Chapter 1156: Enjoying one's twilight years in peace?

Something always happens every weekend; it seems to have become a chronic ailment of the security management at Red Star Factory.

It is just like psoriasis—impossible to scrape off, impossible to scrape clean, and impossible to drive away.

Li Xuewu no longer feels the initial fear or sense of being overwhelmed by the situation of employees getting into fights.

What should have been publicized has been publicized, and what should have been emphasized has been emphasized. Controls have been implemented, supervision has been carried out, and even several workshop directors have been removed, yet the situation still occurred.

Blocking is not as effective as dredging. Since strict grasping and strict management cannot prohibit it, it shows that the root of the problem does not lie in management, and the employees' attitude toward such matters has surpassed the psychological defense line of losing their jobs and ruining their lives.

It is evident that hot-blooded youths still possess unstoppable impulses and blindness in their thoughts and ideals, and they do not yet have a very clear understanding of the consequences caused by recklessness.

After all, only one person has died so far. In such a large factory with tens of thousands of people, why would they be the ones caught, why would they be the ones injured, and why would they be the ones lying on the ground, unable to get up and meeting their end?

As long as they are not caught, the factory will not know, and there will be no talk of dismissal, let alone subsequent punishment or loss of employment.

They all have a mentality of taking chances, all feel they should be a bit more alert, and none are willing to give up the desire to swim in the tides of the era. After all, whose youth is not confused, and whose youth does not suffer?

Old Li's attitude toward such matters is also changing, knowing that the Security Division has done everything it could, and even what it couldn't.

Just think about it: when was the last time the Security Division's guard team entered the city, during what period, and for what purpose?

And this time? They completely utilized their bottom-line strength.

However, what was the result? They still couldn't prevent it.

On this Sunday, Li Xuewu received a call from the Security Division at home: incidents had occurred in the fitter workshop and the rolling workshop, with five injured and two dead, and even a small squad leader was involved.

Li Xuewu was not angry, did not scold anyone, and did not call for a car to head to the factory.

Let them make a scene, let them fight. If these workshops don't rotate through once, if the people around them don't encounter some trouble, if their colleagues' families don't hold funerals and wail bitterly for a few days, they will not have a profound impression.

Zhou Yao felt very guilty and sad. Li Xuewu told her not to be sad; since the matter had already occurred, they should handle it according to procedure, doing exactly what they did before.

Whoever's son died, they should take them home for the funeral; not a single cent of funeral expenses should be given. Furthermore, all those who participated in the fighting and instigated the fighting should be dismissed, the workshop directors should be removed from their posts, and the ideological management cadres should be removed from their posts.

Without a high-voltage line, they want to make a scene. Now, the Security Division lets them make a scene. The high-voltage line will never be removed; whoever touches it dies.

The cost line for making mistakes must be straightened, without bias.

On Monday, as soon as Li Xuewu arrived at work, Zhou Yao submitted the report on the handling of the matter.

"Hmm, let's do it this way. There weren't any mistakes, were there?"

Li Xuewu signed the document, pushed it to Zhou Yao, and instructed: "Tell Deputy Team Leader Yu to write a series of reports on this matter and conduct documentary publicity at the broadcasting station."

"Since they aren't afraid of losing face, the factory doesn't need to save face for them either."

He put away the fountain pen in his hand and asked in a calm tone: "How is the investigation into Nie Xiaoguang's matter going?"

"It's still under investigation. This Nie Xiaoguang seems to have informants in the factory. As soon as we take action, he hides away."

Zhou Yao said with some annoyance: "It's like a rat in the sewer; we don't know where he's hiding, and even his family members can't clearly state his whereabouts."

"Your description is quite apt—"

Li Xuewu pointed at her, not minding the failure of his subordinates, but instead pointed out to her: "The more Nie Xiaoguang acts like this, the more it shows his guilty conscience. This matter absolutely cannot be separated from him."

