Chapter 1450: Xiao Laosan is in trouble

"Is the time set? What date are you heading back?" Shen Guodong lit a cigarette for Wen Saner, and then lit one for himself.

Wen Saner had returned to the capital to attend Li Xuecai's wedding, and was also attending the recycling station's meeting.

Yu Li, Wen Saner, Shen Guodong, Zhou Wang Yamei, and Wu Shuping were all in the conference room.

When Li Xuewu entered, they were eating fruit and drinking tea, having started a tea party.

"The 14th, flying to Fengcheng."

Li Xuewu sat down in a random seat, put down the notebook in his hand, and said, "Time is a bit tight; everyone, say whatever you have to say."

"Do you have other activities these few days?"

Yu Li looked at him across a few people and asked, "Isn't it considered a vacation?"

"It is a vacation." Li Xuewu nodded and answered, "But have you ever seen me truly on vacation?"

"Then it's better not to take this vacation."

Yu Li said with amusement, "Vacation is even more tiring than working."

"At least taking a weekend off in Steel City saves the suffering of rushing on the road."

Wen Saner said with a smile, "You and I are different; Shanying and the three children can go see me, but Xiao Ning's work is busy, so she doesn't have time to see you."

"I went to stay for a few days a while ago."

Li Xuewu took a grape from the table, tasted it, and nodded, saying, "It's actually quite sweet."

"A new product from Red Star Village."

Yu Li glanced at Shen Guodong and explained to him, "It was Guodong who suggested they plant grapes."

"Hmm, this suggestion is quite good."

Li Xuewu raised his head to look at him and asked, "What made you think of letting them plant grapes?"

"A large area of fruit trees died in the Wei Third Regiment's reclamation area, so I asked the teachers from the Agricultural College to take a look."

Shen Guodong explained, "The teacher said that a piece of land on the mountain wasn't suitable for planting fruit trees, but was very suitable for planting grapes."

"After the Wei Third Regiment successfully planted grapes the year before last, Red Star Village followed the trend last year."

He looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Planting grapes indeed has a higher economic value than planting other fruit trees, and there is a large gap in seasonal fruits."

Don't look at it that way; in reality, the economic crops from both the Wei Third Regiment reclamation area and Red Star Village basically couldn't reach the distribution market; just one service department of the Red Star Steel Group could eat up everything.

That's still talking about potatoes, radishes, and cabbage; the part left over after the Wei Third Regiment's own supply was already gone.

Even the grapes on this table—how could ordinary families in the capital eat them casually?

Those who are clever and good at tending to fruit trees might plant a few grapevines in their courtyard, and when the grapes mature, they can enjoy the happiness of grape freedom.

It's just that such conditions are too rare; even Li Xuewu's family, which has a relatively large courtyard, has planted melons, fruits, pears, and peaches, but they rarely get to eat them.

"It would be great if it could reach scale and industrialization."

Li Xuewu only made one point on the topic of grapes, and didn't go any deeper.

Red Star Village and the Wei Third Regiment listen to Shen Guodong's opinions on what fruit trees to plant and what livestock to raise, because he is responsible for sales channels.

With Yin Mancang's cautious and careful personality, he wouldn't easily intervene in the urban supply and marketing system.

Don't look at how he is the final authority in Red Star Village, acting arbitrarily; he is never high-profile outside the village.

Under the current situation, the cadres of Red Star Village see things very clearly; there is no problem with them farming or planting economic crops, but truly turning these products into cash is a problem that crosses the red line.

Is there no problem with selling these economic crops to Shen Guodong?

Of course not; Shen Guodong masters compliant distribution channels and has material procurement contracts with units like the Wei Third Regiment, the International Hotel, and the Steel Group.

The recycling station now is not like before; whether it is business volume or the number of personnel, it cannot be low-key enough not to attract attention.

The only way to eliminate hidden dangers is compliant operation and self-limitation to a certain extent.

The distribution business that has already been transferred to Jinmen Shunfeng Trading still insists on not doing personal business and will not sell any products to individuals.

The recycling stations that have completed resource integration and business separation and independence insist on not doing enterprise business.

Li Xuewu convened a meeting of the backbone forces of the recycling stations and Shunfeng Trading specifically to summarize and coordinate after integrating several enterprise businesses.

"Shall I go first?"

Yu Li looked at Li Xuewu, and seeing him nod, she spoke first: "This year is the third year of the club's formal operation, with a total of 112 members developed and 157 members developed by the Youth Society."

"The club membership fees collected were 【amount】 yuan, service profits were 【amount】. 63 yuan, operating expenses were..."

