Chapter 1010: Red and prosperous

The competition results were announced on Friday; some were happy and some were worried, some happy and some sad.

The worried were those whose rankings were poor, fearing they would have the risk of job adjustment.

The sad were those who were really adjusted to other places, separated from their families, and didn't know how to take care of their families.

Conversely, employees with excellent skills and high rankings were happy with this assessment result, and those who received spiritual and material rewards were thinking about getting off work early to share with their families.

Of course, on this day, the overall working atmosphere of the Steel Mill was still happy.

After all, there were only two days left until the New Year, so no matter how much worry there was, it would have to wait until after the New Year.

Although the New Year wasn't called "celebrated," the Steel Mill still kept its word, and the welfare goods that should be there were distributed on this day.

Seafood from Jinmen, dried goods from the Northeast, beef and mutton from Wucheng, and... from Yuezhou.

The Steel Mill's days weren't easy this year, but it took even more care of the employees' emotions in terms of welfare goods.

Although there weren't many of each type of welfare good, there were more than a dozen types when added together.

Especially this year, the Steel Mill had its own tertiary industry units, which were more attentive in packaging.

All welfare goods were packaged in a box, looking neat and convenient to carry.

Those with bicycles could tie them with ropes and carry them home on the back seat.

Those without bicycles could only take the bus, or contact someone in the neighborhood to find a tricycle together to move them home.

Starting from the afternoon, they were collected and distributed in batches and sequences according to workshops and departments.

The Management Committee Office issued a notice: workshops first, then organs; employees first, then cadres.

Everyone's Spring Festival welfare goods were the same, with no dispute over quantity.

Packaged in boxes, some curious people opened them to compare, and some even weighed them.

This work actually started at the end of January; the trade train that returned in the previous batch brought these things.

A single-employee family received one portion, a dual-employee family received two portions, a triple-employee... and so on, not more, not less, not biased.

Synchronized with the Steel Mill's welfare distribution were various branch factories, branch institutions, and joint production units.

At this time, units belonging to the Steel Mill in Steel City, Yingcheng, Jinmen, etc., were also distributing welfare goods.

At the end of the year, production tasks had long been compressed forward and backward, and there had been skills competitions these past few days, so production wasn't actually that tense.

And joint production units including Beijing Chemical, Beijing Television, Textile Factory No. 3, Beijing Glass No. 2, Beijing Machinery No. 2, etc., all participated in the internal coordination and distribution of this batch of welfare goods.

Joint trade units including Jinmen Seafood, Beijing Railway Station, etc., also purchased this batch of welfare goods according to different standards.

Relatively special were units like Huaqing University, the Third Guard Regiment, the East City Branch Bureau, the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, etc., which purchased welfare goods from the Steel Mill according to their needs.

Relatively special were the following, suggested by Li Xuewu and approved by Li Huade for implementation:

The Steel Mill prepared corresponding New Year welfare for teachers and students of Huaqing University practicing labor in the factory, Dongfeng Construction employees participating in labor in construction engineering, foreign engineer teams providing mechanical installation and technical training in Steel City and Yingcheng, and commercial tour groups living in the International Hotel.

Special New Year blessings were sent to units that maintained good cooperative relations and common progress with the Steel Mill this year, including Beijing Auto No. 2, the Border Reclamation Brigade, the Red Star Commune, etc.

All welfare commodities and gift items were coordinated by the Management Committee Office for investigation, the Sales Department contacted for procurement, the Jinmen Trade Management Center coordinated procurement, the Trade Train Project completed transportation, and the Factory Trade Union was responsible for distribution and packaging.

The Trade Train Project's operation before the New Year was not only to transport welfare goods but also to complete a set of tests.

First, it tested the coordination test task of multiple regions, multiple tasks, and multiple ports implemented for the first time after the Trade Management Center completed construction.

Secondly, it practically calculated how much service work for related enterprises could be completed while ensuring the distribution of the factory's own welfare goods.

Then it was multi-regional linkage, testing the coordination and synchronization capabilities of procurement, transportation, packaging, distribution, etc.

Finally, it tested whether the overall profit and loss balance of the welfare project was online and whether it could satisfy a long-term and excellent operating environment.

This set of tests included targeted assessments for multiple departments such as sales, logistics, trade, scheduling, etc., and was also the first comprehensive parallel operation after the trade and tertiary industry projects had been built for a year.

