Chapter 1257: Fulfill Yourself, Disgust Others

"What kind of look is this?"

Ai Jiaqing looked at Li Xuewu, who had just gotten off the car, with amusement and asked: "Are you connecting with international fashion?"

"Why connect with ghosts? I'm here to pick people up properly."

Li Xuewu played his homophonic puns very well, hitting back with one shot, making the other party glare at him, wanting to scold him.

"How do you say fashion in English?"

He swung the car door shut, took off his sunglasses, pretended to be confused for a moment, then pointed at her with the hand holding the sunglasses and asked: "Fa-shen—right?"

"It's fashion—"

Selena corrected him with great disdain and amusement.

Li Xuewu looked at her, nodded, and confirmed: "That's right, fa-shen, fa-shen-jing (going crazy)!"

"Fashion is what those crazy people do; otherwise, my English teacher would say English is the most reasonable."

"Which English teacher taught you that—"

Selena said with a mix of anger and amusement: "This isn't far-fetched, it's just random interpretation."

"You still believe his words?"

Ai Jiaqing smiled at Selena, looked at Li Xuewu and said: "You didn't see that I was too lazy to pick up his next sentence."

"This person, he talks nonsense when he's serious; how indecent must he be when he's not serious—"

"Yo, you understand me so well!"

Li Xuewu teased her with a feigned surprise, saying: "I didn't even think I had a female confidante in far-off Hong Kong."

"You flatter me—"

Ai Jiaqing was a proper Beijing girl, with a very forthright side.

Facing Li Xuewu's teasing and ridicule, she didn't fall behind at all, and could even insist on returning a sentence or two.

"I wouldn't dare to call myself your confidante; speaking of confidantes, I do know one..."

She looked at Li Xuewu with a half-smile and said: "How does the old saying go? Where there's a silly woman, there's a bad man."

"So you have such a deep understanding and research on male-female relationships—"

Li Xuewu looked at her, nodded, and asked: "Then you haven't found your other half yet; is it because you understand it too deeply?"

"Hey, *** once said, the more cultured you are, the more..."

"Are you looking for trouble—"

Ai Jiaqing had to admit now that when it came to playing with words, she wasn't afraid of Li Xuewu, but when it came to being shameless and not acting like a human, she was slightly inferior to Li Xuewu.

"If you don't welcome me, just say it," she said with dissatisfaction, arms crossed: "There's no need to be so roundabout."

"Look, aren't you anxious!"

Li Xuewu reached out to take her handbag, smiled and said: "It's been a long time, just playing around—"

"Come on, driver Xiao Li is very happy to serve the two of you," he gestured to the car behind him and said: "Today's eating, drinking, and playing are all on me."

"Cheapened you—"

Ai Jiaqing took back her bag, rolled her eyes, and stepped into the car.

And Selena, who couldn't stop giggling, saw him look over, also hummed and pulled open the car door.

"Cheapened you—"

"Hey! You're not imitating well!"

Li Xuewu pointed at her, amused: "You have to have that 'I want to but can't say it, you have to guess' vibe like Director Ai."

"Li Xuewu! Are you asking for it!"

Ai Jiaqing pushed open the car door, glared at him and scolded: "I'm telling you, if you keep being poor, we're really leaving!"

"Look, are we still friends?" Li Xuewu complained while getting into the car: "What's wrong with friends joking around—"

"Good friends even sleep in the same quilt!"

Ai Jiaqing glanced at him and said: "Do we still have to find a place to play a game with you?"

"Then my sacrifice is too great," Li Xuewu shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, I'm still very dedicated."

"Hahahaha—"

Selena, sitting in the back row, was almost laughing crazy; it was the first time she felt Director Ai was so interesting, and the first time she discovered Li Xuewu could be so funny.

Li Xuewu looked back at her, then asked Ai Jiaqing: "Why did you bring a big goose out?"

"Drive your car—"

Ai Jiaqing was also almost laughed to anger, pointed forward and said: "Find a restaurant and eat whatever; we're not picky."

"You guys want to be picky, but we have to have it—" Li Xuewu said with amusement: "If you want me to treat you to Western food now, we can only turn back."