"Therefore, this also shows that our investigation direction and goals are correct. You can continue to investigate along this line; it must be him!"

"We think so too, but we just don't know where to start."

Zhou Yao frowned and said: "We investigated his social connections and also conducted follow-up investigations, but we just didn't find any connection between these people and the employees' fighting."

"Including the clues provided by the branch bureau, we also conducted detailed visits and evidence collection, yet we still gained nothing, as if..."

She hesitated for a moment before continuing: "As if we had wronged him. However, he did indeed participate in some fighting incidents."

Explaining it this way, Zhou Yao walked to Li Xuewu's side, opened the notebook in her hand to show him, and combed through and explained the cases and clues recorded in the notebook.

Li Xuewu listened to her report and kept thinking. It wasn't until she finished speaking that he tapped her notebook and asked: "Why is there no visit investigation record regarding Nie Chenglin?"

"Ah? This—"

Zhou Yao hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "Isn't Comrade Nie Chenglin participating in labor in Yingcheng?"

"Can't he be contacted in the capital just because he's in Yingcheng?"

Li Xuewu raised his head, glanced at her, picked up his teacup, and said: "That is Nie Xiaoguang's father. Do you think he doesn't know that his own son is causing such trouble in the capital?"

"Of course, just as you said, he doesn't know; that doesn't matter. It's his lax discipline and failure to teach his son, but what if?"

He took a sip of tea, giving Zhou Yao time to think, and only after putting down the teacup did he continue: "What if Nie Chenglin knew about these things and tacitly approved of Nie Xiaoguang's actions, or criticized Nie Xiaoguang's actions? These could all be influencing factors on Nie Xiaoguang's behavior."

"Anyway, if I made a mistake when I was a child and caused a big disaster, if my dad gave me advice or criticized what I should and shouldn't do, I would think about it carefully."

Saying this, seeing Zhou Yao's thoughtful expression and a slight sense of confusion, he couldn't help but laugh and ask: "Didn't you make mistakes or cause trouble when you were thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen?"

"Uh—no—"

Zhou Yao lowered her head in embarrassment, even smoothing the hair by her ear with a sense of shame, as if her life would be incomplete without experiencing these things.

Li Xuewu, holding his teacup, also looked at her in surprise and asked: "Then your parents must have been proud of you."

"Actually, not really—"

Zhou Yao licked her lips shyly and said: "My parents must have been used to my grades; I was always first, so there was no sense of expectation anymore."

"That's a great answer. Don't answer like that next time; you won't have any friends!"

Li Xuewu looked at her amusedly and said: "You should know the principle of 'softening one's light and mingling with the dust' (hiding one's brilliance). Fortunately, my academic performance was also excellent enough, otherwise I would be envious and jealous of you."

"Ah? Really—"

Zhou Yao looked at Li Xuewu in surprise, not expecting the leader to also be a top student.

But thinking of what she knew about the leader's work experience, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Then why didn't you go to university?"

"Hmm, that's a good question—"

Li Xuewu rolled his eyes and said: "I asked our principal the same thing back then, and he told me to look around and make up two hundred points!"

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"Yo! So the modification is finished, right!"

Ding Zigui and Ao Yuhua accompanied Li Huai De and other factory leaders downstairs to visit the luxury passenger bus parked at the entrance of the main factory office building.

Since being brought back from the Jinmen Port in April, this vehicle had undergone comprehensive three-dimensional dismantling, measurement, and research by the factory's "tape measure department," with all parts dismantled.

The passenger bus form seen now is a state of redesign and re-decoration.

It can't be said that it is unrecognizable, but the original style is completely gone.

The external features were redesigned according to Li Xuewu's requirements, including the skin and luggage rack, the fuel tank and water tank under the chassis, etc., all of which underwent secondary adjustments for rationality and applicability.

To better adapt to the passenger needs of receiving and inspecting the bus, the original battery and circuits were all re-laid.

