Chapter 617: A Show of Power

"Let's go! Come to my house for dinner; my mom made Lu cuisine today!"

"We won't go, Sister-in-law; my classmate invited me to go shopping!"

"Me too, I'm leaving now, Sister-in-law."

Fu Yiruo and Li Juan followed Watching Wen Leyu to Fuyoujie. After a flurry of moving and helping their brother and sister-in-law tidy up the study, they all declined Watching Wen Leyu's invitation in unison.

It had to be said that these two younger sisters were not people good at currying favor. If the three members of the eldest aunt's family were here, they would definitely have gone to the Wen family to toast Teacher Ke and Wen Qingsheng.

After the two younger sisters left, Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu bought some fruit and went to mooch a meal at his father-in-law's house.

On the way, Watching Wen Leyu suddenly said with a grin: "There is one good thing about us living here: we can go back to my house for dinner at night, saving us the trouble of cooking ourselves."

"Don't even think about it!"

Li Ye hurriedly waved his hand and said: "You can go back every day, but I can't. Although I really like drinking with your dad and your brother, I can't go to your house every day.

You don't know! When I went to report to my unit yesterday, some people asked this and that. I said my wife is from the capital, and some people were whispering, guessing if I was a live-in son-in-law..."

"Screech~~"

Watching Wen Leyu slammed on the brakes, parked the car on the side of the road, and asked sternly: "Who is gossiping?"

"..."

Li Ye looked at his little wife, who had suddenly exploded like a cat, and nodded in agreement: "Indeed, some people just like to gossip.

But Xiao Yu, think about it yourself: isn't it very common for a wife to go back to her maiden home every day? But isn't it very rare for a son-in-law to go to his mother-in-law's house every day? Can we just go to your house to mooch a meal once a week?"

Watching Wen Leyu, who had been pouting, pursed her lips, and only after a long while did she start the car again.

However, after driving for a long time, she still spat out a few words indignantly: "Truly hateful."

Although Watching Wen Leyu was angry, Li Ye could tell that she understood his thoughts.

A son-in-law mooching meals at his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house all day—he might always feel a bit uncomfortable in his heart!

After Li Ye arrived at Watching Wen Leyu's house, there was indeed a table full of Lu cuisine.

However, today wasn't just to entertain Li Ye, the prospective son-in-law; there was another guest.

Li Ye had seen this guest before; it was Director Ma, Ma Zhaoxian, who had accompanied Li Ye and the others for drinks when Wen Guohua got married.

Of course, Ma Zhaoxian couldn't be called Director Ma now.

The Beijing Light Automobile Company was a joint venture of three units. Ma Zhaoxian had been sent by COFCO to serve as deputy manager, so he had to be called Manager Ma from now on.

Manager Ma was sitting on the sofa chatting with Wen Qingsheng. After seeing Li Ye enter the door, he shifted his buttocks unobtrusively and showed a smile to Li Ye, with the scale of his demeanor just right.

If he stood up to greet Li Ye, he would be taking himself too seriously.

But if he put on airs toward Li Ye, that would be showing disrespect to Wen Qingsheng in front of him; he knew very well whose thigh he was holding onto.

However, Li Ye was not a child who didn't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth, so he immediately bowed to Manager Ma and greeted him: "Hello, Manager Ma, we meet again."

"Hey, what kind of manager? We can't talk by rank from now on; you can just call me Old Ma."

"That won't do. How about this: I'll call you Manager Ma at the unit, and Uncle Ma in private!"

"... That won't do either. I felt like old friends with Brother Li Ye at the time. How about I be bold and call you Brother Li?"

"That's fine, I'll call you Brother Ma from now on."

Li Ye didn't mind what he called Ma Zhaoxian, but he was a colleague of Wen Qingsheng. If he called him Brother, how would he address Wen Qingsheng?

After the banquet started, Li Ye took the initiative to have a drink with Ma Zhaoxian first, which was considered a good start for their future relationship.

Ma Zhaoxian drank the wine heartily and asked with a smile: "Li Ye! You already reported to the unit yesterday, right? Have you thought about which department you want to go to?"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "I haven't thought about it. When I went to report yesterday, the people at the factory office said they would assign me specific work on Monday. Maybe there's already an arrangement!"

"You can't let them arrange it!"

Ma Zhaoxian waved his hand and said: "I didn't know some situations before, so I didn't consider things thoroughly. If I had known earlier that the Hong Kong capital was brought in by you, Brother Li, I would have had to establish a separate department for you to go in and gain experience..."

"..."

Li Ye listened to Ma Zhaoxian's honest words and could only smile without speaking.

