Chapter 1322: Sharpening the Knives

The order volume for Hongtu passenger vehicles has increased significantly, something the Steel City Automobile Factory did not anticipate, and Li Xuewu was the same.

The reason for capping production capacity at six deliveries per month was the belief that the target audience for this vehicle was limited.

Just think, in this day and age, a 212 Jeep only costs a little over 30,000 yuan, yet Steel City Automobile quoted Hongtu Passenger Vehicle a price of 80,000 to 130,000.

Since the Red Star Factory delivered the first Hongtu Gold-Label passenger vehicle to Mr. Zhou in July of last year, the growth in order volume has indeed been manageable.

With a delivery rate of three vehicles per month, the backlog of orders was basically kept within three months.

That is to say, with every delivery, there would be orders for nine vehicles in hand, and the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant was developing at a steady, unhurried pace.

In June of this year, considering the increase in order volume, Steel City Automobile reported an expansion of capacity to six vehicles, doubling it entirely.

But human calculations are no match for heaven's; just as the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant's capacity doubled, the order volume more than tripled.

The primary sources of orders are the Joint Enterprise, the Government Office, the Central Office, the Ministry Office, the Commission Office, as well as various foreign affairs missions and foreign enterprises.

If production capacity remains unchanged, the existing orders are already enough to keep the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant busy until March of next year.

And some units and departments are already urging, hoping to get the vehicles as soon as possible.

What kind of magic does this vehicle possess that allows it to make so many units flock to it, pursuing it crazily?

Li Xuewu has pondered this; it is nothing more than two reasons: high-end, atmospheric, and classy; low-key, luxurious, and substantial.

Who is the Chief Designer of the Red Star Steel Group's automotive industry?

Some say it is Wang Zhi, the Director and Chief Designer of the Vehicle Engineering Research Institute, but everyone knows that looking at titles doesn't count.

Group Secretary-General Li Xuewu, who participated in the design work of multiple motorcycles and automobiles, is the Chief Designer recognized by everyone.

Why?

Clearly lacking design ability, and even more so lacking relevant design experience, why is Li Xuewu sought after by these technical personnel?

The logic is very simple: automobiles designed according to the opinions proposed by the Secretary-General have withstood the test of the market, both in appearance and substance.

You say the domestic market has no choice, and even a dog-designed car can sell out, but what about foreign trade?

In the past year and a half, Red Star Antelope automobile exports have exceeded 30,000 units, and Comet motorcycle exports have exceeded 100,000 units.

Even the First Automobile Works wouldn't dare claim such data; the Red Star Steel Group's automotive industry is truly beating its peers nationwide.

Regarding this report card, outsiders might not know, and even if they did, they would treat it as a joke.

However, the design and R&D departments did indeed listen seriously to the opinions of Secretary-General Li Xuewu, which led to the current state of the automotive industry crazily seizing the market.

When developing the Hongtu automobile, Li Xuewu rejected no fewer than sixteen exterior design drafts in succession.

He gave several design requirements: atmospheric, steady, high-grade, and concise.

In particular, the colors should not be gaudy, the overall appearance should cleverly use lines and curves, and special attention must be paid to the design specifications for wind resistance.

After modifying more than thirty versions back and forth, the Secretary-General was finally satisfied, and that is how Hongtu achieved its success today.

As early as when this project was initiated, Li Xuewu had asserted that this vehicle would sell better and better, and sell more and more.

This also answered some of the doubts at the time; everyone generally felt that such a magnificent car lacked the necessary market.

Now the market has given the answer.

Looking at the sources of orders, the procurement volume of provincial offices is increasing, especially in the northern provinces; those who ordered one in the early stages all regretted being too cautious at the time, and this time, the additional purchases all exceeded three units.

The four sets of leadership teams should each have a spare, right? The province procured and used it, and the city also saw the goodness of this vehicle.

Especially considering that the road conditions in this day and age are poor, the chassis of the Hongtu automobile has been tuned and upgraded to cope with complex and diverse road conditions.

If the leaders conducting research and inspections were really left stranded on the road, the reputation of this vehicle would be ruined.

You want to say that Hongtu is doing so well and the order volume is so high, has this project made money?

