Chapter 1211: Vanished into Thin Air

"Has the shipyard started centralized construction?"

Ding Zigui, Director of the Management Committee Office, presided over the committee work meeting.

Li Xuewu arrived a bit late, having just come from Li Huai De's side.

As soon as he entered the room, Ding Zigui took the initiative to ask.

Relevant work briefings, like those of various branch factories and departments, had to be reported daily.

This work information would be reflected in the work briefings provided for major leaders to read.

Once there was movement on Xu Sinian's side, those who should know at the Red Star Factory all knew.

"Five dry docks, two large ones and three small ones, have started shipbuilding projects simultaneously."

Li Xuewu nodded to the several people in the conference room and gave a simple explanation.

This was also the report he had just made to Li Huai De, and he had also communicated the main next steps for the shipyard.

"The project is really tight," Ding Zigui nodded, extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, looked at Shi Ruoweng, and asked: "It was established at the beginning of the year, right?"

"Last year, it started before winter last year."

Shi Ruoweng didn't care about Ding Zigui's purpose in asking this, nor about the energy he had spent laboring in Yingcheng.

How to say it, the biggest gain from laboring in Yingcheng for more than half a year, digging pond mud, carrying cement, pulling steel bars, etc., was not having good physical strength, but learning to endure.

How to say it, he used to be a person who cared about face, a scholar's common problem.

Being promoted from the office to the position of Deputy Director of the Management Committee Office by Director Li, he was suddenly a bit arrogant.

How could these people in the organ tolerate him, especially facing the organ's big demon king, Li Xuewu.

So, a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit, he suffered enough bitterness in Yingcheng, and his mentality was also tempered at the grassroots level.

Last time, he had his ladder pulled away by Li Xuewu in front of so many leaders and was reprimanded on the spot by Director Li. Did you see him unable to let go of his face and go jump off a building?

In work matters, you can't care about face.

When Li Xuewu entered the room just now and nodded to greet them, he responded with a smile.

Ding Zigui asked him about Yingcheng, and he explained in a tone that was neither hurried nor slow.

No need to think about whether Ding Zigui was deliberately humiliating himself; he knew a lot about Yingcheng, and it was natural for people to ask him.

Only by feeling sorry for oneself is one looking down on oneself.

"When I went there, the No. 3 and No. 6 dry docks were already finished," he continued to introduce: "When I came back, No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 were also almost finished."

"Now it's mainly No. 5 and No. 7."

Li Xuewu sat beside Ao Yuhua, spread out his notebook, and said: "Next year, No. 8 and No. 9 should also be added; they are dry docks for producing small and medium-sized cargo ships."

"How much longer for No. 5 and No. 7?"

Ding Zigui asked with great concern: "Is No. 5 being renovated for the production of ten-thousand-ton cargo ships?"

"Yes, that's right, it should be this month."

Li Xuewu nodded and confirmed: "In September, when I went to Yingcheng for research, the No. 5 dry dock was already under construction."

"In order to catch up with the construction period and utilize the winter construction time, the shipyard adopted an interactive construction plan."

Shi Ruoweng added an explanation: "According to the original plan, the construction work of the Santa Ya cargo ship should be able to start this month."

"Hmm, the specifics still depend on the work arrangements of Yingcheng Shipbuilding," Li Xuewu emphasized: "There might be some discrepancies, but they won't be too big."

"That's good. After all, it's the first ten-thousand-ton cargo ship, so being cautious is fine."

Ding Zigui nodded, looked at the three and explained: "If Yingcheng Shipbuilding can advance the construction of the Santa Ya cargo ship on time and according to plan, we can also arrange the next step of visiting and activity attendance work."

He pointed at Shi Ruoweng and emphasized: "Be sure to make it clear to the Foreign Affairs Office and coordinate the time for the Santa Ya Group to visit the keel-laying ceremony."

"Also, send an invitation to the responsible persons of units and departments that can be invited and have business contacts with our factory. What do you think, Xuewu?"

Li Xuewu, who was named by Ding Zigui to ask for his opinion, nodded with a smile and replied: "Next time Director Xu from Yingcheng Shipbuilding comes back, he should treat you to a meal."

