Chapter 1232: The long-awaited arrival

"Deputy Director Li, hello—"

Shangguan Qi knocked on the office door. Seeing Li Xuewu look up, she took the initiative to greet him.

Li Xuewu nodded, casually pointed to the seat opposite him, and said, "Come in, sit."

Peng Xiaoli followed behind her as she walked in, and the two nodded and smiled at each other as they passed.

It was he who had just called Shangguan Qi over; the reason was simple: the leader wanted to see her.

It didn't look like a long talk or a trip down memory lane, because Peng Xiaoli hadn't even prepared tea for him.

"I took a look, you submitted an application for 150,000."

Li Xuewu was processing other documents; Peng Xiaoli had walked in to help.

He was already used to multitasking. While busy with his hands, he greeted Shangguan Qi, who had just sat down.

Shangguan Qi also braced herself and took the initiative to report: "It's like this, Leader, we plan to..."

"Just state the purpose directly."

Li Xuewu didn't wait for her to report step-by-step. He waved his hand without lifting his head and said, "My time is very tight. Keep it brief, alright?"

"Yes, we want to buy a computer."

The rest of Shangguan Qi's words were choked back; this was the only purpose she could state.

Her mood was very anxious because, since the establishment of the Aircraft Research Institute, not a single project result had been produced.

Not only was there no progress in project research, but applications for research funding were being submitted one after another.

She was the chief engineer in charge of this project, and she felt a bit embarrassed asking for money, especially when facing Li Xuewu.

This leader, who had brought her and her whole family over from the Ice Aircraft Factory, had shown support for aircraft research that moved her deeply.

In just a few months last year, the Aircraft Research Institute had already consumed 300,000 in research funding, and only a few days into the new year, she was here asking for money again.

Shangguan Qi had to admit that Deputy Director Li's support for her personally was also absolute.

These funding applications were surprisingly high compared to other units, even scientific research units.

But Deputy Director Li had never made things difficult for her, nor had he ever blocked research funding.

It was just that the more the leader did so, the more pressure she felt.

Even though Deputy Director Li had already said that the research and development of drones must take a mature path and that ten or twenty years could be waited out.

The leader could wait, but she couldn't.

Never mind how many changes and factors there would be in these ten or twenty years, she only knew that with such a large investment in research funding, if Li Xuewu weren't holding the line at the front, their project team's funding would have been cut long ago.

She had to give Deputy Director Li confidence and an account to allow him to continue approving research funding.

Even a fried egg could be researched in three to five years; why couldn't a drone be researched?

Now, the Red Star Factory was not lacking in scientific research talent; there was even a surplus of research power at the research institute.

The reason was simple: once the turmoil of university classes resuming had passed, those professors who saw the essence of the situation had all returned.

Resuming classes was fundamentally not about classes.

The professors and researchers had completely given up and brought their students back to the Red Star Factory to continue engaging in scientific research and innovation.

Shangguan Qi's work was actually easy to do because her whole family was in this project team.

It was just that her father was unwilling to carry the banner, so she had to stand out and do the management.

The most difficult thing was asking Li Xuewu for money.

The more generous the leader was, the more difficult she found it.

This time, when Li Xuewu arranged for his secretary to call her over, she had already thought of the worst outcome.

The Red Star Factory's money didn't come from a strong wind, allowing them to focus solely on aircraft experiments.

Just looking at Deputy Director Li's past support, even if he said now that there was no more funding and let their project team disband, Shangguan Qi wouldn't blame him.

Being able to support them until now was truly not easy.

Therefore, with an anxious heart, Shangguan Qi only waited for what reason Deputy Director Li would use to abolish the aircraft project team.

"A computer—"

Li Xuewu heard her report, searched through the documents, found the application she had submitted, and took a look.

"It's a small computer," fearing that Li Xuewu would be wary of the high cost and refuse her, Shangguan Qi took the initiative to explain: "An instrument for independent calculation that just hit the market this year."

"Do you think I don't understand computers?"

Li Xuewu lifted his gaze from the application and looked straight at Shangguan Qi opposite him, saying: "Although I haven't been to America, I am not illiterate; I can read books."