After this test, the Trade Management Center would fully receive and manage all economic and trade projects of the Steel Mill.

The Sales Department would only be responsible for planned economic and trade projects, implementing partitioned operation and benchmarking in finance and management.

The welfare project was the first comprehensive profitable project successfully operated by the Steel Mill, and also the first excellent brand-oriented project realized after related trade.

Yes, the welfare project was an operating project, and it was profitable, which was written in the project plan.

Otherwise, the Steel Mill wouldn't have supported the Trade Management Center so vigorously to take over welfare management.

Someone asked, since it was distributed to factory employees for free, how could it generate profit?

Welfare and profit are relative concepts; how could they be pasted together?

Previously, some leaders in the Steel Mill had raised questions about the operation of this project, but now no one asked anymore.

It's very simple: the welfare project is a joint body that integrates all related production enterprises, related trade enterprises, related cooperative enterprises, and coordinates procurement and sales.

The Sichuan Fruit Distribution General Company is among the related trade enterprises; when they put the planned output of oranges into the trade chain, other factories can also provide corresponding planned output.

The duty of the Trade Management Center is to coordinate commodities that are planned output to units in need, and implement coordinated allocation according to the planned price.

The expenses incurred in the allocation process are borne by both the supplier and the buyer.

Compared to handling these commodities independently, choosing the trade chain is safe and efficient, saving management and labor costs, and greatly reducing the enterprise's loss.

Moreover, when related units reach a certain number, any trade will generate benefits, even if it is a thin profit.

But gathering sand into a tower, for such a joint unit of this size, the commodities operated are counted in tons, and the profit is also considerable.

When the Sichuan Fruit Distribution General Company needs welfare goods, it can find what it needs on the coordination list of the Trade Management Center.

Trade is calculated against finance, and finally, how much they can take away is all on the settlement list.

That is to say, the Trade Management Center established by the Steel Mill in Jinmen presents a trade platform between units and units.

The fees charged by the platform include transportation and management, but the convenient, fast, and safe attributes greatly reduce trade costs.

While enterprises obtain benefits, the platform also enjoys high trade returns.

Jing Yunong was really startled by the numbers on the document in the Spring Festival welfare project profit report submitted by the Trade Management Center transferred by Li Xuewu.

She asked Li Xue to find the welfare goods procurement expense application report submitted by the Trade Union, and after checking the expenses on both sides, she was surprised to find that for this Spring Festival welfare distribution, the Steel Mill only paid a price of more than 1,100 yuan.

What kind of concept is this?

In the current situation where welfare procurement units are still mainly related units, it basically reached the break-even point.

If related trade units increase in the future and welfare goods procurement units increase, this number will immediately become a positive number, that is, in a profitable state.

More than 1,100 yuan completed the procurement and distribution of welfare goods for a large factory of tens of thousands of people; it can be said that the Trade Management Center handed in a report card that made the factory leaders particularly satisfied.

The second major profit direction of the welfare project is the feedback of commodity attributes to joint trade.

The Steel Mill seems to have distributed more than a dozen types of welfare goods to employees in its own factory area and management units.

But this is also a kind of advertising, a means of consumption stimulation.

After tasting and using these welfare goods, tens of thousands of employees had a sensory cognition of these commodities.

Perhaps they had seen them before but didn't dare to buy or try them; this time, after being distributed as welfare goods, they had a good impression.

Then, the Steel Mill's trade project is constantly operating, and there are service departments in the factory area and management units.

The beef and mutton from Wucheng are delicious; can't the meat that is slightly more expensive and doesn't require coupons be purchased now?

Why do shopping malls in later generations always have tasting activities, and why do clothes sellers always shout for you to try them on, and you don't have to buy if you aren't satisfied?

Because if ten people try, as long as two people complete the purchase, they can realize break-even operation.

When there is a purchase volume of more than three, this activity generates positive consumption stimulation.

And this positive stimulation is long-term, has publicity effectiveness, and assists in the quality publicity of telling everyone, which will become brand dependence.

What is a brand?

Joint trade has become a brand.

When employees recognize the commodities operated by joint trade, even if they clearly know that these products are not produced by the Trade Management Center, they still believe in the quality of the Management Center.

This is the power of a brand.

"Why are you back so late?"

The day before New Year's Eve, which was Saturday, Li Xuewu drove a car loaded with New Year goods to the courtyard.