Very regrettably, Li Xuewu can see the financial situation; the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant is not profitable, but rather in a state of loss.

Even if the Hongtu passenger vehicle sold at an average price of 100,000 yuan, overall, the long construction period, manual labor, and high technical requirements caused the embarrassing situation where related projects could not be profitable.

Almost all projects at the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant are in a state of loss, including signal light information command vehicles, Grassland Tiger light armored patrol vehicles, Saber-toothed Tiger heavy armored duty vehicles, King Kong fire-fighting excavators, Blue Sea fire-fighting water cannon vehicles, 9-seater Hongyun ambulances, and so on.

Now the most money-burning projects are not these that have already been put into production and operation, but the Tantu automobile and the Land Cruiser, which Li Xuewu has high hopes for and which have raised countless funds.

Then someone might ask, since every product produced by the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant loses money, why continue to operate it?

In later generations, someone asked Mr. Lei about this question, and he himself said that every Suqi sold by Xiaomi loses money.

Li Xuewu doesn't know how Mr. Lei's Suqi loses money, but his determination to support the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant is unwavering.

Some products cannot be judged solely by whether they are profitable; some products of the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant are themselves the standards for that industry and field.

Some people might not understand this logic.

To put it another way, some products of the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant are still in a state of half-assembly line and half-manual labor, largely because of the lack of sufficiently large market potential.

But this does not hinder Red Star Automobile from seizing territory in various professional fields and establishing brand and industry standards.

Once the market is cultivated, the first to benefit will definitely be Red Star Automobile, and manual labor can be converted to assembly line operations at any time.

Therefore, some projects seem to lose money, but in reality, they are biding their time, polishing technology, and waiting for the opportunity.

The Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant also undertakes the experimental and testing functions of the Vehicle Engineering Research Institute, and can provide feedback to the R&D department from a practical perspective.

When product attributes become increasingly mature, some projects will be chosen for production and launch.

Recently, Steel City Automobile saw the development of the Hongtu project and conceived the work of accelerating the R&D of small passenger vehicles.

On the basis that the 7-seater Hongyun van is gradually becoming popular, they are researching and exploring more possibilities for the 9-seater Hongyun passenger vehicle.

Since the 9-seater Hongyun can develop ambulance functions, why can't it also take into account the comfort attributes of the Hongtu passenger vehicle?

This opinion was not proposed by Li Xuewu; it was purely thought up by those college students at the Vehicle Research Institute.

It really must be said that once the path is paved, everyone knows how to walk it.

When Li Xuewu saw the project plan, his eyes lit up; isn't this the path of a business vehicle?

In later generations, there were 7-seater business vehicles and 9-seater business vehicles. Li Xuewu did not point fingers at the project planning, but only added one opinion: to research 9-seater business vehicles, one can also research 7-seater business vehicles.

Li Xuewu, who has "opened his heavenly eyes," is the greatest guarantee that the Red Star Steel Group will remain invincible.

"The group's third batch of official vehicle procurement applications has reached you, right? Do you have any opinions?"

Li Huai De went downstairs for lunch, and seeing Li Xuewu coming out of the office, he waved him over and they walked downstairs together.

On the way, he chatted a few sentences and then asked about this situation.

Li Xuewu hesitated for a moment and tried to ask: "Adding two Hongtu vehicles is no problem, but procuring Modu sedans is for...?"

"Hmm, I knew you would have questions." Li Huai De nodded, and while walking downstairs, he explained: "The three industrial zones in Liaodong, along with Jinmen and Jingcheng, all need high-end sedans."

"You mentioned to me before that you wanted to wait a bit longer." He looked at Li Xuewu, smiled, and asked: "I see that our factory's automotive industry temporarily cannot reach the design and R&D level of sedans, right?"

"The Second Automobile Works has already initiated a project." Li Xuewu stated his inner thoughts, "Gu Litong wants to cooperate with us."

"I know, but he alone doesn't have the final say."

Li Huai De shook his head slightly and denied: "You might not know, Fu Zhandong is going to move soon, and the Second Automobile Works project will be temporarily shelved."