Establishing a separate department—some things are necessary, some are not.

For example, Watching Wen Leyu. When she went to report on Saturday, she was assigned to the Third Inspection Department of the China-Singapore Company, specifically responsible for inspecting the several joint ventures that had just been established.

To be honest, these joint ventures were Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu's own business, so they certainly couldn't let people meddle with them at will.

But the Light Automobile side was the major shareholder after all. If things were too specialized, Li Ye would really feel a bit embarrassed.

Seeing Li Ye smile without speaking, Ma Zhaoxian added: "I just reported to General Manager Wen. The joint venture has just set up a framework, and there aren't many suitable places.

However, the section chief of the Supply Section retired early some time ago due to account issues. The section has heavy tasks and lacks manpower, so what do you think about going to the Supply Section to learn first?"

"Then thank you, Brother Ma. I'll toast you another one."

What else could Li Ye do?

Could he say, "I am a screw, please twist me to the most bitter and tiring place"?

Wouldn't that be a fool?

After finalizing the position where Li Ye would temporarily learn, Ma Zhaoxian became even more open, drank several glasses of wine with Wen Qingsheng and Li Ye, and finally, unable to hold his liquor, stood up to take his leave.

After Ma Zhaoxian left, Teacher Ke said sternly: "Li Ye! Although Xiao Ma is willing to take care of you, the unit is different from school.

After you arrive at the unit, try to rely on yourself for everything, especially some small matters..."

Li Ye nodded repeatedly. Of course, he understood these principles. After all, when he was rolling in the workplace in his previous life, he had also seen several people with connections.

Some of those people with connections were indeed capable, but some were not. If you rely on connections for everything, your personal achievements won't be high in the end.

Connections are just a guarantee that you won't be bullied. If you want people around you to recognize you, you still have to rely on personal ability.

If you have seven points of ability, connections can help you achieve ten points of effect, but if you only have three points of skill, how can connections help you?

"Alright, alright, let Li Ye slowly experience these small matters in the future! Today, let's talk about the wedding."

Wen Qingsheng waved his hand at Teacher Ke and then asked Li Ye: "Is everything ready on your side? The tenth?"

Li Ye nodded and smiled: "No problem, Uncle Wen. My family has confirmed with me several times, and everything is ready. Now we are just missing a marriage certificate."

Wen Qingsheng said with a faint smile: "A marriage certificate is easy to handle! Ask your aunt to prepare the household registration book later, and you and Xiao Yu can go take care of it next week."

Teacher Ke glanced at her husband with disdain, pouted, and teased: "Yi yi yi, others are reluctant to marry off their daughters, but you, on the contrary, are urging them!"

Wen Qingsheng leaned back on the sofa and said very proudly: "I am different from them. Li Ye is also... different from others!"

On Monday, after Li Ye arrived at the unit, he indeed received notice that he had been arranged to work in the Supply Section.

Director Lu from the factory office personally brought Li Ye, sent him to the place, and handed him over to a tall and thin Deputy Wu Kezhang Wu.

Because the original section chief retired suddenly due to special reasons, this section temporarily had no formal section chief, and this Deputy Wu Kezhang Wu was temporarily in charge of the work of the entire section.

Deputy Wu Kezhang Wu was also very enthusiastic toward Li Ye, arranged a desk for him, and then asked Li Ye if he had any other needs.

Li Ye smiled and said: "There is indeed something I need Wu Kezhang Wu to help with. I am about to get married, so I need to borrow the collective household registration and also need a registration introduction letter."

"You are really about to get married! They were all gossiping yesterday; I thought it was a joke!"

Deputy Wu Kezhang Wu shook his head with a smile and then said: "This is easy to handle, but Li Ye, what is your date of birth? Are you of legal marriage age?"

Li Ye nodded and said: "Wu Kezhang, my partner and I are both from '63, meeting the national legal marriage age."

In '86, the country had already begun to implement the family planning policy, advocating late marriage and late childbearing, but advocating was not mandatory. Moreover, in principle, it only restricted the woman's age; the requirements for the man were just like that.

Li Ye knew a case from his previous life where someone's daughter got married, and the son-in-law was only twenty, so everything had room for maneuver.

But Deputy Wu Kezhang Wu was suddenly shocked and said very seriously: "That won't do, Xiao Li. Our factory has very strict regulations; you have to be twenty-five before you can open a marriage introduction letter!"

Damn it~

Li Ye was stunned in his heart, subconsciously thinking that he had just received a "show of power."

After all, he had received plenty of these in his previous life. ===== CHAPTER 618 =====