Chapter 1339: Small supporting role

It was almost seven o'clock, the bell for getting off work had long since rung, and there was no noise in the corridor.

The office of the Discipline Inspection Division Chief was pitch black, with only the street lamp light from outside the window reflecting in, pinning the silhouette that was about to solidify onto the wall.

The window was half-open, and the cool breeze surged in, blowing away the cigarette smoke he had just exhaled.

The cigarette butt in his hand flickered, just like his mood at this time, flickering on and off.

What is "cannot wrong a good person, and cannot let a bad person go"?

If the bad person is not bad, do I still have to fabricate charges and fabricate evidence to forcibly frame them?

I am a Discipline Inspection worker; even if I have more selfish motives, I must act within the framework of the organization and work. Does Su Weide not know?

Nonsense, he is forcing me to violate regulations.

Now Su Weide is coercing and luring him to be the dog at the other end of the rope.

What if he chose to go to Li Xue's office to confess actively before getting off work?

The result would not be better than going to see Su Weide, because Li Xue is not a good person either.

According to the situation he has mastered now, even if this joint venture unit has problems, it cannot involve Li Xue, and it cannot put Li Huai De to death.

If you ask if Li Xue has a problem.

Is this still a question?

He has already received obvious hints from old Su, and he has already figured it out himself.

This Zhou Xiaobai is probably introduced to Director Li by Li Xue, or Li Xue is the mastermind behind this joint venture enterprise.

The group is talking about Director Li trusting the Secretary-General very much; why?

If you say the Secretary-General is young and promising, capable, resourceful, and both civil and military, he believes it; just looking at the achievements Li Xue has made, he can't help but believe it.

But as the person in charge of the group, Li Huai De, who masters the overall situation of the Red Star Factory, can fully trust him and support his continuous progress.

This has a question mark or an expectation in many people's hearts.

Director Li is a leader who likes to appoint young people and is willing to give capable young people the opportunity to display their ambitions and talents.

But that's what is said; as a result, most of the young cadres promoted and appointed by Director Li in the past few years are in grassroots management positions.

Even if there are those serving in the group agency or other branch companies and branch factory agencies, most of them are deputy positions or learning and training positions.

Throughout the group, there is only one young cadre whom Director Li fully trusts.

In the past, everyone didn't understand and thought about ability and opportunity; now he has checked this joint venture company, and the people involved are all these characters.

Zhou Zechuan is sighing at Li Xue's management and complex relationship network, and is also worrying about whether his investigation will touch a mine.

This is not him scaring himself, not going home after work, hiding in the office as a depressed old youth, but really worrying.

If this case was really so easy to check and there was no danger, why didn't Su Weide go down himself, or directly press down from above?

As the person in charge of the group's Discipline Inspection, he organized more than a dozen people to check this case, easily broke through the other party's defense line, and obtained key evidence; why couldn't the above get it?

Since Su Weide is so confident, why does he still want him to rush forward?

Even now, he has mastered some solid evidence; why doesn't he see Su Weide propose to report to the higher level and apply for support?

This matter is very suspicious; he doesn't feel at all that Su Weide has such narrow-minded thoughts as he does, wanting to get evidence to threaten Li Huai De and Li Xue.

As long as Su Weide and big Li and small Li move, they will basically be stabbing each other.

It is a result of not stopping until death.

Now he can consider that Su Weide thinks the evidence is not solid enough and the situation is not clear enough.

It is very likely that while urging him to continue the investigation, he is organizing personnel to investigate separately behind his back.

What is more dangerous is that Su Weide will communicate with the above and continue to check while riding on their faces.

Without room for relaxation, Su Weide is so cautious and careful, isn't that enough to explain the problem?

The problem must be very serious.

Zhou Zechuan doesn't dare to think now, but he must think about where the problem is and where the mine is.

The visible ones, the vested interest parties headed by Director Li's wife, are the mines.

But this is only the first mine.

