The county's reception standards for Li Ye and his group were somewhat beyond Li Ye's expectations.
According to the inland principle of reciprocal reception, a minor deputy division-level official from a state-owned enterprise like him did not warrant reception from a county's top three leaders, much less when Zhuancheng was a county-level city. Yet today, they had indeed received him with great warmth.
Li Ye had seen the world. He knew there could be several reasons for this, the likeliest being that everyone held high expectations for the Zhuancheng Vehicle Factory.
After all, the First Branch Factory's track record was right there. At the beginning, it had been even smaller than the Zhuancheng Vehicle Factory, yet in three years its workforce had increased more than twentyfold, its operating profits had swelled more than thirtyfold, and it had even brought in foreign investment.
So even if those figures were discounted here in Zhuancheng, even growth of merely tenfold or so would still be a splendid thing, enough to support the advancement of many people.
Everyone was human. Who did not want to advance?
Li Ye had value, so naturally they attached importance to him. The county's bigwigs generously assured Li Ye, "If you have any difficulties, feel free to bring them up."
Li Ye was also a straightforward man, and immediately voiced some of his concerns.
"We've come from far away and don't know anyone here, so there will inevitably be inconveniences. For example, someone said this morning that the factory construction absolutely had to be handed over to him—no one else would do.
"But the factory complex we envision consists of high-standard modern buildings. We've already had a Beijing design institute produce the blueprints, and we planned to hold an open local tender. We've already done our best to leave