Chapter 1186: Don't be so formal

Beijing in the eighth lunar month is at its hottest time of the year.

Having accumulated the heat of the "dog days" that began in mid-July, this heat feels even more stifling.

Perhaps only when September arrives will the cool breezes return, replacing this scorching, sun-drenched heat.

Therefore, it is not just Tokyo that is hot.

At the Beijing railway station, a medium-sized bus pulls away from the platform channel.

Although it did not occupy the boarding time of ordinary passengers, the bustling group of passengers dressed in the standard black-and-white uniforms, carrying their luggage as they got on and off, still caught the attention of travelers on the platform.

The bus body bore the livery of its affiliated unit, so they could tell that this group came from the Red Star Rolling Mill.

Beijing travelers are, of course, no strangers to the Red Star Rolling Mill, and even some travelers from other regions have heard of the Red Star factory's great name.

It must be said that the Comet motorcycle has truly whipped up a fashionable trend all across the country.

Starting from the trial production and pre-heating in May, the Red Star factory contacted distribution channels all over the country.

Beijing, Steel City, Tianjin, and Yingcheng go without saying; possessing branch factories and secondary branches, their advantages are unparalleled.

For the first batch of two offices, the Frontier and Yuezhou regions had long ago conducted pre-order warm-ups and promotional distribution.

The five second-batch offices established in May—Jicheng, Fengcheng, Changshan, Lvcheng, Chang'an, and Quzhou—also carried out promotions according to plan.

The third-batch offices currently in the preparatory stage—Bingcheng, Yangcheng, Jincheng, Lincheng, Quancheng, and Chuncheng—are also making purchase and sales contacts.

Other channels include joint units, supply chain system units, brother units within the industrial system, and so on.

In July, the assembly line equipment debugging was completed, and the Red Star factory's Comet motorcycle officially entered mass production.

Under the anticipation of distribution systems across the country, this motorcycle, priced under 500 yuan, was officially pushed to the market.

A daily production capacity of 260 units simply could not meet the needs of the supply and sales market.

The Red Star factory had no choice but to be the first to initiate a three-shift industrial mode at the motorcycle manufacturing plant located in Steel City.

In the early stages of production, capacity could basically be maintained at around 600 units, and this was only because a large number of motorcycle parts had been stored beforehand.

According to the report from the person in charge of the motorcycle factory, although they are currently rushing to order parts, due to the production time limits of the supply chain system, it is expected that production capacity will have to be reduced by September of this year.

Right now, no one can say for sure how long the market's welcome for the Comet motorcycle can be maintained.

From announcing the product last year, to starting sales paving in March of this year, to starting the warm-up in May.

Li Xuewu has already done everything he could for the sales work of the Comet motorcycle.

This includes contacting the Beijing supply and marketing system and preparing to build a direct supply and marketing network belonging to the sales office.

Now, one can see this type of motorcycle very frequently on the streets of Beijing, whether purchased with coupons or through internal qualifications.

Even Li Xuewu, who is responsible for sales coordination, dares not say whether this heat can cool down by September.

If it cannot cool down, there is no other way; currently, the motorcycle manufacturing plant is trying its best to increase capacity.

But there is still no inventory; every day, after the motorcycles come off the line, they are loaded onto trains or trucks and shipped to all parts of the country.

The Trade Management Center has undertaken the processing work for some online sales orders—you heard that right, online.

After the internal supply and marketing network of the Trade Management Platform tested the quality of the Comet motorcycle, units organized collective vehicle purchase activities.

That is to say, a unit within a certain platform recognized this motorcycle, including the employees of that unit.

Either in the name of public-to-public procurement of welfare items, or in the name of collective purchase and sales, they purchased this motorcycle in large quantities.

The Red Star factory is, of course, willing to do this kind of business, as it saves a large amount of distribution costs and also reduces transportation costs.

However, when Li Xuewu was approving the online distribution plan contract submitted by the sales office, he still held a cautious attitude.

He does not oppose developing online distribution channels, but he requires the sales office to ensure that all national distribution outlets and offline physical demonstration stores have quotas.

The Comet motorcycle must realize distribution and development normally through multiple channels and cannot cause channel erosion.

If everything relies on the Trade Management Platform to realize distribution, then what is the significance of doing offline physical stores?

