Chapter 1063: Never Give Up

Entering April, the weather seemed to be really getting hot.

Even the mornings didn't feel cold anymore, especially after the rain, it felt quite humid.

In fact, it was just that the speed at which people took off their clothes couldn't keep up with the speed of the temperature change.

Getting up early in the morning, Li Li Xuewu held his daughter and took a turn around the big lake.

Li Shu felt everything was novel. She walked in front of her father with her short legs, pointing at the birds in the trees one moment and the cats in the grass the next.

Not knowing if it was a house cat or a stray cat, the orange fur was soft and shiny. It was clear that it had been lazy last night and hadn't gone to catch mice.

It was just that a tuft of hair on its forehead was wet, and Li Li Xuewu suspected it wanted to catch fish to eat.

Seeing the little brat chattering and pointing at it, the big orange cat glanced at her cautiously and then slipped into the bushes and disappeared.

Li Shu stood on the path and watched it slip away blankly, turned her head, and asked her father: "Gone."

"Yes, the kitty is in a hurry to go home to eat."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and asked his daughter: "Is Li Shu hungry? If you're hungry, let's go home to eat."

"I seem to..." Li Shu looked down at her stomach, suspiciously grabbed it with her little hand, blankly raised her head to look at her father, and said: "Seems hungry, er... seems not hungry."

"Didn't your little tummy tell you it's hungry?"

Li Li Xuewu walked to his daughter and pointed at her stomach, saying: "When it rumbles, it's telling you it's hungry and wants to eat."

"Ah? Then not hungry—"

Li Shu shook her head slightly, then laughed, let go of her legs, and ran forward, as if she had just solved a big problem.

Li Li Xuewu will accompany her through this kind of communication and learning process for half her life, using his second half of life to teach his daughter the first half of hers.

"Giggle—fish!"

Li Shu suddenly stopped. The braking was a bit fast, and she even swayed twice before standing still.

She looked curiously into the lake water; just now, a cheerful big fish seemed to be racing with her.

At this moment, she stared at the fish, and the fish seemed to be staring at her. She walked closer, and the fish also walked closer.

"What is it?"

Just as Li Shu was about to reach the lakeside, Li Li Xuewu appeared by her side.

He didn't immediately take his daughter away or scold her for being near danger, but accompanied her to experience it together.

Li Shu looked curiously at her father's figure that suddenly appeared in the lake water, turned her head, blinked, looked at the water again, and suddenly laughed.

"It's me—hehehe!"

"It's a shadow, a shadow that appears when you look in a mirror. It will secretly appear by your side."

Li Li Xuewu squatted by the lakeside, held his daughter on his knees, pointed at the father and daughter in the lake water, and said: "Whatever you do, it does."

"Ah—!"

Li Shu glared fiercely with her big eyes and shouted at the lake water. How could there be such a hateful thing that dared to imitate her!

What was even more hateful was that she shouted like this, and the other party was also fierce at her, just without making a sound.

Li Li Xuewu looked at his daughter's savage appearance and laughed dumbly, saying: "It is a part of you. When light appears, it will appear."

"Light?" Li Shu looked at her father uncomprehendingly and asked: "Where is it?"

"Everywhere." Li Li Xuewu stood up and put his daughter back on the path.

He pointed at the sun in the sky and explained to his daughter: "The light during the day is emitted by the sun, and the light at night is emitted by lamps and fires."

Li Shu followed her father's finger and looked to the east. The sun hadn't come out yet, but there was a piece of rosy clouds, red and golden, which was very beautiful.

Turning her head back to look into the lake water, her shadow had already retreated. The lake water rippled, like a big fish swimming.

She tried to walk forward, and sure enough, the shadow also walked; she ran, and the shadow also ran.

It was really as her father said, it was a part of her, and wherever there was light, there it was.

"Giggle—!"

Thinking that it was her little follower who couldn't even speak, Li Shu was immediately happy.

Watching his daughter continue to run happily, Li Li Xuewu also smiled.

Every time she contacts the world and perceives new things, she always goes from curiosity to trying, and finally to cognition.

But there are many temptations and dangers in this world that cannot be tried. The meaning of parents is to tell the child what cannot be touched.

But the good, the bad, the sweet, and the bitter tastes of life still need the child to taste and decide for themselves.

