Chapter 741: You

In Beijing in May, the coolness of spring didn't have much left, and it was already a bit hot at noon.

Li Ye had been busy at the leasing workshop for half a day, solving the problems of two supply parts, and rushed back to the First Branch to have lunch with Lu Zhizhang.

The two were used to touching base during meals, reaching a consensus on some small contradictions and problems, and solving them cleanly and neatly as soon as they went to work in the afternoon.

But there were no prominent problems today, so Lu Zhizhang lowered his head and shoveled rice quickly.

He now felt that he had endless energy and endless work to do, and he still had to implement the expansion and production expansion later.

And Li Ye turned his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Old Lu, are there any important things this afternoon? If not, I'll go take a look at the radiator side!"

Lu Zhizhang didn't lift his head and said: "You busy yourself, there's nothing this afternoon. If there is, I'll call your pager."

Lu Zhizhang knew that Li Ye was going to slip away, because Watching Wen Leyu's due date was this month, and she was already resting at home waiting for delivery. Li Ye, this five-good husband, couldn't rest assured, so he occasionally left work early to go home to accompany his wife.

When two people are working together, if you slip away, others have to carry it for you, just like helping to call names in class. Helping each other is being good friends.

"Pager? Deputy Factory Director Li, have you been equipped with a pager?"

A female comrade walked to the side of the two and sat down, asking Li Ye with a surprised tone.

Li Ye didn't need to look to know that it was Lai Jiayi, the labor union chairman who had just come to the First Branch.

Lai Jiayi was in her forties and was transferred to Light Auto Company from a bureau-level organ under a ministry. According to Lu Zhizhang's investigation and analysis, the other party likely had some background.

However, the size of this "background" depends on who you compare it with. Anyway, Li Ye asked Ma Zhaoxian to inquire about Lai Jiayi's background, and Ma Zhaoxian directly said "I don't know, I'll ask later."

That could only mean two possibilities: either Lai Jiayi was a fairy descending to earth, with a background so big that even Ma Zhaoxian was afraid to talk about it, or she was just average and didn't pose a threat to Ma Zhaoxian at all.

But she was in her forties and had just reached the deputy division level like Lu Zhizhang. The "fairy air" on her didn't seem to be that sufficient either.

Li Ye looked at the food in Lai Jiayi's lunch box. It was basically untouched, obviously she had just hit the rice and came over. It was likely that there was something going on.

"Ah? Pager! I do have one. In order to facilitate contact with my family, I bought one."

"You bought it yourself?" Lai Jiayi's eyes lit up and said: "Let me see it! I saw that Min Lei brought one the other day, covering it tightly as if she was afraid of being snatched. Stingy..."

【If I don't show it to you, I'm also stingy, right!】

Li Ye wasn't a stingy person, so he handed his pager to Lai Jiayi.

"Oh, what is this... what about this..."

Lai Jiayi took it and observed it carefully, and kept fiddling with it, making a "beep-beep-beep" sound.

Li Ye was a bit unhappy. He wasn't a stingy person, but now they were eating in the cafeteria, and everyone around was looking over. He felt it was inappropriate.

Lu Zhizhang was very observant and immediately said to Lai Jiayi with a smile: "Sister Lai, let me take a look too! Even though I've known Li Ye for so long, he hasn't been willing to show it to me once!"

Lai Jiayi smiled and handed the pager to Li Ye: "You two are almost like brothers of different surnames. Is Deputy Factory Director Li still so stingy?"

"Li Ye isn't stingy, but he said that if you see this thing, you'll like it, and if you like it, you'll want to buy it. Doesn't buying it cost money? So it's better not to look."

Lu Zhizhang teased a few words with a smile and handed the pager to Li Ye. Li Ye put it in his pocket.

Lai Jiayi narrowed her eyes and asked Li Ye with a smile: "Deputy Factory Director Li, how much did you buy this pager for?"

Li Ye shook his head slightly: "I don't know, my wife helped me buy it. I guess it didn't cost much!"

"Didn't cost much?"

Lai Jiayi suddenly said with a smile: "It costs more than 2,000 yuan with the number! And you have to have connections. Without connections, 3,000 yuan wouldn't be enough. Li Ye, you really are a child of a landlord who doesn't treat money as money."

"..."

Lai Jiayi's voice was not low, making Li Ye suddenly feel like he was being pushed to the opposite side of the "broad masses."

Envy of the rich has always been one of the main inducements to incite the masses, and also one of the powerful weapons for some people to play with power.

Li Ye swallowed the food in his mouth and then retorted unhappily: "Eh eh eh, Sister Lai, don't talk nonsense! My ancestors were poor peasants for eight generations, a genuine working-class class."

"As for the money to buy this pager, it was also crawled out by me word by word. When you go home to sleep and watch TV, I'm still lighting the lamp and boiling oil to write manuscripts..."

The workers around heard the movement and looked at Li Ye one after another. Their ears were pricked up high, and they heard Li Ye's words clearly.

"Such a small thing, it actually costs more than 3,000. Even gold isn't that valuable..."

"You don't understand this, right? As long as you carry that BP machine, no matter where you are, a phone call can find you. It's too convenient..."

"Alright, alright, don't be envious. Factory Director Li sells money just by writing a word. It's useless for us to be envious."

"Who says it's useless? My salary this month is more than 200! It won't take a year to save enough money. When the time comes, I'll buy one too."

"You don't know, that grandson Xiao Er Mazi in our hutong, ever since he bought a pager, he has been opening his chest even in the middle of winter, for fear that others won't see his pager..."

"..."

Listening to the discussions around getting louder and louder, Li Ye ate his meal in two or three bites, stood up, and prepared to leave.

But Sister Lai stopped Li Ye: "Deputy Factory Director Li, let's have a meeting this afternoon! I have something to discuss with you and Factory Director Lu."

Li Ye was just about to slip away! Hearing that he had to have a meeting again, he couldn't help but feel a bit unhappy.

Because Lai Jiayi was very good at holding meetings, talking for half an hour without drinking water, which made Li Ye, a pragmatist, very annoyed.

But anyone who wants to mix in an enterprise organ must pass the training dungeon of holding meetings. The higher the position, the stronger the ability to deal with various dungeon bosses, because if you aren't strong, you can't brush past them.

Li Ye is already a deputy factory director, so naturally, he can't be an exception. So he has been practicing the "left ear in, right ear out" method, focusing on you wasting saliva while I waste ears, as long as I don't waste my brain, anything is fine.

But recently Watching Wen Leyu could give birth at any time, and the danger of twins was greater than that of a single fetus. Where would Li Ye be willing to waste time in this kind of boring dungeon?

So Li Ye said casually: "I'm going to solve the radiator problem this afternoon. Sister Lai, you can discuss it with Factory Director Lu."

"That won't do. Today, Li Ye, you must be present," Sister Lai said sternly: "I wanted to find you two for a meeting the day before yesterday, but you two have been too busy to touch the ground these past few days. No matter what, it can't be dragged on any longer. How about this! Three o'clock, let's gather in Old Lu's office."

【You're arranging us two?】

In terms of rank and age, Sister Lai is definitely more qualified than Li Ye, but she arranged Li Ye so naturally. Li Ye definitely couldn't follow her wishes.

You just arrived and set yourself in a position to "lead me." If that becomes a habit, is there any way to carry out the work?

Li Ye knew in his previous life that the degree to which the other party pushes their luck doesn't depend on how bad they are, but on how much you tolerate them. ===== CHAPTER 742 =====