Chapter 780: Prosperity

Someone once said that if your boss emphasizes the glorious history of the unit with you all day long and describes a bright future for you, but only keeps silent about the "now" that matters most to you, then he is trying to make a big deal out of you.

Of course, these words are not entirely derogatory, because the skill of drawing a big pie is an essential skill for every manager. It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and the leader is also helpless!

Now, Li Ye is the "leader".

Although he was only the deputy leader of the reform trial team, he had more than a dozen people under his leadership and influenced even more people.

Moreover, the team leader Lu Zhizhang was "very busy" and basically just came over for a formality. As long as Li Ye made suggestions, he would not object.

So Li Ye decided to be a different leader. He would not talk about the past or the future, but would only let everyone take a look at the beautiful present.

The trial team was meeting that day. Li Ye suggested: "Director Lu, I have contacted Changbei Machinery Company. They are willing to receive us for a visit. Let's organize dozens of people to visit!"

Director Lu nodded happily and said: "Okay, I will coordinate this matter today, but do you think how should the quotas be allocated to the visitors?"

Li Ye was prepared and said: "One-quarter management, three-quarters workers, especially front-line workers."

Director Lu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

When Ma Zhaoxian was competing and balancing with the big factory director, the reason why he was willing to let Lu Zhizhang participate was actually for "arrangement" and "coordination."

Although Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye obtained the rights to the first branch factory and the management reform pilot group through Guan Liang's excuse, there are still inextricable relationships that need to be dealt with if they want to carry out their work.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. Without Lu Zhizhang as the team leader, Li Ye would probably be annoyed to death by various problems. They just don't object, cooperate, or cooperate. What can you do?

But now Lu Zhizhang is brought in as the "official", and he can solve various problems much more smoothly than Li Ye can.

Of course, if Lu Zhizhang was playing double undercover with Li Ye, then Li Ye had planted a time bomb himself.

But Li Ye believed that as long as Lu Zhizhang could see something, this danger would not exist.

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Three days later, Lu Zhizhang apologetically gave Li Ye a list.

"This is the list of people who are willing to visit Changbei Machinery Company. It is somewhat different from what we expected. Everyone's interest seems not to be very high."

"Not too high? Why?"

Li Ye was surprised by the list of results. After taking a closer look, he immediately understood.

Most of the people on the list are those who are going to be assigned to the first branch factory, and there are only a few people from other workshops and departments.

This is just not cooperating!

It's a bit annoying to say that when the first branch factory was first proposed, it was planned according to the standard of "factory within a factory". It was a big sparrow, with all the internal organs, and a staff of at least 1,000 people.

But now that Ma Zhaoxian is fully in charge, the first branch is half the size, with only two large workshops and a few miscellaneous small departments, with a total staffing of only three to four hundred people.

When placed in the army, this is like changing from a regiment to a battalion! What is the difference between a regiment commander and a battalion commander?

And looking at the current meaning, this time the management reform will also be limited to one branch factory for trial implementation.

Seeing Li Ye's silence, Lu Zhizhang said in a low voice: "A few old masters seemed to have been instigated and took the lead in boycotting frontline workers from visiting. I asked everyone to sign up voluntarily, but the effect was not very satisfactory."

But Li Ye smiled: "No, this is ideal."

The reason why Li Ye laughed was because any small tricks would be like shooting himself in the foot in the face of strength.

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On March 1, 1987, Sunday, the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raised its head.

Two buses pulled 70 or 80 employees of the light automobile company, following Li Ye's Santana, wandering out of the capital and heading towards Changping County.

"I said, Director Lu, why don't you take Li Ye's car! Your official is older than him, how can you squeeze into this drafty bus with us?"

"Old Mu, what are you talking about? Who am I?"

Lu Zhizhang said with a smile: "Li Ye's Santana is a private car. He bought it with his own money to serve his family. Who am I qualified to ride in it?"

"Hey, that Li Ye. What should I say? He's either a bad boy, or he's young and energetic, and not smooth enough."

"I'm not tactful enough. Now I'm in charge of us. But you're too tactful. Why don't you promote me to deputy section chief?"

