Chapter 719: We Have No Money?

When Li Ye arrived at the Personnel Section, he didn't see a scene of intense arguing, but the atmosphere at the scene was a bit oppressive.

Ma Ma Zhaoxian was sitting on a chair in the Personnel Section, holding a teacup and drinking tea unhurriedly.

And the Personnel Wu Kezhang, Xing Guibao, who was sitting opposite him, was smiling faintly, much like the bank tellers in later generations who encountered "difficult customers."

After Li Ye entered the door, he pretended to be surprised and said, "Manager Ma, Wu Kezhang Xing, why haven't our interns come over to report yet? We are still waiting to assign them positions and arrange their work!"

Ma Ma Zhaoxian smiled slightly and didn't speak, showing his status and composure just right, leaving the problem for Wu Kezhang Xing to answer.

However, before Wu Kezhang Xing could reply to Li Ye, an old man in the corner spoke up mockingly.

"Deputy Team Leader Li, what do you mean by 'your interns'? These are interns allocated to the Light Automobile Company by the higher-ups. What, did you buy them with money?"

Li Ye turned his head to look at the old man and said in surprise, "Oh, look at my eyes, how did I not see you here, Master Tan?

What wind blew you to the Personnel Section? Could it be that you want to retire early and let your nephew take over your job? That's not right! Taking over jobs isn't the trend anymore!"

"How the hell are you talking..."

Master Tan's face instantly turned bright red, and he wished he could stand up and punch Li Ye in the face.

Old Tan was a master technician in the factory. In terms of skill, no one dared to disagree. He had always been the one mocking others; no one had ever dared to make fun of him. Even the factory director had to give him some face.

But in the past week, Li Ye had rubbed his face into the dirt and even stepped on it a few times.

Because Old Tan wanted to recruit his nephew to the factory as a worker, but because Old Tan had led the resistance against Li Ye's "management reform," he was unsurprisingly rejected. No matter who went to plead for him, it didn't work.

Originally, the nephew didn't belong to the children of the staff, so being rejected was just being rejected. The First Branch Factory had a legitimate reason.

But those who had listened to Old Tan's instigation and collectively boycotted Ma Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye were not having it. They were just following the crowd; why were they on the blacklist?

Since the abolition of the state-owned enterprise succession system on October 1, 1986, how precious was a worker's quota?

Just because of you, Old Tan, our nephews were brushed off without rhyme or reason. You, Old Tan, must give us an explanation.

Just in the last two days, the threshold of Old Tan's house had been trampled flat. Women cried, men cursed. If it weren't for Old Tan's long-standing prestige, it wouldn't be surprising if he had been beaten into the hospital.

But Old Tan knew his own bitterness. His whole family of nearly twenty people worked in the unit. Once they pointed at him, he had to fight Li Ye and Ma Ma Zhaoxian to the end, otherwise, all twenty of them would be wearing tight shoes.

So even if their workshop wouldn't let the interns work in the end, they couldn't be used by Li Ye.

When Li Ye heard Old Tan say the words "you hell," Li Ye's face turned cold.

"Who are you cursing, you old vegetable?"

"I, damn it..."

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, calm down, calm down..."

Seeing that Li Ye and Old Tan were about to fight, Wu Kezhang Xing hurriedly stopped them.

Then Wu Kezhang Xing said to Li Ye, "Master Tan is also here for the interns. In previous years, our unit only had a few interns, never enough to go around. This time, the higher-ups were suddenly generous. So, shouldn't every workshop and every department get a share?"

Li Ye said coldly, "Wu Kezhang Xing, you also know that our unit didn't have many interns in previous years! So how come there are suddenly twenty-something this year?"

Old Tan snatched the words mockingly, "Because Guan Liang proposed learning the ISO quality management system and formed a management reform group, actively striving for our country to join the WTO.

So the higher-ups specially allocated these students. You, Li Ye, not only picked the peaches but also pulled up the peach tree, didn't you?"

"..."

When Guan Liang left, he accused Li Ye of picking peaches. Li Ye didn't expect that someone would actually believe such nonsense.

However, the fact that the higher-ups could allocate so many students this time was indeed operated in the name of being beneficial to joining the WTO. This guy, Old Tan, had a good memory and had memorized the instructions given by the higher-ups word for word.

Unfortunately, he couldn't see who the real Sun Sun Wukong was.

Li Ye said amusedly, "Master Tan, you are a man of nearly sixty. When have you ever heard of the higher-ups actively allocating students without the lower levels applying for them?"

"Twenty-something college students! If Guan Liang had such great ability, would he need to resign and go into business in such a dejected way?"

Old Tan was stunned and said unconvinced, "If it wasn't Guan Liang who applied, could it be you who applied?"

"..., I didn't say that!"

Li Ye glanced at Old Tan with a smile that wasn't a smile and stopped paying attention to him.

And Wu Kezhang Xing's expression became heavy.

He wasn't a straight-tempered person like Old Tan; he kept an eye on everything.

Recently, the momentum of Ma Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye's sudden attack was too fierce, especially Li Ye. Everyone didn't know his specific background. What if he was the kind of person who couldn't be offended...

"Oh, my stomach suddenly hurts. I'll go to the restroom first..."

Wu Kezhang Xing had first-class acting skills. He clutched his stomach and left the Personnel Section.

Li Ye knew that he must have gone to coordinate intelligence.