"Hahaha—"

A burst of laughter erupted in the small conference room, while Ding Zigui sat up straight, waved his hand with a smile, and said: "He should treat everyone in the committee office to a meal, hehehe."

"If the Foreign Affairs Office really brings the customers here, then it won't be a matter of just one meal, right?"

Ao Yuhua asked Li Xuewu with a smile, then looked at Ding Zigui and emphasized: "Shouldn't we also coordinate with the Sales Office and the Trade Management Center?"

"Work arranged by Deputy Director Jing."

Ding Zigui explained, then said: "I believe the leaders will make arrangements for the sales side."

"Let's close the door and manage our own."

He said with a smile: "The committee office, after all, only does coordination and service. Besides the shipyard, there is also the electronics factory."

"Xuewu, what is your opinion?"

"I have no opinion," Li Xuewu agreed: "The functions of the committee office are already very clear."

"The big housekeeper can't manage everything; that way, in the end, it will become managing nothing."

"It seems our opinions are consistent."

Ding Zigui nodded with a smile, said to the other two: "The leader requires the committee office to carry out a one-month inspection action on the promotion of office systems."

"At the same time, the electronics factory wants to hold an activity similar to the automotive supply chain, and the location is in Jinmen. Our committee office also needs to send people to cooperate."

He looked at Shi Ruoweng and Li Xuewu, paused for two seconds, and said: "Comrade Ruoweng is now responsible for the work of the Foreign Affairs Office, so the activity of the electronic industry supply chain in Jinmen will be left to you to be responsible for."

"No problem, right, Xuewu?"

He looked at Li Xuewu again and emphasized: "You were responsible for drafting and promoting the office system, so I think it is more appropriate for you to be responsible for the relevant inspection and research work."

"I have no opinion. What about Deputy Director Ao?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Ao Yuhua and asked: "I have had a lot of work recently. If Deputy Director Ao doesn't have any particularly urgent work on hand,"

He smiled and said: "How about the two of us lend a hand?"

"I'm fine with anything, listening to the leader's arrangements."

Ao Yuhua looked good when she smiled, and she said very easily: "Now that the committee office has more people, we can stretch our hands and feet in whatever we do."

"Then let's arrange it this way. Our team emphasizes democracy, mutual assistance, and unity."

Ding Zigui made the final decision on this matter with a smile, and also talked about several tasks in the committee office, before making the final concluding speech.

When the meeting was dismissed, he also urged Li Xuewu not to forget to report the relevant work to the leaders.

What does this mean?

This Management Committee Office team meeting today was quite interesting.

The Director of the Committee Office cares about the shipyard, interesting, right?

What's more interesting is that he asked for Li Xuewu's opinion alone more than once during the meeting.

Yet he handed the Trade Management Center's business to Shi Ruoweng and handed the business that Ao Yuhua should be responsible for to Li Xuewu.

After the meeting ended, he also "specially" reminded Li Xuewu to actively report work progress to the leaders.

It seems the wind is rising and the clouds are surging, and people's hearts are thinking of change.

"Nothing to do?"

Li Xuewu looked at his third brother and put the bag in his hand on the cabinet.

Ji Yuxiu came over to greet him, with a somewhat embarrassed look on her face.

"Second brother, we are here to pick up Mom."

"I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about him—"

Li Xuewu nodded to her, walked into the living room, looked at his brother again, and asked: "No class at school, so you let yourself go like a sheep?"

"I didn't expect..." Li Xuecai originally didn't want to come; he was afraid of this second brother.

Seeing his second brother enter the room, he immediately stood up from the sofa, no longer having the relaxation he had just now.

He secretly glanced at Ji Yuxiu and stammered in defense: "I'll find something to do later; I won't be idle like this forever."

"Hmm, tell me, what are you going to find to do?"

Li Xuewu didn't use a reprimanding tone to teach his brother; after all, he wasn't young anymore.

Furthermore, he didn't have the mentality that the eldest brother is like a father and must have a straight face.

He waved his hand, signaled for him to sit down and talk, and he himself used the thermos on the coffee table to make a cup of tea.

"I... I haven't thought about it yet."

Li Xuecai's pleading eyes were already given to Ji Yuxiu, but his girlfriend didn't dare to save him.

In the Li family, besides Li Shun, Li Xuewu was the only man whose words carried weight.

