On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Monday, Li Ye left for work half an hour earlier than usual.
Today was the First Branch Factory's first official workday after the Spring Festival, so he needed to stand at the factory gate and take a look at the workers' state of mind.
If most of them were suffering from the sluggish aftereffects of the holiday, then as factory director, Li Ye would have to use both carrot and stick to wake everyone up.
The First Branch Factory was a technical enterprise. A lazy work attitude could never produce first-rate products. They had painstakingly built up the reputation of "First Branch Factory" over the past year or so; they absolutely could not smash it through carelessness!
But when Li Ye drove close to the First Branch Factory, he saw that many workers were already entering the factory in high spirits.
Li Ye checked his watch. There were still more than twenty minutes before work started! Had these workers voluntarily come in early?
Li Ye stopped the car, and the workers heading in began greeting him.
"Happy New Year, Director Li!"
"Hey, Happy New Year, Happy New Year! You all got here awfully early today!"
"Ah, it's the first day of the new year. Of course we have to be a little more diligent! Hehehe~"
"Don't worry, Factory Director. We know what matters. You were considerate enough to let us rest for five straight days, and we definitely won't develop a lazy habit."
"..."
According to the statutory holiday schedule, the Spring Festival of 1988 only had three days off, but the fourth day fell on Saturday.
So before the New Year, Li Ye discussed it with Lu Zhizhang and issued an ambiguous holiday notice—on the fourth day of the lunar