Chapter 1132

"Leader, the matter you entrusted me with has made some progress."

Zhou Ya had come to report on that notice from the branch bureau.

She had realized that the significance behind this notice was unusual, but she hadn't expected Li Xuewu to take it so seriously.

Not only did he require notification to every workshop and department to grasp the ideological trends of the factory workers, but he also demanded the organization of ideological study; this was clearly about to start chanting the "tightening spell."

She dared not ignore Li Xuewu's requirements, because when the leader gives an order, he never does so without a purpose.

At the same time, she also recalled the secret investigation the leader had entrusted to her.

"We arranged for people to go to Yingcheng to conduct an investigation, but there were no results."

Zhou Ya stood to one side of the office desk, slightly bowing her body, and reported in a low voice: "The information shouldn't have been leaked from Yingcheng."

"We also combed through the personnel relationships of the workers transferred from Jingcheng to the Yingcheng Shipyard, and there were no special circumstances."

"Then how did the general manager of the Jilixing Company, Andrew, learn the content of our negotiations with the Santa Ya Group?"

Li Xuewu frowned slightly, raised his head, looked at her, and said: "We had just finished talking here, and Andrew knew about it, rushing over in a hurry to hold us accountable."

"Moreover, Deputy Director Cheng understands the main content of my conversation with the Japanese merchants very clearly."

He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said: "I don't recall reporting this task to him; it couldn't be that Peng Xiaoli leaked the secret, could it?"

"Hehehe—"

Peng Xiaoli, who was standing in front of the file cabinet organizing documents, couldn't help but chuckle out loud.

This laughter was exceptionally jarring to Zhou Ya's ears; the leader's questioning was no longer a simple criticism, but a doubt regarding her ability.

"So we are starting from these two aspects—"

Zhou Ya said seriously: "We are launching investigations into the relationships of Deputy Director Cheng and those around him, as well as the personnel relationships that the Italian merchant Andrew mainly contacts."

"And then?"

Li Xuewu held his teacup, looked at her expression, and asked: "There's a mole, right?"

"We are currently only investigating."

Zhou Ya's answer was very cautious; it wasn't that she was afraid of offending people, but that she was afraid of causing a misunderstanding for the leader.

If she misled the leader's judgment, it could potentially cause great consequences.

Therefore, she deliberated for a moment before reporting: "Through investigations and follow-ups from several aspects, these relationships have intersected on one person."

Without waiting for Li Xuewu to ask, she took the initiative to say: "It is Hu Yanchiu from the Second Secretarial Office of the Management Committee Office."

"Little Hu from the Second Office?"

Peng Xiaoli glanced at Li Xuewu, and seeing him frown, he must not know her.

He then took the initiative to explain: "She's only been here for less than a year; I heard it's through the connection of Deputy Director Ao of the Committee Office."

"What connection?"

Li Xuewu put down the teacup in his hand, swept a glance at Zhou Ya, and said: "Deputy Director Ao is also involved?"

"The investigation shows that Hu Yanchiu's mother and Deputy Director Ao were classmates."

Zhou Ya shook her head slightly and said: "Currently, we haven't discovered that Deputy Director Ao participated in this matter."

"Hu Yanchiu..."

Li Xuewu sat up straight, muttering this name, and pondered carefully; in his memory, there seemed to be no information about this person.

He had handled that case back then very cleanly; it was absolutely impossible to have left any omissions.

All personnel involved in the case had been brought to justice and had truthfully confessed all their social relationships.

Among them, there was no name like Hu Yanchiu, and she had only been in the factory for less than a year.

Even if she were this type of person, she should be a "second generation."

If she were a second generation, these people wouldn't have undergone systematic training, and it would be very easy for them to be exposed when doing things.

Given the current situation, Li Xuewu didn't think there were any such organizations that could still survive.

"She's not very tall, up to here on me."

Seeing Li Xuewu thinking, Peng Xiaoli walked to the side and gestured to introduce her.

"She has short hair to her ears, and she often uses a pink hairpin to pin it up here on her forehead."

"Does she have a habit of curling the corners of her mouth when she talks?"

Li Xuewu seemed to have remembered, looked at Peng Xiaoli, and asked: "What work is she responsible for in the office?"

