Chapter 1337: If the three of you live your lives well, that is better than anything else

"Hiss—ah—"

Nie Xiaoguang hissed out a puff of white air and looked up at the night sky; it seemed like light snow was falling.

"What the hell kind of weather is this? It's only early October, and it's freezing enough to kill someone in the middle of the night."

The weather in the capital is different every year; whether it gets cold early or late depends entirely on when the cold air from Inner Mongolia arrives.

Of course, if you ask where the cold air from Inner Mongolia comes from, you have to ask Siberia.

In any case, the weather this year is a bit different; when there's sun during the day, you feel hot even in short sleeves.

But once the sun sets, you feel a bit cold if you don't wear a jacket.

If it's truly the middle of the night, you'll shiver from the cold just by throwing on a jacket to go to the bathroom; it wouldn't be surprising if you peed on your pant legs.

Nie Xiaoguang certainly wouldn't go looking for trouble by running to the train station in the middle of the night to watch snowflakes.

He lit another cigarette, glanced back at the direction of the car, couldn't help but sigh, and continued standing at the exit.

No choice; it was a task assigned by the leader, and he couldn't be half-hearted. The train might be late, but his service couldn't be.

After finishing most of a Great Front Gate cigarette, his ears twitched, and he finally heard the movement of the train.

It had finally arrived. Even if you couldn't count on trains being on time these days, it shouldn't be this unreliable.

The train that should have arrived after seven in the evening was now nearly eleven o'clock; the station attendant's throat was already hoarse from shouting.

Hearing the train pull into the station on the platform and the subsequent noise, Nie Xiaoguang tossed his cigarette butt into the trash can. Relying on a bit of brute, unreasonable force, he squeezed to the very front, ready to meet the arrival.

From the moment the first passenger with a large bag exited, he began searching for her figure. After waiting for quite a while, he finally saw Zhou Xiaobai, dressed in a stylish outfit, appear in the passageway.

"Over here—" Nie Xiaoguang shouted loudly.

He didn't care about the strange looks from the people around him; he waved his hand, pointing to the other side of the exit.

Zhou Xiaobai waved back, carrying her luggage and a small bag, and walked out along the edge of the crowd.

"You've been waiting until now?" Zhou Xiaobai looked with some surprise at Nie Xiaoguang, who had a look of reluctance on his face.

"Otherwise?" Nie Xiaoguang wasn't overly polite; he took the luggage from her hands and turned to walk toward the parking lot.

"I even calculated the time to come; I was afraid the train would arrive early." He was truly freezing, and his pace quickened significantly. "And look at this, it's a full four hours late."

"Damn, don't even mention it. I was about to suffocate on the train."

You see, Nie Xiaoguang wasn't polite when talking to Zhou Xiaobai, and Zhou Xiaobai spoke the same way, full of a rough, worldly air.

Young people can always find a frequency to get along, such as the tone of voice and style of doing things.

It wasn't strange at all that Nie Xiaoguang knew Zhou Xiaobai; having been in the leader's car several times, he had long since become familiar with this girl.

Although he wasn't entirely clear about her relationship with Li Xue, he could tell that Zhou Xiaobai was highly trusted and cared for by him.

And so, after he dropped Li Xue home, he was arranged by the other party to come and pick her up.

This wasn't his first time picking up Zhou Xiaobai, and Zhou Xiaobai had long since gotten familiar with him.

The first time he picked her up, Zhou Xiaobai told him that the only reason she bothered the leader's car was because she didn't want to run into idiots.

According to Zhou Xiaobai, she didn't dare tell anyone here in advance when she returned to the capital now; once she did, there would always be some idiot coming to pick her up.

If they were actually there to pick her up, that would be fine, but on the way back, they would either talk nonsense or just spout rubbish.

Nie Xiaoguang didn't know who the "idiots" she referred to were, but he could tell that this girl was truly fed up.

There wasn't a moment she wasn't annoyed. If it were before, Zhou Xiaobai would have been yearning for and obsessed with love, but now?

Having already tasted the flavor of love, how could she still put her heart into these fleeting, illusory, trivial matters?

Girls always mature earlier than boys, especially girls who have experienced the sublimation of emotions; they all possess a kind of firmness and resolution.