"Don't say that; the most authentic Western food I know is our factory's International Hotel."

"Yes, yes, yes, your factory is good everywhere, okay!"

Ai Jiaqing said impatiently: "What's so good about Western food made from a pile of canned goods."

"Don't want to spend a lot of money but want to eat the original flavor?"

Li Xuewu didn't spare her at all, retorting: "If you want to eat abalone and lobster now, I can prepare it for you, provided you have the money—"

"Your English was definitely taught by your PE teacher!"

Ai Jiaqing looked at him and said: "Why would I travel thousands of miles to eat abalone and lobster back here."

"Oh! So Director Ai eats abalone and lobster every day in Hong Kong!"

Li Xuewu played his out-of-context game very well, nodded and said: "No wonder you're so internationally fashionable!"

"Okay, Li Xuewu—"

Ai Jiaqing turned her body, looked at Li Xuewu and nodded: "We're not finished today, right? Are you trying to take revenge, or are you trying to vent your hatred?"

"You're not trying to take us to some dark room and beat us up to vent your anger, are you?"

"Really or fake?" Selena in the back row interjected: "I can't take his beating!"

"Looking at his body, I suspect one punch could cripple me."

"Director Ai is teasing you—"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Where's the hatred, where's the resentment? We are good friends and one family."

"Even if Director Ai almost put me in an unrighteous position, I still haven't forgotten my original intention toward Director Ai."

"Okay, stop with this."

Ai Jiaqing sat up straight, holding her bag and said: "I will find a way to compensate you."

"I won't accept honey traps!"

Li Xuewu didn't commit to the compensation she mentioned, his mouth still didn't spare her.

However, Ai Jiaqing also understood Li Xuewu's meaning; she just sat there without speaking, looking like she was at the mercy of others.

Li Xuewu, a big man, couldn't possibly argue with an older single woman, right?

So after teasing the last sentence, he focused on driving.

Selena, sitting in the back, felt it clearly, looked at the driver's seat, then at the passenger seat, and rolled her eyes.

Actually, it wasn't hard to understand why Ai Jiaqing showed such a fierce-but-weak attitude when she first saw Li Xuewu.

It was only after Li Xuewu's repeated "reminders" that she chose to give in.

It was the Eastern Era Bank that wanted to speculate on the pound, and it was also the Eastern Era Bank that held precise financial information.

Who was the financier behind the Eastern Era Bank? Very few people could figure it out or see it clearly now.

But on the surface, Lou Xiaoe was calculating and decisive; when calculating the pound, she was even able to compete with the Li family for the equity of A. S. Watson with the posture of plowing the court and sweeping the holes.

The reason why other commercial and capital interventions like Wufengxing appeared was because Li Xuewu believed in sharing wealth, making money together, and relying on friends when going out.

There was the relationship of reciprocating the favor of the Eastern system, and also the intention to show unity by helping in this financial action.

Of course, there was also the connotation of showing off muscles and exhibiting strength, but this wasn't the most important thing.

But in this action, Wufengxing bullied the store, reversed the heaven and earth, not only did not provide more sufficient help in the acquisition of A. S. Watson, but instead caused trouble.

Although the Eastern system had now obtained all the equity of A. S. Watson, it lost more financial market opportunities.

Dragging from March to November, this belonged to a war of attrition in the stock market, and the gain was not worth the loss.

Speaking of finance and the pound, Ai Jiaqing obtained more than 10 million worth of steel from Red Star Factory first and paid later, but delayed for more than half a year, and didn't complete the settlement until the end of the year.

During this period, it also brought investigations by the Discipline Inspection and Audit to Red Star Factory, making Red Star Factory very passive.

At the same time, Wufengxing used the funds stored by Red Star Factory from the Eastern Era Bank for risk investment.

Although it finally gave Red Star Factory a dividend, this behavior seriously touched Jing Yunong's bottom line.

If it weren't for her lack of strength, Jing Yunong could have rushed to Hong Kong to call Ai Jiaqing to a mourning meeting.

Even with Li Xuewu's calculation, one couldn't operate mortgage funds as financial investment.

The fund operation with the Trade Management Center as the industrial foundation like the United Savings Bank was the most secure.