He previously criticized the people under his hand, saying they were short-sighted and not to treat Zhou Xiaobai as a big fish, as there were bigger fish behind.

Indeed, there is a big fish behind Zhou Xiaobai, and it is a fat fish that is incredibly big.

It's just that he had a hard time cleaning up these three fat fish, and he needed to pull old Su out to cushion his back.

If he really checks further, checking to the kind of person that even old Su is cautious about, what should he do?

No need to think; old Su is what kind of person; he had heard about it when he worked in the ministry.

It can't be said that he is a villain, but he is not a gentleman either.

Just remember, Discipline Inspection is just a job; their identity is no different from other cadres in the group.

The difference is that other departments have gentlemen, but there are absolutely none in Discipline Inspection.

Because this is the front line of fighting against stubborn elements; there is no room for survival for "white rabbits" and rookies.

Once a problem occurs, he wouldn't be surprised at all if he were pushed out by Su Weide to block bullets.

Now he is very vague; should he go his own way, recognize one path to the dark, and fight for an opportunity even if he is a dog for old Su?

Or rein in the horse at the edge of the cliff and return to the shore.

Turning back, is there still a shore?

Knock, knock—

The office door was knocked, and before he could recover, the door was opened.

"Who is inside?"

Two black figures stood at the door, the flashlight light injected over, stinging Zhou Zechuan's eyes, making him have to dodge.

Someone pressed the switch, and the room lit up, and the two sides finally saw each other clearly.

"Division Chief Zhou? Why are you still here."

The one who opened the door was two security guards in uniform, with very strong bodies, carrying a full set of protective equipment, looking very majestic.

One of the security guards asked in surprise, and then explained: "We are patrolling and found that the window of your office was not closed, and the lights in the room were off, so the team leader asked us to come up and take a look."

"Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I was thinking about things and got distracted." Zhou Zechuan waved his hand and said.

He was embarrassed to lose his temper with the security guards; this was not their fault.

Speaking of which, this is still the work of Li Xue and the newly arrived Quality and Safety Department Manager Wang Xiaoqin.

During Li Xue's tenure as the security group leader, he laid a solid foundation for security work, and the quality of the security team was very high.

This was famous within the scope of the city's security work, and they would win awards every year.

Even the factory guard team and patrol team were dispatched many times to assist the city in maintaining social stability and were praised and commended by the city and system leaders.

After Wang Xiaoqin succeeded, she carried out upgrades and special training for the professionalization of the security team at the beginning of this year and in October.

On the one hand, she increased training and special training for security cadres, and on the other hand, she specially recruited many retired and transferred personnel to enrich grassroots managers.

Although the security building has not been fully built, the security work of the group agency has been improved to a certain degree and level.

According to the report made by Wang Xiaoqin, the entire Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone, although it has the complexity of projects under construction, has already been guaranteed in terms of safety, and has achieved control and mastery of the industrial zone.

Just because his office window was open, and because the office lights were not on, it was only seven o'clock, and two fully armed security guards rushed in to conduct a spot patrol.

It can be seen how well the security work in the agency is done; what reason does Zhou Zechuan have to criticize the other party, and the other party is not subject to his criticism.

Li Huai De took the initiative to introduce three representatives to take charge of security management work, which is to organize the discipline troops and guns within the group and manage them.

Li Xue and Wang Xiaoqin both have this quality, and I believe the next person in charge of security work will not be able to do it without a certain military foundation.

"It doesn't matter, I still have to be busy for a while, you continue to be on duty."

Zhou Zechuan didn't want to talk more with the security guards, nodded to indicate that they could leave.

The danger was lifted, and the security guards didn't want to be nosy, registered on the patrol record, asked Zhou Zechuan to sign, and after saying "Division Chief Zhou, rest early," the two left.

The patrol had results and also had to be noted with reasons and signed; Zhou Zechuan's fear of Li Xue felt a chill rising from his heart.

Such a cautious and careful person, will he be flanked by others and stabbed in the ass?