"Yes, that's her; she likes to slightly curl the corners of her mouth when she talks; she says it looks better that way."

Peng Xiaoli introduced: "Because she has Deputy Director Ao looking after her, she has always been responsible for reception work."

"You also know that the lowest standard for arrangements in the Committee Office now must be a high school graduate."

He said in a low voice: "I heard Hu Yanchiu only finished half of high school."

"Half of high school; was the Great Study activity delayed?"

Li Xuewu's brow didn't unfurl; he tapped his fingers lightly on the seat armrest, raised an eyebrow, and instructed: "For that negotiation with the Santa Ya Group, and the time I received the Japanese merchants, you go and check if she was responsible for reception."

"No need to check, leader."

Zhou Ya nodded and confirmed: "We checked the work records and also visited the office; it was her."

"Li Kezhang Zhou's situation is true; I was there at the time, and I remember she was providing service."

Peng Xiaoli confirmed from the side: "Deputy Director Ao is responsible for reception work, and he calls her every time."

"The relationship with Deputy Director Cheng..."

Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Ya and asked: "Has this been investigated clearly?"

"Yes, leader."

Zhou Ya nodded and reported: "The information should have been passed over through Deputy Director Cheng's secretary, Zhang Shicheng; the relationship between the two is very close."

"Oh—"

Li Xuewu nodded knowingly, then asked: "Investigate her background relationships carefully; see if it's a personal work error or done with intent."

"Focus on social relationships."

He emphasized: "If it's a personal work error, it doesn't matter, but if it's organized and premeditated, then this matter is serious."

"Leader—"

Zhou Ya hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Would it be better if we investigated directly?"

"Take it slow, don't be anxious—"

Li Xuewu glanced at Zhou Ya, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "The investigation stage of this kind of case is most afraid of impatience; it's easy to let the kite break its string."

"Understood, I'll go arrange it now."

Zhou Ya nodded and said seriously: "If there is any latest situation, I will report to you in time."

"Mm, go ahead—"

Li Xuewu nodded slowly, thinking about things in his heart, and there was a bit more praise in his gaze toward Zhou Ya.

He had witnessed Zhou Ya's growth over the past year or so.

Not only in work and business, but she had also made substantial progress in her ideology.

Especially when handling crisis business, she was relatively decisive and could control her emotions well.

Deputy Director Yu Decai of the Security Group had praised Zhou Ya many times in front of him, saying she had the demeanor of a great general.

Li Xuewu trusted these backbone forces of the Security Group relatively well.

Yu Decai was an old hand in the organization; his political ideology was very mature, and his work was solid and reliable.

In the ranks of section-level cadres, there were old hands like Sun Jian who came from a secretarial background, business backbones like Meng Niansheng, and high-achieving students of the new era like Zhou Ya.

It was precisely because he appropriately delegated power, gave the people below space to display their talents, and provided time to exercise their growth, that there was the iron-like Security Group of today.

It was precisely because of his management that the section-level cadres below had the attitude of delegating power further down.

The Security Section was the core department of the Security Group, and also the department with the largest number of people and the largest organization in the Security Group.

Whether a college student who had just graduated for a year and had been engaged in security work for a year could manage such an important section well—when Li Xuewu promoted and appointed her, many people had a question mark in their hearts.

However, Zhou Ya used actual actions to make everyone give a satisfactory score on this answer sheet.

Many people could see that Zhou Ya's style of doing things and management was very much like Li Xuewu's.

Or rather, after Li Xuewu was promoted to deputy director, Han Yating took over the post and still maintained Li Xuewu's management style.

When Zhou Ya served as the deputy section chief of the Security Section, she was trained by Han Yating.

Inherited in one continuous line, up to now, the organizational work of the Security Section had become more and more perfect and solid.

In the cadres who came out of the Security Section, Li Xuewu's personal style was very strong.

Upright, courageous, mature, and steady.

What was very worth learning and thinking about was that a department that emphasized discipline and serious work practices did not appear rigid in daily work.

The factory newspaper had articles evaluating the security work as: having warmth, having depth, and having standards.

It was rare to see people from the Security Group yelling and shouting at factory workers.

Whenever someone was bossy and arrogant, they would have long been dealt with by the person in charge.