So, Deputy Director Jing was very angry.

Similarly, Li Xuewu was also very angry.

He wasn't blaming Ai Jiaqing for making it so big and so ruthless, but she was too greedy, bullying the small with the big.

Li Xuewu introduced Lou Xiaoe to her to make it convenient for her to take care of, not to take advantage of her.

The Eastern Era Bank wasn't Wufengxing's money vault or appendage; obtaining A. S. Watson was to prove this point.

What was Wufengxing's intention in intervening in the acquisition of A. S. Watson? Li Xuewu didn't want to pursue it anymore.

But as a middleman, Ai Jiaqing had to give him an explanation; otherwise, talking further would be official business.

The cooperation between Red Star Factory and Wufengxing would naturally not break; this was cooperation between enterprises, how could it be child's play.

But what needed to be emphasized was that without the guarantee of personal relationships, the cooperation that could be expanded and extended in the future would inevitably be gone.

People who do business in later generations should know that small business relies on personal relationships; even vegetable sellers have to wipe off the change for regular customers.

For bigger business, you can't talk about personal relationships, because in the development stage of an enterprise, one personal fraud can destroy all your hopes.

Then what about very, very big business?

Yes, it's back, and you still have to talk about personal relationships.

But by this time, you are already capital, and there will be very few personal frauds.

Whether it's the Internet or the real economy in emerging industries, the big shots all know each other.

Some entrepreneurs were even executives or employees of certain enterprises.

Of course, there are good relationships, and there are bad ones.

I won't talk about the good ones; the bad ones have an interesting pair—Old Luo and the Iron Rooster, who can be called Internet enemies.

"Let me introduce."

Li Xuewu raised his hand to signal Lou Yu, who was standing beside him, and introduced to the two: "This is Lou Jie's father, Mr. Lou Yu."

"Hello, Mr. Lou—"

Ai Jiaqing and Selena's eyebrows moved, and they asked together.

They had already heard the deep meaning in Li Xuewu's words, but they couldn't express too much at this moment.

Lou Yu nodded and greeted the two very calmly; hearing that the two had returned from Hong Kong, he felt even closer and took the initiative to ask about his daughter's recent situation.

Li Xuewu greeted several people to sit down in the private room, and introduced Tan Yali, who had just returned from playing with her grandson, to the two, saying this was Lou Jie's mother.

There was nothing disrespectful in the introduction, but everyone in the room, except Lou Ting who was still a child, was a smart person; they understood what was going on as soon as they heard the order of introduction.

Lou Jie's father, Lou Jie's mother, sounded very close and warm, but actually emphasized the identities of the two.

He didn't say shareholder of the Eastern system, let alone the head of the Lou family; Li Xuewu's intention couldn't be more obvious.

Ai Jiaqing and Selena didn't dare to say much, just watched the old couple ask carefully, and told some of the dealings and relationships between them and Lou Xiaoe, and also talked about Lou Xiaoe's living conditions in Hong Kong.

Paper is short and love is long; although it was very convenient to send messages to her daughter on the mountain, it wasn't chatting on the phone.

Separated by mountains and seas, how could they not miss her.

Tan Yali took care of Lou Yu's emotions, had always been suppressing, asked very politely and courteously.

Li Xuewu invited the two to dinner today, but he really didn't mean to settle accounts or start business negotiations from the beginning.

It was purely a gathering of friends; one could tell from the fact that he didn't bring a driver or secretary.

So while inviting the two, he especially invited his father-in-law and mother-in-law, just to let them relieve their longing for their daughter.

Both sides chatted, Li Xuewu didn't interrupt, discussed what to eat for lunch with Yu Li who came to serve dishes, and held a teacup here, drinking hot tea slowly.

Lou Ting was still very afraid of him; that one time was enough.

Coming down from the mountain, he witnessed the bustle of the city, full of joy, no longer the mindset he had when he first returned.

Children are fickle, depending on how adults educate them.

Returning from the high-rise buildings in Hong Kong to the earth bricks and broken tiles in Beijing, he naturally looked down on them.