Even Zhao Yafang was willing to listen to his opinions.

Eldest brother Xuewen had to listen to his wife, let alone Ji Yuxiu, who ranked third.

Moreover, she always believed in one point: there were no bad people among the Li family brothers and sisters, and certainly no bad brothers.

Just starting from this point, she didn't think there was any problem with the second brother wanting to lecture Li Xuecai.

Although Li Xuecai had returned to the city recently and spent more time with her, she felt very sweet.

But Li Xuecai was a man after all; he couldn't always revolve around her, doing nothing, and being sloppy.

So, as soon as Ji Yuxiu saw the second brother put on a posture of wanting to talk, she immediately slipped away without any loyalty.

"Second brother, you guys talk, I'll go upstairs to help Mom pack her luggage."

"Hey—"

Li Xuecai watched her slip away, really wanting to say "I'll go too," but he just didn't have the guts.

"Returned at the end of October, and it's been half a month since you got home, and you still haven't thought about it?"

Li Xuewu made the tea and looked at his brother, saying: "What was the purpose of sending you to the mountain?"

"To temper your temper and character, not wanting you to cut off your studies, and at the same time to take care of Father's health."

"Since you've come down, you don't need to take care of Father anymore. You can't let your temper go loose and your studies be cut off, right?"

He picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and said: "In name, you came down to go to university, but now your university studies are neither fish nor fowl. Do you feel you're losing out?"

Li Xuecai was being talked to by his second brother, sitting there with his head down, not speaking. He didn't dare to contradict his second brother.

"If you haven't thought about it, I'll find two things for you to do first, and we'll talk after you've thought about it."

Li Xuewu put down the teacup and looked at his brother, saying: "The first thing, I'll sign you up with the factory. Take advantage of the time now to learn your driver's license."

"I'm willing to learn this, second brother."

Li Xuecai's ears pricked up. Hearing that his second brother was going to arrange things for him to do made him want to cry.

His second brother did things in a very orderly way, and the things arranged would inevitably be to temper his temper.

He just didn't expect that he was worried about it, but it was arranged for him to learn driving technology.

"If you're willing to learn, then learn well," Li Xuewu didn't care about his brother's surprise and continued: "The second thing, if you don't have class, go help out at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital."

"Ah? Go help at the hospital?"

Li Xuecai was a bit dumbfounded and reminded his second brother: "Second brother, I haven't graduated yet—"

"Besides, even if I wanted to go, they wouldn't want me. How can you arrange me?"

"Don't I know you haven't graduated?"

Li Xuewu said impatiently: "According to your meaning, school classes are here one day and gone the next, so you just drift with the tide and muddle through?"

"You are at the age to learn a craft. Not dealing with patients for a day is considered a regression. You want to be idle for three years?"

"Your second brother is right. Do it early!"

Liu Yin might have heard the movement. Coming down from upstairs, she heard the conversation between her sons.

She thought they were arguing about something, but she didn't expect the second son to be talking about this.

It has to be said that the second son has responsibility, thinks comprehensively, and has care and discipline for his younger brother.

She followed Li Shun all her life to serve the hundred herbs. Even if she didn't understand medicine, she understood the hardship of learning medicine.

"There's no such thing as fishing for three days and drying the net for two," she walked down the stairs and muttered: "Having been idle at home for so long, it's time to have played enough."

"I'll notify you after the driving thing is settled," Li Xuewu picked up the phone on the small coffee table and dialed directly to the home of the Vice President of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

"Is this Vice President Zhao's home? Hmm, Uncle Zhao, it's Li Xuewu."

Not caring about his brother's bitter face, he pinched his nose, crossed his right leg, and after the call was connected, he began to talk to Zhao Yufeng on the other side.

Ji Yuxiu walked down, poked Li Xuecai, who was sitting there with a somewhat frustrated expression, and reminded him in a low voice: "Don't throw a tantrum. Others want this opportunity but don't have it. Do you think your second brother is willing to lose face?"

"Exactly, you're so old, and you don't see as clearly as Yuxiu. You've wasted your university education—"

Liu Yin also glared at her youngest son with some dissatisfaction and learned from Ji Yuxiu to lecture him in a low voice.