"Even if this matter didn't happen, by the time their sedans are designed and produced, wouldn't it be a long time from now?"

He saw Li Xuewu's hesitation and took the initiative to pat his arm to comfort him: "I understand, you have feelings for our factory's automotive industry and have hope for the future of the automotive industry."

"But some things cannot be fully known and occupied; you have to leave some room for others to live."

"Did Modu Automobile come to you to beg for mercy?"

Li Xuewu heard the meaning in Li Huai De's words, saw no regret or annoyance, raised his eyebrows, and joked: "How does it feel?"

"Hahahaha—" Li Huai De laughed loudly; it could be seen that he was in a very good mood, "You, you, this mouth is really unforgiving."

After the hearty laughter, Li Huai De let out a long breath and said: "What begging for mercy or not, the Vehicle Research Institute really can produce R&D and production plans now, I don't care about anything else."

"However, the year is half over, and some projects and investments should be reined in." He gently patted Li Xuewu's chest with the back of his hand and reminded him in a low voice: "Deputy Director Ji came to me to lose her temper."

"The financial situation is worrying, long-term investments have occupied too much of the budget, and this year's report will be very ugly."

Li Huai De blinked at Li Xuewu and said helplessly: "You know her; if she wants to lose her temper, I have no choice either."

"I know too well—" Li Xuewu twitched the corners of his mouth and said with feigned indifference: "Finance is the rope tied around the neck of business; if business runs too fast, it naturally has to be tightened."

"Hey—" Li Huai De patted his arm; although he didn't want to hear his complaints, he still couldn't bear to say anything to him.

"It's August, four months until the end of the year; it's time to wrap up and tidy up."

He stepped into the lobby, not caring about the employees passing by from time to time, and talked to Li Xuewu about the arrangements for the second half of the year.

"The Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone has projects being completed one after another, and the steel rolling mill and some government agencies can complete the relocation."

Li Huai De pointed his finger a few times and asked: "How is the situation at the hospital? Do you know?"

"Hmm, I went to see it the day before yesterday, the progress is very fast." Li Xuewu introduced: "The factory hospital here can complete the entire relocation by the end of October at the latest, and all medical rescue teams can complete the withdrawal and reorganization."

"After each department completes infrastructure construction and team reorganization, they will send support teams based on the actual situation."

"Is the personnel pressure high?" Li Huai De asked with concern: "Supporting such a large hospital, it must need a lot of manpower, right?"

"Indeed, the Labor Service Company has already completed the early entry and the adaptation and adjustment of various tasks." Li Xuewu introduced: "Regarding medical personnel and equipment management, the factory hospital can still cope."

"This is mainly due to your strong support for medical construction work since three years ago."

He nodded slightly, affirming Li Huai De's past decisions; Old Li really did do some good things.

The situation was difficult, but three years ago, Old Li was willing to spend money to build a medical system and continuously receive and recruit medical personnel.

It must be said, he had courage.

Why did the Red Star Factory dare to build such a large, comprehensive hospital with complete departments, satisfying the medical needs of 100,000 people at once? It was based on this confidence.

The Red Star Factory's medical rescue force has always been in a state of oversaturation; there were too many personnel to use, so they could only be allocated to various branch factories and subsidiaries in the form of support teams.

Doctors are also human, Nightingale is not a god; without patients, their skills would be wasted after a long time.

This time, the Joint Hospital was formed, and during the trial operation period, volunteer teams were continuously incorporated to form various departments.

Although there are still very few patients coming here for medical treatment, it is precisely this state that is needed to let each department slowly start operating.

The largest comprehensive hospital in Jingcheng is, from the current point of view, also the hospital with the most medical workers, and it can even be said to be the hospital with the most and most comprehensive excellent medical workers.

Red Star Broadcasting has been doing related publicity recently; the Red Star Steel Group Joint Industrial First Hospital (Jingcheng Campus) has a policy of opening medical discounts to all group employees, joint unit employees, trade unit employees, and their families.

Ordinary citizens can also come here for medical treatment, providing complete medical treatment procedures and supporting related reimbursement processes.

With the Joint Hospital, will the factory hospital still be retained?

This question had been discussed long ago, and today on the way to eat, Li Huai De and Li Xuewu mentioned it again.