His car entered the courtyard first, and Shen Guodong followed with a truck.

Li Xuewu had given orders early on that everyone, including the boys, had to return to hand over the cars before dark.

Shen Guodong got off the truck, waved at Li Xuewu, and said with a bitter smile: "The last trip; the welfare goods for the station have been delivered."

"I was rushing, but I was still delayed."

He took out a cigarette while signaling the boys who came out to help Li Xuewu move things.

Li Xuewu glanced at him and waved his hand to refuse his cigarette; he had just thrown one away himself.

He gestured to where the things in the trunk should be moved, and then looked at Shen Guodong.

The Steel Mill's joint trade project not only had goods from outside but also local ones.

For example, the cannery located in Red Star Village—starting from the autumn fruit harvest in October last year, the cannery in Red Star Village began its acquisition activities.

Apples, white pears, peaches, and other fruits were made into canned food for sale and distribution.

Fruits lost in the trade project would also be recycled and processed by the cannery for canned food production.

And before the New Year, several months of reserve volume were moved out at once, and many units and enterprises liked to purchase canned food as welfare goods for distribution.

First, the storage time of canned food is relatively long, which is beneficial to the current social environment that is not very wealthy.

Secondly, the canned food packaging bottle is also a convenience for daily life thrift; many families won't throw away glass bottles.

Finally, there is the transportation condition; it is the New Year, and visiting relatives and friends, canned food is both decent and practical, very popular with employees.

Therefore, the cannery on the mountain also ushered in big sales at this time.

Cooperating with the recycling station to realize sales and operation is not just a trade point, but also sending trucks to units.

Shen Guodong had also been busy for several days and finally finished this project.

"Is everything still okay on the mountain?"

He went often, twice a day, so Li Xuewu naturally had to ask him.

Shen Guodong nodded, took a puff of his cigarette, and said: "Old Uncle-in-law got a few yellow sheep; one was sent to Haiyuncang, and the rest are in the warehouse."

"Is everything okay in the village?"

Li Xuewu gestured toward the direction of the inverted room and walked into the courtyard with him.

Shen Guodong turned back to give the boys a few instructions, telling them to drive the car into the garage, and then followed up.

"How could it not be okay? Other communes are short of food and money, but Red Star Commune lives well."

He flicked the ash on his hand and said with a smile: "There are more young men getting married this year than in previous years."

Li Xuewu turned back and smiled; this matter was really interesting.

Red Star Commune was in the mountains; girls had always married out, and none were willing to marry into the mountains.

But the situation this year was just different; there was nowhere to reason.

Who could have thought that a place with extremely inconvenient traffic, where going out was a mountain, going down the mountain was a mountain, and going home was a mountain, would actually possess industry and commerce?

Especially the stationing of several thousand people from the Third Guard Regiment, combined with the opening of the Steel Mill's training ground, brought new hope for life to this isolated mountain village.

Of course, the road ahead wasn't all smooth sailing; there were always bumps.

For example, starting in the summer, villagers who had spare money to go down the mountain brought back some "progressive" ideas.

So some people had crooked thoughts, wanting to seize Yin Mancang's management power and carry out Great Study activities.

The result?

Yin Mancang was never a person who was easy to talk to; his management was always a loud voice plus a firecracker.

If you didn't listen to his loud voice, he would use a flying kick.

When several mountain-falling accidents occurred in the village in succession, this new thinking completely subsided.

Because the people who promoted the new thinking and wanted to seize management power were gone, life naturally returned to its normal track.

Precisely because of Yin Mancang's serious management, this year for the New Year, the village not only had money in hand but also could receive a full amount of grain.

Even for those with large families whose grain wasn't enough to eat, they could all exchange it.

For the first time having a full-meal New Year, I don't know how many people shed tears of excitement.

Those with flexible brains, diligent families, if they raised a few dogs, planted a yard full of vegetables, and raised a dozen chickens, ducks, and geese.

The output accumulated over this year was enough to match a marriage for the big boy or the second boy in the family.

In this era, families weren't wealthy; if they could really take out a hundred yuan, they were considered the richest in the village.

After all, it was different from workers earning wages in the city; in the countryside, they couldn't even see a one-yuan note all year round.

A half-grown hunting dog was ten yuan and could be sold in five or six months.

A dozen chickens, over a year, would be another ten or twenty yuan.

