Chapter 1263: The water in the Red Star Factory is too deep

"Secretary-General, you're very busy—"

Xu Sian appeared at the door of the office, knocked on the door with a serious air, and greeted him with a smile.

Li Xuewu raised his head and saw it was him, also waved with a smile, and asked casually, "Finished talking with Director Li?"

"Mm, also talked with Deputy Director Zhang."

Returning to his former office, Xu Sian had many emotions in his heart.

When he was the Factory Office Director, Li Xuewu was just a clerk in the Security Department.

Now Li Xuewu was already sitting in a position higher than his; you tell me where to go to reason.

He had been the Factory Office Director for seven years, and Li Xuewu had only been a clerk for three years; is there any justice in this world!

He rode the wind and waves, and now he could be considered to have achieved his wish, becoming a regional official of the Red Star Factory.

Can you say he didn't work hard?

Can you say he didn't have luck in life?

But he ran with all his might, sprinted with all his strength, and when he looked up, wasn't the one frolicking in front the former little security clerk?

What security clerk, now he has to be called Secretary-General.

"This newly arrived Deputy Director Zhang."

Xu Sian sat opposite Li Xuewu and let Peng Xiaoli help him light a cigarette, saying jokingly to Li Xuewu, "This is not a good person to deal with—"

He didn't avoid Peng Xiaoli and said jokingly to Li Xuewu, "Deputy Director Zhang said you are not a 'thing' (a good person)—"

"Is that so—that's a very special evaluation," Li Xuewu nodded, finished writing his opinion, raised his head, and looked at Old Xu, asking, "Then he must have praised you for being a 'thing'?"

"Hahaha—"

Xu Sian knew he couldn't out-talk him; he couldn't outrun the other party in his official career, let alone with his tongue.

"Of course I'm also not a 'thing', otherwise I wouldn't have made the leadership lose face in front of so many people."

"When did this happen?"

Li Xuewu asked with a blank face, "How come I don't know?"

"Mm, if you don't know—"

Xu Sian exhaled smoke and shook his head with a bitter smile, saying, "Deputy Director Zhang even thought we were deliberately pitting him."

"I'm indifferent to it anyway!"

He spread his hands and raised his eyebrows, saying, "In three to five years, I, Old Xu, don't intend to return to Jiangdong. You have to be careful."

"People say open spears are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are hard to guard against," Xu Sian pointed to his heart and emphasized, "These hidden arrows are the most formidable; they can kill and punish the heart."

"Why does this sound so awkward?"

Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "Director Xu, are you... by any chance pointing at me?"

"Mm—can't be—"

Xu Sian exhaled smoke from his nostrils, shook his head slightly, and said, "What kind of relationship do we have? Can I doubt you?"

He raised his hand, saw Peng Xiaoli nod, and gestured toward the door, saying, "People say that in the agency, people form cliques and factions, chaotic and unbearable. Isn't this clearly pointing at me—"

"Did the leader really say that?"

Li Xuewu looked at him with feigned suspicion and said, "I don't believe it. Deputy Director Zhang is such a good person; could he disparage me like that?"

"Don't tell me it's you, Old Xu, sowing discord and destroying the comradely feelings between our team members—"

"Oh, I forgot about that!"

Xu Sian was surprised, slapped his thigh, and said with a teasing look, "You are a factory leader now; you are the ones who are in the same gang."

"That's not right—"

He turned his head and glanced at the door, retorting, "Why did he say we were in the same gang just now, and made things difficult for him!"

"That reminds me. I have to find him later. I can't take this insult; a factory leader can't bully people by pointing at the mulberry and scolding the locust."

"Mm, must get this face back."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Old Xu, go ahead boldly. I support you in protecting your own interests and rights."

"Look, you can see the united and tense atmosphere of our factory leadership team now; it's very much in line with the characteristics of the era!"

Xu Sian's mouth was really dirty; he grabbed Li Xuewu and wouldn't let go, not even caring about sweeping a large area with one stick.

