Chapter 1388: You're still the most ruthless one!

"How could it be possible to wipe them all out in one go?"

Li Xuewu had approved the leave requests for Yang Shuxing and Yang Zongfang, but he had no intention of taking any further lethal action against the two Yangs.

That is not how work is done; he could not possibly replace every single disobedient cadre in Steel City. That would not be the incompetence of the Steel City cadres, but his own incompetence.

Old Li and the other members of the Group's leadership team allowed him to "kill the chicken to warn the monkey," but they absolutely would not allow him to purge everyone. If he truly managed the Metallurgical Plant and the Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group like an iron bucket, it would be his turn to be besieged by others.

Strike a batch, pull in a batch, stabilize a batch.

Li Xuewu was here to get things done, not to conduct a disciplinary inspection campaign. To put it more bluntly, he didn't even care if the people below had stains on their records.

If he were the leader in charge of disciplinary work, then he would certainly not tolerate any sand in his eyes, because that would be his job.

But he was the main person in charge of managing a region, the leader presiding over comprehensive work; if he really wanted to implement a "clean and clear" policy, who would still have the heart to do their work?

What the superior likes, the subordinate will surely follow.

If he started doing this from the moment he stepped out of the car, he wouldn't need to do anything else for the next three years; there would be countless cases and leads handed to him.

When that time came, would he investigate these leads or not? Would he make arrests or not?

Doesn't investigating cases require time and energy?

It wasn't that purifying the officialdom wasn't important, nor was it that this work wasn't worth investing time and energy into; it was that there was no need to be passively and completely consumed by it.

If he delayed other work, even those people in the Group would be dissatisfied with him. If they really arranged for him to take the post of Deputy Director in charge of discipline as a "star of misfortune," that would be troublesome.

Development and integrity should be in a state of dynamic equilibrium; mobilizing all forces and leading the team to create results to the greatest extent possible is the fundamental goal.

Zhu Yuanzhang dared to skin corrupt officials and stuff them with straw to warn future generations, but were there any fewer corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty?

Small cadres do work; big cadres handle people.

If Li Xuewu were leading a single department with only a few dozen people, he could perfectly well attend to every detail and handle everything.

The Group has tens of thousands of people under his management in Liaodong, and over a dozen factories of various sizes; he had no intention of being Zhuge Liang, "exhausting his efforts until his heart stops beating."

The plant's disciplinary work has leaders in charge, and the plant's industrial work also has leaders in charge; everyone performs their own duties, so why would he need to make the decision on everything?

One must clarify from an ideological standpoint how a leader should act; only then can one quickly transition into the role and manage such a massive undertaking well.

Grasp the big, let go of the small; he responds to the ever-changing situation with the unchanging. The initiative shown by these two Yangs is also a bit suspicious, especially the dynamics of other people in the office.

If he cannot establish prestige and realize the normal development of leadership work within three months, he should pack his bags and return to the capital early, lest he take a big tumble.

And the goal Li Xuewu set for himself was to sort out the situation and order of the Metallurgical Plant and other industrial enterprises of the Group in Liaodong within two months, and to adjust and perfect the work plan he had already formulated for his three years in Liaodong industry.

This involves personnel, technology, engineering, trade, and every other aspect. He is not afraid of trouble, and even less afraid of these "trifling ailments" adding to his trouble.

From the day he planned to come to Liaodong, he had already been making preparations; could he lose his head just because one or two plant leaders threw in the towel?

He wouldn't replace all the plant leaders, nor did he have that many subordinates of his own to arrange; he was giving these people a chance to "perform."

Whether it's showing loyalty or acting like a rogue, it's all up to them. At his level, one still needs to be more above-board; playing dirty is easy to be criticized for.

The more above-board a leader acts, the more support and trust they can gain from the masses and cadres. Under the trend of the times, where would the demons and monsters have a place to hide?

Now he needs to quickly establish normal cadre-mass relations, healthy channels for communication from top to bottom, and reasonable, rapid processing mechanisms.

To put it plainly, it's letting the grassroots workers and cadres know who he is, what he looks like, how he plans to work next, and in which direction to strive.

The general approach of leaders is to first subdue these deputies, then convey their own ideas through them, and then lead everything from a high position.