"I didn't mean that—"

Shangguan Qi knew she had said the wrong thing and waved her hands repeatedly to explain, but was interrupted by Li Xuewu's next words.

"An independent personal computer?"

Li Xuewu looked at the promotional page submitted with the application and asked: "It should be called a personal computer, right?"

Personal Computer; this term was clearly written on the promotional page, and Li Xuewu could read English.

"That can be said, because its functions are relatively simple and it doesn't have the large computing capacity of a large computer."

Seeing Li Xuewu asking in detail, Shangguan Qi took the initiative to introduce: "We prefer to call it a scientific calculator; it is planned to be purchased as a computing tool."

"Hmm, diodes and triodes?"

Li Xuewu looked at the promotional page in his hand and said: "Putting more than 2,800 transistors into such a small volume is quite scientific."

"Uh—" Shangguan Qi was stunned for a moment. She hadn't kept up with Deputy Director Li's train of thought; a scientific calculator didn't seem to mean that.

"Calling it a scientific calculator is because it comes with powerful programming functions."

Shangguan Qi couldn't help but stand up, walked to Li Xuewu's side, pointed at the promotional page, and introduced it to him: "You know about programming, right?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to glance at her and reminded her again: "Don't doubt my cognition."

"What you understand, I might not necessarily understand, but what I understand, you might not necessarily understand."

"Then I won't explain it to you."

Although Shangguan Qi was very suspicious of whether he really understood computers, there was no other way now, so she could only explain it bluntly.

Her personality carried the stubbornness and straightforwardness of a scientific researcher; she didn't notice the surprise and unexpectedness in Peng Xiaoli's eyes at all.

A female comrade, leaning sideways on the leader's desk, talking endlessly about things he couldn't understand.

Peng Xiaoli was also a bit suspicious of whether the leader could understand.

With such a beautiful young woman leaning by his side, he felt he didn't have the composure to push her away.

Therefore, with Shangguan Qi here, he absolutely didn't dare to leave, and he didn't even dare to leave the vicinity of the desk.

Why?

As long as he was here, even if someone came in, they wouldn't think crookedly.

"This machine can store 196 steps of programs," Shangguan Qi introduced: "It comes with a 2208-bit magnetic core memory and can be externally connected to printers, plotters, card readers, and other peripheral equipment."

"Or it can be connected to instruments as a data processing terminal, and it can even use external memory to greatly expand the machine's storage space."

She looked at Li Xuewu's side profile, which was close at hand, and emphasized: "This is a calculator that can calculate trigonometric functions and logarithmic functions."

"The selling price is only 4,900 US dollars."

"Only—?"

Hearing this, Peng Xiaoli couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "Converted, that's over 17,000 yuan?"

He worked as a secretary for Li Xuewu, and because it involved many foreign trade projects, he had a certain understanding of exchange rates.

Li Xuewu lifted his head and glanced at him. He didn't blame him for the sudden interruption but pointed at the picture and said: "Isn't it a bit small?"

"Ah? Small... small... small?"

Shangguan Qi had anticipated all his answers in her heart, but she never expected him to say that.

"Leader, I don't understand what you mean."

"It's a computer, after all, for aircraft design."

Li Xuewu put down the advertisement page, tapped his finger on it, and asked: "Do you only need this kind of simple program calculation?"

"Don't you need a large computer?"

He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said lightly: "When doing scientific research, you can't be stingy."

"I still understand the principle that a workman must sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well."

"Ah—"

Shangguan Qi was completely bewildered. She had already prepared herself psychologically for the project to be cut or the application to be rejected.

What did the leader mean now? Was he complaining that she was too stingy with money?

"Deputy Director Li, the kind of large computer you mentioned..." She hesitated and reminded him: "If you are talking about something like the IBM-360."

"Hmm, it should be called System/360, right?"

Li Xuewu nodded, took an English-language introductory document out of the drawer, and handed it to Shangguan Qi, who was standing beside him.

"This is... it really is... you!"

Shangguan Qi was shocked. She looked at the document in her hand and asked in disbelief: "Are you planning to purchase this kind of large computer for us?"