"Look, you're anxious again—"

Li Xuewu pointed at the table and said to him, "I'm not criticizing you, but as a cadre, you must hold your bottom line and can't say whatever you want."

"Director Li often says, 'Place yourself well, manage your temper,'" he said earnestly, "Old Xu, you don't know, the water in the Red Star Factory is too deep, the wind is too strong; if you don't have the strength, talk less."

"Mm—this water is deep!"

Xu Sian twitched the corners of his mouth, tapped the ash into the ashtray, and said, "I will keep the Secretary-General's teachings in mind."

"But you also know, how many years has it been for me," he tilted his head and said, "My temper is just like this; what can I do if I can't change it for a while?"

"Or I'll just stop hanging around the leadership; I can't manage my own mouth, and if I say something true, I'll be disliked."

"Can't manage your mouth? I wouldn't believe it even if you said you couldn't manage your mouth when drunk."

Li Xuewu crossed his eyes and said, "I've seen people acting crazy when drunk, but I've never seen anyone beat up the leadership when drunk."

"Hahaha—" Xu Sian laughed and sat up straight, tapped the ash, and said meaningfully, "No wonder you're the Secretary-General. I'm convinced no matter what; I bow down to your eloquence alone."

"If one day I praise your eloquence as better than mine, then you have to be careful," Li Xuewu looked at him with a smile and said, "I have strong jealousy, and I can do anything, including replacing you to be this Secretary-General."

"Hahaha—" Xu Sian understood, laughed, and extinguished the cigarette butt, saying, "This Secretary-General, I wouldn't do it even if someone forced me with a gun!"

"Mm, because you know the person forcing you won't pull the trigger," Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "But you know I dare to pull the trigger."

"That's why you're my leader!"

Xu Sian leaned forward, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked, "So, Leader, when does our game in Yingcheng start?"

"Look, you don't have a long memory after I just said it."

Li Xuewu leaned back and sat on the chair, saying, "Didn't I tell you on the phone? Wait a bit longer."

"Still have to wait—"

Xu Sian became serious, pointed at the table, and said, "Throwing a brick to attract jade, I threw this brick too early!"

"If you had told me to wait like this, I wouldn't have been so anxious to contact Yingcheng. Now I'm caught in the middle and not a person on either side."

"Do you know which jade I want to attract?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "The jade you see is at best the tip of the iceberg of the whole plan. Telling you to wait isn't to ruin your reputation."

"I'll tell you a story and you'll know," he crossed his right leg and said indifferently, "Someone had a precious purple clay teapot, which he played with by his bedside every night. Once, he accidentally knocked the lid to the ground and was very annoyed after being startled."

"The lid was gone, what was the use of the body? So he grabbed the pot and threw it out the window. At dawn, he found the lid had fallen on his cotton shoe and was undamaged."

Li Xuewu tilted his head slightly and continued, "This person hated it, stepped on the lid and crushed it to pieces, then went out and saw the teapot he threw out the window last night hanging intact on a tree branch."

"Sometimes, things can wait, look, and slow down."

He looked at Xu Sian and nodded, saying, "A leaf blocking the eyes doesn't mean you can't see Taishan; many things are not what you think they are."

"If I tell you that impulsiveness is the devil and remind you to learn to think calmly, are you going to say I'm belittling you and looking down on you, this old comrade?"

"That can't be; I understand what you mean."

Xu Sian's eyes flickered, and he said after deliberation, "A leaf blocking the eyes doesn't mean you can't see Taishan; it's also possible that I'm standing too low, right?"

"You—you—"

Li Xuewu sat up straight, shook his head helplessly, picked up his fountain pen, and said, "It just so happens that Hu Ke, the Deputy Director of the Liaodong Office in Beijing, invited me to dinner tonight. You come along too."

"Not very good—"

Xu Sian asked tentatively, "People invited you for a small drink; what does it mean for me to follow and get involved?"

"You're panting just because I said you're fat, right?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Don't want to know what jade I'm going to attract by throwing this brick of yours?"

"If you put it that way, then I have to go," Xu Sian said seriously, "The Secretary-General is taking care of me and wants to show me the world, so I have to take it."

