Chapter 1437: Digging them out

"I heard your factory has completed all preparations for group-style restructuring; should I change how I address you?"

Zhou Zicheng, under Wang Xin's introduction, smiled and shook hands with the visiting Red Star Steel Group representatives.

"This is our Shenfei factory director, and also the director of the management committee, Comrade Zhou Zicheng."

Wang Xin smiled and introduced the group of Li Xuewu to the others. Of course, according to social etiquette, he introduced the Red Star Steel group first.

However, he only knew Li Xuewu; Cheng Kaiyuan and Gao Yaqin were introduced by Li Xuewu.

Both sides got to know each other in this way of you introducing me and me introducing you.

The lineup of the Red Star Steel Group's visiting team was quite luxurious, which also showed how serious they were about this cooperation.

Similarly, as the deputy factory director in charge of external liaison and technical cooperation, Wang Xin came out to organize and coordinate, and Shenfei's number one also appeared on behalf of Shenfei to express welcome.

Li Xuewu and Wang Xin are the bridges for communication and cooperation between the two units, and also the "conveners" of this negotiation.

Therefore, when Zhou Zicheng asked, while shaking hands with him, Li Xuewu smiled and introduced, "According to organizational procedures, the Red Star Steel Group's organizational structure must complete changes and restructuring before the end of the year."

He naturally knew the probing and confrontation in the other party's words, so he said without a hint of modesty, "Now you can certainly address them as General Manager Gao and General Manager Cheng."

"Better to call them Deputy General Manager, or Comrade."

When Cheng Kaiyuan shook hands with him, he smiled and suggested, "I am also experiencing the process of industrial enterprise restructuring into a group enterprise for the first time; I have no experience."

Hearing him speak like this, Gao Yaqin thought Old Cheng was going to be humble at the first sentence; she didn't expect this bastard to have a follow-up.

This Old Cheng is really something; Shenfei has such a large volume; if it weren't for professional and policy restrictions, it would have long been qualified for group-style enterprise restructuring procedures.

You clearly heard the other party's envy and jealousy, and now you say such words—

Does the address matter?

Li Xuewu already said to call them General Manager Gao and General Manager Cheng, and you come out with "call them Deputy General Manager or Comrade"; what are you paving the way for?

Ah, we are also group-style restructuring for the first time, no experience, I'm just blowing smoke.

Although you are also a big enterprise, unfortunately, you can't be group-style; no matter how arrogant you are, you have to be called factory director, while my position title is Deputy General Manager; don't get angry!

What? You are still a factory—

Tsk tsk tsk—

We have many factory directors under our branch organizations—

Tsk tsk tsk—

Gao Yaqin hasn't had an opinion of Cheng Kaiyuan for just one day; today is the second day.

She swore yesterday that she would not coexist with this bastard, but today she found everything about him unpleasant.

However, you don't have to be so disgusting!

She couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth and quietly exchanged a look with Li Xuewu; the meaning in her gaze was:

I smell the scent of green tea.

Of course, Gao Yaqin couldn't say such trendy words; it was Li Xuewu who interpreted it from her gaze.

She was clearly saying Cheng Kaiyuan is green tea, pretentious, and hypocritical.

Zhou Zicheng was also stuffed with a mouthful of dog shit by Cheng Kaiyuan, feeling for the first time that Red Star Steel Group had a villain.

He endured his complexion, nodded, and hurriedly let go of his hand to shake hands and exchange greetings with Gao Yaqin.

"Gao Yaqin, originally worked in the foreign trade sector, currently Deputy General Manager of Red Star Steel Group."

Gao Yaqin smiled, took the initiative to reach out, shook hands with Zhou Zicheng, introduced herself, and then took the initiative to greet, "Very happy to be a guest at Shenfei, hoping to learn and communicate with the representative enterprise of the aircraft industry this time."

"Hahaha—you are too polite!"

Zhou Zicheng only felt his mood improve quite a bit, feeling much more comfortable than being disgusted by Cheng Kaiyuan just now.

Regardless of what the position of this Deputy General Manager Gao is today, he appreciated her ability to speak well.

"Factory Director Wang told me that the Secretary-General of Red Star Steel Group might be able to speak, one set after another."

