Chapter 1157: Eating melon and watching the fun

"Is the Commission Office's work hard to do? Hahaha—"

Seeing Li Xuewu return, Xu Sian joked with a smile: "What did you say about me before?"

"Does this count as lifting a rock only to drop it on your own feet?"

"I think it counts as schadenfreude—"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and said: "It's because your work wasn't done well before that we are suffering now."

"Hehehe—!"

Xu Sian said with a mix of anger and amusement: "You really are a stinky rascal; you can throw any pot onto me!"

He signaled to the main office building opposite and said: "I've been transferred for so long, and you aren't afraid of straining your arm."

"If I don't blame you, who do I blame? Those who dare to make trouble, aren't they all brought in by you?"

Li Xuewu sat in the chair, picked up his teacup, and complained to Xu Sian, who was sitting across from his desk: "If you hadn't spoiled them, could they have this temper today?"

"Then you are wrong. During the time I was in charge of the office, there were no such thorns."

Xu Sian firmly refused to take the blame and looked at Li Xuewu playfully: "If you want to blame someone, you can only blame the leader. If the leader hadn't backed them up, these people wouldn't dare to be so arrogant."

"Oh? Really? I really didn't know—"

Li Xuewu looked at him with feigned ignorance and asked: "Then which leader backed them up?"

"You really are—"

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly and said: "I'm offering you advice, but you're digging a hole for me to jump into!"

"Listen to yourself, we're friends, would I really try to cheat you?"

Li Xuewu put down his teacup and promised with feigned seriousness: "You say it, it doesn't matter, I absolutely won't tell anyone."

"Hehehe, I forgot—"

Xu Sian wouldn't believe this. Wasn't suffering losses and being fooled once, twice, or three times enough?

This thing isn't food; why eat so much of it?

So when Li Xuewu dug a hole, he wouldn't even look at it, let alone believe it. The best way to deal with a rascal is to be just as much of a rascal as the other party.

"Let's stop talking nonsense. This time I came back, besides reporting work to the factory leaders, my biggest task is to see you."

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu and said: "The shipyard's development pace is too fast, and my pressure is very great. I really hope to get some support from you."

"Help me take a pulse; otherwise, I really don't feel very steady in my heart."

"What are you not steady about?"

Li Xuewu looked at Xu Sian, whose expression had suddenly become confused, and said: "Leave professional matters to professional people. You are the helmsman of the Yingcheng Shipyard."

"If you are confused and unsteady, how can you let the leaders rest assured and let the shipyard's employees focus?"

"That's how it's said, but the actual..."

Xu Sian hesitated in his mouth, paused, and then looked at Li Xuewu, asking seriously: "Do you think the current factory... no, just the shipyard, is this development speed healthy?"

"What do you mean? What stimulated you?"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and asked: "Doubt and self-doubt are the most unconfident expressions of a person. This kind of expression shouldn't appear on a cadre."

"To put it bluntly, even if you did something wrong, you have to be confident and stand up straight to make a self-criticism."

"Hehehe, if you really say that, we'd all be freeloaders!"

Xu Sian smiled helplessly and said: "I just feel that the car speed is too fast, the steering wheel in my hand is a bit floating, and I'm really scared."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. I tell you, the factory's development speed is unhealthy."

When Li Xuewu said this, Xu Sian was stunned. Didn't I just say that? Then what kind of tune are you playing with me?

"Three years of work done in one, ten years of workload completed in three. You say there's anything healthy about that?"

He said very seriously: "But unhealthy doesn't mean the factory's decisions and deployments are wrong. You must be highly confident in this point!"

"Following the organization, firmly obeying the Management Committee's leadership, and firmly executing the Management Committee's work arrangements is something you must do in the position of the number one person at Yingcheng Shipyard."

"Yes, I understand this point. I have never doubted the factory's management and guidelines."

Seeing Li Xuewu say this, Xu Sian knew he had said the wrong thing and said seriously: "I just have doubts about the current development speed. Being so eager for quick success, will it cause burdens for future development and management?"