Looking at the exterior, it has changed; looking at the interior decoration, it is even more unrecognizable.

This is the Red Star Factory Automobile Research Institute's passenger bus project team, following the requirements put forward by Li Xuewu, based on the catalog of electrical appliances known to be installed and used, fully considering aesthetics and practicality, and carrying out decorative design and construction.

That decoration plan was rejected by him three times and modified three times before it was finalized and constructed according to the plan.

More than three months, over a hundred days, within a complete industrial system, it still took such a long time. It can only be said that the project team for this vehicle put their hearts into it.

Of course, the design plan for this passenger bus, which can carry 12 passengers and has functions such as a radio, radio station, telephone, etc., will not be wasted. This is just a concept car, a blueprint car.

Li Xuewu's opinion is to use this vehicle as a standard, expanding one version upward and one downward, to form a mandatory option for domestic official inspection vehicles.

It's not that there is any obsession with occupying official vehicles, but starting from practical application, since the path has been clearly defined, there is no need to take detours. The saved energy can be used for more things.

Of course, Li Xuewu also knows that with the current domestic economic consumption level, it is unrealistic to fully promote this kind of luxury passenger bus, but having it and not having it are two different things. We are poor this year, we are poor next year, but in three to five, six to seven, or ten years, we will always become wealthy.

With this seed, growing slowly and developing slowly, it will eventually grow into a towering tree.

Li Huai De has different insights into Li Xuewu's theory, not denying his project initiation and development plan, otherwise he wouldn't have approved this project.

He feels that whether it is building cars, building ships, or even building airplanes now, it is a means of reasonably handling the overflow of Red Star Factory's production capacity.

As long as the product is built well and used well, it shows that this thing must have its value.

Ordinary people can't afford airplanes, so can we say we won't build them? Won't research them?

Therefore, after walking around, he was the first to board the passenger bus. Under Xia Zhongquan's explanation, after a detailed tour of the bus, he was satisfied, and the smile on his face was sincere.

How could he not be satisfied? Once this vehicle is built, in the future, when there are inspection and reception tasks, the main personnel can sit together, and reporting and service will be very convenient.

Saying that sedans are more luxurious and comfortable is nonsense.

As long as you are willing to put in the effort, this passenger bus is completely more comfortable than a sedan.

Li Huai De sat on the sofa seat, feeling the pure leather texture under his buttocks, and then touching the smooth lacquer surface of the wooden tabletop in front of him, he knew this vehicle was excellent.

"Hahaha—"

Listening to the clear broadcast coming from the Red Star Broadcasting Station on the radio, taking the telephone handed over by Xia Zhongquan, and after a test call with the duty officer looking through the window of the duty room, the satisfaction on his face became even more intense.

"Very good, it shows that our Automobile Research Institute has combat effectiveness."

Li Huai De got off the bus, welcomed the applause of the crowd, waved his hands, and expressed congratulations and affirmation to Xia Zhongquan and the comrades of the Vehicle Research Institute.

The person in charge of the passenger bus project team of the Vehicle Research Institute reported to him the dismantling and modification experience of this vehicle, as well as the industrial knowledge learned from it, and finally the outlook and pursuit of the passenger bus project.

After listening to his introduction, Li Huai De commented on his report very seriously and also gave higher expectations to the Vehicle Research Institute.

After the speech, he also gave instructions to the project initiator and person in charge, Li Xuewu, that he must do the project well, must grasp production well, and must research technology well.

The secretaries of the Commission Office listened to the leader's speech and took notes. They knew what the theme was: the three "goods."

The core of this kind of report is actually very simple: it is the leader's final expectations and goals, as well as the several sentences highly refined and summarized in the speech.

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"Director Li, since the first training class of university graduates graduated and were assigned to their posts last month, the organization's tracking task has been completed."