He held Gao Yaqin's hand and patted it lightly, smiling toward Li Xuewu's direction and saying, "I don't see it that way; your group has more than just you who can speak well!"

This guy is really dirty in his scolding, completely disregarding Cheng Kaiyuan's feelings; who doesn't know how to speak with barbs?

Old Cheng understood, but it didn't matter; the role he was playing today was the villain.

A good play must have a protagonist, supporting roles, and a villain; otherwise, it's not good to watch.

Negotiations are the same; a team must have people for frontal attack, flanking attack, and active defense.

Cheng Kaiyuan took the initiative to be responsible for defense, Gao Yaqin took the position of flanking attack, and only Li Xuewu was left with the choice of frontal attack.

Li Xuewu had no choice, so today he was the first to shake hands with the other party and introduce them.

Even the main leaders of Shenfei could see that today's negotiation should be led by Li Xuewu.

Regarding Red Star Steel Group, Wang Xin had actually investigated it long ago, and he also knew Li Xuewu very well.

Regarding several major projects in the development of Red Star Steel Group, after many inquiries, he knew that Li Xuewu had participated in these projects during the negotiation process.

It wasn't just because Li Xuewu was the Secretary-General; there was too much to say in this.

"Factory Director Wang misunderstood; how could I have the ability to speak well? My mouth is the clumsiest."

Li Xuewu laughed, shook hands with the other main leaders of Shenfei, and exchanged greetings—one sentence: Red Star Steel, Li Xuewu.

This is his business card, and also his identity.

There is no need to deliberately introduce and emphasize his identity; it can be seen from the business cards distributed by the secretary.

Shenfei was also caught off guard by them; they had clearly learned from the master, learning quite a bit of Red Star Steel's management models and development ideas.

They imitated many ways, but only ignored the business card item for the main person in charge of the factory.

Looking at the exquisite and elegant hard paper in their hands, Zhou Zicheng and Wang Xin only felt it weighed a thousand gold.

So what if you have a business card? Is it amazing? Tomorrow we will also print them, and print them exactly like the one in our hands!

Does copying homework have psychological burden? Isn't this actively sending us homework!

As for Li Xuewu being clumsy and not knowing how to speak, no one present, whether from Red Star Steel or Shenfei, believed it.

From Li Xuewu's ability to handle things with ease, his glib tongue, and his ability to thread the needle to support the scene, one could see that Red Star Steel Group is not simple, and this Secretary-General is even less simple.

Nonsense, can someone who can independently be responsible for the management of the group's industrial enterprises be an ordinary person?

Shenfei is indeed very large, not only in terms of organizational structure, but also in terms of industrial and office areas.

The building that hosted their meeting was clearly built only a few years ago, and the conditions were quite good.

Of course, this is defining the conditions of this building from the conditions and perspective of this era; there is no need to compare it with later generations. If compared with the office building under construction by Red Star Steel Group, it is completely incomparable.

No matter how much money and resources Shenfei has, it won't excessively use funds on office buildings.

This point is different from Red Star Steel Group; Red Star Steel Group has already divided the areas for industrial enterprises, service enterprises, and trade enterprises.

That is to say, the group grasps organizational personnel and financial management, but also gives the branch organizations below certain rights; this practice increases the vitality and subjective initiative of the group's branch organizations.

Similarly, with the branch enterprises having their own goals and financial authority, the group doesn't need to over-intervene.

Top-down layering and coordination make group enterprises more integrated and branch organizations more professional.

Therefore, building worker villages, hospitals, schools, office buildings, and other facilities has also become a necessary management means for the group.

Office buildings can improve work efficiency, create corporate culture, and increase corporate recognition.

You don't need to wait until next year; if you stand in the East City and look to the northeast now, you can see the twin towers under construction by Red Star Steel Group, as well as the United Industrial Building.

Later generations of the capital don't lack high-rise buildings, but in this era, it is still far behind; there are not so many high-rise buildings.

The development of Red Star Steel Group doesn't need newspaper propaganda; one can see how the development is going from the construction site that is constantly under construction in the Liangma River Industrial Zone year after year.

If there was no money, would they dare to engage in such engineering construction? Now who doesn't know that the future of the Liangma River Industrial Zone must be prosperous and flourishing?