But after experiencing the hardships of rural life, returning to Beijing, he only felt the buildings were high and the steamed buns were delicious.

Speaking of which, the person who spoiled him the most should be Lou Yu, because Lou Xiaoe's ruthlessness basically cut off the Lou family's descendants.

The eldest daughter-in-law and the second... he didn't want to mention these troublesome things again, otherwise he would have died early.

Look at Lou Yu, who didn't seem to have a few years to live down the mountain, but became sturdy after going up the mountain.

Especially after being stripped of all real power by Li Xuewu, doing some staff work and trivial opinion support, it was just a living.

"There isn't much pickled cabbage left, not enough to make dumplings, so I made pickled cabbage with pork slices, you guys try something fresh."

Yu Li brought the waiter to serve the dishes, very enthusiastic and thoughtful, and specially brought a wine pot to pour wine for several people.

Ai Jiaqing was no stranger to pickled cabbage, and thanked them very happily.

Selena, on the other hand, hadn't eaten this stuff, and felt it wasn't the same thing as the Sichuan pickled cabbage she ate in Hong Kong.

Looking at the blood sausage spread on the pickled cabbage, she raised her eyebrows.

Was this asking them to pay blood for debt?

"I really didn't go out!"

Zhao Lao Si was a bit bitter, his eyes full of bad luck: "You can't just pluck wool from me, a sheep—"

"What's with all the nonsense?" Li Xuewu glanced at him, signaled to Duan Youting, who was a bit awkward and couldn't let go, and said: "Say what you have to say, stop talking nonsense."

"It doesn't matter, we are just here to understand the situation," Duan Youting said in a rare gentle tone, politely: "After all, you know the situation in this circle better, and we also thank you for the help you provided us."

"I wish I could plug my ears and not let these words drill into my ears!"

Zhao Lao Si said with a bitter smile: "What I can know is old news; even if you understand it, it's useless."

"It can be considered as a reference—"

Duan Youting said: "It is precisely because we need to understand this person that we can judge his behavioral trend."

"The night before last, I knew he almost had an accident."

Zhao Lao Si had no choice but to tell what he knew.

"He took Yan Shengli and a few others to brush the night in a house on the street inside Xizhimen Inner Street..."

"Do you know whose house it is?" Duan Youting interrupted: "Knowing the specific location is also fine; I understand what brushing the night means, I won't over-investigate."

Brushing the night is finding a place to stay, which is finding a place to sleep.

It's freezing cold, you can't spend the night in the woods.

But there are rules for brushing the night; if you want to spend the night at someone's house, you must enter after midnight.

This prevents your whereabouts from being discovered and doesn't want to cause trouble for the host.

Of course, brushing the night isn't just finding any door and rushing in; that would be hooliganism.

It must be a tough guy, or a family with some relationship with a tough guy, at least the child in the family is mixed in this.

Going in the middle of the night is also to prevent parents from not allowing it, sneaking in to deal with it for a night, and leaving early the next day.

Zhao Lao Si saw Duan Youting's posture of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, and didn't want to betray Zhang Jianguo in his heart.

Although he said these were old news, it would still bring influence to Zhang Jianguo, and he had a psychological burden.

Saying the two had no relationship, saying he had already washed his hands and gone ashore, but people still called him Fourth Brother.

However, his identity had also changed, and he had long ceased to be a street hooligan.

It would be difficult to avoid contacting people like Duan Youting in the future, how could he speak for Zhang Jianguo and deliberately conceal it.

Another thing, Li Xuewu was still here.

"It should be Li Kuiyong's house."

He thought for a while and said: "But I don't dare to be sure; Li Kuiyong had a fight with him, and it seems they broke up."

"It doesn't matter, continue."

Duan Youting nodded and said: "We are just doing an understanding, we won't expose these information sources."

"It doesn't matter if you say it."

Zhao Lao Si said with a bitter smile: "Everyone in the circle knows these things, he can't find me."

After complaining, he continued: "That day, they wandered around on the street until dawn; in the end, they should have been too sleepy to do anything, so Zhang Jianguo took them to Li Kuiyong's house."

"Because Li Kuiyong didn't know early on, they touched in lightly, and when they went in, they squeezed and slept."

