Chapter 1347: Beijing's Wu Yanzu

"Hello, Steel City's Li Li Wenbiao."

"Hello, Jilixing, Catherine."

Watching the two introduce themselves to each other, Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, very much wanting to add "Beijing's Wu Yanzu."

On November 16th, the Santa Ya Group brought the Jaguar and Lark 3 to the mainland, and the Red Star Steel Group decided to house these two "little animals" in the Red Star (Steel City) Industrial Park.

Li Li Xuewu took a government plane from Beijing and arrived at Steel City Airport; on the evening of the day he arrived at the Metallurgical Factory, Catherine, the person in charge of Jilixing Shipping, took the initiative to come see him.

Unfortunately, the big-chested brother Li Li Wenbiao was also there.

Old Lao Biaozi wasn't surprised at all to see a foreign lady at Brother Wu's place; he was full of confidence in Brother Wu's charm.

Late at night, seeing a foreign lady was very normal; if he had seen a foreign man, that would be something to worry about, right?

"The little princess of Jilixing Shipping."

Li Li Xuewu, sitting on the sofa, held his teacup and gestured toward Catherine, giving his big brother a heads-up.

His face was slightly flushed, not from embarrassment, but because the Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group of the Red Star Steel Group had gathered in Steel City.

On the day Li Li Xuewu arrived, the other industrial leaders also arrived at the Metallurgical Factory, and he had drunk a little too much at the banquet.

Because Dong Wenxue was there, and Xu Sinian was making a racket, everyone had their own worries, so it was a rare occasion to drink freely.

It was only after drinking that he learned Catherine had arrived in Steel City early, waiting specifically for him.

Beauty's grace is heavy; even if it were a sugar-coated bullet, he had to enjoy the romance today, eat the sugar, and fire the bullet back.

Of course, those who knew Li Li Xuewu knew that the bullet he fired back would be full of firepower because he had a heavy cannon.

Old Lao Biaozi was now a local resident of Steel City; every time Li Li Xuewu came to Steel City, he would come to gather.

Li Li Xuewu didn't need to worry about the recycling station's business in Steel City anymore; Li Li Wenbiao told him about the general situation, not to put Li Li Xuewu at ease, but to put himself at ease.

He had already opened up the situation in Steel City and even had a certain influence and connections in all the big cities in the Northeast.

Jicheng had Xilin supporting it, and Da Da Qiangzi had been to Beijing, sent his cousin to Beijing, and seemed to have gained confidence upon returning.

Upon arriving in Steel City, he took the initiative to ask for orders, telling Li Li Wenbiao he wanted to lead a team to Bingcheng to solve the last piece of wasteland for the recycling station in the three Northeastern provinces.

Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang—the three provincial capitals represented the most developed cities.

In this era, Bincheng wasn't a municipality directly under the central government; whether in terms of economic development or political status, it had nothing special.

The only thing that could fight was probably the Bincheng Shipyard.

Li Li Wenbiao's way of doing things was becoming more steady and capable; the fierce energy he had two years ago had become restrained after having a daughter.

Besides being fierce, his reputation on the streets also included loyalty.

Steel City's Little Mengchang, after all—

Rich, has people, and is loyal.

What's important is that he has channels to make money that others don't, and he has a steady stream of fresh troops from Beijing and other places, young people who come to him for training.

Let's put it this way: local big brothers in the Northeast have to be polite to him, after all, no one goes against money.

Every place has local snakes; the channels for making money are nothing more than those few types, and the black market is often controlled by the big brothers.

And Li Li Wenbiao has stable distribution channels, and the goods brought by the channels are especially lucrative; this kid is completely a smiling tiger, and not counting the friends he took the initiative to make on weekdays, the big brothers who came from Bingcheng specifically to visit him are countless.

A single phone call could bring in over ten tons of pork and dozens of tons of corn; this kind of tough guy could make it anywhere.

In this kind of survival environment and direct-governance living environment, he was still very clear-headed; at least in Li Li Xuewu's view, he hadn't floated.

He was still as concerned and caring for his wife and children as ever, and although he had a temper when dealing with people, he had no arrogance.

