Chapter 1442: Is the fish fat or not?

Has Old Li really become inflated?

"I'm inflated, my ass—"

On the other end of the phone, Li Huai De sighed and said, "Alright, I'll handle the explanation to Deputy Director Zhang. We'll proceed according to the original plan."

"If you feel it's difficult, we can change our approach," Li Xuewu suggested sincerely. "At worst, we waste a bit of time and energy, but it saves you from being in a tough spot."

"Forget it, there's nothing tough about it. It's all for the Group's work."

Li Huai De said with a firm attitude, "The comrades have been busy for so long and have done so much work; we cannot give up halfway."

He paused and emphasized, "If we don't make a killing this time, we'd be doing a disservice to all the suffering we've endured."

"Hehehe, I'll listen to you."

Li Xuewu replied with a light chuckle, "Director Bao from the Credit Union just called. He's getting a bit anxious, saying he wants to stake out Liu Bin to find you."

"Let him come. I'll run him ragged."

When people are doing something bad, they don't mind how much trouble it is; Li Huai De is just like that.

He was just complaining to Li Xuewu a moment ago, yet now he was chuckling wickedly.

What does suffering a little or enduring a bit of trouble matter? Watching others being played in circles by him is much more interesting and gives a greater sense of accomplishment.

You have to admit, Li Xuewu's chain of schemes is just satisfying to use.

He doesn't care at all that he is also a scheme within a scheme, a person within a scheme; he's just in it for the fun.

"As long as the call isn't from above, don't worry about him. I'll handle it myself."

Li Huai De said confidently, "You just wait in Steel City for these fish to take the bait. When the time comes, we'll close the net in the Capital and catch them all in one go."

Old Li's ambition was truly coaxed out by Li Xuewu. He hadn't experienced anything good before; where had he ever fought such a battle, calculated down to the changes in human hearts? It was exhilarating.

He didn't need to plan the strategy or deploy the troops; he only needed to act out a grand play.

This play not only trapped the outsiders but also trapped the people within the Group.

Just think: Li Xuewu, the Secretary-General responsible for coordinating economic negotiations, is not in the Capital, and Li Huai De, the General Manager of the Group, has gone down for research. With no one to be found, how would the other leaders react?

Before they could even react, those who couldn't find Li Huai De or Li Xuewu had already called the people they could reach.

Naturally, Gao Yaqin received the most calls here because she has a background in foreign trade and is also the person in charge of this negotiation.

This move of Li Xuewu's is called cultivating both internal and external affairs, while Li Huai De is just letting things take their natural course and reaping the rewards.

Just watch; with this pair of Big Li and Little Li, whose hearts have as many holes as honeycomb coal, setting up the game, how many more people will lose their wives and their soldiers?

As Li Huai De said on the phone, asking Li Xuewu to wait in Steel City for the fish to take the bait, and also saying he would set a net in the Capital to catch these fat fish in one go—what exactly does that mean?

"You guys look so dangerous."

Seeing him hang up the phone, Gu Ning looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Is this how all your work is done now?"

"Where did your thoughts wander? What kind of person do you take me for?" Li Xuewu said amusedly. "Go ask around at the Red Star Steel Group; who wouldn't say your husband is upright and open?"

"Is that so? ——" Looking at Gu Ning's tone, she was somewhat skeptical.

There's no reason not to make her suspicious; the several calls Li Xuewu just made, judging by his performance, were those of a consummate conspirator.

It really let her witness what it means to speak human words to humans and ghost words to ghosts.

Before?

Of course, Gu Ning knew what kind of person he was before, knowing he was prone to talking nonsense with a straight face and never saying a serious word.

But he never hid anything when talking to her, and he certainly wouldn't be fake; watching him talk nonsense with others like this was actually quite interesting——

It's also because Gu Ning hasn't seen or experienced much, and certainly hasn't experienced the growth environment of a child in the hutongs.

Someone like Li Xuewu isn't considered strange; in the hutongs, those with slick tongues could talk for three days and three nights without repeating themselves.

Of course, those who can talk aren't as capable as Li Xuewu, and those who are capable aren't as eloquent as Li Xuewu; finding a partner is also a science.

Being honest with family, shrewd with work, responsible with one's career, and sincere with friends—these qualities are already considered excellent.