"What are you thinking?" Li Xuewu withdrew the document from her hand, placed it on the table, patted it, and said: "Do you really think I don't understand computers?"

"One of these things costs 2.5 to 3 million US dollars," he said amusedly: "Even if all the research budget for the next ten years were allocated to you, it wouldn't be enough."

"Don't be anxious, listen to me."

Li Xuewu pointed to the seat opposite him, signaling her to go over and sit. After she sat down, he then said: "You should know that the factory has invested in the establishment of the United Savings Bank."

"Yes, I know," Shangguan Qi was very smart. Hearing Li Xuewu say this, she reacted instantly: "You mean, the United Savings Bank is going to purchase this kind of large computer?"

"Hmm, that's right, just as you thought."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Because we have the advanced management experience of the Hong Kong banking industry, in order to realize the establishment of an interbank transaction system."

His finger made a circle in the air, and he said: "We will entrust the Oriental Era Bank in Hong Kong to purchase an IBM-360 on our behalf."

"Really! Can you lend it to us to use?"

Shangguan Qi was very agitated, pressing both hands on the desk, looking as if she might stand up at any moment.

Li Xuewu, however, looked at her amusedly and signed his opinion and name on the application she had submitted.

"You are this..."

Shangguan Qi was confused by his back-and-forth pulling. At first, he said it was small, then he said it was big, and now he had approved the small one...

Was he giving it, or not giving it?

"It can be lent to you for use, but not for independent use."

Li Xuewu tapped the document he had just signed and explained: "Calling you here was just to tell you that scientific research should not be limited in progress because of funding."

"We have also seen this kind of computer; the research institute, the bank, and the trade management center are also reporting procurement needs."

He handed the signed document to Peng Xiaoli and said: "Register it, wait for other units to summarize their procurement quantities, and then look at it together."

"Leader, if we have the IBM-360," Shangguan Qi reminded him: "Our requirement for the HP9100A won't be that high."

"It doesn't matter, it won't be wasted even if we buy it."

Li Xuewu said very casually: "We just signed an investment supplementary agreement with the Dongcheng Credit Union, and our research funding is still quite abundant."

Coming out of the leader's office, Shangguan Qi's head was still bewildered; she didn't quite understand the meaning of the leader's last few sentences.

"Secretary Peng, our research funding."

She stopped her steps and asked Peng Xiaoli, who was walking with her: "Is it provided by the Dongcheng Credit Union?"

"Of course not," Peng Xiaoli denied this point with a very firm tone.

"This matter is a bit complicated."

However, after Peng Xiaoli finished speaking, he himself became a bit vague. He scratched his chin and said: "You might not know that the Dongcheng Credit Union has invested in several of our factory's businesses and projects."

"Isn't it cars and motorcycles?"

Shangguan Qi raised her eyebrows and said: "I've seen relevant news introductions in the factory newspaper."

"Uh—not just that, there's also aircraft."

Peng Xiaoli twitched the corner of his mouth and introduced: "The Dongcheng Credit Union's investment in the motorcycle industry and the car industry has received expected returns."

"So they also hold absolute hope for our factory's aircraft industry; they invested 10 million in the first and second phases."

"Ah? So that's how it is?"

Shangguan Qi was stunned for a moment, and only then did she react in her heart as to why Deputy Director Li was so straightforward when approving her funding.

So it wasn't his own money he was spending!

"Hmm, the situation is relatively complicated."

Peng Xiaoli emphasized again and said: "In the newly signed agreement, it also includes some technical investments, which you might not understand."

He paused, and only then said: "You just need to know that aircraft research is temporarily not short of money."

"I can see that, it's not short of money."

Shangguan Qi looked back at Li Xuewu's office; she now had a rather absurd sense of drama.

The Dongcheng Credit Union had absolute confidence in the aircraft project?

Where did this confidence come from?

As the person in charge of the project, even she didn't have absolute confidence, yet the money had already arrived in the account. Isn't that absurd?

She was certain that Deputy Director Li didn't understand aircraft design and manufacturing very well, but she could be certain that the leader understood project management very well.