What Li Li Xuewu can give his daughter is only the most basic safety guarantee, and he teaches her how to protect herself and how to solve problems encountered in life.

New buds on the weeping willows by the shore,

Rippling lake light reflects the green clouds.

The east wind suddenly surprises that spring has arrived again,

Watching Li Shu laugh happily.

The father and daughter woke up before five o'clock in the morning. Li Ning cried and was anxious to eat.

Li Shu slept early last night and woke up early this morning. Her mother, Liu Yin, couldn't sleep anymore. Hearing the movement in the master bedroom, she exchanged hostages with Li Li Xuewu.

She let him coax his daughter out for a walk, while the mother and children at home tidied up, waiting for Qin Qin Jingru and her husband to come over and deal with the busyness of the morning.

Li Shu had plenty of energy, especially when she was by her father's side; she always had some little joys.

Seeing ducks floating by with their heads poking out of the water, she could stand on the shore and watch for a long time.

If she met an old man fishing, she would even more familiarly walk up to him and look at the bamboo fish basket.

"Mei You—!"

"Zha Ye Mei You—!"

The little girl with obvious mixed-race features, with a mouthful of Northeast dialect, stood by his fish basket and shouted. The old man had a bad premonition.

And when the child's voice came later, he knew he had guessed right.

"Too early, the fish haven't woken up yet—"

The same recipe, the same taste. He had heard this sentence once yesterday morning.

The old man turned his neck stiffly, looked at the young man standing on the shore smiling, and asked dumbly: "Is this your daughter?"

"Mm, big daughter."

Li Li Xuewu squatted down by the fish basket, protected Li Shu, and said to the old man: "Thank you for the fish you sent yesterday; you are really too polite."

"That's what you deserve."

The old man thought it was funny now, shook his head slightly, and said: "I was the one who was obsessed."

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Li Li Xuewu and said: "When will you be free? I'll come to your house to apprentice."

"Forget it, just a joke."

Li Li Xuewu looked at his daughter and smiled, saying: "You just said you were obsessed, and now you've fallen into a pit again."

The old man seemed to want to see his sincerity, sized him up, and asked: "You are still a leader, right? So young?"

"Not young anymore, already 21. Wait a few years and I'll retire home to hold my grandchildren."

Li Li Xuewu touched noses with his daughter and said with a smile: "Are you gloriously retired, enjoying your grandchildren, and living out your old age?"

The old man was looking at his fishing float. Hearing his nonsense, he was no longer as surprised and astonished as yesterday.

Listen to this, is this human talk? He says he's not young at 21, making it seem like he's an old person who won't die!

"Cough cough—not glorious, and not retired." The old man coughed, his tone carrying a bit of deliberation: "Considered laid off."

"Then congratulations to you, getting rid of the shackles of the system, retreating from many troubles, and enjoying a free life."

Li Li Xuewu tidied his daughter's clothes and said: "If you can't serve the people, then being a person served by the people is also good."

The old man was truly impressed by him this time. How could this set of crooked theories be said so reasonably, making people unable to refute?

"Are you in political work? Or in organizational construction?" He sized up Li Li Xuewu and said: "Listening yesterday morning, it didn't seem like either."

"In service, serving the leaders."

Li Li Xuewu patted his daughter's little leg, signaled her to stand up and play, and replied to the old man: "Pouring tea and water, delivering books and newspapers."

The old man looked at him speechlessly and asked: "Do you young cadres like to talk like this? One fart and three lies?"

"Look at what you're saying. If you don't talk like this, can you still be a cadre?"

Li Li Xuewu nodded at him with a smile and said: "Didn't understand this truth, right? Otherwise, why would they say you were laid off instead of retired?"

"Oh—?" The old man seemed to taste some profound meaning from Li Li Xuewu's words, narrowed his eyes, sized him up, and said: "Didn't expect you to look young, but you're not old at all."

Of course, the "young" in the old man's words referred to age, but this "old" was not the old of age.

Li Li Xuewu heard it; he was imitating his own speaking style, didn't expect him to learn it as soon as he heard it.

Otherwise, why would they say he was old and cunning?

"I've made it clear to you!"

Li Li Xuewu pointed at the fishing rod in his hand and said: "Fishing is just idle chatter for me. Teaching you is teaching you. How much you learn is your own ability."