He finished the cigarette in his hand and tried to reach for the telephone that he had been staring at for a long time.

Tried to withdraw and test several times, finally made up his mind, grabbed the telephone and dialed the number.

First called the communication office, then asked for a city call to the old leader's place.

The old leader is not old at all, but the old leader's experience is very old, and he has also dealt with Li Xue.

"Hmm, it's so late." On the other side of the phone, Yang Jun was very surprised to receive Zhou Zechuan's call, "You haven't rested yet."

"Encountered some difficulties, can't figure it out."

Zhou Zechuan also knew that it was inappropriate to call Yang Jun at this time, so he didn't go around in circles and told it very frankly.

He held the phone and reported everything that happened in the past few days to Yang Jun.

Yang Jun is his superior in the ministry, although not his immediate superior, but there is a relationship.

The two get along very well on weekdays, otherwise, when he came to the Red Star Factory for investigation last time, the other party wouldn't have brought him along.

When he came to the Red Star Factory to take office, Yang Jun also talked to him and gave him instructions.

It's just that he was high-spirited at the time and didn't fully understand the meaning of Yang Jun's words.

Cautious and careful, he felt at the time that where does work not need to be cautious and careful?

Now he knows, working at the Red Star Factory, no matter how cautious and careful you are, it is not too much.

Yang Jun listened to his words very patiently, for a long time, until he finished speaking, before asking back: "What do you want to say by calling me."

Without waiting for Zhou Zechuan to answer, he added: "Tell me what you think."

"Leader, I am also confused now." Zhou Zechuan told the truth, enough frank, "Now I have become the person who is stuck in the middle and cannot display his skills. I was calculated by old Su."

"Then you go talk to Deputy Director Su." Yang Jun said in a flat tone: "You just confess to him that you don't want to be calculated by him."

"I—" Zhou Zechuan's ears are not deaf, his heart is not blind, of course he can hear the strangeness in the leader's tone, and he didn't dare to speak at this time.

"You, how should I say you."

Yang Jun sighed on the other side of the phone and said: "Before you went to the Red Star Factory, you didn't listen to those words I said to you at all."

"Sorry, leader." Zhou Zechuan took the initiative to admit his mistake, and his attitude was very good.

Yang Jun was also very embarrassed on the other side of the phone, pinching his eyebrows and saying: "Since you already know you were used by Deputy Director Su, why don't you reflect on yourself?"

"Did I warn you that the water in the Red Star Factory is very deep, be cautious and careful in everything, how did you understand it?"

"Think that Deputy Director Su is one of your own, no need to guard against, you can completely indulge your greed and willfulness?"

Yang Jun's tone gradually increased, frowning and saying: "You are not hesitant at all now; you are riding a tiger and cannot get off."

"I am worried about this point." Zhou Zechuan was also tearful after listening to Yang Jun's words, and argued: "It's all my fault for not correctly understanding your instructions and teachings."

"Okay, things have already happened." Yang Jun didn't want to listen to his repentance on the phone, and asked directly: "What is the attitude of Li Huai De and Li Xue?"

"Don't know, I mean—"

Zhou Zechuan's answer was too fast; hearing the old leader ask this, he knew he was saved.

Yang Jun has ability and relationships in the system and the ministry, and he took care of him a lot at the beginning.

Asking this now means he still treats him as a little brother and will pull him if he can.

So he was a bit excited, his heart words blurted out, and he realized it was inappropriate after his thinking caught up.

Replying to the old big brother like this, doesn't it make him look like he has no level?

It's just that the truth has been told, can he still lie to the old big brother?

Zhou Zechuan tried to add: "After checking until now, I thought about going to Director Li and the Secretary-General to make a report..."

"But you didn't." Yang Jun's voice cooled by another degree, "You are still obsessed, betting that Su Weide values this evidence more than you, you want to pull him into the water, but he is smarter than you."