Don't look at the fact that the factory hospital's doctors are gradually transferring to the Joint Hospital, but you must know that the Joint Hospital and the factory hospital are of two different natures.

The Red Star Factory Hospital is a welfare security institution for the factory area; factory employees' medical treatment is fully reimbursed, requiring only nutritional fees and partial medicine fees.

Partial medicine fees are mainly for special drugs or imported drugs outside the reimbursement list; factory employees all understand this.

The Joint Hospital is a for-profit medical institution created by the group and open to all patients, and it can also be seen as a subsidiary.

Just like the Joint School, factory employees' children have to pay tuition and miscellaneous fees to attend school.

In April of this year, the Red Star Steel Group entrusted the Joint Savings Bank to provide medical insurance, pension insurance, and other insurance services to all employees and employees of joint units.

Currently, it is still in a state of voluntary purchase, and most factory employees are still in a wait-and-see state.

But the formation and operation of the Joint Hospital have completely changed the structure of medical welfare; the Joint Hospital does not provide free medical care.

That is to say, the comprehensive medical security enjoyed by factory employees at the factory hospital has not been brought to the Joint Hospital.

Therefore, after the formation of the Joint Hospital, the factory hospital is still in operation, but it will significantly reduce its medical force.

Fever, cold, stomach ache are all fine; factory employees can get a few pills at the factory hospital, or get an IV drip and it will pass.

For surgeries or difficult and complicated diseases, the factory hospital will gradually recommend that employee patients go to the Joint Hospital for treatment.

And at the Joint Hospital, factory employees and employees and families of enterprises associated with the Red Star Steel Group can enjoy welfare discount policies, but it is not a free medical policy.

This is guiding factory employees and other joint enterprise employees to actively purchase medical insurance; at the Joint Hospital, medical insurance is the main reimbursement channel.

Combined with preferential welfare policies, the comprehensive reimbursement ratio can reach 90%, and the medical resources here are richer and more advanced.

Going around such a big circle, why force factory employees to change from full reimbursement to insurance verification?

Actually, from the perspective of factory employees, purchasing insurance for medical treatment at the Joint Hospital costs about the same as medical treatment at the original factory hospital.

The situation of the Red Star Factory Hospital is basically similar to that of factory hospitals in other enterprise units; some specialties are okay, but the overall performance is average.

Not every enterprise has the courage to use this time to crazily absorb medical resources and power.

You can recruit them, but you can't afford to support them.

Although factory employees have to purchase medical insurance themselves, they have sold more comprehensive medical security services; whether the extra 10% is a loss or a gain, everyone has their own scale in their hearts.

Furthermore, the Red Star Steel Group has not completely canceled the establishment of the factory hospital, it will just gradually reform.

The full reimbursement system will still exist, but the medical services that can be provided will be reduced.

To what extent will it be reduced?

Li Xuewu's opinion is that the factory hospital will be broken into pieces, and a community medical system will be built in several major residential and commercial areas of the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone to meet daily medical needs.

That is to say, the work functions of the factory hospital and the welfare system of full reimbursement will be transferred to community clinics.

The scale is smaller, the distance to employees and families is closer, and it is more effective to do a good job of protection and service.

Looking back at the construction of the Joint Hospital and the promotion of medical insurance, the Red Star Steel Group is playing a big game.

First, by fully reforming medical care into medical insurance, the Red Star Steel Group can save at least several million in medical expenses every year.

This part is mainly composed of medical expenditures and insurance premiums paid. As mentioned earlier, regardless of whether factory employees have sought medical treatment, they must pay 15% of insurance premiums to the General Trade Union every year.

Now it is to break this system; the Red Star Steel Group wants to use the profits of the Joint Hospital to reduce this part of the expenditure.

Turning spending money into saving money, and into making money.

Compare the medical system of the entire Four-Nine City; except for those special medical service institutions, which one can compare to the Joint Hospital?

Xiehe and Youhao are also not as good.

The factory hospital that Old Li cares about is to be relocated, the Joint Savings Bank has also moved into a new office building, and enterprises such as the Labor Service Company and the Sales General Company also have to move out one after another.