"Almost just closed their eyes, they heard a noisy sound from the street outside, many bicycles rushed over, and the sound of parking and kicking the bicycle stand was clearly audible."

Zhao Lao Si had the eloquence to tell stories, and described vividly: "Immediately after, someone started kicking the door."

"At that time, the room Zhang Jianguo and the others slept in was facing the street, and the door was hung with door panels; every kick made a booming sound, and the whole small house was shaking."

"It is said that Zhang Jianguo was the first to jump off the bed; I suspect he has been tightening his strings in his brain recently."

"He was also a bit panicked at the time, standing on the ground in a daze."

"Yan Shengli had just put on his shoes when the door was kicked open, and there were more than ten people standing at the door."

"Li Heping copied a bench and wanted to smash those who rushed into the room, but was stopped by Zhang Jianguo."

Zhao Lao Si imitated Zhang Jianguo's tone and described: "He scolded Li Heping at the time, saying why are you smashing people's things?"

"Sleep your sleep! Then, he asked the people who came in, who are you looking for? In the middle of the night!"

"The master who came was also with a purpose, and opened his mouth to say he was looking for Zhang Jianguo, which scared them."

"However, Zhang Jianguo had seen many things, didn't do it, nodded seriously, pushed away the people who came in, walked to the door, leaned out to look, and pointed to the west: Over there, in the alley."

"At that time, it is said that there were many people on the street, it was chaotic for a while, and then they rolled into the alley like a gale."

Zhao Lao Si nodded convincingly, helplessly and amusedly said: "He was crazy, and chased after people's butts and shouted: Hey, you guys be careful! Those bastards, they all have knives!"

"Crazy enough—"

After listening to Zhao Lao Si, Duan Youting looked at Li Xuewu, and then praised Zhao Lao Si: "You told it very well, as if you were there, I was nervous listening."

"Hey—hearsay, personal understanding."

Zhao Lao Si let go at this moment, looked at the people Duan Youting brought and said: "I advise you, don't waste your effort."

"Only in the same way, find the few people who hurt his partner, and this matter will be settled."

He dared to speak: "It is precisely because you have been unable to catch those murderers that he doesn't trust you."

"If he continues to hide, sooner or later he will come out to make trouble, and it's hard to say what kind of basket will be poked then."

"Hmm, we have received your suggestion."

Duan Youting nodded seriously and said: "Thank you for your help today, we will definitely handle it seriously when we go back."

He naturally knew that Zhao Lao Si definitely had newer, truer, and more detailed situations, but just wouldn't tell him.

About this point, he had no way at all; the tough guys in the four cities were all like this.

What is a little troublemaker, a second-rate person.

Not asking deeply was also knowing that Zhao Lao Si hadn't gone out, and had been nesting in the club.

It wasn't purely because of Li Xuewu; finding someone closer to Zhang Jianguo could also force out some things.

But it was useless except for startling the snake, and the one caught might not say as much as Zhao Lao Si.

Righteousness is often found among dog butchers, betrayal is always found among scholars.

There are too many betrayals and sellouts in the old circles, but rare among tough guys.

On one hand, the rules of tough guys are more ruthless, on the other hand, the circles of old people are more scattered, without organizational discipline.

Coming out of the gatehouse, Duan Youting said embarrassedly: "I didn't know you were here, disturbing your work."

"Seeing a few friends," Li Xuewu explained casually, sending them out, "The case is special, you can ponder it slowly, don't have too much pressure."

"If you need anything, just come over, don't be afraid of trouble."

He signaled to Zhao Lao Si and said: "Our Section Chief of the Security Section still has some level."

"Indeed has level—"

Duan Youting saw Li Xuewu helping Zhao Lao Si correct his name, and nodded understandingly, smiling and echoing.

Listening to the sound, this might be his last time coming to the club to ask about the case; if he came again, people would be annoyed.

But how to find Zhang Jianguo.

Time entered late February, and the weather had obvious changes.

Windy, temperature rising, it was hard to see floating ice on the river, and the corners of the walls lost snow and residual ice.

It wasn't that it was ten degrees above zero during the day, and it was also above zero at night; although it was very cold below zero, it wouldn't freeze.