If Li Xuewu were to tell three lies in one breath when talking to her, then life for the couple really wouldn't be interesting at all.

However, Gu Ning was also surprised by his current work environment. Had it really deteriorated to this extent? Did it require such high-intensity work skills and emergency handling?

Look at who the people calling here are, and how he responds to them.

The fact that they could call here means they had already contacted the Metallurgical Plant.

The Group's Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group Office, which works out of the Metallurgical Plant, is a filter; many calls were intercepted by them.

The reason for blocking the calls was very sufficient: the Secretary-General is on vacation, and they can't reach him either; perhaps he's on the train, perhaps he's on the road—where are they supposed to find him?

You say contact by phone, say the duty phone? How could that thing be accurate?

Who doesn't know how difficult it is to summon people by phone in this day and age?

If Chen Haonan were on the mainland, he couldn't summon enough brothers to plant a flag and clear out Causeway Bay in a single day of calling.

Hey, you say it's that difficult, and it really is that difficult.

So Li Xuewu doesn't answer invalid calls, treating these people as bait for the nest; no one thought of anything else.

As long as you ask around, you'll know that Li Xuewu is indeed on vacation, and he took the vacation before the negotiation meeting; it seems unrelated to this matter.

But if you say it's really unrelated, who would believe that!

Go ask around the whole world who has the most influence in the Red Star Steel Group.

If you ask a hundred people, eighty will tell you that besides Big Li, there's Little Li.

You say find someone else? Useless!

Big Li is the head of the Group, the General Manager; his words carry the most weight.

Other Vice Presidents or Deputy Directors are leaders in charge of specific areas; it's fine if you want to find them to understand and handle corresponding business, but it's a bit difficult for comprehensive business that spans across areas.

Anyone who has done business with the Red Star Steel Group knows that the Red Star Steel Group is developing rapidly, its organizational structure is clear, and the leadership team is famous for its unity and cooperation.

The meaning behind this sentence is that the integration period for new members has passed, duties are clearly divided, everyone performs their own duties, and they do not attack each other.

To put it plainly, everything that could be tested has been tested, and everything that could be squeezed has long been squeezed; now, those who can't be squeezed are just like this.

Of course, you can talk to them if you want to handle unilateral business, but at this time, where are there any unilateral business projects?

Furthermore, the organizational structure of the Red Star Steel Group is designed very specially; no one can bypass the Management Committee to independently execute management responsibilities and powers.

In other words, whatever people want to do, whatever projects they want to do, it's impossible if they don't want to be united or don't want to cooperate sincerely.

You pull me, I pull you, pulling each other, achieving relative fairness.

You say Big Li has full authority and other leadership team members perform their own duties, so what does Little Li count as?

Little Li is not responsible to any Vice President or Deputy Director; he is responsible to the Group's Management Committee and directly contacts and reports to Li Huai De.

In other words, the role of Secretary-General is special in that he is only responsible for supervising and urging subordinate departments to actively complete the work resolutions discussed and studied by the Management Committee.

At the same time, he is also responsible for supervising relevant departments to complete the specific work handed down by the Group's General Manager, Li Huai De.

This is also why other Group Vice Presidents maintain sufficient respect and trust in him.

Because of the nature of the work, coupled with Li Xuewu's work ability and past achievements, he is responsible for more comprehensive business management and project coordination work.

In terms of business projects, the reason why Big Li and Little Li's words carry weight is precisely because of this.

The Business Vice President takes the lead in projects, Big Li organizes discussions and decisions, and Little Li is responsible for supervision and execution.

So, if you have something to do, finding Big Li is finding the county magistrate, and finding Little Li is finding the person in charge.

Given the situation of the newly built International Hotel and the reception guesthouse, Li Xuewu planned a good play.

After he reported the plan to Li Huai De, the other party readily agreed and emphasized that it should be completed by the two of them in cooperation.

The number of Management Committee leadership team members who know the content of this plan can be counted on one hand.

Dong Wenxue definitely knows; he is currently responsible for the construction and management of the Liangma River Industrial Zone, and is also responsible for the overall work of technology introduction and reform within the Group.

Dong Wenxue knows, and Li Huai De might be able to guess it, so there won't be any surprises, but in his mind, there shouldn't be many more people who know.