"However—!" He raised his eyebrows and reminded: "If you really learn this item of speaking and doing things, you have to pay me tuition."

"Hey—don't say!"

The old man turned around, looked at him, and said: "Live and learn. Don't look at me as being a few years older than you, but when it comes to learning, I'm serious."

"Forget it! You don't need to learn anymore, you're already good enough to graduate! Be careful not to find your way back if you learn too much!"

Li Li Xuewu saw that this shameless appearance already had three-tenths of his own skill from back then. He picked up his daughter who was digging for ants on the ground and said: "When you have time, go home and talk about the tuition. This matter can't be saved."

"Just said these two sentences, and you dare to ask me for tuition?" The old man laughed: "Wouldn't that mean even vegetable sellers have to pay you tuition?"

"Vegetable sellers don't have to, of course, because they have jobs and don't need to learn this."

Li Li Xuewu never lost out in words. He walked up the steps holding his daughter, and didn't forget to exhort: "Tuition is tuition. If you cause trouble in the future, don't mention me!"

"Cough cough—"

The old man was already very mentally prepared, but he never expected his own degree of shamelessness to be less than one ten-thousandth of the other party's.

Sure enough, young people don't talk about martial virtue.

"Dad sent it back from the mountain through Shen Guodong. Zhao Yafang has a share, Xiao Ning has a share, neither is shortchanged."

Liu Yin muttered as she brought up a pot of chicken soup. Seeing Gu Ning frowning a little, she persuaded: "I know you don't like to drink it, but it's just this one hen."

"No, it's just a bit too much, I'm afraid I can't finish it." Gu Ning was also afraid of hurting her mother-in-law's heart, and even more afraid of her misunderstanding, so she explained, looked at Li Li Xuewu, and sat down by the chair.

Li Li Xuewu smelled the chicken soup after sitting down, raised his eyebrows, and praised: "Mm, the taste is really quite good."

He looked at Gu Ning, nodded, and said: "Dad's intention. If you can't eat it, I'll share some for you. I also need to nourish myself recently."

"Go—it's just this one chicken!"

Liu Yin came out of the kitchen, patted him with a smile, and said: "I've checked Xiao Ning; her breast milk is sufficient. Mom isn't the kind of person who is unreasonable and forces you to drink this or that."

She persuaded Gu Ning: "You just finished your confinement, and you're taking care of the child and re-adapting to work, and you don't sleep well at night. Don't let your body suffer."

"Did you hear that? It's not for breast milk."

Li Li Xuewu smiled at Gu Ning after sitting down and said: "It's to nourish your body. Mom is afraid you're tired. If it were for breast milk, it wouldn't be this Chinese medicine ingredient."

"Got it, thank you Mom." Gu Ning pursed her lips, first glared at Li Li Xuewu, then smiled and said to her mother-in-law: "Thank you too, Dad."

"Why be so polite? Isn't it what family should do—" Liu Yin saw her daughter-in-law understood and joked: "If you want to say eating well, your dad doesn't know how happy he is in his heart. He doesn't feel bad about giving it to you."

"My dad is on the mountain, I don't know how much he misses the three big grandchildren at home."

Li Li Xuewu took the steamed bun handed over by Qin Qin Jingru and said to his mother: "The weather is getting warmer day by day. If you want to go up the mountain to see my dad, just tell me, and I'll have Shen Guodong come to pick you up."

"Hey, who misses him now—"

Liu Yin smiled, wiped her hands on her apron, looked down at Li Ning in the swaddling clothes on the sofa, and said: "I only miss my grandson now, I don't miss anyone else."

"Fine, I see it now. My status at home is -1 after having a wife, and my status at home is -1 again after having a son."

Li Li Xuewu signaled Han Han Jiankun and asked: "Did you see that? Do you still want children now?"

"Hehe—" Han Han Jiankun pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes glanced at Qin Qin Jingru who had sat down, but he was glared at by his wife, so he lowered his head and continued to eat.

"Look at what you're saying, who doesn't like children."

Liu Yin was afraid that Qin Qin Jingru and her husband would overthink, so she scolded: "Only with children is a small family complete. When your dad and I had you, we didn't think so much, and you're talking about family status."

