Chapter 1386

"Brother, how are you in Steel City?"

"I just arrived a few days ago; how could I be?"

Li Xuewu held the phone and said with a smile: "Why are you calling at this time? Don't tell me you miss me?"

"Eww—" Li Xue on the other end of the phone curled her lips and made a sound of disgust, then laughed out loud herself.

Li Xuewu could tell that his sister was worried about him, and his parents were worried about him, otherwise they wouldn't have called at this time.

He had just returned from the factory guesthouse, and Zhou Wang Yamei told him that there was a call from home in the capital, so he called back.

"Second Brother, Mom told you to drink less." Li Xue's voice on the phone was a bit coquettish, but much more open than when they were face-to-face.

At this moment, she smiled and conveyed: "Mom said, work hard, don't worry about home, pay attention to your health, and pay attention to safety."

"Heh heh—I know."

Li Xuewu heard his mother's voice outside the receiver; this is truly a mother's worry when a child travels a thousand miles.

His daughter and son were already so big, and he had been to Steel City countless times, yet his mother still treated him like a young boy traveling far from home for the first time.

"Mom, my Second Brother said he knows." Li Xue tried to hold back her laughter and said to the outside of the receiver: "He told you to pay attention to your health and work hard too."

"Hahaha—"

I don't know who was at home, but hearing her joke like this, there was a burst of laughter, and also his mother's reproach.

"Second Brother, if you miss home, ask for leave and come back." Li Xue teased him again, "If you miss Second Sister-in-law, you can tell me, and I'll pass it on for you."

"Do you think I can't deal with you if I don't go back?" Li Xuewu said with a smile: "There's less than half a month until the New Year; you just wait."

"Can you come back for the New Year?"

Li Xue's tone had a bit more expectation and surprise, and she said: "Mom and Dad were just talking about whether you could come back for the New Year."

"Mm, I can go back after the New Year; help me tell Mom and Dad." Li Xuewu's tone became a bit more serious, and he said: "The work here has just been taken over, and I can't leave for a while, especially during the New Year."

"Yes, I just told Mom and Dad that too." Li Xue's words inevitably had a bit more disappointment. However, she also knew that her Second Brother couldn't come back for the New Year, and her parents would be the most disappointed. So she said thoughtfully: "You have to take over such a huge amount of work, and there are tens of thousands of workers alone; how can you just leave it behind? Especially since you are the main person in charge."

"Mm, explain it well to Mom and Dad for me."

Li Xuewu let out a long breath and exhorted on the phone: "I have already told your Brother Guodong about the New Year goods; he will help the family prepare them."

"Got it, isn't it like this every year." Li Xue replied: "You don't have to worry about home; we aren't children anymore."

"Oh, by the way, Second Brother." Li Xue asked with a smile again: "Do you want me to tell Second Sister-in-law that you are coming back after the Spring Festival?"

"Heh heh, no need; your Second Sister-in-law knows." Li Xuewu knew her little thoughts and said with a light smile: "Just take good care of Mom and Dad."

"Eww—" Li Xue curled her lips and said: "There will be a time when you have to ask me; let's see if I gossip about you in front of Second Sister-in-law."

"Suit yourself." Li Xuewu laughed and asked: "Peng Xiaoli is getting married; did you help me give the gift money?"

"Mm, I gave it; I didn't forget." Li Xue said in a flat tone: "A lot of people went; it was very lively."

"Peng Xiaoli told me; you couldn't go back to be his witness, and that was his biggest regret that day."

"It's a happy wedding; what regret is there to talk about." Li Xuewu muttered with a smile, and then said to the phone: "Alright, that's it; it's too late; if there's anything, we'll talk when I go back."

His sister's tone wasn't disappointment, but rather emotion; he didn't want Li Xue to think too much about this matter, so he didn't say anything more.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Wang Yamei heard the movement and came out of the study, asking softly: "Is everything alright?"

"Mm, it was Li Xue, asking about my situation." Li Xuewu supported himself on the sofa and stood up, explaining: "My parents wanted to ask if I could go back for the New Year."

"Can you go back?" Zhou Wang Yamei took the wool vest he had taken off and reached out to help him take off his shirt, "It's almost New Year."