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill factory area can clearly see that personnel have decreased and departments have been built.

Even the office environment, which has been increasingly tense since last year, has been alleviated, and some offices have even been emptied.

There are five office buildings in the office area; a year ago, everyone was breaking their heads to fight for office positions, but now no one is fighting.

After the surge in government office personnel, the Red Star Factory began government personnel reform; branch factories and subsidiaries and other first-level, second-level, and third-level branch institutions gradually established government offices, and corresponding personnel were transferred down to fill the positions.

After the Steel City Steel Rolling Mill government office was established, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill government office gradually transitioned to the group government office.

The government cadres who remained here were mainly divided into three batches.

First are the cadres and officers who have been determined to be incorporated into the group government office, second are the cadres and officers who are temporarily stationed and responsible for steel rolling business, and finally are the cadres and employees trained for the New Jingyi Steel Rolling Mill.

Group cadres and employees will move directly to the group office building at the end of next year or the beginning of the year after next.

The steel rolling mill stationed cadres and employees will move to Steel City along with the steel rolling mill employees; some of these people hold cadre positions in the Steel City Steel Rolling Mill and will take up their posts directly after moving.

The cadres and employees trained for the New Jingyi Steel Rolling Mill will be transferred to the new steel rolling mill belonging to Jingcheng Industry along with the existing equipment of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

With three streams of diversion, the office buildings here will really be empty.

Actually, since this year, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill factory area has already closed some workshops and transferred some cadres and employees one after another.

Steel City Industry has integrated hardware industry, electronic industry, metallurgical industry, etc., and the supporting industries needed by the steel rolling mill can be produced and processed from Steel City, even if transportation costs are added, it is lower than here.

Relocation is definitely not a one-day job; it is a gradual process.

The closed workshops, adjusted departments, and transferred personnel are all in the overall planning scheme.

But the manifested situation is that the Red Star Factory is gradually becoming empty, although this emptiness is relative.

When Li Xuewu first arrived at the Red Star Factory, the number of factory employees was only a little over 10,000; now, even with gradual relocation, there are still nearly 30,000 people in the factory area.

The steel rolling industry works in three shifts, and it is necessary to over-fulfill some tasks within two years and do a good job of planned reserves during the relocation period.

Why does Old Li care about the relocation work of employees and departments?

Very simple, whether the department moves or the person moves, it equals personnel movement, and he has been doing this for the past two years.

Do you think Old Li only knows how to shout "keep playing music, keep dancing"?

Li Xuewu has worked with him for more than two years and knows Li Huai De too well, including these actions of his.

Li Huai De has only fully taken over the work of the Red Star Factory for a little over two years, and he had never paid attention to personnel training work before.

At least not as much as he does now.

You can't say he is a bear breaking corn; he wanted to intervene in personnel work before, but could Yang Fengshan and Yang Yuansong give him this opportunity?

A deputy factory director in charge of logistics work, it's not bad to be able to keep an eye on the personnel of the logistics, service, and security departments.

Actually, looking back from now, these people under Old Li's command are still very capable.

Of course, the main persons in charge of the three departments were defeated one after another, and in the end, only one Dong Wenxue followed him out.

This must be said that Dong Wenxue has a good wife and a good student, otherwise he would have folded in the first year he went to Steel City.

The road of official career is really full of dangers; those without certain ability should never force themselves to rush forward, harming others and themselves.

"What did Director Li talk to you about?"

Jing Yunong sat on the stool in front of the dressing table, wiped her hair with a towel, and looked at Li Xuewu lying on the bed behind her through the mirror.

This bad guy is becoming more and more presumptuous with her; they clearly agreed to go to the guest house if there was something, but he insisted on coming home.

Are men all so vulgar?

Although the master bedroom is not as good as the living room, with so many photo frames hanging, there is also her family photo at the head of the bed.

Li Xuewu only has this little bad taste, insisting on pressing her down, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally facing the photo frame; she was going to be furious.

Also, since he came home, he coaxed her into wearing the clothes she usually wears to work, and called her Deputy Director Ji in bed...

This bastard! Just full of tricks.