"I was wrong, I was really wrong." Zhou Zechuan's voice was bitter, "I trusted the wrong person, had greed, shouldn't have, really shouldn't have."

"You were wrong too much." Yang Jun said in a flat tone: "You are not a fool, you won't not know who Su Weide is targeting."

"But you are stupid enough to not even figure out the attitude and state of that target before you dare to start the relevant investigation."

He let out a long breath and questioned on the phone: "Comrade Zhou Zechuan, I don't know how brave you are now."

"Sorry—" Zhou Zechuan didn't know what to say except for this sentence, "It was my ghost-obsessed heart."

"I think about it now, and I feel I am so stupid."

He cried and said: "Only now did I realize that Su Weide dug a big trap for me."

"Did you only see the trap Su Weide dug? Don't overestimate yourself." Yang Jun said mercilessly on the other side of the phone: "What value do you have that is worth Su Weide calculating?"

"Yes, he wants to calculate Li Huai De and Li Xue." Zhou Zechuan said: "He told me that at least one must be solved."

"He told you that?" Yang Jun sneered, "Is he stupid or are you stupid? He said that the above is very expectant of this behavior, right."

Not getting Zhou Zechuan's reply, Yang Jun hummed: "I tell you clearly, Zhou Zechuan, there is no such attitude above."

"You remember, you are now a person of the Red Star Steel Group, not a cadre of the Ministry of Supervision, think about what you have done!"

He pointed his finger at the sofa armrest and emphasized: "Who can endorse you for doing this? Does he Su Weide dare to say this sentence clearly?"

"Stupid, idiot—"

Yang Jun rarely scolds people like this; he is a bit angry today, and even more "hating iron for not becoming steel."

"You dare to check Li Huai De and Li Xue without preliminary investigation; what were you thinking."

"Do you know that Director Li is highly valued in the eyes of the leaders, and do you know Li Xue's background and identity."

"Leader, regarding Li Huai De and the above..." Zhou Zechuan hesitated and said: "Isn't it said that he annoyed Director Lu, now..."

"Who told you? Can this be believed?"

Yang Jun said angrily: "Just that little thing at the beginning of the year, can Director Lu take it to heart? Which month does Li Huai De not eat with Director Lu."

"Just the three restaurants newly opened by your group, Director Lu has already eaten there; don't you even know this news?"

"I—" Zhou Zechuan hesitated and explained: "Those restaurants, including the group's reception units, are all under Li Xue's control, I..."

"What should I say about you." Yang Jun said helplessly: "You know Li Xue is capable of reaching the sky, I almost fell into his hands last time, and you still want to break his wrist?"

"You can't even get this information from your group, how dare you guarantee that these investigations are not under the other party's monitoring."

"And you have to think." Yang Jun reminded Zhou Zechuan: "Li Xue has been deeply involved in the security department for three years; before you went to Discipline Inspection, he was already the Deputy Secretary of Discipline Inspection. What are you thinking about."

"Do you dare to guarantee that those people under your hand are not his relationship? I just ask you this one thing, how do you guarantee their loyalty."

Yang Jun completely confused Zhou Zechuan, and he didn't speak.

"What do you think now, tell me."

He scolded Zhou Zechuan, but because he scolded, it showed that he wanted to save Zhou Zechuan; after all, it is also an important relationship.

Zhou Zechuan thought for a while and tried to ask: "Leader, I suspect there is something tricky about this case."

He didn't hear the leader's reply, so he continued: "Su Weide said he met Zhou Xiaobai when he went to Tianjin for research and inspection, and discovered her problem."

"This Zhou Xiaobai sat and ate with them at that time, and she was the only outsider."

Zhou Zechuan frowned more and more as he spoke, "On that very night, I heard Director Li gave the wharf operation rights of the club directly to her."

"I am very strange, how could Zhou Xiaobai appear at that time, and be placed in front of Su Weide so clearly."

