Chapter 500: Writing Articles Must Be Grounded

The phenomenon of retired workers being re-employed at the 506 Factory site inspired the thinking of Jingda economics students like Zhen Zhen Rongrong and Chen Chen Xiaoling.

Unlike Li Ye's purpose of coming to the 506 Factory to soy sauce, Zhen Zhen Rongrong and others were really here for social practice.

After a while, lines of questions and insights were written in Zhen Zhen Rongrong's notebook.

The impact and shock of the development of a free economy on the planned economy—fifty-year-old retired personnel, driven by the money of the free economy, have regained their vitality and have been squeezed out of their economic value again.

So, who should this economic value belong to? Should it belong to the original planned economy unit that trained the workers?

Or should it belong to the workers themselves, or does it belong to the free economy entity that has re-stimulated the workers' enthusiasm for work?

Does the private economy absorbing retired personnel for re-employment belong to the invisible loss of state-owned assets?

Li Ye secretly glanced at Zhen Zhen Rongrong's notebook a few times and then smiled and said: "I said, Class Monitor Zhen, are you planning to take this topic to the lighthouse for further studies? This topic of yours is a bit big, enough for you to study in the lighthouse for a few years."

The study abroad personnel for the 1982 World Economics major this year have been determined, a total of two people.

Compared to Sun Sun Xianjin who went to Moscow State University, Zhen Zhen Rongrong, who got the opportunity to study in the lighthouse, was undoubtedly the object of everyone's envy.

However, Zhen Zhen Rongrong also won indisputably. After all, whether analyzing from academic performance, ideological and moral character, or firm will, she was the most competitive candidate.

Zhen Zhen Rongrong glanced at Li Ye, her fountain pen not stopping, but she retorted, "You, the great talent Li Ye, publish papers in journals as easily as drinking water. How about we collaborate on a related paper? Can I bask in your glory a bit?"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "I can't figure out this topic. Let's toss it around in a few years!"

Li Ye was telling the truth. The issue of state-owned asset privatization under the impact of the free economy has been argued very fiercely in these years, and the disputes caused by it can be big or small, so it's better to summarize it in a few years.

"Li Ye, I find that you are becoming more and more worldly now. Where did that high-spirited you go before?"

Zhen Zhen Rongrong hated Li Ye's attitude of avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial the most, and closed her notebook, intending to theorize with him.

But Li Ye grabbed the topic and transferred it: "Actually, my meaning is that we come for social practice, not to explore such high-level problems. We should still pay more attention to the small things around us."

"You guys think about it, after we are assigned to units in the future, do we need to explain these ideological things to our colleagues? Do we need to talk about the world situation with superiors and colleagues?"

"I think it's definitely not needed, and the unit won't give us the opportunity to talk eloquently."

Li Ye looked at the several classmates who gathered around and said truthfully: "Actually, we still need to pay attention to some specific and subtle things."

"For example, what are the needs of the original unit's staff for this joint venture at the 506 Factory? What are their longings? When their satisfaction reaches a certain level, can the enterprise's transformation be implemented smoothly?"

"What difficulties does the enterprise have? What does the enterprise need? What gains and losses do they have after the joint venture? Is it because of the injection of new concepts that the competitiveness of the enterprise unit in the market has been improved?"

"I think that after everyone participates in work in the future, the first task they come into contact with is this kind of small thing that is specific to the reality. When the leader asks you what you think about a certain enterprise's problem, do you talk to him about surname 'Zi' or surname 'She'?"

"So, unless everyone reaches a very high position in the future, they will have the qualifications to express their views on the conflicts and contradictions between transformation and conservatism, otherwise it will only make people feel empty."

Zhen Zhen Rongrong's notebook had already been opened, and the beautiful fountain pen characters quickly recorded Li Ye's suggestions.

Everyone understands the things in the textbooks, and writing a paper can also be flowery and look like the real thing, but after actually participating in work, how much of the various thoughts and laws in the books can be applied?

Seeing that Zhen Zhen Rongrong was teachable, Li Ye said to her: "Later, you go to chat with the workers and their families first, then interview the factory managers, and then cooperate with the book theory, and you can write an economic paper that leaders can understand."

"Can leaders understand? What does it mean?"

"Ahem..."

Li Ye smiled and said: "My meaning is that the suggestions written to leaders in the future must be grounded, and don't be cloudy and foggy so that people can't understand."

Zhen Zhen Rongrong didn't quite understand and wanted to ask Li Ye for the bottom of it, but Li Ye had already gathered among a group of old staff and started an interview in the style of chatting.