"After the New Year; it's definitely not possible before the New Year." Li Xuewu said in a flat tone: "Just changed shifts, people's hearts are moving; it's the end of the year, you know."

"Did they say when the team members will be changed?" Zhou Wang Yamei tidied up his shirt and vest, preparing to wash them together.

She was very self-aware and wouldn't easily ask about Li Xuewu's family affairs, let alone listen to him talk on the phone at home.

In two sentences, she changed the topic to work, not wanting to make Li Xuewu feel embarrassed, and even less wanting Li Xuewu to feel that she would cross the line.

Li Xuewu also understood her measure and felt that this tacit understanding was just right; it was the most comfortable position for his psychological defense line.

At this moment, he took off his pants and socks, put on slippers, and walked toward the bathroom, explaining: "It will be changed, it's been three years. But we have to wait a bit, wait until I sort out the work in Liaodong."

"Then other factory heads won't move?" Zhou Wang Yamei followed him in and asked softly: "Are they waiting for your opinion here?"

"Other factories basically won't move." Li Xuewu sat in the bathtub, slumped his body, and closed his eyes slightly, saying: "Next year there will be a group audit; passing the audit and overall promotion is already a done deal."

Feeling the moderate water temperature, he said lazily: "The current section level, next year it is very likely to be deputy bureau level; everyone is working hard."

"Are there any who won't?" Zhou Wang Yamei had been working at the recycling station for the past two years and had seen a lot of this content; she could be said to know the industrial layout of Red Star Steel Group in Liaodong like the back of her hand.

Actually, there was nothing to say; after all, the entire recycling station relied on Red Star Steel Group to live; could they not understand it clearly?

"Perhaps, it still depends on personal cultivation." Li Xuewu paused and then said: "Don't I also have to cultivate for three years?"

"What about after three years?" Zhou Wang Yamei turned her head and asked: "What kind of goal did you set for yourself in your heart?"

"Set a goal—" Li Xuewu opened his eyes, looked at the mist in front of him, thought for a while, and said: "This is hard to say."

"What's wrong? Is it too magnificent, or too complex?" Zhou Wang Yamei sat on the stool beside him with a smile, looking at him and laughing: "You have laziness in your personality, and also pickiness."

"Are you waiting to see me make a fool of myself?"

Li Xuewu turned to look at her and said with a smile: "Why don't we make a bet; let's bet on the position I told you about last night."

"Go away—" Zhou Wang Yamei rolled her eyes at him, patted him lightly, and then took the opportunity to scrub his back. "Why can't you be serious?"

"You want me to be serious now?" Li Xuewu found it funny, sat up, let her perform her "palm technique," and joked: "What do you want to ask me?"

"Not asking anymore, too lazy to ask." Zhou Wang Yamei reproached him, and her hands exerted a bit more force.

Li Xuewu also found it funny, let out a long breath, and then said: "At least let the light of Red Star shine over this land of the Northeast."

"This really let me say it—"

Zhou Wang Yamei turned around and looked at him, asking: "You set such a big goal for the work of Red Star Steel Group, what big goal do you set for us, for the recycling station? You don't want the light of the recycling station to shine over this land of the Northeast too, do you?"

"The business model of the recycling station is only suitable for survival in big cities, at least in the current situation."

Li Xuewu looked back at her and said: "So there is no such thing as conquering all the land; I just want you to blow the east wind into the sky of the city."

"Forget it, you are really picky."

Zhou Wang Yamei said with a smile: "This morning Zhou Changli was still asking me what you are thinking and how big you want to do."

"How big your heart is, is how big you do."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked: "Is he back again? Didn't they say he was going to Fengcheng? Why does he keep running back?"

"He has no bottom in his heart." Zhou Wang Yamei helped him scrub his back, handed him the towel, and explained: "They weren't like this before you came; hearing that you arrived, everyone is cautious."

"I didn't go to point fingers; why are they cautious?"

Li Xuewu was both angry and amused, took the towel to scrub himself, and asked with a bit of dissatisfaction: "Do you have any troublemakers under your hand?"

"None, everyone knows you are coming; who would be so blind?"