Li Xuecai had his second brother arranging things in front and his partner and mother urging him from behind. At this moment, he was like a pig that had just come back from running wild but didn't want to go into the pen.

It's just that he couldn't go into the pen even if he didn't want to now. He didn't have the ability or strength to challenge the whole family.

Li Xuewu, who was talking on the phone, exchanged pleasantries with Zhao Yufeng, and then talked about his third brother's matter.

"He's been back for several days, and he's just wandering around, which is really annoying. Let him go help at the hospital."

Li Xuewu held the phone and said politely: "Don't arrange specific work for him, just let him do odd jobs. Just consider it accumulating experience and learning some skills in being a person."

"Hahaha—"

Zhao Yufeng on the other end of the phone didn't know what he said, but Li Xuewu laughed. The two talked for a few more sentences before ending the call with thanks.

"Is the matter settled?"

Liu Yin was concerned about her son's studies and career, and at this moment, she couldn't even take care of packing her own luggage.

Seeing her second son hang up the phone, she asked impatiently: "How was it arranged?"

"Do things the way you were arranged."

Li Xuewu didn't answer his mother's question first, but looked at his brother and instructed: "But I have to remind you of one thing: you are not allowed to practice medicine."

"That's for sure," Liu Yin turned back, looked at the third son, and emphasized: "Don't mess around."

"I know, I don't have the qualification to practice medicine yet."

Li Xuecai knew that the matter had been handled by his second brother. At this moment, his answer was listless.

What else could he do? Just accept his fate.

In this family, there were only two people whose words he had to listen to: one was his father, and the other was his second brother.

Not listening to his father's words was unfilial, and not listening to his second brother's words meant getting beaten. He was afraid of both.

Perhaps hearing the unhappiness in his words, Ji Yuxiu poked him again from behind the sofa.

Seeing him look over with some dissatisfaction, Ji Yuxiu gave him a death stare.

Fine, he would have to listen to three people in this family from now on. Is there any law left!

"It's settled with Vice President Zhao. Starting tomorrow, go report for duty after you come back from school."

Li Xuewu instructed his brother and looked at his mother, explaining: "Sooner or later, he has to take over Father's shift. It's better to let him go over and break through on his own while Father is away, so he can have some connections."

"That's right, he can't stay at home."

Liu Yin nodded, looked at the third son, and agreed: "When your father was young, he wouldn't let himself be idle for a moment. Don't waste your time."

As a mother, she didn't have much education, let alone much experience outside, and her words were always repeating those few sentences, sounding repetitive.

Li Xuewu didn't think his mother was long-winded. Having truly experienced life, old age, sickness, and death, he knew very well that when one day you can't understand your mother's nagging, you will realize that you no longer have a home in this world.

In the evening, Li Xuecai and Ji Yuxiu, the young couple, were kept for dinner.

After dinner, Li Xuewu drove his mother and the others back to the Sihe Academy.

In the car, Li Xuecai was still complaining to his second brother, very worried that his second brother would graduate before he even graduated.

Li Xuewu going to university had become a common understanding of the whole family to make up for regrets.

Earlier, the eldest brother was admitted to university, and Li Xuewu hadn't even had time to imagine his university life before he was kicked to the south by his old father to be a soldier.

By the time he came back, he had long lost the qualification to take the university entrance exam, while his third brother became a university student.

At that time, it was determined that Li Xue's grades could also get her into university. Among the four children of the Li family, only he was a high school graduate, which had to be said was a regret.

Never expected that Li Xue, who was bound to get into university, became a "nine-leak fish," and the second brother, who was bound to have no chance to go to university, became a "university leaker"!

Where can you reason with this!

Li Xuecai's worry was not unreasonable. The newspapers all said that more than 10 million graduates were waiting to be assigned work. How many years would they stay in school?

Li Xuecai was very afraid that his second brother would graduate, and Li Shu would be preparing for university, while he was still studying at university.

Then wouldn't he be seventy or eighty years old before he could graduate?

Why else say this brother's mentality was still a bit childish and not very mature? It was appropriate to throw him into the unit to be tempered.

Li Xuewu's answer was very direct: the pool is only so big, and when the water is full, it must flow out. He just had to wait for the day the water was full.