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu gave a light laugh, pointed at him with his fountain pen, and said meaningfully, "You know I dare to pull the trigger."

On Saturday afternoon, Bu Qingfang, the Director of the Propaganda Department, sent Li Xuewu several performance tickets for the Red Star Theater in the East City.

"It's very close to your house. Take your wife and children to see it on Sunday; it's quite interesting," Bu Qingfang teased him, "Don't lose the people who need your care the most for the sake of work. You are the most principled one."

"Sigh—" Li Xuewu sighed, took the performance tickets, and said, "It's easy to persuade others, but hard to persuade oneself."

"Thank you—" he waved the tickets in his hand and said, "You went to the trouble and were thinking of me."

"I heard from the office that the Secretary-General sits for a whole day."

Bu Qingfang sat opposite him, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Is there really so much work?"

"Just took over—"

Li Xuewu stood up with his teacup, walked to the tea cabinet to brew a new cup of tea, and added hot water to his own teacup before walking back.

He placed the newly brewed cup in front of Bu Qingfang and stood by the desk, saying, "There are too many tasks that need to be sorted out."

"The difficult problems left by Director Ding?"

Bu Qingfang leaned on the chair, looked at him, and asked, "Haven't heard of any trouble."

"Director Ding leaving early is not as good as leaving at the right time; he should be glad."

Li Xuewu took a sip of tea and said with a bitter smile, "Painting on a blank sheet of paper is the simplest. Do you know what the hardest thing is?"

"Is the current Management Committee Office affecting your performance?"

Bu Qingfang understood what he meant and said with a smile, "When you took over the Security Department, the environment wasn't better than it is now, right?"

"No, the Security Department was 'break and then build'."

Li Xuewu returned to his seat, put down his teacup, sat down, and said, "The current Management Committee Office is rebuilding a building that meets the requirements of the era and aesthetics on a historical site that is riddled with holes."

"You can understand what I mean, right?"

He gestured with his hand and emphasized, "Personnel relations are new, the organizational structure is new, and even management responsibilities are new."

"Even my position as Secretary-General is new."

Li Xuewu sat up straight and looked at her, saying, "Without destroying the foundation of the original organizational structure, how to build a united team with combat effectiveness that can meet the needs of the organization, work, and the era is the most difficult problem I need to break the ice with at present."

"You're being too hard on yourself—"

Bu Qingfang shook her head with a smile and said, "I must admit that you did a great job in the Security Department, and your management has gone to a higher level after the Security Group was established."

"Even the leadership admits this point, but!"

She said earnestly, "Your success cannot be replicated, and your success in the Security Department and Security Group cannot be replicated in the Management Committee Office, right?"

"I understand very well that you are sharing the worries for the factory, solving difficulties for the agency, and want to solve all the problems in the agency once and for all, from organization to system, and standardize and organize a scientific and sustainable office model."

Bu Qingfang pursed her lips, nodded, and said, "I firmly believe and am certain that you can do this, but you have to give yourself some time."

"Are you saying I'm too anxious?"

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered, and said, "But I feel like I haven't exerted my strength yet."

"It'll be too late when you exert your strength—"

Bu Qingfang said with a smile, "Every change in the system will cause obstruction and feedback from conservative forces. Have you considered these?"

"I really haven't considered this."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, rested his arms on the desk, looked at her, and said earnestly, "There's no such thing as conservative in the Security Department."

"Of course, the conservative ones are no longer there."

Bu Qingfang pointed at the table and reminded with a smile, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. Don't exhaust yourself and leave behind a pile of complaints."

"Mm, makes sense—"

Li Xuewu seemed to understand her words and nodded, saying, "You should know that I won't stay in the Management Committee Office for too long."

He flipped his palm and added, "I'm talking about the next arrangement."

"Mm, I can see it," Bu Qingfang nodded and said, "It's not just me who can see the leadership's importance and trust in you; almost everyone can."

"They can endure without complaining; they aren't waiting for me to leave, are they?"