Zhou Wang Yamei washed the clothes and said: "Even if you don't go to the pier to see the scene, they have pressure in their hearts."

"Mm, it's better to have some pressure."

Li Xuewu lay back in the bathtub and said: "If they have no pressure, it should be my turn to have pressure."

"Just talked about Red Star Steel Group, what do you think about the recycling station?" Zhou Wang Yamei turned her head to look at him and asked: "Do you want to move?"

"What about you? What do you think?" Li Xuewu frowned slightly and asked: "Personnel has always been managed by you; what is your opinion?"

"The border office can wait another year, but the port city has been three years." Zhou Wang Yamei reminded: "Especially since there was an accident recently."

"Not just the port city, this time Seeing Da Qiangzi went to Bingcheng, Zhao Dezhu and Zhou Changli went to Fengcheng; Old Four, Old Five, and Old Six should also move."

"Mm, three years—" Li Xuewu's brain spun rapidly, and he said while thinking: "Let Zhou Ziqiang go to Bingcheng; he must bring people with him; no need to consider this. Old Four is mature; let Old Four go."

"Old Four?" Zhou Wang Yamei stopped her work, frowned slightly and said: "Old Four's personality is soft; he might not be able to restrain Zhou Ziqiang."

"He doesn't need to restrain Seeing Da Qiangzi." Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Zhou Ziqiang knows what can be done and what cannot be done."

"What I give him, he can take; if he dares to take what I don't give him, I will chop off his hands."

"Old Four goes to Bingcheng, what about Old Five?" Zhou Wang Yamei stood up straight and asked: "Old Four and Old Five came to Steel City together; it's been a long time."

"Old Five don't move; let him take over Old Four's post." Li Xuewu continued to arrange: "Let Old Nine come to Steel City; that kid has some heart."

He raised one eyelid slightly; looking at it from the front, it was a standard triangular eye. He didn't look like this usually, but as long as he was ruthless, he looked like this.

"Don't you think highly of Old Nine?" Zhou Wang Yamei raised her eyebrows slightly and asked: "Then why do you still use him?"

Saying this, she continued to wash the clothes and asked: "Are you worried that he is strange, or are you worried and want to keep him by your side?"

"Sheep can be used, and tigers can also be used." Li Xuewu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said flatly: "A white-eyed wolf is also a wolf if used well."

"How old is he? Is he already doing things?"

Zhou Wang Yamei asked: "How did you see that he is a white-eyed wolf?"

"I still have a very accurate eye for people—"

Li Xuewu looked at her and smiled wickedly, saying: "But I must admit that I did 'underestimate' you at the beginning."

"Mm?"

Zhou Wang Yamei didn't hear this sentence, looked at him in surprise, and seeing those wicked eyes staring at her... only then did she understand his words.

"Can't you be serious?"

"Who said I'm not serious?" Li Xuewu turned his head to look at the water droplets on the wall and said: "Let Zhou Changli roll to Fengcheng quickly, cooperate well with Zhao Old Four, and establish the recycling station system as soon as possible."

"Call Xiao Laosan back from Jicheng and let him follow to Fengcheng."

Without Zhou Wang Yamei asking, he took the initiative to explain: "Xiao Laosan has more ability than Old Four, and also has culture; he is just right to cooperate with those two goods."

"You think highly of Xiao Laosan again?" Zhou Wang Yamei laughed: "You can think highly of him, which shows that Xilin is easy to use; is it good to do this?"

"Are you very close to her?"

Li Xuewu suddenly turned his head and looked at her, asking: "Or do you sympathize with each other?"

"Think whatever you want." Zhou Wang Yamei washed the clothes, curled her lips and said: "If you can't trust me, then I should thank you."

"Want to quit? Keep dreaming!"

Li Xuewu laughed and turned back to say: "It's not that I don't trust her, but I have to treat everyone equally. I can't move other places and not move Jicheng."

Hearing him say this, Zhou Wang Yamei didn't speak, because she knew these words were fake; Li Xuewu still didn't trust Xilin.

Not to mention Xilin, even she had self-knowledge; no one could take away all of Li Xuewu's trust.

She even had children, and was held firmly by him; but look at the years he wasn't in Steel City, had the eyes and ears ever been broken in this family?