Li Xuewu does not intend to do this. If he were forty years old this year, he could sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor, using both kindness and authority; but he is simply too young.

Now he has the ability to subdue these deputies, but not enough prestige to make the comrades below trust him and obey him.

This is the helplessness of being young. Doesn't the old saying go, "If there's no hair on the lip, the work won't be firm"? The grassroots comrades just happen to believe in this.

Therefore, Li Xuewu must go down to the grassroots, letting the Metallurgical Plant Director become a living person in the hearts of the workers, not just a signature on a document.

In over ten days, he had already read through all the important decision-making documents since the establishment of the Metallurgical Plant and the Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group.

He couldn't say he knew everything, but combined with his understanding of Steel City over the past few years and his participation in the construction of major projects, he at least had a general idea in his mind; the preparatory work he had done previously had not been wasted.

Combining theory with practice, the next step is to adjust the work plan based on the actual situation of each unit and plant area.

At the same time, personnel also need to be adjusted.

The Group had already made preparations for personnel adjustments, a plan led by Li Huai De, presided over by Gu Ning and Zhong Jingxue, and decided upon by other deputy directors, waiting only for implementation after the New Year.

As for the other persons in charge of the Group's industrial enterprises in Liaodong, these people had tacitly bypassed them, intending to leave them for Li Xuewu to complete the layout.

But the positions of the main persons in charge cannot be moved; this is a matter of principle.

These people basically came down from the departments last year, and they haven't been in the job for a full year yet; there is no need for adjustment.

And although Xu Si, of Yingcheng Shipping, had been in Yingcheng for three years, Li Huai De still wanted him to serve another term.

The Group's project at Yingcheng Port still needs someone to sit in command, and he is just right.

However, Old Li had already talked to Li Xuewu privately; the Yingcheng Port project is of vital importance, and he still prefers it to be managed directly by the Group.

Li Xuewu had no objections to this; it is better for such external projects to be led directly by the Group. Whether from an administrative perspective or business policy, it is convenient for the Group to manage it with superiors and the port area.

This involves a problem: using Xu Si to oversee the construction of the Yingcheng Port area, but not being able to let him manage it after it is built and operational. How does Old Li plan to arrange for Old Xu?

Old Li's opinion is to see the situation; if Xu Si can shoulder the heavy burden, then give him participation rights in the Group's decision-making layer, in charge of shipping and port affairs.

If Old Xu fails and can't hold up, then transfer him back to the capital to serve as Secretary-General, or in other nominal positions, and retire to the second line after one term.

Personnel work is just that realistic and cruel; even Li Xuewu cannot directly decide the selection of the heads of various industrial enterprises. He only has the right to suggest and vote; the Group cannot give him the opportunity to be a dictator.

He cannot say a main person in charge is down or up just like that, but he does have the right to arrange and adjust the deputy positions of the Group's various industrial enterprises.

This is also the tacit understanding the Group's other leaders have with him; since he has already arrived in Liaodong, these people must support him.

No one can challenge his authority.

What if the heads of various industrial enterprises play hardball?

Then Li Xuewu doesn't need to take action himself; the connections behind these people wouldn't allow it either, at least not until he reveals a flaw.

If the people below dare to provoke Li Xuewu, it is equivalent to directly challenging Li Xuewu at the Group level. Who would dare to be the first to break the situation of unity?

The leaders above have already emphasized that now, whoever dares to stick their head out will be hit.

Now Li Xuewu's flaw has been revealed, but no one has taken the bait, and no one dares to take action. Why?

"Are you really going to spend the New Year in Steel City?"

Zhou Ya finished tidying up the kitchen and came out to see him sitting on the sofa drinking tea and reading the newspaper, while his son was kneeling by the coffee table doing homework.

Li Xuewu had been in Steel City for almost two weeks, and Fu Zhidong was still very attached to him.

Clearly, there were small desks prepared for him in the study and the room upstairs, but seeing his uncle come home for dinner, he wouldn't listen.

Isn't that right? After dinner, he still wanted to chat with his uncle about things at school, and only knew to do his homework after she reminded him.

But even while doing homework, Fu Zhidong didn't intend to leave his uncle's side.

No, perhaps it should be said that he wouldn't allow his uncle to leave his sight.