In the words of Zhou Xiaobai to Luo Yun, love is just a moment of pain; once the pain is over, the love is over.

You can't say she gave her whole heart to that person, but the two of them ultimately had a bond and connection, a further step of mutual trust and support.

Over these past few months, Nie Xiaoguang had picked her up several times, and every time he saw her, he could feel her growth.

Her style of speaking and tone were both trending toward maturity and practicality.

You see how straightforward she is when she speaks, sometimes even using a bit of foul language; this is precisely the manifestation of her mindset transitioning toward maturity.

There's no need to care about one's image, and even less need to care about others' opinions; isn't that just the process of a girl becoming a woman?

Rather than being seen by others as a girl, Zhou Xiaobai was more willing to be Li Xue's woman.

She didn't pursue "forever" at all now, because she also knew that was impossible.

Without achievements in her career, she would forever be a vase by his side, one that could be replaced if broken.

She wanted to be a strong person in her career, just like Wu Fengxian, forever respected by him, forever needed by him.

Therefore, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang still hoped to use methods acceptable among young people to trap her feelings; it's easy to imagine how naive and helpless they were in her eyes.

She had already clearly rejected Zhang Haiyang and had also talked with Zhong Yuemin, but the results were poor.

Luo Yun told her it wasn't her fault; it was those two bastards who treated her as a bet, competing for face.

So I, damn it, lived to become "face"!

Zhou Xiaobai was naturally angry; otherwise, why would she call these two bastards idiots? How old were they, yet they only did childish things.

Actually, she hadn't thought that perhaps it wasn't Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang who were naive, but that she had matured too early and too fast.

The circles they were in were different, the people they contacted were different, and the things they learned were different.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang were still the leaders in the old courtyard circle, the prominent figures among the courtyard children.

They had their own pride and comfort zones. Although they knew Zhou Xiaobai's life now was unusual, they had never thought about what the differences were or how big the gap was.

The two of them were like the "yellow-haired" youths of later generations; they didn't care if you were willing or if you liked them. They'd put on tight pants, slide into their slip-on shoes, walk up to you, stretch out a foot, and ask if you liked their style.

You call them idiots, say they are naive, and they don't even understand why you are so rude and lack taste.

Hmm, stealing their father's car to pick someone up, learning to flirt like an adult along the way, talking about news and gossip in the circle—this was the basic routine for the old courtyard boys to pick up girls.

If Zhou Xiaobai were still that naive, pure, and flawless girl in the courtyard, she would have fallen for it long ago.

Now?

Zhou Xiaobai really couldn't be bothered to deal with them; even explaining to them or spending time rejecting them felt like a waste.

A heart that considers itself sincere cannot move a girl who has been fed by money; this is the third law of social dating.

Even a "lick-dog" knows not to lick a mistress.

"Did Li Xue go home?" Once in the car, Zhou Xiaobai rubbed her hands, turned on the heater herself, and asked casually.

Nie Xiaoguang didn't indulge her either, curling his lip and saying, "What time is it now? If the leader isn't home, where else could he go?"

"Damn, did you eat gunpowder—"

Zhou Xiaobai's temper was also sharp, and she retorted, "How would I know someone would damage the roadbed, causing the train to be late until now?"

"If I had really known the train would be late today, I would have changed the time to come back, even if it meant coming back earlier."

"I didn't say anything—" Nie Xiaoguang also knew he couldn't blame Zhou Xiaobai. He turned the steering wheel to drive out, still responding in a resentful tone, "If I could predict the future, I would have come at eleven."

"If you can predict the future, help me predict it too." Zhou Xiaobai took a pair of sunglasses out of her small bag and tossed them to him, retorting, "Predict when my career will advance and wealth will roll in."

"What kind of junk is this? You're giving me sunglasses in the middle of the night?" Nie Xiaoguang was completely ungrateful, complaining as if on purpose, "Wearing this makes me look like a spy or a blind man."

"You look like an idiot wearing them—"

Zhou Xiaobai scolded him irritably, then zipped up her small bag and asked, "Is there any fresh news in the capital recently?"

"You come back two or three times a month, and you're asking me for fresh news?"