Ma Ma Zhaoxian smiled and said, "Li Ye, sit for a while. Old Xing will be back in a while."

Li Ye sighed and sat down helplessly.

In his past life, he had seen several second-generation types. The rich second-generation ones were basically very flashy, but another type of second-generation was very low-key and would never expose their special identity.

Li Ye in this life originally thought that by waiting low-key within the unit, he could be promoted step by step and have smooth sailing, but after working for more than half a year, he realized that wasn't the case at all.

As long as you "do things" with great vigor, it is destined that you cannot be low-key. If you are low-key and follow the rules, you are like a vine winding around a tree, unable to change the height or thickness of the tree.

If Li Ye wanted to carry out reforms in the enterprise without being held back, then exposing a little bit of his identity to bluff people would be quite effective. It's just that this degree must be mastered well—vague and mysterious, making people wary while also leaving them unable to grasp any handle.

Half an hour later, Wu Kezhang Xing, who had used the "urine escape," returned with a smile.

"Deputy Manager Ma, I've thought about it. We can't just consider our own needs; we must also respect the opinions of the interns. Why don't we ask them? As long as they are willing to intern at the First Branch Factory, then you can take them away now, how about that?"

Ma Ma Zhaoxian looked at Wu Kezhang Xing and smiled, "Then let's ask!"

Wu Kezhang Xing said, "Alright, I've already let them wait in the conference room, and people from several other offices have also arrived."

"..."

Li Ye looked at Wu Kezhang Xing, who was confident, and always felt that it wouldn't be that smooth.

Sure enough, when they arrived at the conference room, after Ma Ma Zhaoxian and several other section chiefs and workshop directors explained their respective situations, not many people were willing to intern at the First Branch Factory.

Li Ye felt that the way those interns looked at Ma Ma Zhaoxian was like looking at Ma Ali in the nineties.

"Let me add a few words!"

Seeing that the elite oxen and horses that were about to be in his hands were going to be led away by others, how could Li Ye be willing?

Technical talents are really too scarce now. A junior college student can take the lead in small and medium-sized enterprises. How could he let so many technicians run away?

Ignoring his status, Li Ye stood to the front and said a few simple words.

"The First Branch Factory is about to implement world-advanced production management methods, so the workers' labor remuneration is also a bit different. The internship subsidy for interns is, in principle, the same as that of workers in the same position..."

"Hiss~"

There was a gasp at the scene. Everyone who had been flickering with their eyes just now became spirited.

Talking about ideals, talking about honor—damn it, none of it is as real as the "Great Unity" (money)!

"In addition, if you are not slackers who didn't study hard in these three years, I believe that more than eighty percent of you can stay at the First Branch Factory to work."

"Wow~"

Everyone was shocked because many of these students were from out of town. Whether they could stay in the capital to work was not something the First Branch Factory could decide.

"Is he not bluffing?"

"Hmph, what do you think?"

"..."

Old Tan's faction was still very united and immediately started to question Li Ye in low voices.

But the temptation of "staying in the capital to work" was really too great. Even if Li Ye was bluffing, it was still unique, wasn't it?

If you don't even dare to bluff, then what strength do you have?

So the students who were still hesitant just now immediately chose the First Branch Factory.

And what surprised Li Ye was that Lu Zixue and that girl also chose the First Branch Factory.

Li Ye pushed his bicycle and led the twenty-something interns toward the First Branch Factory. On the way, he tried to get some information out of them.

"When you first started, did you not want to choose my First Branch Factory?"

"Ah... those old workers said that the First Branch Factory has no money and the food is not good..."

"No money? Hehe~"

Li Ye led everyone to the First Branch Factory and saw Xiao Zhu chatting with two girls in suits right at the entrance.

And the interns beside Li Ye were also attracted by the two girls.

The "Feng Hua" brand professional small suits, with cinched waists and fitted bodies, were absolutely a killer weapon that could kill both men and women in this era.

Seeing Li Ye coming, the two girls immediately left Xiao Zhu and walked toward Li Ye.

"Brother, you finally came back. If you didn't come back, we would have thought no one was in charge of our lunch!"

Seeing Li Ye looking a bit blank, the girl immediately said, "Brother, I am Xiao Zhong. I went with my father when you and Sister Wen got married..."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh,"

Li Ye apologized, "I'm sorry! I really didn't recognize you after you changed into this outfit."

Xiao Zhong smiled and said, "It's okay. We came here today to talk about the loan..."

Li Ye hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, Deputy Manager Ma will come to talk to you later."

Xiao Zhong nodded and then asked in a low voice, "Brother, how much can you borrow?"

Li Ye joked, "That depends on how much you can lend us?"

Xiao Zhong pursed her lips and said, "Brother, can you borrow two hundred million?"

"..."

Li Ye felt depressed.

【Even if your bank just opened, even if Wen Wen Leyu has a large amount of foreign exchange as a guarantee, you can't stuff a whole year's rations into a fat man in one go, right?】

Li Ye looked depressed, but everyone around was shocked.

Loans these days are not the "King of Hell" debts that roll with interest and can't be repaid in the end. That kind of thing, if you don't pay it back, you don't pay it back!

The main factory has some loans that have never been repaid, which is why loans are difficult and funds are tight right now.

But now, people are sending money to their door!

Who said the First Branch Factory has no money?

Being able to get a loan means you are a "money lord"! ===== CHAPTER 720 =====