Summer vegetables, picked by season, sold by season, replanted by season, until the Chinese cabbage of the autumn harvest—another thirty or forty yuan a year.

Where did the money come from?

It was all saved by the common people from between their teeth.

With big boys of eighteen or nineteen years old wandering around the house, could the parents not be anxious?

Now there was finally a way out; Red Star Village only worked for half a year last year, and the villagers pinned greater hopes on next year.

Starting from spring, they hatched chicken, duck, and goose eggs, prepared dog seedlings, and prepared to reclaim the yard for planting vegetables this year.

Half a year could save the marriage money for the children; wouldn't they be eating well and drinking well if they worked hard for a year?

Especially guarding several factories and units, as long as people came, there was active money.

Even in the middle of winter, when the snow sealed the door, doing some sewing and mending for the training ground, or doing some auxiliary work with scraps, could also bring in a few coins.

Common people are always easy to satisfy, especially in a state of comparison, it is easier to harvest joy.

Every household in Red Star Commune earned extra money, and the production team didn't delay the harvest, so naturally, they were well-fed and well-clothed.

Marry a man, marry a man, wear clothes and eat food.

If these two problems could be solved, marrying a wife was naturally not a problem.

Not all rural girls had such high standards as Qin Jingru.

Even Qin Jingru's father never thought that his daughter could marry into the city.

If she could find the son of a village head, it would be considered climbing a high branch.

In this era, how many rural girls who married into the city lived well?

Either they were disabled, or they were remarried, or even the family conditions were very average.

Like Qin Jingru, who married into the city as a housekeeper's wife, there were very few.

Her sister Qin Huairu was the normal way for rural girls to marry into the city; she belonged to the abnormal.

As people in their village said, she just had dog-shit luck.

Even her father had to admit that this daughter was completely unlike him, couldn't eat a bit of bitterness, couldn't suffer a bit of crime; she was just raised for the city.

This was a bit of a humblebrag, but it truly reflected the gap between city and rural life.

"What kind of look is that?"

In the west room, Li Xuewu leaned on the kang mat, leaning against the kang cabinet, and asked with a smile when he saw He Yu Shui enter the room with a bad look.

He Yu Shui snorted through her nose, picked up the clothes on the kang, and turned to leave.

Seeing Sha Zhu followed in, glanced at his sister who left angrily, and his expression was a bit strange.

After sitting on the kang, he pinched his hands, wiped his apron, and asked Li Xuewu softly: "What's wrong with this?"

"You're asking me?"

Li Xuewu replied speechlessly: "Who should I ask!"

"Heh~"

Seeing Sha Zhu shook his head helplessly and said: "Let me tell you something."

He poked Li Xuewu and whispered: "Yushui seems to be seeing someone."

"Is that so~ That's a good thing!"

Li Xuewu was truly happy for him; this could be considered a heart disease of Seeing Sha Zhu.

Seeing Sha Zhu couldn't be happy, grinned, sighed, glanced outside the door, and said: "What's good about it? I haven't even seen the person, but she's already learned to stay out all night."

"Hmm? When?"

Li Xuewu paused and said: "Could it be that there's already an intimate relationship?"

"That's what I'm saying!"

Seeing Sha Zhu shrank his butt, sat on the kang with his head down, and said: "If she's really seeing someone properly, then just settle it quickly and do what needs to be done."

"It hasn't even been settled yet, and she's staying out all night; if it gets out..."

He looked outside cautiously; everyone was busy, so no one really came in, so he whispered: "What if it's not suitable? What will happen in the future!"

"Don't worry about it; how old is she?"

Li Xuewu comforted him: "Maybe she has her own thoughts; can you manage her for a lifetime?"

After speaking, he handed him a cigarette and said: "Talk to Yushui properly; she's not a three-year-old child anymore; there's nothing you two can't talk through."

"Last week."

Seeing Sha Zhu took the cigarette, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Didn't I get drunk with this? When I woke up in the morning, I didn't see her!"

"Monday!"

He put the cigarette in his mouth and said: "I saw her in the cafeteria at noon and asked her what she was doing, but she wouldn't say; I didn't see her all night!"

"..."

Li Xuewu was stunned when he heard Seeing Sha Zhu talk about this.

Last week...

Was it the night he thought Yushui was having a nervous breakdown and drove her to the International Hotel?