The Old Lao Biaozi of the past was just a wanderer in the hutongs, a little hooligan; he still remembered his miserable state.

Young people who walk out of the mud have two situations after landing: one is floating, not knowing where to fly; the other is like Old Lao Biaozi, finding fertile soil to take root.

He could have this clarity today, it must be because Li Li Xuewu was watching him, because no matter how rich or successful he was, it couldn't compare to Brother Wu's achievements.

Not to mention anything else, just the foreign lady with fever in her eyes in front of him, he hadn't played with that.

From the moment he entered the room, he could tell that this lady was taking the initiative to throw herself at Brother Wu; he didn't have this achievement.

After hearing Brother Wu's introduction, he had already counted it in his heart, nodded repeatedly, and said politely with a smile: "Know, know."

Old Lao Biaozi raised his hand to gesture toward Catherine and said to Li Li Xuewu: "The ships we use are Jilixing Shipping's technology, right? Pipi shrimp, damn fast."

Catherine could understand Chinese; seeing him use profanity, her eyebrows couldn't help but twitch, and her gaze looked at Li Li Xuewu with a special meaning.

Perhaps very surprised that the other party understood Chinese, seeing the meaningful look in Catherine's eyes, Old Lao Biaozi was very embarrassed.

He was a bit embarrassed and explained softly to Li Li Xuewu: "I didn't know this lady understood Chinese."

"You knew she understood."

Li Li Xuewu gave him a helpless look, put down the teacup in his hand, and reminded him amusedly: "After all, she is a foreign guest, pay attention to etiquette."

"Oh oh, heh heh heh—"

Old Lao Biaozi laughed; seeing Brother Wu say so, he didn't take the other party's reaction to heart.

And he told himself to pay attention to foreign guest etiquette; could it be that in bed you also say please move a little, or politely shout oh my god?

"Li Li Wenbiao, the group's largest distributor." Li Li Xuewu raised his hand to gesture to his big brother and introduced him to Catherine: "He is the person in charge of Steel City and also the manager of the entire Northeast region."

"Wow—so young!"

Catherine hadn't expected that this young man, who looked so vulgar, had such an important status.

She wouldn't understand if she were told about recycling stations or anything like that; she only needed to know he was the group's distributor.

Catherine had spent a lot of time in the last half-year in the mainland learning Chinese.

She had a foundation for learning in Hong Kong, but she hadn't been exposed to the mainland's language environment.

Precisely because she mastered the convenience of communication, and her accent had a Northeast flavor, she quickly opened up the situation at the Yingcheng Shipyard.

Those people her father Andrew left behind had no chance to hollow her out, and even less ability to isolate her from contact with the Red Star Factory.

Having mastered Jilixing Shipping, she set her sights on the Yingcheng Port area, which had already begun construction and would become the mainland's standard container port in the future; this was the best opportunity for her to prove to her father that she had the strength to be his successor.

Obtaining the operation license for the Yingcheng Port area and getting a share of the trade and shipping here would make Jilixing Shipping a major commercial shipping giant radiating throughout Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.

As for her personal relationship with Li Li Xuewu, that was just a stepping stone for her to open up communication and exchange.

Even though Li Li Xuewu had promised her last time that he would help Jilixing Shipping get the agency rights for the port area, she couldn't just sit in the office waiting for Li Li Xuewu to fulfill his promise.

As long as she caught an opportunity, she had to deepen their relationship, even if it was just maintaining this intimacy.

Before the dust settled, variables would exist.

She couldn't afford to lose, and she wasn't willing to let her efforts go to waste.

So, she went to Beijing once a month; she was more diligent than Dong Wenxue in returning to the capital, and she wouldn't return to Yingcheng until she waited for Li Li Xuewu.

This time coming to Steel City, she also heard that the Red Star Steel Group would have big moves here.

It wasn't just to maintain her relationship with Li Li Xuewu; she also wanted to see if there were any investment opportunities suitable for Jilixing Shipping.

The investment environment for foreign companies in the mainland was too complex; one careless move and you would hit a minefield.

But the impression that gold was everywhere here still remained in Marco Polo's biography.

Her father told her when he was handing over to her that the wealth here was boundless, more than she could see in her entire life.