Her report began with the accounts, summarizing the situation after two years of the club's formal operation.

This included the current number of resident club members, coaches, service staff, as well as the operational status of service projects, and so on.

At the end of the financial report, she looked at Li Xuewu and said: "The debts incurred from the creation of the club were all paid off in June of this year."

"Starting from June, the club's revenue has been sufficient to support the daily operations of all projects."

"Good, finally no need to struggle with poverty anymore."

Li Xuewu smiled and took the lead in applauding, then looked at her and said: "Secretary Wang Xiaoqin should thank you; a letter of commendation should be written for you."

"A letter of commendation is fine, but there is now an urgent problem that requires you to make the decision."

Yu Li smiled reservedly at his praise, but then put on a serious expression and said: "With the business integration and adjustment of the recycling stations, Shunfeng Trading, and Dongfeng Shipping, who should the club belong to?"

She emphasized: "Besides the internal service department, restaurant, and reception center, the club also has service departments in units like the First Prison and Third Prison. Who should these businesses belong to?"

"The club will not be allocated."

Li Xuewu frowned slightly and said: "This is a group project; we are only doing operational management, and the economic benefits generated should also be used for the club's service quality and equipment maintenance."

He tapped the pen in his hand and said: "You are in charge of the club's projects, so you must manage the accounts well. These accounts will not be interlinked with our other projects; this is a red line."

"As for the revenue projects outside the club." Li Xuewu looked at Shen Guodong and asked: "Can they be integrated into Shunfeng Trading?"

"It is possible..." Shen Guodong hesitated for a moment, first glanced at Yu Li, and then explained: "In this way, the club's revenue projects will decrease, and the profits will also decrease..."

"Enough is enough. First, carry out resource integration; don't spread the business too thin."

Li Xuewu made the final decision and said to Yu Li: "In the future, the club will have new revenue projects; this is certain."

Yu Li listened to him very seriously and was not dissatisfied because the revenue projects outside the club were stripped away; this was not her enterprise after all.

To put it bluntly, if one day Li Xuewu transferred her to develop other projects, could she still take away every blade of grass and tree from the club?

Several projects developed from the recycling stations have operated independently, even splitting the original business of the recycling stations. Did anyone see Shen Guodong dissatisfied?

The business license hanging on the wall of the recycling station does not have Li Xuewu's name, but Hearing Da Lao's name is at the very top, and he also holds the status of team leader.

Strictly speaking, the person who should be sitting here chairing the meeting for them today should be Hearing Da Lao.

But everyone knows very well that the person who can decide the fate of the recycling stations and other projects is Li Xuewu, the leader who possesses a higher status beyond these projects.

"My opinion is that the club's perimeter wall is the boundary in a physical sense, but the value generated by the service is not limited by the wall."

Li Xuewu looked at Yu Li and asked: "You understand what I mean, right?"

"Understood, I will complete the business separation and handover according to the resolution just made."

Yu Li responded very clearly and nodded to indicate she understood.

What is there not to understand? No matter how much money the club makes, it is just a platform for Li Xuewu to maintain social relations.

Based on credibility and principles, Li Xuewu will not use the club's money, which is why he said "enough is enough."

Li Xuewu also said that the club's wall is only a physical boundary, and the value generated by the service has no boundaries.

The meaning of this sentence is that the club's future revenue projects can only be within the walls, but the value generated by services excluding the limitation of the business location is not restricted by this condition.

For example, a member orders a banquet from the club restaurant and asks for it to be delivered to their home.

How are the expenses generated during the service process, including delivery fees, service fees, and other expenses, calculated?

Of course, they count as club revenue.

Yu Li has already seen the line Li Xuewu drew for her, so she will act according to this line in the future.

Being able to confirm that Li Xuewu will not allocate the club under a certain project is enough to satisfy Yu Li.

Before the meeting, she guessed whether Li Xuewu would transfer her away and allocate the club to the recycling station for operation and management; even if Shen Guodong took over, it would be a blow to her.

Don't dig further; she has worked here since the club was founded. Except for the period when Lou Xiaoe was responsible for the creation here, she has been responsible for all other operational management.

Including the office established separately for Li Xuewu at the end of the year before last, she is still the office director.

One must learn to be content, right?

Within the recycling station system, except for a few people Li Xuewu trusts especially, there are very few cases of long-term service in one unit.

This year the appointments of the Thirteen Taibao were adjusted; will they be adjusted next year?

Xilin in Jicheng, Ding Wanqiu in the frontier, Shen Guodong in Beijing—will they change?