Does Gao Yaqin know?

She might know a part of it, but only the business operations; as for the tests and plans within the Group, unless she can guess it herself.

Besides Dong Wenxue, who participated in the plan, and Gao Yaqin, who executes economic construction business, who else knows without Old Li knowing?

Of course, it couldn't be Gu Weijie; her wings are full, and her ambition is undoubtedly revealed.

It's only because Old Li is steadily suppressing her; otherwise, she would have jumped out long ago.

In terms of seniority and achievements, it's enough; the Workers' New Village plan is a continuation and development of the employee housing improvement plan, and she also has credit for the Group's technical accumulation and organizational personnel reform.

Most importantly, in the past few years, she hasn't made any mistakes.

This point is too important; even General Manager Li Huai De and Vice President Cheng Kaiyuan, who is in charge of industrial production, can't compare to her.

Li Xuewu has also heard the evaluation of her from above; summarized, it's one word: steady.

If Old Li were to have any mishap, the one holding the helm of this big ship of the Group would definitely be Gu Weijie; above, they wouldn't let the handover between the new and the old happen too quickly and capsize the ship.

Of course, Old Li's mishap is only in terms of his health; other factors don't need to be considered.

As long as his health doesn't have any problems, those above won't change the head of the Group while it's developing at high speed.

If even Gu Weijie is not within Li Xuewu's scope of trust, then who else in the Group's leadership team can he trust?

The answer is ready to come out: of course, it's Chief Accountant Jing Yunong, who is in charge of personnel and financial work.

The Group's organizational structure must complete its reform before the end of the year, and changes must be made in terms of titles.

Under the current situation, most enterprises and localities are blurring the Management Committee management system, and quite a few enterprises have already restored the original mechanism.

The Red Star Steel Group's volume has expanded, so compared to the previous radicalism, it must be restrained.

Therefore, the Management Committee is still the Group's main management institution and policy-making institution.

However, the Group's titles must be changed based on the Management Committee's structural technology.

Li Huai De and Li Xuewu had detailed communication and discussions on this issue, and both agreed that the transition period should be lengthened.

So how long should the transition period be?

Li Xuewu's suggestion is to conform to the trend of the Group's personnel reform and thoroughly complete the changes when the enterprise truly realizes groupization.

Li Huai De thought about it and decided to do it this way first, and adjust if there are any changes in the situation.

This plan is formulated and executed starting from the industrial enterprises located in Liaodong.

Li Xuewu is stationed in Liaodong, supervising all industrial enterprises to complete the restoration of the factory management system.

This was executed in May, and the Group took advantage of the trend to execute it in June and July, restoring the "one chief, three chiefs" system; what this is will be discussed later.

Now, the Red Star Steel Group is slowly appearing with two sets of leadership teams: one is the Management Committee, and the other is the business management team headed by the General Manager.

All Group leaders are in the Management Committee, but not everyone is in the business team.

For example, Gu Weijie, who is responsible for organization and propaganda work, is not in the business team.

Xiong Bencheng, who is responsible for the labor union, is also not in it.

In order to strengthen supervision and management responsibilities and enhance the seriousness of supervision, Su Weide, who is in charge of quality, safety, and environmental protection, is also not in the business team.

Judging from the work the three are responsible for, the proportion of empty talk is relatively high; this is one point.

Another point is that when the Group executes personnel and organizational structure reform, organizational construction work is also being executed.

Comparing the system before the Red Star Plant formed the Management Committee, Gu Weijie, Su Weide, and Xiong Bencheng formed an organizational structure with Li Huai De.

And the business team members, based on Vice Presidents Cheng Kaiyuan, Dong Wenxue, Zhang Jinsong, as well as Chief Engineer Xue Zhifu, Chief Accountant Jing Yunong, and Chief Economist Gao Yaqin, together with Li Huai De, formed the business management team.

Someone asked, did the concepts of Chief Engineer, Chief Accountant, and Chief Economist exist in this era?

Isn't this an organizational structure from later generations?

This management structure was not designed and used by later generations; as early as the 1950s, we had already set up the position of Chief Accountant in some large and medium-sized enterprises.

Note this: it's large and medium-sized enterprises; the previous Red Star Plant was considered a medium-sized enterprise, but it didn't have the position of Chief Accountant.