She sat next to Li Shu and tidied up the rice grains on the small dining table, saying: "Your dad had four children and was still the head of the family. You've become the bottom one?"

"It's different now than before."

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Before, my dad made money to support the family, and you took care of the whole family, with clear division of labor. Now I can make money, and Xiao Ning can also make money. Do I dare to say I'm the head of the family?"

"I am, I am! I'm the master!"

Li Shu sat to the side listening to her father and grandmother talking, feeling confused. She didn't know what a head of the family was, but it didn't prevent her from fighting for it.

Even if she didn't fight for this, she had to grab the right to speak. They could not let her eat, but they absolutely could not not let her speak, especially the more people there were.

She held up her little spoon and shouted: "I'm the family master—!"

"I think you're a little fat pig!"

Li Li Xuewu smiled and poked his daughter's cheek, saying: "If you keep getting fatter, people will call you a little fat girl."

"Can she still get thin eating like this?"

Liu Yin saw Gu Ning eat the chicken meat and drink the chicken soup, so she smiled and praised Li Shu: "Can eat and run, jumping and bouncing, can talk and chatter, who is as clever as my granddaughter."

Getting her grandmother's praise, Li Shu's little neck raised, showing off to everyone at the table.

Gu Ning looked at Li Li Xuewu, thinking about what he just said, and didn't know what kind of feeling it was in her heart, whether it was respect or understanding.

Especially this morning, she really had a burden facing her mother-in-law's kindness, and the tacit understanding between husband and wife made Li Li Xuewu take the initiative to participate.

A few words made things clear, and she also had psychological comfort facing this kindness.

Family relationships are actually not much simpler than interpersonal relationships in the unit, especially mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Gu Ning felt that her mother-in-law was good, but after all, they hadn't been together for long, and she wasn't a person who took the initiative to please her mother-in-law or was good at talking.

It's not like sister-in-law Zhao Zhao Yafang; in fact, the reason why her father-in-law and mother-in-law chose to be supported by her eldest brother and sister-in-law also had to do with their personalities.

Perhaps getting along with Li Li Xuewu and her, and Li Xuecai and Ji Ji Yuxiu, is not as comfortable and relaxed as getting along with the eldest brother and sister-in-law.

At least from the mother-in-law's attitude toward her, one can see some caution and care.

It's not to say that her mother-in-law is wary of her background, or favors Li Li Xuewu's success and ability, but a kind of care and concern for her, who has personality flaws.

Getting along well with the Li family should be attributed more than half to Li Li Xuewu's initiative and help.

Feeling her mother-in-law's care this morning, or rather, the caution she had while taking care of her, if this caution wasn't paid attention to, it would become a grievance.

If she let her mother-in-law suffer grievances here, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to explain it to others, and even less able to forgive herself.

It was still Li Li Xuewu who cleverly made things clear. He just started by joking about his family status dropping, and then mentioned the relationship between men and women in young couples' lives now.

There is no head of the family, only equal status, mutual respect, and mutual care.

Li Li Xuewu lowering his own status happened to give his mother-in-law and her a basis for mutual understanding.

Her mother-in-law should have felt this too. Letting her son say these words, she knew that she didn't need to be too cautious when getting along with her daughter-in-law, worrying about who was wronged.

Getting along from the perspective of not wronging anyone, in the end, the one wronged would be the mother-in-law.

Gu Ning and Li Li Xuewu would both feel guilty and have more pressure, so it's better not to have debt-style care.

Qin Qin Jingru's eyes rolled around, listening to Li Li Xuewu talk, listening to Aunt Li talk, and secretly observing the changes in Gu Ning's expression.

She wasn't interested in the Li family's gossip, but every family has its own difficult scriptures to read. Gu Ning has a mother-in-law, doesn't she have one too?

This is called summarizing experience, learning lessons, and making continuous progress.

It's not just Qin Qin Jingru who knows how to summarize experience and lessons, but also Zhao Fuchun who came to the Steel Rolling Mill early.

He wished he could have come last night, but he knew that since they were off work, it would be useless if he came.

He just wanted to communicate and coordinate with the Steel Rolling Mill before some others.

Zhao Fuchun also knew that his energy was limited, but at least he could pave the way for Deputy Director Zhang.