Indeed, what she had seen, heard, and learned in the last half-year, just the Red Star Steel Group alone had opened her eyes.

It turned out that creating a trust enterprise on this land was so easy.

That's right, the new situation created by Li Li Huai De and Li Li Xuewu together was just a commercial activity in Catherine's view.

If understood according to her thinking, countless trust monsters like the Red Star Steel Group could be nurtured on this land.

However, what she couldn't understand was that until now, she hadn't seen any new enterprises similar to the Red Star Steel Group born in the newspapers.

She had asked Li Li Xuewu this question, and Li Li Xuewu's answer was that she only saw the commercial part, which was just the tip of the iceberg of the group's evolution.

Here, in the process of managing an enterprise, commercial activity wasn't everything; politics was the mainstream.

Holding a learning attitude, Catherine also began to try to apply some political techniques Li Li Xuewu taught her in the process of enterprise management.

And don't you know, it was surprisingly easy to use.

So, rather than saying she was here to learn, it would be better to say she was here to learn.

She was already surprised by Li Li Xuewu's youth; this was the most powerful man she had seen in the mainland.

A man who held the lifeline of the Red Star Steel Group's development, a man whose words could decide the life or death of a project.

She hadn't expected that there would be such an outstanding young man by his side.

Why else would she be a capitalist's daughter? She had just felt the other party was vulgar, but now her evaluation had changed to outstanding.

Actually, it could be understood; she was born into an old-fashioned European capitalist family and was a genuine European noble family member.

Europeans, whether in trade or management, always hold the attitude that whoever has milk is the mother.

If you don't believe it, savor the cooperative relationship between us and Europe in later generations; isn't it that when you are weak, they are arrogant, and when you are strong, they howl?

"Not young anymore, I have children."

Old Lao Biaozi smiled modestly, looked at Li Li Xuewu, and said: "You should be very busy tomorrow, so I won't come over; when you are leaving, I will come over again."

"No need to arrange it deliberately; I'll call you when I have time."

Li Li Xuewu saw him stand up and also stood up to see him to the door.

At the door, he looked at his big brother and asked: "Isn't there anything else?"

"Nothing, just came to see you."

Li Li Wenbiao smiled and said: "Mai Qinglan is back from Beijing; if you have time, come to the house for a meal."

"Don't bother; time is too tight."

Li Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said: "This time I'm just here to preside over the landing of the aircraft project; there will be plenty of time in the future."

"Yes, I understand." Old Lao Biaozi smiled and said: "The news that you are coming is already flying everywhere."

He smiled wickedly and turned a circle on his head with his finger, saying: "Some people are going to jump, and some people are panicked all day long."

"I've already arranged it; just waiting for you to take office and burn the first fire, let's see how these bastards pretend."

"Stop talking nonsense, be quiet."

Li Li Xuewu patted his arm amusedly and admonished: "Do your own thing well, don't let people catch your handle."

"Rest assured, I won't."

Old Lao Biaozi nodded confidently, then gestured toward the stairs and said: "You go ahead and be busy, I'm going back."

"Heh heh—"

Watching his big brother's wicked smile, Li Li Xuewu didn't explain anything and stood at the stairwell watching him go downstairs.

If the price of growing up was that good brothers go their separate ways, if every brother had a bright future, he would rather endure the pain of parting after every meeting.

People who haven't experienced this era can never understand the coldness between relatives and the true feelings of sharing adversity.

Li Li Wenbiao and the others weren't his biological brothers, but they weren't any worse than biological brothers; the key to sharing adversity is mutual trust.

The fact that he could send his wife and children back to Beijing and entrust them to his care was enough to show his sincerity.

This sincerity was much more genuine than Wen San's.

That night, it was still Old Lao Biaozi who said it, saying that his third uncle had found him a few more third aunts in Hong Kong.

It's a pity, he just didn't dare to bring them home.

"Jilixing Shipping can provide 3 million US dollars in credit guarantee, just for 10% of the agency share."

Catherine, wrapped in a bath towel, spoke her plan in a mood that was almost ingratiating and a bit uneasy.

This plan was a decision made cautiously after Li Li Xuewu had rejected her three times.