Hearing her ask this, Fu Zhidong suddenly raised his head, looking at his uncle with a somewhat nervous expression.

Even Zhou Ya felt a bit jealous of this nervousness; how could this uncle be closer than his own mother?

Was he afraid that Li Xuewu would say he was going back to the capital for the New Year, causing his plan of setting off fireworks with his uncle for the New Year, which he had been nagging about for a long time, to fall through?

"Hmm, don't you welcome me staying?"

Li Xuewu put down the teacup he was holding, moved his gaze away from the newspaper, and looked up at Zhou Ya.

"Mom—" Fu Zhidong's nervous gaze shifted back to his mother, very afraid that she would say she didn't want his uncle to stay for the New Year.

Zhou Ya was so angry; is this still her own son?

"How would I dare—"

She twitched the corners of her mouth and glared at Li Xuewu with some dissatisfaction, saying: "If I said no, my son wouldn't agree either. Isn't that right, Fu Zhidong?"

"Mom—" Fu Zhidong, who was used to reading expressions, couldn't fail to see that his mother was about to get angry.

He put down his pencil, stood up, and threw himself beside his mother, saying embarrassedly: "Of course I listen to you."

"It's just... it's just..."

After appeasing his mother, he looked back at his uncle with some reluctance, and then whispered to his mother: "It's so cold outside."

"Are you still worried that your uncle will freeze—"

Zhou Ya rolled her eyes, then looked at Li Xuewu, who was smirking, and chided: "Your evil scheme succeeded, didn't it?"

"What did I do?" Li Xuewu put on an expression of being wronged, spread out the newspaper in his hands, and said: "I didn't say anything at all."

"That mind of yours—" Zhou Ya glared at him and said: "If you dare to sow discord between us mother and son again, I'll kick you out."

"Uncle didn't—" Seeing his mother like this, Fu Zhidong became a bit anxious, looking at his mother and emphasizing seriously: "Uncle didn't say anything bad about you; he even told me to take good care of you."

"You—" Zhou Ya was anxious, reached out her finger to poke her son's forehead, and said with an expression of "hating iron for not becoming steel": "Your uncle sold you, and you'd still help him count the money."

"Uncle didn't... he just didn't..."

Fu Zhidong looked back at his uncle, wanting to confirm if his mother had wronged him.

He only saw his uncle's aggrieved expression, which made him even more certain that his mother was overthinking it; his uncle was a good person.

"Alright, go to the study and do your homework."

Zhou Ya saw Li Xuewu starting to act, and was so angry; her son could be considered raised in vain.

She instructed her son: "The light in the living room isn't good enough; be careful not to ruin your eyes. Mom needs to talk to Uncle about something."

"Okay, Mom!" Fu Zhidong was very well-behaved this time, tidied up his books and homework, then looked at his uncle cautiously, and then reminded his mother: "It's so cold outside—"

"Alright, hurry up and do your homework."

Zhou Ya was bitter, glared at her son, and didn't glare at Li Xuewu until she saw him enter the study.

Li Xuewu put on an innocent expression, picked up his teacup, and his gaze fell on the newspaper again, as if he had discovered some interesting news.

"You only know how to put on an act, hmph—" Zhou Ya walked over, snatched the newspaper from his hands, and sat down beside him. "If you're going to spend the New Year here, is everything arranged in the capital?"

"Isn't it a bit late to ask this now?" Li Xuewu pointed to the calendar on the wall and reminded her: "There are only four days left until the New Year."

"Besides, didn't you hear when I called Li Xue that day? Why are you bringing this up again?"

"Why do you think?"

Zhou Ya looked at him deeply, then lowered her head and folded the newspaper, saying: "I promised her, I can't..."

"Nonsense—" Li Xuewu glanced at her, snatched back his newspaper, and said: "Can you be at ease just by giving her a bracelet?"

After saying this, he didn't look at her anymore, picked up his teacup, and said: "No one wants to guard against you; if you want to go to the capital, go. You're just worrying for nothing."

"So it's just me being sentimental, right?"

Zhou Ya glared at him, then pursed her lips and said: "I can let anyone down, but I can't let her down."