The vitality of spring is different from the killing of autumn; plum blossoms fall, and pear blossoms and peach blossoms are about to compete for beauty.

Inner city of Beijing, outer city, actually there are many rivers, including Haizi and Paozi.

Compared to later generations, there was just a plan to fill the river and change the land, and the water system was particularly rich.

Didn't that heavy rain last year cause partial urban waterlogging? There was danger only because there was water.

Interested people will find when visiting Beijing that some riversides will be planted with peach or pear trees, and it's unclear who planted them.

However, the green river water flows slowly, the green grass on the embankment is sharp, the branches are white and red, and birds chirp and fly by, which is very interesting.

Monday, February 24th.

Because it had been getting warmer these past few days, the factory's heating was still hot, so he didn't dare to wear thick clothes.

Sweaters and cotton pants couldn't be worn, only shirts, vests, and long johns, otherwise the smell on the body wouldn't be good.

Black and white became the main color tone of the Red Star Factory office area again, only those who paid attention to keeping warm would wear a vest inside the shirt.

Those who are particular, or whose wives know how to match, must wear a pure white vest inside the white shirt.

Even if it's hard to wash, you have to wear it like this.

There are those lazy women, or those who don't care, who know how to wear white shirts, but match them with blue vests, or white vests with red edges.

You just watch, under the slightly transparent white shirt, you can find any color inside.

What's more amazing is that there was no special fashion in this era, and the preference for colors had an indescribable weirdness.

People born in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, think about it, have you ever worn purple silk stockings, paired with a pair of plastic sandals.

This is talking about male comrades, female comrades are not weird.

Although it is said that fashion is a circle, young people who are retro in later generations have not tried this kind of fashion, right?

To say that the Red Star Factory office area has a unified uniform, which looks more solemn, I have to thank Li Xuewu for his contribution.

Of course, today's office meeting will not specifically praise him for this point.

Because leading by example and driving the office area staff to wear white shirts and jackets is not a merit.

In the past week, there were only three hottest news in the factory office area.

The first one, Li Xuewu's progress was smashed by Deputy Director Jing.

The second one, Li Xuewu and Deputy Director Jing talked about collapse.

The third one, Director Li talked about Deputy Director Jing collapsing.

Like a roller coaster, everyone went from discussing whether Li Xuewu would jump from the Security Group to the Management Committee Office, becoming a real factory leader, to talking about the complex situation and relationships in the factory.

Almost everyone, not a single factory leader could stay out of it, all were in the discussion of agency staff.

A discussion triggered by Li Xuewu almost lifted the bottom of the factory leaders.

Li Xuewu had served as Deputy Secretary of Discipline Inspection before, but that was just a work need, not a real factory leader.

Even if he often participated in the Management Committee later, served as Deputy Director of the Management Committee Office, and helped Director Li preside over work...

These could not be the reason for Li Xuewu to be called a factory leader; those who could call him that were either flattering or joking.

But it's not a joke now; Director Li, after talking with Deputy Director Jing, successively found several other deputy directors.

Including Deputy Director Xue, Deputy Director Gu, Deputy Director Cheng, etc., this is to pave the way for Li Xuewu.

His support for Li Xuewu is unreserved, explaining the situation and reasoning, and he is determined to push Li Xuewu to the top.

So when the Management Committee once again asked Li Xuewu to avoid it today, everyone became serious.

It's time to get a result; if it still can't pass this time, Li Xuewu will have no hope.

Of course, this kind of thing is hopeless.

If he hadn't received sufficient attitude, Director Li wouldn't have convened this office meeting, let alone submitted the agenda related to Li Xuewu again.

Otherwise, this wouldn't be a problem aimed at Li Xuewu, but a weakening of his prestige.

Things Director Li wants to do, there is nothing that can't be done at Red Star Factory.

"Shouldn't it be finished very quickly?"

Gu Cheng bit his cigarette and glanced at the direction of the conference room.

Li Xue avoided it with disgust and scolded: "Can't you smoke less?"

"No, absolutely not."

Gu Cheng shook his head, looked at her and said: "Do you know why?"