"Yes, it definitely will—"

Li Xuewu's answer was once again beyond Xu Sian's expectations, making him start to doubt whether his conservative faction was too radical.

"Blindly pursuing economic development through trade means will inevitably create some management difficulties in the future."

"But, do you stop working because you're afraid of difficulties? Do you stop celebrating the New Year because you hear a dragon roar?"

He tapped the table and said: "Industrial development, especially chasing the footsteps of the Second Industrial Revolution, we have already fallen behind too much!"

"Others have already started preparing for the Third Industrial Revolution, and we haven't even finished the Second. You say, shouldn't we be anxious?"

"Third Industrial Revolution?"

Xu Sian frowned, looked at Li Xuewu in confusion, and asked: "How come I've never heard of this definition? Is it a newly issued directive spirit?"

"It'll be too late if you wait until it's issued to know—"

Li Xuewu told him: "Cadres can't just learn policies and spirits from newspapers; you know this better than I do."

"Let me give you a hint. What are the characteristics of the Second Industrial Revolution?"

Without waiting for Xu Sian to think, and even less waiting for him to answer, he said directly: "It's the widespread application of electricity, the rapid transformation of scientific and technological achievements into productive forces, the simultaneous development in multiple capitalist countries, and the combination of scientific knowledge and production technology, right?"

"Think about it. Not to mention anything else, just talking about our factory, do you think we have fully completed the Second Industrial Revolution?"

Li Xuewu spread his hands and said: "Actually, no. We still have a long way to go, and more lessons to make up."

"Then let me ask you, you should know that our factory is going to acquire and reorganize the First Machine Factory in Fengcheng to build the most advanced machining industry in Liaodong, right?"

He tapped the table and asked: "Do you know what the core of a machining enterprise is?"

"Machine tools, CNC machine tools, processing equipment with precise electronic control and management."

Xu Sian nodded and said: "After I heard about the factory's movements in Fengcheng and Steel City, I really took the initiative to understand what CNC machine tools are."

"That shows you have pursuits." Li Xuewu smiled and pointed at him, then continued: "Actually, in my opinion, CNC machine tools already count as the Third Industrial Revolution."

"So early?"

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu in surprise and asked: "Isn't it just starting to be researched and applied?"

"Let me tell you, a frog at the bottom of a well only sees a bowl-sized sky above its head."

Li Xuewu pointed at the other party and then at himself: "Without taking the initiative to understand the world's economic and industrial development, you and I are both frogs at the bottom of a well."

"The Ugly Country (USA) started its industrial revolution ten or twenty years ago."

Looking at Xu Sian's suspicious and blank gaze, he asked with a light laugh: "You don't believe it, right? I'll tell you the characteristics of the Third Industrial Revolution, and you'll know."

"On the basis of the Second Industrial Revolution, the fusion and innovation of multiple technological fields, including space technology, atomic energy technology, computer information technology, etc. —you don't need me to tell you that, right?"

Li Xuewu pointed to the north and then to the east: "Do you know about global technological competition? The essence of the two-pole military competition is technological competition."

"The close combination of theory and practice is the third significant feature. Isn't the CNC machine tool you just mentioned the combination of electronic technology and industrial production?"

"The fourth significant feature is the impact on life. You can't feel it here, but abroad, it has already caused unbalanced development in capitalist countries, changed social relations worldwide, made people's lifestyles more autonomous, etc."

"Don't feel that the Third Industrial Revolution is still far away from us. Actually, it's because we are too backward and can't see the end and the beginning, so we feel it's remote."

Li Xuewu picked up his teacup and took a sip of hot tea, giving Xu Sian, who was thinking, time to react. After a long pause, he continued: "Compared to future management difficulties, the current urgent task is to solve the imbalance of backward productive forces in industrial development and urgently solve the opportunity to enter the Third Industrial Revolution."

"You must know that people who complete the Third Industrial Revolution first will turn back and close the door, and then use advanced technology to break through the gates of backward countries."