Furthermore, since last year, the situation had been so chaotic, but it also changed just like that.

This brother Li Xuecai was naturally protected too well by the family, without experiencing the beatings of society. There were benefits, and there were disadvantages.

For a doctor, it's better to have more benevolence. Li Xuewu didn't expect him to be very successful either.

In the car, mother Liu Yin asked about Vice President Zhao's situation again. Ever since Zhao Xia passed away, she heard that the other party's health hadn't been very good, especially during this period, having the thought of retiring early.

Li Xuewu didn't care about this. When they reached this position, it wasn't that you could retire just because you wanted to; there were too many people following behind.

The impact was too great, not only on his personal work and life but also on the work environment.

Just look at the Red Star Factory Union Chairman Xiong Bencheng; he was cleaned up by Old Li into that state, and he went to the factory hospital to consume medical resources whenever he had nothing to do, but didn't he still persist and hold on?

Anyway, he was like a piece of stinky dog shit, he had to stick there, and Old Li didn't have the intention to drive him away.

Such people had the necessity to exist, including Zhao Yufeng, not to mention that many projects and work at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital were his responsibility.

The pain of losing a son needed half a lifetime to walk out of, and even until the moment of death, it wouldn't be relieved.

But life had to go on, and work had to be persisted in. This was the iron discipline of organizational cadres.

Returning to the courtyard, it happened that Shen Guodong had brought Mai Qinglan and her child over for dinner.

In the past half month, not only did the eldest brother and sister-in-law return to school to report, but Li Xuecai, Mai Qinglan, Su Qing, etc., and even Li Xuewu himself were the same.

Teacher Han Shu talked to him in the school office. According to the teaching evaluation report jointly issued by the professors, after review and research by the school's Academic Affairs Office, it was decided to promote his teaching grade to the third year.

That is to say, entering school in the second half of 1965, he just caught up with the teaching progress this year.

Although work was very busy and the quality of learning was very average, he still persisted, and the professors also gave positive evaluations.

He also knew that he was the only student the professors had brought in these two years. He could take first place with his eyes closed. How much moisture was due to face, it was really hard to say, it was really not good to say.

First of all, he was a teaching task specially arranged by Academic Affairs Director Han Shu and Principal Pei Dayu.

Secondly, he was a factory leader of the Red Star Factory, the school-enterprise cooperation object of the Iron and Steel Institute, and had a cadre status.

Finally, in the special two years, this student not only protected the safety of the professors but also did things in human relationships that made people unable to pick out any faults.

Although this era hated academic falsehood and looked down on going through the back door and relationships, Li Xuewu's identity, ultra-long-distance vision, and unique thinking ability made the professors willingly endorse his academic performance.

It is not difficult to guess that when Li Xuewu graduates with the third-year students next year, there will inevitably be many proof materials written by professors in his student status.

Special students, special eras, special identities, inevitably possess special graduation treatment.

"Is everything okay at home?"

Li Xuewu came out of the inverted room, and Mai Qinglan followed Shen Guodong and the others out.

He was still relatively concerned about this younger sister-in-law, taking the initiative to ask: "Is there any difficulty at school?"

"No, thank you second brother for your concern."

Mai Qinglan replied with a smile: "Temporarily, it's just restoring teaching order, we are still reviewing."

"Take your time, study by yourself when you have time."

Li Xuewu nodded and instructed before getting in the car: "Still the same sentence, if you need help, speak to Guodong. If you need my help, make a phone call."

"Just like that—"

Without waiting for Mai Qinglan to be polite again, he nodded to the few people, got in the car, started the fire, and went home.

Thinking about university on the way, he couldn't help but think of the university students practicing in the factory.

Huaqing resumed classes and work, professors and students returned, and the project teams of the Red Star Factory Research Institute were inevitably affected, mainly because there were fewer "oxen and horses" in the laboratory, and fewer people with real ability and technology.

To deal with this situation, the factory also coordinated in many ways. On one hand, it launched deep cooperation with Huaqing to retain and introduce graduates to practice and temper in the factory.

On the other hand, it actively coordinated with education management departments to strive for more university student placement indicators before the big distribution.

Just like what Li Xuewu said to his third brother Xuecai, the pool is only so big, and when the water is full, it must flow out. He just waited for the day the water was full.