When Wen Saner was there, Wen Saner's wife came; when Wen Saner left, Old Biaozi's wife came. Counting further back, that person named Xu Ning arranged for people to watch her for a full half year. Even that didn't get his full trust.

This guy's mind was tough to a certain degree; he wouldn't take a wrong step. He was calculating others while taking a bath; who could play with heart better than him?

"After Xiao Laosan is transferred from Jicheng, let Old Ten go to Jicheng." Li Xuewu thought for a while and said: "I've raised him for four years; I can't let him eat my rice for nothing."

"Is Old Ten already twenty?" Zhou Wang Yamei turned her head to look at him and asked: "Are they all the same age?"

"Nineteen, I guess; eleven and above are eighteen."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and muttered: "Old Eleven can also be used; who should I replace?"

"Replace the eldest; the eldest should get married." Zhou Wang Yamei reminded him: "If Old Ten is nineteen, then the eldest must be twenty-one."

"Mm, about the same, should be."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "When they first came to me, they were all fifteen or sixteen years old; they could eat more than ten steamed buns at a meal, and could sweep half a basin of pickled vegetables; they were all hungry and ready to eat people."

"That's mysterious—" Zhou Wang Yamei smiled and said: "You don't raise them for nothing; aren't they being used now?"

"It depends on how you use them and who you use." Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "These kids crawled out of a pile of dead people; they had long ago thrown away propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame in the dirt."

"Now they look decent, but they are still the hungry wolves they once were; you'll know when they open their mouths to bite people."

"What exactly are you thinking?"

Zhou Wang Yamei hung the washed clothes on the rack, looked at him and asked: "You look down on them, but you want to use them, and you have to guard against them; aren't you tired?"

"Using people is a technical job."

Li Xuewu felt comfortable after soaking, and also tired; he supported himself and stood up from the bathtub, saying: "There are ways to talk about it here."

"Mm, you are all ways." Zhou Wang Yamei reproached him, but her hands were not slow; she picked up the bath towel to help him wipe the water off his body, and helped him wrap it.

"Put on the bathrobe quickly; catching a cold is no joke."

"It's fine, it's not cold in the room." Li Xuewu put on his slippers and walked out, saying as he walked: "Let the eldest come back from the port city."

"Don't forget you still have a third uncle in the capital." Zhou Wang Yamei tidied up the bathroom, but her words didn't fall behind on work matters.

Li Xuewu wiped his body dry, changed into a bathrobe, sat on the sofa, and said with a smile: "Didn't forget, and can't forget."

"Do you think he has a problem?"

Zhou Wang Yamei came out of the bathroom, looked at him and asked: "Are you waiting for news from the port city?"

"No, no need." Li Xuewu picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying: "He won't have a problem; the ones with problems are those people in the port city."

"I think so too." Zhou Wang Yamei washed her hands, looked at him and said: "If it were really his problem, he wouldn't have been hurt like that."

"It has nothing to do with being hurt." Li Xuewu put down the teacup and said: "He was hurt because he was careless and didn't use his brain."

"I and a group of brothers at home are raising his wife and children for him; if he dares to pit his brothers outside, how could I allow him to come back to heal his wounds."

Li Xuewu thought of the port city; his big brother had been there for many days, and no news had been sent back; he was also very worried.

"Wait until after the New Year; let him heal his wounds, and also stabilize the red flag at home, otherwise he won't be able to do things even if he comes out."

"Fei Shanying must be angry, right?"

Zhou Wang Yamei was in charge of personnel and knew everyone in the recycling station system; she couldn't help but find it funny. "They all say that men will become bad when they have money; I don't know if it's the truth."

"Then you haven't heard the truth that women will have money when they become bad." Li Xuewu glanced at him and said: "Having money has nothing to do with whether you become bad or not; he was that kind of thing when he came out of the capital."

"I also heard that he has a lover in Steel City." Zhou Wang Yamei said quite gossipy: "Biaozi often talks about this matter."

"The uncle and nephew both have the same taste." Li Xuewu curled his lips and said: "Old Biaozi also has a Su Qing in the capital, lingering and unclear."