"Chatting about this and that, who knows." Li Xuewu lay on the bed, squinting his eyes slightly, sizing up the person in front of the dressing table.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Jing Yunong turned her head back in dissatisfaction and looked at Li Xuewu, "Don't say you were just chatting nonsense."

"You really hit the nail on the head."

Li Xuewu lifted the thin quilt, got off the bed, stood up, and walked to the bathroom, saying carelessly: "He is always evasive and mysterious, don't you know him?"

"Hmph—" Jing Yunong glared at his back with slight dissatisfaction and said: "You two are birds of a feather, six of one and half a dozen of the other."

"You overestimate me; when it comes to talking nonsense, I can't compare to Director Li's ability." Li Xuewu's voice came intermittently from the bathroom, accompanied by splashing sounds, "He told me he wants to put playing mahjong into this year's autumn sports meeting projects."

"You two just talked about this when you were together?"

Jing Yunong's action of wiping the cosmetics in her hand paused; she tilted her head to listen to the movement in the bathroom and asked: "Didn't talk about work?"

"Talked about it, said you lost your temper at him."

Li Xuewu seemed to be taking a bath, and replied to her: "It's about this year's financial budget and the progress of expense usage; he asked me to suspend the development and promotion of some projects."

Explaining this, he seemed to remember something, poked his head out from the bathroom door and asked: "Did you really lose your temper at him?"

"Just expressing a normal attitude." Jing Yunong said nonchalantly: "Not losing temper is not enough to express the financial situation."

"Hmm, that's what I said; besides losing temper at me, how could you get tough with Old Li?"

After he finished saying this, he flashed back into the bathroom to continue taking a bath, but he didn't see Jing Yunong glaring at him reproachfully.

Who is to blame for her image in the government office now?

Isn't it because she cooperated with Li Xuewu's performance that she, the financial vice president, became the image of a mother-night-demon?

What's hateful and annoying is that Li Xuewu is addicted to playing, wanting her to continue like this, shaping her into an image of a cold-faced and upright person.

It's like this at work, in bed... forget it, won't say anymore.

"What are you considering?" After applying the skin cream, she came to the bathroom door, hugged her arms, looked at the naked Li Xuewu, and asked: "About Li Huai De, about these people in the leadership team."

"What I consider is not important; what's important is what they consider." Li Xuewu looked at the toiletries on the shelf and turned back to ask: "What does your husband usually use to wash his hair?"

"I'm talking to you seriously!" Jing Yunong glared at him, and seeing his speechless appearance, she still went in and found him soap.

Of course, it wasn't her husband's; it was what she used herself.

"What I said is also serious." Li Xuewu said while washing his hair: "The current situation is that it is better to be quiet than to move."

"You know about Old Su's actions during this period, right?" He raised his head and looked at Jing Yunong at the door and said: "Don't think that just because Old Li wants to stabilize the situation, he will let him jump around."

"Do you know what Su Weide is seeking?"

Jing Yunong hung the towel from the shelf on the bathroom handrail, glanced at him, and reminded: "You should be careful."

"Know, how could I not know." Li Xuewu laughed: "He almost pointed at my nose and scolded me; don't I know what he wants to do?"

"It's nothing more than the management authority of the Workers' Propaganda Team; he still wants to make a fuss in this field; after all, it is what he is most familiar with."

"You know and still tolerate him?" Jing Yunong raised her eyebrows slightly, seemingly instigating: "This doesn't look like your temper."

"What kind of temper do I have? I am quite cultivated now." Li Xuewu wiped the water off his face, looked at Jing Yunong, and smiled wickedly: "Don't fight back when beaten, don't scold back when scolded, be an honest person."

"Hehe—not funny at all." Jing Yunong grinned, turned around, and said: "You are going to deal with Li Huai De."

She walked back to the master bedroom, pulled her bath towel, returned to the door, and waited for Li Xuewu to come out.

"Don't play too hard; Li Huai De is in this position, better than anyone else, including Gu Weijie and Dong Wenxue."

"You think too much; Old Li is not bad to me, how could I calculate against him." Li Xuewu walked out, took the pink bath towel from her hand, looked at it, and wrapped it around his body carelessly, "To put it in the language of the underworld, we have the feelings of brothers and beloved relatives."