Li Xuewu is not a person who can trust others at will; his caution is reflected in every aspect.

No one understands him better than Yu Li on this point, and she fully understands his carefulness.

Zhou Wang Yamei and Wu Shuping, who were attending this kind of meeting for the first time, felt a little more at ease watching Yu Li make her report.

"Let me talk about Dongfeng Shipping."

Wen Saner pressed out the cigarette butt in his mouth into the ashtray and said: "I took over Dongfeng Shipping in May of this year. Previously, it was managed by Li Wenbiao, and later it was managed by Comrade Zhou Wang Yamei."

"Of course, I was also responsible for Dongfeng Shipping's business before, but after going to Hong Kong, I didn't manage this area anymore."

He nodded and continued: "Returning this time to continue being responsible for Dongfeng Shipping's work, my biggest feeling is the huge change."

"This is not just describing Dongfeng Shipping; it can also be seen from the businesses you are all responsible for."

Wen Saner looked at the notes in his hand, coughed, and reported to Li Xuewu: "Dongfeng Shipping currently has 43 thousand-ton cargo ships, one five-thousand-ton cargo ship, one fifteen-thousand-ton container ship..."

"Of course, everyone also knows that the fifteen-thousand-ton container ship is not operated by Dongfeng Shipping; I'm just mentioning it here."

He pressed the notebook in front of him and said: "In the past three years, Dongfeng Shipping has developed rapidly, from the original 27 thousand-ton cargo ships to the current strength and ability to travel the four seas. This is inseparable from..."

Listening to his report, Li Xuewu felt like he was back at a group meeting; this old boy is being glib.

When talking about work and achievements, he didn't forget to talk about unity and gratitude.

"Tell me if there are any difficulties."

Li Xuewu still gave him face and asked only after he finished speaking.

Wen Saner was prepared and raised questions according to the notebook in his hand.

"The first question: Dongfeng Shipping must actively prepare for the opening of the Yingcheng Port area in three years."

He looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "What standard should we use as our development goal?"

"The second question: Dongfeng Shipping's existing ships have initially met the operational needs of existing routes. Should we continue to expand routes and purchase ships?"

"The third question: After the business is separated and operated independently, if business such as ship procurement and route expansion appears, how should funds be raised if there is a funding gap?"

"The fourth question, which is also the most critical question."

Wen Saner said three questions in one breath. Seeing Li Xuewu looking at him and smiling, he hurriedly waved his hand and emphasized: "I am now responsible for Dongfeng Shipping; should I continue to be responsible for the Steel City business?"

"Good, Third Uncle has many questions."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and teased: "In Steel City, we can't say we meet every day, but at least we meet once every ten days or half a month."

"Hehehe—" Everyone had already heard the meaning behind his words, and they all chuckled at this moment.

"It's been so long, and he hasn't asked me about these things, but today he came here to ask questions."

He said with a smile, making the crowd who were just full of seriousness laugh. Seeing that the atmosphere had eased, he answered them one by one.

"The first question, development goals." Li Xuewu tapped the pencil in his hand and said: "This question is not easy to define, but it is easy to answer. I have a clear standard in my heart."

"The construction and operation of the Yingcheng Port area should be regarded by Dongfeng Shipping as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It is a key issue that if missed this time, there will be no chance to become a leading domestic transport enterprise."

He put down the pencil, pointed in Wen San's direction, and said: "You must be mentally prepared. Once you can't keep up with the operation of the Yingcheng Port area and can't get freight indicators, Dongfeng Shipping's high-rise buildings will collapse instantly."

"Think about it this way and you will understand. The opening of the Yingcheng Port area will definitely attract the attention of shipping enterprises from all over the world. At that time, Bohai Bay will not lack ships, especially empty ships returning."

Li Xuewu spread his hands and said: "These ships are all our competitors. Do we have absolute strength to fight these enterprises?"

"If we don't beat them into submission and squeeze them out, Dongfeng Shipping will face not a survival crisis, but a bankruptcy crisis."

"I can't give you a clear goal, and I can't tell you how many ships you should buy."

He pointed his finger at Wen Saner and said: "Because buying ships and operating them are conditional; you have to make the necessary judgments and calculations."

"I've said it like this, do you understand?"

Li Xuewu looked at Wen Saner, nodded, and continued: "Now let's talk about the second question, whether to continue to expand routes and purchase ships."

"This is also easy to answer. Whether to expand routes and whether to purchase ships are all internal operational needs of Dongfeng Shipping."