"Is it that college student who worked in the club? The one from the Finance and Economics University?" Zhou Wang Yamei raised her eyebrows and asked: "With Biaozi like that, you say what do Su Qing and Mai Qinglan see in him?"

"Sigh, emotional matters are the hardest to explain."

Li Xuewu looked at her and asked: "Are you finished tidying up? If you are finished, go to sleep; we still have to go to work tomorrow."

"Almost." Zhou Wang Yamei replied: "I'll make the dough, and steam buns for you tomorrow morning."

"Why bother with that effort? Whatever is convenient, I'm not picky."

Li Xuewu was really a bit sleepy, his eyelids were fighting, and he said in a muffled voice: "Just drink porridge in the morning."

"If you don't eat the main meal, how can you persist until noon, with such a big body." Zhou Wang Yamei reproached him and said: "If you get hungry and thin, when you go back to the capital, won't people say you suffered in Steel City."

"How much suffering can make me hungry and thin." Li Xuewu found it funny and said: "Don't always make pasta; Zhidong doesn't like to eat it."

He had been here for two days, and Zhou Wang Yamei had been eating pasta every meal, thinking he must like pasta because he came from inside the pass.

Actually, it's not; Li Xuewu eats both noodles and rice, but Fu Zhidong likes rice and doesn't like pasta.

"He ate rice tonight." Zhou Wang Yamei explained, and then reminded him: "The eldest wants to find a partner; you also have to think about Xiao Laosan, Old Four, and the others; even if you don't manage them, you have to care about them."

"I really became their godfather—"

Li Xuewu complained with a smile, and then said: "Isn't Third Uncle idle? Arrange this matter for him."

"How does that saying go? People like to be matchmakers when they get older; it's just right to use him."

"You really can't get tired at all."

Zhou Wang Yamei glared at him from the kitchen with a smile; thinking of how tired her thighs were last night, she felt even more funny.

Li Xuewu didn't feel it, stretched his waist and said: "This is called the capable doing more work; Ye Erye is also willing."

"I'll tell you something." Zhou Wang Yamei kneaded the dough skillfully, and said seriously: "Yu Li sent news asking me if the recycling station's office should be moved to Steel City."

"Mm? When did she tell you?"

Li Xuewu walked to the kitchen door quite unexpectedly and asked: "Why didn't she tell me this when I came out?"

"Don't know, just yesterday." Zhou Wang Yamei raised her head to look at him and explained: "You just arrived here, I thought you were tired, so I didn't say it."

"Don't move, keep it in the capital."

Li Xuewu frowned slightly and said: "Let her do her work well, don't let her have wild thoughts for no reason."

"She also wants to come to Steel City, right?" Zhou Wang Yamei said in a flat tone: "Actually, it should be moved to Steel City; it's also convenient for your work."

"Nonsense, don't pay attention to her—"

Li Xuewu turned around and said: "Tomorrow you go see Mai Qinglan; it's not easy for a mother and daughter to bring a child at home; don't let them have difficulties and not be able to speak up."

"Got it, I'll go tomorrow morning." Zhou Wang Yamei replied, seeing him walk toward the stairs, wanting to say something, but held back.

Why should a woman make things difficult for a woman?

"Secretary-General Li, hello."

Hu Ke's voice on the phone was very kind, with the enthusiasm and initiative unique to Northeasterners. He said in a loud voice: "When is it convenient? I'll host a welcome banquet for you?"

"No, your Bureau Chief Hu's meal is not easy to eat." Li Xuewu held the phone receiver to his ear, tilted his head slightly, looked at the documents, and joked: "If I eat too much, I'm afraid I won't be able to repay the favor."

"What kind of talk is this? Are we still friends?" Hu Ke pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "You arrived in Liaodong; if I don't host a welcome banquet for you, how can I bother you when I go to the capital in the future?"

"So you are still thinking of going to the capital to take advantage of us." Li Xuewu laughed and said: "Then I can't eat this meal even more."

"Ehh—" Hu Ke was both angry and amused and said: "You really have become a tough nut. Let me tell you, you are in the same pot as us now that you are in Liaodong; where do you want to run!"

"Look, the truth is out."