Take this purchase of the IBM-360 large computer as an example; it looked like 3 million US dollars was painful to spend, but it couldn't withstand the fact that it was used a lot.

Banks, trade management centers, research institutes, numerical control R&D centers, and other institutions all needed a certain amount of computing power.

If the computing power and the saved time, as well as production and design costs, were converted into product profits, she believed that in less than half a year, these 3 million would be earned back.

Large scale is just awesome!

It's very difficult to earn 10,000 from 10,000, but it's very simple to earn 10,000 from 1 million.

Peng Xiaoli might not understand the meaning represented by the IBM-360, but Shangguan Qi understood.

This kind of large computer assisted the American Space Agency in establishing the Apollo 11 database and completing the astronaut moon landing plan.

It could establish an interbank transaction system (ATM) and the aviation industry's largest online ticketing system.

This was the first computer in history with a compatible instruction set.

Production started in 1965, and sales started in 1966, with sales of over 1,000 units every month, which shows that the world is undergoing information changes.

Shangguan Qi understood the world's frontier technological development through the scientific and technological intelligence passed back from Hong Kong, and she realized the gap between domestic scientific development and the world's advanced fields.

But she also ignored that some technological innovation and development would not follow a step-by-step process to achieve catching up according to objective laws.

Just like Deputy Director Li, who didn't play by the rules and repeatedly led the research institute to achieve overtaking on a bend; he didn't care about the existence of technical barriers at all.

If you can buy it, buy it; if you can't buy it, steal it; if you can't steal it, cheat; if you can't cheat, rob; if you can't rob, fight!

Anyway, technology can lag behind, but the train of thought cannot lag behind.

Peng Xiaoli sent Shangguan Qi to the stairwell and asked hesitantly: "That... Engineer Guan, can I ask you a question?"

Seeing Shangguan Qi look over, he asked seriously: "If the drone is really researched, is it really worth a lot of money?"

"Hmm? Why do you ask that?"

Shangguan Qi sized him up, nodded seriously, and said: "If we follow Deputy Director Li's vision and research this kind of drone one step ahead of the world's developed countries, its value is unimaginable to you and me."

"This kind of value cannot be measured in money."

She emphasized: "You might think that large computer is very valuable, but I dare say the value of the drone is far above it."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Peng Xiaoli nodded as if he understood, and said: "I really don't understand this; thank you for clearing up my confusion."

"It's nothing, I also have a question I'd like to ask you."

Shangguan Qi smiled very frankly and looked at him, asking: "Do you know the source of the Dongcheng Credit Union's confidence in investing in the aircraft industry?"

"That is to say, what is the reason they are certain that our factory's aircraft project will definitely succeed."

She wanted to know this too much; even she didn't have confidence in the project, so how could the investment unit have absolute confidence?

"Uh—this—"

Peng Xiaoli looked at her with a strange expression, hesitated for a moment, and then explained in a low voice: "The motorcycle industry made money, right?"

"Just because of this?"

Shangguan Qi looked at him in surprise, her face full of astonishment.

She had thought about Deputy Director Li having other research forces, thought about the investment unit having core news from above, but she just didn't think...

This reason was too simple!

Investing in the motorcycle industry made money, so they dared to invest in cars; the car industry was about to make money, so they invested in aircraft?

She knew that; if she didn't know if she should think this way, the aircraft industry also made money; were they going to invest in missiles?

Going to heaven, huh—

"This is hard to say—"

Li Xuewu scratched his eyebrows, looked at the sales department director Gou Zirong, and asked: "How is the situation with the car sales branch?"

"Just as you requested," Gou Zirong held his notebook and reported: "Building a perfect distribution system according to the three-level management mechanism."

"Say something practical; don't I know this?"

Li Xuewu pointed at him and emphasized: "I now need to know the construction situation of the car sales branch to compare it with the construction difficulty of pharmaceutical sales."

"The current situation is to determine whether we should do the sales ourselves or merge with a pharmaceutical enterprise to complete business expansion."

He didn't wait for Gou Zirong to say anything more, turned his head to look at Li Huai De, and said: "Although the car and pharmaceutical industries are not related, the distribution situation and trade situation they face are about the same."

