Chapter 1617 Are you an innocent flower?
On Monday, Lu Zhizhang, Li Ye's former partner, called him.
"Hey, Li Ye, have you been reassuring the people in the Southwest lately? Those old colleagues who used to pester me to come back are suddenly saying they want to wait and see."
"Wait and see?"
When Li Ye heard the word, he remembered what he had said to Yue Lingshan a couple of days ago. So, could it be that Yue Lingshan, that gossipy old lady, had relayed his "instructions" to those old colleagues who were helping in the southwest?
Li Ye thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "I just spoke to Yue Lingshan on the phone a few days ago. I heard her crying and sobbing, so I just told her to wait and see. I never expected it to have any effect. What, have they bothered you too lately?"
"you do not say!"
Lu Zhizhang said with a hint of schadenfreude, "When Dong Shan was selecting people to go to the southwest, I clearly told everyone that they should bear the consequences of their own choices. Wasn't that clear enough?"
In the end, some people still lost their minds. They didn't even consider that our side of the industry has the best performance. How could Southwest Heavy Truck, an old company that hasn't achieved anything in decades, somehow manage to outperform us?
Li Ye laughed and said, "Everyone's doing this for improvement! Maybe they just don't care about money? Hehe~"
Those who are blessed but don't know it are either those who feel they are not getting their due in their original units, or those who are power-hungry and have had enough of earning three or four hundred yuan a month and want to experience what it's like to be called "section chief" or "department head".
But Lu Zhizhang scoffed, "Li Ye, you have no idea how greedy they are. They want both advancement and tangible benefits."
Lai Chia-yi called me a few days ago, saying that she was too busy with her aid work in Southwest China this year, so she might not be able to come back before the Lunar New Year. She asked me to deliver her Lunar New Year benefits to her husband's workplace.
Li Ye chuckled and said, "Send it to her husband's workplace? Goodness, she's really gotten too temperamental after being promoted to deputy director. She even wants to assign someone to run errands for her!"
Lu Zhizhang also said angrily, "So I rejected Lai Jiayi's request on the spot. She hasn't worked here for more than a few days all year, so why should she get a share of the benefits?"
Li Ye nodded and said, "Yes, we can't indulge her bad habits. But she said she's very busy with work, so does that mean she doesn't plan to come back?"
"We can't agree to her coming back! We already sent that Buddha statue away, there's no reason to bring it back."
Back then, Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang were working well together at the First Branch Factory. Lai Jiayi, sensing the opportunity, was transferred to the First Branch Factory to be in charge of the trade union work. Then she had a lot of unpleasantness with Li Ye, this "young kid". How could Lu Zhizhang, such a shrewd person, possibly let her come back?
Li Ye also said with a smile, "She just didn't say she was coming back! But it's really rare for Lai Jiayi to be so busy that she won't even be going home for the Spring Festival."
Lai Chia-yi is a typical office worker. Reading two newspapers a day is her job, and she feels tired even reading three newspapers. But now she doesn't even go home for the Lunar New Year.
Lu Zhizhang suddenly said seriously, "The Southwest has been really busy these past few days. I've received reliable information that Southwest Heavy Truck has received deposits for over a thousand vehicles since the advertisement was released."
Southwest Heavy Truck's production capacity has just started up, and it will take at least three months of intensive work to complete the production task, so the situation there is currently very promising.
Hahaha~
Li Ye laughed heartily and said, "I told you my instructions weren't that effective. You were wondering why those people suddenly stopped crying and begging to come back to you, and now you know why! Southwest Heavy Truck might be about to make a name for itself this time."
"Getting popular? Bullshit! Scammers only fool two groups of idiots. They can't fool the third. Those people just don't want to admit they were blind, so they deceive themselves. You'll see when the scam is exposed; they'll be crying and begging to come back."
Lu Zhizhang's rant revealed the true nature of humanity.
When a person is in adversity, even the slightest sign of improvement will be seen as a huge hope, making them complacent and eventually like a frog slowly being boiled in water, only to regret it when they die.
It's just like playing the stock market. You're ready to cut your losses and leave the market after seeing a big drop, but then there's a slight rebound that gives you hope again. You hold on and end up losing everything.
Lai Chia-yi has that idea now. Southwest Heavy Truck's unique marketing strategy has achieved great success, and maybe it will really become popular?
Li Ye's words to Yue Lingshan, "Let's wait and see," truly reflected their current thoughts.
Hahaha~
Li Ye laughed again, then praised, "Old Lu, your intelligence work is excellent! The business world is like a battlefield; only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle."
Lu Zhizhang said modestly, "Hey, I just made a couple of extra moves, so I have to tell you something. When Dong Shan was selecting people from our unit to go to the Southwest, two of them consulted me, saying they would go and act as my informants."
Li Ye immediately said, "You can make the decision yourself. You have to keep your promises. Promote those who deserve it and reward those who deserve it."
"Hey, Li Ye, you don't know, now they don't want any promotions or rewards, they just want to come back. They don't know how lucky they are. They only realized how good their own home is after they went out and looked around!"
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Lu Zhizhang's words make sense. Some people need to go out and suffer a bit before they know what it means to cherish things, and then they'll eagerly come back to try and reconcile with you.
Take Zhuo Minglan for example.
On Tuesday morning, Li Ye took a car to work and saw Zhuo Minglan as soon as he arrived at the entrance of his workplace.
Zhuo Minglan was still dressed fashionably, but her face looked somewhat haggard, clearly indicating that she had suffered a lot dealing with the police these past few months.
Li Ye noticed another young man next to Zhuo Minglan.
The young man wasn't very tall, and his clothes weren't particularly nice; he looked rather mismatched standing next to Zhuo Minglan.
However, the young man was holding Zhuo Minglan's hand at this moment, clearly indicating that they were lovers.
Seeing Li Ye's car stop, Zhuo Minglan and her boyfriend immediately came over.
"Hello Mr. Li, my case is closed. I heard you were the one who recovered the five million from Southwest Heavy Truck. Thank you."
Li Ye looked at Zhuo Minglan and said politely, "No need to thank me. Paying back debts is a matter of course. As long as the facts are clear, the group will not wrong an innocent person."
"I'm relieved to hear what Mr. Li said."
Zhuo Minglan breathed a sigh of relief, then pointed to the young man beside her and said, "This is my husband, Xiao Lu. I'm here today for two reasons: to resume my job and to apply for marital housing. However, the person in charge said that both require your signature, so I'm troubling you."
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Li Ye asked in surprise, "You're already married? And you want to apply for housing here?"
Zhuo Minglan also said in surprise, "That's right! My case has been closed, proving my innocence. Moreover, according to our group's regulations, as long as an employee has a marriage certificate, of course they should be allocated housing!"
You wish!
Li Ye was stunned.
Could it be that Zhuo Minglan is really an innocent girl who can't tell whether what he's saying is sincere or not?
[What are you so sure about? I said I wouldn't wrong an innocent person. Are you, Zhuo Minglan, a good person? You've repeatedly made things difficult for Shang Bin and me, Li Ye. To me, Li Ye, are you a good person?]
(End of this chapter)
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