Chapter 1133: It Still Has to Be You!

"So, the matter of going to Japan for inspection is ruined?"

Xia Xia Zhongquan's head was buzzing; he had even arranged who would be responsible for which part of the technology.

The inspection team, from top to bottom, including security and ideological personnel, all had contingency plans.

This had to be said to have been forced out by Li Li Xuewu; whatever he did, he had to prepare at least three contingency plans.

It was just that he hadn't expected that the plans were finished, but the people going to Japan had to be changed.

"Wait and see the situation—"

Li Li Xuewu drank a mouthful of hot tea; it was June, and the weather was hot, and sweat was oozing from his forehead.

However, after drinking the hot water into his stomach and sweat coming out of his body, the whole person felt much cooler.

That was why many people relied on drinking hot water to cool off in the summer, not cold water.

This had one benefit, which was to remove dampness.

"The 701 project coming to help is also in accordance with the organization's requirements, helping us complete the construction work of the aircraft manufacturing factory faster."

"It's... it's help, but..."

Xia Xia Zhongquan was saying affirmative words, but his hesitant tone and suspicious eyes revealed his inner thoughts of "don't lie to your own people."

That meant, brother, you're even lying to your own people?

Do you believe this yourself after saying it?

Li Li Xuewu put down the teacup, glanced at him, and the meaning in his eyes was: believe it or not, anyway, I believe it.

Well, if you say so, I can only believe it.

What could Xia Xia Zhongquan do? Any organization had to work under the leadership of the Party.

There was nothing to complain about this matter; what needed to be determined now was whether the Red Star Factory's aircraft manufacturing was still its own.

"What did the leader say?"

"Just to wait, wait for the 701 project people to come; it's soon."

Li Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said: "The leader is also in a difficult position, you understand?"

"Mm, this is natural—"

Xia Xia Zhongquan drank a mouthful of tea, raised his head to look at Li Li Xuewu, and asked: "This project...?"

"The cooperation agreement signed between the Japanese Sanhe United Joint-Stock Company and the Red Star Factory."

Li Li Xuewu looked at him and said affirmatively: "The aircraft manufacturing factory must be the Red Star Factory's; this will not change, and cannot change."

"I know, I know—"

Seeming to be much more at ease, Xia Xia Zhongquan nodded repeatedly and sighed: "It's my fault, it's my fault; I shouldn't have suggested any inspection and learning at this time."

"This has nothing to do with it; it's that the 701 project side was caught off guard by us."

Li Li Xuewu explained in a low voice: "Actually, this project had been worked on a few years ago; it was a prototype plane captured from the south, but... you understand."

"I... I... *cough cough*—"

Xia Xia Zhongquan said, "I don't understand, don't keep digging holes for me; I don't know anything."

He coughed lightly, raised his eyebrows, and asked: "Then in production? If there is no first-hand inspection and learning experience, I'm afraid our technical team doesn't have this foundation."

"My personal guess—"

Li Li Xuewu tapped the pencil in his hand, looked at Xia Xia Zhongquan, and said: "They will arrange for a portion of people to participate in the inspection team."

"So your contingency plans and plans should be implemented normally; just don't finalize the people yet; inspect first."

"Also—"

He pointed at Xia Xia Zhongquan and emphasized: "This cat acting as a coach for the tiger, don't lose the skills of keeping the house."

"Understood, I'll arrange it later."

Xia Xia Zhongquan nodded and asked again: "Regarding the CNC machining center project...?"

"Go in batches; two projects, two teams; don't mix them together."

Li Li Xuewu taught him in a low voice: "You must not let outsiders know that we are going to transport the CNC machining center; just say CNC lathes."

"Also, hold a meeting for the technical personnel; the string of confidentiality in their minds must be tightened for me."

"Understood; later I will find the Confidentiality Department and the Security Section to jointly carry out confidentiality training and education."

Xia Xia Zhongquan guaranteed: "This time, forming the delegation, I will definitely choose good people, use good people, and ensure no problems arise."

"Don't be so serious; work must be done, but the more nervous you are, the easier it is to make mistakes."

Li Li Xuewu pointed at him and reminded: "Confidentiality work and safety work are not achieved just by threats and constant lecturing."

