Chapter 1246: Accidents Follow One After Another

"These few days of the New Year are for resting."

Tong Huimei served Li Xuewu as he got up, and while tidying up, she introduced, "Opening the box will be on the seventh day."

"That is, restarting work," she explained tightly, very afraid that Li Xuewu wouldn't understand, "We are used to saying it."

"Are you still singing at the Dongcheng Theater?"

Li Xuewu wanted to button his clothes himself, but was snatched by Tong Huimei, so he could only let her be busy.

Yu Li pampered him like a child, but Tong Huimei respected him with all her heart.

"It's close, and it's convenient to go back and forth."

She said slowly, "I'm already familiar with the theater side, and it's smooth to get along. I don't want to change places and toss about."

"That's good. As long as it's smooth and satisfactory."

Li Xuewu nodded and urged, "If you have anything, you can call me. You know the phone number."

"Don't hold it in if you've been wronged. There's no need."

"Understood, no grievances."

Tong Huimei smiled very happily and said, "The theater manager is polite, and with Master Mai leading the team, where would there be any grievances."

"It's just that the actors are a bit colorful!"

Jin Jiaojiao carried the water pot in from outside, and hearing the conversation between the two, she inserted a sentence.

Tong Huimei didn't want to cause trouble for Li Xuewu, turned her head and glared at her sister, saying, "Why don't you hurry up and boil it? It's time to wash your face."

"Let her speak, I'll listen to what's going on."

Li Xuewu smiled, put on his sweater, walked out of the inner room, and asked Jin Jiaojiao, who was wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket, "Did they bully you?"

"That's not it—"

Jin Jiaojiao had Li Xuewu to support her, but she was someone who dared to speak. She didn't mind her sister's look and introduced, "It's just looking down on people."

"They dislike that we sing well, and always say some idle words."

"It's nothing more than some verbal disputes."

Tong Huimei didn't want her to continue, walked out and interrupted, "You don't need to mind these. When setting up a troupe to sing, how can there not be bickering? It's Jiaojiao who is too stubborn."

"Hmph! And I'm stubborn?"

Jin Jiaojiao snorted, exchanged cold water in the washbasin, pursed her lips, and said, "I haven't even cursed anyone."

"It's them who are too much—"

Seeing Li Xuewu smile at her, she acted a bit spoiled and complained, "They say we are a wild path, without regulations."

"You even mind these!"

Tong Huimei prepared the towel, stared at her sister, and said, "Forgot what Master Mai said to you?"

"I know, isn't this because Brother asked—"

Jin Jiaojiao leaned against Li Xuewu, smiled, and said, "And I didn't say anything, could I kill them?"

"Just talking nonsense—"

Tong Huimei urged her to serve him to wash up, and she went out to prepare breakfast.

Li Xuewu came over last night, alone, driving a car, and at this moment the car was parked in the outer courtyard.

The two sisters hadn't let him stay overnight for a long time. This time it was a rare satisfaction, which could be counted as "New Year."

Breakfast was simple: steamed buns brought back from the club restaurant, rice porridge, two dishes of pickles, and a basin of stewed tofu.

"My craftsmanship is still not good."

Inviting Li Xuewu to the table, Tong Huimei handed him the chopsticks with some embarrassment and explained, "We always eat at the restaurant, and don't have too many opportunities to practice."

"Quite good, home-cooked meal."

Li Xuewu wasn't picky about food; he could deal with any meal, as long as it wasn't dirty or disgusting.

Like the operation in Inner Mongolia of kneading cow dung to fill the firewood, and then kneading dough to make pancakes, he couldn't stand it.

After eating breakfast and drinking a cup of hot tea, and after adding hot water to the jeep, Li Xuewu prepared to go out.

"Verbal contradictions can be resolved slowly. On stage, it's still about strength."

He said to Jin Jiaojiao and the other, "As long as it's not a matter of principle, I think handling it is also a kind of growth and fun."

"Don't listen to her nonsense, it's fine."

Tong Huimei sent him out, promised, "We are already satisfied to be able to sing on stage. Where would there be so many contradictions."

"Don't wrong yourself either."

