Chapter 1427: Secretly Striving

"On the way to Steel City, I was still thinking about what Director Li meant by those words he gave me before I left." Chen Shouzhi looked at Li Xuewu beside him with a smile and said, "It wasn't until I arrived here that I truly understood."

"Heh heh, Director Li loves to meddle in other people's business."

Li Xuewu turned his head to glance at him and said with a light laugh, "Sometimes, he doesn't even manage it well."

Was this a joke or was he being serious?

Chen Shouzhi felt a bit numb. Discussing the bad habits of the group's top leader in front of the driver and secretary?

How was he supposed to respond to that?

Waiting online, very urgent—!

"However, Director Li has good intentions. He's the same toward everyone, especially comrades like you who have just arrived."

Li Xuewu noticed Chen Shouzhi's surprised and cautious gaze. He didn't pay much attention to it, leaning over to take his thermos from the front passenger armrest, unscrewing it, and taking a drink.

This car was one that Old Li had used and left behind. After switching to a Great Red Flag, he had insisted on forcing it onto Li Xuewu.

At the time, Li Xuewu wasn't qualified to use this car, so it was placed in the small car pool. It wasn't until he was promoted to Secretary-General and truly assigned to Liaodong that he actually began using it.

The Red Star Steel Group had its own automobile manufacturing plant, a complete industrial supply chain for automotive parts, and an experimental base for high-end vehicle modification.

Let's put it this way: the exterior of this car still looked like a Volga M24, but the interior decoration completely lacked that rough style typical of the Russians.

It had everything it should have, even a miniature radio; this was Li Xuewu's mobile office.

Sitting behind the front passenger seat, Chen Shouzhi could truly feel this. From the modification style of this car, one could see the Secretary-General's character and working style.

Low-key, luxurious, and substantial?

"Although you've just arrived at the group to work, Director Li must have talked to you, right?"

Li Xuewu blew on the hot tea in his thermos and looked at Chen Shouzhi beside him again, asking, "Did he talk to you about the group's corporate culture and development history?"

"Heh heh heh—"

From Chen Shouzhi's slightly surprised and awkward expression, Li Xuewu had already obtained the answer he wanted.

Or rather, this answer was exactly as he had expected.

"Director Li is indeed very good, very gentle."

What else could Chen Shouzhi say? Should he talk about how Director Li had pulled him aside to tell him stories for an entire lunch hour?

Should he start the story from that thrilling and exciting trip to the frontier?

Just listening to it was boring enough; did he have to tell it himself? Would that count as self-punishment?

"As time goes by, you'll find that he's actually very easy to get along with, at least easier than I am."

Li Xuewu drank the hot tea, tightened the thermos, and handed it to Zhang Enyuan in the front passenger seat.

During the gap in his speech, Chen Shouzhi carefully examined his expression; there wasn't a hint of self-deprecation or hypocrisy.

What a complex person he must be.

This Secretary-General of the group had multiple identities. He stood high and looked far. To others, Li Xuewu's identity was a secret, but to him, it wasn't.

His complex identity had forged his brilliance at work, but it also cast a mysterious veil over this group leader beside him, making him look blurred and unclear.

What did he mean by "at least easier than I am"?

Was this a response to what Director Li had emphasized to him when he arrived in Steel City?

If so, then this man's scheming was too deep; he was truly feeling a bit confused.

No need to say, everyone compares their achievements. Those who pass the Dragon Gate pass, those who don't pass stay in place, or give their positions to good people.

Were all the cadres of the Red Star Steel Group like this?

If they were, then he had truly fallen into a wolf's den.

June ended, and a new day in July began, which also meant that more than half of '69 had passed.

In the past half-year, the *People's Daily* summarized a piece of good news: our country had a bumper harvest of wheat crops.

No need to be surprised; the term "bumper harvest" had appeared in newspapers every year recently, and with increasing frequency.

What did this mean?

We had passed the most difficult period of natural selection and were striving toward solving the problem of food and clothing.

What about industrial development?

Don't look at the outside; just look at the Red Star Steel Group.

On July 1st, the *United Industrial News* reported: The Liangma River Eco-Industrial Zone's Worker's New Village project added new members. The Red Star Steel Group planned to build a large worker's club in the Worker's New Village, as well as a standardized liquefied gas station.