"Like a rubber band, if you pull it too hard, it will snap; if you loosen it, it will deviate."

He narrowed his left eye slightly and said in a low voice: "It lies in management, in education, and also in personal care and maintenance; these people who go are originally the precious talents you chose, and they will be even more precious talents when they return."

"Regarding the protection and treatment of talents, I won't say; you should know what Director Li's attitude is."

"I know; I will go back and make a later reward and handling plan."

Xia Xia Zhongquan had cooperated with Li Li Xuewu on several projects and was already very familiar with his management and work style.

To put it bluntly, this was an actuary with a very strong desire for control; everything had to be calculated to the point.

You see him smiling when he talks, but in reality, if you aren't careful with a word, you'll fall into a pit.

"Called you here for another matter; it's about CNC lathes."

Li Li Xuewu took a document out of the drawer and handed it to the other party, signaling him to open it and look.

After the other party had seen enough, he said: "I knew the Fengcheng First Machine Factory had technical reserves for CNC lathe research, but I didn't expect their foundation to be so good; they really struck gold."

"Transmitted back by Deputy Director Jing's inspection team?"

Xia Xia Zhongquan confirmed he hadn't seen this document and raised his head in surprise, looking at Li Li Xuewu.

"If what is said here is true, our research team can follow up now."

"No need to doubt the authenticity—"

Li Li Xuewu looked out the window, still lamenting that a factory with such strong technical strength was actually hindered by management and economic problems.

At first, he felt that the Fengcheng First Machine Factory was biased; technical development was good, stemming from the solid teaching of the Russian brothers back then, giving solid experience.

Another point was that the workers and technical engineers of the Fengcheng First Machine Factory were knowledgeable and had a strong sense of production and research and development.

He hadn't expected that with so many technical reserves and such a good research and development team, it would be managed in such a mess.

Should he blame the rules and regulations of the planned production economy, or should he blame the management problems that generally existed in this period? Or the Great Study...

The investigation material wasn't transmitted back by the inspection team, but collected by Li Li Wenbiao.

He had a copy of this material here, and Jing Jing Yunong also had a copy in her hands.

Very naturally, Li Li Wenbiao relied on this investigation report to see Jing Jing Yunong.

He had met Dong Wenxue more than once, and Dong Wenxue also knew who he was.

Of course, Li Li Wenbiao didn't know who Jing Jing Yunong was, but Brother Wu said she was one of their own.

And as for Jing Jing Yunong, she only felt it was absurd.

She thought of Li Li Xuewu covering the sky with one hand in the Red Star Factory, with an unusual background.

But she just hadn't expected that Li Li Xuewu's influence in the Steel City was also so god-like.

The negotiations hadn't even started yet, just audits and research, and as a result, Li Li Xuewu's people had already placed the investigation report in front of her.

When Jing Jing Yunong handed this report to the audit and research team, they followed the clues and found that the investigation results were almost all correct.

What did this count as?

She came to take an exam, and as a result, Li Li Xuewu secretly passed her the answers?

Jing Jing Yunong couldn't say that Li Li Xuewu managed too broadly and his hands were too long; she could only say that she didn't know Li Li Xuewu well enough.

What she had seen before was perhaps only the tip of the iceberg of Li Li Xuewu's entire influence.

This young man was really too terrifying.

A CNC machining center was not a CNC lathe; a few CNC machining centers couldn't realize the Red Star Factory's take-off and occupy the leading position in industrial development.

Only by realizing the popularization of CNC machining technology and changing the core technology production model could the Red Star Factory truly step out of the country and move toward the world.

An industry that couldn't even master engine production technology, and it's called the automobile industry?

But with extensive CNC lathe machining technology, a big mountain in front of engine production was completely moved away.

It wasn't just a problem of quantitative production, but also a guarantee of quality.

Li Li Xuewu's core parts independent production strategy powerfully guaranteed the competitiveness of the products.

Automobile engines, ship engines, aircraft engines, as well as other engineering machinery power systems, etc.

The mechanical processing factory would be placed in Fengcheng, absorbing the favorable climatic, geographical, and human conditions there, and the final "human" element would be completed by the Red Star Factory.

CNC lathe research starting from now was still considered late; if they waited another ten years, no, another five years, it would be difficult to catch up.