For this, she even contacted her father back in the country to seek his opinion, but her father didn't give her an answer.

Ordinary people might think an enterprise is very important, and even Catherine, as a family successor, was the same.

But as a father, and as a powerful competitor for the family helm, Andrew was very willing to train his children.

He only affirmed his daughter's management ideas and achievements, but didn't provide any opinions or suggestions regarding project cooperation.

Handing Jilixing Shipping to his daughter was to train her, and also to test her ability.

Such a rare opportunity, how could Andrew be willing.

It wasn't that Catherine hadn't thought about changing direction, inevitably contacting other people in charge of the Red Star Steel Group.

Li Li Xuewu was just too hard to conquer.

Although this person was the youngest group leader of the Red Star Steel Group, he was also the wisest.

Catherine's previous quotes hadn't aroused the other party's interest at all, which made her very anxious.

Getting angry was impossible; she could only work harder.

As for changing direction, it could only be a thought; after hearing the news that Li Li Xuewu was about to take office in Steel City, she didn't even dare to think about this kind of thought.

Taking office as a group leader in Steel City, she didn't need to consider it from a political perspective; just from the perspective of commercial management, she could imagine that Li Li Xuewu's influence on Liaoning industry, on Yingcheng Shipping, and on the Yingcheng Port area would be even greater.

Especially within the Red Star Steel Group, they would definitely have to listen to and respect his opinions and plans for the port area's development.

Xu Sinian, the person in charge of the Yingcheng Shipyard and also the person in charge of the port area's current preparatory management group, told her not to ignore Li Li Xuewu's influence on the entire Liaoning industry.

Ridiculous, did he need to remind her of this?

Li Li Xuewu just said one sentence, and it helped her quickly master the mess her father left her.

Now she was going all out, taking out her trump card, waiting for Li Li Xuewu's verdict.

"You still haven't understood what I told you."

Li Li Xuewu put down his red wine glass, stood up, walked to the coffee table, picked up a few peanuts, and threw them into his mouth.

It must be said, peanuts with red wine really don't taste good; this doesn't taste like the artistic conception of white wine at all.

However, at this time, there were only these in the guest room, and he didn't want his mouth to be full of the smell of alcohol.

After the matter was settled, he naturally had the confidence to ignore Catherine's resentful gaze and didn't answer her probing directly.

"The key to the problem is not the 3 million risk deposit."

Li Li Xuewu turned around, sat on the sofa, and looked at her calmly: "Jilixing Shipping is in Yingcheng, and both sides have a deep foundation for cooperation."

"So, you are still using your previous thinking to handle commercial work in the mainland."

He pointed to the seat beside him, signaling the other party to come over and sit down.

Catherine didn't dare to play little temper, obediently walked over, and sat close to him.

But Li Li Xuewu didn't appreciate the romance, patted her thigh, gestured to the side, and said: "Move to the side, it's crowded."

What a Sigma man—

"What exactly do I have to do to get your heart?"

Not wanting to be manipulated by Li Li Xuewu, and not daring to say no, she played a little trick and leaned back.

But the direction was the backrest behind her.

Just like that, her buttocks were against Li Li Xuewu, but her body was leaning against the sofa, both obeying Li Li Xuewu's meaning to stay a little further away, and retaining her last bit of stubbornness.

Listen to what she said: three parts resentment, seven parts speaking with hidden meaning.

Her leaning posture revealed her "sincerity."

Sincerity, you know, the kind that's just the right size.

She wanted to exchange sincerity for sincerity, for a true word, a real word from Li Li Xuewu's mouth.

It's a pity, Li Li Xuewu never intended to pay the bill when eating Western food, ignoring her deliberate showing off.

Eating this Italian Western food, rather than saying it was love at first sight, it would be better to say it was mutual utilization.

It's just that his fishing method was too brilliant, eating the other party clean, while his own bait remained untouched.

The fish is anxious—

"I can tell you very clearly, 10% is impossible." Li Li Xuewu said without turning his head: "Even if you find Director Li, it's impossible."

"Why can the Santa Ya Group?"

Catherine frowned slightly and asked excitedly: "I heard they only provided a deposit of less than 5 million."