He said: "I think this is very likely to be arranged by Li Xue in advance; maybe it is deliberately fishing old Su to take the bait."

"You can think of this, which shows that you still have a brain now." Yang Jun pinched his eyebrows and said: "Li Xue, this person, I have told you before, try not to provoke him if you can."

"His identity background, I should have told you; as long as he doesn't have principled mistakes, or further problems, with your ability, you can't define him and can't handle him."

"If even Li Xue can't be handled, Li Huai De is even more impossible; old Su coming won't work either."

"I thought of it now; old Su just felt it was difficult, so he let me stand in front." Zhou Zechuan said regretfully: "I don't know what to do now; if it really doesn't work, I will go to Li Huai De and Li Xue to confess."

"Then you are not far from rolling away."

Yang Jun said coldly: "People set up the stage and want to invite Su Weide to sing, but you took the initiative to jump up and gesture."

"Now the gongs and drums are ringing; you say you don't want to sing now and want to get off the stage; do you think people will promise you?"

"Leader, what do you mean—" Zhou Zechuan asked hesitantly: "Should I continue to perform this play and cooperate with their performance?"

"You should consider this matter yourself." Yang Jun's tone also relaxed, saying: "If you really can't hold it, come down; Li Xue won't do anything to you; he is not a narrow-minded person."

"But Li Huai De's side." Yang Jun hesitated and reminded Zhou Zechuan: "You said you didn't master Li Xue's evidence; there must be a problem here. If you dare to uncover it, Li Huai De will definitely not spare you, and Li Xue will not let you go."

"Hmm, I thought of it." Zhou Zechuan nodded and said: "Then I will cooperate with Su Weide to perform this play."

"I know, I am a supporting role, a small supporting role."

He said in a bitter voice: "If I want to get out, I can only highlight the protagonist and put old Su upright on the stage, so I can get off the stage."

"You are so brave and so smart now; I don't know how to point you out." Yang Jun heard his words and knew that he had figured it out; this final beating was still indispensable.

"You criticize me more, I was wrong."

Zhou Zechuan's attitude of admitting his mistake was very good, but he said the same words several times, and Yang Jun had already hung up the phone.

Talking about this kind of thing on the phone already has risks; who knows if the telecommunication duty room of the Red Star Steel Group has a recording.

Look at the few sentences Yang Jun said; even if there is a recording, he will not be caught by the handle; he is very careful and cautious.

So don't expect to talk clearly with the leader on the phone; he won't tell you the truth at all.

Even if you are sure that it is a leader with whom you have a good relationship, he will only hint at you implicitly and will not leave a handle.

The kind that promises you nonsense on the phone, stay away from him early; this kind of person's words are unreliable.

Regardless of whether his promise will be fulfilled, as long as you dare to take out the recording, your reputation in the unit will be finished.

In the agency, turning against someone is always a double-edged sword, so Zhou Zechuan wants to confess and turn against someone; look at whether Yang Jun supports him?

In a few words, Zhou Zechuan knew that he was just a small supporting role; as long as his head is clear, there will be no problems.

Now, it's time for Zhou Zechuan to play the supporting role well.

"Did you read yesterday's newspaper?"

Li Huai De put the file in his hand aside and looked at Li Xue, who had just sat down across from the office desk.

Li Xue also set up his notebook; Li Haiyang helped him make a cup of tea and brought it over, and he was being polite.

"I think you should configure another secretary."

He looked at Li Haiyang with a smile and said to Li Huai De: "Haiyang's work is also very busy now; finding another one is normal."

Li Huai De turned the topic very clearly, knowing that Li Xue didn't want to talk about the work just now in front of Li Haiyang.

So he looked at the secretary and said lightly: "You, the Secretary-General, insist on using an office secretary; how can I be embarrassed to use another secretary?"

"How can I compare with you, but our situations are very special." Li Xue continued to persuade him: "I have fewer opportunities to go out now, and I don't need a full-day secretary; you are different."