He pointed at his feet: "It's the 20th century. Guns and cannons have long ceased to be the primary means of arrogance and hegemony. People have already started playing with more advanced things."

"We have made breakthroughs in atomic energy and electronic information technology, but the development is deformed. It is a manifestation of national strength and also the responsibility of us industrial people."

"I really—really didn't think of this layer."

Xu Sian was full of shock. He only thought that Li Xuewu would give him advice from the perspective of a factory leader; he didn't expect this to rise directly to international technological competition and the general trend.

It can only be said that it is too high-end, like an antelope hanging its horns (untraceable), and standing on high ground. The various confusions before were exceptionally clear at this moment.

He asked enviously: "Did you learn this in university?"

"I studied Old Marx's stuff, but to reach the final conclusion, I still have to rely on combining theory with practice."

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "How about I help you make some connections so you can read a university too and add some fuel to yourself?"

"Hahaha, I'd better forget it—"

Xu Sian waved his hand with a smile and said: "After listening to you say so much, I finally have confidence."

"Otherwise, in front of Director Li..."

He leaned forward slightly and explained in a low voice: "I'm not saying anything else. If you can't grasp the core idea, everything you do will be crooked. You can understand me."

Li Xuewu naturally understood him. It was nothing more than wanting to show off and brag in front of the leader, being afraid of showing off wrong or bragging too big, and coming to him to seek a scale.

Things in the agency, when spoken on the table, seem very mysterious and obscure, but in essence, isn't it just the relationship between people? In the final analysis, it's still human hearts.

"Let me tell you something, you consider it yourself."

Li Xuewu signaled to Peng Xiaoli to close the door, and then said softly to Xu Sian: "Think about it, build a yacht."

"What for? Sell it yourself?"

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu in surprise and asked: "Isn't there an agreement?"

Andrew's Gilly Star Shipping signed a shipping trade agreement with Red Star Factory, which means the products produced by the yacht project can only be based on them, which is a kind of trade protection.

"It's not for sale; it's for the factory to use for reception."

Li Xuewu blinked and said: "Look at Andrew, he has a yacht, but Director Li doesn't have one yet."

"Andrew also said he has an airplane—"

Xu Sian said amusedly: "I'm lucky I'm in charge of the shipyard. Is this what you told Director Dong too?"

"Besides, didn't you oppose doing this kind of metaphysical thing before? Didn't you say..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly leaned forward and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you say not to do this stuff for leaders?"

"You, you, you need to open up your thinking—"

Li Xuewu turned his finger around his head and reminded: "This is one time, that is another. Can they be the same?"

"A few days ago when I went to Jinmen, Andrew reminded me that our employees are getting more and more numerous, and commuting is a problem. He suggested that our factory produce passenger ships for operation."

"That's a completely bad idea—"

Xu Sian said disdainfully: "From the day the ship is launched, the service life begins to count down. Every minute less of work is a loss."

"Our factory has many workers, but the mobility isn't that great."

He tapped the table and emphasized: "If transportation is inconvenient, employees won't think about going home, forcing them to work with peace of mind in the factory and settle down."

"Now you want to build ships and operate them? Building ships and operating them is pure nonsense."

"That's what I thought too, so building passenger ships is not as good as building a yacht."

Li Xuewu nodded and agreed very much: "And don't build a small yacht; compare it to Andrew's Gilly Star."

"Hiss—"

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu dumbfounded and asked: "What kind of thinking is this?"

"Reverse thinking, compatibility and inclusiveness—"

Li Xuewu spread his palms to show him: "First, a yacht is a means of transportation; in essence, it is a ship."

"Secondly, a yacht represents the high technology and integrated advancement of the shipbuilding industry. It is the embodiment of Red Star Factory's shipbuilding industry development, and even more so, the proof that Red Star technology is at the forefront of the industry."

"Finally, with this yacht here, Director Li's gaze will be on this yacht, and won't it also be on your Yingcheng Shipbuilding Manufacturing Factory?"