Li Xuewu reached out and held Jin Jiaojiao, who had her head lowered, and said with a smile, "When you make them speechless on the artistic stage, isn't that the reward for the criticism you suffer today?"

"I don't have your way with words—"

Jin Jiaojiao's innocent mentality, her personality of crying and laughing, was happy again with him coaxing her.

Tong Huimei stood to the side, pursing her lips and smiling, saying, "How old are you, still making a child's temper."

"I'll make it—hee hee—"

Jin Jiaojiao acted spoiled, then held Li Xuewu's hand and asked, "When will you have time? You must come to see our performance."

"This might be a bit difficult."

Li Xuewu smiled, but explained seriously, "If I go to see the play in a private capacity, it might be very troublesome."

"If I go with the reason of inspecting work, you might be even more troublesome. Some things in the agency are not very convenient."

He pinched Jin Jiaojiao's small hand and said, "But I will try my best to strive for this opportunity. I promise."

"Then we'll wait for you—"

Jin Jiaojiao didn't quite understand what the trouble and inconvenience in his words were, but she understood Li Xuewu's promise.

Up to now, there hadn't been a single thing he promised that he had gone back on.

The two, wearing small cotton-padded jackets of the same color, stood at the door sending him out, like white plum blossoms blooming in the corner of the wall in winter, beautiful and elegant.

"The second batch of equipment for the aircraft will be shipped in mid-February, and other batches will follow closely, completing the assembly and shipping work within a month..."

Li Xuewu was making a work briefing at the Management Committee office meeting when Li Huai De's secretary, Li Haiyang, suddenly walked in from outside the meeting room door, his face serious as he walked straight toward Li Huai De.

Although he knew that meetings of this level generally wouldn't be disturbed, if this situation really appeared, it was either that a superior leader had come, or something big had happened in the factory.

Li Xuewu's briefing rhythm didn't change, his peripheral vision sweeping across Li Haiyang, who was reporting in Li Huai De's ear.

Just the content of one or two sentences, looking at the changes in the expressions of Old Li and Li Haiyang, the amount of information was very large.

"The inspection team reported information that they have successfully completed the inspection and study task, and the whole group will return to the country in batches..."

Li Huai De waved his hand to signal Li Haiyang to leave, his brows furrowed, not interrupting Li Xuewu's briefing.

It was just that everyone could see that his mentality for listening to the briefing had changed, from radiant to absent-minded.

Li Xuewu naturally felt it too. After the current content was finished, he looked at Li Huai De, waiting for the other party's signal.

If Old Li wanted to insert an agenda into the meeting, this was the spare time he left, saving the subsequent agenda from becoming a meaningless briefing time.

But if Old Li didn't want to say it at the meeting, he could borrow this time to adjourn the meeting and find another time to continue.

Or signal him to continue; this was a tacit understanding at the board meeting.

Clearly, everyone in the meeting room felt this point. After listening to this briefing, they looked at Li Huai De one after another.

And Li Huai De flipped through the meeting agenda in his hand, said a word to Gu Weijie beside him to discuss the second half of the meeting later.

After getting Gu Weijie's nod of support, he then spoke with difficulty, "Comrade Nie Chenglin fell to his death on the way to Steel City. Comrades Accident Literature and Sinian are already handling it."

The meeting room was suddenly quiet, and then they frowned one after another, even the newcomer Su Weide was stunned for a moment.

Nie Chenglin wasn't an ordinary employee or a small figure; he was the production deputy director with the oldest qualifications in the Red Star Factory.

Even if Su Weide worked in the ministry, he had some understanding of him.

In the past period of time, there were too many roles like Nie Chenglin who were handled and sent down for transformation.

If he put them all in his brain, he wouldn't have to do anything else.

The reason he understood Nie Chenglin was still because of the previous impression, as well as the understanding made before coming to the Red Star Factory.

Adjusting and strengthening the team inevitably required tracing the source.

This time, the reason it was strengthening rather than adjusting was largely because the Red Star Factory was walking on the correct path of development, and the achievements made had received the attention of the leaders above.

Dazzling achievements naturally covered up the old factory leaders, as well as the painful past events that occurred during that special period.

The news of Nie Chenglin's sudden death could be said to have uncovered the tip of the iceberg, revealing the blood-red fact.