If it was really that night, Seeing Sha Zhu might have misunderstood again; he didn't do anything that night; Zhang Songying could testify for him.

He opened a room that day, sent her upstairs, opened the door, and went downstairs—it was less than ten minutes in total.

Zhang Songying knew him; if there was that kind of relationship, ten minutes would definitely not be enough.

But such obviously innocent words, looking at Seeing Sha Zhu's worried and sad face, and his trust in him, how could he explain it?

If he really explained it, would Seeing Sha Zhu believe that he didn't do anything?

Even if he asked Yushui to confront him, Yushui could tell the truth, but would Seeing Sha Zhu believe it?

Li Xuewu was really encountering this situation for the first time; before, he was always a bad person pretending to be a good person.

Now, being a good person, he still had to pretend to be a good person; this feeling was really uncomfortable.

"Brother Seeing Sha Zhu! Make food!"

Xiaoyan shouted from the kitchen to the inner room with a loud voice, not letting Seeing Sha Zhu chat anymore.

Seeing Sha Zhu nodded helplessly and asked: "Are you eating here tonight?"

"No."

Li Xuewu stiffened his neck, shook his head slightly, and said: "Waiting for dinner at home."

Originally, seeing them tidying up the chickens in the inverted room, he really intended to eat a bite there before going home.

But seeing Seeing Sha Zhu chatting like this, he didn't want to stay for even a second.

He got off the kang with him, picked up his coat from the desk, and walked out.

Seeing Sha Zhu still wanted to keep him, but Li Shun and Li Xuecai were back for the New Year, so how could he keep Li Xuewu?

Li Xuewu also patted his arm and said they would get together tomorrow.

After speaking, he hurried out of the room, as if hiding from something, which made Yushui, who was standing in the east room, twitch the corner of her mouth.

In the front yard, all the lights in the Li house were on.

The windows of Li Xuewu's room were covered with thick curtains, seamless, not a bit of light could be seen.

It was to prevent Zhao Yafang, who was undergoing postpartum confinement, from catching a cold, and also to prevent the child from getting cold.

The main room was very lively; Li Xuecai was babbling and learning something from the old lady, seemingly talking about things on the mountain.

The father and son came down from the mountain to go home for the New Year, which truly had the meaning of reunion.

Especially the birth of Li Tang, which added infinite vitality to this family.

When Li Xuewu entered the room, Li Xue had also just returned, and the welfare box issued by the factory was placed at the door.

"Working overtime again?"

"Joint trade needs to close the accounts."

Li Xue collapsed her shoulders helplessly and said: "The leader also wanted to get off work early today, but who let the work block the way."

"It's okay, there's nothing urgent."

Liu Yin picked up the table and prepared bowls and chopsticks; it was time to eat.

Li Shun sat in front of the eight-immortal table, holding his eldest grandson in his arms, with an expression that he couldn't see enough of.

The child was still in the month; he ate when he was full and slept when he woke up, and he couldn't bother people yet.

It was precisely at this time that he was most lovable; Li Shun looked at his eldest grandson and didn't know how to smile.

Even when his second son entered the room, he only glanced at him, and when he heard the greeting, he only nodded.

Li Xuecai greeted his second brother with a smile, talking about the welfare goods.

Li Xuewu's family didn't lack anything, so the portion issued by the factory was also sent home.

He had said early on not to buy Spring Festival couplets; the New Year gift package issued by the factory this time had written Spring Festival couplets.

Why else would it be called attentive? What the factory employees need is what the factory should do.

Spring Festival couplets aren't worth much, but they are a heart; after all, many families don't have the skill to write Spring Festival couplets; if they really ask someone to write them, how could they not bring something?

To say that the factory issued Spring Festival couplets, the most dissatisfied was the Third Master.

Most of the residents in this courtyard were workers of the Steel Mill, and there were those who couldn't bear to spend money, so who else asked him for help?

However, even if the Steel Mill didn't issue Spring Festival couplets this year, he shouldn't have come out to write them.

Even if Yan Jiecheng was his son, he didn't need to observe any white affairs, but after all, he was living with his eldest daughter-in-law, so he shouldn't touch Spring Festival couplets within three years.

I don't know if it was because of the white affairs in the family, or the incident that happened a while ago, compared to the liveliness of the Li family, the opposite side was quiet.

Only the lights were on, and there were shadows in the room; they knew they weren't visiting relatives.