And looking from Li Xuewu downwards, the leaders had never been like this to those below, so what reason did they have to be like this to the factory workers?

But executing discipline with warmth did not make the factory workers feel that the Security Group's officers were easy to bully.

Ambition does not depend on age; reason does not require shouting.

When the people in the Security Section reason with you, you had better reason with them; don't be a shrew, and don't force them to lecture you on the "Regulations."

After Zhou Ya took over the Security Section, she proposed three advancements: management must be advanced, business must be advanced, and ideology must be advanced.

In the past, the factory workers' stereotype of the Security Department was that they were rough and only knew how to scare people.

Now it wasn't like that; what was seen most in the factory newspaper were articles written by the Security Department.

Grassroots work, safety tips, case analysis, etc., all started from the daily lives of factory workers, working in a down-to-earth and truth-seeking manner.

Over time, when the officers of the Security Section handled cases or affairs, mass work became easier and easier to do; there was no need to waste effort, and a few words could handle things well.

This was the power of trust.

Some factory workers joked that the fierce Zhang Fei of the Security Section had switched to learning Lin Daiyu's embroidery; not only could he play with a gun, but he could also play with a pen.

This wasn't teasing that the section chief of the Security Section was a girl, but talking about the changes in the Security Section.

With the leading example of the Security Section, other sections of the Security Group were not to be outdone.

Training, Inspection, Comprehensive, Confidentiality, Firefighting—comparing to learn, learning to compare.

The Training Section was built on the foundation laid by Wei Tong; not only was it responsible for the training of the Security Group's duty personnel, but it also undertook the training of the dual-plan staff.

Because of excellent work performance, it obtained the title of an official training base.

Many brother units, in order to save resources, would arrange to entrust their own security, firefighting, and dual-plan staff to the Red Star Factory for training.

At the Red Star Factory's training ground, the training base developed in cooperation with the Third Guard Regiment not only achieved self-sufficiency but also continuously built and expanded the camp area.

It also had research on urban combat and command, and urban public security defense and command projects.

The Red Star Factory's guard team had always received training on the mountain; in terms of professional skills, they did not lose to the soldiers of the Third Guard Regiment.

Even because of sufficient training resources and advanced equipment, they often won the top spot in training confrontations.

The Inspection Section's main work had two directions: one was safety production inspection, and the other was work discipline inspection.

Under the two offices, there was an inspection brigade each, with about twenty people.

Aiming at the entire Red Star Factory, they carried out safety and discipline inspection work.

A small portion of these people came from organizational structure changes, while the majority were personnel recruited through the Security Department's independent assessment and professional training.

Upholding a professional and serious attitude, they really stirred up a wind of discipline in the factory.

The factory personnel section chief concurrently serving as the inspection section chief—this effect was very powerful.

Each person was like a little Teddy dog; seeing anyone violating rules or discipline, they would go up and confront them.

Because Li Xuewu was sitting in command, at the very beginning, sticking seals was like sticking talismans; *clack clack*, they would stop the cars.

Whenever there were serious production hazards in the workshop, and they were called to stop but didn't change, the workshop director was designated to be dealt with.

You want to react against them?

Who are you reacting to? The head of the Security Group is Li Xuewu, who is in charge of safety production work.

Perhaps before you even walked to the factory office building, they had already investigated your problem to the bottom.

This year, discipline inspection work had indeed made great progress; after the Discipline Inspection Office was merged into the Security Department to form the Security Group, discipline inspection work had new changes.

In other factories, this kind of crackdown was very serious, and the inspection work for cadres was just a mere formality.

But in the Security Department, open inspections and secret visits, work groups running all over the country—as long as there was a resident agency of the Red Star Factory, they would conduct regular inspections.

Many people knew that Li Xuewu used to be the deputy secretary of discipline inspection, and he was particularly ruthless in grasping discipline inspection.

As long as it was investigated by the inspection brigade and the evidence was solid, you just obediently confess.

Begging for mercy?

Who dared to beg for mercy?

No matter how awesome your connections are, can you find the factory leaders?

Even if it were the factory leaders, it was not easy to beg for mercy from Li Xuewu.

Saying he is impartial and selfless, it seems he doesn't talk about human feelings, but work is work; he investigated Li Huai De's people without fail, so who would beg for mercy from him?

