Chapter 618: Indeed Lacking Vision

Since ancient times, the Great China has had the saying, "There are 360 trades, and every trade produces its own master." Every trade has its own ways.

And the "way of being an official" is the most profound one. Official means management; if you have power, you can manage. Therefore, due to the dispersion of various rights, this field of study has been continuously carried forward for thousands of years.

From a scientific point of view, if a method like a "show of power" can last for thousands of years without declining, then it must have its reasons and its effects.

To sum it up in one sentence—it's simple and effective, especially for little greenhorns who have just stepped out of school. The lethality is even better, having a special effect of knocking someone silly with one blow, so it is widely used in various occasions of "transforming new recruits."

When Li Ye was in the workplace in his previous life, he had learned plenty about its power.

You get hit with a stick, get a big bump on your head, and then the other party says: "This big bump of yours is very dangerous; you need to apply some gentian violet or safflower oil."

Then Li Ye would ask: "Where can I buy safflower oil?"

The other party would enthusiastically reply: "I have it right here. I'll give you a friendly price, but you have to remember my kindness and repay me in the future."

Repay your ass!

Everyone who enters the workplace goes through a process of maturation, from the initial submissiveness and forced smiles when encountering a show of power, to later laughing it off, holding a grudge, or directly flipping the table and jumping, breaking face on the spot—all belonging to the "cultivation" of a workplace person.

In his previous life, Li Ye's aptitude for cultivation was average, but he was definitely not a workplace novice. At the very least, he knew that there wasn't only one pharmacy.

"Oh my, what should I do! I only know that in my hometown, when registering for marriage, they only care about the woman's age; they don't really care about the man's!"

Li Ye, who had just stepped out of school, put on the appearance of a little greenhorn, looking so helpless that everyone else in the office looked over.

These people had quietly lowered their heads when Wu Kezhang asked about Li Ye's age just now. After all, after Li Ye reported yesterday, his basic information had spread like a gust of wind.

Tall, handsome, young, has a house in the capital... How could they not know his age?

So when Wu Kezhang opened his mouth just now, everyone knew what the result would be.

And now, looking at Li Ye's appearance, he was indeed easily manipulated.

"Xiao Li, you can't compare your small place with the capital. Every policy in the Divine Land is issued from here. If we don't implement it effectively here... blah blah blah~"

Wu Kezhang gave Li Ye his first lesson since joining the job. Looking at his spitting and his increasingly enthusiastic appearance, it was clear that he also had a penchant for being a teacher.

But as he spoke, he felt something was wrong.

Although Li Ye was sitting on the chair properly, looking like an obedient student, his eyes were very clear, even having a kind of indescribable "scrutiny."

It was the kind of gaze that those people above used when looking at him when he was reporting work to them.

Li Ye was sitting, and Wu Kezhang was standing.

Didn't this look more like reporting work?

"Xiao Li, I've said so much, do you understand?"

Li Ye shook his head blankly, looking cute, just short of saying like a good student, "Teacher, I didn't understand this question; can you explain it again?"

If you have the energy, explain it to me eight more times.

Wu Kezhang did not explain it again.

For so many years, Wu Kezhang didn't know how many newcomers he had taught and tempered, and his sense of propriety could be called perfect. But today, he felt a strange sense of powerlessness.

Which of the newcomers he had encountered before wasn't trembling in the face of difficulties, afraid that they would leave a bad impression on leaders and colleagues at all levels because they had no roots or foundation when they first arrived at the unit, even affecting their future work?

But this Li Ye in front of him was different from all the newcomers he had encountered before.

He was too calm. Although he said "What should I do?", it wasn't helpless hesitation, but as if he were asking Wu Kezhang: "What exactly is your trump card? Show it to me and let me see?"

【This kid has some skills; must pay attention to the heat.】

Wu Kezhang straightened his face and said ponderingly: "Xiao Li, you want to get married; this is a major life event. But we have policies now, so we can't knowingly violate them; otherwise, our advanced section will be gone.

However, don't be in a hurry. I'll take some time to discuss it with several leading supervisors and study this matter for you as soon as possible. You can wait for news with peace of mind. Of course, if you are in a hurry, you can go to the Family Planning Section and ask yourself."

【Need to study it?】

"... Okay."

Li Ye nodded with a smile and agreed, without even saying the word "thanks."

He wasn't ignorant. The capital is indeed different from local places. Because the policies here are interpreted normally, if one really takes it seriously, advocating late marriage and late childbearing does not conflict with complying with the legal age.

"That's fine. Xiao Yue, you take Xiao Li to familiarize yourself with the situation in our section first. Graduates from Jingda must be quick to get started. Try to let Xiao Li start sharing the work independently within a month."