"I told you, the family doesn't lack anything, don't worry about the family."

Liu Yin took the conversation and talked about the welfare brought back by Li Xue, and also talked about the one sent back by Li Xuewu.

She knew her son's family was wealthy, but she was also worried that her son wouldn't know

And one heard that cadres from certain enterprises were transferred to important local positions, but one didn't see the particularity of this position and the transferred personnel.

Even if there were many transfers, they were special; it seemed that Cheng Kaiyuan's current work performance or job characteristics weren't enough to find a suitable position in the capital.

But it was much easier for Ren Xiaoyu to transfer into a factory, and he would even be promoted by one level, and coming out again would be very convenient.

This was the difference caused by work attributes and appointment attributes; many people couldn't walk through it or see it clearly in their whole lives.

Under Li Xuewu's introduction, the two shook hands and said a few words, which counted as knowing each other.

After going downstairs and getting into the car, Cheng Kaiyuan asked casually how Li Xuewu knew Ren Xiaoyu.

Li Xuewu had to look at the situation when he spoke; he could be sweet when he was happy, but if he wasn't happy, or didn't want others to be happy, his words would specifically poke at the other party's lungs.

His answer to Cheng Kaiyuan was very direct; he only said that Director Li introduced them.

Good heavens, this sentence directly pushed all of Cheng Kaiyuan's subsequent words back into his stomach; he didn't speak for a long time, and his face was extremely ugly.

It wasn't until the car got on the main road that he mentioned the matter of reporting work in the leader's office just now with a stiff tone.

He talked about the leader's dissatisfaction with the factory's current industrial design and integration plan, and talked about the city's policies and support for the factory, etc.

The implication was only one: to persuade the Steel Mill to change its current development strategy and focus its efforts on developing industry in the capital.

Even if it meant establishing a group enterprise, the city could support it, and even give tilt in finance and policy.

The premise was that the steel industry could not move; give land if land is needed, give money if money is needed, develop in the capital, recruit labor in the capital, and create industrial value and influence.

Even for tertiary industry, the city also suggested that hardware, electronics, automobiles, and other industries should re-delineate the factory area in the capital.

As for the expenses incurred by changing the plan, the city could help solve a part of it, as long as the Steel Mill "pulled back from the brink."

Cheng Kaiyuan relayed a lot, and the meaning was very clear: it was to let him relay the words to Li Huade.

Or rather, it was to let Li Xuewu, this participant in formulating the development plan, hear how much pressure the factory had endured because of his "whimsical ideas."

Li Xuewu had been listening all along without expressing an opinion, until the car was about to reach the factory area.

He looked at Cheng Kaiyuan and only asked one question: if the Steel Mill put production and management in the same region, how could it guarantee in the future that local intervention and influence on enterprise management and operation would not be caused?

In the eyes of Cheng Kaiyuan's secretary, Zhang Shicheng, this question was a bit alarmist.

How far was the future, what time, and with the Steel Mill's current development scale, how could it worry about someone intervening in enterprise operation?

Even in his view, Li Deputy Director asking this was an opposition to Cheng Deputy Director personally, a denial and negation of Cheng Deputy Director's management philosophy.

However, Cheng Kaiyuan, sitting in the back row, chose silence after Li Xuewu asked this question, and even fine sweat appeared on his forehead.

Every gift is marked with a hidden price at the very beginning stage.

The Steel Mill's readjustment of its development layout would definitely receive the support of factory employees, because they wouldn't have to consider working away from home.

It would receive even more support from the capital's industry; the effective increase in output value and production capacity would not only drive tax appreciation but also alleviate human, social, and other problems.

Of course, while the capital's industry provided policy and financial support, the Steel Mill had to pay a certain price.

The more it developed in the capital, the more it couldn't leave this industrial circle, especially in the situation where production and management were in the same area.

Cheng Kaiyuan was very clear about the implications inside and outside Li Xuewu's words: what the capital's industry gave today would be taken back twofold tomorrow.

It was even possible that when the Red Star Steel Mill completed its industrial deployment, these policies would change at any time due to personnel changes.

No one had stipulated that the next term didn't have the right to make changes to decisions made during the term.

Therefore, when he placed his chips on one person, it meant he had already lost himself.

If enterprise operation loses itself, what will happen?