Like a pair of fated enemies, Nie Xiaoguang drove while carefully putting away the sunglasses, responding with a constant stream of chatter, "Does it count as fresh news if I'm dating someone?"

"You? Dating? Go date an elephant—" Zhou Xiaobai glanced at him with disdain, then raised an eyebrow and asked, "Don't tell me you actually chased that dancer."

"Hehe, not bad—" Nie Xiaoguang gave a cold laugh and said, "I'm naturally gifted and handsome; isn't it normal for me to win the beauty's heart? Is there any need to be so surprised?"

"More than just a little—" Zhou Xiaobai's mouth curled slightly, looking at him playfully, "You better be careful; there are many kinds of beauties. I think that Han something of yours looks like a femme fatale."

"I don't care what kind of beauty she is; I'm not planning on being with her for long anyway." Nie Xiaoguang fully displayed the characteristics of a "yellow-haired" youth, saying nonchalantly, "I just heard Li Xue mention it, and I had nothing to do usually, so I'm just chasing her for fun."

"You're truly disgusting—"

Zhou Xiaobai had naturally seen Han Lu in Tianjin and had also heard Wu Shufang introduce her identity.

At least Wu Shufang had a child, had her own career, and was more respected and trusted by Li Xue.

What kind of "little cookie" was this Han Lu? She wasn't even as good as that Zhou Miaomiao from before; she was purely an idiot.

She had long known that Nie Xiaoguang was pursuing her. At first, she thought it was quite interesting, and she was even prepared to tell the other party about Han Lu's relationship with Li Huai De once Nie Xiaoguang succeeded or failed.

But as it turned out, Nie Xiaoguang had even less of a bottom line than she imagined; he was purely scum.

Perhaps Han Lu had other motives for agreeing to his pursuit, but Nie Xiaoguang had been plotting from the start; the two of them were just a pair of pieces of trash coming together.

At the thought of the two of them together, Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help but shake her head. Although she had already become indifferent to love, she still couldn't accept this kind of complicated emotional entanglement.

Besides calling it disgusting, what else could she say? Could you ask her to say, "The three of you living your lives well is better than anything else"?

"The even more disgusting part is yet to come." Nie Xiaoguang wasn't ashamed of Zhou Xiaobai's words, saying calmly, "Han Lu has agreed to the pursuit of several people at the same time and is asking us for National Day gifts."

"What the hell? National Day gifts?"

Zhou Xiaobai suddenly widened her eyes, astonished by Han Lu's behavior.

"Let's not even discuss what gifts to give when dating during National Day; just look at how long National Day has damn well passed."

She leaned against the seat, looked at Nie Xiaoguang, and asked, "Is something wrong with your brain, or is something wrong with hers?"

"There's nothing wrong with our brains." Nie Xiaoguang said lightly, "But if I really followed her lead, then there would be something wrong with my brain."

"So, did you break up?"

Zhou Xiaobai became interested, asking curiously and excitedly, "Did you really not give her any gifts?"

"Don't talk nonsense, we're doing great." Nie Xiaoguang glanced back at her, then turned his head to continue driving, saying, "She's about to love me to death; of course I have to give her my sincerity."

"What kind of rubbish—" Zhou Xiaobai said dissatisfiedly, "You just said that giving her gifts meant having something wrong with your brain."

"Does a heart-shaped stone count as sincerity?"

Nie Xiaoguang's mouth curled slightly, and he said confidently, "I searched all the rivers near the capital and found a heart-shaped stone to give her, representing my sincere feelings for her, unwavering until death."

"What the hell? A heart-shaped stone?"

Zhou Xiaobai hadn't expected him to be shameless to such an extent, further refreshing her understanding of this kid.

"So she makes up an excuse to ask for gifts, and you actually give her a piece of junk stone?"

She began to doubt life; she now felt that Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang were so cute and pure.

Nie Xiaoguang didn't care about her tone, saying with some self-satisfaction, "I still remember the expression on her face when she received the gift; it was so surprised, stunned, flustered, and had a little bit of indescribable emotion."

"She wasn't wanting to call you a big idiot, was she?" Zhou Xiaobai laughed, "Tell me the truth, where did you get this stone?"

"Don't damn tell me you painstakingly picked it up from some river in the whole city; I've played all over the capital and haven't seen any heart-shaped stones."