"Then you two can spend it together—"

Li Xuewu was amused by her words, looked at her, and said: "How did 'letting down' or 'not letting down' even come up?"

"It's all because of you—" Zhou Ya looked at him, pouted slightly, and said: "You only know how to bully me."

"Look at that, how unreasonable that sounds." Li Xuewu turned his body to look at her and asked: "When have I ever bullied you?"

"You're still saying that!" Zhou Ya widened her eyes and said: "I'm asking you, why did you have to stay at my place when you came to Steel City to work?"

"Ai hai—that's not—"

Li Xuewu shook the newspaper in his hand and said: "I just forgot to tell you; the newspaper says that the No. 17 Factory has trial-produced a hydraulic automatic polishing machine with advanced world-class levels."

"You stay right there—" Zhou Ya saw that he was about to stand up and slip away as he spoke, so she grabbed his arm.

Northeast women have a kind of toughness; usually, you see them as intellectual and gentle, but in reality, they are particularly ruthless in their bones.

If she weren't a ruthless person, could she have allowed Fu Bin to be away from home for many years while still raising the child well?

Li Xuewu talking about other things to avoid the topic was definitely not because he was afraid of her, but simply because he didn't want to answer that question.

How to answer?

This woman is an expert in the field of psychology; could he hide whether what he said was true or false from her?

Just say, if he told a lie and was caught by this woman, wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?

Want to tell the truth?

Stop joking; he still wants to continue living here. If this truth isn't spoken, there is still a layer of buffer between the two; if it were spoken, it would truly hurt people's hearts.

Although Zhou Ya also looks very sad now, after all, he didn't tell the truth, so he can't be blamed.

Zhou Ya really wanted to bite him to vent her hatred. Suddenly, she discovered that there were a few more pairs of eyes near her home, and someone was following her on her way to work, which made her realize that something didn't seem right.

She wanted to ask Li Xuewu: Did you bring the "devils" here!

"It's the New Year, after all; preparing a set of clothes, a string of firecrackers, a pair of spring couplets, and a pot of dumplings is enough."

Kuang Yusheng accompanied Li Xuewu, and when he heard him ask how to spend the Spring Festival, that was his answer.

Li Xuewu tucked his gloves into the pocket of his woolen overcoat and said with a smile: "That's festive, but why does it sound a bit lonely?"

"Hahaha—"

The cadres following behind burst into laughter together; it was really because the leader was in a good mood today that they dared to laugh.

Zhang Wei walked beside Zhang Guoqi and leaned in to ask: "The leader can still crack jokes."

Zhang Guoqi turned his head to look at him and said: "Why don't you try cracking one?"

"..." The smile on Zhang Wei's face froze for a second, and then he said sheepishly: "I don't think that's necessary."

Zhang Guoqi twitched the corners of his mouth, turned his head to look ahead, preparing in case the leader needed anything.

Actually, he was being too cautious; Li Xuewu taking them out for research could be called traveling light.

Think about it, two cars could fit everyone; how many people could there be?

Li Xuewu brought his secretary Zhang Guoqi, the Deputy Director of the Office Zhang Jing, and Dong Mengyuan's secretary Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei had been helping him with data and personnel organization for the past few days, but he hadn't shown his face much.

Besides these three, Li Xuewu also had Zhang Guoqi call two people from the office to follow.

Zhang Guoqi didn't know what he was thinking, but he even reported the matter of needing two people to follow to Liao Lan.

Liao Lan might have truly been numb, and handed the matter back to Zhang Guoqi, which was when he named his apprentice.

It's an office, after all; pushing and pulling is normal, just like dating—one side always has to compromise first.

"The year-end is hard to pass, yet we pass it every year; the days are hard to endure, yet we endure them day by day." Kuang Yusheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the newly built workshop this year, and said with emotion: "In a blink of an eye, two years have passed."

"Everyone likes the joy of the autumn harvest." Li Xuewu looked at the equipment and facilities in the workshop with a critical eye and said: "But you also need the efforts of spring."

"Can I be considered an old ox plowing the fields?"

Kuang Yusheng didn't care about his criticism at all, pointed to his own face, and said: "I even feel like I've gotten much darker."

"You weren't white to begin with—"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at him, curled his lips, and said: "At this age, you still want to be a 'white-faced scholar'?"