He smiled and said to Xu Sian: "Another thing, Director Li has so many friends and so many receptions; the tricks have already been exhausted."

"If you invite friends to set off from Liangma River Industrial Zone, go to Jinmen to see the Trade Management Center, go to Yingcheng to see the Yingcheng Shipbuilding Manufacturing Factory, and go to Steel City to see the industrial base, you say... ah?"

Li Xuewu blinked and said: "Even if it's not used, it's parked at the Jinmen Port wharf, and it won't let a shipyard be suppressed by foreign merchants."

"You look like a treacherous official now—"

Xu Sian curled his lips and said: "Others might believe the reasons you said, but I don't."

"I'm also doing this for your own good—"

Li Xuewu didn't pick up his topic but continued his own train of thought: "Yingcheng is too far from the capital after all."

"Your working time outside will be very long, and your position is so important, right?"

He raised his eyebrows and asked: "The number of employees in Yingcheng Shipbuilding has exceeded 3,000, right?"

"Aren't you afraid he'll adjust you back?"

"Building a yacht, you say it lightly. Do you know how much money Andrew's yacht cost?"

Xu Sian frowned slightly: "Even if Yingcheng Shipyard can afford it, in whose name should it be spent?"

"I don't care. There are ready-made references, there is a designer team, and we can start construction at any time."

He spread his hands and said to Li Xuewu: "As long as you give me money, I'll start building."

"I don't have money—"

Li Xuewu made the same gesture as him, spreading his hands: "If I had money, would I still need to ponder with you?"

"Hiss—"

Xu Sian was really defeated by his shamelessness. He looked at Li Xuewu suspiciously. This kid wasn't teasing him, was he?

"So you're still justified!"

He raised his eyebrows and said: "If you don't have money, what are you talking about building a yacht for?"

"Can't you build it if you don't have money?"

Li Xuewu circled his finger around his temple and signaled to him: "Open up your thinking."

"I've split your brain open; I can't open it anymore."

Xu Sian tapped the desk and said: "You say, if you can open up a train of thought and get the yacht, I'll be convinced by you!"

"And I have to say one more thing: does Director Li dare to board the ship?"

Three days later, on Friday, July 11th.

Li Xuewu received the main leaders of the Beijing Second Automobile Factory who came to visit to discuss the landing work of the passenger bus project.

Gu Litong, Deputy Director of Beijing Second Automobile Factory, accompanied by Li Xuewu and Xia Zhongquan, visited the newly modified Hongtu Automobile.

This vehicle had already been delivered to the factory's small car team and was managed and used by the Management Committee Office.

According to Li Huai De's requirements, besides being used for the factory leaders' research and office work, this vehicle could also be used for reception.

It was mainly for the Management Committee Office's reception and the International Hotel's reception.

Gu Litong looked at the small passenger bus in front of him, which was stylish in appearance and solemn and atmospheric, and really couldn't say what it tasted like.

Beijing Second Automobile Factory hadn't not tried to build small passenger buses before; they didn't know how many imported passenger buses they had dismantled.

It was just that every experiment and project initiation ended up with nothing, wasting manpower and material resources in vain.

But as far as he knew, Red Star Factory's intention to build a passenger bus, from the intention to purchasing the passenger bus for dismantling and modification, would not exceed half a year.

In other words, Red Star Factory completed the wish they had for the past ten years in half a year.

The quality and excellence of this vehicle were beyond doubt, including the engineers who followed, who were also looking at it carefully.

In the eyes of these vehicle engineers, whether a car is good or not only needs to be looked at, touched, and driven to know.

Of course, all cars are the same, but these people are more authoritative.

The engineer from the Second Automobile Factory drove this passenger bus around the factory area twice, and after returning, he looked at Gu Litong and stopped talking.

Silence is the best evaluation of this vehicle.

"There is still a gap—"

Gu Litong nodded and said to the colleagues who followed: "Red Star Factory is willing to invest in scientific research."