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "That really makes me too sad."

"Hehehe—"

Bu Qingfang shook her head slightly and said, "Everyone is still convinced by you; conservative is just a small part of the voice."

"For you, it can be completely ignored."

"Preventing the mouths of the people is more serious than preventing a river—"

Li Xuewu sighed, looked at her earnestly, and said, "Director Li doesn't have much time left for me; at most one year. You understand now, right?"

"Is it to take over Deputy Director Dong's post?"

Bu Qingfang said something she already knew, then nodded and said, "I can see that your current range of actions is very large, and you are very anxious."

"There's no way not to be anxious—"

Li Xuewu gestured to the pile of documents on the desk and said, "The transformation of large departments and small divisions must start from the Management Committee Office."

"If we can't come up with a standard, how can other departments do their work?"

His expression became serious, and he said, "The core of the large department work model is de-structuring, compressing management levels, and allowing execution to be improved."

"Taking the Management Committee Office as an example, in the process of transitioning to the Comprehensive Management Department, the concepts of divisions and sections must be gradually faded out."

Li Xuewu pointed with his index finger and emphasized, "Large departments are divided according to functions and business."

"What is streamlined is not just the structure, but also the personnel."

He pursed his lips and said, "Only complex talents with one post and multiple skills, and one specialty and multiple skills, can survive in the agency of the future."

"Is it a bit too cruel?"

Bu Qingfang frowned slightly and said, "According to your standard, when the group is established, the agency will eliminate a batch of people, and it will be eliminated every year."

"Elimination is not the goal; the goal is filtering."

Li Xuewu held his palm in front of him and said, "You must admit that the vast majority of cadres in the factory have work experience in the agency."

"Then, there is every reason to use the agency as a filter, which can also be called a testing ground."

He retracted his palm, pointed upward, and said, "If it's real gold, it's not afraid of fire. Filter out the residue, and what remains is the essence."

"After this part of the people are cultivated and tempered, they are fully capable and have the level to go down and serve as persons in charge of relevant business in departments or branch companies."

Li Xuewu turned his finger in a circle and summarized, "From the agency to the grassroots, up and down, every step is filtering, and every level is tempering."

"After you have experienced countless filtering and tempering, you will become pure and transparent," he nodded and said, "Although in this process, there will be fewer and fewer left, these people are what we truly need."

"Listening to your words is better than reading books for ten years."

Bu Qingfang pondered, nodded, and said, "According to your statement, under the large department system, is it a good thing for young people?"

"Reducing the number of filtering times is equivalent to increasing the space for growth," Li Xuewu said frankly, "Compressing levels gives more people the opportunity to show their self-ability and talent. You say, is it a good thing for them?"

"Under the large department system, there are more people working and fewer people talking."

Bu Qingfang understood and said, "A thousand threads in one rope, it's all held in the hands of the main person in charge of the large department, and the responsibilities are clearer."

"The Red Star Factory is setting sail," Li Xuewu looked at her and said, "The challenges we will face in the future are unimaginable to us before."

"Unity cannot just be reflected in slogans; responsibilities and rights must be clear," Li Xuewu said earnestly, "Groupization is not herding sheep; it should be driving a carriage. Both the whip and the reins must be held in hand."

"Understood," Bu Qingfang looked at him and said, "Your sleepless nights now are a helpless move, and also a move you have to make."

"Speaking of this, I actually have an idea."

Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "A while ago we talked about it, do you have any plans on your side?"

"Do you really want me to come and build a team with you?"

Bu Qingfang said with a smile, "Didn't I already call you Leader."

"Doesn't sound very sincere."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said, "Consider it. If you don't want to go down, come to me."

"Okay, I'll consider it."

Bu Qingfang didn't give an answer immediately, stood up, and said, "Isn't the Security Group still going to take a while?"

"You'd better hurry up and consider it, hehe."

Li Xuewu said with a light laugh, "If you are hesitant, I might recommend someone else."

"That still requires me to handle the work at hand—"

Bu Qingfang only held back for a moment before letting go. She came for this, so how could she let Li Xuewu recommend someone else?