"Who told me to have the conditions for it."

Kuang Yusheng was only this shameless in front of Li Xuewu, which was also a manifestation of his nervous system relaxing.

The preparatory cadres of the Steel City Metallurgical Plant all held back their laughter, while guessing the relationship between the two in their hearts.

News had long spread that Kuang Yusheng and Li Xuewu had a deep relationship, having had conflicts before and cooperation later.

This was no secret either; the predecessor of the Steel City Automobile Manufacturing Plant was a tertiary project tinkered with by the Technical Department and Production Department during the Red Star Factory period—wasn't that the idea of this Secretary-General?

Who in the Group doesn't know that the Security Department has a thick foundation? Just look at the equipment and attire of those security guards.

Which unit was the first in the entire Group to be equipped with Red Star Lingyang cars?

That's right, it was the Security Department.

How did such a thick foundation come about? Which old employee of the Group doesn't know? Wasn't it earned through the car maintenance project?

Whether the relationship is good or not, feelings aren't necessarily reliable, but interest entanglements are absolutely trustworthy. Just looking at the fact that Kuang Yusheng and Li Xuewu worked on projects together and earned money for their respective units, it's not hard to evaluate their cooperative relationship in business.

Of course, everyone hadn't heard of any private friendship between Plant Director Kuang and the Secretary-General, but who in the entire Group has one?

This Secretary-General has a very strange temper and extremely strong principles; he says he won't bring work home, so he won't work at home.

Except for the duty room, no one in the Group knows his exact home address, let alone the specific situation of his home.

Since none of these are known, let alone visiting his home.

The Secretary-General had been reading data in the office for over ten days; whether the Group knew, everyone wasn't sure, but the Steel City Industrial Zone had basically spread the word.

Just when everyone thought the Secretary-General would be reading these documents and data until after the New Year, the leader came for research on the 27th.

The first stop was the Steel City Metallurgical Plant; interested people were already guessing the significance of the Secretary-General's trip.

Whether the leader would continue research tomorrow or the day after, and which factory would be chosen as the second or third stop.

Don't underestimate this order; there might be some big secret hidden in it.

Yes, everyone is mixing in the circle; if they don't pay attention to these and can't figure them out, they really are useless.

"Pay attention, everyone; don't take it lightly."

Kuang Yusheng stared at the cadres on-site who were docking with the engineering department and reminded them: "The Secretary-General is a professional."

"Are you trying to scare me?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at him, then sized up the nervous cadres welcoming the inspection, and continued to watch.

Kuang Yusheng didn't take it seriously and continued to tell the cadres beside him: "Do you know who proposed the concept of industrial production standardization?"

"Do you know who made the detailed rules for industrial production safety management and the dual safety management plans?"

He pointed to his feet and said: "It was this Metallurgical Plant, this workshop; they were all designed with the Secretary-General's personal participation."

"Production, safety, management, fire protection, transportation, supply, etc., all had the Secretary-General's opinions."

"I'll tell you this." Kuang Yusheng said seriously: "If I can't pick out any faults, it's because I lack the ability, but you absolutely cannot fool the Secretary-General."

"If he says you have a problem, then I won't have any doubts at all; it must be that your work has a problem."

"Hmm, you really are trying to scare me."

Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly, patted the arm of the cadre who was following and introducing, and said: "Don't be nervous; there are no big problems."

He looked at the other cadres of the Metallurgical Plant and said: "I'm not here for acceptance, nor am I here to pick bones out of an egg."

"Leader, we welcome you to give us your opinions."

The cadre welcoming the inspection stood straight and said earnestly: "Even if our Director Kuang didn't say it, we know you are an expert in safety management, and we are willing to listen to your opinions."

He raised his hand to indicate Kuang Yusheng's direction and said: "Our Director Kuang has repeatedly emphasized the concept of safety during the construction and equipment installation process over the past two years, mentioning your speeches when you were in charge of production safety work; we have long wanted to invite you here."

"Hehe, Director Kuang, are you acting this out for me?"

Li Xuewu gently held the arm of the cadre welcoming the inspection and looked at Kuang Yusheng amusedly, saying: "You didn't arrange this, did you?"