He pointed at his feet and said: "In order to stand here, do you know what I paid?"

"Cigarettes?" Li Xue glared at him and said: "Haven't smoked for eight lifetimes."

"Wrong, it's love—"

Gu Cheng exhaled a smoke ring with regret, looked out the window and said: "I used to envy Peng Xiaoli for being able to stand here and wait for the leader to finish the meeting, hearing the news inside for the first time."

"Didn't expect I would have such a day, shouldn't I enjoy it?"

"What does this have to do with love?"

Li Xue stood by the window, hid the smoke with the wind, and asked casually while looking at the notebook in her hand: "Why don't you learn something good from Peng Xiaoli, why are you degenerating together."

"His degeneration has nothing to do with me."

Gu Cheng emphasized: "His unwillingness and regret are all the fault of love."

"You two are really weird!"

Li Xue looked up and said: "Everything can be pushed to love, right."

"Sigh—you don't understand—"

Gu Cheng sighed, shook his head slightly at her and said: "If it weren't for Qian Youqiong chasing me desperately, if it weren't for me becoming Deputy Director Su's secretary, I would have confessed to you."

"What the hell?" Li Xue looked left and right; although there was no one around, you can't be a hooligan!

"You're tired of living, right!" She glared at Gu Cheng and said: "How can you joke like this!"

"You also think it's a joke, right."

Gu Cheng said with amusement: "Peng Xiaoli is serious; he said that if he can't chase you, it's equal to struggling for thirty more years."

"You two are both bastards!"

Li Xue rolled her eyes, knowing he was talking nonsense.

"He is really brotherly with you, saying everything."

"Hey, hurting each other—"

Gu Cheng smiled and said: "The routine he used to confess to you was taught by me; how was the effect?"

"As wretched as your current expression."

Li Xue turned her head and said: "Don't force me to beat you when I'm happy—"

"Hehe! Coming out—"

Gu Cheng had sharp ears; hearing the friction of the chair, he hurriedly extinguished the cigarette butt and reminded Li Xue to pay attention to her image.

Li Xue glanced at him and said: "Deputy Director Su is hard to serve, right?"

"Don't say these sarcastic words!"

Gu Cheng curled his lips and said: "You only need to know that my heart is always toward Section Chief Li."

"Eww—" Li Xue said with disgust: "Shouldn't your heart be with Qian Youqiong—"

"Of course not," Gu Cheng turned his head and looked at her seriously: "Qian Youqiong only got my person."

"The more you say, the more disgusting it is—"

Li Xue looked at the door of the conference room; the big door opened, and the leaders walked out one after another, talking about things while walking.

Today's meeting was very short because there were few agendas, and the most important one was the one that attracted everyone's attention.

Jing Yunong didn't have any special expression when she came over, let alone talking to Li Xue or making eye contact.

Watching the leader pass by, Li Xue could only follow with her notebook.

Gu Cheng's eyes were sharp; he could tell one or two from the expressions and attitudes of the leaders.

When Deputy Director Su came over, he had already taken the initiative to pick up the teacup and folder.

Obviously, he felt the leader's mood wasn't high, which also proved he guessed right.

In the future, he really had to call Li Xuewu a factory leader.

How did he determine this?

The leaders' attitudes were still relaxed when they came out, which meant the discussion of the agenda didn't consume much energy.

And looking at Deputy Director Su's unhappiness, it showed his intention hadn't been realized.

Deputy Director Su voted in favor at last week's meeting, seemingly supporting Li Xuewu to change departments and take on heavy responsibilities, but in reality, he didn't approve.

Li Xuewu, who became Secretary-General, wouldn't completely clear his influence on the Security Group.

On the contrary, at the Management Committee, Li Xuewu's right to speak was heavier, and he also had the qualification to participate in the game.

If he could stop Li Xuewu's progress and keep him in the Security Group, he wouldn't be afraid to fight with the Tiger of the Security Section.

Or rather, if Li Xuewu failed this time, Li Huai De would transfer Li Xuewu to Steel City to serve as a deputy and prepare to take over.

Either way, he had the confidence to control the Security Group.

The only thing was the current situation; although Li Xuewu didn't have his rank and wasn't the supervisor, he had the right to vote.