Tracing the source, it was in 1956 that we learned from and borrowed the North Mao model, formally establishing the "one chief, three chief engineers" system in enterprises.

Among them, the Chief Accountant, as an administrative leadership member, is responsible for the enterprise's financial management and accounting work.

Later, in the "Industrial Thirty Articles" of 1962 and the "Several Provisions on the Establishment of Chief Accountants in Industrial and Transportation Enterprises (Draft)" approved by the State Council in October 1963, provisions were made for the establishment, appointment, removal, duties, and authority of Chief Accountants.

This is the present; looking further ahead, in 1978, the State Council issued the "Regulations on the Functions and Powers of Accounting Personnel," which again made provisions for the establishment and duties of Chief Accountants.

In the "Decision on Economic System Reform" passed in October 1984, it was again proposed that enterprises should establish a "one chief, three chiefs" system.

What is the "one chief, three chiefs" system?

It is the Factory Director, Chief Engineer, Chief Accountant, and Chief Economist.

Factories are set up this way, and applying it to group enterprises is the same principle, only the Factory Director is renamed General Manager.

In this era, there were no titles like Chairman or President; these only appeared later.

General Manager is the end of it; generally, it's the General Manager concurrently serving as the Director of the Management Committee, holding both positions.

Later, when the Management Committee is abolished, everyone will know what the Director of the Management Committee is changed to.

For economic construction work, the Chief Economist must know some, and the Chief Accountant must of course also know.

However, for Jing Yunong to know about this plan in advance, it must be said that she has a special relationship.

Li Xuewu's dealings with her aren't all about pitting her; there are times when he gives benefits.

If you say giving hundreds of millions or billions, that's no problem, but he can't keep giving.

The premise for Deputy Director Jing's willingness to accept this is that there is also mutual help in work.

When Li Xuewu was seeking the management power of the Group's Liaodong industry, he calculated everyone along the way, and even she didn't escape.

Only Cheng Kaiyuan, having just experienced setbacks, was sensitive and operated in advance to jump out of the circle.

Everyone else, including Jing Yunong, was cleaned up by him once.

The part of personnel management power that Li Huai De had to spit out was received by her.

You say this is a good thing?

Of course it's a good thing; who doesn't hope their management authority can be more?

But think about it, the Chief Accountant is also responsible for personnel work; is this normal?

She had to pick up a bargain from Li Huai De; could Old Li forgive her?

Being in charge of financial work is already important work for the Group, and she can also concurrently manage personnel.

Are other leadership team members envious, jealous, and hateful?

Do you think Jing Yunong had an easy time these past six months? She both loves and hates Li Xuewu.

Internally, she is happy that the work she is responsible for is very important; what she is anxious about is being afraid of not being able to grasp it.

Whether it's finance or personnel, in the eyes of outsiders, they are both pieces of fat meat.

Look at these past six months; has she paid any attention to Li Xuewu? Does Li Xuewu dare to go near her?

She is strictly guarding against it, not daring to be the least bit careless, and certainly won't leave any handle for others to accuse her of not having the ability to grasp this work.

The clerks in the Group's office are all saying that Deputy Director Jing is becoming more and more serious, and her temper is becoming worse and worse.

Can it be good? With this bastard Li Xuewu, her temper can't be good.

"What kind of ghost are you playing at again?"

Jing Yunong questioned him angrily on the phone: "Can't you rest for a while?"

"Look at what you're saying; am I that restless Monkey King?"

Li Xuewu pointed to the tea cabinet in the office, signaling Zhang Jing to refill his teacup with hot tea.

"Do I need to say whether you are restless or not?"

Jing Yunong said impatiently on the phone: "How was the economic and financial meeting at the end of last year held? Didn't we all agree that there would be no major project investment this year!"

She said somewhat annoyedly: "An investment of over ten million; where do you want me to find this money for you?"

"Let me tell you, you don't need to find it; someone will take the initiative to send this money over."

Seeing Zhang Jing holding the teacup and handing it over, Li Xuewu pointed to the table and told him to put it down.

After Zhang Jing put down the teacup, he picked it up, took a sip of the scalding hot tea, and said with a smile: "I am now asking you to assist me in preparing to properly settle this fund."

"Assist you? Properly settle?"