When discussing this engineering project with Li Li Huai De, Li Li Huai De didn't understand the business Li Li Xuewu was talking about, and didn't understand why these technologies were important.

However, since these projects and technologies were said to him by Li Li Xuewu, then they were "unfathomable."

Li Li Xuewu wouldn't report this kind of business to him randomly; he had already given Li Li Xuewu the right to independently handle some projects.

Being able to be placed in front of him by Li Li Xuewu for detailed reporting, he only needed to treat it seriously and ask clearly what was needed.

After listening to Li Li Xuewu's report, Li Li Huai De didn't know what to say.

As a result, he said that the Red Star Factory's scientific research strength was still not stable enough, not solid enough.

Look, the main research strength now was still based on Huaqing University, which wouldn't do.

Didn't this show that we didn't attach enough importance to the recruitment and mobilization of scientific research personnel?

Only when the proportion of Huaqing in the Red Star Factory's research institute was reduced to being negligible would it show that our research strength had grown.

He didn't care if he understood Li Li Xuewu's meaning or not; he first allocated 100,000 yuan to increase efforts to recruit relevant engineering and technical personnel nationwide.

This really made Li Li Xuewu not know how to report.

You just say, is there any problem with Old Li's answer?

Of course there's no problem—!

Now Li Li Xuewu brought problems to find him to report, didn't it prove that the scientific research strength was weak?

If the Red Star Factory's scientific research strength was awesome, then the management of this kind of project could be passed in Li Li Xuewu's hands; why bother coming to find him?

Therefore, Old Li approving another 100,000 yuan to recruit scientific and technological strength was solving the problem from the root.

And when Li Li Xuewu placed the special approval of 100,000 yuan in front of Xia Xia Zhongquan, the Deputy Director of the Technical Research Leadership Group, Old Xia was also dumbfounded.

I said to engage in CNC lathe research; why are you giving me money?

Wouldn't it be over if the project was approved, and the industrialization implementation plan for the future was made into a CNC industrial development plan and revision?

Precisely because there was the support of the implementation plan, and the need and plan for CNC industrial development, there was this fund in the financial budget.

The task Xia Xia Zhongquan received from Li Li Xuewu, and the report submitted after research, meant this.

As a result—

Don't say it, here's 100,000 yuan, stay away from my office!

"So, was the application plan approved?"

Xia Xia Zhongquan looked at the expense approval in his hand, blankly; he didn't know how to spend this money.

Li Li Xuewu handed another document to him, which was about this project.

Li Li Huai De only asked Li Li Xuewu a few key questions before signing on it.

First was whether the CNC industry could be widely applied and popularized.

Second was how long it would take for the Red Star Factory to get CNC lathe production done after acquiring the Fengcheng First Machine Factory.

Finally, what kind of production effect could the Red Star Factory have after realizing the CNC industry.

Li Li Xuewu's answer was:

The CNC industry had already been proven in international wide-range industrial production and would become the main equipment and processing method for future industrial production.

Secondly, the Fengcheng First Machine Factory's machine tool technical reserves were very solid, which could fully support the Red Star Factory in completing CNC machine tool research and production before the realization of the conglomeration goal.

Even after receiving the Red Star Factory's capital injection and rectification management, the production technology of other lathes would also be released to the maximum.

The Fengcheng First Machine Factory would bloom with the strongest industrial mother machine power in the hands of the Red Star Factory.

Finally, Li Li Xuewu gave Li Li Huai De a vision: the Fengcheng First Machine Factory successfully completed stripping and integration.

After the independent mechanical processing enterprises completed the CNC industrial transformation, all of the Red Star Factory's products would possess the nation's top core parts production capability, without one.

At least Li Li Xuewu had never heard that in this era, or even ten years later, any factory in the country possessed full-process CNC industrial production capability.

CNC lathes would exist, but as a universal processing equipment for mechanical processing enterprises, it was impossible.

This thing belonged to restricted industrial equipment in the future, costing millions each.

It wasn't that the cost of the metal parts or control parts of this equipment was very high; it was just purely expensive.

I can build it, you can't build it, so when I sell it to you, I say how much it is, and that's how much it is.

You want to bargain?

You can, but if you lower it by a cent, I won't sell it to you; if you have the ability, go buy it elsewhere.