Not only was Old Li shocked, but other board members also felt the same, feeling for their own kind.

Before the New Year, Li Huai De made criticisms and handlings of the relevant personnel far away in Yingcheng regarding Nie Chenglin's participation in the Shi Ruoweng and Zhang Shicheng case.

The supervisor Xu Sinian was notified and criticized, while Nie Chenglin was moved from the original transformation location to Steel City.

Everyone knew this order, but no one expected that Nie Chenglin would die on the way.

This matter happened too suddenly and was too suspicious.

To say that Old Li deliberately retaliated, no one believed it.

But no one believed that Old Li was innocent. Even if he didn't advocate it, it was deliberately plotted by those who curried favor with him.

Even if the investigation result was a normal fall, this puddle of rotten mud falling into the pants—if it wasn't shit, it was shit.

Old Li felt very aggrieved. He was truly passive this time.

How to handle Nie Chenglin wouldn't be too much, because this was the organization's decision and the collective's opinion.

But any form of struggle couldn't cause malicious personal injury; this was the most basic bottom line.

Actually, for more than two years, if Old Li wanted to kill Nie Chenglin, he would have done it long ago. Why choose this time?

Promotion was imminent, and team rectification was imminent. The time was too awkward.

So, at the first moment of hearing the news, Li Xuewu swept his gaze toward everyone present.

Because Old Li was in trouble, these people might benefit.

Li Huai De's long-planned team organizational structure might change because of this sudden event.

The change in the situation often happened in this instant. The tripartite balance he planned might encounter changes.

So staring closely at everyone present, they all had suspicions.

"Wait for the specific news first before making arrangements."

Li Huai De finished the news, paused, and then said, "Today's meeting will be temporarily here. Meeting adjourned."

After the departure of the Office Director Ding Zigui, this office became a collection and processing area for materials.

A desk, a conference table, a coffee table, a set of sofas—materials were stacked full.

This was basically managed by the Second Office of the Office, with one side being the summary of upward applications and the other side being the summary of downward applications.

Financial data, business data, filed drawings, etc. —the file cabinets had long been full, and people had to be careful with their feet when coming in.

Every morning, the secretaries of the leaders would come here to collect the application documents and business documents belonging to them, take them back for the leaders to review and sign, and then return here for approval.

Sometimes it was the office staff of the section who came to collect and send, but in the morning or during the morning, it was mostly the "big secretaries" who came personally.

Why?

Because this had already become an information exchange center. Secretaries also had circles and also had information acquisition needs.

Following the leaders to do things every day, the opportunities and time to contact each other were particularly few, so this morning time seemed very rare.

It was a coincidence today. When Li Xue came in, seeing Gu Cheng and Peng Xiaoli were there, she asked casually, "When is the foreign travel group coming?"

"Next week, no—"

Gu Cheng raised his head, looked at her in surprise, then swept across the crowd in the room, and reminded in a low voice, "You still have the heart to care about the travel group? Something big happened, do you know?"

"What big thing?"

Li Xue was stunned for a moment. She had been busy since coming in the morning and had been in the office, so she hadn't heard of any big things.

Peng Xiaoli glanced at the crowd whose ears were pricked up, reached out and pulled her hem, and came to the corner of the office.

"It's the former Deputy Director Nie who had an accident."

He frowned and explained in a low voice, "You hadn't come yet at that time. He was the deputy director in charge of industrial production before the Management Committee was established, the one who was later sent down to Yingcheng for labor transformation."

"I've heard of him—"

Li Xue raised her eyebrows in surprise and asked, "Is it the one internally notified a few days ago?"

"Yes, it was on the way to Steel City."

Peng Xiaoli's voice was very low, and he explained lightly, "The news received now is that he fell to his death, and the specific reason is still under investigation."

"This... has a relationship with...?"

Li Xue frowned and glanced at the secretaries in the room, asking in a low voice, "Will there be another round of... hmm?"

"Not very likely, but it's hard to say."

Peng Xiaoli was also full of tension, reminded her in a low voice, "The key to this matter is still on the leader's side."

"Think about it, he didn't have an accident in Yingcheng, nor in Steel City, but happened to have an accident on the road."

His mouth twitched, and the doubt and speculation expressed in his tone were already obvious.