Jing Yunong was amused and angry, and asked on the phone: "Tell me, where is this ten million plus? How can I help you settle it?"

"I said if there is this money, there definitely is; don't you believe me?"

Li Xuewu said confidently: "Precisely because the money hasn't arrived in the account yet, I'm communicating with you to do a good job of diverting this money."

"Li Xuewu, tell me in more detail."

As soon as Jing Yunong heard the word "divert," she knew he wasn't holding back any good farts; is he going to pit her again?

Li Xuewu pointed to the opposite side, signaling Zhang Jing, who was waiting to report work, to sit down first; this call of his was going to be long.

"I've talked with Director Li; this time we have to eat one fish in two ways."

He tapped his fingers on the table and emphasized: "We have to eat well, and we have to be able to eat our fill."

"I'll just listen to what this eating one fish in two ways is." Jing Yunong reminded him: "I'll tell you the truth, there really isn't much money in the Group's account that can be moved."

"I know; how much family foundation we have, how could I not know?"

Li Xuewu nodded calmly and said: "I'll emphasize to you again, I can accomplish this matter without using the Group's money."

"That's good; then we are still good comrades and can continue to talk."

Seeing his guarantee that he wouldn't use the money in the account, Jing Yunong also felt a bit more relaxed.

However, she still had to be vigilant against this bastard, because you don't know where he's going to circle around you; by the time you react, it'll be too late.

"But I still have to remind you: I cannot do things that violate regulations."

"Look at you, what kind of person do you take me for? Violating regulations."

Li Xuewu complained: "When have I ever let you violate regulations?"

"It's best if you haven't; say your piece."

Jing Yunong really wanted to hear what kind of plan he had that could trick... no, could assemble so much capital.

"This eating one fish in two ways, aren't we going to build an International Hotel and a reception guesthouse?" Li Xuewu explained with a smile: "The meaning of the discussion between Director Li and me is to do two things with one sum of money."

"Hanging a sheep's head to sell dog meat, or stealing the beam and replacing it with a pillar?" Jing Yunong pierced through his modifiers with one needle.

Li Xuewu, however, was somewhat unwilling and reminded her: "You are a person of the Group; at this time, your butt can't be crooked."

"Nonsense!" Jing Yunong reminded: "Say your plan, don't pull other things."

Exactly; talk about the matter, don't pull about whether the butt is crooked or not.

For these past six months, she was angry at Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu was also hiding from her; the two of them getting through this call really made her feel a bit unfinished.

"The construction engineering budget given by the Construction Engineering General Company for the International Hotel project is 11.5 million yuan, and the construction project budget for the reception guesthouse is 550,000 yuan..."

Before Jing Yunong on the opposite side could roll her eyes, Li Xuewu added: "If the reception guesthouse is designed in the Riverside Garden, then the construction project cost, together with the Riverside Garden residential area and the overall greening area, is about 1.5 million yuan."

"What do you mean? Black eating black?"

Jing Yunong, influenced by him, was now very tricky in her speech, with every sentence stabbing at the lungs.

Li Xuewu didn't take it to heart and explained: "This isn't called black eating black; this is called budget structural transfer, which belongs to normal operation."

"Isn't that still black eating black?"

Jing Yunong hummed and said faintly: "I won't ask how you got this money; you just tell me, are you going to take the money for building the International Hotel to also do the engineering for the reception guesthouse and the Riverside Garden residential area?"

"Is this what you meant by fund diversion just now? Let me do the accounts?"

"I'll emphasize one point first: the money for building the reception guesthouse and the Riverside Garden residential area is not occupying the construction cost of the International Hotel."

Li Xuewu said this first, and then explained: "Now the budget of the Construction Engineering General Company has been done to 11.5 million yuan, but who can guarantee that this budget is enough?"

"Director Li's meaning is, make the budget a bit more, and then tighten the hands when the time comes."

He said with a smile: "The construction cost of 13.55 million yuan is not much different compared to 11.5 million."

"Doing three projects at the same time can also save a bit on materials and engineering."

Li Xuewu chuckled and said: "I feel that 13.55 million won't even be used; when the time comes, we can also patch up other holes."

"You get the money to hand first, then talk; have you gone crazy thinking about money?"