"If I had known he could brag like this, I would have sent him to the Propaganda Department long ago." Kuang Yusheng glared at the cadre and said: "Did I tell you to praise me in front of the Secretary-General?"

"No, no." The cadre's face changed, and he waved his hands repeatedly, saying: "I was speaking from the heart..."

"Alright, your Director Kuang is joking."

Li Xuewu smiled, patted his arm again, and said: "Production enterprises have nothing more than a few bottom lines, and the safety pass should be the first pass of enterprise production. Am I right?"

Seeing the cadre nod, he looked at the others and said: "Director Kuang says I am an expert in safety management; that is truly bragging for me. I dare not acknowledge it."

"Like everyone else, I have had experience in safety management; what makes me inferior to everyone is that I am a 'halfway monk' who switched paths."

He nodded and said very seriously: "At that time, the leader arranged for me to be in charge of safety production management; what could I do? I couldn't just throw in the towel and leave, could I?"

"Hahaha—" Hearing him say it so interestingly, the grassroots cadres on the scene let out a burst of light laughter.

Li Xuewu also smiled and continued: "No way, if you don't understand, you ask and learn. It's nothing more than summarizing experience and lessons, studying preventive measures; as long as you put safety management work before production, I believe everyone can do a good job in this aspect."

"Thank you, Secretary-General—" The cadre welcoming the inspection held his hand and said gratefully: "Thank you for your guidance."

"This is nothing; I also want to praise you for keeping the safety of the workers in your heart." Li Xuewu reached out and poked his chest, saying seriously: "This is what a qualified cadre is."

"This year is the last year of the Metallurgical Plant's construction, the final year." Kuang Yusheng looked at Li Xuewu and said: "You should also tell everyone how we should work next."

"I knew you were hiding something; you were waiting for me here."

Li Xuewu looked at him with a smile, then looked at the crowd and said: "I know that my coming here these days has made everyone miss me, but there really was no other way. The empire built by tens of thousands of people in the Group in Liaodong is not something I can act rashly and mess around with; I have to look at you."

His gaze swept over these people on the scene and said: "I want to see what you are all doing and how you are doing it."

"I also want to see you, talk to you, and listen to your opinions and suggestions, even if they are complaints or grievances."

The people on the scene widened their eyes and looked at him seriously; this was the first time Li Xuewu had explained and clarified his actions over the past ten days or so.

"The reason I am cautious is because I know the Red Star Steel Group is not mine alone; the Group's industry in Liaodong belongs to the 100,000 workers of the entire Group. How could I not be cautious?"

"Rest assured, I will definitely not let down everyone's expectations for what to do next year." He waved his hand and said: "Please wait patiently, wait for me to visit all the enterprises."

Seeing him say this, everyone in their hearts understood that the Secretary-General was definitely not here to "gild" himself, nor was he here to accumulate achievements as rumored by some, but was truly here to build a career.

If the Secretary-General wanted to fish for achievements, he could have sat back and enjoyed the fruits of others' labor; there was no need to work so hard to make so many preparations.

Everyone already understood his strange behavior from the previous period in their hearts, and this time they were truly full of expectations for his work plan.

Kuang Yusheng accompanied Li Xuewu toward the factory office building, saying as they walked: "Under the pressure of the goal of high-standard factory area construction, I haven't slept a good night in two years."

"If constructed according to the normal schedule, it will be fully completed in August this year, for equipment debugging and pre-production preparation."

He looked at Li Xuewu, his gaze tenacious and full of hope, and said: "The Metallurgical Plant can have today, and it should also thank you."

"Ai—" Li Xuewu patted his arm with emotion, walked forward with him, and said: "How could I care about these things."

Why did Kuang Yusheng emphasize his professionalism in safety production work and industrial management work in front of so many cadres? Why did he mention past work achievements? This is propaganda.

That's right, it was to help Li Xuewu establish prestige on the front line, to build an image in the hearts of the workers of a leader who is capable, cultured, and career-minded, and who is a leader who can walk into the front line to listen to everyone's opinions.

Li Xuewu naturally understood the purpose of his doing this, which was why he had such a good attitude today.

"The deadline given by the Group is October of this year." He said to Kuang Yusheng: "You must tell me clearly before this time whether the Metallurgical Plant can start production."