Now the situation is very awkward. Both Zhang Zhang Dayong and Liu Xiangqian know that the Steel Rolling Mill is gambling.

But they don't dare to gamble, and even less dare to come to the Steel Rolling Mill to deal with this matter. If things get deadlocked, this matter will be considered ruined in their hands.

Someone must stand up and coordinate the problems well so that the leaders of both sides can sit together and drink together.

Clearly, Zhao Fuchun himself is that person, the handler responsible for coordinating specific problems.

With Zhang Zhang Dayong's instructions and opinions, of course he can come to the Steel Rolling Mill, and no longer need to worry about the meaning and influence produced by coming to the Steel Rolling Mill.

However, once he came to the Steel Rolling Mill, he shouldered the city's responsibility for this matter.

One part more is his dereliction of duty, one part less is his duty; there is no reward, only punishment. What kind of errand is this?

A hot potato, right—

"Why? Not welcome?"

When he saw Li Li Xuewu in the reception room and looked at the surprise on the other party's face, Zhao Fuchun smiled bitterly: "I didn't want to come as an unwelcome guest."

"You're joking. How can you be an unwelcome guest? You are an honored guest who couldn't be invited even if I wanted to."

Li Li Xuewu's words were quite sharp, still holding onto the pigtail of Zhao Fuchun standing by and watching yesterday when Zhang Zhang Dayong came here, and wouldn't let go.

He was also truly wicked. Seeing Zhao Fuchun at this moment, he handed his bag to Peng Peng Xiaoli and said politely with a smile: "You're making things difficult for me!"

Pointing to the reception room of the security group, Li Li Xuewu said: "How can I receive you here? We should go to the main office building, and we should let Deputy Director Cheng and the others come down. I'm embarrassed."

"Don't be embarrassed. We aren't outsiders. I came here just to facilitate communication and build a bridge for conversation."

Zhao Fuchun wasn't in the mood to care about his teasing and ridicule, and said with a bitter smile: "Seeing you, Deputy Director Li, is better than seeing Deputy Director Cheng!"

He looked at Li Li Xuewu seriously and said: "To be honest, I came here this time to hear the attitude of the Steel Rolling Mill."

"Oh? I don't understand what you mean."

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked: "What is it that Deputy Director Cheng can't handle, but I can?"

"Honestly speaking, I came here this time to hear the attitude of the Steel Rolling Mill."

Zhao Fuchun didn't care about his playing dumb and asked straightforwardly: "What does the Steel Rolling Mill want?"

"What are you saying? You've confused me! I'd better go call Deputy Director Cheng and ask him to meet with you, so both sides can sit down and talk properly, right?"

Like hell!

Seeing this, he was about to walk out, but was grabbed by Zhao Fuchun.

He took a deep breath, looked at Li Li Xuewu, and asked: "Brother, tell me the truth, did industrial cadres from other provinces contact you last night?"

"Is that so? How come I don't know about this? No one contacted me!"

Li Li Xuewu spread his hands, looked at Peng Peng Xiaoli blankly, and asked: "Did anyone contact me last night?"

"No, leader. Didn't you go home last night!" Peng Peng Xiaoli said seriously: "You even told me to contact you in time if there were calls."

He spread his hands seriously and said: "But there really wasn't, no one contacted you."

Looking at the identical shrugging actions of Li Li Xuewu and his secretary, as well as the blank expressions on their faces, if he didn't know Li Li Xuewu, he would have really been fooled by him.

"But last night, I happened to meet Team Leader Wei Zaike of the Steel Rolling Mill and Ma Guohuai of the Hebei resident office in the capital eating together at Quanjude."

Zhao Fuchun looked at Li Li Xuewu suspiciously and asked: "Did Hebei people contact you?"

"Is that so? You saw it with your own eyes?"

After seeing Zhao Fuchun nod, Li Li Xuewu slapped his palm and complained: "Old Wei is really hateful, eating alone again! Every time it's like this!"

After scolding Wei Zaike, Li Li Xuewu said embarrassedly: "I really don't know who Team Leader Wei was eating with. Sigh—"

Saying this, Li Li Xuewu sighed deeply, invited Zhao Fuchun to sit down again, and said: "You might not know, our factory's situation!"