"Uncle, we are from Jingda Economics and came to write social practice. Can you tell us how your life has been recently?"

"Jingda Economics? Then why are you asking us about living?"

"Economic livelihood must be grasped with both hands. Livelihood problems are closely related to economic problems, and the quality of the economy also affects the quality of livelihood..."

"Eh, student, what you said is a bit interesting... Let me tell you! Now the common people's life is good if you say it's good, and not good if you say it's not good..."

"Our generation doesn't worry about food and clothing, but the children's work is not easy to solve, and the extravagance and waste of marriage are getting bigger and bigger."

"A few years ago, those children getting married still wanted sewing machines, but now they actually want color TVs and refrigerators. Why don't they want a three-bedroom apartment?"

"Alright, alright, aren't we all for the children? If it weren't for the children, who would be willing to work again? Who wouldn't be willing to lie at home? As a result, after coming, they still dislike it."

"I am a driver! Actually said I am not a technical worker, I can go to his..."

Zhen Zhen Rongrong and others followed suit and started to chat with enthusiastic uncles and aunts, and then they all had joyful harvests.

These Beijingers are born to love to chat, and many "grounded" topics are things that Zhen Zhen Rongrong and others couldn't come into contact with at school. If you taste them carefully, they can all be linked to various contradictory relationships in books.

And because of Li Ye's relationship with Chen Chen Donggou, the 506 Factory also sent a deputy factory director to receive these Jingda students, explaining the current predicament from the perspective of the enterprise leadership, as well as the expectations after the joint venture.

Two hours later, several classmates had recorded a large notebook of materials, feeling that it would be a good paper after going back and organizing it.

"Let Li Ye suggest later where this topic is suitable for submission. Eh? Where is Li Ye? Why did he slip away again?"

Everyone was savoring the harvest happily, but when they looked back, they couldn't find Li Ye again.

Zhen Zhen Rongrong thought for a while and said: "He might have gone to find those two newly arrived researchers! It seems they knew each other before."

Chen Chen Xiaoling asked curiously: "How does Li Ye know people everywhere? Everyone is a student in the same class, how can he be so different?"

"Heh..."

Zhen Zhen Rongrong sneered, her eyes deep and far-reaching: "Haven't you discovered it yet? He doesn't look like a student at all."

Li Ye indeed met Ni the Great God.

Ni the Great God and his assistant spent nearly two hours in the office building handling the transfer procedures, and then met Li Ye at the door.

Li Ye saw that Ni the Great God and Xiao Yu were both full of joy, so he asked with a smile: "Engineer Ni, looking at your complexion, the treatment of this unit is okay?"

Ni the Great God hadn't spoken yet, but the excited Xiao Yu spoke up. He had a straightforward temper, and his mood today had gone up and down, so he couldn't hold back his words.

"What do you mean by okay? Student Li, guess how much salary they are paying us?"

Li Ye shook his head and smiled: "I can't guess this. The salary of a joint venture is not that fixed. If you have great ability, the salary is high; if you don't have ability, they won't want you at all."

"Brother, you are right, great ability means high salary."

Xiao Yu stretched out a finger: "They are paying me this much every month."

Li Ye said in surprise: "Ten thousand? That's really not low. If you work for three months, you can buy a house in Tuanjiehu."

"Ten thousand? What are you thinking?" Xiao Yu said with a wry smile: "One thousand, one thousand salary per month. You, little brother, have been with Boss Pei for a long time, this tone is really big!"

"One thousand is not high," Li Ye said seriously: "As far as I know, the salary of a foreign language translator in a joint venture is 600 to 800 per month. You are a researcher with many years of experience, giving you 1,000... it's a bit low."

Xiao Yu almost didn't catch his breath, and after a long while, he took out a set of keys.

"Little brother, take a look at what this is? A two-room suite of 28 square meters, and they said, wait for the new dormitory building to be built, they guarantee to change me into a two-bedroom, one-living room."

"I am confused. You say, am I working for the 506 Factory, or am I selling my life for the capitalist?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "You can ask Engineer Ni, what kind of treatment technical personnel like you have overseas, and how big the gap is compared to ordinary workers."

Xiao Yu had a straightforward temper and really turned to look at Ni the Great God.

Ni the Great God said helplessly: "Overseas is overseas, mainland is mainland. Xiao Yu, don't tell everyone that your salary is high, it will attract gossip to yourself. You should be happy secretly when you get the money."