Seeing Li Ye "playing dumb," Wu Kezhang turned his head and ordered the only girl in the office.

The Supply Section was a large section, divided into two offices. There were five people in Li Ye's office.

Besides Wu Kezhang, who was about forty, there was an old man over fifty, and two young people, a man and a woman, in their twenties.

Female colleague Xiao Yue heard Wu Kezhang's arrangement, blinked, and said with difficulty: "Wu Kezhang, I still have a pile of work in my hands that I haven't figured out! How can I be qualified to bring a newcomer?"

"Tsk~"

Wu Kezhang clicked his tongue and said to the other male colleague: "Driver Xiao Zheng, didn't you complain a few days ago that you couldn't finish the work and asked me to find someone to help you? Just right, Li Ye is a top student from Jingda; he can give you a hand. Are you satisfied now?"

Driver Xiao Zheng looked up at Wu Kezhang Zheng and lowered his head again, saying gloomily: "I'm not familiar with the business; how can I be a master to someone? Wu Kezhang, don't mislead the youth."

"Hey~, are you all putting on airs? You complain about bitterness and tiredness every day, but when I find you an apprentice, you find fault with this and that?"

Wu Kezhang seemed to be angered and scolded the two young people with laughter.

But Li Ye saw it in his eyes and felt a conspiracy of "being isolated."

Being a Jingda graduate was definitely a halo, but don't use this halo to shake people's eyes! Don't you know that high-beam dogs are the most annoying?

Just at this moment, the old man who had been drinking tea steadily on the side suddenly spoke.

"How about I take Xiao Li to familiarize himself? It just so happens I have nothing to do recently."

"..."

"Old Ding, you are willing to take an apprentice? That's great; our section has no one more suitable than you."

Wu Kezhang smiled and introduced to Li Ye: "Old Ding is an old man in our factory. He has been in our unit since the factory was built in '55. It can be said that there is nothing in the whole factory that he doesn't know. You are lucky to have Old Ding as your master."

Old Ding waved his hand lightly and said: "What luck! Wu Kezhang, you are talking nonsense. Now it's a new society, emphasizing new technology and new ideas. Xiao Li and I are also learning from each other."

"Hahahaha, Old Ding, you are still so humble. That's fine, you and Xiao Ding can learn from each other."

Wu Kezhang laughed it off and handed Li Ye over to Old Ding.

Li Ye immediately stood up from his seat and bowed slightly to Old Ding very politely: "Hello, Master Ding, I will learn from you from now on. If there is anything I do inappropriately, please forgive me."

"No need, no need. You sit down! I'll find you something to look at first..."

Old Ding pressed his hand toward Li Ye and then opened his drawer to rummage around.

But Li Ye didn't sit back down; instead, he walked to Old Ding's desk and reached out to pick up Old Ding's thermos.

"Master Ding, how do I get to the water room?"

"Oh, after you go downstairs, turn right, walk to the end, go out the corridor door, and walk forward for seventy or eighty meters. The place with a ground of coal ash is it."

"Alright~"

Li Ye carried the thermos and went out.

And the other three people behind him all frowned and looked over.

There were several thermoses in the section, but Li Ye saw clearly that because Old Ding drank tea, he had his own.

Li Ye only took this one, and this one still had more than half a pot of water.

It is only right and proper to fetch water for the master, but fetch water for you all?

How big is your face?

Do you think I'm a novice who doesn't understand anything and accepts everything?

And after Li Ye walked out the door for more than ten meters, he turned around and returned on tiptoe, standing at the entrance of the Supply Section to listen.

Sure enough, as expected, Wu Kezhang had already started making a phone call.

"Hello, Director Lang? It's Old Wu. I want to ask something! When our factory director presided over the meeting a few days ago, didn't he say that we should strictly grasp the family planning policy? How strict is it exactly? No, it's not that. Didn't a new university student come here? He wants to get married..."

Li Ye smiled lightly, turned around, and walked away carrying the thermos.

Wu Kezhang was planting a stake for himself in advance. If he listened to what he said just now and went to ask someone, they would give Wu Kezhang face, just like a retrial, and would send him back in two sentences.

If this were a foreign kid who had just joined the job, wouldn't he be desperate on the spot?

When the heat was about right, the immediate superior would step in to help, helping the new recruit solve the problem. Wouldn't that make him know his power and follow his lead in the future?

Although PUA is a word that only appeared decades later, similar methods had been born on the land of China for thousands of years.

【Heh, over forty and still a deputy section chief; indeed lacking vision.】 ===== CHAPTER 619 =====