Chapter 619: You Lack Money? I Happen to Have Money!

"Ring ring ring~"

When the electric bell rang, Li Ye was dazed for a few seconds.

When working in a company in his previous life, the off-duty time was entirely up to the employees, but the factories in the 1980s were still like schools, ringing on time.

Following the ringing of the bell, female colleague Xiao Yue picked up her bag and was the first to go out. Wu Kezhang followed closely behind, while the remaining Driver Xiao Zheng and Old Ding took out their lunch boxes and tableware from their drawers.

Old Ding looked at Li Ye and asked: "Xiao Li, are you going home to eat, or are you eating in the factory cafeteria?"

Li Ye also took out his tableware from his bag and said with a smile: "I'll eat in the cafeteria with you today, Master Ding! Let me taste the craftsmanship of our factory's master chef."

"Then you will be disappointed. The cafeteria food here is not even a little bit comparable to the cafeteria food at Jingda."

Old Ding shook his head with a smile and suddenly saw Li Ye's tableware, asking curiously: "Xiao Li, your tableware is not bad! Where did you buy it?"

Li Ye glanced at his stainless steel lunch box and said with a smile: "My wife bought it for me; I don't know either."

Old Ding glanced at Li Ye and nodded: "Not bad. Having a wife who knows how to cherish you is a blessing for a lifetime."

"Hehehehe, thank you for the compliment, Master Ding. My wife is indeed very doting on me."

This set of insulated tableware of Li Ye's was bought for him by Wen Leyu when she was in the Lighthouse. She was more attentive in picking it out than in buying clothes for herself.

And at that time, his little wife said that the cafeteria's big-pot food had no nutrition, so she would bring food for Li Ye as much as possible after they got married.

Although the food brought certainly wasn't as hot as freshly made, this thoughtfulness and heart made Li Ye satisfied beyond measure.

Old Ding took Li Ye downstairs and saw many people flowing in two directions: one was the main entrance, and the other was the cafeteria.

Old Ding explained to Li Ye: "Although our factory has been around for decades, it has just become a joint venture, and new officials have three fires, not to mention three new officials? So don't go downstairs before the bell rings, so as not to be caught as a typical example."

"Oh~"

Li Ye suddenly understood.

So if it weren't for the new officials taking office, everyone might have waited at the main entrance before the bell rang, and could leave the factory gate without a second of difference when the bell rang.

However, the workers of this era still had a strong sense of being masters. Regardless of whether the factory director or section chief was in front, they would scramble to run to the factory gate after the bell rang, unlike decades later, where you must let the superior go first.

Even if the superior was walking in a square step without haste, everyone had to hold back behind.

Li Ye saw Director Lu from the factory office, who pushed a Feige bicycle out of the shed and was following the crowd toward the factory gate.

Old Ding looked and said: "Our factory's dormitory is not far from here, only less than ten minutes by bike. So some employees assigned to the dormitory go home for lunch at noon. But since you have a house to get married, you certainly don't need to queue up and wait bitterly for housing."

Li Ye nodded and withdrew his gaze from Director Lu.

And Old Ding said again as if very casually: "Our factory does have a Family Planning Section, managing a bunch of things like baby certificates. The introduction letter also has to go through the factory office. You can discuss it with your family later and see how to study it."

"Hmm?"

Li Ye was stunned, and Old Ding had already walked forward.

Looking at Old Ding's back, Li Ye couldn't help but smile.

The colleagues he met today were all quite interesting. Some gave him a show of power, and some gave him ideas.

Old Ding's words seemed casual, but they contained two "key points."

The factory did have a Family Planning Section, but it only managed the fertility part, while the introduction letter required for marriage registration was issued by the factory office.

So... what does it have to do with Wu Kezhang?

If you have a kidney deficiency, you should see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. If you see a Western medicine doctor, wouldn't the middleman still eat the price difference and give you a traditional Chinese medicine conditioning package? Is it possible to change a kidney?

The cafeteria food was indeed terrible, but Li Ye and Old Ding's lunch was eaten quite happily.

As a qualified master, Old Ding introduced the basic situation in the section to Li Ye in detail.

Deputy Wu Kezhang, named Wu Qingyi, was a transferred cadre from the 1970s who had been "tempered" in the position of deputy section chief for more than ten years.