Right downstairs in the office building, taking advantage of everyone visiting the passenger bus, Gu Weijie reported to Li Huai De: "These young people are all very excellent, have thoughts, have goals, have pursuits, and have drive."

"I was thinking, since the internship plan has ended, can we carry out the personnel adjustment work at the agency level?"

She said seriously: "Since the personnel reform work was carried out, the grassroots employees and management cadres have undergone the third adjustment and transfer. I believe that after these 350 university graduates participate in agency and grassroots work, the personnel reform work can be pushed forward another step."

"Hmm, this work is imminent—"

Li Huai De nodded and said: "I agree with your opinion; it can be executed according to the plan."

He instructed Gu Weijie: "Please also work harder and must keep a close eye on the inspection and cultivation work of this batch of new cadres. These are all treasures."

"You are the same; do more work and gain more understanding."

Li Huai De pointed at Li Xuewu again and instructed: "Development cannot be separated from science, and science cannot be separated from knowledge."

"Production problems must be solved using scientific methods, and cannot be simply imposed and restricted by ideology."

He emphasized: "Red Star Factory has reached today through experimentation and exploration; don't throw away this spirit."

"My opinion is to walk steadily and watch slowly."

Li Xuewu listened to him finish speaking before opening his mouth: "These 350 university students are like seeds, carrying the hope of life, carrying the hope of Red Star Factory, and also carrying the hope this era has for them."

"Without reservation, the future of Red Star Factory's vigorous development lies in this batch, this generation."

His expectations for this batch of university students were even higher than Li Huai De's. It wasn't that he trusted these university students excessively, but that his expectations for the future were too high.

"I'll state my position; Director Ding and Deputy Director Ao are also here."

Li Xuewu signaled to Ding Zigui and Ao Yuhua and said: "The Security Team and the Management Committee Office firmly cooperate with Deputy Director Gu's work, firmly obey the organization's arrangements and adjustments, and firmly win this tough battle of personnel reform."

"Vigorous and enterprising is my understanding and evaluation of the attitude shown by Red Star Factory cadres in their work."

Li Huai De nodded with satisfaction, looked at Xue Zhifu, Cheng Kaiyuan, and others, and continued: "Of course, this is not just my evaluation alone. Director Du of the Ministry of Industry praised Red Star Factory's cadre style and advanced nature at the meeting, and specifically mentioned our factory's personnel reform work this time."

He walked with his hands behind his back, his face full of proud smiles, and said: "Making cadres younger and more professional is a work goal summarized in the organization's exploration of management work and must be realized."

"Young talents are the hope of Red Star Factory. More promising youths going to positions where they are more professional and can better exert their roles is a need of the era and also a kind of two-way dedication."

Li Huai De looked at the cadres standing around and said with full expectations: "Young people need to grow, and old comrades need to be role models."

"Not only must they be good masters, but they must also be good predecessors—humble, selfless, and dedicated old predecessors."

He raised his hand to make a call and said: "I hope that in the personnel reform, the old comrades of Red Star Factory will be role models for the next generation, and even more so, true gentlemen who help them get on the horse and send them on their way."

"You are not the old 'housekeepers' of Red Star Factory, nor are you eliminated screws, but the precious wealth of the factory. Red Star Factory needs you to go to the grassroots, go to the front-line positions, and pass on and inherit precious work experience, rich life experience, and advanced ideological experience."

"I hope you will not only pass on technology and mantle, but also pass on the spiritual civilization accumulated by Red Star Factory in the process of struggle and development to the next generation."

Li Huai De's voice permeated the scene, penetrated the concrete walls, and the office areas with open windows all heard his attitude and call.

This was not a final arrest warrant, but a charge horn for personnel reform progressing to factory cadre reform.

From this moment on, Red Star Factory's personnel reform launched an impact upward, drawing the curtain on the struggle for a fully realized group-based, standardized personnel management pattern and system.