The Security Department's Comprehensive Office and Confidentiality Office were relatively low-key; the two sections were still responsible for copywriting and intelligence confidentiality work.

Relatively speaking, the cooperation between the departments of the Security Group was still very close; many actions of the Confidentiality Section were carried out in cooperation with the Security Section.

The Comprehensive Section was the big housekeeper, having cooperation and contact with all sections.

Among the six sections, the most hardworking, and also the one with the strictest discipline requirements, was the Firefighting Section.

A portion of the organ personnel separated from the Inspection Section formed the Firefighting Office, and professional firefighters were recruited from the factory guard team and factory workers to form a professional fire brigade.

There were currently more than a dozen professional equipment units such as fire engines, fire cannons, excavators, and fire ladder trucks.

It provided powerful guarantees and support for the factory's firefighting and the firefighting work of surrounding brother units.

The fire brigade currently had more than a hundred staff members, on duty 24 hours a day, ensuring the operational safety of the Red Star Factory around the clock.

Under Li Xuewu's requirements and guidance, the Yingcheng Shipyard and the Steel City Steel Mill also successively formed professional firefighting teams.

The general factory's fire brigade organized exchanges and competitions with the firefighting teams of the other two places many times.

Li Xuewu's emphasis on safety was vividly reflected in firefighting.

The Security Group's small treasury was very full; just look at the vehicles used by the fire brigade and other departments to know.

The Red Star Factory wanted to build an automobile production line, and the previous refurbished vehicles couldn't be sold.

And currently, the recycled secondhand car resources were on the verge of exhaustion; the production department had stopped the work of automobile refurbishment, but many modified cars were stored.

They couldn't be sold, so Li Xuewu simply waved his hand and supplemented vehicles for various departments.

According to the execution needs of each department, corresponding logos were specially painted, which immediately improved the overall mobility level of the Security Group.

Other departments were naturally envious, but after all, the Security Group had work needs, so it was just a few construction headquarters that took away a portion of the cars from Li Xuewu.

The Yingcheng Shipyard wanted to expand the dock for ten-thousand-ton cargo ships; needless to say, Steel City, like Jingcheng, was a big construction site, and many projects were under construction.

In order to satisfy the mobility of the headquarters, Li Xuewu coordinated with the Committee Office, which could be considered as internally digesting the inventory cars of the automobile project engaged in by the Security Department and the Production Management Department.

Although by the end of this year, the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang would be mass-produced, and there would be professional engineering vehicles by then.

However, distant water couldn't quench immediate thirst; the engineering department's command urgently needed motor vehicles; having them now was more practical than having them later, so Li Xuewu gave them, and they took them.

The convertible and canvas-top Willys were just right for use on construction sites; they could drive over general bumps with a step on the gas.

You wait for the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang? Not to mention the production capacity, even those orders couldn't be satisfied; by the end of the year, this construction site would be frozen, so what's the use of that?

Therefore, overnight, all the refurbished vehicles in the Production Management Department's warehouse were divided up.

The project cooperation between the Security Department and the Production Management Department could be considered to have come to an end.

Issuing the last sum of funds to the workers working overtime, this project could be considered to have come to a successful conclusion.

Of course, the workers and engineers of the refurbished vehicle project were very regretful.

After all, over a month, the average worker's salary doubled; who could bear to give up this opportunity?

However, the factory was going to carry out large-scale assembly line production of new cars, and the source of refurbished vehicles was exhausted, so they could only regretfully say goodbye to this project.

Over the course of more than a year, the workers who participated in this project earliest privately calculated that they had earned at least six hundred yuan more.

What kind of concept is this?

Six hundred yuan; a first-grade worker's monthly salary was thirty-two yuan, so it was almost two years' salary.

A bicycle for one hundred eighty, a radio for eighty, a watch for one hundred forty, a sewing machine for one hundred twenty—it was enough for the "three rounds and one sound" for a son's wedding.

Not to mention that the remaining money could buy a set of new furniture, and there was even enough for the bedding and fabric for the wedding.

They really put the benefits into their pockets; for the workers who ate this part of the dividend, would you say they are obedient?

Of course, the refurbished vehicle project was over, but these workers with refurbishment experience were all marked out by Xia Zhongquan.