"Is French cuisine that delicious?"

"Hey—" Li Li Xuewu turned and pointed at Catherine, reminding her: "You can eat randomly, but you can't speak randomly."

"I've only eaten Italian food; I've seen what French food tastes like, but I haven't touched it."

He emphasized very earnestly: "I am very conservative; if I hadn't been moved by your sincerity, I couldn't possibly be sitting here accompanying you."

Catherine wasn't a girl just starting out; the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and the expression on her face was full of disbelief.

She admitted that mainland men are generally relatively conservative; she had been at the shipyard for so long and hadn't met many who dared to look at her directly.

But she hadn't seen one like Li Li Xuewu, one so shameless.

It had been so long, and she had only met one like this, one so shameless.

Was even one of his sentences true?

Conservative, conservative my ass; his repertoire of positions was something even a girl from Europe like her sighed at.

How dare you say you are conservative.

Also, my sincerity? How come I don't know?

She only remembered that the first time she met him, she scratched his palm with her little finger, and she hadn't even thrown a flirtatious glance.

If this counted as sincerity, wouldn't she be the most holy nun in the convent?

Also, what do you mean by accompanying me!

Catherine bit her back teeth and leaned there for a long time without speaking; she even began to doubt whether she was experiencing revenge.

She used to be so free and easy, but here she was repeatedly played in the palm of the other party's hand.

"You think about it again, no need to rush to give me an answer."

Li Li Xuewu picked up his red wine glass and took another sip, saying faintly: "There is still some time before the port area is built..."

"But the port area's shipping and trade agency company will be laid out in advance." Before Li Li Xuewu could finish, Catherine reminded him: "Once this time is missed, Jilixing Shipping will..."

"Will what?" Li Li Xuewu turned his head, looked at her, and said: "I said there is still time; what you should do now is adjust your mindset."

"Can I adjust my posture?"

Soft didn't work, so Catherine decided to come hard.

She sat up, propped herself on Li Li Xuewu's shoulders, and was about to sit across him, but was pushed back by Li Li Xuewu.

"I'm talking to you seriously." Li Li Xuewu patted her face, which was full of astonishment, and said calmly: "What kind of person do you take me for? Can you respect me a little?"

"Now?"

Catherine held the two sides of her bath towel open to show him and asked suspiciously: "Am I not sincere enough?"

"That doesn't mean you can ride on me to negotiate—"

Li Li Xuewu patted her thigh and said firmly: "I said it before, you have to learn to use the thinking here to do work, understand?"

"Is it like this?"

She learned quickly; with a slide, she knelt on the carpet, propping herself on his two knees, looking up at him.

Li Li Xuewu reached out and touched her yellow hair, shook his head slightly, sighed, and said: "You are too greedy."

"Greed is a woman's nature."

Catherine didn't care about Li Li Xuewu's evaluation and even emphasized it.

Looking at the sincere girl, Li Li Xuewu thought of the entrustment Andrew made when he left.

He didn't know if the current care counted as very enthusiastic.

At least he had tried his best.

Hey, it's really a sin—

Li Li Xuewu shook his head slightly with emotion; since it was already like this, the quota he had in mind had to be lowered a bit.

The greedier a person is, the less you can feed them too full at the beginning.

It's like now, you have to let her beg you to be full.

"The third batch, and also the last batch of medical equipment sent from Hong Kong, has arrived in Tianjin."

The secretary accompanying him followed behind Li Li Xuewu, reporting work to him quickly.

Li Li Xuewu listened while walking, his target being the direction of the boarding stairs.

The project landing ceremony had ended; he refused Dong Wenxue's suggestion to see him off at the airport and chose to keep a low profile.

In these few days in Steel City, he had already vaguely felt the expectations and precautions the cadres of the group's Liaoning industrial system had for him.

Some were waiting for him to come and wield the axe, some were guarding against him coming to dance with swords and guns, and even more were waiting to see him fail.

He wasn't a high-profile person to begin with; in the darkness before dawn, he didn't need to express his heart to those people, and he didn't need to please or be polite; he just needed to keep his original heart.

"Secretary-General, welcome home."