Including the secretaries in the room, they had already exchanged privately, and most held this view.

There were also those who guessed whether Deputy Director Nie committed suicide himself. After all, this situation had been common in the past two years and was too ordinary.

This view had no market in the current turbulent atmosphere. Everyone was used to conspiracy theories, all guessing toward complex situations, while normal situations were not considered.

"If the investigation results from Steel City and Yingcheng can't satisfy the factory, perhaps the leader will go down to handle it personally."

Peng Xiaoli frowned and said, "In this period, any accidental event is a puddle of muddy water, sigh—"

"Why think of him every time?"

Thinking of her second brother being involved, Li Xue said angrily, "If it's really a puddle of muddy water, wouldn't his going make it even more muddy?"

"..."

Peng Xiaoli's mouth twitched, and the look in his eyes at Li Xue was a bit strange.

Among the few people in the Red Star Factory who dared to evaluate Li Xuewu like this, Li Xue was one of them.

"The board meeting should be almost over. Hurry up and tidy up, wait for news."

He pointed at Li Xue and reminded her, "If Deputy Director Jing has any special actions, you must notify me."

"Extremely dangerous, be cautious and careful."

"I..."

Feeling the sense of crisis in Peng Xiaoli's words, as well as his defense and speculation toward Deputy Director Jing, Li Xue was also confused.

Everyone was saying that Deputy Director Jing and her second brother were like fire and water, and sooner or later they would fight.

Even Peng Xiaoli thought so, fearing that Deputy Director Jing would take this opportunity to attack her second brother.

It was just that she was confused, always feeling that something was wrong.

How was her feeling the opposite?

The contradictions that others thought existed, in her view, seemed to be her second brother planning something with Deputy Director Jing.

But she thought and thought, always unable to think of what their purpose was. Could it really be that they were incompatible?

Just like Gu Cheng, Peng Xiao, and others thought, she had thought wrong?

However... what if Deputy Director Jing had the intention to plot against her second brother? What should she do?

She was determined not to betray family affection. Her second brother was her biological second brother, but the leader's care and cultivation for her were also sincere.

Oh my, she had warned her second brother long ago, telling him not to make things too complex with Deputy Director Jing. Now it was good, she was caught in the middle.

"The travel group visiting this time will still be handled in three batches," Li Xuewu looked at the document in his hand and said, "Distinguish them according to trade categories and intentions. Don't make it too tight."

"Are there requirements for the number of people?"

Fan Hua was opposite, taking notes, raised her head and asked, "We are preparing to form multiple reception groups."

"Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have any requirements?"

Li Xuewu put down the materials in his hand, looked at her and asked, "You keep an eye on the arrangements at the International Hotel. Nothing can go wrong."

"Understood, I have communicated with Section Chief Zhou."

Fan Hua replied, "The opinion given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is that since it's trade travel and negotiation, it is coordinated according to our arrangements, but all activities need to be reported in advance."

"Then divide into three large groups and several small groups."

Li Xuewu finalized the reception opinion and instructed, "Take the International Hotel as the main reception center and the Red Star Factory Guest House as the cooperative trade negotiation center."

"Coordinate well the issues of clothing, food, housing, transportation, security, etc. Grasp the details well. If there are places you don't understand, communicate more with Qizhi."

"I understand," Fan Hua nodded seriously and said, "If necessary, I will invite Deputy Director Sha to Beijing."

"As for the Trade Management Center..."

Li Xuewu pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "The final negotiation execution will be handled in Jinmen."

"Mainly the negotiations on trade ports and transportation."

He pondered for a moment and said to Fan Hua, "You tell Jinmen in advance, invite them to send people to help, and do a good job of docking. Don't make mistakes during the period."

"If you need help from any department, you can contact the Economic Group Office directly, or you can contact me directly."

"The key is one point," he emphasized, "The meat has been delivered to

"Understood, I will do a good job of coordination."

Fan Hua stood up very neatly and crisply, saluted, and guaranteed: "After working hard for several months, I can't let the effort go to waste."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, just do your best."

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, then asked: "Last time you came to ask for people, I don't know how Zhou Miaomiao is doing over there?"

"She is a talent for reception work."