Both were old agency hands; one knew it clearly, and the other was playing hard to get. Just put on the posture; playing too big is easy to pull a muscle.

"Using this car?"

Xu Sian followed Li Xuewu downstairs and saw Director Li's Volga M24 parked at the door, surprised, "Director Li... is using that big Red Flag?"

"Is there any problem?"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and, with Peng Xiaoli's help, stepped into the car.

This was one of the few times Peng Xiaoli helped the leader open the car door. When Li Xuewu used the command car, he always got in and out by himself.

Xu Sian raised his eyebrows, looked at the command car in front, and got into the car from the other side with a smile on his face.

Bang—

His secretary helped him close the car door and ran toward the command car in front, following Peng Xiaoli's footsteps.

The two cars, one in front of the other, slowly drove out of the office area under the gaze of interested people, the headlights shining along the factory road straight to the gate, and then disappeared.

The first meeting with Hu Ke, the Deputy Director of the Liaodong Office in Beijing, was because of the land for the Liangma River Industrial Zone. At that time, they cast a wide net, and this fish was pulled up by coincidence.

At that time, Li Xuewu received them, along with comrades from the Steel City and Yingcheng offices.

At that meeting, the other party invited the Red Star Factory to build a factory in Fengcheng. In addition to providing all the necessary construction land, they also mentioned some convenient conditions, but were rejected by Li Xuewu.

The geographical advantage of the capital is irreplaceable.

Of course, later the relationship between the factory and the Liaodong side was quite good, and Li Huai took him to visit Liaodong together.

It was also from that time that the Red Star Factory acquired the First Machinery Factory in Fengcheng and prepared to build a mechanical processing industrial cluster.

Expanded the construction scale of the Steel City Industrial Zone and transformed a part of the tertiary industry into joint industries and professional factories.

At the same time, increased investment in Yingcheng, expanded the scale of the shipyard, and prepared to build the Yingcheng Port Wharf.

More importantly, Fengcheng, Steel City, and Yingcheng were connected, and the Red Star Factory wanted to do a one-stop industrial chain.

Even the container factory cooperating with the Beijing Railway Station was placed in Steel City, and the cooperative cargo transport stations were spread all over the major city networks in Liaodong.

It was precisely because of the foundation of cooperation that the relationship between the Liaodong Office in Beijing and the Red Star Factory was also very harmonious.

During Ding Zigui's tenure as Director of the Management Committee Office, they often maintained the relationship, and eating together was a common occurrence.

Li Xuewu actually didn't like socializing, and even less liked drinking, because for him, there was no challenge.

As the Director of the Security Department and head of the Security Group, he could refuse all socializing and go home on time after work.

Except for Old Li's gatherings, he didn't have to care about anyone else.

Even when he was the Deputy Director of the Management Committee Office, he strictly controlled the number of his dinner parties.

Basically, he rarely called home to say he wouldn't be back for dinner or wouldn't be back to rest.

Everyone in the agency knew he was a good man who cared about his family.

But it's different now.

As the Secretary-General, in addition to being a good housekeeper for the agency, he also had to be an envoy for maintaining relationships.

When necessary, he had to represent Li Huai and the Red Star Factory to participate in some activities and dinner parties.

This is an attitude and also a part of the work.

Before reaching this step, Li Xuewu had communicated with Gu Ning about this situation in February.

He said bluntly that after serving as Secretary-General, it would inevitably affect his rest time.

And as the work deepened, it would occupy more and more personal time.

Gu Ning only asked him one sentence: was this work he was willing to do?

This question seems simple, but it hits the soul.

Li Xuewu's answer was that he had to do it.

Gu Ning understood when she heard this and recognized his attitude of reporting in advance.

No need to exhort him; Li Xuewu was smarter than her.

Therefore, on the way to the Liaodong Office in Beijing, when Xu Sian complained incessantly to him about how working in Yingcheng affected family harmony, he scoffed at Old Xu's words.

Busy work, long distance, many children, gathering less and parting more—does this mean one can't be a good man?