"Hmm, hearing you say that, I am even more certain." Jing Yunong rolled her eyes at him, returned to the master bedroom, leaned against the dressing table, and said lightly: "I'm just reminding you, don't get carried away."

"Look, you still don't understand me." Li Xuewu walked to her, lifted her chin, and said seriously: "Even if I get carried away, I won't lose my shape, and I won't forget you."

"Go away—" Jing Yunong couldn't stand his virtue, patted his hand away, and scolded: "You pay attention in the future, don't..."

Don't what, she was too embarrassed to say it, but the reproachful expression already explained everything.

"Alright, since you don't like it." Li Xuewu smiled, pulled over his clothes, and put them on, "Next time I'll prepare a place and make an appointment with you."

"Still saying you won't get carried away." Jing Yunong hummed, her tone somewhat desolate: "I don't know what I'm thinking, making mistake after mistake."

"Sigh—" Hearing her words, Li Xuewu shook his head and sighed: "I knew there would be such a day; it's all my fault, okay? You must not bear these pressures; blame me, blame me."

He stood up, put on his pants, and said: "It's all my unrestrained nature, coveting your beauty, tempting you, seducing you..."

"Shut up—" Jing Yunong was embarrassed by what he said, and the little guilt and emotion in her heart dissipated.

He is the best at talking nonsense; otherwise, how could he get together with Li Huai De?

"If you regret it now, it's still not too late." Li Xuewu pulled up his pants and wanted to deny everything, "It's still not too late to rein in at the brink of the precipice."

"Don't look at me with that kind of eyes."

Seeing Jing Yunong squinting and staring at him, Li Xuewu twitched the corners of his mouth, put on his shirt, and said: "I am serious about you."

"Full of nonsense." Jing Yunong was too lazy to listen to his flickering anymore; this person says ten sentences, nine and a half are fake; whoever believes him is a big fool, "Go away, go away, I don't want to see you now."

"How sad this makes me." Li Xuewu dressed neatly, raised his eyebrows at the person who was losing patience, and smiled wickedly: "You have to wear the clothes I gave you; they were specially ordered for you."

"Get lost, so much nonsense."

After driving Li Xuewu out, the anger on Jing Yunong's face turned into a blush; she thought of the gifts he gave.

This person has no proper form, even giving gifts is accompanied by playfulness.

If she really wore the clothes he gave, she was afraid she wouldn't even dare to go out, and would be ashamed to death.

However, he is not always without proper form; the clothes he gave were jokes to tease her, but the watches and jewelry were real gold and jade, looking very valuable.

Why does Jing Yunong dare to accept the gifts he gave? Even she herself can't explain it clearly.

Their special relationship, just using middle-aged and husband-and-wife-like-brothers to describe it is not comprehensive; perhaps there is also resistance to a dull life, wanting to seek some excitement.

Or to be more blunt, as the Red Star Factory moves toward the group, the organizational ecology becomes more complex, and she needs a complete help.

Being able to persist from the Red Star Factory stage to the group, this pressure is something ordinary people cannot imagine.

She had also resisted and persisted, but was defeated by reality, proving that she, who lacked grassroots work experience and experience, was not enough to take charge alone.

A Li Xuewu, cooperating with Li Huai De, could beat her to a pulp, and still talk about taking charge alone.

So if you can't beat them, join them; having work experience in ministries and commissions, she could easily find her survival position.

Being with Li Xuewu, she didn't suffer a loss; it's not to say physically and mentally, mainly at work.

Such a relationship helped her quickly determine her position in the organizational ecology and resolve the crisis from behind.

She could truly feel the attitude from Li Huai De's side, and at the same time, she didn't have to bear the pressure from Li Xuewu's side.

So in the year since being with him, she has become more and more like a fish in water at work, steady and capable.

To say she takes care of Li Xuewu, it's better to say Li Xuewu helps her; both sides have their own gains.

Li Xuewu is involved with multiple leadership team members, has a huge relationship network within the group, and has unique personality charm.

It's hard to say whether Li Huai De chose him as his successor to cultivate, or Li Xuewu chose Li Huai De as his pillar to support.