"Comrade Zirong, did you encounter any special problems when you were preparing for the car sales branch?"

Li Huai De nodded as he listened to Li Xuewu's words, looked at Gou Zirong, and asked: "The opinions of several comrades are quite divided now; you should explain the core problems."

"It's still customer recognition and brand identification, right?"

Gou Zirong hesitated for a moment and reported: "The car industry is different from the pharmaceutical industry; at least now, cheap motorcycles have no competitors."

"Hahaha—"

Xue Zhifu couldn't help but laugh out loud, pointed at him, and asked: "How do you know that the pharmaceutical industry can't establish cheap Chinese patent medicine?"

"I dare to ride a cheap motorcycle, but I wouldn't dare to eat cheap Chinese patent medicine—"

Gou Zirong made a joke, looked at Li Huai De again, and reported: "If you ask me to compare the experience of the car sales branch, I still suggest that it is appropriate for our factory to acquire a pharmaceutical sales enterprise."

"It's very troublesome; medicine is not a motorcycle."

Jing Yunong frowned, tapped the table with a pencil, and reminded: "It's a good thing that Chinese medicine cultivation technology has made new breakthroughs."

"But turning a good thing into your own thing still requires technical work."

"I actually have an opinion."

Li Xuewu used his thumb to tap his forehead and said: "The Five Phoenix Bank and the Oriental Era Bank merged with a pharmaceutical and cosmetic retail enterprise at the end of last year."

"If we can realize the OEM production of some pharmaceutical cosmetics, and at the same time complete the export trade operation of Chinese patent medicine, I think it is a very good supplement."

He looked at everyone in the conference room and said: "Looking back, if we want to realize this OEM goal and make good use of existing resources."

"I think Director Gou's opinion is feasible; merging with a century-old shop or acquiring a few trusted old brands is also conducive to the export of Chinese patent medicine."

"Hmm, Hong Kong recognizes this more."

Jing Yunong nodded, rarely echoing Li Xuewu's opinion at the meeting, and said: "From the data, only pharmaceutical brands accepted by Hong Kong can be accepted by other Chinese markets in Southeast Asia."

"Then it's settled," Li Huai De pointed in Jing Yunong's direction and instructed: "Investigate the pharmaceutical sales market in Beijing, and then we will talk to the Beijing commerce side."

"Good, I'll take a look with sales later."

Jing Yunong readily accepted this work, and then pointed at Gou Zirong and said: "You continue to talk about the car sales branch."

She explained to Li Huai De and others: "This can also be considered a test project for the construction of professional branches in the process of group formation; there are many problems."

The leaders held a large meeting in the conference room, planning how the Red Star Factory would work in the new year.

The staff of the agency held a small meeting in the office, discussing what they should do before the new leader arrived.

They say there's no smoke without fire, and it's really like that.

As soon as the management committee's office meeting ended, the wind blew to every corner of the agency.

Even those with connections at the main factory learned about it simultaneously at the branch factory.

In addition to the finalization of the second phase of the aircraft manufacturing factory project, the additional investment from the Dongcheng Credit Union, and the approval of the power plant project plan, there was also the project initiation of new car models for the car industry.

This indicated that before the promotion, the factory would start preparing for the layout and adjustment of related industries.

The most accurate and surprising piece of news was that in the new year's cadre adjustment, the factory would make a big move to release all group-level cadres.

The Red Star Factory had five group-level units: security group, logistics group, economic group, production group, and political group.

If you count the office and the workers' federation, that makes seven.

Except for the security group leader, who was concurrently held by Dong Wenxue, the director of the Steel City Steel Mill, the leaders of the other groups were all among this cadre adjustment.

That is, Kuang Yusheng, Wei Zai, Ding Zigui, Lv Yuanshen, Feng Xingke, and others would all be sent down to the branch factory level this year to preside over the preparation of professional factories and professional branches.

For some, this was a good thing because group-level units were originally transitional products in the process of preparing the management committee.

Now that the goal of promotion and group formation was to be realized, and the structure of large departments and small offices was to be built in the future, the position of group leader would become increasingly awkward.