Li Xuewu picked up his pen and made a note on the document, wrote a few keywords in his notebook, and then said: "Alright, brother, since you said that I am one of our own now that I am in Liaodong, there is no need to be polite."

"How about this, if you have anything, just speak up; brother, I can handle it if I can, and I will find a way to handle it if I can't, okay?"

"Hahaha—" Hu Ke's laughter came from the phone, very loud, "That's what friends are."

"But let me say one thing, it's really not a Hongmen Banquet." He became serious and said: "Deputy Director Lu heard you arrived and specifically asked me to invite you, this God of Wealth; it's best if you can come to Fengcheng; he also wants to see you."

"I also want to see Deputy Director Lu." Li Xuewu let out a long sigh and said: "But you brother also know, I just arrived in Steel City, everything is still in the process of sorting out and understanding, I really don't have time."

"Understand, we understand." Hu Ke was transferred back to Liaodong from the Beijing Office last year; how could he not understand the handover of work?

Look at Li Xuewu again; from the capital to Liaodong, he took over a huge stall of tens of thousands of people, which is more challenging than his current work.

"I didn't call for any other reason, just to see when you have time to come to Fengcheng, let's get together."

He emphasized on the phone again: "Before or after the New Year is fine; Deputy Director Lu said he is waiting for you."

"Oh my, this is truly hard to refuse." Li Xuewu said with emotion: "Help me say sorry to Deputy Director Lu, and say thank you."

"How about this." Li Xuewu looked at the calendar pressed by the glass on the table and said: "If I can go before the New Year, I will call you; if I can't go, then I will definitely visit you two in Fengcheng after I come back from the capital after the New Year."

"Then it's a deal." Hu Ke said on the phone: "Deputy Director Lu asked me to tell you, arriving in Liaodong is arriving at your own home; if you have any difficulties, don't be polite, let's think of ways to solve them together."

"That's what I mean too; Liaodong industry needs to work together; you came to Liaodong for development, we have no reason to stand by and watch."

He finally said: "Alright, that's it; let's talk properly after you finish this busy period."

This is also a smart person, but the enthusiasm and loyalty covered up that shrewdness and vulgarity. Is the head of Liaodong industry something an ordinary person can see?

Not to mention such concern, patting his chest and calling him brother. If Li Xuewu was still a cadre in the Security Section of Red Star Factory, would people know who he was?

But the workplace is like this; three parts sincerity mixed with seven parts fake, mutual understanding is the most suitable. If you play all your cleverness, no one will play polite with you; if you are too honest, people will treat you as a fool.

You look at how polite Hu Ke is; isn't it because he looks at his status and status? There are many heads of industrial enterprises in Liaodong; how many can eat his treat, and he even moved Deputy Director Lu, who is in charge of industry in Liaodong, out.

Red Star Steel Group's influence can radiate to the entire Bohai Bay, and even has far-reaching influence in many inland cities. If it weren't for this development strength, would Liaodong industry treat him as a petal of garlic?

Suddenly invested 80 million in Yingcheng to build a port trade zone, which is even more advanced than the current port of Bincheng, and larger in scale.

Red Star Steel Group also invested more than 10 million in Steel City, and has many investments in Fengcheng and several other cities.

To put it this way, if Hu Ke wants to open this door for industrial development in Liaodong, it's not that there are no other ways, but using Red Star Steel Group as this key is the easiest and has the most development prospects.

If he doesn't treat Li Xuewu politely, who does he treat politely?

When Li Xuewu was competing for the position of leader of the Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group in the previous stage, when did Hu Ke go to wave the flag and shout?

That's right, just after the outcome was decided.

It's very obvious that this brother has been arranging for people to watch the movements of the group, just waiting for the dust to settle to build a relationship.

He is the one who doesn't suffer any losses at all.

Li Xuewu doesn't need to give him face, but he won't make this relationship bad; he also likes to do things like looking at people and ordering dishes.

In politics, if you don't have foresight and absolute certainty, who dares to fry cold stoves, so don't dislike anyone.

The reason Li Xuewu left time is that he didn't want to be too active. To put it bluntly, Liaodong needs Red Star Steel Group's industrial investment and technical influence. If Red Star Steel Group can really build an industrial giant ship in Liaodong, anyone would be very willing.