Looking at lithography machines in the future, is that technology very difficult?

Very difficult; this has to be said truthfully.

However, we once had the opportunity to engage in independent research and development; when lithography machine technology first started, we had the opportunity.

It's a pity, we didn't engage in it, and then we were choked by the neck.

If you want to engage in it again, you have to pay ten times, or even a hundred times the price to catch up.

People succeeded in engaging in it, so naturally, they wanted to cut off the road they came from; this is called technical blockade.

The Red Star Factory must engage in industry and production in the future; CNC lathes absolutely cannot let people choke their necks.

Now they could still get technology from Japan's hands because the two countries hadn't established normal diplomatic relations.

The actual trade was carried out under the framework of non-governmental trade.

That is to say, this aircraft production line, or the CNC machining center, were purely commercial trade behaviors.

It was the same as the handling of Momotani Eriko's return to the country.

Business to business, things were all sold by this empty shell of the Sanhe Joint-Stock Company.

"Hi—Mr. Li."

Andrew took the initiative to hold Li Li Xuewu's hand as soon as he got off the car, greeting him very enthusiastically: "Long time no see, I miss you very much—"

"Hahaha—"

Li Li Xuewu laughed and shook his hand, his gaze looking at Cheng Kaiyuan with amusement.

Cheng Kaiyuan looked at Andrew with a strange expression and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What's wrong? Did I say it wrong?"

Andrew asked Li Li Xuewu in French, very puzzled, as if he had really said it wrong.

Just now he was using half-baked Chinese to greet Li Li Xuewu.

It was just that this Mandarin sounded... the Northeast accent content was on the high side.

"Hehehe, who taught you?"

Li Li Xuewu said with a light laugh: "It has quite a flavor—"

"Learned from the engineering team, interesting."

Andrew received Li Li Xuewu's approval, and only then did he smile.

He shook hands again with Cheng Kaiyuan, with whom he had dealt a few times, although not very pleasantly.

It was just that his attitude was obviously much colder than when he had just shaken hands with Li Li Xuewu.

Cheng Kaiyuan didn't care about this.

Whether it was true or just posturing, at his position, face would only be cared about when it should be cared about.

Moreover, regarding his relationship with Li Li Xuewu, he weighed it clearly in his own heart.

Even if Andrew looked down on him, it couldn't have been caused by Li Li Xuewu.

So there was no need to destroy this meeting, and even less need to vent his anger on Li Li Xuewu.

This time coming to the Red Star Factory was at Li Li Xuewu's invitation to discuss the light-duty cargo ship manufacturing cooperation project.

He had talked to Cheng Kaiyuan a few times before, but it almost collapsed.

This old guy was quite cunning, knowing the principle of one key opening one lock.

He didn't want to talk seriously with Cheng Kaiyuan; his purpose was to find Li Li Xuewu to talk.

Didn't he know that Li Li Xuewu's status in the Red Star Factory was lower than Cheng Kaiyuan's?

Of course he knew, but doing so would place Li Li Xuewu in an awkward position, which would give him greater initiative in the negotiations.

That's why they said he was cunning.

Regardless of whether this strategy could succeed, he would win emotional points in the negotiations with Li Li Xuewu.

Cheng Kaiyuan should have noticed this point; it couldn't be negotiated properly, so he could only call Li Li Xuewu up.

Today, rather than saying it was Li Li Xuewu's invitation, it was better to say that Li Li Xuewu, on behalf of the Red Star Factory, formally invited the Gili Star Company to launch commercial negotiations.

The other party brought a complete commercial negotiation team; from this point, one could see that Andrew knew very well what Li Li Xuewu's status in the Red Star Factory was.

Since Li Li Xuewu said he wanted to negotiate, if he dared to ignore it, the one who would be pitted would absolutely be himself.

Therefore, as soon as the two sides met, they started various forms of communication and collision.

"I heard the Red Star Factory is preparing to build sedans?"

Andrew stood in front of the guesthouse door, smiled, and signaled to the car beside him: "Are you preparing to manufacture luxury sedans?"

"Hehehe—Benz?"

Li Li Xuewu laughed out loud; why had people been showing off cars to him lately?