Of course, it is the guarantee of quality and service!

The Red Star factory only has a few joint units in Sichuan Province; if the motorcycles are sold to other masses, what about maintenance and upkeep?

Currently, the Red Star factory's distribution outlets across the country do not yet have the ability to achieve full coverage.

Therefore, the Comet motorcycle is selling very well, and Li Xuewu also requires this motorcycle to sell even better and for longer.

During his research at the Tianjin office, he had already learned from the business reports about the market's feedback on this motorcycle.

At the same time, he also learned about the feedback from the motorcycle manufacturing plant—that is, from peers.

In the current motorcycle production field, which generally relies on imports and imitating 250CC displacement, the Red Star factory went against the trend, using the supply chain system to produce 50CC displacement motorcycles.

They even pushed the selling price to under 500 yuan; the result was that these manufacturers complained incessantly.

Being the same type of motorcycle, 250CC displacement certainly has more power, but compared to the relatively high fuel consumption and complex maintenance and upkeep costs, the Comet motorcycle is more cost-effective.

Not to mention the selling price of under 500 yuan, just talking about the motorcycle after lightweighting, an adult can lift it up.

This is something the bulky 250CC motorcycles dare not imagine.

Situations where people get into car accidents and are pinned underneath the motorcycle, unable to crawl out, are everywhere.

Even if there is no car accident, if the motorcycle falls over and you are pinned underneath, you still cannot crawl out because it is too heavy.

Now that the Comet is out, including mobile departments like electricity, postal services, and communications, which do not need too much power, they have all chosen to change their original procurement plans.

Even those units that already have motorcycles have chosen to coordinate sales and then purchase Comet motorcycles.

It is a very simple principle: a motorcycle that even a woman can ride away, and is especially fuel-efficient—who could not love it?

In just the first month that the Comet achieved mass production, many motorcycle manufacturing plants found the Red Star factory.

The units that participated most sincerely in the Automotive Parts Supply Chain Conference and participated most sincerely in negotiations after the conference were inevitably the motorcycle enterprises.

The Red Star factory brought out the Comet, forcing them to change whether they wanted to or not, and forcing them to join the Red Star factory's supply chain system whether they wanted to or not.

Currently, the Comet motorcycle is limited by production capacity and has not yet reached the influence to dominate the national motorcycle sales market.

But in major cities, even on the main roads of cities without Red Star factory offices, there are Comet motorcycles.

And residents of large cities happen to have the consumption power for this kind of cheap commuter vehicle.

Therefore, there is no need to wait for the Comet motorcycle to cover the whole country; those motorcycle manufacturing plants are already afraid and have surrendered.

Either prepare cash, accept the Red Star factory's production mode and transformation guidance, purchase and replace with assembly line equipment, build parts warehouses, and join the supply chain system.

Or gradually stop producing existing products, use production equipment to accept orders from the supply chain system, and do OEM production.

It can be said that the Red Star factory's trial in the motorcycle manufacturing field opened up the situation for the automotive manufacturing field.

The Red Star factory sales office organized the participants of the supply chain conference to visit Steel City.

They not only saw the automotive industrial production assembly line but also saw the motorcycle assembly line that had already achieved mass production.

The reason why the Comet's capacity is limited to 600-plus units is that other models of motorcycles are still being produced on the assembly line.

Including 100CC, 250CC, and 500CC.

Therefore, the Red Star factory, which can quickly produce multiple models of motorcycles on one line, won completely and is unrivaled.

Not only are motorcycle enterprises afraid, but even automotive industrial enterprises are afraid.

This move of "killing the chicken to warn the monkey" had full effect; for more than a month, the Trade Management Center has had negotiations every day and signing ceremonies every day.

They even reserved all the preparations for the signing ceremony in a conference room; it really became an assembly line.

Fulfilling contracts requires professional guidance and inspection teams; for this reason, the Red Star factory specially transferred professional personnel to conduct systematic training.

Including engineers, technicians, accountants, management, etc.

During the execution process, the industrial factories undergoing transformation need to bear the travel expenses of the team.

Li Xuewu is a conscientious person in charge of a brother unit; he did not require these units to bear the salaries of the team members.