Especially those with superb craftsmanship and outstanding technology, arranged by Li Xuewu, developed in two directions.

One was to go to the Steel City Automobile Production Factory to serve as the main technical and production backbone, and the other was to go to the office to serve as automobile maintenance engineers.

The integration speed of the sixteen factories was obviously accelerated; the integration work started in May, and the integration audit work of the first two factories had already entered the final stage.

Perhaps it was a surprise attack, or perhaps they didn't expect to use them as the "chicken to warn the monkey," but these two factories were killed numb by the audit team from Huaqing.

The city's discipline inspection work team directly stationed in the two factories, and the Red Star Factory's guard team and Security Department also arranged for people to participate in the discipline security work.

And the audit team from the city and the Red Star Factory combined with the audit personnel from Huaqing, aiming at key violations of discipline and asset inventory situations, reported to the work group and other factories in real-time.

The main persons in charge of the two factories were all controlled, and the main persons in charge of finance and related departments and the accounts were all sealed and investigated.

The city mobilized audit forces again to conduct a reverse investigation into the historical problems of the two factories.

No deadline, no ruler; as long as there is a problem, investigate to the end.

Good fellow, this wave of rebound storm could be considered to have stunned these sixteen factories.

The title of the notification was very eye-catching: "Do Not Say You Were Not Warned."

Just when the news spread that the Red Star Factory was going to merge these sixteen factories and the land they owned, they received the notification from the city.

They were required to organize and inventory assets, waiting for the acceptance of the work group.

And what was the attitude of the persons in charge of these sixteen factories?

Naturally, there were those willing to cooperate with the Red Star Factory, but there were also those who were unwilling.

Regardless of whether they were willing or not, they didn't take the accounts and property audit seriously.

Over the years, audits from above had come down countless times, and nothing had ever been said.

So they were busy coordinating with the city and putting pressure on the Red Star Factory in order to obtain more resources.

What are resources?

It's what positions can be provided to them after being merged.

And what positions their subordinates can obtain.

You said, are these people so selfless, thinking not only of themselves but also of their subordinates?

Of course they have to think about it, the kind that even if they die, they have to drag someone to be a cushion.

Coming to the Red Star Factory, if there is no support from those subordinates, they are lonely people.

People have the mentality of huddling together for warmth; it's very normal.

It's just that they didn't expect the Red Star Factory to be so ruthless.

In order to compress the organizational difficulties after the merger of the sixteen factories, they directly operated on their management and accounts.

The main management personnel of the first two factories had already folded in; not one escaped.

Following the example of the superiors, especially in this period.

These sixteen factories had just completed the transformation and reform of the Great Study, and what was the result?

The cadres of the Management Committee, regardless of whether they were the previous ones or those who came up later, all bore responsibility.

Unless it was the kind who had just been transferred over, they could be spared.

The city also attached great importance to this audit work, wanting to use the power of the Red Star Factory to analyze the current level of industrial management.

As a result, these two factories didn't give the city's industry face; they all had problems, and they were big deficits.

On one hand, it reflected the audit ability of the third-party Huaqing audit team, and on the other hand, it also reflected the determination of the Red Star Factory and the city to investigate and handle things strictly.

The fourteen factories that were watching from the sidelines were completely numb; they all started self-inspection and self-correction.

According to the notification requirements, problems discovered and confessed during the self-inspection and self-correction period were handled by the factories themselves, while problems discovered after the audit group was stationed were all handled by the city's discipline inspection department.

The severity of the current problem had already appeared; the city was playing for real, investigating things from more than ten years ago, and those who had been transferred away were all shocked.

Fourteen factories, no one knew if they were in the next batch, so they all had to prepare to be audited.

Comprehensively inventory assets, hold those responsible for missing items, compensate for what can be compensated, punish relevant persons in charge for what cannot be compensated, register missing parts into the accounts, pursue lost items, and investigate those who cannot be pursued—whoever was responsible for the loss during the period would compensate for the loss.

Some workers had already retired, but they were still called back by the factory to confess problems and compensate for losses.

Comprehensively clean up personnel; those who were lazy, faking illness, or slacking off were all marked and filed; those who were absent without cause had to explain the reasons.

Comprehensively clean up financial accounts; all loopholes had to be filled, what was embezzled had to be spat out, and what was black had to be handed over.