Last time it was Nakamura Yang Shuji, and this time Andrew also came to show off; did they discuss it?

"The latest Benz 250SE."

Andrew introduced with a smile: "2.5-liter M129 six-cylinder engine, 4-speed automatic."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and praised: "Very beautiful—it's a German car, right?"

"Hehehe—"

Cheng Kaiyuan gently nudged him with his elbow from the side and invited with a light laugh: "It's too hot; let's go upstairs and talk."

He could obviously see that the pride on the face of this Italian old money stiffened because of Li Li Xuewu's words.

Deputy Director Li was really something; this was a foreign businessman; just deal with him a bit. How could you slap someone in the face to death as soon as you caught them?

People praised their own car as very good, and you asked which country's car it was.

You already called out the Benz brand; wasn't this deliberately slapping someone in the face?

Li Li Xuewu, however, still maintained a smiling and polite attitude; in reality, he wanted to ask Andrew if he had invested in Benz.

This car wasn't even produced by your own factory, so what are you blowing about with me?

Our factory's cars were all designed by me; who did I blow to?

If it were Nakamura Yang Shuji showing off a Toyota Crown sedan to him, he could still endure it.

After all, this old guy Nakamura really did things; not only did he give him the aircraft production line, but he also gave him the CNC machining center he wanted.

So Li Li Xuewu, who had gained benefits, allowed others to brag in front of him.

Like Andrew, who came to beg for food, and still dared to bare his fangs?

So what if it's a Benz sedan?

The sunroof extended version is awesome; being able to let you drive this thing in front of me is already my energy; what are you pretending for?

Regarding the use of vehicles by foreign businessmen in the interior, there was no complete guidance plan.

That is to say, if according to the management plan of the Foreign Affairs Office, they could possess their own vehicles and needed to hang special license plates.

This wasn't strange; the Foreign Affairs Office had official vehicles and also private vehicles.

Although they were all black plates, not all black plates were Foreign Affairs license plates.

Cars holding Foreign Affairs license plates must also abide by domestic traffic rules.

If you hold a dog and say your car is a Foreign Affairs license plate, wanting to enjoy special treatment, ask the foreign daddy if they dare to do so first.

The vehicle management of the Foreign Affairs Office had norms; only foreign affairs personnel could apply.

As for the license plates of foreign businessmen's vehicles, that had to be traced back to the time when they were just liberated.

At that time, the economy in the interior was not a planned economy, and there were foreign businessmen operating industries in the interior.

These foreigners naturally couldn't walk to work, and they also had their own travel vehicles.

According to the management regulations at that time, foreign businessmen also had the right to apply for vehicle license plates.

But now, more than ten years had passed, everything had changed, and policies couldn't keep up with changes.

The use of vehicles by the Santa Ya Group in the mainland has benefited from Chantal's convenience, as her husband is a staff member at the foreign affairs office.

Nakamura Yang Shuji and others had been active in the interior before, but they hadn't mixed with vehicles; they used the vehicles of the Economic Exchange Center of the Foreign Affairs Office.

Don't doubt it; Japan's Economic Exchange Center in the interior was established very early.

Commercial trade exchanges were very frequent, and economic exchange meetings were held every year.

Being able to transport vehicles from the country to the mainland this time was still thanks to the favor of Erika Momotani.

Because of one thing she did, the Sanhe United Joint-Stock Company had a more special status in the interior.

At least on the Japanese side, they attached more importance to Sanhe's commercial activities in the interior.

As for Andrew, his connections in the interior couldn't be considered hard; Italy only signed an agreement with the interior to establish non-governmental business representative offices at the end of 1964.

In 1965, the goal of mutual dispatch of business representatives was realized.

Truly establishing foreign affairs relations would take three years; so Andrew coming to the interior to do business was no problem, but wanting to find a backer was not easy.

Whether it was parking ships in the Tianjin Port or transporting official vehicles through customs, it was all coordinated by Li Li Xuewu.

In the interior, he actually walked the Red Star Factory's relationship, based on commercial cooperation.

Currently, foreign affairs exchanges between the interior and the international community were still primarily based on commerce.

The attitude of these countries toward the interior was not very clear, but once the egg exploded, everyone knew that foreign affairs relations with the interior would be normalized sooner or later.