"Deputy Director Li, what was your factory's scientific research investment in the first half of the year?"

He turned his head to look at Li Xuewu and asked: "It wouldn't be less than one million, right?"

"Hehe—"

Li Xuewu didn't answer his question directly. After a modest light laugh, he explained: "Director Li attaches great importance to scientific research. Our factory's scientific research funding has no upper limit."

"As long as the project passes the project initiation and the financial expenditure is audited, research can be carried out."

"Look, isn't this the gap—"

Gu Litong looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Do you know what our factory's scientific research investment was in the first half of the year?"

He held up an index finger and said helplessly with a pursed mouth: "Just over ten thousand; that's our Second Automobile Factory."

"Was the situation in the first half of the year relatively special?"

Li Xuewu didn't quite believe his words. Even if it was indeed the case, it was caused by the situation.

According to normal scientific research investment, with the Second Automobile Factory's economic strength, 100,000 yuan a year was still possible.

If all the energy was used for reform, then there was nothing to say. Even if there was money, who would spend it?

"The general environment is like this, but Red Star Factory is also in the general environment—"

Gu Litong said anxiously: "We have wasted too much time."

"Look, Red Star Factory already has the support of universities and has built an Automobile Research Institute. This is strength that we professional factories don't have."

He said to the colleagues behind him: "Why do we want to cooperate with Red Star Factory? This is the answer."

"There's no need to say it so seriously. The foundation and technical reserves of professional factories are not something we can compare with."

Li Xuewu didn't need to show off in front of the employees of the Beijing Second Automobile Factory, so he always maintained a modest attitude.

The people from the Second Automobile Factory wouldn't scold Gu Litong in their hearts; he was their leader, but they would vent their anger on Red Star Factory.

So don't do things that make people hate you.

"If we compare scientific research investment with economic benefits, our factory is actually losing money now."

He introduced: "Currently, our factory's Automobile Research Institute and Food Research Institute are still on the road."

"How long this process will last, we don't know. We can only gamble, constantly throwing money into it."

"Even if we want to throw it, we don't have a place to throw it—"

Gu Litong said with some emotion and stepped onto the Hongtu Automobile.

Under Li Xuewu's not-so-professional introduction, he had already realized the mentality of the engineers in the factory.

How can this be compared? The mentality has collapsed.

We are still doing basic research on passenger buses, and you are already building high-end inspection vehicles.

Although it is very niche, this kind of vehicle will definitely not be hard to sell in the future, and it is not mass production.

No matter which unit orders it, they will put forward modification requirements for this kind of vehicle.

So the simplest and most suitable thing is to produce the shell.

The kind without any soft decoration, brought to the modification factory, and assembled and decorated according to modularization.

Just like a kind of assembly furniture that has been very popular in Beijing recently, various splicing modules, thrown into the house, a hammer, a screwdriver, anyone can be a carpenter.

Who knows, anyway, this kind of furniture has become popular, selling even better than ready-made furniture.

Tables, chairs, benches, desks, wardrobes, beds, all kinds of wooden furniture used at home can be bought.

And the sizes are also diverse, with different styles available for selection according to the interval.

Actually, everyone knows that this kind of self-assembled furniture is not as strong as the mortise and tenon structure made by old carpenters.

But who made this thing cheap, and it's convenient to transport? A tricycle can pull it home.

And the experience of doing it yourself made many men who are the masters of the house choose between ready-made and assembled furniture.

Although there were rumors that these pieces of furniture were items from the Chadian Labor Reform Farm.

But furniture is furniture; it has nothing to do with where it came from.

You don't use furniture made by the labor reform farm, but do you eat the watermelons they grow?

Cars are the same. The shell is made uniformly. As for what seats and tools to choose, just assemble them according to the steps.

Of course, cars and furniture are two different things. Whether it is modification or assembly, it requires professional personnel.

Otherwise, you'll make a joke about assembling a car with shoelaces.

"When will Hongyun go offline?"