Excellent scientific research workers, advanced worker collectives, educational resources that crown the whole city...

Ordinary people vote with their feet; they know best what charm Liangma River has to attract them.

Several iconic buildings of the group have not yet been completed, but the cohesion of the group's workers has already been produced.

Not to mention others, just looking at Li Xuewu leading the team, walking into the office building accompanied by a group of people from Shenfei, eyes straight ahead, with faint indifference in their eyes—how could the leaders of Shenfei not have their defenses broken?

Ah, so you are from the capital, all cadres from big cities, looking down on us in small places?

Actually, it's not; this is just the corporate culture and self-confidence cultivated by Red Star Steel Group.

All cadres of Red Star Steel Group participating in the negotiation wore "White plus Black" administrative suits, and even the leather belts at their waists were of the same style and brand.

The belts were like this, and the leather shoes were mostly like this. The "Great Wall" brand clothing, created by the Tianjin Shunfeng Trading Company in conjunction with the Capital Institute, has become the standard for official administrative suits.

Let's put it this way: even state-owned clothing manufacturers have started to imitate the styles of "Great Wall" brand clothes and shoes.

From head to toe, from spring to winter, the one who understands "White plus Black" best is Great Wall.

Great Wall Clothing has full-category, full-size clothing, shoe, and hat product supply, as well as a complete supply chain system and absolute pattern design concepts.

Old Li, who had made clothes for the Emperor, is now leading a team; many old tailors who hadn't been in contact for many years were collected and invited together by Shen Guodong and others.

These people basically represent the top tier of the capital's tailoring world, and are also absolute authorities.

The concepts of suits, brand marketing, shoe and hat matching, and accessory style construction summarized and relayed by Shen Guodong—these old tailors can all digest and understand them quickly.

What is hard to understand about this? Didn't the elite class of the past market and consume like this?

The difference from the past is that they are no longer producers, but designers.

Production?

When they gathered at the Beijing No. 1 Prison, the birthplace of high-end clothing in the capital, they were completely stunned.

Why?

Having been tailors for so many years, it's not like they hadn't worked as workers in clothing factories, but they had never seen such strict discipline, standardized coordination, and large-scale production bases.

Nonsense, no matter how strict the management of a clothing factory is, can it be as strict as the management of a prison?

No matter how tempting the food in a clothing factory is, can it compare to the temptation of the reward packages in prison? Because it's a reward nature, right?

Liu Guangfu lost 20 pounds when he first went in, but when he came out, his father couldn't even pick him up; he was 40 pounds heavier than when he came in.

The 60 pounds of weight gained before and after were all earned by his flying-leg skills and the sparks flying from the sewing machine flywheel.

How awesome is he? Let's put it this way: the food he ate every day was not a bit worse than what the guards ate; sometimes it was even better than what the guards ate, because of the reward nature.

Sitting on a stool all day, reluctant to go to the bathroom, eating dry food, working, eating, working—could he not get fat?

Because of effort, therefore professional.

No matter how professional the clothing tailors are and how much design head they have, they can't compare to the clothing production speed of these people.

Therefore, the design department and clothing production were separated, and production efficiency was greatly improved.

Otherwise, look at where the "White plus Black" worn by some cadres in Shenfei came from; it's because the product influence has come up, and the production capacity has also come up; there are already cadres in the Northeast who recognize this brand.

Excellent design, strict manufacturing processes, reasonable channel expansion—what is missing?

That's right, an image spokesperson.

Great Wall Clothing is the best at this; it has a huge and precise target market, and has established the influence of official work clothes in Red Star Steel Group. Now look at Li Xuewu.

Look at Li Xuewu for what?

A tall guy over 1.8 meters, with a sturdy posture, young and promising—isn't this a perfect image spokesperson?

Wherever Li Xuewu goes, the colleagues following him will bring this influence, which symbolizes unity, fashion, and group-style enterprises, wherever they go.

At least the cadres of Shenfei, including the main person in charge, Zhou Zicheng, have to admit that this "act of arrogance" was rounded off by the people of Red Star Steel Group.

"What Shenfei needs, I have talked about with Factory Director Wang Xin, and I have also told other comrades in the group."

Li Xuewu sat upright in the middle of the conference table, which also represented that he was the main negotiation representative today.