Can't you learn from me?

"Xu Sian, the head of Yingcheng Shipbuilding."

Li Xuewu shook Hu Ke's hand and introduced the Old Xu beside him to the other party.

Hu Ke greeted him very politely: "Director Xu, it is a pleasure to meet you. Your great name has long been like thunder to my ears—"

Li Xuewu let go of his hand, and he took the opportunity to shake hands with Xu Sian; both looked very close.

Hu Ke invited Li Xuewu today, but he didn't say it was a private dinner that couldn't bring colleagues and friends.

Those who can walk to this step are not fools.

Who would bring irrelevant people to this kind of after-work official dinner? There must be some purpose.

"I just arrived in Beijing today too."

Xu Sian explained with a smile, "The Secretary-General said he was bringing me to see my in-laws. I was wondering, where did these in-laws come from!"

"Hahaha—"

Hu Ke shook his hand and said enthusiastically, "Secretary-General Li is right; aren't we your in-laws? Hahahaha—"

"Then we are meeting the in-laws today."

Li Xuewu teased, "The girl has been married off; we have to talk about it, right?"

"If there's something, you can't keep it in your heart and let the girl be wronged, let the in-laws have complaints, and the maiden family won't feel comfortable either."

"Look, met a capable person, right?"

Hu Ke introduced to the several people who came out to greet them behind him, "Secretary-General Li Xuewu of the Red Star Factory, a rare talent in the capital, who has been to Liaodong with Director Li of the Red Star Factory."

He gestured to the people behind him and introduced, "They are not outsiders; saying we are meeting the in-laws is not an exaggeration at all."

Indeed, as he said, those on the scene were really not outsiders, and there were no outsiders who could sit at the wine table and drink together.

Several persons in charge of Liaodong industry enterprises, including power, machinery manufacturing, aviation, weaponry, coal, etc.

You say these people are capable and powerful, so why did they follow Hu Ke's arrangement to accompany Li Xuewu for a drink?

Not surprising; Hu Ke's position is not low either.

Deputy Director of the Liaodong Office in Beijing, the same rank as the Deputy Director of the Red Star Factory, that is truly something that can be taken out.

Moreover, he acts as a representative stationed in Beijing, playing the role of a go-between.

Li Xuewu said they were meeting the in-laws, bringing the girl Xu Sian who was married to Yingcheng, and the other party looked at the current daughter-in-law and brought a few sons over for him to take a look.

Look at what?

Of course, look at whether they are good and whether they can be matched again.

The capital and technical level of the Red Star Factory, combined with the production foundation of Liaodong industry, the effect exerted has already been revealed.

The change in the Fengcheng First Machinery Factory is before their eyes.

Splitting the original business, establishing a separate professional factory, and then carrying out restructuring in structure and economy.

After several months of hard work, what was displayed before Liaodong industry was a powerful enterprise that was brand new, full of combat effectiveness, released innovation, and reshaped productivity.

The foundation of the Fengcheng First Machinery Factory itself was not thin, and the loss was not internal, but incompetence in the management structure.

After the Red Star Factory completed the acquisition, it completely broke up the original management framework and modified and supplemented it with the Red Star Factory's latest management model, all with production as the goal.

Including the implementation of the double-plan, safety production standardization, agency office management regulations, etc., made the Fengcheng First Machinery Factory completely rejuvenate, shocking Liaodong industrial managers.

In just a few months, Liaodong industry organized multiple batches of brother units to go to the First Machinery Factory for research and study.

But even if the Red Star Factory didn't hide anything and displayed its transformation process without reservation, it still stumped those enterprises that came to visit.

It wasn't that the difficulty of transformation was great, but the lack of courage and determination to push over and rebuild, and there was no guarantee and confidence to provide this courage and determination.

Without the Red Star Factory's bottom line, who would dare to carry out a major transformation of the First Machinery Factory?

Without the Red Star Factory's foundation, who would dare to split the First Machinery Factory for professional restructuring?

In the final analysis, there must be a strong backing.