The reason there is no action now does not mean that the above has not considered it.

It is mainly to consolidate and maintain the current "fruits of victory," and also to reduce the impact of sudden distribution but inability to carry out enrollment.

It is like Li Xue, who entered society to work after graduating from high school in the old three sessions without being able to take the college entrance exam.

Once the college entrance exam is restored and university enrollment begins, it will inevitably cause some chaos.

So, one side is consolidation, one side is maintenance, and one side is researching methods.

Li Xuewu knew that before the end of next year, this matter would definitely be handled completely.

No matter how it is arranged, keeping so many people in school is a burden for anyone.

University students also have subsidies; on the contrary, one has to spend money to study before getting into university.

The implementation of a policy never only affects one type of person, but a wider group.

Cautious, cautious, and more cautious.

November 8th, Saturday.

The Party Group of the Red Star Factory Management Committee held its first organizational life meeting since the cancellation of the Party Committee.

Attending the meeting were:

Factory Management Committee Director Li Huai De;

Factory Management Committee Deputy Directors Gu Weijie, Cheng Kaiyuan, Jing Yunong, Xue Zhifu, Dong Wenxue;

Factory Union Chairman Xiong Bencheng;

Attending as non-voting delegates were:

Factory Party Committee members Li Xuewu, Wei Zaike, Kuang Yusheng, Feng Xingke, Lv Yuanshen, Xia Zhongquan, Ding Zigui, Bu Qingfang, Lang Zhennan, Xu Sinian, Zhuang Cangshu, Cen Fuyao, Xiao Zihong, Wang Yuzheng.

It is worth noting that this Management Committee Party organizational life meeting selected new Party Committee members.

In addition to the group leaders of the Management Committee, the main responsible persons for propaganda, technology, and engineering were also included.

Others included the main responsible persons for various branch factories and units, such as the Trade Management Center, Fengcheng First Machine Factory, Steel City Industrial Service Office, Tertiary Industry Management Office, etc.

Li Huai De, in accordance with the requirements of the organizational life meeting theme, made an important speech titled "Persist in Promoting Scientific Development, Continue to Advance Along the Path Opened by Industrial Production Reform," leading all members to seriously study the spirit of the instruction documents issued by the higher authorities...

Li Huai De pointed out in his speech that the Red Star Factory is currently on the correct path of development and must unswervingly continue to promote the industrial reform of scientific development, economic development, and production development from the inside out.

Must persist in the practical experience of scientific management, scientific innovation, scientific experimentation, and scientific production.

Must seriously implement the decision-making deployments issued by the organization, grasp the era characteristics and requirements of industrial reform, and persist in taking the mixed development of light and heavy industry and breaking through upstream and downstream technology and trade barriers as the leading direction.

Li Huai De called on all Party organization members to guide and lead all employees to grasp the current various favorable conditions, unswervingly accelerate the promotion of safe, efficient, and scientific industrial reform, and fully exert the important role of industrialization and block-chain development in driving development.

After Li Huai De's speech ended, Gu Weijie, Cheng Kaiyuan, Jing Yunong, and other Management Committee leaders also made speeches respectively, including committee member representative Li Xuewu.

This organizational life meeting was very special, and it was also very obvious that Li Xuewu's ranking had changed.

Previously, he was also a factory Party Committee member, but his ranking was behind Kuang Yusheng, Bu Qingfang, and others.

This time, his name was ranked at the very front, and his influence was already extraordinary compared to last year.

And Li Xuewu's keynote speech at the organizational life meeting, "Unswervingly Promote Reform to Develop in Depth," was also considered the key goal for the Red Star Factory in business and organizational work in the next stage.

He pointed out in his speech that after two years of transformation and reform, the Red Star Factory had created miraculous achievements in industrial production, technological innovation, organizational management, etc., and the work of the Management Committee had also come to a new stage with the changes in the situation.

In the new era, new period, and new stage, facing new challenges, new requirements, and new environments, the Red Star Factory must establish new directions, new positioning, and new goals.

Persist in taking grasping ideology and promoting production as the goal, and dialectically use the law of unity of opposites to regulate ideological construction and organizational construction work...