At this time, being sent out was much more practical than retiring to the second line later; having the opportunity to be in charge of one side could also be considered an achievement added to one's experience.

Group-level cadres were all at the division level; going down to prepare for the construction of professional factories and professional branches, some would naturally advance one level in the subsequent promotion work along with the important branch institutions they were responsible for.

They left, and also vacated room for the younger generation of deputy division-level or young division-level cadres to rise.

Advancing a whole batch overall and replacing a whole batch of middle-level cadres meant this pool of water was alive.

Li Huai De arranged it this way, and when he talked to individual group leaders about the organization, he mentioned the issue of trust.

Based on the existing Red Star Industry, Third Industry, United Industry, etc., prepare and divide the construction of professional factories and professional branches.

In the current environment where the Red Star Factory had merged with too many enterprises and the cadre team was uneven, only these group-level comrades were usable.

Li Huai De's attitude in the talk was very sincere, hoping that they would correct their attitude, stand on the foundation, grasp production well, and do a good job in management.

Promoted and advanced, but you can't drop the chain.

The words were spoken beautifully, but also very realistically. You say, are these group-level cadres happy or unhappy?

Some were very happy because being sent out for a term had always been their goal.

They saw it when the Red Star Factory planned the group organizational structure last year; this time there would definitely be a disaster.

Being in charge of work at a branch factory was much better than playing games at the main factory.

But some were unhappy because their age had arrived, and at this time, it was either advance or retreat.

Going to the branch factory to prepare for organizational construction, they wouldn't be able to return for at least three years; by the time they returned, they would really only be able to retire to the second line.

What if they advanced one more step at this time?

Starting from scratch to participate in the process of group formation, at the very least they could be a deputy in a large department, and there was also an opportunity to advance one step further, right?

In the eyes of many, under the background of younger cadres, standardized organizations, and professional positions, the existing management levels were all in the process of replacement.

The meaning of their existence was just to vacate positions for young cadres and ease the time for learning and training.

So, all of a sudden, the atmosphere in the agency was extremely strange; no one knew who was leaving today or who was coming tomorrow.

Especially the staff of each department, who were looking forward to the arrival of new leaders to see how they should work this year.

The news of other group-level cadre adjustments hadn't been confirmed yet, but the news of the management committee office director Ding Zigui's transfer was announced.

"Finally, the dust has settled, and my heart can be considered at ease."

Watching Li Xuewu walk into the office, Ding Zigui smiled, walked out from behind the desk, and shook hands with him.

"I was in a hurry when I returned, and I haven't had time to go to your place to say thank you."

"Forget about the thanks; I just heard the news, so I came to see you off."

Li Xuewu was very frank; after shaking hands, he took the initiative to offer him a cigarette and lit it.

During the time he concurrently served as deputy director of the management committee office, his relationship with Ding Zigui could be considered harmonious overall.

There was slight friction in the later period, but Ding Zigui also exercised maximum restraint and didn't make any moves against him, which could be considered fulfilling the friendship of working together.

Ding Zigui was very particular about doing things; he took over Xu Sinian's post and came to the management committee office as director, but he was never trusted by Li Huai De.

He came here from the personnel department, which was entirely the result of compromises from all sides.

Ding Zigui knew he wouldn't last long and would have an accident sooner or later, but he didn't expect the accident to happen to himself.

He knew Li Xuewu's energy very well; being able to be arranged by Old Li to work part-time in the management committee office definitely meant he had strength that he couldn't shake.

Therefore, a strong dragon doesn't suppress a local snake; he had always been polite to Li Xuewu, without any superior-subordinate arrogance or intentional difficulty.

This also allowed the two to have a scene of shaking hands and laughing off past grievances on the last day of working together.

"What are you seeing me off for? Can't I find the way?"

Ding Zigui took a puff of his cigarette amusedly and said: "I am sincere in thanking you; I know you spoke well of me to the investigation team."

"Hey, that's going too far."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said indifferently: "I'll say what I have to say; I won't talk nonsense about what doesn't exist, and I won't fail to say what should be said."

"The leaders all know your situation and are very reluctant to punish you."