"Family ugliness shouldn't be spread. I'm embarrassed to say it, it's too complicated!"

Li Li Xuewu waved his hand, looking like it was hard to speak, and said: "To tell you the truth, we are all busy with our own things, and the connections between us... you understand."

Zhao Fuchun looked at Li Li Xuewu talking nonsense with him. On the surface, he was saying the Steel Rolling Mill's relationships were complicated and couldn't be explained clearly.

Secretly, he was still pointing at him, and the unit and relationships behind him were even more of a piece of trash.

Just look at how young he is, how he grew a heart like a hornet's nest, and even more, a sharp tongue.

Without the latter sentence, he wouldn't have a heart of tofu!

These words were leading you along, making you unable to say what you wanted to say, unable to shout what you wanted to shout, and you could only follow his meaning, otherwise?

"Sigh, I know what you came for."

Li Li Xuewu said sincerely: "I'll also be honest with you. If you want to make conditions, I don't have the qualifications. What am I!"

"Right!"

He shrugged his shoulders and said: "I'm just an office director, and a deputy one at that. My farts don't even make a sound, so what demands can I make?"

"How about this, I'll contact Deputy Director Cheng and ask him to meet with you, so both sides can sit down and talk properly, right?"

Like hell!

See, if you don't follow his meaning, he'll definitely give you trouble.

What was Zhao Fuchun's meaning?

It was to let the Steel Rolling Mill make conditions, meaning to let the Steel Rolling Mill take the initiative to open its mouth and talk about the conditions for resolving this matter, which is restoring the influence.

It doesn't matter if they ask for the sky; as long as the Steel Rolling Mill makes a request, the city is considered to be in the right.

As long as the Steel Rolling Mill makes a request, it shows that the Steel Rolling Mill is using this matter to threaten the city.

Look, can Li Li Xuewu fall into this pit?

Not only does he not jump into this pit, but he also digs a pit for Zhao Fuchun, forcing Zhao Fuchun to jump into it.

What does it mean?

It means the city must take the initiative to propose conditions, and the Steel Rolling Mill cannot be passive.

If the conditions are suitable, they will continue to talk; if not, they will say they are powerless and protect the ecology.

Whoever makes the conditions first loses, and whoever makes the request first becomes passive.

Now, whether Zhao Fuchun wants to jump into this pit is no longer something he can decide.

He came to the Steel Rolling Mill to make a final effort, determined to bring back a result to Zhang Zhang Dayong today.

"Hey! Hey! Deputy Director Li—"

At noon in the small canteen, Li Li Xuewu was just carrying his meal upstairs when Wei Zaike's voice suddenly came from behind.

He was followed by Feng Feng Xingke and Kuang Kuang Yusheng, the three of them walking over with gossip expressions, joking and asking: "Did the peace negotiations succeed?"

"What the hell? You guys can really talk!"

Li Li Xuewu laughed: "Was the roast duck last night delicious? Can you still eat steamed buns now?"

"Yo! You even know we went to eat roast duck! Your news is quite well-informed!"

Wei Zaike didn't plan to go upstairs to eat either, so he pulled Li Li Xuewu to find a table in the corner downstairs and said: "Hurry up and tell us, how did you talk?"

"Tell what? Tell that you guys didn't bring me when you went to eat roast duck? Tell that you guys were swindling and fooling people?"

Li Li Xuewu sat in the chair and curled his lips, saying: "People saw it, and they described it with nose and eyes. Can you guys be a bit more reserved? It's like our factory's cadres can't afford roast duck!"

"Tsk tsk—a bit interesting!"

Wei Zaike and Feng Feng Xingke looked at each other, their eyes full of brilliance. He blinked and said: "There was more than one wave of people going out to eat last night. Did he mention others?"

"Who else?"

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and looked at him, understood the meaning behind his words, and said with a wicked smile: "Oh! You guys were doing it on purpose, right!"

"What on purpose? What did I miss? Can you start over?" Bu Bu Qingfang sat down with her lunch box and asked curiously: "How did the talk go this morning? Any results?"

"He's talking about the smoke screen from last night."

Feng Feng Xingke explained to her with a smile: "It seems like people saw through it, and it failed."

"So what if they saw through it!"

Wei Zaike shook his chin and said: "I don't believe he dares to say anything. Does he dare to do it for real?"