Many persons in charge had already been transferred to other factories or other units.

This situation was first handled by factory office personnel doing work, and if it couldn't be done once, the next time the factory leaders would do the work.

If the factory leaders couldn't do the work, it would be directly registered in the discipline inspection ledger.

Since it couldn't be talked through, then don't care about face; the unclear problems would be directly handed up for the city to handle.

Especially in this situation, for those who didn't give face, the unclear problems would all be piled on these people.

For a time, the dozen or so factories around the Red Star Factory could be considered extremely lively.

The factory workers naturally watched the excitement; they had never known there were so many deficits in the factory.

You don't know until you investigate; you get a shock once you investigate.

Actually, the current hole isn't considered big, and it's not fatal to investigate it.

Ten or twenty years later, when the wind of the market changes, from a planned economy to a market economy, these holes won't be able to be plugged, and they will directly collapse.

By then, they will be watching their own excitement—factories closing down, they go home.

"Is the situation very serious?"

Li Huai De saw Li Xuewu walk in carrying a notebook, so he stood up from his seat.

He picked up his teacup and signaled for Li Xuewu to sit on the sofa.

Li Xuewu nodded to Li Haiyang, who followed him in to pour tea, and waited for Li Huai De to sit down before he sat at one end of the long sofa.

"If you look at the scope, it's considered relatively serious; Li Kezhang Xiang from the city's discipline inspection first section came, called me over to sit for a while, and talked."

"I heard from Haiyang that it involves a very large area?"

Li Huai De held his teacup, took a sip, frowned, and asked: "What is the city's attitude?"

"Li Kezhang Xiang's meaning is to investigate to the end."

Li Xuewu took the tea handed over by Li Haiyang, nodded with a smile as thanks, and simultaneously answered Li Huai De's question.

Li Haiyang admired Li Xuewu the most and also yearned to learn from him the most.

Just looking at the leader's attitude toward Li Xuewu, it wasn't something an ordinary person could compare to.

Only those at the deputy director level had the qualification to report in the sofa area in the leader's office.

Or when the masses below came directly to find him, the leader would receive them there.

The leader's attitude toward cadres and the masses was naturally different.

But for Li Xuewu, Director Li's trust was obvious to all.

In the conversation, mentioning the source of this matter, the leader said without any avoidance that it was reported by him.

Actually, as long as he used the expression "I heard," Deputy Director Li wouldn't ask either.

However, this calm expression precisely proved the relationship of mutual trust between the two.

He didn't dare to disturb the leader's communication, only taking a notebook and recording while listening behind his own desk, so as to register it in the leader's memorandum.

"The city is intending to 'beat the grass to startle the snake,' wanting to take this opportunity to probe the bottom of industrial management." Li Xuewu shook his head with a bitter smile and said: "It's just that I didn't expect that this probe would completely poke a big hole."

"This shows that their problems are very serious—"

Li Huai De frowned and said: "Your opinion on proposing an audit back then seems to be correct; otherwise, if these problems accumulated and transferred to the Red Star Factory, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"This is just a normal work process."

Li Xuewu didn't explain much on this issue and reported again: "The first phase of the merger work has already entered the final stage."

"The preparatory work for the next phase has already been carried out; the work group expects to carry out audit work in four factories."

He opened his notebook and said: "Our factory's plant construction work is progressing smoothly, and the merger and resource integration plan for the sixteen factories is progressing smoothly."

"If there are no accidents, by the end of the year, the sixteen enterprises will successfully merge into the third-industry according to the plan, and a portion of them will be transferred to Steel City and Yingcheng."

Li Xuewu placed a document in front of Li Huai De and reported: "The integration plan for the machining enterprises has already been made."

"If the acquisition work on Deputy Director Jing's side goes smoothly, by the end of the year, the machining enterprises here can be completely merged into the Fengcheng First Machine Tool Factory."

He spread his hands and explained: "By then, a machining industrial zone can be established in Fengcheng."

"Mm, this work needs to be grasped tightly."

Li Huai De looked at the integration plan handed over by Li Xuewu and nodded.

This was another set of plans independent of the sixteen-factory integration plan, which was started after the Fengcheng First Machine Tool Factory acquisition project was determined.