Liaodong industry is trying, taking out a part of the enterprises to do pilot projects, trying to introduce the Red Star Factory's management model.

The role of the pilot project is to evaluate the proportion of introduction, and under the premise of not destroying the original organizational structure, whether the goal of the enterprise's rebirth can be achieved.

Hu Ke was entrusted by Deputy Director Lu of Liaodong in charge of industrial development to specifically arrange this "blind date meeting."

"I have to say one thing before drinking this glass of wine," he pressed the wine glass and looked at Li Xuewu, saying, "It's not that I, Old Hu, don't recognize the relatives, it's that you, Secretary-General Li, are too hard to invite, right!"

"Hehehe—"

"I even called his office."

Seeing Li Xuewu smile, Hu Ke pointed at him and said to the table, "His secretary told me that Director Li has to pick up his children after work."

"Hahaha—"

Hu Ke's stunned expression made the whole table laugh.

Xu Sian explained with a smile, "This is not a lie; the secretary's words are indeed the truth."

"Don't say you can't invite him out; even if our Director Li wants to invite him out for a meal, he has to report in advance!"

"Hahaha—"

Listening to Xu Sian's teasing, although everyone knew very well that he was helping Li Xuewu out of the siege.

However, this didn't delay everyone's laughter. It was rare to see such a clear stream in this circle.

"Then I must say a thank you today."

Hu Ke picked up the wine glass, first signaled to Li Xuewu, then greeted everyone, saying, "Thank the in-laws for coming, and also thank Director Xu for his contribution to Liaodong industry."

"Drink one—"

The first glass of wine must be finished; otherwise, the atmosphere won't rise.

Whether the car runs fast or not depends on how you kick the accelerator.

"I have to remind you a few people."

Hu Ke, who finished the wine in the glass, pointed to several persons in charge of Liaodong industrial enterprises and said with a smile, "Secretary-General Li has a huge capacity and is truly drunk after a thousand cups. Don't look away."

He turned around, looked at Li Xuewu, raised a white flag, and said, "We are mainly united today, and drinking well is the priority. What do you think?"

"The guest follows the host's convenience; I listen to you."

Li Xuewu took the wine bottle from the secretary and took the initiative to fill him a glass, "Since we are in-laws, let's unite for a glass first."

"I said so—"

Hu Ke picked up the wine glass with a bitter smile and said to everyone, "It seems I can't escape tonight!"

"Hahahaha—"

The atmosphere at the wine table was very good. Both sides started from mutual understanding and mutual recognition, and each introduced the enterprises they belonged to.

Xu Sian also briefly introduced the development process of Yingcheng Shipbuilding over the past two years, focusing on future plans.

When he mentioned that the Red Star Factory Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group was recently promoting a task to build an industrial chain integration block along the Fengcheng-Steel City-Yingcheng line, the persons in charge of Liaodong industrial enterprises, including Hu Ke, showed expressions of serious thinking and yearning.

"I heard that the Red Star Factory has its own shipping route, right?" Hu Ke looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Is it for passenger transport or commuting?"

"Director Xu came by ship."

Li Xuewu smiled and gestured to Xu Sian, saying, "To answer this question, he must have the most say."

Let me talk again?

You pitted me once today!

Xu Sian looked at Li Xuewu, muttering in his heart, but still humbly introduced the situation of this ship, as well as the operation arrangements for related routes and ships.

Although he didn't learn from Xu Sian how much profit this ship could bring to the Red Star Factory, Xu Sian also mentioned that Yingcheng Shipbuilding had a construction plan for two ships this year.

No wind, no waves; no profit, no early rising. Is there anyone doing a losing business?

It must be profitable, and it's a huge profit. That's why the Red Star Factory could continue to invest in building two ships on the basis of having one ship, which made Hu Ke and others envious to death.

Later generations know that the richer people are, the easier it is to make money.

The Red Star Factory's current state is also like this: the reasonable combination of industrial production chains and production capacity, everything takes off, everything makes money, it's really the kind that makes people envious to the point of red eyes.

