Chapter 732: I Laughed Until My Mouth Was Crooked!

Wen Qingsheng was also taken aback after hearing Li Ye's words.

However, he did not put on a stern face to lecture Li Ye like "High Official Hao" did. Instead, he asked with a smile: "Li Ye, your unit only produced less than 20,000 cars in total last year, right?"

Li Ye replied: "That is indeed the case. However, our unit's production structure is too bloated, the proportion of frontline workers is too low, and production efficiency is even lower."

"Dad, mainstream car factories in the world have annual production volumes of hundreds of thousands or even millions. Although our First Branch has few people now, I am confident that our annual production will exceed 10,000 units."

Wen Qingsheng waited for Li Ye to finish speaking before saying patiently: "Li Ye, I believe in your ability, but what I mean is, if I coordinate and resolve a sales quota of 5,000 units for you in one go, can you handle it yourself?"

"..."

Li Ye was stunned. He immediately understood Wen Qingsheng's meaning, and he felt ashamed.

Because a few days ago, when he went to the Wen family for dinner, Wen Qingsheng had confided in Li Ye that he had already coordinated with several "good brothers." Several large units were going to purchase a batch of light trucks this year, and they had chosen Li Ye's "improved" 130.

For enterprises like COFCO, there are countless subordinate units. If they plan to replace a batch of old vehicles, the number is certainly not just a few dozen. Adding up several units of the same level, there must be at least three or four thousand vehicles.

The price is not high, the performance is good, and everyone is a brother—would you be embarrassed to buy only a few dozen or a few hundred?

Therefore, when Lu Zhizhang was excitedly shouting about a "big order, a full 1,000 units," Li Ye didn't think of his father-in-law at all.

His father-in-law was talking about three, four, or even five thousand units; what was a mere thousand units?

But now, Wen Qingsheng had said just one sentence, allowing Li Ye to understand the wisdom of power and strategy within it.

Life for the Light Auto Company had not been easy these past two years. The glory of its peak period, with an annual production of 20,000 units, had long since vanished. Although they weren't exactly unable to put food on the table, they could certainly be described as not having enough to eat.

So, if the First Branch suddenly received an order for four or five thousand units and couldn't produce them in the short term, would it be okay for the main factory to take half of the order?

You say no? Let's go to the Ministry to reason it out. Either give us loans or give us orders. It would be strange if you didn't yield a portion after some back-and-forth.

"I'm sorry, Dad. I thought about it the wrong way. I've really been a bit anxious these past few days. The First Branch has been registered for such a long time, and we haven't even opened for business yet!"

"What are you anxious about? How many days has it been since you registered?"

Wen Qingsheng's tone suddenly became displeased: "Besides, don't you know what's going on with Xiaoyu these days? Don't let your heart be filled only with unit matters; you need to pay more attention to the family side..."

"..."

Lu Zhizhang watched as Li Ye agreed with "uh-huhs" and "yeses." The smirk on his face grew thicker, and his back seemed to bend lower and lower, a stark contrast to the "arrogant son-in-law" from just a moment ago.

There was no help for it; Watching Wen Leyu was already more than eight months pregnant, and Wen Qingsheng naturally believed that Li Ye should focus his attention on his daughter.

After Wen Qingsheng rambled on for a long time, Li Ye finally hung up the phone.

Then Lu Zhizhang tentatively asked: "Were you just on the phone with General Manager Wen?"

Li Ye nodded casually and said: "Yeah, that's right."

Lu Zhizhang was filled with awe. Although Li Ye's back had bent during the latter half of the call, the tone he used at the beginning made one have to admire him.

But how could Lu Zhizhang know about Li Ye's contributions to the Wen family?

Watching Wen Leyu was no longer just a key training target for the Zhongxin Company; she was a key target to be courted.

Pan Xiaoying was pregnant with the Wen family's direct grandson, which was also Li Ye's credit.

Tracing back even further, Li Ye had a hand in the "return to the city" of Wen Qingsheng and Teacher Ke.

So, don't look at Wen Qingsheng's high rank; when he spoke to Li Ye, he really didn't put on airs. Even after Li Ye became his "old son-in-law," Wen Qingsheng actually liked this more "intimate" attitude of communication.

After Lu Zhizhang expressed his admiration for Li Ye in his heart, he asked about the main business: "So what did General Manager Wen say just now? Can our 1,000 units be implemented?"