The chief flight attendant, Zhou Zhou Xiaoling, had been waiting at the boarding gate for a long time; seeing Li Li Xuewu get off the car, she tidied herself up, just waiting to say this sentence to him.

When Li Li Xuewu took the government plane to Steel City, it happened to be her rest time, so she didn't have the opportunity to serve him.

This time on the return trip, she knew his itinerary from the newspaper, so she had prepared a lot.

Li Li Xuewu was listening to the secretary's report, saw her, but didn't pay much attention to her greeting.

After nodding habitually, he was about to walk past, but stopped and shook hands with her, saying a word of hard work.

Just this one sentence, and before Zhou Zhou Xiaoling could react, Li Li Xuewu had already led people into the cabin.

"Welcome, welcome..."

Saying the same words many times would lose their original emotion and meaning.

But this time, the welcome in Zhou Zhou Xiaoling's mouth seemed a bit excited and full of enthusiasm.

The people in the accompanying team had already felt it; the moment they walked into the cabin, many people were looking at her.

Although it was only for a few seconds, the sweet-looking, elegant, and well-figured Zhou Zhou Xiaoling still attracted all their attention.

And these cadres of the group were also having a more intuitive feeling about flight attendants for the first time.

No silk scarves, no stockings, and even less short skirts; completely different from later generations, the Red Star Steel Group's government plane flight attendants only wore long-sleeved vests and trousers, and even their leather shoes were of the very comfortable kind.

This was still the group's own flight attendants; if you took Air China, you would find that flight attendants wore uniforms similar to suits, which was too conservative.

But it was indeed in line with the characteristics of the era.

"The last batch of medical equipment mostly belongs to instruments and medical consumables, and it won't take much time to install."

The secretary sat behind Li Li Xuewu, and no matter what, the report in his mouth didn't stop.

"Tell the Medical and Education Administration to come up with an overall operation plan as soon as possible; it can't be delayed any longer."

"Director Wei already talked about it at the meeting last week."

The accompanying General Manager of the Engineering Corporation, Lang Zhennan, reported: "He said that formal operation should be achieved next month."

"Actually, there is already a very high volume of patients now."

Li Li Xuewu tapped the seat armrest and nodded: "But the overall operation plan still hasn't been finalized."

"Starting this year, appropriations and budgets for the Medical and Education Administration will be gradually reduced until they achieve a balance of payments."

"This is probably a bit difficult." The Group Finance Director, Fu Yutang, smiled and said: "It's because he's afraid the budget will be cut too severely that Director Wei has been delaying handing over the plan."

"That's not up to him."

Li Li Xuewu also felt it was funny; what Fu Yutang said was very likely true, or at least part of the reason.

Wei Zai, who was in charge of medical and educational work, could absolutely do such a thing; he was an old hand.

Even if it was dragging, he wanted to drag it until next year.

Li Li Xuewu knew his thinking too well; it was nothing more than reporting one year late to avoid having the budget cut for one year.

When it was decided to operate the United School and United Hospital externally, Li Li Xuewu mentioned at the group office meeting that within three years, they must achieve a balance of payments.

Actually, the investment enterprises made in welfare benefits in this era was unprecedented.

Can you imagine, among more than 10,000 workers in the whole factory, besides wages, all life needs are supported by the enterprise?

Birth, aging, sickness, and death; many welfare benefits are free.

Some people say that free things are the most expensive, saying that enterprise workers will be tied to the enterprise's car for a lifetime.

Never have the thought of "why don't they eat meat."

The status and treatment of workers who can truly enjoy this kind of treatment is something later generations cannot imagine.

In this era, workers, whether in terms of treatment or emotional value, are not comparable to some star enterprises of later generations.

Workers in the seventh workshop dared to scold Li Li Huai De to his face, and Li Li Huai De couldn't fire them; who would dare to imagine that in later generations?

The price of high welfare is a lack of economic vitality, a lack of capital for investment, and even more a lack of funds to resist risk.

Li Li Xuewu couldn't go against the era, and he couldn't cut his own welfare benefits.

His requirement for education and medical care to achieve a balance of payments was based on the premise of investing a large amount of resources in these two directions.

