Red-Hot and Thriving

Someone once said that if your superior spent all day emphasizing the glorious history of your unit and painting you a bright future, yet kept silent about the "present" you cared about most, then he was drawing you a big pie.

Of course, those words were not entirely derogatory. The skill of drawing big pies was an essential skill for every manager. Even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice; leaders had it hard too, all right?

Now, Li Ye had become a "leader."

Though he was only the deputy leader of the reform pilot group, he had more than a dozen people under him, and affected even more people besides.

And the official group leader, Lu Zhizhang, was "very busy." He basically only came by to go through the motions. As long as Li Ye made a suggestion, he never objected.

So Li Ye decided to be a different kind of leader. He would not talk about the past or discuss the future; he would only let everyone see the beautiful present.

That day, at a pilot group meeting, Li Ye proposed, "Director Lu, I've already contacted Changbei Machinery Company. They're willing to receive us for a visit. Why don't we organize several dozen people to go over and take a look?"

Director Lu nodded readily. "All right. I'll coordinate it today. But how do you think we should allocate the visiting slots?"

Li Ye had long been prepared. "One-quarter management staff, three-quarters workers, especially frontline workers."

Director Lu smiled. "Fine. I'll arrange it right away."

When Ma Zhaoxian had been contending and balancing with the Head Factory Director, the reason he had been willing to let Lu Zhizhang participate had actually been for the sake of "arranging" and "coordinating."

Although Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye had used