Gu Litong looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "I heard that the Honghai project is based on this vehicle?"

"It is indeed like this. The vehicle we are in is actually a customized version of the Honghai version."

Li Xuewu explained: "The DAF cars purchased from abroad have limitations in appearance and internal layout."

"The MB200 chassis is more suitable for large passenger buses, which is the 45-seat passenger bus used by Honghai now."

He walked off the passenger bus and introduced it to Gu Litong: "180 horsepower, 11.1 liters, inline 6-cylinder diesel engine."

"Honghai's design total weight is 10 tons, load 17 tons."

"Actually, I hope to see Honghai go offline earlier."

Gu Litong sighed and said: "You are chasing hard on this road, and we professional factories..."

"Sigh—"

Actually, there is no need to say anything. A sigh expresses his helplessness vividly.

"Hey, are you going back today?"

Li Xuewu sent off the group from Beijing Second Automobile Factory and just saw Xu Sian and Lang Zhennan coming over from the Engineering Command.

He waved his hand and said: "I just saw people from Yingcheng Shipbuilding packing their luggage."

"The 3 o'clock train in the afternoon," Xu Sian explained with a smile. "Isn't this, I'm looking for Section Chief Lang to talk about the project."

"The progress of the Yingcheng Shipbuilding dock project meets the requirements, but Director Xu still thinks it's slow."

Lang Zhennan shook his head with a bitter smile and said: "Exactly, Deputy Director Li is also here. If you have any questions, you can talk to the leader."

"What's going on?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Sian: "Isn't your large ship project already initiated and started?"

"It's the light cargo ship project."

Xu Sian was a bit embarrassed. He didn't expect Lang Zhennan to be so stubborn.

He poked this matter open in front of Li Xuewu, making it hard for him to explain.

"I wasn't thinking about finding a way for the French merchants to support us with a batch of engineering machinery..."

"Did the French merchants find you?"

Li Xuewu frowned and asked: "Or is someone putting pressure on you?"

"No, no, I was just anxious—"

Xu Sian waved his hand and said: "I just wanted to talk to Section Chief Lang to see if we could transfer some more machinery over."

"What's your opinion?"

Li Xuewu looked at Lang Zhennan and asked: "Isn't the coordination work plan for engineering machinery already finalized?"

"Yes, our project management office has calculated all the engineering projects."

Lang Zhennan answered very seriously: "Which projects need these machines at which stage, also considering transportation costs, as well as construction period, climate, and other issues."

"This plan should be the most suitable, and the number of engineering machines arranged for each project is also the most scientific."

"Did you hear that?"

Li Xuewu pointed at Xu Sian and said: "You aren't a professional, so how can you command blindly."

He used a playful tone to say this; they were of the same level, and in private, this way of speaking was closer.

"I'm telling you, the three-year construction period, whether it can be completed according to the plan, depends on these machines."

Li Xuewu reminded Xu Sian and Lang Zhennan: "You must grasp this opportunity."

"The original five-year construction period, we are going to compress it to three years with an engineering team of tens of thousands of people."

He pointed at his feet and signaled: "Now that we have the support of French merchants, mature technology, and engineering machinery, we don't need to invest so much manpower on the basis of ensuring the construction period."

"Those foreign merchants say our human resources are cheap, but in my opinion, that's absolutely not the case."

"Yes, I can understand this very well."

Lang Zhennan said: "Regarding the management and development of the engineering construction team, we have discussed it privately."

"It's mainly to use these three years to improve and train the team, hone the team's will, and improve the team's technology."

"Sigh—"

Li Xuewu pointed at him and said: "I have to tell you, the automobile factory will make money this year, and the motorcycle factory will make money, but in the next ten or twenty years, it will still be engineering that makes money."

"I'll just put my words here. Let's see in ten years, let's see in twenty years."

"Hahaha—"

He said this in a way that people liked. Who doesn't want to still be working in the factory in ten or twenty years?

At their age, if they are still in the factory in twenty years, what that means goes without saying.