"Haiyang is responsible for the office work now, and he has to lead the 'pen-holders' to climb the grid; it is indeed very hard."

He looked at Li Huai De and suggested seriously: "With your current level, it is very appropriate to configure two secretaries."

"Or, I'll ask Bu Qingfang about it?"

"Thank you, Secretary-General, I can still persist."

Before Li Huai De could speak, just by being looked at by the other party, Li Haiyang felt soft.

Of course he wanted Director Li to configure another work secretary, even if it was an office secretary, so he could share some of his work.

Now he is busy in the unit day and night, and there are half of the months in every month that he cannot return home.

Taking advantage of being young now, he can still fight; but if he really falls ill, even if he learns a lot from Director Li and gets a lot of resource tilt, what is the use?

Seeing Gu Cheng showing off his love with his wife every day, completely ignoring Deputy Director Su's attitude, and living day by day, made him envious and jealous.

Looking at other young people in the agency, with the help of the matchmaker Wang Lu, they have indeed become quite a few pairs in the past six months.

Just the red envelopes and wedding candies, Wang Lu's desk was piled up; Director Li even said she should go to the trade union to work.

Wang Lu had long said she would introduce a partner to him, but he wasted the opportunity every time because he had no time to meet and date.

Look, Director Li doesn't manage business much on weekdays, but there are other things to be busy with; Director Li still has to study.

Do you think organizational study and document formation are completed by the leader himself? Don't mess around—

Ideological summaries, document spirit, notes and reports are all completed by him, the secretary.

Yes, he is a deputy director now, and he has soldiers in his hands, but he can't invite those old "pen-holders," and he doesn't trust the young ones.

So don't look at his progress; he is even more tired than before.

Besides being responsible for Director Li's service work, he also has to take on the management work of the department.

Really, he is especially grateful to Li Xue; this is his master, his noble person, and can understand his hardship.

Adding another secretary to Director Li, such words can only be mentioned by the Secretary-General; he doesn't have this qualification.

He couldn't answer Director Li's question about whether he didn't have the ability to complete this work, nor could he answer whether he wasn't willing to be hard-working and diligent.

So, hearing the Secretary-General mention it today, he had hope in his heart, hoping Director Li would open his golden mouth.

It's just that Director Li's attitude was a bit vague, making him terrified, so he didn't dare to force it anymore.

Being tired is just being tired; at most three years, Director Li will have to let him go down for training.

Can't it be three years and another three years, three years and another three years?

"Let's talk about this later."

Li Huai De didn't directly confirm this problem, but chose to put it aside first, signaling Li Haiyang that he could go out.

Li Haiyang also couldn't figure out what Director Li was thinking; was he not wanting to find one, or not wanting to ask the Secretary-General to find one?

As a secretary, he had no choice but to listen.

After Li Haiyang went out, Li Huai De placed the newspaper on the office desk and gently pushed it in front of Li Xue.

Li Xue had actually read it; he read these newspapers every day.

Although the unit would also order newspapers for him, he basically had no time when he arrived at the office.

So he ordered a few big newspapers for himself at home, and specially ordered military newspapers.

If you ask him why an enterprise cadre orders military newspapers, he can only tell you, don't forget his identity in the Garrison District.

Leader work is not so easy to do; when there is no fast network dissemination channel, cadres in key positions can only obtain the latest situation and spirit through newspapers.

Normally, he started reading before breakfast, until he had breakfast, and he had to read on the way to the unit by car.

Because there was no secretary accompanying him, Wang Lu prepared the table for his itinerary in advance and pressed it under the glass of his office desk every morning.

"It really fulfilled your words—"

Li Huai De put the file in his hand aside and looked at Li Xue, who had just sat down across from the office desk.

The newspaper on the office desk was October 10th, "People's Daily" published an article "Liuhe '75' Cadre School Provided New Experience for Agency Reform."