The former reflected the group's concern for the employees' spare-time cultural and entertainment life, while the latter reflected the group's efforts to improve the employees' quality of life.

What was the use of building a club?

In this era, workers couldn't be without a club. During the Great Learning period, in order to strengthen organizational management, various clubs had been banned one after another.

Now the Red Star Steel Group was going to build and invest in a new club for the workers again; what did this mean?

That's right, the constraints and restrictions on employees' entertainment life had been relaxed, or at least released to a certain extent.

Especially after the city released the employment pressure on young people and the difficulties in distributing graduates.

Tens of millions of urban youth poured into rural society, not only strengthening the transformation of agriculture and rural areas but also accelerating the farmers' progress toward the cultivation standards of the new period and new era.

Some said that the young people in the city going to the countryside were just making trouble and causing disasters; this was incorrect.

Generalizations are not allowed; there were many people who truly made efforts and worked for rural construction.

The young people of this era had ideals, ambitions, pursuits, and even more of a spirit of enduring hardship.

At least Li Xuewu hadn't heard of anyone secretly running back home during his several trips back to the capital; they still had backbone.

Agricultural development couldn't be separated from industry, and industrial development couldn't be separated from agriculture. In the first half of this year, the domestic development of ordinary low-alloy steel had achieved great success.

The Red Star Steel Group's metallurgical plant, rolling mill, and hardware factory cooperated closely. The plowshare steel, bridge steel, rebar steel, power station steel, and coal mining machinery steel made with certain alloy elements unique to our country had already exceeded the quality of similar famous foreign products.

The two largest agricultural water pumps in our country, which Red Star Electronics participated in researching and manufacturing, were successfully trial-produced. The automatic control level of the entire water pump reached an internationally advanced level.

You say that the automatic control program of a water pump requires several factories to cooperate to complete the research and design?

Starting from one hundred and starting from zero were completely different things. In this era, the technology introduced from abroad was either backward or contained hidden agendas.

There were very few who truly held the wrists of foreign businessmen to carry out cooperation like the Red Star Steel Group.

While Li Xuewu was introducing the industrial achievements of Liaodong in the last half-year to Chen Shouzhi, the motorcade also drove into Fengcheng.

"Secretary-General Li, welcome, welcome."

Just as the motorcade stopped in front of the building, someone led a team down from the steps. Upon seeing Li Xuewu and his party get out of the car, the man greeted them with a smile.

"This is our Shenfei's Deputy Factory Director, Wang Xin." A deputy office director stepped forward to introduce the two.

"No need for introductions, I've met Secretary-General Li."

Before the office director could introduce the guest, Wang Xin smiled and shook Li Xuewu's hand, nodding and saying, "Last time you and Director Li from your unit visited Liaodong, I had the honor of attending that industrial symposium."

He said very modestly, "I still remember Secretary-General Li's speech at the meeting vividly. The points you made regarding Liaodong's industrial development left a particularly deep impression on me."

"You flatter me, it's just one person's opinion. It's also an honor for us Red Star people to have the opportunity to come to Shenfei to learn and visit."

Courtesy demands reciprocity; since the other party was so polite, Li Xuewu naturally had to say some nice things.

He shook the other party's hand and said enthusiastically, "Thank you for your invitation, thank you."

"You are too polite. It is we who are honored to be able to invite you all to visit Shenfei."

One look at Wang Xin and it was clear he wasn't the deputy factory director in charge of industrial production; it was possible he was in charge of business or logistics.

Look at his ability to handle people and socialize; was this the good temper and attitude a deputy factory director who climbed up from the workshop could have?

The two exchanged pleasantries for a moment, and Li Xuewu turned to introduce his accompanying personnel to the other party.

When he heard that the Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Red Star Steel Group had also come, Wang Xin was a bit surprised.

Because under normal circumstances, a Secretary-General and an Executive Deputy Secretary-General wouldn't attend an activity of an outside unit together.

Activities within the group were possible, but how could they attend activities of other brother units like this?

If one Secretary-General wasn't enough, add an Executive Deputy? This wasn't a joke; even if they were adding weight, they wouldn't add an Executive Deputy, not even an ordinary deputy director.