This is a wish, just like people saying "wish you a long life." As long as you aren't ninety-nine years old, whoever hears it will be happy in their heart.

"It's normal for there to be many engineering machines in the capital; don't keep your eyes on this."

After sending off Lang Zhennan, who was busy, Li Xuewu took Xu Sian to the Security Building.

He explained: "French merchants care very much about the construction of the ecological industrial zone. You can tell from the work attitude of the engineering and technical team supported in the first phase."

"Look at Lang Zhennan now; does he still have the haggard feeling from a while ago?"

"Isn't it because he has professional support, so he doesn't have to run around like a headless fly."

Li Xuewu pointed at him and said: "You are now like a headless fly, running around in the factory."

"And a giant green bean fly at that!"

"Your description is really disgusting—"

Xu Sian glanced at him and said: "What are you looking for me for? You wouldn't just talk about ship construction, right?"

"How was the talk with the leader?"

Li Xuewu didn't rush to answer his question but signaled to the office direction, letting him follow him.

"I've seen you spinning like a top these days, and I didn't want to disturb you."

He turned his head and looked at Xu Sian: "I heard you're still socializing at night. Be careful of fire in the backyard."

"No matter how big a man's career is outside, in the end, he still has to retire and return to his family."

"You're only twenty-something, right?"

Xu Sian said amusedly: "Do you really think I'm a greenhorn to be lectured? Don't I understand this?"

"Just caring about you, don't suffer losses on women."

Li Xuewu reminded him with words that had hidden meanings. Seeing the embarrassment flash across Xu Sian's face, he turned his head and walked toward the office.

If you have money, you want power; if you have power, you want money.

As long as you have one of these two, before the second one is in hand, you first want sex. Men and women are the same.

"I told you not to stare at the construction site in the capital; it's to let you stare at Steel City."

After entering the office, Li Xuewu waved to Peng Xiaoli, who was organizing materials in the room, signaling him to make tea.

He walked behind the desk and sat down, searching for documents while saying to Xu Sian: "Regarding the cooperation with French merchants, our factory is going to produce engineering machinery. Do you know?"

"I know, but isn't it next year?"

Xu Sian sat opposite the desk and looked at Li Xuewu: "I only heard about the project initiation; I don't know when production will start. I'm in a hurry to use it."

"What's the use of being in a hurry? You have to use your brain."

Li Xuewu reminded him: "Engineering machinery can only be produced next year. Will your dock project be completed before next year?"

"Yingcheng allocated so much land to you; can you use it all in one year?"

"You mean..."

Xu Sian thought for a while, as if he had opened his mind, and looked at Li Xuewu in surprise: "Staged construction? Build and use first?"

"Think about it yourself. I didn't call you here for this matter."

Li Xuewu threw the document in his hand in front of him and pointed his finger, signaling him to open it and take a look.

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu, and then opened the project document in his hand.

As cadres, whether reading books or newspapers, they are particularly fast because of the habit of browsing documents.

Just one glance, basically, the outline of the content is grasped, and after looking at the key points, everything is clear.

Li Xuewu's document wasn't that thick or complex. He almost held it in his hand and saw most of it.

"You really got it!"

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu in shock: "But you're cheating by doing this!"

"And is the yacht rental business easy to do? Aren't you worried about this investment going down the drain?"

"Investment has risks, but if you only look at risks, don't even think about investing."

Li Xuewu drank a sip of hot tea and said: "You go back and think about it. This matter still needs you to take the lead."

"How is the investment calculated? This Dongcheng Credit Union is fine, but does the Oriental Era Bank in the Port City count as foreign capital?"

Xu Sian looked at the project plan in his hand and frowned: "And the implementation subject of this project is... which unit is Prince Port Affairs?"

"Port City's, our own people."

Li Xuewu glanced at him and said: "Oriental Era Bank invests in management, and Dongcheng Credit Union invests in manufacturing."

"A joint-stock joint venture enterprise, building a bridge through Oriental Trade in the middle."

