"Director Hai, you're too polite. I only came to keep the drinks flowing today, so please don't talk about whether it's fortunate or not."
"General Manager Li, you're joking. If we made you keep the drinks flowing, none of us would be able to drink today. Hahahaha~"
"Hehehe."
Director Hai and Li Dayong were exceptionally warm. Li Dayong had been quite accommodating at first, but then he gradually grew more reserved and discreetly shot Jiang Xiaoyan a look.
Li Dayong's status as a "Hong Kong businessman brother-in-law" was indeed rather dazzling in these times, but wasn't Li Ye today's main guest?
Given Li Ye's character, he would not put on airs and make trouble like those arrogant young masters, nor would he make things unbearable over such a minor matter.
But was Li Ye good-tempered? Was Wen Leyu good-tempered too?
She had just helped you Dongjiang Factory secure an export deal, and now your factory director could not even tell the king from the pawn. Did you still want to maintain this connection in the future?
This connection was Jiang Xiaoyan's capital, all right?
However, Director Hai's next words made everyone understand why he valued Li Dayong so highly.
"General Manager Li, you don't know this. Back in 1984, our Dongjiang Factory also had an opportunity to convert from military to civilian production. Sewing machines were among the proposed conversion projects.
"But at that time, the gunfire in the South had not yet died down. Our old factory director believed military production still held great promise, and he was unwilling to give up the military research and technology we had accumulated over so many years.
"Who could have known that only a few years later, the fighting in the South would end? The wages for several thousand people at our