"I should have let Director Zhao find you earlier!"

Li Li Xuewu glanced at him and said: "He did say that his relationship with you is very good!"

"Go to hell. How come I don't know about this!" Wei Zaike raised his eyebrows: "He went to the security group as soon as he came to the Steel Rolling Mill. Clearly, his relationship with you is better!"

"If his relationship with me was good, he wouldn't have come to find me. Who doesn't know this is a pit!"

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Director Li said, stretch it out. This matter probably won't be finished so easily. He wants to solve it once and for all."

"Huo—! Really!"

Feng Feng Xingke widened his eyes, looked at Li Li Xuewu in surprise, looked at the others, and said: "It seems we have dinner settled for a while."

"Mm, this is really good news!"

Kuang Kuang Yusheng blinked and said: "Should we discuss it, unify our caliber? We can fool them for a day, but if it takes too long, won't it be exposed!"

"Just be wicked, you guys!"

Li Li Xuewu reminded while eating steamed buns: "After this matter is over, the whole capital will be cursing your eight generations of ancestors!"

"Whatever! Anyway, it's not like we forced them to invite us; they were willing!"

Wei Zaike stuck out his neck and said: "You have to stretch it out, don't leak it. The longer it takes, the more delicious we eat, and maybe I can even grow a belly."

At this time, fat people are really blessed. Even if they are looking for a partner, they must find a fat person, and they will never find a thin person. But if they eat fat, the family has enough oil and water.

Looking through the whole Steel Rolling Mill, with over 30,000 people, there aren't many who are truly fat, even Li Li Huai De is the same.

Look at how wide he looks; actually, that's empty. He's getting older and his metabolism is slow.

Bu Bu Qingfang listened for a long time without understanding, bumped Li Li Xuewu, and asked: "Who is coming down?"

"Don't know, the leader didn't say."

Li Li Xuewu shook his head and explained to her: "I reported the conditions Zhao Fuchun brought to Director Li, and this is his opinion."

"Then it seems it's settled!"

Bu Bu Qingfang didn't care about Wei Zaike and the others talking nonsense. Eating those meals is actually talking about relationships. Do these people really lack a few meals?

She raised her eyebrows at Li Li Xuewu and said: "I heard that the Z gentleman above has always been very concerned about our factory's work. Won't he be the one coming down?"

Hearing her say this, Feng Feng Xingke and the others stopped talking nonsense. While eating, they discussed in a low voice. It seems they all guessed this.

Li Li Xuewu took a bite of rice and said to Bu Bu Qingfang: "The leader didn't really say the specific situation. However, the Ministry of Industry has opinions this time."

He pointed to the top of his head and said: "The industrial zone design and development concept of harmonious coexistence of humanities, ecology, economy, and production construction systems must have received attention from above."

"Director Li should still be considering to what extent the influence should be controlled."

"What's there to think about? Kill all sides!"

Wei Zaike leaned over, raised his eyebrows, and smiled wickedly: "I just like to see blood flowing like a river. This is a rare opportunity!"

"And then?" Li Li Xuewu smiled helplessly and asked: "Both sides suffer?"

"That depends on how you operate—"

Wei Zaike blinked and said to the others: "With the current situation, the leader doesn't need to fan the flames, the other side can't stand it!"

"I'm afraid someone is helping to fan the flames."

Li Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes and looked at him, while reminding the others: "Drinking and making friends is fine, but don't play for real; it's easy to get people killed."

Bu Bu Qingfang curled her lips and poked her lunch box: "Watching others' blood flow like a river is fine, but if you fall into the pit yourself, in this big situation, you won't be able to climb out."

In the afternoon, Li Li Xuewu spent some time dealing with documents, and was called by Xia Xia Zhongquan to the Automotive Industry Research Institute to set projects.

Here, under the accompaniment of Institute Director Wang Zhi, the two of them inspected the vehicle engineering development direction organized and summarized by the institute.

"Don't look at motorcycles and tricycles. You've already seen the Comet series and Red Bull series."

Xia Xia Zhongquan waved his hand, signaled to a row of large vehicles in the workshop, and said to Wang Zhi: "Introduce this. Let's set the models today so we can study standardized production."

"It's mainly the manufacturing and finalization of engineering vehicles and large special vehicles."