Therefore, whoever came in first to communicate and exchange would grasp the first-hand information and become a bridge for further cooperation between the two sides.

This was also the reason why foreign businessmen formed commercial travel groups, had so many people participating, and carried out more solid and extensive commercial trade with the interior.

Like Chantel, who had foreign affairs relations, she naturally wanted to stand firm in the interior, using the Santa Ya Group as a bridge to help her husband obtain more political resources and also grasp the authority of foreign affairs exchanges with the Eastern Great Power.

Those without foreign affairs relations and foundations, like Andrew, also had political goals.

His family was also considered old-school capital in Italy, so they inevitably had more demands in politics.

He mixed in the Far East; if he could stand firm in the interior and link up with the basic market in Hong Kong, he would properly be considered the commercial leader of Italy in the Far East in the future.

Even the vehicle entry through customs was arranged by Li Li Xuewu; coming to the interior to do business to make money and obtain political resources, in Li Li Xuewu's place, if he wasn't a beggar, what was he?

Don't think that foreign businessmen at this time were very valuable, and don't think they were very reserved.

Taking the initiative to send equipment and technology didn't mean they were philanthropists.

Would you think the Russian brothers were philanthropists?

They just wanted to help the interior establish a Russian-system industry to achieve the goal of controlling the interior through the means of controlling industrial development.

This kind of behavior and purpose aroused the attention and vigilance of the higher-ups; what was the result?

When *** said no, those experts and technical personnel all withdrew.

They weren't philanthropists; it couldn't be denied that the people who came had the "Davarish" spirit, and this assistance also brought changes to the interior's industrialization.

However, the old corn that commanded them had already deteriorated, and these supports were also returned later.

Therefore, the interior's industrial development was very arduous; saying it was starting from scratch was not an exaggeration.

Everywhere were traps, and every step was bumpy.

The slogans of self-reliance and arduous struggle, these eight characters contained too much bitterness and tears, but they also represented the strong will of the interior's working class.

Li Li Xuewu wouldn't be ecstatic because foreign businessmen took the initiative to send equipment and technology.

It couldn't be said to be vigilant and rejecting, but he had to weigh what he had and what he could bring to the other party.

In this world, things like pies falling from the sky never happened.

If there really were, the pie would also be a trap.

Placing the interests of both sides on commercial communication and negotiation was the correct way to handle foreign affairs and trade relations.

Showing off, exaggerating, etc., would only bring humiliation upon oneself.

Cheng Kaiyuan was a factory leader and had to care about the etiquette of a great nation and the demeanor of a great country.

But in Li Li Xuewu's place, he wouldn't haggle over every ounce with the other party, but he had to teach the other party how to behave and how to do business properly in the interior.

Li Li Xuewu didn't know who taught him Chinese, but while learning to speak, he also had to teach him the core values and principles of China.

Otherwise, it would be like hundreds or thousands of years ago, when technologies like gunpowder and the compass were passed abroad, and hundreds of years later, these people used cannons and warships to return the favor.

"I haven't obtained the verification of engineering and technical personnel for what you said, so it's hard to say."

After listening to Andrew's statement, Li Li Xuewu said directly: "Compared to your company's surveying engineers, I think the construction plan given by the Yingcheng Shipyard's construction command center has better adaptability to local construction, right?"

"What I want to say to you is not arrogance, standing on our country's side to emphasize professional discrimination or any other attitude to you."

He pointed at the desktop and told Andrew: "Endlessly arguing about these small problems will only drag down our cooperation project."

"Let me put it this way: our cooperation project with the French Santa Ya Group in the shipbuilding industry has already started; how much longer does the Gili Star Company want to drag it out?"

Andrew listened to Li Li Xuewu's French statement; there were no identifiable errors, and without the delay of translation, he obtained the other party's opinions and information in the first instance.

He had just emphasized the differences in the construction and engineering plans given by the Yingcheng Shipyard.

This was just a normal nitpicking in the negotiation process; he hadn't expected Li Li Xuewu's reaction to be so big.

"We are all doing the construction of the ten-thousand-ton dock, we are producing thousand-ton cargo ships, and we have already started delivering fishing boats and cargo ships under a thousand tons."