The content of the speech at the organizational life meeting was broadcast and publicized to the cadres and employees concerned about the factory's organizational construction work and all employee family members through the "Red Star Evening News" program of the Red Star United Radio Station that evening.

In the "Red Star Interview" program broadcast subsequently, host Yu Haitang interviewed organizational committee representative and Political Group leader Comrade Wei Zaike.

Also participating in the interview program broadcast were factory-level employee representatives.

In the final stage of the interview program, Wei Zaike answered questions from employee representatives on behalf of the organization.

The several issues that employees were most concerned about, especially the several key issues in the construction process of the Red Star Factory pointed out by Vice Director Li in his speech, were also answered in detail by Wei Zaike.

Don't underestimate the workers of this era; their concern for the Red Star Factory was no less than that of the factory leaders.

Even if they were not in management positions, they could talk about the factory's major decision-making deployments and related guidance plans.

Even senior employees who had been paying attention to the factory Management Committee's management work for a long time could raise professional questions and opinions, which ordinary people really couldn't handle.

It was Wei Zaike's bad luck; who told him to be the leader of the Management Committee's Political Group.

As soon as the meeting ended, he was caught by reporters from the Red Star United Industrial Newspaper and the Red Star United Radio waiting at the door.

Originally, these reporters wanted to find Li Xuewu, but Li Xuewu ran fast and wasn't caught.

Wei Zaike had also just received the speech drafts of the leaders and Li Xuewu at the meeting, read them through in a hurry, and combined with his understanding at the meeting, he bit the bullet and went up.

After the interview program ended, he also had to accept a special interview from a reporter of the Red Star United Industrial Newspaper.

Following the upgrade of the factory newspaper and the joint issuance of industrial newspapers with other brother units, the Red Star Factory's radio station also went out and established a United Radio Station.

On the basis of existing listeners, combined with the actual situation of the Red Star Factory merging sixteen enterprises, it continued to expand the influence of the radio, applied for and invested funds, and meticulously created all-day radio programs.

The number of employees in the Red Star Factory in the capital was about to exceed 60,000. Counting family members, the radio influence was approaching the 200,000 listener mark, completely becoming a hit.

Li Xuewu didn't dare to go on such star programs easily, even if there were legends about him in the world.

The person in charge of the "Red Star Interview" program, Yu Haitang, had looked for him several times, but he avoided it whenever he could and pushed it whenever he could. Anyway, he just wouldn't go on the program.

In this period, with his identity, especially at the current hurdle, it was better to be low-key and steady.

So, no one could suffer, but Li Xuewu couldn't suffer.

"Leader, shall we have a meal together?"

After getting off work, Li Xuewu just got into the car when he saw Zhou Yao chasing after him.

She leaned outside the car window, knocked on the window, and greeted with a smile.

Li Xuewu pulled the car door handle, moved his butt inside, and made room for her.

Zhou Yao was quite frank; she pulled open the car door and jumped into the command vehicle.

"Don't need to eat anything too good. I'm not picky," she closed the car door and added: "Just having meat is fine—"

"Hmm, you're not picky, you're picky about meat—"

Li Xuewu glanced at her and signaled to Han Jiankun, saying: "Don't send Xiaoli home first; let's go to the club to eat meat together."

"No, leader, my family is waiting. You guys go," Peng Xiaoli of course knew that Zhou Yao coming to find the leader must have something to report. How could he not have the insight at this moment.

He wasn't unable to afford a meal of meat. At this time, the leader was mostly embarrassed to leave him behind.

"If it's not on the way, I can go back to the city with Gu Cheng later. It's no trouble."

"It's okay, let's eat together."

Li Xuewu reached out and patted Han Jiankun on the shoulder, signaling him to drive, and said: "Let's treat this as a gathering of friends today. I haven't treated guests for a long time."

"Peng Xiaoli, you have to thank me!"

Zhou Yao reached out from behind and patted Peng Xiaoli in the passenger seat, reminding him jokingly: "This meal counts as me prying it from the leader—"

"No problem," Peng Xiaoli looked back and joked: "This time the leader treats, next time Section Chief Zhou treats, I will definitely accompany you."

"Hey! You really treat yourself as a diner!" Zhou Yao emphasized with a smile: "Next time you treat, you must eat meat!"