"That's because you were careless. You have to search for true love with sincerity; this is the witness of our love."

Nie Xiaoguang suddenly looked at her with disdain and said, "You don't understand love at all."

"If you keep blowing smoke, believe it or not, I'll slap you." Zhou Xiaobai raised her palm, questioning, "Where did the stone come from? Did you grind it yourself?"

"How would I have the time for that?"

Nie Xiaoguang laughed. He wasn't afraid of Zhou Xiaobai blabbing to others, saying, "A buddy of our leader, in order to fool his wife, got a lot of these things from the grinding workshop, and I just happened to take one."

"Damn—"

Zhou Xiaobai had truly learned something today; no wonder Li Xue had once told her that where there is a "Crouching Dragon," there must be a "Young Phoenix."

Bastards always appear in batches!

"So you drivers in the car pool just ponder how to fool silly girls when you have nothing to do."

"Don't say it like that; we also gave our sincerity." Nie Xiaoguang emphasized seriously, "Take the guy who made this thing; he's the leader's secretary."

He looked back at Zhou Xiaobai and asked, "You know Deputy Director Su, right? It's his secretary, named Gu Cheng."

"He just said, when giving gifts to your wife, the value isn't important; what's important is sincerity and emotion."

Nie Xiaoguang became more amused as he spoke, laughing, "He found a pile of pebbles to grind and chose the best one."

"As for me, I wanted to save trouble, so I followed his 'sincerity' and just picked up one he had discarded to give to Han Lu."

"Damn, Han Lu fed her sincerity to a dog." Zhou Xiaobai teased, "She probably didn't expect you to be such a bastard."

"We're even," Nie Xiaoguang said nonchalantly, "She understands my ulterior motives, and I understand her accidental pregnancy."

"What the hell—!!!"

As if hearing some earth-shattering secret, Zhou Xiaobai's voice rose by more than one level, startling Nie Xiaoguang.

"Big sister, I'm driving in the middle of the night; are you trying to scare me?"

"You're the one scaring me—" Zhou Xiaobai looked at him and asked, "What you just said, Han Lu is pregnant?"

"It's not yours, why are you so surprised—"

Nie Xiaoguang glanced at her and said, "I'm not even surprised; aren't you acting a bit too excited?"

"Damn—" Zhou Xiaobai now regretted being too reserved and choosing the back seat when she got in the car.

She now wished she could jump into the passenger seat to hear this gossip.

Seeing Han Lu being so arrogant in Tianjin, it turns out there was a reason for it.

Isn't this just putting on a show of "using the child to command the princes" for old Li?

"What does Han Lu mean? Accepting the pursuit of you guys at the same time."

She leaned on the back of the passenger seat, looking at Nie Xiaoguang with glowing eyes, and asked, "She wouldn't be trying to find a father for the child in her belly, would she?"

"Does that even need guessing?" Nie Xiaoguang said coolly, "If I told this to the idiot in the alley, even he could guess it."

"Go to hell—"

Zhou Xiaobai wanted to hit him, then asked curiously, "Does Director Li know about this? Does Li Xue know?"

"I don't know, I said I don't know." Nie Xiaoguang shook his head and said, "I wouldn't tell the leader about these messy things."

"And then?" Zhou Xiaobai asked quite curiously, "Was she moved by your stone and wants you to be the father?"

"Maybe, I don't really understand."

Nie Xiaoguang said, "I'm thinking about whether to take this loss and then let her give birth to the child and beat it from small to big."

"You're truly perverted—"

Zhou Xiaobai knew quite a lot; she knew everything about Li Huai De without Li Xue having to tell her.

Now that she heard Han Lu was pregnant, it couldn't be the moon's fault; old Li probably didn't expect to flip his car here.

Seeing old Li taking Han Lu to Tianjin to coax her, perhaps he was planning to discuss how to deal with this unexpected surprise.

Come to think of it, it's quite funny; old Li is over forty, and I heard he's about to be a grandfather, yet now he's got a child.

If Han Lu really gives birth, old Li might have to follow in Cheng Kaiyuan's footsteps and have no face to stay at the Red Star Steel Group.