He looked at Zhou Zicheng, the number one of Shenfei sitting opposite, and said, "What we are not sure about now is what Shenfei has."

How lethal this sentence was, you can tell by the frequency of the twitching eyebrows of Zhou Zicheng, Wang Xin, and others.

This sentence is equivalent to a girl and a boy going on a blind date, and the girl's family comes to ask: I know your boy wants to marry our girl, and we can afford the dowry, but can you afford the bride price?

Damn it, bullying people too much!

The secretaries doing service work at the entrance of the conference room had their chests heaving; they all felt Red Star Steel was looking down on people.

Of course they were looking down on them; this is Shenfei, one of the four major aviation scientific research bases in the country!

The capital, Xijing, Jingguancheng, and Fengcheng—future aircraft enterprises are basically gathered in these four cities.

And Shenfei is located in Fengcheng, the representative of the eldest son of the Republic in the aviation industry; they are not convinced.

You have only become a group-type enterprise for a few years, and it hasn't even been officially established yet; what's there to be arrogant about?

These secretaries were not convinced, but they didn't have the right to speak; the people in charge of Shenfei who had the right to speak didn't care about Li Xuewu's words at all.

It's easy to understand; what are both sides sitting together for today? Isn't it for negotiations?

As long as this point is confirmed, that's fine. Don't negotiations need techniques?

Now you understand, including the Deputy General Manager Cheng opposite and the current Secretary-General Li Xuewu, they are all causing trouble.

The means are not superb, but the acting is passable.

"Actually, we also want to know what we have." Zhou Zicheng chuckled and turned to look at the several deputy factory directors beside him, "Do you want to say something?"

"Hehehe—"

Shenfei's deputy factory directors all chuckled; the meaning in the laughter was very obvious, and it didn't sound very comfortable.

Of course, it was uncomfortable for the people of Red Star Steel to hear, but the secretaries at the entrance were very invigorated.

Yes, what does Shenfei have? This question was actually asked by someone; it's too overestimating one's own strength.

Even if they dared to say it, would you dare to listen?

Li Xuewu wouldn't dig a pit for himself; seeing them chuckling, he also said with a smile, "I think it's better to talk about it; otherwise, the ideas won't match."

He turned to look at Cheng Kaiyuan and said, "General Manager Cheng, today I can only talk about high-precision machine tools, right?"

He deliberately asked Cheng Kaiyuan, emphasizing the "trump card" in his hand, and then smiled and looked at Zhou Zicheng, Wang Xin, and others, saying, "If everyone likes to squeeze toothpaste, then we can accept it; take it slow."

"Of course, if your side hopes to speed up the progress of the cooperation negotiation, we can also cooperate."

Li Xuewu spread his hands and said confidently, "For example, I can say now that we will achieve independent mass production of the KH-4 helicopter by the end of the year."

"If we are a bit more honest, by this time next year, the Lark 3 armed helicopter can also be mass-produced."

He turned to look at Cheng Kaiyuan and Gao Yaqin and asked with a smile, "Did I say too much? Can the mass production time of the Jaguar helicopter be said?"

What is called "a random punch beating a master to death"? Being unreasonable is the characteristic of industrial enterprises that only talk about production.

You Shenfei possess core technology, possess technical foundation, and also have strong R&D strength, but what about it? How many models have you achieved mass production for?

Hearing the meaning in his words, even if they knew he was doing it on purpose, Zhou Zicheng couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

The son is bold! How infuriating!

We are the main scientific research unit; production has its own branch factories, but most of the time it will be coordinated production.

Meaning, when Shenfei receives the above R&D tasks, it will allocate forces according to the tasks, and one or more research institutes will cooperate in R&D.

R&D may take many years, and during this period, parts and experimental machines will be produced by corresponding manufacturers.

Just like the supply chain of Red Star Steel Group, the difference is that Shenfei has no supply chain and has to assemble the aircraft itself.

The aircraft is developed, and it will be many years before it is truly mass-produced; Shenfei cannot equip a full set of production lines from the beginning.

And during mass production, in order to reduce production costs and pressure, some parts will often be handed over to their so-called "supply chain" enterprises.