Just as Wang Xin was stunned for a moment, Chen Shouzhi had already shaken his hand and then politely stepped aside.

Li Xuewu continued to introduce the accompanying team; Wang Xin didn't even notice the introduction of the engineers.

He was guessing in his heart: the Executive Deputy of the Red Star Steel Group coming to Liaodong, was there some change in their group? If so, who should he talk to about the subsequent cooperation?

What was Wang Xin doubting?

Li Xuewu bringing his Executive Deputy to participate in Shenfei's activity, did it mean he was leaving?

Generally, only when a leader in charge was about to be transferred would they bring the successor to attend an activity of the same outside unit.

If there wasn't truly another purpose, Wang Xin wouldn't have been so uncomposed, nor would he have been so confused in his heart.

There were procedures for welcoming them to visit and participate in activities; the office director reminded Wang Xin in time.

"I heard you are going to launch a big plane?"

While stepping up the stairs and walking toward the temporary rest area, Li Xuewu asked this bluntly.

They were already at the scene and would see it soon, so what was there to keep secret? If he wanted to ask, he'd ask.

Wang Xin paid close attention to the Red Star Steel Group's industrial scale in Liaodong, and he had also paid attention to Li Xuewu.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. If he didn't understand the main person in charge of the Red Star Steel Group in Liaodong, how could the subsequent conversation unfold?

It was precisely because he had understood Li Xuewu, his identity, and his actions that he had taken the initiative to propose inviting the Red Star Steel Group to participate in the activity at the factory affairs meeting.

Generally speaking, Shenfei wouldn't invite enterprises outside the Third Ministry of Machine Building, or even those unrelated to aircraft, to participate in such test flight activities.

But as Wang Xin mentioned at the meeting, the Red Star Steel Group's Liaodong industry had Steel Flying, and although it was helicopters, they also had an aircraft industry.

Therefore, just as the activity was about to begin, he personally prepared this invitation letter and arranged for the deputy office director to personally deliver it to the metallurgical plant.

He knew where Li Xuewu was, so the invitation letter was delivered very accurately, which also proved from the side his understanding of Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu being able to come personally, not even minding that the invitation letter was sent too late and too urgently, and bringing such a large team, showed his sincerity clearly.

Therefore, the communication between the two was extremely smooth, and the rhythm and atmosphere of the conversation were also very harmonious.

"I don't know if Secretary-General Li has understood our fighter-related industrial situation."

Wang Xin looked at Li Xuewu and explained softly, "Entrusted by the Third Ministry of Machine Building, we have developed a new type of fighter jet, which will be test-flown and trained in today's activity."

"Haha, then I'll wait and see!"

Li Xuewu was naturally very happy; such opportunities were rare even in later generations, so how precious must they be in this era.

Just look at the accompanying personnel he chose; those who hadn't passed the factory's security department review couldn't have come at all.

Seeing is learning. Today, we, who have a helicopter manufacturing plant, come to see a fighter jet test flight; tomorrow, our fighter jet test flight will also invite the other party to visit and learn.

This is what is called courtesy demanding reciprocity.

The Red Star Steel Group's visiting team was indeed highly valued by Shenfei; perhaps they hadn't expected the Red Star Steel Group to attach such importance to Shenfei's invitation.

When Li Xuewu led the Red Star Steel Group's team into the viewing area to take their seats, surprised or unexpected gazes were cast from all directions.

Some knew Li Xuewu, and some didn't, but the Red Star Steel Group's unified attire, unified work badges, and the badges on their chests meant that even a blind person wouldn't misidentify them.

Facing these gazes that seemed to be saying "How did they come?", the Red Star Steel Group's visiting team couldn't help but straighten their backs, and a sense of pride welled up.

Today is an aircraft-themed activity; tomorrow, we can participate in automobile-themed, electronics-themed, and steel-themed activities. This is what you call strength not allowing us to be low-key!

Why is Shenfei called a factory and not a group? How many group-type enterprises are there in the country currently?

May I ask what they have to be embarrassed about being proud of?

Li Xuewu followed the staff into the venue with a smile, and it wasn't until he sat down that he saw a group of proud little ducks following behind him.

Heads held high, spirited and vigorous, walking with great momentum; didn't they look just like little ducks just starting out?