Represented by the 350 excellent university graduates who had undergone Red Star Factory's cultural and ideological education, and with the young generation who entered Red Star Factory through more advanced inspection methods in the new period and new era as the vanguard, they charged toward a more scientific and modernized management model.

As the person in charge, Gu Weijie stood on the front line, providing a strong backing for the personnel department. There was no compromise or negotiation; all personnel needing adjustment and position changes had to unconditionally cooperate with the organization's work.

A large number of old clerks and old cadres with rigid thinking, lack of fighting spirit, and incompetence were adjusted downward, either to the second line or to stable security work positions on the front line to exert their remaining heat.

Similarly, a large number of middle-aged and young cadres who were making up the numbers, doing nothing, and lacking work ability had their positions adjusted and work transferred.

Front-line management positions and ideological management positions urgently needed them to practice, make up for missed lessons, and re-accept education and improvement.

Correspondingly, a large number of younger and more proactive young cadres who had made outstanding contributions and achievements in grassroots management positions for a long time were adjusted upward, assuming important positions in the factory's management departments and filling the adjustment vacancies in the factory's agency work force.

More than 300 university graduates were struggling, learning, and progressing again from grassroots positions together with the old comrades and old predecessors who had come down under these conditions and circumstances.

Except for some university graduates arranged in important agency positions, other indicators were given to front-line positions, workshops, departments, and branch factories.

Zhuang Cangshu of the Jinmen Trade Management Center specifically applied, hoping to arrange for some economics graduates to go there to be cultivated as pillars and foundations. Li Xuewu also reported and arranged this to Li Huai De.

A team of ten, mainly economics graduates from Huaqing University, set off for Jinmen, heading to the professional fields they were familiar with, starting a new chapter in their lives.

Just as Li Xuewu planned and looked forward to at the meeting, Red Star Factory's management cadre team became younger, front-line production employees became more professional, and the internal enterprise ecology became normalized.

Perhaps in the personnel reform, many people's career paths were caught off guard, and many people didn't have time to adjust and transform their mentality, but such was the general trend, and the organization needed it, so they could only act according to the requirements of the factory leaders.

Li Xuewu also made positive contributions in this personnel reform work. Several cadres from the Security Team were transferred out, some cadres were adjusted in, and some grassroots security cadres even moved to management positions.

Compared to the Management Committee Office, the Security Division was more resolute and thorough in executing orders, without any complaints or grumbling. This might be related to the fact that more cadres from the Security Team were transferred and adjusted to key positions.

The situation in the Management Committee Office was more complex. Three generations of old, middle-aged, and young people were squeezed into a few large offices, seeing each other every day. Being adjusted to work positions at this time didn't that prove they were old rice worms making up the numbers?

Even if they were in such a state, even if they had no achievements, they still wanted face.

I have bled for Red Star Factory, I have shed blood for Red Star Factory—yes, that was the mentality.

Old cadres, old predecessors, old organizations—they always had some temper and reliance. Either they went to the personnel department to reason, or they went to the leaders to complain, or they made a scene, simply refusing to hand over work, just lingering in the office and refusing to leave.

Having worked in the office for a lifetime, on the verge of retirement, they just wanted to muddle through a few years of easy days, comfortable days, suffer less, and enjoy more.

This kind of thinking is naturally not a problem; it is human nature and completely understandable.

But their fate was bad; they didn't catch up with good times, and even less did they catch up with good people. Who told them to meet Li Xuewu? Who told them to meet Li Huai De, who trusted and supported Li Xuewu even more?

At this time, cooperating with the organization's work and leaving quietly would have earned them respect. Even though they knew the speech Director Li gave downstairs was all about pleasantries, all about the spirit of contribution and dedication, in reality, for them personally, it was actually a loss.

Whether it was the loss of a work position or the loss of life planning, it was a change they didn't want.

Working in the office, there were young people to order around, respect from people below, and care from leaders. Clocking in and out on time, it was easy and free.