At the same time, in the "Editor's Note," the above instructions were published: "The labor of the vast number of cadres going down is an excellent opportunity for cadres to re-learn; except for the old, weak, sick, and disabled, everyone should do this."

"Except for the old, weak, sick, and disabled, everyone should do this."

Li Huai De tapped on this point with his finger and looked at Li Xue: "The standard has already been set."

"Hmm, I didn't expect it to be so fast either."

Li Xue nodded slowly, his expression solemn: "The scope of influence of this matter is too large."

"Hmm—" Li Huai De let out a long breath: "We are also doing the '75' Cadre School, and we are also trying."

"It's just

He looked at Li Xuewu and said, "If we don't study the experience in this area, we will always be vulnerable to having our tails caught by others."

"But if we really want to fully study and implement this kind of experience and these instructions, do you have the confidence to control the intensity and the situation?"

Without waiting for Li Xuewu to shake his head, he actually already had the answer in his heart; at this moment, he took a pill out of the drawer and popped it into his mouth.

Director Li worked day and night, rising early and retiring late, and in the end, he had worn down his health; he had specifically seen a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and was now starting to take medication.

"I believe that very soon, there will be relevant guiding spirits coming down from the Ministry, and they will be issued along with the documents."

He took a sip of warm water and said to Li Xuewu, "The first step will be to require us to streamline cadres and intellectuals, and the second step will be to send them to cadre schools for reorganization and study."

"We are actually already doing these things."

Li Xuewu nodded and reported, "Our group's joint school has always been organizing cadre training classes to rotate and train personnel undergoing reforms and cadres who have been merged in."

"The intensity is not enough." Li Huai De tapped the newspaper again and looked at him, asking, "Look at the meaning above; can the hundred or so people we rotate and train each time satisfy their appetite?"

"Don't even think about it; they will definitely arrange for work teams to come down for inspections, and there will be even more reports on the itinerary. You think about how we should handle this."

Li Huai De shook his head slightly and said, "It won't work to muddle through like in the past; there are still a few cadres in the labor teams in Yingcheng."

"We really haven't prepared for this aspect."

Li Xuewu said hesitantly, "I think we should increase the recruitment intensity for training classes and expand the number of people and the subjects of study."

"During the period of being detached from production, we can fully organize classes to go to Red Star Village and the factories for internships and operations."

"Regarding the intellectuals, I have thought about it; we have recruited many university students in the past two years, and they should go back to the furnace."

Seeing Li Huai De nod, he continued, "We can organize corresponding training classes, or we can establish a cadre school."

"Where to put it? Red Star Village?"

Li Huai De understood what he meant—feigning compliance while secretly doing one's own thing.

To be honest, he could see that Li Xuewu wanted to protect those cadres and intellectuals.

Likewise, he also insisted on the viewpoint of technological innovation and taking scientific development as the primary productive force.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to agree with Li Xuewu's actions all these years and withstand the pressure from above to recruit more university students.

"It can be placed in Red Star Village," Li Xuewu said. "It can also be arranged for them to go to the construction sites in Yingcheng and Steel City for internship and training."

"I believe the study cycle of the cadre school should not be too long."

He said, "Three months per cycle is the most appropriate, giving the cadres enough enthusiasm and buffer time for training and study."

"If we really follow the requirements above," Li Xuewu organized the newspaper in front of him and shook his head slightly, "even if they achieve success after several years of study, they will lack the necessary business experience and won't be usable."

"Once they are detached from the business front line and the production front line for a long time, according to the work failure frequency of the factories and agencies below..."

Li Xuewu said with a worried look, "I'm worried that after such training, the people will basically be ruined."

"Hmm, that's the idea."

Li Huai De also showed concern in this regard, nodded, and said, "I asked you to come over because I still can't get a handle on this matter."

He was not a malicious person, nor was he a blind person; he did not want to use human lives to build the steps for his own advancement.

To say that those people who disappeared in the factory over the past two years were somewhat to blame for their own actions, or walked right into the net.