The activity didn't have too much redundancy. When a white line "whooshed" across the high sky, the mouths of the people on the viewing platform holding binoculars couldn't help but open wide, and even the eyes inside the binoculars widened.

"... This is the first fighter jet designed by our country itself. The maiden flight activity officially begins..."

"This is the J-8—"

Li Xuewu tilted his head, still watching the beautiful arc fading away in the binoculars, his heart extremely excited.

From this moment on, we are no longer starting from zero; one day, we will catch up with the great powers.

When the great powers have strong ships and sharp guns, we have iron-like will. I hope that when we also possess these sharp guns and strong ships, the enemy will also have iron-like will.

"... This fighter jet mainly undertakes air control and interception missions..."

Wang Xin, the host of the activity, was still introducing relevant data and information, and the eyes of the people on the platform never left the sky.

Some people had tilted their heads for too long, and even though their necks were sore, they couldn't bear to put down the binoculars in their hands.

How everyone hoped that this advanced fighter jet could be equipped as soon as possible.

Even if its origin wasn't that advanced, Li Xuewu vaguely remembered that this fighter jet actually referenced the Soviet MiG-21 fighter jet in its design.

That is, the J-7.

Listening to Wang Xin's introduction, this fighter jet was equipped with two WP-7A turbojet engines, with a lengthened nose to improve high-altitude combat capability.

The basic model was equipped with two turbojet-7A aero-engines produced by Liming Aero-Engine Company (LMC), with a maximum Mach number of 2.2, one 23mm twin-barrel cannon, and seven external hardpoints. It could use PL-2, PL-5, PL-8 short-range air-to-air missiles, PL-11 medium-range radar-guided air-to-air missiles, as well as unguided aerial bombs and rockets.

Chen Shouzhi and Zhang Enyuan hadn't participated in such activities and didn't know much about fighter jets.

Laymen watch the excitement; they held the binoculars in their hands and watched the plane fly past with a "whoosh," only feeling it was very powerful, and the aerial flight posture changes were also very impressive.

If you asked them to say how this plane was powerful, they couldn't say it; does flying fast count?

While watching the test flight overhead and listening to Wang Xin's introduction on the loudspeaker, Li Xuewu was also trying hard to recall the situation of this "old and toothless" plane.

This plane wasn't called the J-8 at this time; the research project was just a string of meaningless numbers.

It was '69 now. Li Xuewu remembered that this plane only completed its design finalization ten years later, and it was also ten years later that it began mass production and service.

How to put it: produce a batch, research a batch, think about a batch; that should be the order.

However, whether Shenfei had such strong technical reserves and research depth at this stage, Li Xuewu didn't know.

Perhaps mass-producing and commissioning such a fighter jet that wasn't so advanced more than ten years later was also out of helplessness.

You have to know that at this time, a fighter jet had more than ten thousand parts and more than one thousand standard parts.

From more than 100 sub-assemblies to the alignment of the front and rear fuselage, the alignment of the fuselage and wings, and the installation of the engine and fuel tank on the plane, the requirement was for success the first time.

From Wang Xin's introduction, Li Xuewu learned that as early as July of last year, Shenfei had already completed the final assembly of the first two J-8s, which were still just a string of numbers at the time.

It wasn't until today that the maiden flight was realized; how much difficulty they experienced and handled during this period showed that going from research to production wasn't a simple matter.

It was also later learned that the on-site general commander of today's test flight activity was the Deputy Commander of the Air Force.

When the plane landed steadily from the distant apron and taxied toward the viewing platform, Li Xuewu also learned that the test pilot for both planes today was the same person.

Heroic pilot Yin Yuhuan.

"From the J-8 aircraft scheme demonstration to the maiden flight, we experienced stages such as overall layout, technical design, wooden prototype review, drawing release, new aircraft manufacturing, and testing, lasting 4 years and 10 months..."

Wang Xin stood on the platform and said with great emotion, "During this period, we received care and encouragement from leaders, and there were..."

When it came to the sentimental part, Li Xuewu had already put down the binoculars and was carefully examining the big guy not far from the viewing platform.

This plane also had a code name, "Air Handsome Man." Li Xuewu felt it lived up to its name; observing it at close range, it was truly beautiful, a masculine beauty.