Zhou Xiaobai still wanted to ask Nie Xiaoguang to talk more about these things, but the car had already arrived downstairs at the International Hotel.

Even if she wanted to listen, Nie Xiaoguang didn't want to waste his rest time; he dropped her luggage and ran.

Zhou Xiaobai, on the other hand, watched the Volga car leave with great interest, a small, fox-like smile on her lips.

No one knew what bad things she was thinking about.

The weather was getting colder day by day, and the sky was getting dark earlier day by day; before, when getting off work at 6 o'clock, it was still bright, but now it was dark just after five.

Bai Changshan had just left Li Xue's office; he had come to report and coordinate some work regarding the Comprehensive Management Department.

According to work procedures, he should report to Deputy Secretary-General Bu Qingfang, and then Bu Qingfang would coordinate with him.

Even if Bu Qingfang had gone for training and wasn't there, it should have been the more enthusiastic Liang Zuodong who came to show his face.

It's just that Liang Zuodong had been very low-key recently; no one knew if he had a guilty conscience or had heard something, but in any case, he was very quiet.

Li Xue felt he was throwing a tantrum because he hadn't been promoted when the Comprehensive Management Department was formed.

Wang Lu had another guess about this; she felt more like Deputy Manager Liang was biding his time and playing hide-and-seek.

Because she saw Deputy Director Liang practicing calligraphy in his office, as if he were cultivating his character and keeping a low profile.

"Is it a bit late to think about keeping a low profile only when the knife is at your neck?"

Peng Xiaoli came here to handle some business and was whispering gossip with Wang Lu at the office door.

Wang Lu had a good relationship with him; it was almost time to get off work, and she had no intention of going back to the office to pretend to be busy.

"You might not know, in Tianjin..."

"What don't I know?" Before Wang Lu could finish, Peng Xiaoli looked at her with amusement and said, "I know everything."

"Oh, I forgot." Wang Lu looked at him with a smile and said, "You're the famous 'thousand-mile eye' and 'wind-following ear' in our agency."

"Stop mocking me; I call this 'ears listening in all directions'." Peng Xiaoli's voice was very low, but he could ensure Wang Lu heard him; this was a basic skill.

"I heard Director Li criticized him by name?"

"I didn't hear it with my own ears; who did you hear it from?" Wang Lu pursed her lips and looked at him, saying, "Can you reveal your source?"

"What for?" Peng Xiaoli teased with a smile, "Want to learn my 'ears listening in all directions'?"

"Get lost—" Wang Lu curled her lip and said, "I was in Tianjin at the time; do you think I know less than you?"

"That's not necessarily true." Peng Xiaoli curled his lip and said, "The Discipline Inspection side sent people to Tianjin; do you know about this?"

"Hmm? You know this too?"

Wang Lu looked at him in surprise, nodded, and explained, "I also heard a good sister mention it to me."

"Well, you were saying that about me." Peng Xiaoli heard her use the joking tone of "good sister" and knew what she meant.

This Wang Lu was becoming more and more successful in the agency, and naturally, she had more "good sisters."

As for whether it was sincere, you could tell just by looking at the expression on Wang Lu's face.

Everyone treated her as a "silly big sister," and no one knew who was the silly one.

The embarrassing incident of setting fire to her boyfriend's house could be talked about for a lifetime, but it also became her sincere protective umbrella.

Who would have the heart to guard against or plot against her? They were the ones being plotted against by her.

The two of them were whispering outside, and Li Xue heard the noise in his office, but he didn't go out.

Regarding Liang Zuodong's matter, Li Huai De's attitude couldn't determine his own, and he wouldn't make any over-the-top reactions.

Since he had already chosen to "forgive" Liang Zuodong's reckless behavior, he wouldn't settle old scores now.

The punishment that should have been given had been given; if he didn't restrain himself next, he could only blame himself for courting death.

If you ask him how he views Liang Zuodong's current behavior, Li Xue can only use one word to describe it: "the thief's heart is not dead."

Old Li told him that a dog can't change its habit of eating excrement, and Li Xue had never hoped that a dog could learn to handle problems rationally.

Liang Zuodong putting on a show in the office actually gave Bai Changshan a chance to perform.

Li Xue didn't actually give anyone special care, but since Bai Changshan was interested, he couldn't just ignore it.