After all, they are brother units and will have to get along well in the future; how could he learn that set of tricks the little devils used to deal with us in later generations?

However, the formation of this kind of professional team greatly promoted the personnel reform work currently being carried out by the Red Star factory.

Why? What is the relationship between the two?

A guidance team needs at least 40 to 50 people; one project needs at least half a year from start to finish.

For a behemoth like the 17th Factory, it absolutely cannot be completed in three, five, seven, or eight years.

Therefore, this time, in the automotive industrial transformation, the Red Star factory can output at least 2,000 people's technical strength.

What is the concept of 2,000 people?

The Red Star factory currently has 90,000 employees, including the 16 enterprises currently being merged and the Fengcheng No. 1 Machinery Factory that has already completed the merger and is currently being digested.

Is it selecting 2,000 multi-technical workers from 90,000 people to participate in this project?

Wrong!

It is that the Red Star factory invisibly created 2,000 positions with time limits.

Although these positions have time limits, these positions truly have real labor results and can produce actual economic benefits.

Don't they need to pay to accept the guidance of the technical team?

Of course they need to; Li Xuewu can not ask the other party to be responsible for the employees' salaries, but he will absolutely not support brother units to realize transformation for free.

Therefore, these 2,000 technical team positions will be maintained for a very long time.

During this period, the Red Star factory will continuously select and promote outstanding talents in the guidance team to suitable positions in the factory.

At the same time, it will also replace employees with cultivation potential into the guidance team.

It is the technical transformation units that spend money to invite the Red Star factory to help and guide industrial transformation, and they also have to bear the responsibility of helping the Red Star factory cultivate cadres.

Of course, they are completely voluntary.

If they don't want to be voluntary, there is nowhere to complain, because the guidance team is selected and sent by the Red Star factory.

Including administrative personnel and grassroots personnel; those without development potential and who cannot meet production needs go to the labor team.

Those with development and cultivation potential, for whom the Red Star factory currently has no suitable positions to arrange, go to the technical office guidance team, or the sales office Trade Management Center, etc.

Of course, it cannot be said that those who go to the labor team are all employees eliminated by the era.

The Red Star factory is improving and formulating an engineering team management mode to promote the labor team to establish an engineering construction branch company next year.

90,000 people; as long as it is the end of this year, the number of employees in the Red Star factory will reach its peak.

The decision-making layer of the Factory Management Committee must fully consider the Red Star factory's hematopoietic ability to ensure that these people can be assigned to suitable positions and everyone can make the best use of their talents.

At the Tianjin office meeting, Li Xuewu mentioned that the vice president of Sichuan Auto asked about the profitability of the Trade Management Center.

He, of course, would not tell the other party the real situation, and it is even less like what he said, only one dime.

The profitability of the Trade Management Center is the main economic pillar supporting the Red Star factory's construction in the next three years.

That is to say, this office, which is responsible for internal and external trade, has handled all the economic sources of the Red Star factory except for the normal budget.

Of course, starting this year, the Red Star Joint Savings Bank will also gradually become another new growth point for the Red Star factory to realize profitability externally and internally.

Sister Xie, that is, Xie Lan Zhi, the president of the Joint Savings Bank, went to Tianjin for research.

She came in a hurry to see Li Xuewu, and she is also truly busy and truly concerned about the establishment of the Tianjin branch.

As a cadre who took the lead in jumping out of the Red Star factory's organizational structure system, the opportunities she possesses are equal to those of Dong Wenxue.

Her advantages are even better than Zhuang Cangshu's; after all, the initial supervisor of the Trade Management Center was Li Xuewu.

Even now, the Trade Management Center has been handed over to Jing Yunong's hands.

You see, the Joint Savings Bank is also led by Jing Yunong, but the significance and form are completely different.

The Trade Management Center possesses both trade and economic characteristics and is managed by two departments.

One is the sales office, which, as the competent unit, is the administrative management unit of the Trade Management Center.

The other is the Economic and Trade Leading Group Office, with Li Huai De as the group leader, and Li Xuewu and Jing Yunong as deputy group leaders.

Although the Economic and Trade Office also has Jing Yunong's presence, the characteristics of being responsible for guidance and policy planning require more from the Trade Management Center.

Importantly, the Trade Management Center has no administrative power within the factory.