Cheng Kaiyuan closed his eyes and asked with a tired voice: "How do you view today's meeting?"

"Me?"

Li Xuewu asked first, then paused, then let out a sigh and said: "Earnestly comprehend, earnestly think."

"Finished?"

Cheng Kaiyuan turned to look at Li Xuewu; not hearing his follow-up, he thought he had something going on.

"Hmm, that's it."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "The big picture of the capital's industry is naturally something we can't understand. I am a cadre of the Steel Mill, and I only care about my own one-third of an acre."

He looked at Cheng Kaiyuan seriously and said: "I only know that if the Steel Mill doesn't develop well, no one will come to talk to me about the economy, and when I'm hungry, no one will take the initiative to give."

Cheng Kaiyuan looked at him fixedly; when the car stopped steadily in front of the main office building, he nodded and said: "I hope you are right."

After six days of competition, the results of the first all-employee skills competition of the Steel Mill were released.

On February 6th, although the weather was still very cold, the enthusiasm of the employees was high.

In the morning, employees in the factory area, in the workshops, and in the offices were listening to the competition results coming from the radio.

And in the auditorium, representatives from various workshops and departments gathered together, looking forward to the announcement of the competition results.

As the organizer this time, the Personnel Department took the lead and organized the on-site activities.

Deputy Secretary Gu, who was in charge of personnel work, presided over the meeting, and Xie Lan Zhi, the person in charge of the Personnel Department, announced the top ten of the assessment results for each position, awarding the title of Skill Pace-setter.

Correspondingly, the top ten would all receive material rewards given by the factory.

First place: a bicycle.

Second place: a radio.

Third place: a wool blanket.

Other rankings were rewarded with a labor vest and a set of enamel tea mugs.

Today, the rewards sent out alone amounted to more than ten thousand yuan; even if the prizes were exchanged through internal channels, they were still of great value.

The price of a bicycle was still firm, 120 yuan each, not counting industrial coupons.

A good radio was also over 100 yuan, and an ordinary one was 60 or 70.

The price of a wool blanket was slightly lower, but for many families, this thing was also a rare item.

Seeing their colleagues in their unit called onto the stage, wearing red and carrying flowers, and receiving honorary certificates from the factory leaders with both hands, how many people's envious hearts were about to pop out at this moment.

Especially the top three in each job category, seeing the distribution of material rewards completely ignited the hot fire in the eyes of the employees.

Whether it was the employee representatives in the auditorium today, the employees on duty listening to the radio, or the employee family members guarding the radio at home, they all had a clear understanding of the Steel Mill's serious attitude toward technology.

Not to mention anything else, just the bicycle worth over 100 yuan was something many families dreamed of.

If they could really ride that bicycle to work every day, wouldn't everyone know they were the first in their job category?

This was not just a material reward, but an infinite spiritual reward.

While announcing the results of the skills competition, the Personnel Department also announced that the job adjustment plan had results.

According to the ranking of the skills competition results, how many to keep and how many to leave were all limited by indicators.

For example, Workshop 1 had 300 original workers, and the elimination indicator given by the Production Department and Planning Department was 100.

Then, according to the competition results, the last 100 would enter the job adjustment procedure.

And the 100 positions vacated by Workshop 1 would first be internally integrated and optimized, and then new employees who had completed training would take up their posts.

The 100 employees who entered the job adjustment procedure would be re-ranked according to their competition results.

In the process of internal optimization and adjustment in other workshops, those that needed strengthening within the indicators would be adjusted according to the order.

Until all workshops and departments completed internal optimization and new job replenishment, the remaining people would be adjusted to Steel City or Jinmen according to the actual situation.

The factory leaders held a work meeting specifically for personnel work in the branch factory area, and Li Xuewu clearly stated that the worker attribute structure of the branch factory area employees should not be too regional.

That is to say, in the Steel Mill in Steel City, it shouldn't be all locals from Steel City; personnel should be appropriately adjusted to coordinate with the local area.

Only when personnel work had activity and mobility would the working environment of the branch factory area not be rigid and solidified.

Li Huade also didn't hope that the branch factory area would have another incident like the Steel Mill in the future, so he seriously put forward the same opinion at the meeting.

His opinion was more absolute, even requiring the proportion of employees from Beijing families in the branch factory area to exceed 70%.

Even though Li Xuewu had reminded him that over-reliance on personnel work to influence management work would cause local protection phenomena.