Therefore, for a period of time recently, the atmosphere in the Comprehensive Management Department had become strange.

Although there were two deputy managers, the only one who actually stood up to handle things was Bai Changshan.

This person was a trainee entrusted by the New Beijing First Factory to the Red Star Steel Group, but now he had become a main cadre of the group.

Don't say there are bad people in the agency; these clerks have the most poisonous eyes and do things even more ruthlessly.

When they were first arranged by Liang Zuodong to hand over work to Deputy Manager Bai Changshan, these bad people consciously isolated him.

On the surface, they would naturally still go to ask for instructions, but after a long time, how could Liang Zuodong not know?

It's just that he wanted to clean up the old mountains and rivers, but the leader had been slow to express an attitude. Regarding those words from Director Li, the Secretary-General didn't seem to have decided how to deal with him yet.

Liang Zuodong was also filled with grief and indignation, not knowing what kind of punishment he would receive. With his heart hanging in his throat, how could he carry out work?

The current situation was that he was worried about doing more and making more mistakes, so he did nothing to avoid mistakes, waiting for Li Xue's follow-up.

But Li Xue was slow to provide a follow-up, and his prestige in work was about to be exhausted; if he didn't handle work anymore, he would be finished.

This was still him crippling his own martial arts, and there was nowhere to reason.

On October 8th, the Comprehensive Management Department coordinated the Sales General Company and the Gan Province Office to dock, delivering two Hongtu buses.

On October 9th, the Comprehensive Management Department coordinated the Sales General Company to deliver 1 Hongtu bus to the French Foreign Affairs Office.

In the following days, the Comprehensive Management Department received and coordinated with the British Foreign Affairs Office and other provincial and government offices one after another.

During this period, Liang Zuodong never showed his face; all the coordination work was done by Bai Changshan.

On October 15th, following the oxygen top-blown technology introduced in October last year, the blast furnace heavy oil injection technology introduced in April this year, and the blast furnace high-temperature and high-pressure technology introduced in June, the Red Star Steel Group received steelmaking deoxidation technology obtained from West Germany and continuous casting technology introduced from Switzerland from the Santa Ya Group.

Once these technologies are deployed, the metallurgical and rolling technology of the Red Star Steel Group will inevitably develop rapidly.

This year, thousands of gas tanks were sold; if there is more advanced technology, I believe more gas tanks will go abroad in the future.

In order to coordinate and dock the technology settlement in Steel City, the group needs to arrange for people to go to Steel City with the Santa Ya Group to dock.

Originally, this kind of thing required Li Xue to make a trip, but the current situation is a bit complicated, and his appearance in Steel City might cause a sensitive reaction.

So Li Xue made the decision to arrange for Bu Qingfang, who had just completed training, to go to Steel City.

While completing the technology handover with the Santa Ya Group, she also had to accompany Deputy Director Gao to attend the sea trial ceremony of the second 15,000-ton container ship of the Oriental Shipping Company.

The manufacturing capacity and speed of the Ying City Shipbuilding Company have been improved by leaps and bounds, and the time to build a 10,000-ton cargo ship has been greatly shortened.

It takes three months to complete the construction of a large ship, which is already at the first-tier level in the country.

It can be seen that "closing the door to build a car" is not as fast as technology introduction and development.

Li Xue ultimately prioritized the overall situation and was unwilling to have problems under his command just as he was about to take office in Steel City.

So Bu Qingfang went to Steel City, and he arranged for Liang Zuodong to accompany her.

Yu Li Xue's words, it was to arrange for Deputy Manager Liang to go out and relax, so as not to always be stuck in the office practicing calligraphy.

The young people in the agency have sharp tongues, saying that there is a stench in Deputy Manager Liang's office that has drifted to the cafeteria.

Children who practice calligraphy and brush writing in later generations may not know that the ink used in the past was smelly.

Whether writing large characters or practicing calligraphy, one had to endure that stench like farts.

However, saying that the stench in the office drifted to the cafeteria was a bit exaggerated; it was clearly mocking Deputy Manager Liang for spilling too much ink.

If I had known this, why would I have done it in the first place?

"Secretary-General, I have come to report work to you."