This was hard to handle.

Eleven votes; Li Huai De had Li Xuewu's help, and the situation stabilized all of a sudden.

Dong Wenxue, Li Xuewu, Xiong Bencheng, plus his own iron-clad four votes, what agenda couldn't pass?

Although Deputy Director Xue and Cheng Kaiyuan had been walking very close recently, the two of them together were purely for self-protection and couldn't form a climate.

Gu Weijie had influence on both Dong Wenxue and Xue Zhifu, and she didn't need to pull people to have the right to speak.

Look at Jing Yunong, the absolute financial supervisor, who had risen strongly recently, making Li Xuewu very headache-prone.

As long as she maintained a certain basis of cooperation with Li Huai De, everyone would have to respect her opinion in the end.

The most miserable one was him; Zhang Jinsong, that dog, was completely impervious to oil and salt, and couldn't see the current situation.

He turned a blind eye to the olive branch he threw out, and didn't bother to participate in the dirty dealings of Red Star Factory, with an upright appearance.

He thought he was valued by the leaders above and didn't take Red Star Factory and the team members of Red Star Factory seriously.

Good words are hard to persuade a ghost who should die; Su Weide didn't dare to provoke Zhang Jinsong again, he had to stay far away.

Why?

Be careful that lightning strikes one day and implicates him.

Another new member didn't know what kind of virtue he had, so he was now alone, isolated and helpless.

He still wanted to check the bottom line and start a new round of big learning activities, never expected.

The situation in Red Star Factory was very complex, and the staff had completely lost their enthusiasm and desire for big learning activities.

The learning and work groups spontaneously established by the masses in the big learning activities had gradually stopped activities.

The organization and form of big learning required by the higher-ups and reported by Red Star Factory existed on paper.

Of course, the form of performance was also very good, and he couldn't pick out any faults.

You say the Youth Commando, now grabbing learning reform with one hand and technical production with the other.

What they learn is the scientific outlook on development, and what they grab is advanced technology and standardized production.

Speaking of the literary propaganda team, Red Star Factory even had its own theater, a propaganda team of hundreds of people, various positive programs and forms, can you say it's not serious, not professional?

But it was in this situation that no one mentioned big learning and big discussion anymore; they were tired of it, bored of it.

Of course, what he felt was that the young people had no good feelings for big learning, and even felt that people who engaged in this were grasshoppers after autumn, and wouldn't jump for many days.

What happened to Red Star Factory? Wasn't this the unit that first carried out big learning activities?

Su Weide's confusion and incomprehension didn't stop Li Xuewu's progress, and couldn't estimate where the team ecology of the Management Committee of Red Star Factory would go after today.

Liang Zuodong, who came to report work a few days ago, was wilted today and didn't appear all morning.

It really is one bird entering the forest, a hundred birds suppressing the sound.

Just found a little something, Li Huai De realized it, not only eliminated the influence with one action, but also cut off the channel for him to continue checking.

Su Weide only felt his chest hurting from endurance, while chanting "if you don't endure small things, you will mess up big plans," while thinking about how to determine his influence and establish his prestige.

By this time, it was meaningless to pretend to be a tortoise, and the leader wouldn't agree.

"Leader, I'll add water for you."

Gu Cheng was very careful at this time, very afraid that the rumors outside would affect the leader's mood.

Su Weide felt even more annoyed when he saw Gu Cheng; he had long had the idea of replacing Gu Cheng after the matter was done.

But now he suddenly heard that Gu Cheng had a girlfriend, and the girl's father was in the city finance department; what could he do?

Replace Gu Cheng?

Don't mess around; it wouldn't help his career, but offending so many people by doing so.

Li Xuewu nailed this nail directly into his heart; looking at Gu Cheng, he still had to show a satisfied expression.

Okay, Gu Cheng, you're really good.

Gu Cheng was satisfied when he saw the leader's "satisfied" expression; he had long expected this situation today.

He also knew that his fate as a secretary wouldn't last long, so when he learned about Qian Youqiong's family background, what was there to think about.

Fulfill yourself, disgust others, he had to do it!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1258 =====