The Joint Savings Bank, with a more singular business form, is not so.

As a joint bank, it possesses a complete administrative management system; even Jing Yunong, as the competent leader, cannot interfere with its internal administrative arrangements.

In the position of president, Xie Lan Zhi's power far exceeds Zhuang Cangshu's; the one she is shoulder-to-shoulder with is indeed Dong Wenxue.

Therefore, facing the institution similar to a board of directors formed by the Red Star factory and the Dongcheng Credit Union, the greater the rights Xie Lan Zhi enjoys, the greater the responsibilities she bears, and the greater the pressure.

This year, she must complete the construction of the Beijing headquarters, and also complete the construction of the Tianjin branch, the Beijing branch, and the Steel City branch.

Next year, Yingcheng, Jicheng, Fengcheng, Bingcheng... and so on, in several major cities, the development of the Joint Savings Bank will expand along with the construction of the Red Star factory's business outlets.

Only by investing in and operating more branches can it more widely serve trade work, absorb savings, and carry out economic activities.

Only by carrying out more extensive economic activities can it let money make money and bring greater economic benefits to the Red Star factory.

In the next three years, the Red Star factory must fully absorb and accept these 90,000 people and satisfy their survival and welfare treatment within the Red Star factory.

And three years later, hand over more than 10,000 of them to the rolling mill newly built by Beijing industry.

The other 80,000 people, on the basis of fully releasing the Red Star factory's production capacity, will realize a three-shift work system to strengthen and accelerate production and construction.

At the same time, it must support the Red Star factory in establishing multiple professional factories and branch companies, especially construction companies.

The Red Star factory is seeking more joint-operation units to participate and incubate more projects.

Because in the posture of "a snake swallowing an elephant," realizing promotion and groupization within three years, it is inevitable to prevent the danger of being stretched to the breaking point.

Joint industry and tertiary industry must undertake more workers and carry out more industrial production projects.

The industrial ecosystem created in Steel City, the integrated industrial zone, is prepared for these people.

The Red Star factory has so many good projects; why not do them itself?

First, there is no money; second, there are too many people.

The appearance of any blockbuster is an encouragement to the Red Star factory's entrepreneurial development and a support for the enterprise's brand credibility.

The motorcycle project received 5 million yuan in investment, and the automotive project also received 5 million yuan in investment.

Was all this money used on the projects?

Of course not; this is just the money from the Red Star factory selling joint-operation qualifications, which can also be understood as shares.

The Dongcheng Credit Union got original shares; although it was a premium investment, now that the Comet motorcycle is exploding in popularity, it naturally brought it enough self-confidence and generous returns.

With the successful investment case of the Dongcheng Credit Union, when the Red Star factory does other projects, it will also receive support in funds and resources.

As long as the products made by the Red Star factory continue to explode in popularity, like a snowball, the assets and operating scale will become larger and larger, and the capital chain will also become more and more abundant.

Persist for three years; give the Red Star factory three years to slowly consume the elephant in its stomach; three years later, the Red Star factory will be the elephant.

By then, a workforce of 70,000 to 80,000 people will absolutely be affordable, and it will be even more able to use these 70,000 to 80,000 people to leverage more industrial production benefits.

The hurricane named "Comet," which the Red Star factory blew from the beginning of the year to the middle of the year, and then blew hard from the middle of the year, has not yet passed, and a hurricane named "Hongxing Lingyang" has risen.

Compared to the Comet, which reveals a flashy and gaudy style, the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang, as an iconic product of the automotive industry, appears much more steady and dignified.

Just during Li Xuewu's research trip to Steel City and Tianjin, the automotive manufacturing plant located in Steel City sent the good news of the Hongxing Lingyang's experimental mass production.

This car, which has been touted by the Red Star factory since last year, is finally about to be released.

Yes, experimental mass production.

Influenced by the production pressure during the Comet motorcycle's mass production, the automotive manufacturing plant made more adequate preparations.

In the early stage of debugging equipment and trial production, they secretly produced more than 100 units and put them into the market to test the waters.

After obtaining good market reactions and evaluations, they began to prepare for the mass production link more fully.

Reserve more parts, train more employees, enrich and simplify industrial zone management, etc.

For experimental mass production, the automotive manufacturing plant invested in a two-shift work system at the first opportunity.