Which knew Xiao Yu said: "I am happy secretly when I get the money, then what about you? The small sedan assigned to you by the unit, you also hide it secretly? Can you hide it? Take out the keys and let this little brother open his eyes."

Li Ye looked at Ni the Great God, and Ni the Great God had to smile and take out a car key: "After we joined the unit today, the unit directly gave me a car, saying that we technical personnel often work overtime and it's convenient to go home at night..."

Li Ye shook his head with a smile: "It's just a Santana, Engineer Ni, what are you embarrassed about? You are also a researcher who has earned an annual salary overseas, it wouldn't be too much to drive a Mercedes-Benz, right?"

Ni the Great God smiled and didn't pick up the conversation, but Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Eh, that's right! Old Ni, you have driven a car overseas, right? Let's go, drive back to the Chinese Academy of Sciences,

Didn't the Hong Kong capital representative say just now? They want us to help form a technical breakthrough team and recommend suitable technical personnel to join the unit. I think Xiao Zheng is not bad! Let's go ask him and see if he is willing to come..."

Ni the Great God hurriedly said: "If Xiao Zheng doesn't come, forget it. Don't go and provoke them again. Let's ask other colleagues in other institutes another day..."

It turned out that in the process of joining the unit just now, the Hong Kong capital representative gave Ni the Great God the authority to form a technical team, letting him and Xiao Yu "recommend" researchers to join the unit, and also gave a large sum of "reception fees" in advance.

Is this a reception fee? This is an activity fund, okay? This is instigating him to spend money to dig corners!

However, Ni the Great God was definitely willing to form a technical team himself. It was very important to establish authority when he first arrived at a new unit. He knew the people he chose, and they were definitely easier to use.

Xiao Yu recommended several capable researchers to Ni the Great God as soon as he went out, and Ni the Great God also intended to visit them as soon as possible, but you say is there any point in going to find Xiao Zheng now?

But Xiao Yu was unrelenting: "Whether Xiao Zheng comes or not, we have to ask to know, and I left very hurriedly the day before yesterday, and some very important things were left there. You accompany me to get them..."

Ni the Great God was completely speechless.

You kid, are you going back to get things? You are clearly going back to show off, right?

Seeing that Ni the Great God wouldn't go, Xiao Yu said unhappily: "Go! Didn't you brag to us? You drove a second-hand Toyota bought for 800 foreign currency overseas and it was very exciting. Why can't you drive me for a lap today?"

Ni the Great God had to say helplessly: "My driver's license is overseas, I don't have a mainland one. When they gave me the keys, they also said that you can't drive if you drink, and you can't drive without a license. I have to take the mainland test first."

Technical personnel like to be serious. Although there are many people driving without a license now, Ni the Great God said he didn't have one, and Xiao Yu had no way.

But at this very moment, how could Li Ye not add fuel to the fire?

So he immediately said to Chen Er Gou in the distance: "General Manager Chen, this Chief Engineer Ni is still missing a driver!"

Chen Er Gou was arranging the group of re-employed staff. After hearing Li Ye's words, he reacted very quickly, picked up the microphone, and shouted to the people in the courtyard.

"Who just said they were a driver? Have they left? We are missing a driver now."

"Eh eh eh, didn't leave, didn't leave, here!"

The old driver who was squatting in the courtyard chatting with a group of old colleagues ran over in a flash. Looking at his fast legs and feet, it would be a real pity to retire.

Ni the Great God was still stunned, but Xiao Yu had already snatched his car keys and handed them to the driver.

"Newly assigned by the factory, Santana, does the master recognize it?"

"Recognize, I just went to the unit to see it, two new small sedans were added, they are parked over there!"

The retired driver took Ni the Great God's keys smoothly, drove Ni the Great God's car over in two minutes, and even provided door-opening service.

Li Ye couldn't help but complain in his heart, was this retired driver the driver for the previous leader?

Xiao Yu excitedly pulled Ni the Great God into the car.

"Master, please go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. I left something at my original unit. It's not much, I'll just go in and take a lap and bring it out, and we'll leave."

"Alright! Going back to the original unit, right! Eh eh eh, comrade, what is your surname... Good, good, good, Engineer Yu, just tell me what you want to move later, don't move it yourself, otherwise people won't treat you as a leader."

Ni the Great God was even more speechless.

The driver knew that he was going back to the original unit, which was clearly to show off, what's going on with you?

But... why is there still a hidden expectation in his heart?

(End of chapter)

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