Chapter 1382 Li Ye is still the same Li Ye

The merger of the two companies was indeed progressing slowly as Ma Zhaoxian had said. In May, he was busy testing Li Ye and coming to visit him, but later he seemed to lose heart and ignored Li Ye for nearly two months.

If Li Ye had not known that the secret struggle had been going on and both sides were in the weighing stage, they would have thought that the merger was stillborn.

However, the news that the Light Automobile Company was going to merge and upgrade gradually spread.

At the end of July, Li Ye received a call from his classmate Chen Xiaoling: "Hey, Li Ye, I heard you got promoted again, right? You didn't even tell everyone about your promotion and let them celebrate for you. How unkind of you!"

Li Ye said with a smile: "How dare you say that to me? Among all of us classmates, who has been promoted as fast as you? You were promoted one level secretly, and two levels without you even realizing it."

Chen Xiaoling was assigned to the Organization Department. Although he might not be promoted as fast as Li Ye, he was definitely not slow. The promotion mechanism that seemed confusing to outsiders was as transparent to them. They could figure out approximately which node was in which month. A delay of three months would be a major mistake.

Moreover, after several years of influence, Chen Xiaoling now speaks in a somewhat "domineering" manner.

"Stop talking nonsense, Li Ye. Today, a few of us classmates want to celebrate for you. Would you mind giving us a favor?"

"Of course, of course. I'm flattered and very grateful."

"Stop talking nonsense, the same place, 6pm, don't be late!"

“Okay, okay.”

Li Ye quickly agreed. After all, Li Ye was the second youngest in the class and was taken care of as a younger brother by Zhen Rongrong and Chen Xiaoling. Now that they were arranging a dinner party, he couldn't put on airs.

A little after five in the afternoon, Li Ye arrived at Lao Zhao's Restaurant outside the south gate of Peking University.

We have graduated for six years now and are no longer the poor students who had to spend a long time calculating every dish they ordered. We can afford to eat in any good restaurant, but every time we have a meal together, we tend to come to this family restaurant that holds countless memories.

"Boss, give us a room, and two servings of braised pork elbow and two servings of sweet and sour pork."

Li Ye ordered several dishes in one breath. As far as he could remember, when everyone came together for dinner, Chen Xiaoling and other classmates were the ones who would rush to eat.

At five forty-five, the rest of the people arrived. After meeting each other, they all felt a little emotional, because even though they all stayed in Beijing to work, some of them hadn't seen each other for four or five years.

After the dishes were served, Chen Xiaoling and Pu Xianghe sighed: "Look, look, Li Ye has already ordered the dishes for us. After all these years, he still remembers that I like to eat this."

Li Ye smiled and looked at Pu Xianghe's belly.

This guy was thinner than a monkey at first, but now his body shape is almost as big as the second senior brother.

"Come on, let's have a toast and congratulate Comrade Li Ye on becoming a key reserve cadre."

“Hahahaha~”

After two glasses of white wine, the atmosphere at the banquet became completely lively, and Chen Xiaoling also mentioned something indirectly, in order to let Li Ye understand that she took the initiative to organize this event today, and celebrating her promotion was just an introduction, and it was more for Fu Lianbing.

After graduation, this old classmate was assigned to the Beijing Steel Plant and was appreciated by the head of the headquarters. He rose to fame and had a bright future.

As a result, last year, the boss was executed for 1.44 million yuan.

After hearing the amount of 1.44 million RMB, Li Ye felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Because he made money too quickly and easily, his positioning of the 1.44 million in the 1980s and 1990s was inaccurate.

What will this little money mean in a few decades?

A house, a car and a betrothal gift may not be enough to buy it, but at this moment, it can allow such a big shot to be reborn.

But no matter how much he lost, he still earned 1.44 million. However, people like Fu Lianbing, whom he appreciated, were investigated and dealt with strictly regardless of right or wrong. They were demoted from the headquarters of the unit to a subordinate steel rolling mill on the edge of the border, and were even despised by others.

"Old Fu has had a bad year. He suffered an unexpected disaster last year. If he wasn't really clean, who knows how bad his luck would have been. But after getting into trouble like that, his future will be very difficult. Now he has an opportunity, but he can't make up his mind. Please help him with some advice."

After Chen Xiaoling finished speaking, he first looked at Pu Xianghe and then at Li Ye.

Pu Xianghe blinked his eyes, smiled and said nothing.

This guy was assigned to ICBC, dealing with money all day long. Over the years, not only did he grow a fat belly, but his character also became very shrewd.

Li Ye felt a little sour when he saw Fu Lianbing's embarrassed smile.

This guy used to be a confident and cheerful young man, but he became so humble in an instant after suffering a setback.

Li Ye immediately asked: "Old Fu, do you want to move? Or do you want to go into business? If you want to move, you should be patient and wait. After all, your rank is not low, so it will be a bit difficult to transfer to our unit. If you go into business, it will be easier."

Before Li Ye finished speaking, Fu Lianbing's smile froze and he couldn't help sniffing.

Li Ye is still the same open-minded Li Ye as before.

Fu Lianbing quickly said, "Thank you, Li Ye. I know my situation, so I don't expect to be transferred. It's just that our unit is encouraging everyone to engage in contracting, so I wanted to give it a try, but I'm not sure."

Li Ye nodded and asked, "The domestic steel market is not very good right now, and it's really hard to grasp. What is the main product of your company now?"

Fu Lianbing said embarrassedly, "The scope of the contract is quite large. I heard that your company is going to merge with Southwest Heavy Duty Truck. Our company can produce automobile leaf springs."

"Alas~"

Li Ye sighed softly, filled Fu Lianbing's glass with wine, and then said quietly, "For this matter, why don't you just call me directly? Why are you still being so shy like a little girl?

The heavy truck issue hasn't been finalized yet! However, our factory has expanded its production of light trucks and mini trucks this year. I'll give you the specifications later. You can have your technicians take a look and, if possible, order a few tens of thousands."

Fu Lianbing pursed his lips tightly, and tears gathered in his eyes.

After he fell from the clouds, everyone avoided him, and he was not sure whether his former classmates and friends could help him.

After all, if there is no interest involved, this kind of "help" between classmates will mostly only happen once, and no matter what the final result is, it will be over after it is used once.

It would be fine if it was really used, but I'm afraid that after I say it out loud I'll be met with rejection, which would be both embarrassing and humiliating.

Seeing Li Ye being so open, Chen Xiaoling turned around and looked at Pu Xianghe again.

"Lao Pu, what do you think?"

Pu Xianghe quickly moved closer to Fu Lianbing and asked with a smile, "Old Fu, do you want a loan? If you do, just let me know. If I can, I'll definitely get it for you."

Chen Xiao kicked Pu Xianghe's stool with his powerful kick.

"What do you mean by if it can be done? If it can be done, why would I come to you?"

"I'll do it, I'll do it."

“.”

Fu Lianbing's tears finally fell.

He picked up the wine glass, toasted Li Ye and Pu Xianghe, and drank it in one gulp.

Although it is a little bit difficult, but to have such a chance to turn things around in one's life is a blessing that one can't wait to have!

(End of this chapter)