Daily capacity was raised to 240 units; if the market can quickly consume this kind of capacity, the automotive manufacturing plant will implement a three-shift work system.

The automotive production assembly line needs more excellent workers, younger ones, those with more physical strength and mental concentration, those with cultivation potential, and those with faster execution.

Once the assembly line starts, the work zone and work hours must be strictly checked; workers cannot do it slowly and follow the car—that would be a mess.

Older workers can do car parts, but they absolutely cannot persist on the assembly line; this is physical work, and it is also technical work.

Therefore, in this era, cultivating an employee who cannot be easily fired, and under the condition of high requirements for post skills and conditions, the automotive manufacturing plant must carefully consider whether it needs to meet production capacity needs.

If the market acceptance ability dives, and so many cultivated workers are wasted, changing posts is undoubtedly a loss.

Therefore, a daily production of 240 cars is already beating the capacity of the Beijing Automotive Factory; can it really be accepted by the market?

"Except for special application vehicles and the small car team, all official vehicles in the factory have been changed to Hongxing Lingyang."

Responsible for picking up Li Xuewu's group is the newly appointed director of the Management Committee Office's External Liaison Office, Zhang Shicheng.

That is, the secretary in Cheng Kaiyuan's courtyard; he took over Sha Qizhi's shift.

"When I came out this morning, I applied to the leader for a vehicle, and Deputy Director Shi also mentioned the matter of your vehicle."

Zhang Shicheng sat in the same row as Li Xuewu and reported with a smile: "The command vehicle you are using now is not very suitable."

"Hmm—"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Thank you to Deputy Director Shi for his concern; I really haven't thought about this problem."

"I still understand you relatively well."

Zhang Shicheng smiled and said: "I have seen that car; the equipment it possesses is more professional, but after all, it is modified."

"Moreover, as the designer of the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang, perhaps you should set an example?"

He used a question here, which seemed very humorous; seeing Li Xuewu smile, he also laughed.

"I also heard it; Director Li once approved a Volga M24 for you, but you refused it, right?"

"Hmm, it doesn't count as a refusal."

Li Xuewu looked at the scenery outside the window; the wind blowing in through the car window was all hot wind, especially since the bus technology at this time was not mature, and the road conditions were not good, so it was very bumpy.

He paused and explained: "That quota was given to the Tianjin Trade Management Office for official reception vehicles."

"I still have to say you have high integrity."

Zhang Shicheng's gaze was very sincere and admiring as he said: "If the leader assigned me such a good car, I would be reluctant to give it away."

"Hahaha—"

Li Xuewu chuckled, turned his head to look at him, and asked: "How is it in the new position?"

He looked the other party up and down; there was no longer the caution and carefulness of being a secretary, and now the whole person looked high-spirited.

"I still have to thank Deputy Director Sha for laying a good foundation!"

Zhang Shicheng is very good at speaking; he, of course, knows who Sha Qizhi is, and at this time, he must be thankful.

Of course, the Deputy Director Sha referred to here is not Sha Qizhi's original position as Deputy Director of the Security Office's Comprehensive Office, but his position as Deputy Director of the Trade Management Center.

"During the handover, Deputy Director Sha gave me a lot of help and introduced all the work relationships to me."

Zhang Shicheng spoke very truthfully, nodded, and said: "After I took over, the work of the External Office team has been smooth, continuing to serve the leader and the factory; this is my greatest harvest."

"Heh, I think highly of you."

Li Xuewu chuckled and didn't care that the other party put the service object "leader" before "factory."

While looking the other party up and down, he nodded and praised: "You have potential in this regard."

!!!

Zhou Miaomiao, who was sitting in the back listening to their conversation, was suddenly shocked; why did this sound so familiar?

Peng Xiaoli, who was sitting next to her, had his eyes slightly narrowed, looking like he was about to fall asleep.

But the conversation between the leader and Zhang Shicheng clearly reached his ears.

This "son of a bitch" really is "the son of a wolf from Zhongshan, rampant once he gets his way."

How many days has he been in power, and he dares to stand up and pass messages for others.

Everyone can see the significance of Shi Ruoweng's return, and why did Li Xuewu choose to go out for research at this time?