Li Li Xuewu looked at him and said: "This is just during the trial production period; are you doubting the professionalism and technology of the Yingcheng Shipyard?"

"Let me put it this way: the Red Star Factory has many workers and technical strength, but it's impossible to invest everything in the shipbuilding industry."

He tapped the document at hand and emphasized: "In the interior, the factory is the master of the workers, and what we represent is the interests of the workers," Li Li Xuewu paused and said again: "So, how to construct and produce, we have the final say, because this is what we have to be responsible for."

"What I have learned now is also what was submitted to me by the Yingcheng Shipyard."

Li Li Xuewu opened the document and looked at it, saying: "At the latest by October, absolutely no later than November, the sea surface will freeze."

"The infrastructure part absolutely cannot be constructed anymore; if you want to delay, then we can talk slowly; I have a whole winter to haggle with you."

He put down the document and said: "The condition is that during this period, we haven't found a suitable shipbuilding cooperation partner, then it won't be too late to start this project next year."

"Li, please believe in our cooperation sincerity."

Andrew pressed his hands down and said frankly: "We came to Jingcheng to negotiate, the purpose is to implement this project as soon as possible."

"In the cruise ship project, our cooperation was very good, and the communication and cooperation between the two sides were very pleasant."

He raised his hand to signal his accompanying team, and these people were also nodding.

"The workers and management of the Yingcheng Shipyard are very humble and kind, leaving a deep impression on us."

Andrew looked at Li Li Xuewu and said seriously: "We want to cooperate with the Yingcheng Shipyard to develop the light-duty cargo ship project."

"However, we have to bear the pressure of technical guidance and ship sales, and we have to be responsible for this project; you should be able to understand my mood."

He pressed the plan in his hand and emphasized: "We are absolutely holding a serious and responsible attitude to propose this technical plan."

"I certainly believe in your company's professional attitude, but please understand."

Li Li Xuewu reached out and pressed on the plan in front of the other party, sliding it to the side, and the document slid to Xia Xia Zhongquan's front.

"Leave professional matters to professional people; the Red Star Factory has enough complete shipbuilding technical experts; they will carefully review your plan."

He pushed the document prepared by the Red Star Factory to the other party, tapped it, and said: "Now, let's talk about the cooperation plan for the light-duty cargo ship project, sincere and determined."

"It still has to be you; commercial negotiation rhythm control must possess foreign language skills."

Cheng Kaiyuan shook his head with emotion and said to the crowd who came out together: "It can be seen how important it is to learn a foreign language well."

"It's not for worshiping foreign things, and even less for understanding foreign fashionable culture, but for initiative."

He gestured toward Li Li Xuewu's direction and said: "Mastering three foreign languages is enough to obtain the first negotiation right in the field of commercial trade."

"So, I give a piece of advice to the comrades of the Foreign Affairs Office."

Cheng Kaiyuan pointed at Sha Sha Qizhi's direction and said with a smile: "Don't limit your vision to the Foreign Affairs Office; please ask the foreign language teachers to give more lessons to the commercial negotiation team, and everyone should learn foreign languages."

"Thank you, Leader—"

Sha Sha Qizhi nodded with a smile and said: "We in the Foreign Affairs Office also have an interest in communicating and exchanging with other departments."

It was still very sunny at this moment; if it weren't for the big tree at the entrance of the guesthouse, they wouldn't be able to stand.

After the noon banquet, they sent away the visiting Gili Star Company, and everyone chatted at the guesthouse.

Tuanjie Lake wasn't small, and standing here was much cooler than other positions in the factory area.

Perhaps the specific heat capacity of water was large, absorbing heat, or perhaps the guesthouse had more green plants, blocking the reflection of sunlight.

Li Li Xuewu waited for Sha Sha Qizhi to finish speaking, and this time mentioned warmly: "September 1st, the Red Star Factory's Vocational Education Academy opens; all training classes in the factory, except for special skill training, will be merged over."

"By then, there will be professional foreign affairs personnel serving as instructors to open classes for everyone."

He looked at the crowd with a smile and said: "What Deputy Director Cheng said is the significance and purpose of opening the foreign affairs training class."

"The Red Star Factory's foreign trade volume is gradually increasing; in the future, more foreign businessmen will walk into the Red Star Factory to communicate and negotiate with us."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and spread his hands, saying: "I think, in the process of negotiation, being able to accurately obtain trade information is a necessary condition for negotiation, right?"