In order to cope with the adjustment of the machining industry, it was integrated into a machining industrial zone.

While looking at the document, he asked: "Has this been shown to Deputy Director Cheng?"

"Yes, I have already reported and communicated with Deputy Director Cheng."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Deputy Director Cheng's opinion is that the scale of the third-industry is getting larger and larger, and integration and adjustment must be completed before the end of the year."

"What is your opinion?"

Li Huai De raised his eyebrows, glanced at Li Xuewu, and continued to look at the document.

"Regarding the third-industry, what are your thoughts?"

"I think Deputy Director Cheng's opinion is still very pertinent; the ability of the third-industry management office is limited, and it cannot coordinate and manage such a large stall very well."

Li Xuewu proposed without hesitation: "I suggest that in the process of resource integration, we discuss and study the work of dividing professional factories to establish independent operating secondary branches."

"For example, the food factory can be integrated to establish a food processing branch factory."

He looked at Li Huai De and reported: "Possessing independent management and operational authority is conducive to the efficiency and profitability of professional production."

"In the process of promotion and conglomeration, as a transition, we can further complete the transformation into branch companies."

"Mm, food factory—"

Li Huai De put down the document in his hand, tapped his fingers on it, looked at the void, and said: "Machining, machine tool factory, auto parts factory, hardware factory..."

He thought for a while, then focused his gaze, looked at Li Xuewu, and said: "Okay, this idea is no problem; let's discuss it at the meeting."

"Strive to complete the establishment of branch factories before the end of the year to lay a good foundation for conglomeration."

Li Huai De took a sip of hot tea, nodded slowly, and sighed: "In the past two years, our factory's organizational structure has changed a lot, splitting and merging."

"Actually, this precisely confirms that we are developing, isn't it?"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Only when an enterprise develops to a certain extent does it need to divide branch factories separately and operate independently."

"Hehehe—"

Li Huai De nodded with a light laugh and said: "Indeed, it's dazzling; I can't tell the number anymore."

He looked at Li Xuewu and said: "The third-industry is like a hen, constantly eating small insects and hatching branch factories and institutions one by one."

"You and Comrade Yunong have merit—"

"It's all for organizational work, serving the people."

Li Xuewu said politely with a smile: "I have never thought that the third-industry is mine; I believe Deputy Director Jing wouldn't think so either; she hopes that the Red Star Factory family will get better and better, and unity will overcome everything."

Li Huai De took the initiative to ask if Cheng Kaiyuan had seen this plan, and Li Xuewu knew what he wanted to talk about.

Since Cheng Kaiyuan's suggestions had already been communicated with him, they must have been reported to Li Huai De.

Without certainty, Cheng Kaiyuan couldn't have told him.

This was naturally Li Huai De's meaning; the stall of the third-industry was getting larger and larger, and the industrial power held by Li Xuewu and Jing Yunong was also getting larger and larger.

He certainly didn't doubt that Li Xuewu and Jing Yunong had any selfish motives; it was just that this situation was not conducive to organizational unity.

Everyone knew that the higher-ups were about to strengthen the Red Star Factory's leadership team; at this time, engaging in such a bloated industrial system would inevitably be criticized.

However, Li Huai De also had misgivings about moving the third-industry.

He was afraid of causing a rebound from Jing Yunong and afraid of causing misunderstandings from Dong Wenxue's faction.

Therefore, it was a matter of course that Cheng Kaiyuan became the knife in his hand.

This was also a manifestation of Cheng Kaiyuan leaning toward Li Huai De.

Li Xuewu already knew, so he had to take action.

In the phone call to Jing Yunong, he analyzed the pros and cons and explained the purpose and significance of the third-industry having to split up very thoroughly and clearly.

Jing Yunong's opinion was also very direct: if you want to split, split completely; take advantage of the merger and acquisition work of the sixteen factories and the Fengcheng First Machine Tool Factory to carry out the division of branch factories to the maximum extent during resource integration.

That is to say, divide out the industries that can independently complete production management work and establish branch factories.

In terms of status, branch factories are the same as steel mills, just different in level.

In the third-industry management system, there are many industries that cooperate with other brother units.

In the process of resource integration and the establishment of branch factories, it is also necessary to coordinate with brother units on whether to establish joint ventures.