"I'm from the working class, how can I promote you to deputy section chief? Lao Huang, don't mess around here!"

"What's wrong with the working class? You can work for work! Give us a try!"

Many people on the bus began to tease Lao Mu, and Lao Mu was unhappy.

"Go, go, don't make fun of me! If I had known this, I wouldn't have come today. Wouldn't it be better to sleep in on Sunday?"

"Hey, Director Lu, why do you want us to visit on Sunday? How many workers can we see on Sunday? Are you asking us to talk nonsense to the gatekeeper? Does the cafeteria take care of the food at noon?"

"I don't care about the wine! I don't care until you get drunk!"

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Lu Zhizhang laughed and cursed, then quietly turned to look at an old man.

The old man was almost sixty years old and was very strong, but he didn't speak. He didn't say a word all the way.

The old man's surname was Miao, and he was the only seventh-level worker in the visiting team.

Many masters in the factory collectively resisted Li Ye's management reform this time, because Li Ye's speech at the meeting that day harmed their interests.

Masters like Lao Miao have a lot of apprentices under them. Everyone has their own way in the workshop, and they can scare away management cadres with a wave of their arms.

At the meeting, Li Ye said that it was wrong for the production process to rely on masters. It should be changed to rely on standards. Is this going to destroy their jobs? No, it's going to kill them!

Only Master Miao was assigned to a branch factory, and it was really inappropriate for him not to come.

Just looking at Master Miao's appearance, it was obvious that he was not very happy.

"Ding~"

The Santana in front honked a few times, attracting everyone's attention.

The workers on the bus behind looked forward and saw the gate of Changbei Machinery Company.

"Isn't this gate old? Isn't it said that the factory is very profitable? Why don't they even repair the gate?"

"Maybe it's because the meat is not in the folds, and people don't care about these facades?"

"How is it possible? Have you ever seen a family that makes money but doesn't repair the gate?"

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The big iron gate opened, and three cars, two large and one small, drove in and stopped in front of the old office building.

"Hey, this office building is really shabby, is Li Ye lying to us?"

"Let's not talk about bragging first, after all, we are guests, why are there only these few people to greet us?"

In front of the office building, there were only three people standing to greet us, and this shabby pomp made everyone a little unhappy.

To be honest, the scene in front of them made them very disappointed. Li Ye said that the salary and efficiency here are high, so why does it look not a little worse than the Light Automobile Company?

But Master Miao, who had been silent all the way, suddenly frowned, and then suddenly shouted: "Don't talk!"

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No one on the bus spoke. Master Miao's prestige was very high, and everyone had to give him face.

Master Miao opened the window directly, stuck his head out, and listened carefully with his ears tilted.

After a few seconds, his brows gradually relaxed.

"Pay attention! Don't talk nonsense."

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Everyone was a little stunned, and old Master Mu asked in a low voice: "Master Miao, what do you mean?"

Master Miao snorted and said: "You are also an old master, can't you hear the sound of the machine?"

Master Mu was stunned, opened the window and stuck his head out, and listened attentively.

He is younger than Master Miao and has better hearing. He quickly said, "Yes, there are machine noises, but I understand this."

Master Miao suddenly said, "Listening to this sound, the machines in the entire workshop are all making noises, and it's not just one workshop. In order to cope with our visit, they won't let so many machines make noises in vain. In other words, they are still working hard on Sunday."

Master Miao nodded and said, "So, they really have endless work to do, but they don't care about the facades like the gate and the office building. Deputy Section Chief Li arranged for us to come on Sunday to let us see that their lives are prosperous."

"Prosperous?"

Master Mu repeated it, and his expression suddenly became bleak.

Their generation also had prosperous days!

When they first entered the factory in their twenties, everyone worked hard and hard. Life was hard, but they were very happy.

Now that they are in their forties and fifties, that kind of happiness is long gone, but that "bitterness" is still there.

The salary is never enough to spend, the house is never enough to live in, and the good days that were once promised are never over.

What Li Ye said, even if only half of it is true, it would be fine!

"Let's go! We're already there, we'll know if it's true or not, we'll go down and take a look."

A group of workers who were just disappointed were full of hope again.