Jing Yunong said angrily: "Who is a big fool, letting you guys fool around like this? There's a difference of nearly two million before and after."

"Is this a matter of two million?"

Li Xuewu raised his voice and emphasized: "This is a major project that attracts worldwide attention; this project didn't come for free. They say invest, so they invest; they say buy shares, so they buy shares?"

"Don't we have to pay a bit of management fee!"

He raised his eyebrows and said: "What I'm saying doesn't mean anything else; it's all to consider your hard work and to share your worries and solve difficulties for you."

"Think about it, if this money is in hand, our Group's economy can also be more relaxed, and your work can also be more relaxed, right?"

"So?" Jing Yunong asked faintly: "I still have to thank you?"

"We are all comrades; thanks are not needed, just care for each other."

Li Xuewu looked at Zhang Jing sitting opposite with a smile and said: "The construction project budget for the new office building and exhibition hall reported by the Metallurgical Plant, you see..."

"Hmm, waiting for me here, right?" Jing Yunong curled her lips and said: "I said why are you so generous, and even said no thanks needed; it's all on this, right?"

"Look at you, anxious again——"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "I helped you save two million; is a 200,000 project still a matter for you?"

"Two million? Where is it?"

Jing Yunong asked with a light chuckle: "Is your Secretary-General Li also so generous in handling affairs?"

"Understood, got it; don't scatter the eagle until you see the rabbit, right? No problem."

Li Xuewu tapped the table and said: "Money to account, budget to account, is that it?"

"Wait until the money is in the account, then talk."

Jing Yunong's mouth curled up, and without waiting for Li Xuewu to grind any further, she reached out and hung up the phone.

Thinking of Li Xuewu still holding the receiver on the other end of the phone, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Revenge?

Of course not; this is just collecting some interest first; the day for revenge is still ahead.

As long as Li Xuewu works in the locality, he will definitely need financial support.

These past six months, she didn't really block Liaodong's budget, but she didn't rush to be generous either; it was just treating it the same as other units.

She didn't take the initiative, and Li Xuewu also squinted; project declarations were all by people below.

Jing Yunong just wanted to see how long he could persist.

Being responsible for business in the locality, or being the head, inevitably requires achievements.

If you want work achievements, you have to do things; as long as you are doing things, you need money.

If you follow the rules, move around, or even set up a small treasury to engage in projects, you can also raise funds. For example, the new office building and exhibition hall project Li Xuewu just mentioned was the economic surplus money Li Xuewu raised after arriving in Liaodong.

Build first, report later; if she can approve this budget, wouldn't the money return to the Liaodong Management Group's money pocket?

This is Li Xuewu's ability; if he didn't have the ability, he would have to run to the Group's finance for appropriations.

Her pen as Chief Accountant is very powerful; without her signature, you can't get money.

Li Xuewu went to Liaodong to increase his work seniority and practice work experience; he inevitably needs a large number of projects to support economic development and construction to create excellent achievements.

Relying only on Liaodong's small treasury is not enough; Li Xuewu will eventually have to come and beg her.

Look, Li Xuewu is so good at speaking; things are handled cleverly, and words are spoken beautifully.

Whether the International Hotel project should be done is not a matter of Li Xuewu's one sentence; there are many entanglements here, and the interests are too complex.

But actively promoting the International Hotel project to be approved, Li Xuewu can still do it.

Bundling the Group's reception guesthouse with the Riverside Garden residential area into the International Hotel project, using the Construction Engineering General Company to falsely inflate the budget, and then asking her, this Chief Accountant, to raise her hand high and smooth out the construction project with accounts, is his goal.

Who benefits most from doing this?

Personally, of course, it's Li Xuewu; the Santa Ya Group is eventually responsible for contact by Li Xuewu, and many projects are pushed forward by him.

Anyone who mentions the cooperation project of the Santa Ya Group will think of Li Xuewu's actions.

The Red Star Steel Group's foreign trade and economic work was founded by Li Xuewu in cooperation with her; this is an indisputable fact.

As long as the Santa Ya Group's project has one point of achievement, it must be counted as their share.

But the facts are so; Li Xuewu insists on speaking beautifully and even sharing worries and solving difficulties for her.

Indeed, including the construction engineering of the reception guesthouse and the Riverside Garden residential area in this project can help the Group save 2 million.