Of course, joint ventures will not fall directly on specific branch factories.

Instead, the third-industry is made independent, and the part of the industry that establishes branch factories is divided into joint ventures.

Simply put, it is to make the third-industry management office independent and change the brand to a joint venture company.

In the future, in the process of conglomeration, those branch factories under the joint venture company that can operate independently will establish branch companies, and those that cannot operate independently will form joint ventures with the newly independent third-industry.

Li Huai De's description was very appropriate; the third-industry is an industrial hen, constantly hatching industrial projects.

Jing Yunong had selfish motives; the third-industry management office was broken and then established; weren't the branch factories established also cakes?

By then, these larger-scale branch factories would be placed under the management of the Production Management Department, and wouldn't her people also enter the sequence of the Production Management Department?

With the help of Li Xuewu and Dong Wenxue's faction, her foundation was much more solid than Cheng Kaiyuan's.

Therefore, what Li Xuewu reported to Li Huai De today was also very clear, even spreading out the third-industry management office in front of Li Huai De.

This also made Li Huai De reach a satisfactory level of perception of him and Jing Yunong again.

If he wanted to display his ambitions in the Red Star Factory, he inevitably had to balance the interests and relationships of all parties.

Especially to be prepared for the higher-ups to strengthen the Red Star Factory's team at any time.

A deputy director came; you say where to arrange, how to divide the work?

Li Xuewu and Jing Yunong really letting go could be considered as giving Li Huai De great confidence.

Whenever interests are involved, which adjustment and reform is not a bloody battle?

He was most proud now that he had arranged Li Xuewu in the position of deputy director of the Committee Office.

Having Li Xuewu coordinate the relationships of all parties and plan the daily work of the Red Star Factory could be considered as letting him free his hands to do more things.

"There is one thing I must ask for your instruction and report."

Li Xuewu spread out his notebook and said: "Comrade Xia Zhongquan, on behalf of the Technical Office, gave me a suggestion, wanting to form an inspection team to go to Japan for a visit and study in the name of accepting equipment."

"Also responsible for the operation inspection and disassembly and upgrade of the aircraft production line, supervising and learning the management and use of the numerical control machining center."

He looked at Li Huai De and asked for instruction: "This matter still requires you to come forward to coordinate."

"Including the Foreign Affairs Department and the Ministry of Foreign Trade."

Li Xuewu took out an invitation letter and introduced: "This is the inspection invitation letter provided by the Sanhe United Stock Company, used for this exchange and cooperation."

"Has it been negotiated with Sanhe?"

Li Huai De looked at the invitation letter; it was very formal and polite; he raised his eyes to look at Li Xuewu and said: "Put this matter aside for now; there have been some changes, and I haven't had time to tell you yet."

He placed the invitation letter on the sofa armrest, beckoned to Li Haiyang, took a document from the other party's hand, and handed it to Li Xuewu.

"I asked about the 701 project you mentioned to me, and they took the initiative to contact us."

Li Huai De introduced: "The Bingcheng Aircraft Manufacturing Factory was very surprised by our inquiry letter; the 701 aircraft research group is coming to our factory for research."

"However... the Japanese merchants have already gone to Steel City and are inspecting the progress of the electronic industry construction."

Li Xuewu reported: "We talked yesterday, and Nakamura Shuji expressed a warm welcome to our inspection and study; now..."

"No, it cannot be that we send people."

Li Huai De looked at Li Xuewu seriously and said: "The higher-ups' meaning is that the 701 aircraft research group will be stationed in the Red Star Factory to help us master the installation and production of this aircraft assembly line."

"Is it help, or allocation?"

Li Xuewu frowned slightly, looked at Li Huai De, and asked: "Do the higher-ups want to allocate this production line away?"

"The situation is not as serious as you think—"

Li Huai De shook his head slightly and said: "The aircraft manufacturing factory belongs to the Red Star Factory, and the production line belongs to the Red Star Factory; this is indicated in the cooperation agreement."

"The Bingcheng Aircraft Manufacturing Factory's meaning is cooperative development and joint research."

He looked at Li Xuewu, nodded slowly, and said: "You must be cautious about this matter; don't act on impulse; what belongs to us will always be ours."

"But the Red Star Factory belongs to the organization; you must remember this point."