If you were hit by it, would it be very masculine and strong?

"Can we build this kind of plane?"

Chen Shouzhi was a bit excited and inexplicable. When the activity ended and the crowd dispersed, he took the initiative to ask the Steel Flying engineer beside him.

Seeing the engineer's tangled gaze and strange expression, he knew he had asked the right question.

Li Xuewu smiled, didn't pick up the conversation, turned around, and took the lead in leaving.

How should this question be answered? If you want to produce this kind of plane, you at least need a proper factory, right?

What? You say Steel Flying?

Hmm, what you said is also correct; Steel Flying is very proper, but Steel Flying has no foundation and technical reserves.

Let's put it this way: of the three helicopter models that Steel Flying is about to produce and preparing to produce, not one was researched, designed, and test-flown by themselves; they had absolutely no participation.

Importing production lines from abroad, copying the other party's parts exactly, and using CNC machine tools and high-standard lathes to ensure the precision and quality of these parts.

With these conditions, the KH-4 helicopter imported from Japan is still in the trial production stage.

The Puma and Alouette III are still in equipment installation and debugging, and there is still a distance to the mass production date.

This time when he went back, Old Li joked and asked Li Xuewu if he could see the Puma and Alouette III before he died.

You tell me, how unreasonable is this question? How should Li Xuewu answer?

Li Xuewu said that Pumas are hard to catch, that thing bites people, but three Alouettes are still possible.

By the same token, Li Xuewu didn't dare to brag about how successful Steel Flying was in front of Old Li. How much stimulation did Chen Shouzhi receive to dare to ask the Steel Flying engineer when they could design and produce this "Handsome Man"?

That means he wants it, right?

Your servant cannot do it—

It is estimated that the engineer's inner feelings at this time were just like this; he really couldn't do it.

From graduating from school to working, and then coming to work at Steel Flying, he had already chosen the helicopter track. If you ask him to answer questions about the fighter jet track again, he wants to cry.

"Is it very difficult to produce this kind of fighter jet?"

Perhaps he also discovered the engineer's constipated expression, and there was some doubt and confusion in his heart.

When attending the banquet, he still quietly asked Li Xuewu a question.

Li Xuewu was smiling and nodding to Wang Xin who was walking over, and quietly replied, "You just strive hard now, take down Deputy Factory Director Wang, and we will definitely be able to build fighter jets within ten years."

"Really?" Chen Shouzhi asked incredulously, and then realized he was truly brainless.

Li Xuewu also discovered that this deputy was a bit naive; he was just saying it casually, and he actually believed it?

"Secretary-General Li, the hospitality was inadequate, sorry, sorry." Wang Xin performed very modestly, completely different from the seriousness and uprightness on the stage at the activity site.

"If this counts as inadequate hospitality."

Li Xuewu smiled and gestured to the table full of food and drink, looked at him and said, "Then next time you visit our group, I won't know how to entertain you."

"Hahaha—" Wang Xin smiled and sat beside Li Xuewu; this was the seat reserved for him.

"Secretary-General Li, I also very much want to go and see the Red Star model enterprise that Deputy Director Du praises so highly."

He raised his glass to toast Li Xuewu and said, "With your words today, I'm taking it seriously."

"You are welcome to visit the Red Star Steel Group at any time."

Li Xuewu raised his glass and clinked it with his, level and equal, neither high nor low.

He smiled slightly and said frankly, "The door of Red Star Steel is always open to friends."

"I toast you—" Wang Xin was still very polite.

The two drank their glasses dry, frank and heroic.

"Just now I was telling our Factory Director Zhou that with you in Steel City, it's more convenient for us to visit."

Wang Xin took the initiative to ask, "It's just that I don't know if you often return to the capital, this time..."

What did he want to ask?

It was asking where Li Xuewu's work focus was.

This question came from Chen Shouzhi beside Li Xuewu; it was Wang Xin who misunderstood.

If Li Xuewu's work focus was in the group, then it was appropriate for someone to come to Steel City as a deputy.

If Li Xuewu's work focus was in Steel City, then what was going on with this Executive Deputy?

How smart a person Li Xuewu was; Xu Sinian said that once he stuck to hair, he was a monkey, not confused at all.