There were almost none that were truly forced to death or harmed by Li Huai De.

To put it bluntly, this person was an opportunist, but definitely not a dictator, and even less could one say he was a thorough villain.

Li Xuewu did not want to stir up a wider range of twists and storms in the group, and why would he want to destroy his own martial arts?

The Red Star Steel Group had finally developed to where it was today; the energy and effort he had invested were no less than anyone else's.

Do you think his body was all worn out from dancing?

"The people above should also be crossing the river by feeling the stones," Li Huai De pondered for a moment and said. "There is really no way to accept and settle the streamlined cadres and intellectuals, and it just so happened that Liuhe applied the 'May 7th Cadre School' and achieved results."

"It's not necessarily a real achievement."

Li Xuewu glanced at Old Li; although the rest of his words were not explicitly stated, he believed Old Li should have understood.

This kind of thing was not the first time the people below had done it; they even dared to say such nonsense as ten thousand jin per mu in the past, so what slogans were they afraid to shout during special times?

It was too crazy, and too blind, the kind that loses reason.

Li Xuewu did not believe the so-called experience and achievements in the newspaper; what was written above was flowery and experienced, but what about in reality?

There was no shortage of ruthless people anywhere; there were too many who didn't take people seriously, and even less did they take other people's lives and wealth seriously.

Old Li would not be stupid enough to believe everything said and required in the newspaper; this world was just a makeshift stage.

Look at how hard Old Li worked, and he didn't say he had ruined his body; his principle for working was still that it was fine as long as he could get by.

Li Xuewu had times when he was serious; have you ever seen Old Li be serious?

Cheng Kaiyuan was so naughty, and Old Li only beat him when he should and scolded him when he should; he had no intention of killing the other party.

As long as you were mixing in this circle, you had to follow the rules of the game, otherwise, you wouldn't last long.

A guy like Zhou Zechuan, who was calm on the surface but actually reckless, could never reach the level of Li Huai De.

"Then let's treat them differently."

Li Huai De thought about the opinions Li Xuewu had given some time ago and added some of his own understanding and thinking.

He thought for a while and said, "Increase the scope and intensity of personnel reform, and send some cadres who fail assessments or do not meet the qualifications and requirements for their positions back to the furnace to be remade."

"Carefully screen and examine them in the cadre school; use those who can be used, and decisively deal with those who cannot."

Li Huai De was also ruthless; he had no reason or opportunity to deal with these people before, but now the people above had given him the opportunity.

What is called decisive handling?

It's very simple; the people above didn't say when the cadre school would end, so it should be a normalized process.

Many people above had gone down and never come back up, disappearing without a trace; wouldn't it be very normal for the group to do the same?

First go to the cadre school to study; after a long time, who would remember them, and they wouldn't remember who they were either.

When the time comes, handle them directly as retirees; even the retirement level can be manipulated, saving a large sum of pension money.

With such an operation, no one could find any fault.

Because the assessment is fair and just; if you can't pass and your skills are inferior to others, what else is there to say?

Other units might still have people crying injustice, but in the Red Star Factory, there basically wouldn't be, because there were too many cadres here.

Especially the grassroots and mid-level cadres; after merging 17 enterprises, the Red Star Steel Group suddenly expanded.

"Organize the personnel who are about to retire and carry forward the style."

Li Huai De thought for a while, tapped the table again, and said, "Take the initiative to step down and go to the cadre school for training for a period of time."

This opinion was still very pertinent; anyway, they were all about to retire and had no chance to advance further, so it was better to provide convenience to the group.

"Then select young cadres from the grassroots and agencies in batches for short-term rotation training."

Li Huai De made the final decision and arranged this matter, without letting Li Xuewu offer any more opinions.

Just like that, the grand pattern that would affect the group's development in the future was set.

An era had begun, an era had come to an end, and the wind from above had finally blown down.

PS: Headache, uncomfortable, I will try to write more today, striving to write another ten thousand words.

(End of chapter)