He looked at Ding Zigui and said: "This time can be considered an opportunity; you caught up with it, fight again, and a bicycle can turn into a motorcycle."

"Hahaha—"

Hearing his joking words, Ding Zigui also swept away his depressed mood, laughed loudly, and shook hands with him again.

"To be honest, it's Old Ding who let you down."

He didn't allow Li Xuewu to be polite and emphasized very seriously: "Even this release was thanks to you; I will definitely remember this friendship."

"Look at you, you're being distant again!"

Li Xuewu smiled, patted his hand, and said: "Publishing and literary work look like walking a tightrope, but in this period, it is the department where it is easiest to achieve results."

"I believe that with Old Ding's talent, you will definitely be able to show your skills and succeed in the publishing house."

"Then I'll take your auspicious words!"

Ding Zigui nodded with a smile, leaned closer, and whispered: "I know you have a certain influence in the literary propaganda team; you have to help me."

"It's all for work; don't be so polite—"

Li Xuewu shook his hand, smiled, and was polite, neither saying he agreed nor saying he didn't.

Because Ding Zigui saying this was flattery and ingratiation, he had to maintain a humble and cautious attitude.

Li Xuewu coming to the office to see Ding Zigui off had several meanings:

First, it was the friendship of working together; it's better to part on good terms. No matter what happens behind the scenes, the surface must be passable.

Second, it was to represent the leaders to appease him to a certain extent, and at the same time to probe his attitude, so as not to make the subsequent work difficult.

Finally, it was to give the other party a step down, resolve past grievances, and continue to cooperate well in the subsequent work.

Ding Zigui was also an old hand in the agency; how could he not see this?

So you can tell from his speech that it was watertight, and he could even finish with a flourish at the end.

What kind of flourish?

He was transferred to the newly established publishing house to coordinate the business of radio, newspapers, literary propaganda teams, film projection teams, and the Red Star Theater, and to form a literary publishing house (branch company).

Who in the agency didn't know that Li Xuewu was responsible for building the entire literary propaganda team?

Even the propaganda department needed to ask for Li Xuewu's opinion on personnel transfers for literary propaganda, let alone this adjustment.

Saying this later was completely expressing his attitude to Li Xuewu.

Actually, doing management, who needs help? Saying this is just telling Li Xuewu: You, Li Xuewu, are righteous, and I, Ding Zigui, am not an ungrateful villain.

"Yo, is the farewell over?"

Ao Yuhua walked in from the door at this time, smiled, shook hands with Ding Zigui, and said: "I almost came late."

Being so polite, she said to Li Xuewu: "The leader is looking for you; you should go over quickly."

"Then let's talk again later."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile, shook hands with Ding Zigui, and then left the office.

Ding Zigui was transferred from the management committee office to serve as general manager of the Red Star Factory United Literary Publishing House.

The issuance of this transfer order marked the official opening of the curtain for the adjustment of the Red Star Factory's branch institutions and industrial layout.

The management committee office had a total of four directors, one principal and three deputies.

On the day Ding Zigui's transfer order was issued, the dismissal notice for deputy director Shi Ruoweng was also issued.

At the same time, the dismissal notice for Zhang Shicheng was also released, which also marked that the case from the end of last year had officially begun to go through the procedures.

Even deputy director Cheng Kaiyuan had returned to work in a low-key manner, which showed that the problem had been handled very quickly.

Zhou Yao reported after handing over the relevant personnel that Zhang Shicheng was dead for sure; there was absolutely no possibility of surviving the investigated problems.

Shi Ruoweng wouldn't die, but he would have to be skinned; there was no chance of standing up again in this life.

Because after the dismissal order was issued, there were also notices of the expulsion of personnel related to this case.

It's just that this notice was very simple and low-key, completely covered up in the successive release of transfer orders.

Fan Hua, deputy section chief of the third section of the management committee office, was transferred to be the director of the foreign affairs office.

Lv Yuanshen was transferred to be the general manager of the car industry branch.

Bi Yuding was transferred to be the general manager of the electronics industry branch.