Zhang Shicheng has followed Cheng Kaiyuan for so long; can't he see it?

Peng Xiaoli knew he was doing it on purpose.

Whether it was Cheng Kaiyuan's instruction, or how he got together with Shi Ruoweng, or what hint he got from Li Huai De.

In short, anyone who dares to advise Li Xuewu to change his vehicle as soon as he comes up is living to the end of his life.

Whether Shi Ruoweng wants to show favor or demonstrate, using a Zhang Shicheng to test Li Xuewu is also quite interesting.

He should not have met Li Xuewu in the days since Director Li recalled him to the Red Star factory.

Perhaps he felt the meaning of Li Xuewu's research trip, including the Yingcheng trip and the Tianjin trip.

After all, he stayed in Yingcheng for more than half a year; what did Li Xuewu go to Yingcheng for?

Furthermore, the sudden arrangement for Joint Savings Bank President Xie Lan Zhi to go to Tianjin for research.

The deep meaning here is too great; Shi Ruoweng, after the education of labor reform in Yingcheng, will be like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow at the slightest sign of trouble.

Arranging for Zhang Shicheng to test, removing those superficial nonsense words, the core purpose is only one, and that is to determine whether Li Xuewu has put him in the target position.

That is: whether to kill him!

"Comrades, you have all worked hard; I will speak less."

Li Xuewu stood by the bus and said to the research team: "Today is Monday, the busiest time in the factory."

"The leader is anxious to know our research results, so I am very sorry."

"Hahaha—"

Everyone had already learned from the research schedule that the rest day on Sunday was gone, and they had to continue working when they came back today.

But this cannot be blamed on Li Xuewu; after all, the leader also accompanied them to work.

This is how it is at this time; even on Sunday, the factory will organize voluntary labor.

Like cleaning the workshop, repairing parts, patching this and that; anyway, there is no proper rest time.

But since the leader has made it clear and made enough gestures, everyone naturally has to give face.

Li Xuewu looked at everyone and smiled, then waved his hand and said: "I'll make a decision for once; Saturday!"

"All members of the research team go back and make it clear to the person in charge; just say I said it, you rest on Saturday."

After he finished speaking, some of the dozen or so people hadn't reacted yet, while some had already reacted; seeing that others didn't make a sound, they also smiled half-heartedly.

Zhou Miaomiao was the bold one; she smiled and said: "Does the leader mean the leader of the week?"

"That's right—"

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, saying: "I can't make decisions about my own workdays, but I can still make decisions about your workdays."

"Oh—"

After confirming the rest time, the dozen or so people laughed in unison and cheered and applauded.

Li Xuewu smiled and pointed at everyone and said: "I have already compensated you with the holiday, but the research report—"

"Leader, no need for you to say it; I'll go write it now!"

"That's right! Leader, it will definitely be organized before work ends today!"

A group of people promised in a jumble; after Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile, they dispersed in a rush.

Carrying their luggage and the gifts they bought, they rushed back to their respective office buildings, racing against time to complete the task.

"The comrades' enthusiasm is very high!"

Zhang Shicheng smiled and said: "In terms of management and inspiring people, I have to learn more from you, leader."

"Although not taking a holiday is also a need of work and organization, taking a day off is more inspiring and stimulates work enthusiasm."

"Director Zhang, you are already very amazing now," Peng Xiaoli interjected at the right time: "I have to learn from you in terms of humility."

"Hahaha—"

Zhang Shicheng smiled, shook hands with Li Xuewu, looked at Peng Xiaoli, and said goodbye.

The trap in his sentence just now was too obvious; it wouldn't be appropriate for Li Xuewu to speak or not.

However, with Peng Xiaoli by his side, the person he was targeting didn't seem to be Li Xuewu, but Peng Xiaoli.

"A bit interesting—"

Li Xuewu glanced at the other party's back and said to Peng Xiaoli: "Learn from it; look at others."

"Yes, leader—"

Peng Xiaoli curled his lips, looking at Zhang Shicheng's back full of disdain and sarcasm.

The leader, of course, didn't mean for him to learn from the other party; this was a warning for him to keep an eye on the other party.

Listen to the words and listen to the tone; what is there for him to learn from Zhang Shicheng? What can't he learn from following the leader?