Especially by seizing the opportunities of the era, as long as they actively strive, they can absolutely stand out and achieve self-sufficiency.

"Secretary-General, can the plane take off?"

Zhou Zhou Xiaoling walked over with the captain and asked Li Li Xuewu for instructions softly.

The conversation was interrupted; Li Li Xuewu raised his head to look at them and nodded: "You can take off, execute according to the scheduled plan."

"Yes—"

The captain and Zhou Zhou Xiaoling saluted and responded in unison, then left to prepare to execute the takeoff procedure.

Don't think this procedure is very exaggerated; asking the leader taking the plane for instructions before takeoff is a basic operation.

Do you think the captain lacks confidence in flying?

Or do you think Li Li Xuewu can control the tower's orders?

Not at all; this procedure's symbolic and political significance outweighs everything else.

The captain and flight attendants are just here to brush up on favorability, and even more to provide emotional value to the leader.

And Li Li Xuewu also respects this tradition and doesn't feel that this kind of reply is exaggerated or showing off.

Once in the sky, the lives of everyone on this plane are in the service and protection of the flight crew.

Being able to hand over one's life to others to control, one can imagine this sense of powerlessness.

As the flight attendant's service work unfolded, and the plane slowly started and left the apron, the people in the cabin who were talking about work all converged their topics and looked out the window.

At this time, taking a plane was still a novel experience; if it weren't for the group having its own plane, many people on the plane today might not have had the opportunity to take a plane until retirement.

At this time, there was Air China, and major domestic cities also had flight operations, but very few people could get plane tickets.

Because at this time, many plane tickets weren't bought.

Those with status, if they had travel needs, would greet the office and set a day for travel.

The office would coordinate and contact the airport to make travel preparations.

Of course, this is still talking about those with status; like Li's status, he could only obediently buy plane tickets.

This was Li Li Xuewu's second time using a plane; the first time was when he came, he didn't have this treatment before.

When Li Li Huai De traveled, if he could take a train, he would absolutely not take a plane, so as long as he accompanied Li Li Huai De, he took the train.

Li didn't treat himself badly either; that special train was getting better and better, quite luxurious.

With money, one must allow oneself to be dashing.

Li Li Xuewu also, based on the principle of idle utilization, "rented out" Li's carriage.

Government planes were all affiliated with the airport for operation, while special trains were affiliated with the Beijing Railway Station for operation.

In this era, Beijing was undoubtedly the core area of transportation; whether it was high-end carriages or government planes, there was no shortage of customers.

Many people might not spend money to use planes, but every flight of the Red Star Steel Group wouldn't be for nothing.

There were always units bearing these expenses.

"Secretary-General, what would you like to drink?"

Zhou Zhou Xiaoling had already emphasized to the team that she would be responsible for the Secretary-General's service work.

So after the plane was flying smoothly, they appeared in the cabin, asking about the drinking needs of the accompanying personnel.

Can you believe that the list of choices Zhou Zhou Xiaoling provided to Li Li Xuewu actually included cigarettes and white wine?

Let me tell you something interesting: when domestic aviation first ushered in development, you could drink and smoke on the plane.

"Tea is fine, no need to bother."

Li Li Xuewu carefully waited for everyone to finish saying what they needed before stating his own needs.

He was afraid that if he asked for tea, it would make comrades who wanted to drink beverages feel embarrassed and also ask for tea.

Zhou Zhou Xiaoling, who had been waiting, also saw this, and her mood for service was even more special.

Before long, while chatting about aviation knowledge and flight anecdotes in the cabin, the flight attendants brought tea, snacks, and beverages.

Suddenly, there was a cup of tea in front of Li Li Xuewu, as well as a small plate of pastries, which showed Zhou Zhou Xiaoling's attentiveness.

He didn't communicate much with the other party; for the two-hour flight, he even rested for a while.

Until the plane landed, Zhou Zhou Xiaoling didn't have the opportunity to communicate more with him.

The gap in status was simply too large.

Perhaps her current status was something everyone in the dance troupe envied, something other girls in the group were jealous of.

Flight attendant, it was as if a layer of gold had been plated on them, and even the number of pursuers had increased.