Now Shenfei has seen that Red Star Steel Group has integrated the production and manufacturing of automotive parts and warehousing and logistics, running through multiple automotive enterprises as one.

This work used to be done by Shenfei itself; it was time-consuming and laborious, not to mention that the production standards for parts were different, and acceptance was also a problem.

If Red Star Steel Group can take the Steel City Parts Industrial Park as the core and undertake Shenfei's parts production work, it can greatly reduce production costs.

Significant improvements can also be made in confidentiality, production standards, etc.; this is their fundamental appeal.

Now they haven't spoken yet, and Red Star Steel is aggressive, using the helicopters about to be mass-produced to give them a reminder: to engage in aircraft parts production, Red Star Steel Group has this capability.

Having the ability naturally means one can be arrogant.

What are you laughing at? We can produce, can you develop? How long do we have to wait for your R&D to produce?

Li Xuewu's attitude couldn't be clearer: really take out the design drawings, take out the mass-produced models that you need our support for, and let us open our eyes.

Don't tell me you don't even have a mature experimental model; then what's the use of us setting a production plan?

R&D cannot wait for production, and similarly, production cannot always wait for R&D.

Now is to be honest with each other, shine a light on the content to be cooperated on, and talk about it.

Using chess terminology to describe it—I'm putting you in check.

At this moment, there was no more laughter in the conference room, and there was no more smile on the faces of the people in charge of Shenfei.

Not to mention the secretaries standing at the entrance; their silence was a bit absurd and unexpected.

"I told you when we came, you have to be a bit conservative."

Gao Yaqin was definitely doing it on purpose; her cooperation with Li Xuewu was too tacit; after all, they had cooperated many times.

Seeing the opposite side not speaking, she pretended to be helpless and reminded softly, "In case it exceeds the scope of cooperation, you won't be able to take it back even if you want to."

The scolding is a bit dirty—

Wang Xin twitched the corners of his mouth and looked at Zhou Zicheng, seeing that the number one also had the same expression.

What is Zhou Zicheng thinking? Is the opposite side really here to negotiate? Aren't they here to find trouble and fight?

What is "cannot be said," what is "be a bit conservative," what is "cannot take it back"!

Looking down on people—

"Yes, there is nothing that cannot be talked about."

Zhou Zicheng nodded slightly and said, "We are a key enterprise for aircraft research, and your side is a core enterprise for mechanical parts production; cooperation is a win-win."

He looked at Wang Xin and others and said, "I have always supported technical innovation and technical cooperation; without technical innovation and cooperation, there would be no Shenfei today."

Wang Xin and others saw him express his position, so they all nodded slightly in agreement, regardless of whether they knew what he wanted to say next.

"We hold a welcoming and optimistic attitude toward the next cooperation; of course, we very much hope to join hands with your side."

Zhou Zicheng looked at Li Xuewu and the others and said, "Just now Secretary-General Li mentioned what can be said and what cannot be said; I think Shenfei and Red Star Steel are developing in Liaodong, so they are brother enterprises; there is nothing that cannot be said, right?"

"I very much agree with your point of view."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said, "If we have already sat at the negotiation table and still have to hide things, then it's very meaningless; don't you think?"

"Hahaha—"

"Go back and review again what the focus of the other party's attention is."

In the car, Li Xuewu looked at the Shenfei factory area constantly receding, as well as the security vehicles escorting them out of the factory, and said this to Gao Yaqin and Cheng Kaiyuan.

The motorcade won't return to Steel City today, because the negotiation time was a bit long; it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

If they returned to Steel City at this time, they wouldn't arrive until eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

Dinner hadn't been eaten yet; Shenfei was indeed polite enough to leave them for a meal, but Li Xuewu and the others had long planned not to eat dinner at Shenfei.

Lunch was hosted by Shenfei; now that the negotiation hadn't made any straight progress, eating dinner meant too strong an implication.

Dinner won't be eaten at Shenfei; the Fengcheng Machinery Plant has already prepared it, and they will rest at the Machinery Plant tonight.

"I think their appetite is too big."

Gao Yaqin pinched her eyebrows, lay back on the seat, and said with her eyes slightly closed, "We want technology, they also want technology, and they also want our technical channels."