Yi Honglei cautiously entered Li Xue's office; it was Wang Lu who brought him over, and the itinerary had been scheduled long ago.

Li Xue had also just finished his work and was standing at the washbasin at the door washing his face.

"Hmm, don't be polite, sit in the room."

He greeted Yi Honglei, took a towel from the washstand to wipe his face and hands, and then walked behind the office desk.

"Is the work smoothed out? How long have you been there?"

"Ten days, I've just roughly sorted it out."

Since that time he privately invited Li Xue to dinner, Yi Honglei had transferred according to the organizational process and went to the Beijing Freight Station.

The Beijing Freight Station had so many problems that the Beijing Railway Station had to agree to the Red Star Steel Group sending cadres to be stationed there.

Yi Honglei was promoted by half a level, but he truly gained benefits and solved the treatment problem in one step.

He sat straight across from Li Xue's desk and seriously reported the situation and work status after going to the recycling station.

Li Xue listened carefully, even took some notes, and expressed his support and trust in his work.

"Has the work of the radio station been handed over?"

After listening to Yi Honglei finish, Li Xue didn't immediately comment or give instructions, but asked about the radio station.

Yi Honglei was also very clear that the Secretary-General attached great importance to propaganda work and was even more concerned about such an important department as the radio station.

So before coming, he had already prepared to answer corresponding questions.

As soon as Li Xue finished asking, he replied: "Comrade Yu Haitang has rich work experience after all, and the handover was very easy. She has now begun to be fully responsible for relevant work."

That's right, Yi Honglei transferred from the Red Star United Radio Station, and Deputy Station Master Yu Haitang successfully took over.

She suppressed a group of deputy station masters with older qualifications, and by virtue of her solid work over the past two years, outstanding achievements, and Li Huai De's support, she became the station master.

Hmm, Li Xue didn't play any role in it at all, and Yu Haitang was also very sensible and didn't come to disturb him.

With Director Li's trust and support, as a member of the Youth Commando, she would naturally get what she wanted.

Li Xue was very optimistic about the radio station; in the future, the station master of the radio station would be a deputy-division-level cadre.

Even if it were a low-level configuration, it would have to be a regular-section-level; Yu Haitang had old Li's support, so she really picked up a big bargain.

If Yi Honglei had left a few years later, she wouldn't have been able to stand out, and there wouldn't have been this opportunity for the "old to leave and the new to not yet arrive."

"Comrade Yu Haitang is the station master of the radio station." Li Xue put down the fountain pen in his hand and looked at Yi Honglei and asked: "What about her original position? Are there any other personnel changes?"

"Yes, I recommended Comrade Yuan Hua to the organization."

Yi Honglei was very frank in front of Li Xue and took the initiative to report: "Comrade Yuan Hua has reliable political literacy and is serious and responsible in his work... That's why I recommended him."

These are all set phrases and nonsense; the main reason why Yi Honglei recommended him probably involved other relationships.

But Li Xue didn't care about this; at his current position, it would be endless to scrutinize the personnel and relationships below.

Now he only wants results; cadres who can't do the process well are not good cadres, so they should leave early.

Actually, entanglement is also unnecessary; personnel work in the group is nominally the responsibility of Deputy Director Jing, but in fact, it is completely in the hands of Li Huai De, which everyone knows very well.

Many young cadres like to go to Director Li's office to report work or listen to teachings.

Li Huai De is also willing to contact these young cadres, and after investigation, there will be some arrangements and promotions.

Perhaps it was from Li Xue here that he got the excellent experience that using young cadres can break the situation, and he never tires of it.

Under Li Xue's operation, Jing Yunong became a typical example of being isolated in personality and serious in work, and also became a puppet that old Li could trust.

Handing over Discipline Inspection to Gu Weijie and exchanging it for personnel, old Li was not convenient to manage personnel directly, so it was placed in Jing Yunong's hands.

Because of the "contradiction" with Li Xue, Jing Yunong did not make friends within the group, so she naturally received Li Huai De's support and trust.

So many cadres were appreciated and reused by Director Li through Deputy Director Jing.

Of course, if you want to say whether there is any private goods mixed in, old Li is not very clear.

Jing Yunong has already handed over the three-industry, and if she is not given some room for activity, Li Huai De himself would feel sorry for her.