"Time is no problem. The group's work focus for the next few years is all on Liaodong industry, and I am also learning." Li Xuewu smiled and looked at him, saying, "So I very much hope to have more exchanges with brother units in Liaodong."

"That's really great—"

Wang Xin looked at Chen Shouzhi in a different way, and seeing that the other party had no other expression changes after hearing Li Xuewu's words, his heart finally settled a little.

It seems this Executive Deputy wasn't coming to preside over the work of the Red Star Steel Group's Liaodong industry.

Since the question was determined, he spoke toward his purpose; after all, his time was also very precious.

"My office subscribes to the *United Industrial News*; this is a newspaper I read every day."

Wang Xin smiled and said, "I also learned from the *United Industrial News* that our group has already broken through the research and development barriers of CNC machine tools and realized mass production of machine tools?"

"Hmm, thank you for your attention and support." Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Currently, a portion of machine tools has achieved mass production, but it is still in the construction stage; after all, there are big projects following."

He spoke very vaguely; those who didn't pay attention would definitely not understand, but Wang Xin paid attention to these trends.

He keenly sensed that Li Xuewu's words had hidden meanings, his eyebrows jumped slightly, and he nodded and asked, "It's to build an integrated industrial park in Steel City, right?"

"Your group's parts industrialization standard is a project I pay close attention to."

Wang Xin looked seriously at Li Xuewu's expression and asked, "I don't know how the progress of this project is?"

"This question makes me suspect that I have returned to the office; this is too professional."

Li Xuewu smiled and laughed it off, not answering his question directly, but instead started joking.

Chen Shouzhi looked at Wang Xin with meaningful eyes, wanting to see what kind of expression the other party had when facing Li Xuewu.

Wang Xin was very composed, listening to Li Xuewu's rambling with a smile. Li Xuewu was also observing his expression; rambling back and forth was still to see the sincerity of cooperation.

The meal was enjoyable for both host and guest, but Li Xuewu never expressed his position, though when leaving the table, he indicated that he would definitely communicate actively with other group leaders after returning.

When facing Wang Xin's earnest inquiry, he indicated that he would give a reply as soon as possible.

However, when getting into the car, seeing Wang Xin send them downstairs, he still couldn't help but offer an opinion.

"I also had a feeling after watching today's test flight activity. I'm not an expert, so please don't mind my nonsense next."

Li Xuewu stood by the car, looked at Wang Xin, and said seriously, "In martial arts novels, there is an idea: in the world of martial arts, only speed cannot be broken."

"After seeing the speed of the J-8, I also agree with this idea, but..."

Wang Xin was very surprised when Li Xuewu wanted to offer an opinion, because he knew Li Xuewu wasn't an expert.

He had long ago investigated Li Xuewu's identity and background clearly, knowing he was a university student, but with some water content.

At least not an engineering university student. To offer opinions in the field of aircraft, this Secretary-General Li was truly overestimating his capabilities and making a fool of himself.

But as he listened, he noticed something wrong. The smile in his heart suddenly dissipated, and seeing the turn in Li Xuewu's words, he increased his attention even more.

"Flying higher and flying faster is a good thing." Li Xuewu nodded, raised his hand to point to the sky, and said, "But if the target is maneuvering at medium and low altitudes, and possesses international-level weapons and flight performance, can your plane handle it?"

This question was like the acupoint-striking skill in the traditional martial arts novel Li Xuewu just mentioned, directly leaving Wang Xin stunned on the spot. Even when Li Xuewu and the others got into the car and left, he didn't react, just staring blankly ahead.

The deputy office director was anxious; this was the first time Deputy Factory Director Wang had lost his composure during an activity.

What opinion and what question did that Secretary-General of the Red Star Steel Group just raise to make Deputy Factory Director Wang so uncomposed?

This question wasn't just being thought by Shenfei's staff; even the Red Star Steel Group's visiting team was thinking it.

What was Wang Xin thinking?

He was cycling through self-doubt and self-negation. There was only one contradiction in his mind: did Li Xuewu understand aircraft design, and based on what considerations did he propose the opinion just now?

How did he see the weakness of the J-8's medium and low altitude maneuverability, or was he very familiar with the Northern Russian planes to have such a keen eye?