"Why wouldn't they be implemented?" Li Ye turned his head to look at Lu Zhizhang and said: "My dad said that if we were given four or five thousand units at once, we wouldn't be able to produce them in the short term, so the main factory might come over to coordinate production capacity..."

"So my dad said let us produce 1,000 units first, and then another 1,000. But Old Lu, we must grasp the production quality. If we ruin our reputation with the first batch, I won't have the face to beg for the next time..."

"..."

Lu Zhizhang swallowed hard and said with a crooked mouth: "Don't worry, starting today, I will live in the factory. Whoever produces a defective product, I'll beat them; whoever comes to snatch our production capacity, I'll bite them..."

Li Ye said with amusement: "No... Old Lu, why is your mouth crooked?"

"I laughed until my mouth was crooked! Hahahaha~"

Lu Zhizhang laughed out loud, and the gloom that had accumulated in his heart over the past few days dissipated in an instant.

Even good wine fears a deep alley; the First Branch's new model was definitely better than the old 130, but if you want the market to recognize it, there has to be a process.

Moreover, the cost was still higher than the old 130. With a selling price several thousand yuan higher, it wasn't easy to get others to foot the bill.

So, in the past few days, there had been rumors that the First Branch's car was a mess and couldn't be sold at all.

As it turned out, Li Ye's father-in-law had directly resolved half a year's worth of production capacity and even promised to provide advance payments.

My goodness, it's good to enjoy the shade under a big tree; the ancients did not deceive me!

"Dududu~"

Someone knocked on the door outside.

Li Ye said: "Come in."

The door opened, and intern Xiao Zhiyu led Pan Xiaoying and Ni Dashen to the doorway.

Xiao Zhiyu said: "Factory Director Lu, Section Chief Li, these two comrades say they are guests from Factory 506, here to localize our computers..."

Li Ye blinked and hurriedly took the bag of fruit from Pan Xiaoying's hand.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here? You didn't even call ahead... Hurry, sit down, hurry and sit."

Lu Zhizhang also hurriedly helped greet them. Although he didn't know that Pan Xiaoying was newly pregnant and was absolutely a protected animal of the Wen family, seeing Li Ye's enthusiastic attitude, she must be an important person who needed to be treated seriously.

After Pan Xiaoying sat down, she pointed at Ni Dashen and said: "Today, Chief Engineer Ni said he was coming to your factory, so I thought I'd come and take a look. Little brother, your place is a bit crude! Don't you have money to build an office building? You aren't short on money!"

Li Ye poured tea for Pan Xiaoying and Ni Dashen while laughing: "Our unit hasn't even opened for business yet! How could I dare to be greedy for comfort first? You don't know, the spit of the masses can really drown a person!"

Pan Xiaoying curled her lips in disdain: "How would I not know? You are just too upright. If it were me! Whoever wanted to drown me, I would drown them first..."

"..."

Lu Zhizhang smiled and moved further away, exchanging smiles with Ni Dashen.

He could see it now; this Pan Xiaoying was probably even harder to provoke than the arrogant Li Ye.

Pan Xiaoying took a sip of tea and then said to Li Ye with a smile: "I won't joke with you anymore. Let's talk about serious business."

"The postal system plans to purchase a batch of trucks in the second half of the year. I heard that the 136 your factory just launched is not bad. I'll help you put in a good word, and you take down this plan."

Li Ye pondered for a few seconds and then said: "Our factory's current production plan is all scheduled for the new 130. The 136 is temporarily..."

Before Li Ye could finish speaking, Lu Zhizhang interrupted and answered: "We don't have a plan for the 136 this month, it's all scheduled for next month. It definitely won't be delayed..."

A business deal delivered to the door, could he really push it away?

If it weren't for knowing that Li Ye's combat power was too heaven-defying, Lu Zhizhang would have wanted to kick Li Ye a few times right now.

You dare to push away the postal system's procurement plan? If you build a good relationship here, that's a trump card for guaranteed success!

Pan Xiaoying looked at Lu Zhizhang playfully, then pointed at Li Ye with her finger: "You are just too rigid, you don't know how to be flexible."

"..."

"Yes, yes, yes, in our family, sister-in-law, you are the smartest."

"Forget it!" Pan Xiaoying raised her head and said: "Who is the smartest in our family? Don't you know?"

"..."

【Sister-in-law, are you talking about Teacher Ke? Or our little Yu?】 ===== CHAPTER 733 =====