Now being adjusted below, having to fight their last bit of old life to exhaust their "remaining heat," how could they be willing?

Of course, it is not denied that there were those who took the initiative to go down and dedicate themselves. At this time, consciousness and dedication were the main mental states, but there were always some complaints spreading, and the more they spread, the louder they became. Later, they even spread into rumors about who was going to fix whom.

Originally, Li Xuewu was very understanding of them in their mid-life crisis. Having stayed in the office for many years, they became old agency staff and also broke their own path of progress. They should have acquired grassroots management experience when they were young to achieve the goal of further promotion and progress.

But in the actual work process, either due to self-will, preferring the stability and comfort of the agency, or because the opportunity hadn't arrived and they were valued by leaders, they missed the opportunity to go down and train.

Anyway, the age had arrived, energy had decreased, and they were facing elimination by the waves behind. Some complaints were understandable.

Understand while executing. If you can't think it through, go down and think about it slowly; just don't delay work.

But the current situation was obviously not like that. When Peng Xiaoli reported to him, it had already caused a certain fluctuation and influence. Many wait-and-see clerks stopped handing over work, watching how those who made trouble were handled.

If they could retain their work positions, whether arranged by leaders or compromised by the organization, as long as these people didn't leave, they wouldn't leave either.

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"It's good that you aren't leaving; if you aren't leaving, then all stay."

Li Xuewu came to the third floor of the main office building, walked into the First Section of the Commission Office, where the most people were complaining, and looked at the old comrades who were whispering. He said very casually: "I have feelings for you. If you just leave like this, I will also be reluctant."

Fart! If they really believed Li Xuewu when he said such things, they would be fools.

They only knew that Li Xuewu was very angry now and the consequences were very serious, but they were already unable to care about this in the face of work adjustments.

Knowing there are tigers in the mountain, they still head toward the tiger mountain. The law doesn't punish the masses; there were more of them, so they didn't believe Li Xuewu would really handle all of them.

"Everyone don't leave, all stay. In the future, there will be more and more people in our Commission Office. There will be more and more people under Director Ding and me; a whole division would be better."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "When the number of people in the Commission Office exceeds that of the factory, Director Ding and I will be awesome, even more awesome than Director Li, and you will be awesome too!"

"My impression and perception of you, as well as the lower limit of my understanding of you, have been refreshed today."

After a bit of teasing, his expression became serious. He stared at these people and said: "You only care about yourselves, only care about the petty gains in your hands, only care about so-called enjoying your twilight years in peace."

"If you want to enjoy your twilight years in peace, I can completely sign for you, send you to a nursing home, send you to a sanatorium. We have plenty of hospital beds. You don't have to work either; just lie in bed and wait for death."

Regardless of the attitude changes of the people in the room, regardless of the increasingly quiet corridor, and not caring that there were leader offices on the third floor, Li Xuewu spoke very straightforwardly and directly.

"You all followed Red Star Factory through difficult times, and you are all predecessors and comrades who have made contributions to Red Star Factory. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

Li Xuewu pointed his finger at those who took the lead in making trouble and criticized: "Are the oaths you made when joining the organization farts?"

"Do you only talk about spirit, dedication, and ideology on weekdays for others to hear?"

He said in a severe tone: "The words you write on paper are upright and bright, so why is your inner heart so dark? Have you ever thought about what kind of influence doing this will have on the Commission Office, what kind of influence it will have on the leaders' work, and what kind of influence it will have on the younger generation and comrades?"

"Do you want the future youth of Red Star Factory to be like you, hiding selfish motives and being two-faced?"

The air once condensed. The footsteps of employees passing in the corridor became much lighter, and more didn't dare to come out.

Deputy Director Li hadn't been working in the Commission Office for a short time, but this was the first time they saw him get angry at the staff of the Commission Office, and the first time they heard such a serious and severe criticism, which truly made everyone silent and afraid to speak out in resistance.

