The Spring Festival of 1993 fell in January on the Gregorian calendar, arriving a little earlier than in previous years. After New Year's Day passed, it was the Little New Year in the blink of an eye.
At this time in past years, Li Ye would already have been busy. There were many affiliated units to visit, and he and Lu Zhizhang would split into two groups, taking several days to pay respects to every deity along the way.
But this year, Li Ye was exceptionally free.
Because he was now a "group leader," he only needed to move his lips to complete all the visiting tasks. There was no need for him to move his legs at all.
Li Ye called Lu Zhizhang. "Old Lu, do you need any help with this year's visits?"
Lu Zhizhang chuckled. "It'd be great if you wanted to help, but I'm afraid you'd only manage one visit a day at most. Wherever you go, you'd have to drink yourself blind drunk, or they definitely wouldn't let you leave."
Li Ye immediately said, "Then forget it. I can only trouble you more."
Lu Zhizhang said, "What trouble is that? Don't worry, I'll definitely convey Deputy General Manager Li's regards to them."
"..."
Lu Zhizhang would visit all the contacts around the First Branch Factory, and during every visit, he would certainly add one more sentence: "This is a token of Deputy General Manager Li's regard."
As for the higher-level targets, Zhou Ziqing would handle them for Li Ye. After all, at Li Ye's level, if he visited someone else's unit, they would surely have to entertain him grandly. Wouldn't that just be making trouble for them?
Besides, Li Ye rather disliked all that welcoming and seeing-off business, so he was happy to remain idle