"This is inevitable." Li Xuewu said very affirmatively, "Wang Xin mentioned that he hoped the leaders responsible for foreign trade in the group could come to participate in the negotiation meeting."

"Foreign trade—" Gao Yaqin thought for a while, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked, "Does Shenfei have tertiary industries?"

"Hehehe—" Li Xuewu laughed, nodded, and said, "This can be had."

"Oh—" Gao Yaqin suddenly realized, smiled, and said, "Took such a big detour."

"More than that." Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "We used to play the trick of borrowing a chicken to lay eggs; now they also want to borrow our chicken to lay eggs."

"It's okay; the chicken can be borrowed, and the eggs can be split in half." Gao Yaqin curled her lips and said, "I can't accept people who take advantage without end."

"Hey, it's understandable." Li Xuewu looked at Cheng Kaiyuan with a smile and said, "I am the kind of person who takes advantage without end."

"Hahaha—" There was a cheerful atmosphere in the carriage.

"Shenfei wants comprehensive grafting cooperation; they want our management, technical channels, and production capacity; they want to reform internally, combine their own industrial advantages, expand economic channels, and establish tertiary industrial enterprises with hematopoietic functions."

Cheng Kaiyuan flipped through the negotiation notes and concluded, "Their managers are still very wise; they don't learn from those who close their doors to build cars, and even less do they want to spend time and effort understanding and replicating our development model."

"They want us to teach them how to copy hand-in-hand."

Li Xuewu took the thermos and said with a smile, "I really want to dig them out and see if there is any high-tech worth learning and borrowing from."

"You are thinking about others, and others are also thinking about you—" Gao Yaqin reminded, "Don't steal a chicken only to lose the rice."

"Talk slowly; I think this cooperation won't be fast." Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Looking at their style of doing things, there must be the Third Ministry of Machine Building instructing them this time."

"It wouldn't be aimed at our Steel-Fei, would it?"

Gao Yaqin frowned slightly and said, "Bending the curve to reorganize? Are we going to be a wedding dress for others?"

"Better to be cautious."

Cheng Kaiyuan also considered the possibility Gao Yaqin just mentioned, frowned slightly, and said, "Cooperation can be had, and talking slowly is also acceptable."

"Then that's it; let them form a negotiation report tonight, and you are responsible for taking it back to the group to explain."

Li Xuewu set the tone for this probing negotiation; they hadn't even arrived at the Machinery Plant yet, and half the work was done.

It's just that it's hard for the accompanying personnel; they have to stay up late tonight.

The cooperation negotiation with Shenfei has great differences, and there are many contradictions; it is not something that can be solved in one or two negotiations.

So they didn't make any big moves when they arrived at the Machinery Plant, thinking about returning to the capital to report as soon as possible.

Xiao Zihong was very enthusiastic, took them around the workshop, and the dinner was also very rich.

During the meal, they still talked about this cooperation; because it involved the Machinery Plant, Li Xuewu didn't guard against him.

Red Star Fengcheng Machinery Plant and Shenfei are both within the management scope of Fengcheng Industry, which is also convenient for obtaining policy research.

Because there were serious matters, they didn't drink much at night.

Li Xuewu didn't even drink a little; he ate a few more bites when there were specialty dishes.

At night, Cheng Kaiyuan organized the negotiation team to write a report, while Gao Yaqin found Li Xuewu.

"What is this thing?" Li Xuewu looked at the envelope handed over by the other party and raised his eyebrows, asking, "A love letter?"

"I would like to write one, but unfortunately, it's not for you." Gao Yaqin raised her eyebrows and handed the envelope in her hand again, saying, "Take a look."

"Don't look; what if it's a love letter."

Li Xuewu didn't want to take this letter that looked very strange, so he used a joke to decline.

Is this attitude obvious enough?

Unfortunately, Gao Yaqin was also in a difficult position now; this letter is best handed over to Li Xuewu to handle.

Correct if there is, encourage if there is not.

Besides, the content on this is too subjective and really has no value.

"It's really for you; you have to look."

Gao Yaqin took the initiative to step forward to stuff it into his hand, but Li Xuewu took a step back to avoid it.

"Since it's for me, why is it in your hands?" Li Xuewu was serious now, looked at her, and asked, "First tell me where this letter came from?"