"I tell you, either actively cooperate with the factory's work and continue to struggle in the work positions arranged by the organization, or I will have the security guards take you to the detention room to calm down and let you go to the labor team to sober up."

Li Xuewu pointed his finger at his feet and reminded: "Don't challenge the bottom line of the Factory Management Committee, don't doubt the factory's attitude and determination toward personnel reform, abandon your so-called illusions and ignorance. I feel ashamed of what you have done."

"Comrade Yuhua, the people from the Security Section are downstairs. Whoever doesn't cooperate, take them away by force."

He turned around and instructed Ao Yuhua: "Here with me, no one has room for coordination. Whoever speaks doesn't matter; strictly execute according to the organization's procedures."

"Comrade Zaizhi, you work harder and make the organization's work more detailed and secure."

Li Xuewu looked at the person in charge of the Organization Section, Yin Zaizhi, again: "The Management Committee Office is making a very bad scene. It is my work that hasn't been done well, and there are loopholes in ideological work. Please don't make things difficult for them or blame them; I will make a self-criticism to the Management Committee."

"Deputy Director Li, thank you for your understanding and support."

Yin Zaizhi shook Li Xuewu's hand in embarrassment and said sincerely: "It's not your fault; it's our Organization Section that didn't do a good job in explanation and guidance work, and our ideological understanding wasn't in place. Please forgive us."

"In the following work, I guarantee that I will do a good job in coordination and organization, and guarantee the treatment and rights that everyone should have in work handover and placement work."

"Deputy Director Li, I am also at fault. Organization work is my responsibility; I didn't take good care of everyone."

Ao Yuhua also took the initiative to stand up and admit her mistake, making a self-criticism.

She looked at the people in the office who were looking over here thoughtfully and said: "I understand everyone's mood very well, and I also hope that everyone will continue to work in one team."

"But I want to say that today's parting is for a better gathering tomorrow. I don't agree with the negative thinking of some comrades—that old comrades deserve to muddle through and wait for death. This is a distortion and misunderstanding of our organization work. Who admits they are old, and who admits they are incompetent?"

"The organization work adjustment I understand, just as Director Li said, is that the organization needs everyone to dedicate themselves, and grassroots work has encountered difficulties."

Ao Yuhua looked at the crowd and signaled to Li Xuewu's side: "Everyone should also be clear that the current security work of Red Star Factory has encountered certain difficulties, and safe production work has encountered some challenges. It is urgently needed for comrades like you with advanced thinking, tough style, and rich experience to go down and pass on your knowledge."

"Organization work doesn't distinguish between old and young; it should be putting the right people in the right positions. Who says that once we go down, we definitely can't come back?"

She smiled and looked at Li Xuewu and said: "Deputy Director Li, the grassroots need experienced old comrades, and our office also needs such 'ballast stones,' don't you think?"

Seeing Li Xuewu nod without speaking, Ao Yuhua looked at those thorns again, her expression still expectant and gentle. After Li Xuewu's serious criticism, she gave these people a step down.

"I support the factory's decision, and I obey the organization's adjustment."

The first old pen-pusher in the office who took the lead in making trouble and went to Li Huai De to complain stood up, put down the document he was clutching tightly, took a deep breath, and said: "The era is developing, and the enterprise must progress. We are all old; we must admit that we can't keep up with the thinking and pace of young people."

"I want to admit my mistake to the organization; I shouldn't have troubled the leaders, and even less should I have made a scene. I will make a self-criticism!"

"Thank you, Old Chen. The Commission Office really needs your support and help, but grassroots work needs your support and help even more."

Ao Yuhua and Yin Zaizhi walked in front of these people and comforted Old Chen, who stood up first, with a very gentle attitude: "Don't worry, the treatment and guarantees that should be there will still be executed according to the original standards; only the positions are adjusted."