Red Star Steel Group has money, technology, and management, and importantly, they have more development potential.

Mixed development of light and heavy industry, breaking through upstream and downstream barriers, and completing the spread of steel enterprises to related fields is a proper big enterprise.

Once Red Star Steel Group operates in Liaodong, it will inevitably drive other industrial enterprises to achieve major breakthroughs in the new era in directions such as technical innovation, production reform, and management replacement.

At this time, Liaodong needs a leader; the faster it runs, the better, just like the 17 Factory in Liaoxi.

Now it seems that Red Star Steel Group is more comprehensive, more representative, and more in line with Liaodong's industrial development pulse than the 17 Factory.

So now it looks like a situation where both sides benefit; Li Xuewu will definitely be smooth sailing in Liaodong as Hu Ke said. No matter who is in that position, they will ensure that this hen that lays golden eggs is not affected.

How to master this hen that lays golden eggs is Li Xuewu's most urgent work, and also the goal he most needs to achieve.

"Is that person still looking at the materials?"

Yang Shuxing passed by the corridor and saw that he was the only one in Yin Zhongyao's office; he glanced at the direction of Li Xuewu's office and then entered the room.

Yin Zhongyao raised his head and saw it was him; he stood up from behind the office desk with a smile, holding a teacup and said: "Just arrived, aren't they all like this."

"Almost a week, right?" Yang Shuxing found a teacup in the tea cabinet, borrowed Yin Zhongyao's tea leaves, and made a cup himself. "Don't tell me he's going to write some long-winded article to shock us."

He walked to the sofa with his teacup with a smile and sat down, saying meaningfully: "Our leader is the group's number one pen."

"I'm not afraid of long-winded articles." Yin Zhongyao added hot water to his teacup and also sat down on the sofa, drank slowly, and then said flatly: "I'm just afraid he's eager for quick success and instant benefits, and loves to show off."

"Holding back for so long, there must be some purpose." Yang Shuxing said firmly: "I'm afraid he's going to hit us from behind."

"What's the use of being afraid." Yin Zhongyao said indifferently: "Just watch; someone is jumping up and down before us."

"Heh heh heh—" Yang Shuxing laughed lightly, picked up his teacup and took a sip, saying: "That person is also a tough temper; I heard that the relationship between the two was very good at first, but later it became too stiff because of Director Dong's matter."

"Blame who? It's still his eagerness for progress." Yin Zhongyao blew the tea leaves in his teacup and said: "Having such an end is also deserved."

Yang Shuxing had some other thoughts about this. When he first started, this Yin Zhongyao was also Yang Shuji's person, on the same path as Yang Zongfang.

It's just that from the beginning, the two couldn't pee in the same pot, and neither was convinced by the other.

When Yang Zongfang first came to Steel City, he cooperated quite tacitly with Dong Wenxue, and with Li Xuewu taking care of him in the capital, he lived very freely.

Look at Yin Zhongyao again; he was older than Yang Zongfang, had deeper qualifications, and had been with Yang Shuji for longer. At that time, Yin Zhongyao felt that both of them were arranged by Yang Shuji in Steel City, so they must cooperate well.

It's just that this cooperation also had a size; Yin Zhongyao naturally wouldn't listen to Yang Zongfang, but he didn't expect Yang Zongfang didn't intend to listen to him either.

Dong Wenxue trusted Yang Zongfang very much and gave him the opportunity to do business with great vigor. Yang Zongfang, who had just been promoted, was also eager to make a career to show himself, so he couldn't listen to Yin Zhongyao's low-key words at all.

The two started to become stiff from here, and didn't mention cooperation anymore.

And Yang Zongfang wasn't a ruthless character; when he clearly knew that Yang Shuji was leaving, he dared to stand up and stir up trouble.

Yes, everyone said privately that he was benevolent and loyal, but what was the result?

Is Li Xuewu someone easy to get along with? Dong Wenxue is his teacher, and also the key to the two masters and apprentices arranging Liaodong. Now he wants to cut down the tree and pick the peaches; not to mention a ruthless character like Li Xuewu, even Dong Wenxue wouldn't agree.