"You should have also paid attention."

He walked while reminding Kuang Yusheng: "The Beijing New No. 1 Factory is also accelerating the pace of construction. Whether the connection work can be completed in the shortest time is crucial."

"The Group must fully guarantee the execution of the production plan and also ensure that the New Beijing No. 1 Factory can operate smoothly."

"I know, the rolling production plan for Beijing industry this year is still ours." Kuang Yusheng nodded and said: "If the New Beijing No. 1 Factory cannot start production, then we will have to take on next year's."

"Neither Director Li nor I hope to work as 'short-term laborers' for others for another year; the impact of this on us is simply too great."

Li Xuewu looked at him and emphasized: "We must ensure that the Beijing Metallurgical Plant can carry out equipment dismantling work the moment it stops production, and also ensure that it resumes production at the New Beijing No. 1 Factory in the shortest time."

"At the same time, Steel City must also settle the transferred workers as soon as possible and restore production capacity."

"Hmm, we are also considering this." Kuang Yusheng was clearly under great pressure, "The plan is already in its fifth version."

"I don't care how many versions you've made." Li Xuewu emphasized with a firm gaze: "Your Metallurgical Plant absolutely cannot have any problems."

"Yes, I guarantee it." Kuang Yusheng gritted his teeth and guaranteed seriously: "Resolutely no problems."

"Hurry up, hurry up and make the plan and hand it to me."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "After the Group's approval is completed, you should make preparations for receiving it in advance."

He looked at the newly completed office building not far away and said: "While debugging machinery, while experimental production, while restoring production, try to form a 'wave-style' management model."

"I also know that 'ant-moving-house' style transportation is the most time-consuming and troublesome, but this is the safest method we can think of."

The relocation plan for the Metallurgical Plant mentioned by Li Xuewu had actually started long ago; the new factory area here was under construction, and some cadres from the Beijing Metallurgical Plant were constantly being transferred to work here.

With the transfer and adjustment of office cadres, some post workers were also in the sequence of adjustment.

The survey on whether the original workers of the Metallurgical Plant were willing to follow during the relocation had long begun. Workers who were determined to go with the Metallurgical Plant would also have arrangements and transfers made in advance here.

Machinery installation, equipment management, process design, etc., all require professional workers to cooperate.

And since the second half of last year, some equipment from the Red Star Metallurgical Plant had already been moved to the New Beijing No. 1 Factory.

For those workers who indicated they wanted to stay in Beijing during the survey, the Group also made diversion arrangements.

Those with real technical skills would be handled with a delay, while ordinary workers would be transferred to work at the New Beijing No. 1 Factory one after another in accordance with the agreement the Group had previously reached with Beijing industry.

According to the original plan, the Red Star Steel Group will support the New Beijing No. 1 Factory with at least 15,000 workers.

The reason why so many people are needed is that during the investment and construction process of the New Beijing No. 1 Factory, Beijing industry also made further investments.

One cannot just move and receive the old equipment of the Red Star Factory without upgrading; this opportunity is just right to expand production capacity.

Therefore, the New Beijing No. 1 Factory wants to use the Red Star Factory's equipment, and also purchased new equipment and machinery from the Beijing Second Machinery Factory.

The Beijing Second Machinery Factory is a machinery design and production enterprise that cooperates deeply with the Red Star Factory; its hottest product now is the car production line equipment imitating the Red Star Factory.

The New Beijing No. 1 Factory is expanding capacity, and having seen the benefits of the Red Star Factory's three-shift management model, they also want to do the same in the future.

If triple production can't be reached, double is fine too.

The cadres entrusted with training management have been working in the Red Star Steel Group system for two years. After completing the handover this year, these people will take these 15,000 workers to the New Beijing No. 1 Factory.

Mature workers are handed over, but the Group's own Metallurgical Plant cannot stop operating, so it must stabilize its own plan.

Letting Beijing workers come to Steel City to work has its own resistance, and it's even more troublesome if they are married workers with families.

How difficult overall relocation is, has been experienced in the "Small Third Line" construction over the past two years; without policy requirements, it really isn't easy.