"I've really heard for the first time that yachts can be rented, especially such large and luxurious ships."

Xu Sian raised his head and looked at Li Xuewu: "Aren't you afraid that these ships will go to the Port City and won't come back?"

"That's why we need to arrange for a third-party operation; otherwise, Gilly Star Shipping wouldn't be willing either."

Li Xuewu tilted his head and said: "Alright, it's just a plan for you. How to do it is your business."

"If you are willing to do it, then contact the units above. The contact information is all there. If you don't want to do it, then forget it."

"Not through the factory?" Xu Sian hesitated and asked: "After all, it involves foreign projects."

"It doesn't matter. If you are willing to let the factory lead and be responsible, then submit an application report."

Li Xuewu spread his hands and said: "But you also have to have some confidence. Yingcheng Shipbuilding is the second branch factory fully acquired by Red Star Factory. You have a certain degree of autonomy."

"Now you don't dare to use it. In the future, when Red Star Factory upgrades and realizes group-based management, how will you establish branch companies?"

He glanced at Xu Sian meaningfully: "This is a test for Yingcheng Shipyard, but isn't it also for you?"

"Aowu, isn't this Director He—"

Near the end of work, Li Xuewu was explaining next week's work to Peng Xiaoli when Yushui entered the room.

"I thought you had disappeared!"

"Went out to play for a few days to relax; I was in a bad mood."

Yushui didn't look at Li Xuewu but looked at the books on the bookshelf and asked very casually: "Do you have time to read?"

"Do I need you to manage me?"

Li Xuewu twitched his mouth and looked at Yushui, whose mental state had returned to normal: "Why didn't you say anything when you asked for leave?"

"Personnel called me, and I was still confused. I looked for your brother, and he said he didn't know either. I almost put up a missing person notice."

"With you backing me up, it wouldn't matter if I didn't come for a year, what's there to fear—"

Yushui pulled a book on economic principles from the bookshelf and flipped through it, as if she were really interested in economics.

"Are you being arrogant?"

Li Xuewu pointed at He Yu Shui and scolded: "Is this how you talk to me?"

"Don't try to suppress me with words—"

Yushui suddenly turned around, held up her neck, and glared at Li Xuewu: "You don't want me, but I'm going to pester you! You have to want me even if you don't!"

"I don't care if you're a director or a deputy director!"

After speaking, she clapped the book in her hand and turned around to leave, as if she had come to borrow a book and incidentally angered Li Xuewu.

Peng Xiaoli, who was standing opposite the desk, was stunned. This big girl was too cool.

"Crazy, crazy—"

Li Xuewu pointed at the door and scolded: "Hurry up and call the mental hospital to take her away!"

Hehe, catch who? Hearing the conversation between these two, Peng Xiaoli didn't dare to call.

Who is He Yu Shui? He only knew that the other party had some relationship with the leader and was arranged by Li Xuewu to work at Red Star Factory.

Of course, the other party was not from Red Star Factory; like other third-industry workshop directors or technical personnel, she was borrowed.

Public affairs were like this, and he had heard some sayings about private affairs. This He Yu Shui was a childhood friend of Li Xuewu.

The two grew up in the same courtyard. Li Xuewu was friends with He Yu Shui's brother, Master He from the cafeteria.

This relationship was very complex. Calling them neighbors was correct, calling them friends was also correct, and calling her a foster sister was also possible.

Anyway, few people in the factory provoked her, fearing He Yuzhu's recklessness and also fearing Li Xuewu's influence.

It was only today that he realized this girl seemed to be coming for Li Xuewu.

He had never seen the leader scold anyone; this was the first time, and it was at a girl.

"Did she take my book?"

Li Xuewu, who had scolded her, suddenly lost his temper and turned to ask Peng Xiaoli this.

Peng Xiaoli was stunned. He had been busy eating melon and watching the fun; how could he remember the book?

"Uh—it seems so—" ===== CHAPTER 1158 =====