The result was that overnight, Yang Zongfang was moved from the hot seat to the cold bench; if it weren't for the fact that he had no omissions, Li Xuewu's decisiveness would definitely have gotten rid of him, and he wouldn't have allowed him to be so wild.

Dong Wenxue stood firm in Steel City and always treated Yang Zongfang with marginalization; he didn't suppress him, nor did he use him.

Yang Zongfang was also sensible; he didn't take the initiative, nor did he admit defeat, just standing there until Li Xuewu was coming to Liaodong.

Even Yang Shuxing could see that he was anxious; who is blind?

It's just that Li Xuewu was in the capital, close to the water, and had the status of the group's Secretary-General, and also had the momentum of a great victory.

Look at him again, dead and still wanting to move up?

It's just that some words can be said by others, but he, Yin Zhongyao, can't. These two sentences seem to be criticizing Yang Zongfang for not knowing the times, but aren't they also saying that Yang Shuji implicated them? Is this accusing Yang Yuansong?

An old leader, slandering like this, shows what Yin Zhongyao's character is like.

To be honest, Yang Shuxing really didn't want to be with him, but there were only a few people in the team, so who could he circle?

Liu Yongnian and Wang Shuqiong obviously didn't want to get involved in these, and were waiting for the new leader to arrive to start a new work journey.

It seems that these "old people" will eventually be disliked, feared, and even thrown into the trash heap.

For Dong Wenxue, three years is a term, and for them, it is too. From the winter of 65 to now, it has been the fourth year.

If it weren't for coming to Steel City and staying in the government office, maybe they could be in charge of one side now. Look at Ji Jiuzheng; isn't he the same as them, once a deputy position in the office, now he has stood up.

United Energy Corporation; just the capital injection exceeded millions; it looks really enviable.

Who doesn't want to be the head, who doesn't want to be in charge of one side; the greater the desire in the heart, the more resentment in the heart.

"Not necessarily." Yang Shuxing sorted out his thoughts and said with a smile: "What if the two can talk again."

"Heh heh, Secretary-General—" Yin Zhongyao looked at the tea leaves in the teacup and said meaningfully: "Now he is the Secretary-General; which rank is he on. The past is the past, and now is now."

"Just wait; didn't you see Old Liao stumble."

He raised his eyes to look at Yang Shuxing sitting on the side and said: "I want to see where he has been holding back his fire for so long."

"Do you want to..." Yang Shuxing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I have to ask for leave to go home before the New Year; my old father-in-law is sick."

"Heh heh, you really know how to pick the time."

Yin Zhongyao glared at him with some dissatisfaction and said: "Originally I also wanted to let my father-in-law 'get sick', but you snatched it first."

"Alright, whoever says it first is whose."

Yang Shuxing drank the tea in his teacup, stood up and said: "After I ask for leave, I will bring you Beijing specialties when I come back."

"I really thank you." Yin Zhongyao stood up to see him off and said with a smile: "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten where I was from."

"Anyway, not from Steel City, right?"

Yang Shuxing looked back and smiled, full of teasing, but got a big white eye from Yin Zhongyao, and the two could be considered to have a tacit understanding.

The corridor had returned to its usual busyness; the arrival of the new leader seemed to have no sense of existence, and everyone was a bit impatient.

Although they would still speculate about the new leader's temper, they would never delay normal work and life because of the new leader.

So very quickly, everything was the same as before, just being cautious near the new leader's office.

Someone had already found out that the new leader had read all the decision-making documents from 65 to now, even more seriously than an audit.

Heard that the notes were recorded in two or three notebooks; it didn't look like he came to do things, but like he came to investigate.

At the end of the year, there was no intention to hold an office meeting, and everyone had to look at the leader's meaning for how to spend the New Year, how to be on duty, and how to take time off.

If they really dragged it to the end of the year, I'm afraid everyone would scold their mothers.

Who doesn't have elderly at home, who doesn't have relatives and friends; if there is no arrangement, how to spend this New Year.

Hey! Just when everyone was discussing, Zhang Enyuan took the notice signed by the leader and handed it to the office.

No meeting discussion, direct order; it really opened eyes!