But Li Huade had deeper considerations: if people weren't distributed outward this year, when the factory's economic environment improved next year, it would be difficult to transfer people outward again.

Since the Steel Mill already intended to transfer production work to Steel City and Yingcheng, and trade management work to Jinmen, it had to have the determination to face the dilemma of personnel work.

The Beijing factory area would also follow the plan in the future, selling off existing Steel Mill equipment as a whole to reduce losses caused by production capacity optimization.

This was also the answer Li Huade and Li Xuewu gave to the city's industrial management after research.

Since the city needed the Steel Mill, and the Red Star Steel Mill didn't want to continue operating a Steel Mill in the Beijing area.

That's easy to handle; within the next three years, the Red Star Steel Mill would still guarantee that the existing production capacity would not change.

Within three years, it would complete the construction of the new steel industry in Steel City; even if it started production ahead of schedule, it would guarantee that the steel industry in the Beijing area would not be affected.

And during these three years, the capital's industrial management department could study the establishment of a new Steel Mill; three years was enough time from site selection to construction.

Or rather, if the current Steel Mill didn't relocate, the city would transfer the land corresponding to the Liangma River industrial zone to the Red Star Steel Mill.

The existing Red Star Steel Mill factory area would be taken over by the new Steel Mill established by the city.

Of course, including the factory area and land, mechanical equipment, and some workers, the selling price would be formulated by the Red Star Steel Mill.

This aspect was also recognized by the city as the Red Star Steel Mill's determination and attitude in planning layout.

It was precisely from this decision that the Red Star Steel Mill lost the strong support of the city.

It was precisely because of this careful care that when she felt she was about to give birth, she only calmly asked her son to go to the front yard to find someone.

Zhang Xinmin was five years old this year and understood everything; knowing his mother was about to give birth to a baby, he spread his legs and ran to the Li house to call someone.

Shen Guodong and the others were well-prepared; hearing Liu Yin's greeting, they very steadily sent her to the hospital.

It really didn't take much effort. Wen San had a big, fat son, and Li Xuewu was both gratified and relieved.

Wen San was far away in Hong Kong, working hard and risking his life; if something happened at home, what could he use to compensate him?

Now that both mother and child were safe, everything was naturally fine and dandy.

Just as he came out of the hospital, he happened to meet Ji Yuxiu, who had come to visit on her way.

When they met, Ji Yuxiu's first sentence was to ask if she had given birth, and after saying a few more words, she said she had also been promoted.

It was truly good news from the maternity ward—born (promoted).

After the organization talk just completed, Ji Yuxiu received an order to go to the Political Department of the Branch Bureau to serve as the Chief of the Confidentiality Section.

Although it was a lateral transfer, Li Xuewu had to admit that working in an organ was much better than being in a frontline station.

Ji Yuxiu, however, knew why she had been promoted; after sharing the good news, she became a bit embarrassed.

"Second Brother... I..."

The couple stood at the door tidying up things, and their conversation was quite interesting.

Gu Ning sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace wrapped in a blanket, looking at the Spring Festival couplets with amusement, then looked at Li Xuewu, her eyes full of teasing.

"I didn't write them, why are you looking at me?"

Li Xuewu put down the book in his hand, stood up, walked to the front of the living room, and examined the couplets in Qin Jingru's hand.

The first line is: No truce on the 30th.

The second line is: Keep working on the 1st.

"Pfft~"

Qin Jingru laughed, especially when Li Xuewu looked over, that serious, holding-back-laughter expression was even funnier.

Li Shu, who was being held in Han Jiankun's arms, didn't know what had happened; seeing her little aunt laugh, she also clapped her hands and laughed.

"Just how talented must someone be to come up with such a couplet!"

Qin Jingru was speechless as she tidied them up, folded them, and handed them to Han Jiankun, saying: "If you dare to stick these on our door, see if I don't tear them up."

Han Jiankun took them and handed them to the curious Li Shu, saying with a laugh: "Who would stick these on their own door?"

"Not even then~"

Qin Jingru ignored him, continued tidying up the things the two had brought back, and instructed: "Throw them into the fireplace; let's have a prosperous New Year."

Indeed, if they were stuck on a factory door, it would be fine, but sticking them on a home door is really...

No man's body could withstand that level of labor.

If they were stuck like that, they would become a slogan shouted by a housewife.