Wang Zhi stood in front of the vehicle and introduced to Li Li Xuewu: "The vehicles our factory modified and produced before are actually not compliant. If they need to be produced in large quantities and regularly, they must be finalized and declared."

"Especially implementing production plans based on the supply chain, even if it's not a mechanical assembly line, the formal process must be done."

Xia Xia Zhongquan interjected: "The vehicles produced before were all different, and some parts couldn't even be interchanged. This is a problem."

Wang Zhi pointed to the Prairie Tiger patrol troop carrier behind him and said: "The chassis of the GAZ-69 is not standardized production parts. If needed, it must be matched with the supply chain on a scale."

"There are two versions now, one for security and one for fire fighting. Even the functional kits are different, which is quite troublesome."

"There's also the signal light command vehicle, which is also for security and fire fighting. Its chassis is actually a truck chassis, which has great defects and room for improvement."

"Nine-seater passenger car, seven-seater passenger car, we are still coming up with plans. Let's get test vehicles out first to compare and see which one to keep."

Wang Zhi mentioned: "Whether it's commuting or patrolling, the demand for this kind of small passenger car will definitely exceed the first two types of patrol vehicles."

"Please ask the leader to give this project a name. It can basically be launched next year."

"Small passenger car, huh—"

Li Li Xuewu stood in front of the model car, looked at it, nodded, and said: "Let's call it Hongyun. Great luck, grand plans, transportation and luck, a good omen."

Wang Zhi raised his eyebrows when he heard the name Li Li Xuewu gave casually, and looked at Chief Engineer Xia.

Xia Xia Zhongquan nodded quietly, signaling that it should be called this. If they asked Li Li Huai De, it was estimated that the factory leaders wouldn't be in the mood to pay attention to what a small passenger car was called now.

Moreover, the name Hongyun was pleasant and auspicious, so it was very appropriate to use it.

Wang Zhi nodded, signaled the following engineers, turned his head, and continued to introduce: "Please give a name to the fire engineering excavator and water cannon vehicle."

He said embarrassedly: "They have been called excavator and water cannon vehicle all along. Other products appeared in the same series, so it's not convenient to use them."

"How?" Li Li Xuewu looked back at Xia Xia Zhongquan and asked: "Is inviting me here today to tell fortunes and take names?"

"Hey! Don't say!" Xia Xia Zhongquan said with a smile: "Your hand at taking names is truly unparalleled! Anyway, I admire you to the ground!"

"You're flattering me! It's useless on me!"

Li Li Xuewu said with a smile: "You have to find the right person. I'm not your leader, why are you putting effort into me?"

Xia Xia Zhongquan raised his hand with a smile and signaled to the two engineering vehicles, forcing Li Li Xuewu to take names.

The excavator is called King Kong, and the water cannon vehicle is called Blue Sea.

Not only that, turning to see the luxury passenger car being modified and disassembled, Wang Zhi jokingly suggested that Li Li Xuewu take a name.

Li Li Xuewu was too lazy to think, so he directly set it as Zhao Hongtu, bright future, grand prospects.

Zhao Hongtu and Hongyun's Zhao Hongtu have similar meanings, but they are not the same thing. I won't explain the specifics.

Coming out of the research institute, Xia Xia Zhongquan found a separate opportunity to ask him: "The relocation won't affect the research institute and experimental engineering, right?"

"Why are you thinking of one thing after another?"

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and looked at him, asking with a smile: "Inviting me to see cars and take names is fake, probing the reality is true, right?"

"I'm not doing this for personal gain, and I'm not asking for others, it's just for myself."

Xia Xia Zhongquan said seriously: "Once relocated, the construction work of the production base for some automotive parts in the tertiary industry will have to change."

"Production will be cleared in three years, and everything will be moved to Steel City. I have to make a plan now!"

He said anxiously: "Especially the cooperative research with the Iron and Steel Institute and Huaqing University. Many investments are permanent. If there is a temporary change, it will have to be rebuilt, which is too wasteful."

"Chief Xia, you are too anxious."

Li Li Xuewu patted his arm lightly and said: "Director Li fired this shot, and he won't stop until he reaches his goal. Just let the bullets fly for a while." ===== CHAPTER 1064 =====