"Hello, Deputy Director Li—"

Li Xuewu turned around, just about to walk to the main office building to report work to Li Huai De, when he heard a greeting.

"Oh, Zhou Tan?"

He smiled and nodded, signaled to Zhou Miaomiao who was standing beside him, and asked: "Here to pick up your partner?"

"Yes—"

Zhou Tan pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose with some embarrassment and explained: "I asked for leave from the factory to prepare for the wedding."

He signaled to Zhou Miaomiao and said: "Miaomiao will also ask for leave from the factory; we..."

"No need to ask; I'll just tell personnel later."

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Others have to be busy with the research summary report, so they only came to work today."

He looked at Zhou Miaomiao and said: "Comrade Zhou Miaomiao told me, you plan to register for marriage tomorrow?"

"A good thing—"

Seeing Zhou Tan nod, he smiled and said: "Congratulations on your marriage; you have worked hard this time, take a few more days of wedding leave."

"Thank you, Deputy Director Li—"

Zhou Miaomiao thanked him with a smile and explained to Zhou Tan: "Deputy Director Li promised me to help me ask for ten more days of leave."

"Ah! Really—"

Zhou Tan looked at her in surprise, turned back, looked at Li Xuewu with gratitude, and said: "Thank you for the leader's care."

"I know you arranged for her to go for research to take care of us..."

"Hey—"

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile and said politely: "I didn't help much, don't be so formal."

He signaled to Zhou Miaomiao and said: "It's just to cheer Comrade Zhou Miaomiao on."

"For me, this is already... a huge help."

Zhou Miaomiao smoothed the hair by her ear and said: "We won't disturb your work; we're going back."

"Good, congratulations again."

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile; seeing them leave, he said to Peng Xiaoli: "Look at others; you should also work hard."

"... Yes..."

Peng Xiaoli's mouth twitched, and he endured the impulse and agreed.

What could he say? Say I like your sister, and you want me to work hard?

If I say that, you have to guarantee you won't beat me to death first!

Also, it's fine to let me "learn" from Zhang Shicheng, but what should I learn from Zhou Tan and Zhou Miaomiao?

I am not willing to learn from them!

"Daddy—"

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the courtyard, he saw Li Shu running over enthusiastically.

"Daddy, I missed you so much—"

"Hey, hey, your dad is right here!"

Li Xuewu squatted down amusedly, used his hand to pull his daughter's little face, and said: "You missed me, but look at me!"

"I—I—I missed you so much—"

Li Shu's gaze had already been attracted by the box that Uncle Han moved out from the back of the car.

The words she said to her dad at this moment clearly had less anticipation and more perfunctory tone.

Even the sentence "missed you" carried a perfunctory component; her little hands hugged his neck, and her little legs kicked, wanting him to hold her.

Hold her up?

"I want to see—"

Li Shu was held in her dad's arms, stretching her neck to look at what was in the box that Uncle moved into the courtyard.

"It seems you don't miss me, but the delicious food—"

Li Xuewu said regretfully: "That's it; since Li Shu doesn't miss me, let Uncle Han take all these delicious things home."

"No! I—I missed you—"

Li Shu heard her dad say this, and only then did she reluctantly take her gaze back from the car side.

She tried her best to make a serious attitude, held her dad's face with her little hands, kissed him, and said: "I really missed you."

"Really? I don't believe it—"

Li Xuewu looked at his daughter with feigned suspicion, pointed to the other side of his face, and said: "Unless you kiss Daddy again."

"MUA—"

Li Shu kissed him exaggeratedly, with a helpless expression of perfunctorily dealing with her old father, and asked: "Is it okay now?"

"That depends on your performance in the future."

Li Xuewu said feignedly and proudly: "But your performance just now is worth a new toy as a reward."

"Hahaha—"

Li Shu, who was about to pout because of her dad's previous sentence, laughed out loud because of her dad's second half of the sentence.

She wiggled, signaled to the room, and let her dad go find the new toy he brought back for her.

"Why did you buy so many things?"

Liu Yin was holding chubby Li Ning and standing in the foyer; seeing the father and daughter enter the room, she asked: "Didn't you go to Tianjin?"

"A friend gave them," Li Xuewu put his daughter on the floor, greeted Ji Yuxiu who was welcoming him in the foyer: "Yuxiu is here."

