Chapter 499: Egalitarianism

"Team Leader Pan, phone!"

"Where is it from? Let them wait for a while for the outside line, I'm busy!"

"He said he is your younger brother."

"Younger brother?"

Pan Xiao Ying, who was busy, was stunned for a moment, then joy appeared on her face.

She picked up the phone, and it was indeed Li Ye calling.

"Little brother! Is there any good news for me?"

"I don't know if it counts as good news, but Veronica from the Hong Kong side is going back to Hong Kong. Before she leaves, she wants to talk to you about that joint venture. Can you find someone who has the final say to chat with her?"

"What level is she? Still needing someone who has the final say?"

Pan Xiao Ying was a bit unhappy. What, is my rank as a section chief not enough? She, Veronica, isn't Pei Pei Wencong, okay?

Everything requires a matching status. If a Secretary of State comes, you can't receive them with a department-level official, right? If a factory director comes, you can't send a general manager, can you?

"No need for anyone else, I have the final say in this matter. You let them make an appointment for time and place!"

"Alright, I'll notify you when the place is set."

After hanging up the phone, Pan Xiao Ying pondered again and finally dialed another number.

"Hello, Factory Director Yang? The matter I mentioned to you last time has a clue. Don't go far in these few days!"

"Ah? Oh, good, good, good. Where do I still have money to go far now? The factory is almost unable to open the pot..."

"If you can't open the pot, isn't it because you tossed it yourself? I'll say the ugly words first. If this matter succeeds, not a penny can be wasted in the future."

"That can't be, that can't be... I'll leave once we turn losses into profits..."

Li Ye's efficiency was very high. The next day, he told Pan Xiao Ying that both sides would meet at the Beijing Hotel.

When the appointed time arrived, Li Ye went to the place himself and found that Pan Xiao Ying didn't come alone; she also brought a man in his forties.

Pan Xiao Ying smiled and said: "This is Yang Suiyan, the factory director of the Postal and Telecommunications 506 Factory. The various conditions of their unit are much better than that Changbei Machinery Factory."

"Besides, Factory Director Yang is not Wang Qinshan. When introducing to the Hong Kong side later, little brother, you should be careful with your words, don't let people look down on us."

"Oh oh, I definitely won't let the worker brothers suffer."

Li Ye nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would definitely fight for benefits for the 506 Factory.

At the same time, Li Ye was also pondering in his heart that Pan Xiao Ying had really put in the effort for him and Pei Pei Wencong, even inquiring about the Changbei Machinery Company.

After Changbei Machinery Factory was injected with capital by Pei Pei Wencong, it developed rapidly and took big steps forward. Now the factory expansion plan has been scheduled for the second phase.

Who would have thought that two years ago, Changbei Machinery Factory was still a unit that had been losing money for years?

And if Wang Qinshan hadn't made trouble at that time, it would really be considered lying down and winning. Even if he couldn't bear the loss of power, if he were transferred, he would definitely go to a good unit, after all, the credit was there.

"Student Li Ye is really young and promising. I also liked to write a little bit before, but after reading what Student Li wrote, I really admire, admire."

Yang Suiyan hurriedly shook hands with Li Ye, not putting on any airs of a factory director just because Li Ye was young, indeed different from that Wang Qinshan.

Li Ye also responded with a smile. He naturally understood that the other party was so polite to him not only because of what he wrote, but also because of Pan Xiao Ying's attitude toward him.

After all, the level of the 506 Factory directly under the Postal and Telecommunications Department was there. This Factory Director Yang was different from Wang Qinshan; he was a proper senior cadre.

Veronica was very punctual. As soon as Li Ye and the others arrived, she brought two Hong Kong employees down.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Veronica asked Factory Director Yang very directly how much strength the 506 Factory actually had.

Factory Director Yang had been prepared and said: "Our factory has been developing and producing short-wave communication equipment since the mid-50s and is one of the earliest communication equipment manufacturers in the mainland."

"In the 70s, we participated in the construction of the mainland's first 960-channel microwave circuit, fully meeting the requirements of color television transmission technology..."

"Our factory now has more than a thousand formal employees, all of whom are experienced and excellent employees, hardworking and technically proficient..."

Li Ye, while responsible for translation, observed Factory Director Yang's expression, feeling that he didn't seem to be bragging. Because for the first step of the joint venture, Hong Kong would definitely conduct on-site research, and so many specific things could be checked out.

If this was really the case, Pan Xiao Ying really didn't fool him.

In his previous life, Li Ye seemed to remember a Shouxin mobile phone that was once prosperous in the mainland. Its predecessor was the 506 or 509 factory, and that factory also completed technical upgrades through joint ventures around 1990.

So for such a factory with potential, plus a technical big shot like Ni the Great God, as long as the technical route doesn't go wrong, it really has great prospects.

After Veronica finished listening to Yang Suiyan's introduction, she asked several questions in a row.

"Factory Director Yang, what is the current operating rate of your unit?"