Fan Hua evaluated very objectively: "The comrades trust her organizational ability very much, so I handed the basic service work over to her."

Basic services refer to the coordination of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, mainly involving the guesthouse, the International Hotel, and the factory's small motorcade.

"Speaking of her, I just remembered."

Li Xuewu pointed at her and instructed: "Director Li mentioned something to me a few days ago; we need to insert a program into the welcome banquet."

"You should coordinate with the propaganda department and contact the person in charge of the program performance so that you won't be caught off guard when the time comes."

"We have to perform a program too?"

Fan Hua asked in surprise: "The time for the banquet is still quite tight. If we are to insert a program performance..."

"We bought a full set of Western musical instruments last year; this money shouldn't be spent for nothing, right?"

Li Xuewu shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Director Li is still quite confident; I can't tell the good from the bad of those things."

"Is that so? So that's how it is."

Fan Hua pursed her lips and smiled, understanding the meaning behind the leader's words. After joking for a few more sentences, she said goodbye and left.

In the afternoon, Dong Wenxue called him. In addition to reporting the situation regarding Nie Chenglin's death from falling while on his way to Steel City, he also had further communication with Li Xuewu about the current organizational management situation.

Now that Dong Wenxue is no longer in charge of safety, safety accidents must be reported to the Security Group.

The master and apprentice didn't care about the change in status, and the report was just a routine matter; the conflicts and dangers that might be triggered behind the incident were the real purpose of their further communication.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Gu Weijie called, saying she wanted to discuss the work of building a joint school.

At a time like this, how could they be talking about education?

Even if there were relevant work needs, they wouldn't deliberately emphasize it on the phone.

The integration of the telecommunications class is very strong, and the professionalism of the talent is irreversible, so the telecommunications talent from sixteen factories have all been concentrated in the Telecommunications Room.

Of course, saying "Telecommunications Room" here is just a general concept; each branch factory and branch structure has also established telecommunications liaison stations.

Previously, there was a lack of relevant business backbones, and this merger work can be considered to have thoroughly solved this problem.

But the problem that followed is that the personnel structure of the Telecommunications Room is complex, and the internal communication environment of the factory has also become complex.

Even with security cadres and confidentiality cadres on duty, telecommunications work still has the possibility of leaks.

Therefore, as early as before the new year, Li Xuewu had the opinion of moving the Telecommunications Room, and after the new year, he also communicated with Jing Yunong.

The result was not very good, mainly because his position was not yet fixed, and his primary responsibilities and authority were still very vague.

Doing overall organizational work is fine, but to truly integrate and adjust the Telecommunications Room in the capacity of the Security Group leader is too much.

Those who didn't know might think he was overly eager and had taken up his post ahead of schedule.

That's not a good thing to say; it's equivalent to being a complete idiot.

Arriving at Gu Weijie's office, he discovered that Deputy Director Xue Zhifu, who is in charge of logistics and construction work, was also there.

"Are you also here to report on work?"

After entering the room, Li Xuewu joked: "Talking to the organization at this time, isn't it a bit late?"

"If you want to watch the fun, laugh louder."

Xue Zhifu didn't care about his joke, chuckled, and said: "I hear you laughing, and I'm happy myself."

"Are you really happy, or just pretending?"

Li Xuewu sat down beside him on the long sofa, and the secretary brought over the prepared tea.

"Deputy Director Zhang Jinsong has arrived, and your position as deputy director has shrunk by more than half. Can you still be happy about that?"

"You are not the fish, how do you know the joy of the fish!"

Xue Zhifu knew he was teasing him, but he also spoke his true feelings.

He crossed his right leg, glanced at Gu Weijie, and said: "If possible, I would be fine just being in charge of service work."

"Then you are underestimating service work," Li Xuewu wouldn't let him go and teased: "Or do you see that the future Liangma River Industrial Zone will all be working under the management of service?"

"Hahaha—"

Seeing Gu Weijie unable to hold back her laughter, Xue Zhifu also laughed and pointed at Li Xuewu, saying: "What a sharp tongue!"

"Each generation has its own talents, and each leads the way for hundreds of years."

He smiled and said: "Oh my, watching Comrade Li Xuewu grow, I have to admit I'm getting old—"

"If my brain reacts a little slower, I can't keep up with his train of thought. Isn't that useless?"