Li Xuewu's words, summarized, were: although the J-8 is good, it should focus on improving the plane's medium and low altitude maneuverability and perfecting the airborne electronic equipment, weapons, and fire control systems.

Was this something a university student who graduated from a Marxism-Leninism major could think of and offer as an opinion?

He must have cheated!

On July 1st, the audit team convened and hosted by the Liaodong Industrial Leading Group Office, with the support of the group, completed the audit work of Liaodong industrial enterprises.

During this audit work, a total of 323 cases of inconsistent accounts were found. Relevant problems had formed a rectification ledger, and rectification notices had been issued by relevant departments in accordance with relevant work management regulations.

Similarly, in accordance with the group's relevant systems and management measures, the relevant responsible persons for the problems were dealt with. Regarding the violations of regulations and discipline that appeared in the audit work, the problems had been synchronized and transferred to the supervisory department during the work.

Up to this point, the organizational structure and personnel reform of the Red Star Steel Group's Liaodong industrial enterprises had been initially completed.

It was also from this day on that the Red Star Steel Group officially normalized cross-auditing. At least for the few years Li Xuewu was in Liaodong, there shouldn't be anyone who dared to exploit loopholes.

On July 2nd, the group's Executive Deputy Secretary-General Chen Shouzhi returned to the capital from Steel City after reporting the work of the group's Comprehensive Management Department to Li Xuewu in detail.

Zhang Jing, Director of the Liaodong Industrial Leading Group Office, went to the train station to see him off.

Before Chen Shouzhi came, he wanted to determine what to do next. Now that he knew, he naturally had a plan in mind after returning.

On the same day, the design team of the International Hotel Reconstruction Project Department also produced the first design opinion draft.

Li Xuewu was naturally the first person to see the opinion draft. The staff who brought the opinion draft also reported that the cooperation negotiations currently underway were very smooth, and the Santa Ya Group wanted to facilitate this cooperation as soon as possible.

The progress that could be seen was that everyone was waiting for the design team to provide the budget and quotation before they could continue the discussion.

Wanting to build it well and spend little money—even with loans, the pressure was very great.

Li Xuewu looked at the opinion draft and didn't offer any specific opinions, only caring about safety and fire construction.

Those European teams were professional in hotel design; where did he need to point fingers?

Another person who didn't want him to point fingers was the stubborn donkey He Yu Shui.

By the end of June this year, various universities in the capital had basically completed the distribution work of in-school graduates.

Similarly, the propaganda team established for the purpose of recruiting talent for the group also announced its end.

And as the person in charge of the propaganda team, He Yu Shui, who had outstanding performance in talent recruitment work last year and this year, naturally also obtained an opportunity for progress.

When preparing and presiding over the propaganda team's work, her personnel relationship was transferred from the International Hotel to the Art Troupe, concurrently serving as the supervisor of the Propaganda Section.

Now that the propaganda team was about to be disbanded, He Yu Shui also needed to be resettled. Letting her be responsible for art propaganda work didn't quite match the signal.

And when she learned about her new position, she still couldn't help but make a call to Li Xuewu's office.

Because she knew that she could get this position, it must be Li Xuewu's opinion.

"What do you mean?"

A stubborn donkey is a stubborn donkey; the tone of her speech was just like a donkey.

He Yu Shui questioned on the phone, "I was doing well in the workshop, you transferred me to the International Hotel. I just got familiar with the service work, and you transferred me to the Art Propaganda Team. Now the Art Propaganda Team's work is over, and you are letting me be responsible for the International Hotel's work again."

She asked loudly on the phone, "What kind of person do you take me for?"

"A successor to socialism."

Li Xuewu's answer was very firm, without a hint of joking or nonsense, but it sounded like that in He Yu Shui's ears.

She was a bit speechless; she had just thought of many things to question him about, but at this moment, she couldn't ask a single one.

"What do you want me to do?"

He Yu Shui asked angrily, "Replace General Manager Han's work and return to the International Hotel in glory?"

The word "glory" in her words must have had double quotation marks, because she didn't feel it was glorious.

Li Xuewu sighed lightly and emphasized, "This is an organizational personnel arrangement. Do you think it's playing house? You have no reason or qualification to be modest or polite."

"You either obey the organizational arrangement, or refuse the arrangement and resign to go home."