What is the concept of two million?

A jin of pork is 7 mao 6 fen; think about it, the cost for the Xinjing First Plant to fully accept the Rolling Mill didn't even use two million.

Li Xuewu has merit to the Group and benefits her; this is also an indisputable fact.

So Li Xuewu wants benefits, and she didn't immediately refuse; it depends on whether he can really get the money back.

No matter how good the words are, if the matter can't be done, it's useless.

Mutual support is not a matter of one sentence, nor is it a cooperation between the sheets, but real, solid gold and silver.

Li Xuewu is outside and needs a reliable person as a reinforcement; Dong Wenxue's goal is too obvious, and many things are inconvenient to do.

This chess piece of hers has been acting with Li Xuewu for a long time and has made enough of a scene on Old Li's side.

He is rotten to the core; these past six months, not a single member of the Group's leadership team took the initiative to provoke him, but he still wasn't at ease and had to pull Li Huai De to beat these people again.

Li Huai De is also, isn't cooperating with him like skinning a tiger for its skin? Can he get anything good?

It must be admitted that Li Xuewu's original calculations and means were truly unique; precisely because he beat everyone before leaving the Capital, he could let Dong Wenxue successfully return to the Capital to complete the handover.

At the same time, it also left enough time for him in Liaodong to integrate resources.

Look at her, and you'll know; these past six months, just digesting personnel work was enough to keep her busy; other leaders are the same.

Everyone is busy with the work in their hands, stabilizing the situation, so naturally, no one stood out to look for trouble.

Once everyone has stabilized their basic board, that's when the slaughter will begin.

Li Xuewu is damaging; he doesn't want to implicate the fish in the pond, and before everyone has stabilized their basic board, he wants to beat the grass to scare the snake and stir up some trouble.

Using outside public opinion to infiltrate part of the wind and rain into the management layer; if someone is restless at this time, they will jump out and talk nonsense.

This is the situation Li Huai De most wants to see; he just hasn't had the opportunity to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Li Xuewu being stable in Liaodong also means Li Huai De is stable in the Group.

With Dong Wenxue's help, he can free up his hands to do many things, including personnel work.

Since both are stable, how could they let go of these people in the Group?

Strike first to gain the advantage, strike later and suffer disaster.

Based on her understanding of Li Xuewu, if the board in Liaodong is stable, he will turn around and lay out in the Capital, killing his way back with the momentum.

Don't forget, the beginning of next year is the critical period for the Red Star Plant to formally hang the sign of a group enterprise; if Li Xuewu plans properly, it's not impossible for him to advance further.

At his level, age and seniority are no longer the core standards for testing him.

Ability is the most critical.

So, does Li Xuewu have the ability?

Whether it's the International Hotel project or the comprehensive cooperation project with Shen Fei, they are all stepping stones Li Xuewu paved for his development back in the Capital.

Once these projects are completed, the Group's industrial enterprises in Liaodong will become his reliance, and his right to speak in the Group will definitely increase.

This is not prying into Cheng Kaiyuan's line, or hollowing out this Vice President in charge of industrial construction; it's solid—Li Xuewu wants achievements, so he must start from industrial enterprises.

She has heard that Li Xuewu's relationship with Zhang Jinsong and Cheng Kaiyuan is quite good.

Don't talk about how many contradictions they had before; just look at the current development momentum; if Zhang Jinsong and Cheng Kaiyuan can see clearly, they definitely won't care about things that have already passed.

The Red Star Plant formally reforms into a group; how many more years can Li Huai De work at the Red Star Steel Group?

Five years at most; this is the limit, and those above won't allow Old Li to operate at the Red Star Steel Group forever.

Even Old Li himself wouldn't waste so many years in this position.

Even if Old Li wants to work in the Group for five years, plus these few months, it's not enough for six full years.

With Li Xuewu's current development momentum, given five and a half years, is the possibility of him succeeding Old Li high?

Jing Yunong doesn't know how others view this issue, but she has confidence in Li Xuewu.

Even for her to continue working in the Group, she needs Li Xuewu's support.

Why say that?

The factory realizing groupization is the merit of these decision-makers; rewarding based on merit, how could they stay in the Group forever?

At most two years; without Li Huai De moving, at least half of the people in this leadership team will move.