"Just now I heard Director Xu say that the Red Star Factory wants to build an industrial chain integration block in Liaodong."

Hu Ke took the initiative to ask, "Then the Liangma River Industrial Zone that your factory is building in the capital won't be affected, right?"

"These are two different things," Li Xuewu explained with a smile, "The development plans of the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone and the Liaodong Red Star Industrial Zone are two completely different directions."

"One pays more attention to comprehensive development, and the other pays more attention to professional production. Can you understand what I mean?"

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "The Red Star Factory's industrial layout in Liaodong will always take the development direction and core created by the Liangma River Industrial Zone as the driving force, which is a leading relationship."

"I've been to the Liangma River Industrial Zone."

Hu Ke said truthfully, "Not only me, but when our Liaodong leaders come, I will invite them to take a look."

"This is still a precedent for the current domestic industrial planning, and it is an experimental project with reference value for us."

He said earnestly, "Whether it has demonstrative value still needs time to be verified."

"I certainly agree with your point of view."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "The Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone is not closing the door to build a car. We welcome friends from brother units and various systems to visit and give guidance."

"Of course, the leadership above is also saying that what we are doing in the Liangma River Industrial Zone is unprecedented."

He looked at the people at the table who were listening carefully and said, "Demonstrative doesn't mean imitation and replication, but thinking."

"We are doing a re-exploration of the market economy under the guidance of the planned economy system. No matter the result, it will give the current friends, including everyone at the table, a direction and inspiration for thinking."

Li Xuewu paused and said, "Even if the Liangma River Industrial Zone fails, it's worth it if it can bring a result."

"Mm, I actually think it will succeed."

Hu Ke nodded understandingly and said, "A few days ago, I went to see your worker new village."

He introduced to others at the table, "The Liangma River worker new village is completely different from the several typical representatives in Liaodong."

"Their comprehensive markets, shops, service shops, etc., are all managed by internal supply."

"Actually, there's nothing to talk about."

Li Xuewu spread his hands with a smile and said, "Behind closed doors, we experimented with a contract responsibility system."

"Actually, many enterprises are doing this, team responsibility system, it's different," he explained to everyone, "The Red Star Factory wants to build hospitals, schools, laboratories, etc., in the Liangma River Industrial Zone."

"If there is a worker new village, there must be supporting living facilities, including the river wharf, river residential area, river hotel, river commercial street, etc., that we are building."

Li Xuewu said, "Our river commercial street plan includes twenty restaurants, five supply service departments, and separately counts clothing stores, vegetable markets, stationery stores, pharmacies, barbershops, tea shops, shoe stores, etc., and even includes sports goods stores and franchise stores."

"We also plan to arrange brand demonstration stores for cars and motorcycles, as well as other commodity demonstration stores on the commercial street."

He said frankly, "The contract responsibility system is not a flood or a beast. We contract the management rights of the shops to the employee collectives in the shops, and the management rights are still in the hands of the Sales Branch Company."

"Is it delegating the management rights, right?"

Hu Ke understood and said, "It is actually a split of management and operation, balancing the contradictions on both sides, right?"

"It's an attempt, I can only say that."

Li Xuewu said earnestly, "Employees are still employees of the internal supply branch company, and the system is still the original system."

"It's just an experiment and innovation in management means of operation, and the goal is still to improve the enthusiasm of employees."

He picked up the wine glass and said, "I don't like drinking at home, but I can make friends at the wine table, so I drank this glass of wine, and we call it 'a thousand cups are few for a bosom friend'."

Everyone understood; responsibility and wine are not the goals, the goals are efficiency and friends. The Red Star Factory really has something!

Doing small collectives under the premise of not touching the red line!

Who studied this set of theories before? Didn't expect that management rights could also be made into employee small collectives!

This glass of wine was really worth drinking!

PS: Employee small collective operation is not nonsense; it is different from the household contract responsibility system, not the same thing.

For example, the household outsourcing workers in the Modu machine embroidery industry, the second production team of the Lingqian Brigade in Lin* City, Lu Province, contracting work and work points, etc.

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