"Is it only foreign language training?"

Someone asked with a smile: "How to level the information gap between domestic and foreign?"

"Especially in industry," he emphasized: "Look at the negotiation meeting just now; the other party obviously had fraudulent behavior and purpose."

"The entire process of commercial cooperation will have fraudulent components."

Li Li Xuewu answered with a smile: "You should understand the principle that soldiers never tire of deceit."

"That is to say..."

That person asked in surprise: "Commercial negotiation is actually you lie to me, I lie to you?"

"Hahahaha—"

Li Li Xuewu looked at Cheng Kaiyuan, and both of them laughed.

Everyone understood, and they all followed suit and laughed.

June 13th, Friday.

The Red Star Factory's Education Management Office (Provisional) officially announced the enrollment plan for factory-affiliated educational institutions.

News had already spread early on that the Red Star Factory was going to run schools independently.

Starting from the nursery, all the way to the Vocational Technical Academy, a vertical system, straight through to the Red Star Factory.

That is to say, a 3-year-old child, if one of their parents worked at the Red Star Factory, could enter the nursery and start school.

From nursery to kindergarten, then to primary school, junior high school, and high school, and finally to junior college.

Thanks to the current status of the education system management, it was easy for the Red Star Factory to obtain school-running qualifications.

Actually, at this time, the qualifications for factory-run schools were really easy.

Small factories had their own kindergartens; it was just that the Vocational Technical Academy with junior college school-running qualifications was a bit troublesome.

At this time, the Red Star Factory, which still insisted on running schools and education, attracted the attention of the whole city.

Many people were buying the factory newspaper issued by the Red Star Factory to look at the enrollment brochure on it.

Compared to the enrollment conditions for nurseries, kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools that required parents to work in the factory, the enrollment conditions for the Vocational Technical Academy were much looser.

Meeting the basic conditions, there were no requirements for household registration and origin; everything was based on exams and interviews.

Even if it was internally determined that factory workers' children would occupy more quotas, it was still based on exam results.

The newspaper only announced this year's enrollment brochure and didn't determine whether it would recruit next year.

That is to say, everyone had to face the situation of not taking the exam this year and possibly not recruiting next year.

In fact, Li Li Xuewu's budget was to recruit for three consecutive years until the Red Star Factory's education system completed its internal circulation.

Junior high school graduates could apply for technical secondary school majors, and high school graduates could apply for junior college majors.

Someone said, people are already high school students, they can directly find work; why would they come to you to study for junior college?

Because the enrollment brochure of the factory newspaper indicated that excellent junior college graduates of the Vocational Technical Academy would be sent to the Steel Institute for university education in the form of commissioned training.

Currently, except for students already in universities, there was no channel for the whole country to enter universities for study; the Red Star Factory could be considered to have made a detour.

High school students come to the Vocational Technical Academy to study for three years, then go to the Steel Institute to study for two years, and they can get a university graduation certificate and enjoy the treatment of university students.

Of course, the premise is that you have to join the Red Star Factory upon graduation.

That is to say, excellent junior college graduates had already joined the factory upon graduation.

It was just that they went to the Steel Institute for re-education and training during their tenure.

This form of training and education did not violate current education policies.

Therefore, the enrollment of the Red Star Factory's Education Management Office started, and the phones of cadres related to it were blown up by outside connections.

Everyone wanted to send their children in, and everyone wanted their children to continue receiving education.

Especially after learning that the professors of the Red Star Factory's Vocational Technical Academy came from famous schools such as Huaqing University, Yanjing University, Steel Institute, Art Academy, and Finance University, this situation became even more enthusiastic.

However, these phone calls asking for connections were made, but no one dared to agree, and no one dared to take money to handle things.

Because it couldn't be handled at all; from the beginning of the enrollment work, the resident representative of the Third Guard Regiment moved in.

Moreover, there was news that the little Teddy dogs of the Security Group's Inspection Section had all been dispatched.

Whoever hit the muzzle of the gun at this time was actively sending performance to others. ===== CHAPTER 1134 =====

Whoever steps into the line of fire at this time is voluntarily handing performance results to others.