Female colleague Yue Lingshan and male colleague Zheng Jiemin were both secondary vocational school graduates assigned two years ago, formal section members with cadre status.

As for Old Ding, named Ding Wang Zhiwen, he was already fifty-eight this year, a veteran oil stick who had just been promoted to deputy section chief and was waiting to retire.

"I'm sorry, Master. I should call you Wu Kezhang Ding."

Li Ye apologized quickly. Although Ding Wang Zhiwen's deputy section chief was a standard "lifetime hard work achievement award," a deputy section chief is still a deputy section chief; don't treat people as not cadres.

So Li Ye still had to apologize; this is basic workplace etiquette.

But Ding Wang Zhiwen looked at Li Ye and said with a different meaning: "Don't call me Wu Kezhang Ding. After calling it, I won't be used to it, and others won't be used to it either."

"..."

Li Ye nodded slowly, indicating that he understood.

Now there was no formal boss in the section, so theoretically, both Wu Kezhang, Wu Qingyi, and Master Ding, Ding Wang Zhiwen, had the possibility of taking a step forward to become the "section boss."

Of course, Ding Wang Zhiwen's chance was certainly very small.

And after Deputy Wu Kezhang was promoted, it was highly probable that another deputy section chief would be promoted. Li Ye was in an equal competitive relationship with Xiao Yue, Driver Xiao Zheng, and several other young and middle-aged colleagues in the office next door.

Li Ye had seen plenty of "equal competition" in his previous life, and had seen all kinds of levels.

Li Ye finds even the level of Yue Lingshan, Zheng Jiemin, and even Wu Qingyi to be just average. You cannot show your ulterior motives on your face; being a "Number Six" also requires a very high level of technical proficiency.

Conversely, Old Ding, who was almost in a semi-retired state and was bored enough to take the initiative to bring an apprentice, made Li Ye feel that he had a bit of skill.

There was a kind of light in this old man's eyes.

A light somewhat similar to his grandfather Li Zhongfa's.

They were all people who started from scratch and struggled all the way from the bottom.

Unlike Li Ye, who carried various magic weapons in his pockets. If fair competition didn't work, he would just take out the magic weapons and throw them around.

Your stick technique is really good, then taste my AK-47!

On Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, Li Ye had been reading the factory history materials that Old Ding found for him, and had a basic understanding of this enterprise, which claimed to be one of the top three in the country for light automobiles.

Beijing Second Auto was built in '55 and was the earliest enterprise in our country to produce light automobiles, and it trial-produced the first "Satellite" brand car in '59.

In '66, with the joint efforts of several professors from the Automotive Department of Tsinghua University and the factory's workers, the Beijing 130 automobile, which had been a best-seller for twenty years, was successfully developed.

Later, over more than a decade, Beijing Second Auto, adhering to the purpose of common development, selflessly exported the technology of the Beijing 130 to the light automobile industry across the country.

In that era, as long as a formal factory in the country had a need, they could come and take away a complete set of production drawings for the Beijing 130.

At its peak, dozens of factories across the country benefited. Great Wall Motor in Baoding had once produced the 130 automobile, which was derived from the Beijing 130.

And just last year, it introduced the Isuzu N-series automobile technology from Japan and had already begun to absorb and develop it.

After reading the materials, Li Ye put away his last bit of contempt for this automobile manufacturing factory.

This was a unit among the top three in the country in the light automobile industry! If it developed well in the tide of reform and opening up, its future achievements would be limitless.

And now, all the workers, including Old Ding, were full of confidence in the future.

But Li Ye knew very well that in the next decade or so, the entire automobile industry would face large-scale reform, reorganization, and mergers, and light automobiles were the most chaotic part of the automobile industry.

There were about 120 automobile production factories in the interior, and more than 60 factories making light automobiles. Most of them were destined to be rolled to death by their peers in the end.

And the biggest key to all of this is one word—money.

When Li Ye saw the situation of introducing the Isuzu N-series automobile technology from Japan, he asked Ding Wang Zhiwen about the research and development of the new model.

Ding Wang Zhiwen didn't say it in much detail, but generally speaking, it was "absorbing part of the technology and developing it successfully as soon as possible."

This didn't seem to be a problem, but in the country, this kind of "compromise" R&D plan was highly likely due to insufficient funds.

In other words, Beijing Light Auto was still short of money.

And he, Li Ye, happened to have money. ===== CHAPTER 620 =====