His words were a bit serious, and also a punishment for He Yu Shui's impulsiveness. Was his phone so easy to call?

He Yu Shui was a bit anxious. If she had to argue properly in front of him, she would, but not now.

The phone was a thousand miles away; who knew how many people were listening during this period? She couldn't talk nonsense.

So she listened to all of Li Xuewu's reprimands, but she wanted to ask one question: how exactly should this work be done?

"Now everyone is saying that the Santa Ya Group and Red Star Steel are going to cooperate to rebuild the International Hotel."

He Yu Shui explained, "Everyone knows the International Hotel is going to be prosperous. What was the situation when I left, and what is the situation now that I'm going back to be the general manager?"

"I just went back like this; won't people say I'm picking peaches, going wherever it's good—"

"So you need to strengthen the study of organizational discipline, put organizational cultivation in the primary position of self-cultivation, draw organizational cultivation from the innovative theory of the organization, and take studying, implementing, and observing organizational discipline as an important content of self-cultivation..."

He Yu Shui was stunned. I was just asking you what's going on with this surprise attack, and how Han Yating should be arranged, and you're telling me this?

Is this something I can understand now?

The transfer order had actually already come down, but He Yu Shui had been working at the university and hadn't noticed the personnel news issued by the group.

Furthermore, she had just finished the finishing work of the propaganda team and hadn't had time to return to the group to handle the handover. Suddenly receiving the transfer order notification surprised her.

Where did Han Yating go?

The transfer order was very clear: original International Hotel General Manager Han Yating was transferred to be the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Red Star Art Publishing House.

Whose position was this before?

Hmm, that's right, it was Ding Feng, who had just taken office as the manager of the Comprehensive Management Department of the Red Star Steel City Metallurgical Plant.

Han Yating from the International Hotel to the Art Publishing House; what exactly was the thinking here?

No one knew, but this transfer order wasn't strange; both positions were management positions.

Han Yating had worked at the International Hotel long enough; it was time for further arrangement.

Where could she go after coming out of the Art Publishing House?

Many people had the answer to this question in their hearts; it was nothing more than the group's propaganda department.

This was a good thing for Han Yating, and also a good thing for He Yu Shui, because she wasn't familiar with art management work at all, and returning to her original unit was the best.

She had organizational work experience, grassroots management experience, and special work management experience.

Now giving her intensity and further doing mid-level management was also a reward for her work achievements over a period of time.

Li Xuewu actually didn't want to bother with her; there was too much work here. The division of labor meeting hadn't been convened yet, and the Shenfei cooperation discussion meeting still had to be held; he was too busy to handle it.

Zhang Songying asked him about the acquisition of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital's affiliated pharmaceutical factory, and he reprimanded her; it would be strange if he didn't reprimand He Yu Shui for this bit of affectation.

On July 4th, the Red Star Steel Group Steel City Metallurgical Plant convened a factory affairs meeting. At the meeting, Li Xuewu, in the capacity of squad leader, read out the group's decision to appoint the Executive Deputy Factory Director of the Metallurgical Plant.

Very unexpectedly, at least everyone couldn't have imagined that Li Xuewu actually supported Yang Zongfang to serve as the Executive Deputy Factory Director.

This was very different from the candidate Li Haiyang that everyone had thought of initially; it wasn't on the same line at all.

But everyone was surprised at the meeting, and it didn't affect Li Xuewu continuing to read out the division of labor opinions.

"Executive Deputy Factory Director Comrade Yang Zongfang will assist in presiding over factory affairs, and concurrently be in charge of the work of the Comprehensive Management Department."

"Chief Engineer Comrade Wang Zhijun will be responsible for the work of the Quality, Safety, and Environmental Protection Department; Comrade Luo Zhongkang will be responsible for the work of the Comprehensive Business Management Department; Comrade Zeng Meiyi will be responsible for the work of the Organization Management Department."

Everyone wasn't curious about how the three new deputy factory directors would divide their labor; everyone was only curious about what Li Xuewu was thinking, because they were all certain that without Li Xuewu's support, who would dare to arrange for Yang Zongfang to make progress and add trouble to him.

Yang Zongfang, have you been striving secretly? ===== CHAPTER 1428 =====