Among the series of transfer notices, the most eye-catching was the news that Dong Wenxue, deputy director of the management committee, would no longer concurrently serve as security group leader and would serve as the leader of the Red Star (Liaodong) Industry Leading Group.

The members of the leading group included the persons in charge of the car industry, electronics industry, metallurgical industry, hardware industry, etc.

The issuance of this transfer order marked that Dong Wenxue had completely separated from the security group work, and all his energy would be invested in the newly created Red Star Liaodong industrial pattern.

Following that was the personnel order regarding Li Xuewu.

The notice was very low-key, mixed in with other personnel notices, but it was still noticed by people in the agency.

Li Xuewu took over Dong Wenxue's post and served as security group leader, and his rank was officially promoted to the division level.

This news looked very shocking, and it also looked like it had been expected for a long time; it had long since lost its suspense and did not form a discussion within the agency.

But a tail was left in everyone's heart; regarding Li Xuewu's personnel order, there was definitely more than just this one.

Because just after Li Xuewu's personnel order was issued, the security group had an additional deputy leader, Wang Xiaoqin, who came from the Third Guard Regiment and had previously served as the Red Star Factory's three-branch representative.

She bypassed deputy leader Yu Decai and succeeded Li Xuewu as the first deputy leader of the security group.

It was very obvious; everyone could see that after Li Xuewu left the security group, Wang Xiaoqin would be in charge of this security force.

Too awesome; everyone in the factory agency didn't expect that Li Xuewu would make such a move when he was about to leave.

Just when they were guessing who would be arranged to go to the security group after Old Li used a car to trade for a cannon and transferred Dong Wenxue and Li Xuewu away from the security group.

Wang Xiaoqin's appearance surprised everyone, and they were also convinced by Li Xuewu's planning.

Using Wang Xiaoqin to transition not only gave his own faction a buffer time but also gave the space recognized by Old Li.

Wang Xiaoqin would definitely not develop in the Red Star Factory; the position in the security group was just occupying it for Dong Wenxue and Li Xuewu's faction.

Why would Li Huai De agree to this personnel opinion?

The reason was simple: because Su Weide was coming, and he still remembered the pressure brought to him by Su Weide and that three-branch representative Ding Zishan.

Must, and definitely must, guard the last bottom line of the Red Star Factory.

Li Huai De had to transfer Li Xuewu away from the security group, but it didn't mean he was completely relieved about the Red Star Factory's safety and security work.

With Wang Xiaoqin here, in Li Xuewu's words, he could sleep soundly.

No matter how jumpy Su Weide was, he wouldn't dare to bark at Wang Xiaoqin.

The reason was simple: they weren't in the same system, and Wang Xiaoqin wouldn't care about him at all.

After Li Xuewu was promoted to security group leader, he faced a problem: how to handle the concurrently held deputy director of the management committee office.

Actually, there was no need to handle it; everyone knew he would sooner or later go to the management committee office to transition for a period.

Now the promotion in place had been completed, and going to the management committee office was just a matter of time.

Perhaps going to the management committee office had also become a key point for Li Xuewu to calculate someone.

During this period, Li Huai De first arranged for deputy director Ao Yuhua to manage the work of the management committee office.

But after a few days, Ao Yuhua received a transfer order to serve as director of the personnel department.

Three of the four directors of the management committee office had left, leaving only Li Xuewu, and he was still a part-timer.

No way, Old Li didn't need to arrange it anymore; during the adjustment period of the factory agency's middle-level cadres, he could only recommend himself and take on all the work of the management committee office.

Fortunately, this pressure didn't last for many days; after the merger of sixteen enterprises, a deputy factory director, Liang Zuodong, who was transferred in, served as deputy director of the management committee office.

And then there was the continuous personnel adjustment:

Cen Fuyao was transferred to be the general manager of the food industry branch.

Wei Zai was transferred to be the director of the Education and Medical Management Bureau.

Xiao Zihong was transferred to be the factory director of the Fengcheng Machine Processing Factory.

Finally, the long-awaited arrival: Su Weide, who Li Xuewu had received news of early on, was escorted by a deputy director of the First Ministry of Machine Building and arrived at the Red Star Factory. ===== CHAPTER 1233 =====