"Second Brother—"

Ji Yuxiu greeted him with a smile and took the initiative to help Li Xuewu take the luggage in his hand.

"Knowing you were coming back today, I specifically came home to wait for you."

"You don't usually come?"

Li Xuewu didn't rush to ask why she came; if there was an urgent matter, she could call his office phone.

Furthermore, Ji Yuxiu is now a cadre of the branch bureau; it is also very convenient to come to him.

"I'm usually busy—"

Ji Yuxiu smiled and found a reason that wasn't a reason, but she also knew that Second Brother wouldn't care about this.

She doesn't come often on weekdays; one is that work is really busy, and the other is that the mother-in-law-to-be is here, and she is also a little afraid of Li Xuewu.

Therefore, she can only come around once a month, and the rest of the time she just waits for Li Xuewu's family to return to the courtyard to gather.

"Jingru went to buy soy sauce and will be back soon."

Seeing Li Xuewu glance at the luggage at the door, which was just brought in by Han Jiankun, Liu Yin explained.

She signaled upstairs and said: "You've been tired all day; don't rest after coming back from a business trip, go wash up and change clothes first."

"Good, tell Jingru to prepare two more dishes to entertain Yuxiu."

He teased his son and joked: "So that your third daughter-in-law doesn't come to see you."

"No way—"

Ji Yuxiu shyly chided, "Second Brother, you're just trying to embarrass me!"

"Go quickly, Nao—"

Liu Yin laughed and patted her son, signaling him to go upstairs quickly, "We'll eat as soon as Xiao Ning comes back."

"Aren't you eating?"

Li Xuewu looked at his daughter who was still playing with toys on the sofa and reminded her: "Daddy is going to eat all the delicious food."

"Giggle—"

Li Shu couldn't stand her dad's tickling, and her laughter was very crisp as she twisted her body.

She held up the toy in her hand and said: "Daddy, I like this."

"Good, as long as my daughter likes it," Li Xuewu said seriously: "When Daddy goes to Tianjin for a business trip again, I'll buy more for Li Shu, okay?"

"Good—"

Li Shu put down the tin tank in her hand very obediently, hugged her dad's neck, and said: "Then Daddy, you work hard, strive to go on more business trips."

"Heh—"

Li Xuewu was about to be laughed at by his daughter; I'm not seventy or eighty yet; is this trying to drive me away?

"Good, Daddy will work hard and strive to go on more business trips, so that Li Shu can miss Daddy often, right?"

He held his daughter and walked to the dining room, wanting to correct his daughter's thinking; it counts as positive education of love.

Li Shu didn't need his education; she maintained a piece of innocence and integrity.

"Daddy, actually, even if you don't buy me toys, I miss you—"

She patted her little belly, signaling that it was there that she missed her dad.

"Ah, my daughter is really good."

Li Xuewu walked into the dining room and praised with a smile: "Then in the future, does Daddy still need to buy toys for my daughter?"

"Daddy, I mean, I mean," Li Shu was put on the dining chair by her dad; she tried hard to organize her language and said: "I miss you so much; do you have the heart not to buy me toys?"

"Hahaha—"

Everyone in the restaurant laughed in unison. Liu Yin tapped the tip of her eldest granddaughter's nose and chided, "You little clever ghost!"

"Hmm, being able to wrap your dad in, okay!"

Qin Jingru smiled and gave Li Shu a thumbs up, teasing her: "When you grow up, who knows how good you'll be at acting spoiled."

"Too many heart eyes—"

After Li Xuewu sat down, he smiled and glanced at his daughter, saying: "Who did you learn this from? Why can't you learn from your dad?"

"With so many heart eyes, is it still not enough?"

Liu Yin knew her son too well; at this moment, she joked: "If you learn from him again, I'm afraid no one will be able to control you."

"Hee hee—"

Li Shu seemed to know that everyone was talking about her; at this moment, she smiled and said: "I want to learn, I want to learn to be as beautiful as Mom."

"Oh my, this is terrible—"

Ji Yuxiu looked at Li Shu with a smile and said: "Your dad asked you to learn more from him, and you really learned it."

"If you coax your mom well, no one in this family will really be able to control you." ===== CHAPTER 1187 =====