After the Red Star Metallurgical Plant relocated to Steel City, due to restrictions such as brand-new equipment, brand-new production processes, and workflows, plus the transformation of the original Red Star Metallurgical Plant's "big and complete" model toward specialization, the number of workers was particularly evident.

When Li Xuewu first started working at the Red Star Factory, the number of workers in the factory exceeded 13,000. This refers to workers, not including cadres, or branch factories like the Metallurgical Plant.

After several years of development, the number of people belonging solely to the Metallurgical Plant has long exceeded 30,000.

Of these 30,000 people, 15,000 are to be diverted to the New Beijing No. 1 Factory; will the remaining 15,000 all come to Steel City?

No, because the Steel City Metallurgical Plant only needs less than 7,000 people, which means the Metallurgical Plant here is smaller.

The introduction of advanced equipment and advanced production processes allows work that originally required ten people to be completed by only four.

Some affiliated branch factories were attributed to tertiary industry, or joint industrial factory construction, realizing specialization and reducing the burden.

Therefore, the Steel City Metallurgical Plant has had a fundamental change compared to the Red Star Metallurgical Plant—more professional, more modernized.

15,000 only need 7,000; where should the remaining 8,000 be arranged? This is the second personnel reform the Group is about to carry out.

At the same time, Li Xuewu must ensure that the Metallurgical Plant can settle down and resume production after receiving the workers, and also ensure that the workers diverted by the Group's personnel reform can have positions arranged.

Eight people, eighty people—Li Xuewu wouldn't even need to think to arrange them easily, but this is a quota of 8,000 people.

Kuang Yusheng says the pressure is great; is his own pressure not great?

If he can't handle this problem well, then what did the Group let him come to Liaodong for?

The vast majority of these 8,000 people will come to Liaodong, because the Liangma River Industrial Zone will be demolished and rebuilt immediately after the Red Star Factory closes, and there will be no more heavy industrial enterprises in the park.

How many people can be arranged by purely light industrial industries and supporting tertiary industries? The wish to stay in Beijing absolutely cannot be realized by everyone.

When the time comes, it will depend on everyone's own ability; those with professional skills might go to research institutes, and those without professional skills will go to engineering teams.

The Red Star Steel Group will not abandon any worker, and will strive to ensure everyone's work and life.

But the premise is that they must obey the adjustments.

Don't look at the fact that the Group conducted a willingness survey; this does not mean their wishes are the final result.

Since last year, workers have been "eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own abilities"; those with Beijing industrial connections have transferred out of the Red Star Factory.

Although they are reluctant to part with the Group's welfare benefits, they have no other choice in order to stay in Beijing.

The Red Star Steel Group and Beijing industry tacitly gave each other a year and a half to handle and arrange these workers.

One cannot wait until relocation to do things; that would cause a scene, and no one would have any face.

"I heard that the fathers-in-law of the two Deputy Directors Yang are both ill, and both have taken long leave?"

In the office, Kuang Yusheng glanced at him and reminded: "Do you want me to do something?"

"Ai! You've reminded me of that."

Li Xuewu raised his hand to point at him, smiled, picked up the phone, and said: "But I don't need you to do anything; it's better for me to arrange this kind of thing."

Seeing him smile like this, Kuang Yusheng remembered the bitterness he had suffered at Li Xuewu's hands those few times in the past, and couldn't help but tighten his sphincter.

No need to think about it; he must have come up with a bad idea.

Tell me, what on earth are Yang Shuxing and Yang Zongfang playing at? Even if they have opinions, could they do things like this?

Li Xuewu picked up the phone and asked for the direction of the capital, which was the office of the Group's Secretary-General, Bu Qingfang.

Before long, Bu Qingfang's voice came through the phone.

"Comrade Qingfang, I have something here that I want to trouble you with." He held the phone, looked at Kuang Yusheng, and said: "The fathers-in-law of the two Deputy Directors Yang of our Metallurgical Plant are both ill. Look, at the end of the year, as their leader, I should go and see them, express my sympathy, and offer condolences."

"But you also know I'm busy and can't get away." He raised his eyebrows and said: "Can I trouble you to go on my behalf?"

Hearing this, Kuang Yusheng widened his eyes, then gave him a thumbs-up with full admiration, and whispered: "You're still the most ruthless one!" ===== CHAPTER 1389 =====