"Do you believe me if I say I was 'touched for porcelain' (scammed)?"

Gao Yaqin just looked at him and said frankly, "You tell me if you believe it first."

"Hmm—" Li Xuewu looked at her carefully, nodded, and said, "Looking at your unlucky expression, it should be true. Who scammed you?"

"It's good that you believe it; I feel much more comfortable." Gao Yaqin wanted to hand the letter to him again, saying, "Now return to the original owner, and I can also... you take it!"

"I can't take things that aren't mine."

Li Xuewu took another step back, looked at her, and said, "Even my daughter knows this truth, so I can't make a mistake."

"Tsk, didn't I say it's yours!" Gao Yaqin said impatiently, "You'll know when you look!"

"Forget it, I won't look."

Li Xuewu smiled and shook his head, saying firmly, "If you know the person who wrote this letter, then please ask him to come to my office to talk, or write to me directly."

"If you don't know this person, then please handle it properly; it has nothing to do with me."

"You—" Gao Yaqin saw Li Xuewu turn around and leave quickly, so angry she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet.

It turns out that not only Cheng Kaiyuan doesn't talk about martial arts ethics, but Li Xuewu doesn't either.

What to do? This yellow mud fell into the crotch of the pants; she didn't want to come to Liaodong once and go back covered in shit.

She could understand Li Xuewu not taking this letter, and she felt even more moved by Li Xuewu's ability to be selfless.

If Li Xuewu really took the letter, she would also worry for Li Xuewu and feel guilty.

However, Li Xuewu saw the letter, she felt guilty, and she was the one who offended whom.

Throwing it away is certainly not possible, and destroying it is not possible either; she can only return it to the original owner and find Old Cheng.

Cheng Kaiyuan had just come out of the conference room when he was blocked in the corner by Gao Yaqin.

"If you dare to hide, I dare to chase you to your room—"

Gao Yaqin also became ruthless, stuffed the letter in her hand onto him, stared, and said, "I've tried my best; the other party won't accept it, so don't blame me for being heartless."

"Hey—General Manager Gao—"

How could Cheng Kaiyuan let her go? He stepped forward a few steps to block her and said with a bitter smile, "There must be a result."

"The result is that you and I became villains, and Li Xuewu now treats me as a bad person."

Gao Yaqin reached out and poked Cheng Kaiyuan, saying angrily, "Old Cheng, you are not particular."

"Yes, yes, yes, there was no other way."

Cheng Kaiyuan's attitude was quite sincere; he looked at the letter in his hand and said to her, "Let's think of a way together; even if it's destroyed, there must be a procedure."

"You write the report, I'll sign it."

Gao Yaqin pointed at him and said, "There's no one like you; if you dare to scheme against me again in the future, I'll let you experience a woman's anger."

Destroying the report letter, the two share the responsibility, write a filing report, and hand it to the supervision department when they go back.

Actually, it's very simple; with the two of them signing this report, how could the supervision department re-examine it?

It's just that the report is easy to write, but the feelings are hard to deal with.

When eating breakfast at the Machinery Plant, the two could clearly feel the alienation and politeness of Li Xuewu, which was different from when they came.

After exchanging looks, there was a sigh that could barely be noticed.

Who the hell wants to get involved in this kind of thing? To say Li Xuewu has a problem, there must be solid evidence.

Doing it this way, if Li Huai De finds out, he won't criticize them for not being united.

Li Xuewu is not a petty person, but he is not a very magnanimous person either. On the way back, the three of them still talked about work, but there was less joking.

The motorcade went straight to the airport; Li Xuewu sent them to the plane, and only then did he return with the motorcade.

The cooperation negotiation with Shenfei will naturally continue; the goal is cooperation, and the process is cautious.

In any case, this probing is a good start; after all, both sides know they need each other.

As for Cheng Kaiyuan and Gao Yaqin returning to Steel City, he didn't even say to return to the factory area to rest before flying away, which shows how much he cared about the two's handling of that letter.

Is this what you call comrades?

August 15th, Gu Ning called because she hadn't been home for a month.

During the small talk, she mentioned without a trace that she had graduated from the graduate class and was already serving as an attending physician in the surgery department of the general hospital. Li Xuewu could feel that restrained pride and excitement from thousands of miles away.

