I'm Just Making Trouble While the Iron Is Hot

After leaving the new factory district, Li Ye asked Li Dayong, "Why was Wang Qinshan the one receiving us today? Was it because he was on duty Sunday?"

"Not entirely."

Pedaling his bicycle, Li Dayong said, "He was indeed on duty this Sunday, but receiving you was his own request.

"He said he had experienced Changbei Machinery Factory's transformation firsthand and understood the thoughts of state-owned enterprise workers best, so he could help our brother unit change their way of thinking."

Li Ye did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Brother unit? He sees Changbei Machinery Company and the Light Vehicle Company as brother units?"

"Aren't they?"

Li Dayong asked strangely, "Brother, Changbei and your Light Vehicle Company are both invested in by the Hong Kong side. Doesn't that make you brother units?"

"Well... does it?"

Li Ye found himself at a loss for words. Changbei was controlled by Hong Kong capital, while the Light Vehicle Company was state-controlled. Besides, Li Ye had never planned to completely privatize the Light Vehicle Company.

"They aren't?"

Li Dayong glanced back at Li Ye, then asked in confusion, "If they're different, then why are you so eager to help them reform?

"Now we basically don't allow outside visitors anymore. Why should we teach outsiders the skills we worked so hard to master ourselves?"

After its reforms, Changbei Machinery Company's production efficiency and profit margins had both reached new heights. The Hong Kong side had then stopped receiving unrelated visiting delegations. At most, they would host directly supervising leaders for a meal and maintain the relationship.

Li Ye knew about this, and he agreed with it.

On this point, the divide between Hong Kong capital and the mainland was obvious. Or rather, the Hong Kong side found the mainland's "selfless sharing" deeply incomprehensible.