"Hey, they all say that old people are cunning and old horses are crafty!"

Li Xuewu picked up his teacup and joked: "I think you are even better than before today; your skills are as good as ever!"

"Which eye did you see that with?"

Xue Zhifu was not as stupid as he claimed to be, old to the point of slow thinking; he could hear that Li Xuewu had something else to say.

"I think we should give young people opportunities, especially you, the flag-bearer of young cadres; you should take on heavy responsibilities."

"But one has to measure whether one's own shoulders are strong enough to carry the load—"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and said: "With my small arms and legs, I still need to follow the old comrades and learn a few more tricks."

"How about that, didn't I say he was cunning!"

Xue Zhifu looked at Gu Weijie, who was smiling silently, and said: "You can't find anyone more cunning in the whole factory."

"I think old comrades are not old, and young comrades are promising; everyone should take on heavy responsibilities and be united."

Gu Weijie's attitude gradually became serious. She looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "You and Comrade Wenxue have communicated, right?"

Seeing Li Xuewu nod, she continued: "It's an eventful autumn, the situation is difficult, we must come up with a solution as soon as possible."

"I'm young, should I speak first?"

Li Xuewu has a very deep relationship foundation with Gu Weijie, and also has a relatively close working relationship with Xue Zhifu.

Therefore, there were only the three of them in the office, and since the words had reached this point, he had to make his position known.

Especially since he was asking old comrades to take action, if he didn't offer a "letter of intent," how could they trust him?

"In principle, we must stop the abnormal treatment of organizational and business cadres since the start of the Great Learning activities."

He hit the nail on the head: "We should gradually restore the relevant disciplinary supervision and organizational review work systems."

"Wrong judgments and handling decisions that have already occurred should be abolished and properly remedied. We must strictly prevent the recurrence of related incidents and further deepen our understanding from the perspective of system and organizational management."

"What is your opinion, Comrade Zhifu?"

Gu Weijie did not immediately evaluate Li Xuewu's statement, but looked at Xue Zhifu, who was previously responsible for disciplinary supervision work.

She had some understanding of the relationship between Li Xuewu and Xue Zhifu, and although it wasn't very thorough, she had a certain grasp of it.

Today, she first invited Xue Zhifu to the office for a talk, and then invited Li Xuewu; she had already shown her hand.

Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you retreat.

Organizational work is especially so. As the person in charge of organizational work, she needed to stand up and do the work at this time.

Otherwise, if the higher-ups investigate, they will eventually deal with her too.

Inaction is not only established when it is written in a report; just thinking that you are inactive is already a reason to adjust you.

Therefore, at a critical moment, Gu Weijie called Xue Zhifu and Li Xuewu to the office, which was already a warning to Li Huai.

The second step is to talk about specific actions and goals.

Judging from Li Xuewu's attitude and purpose, he was more inclined to have Xue Zhifu stand out and take the lead.

And the purpose is also very clear, which is to risk the danger to sort out and rectify the situation of the Great Learning work in the Red Star Factory over the past two years.

This is going to offend people, and it is also forcing Old Li to delegate power.

The reason Xue Zhifu said Li Xuewu was cunning lies in this.

According to Li Xuewu's meaning, he wanted to stand out and withstand Li Huai's pressure, forming a third pole within the leadership team.

While checking and balancing Old Li, he also wanted to create time and space for Gu Weijie to clear up and rectify the Great Learning work.

Only by clearing out the tumors internally and scraping the poison from the bones can we thoroughly solve the occurrence of such harmful incidents.

It is not just about locking the stable door after the horse has bolted; solving Nie Chenglin's accident is also drawing a red line for the Red Star Factory's subsequent organizational work.

Xue Zhifu enters the game with his body, Gu Weijie steps forward, and both of them will confront Old Li in the subsequent leadership team structure.

What Li Xuewu didn't explicitly say was that he would coordinate from the middle to ease the handling of related conflicts and demands.

"No time to delay, duty-bound."

Xue Zhifu had been thinking about it for a long time. Hearing Li Xuewu's statement and being questioned by Gu Weijie, he nodded and made his position known.