It's very likely that these few new ones won't move, but it depends on the actual work.

Cheng Kaiyuan should know that his path at the Red Star Steel Group is dead; there is absolutely no chance for him to succeed Old Li.

His only way out is to perform actively, borrow the Group's east wind to jump to another enterprise to be the head, and make new contributions.

If he can bring the Red Star Group's management to another enterprise, and even help the other party realize groupization, then the ceiling above his head is opened; otherwise, there's no hope in this life.

You ask if Jing Yunong can calculate things two years or five years later?

This is nothing difficult; what's difficult is calculating things two months or five months later.

Jing Yunong flipped through the files and found the document transferred from the General Manager's office regarding the International Hotel construction project, made instructions on it, and specifically pointed out Li Xue as the financial representative responsible for the project's fund management work.

This move is called returning the peach for the plum, and also beating the grass to scare the snake, letting Li Xuewu know her heart, and also reminding Li Xuewu not to go too far.

An 11.5 million project, he dares to let the Construction Engineering General Company make it 13.55 million, exceeding the budget by 17.8%; how big and fat his courage is!

Now putting Li Xue on it, it not only shows that she will help, but also shows that she won't help unconditionally.

Li Xue being responsible for this project will definitely gain achievements from the project; this is seniority, which helps her future progress.

No matter how Li Xuewu does it, he won't pit his own younger sister, right?

"Leader, Director Bao is here again."

Zhang Jing waited for Li Xuewu to hang up the phone before reporting.

Of course, he heard the conversation between the leader and General Jing; to tell the truth, it was quite an eye-opener; he didn't expect the Group's leaders to get along like this.

"Arranged at the guesthouse?"

Li Xuewu wasn't surprised at all by Bao Peigang's arrival; this is the fish he was waiting for.

"How many people came?"

"Seven came, three of whom are unit heads."

Zhang Jing reported: "Including Director Bao, they are all waiting for you at the guesthouse."

"Oh—not busy—"

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking, and asked: "Help me ask the banking system here in Steel City if they have time to chat."

He tapped his fingers on the table in no particular order and continued: "Contact Director Hu of Liaodong Industry; just say I said it: Liaodong capital can enter the game, but we must ensure the correctness of relevant procedures and must go through the cooperation channel of the United Savings Bank."

"Setting aside the bank heads from the Capital, talk to the Liaodong bank first?"

Zhang Jing was somewhat surprised and reminded: "I see Director Bao and the others are very anxious."

"It's right to let them be anxious."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and instructed: "In a while, when I meet these bank heads, you just say they took the initiative to find me, blocking my door and forcing me to talk."

"Oh—" Zhang Jing seemed to understand what the Secretary-General wanted to do, nodded with realization, and said: "I'll go handle it right away."

"As soon as possible; count as many as you can get."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "You handle this matter personally; pay attention to confidentiality."

"Understood, I'll handle it personally."

Zhang Jing repeated, then stood up and asked: "What if Director Bao chases over? Should I block him or not?"

"Not blocking is fine, but you have to put on a show." Li Xuewu thought for a moment and said: "You arrange for people in the office to block him, don't be too serious, it's best to make some noise."

"Got it, I'll do as you say."

Zhang Jing chuckled and gave him a thumbs up, saying: "Your move is really high!"

"High? The high part is still ahead."

Li Xuewu smiled and organized the documents in front of him; even if Bao Peigang blocked him with people today, he wouldn't promise the other party anything.

Didn't he agree with Old Li? His side is just fishing and playing the fish; the real closing of the net has to be on the Capital side.

Even if he wanted to close the net in Steel City, he doesn't have the conditions; he can't represent the Red Star Steel Group, and Bao Peigang can't fully trust him to sign a cooperation agreement with the Group's subordinate enterprises.

So, there's a reason why some people rush to be deceived.

From creating public opinion to setting a net, if the fish isn't fat enough, or the size is too small, would Li Xuewu and Li Huai De be willing to use the net?

Over 13 million; trick as many as you can; anyway, it'll be groupized next year.

The seal used now is still the Red Star Rolling Mill; next year, this plant will be gone.

If they make money, they'll definitely acknowledge it; if they lose money, go wherever you want to sue; anyway, they won't acknowledge the debt. ===== CHAPTER 1443 =====