"Factory Director Yang, do you have any research on equipment related to pagers and mobile phones?"

"If we have a color television production line, can Factory Director Yang send technical personnel to help us debug the equipment and train employees?"

Yang Suiyan pondered for a moment and asked suspiciously: "Ms. Veronica, do you want to form a joint venture with us? Or are you seeking technical help with color televisions?"

Veronica said: "Please don't misunderstand, Mr. Yang. We have built a new electronic manufacturing factory in Pengcheng, and the color television production line is already in place, just temporarily lacking workers."

"But we are also interested in communication equipment, so forming a joint venture with you in Beijing does not conflict with technical help in Pengcheng."

Yang Suiyan thought for a while and asked very directly: "Then may I ask, how much money are you willing to invest in our factory?"

Veronica also pondered for a while and reported a number.

Then Li Ye translated: "If Mr. Yang's introduction just now is true, I think it will not be less than five million US dollars, but we still need to investigate your side in detail before we can decide on the specific details."

"In addition, as an additional condition, I hope Factory Director Yang can help recruit at least one hundred skilled technical workers to help with the construction of the color television production line in Pengcheng. They need to be in good health, technically proficient, and hardworking..."

Pan Xiao Ying stared at Li Ye, a bit funny, and a bit speechless.

"Little brother! Are you bullying me for not understanding English? She only said a few words, but you understood so many layers of meaning?"

"Are you helping me attract investment, or helping them dig a corner?"

However, Yang Suiyan smiled and said to Li Ye: "Student Li Ye, please help me tell her, as long as the investment can be in place, even two hundred skilled workers are fine. There are a lot of early retirees in the factory, and many are not even fifty years old!"

Because of the sudden surge in the number of urban unemployed youth during the return to the city in the late 70s and early 80s, factories appeared with a large number of "seriously ill patients."

A group of experienced and skilled workers had to leave their posts to let their children take over.

There are no square dances or walking groups now, so those people are all molding at home!

Noon, Beijing Computer New Technology Development Company.

Ni the Great God rode his bicycle into the company's courtyard, wiped the sweat from his face, and took off the two watermelons on the handlebars.

These past few days, he had been busy helping Pan Xiao Ying's pilot group with on-site testing, often going to the postal and telecommunications bureau for half a day and coming to the unit for half a day, running back and forth until he was exhausted.

But the exhaustion was worth it. The program-controlled switch they developed had initially received recognition from the postal and telecommunications system, and various tests were also very smooth.

It could be said that as long as it is promoted on a large scale, this small computer new technology company will completely make a name for itself in the circle.

By then, don't look at this unit as small; it has money, fame, and a technical team, and the development prospects are bright.

Ni the Great God carried the two watermelons and walked into the unit's laboratory with a smile.

"Xiao Yu, Xiao Zheng, call everyone over to eat watermelon. This year's newly listed watermelon, it's sandy!"

Because Ni the Great God received subsidies for helping the postal and telecommunications department debug equipment these days, he often treated everyone generously these past few days.

But after Ni the Great God greeted everyone with a smile today, everyone had no reaction.

Only then did Ni the Great God discover that the several backbone members of his technical team were all full of anger.

Ni the Great God smiled and said: "What's the matter, Xiao Yu? Who are you upset with?"

Xiao Yu turned his head and looked at Ni the Great God silently for two seconds, then suddenly turned and left.

Ni the Great God was stunned and asked another capable assistant: "Xiao Zheng, what happened?"

Xiao Zheng also looked at Ni the Great God and said aggrievedly: "Engineer Ni, you told us a few days ago that our overtime pay and bonuses for these few months added up to at least 1,800 yuan each, but just now Manager Liu distributed the money, and it was only 220 yuan..."

"220?"

Ni the Great God was stunned and asked: "Which month's overtime pay is this? Have you carefully checked the work record sheet?"

"It's 220 in total."

Xiao Zheng said indignantly: "And we who worked overtime day and night got 220, and those who got off work on time also got 220. Then you tell me, should we be angry?"

"Manager Liu also said that everyone is a collective, and if we get one cent more than our colleagues, it's one more point of contradiction. We actually dared to ask for 1,800 in overtime pay, which is simply asking for a lion's price... Then aren't we fools, not lions?"

Ni the Great God's face also became ugly.

In the days of technical breakthrough these past few months, everyone worked their lives away to get the gambling bonus, working at least fourteen hours a day, and even exceeding sixteen hours.

Ni the Great God, who was used to the overseas overtime system, naturally wanted to fight for reasonable benefits for the technical personnel under him, so he had made a promise of overtime pay at that time.

Although a bonus of 1,800 for four months sounded high, this little overtime pay was nothing compared to the high gambling bonus.

After all, there were eight people in the technical team, and at most it was more than 10,000 RMB, but the gambling bonus was as high as over a million US dollars, right?

Ni the Great God had communicated with Liu Lianxiang at that time, but now, how did "egalitarianism" come out again?

(End of chapter)

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