"I'm just afraid that it will be difficult to succeed alone, and my strength will be insufficient."

"I actually agree with that sentence from Deputy Director Gu."

Li Xuewu looked at him and said: "United as one, everyone has a responsibility."

"Deputy Director Cheng—"

Xue Zhifu had long expected that Li Xuewu would mention Cheng Kaiyuan.

Regarding Cheng Kaiyuan's case and the subsequent handling, he had paid attention and had some understanding.

It couldn't be said to be Li Xuewu's calculation, but there was a certain amount of pushing the waves and using force to strike.

But now he had grabbed Cheng Kaiyuan by the collar again to cooperate with himself to resist Li Huai's pressure, which was a bit...

How should I put it? This cunning kid Li Xuewu really doesn't act like a human, and he didn't treat Cheng Kaiyuan as a human, and probably didn't treat him as a human either.

What? Li Xuewu didn't say it explicitly?

Does this need to be said explicitly? Among the existing deputy directors, the only one with suitable conditions is the defeated general and stray dog Cheng Kaiyuan.

Calling Cheng Kaiyuan to resist Old Li together, Old Cheng has no psychological pressure at all; he carries a bit of hatred, after all.

"Does Deputy Director Cheng still have the spirit?"

"If you say he has it, he has it," Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and said: "If you say he doesn't, he doesn't."

"Hahaha—"

Xue Zhifu was truly impressed; young people really don't talk about martial arts.

This was said in reverse. What "if he says he has it, he has it"—it was clearly Li Xuewu, who held Cheng Kaiyuan in his grip, saying he had the spirit!

No wonder Li Huai wanted to use one-fifth of the Management Committee to exchange for the master and apprentice Dong Wenxue and Li Xuewu to give up the Security Group.

With this trump card held in the hands of the master and apprentice, these leaders of the Red Star Factory are doomed.

Everyone knows that the Telecommunications Room is complex now, but was it not complex before?

It was managed by the Security Department before, and it was within the scope of confidential work.

Who dares to guarantee that they haven't leaked any secrets on the phone? Li Xuewu is a criminal investigation expert; he can find clues even by piecing things together.

Don't forget how Deputy Factory Director Deng Zhiwang, who wanted to deal with Li Xuewu back then, went down; it was weird and complex.

Listening to what Li Xuewu means now, after his promotion in March, he can influence at least four positions in the Management Committee?

This refers to influence, not mastery.

But even influence is shocking enough. Li Xuewu is not truly sitting at the table yet; he is not even a member of the leadership team.

Dong Wenxue, Cheng Kaiyuan, Gu Weijie, and him—that's four votes already, plus his relationship with Old Li.

On this Management Committee, as long as the issues he advocates are reasonable, they will inevitably pass.

And he is only the leader of the Security Group; this is too scary!

"Li Huai, I f*** your mother!"

A roar suddenly came from outside the window; it seemed someone was standing not far away with a loudspeaker, shouting loudly.

Li Xuewu's eyebrows moved. He stood up and walked to the window to look out, only to see Nie Xiaoguang outside the office area, wearing mourning clothes and holding a loudspeaker, cursing endlessly at the courtyard.

"This kid is..."

Xue Zhifu and Gu Weijie also walked over, looking out the window with slight frowns.

"Deputy Factory Director Nie's son, Nie Xiaoguang."

Li Xuewu sighed and said to the two: "I have to go down and handle this matter."

"Handle it properly—"

Gu Weijie also sighed, nodded, and said: "I agree with your opinion; just do it as we discussed."

"Alright then, Deputy Director Gu, Deputy Director Xue."

Li Xuewu looked at the two and nodded firmly, then turned and left in a hurry.

Xue Zhifu looked out the window, his expression solemn, his hands clenched into fists behind his back; it seemed he had made a decision.

"Let him go, bring him over."

Li Xuewu came out of the main office building and first stood in the middle of the courtyard to look around; the black heads watching the fun by the windows all shrank back.

He walked straight to the gate of the office area and beckoned to several security guards who were blocking Nie Xiaoguang.

Seeing him come out, Nie Xiaoguang stopped cursing. In fact, his throat was already hoarse, and he was about to lose his voice.