But in front of these main people in charge of the group, the gold on them was almost transparent, barely detectable.

You could see their essence: they were waitresses.

"What did Deputy Director Jing say?"

Zhou Zechuan's investigation was going smoother and smoother, so smooth that he was a bit terrified, and even more suspicious.

Xiao Liu had been reused recently, but influenced by him, his heart was also filled with anxiety.

"Deputy Director Jing hasn't replied yet; I'm also waiting for a call."

He looked at Director Zhou, didn't answer more, and remained cautious while the leader was thinking.

Zhou Zechuan frowned at the materials in his hand, indeed thinking about the progress and direction of the case.

He hadn't completely trusted Bu Bu Qingfang, so he took it one step at a time, proceeding with caution in investigating this case.

He couldn't crawl out of this pit only to fall into another.

He led the team to the freight station to investigate and collect evidence; the process was very smooth, and with Yi Yi Honglei's support and help, they easily found relevant witnesses and evidence.

From the investigation results, most of the problems that appeared at the freight station were related to the food company's incoming and outgoing goods.

There were also problems with other units, but they had been ruled out one by one during the investigation and visit process.

This case, up to now, was no longer just a problem of Discipline Inspection supervision, so small problems would be ignored.

For example, the investigation and screening of other units' problems might have been Li Baihui's smoke screen.

Or perhaps it was a human relationship; he, as the person in charge of the dispatch section, had given temporary convenience.

The problems that were most numerous, spanned the longest time, radiated the widest, and had relatively concentrated contradictions were still the food company.

From the freight accounts, one could see that the food company needed to use the freight station to realize the transportation of grain and agricultural and sideline products, as well as the transportation of products.

The transportation of packaged food was nothing more than some loss and quality packaging management problems, while the procurement of raw materials was the big one.

When investigating the procurement and transportation of raw materials, the investigation team found that most of these raw materials were purchased through distribution channels, because the food company was also a third-industry unit.

As long as it was a third-industry unit, there was almost no procurement plan for grain and agricultural and sideline products.

Here, the plan was equivalent to the quota.

Without raw materials, what kind of production are you doing? Since production is needed, you have to find ways to procure through other channels.

There was no problem with procuring raw materials through distribution channels, but there were too many problems in the procurement orders made by the food company.

Discipline Inspection had already established a verification team, preparing to investigate and sort out these accounts.

Zhou Zechuan was executing the investigation task while frantically pulling others to be his cushion, so he aimed at the Finance Department.

He applied to Deputy Director Jing in the name of assisting the investigation, and was still waiting for notification.

The Finance Director was accompanying the Secretary-General to Steel City for research and to attend the helicopter production project landing ceremony.

The leader was waiting, but he couldn't wait.

"Help me make an appointment to talk to the General Manager of the food company."

Zhou Zechuan tapped the fountain pen in his hand and quickly made a decision; he wanted to talk to Cen Cen Fuyao.

Xiao Liu understood the leader's request, turned around, and went out to make a phone call, in the name of the group's Discipline Inspection.

The food company was in the Liangmahe Ecological Industrial Zone, and the office address was in the newly built former third-industry industrial service management office.

The call was made, and Cen Cen Fuyao's reply also came; the two agreed to talk in the group's meeting room.

In less than half an hour, Cen Cen Fuyao walked in and said he was very busy, had business to discuss, and wanted to ask whatever he had to ask as soon as possible.

Zhou Zechuan saw he wasn't polite, so he wasn't polite either.

Cen Cen Fuyao also hadn't expected that the case discussed most in the group recently would have the fire burn to the food company side.

He had expected it when he came, but the surprise he showed now wasn't fake at all.

"Packaged food output is the responsibility of Deputy General Manager Liu, and food raw material procurement is the responsibility of Deputy General Manager Zheng."

"Which Deputy General Manager Zheng?" Zhou Zechuan's hair stood on end.

Cen Cen Fuyao looked at him and said: "It's Comrade Zheng Xudong."

PS: I got home after nine last night, spent the whole day today tidying up, all equipment was readjusted, I'm exhausted, wrote it late, sorry.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1348 =====