So whether there are private goods, he will not pursue it.

Young cadres like Yu Haiyang and Yuan Hua, as long as they are a little clever, don't need to send anything to get the opportunity to perform in front of Director Li.

Someone asked, will excessive use of young cadres shake the foundation of the system and affect the work enthusiasm of old comrades?

With Li Huai De's layout of inserting needles and his cautious personality, how could he let this happen?

Casting a wide net and placing young cadres in departments that are not very critical and have little influence can play a supervisory role.

Supervision, surveillance, and urging—two meanings.

At least from the current layout of the radio station, Li Huai De has basically mastered this part of the right to speak.

If you want to say there are other deputy station masters and other backbone forces, now the station master and a deputy station master are both promoted and appointed by Director Li, so who dares to compete with them?

In Tianjin, not being able to get a clear attitude and the answer he wanted from Li Xue, old Li's heart had a greater sense of crisis.

He couldn't hang himself on Li Xue's crooked tree; he hoped to discover a second Li Xue from these young people.

He believed that "thousand-mile horses are common, but Bole are not."

Li Xue fully agreed with his idea, but old Li might not know that "thousand-mile horses are common, but prophets are not."

From the radio station, according to old Li's statement, it is to support Li Xue in deepening his influence on propaganda work.

But what was the result?

While he was shouting support for Li Xue in his mouth, he was accelerating the adjustment and layout of personnel work.

This invisibly accelerated the development of his personal influence and seriously affected Li Xue's prestige.

But this is an open conspiracy; it is a summary after old Li's actions one after another, and he didn't give Li Xue any chance to reason at all.

Li Xue wouldn't conflict with old Li on this trivial matter; he had already handed over the three-industry and joint industry, and the Joint Savings Bank was completely out of his hands, so what else did he have to be reluctant about?

If he were really reluctant, he wouldn't have jumped out of the security group and let old Li slaughter him.

Now he is being cut off piece by piece by Li Huai De, and some unnecessary influence is being dissolved.

This is what Li Huai De wants to see, and it is also Li Xue's decision after careful consideration.

"If you don't give up the child, you won't catch the wolf."

Overly bloated influence would not be good for his subsequent work, but would affect his performance.

Since old Li is willing to toss, let him toss; the more he tosses, the more it shows that old Li is feeling empty inside.

Old Li is feeling empty inside, but his body is not empty. Li Xue felt a headache when he knew about the situation in Han Lu's belly.

Could what happened to Cheng Kaiyuan happen to old Li?

This is truly a joke of the world.

Old Li might be worried that he would use this as a handle to threaten him or ask for benefits.

So what he showed was excessive testing, expecting to get some accurate attitude from Li Xue.

Li Xue just wouldn't express his attitude, pretending not to know about Han Lu, even though old Li had already arranged for the other party to go to Tianjin.

He dared to put Wu Shufang and the child in front of Li Huai De; would Li Huai De dare to let Han Lu give birth to the child and put it in front of him?

The answer is obvious; old Li consciously occupies the initiative, so how could he compromise with him?

Li Xue dared to be sure that the movement in Han Lu's belly would soon be quiet; it was nothing more than a dose of medicine.

Old Li's family foundation is quite solid, and it is not difficult to solve a silly girl like Han Lu who wants to "rely on the child to be noble."

Didn't you see that old Li wasn't panicked at all? The first thing he thought of was the action in organizational ecology, showing an offensive side.

At this time, anyone who dares to stand up and collide with him is a provocation to his private affairs and contradictory mentality.

Coincidentally, just as Li Xue chose to avoid the edge, and others were silently watching old Li play tricks, Li Haiyang hurried upstairs to report the news he had just heard to Director Li.

Li Huai De frowned and looked at the secretary: "Is this true? Why haven't I heard the news?"

"I heard they went down with a mission."

Li Haiyang told the truth and explained softly to Director Li: "I heard that they found some situation within the supply chain system, and now they have set their target on Zhou Xiaobai."

"Where is Zhou Xiaobai?" Li Huai De tightened his hand and looked at Li Haiyang.

Li Haiyang didn't dare to delay and immediately replied: "In the capital."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1338 =====