"Of course we have to celebrate; wait for me to go back."

Li Xuewu wanted to celebrate on the phone, but Gu Ning said no; she didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

But how could Li Xuewu not hear the pride in his wife's heart? He insisted on celebrating.

"Wait for me for two days, the 17th."

Li Xuewu looked at the calendar pressed under the coffee table and said, "I'll rush back the day after tomorrow."

He didn't care if there were others by the phone at home, and asked with a smile, "Do you want any gifts?"

"No, no." Gu Ning seemed to have thought of something, her face flushed, and she kept saying she didn't want anything.

Li Xuewu had given her three gifts over the years: a watch, an accordion, and silk...

She wasn't sure what kind of blushing gift Li Xuewu would give her if he started playing around, so she could only say no.

The more she said no, the more carefully Li Xuewu had to prepare; there was a graduate student in the family!

This should be the highest diploma in the country at this time, right? Actually, it's the same in later generations; a doctorate doesn't count as an academic qualification.

"Uncle Wu, are you leaving again?"

Li Xuewu had just hung up the phone when Banggeng poked his head out of the study and asked, "Are you going back to the capital?"

"Are you going back?" He didn't answer Banggeng's question directly, but glanced at him and said, "Your mother sent a letter asking you to go home and take a look."

"Not going back, what's there to look at."

Banggeng retracted his head, and a muffled voice came from the study, just not very firm.

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly; he didn't want to persuade a child in puberty, because such children are especially stubborn.

"Then I'll go back by myself."

He tidied up the books on his lap and said, "If your mother asks, I'll tell the truth."

"You'd better tell the truth—"

Banggeng's voice became a bit sharper, but he also knew who he was talking to, and the tone wasn't strong.

"Suit yourself, I must go back."

Li Xuewu explained with a smile, "Your aunt has finished her highest degree, and we are preparing to celebrate."

"Are you setting up a banquet?" Banggeng's head appeared at the study door again, looking at him and asking, "As lively as the time you got married?"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu raised his head and looked at him, saying, "How is that possible? Just a family celebration."

"Then what am I going back for—"

Banggeng lowered his head and said, "I don't have a home now; going back is just looking at people's cold eyes."

"If you have this little-girl attitude, I won't keep you." Li Xuewu looked at him and said, "Even if you have opinions about Liu Guoyou, you can't take it out on your mother; after all, she raised you for so many years."

"Besides, even if you don't miss your mother, don't you miss your sister and grandmother?"

He put down the book in his hand and said, "I guarantee your grandmother misses you."

Banggeng stood at the study door in silence for a long time before saying in a low voice, "I'm not going back."

Li Xuewu didn't persuade him anymore; young people will always understand the truth in this one day, because he will grow up sooner or later and become a parent.

August 17th, after Li Xuewu arranged his work properly, he took the train back to the capital for vacation.

Calling it a vacation, actually Old Li also hoped he would go back for a trip to discuss related work.

There were two meetings to hold this time: one was a cooperation research meeting with Shenfei, and the other was to attend the last negotiation meeting between the group and the Santa Ya Group regarding the construction of a modern hotel.

Li Xuewu's time was very tight; the group and Li Huai De both needed him to stay in Liaodong and keep a close eye on the foundation of the group.

Especially since the steel mill was gradually relocating to Steel City, all the group's heavy industries would be in Liaodong in the future.

Every return to the capital was both a vacation and a meeting; Li Huai De knew very well that he was a person who valued his family, so he tried his best to compensate and reward him.

Li Xuewu's performance in Liaodong did not exceed the expectations of him and the group's leadership team, and also brought them unexpected surprises.

Li Xuewu only used half a year to fully grasp the situation of the group's industrial enterprises in Liaodong with a silent and moistening posture.

The test paper he handed in had already far exceeded the expectations of the group's leadership team; this was his reliance for being able to sit firmly on the fishing platform.

The situation of the group in Liaodong was stable, and it was time for Li Xuewu to return to the group; the group was also looking forward to what posture he would use to reappear in the conference room. ===== CHAPTER 1438 =====

The group's situation in Liaodong has stabilized, and it is time for Li Xuewu to return to the group; the group is also looking forward to seeing what posture he will adopt when he reappears in the conference room.