"What's wrong? Is your stomach missing meat?"

Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Yao's side profile against the dim background in the car and asked: "Craving it that much?"

"Don't mention it, leader. Just consider it pitying me and treat me to a few more meals of meat."

Zhou Yao said pitifully: "If you don't treat me to meat, I'll really go three months without knowing the taste of meat—"

"Hehehe—"

Li Xuewu chuckled and said: "Confucius's words, is that how you use them?"

"Surface meaning, particularly appropriate."

Zhou Yao rubbed her stomach, knowing she was going to eat meat, her eyes full of longing, and explained: "Last time at the gate, I saw Zhou Miaomiao riding a small motorcycle, and she was also nagging about saving money to buy a house..."

"Whoa—" Peng Xiaoli looked back at Zhou Yao's appearance in surprise, amused: "So you saved the money for meat just to buy a car and a house?"

"A jin of meat is 70 or 80 cents, 10 jin of meat is 7 or 8 yuan," Zhou Yao calculated: "If I don't eat meat for a year, I can save one square meter of housing area."

"Hmm, you saved it," Peng Xiaoli joked: "It's just that I don't know who this meat came from. You can't always rob the leader, right?"

"Then I'll rob you often—"

Zhou Yao glared at him and looked back at Li Xuewu: "Leader, don't be surprised—"

"Hmm, not surprised. I'm already used to it." Li Xuewu smiled and said: "I've seen people who are even more desperate than you to buy a house."

"Washing clothes without spending money, eating without spending money, drinking water without spending money... anyway, just not spending money."

"Who! Even more ruthless than me?"

Zhou Yao was full of shock, looking at Li Xuewu in disbelief and asking: "Leader, introduce them! I also want to learn, advanced experience!"

"I advise you, better not learn from him."

Li Xuewu let out a long breath and explained: "Saved money for five years, finally bought a house, but then got stomach disease, and left the next year."

He looked at Zhou Yao and said: "No matter how good the house is, you have to have time to live in it, right?"

At the club, although Li Xuewu came very suddenly, the restaurant here was prepared.

Beef, mutton, and seafood were not lacking. Li Xuewu felt very sorry for this independent and desperate little girl.

So he ordered quite a few meat dishes at the dinner table.

Han Jiankun and Peng Xiaoli also took advantage, while teasing Zhou Yao's small-mindedness, while tasting the delicious food made by the club's master chef.

Because everyone didn't drink, they just kept shoveling meat dishes into their stomachs, especially Han Jiankun, who ate fast, so this meal was eaten urgently and quickly.

After the meal, Peng Xiaoli very consciously proposed that there was something at home and asked Han Jiankun to send him home first.

Li Xuewu took Zhou Yao to the club's tea room, made two cups of hot tea, and chatted slowly.

"Deputy Director Cheng went to Jinmen. Jinmen Aquatic Products and Yingcheng Shipbuilding held a special ceremony for the 30 fishing boats just delivered. We haven't found his other connections."

Zhou Yao reported with a serious expression on her face after taking a sip of hot tea: "Similarly, we didn't find Hu Yanchiu's address."

"Can't be that she vanished into thin air, right?"

Li Xuewu picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying indifferently: "If you can't find her, it means there's a problem."

"We thought so too," Zhou Yao nodded, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "According to your judgment, where should she have gone?"

"My meaning is, since the family didn't report the case, and the Foreign Affairs Office also gave a leave note..."

"It's hard to ask, that's why I let you investigate."

Li Xuewu twisted the teacup lid, glanced at the opposite side, and said: "Don't worry, take your time."

"Are you suspecting that she has already..."

Zhou Yao frowned: "But it doesn't make sense. We secretly visited and got her leave note, and also..."

"These can all be faked."

Li Xuewu looked at her and narrowed his eyes slightly, emphasizing: "As long as her superior signs for her, she has room for coordination."

"Oh, that's the Discipline Inspection... They seem to have grasped some of Zhang Shicheng's situation."

Zhou Yao asked tentatively: "Should we also use Zhang Shicheng as a breakthrough point to...?"

"No, Zhang Shicheng is a grasshopper jumping into the light. What you need to find is the stink bug in the dark." ===== CHAPTER 1212 =====