The seemingly calm group ecology is actually surging with undercurrents; the waves stirred up by Su Weide are only on the surface; at a deeper level, perhaps there are external forces coveting the group's interests.

From the middle of the year, Jing Yunong clearly felt that Li Xuewu had made arrangements, seemingly targeting Li Huai De.

But it doesn't make sense in principle; she doesn't think the situation she can see is something Li Xuewu can't see.

At this time, it is absolutely not suitable to knock down Li Huai De, or replacing anyone else would not be as good as Li Huai De.

Whether it is Gu Weijie or Dong Wenxue, it is impossible to get the trust from above and master the Red Star Steel Group.

The result of acting rashly is that the group's organizational ecology falls apart; when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman gains.

But if it's not targeting Li Huai De, then who are Li Xuewu's seemingly targeting actions against?

First, she can be excluded; having discussed with Li Xuewu long ago, she is really not suitable for business work.

Li Xuewu's advice to her is to give up fantasies, focus on financial work, and just be the group's God of Wealth.

Actually, doing financial work is not bad; once she really gave up business and political direction, she was much more relaxed.

More importantly, the development prospects are bright, and the above will definitely see her ability in financial management.

She is confident that she will not compete with Li Xuewu's faction for anything; Li Xuewu should be able to trust her, so she excluded herself first.

Gu Weijie? Dong Wenxue?

She understands these two people; they are involved with Li Xuewu to a certain extent, and it is impossible to have contradictions.

Xue Zhifu? Cheng Kaiyuan?

These two are possible; Cheng Kaiyuan has had Li Xuewu's shadow in several encounters; it's hard to say whether Old Cheng hates Li Xuewu now.

Things in the government office are hard to explain; even if he says he doesn't hate him now, once there is an opportunity, who knows if he will change his face.

As for Xue Zhifu, she really can't understand this person; conservative, isolated, he is the most solid party in the group's work.

Even Li Huai De can't take him down, and he doesn't stand in the organizational ecology; recently he has been very close to Cheng Kaiyuan.

Can't say they sympathize with each other, but Cheng Kaiyuan did get a lot of his support and help; being able to quickly restore work status is inseparable from Xue Zhifu's help.

Besides these people, only the few new leadership team members are left.

Su Weide doesn't need to be said; Li Xuewu must have made arrangements; what about Gao Yaqin and Zhang Jinsong?

Although Li Xuewu didn't say it clearly, she also understood a lot; Gao Yaqin should have been invited by Li Xuewu to the Red Star Factory.

Or rather, it was the two of them planning.

Gao Yaqin is responsible for economic work in the group; it is precisely the work content that she and Li Xuewu were separated from by Li Huai De.

Don't know if Li Huai De saw Gao Yaqin's relationship with Li Xuewu, but even if he saw it, Jing Yunong believes Old Li wouldn't express his attitude.

Politics is like this; once you buy, you can't regret it.

Li Xuewu can arrange for people to take over the work he threw out and continue to exert influence on the group's economic work; that is his ability.

But Old Li separating his and Jing Yunong's influence is also a kind of ability; this is the art of compromise.

This person Zhang Jinsong is still quite special; from his personality, it can be seen that he doesn't get along with the leadership team members.

Old Li also seemed to have thought about recruiting him, but didn't see any indication from Zhang Jinsong; seemingly relying on the relationship from above, he is waiting for an opportunity in the group to fly into the sky.

Thinking about this series of things, Jing Yunong pondered for a long time, but couldn't figure out who Li Xuewu was calculating against.

It couldn't be the sickling Xiong Bencheng; that person spends 360 days a year in the factory hospital; Li Xuewu doesn't need to be like this.

The most likely thing is that Li Xuewu is about to go to Steel City, and the series of actions and layouts are for the convenience of future work.

At the same time, he is also guarding against Old Li or others taking advantage of the void during his time in Steel City and the period when Dong Wenxue is transferred back to Beijing and cannot quickly take over the work.

So, it's August; what timing will Li Huai De choose to transfer Dong Wenxue back to Beijing and transfer Li Xuewu to Steel City?

Many people are sharpening their knives, waiting for the opportunity.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1323 =====