"No need to say more, Section Chief Yin. Even if it's to watch the gate, I accept it."

Old Chen seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden and suddenly became open-minded, saying very calmly: "Causing you trouble is my immaturity. I've worked in the agency for so many years in vain."

"You'd better go to the workshop to lead ideological work; we can't afford to use you to watch the gate!"

Li Xuewu joked: "I think those old comrades in the security room at the gate don't need a senior cadre like you to lead them in playing chess."

"Hahaha—"

A burst of laughter erupted in the office, and Old Chen also laughed, including those who were still feeling awkward about their position adjustments.

"This is not your loss; this is the organization's loss."

After a joke, Li Xuewu said very seriously: "Arranging everyone to go down is not because I, Li Xuewu, want to fix anyone, and even less because you are unqualified or have been eliminated."

"If you were really eliminated, shouldn't it be as I said, arranging a hospital room and a hospital bed for you to lie on and muddle through waiting for death?"

His tone slowed down, and the people in the room also breathed a sigh of relief, relaxing a bit, and the subsequent awkwardness dissipated a lot.

"Strong winds reveal sturdy grass; turbulent times identify loyal ministers."

Li Xuewu looked at the crowd and said: "After you go down, you must immediately carry out work, grasp ideological education work for me, and resolutely curb the dangerous atmosphere currently appearing in the factory."

"You are the core means of handling this crisis. Director Li and the factory leaders have high expectations for you; don't lose face for our Commission Office."

"Just now, Comrade Yuhua also mentioned the follow-up arrangements and position settings. I want to say one thing here."

He pointed at the crowd and asked: "You are all comrades who have worked in your positions for many years. Don't you even understand this simple truth?"

"You possess rich experience and knowledge, and possess advanced means and methods for handling problems. Aren't you more advantageous than those young men and women who have just started?"

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "I want to say that whoever dares to show off or drop the chain in work, then I will get angry and deal with you!"

"For those who make achievements and contributions, I will tell Deputy Director Gu to arrange for you to move to management positions and truly take on the role of the foundation for Red Star Factory's development."

"Thank you, Deputy Director Li—"

Seeing Li Xuewu finish speaking, Ao Yuhua took the lead in applauding, and others in the office also received satisfactory answers and followed suit. The corridor was full of people at some point.

Whether they were concerned about this position adjustment or their own position changes, they all came to the door and listened to Li Xuewu's speech and remarks.

When Li Xuewu came out, Yin Zaizhi and Ao Yuhua expressed apologies and gratitude again.

Yin Zaizhi was really embarrassed. He was responsible for this matter, but he couldn't suppress these old guys, among whom was even his master.

Ao Yuhua was the deputy director responsible for organization work in the Commission Office. The occurrence of this matter had a direct relationship with her work negligence.

"Really sorry, Deputy Director Li."

She accompanied Li Xuewu to the stairs and said: "I heard Director Xu is back, right? Look at the scene this has caused."

"No need to say that; I also have responsibility."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Director Xu is still waiting for me. I have to go back now. It's not easy for him to come to the capital, and he still has to report to Director Li in a while."

"Alright, alright, you go ahead and get busy. I'll report to you after I finish handling this side."

Watching Li Xuewu go downstairs, she turned back and walked toward the office. Seeing Yin Zaizhi organizing work handover and position placement, she breathed a sigh of relief.

After Yin Zaizhi came out, she smiled apologetically and said: "Sorry."

"Forget it, let's not be polite—"

Yin Zaizhi said with a bitter smile: "This matter, it still has to be Li Xuewu to handle it. Ordinary people really can't suppress the scene."

"Deputy Director Li is meeting Director Xu from Yingcheng. I was the one who temporarily notified him to come over."

Ao Yuhua sighed and said: "Just the personnel work of one of our departments is so difficult to do. I really don't know how Deputy Director Gu has persisted until now." ===== CHAPTER 1157 =====