He had almost fought with the gatekeeper just now. Seeing him come over, tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

Li Xuewu reached out and patted his shoulder, nodded to the security guards, and took him toward the security building.

Nie Xiaoguang's crying sounded like a wild beast, full of deep sorrow, making the workers he encountered look sideways.

It was just because Li Xuewu was there that they didn't dare to look too much, let alone discuss it at this moment. After nodding in greeting, they hurried past.

Li Xuewu didn't take him upstairs, but went to the duty room on the first floor nearby.

Seeing the leader arrive, the duty officer hurriedly moved a stool and, at his signal, went to pour hot water.

Nie Xiaoguang squatted on the stool and wailed; he was truly wronged and truly heartbroken.

Previously, saying he wanted to kill Li Huai was mostly because he was young, ignorant, and needed to vent his anger.

But now that his old father had died tragically, as a son, he truly had the murderous intent to seek revenge.

"You drink some hot water first, and I'll tell you about your father's situation."

"Brother Li—"

Nie Xiaoguang had always believed that Li Xuewu had the righteousness of a tough guy.

Therefore, after several contacts, he already had enough trust in his heart.

Li Xuewu nodded, signaled to the hot water on the table, and waited for him to drink it before speaking.

"What I am telling you now is the situation I just learned from Deputy Director Dong, the leader of the Red Star Factory's Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group."

He watched Nie Xiaoguang drink the hot water before seriously reporting: "Your father jumped out of the train window on his own while on the way to Steel City. There were many passengers in the hard-seat area who witnessed it at the time."

"Listen to me finish—" Not waiting for Nie Xiaoguang to get red-eyed and interrupt, he tapped the table with his finger and said: "I guarantee you, it was absolutely not an intentional injury incident."

"The target you want to seek revenge on is not appropriate."

He waved his hand to signal the duty officer to go out. After closing the door, he said to Nie Xiaoguang: "Among all the people in the factory, Director Li is definitely one of those who least wanted your father to have an accident. They had no personal feud."

"But my father was dealt with by him!"

Nie Xiaoguang's throat was like sandpaper, his eyes full of hatred and confusion; he only had one thought in his mind now.

"Your father is not the only cadre dealt with by the Red Star Factory."

Li Xuewu frowned slightly and reminded: "You are not a child anymore. Do I still need to make the current situation clear to you?"

"Your father's situation is a matter in the Red Star Factory, but is it a matter outside?"

He sat in front of Nie Xiaoguang, their knees touching, his voice very soft, but heavy enough.

"Because he is your father, you only see his situation. What I can tell you is that this was decided by the organization."

"I don't accept it—" Nie Xiaoguang gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with hot tears: "I just know my dad is gone."

"I understand your feelings, otherwise I wouldn't have brought you here to say these things."

Li Xuewu rested his arms on the table and looked at him: "But speaking objectively, your father's labor and living environment were the same as those of the comrades in the engineering team. You don't deny that, right?"

"Could it be that our tens of thousands of construction workers are also in a dangerous situation in your mind?"

He paused, waited for Nie Xiaoguang to take it in, and then continued: "Reform is reform, and work is work."

"If your father had the heart to protect himself, he wouldn't have had to go to Yingcheng, and this wouldn't have happened."

"Then why did my dad have the accident?"

Nie Xiaoguang stared into Li Xuewu's eyes and asked: "Why transfer him from Yingcheng to Steel City?"

"Because he was involved in the case of Shi Ruoweng and Zhang Shicheng," Li Xuewu said very directly: "A large part of what Shi Ruoweng did after returning to Beijing came from your father's advice. Do you understand now?"

"No, impossible—"

Nie Xiaoguang shook his head, his eyes full of heartbreaking confusion, and denied: "My dad promised me he wouldn't get involved in these things anymore; he was going to return to Beijing..."

Saying this now meant he already believed Li Xuewu's words; otherwise, he wouldn't need to explain.

"My advice to you is to protect yourself."

Li Xuewu patted his arm and sighed: "Your father's funeral will be handled by the factory, including your arrangements."

"Think clearly, this is the opportunity your father left for you."

He reminded very seriously: "Don't waste his good intentions. I believe it was very difficult for him to make this decision."

(End of Chapter)