't find the fault, how can you punish someone?
Under the factory director responsibility system, Ma Zhaoxian was already in charge of production, and there were no other effective means left.

However, just over a week later, Niu Hongzhang finally found an opportunity to make a move.

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At ten o'clock in the morning, Xiao Zhiyu suddenly knocked on the door and entered Li Ye's office with a gloomy face.

"Director Li, could you please not arrange for me to go to the main factory to help install computers? Fengyu Computer clearly has installation personnel."

"Hey, Xiao Xiao, what are you talking about? Aren't you trying to earn a subsidy for going out?"

Li Ye was very surprised.

The reason was that after Ma Zhaoxian took over the production management of the main factory, he followed the example of the first branch factory and started to install computers in several offices and digitize the file management.

People are very awed by computers these days, so the people from the main factory asked a few people from the branch factory to help get familiar with them, so as to avoid breaking them so they couldn't afford the compensation.

Because Xiao Zhiyu was a small boss on computers in a branch factory, Li Ye sent her over there, and Xiao Zhiyu was quite happy. Although they were only separated by a wall, the factory gave her a business trip subsidy.

Office clerks are not front-line workers who receive bonuses or overtime pay, so a few extra dollars is a pleasant surprise, right?

"Director, please stop talking~"

Xiao Zhiyu pouted: "The installation went smoothly today, but Secretary Han scolded me for the whole morning. Not only did he scold Fengyu Computer's installer, but he also scolded me the most."

Li Ye asked curiously, "Why is he scolding you? You are a professional. Wouldn't it shock him if you demonstrated it to him with a few clicks? Does he even know computers?"

Xiao Zhiyu pouted even more: "He doesn't understand computers, but he knows business. He asked why Fengyu computers are so expensive? He said we didn't compare prices and wasted public money."

"Shop around? Hiss~"

Li Ye took a breath and had to admit that Niu Hongzhang had guessed it right this time.

He really didn't compare prices from different stores, because he is the major shareholder of Fengyu Computer and he wants to keep all the wealth within the family. Why would he compare prices from different stores?
Besides, there is no such thing as a regular-priced computer these days! Ten thousand dollars is fine, thirty thousand dollars is fine too.

And Master Ni won't kill too much! After all, Li Ye still cherishes his reputation.

"wrong!"

Li Ye suddenly asked Xiao Zhiyu: "How does he know that we didn't compare prices?"

Xiao Zhiyu blinked and said, "I was so busy getting scolded that I didn't understand it. But after hearing what you said, it seems that he did know about other computers and even knew the prices."

Li Ye pointed his finger and said, "Go, investigate again and report back. Come back after you have figured out the situation."

Xiao Zhiyu lowered his head and said nothing, obviously not wanting to go.

Li Ye smiled and said, "I'll get you some tapes of the latest songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan later."

"Okay~"

Xiao Zhiyu immediately opened the door and ran out.

She is one year younger than Li Ye, but far less "stable" than Li Ye. She is in her twenties, wearing a floral dress and is as lively as a butterfly.

Half an hour later, Xiao Zhiyu brought back the news.

"Director, I have already found out that it was a computer company called Lenovo that gave Secretary Niu a price that was one-third cheaper than Fengyu Computer!"

"Oh~, that's right."

(End of this chapter)