He looked at Wen Saner and said: "Do it if there is a need, don't do it if there is no need. If you have to ask me such questions, then why did I let you be responsible for Dongfeng Shipping? I might as well do it myself."

"The third question, funding sources."

Li Xuewu paused and said: "My opinion is independent accounting and independent operation."

He gestured to the others in the conference room and said: "Dongfeng Shipping needs funds for development, and other projects also need funds."

"We can't stop other projects just for the development of shipping projects; this is unfair."

Li Xuewu thought for a while and said: "If there is a funding gap, then follow the normal procedures and apply for a loan from the United Savings Bank."

"If that doesn't work, use the ships as collateral. Can such a large project be trapped by funds?"

"The last question, personnel."

Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Wang Yamei and asked: "General Manager Zhou, General Manager Wen has raised an opinion to you. You can't always stay in Beijing and not go back. Others' help is also limited. What do you think?"

"I didn't not go back—"

Zhou Wang Yamei was very embarrassed by what he said, especially towards Wen Saner.

When the business was not separated, everyone under the recycling station system helped each other.

It's just that now the business has been separated, and after everyone "split up," the feelings seem to have changed.

Especially since Li Xuewu said it in a joking tone, she felt even more embarrassed.

"The things in Beijing will be finished soon. I will adjust and go back to Steel City."

Zhou Wang Yamei glanced at him and said: "However, Shunfeng Trading's business is mostly in Jinmen and Beijing. It is very normal for me to come to Beijing for business trips."

"No one said you are abnormal. In fact, I don't care where you work; you all know what I care about."

Li Xuewu smiled, leaned back in his chair, spread his palms, and said: "Even if you live on Hainan Island, as long as you can ensure project development and management stability, I won't say anything to you."

"So, Third Uncle, don't worry about the Steel City business anymore; put all your energy into Dongfeng Shipping's work."

He tapped the desktop and emphasized: "Still the same sentence, Dongfeng Shipping only has one chance. Whether you can grasp it depends on you."

"Guarantee to complete the task, don't worry."

Wen San answered very crisply and was full of confidence in the business he was responsible for.

Li Xuewu was naturally satisfied with his attitude. He turned to look at Shen Guodong and asked: "How did you talk to General Manager Zhou and Wu Laoshi?"

"I am responsible for two aspects." Shen Guodong explained: "The recycling station business and Shunfeng Trading's business in Beijing."

After the business separation, the recycling station only retained the most primitive business of scrap acquisition and second-hand goods sales, which of course also included the factory in Steel City.

At the end of last year, Zhou Wang Yamei presided over the creation of a renewable energy recycling enterprise in the Hongxing Steel City Industrial Zone, which is a large and professional recycling station.

Here, they accept scrap sales and also provide garbage collection and processing work for enterprises.

Previously, when Li Xuewu was investigating and inspecting work, he emphasized that enterprises should do a good job in health and environmental protection and not have garbage piled up like a mountain.

Seeing that their neighbor is doing garbage collection and processing, the enterprises in the industrial zone naturally know what to do.

Every day, garbage trucks will transport industrial and domestic waste to the processing plant for sorting and processing. Anything that cannot be recycled will be reduced to the material itself.

Anything that is really useless will be packed and sold to the thermal power plant next door for burning to generate electricity.

The recycling station's own business in Beijing is also developing in this direction, but doing real industry in the capital is a very complicated matter. Shen Guodong is still seeking to complete the organizational construction with his status.

He cannot handle business license procedures in his personal name; he can only apply in the form of a cooperative group. I won't mention other procedures.

Things like land, taxation, health, etc., all need to be approved bit by bit.

This is different from the scrap processing plant in Steel City. The scrap processing plant in Steel City is within the Hongxing Industrial Zone. As long as the Hongxing Steel Group agrees and the processing plant pays taxes according to relevant regulations, there will be no other problems.

Beijing can also do the same, for example, by placing the processing plant in the Liangma River Industrial Zone.

Can this be done?

It cannot be done, because the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone has its own waste processing plant, and it is even less likely to allow a garbage processing station within the industrial zone.

So while Shen Guodong is running the procedures, he is also looking for land that meets the conditions.

He said he would be responsible for the recycling station business, which is the entirety of the project.

He said Shunfeng Trading's business in Beijing means being responsible for the Beijing branch.

"General Manager Zhou is still responsible for the distribution and operation work in Steel City and other cities in the Northeast." Shen Guodong looked at Li Xuewu and explained: "This includes the business in Jicheng and Bingcheng."

"Okay, I have no opinion."

Seeing that he wanted to seek his opinion, Li Xuewu nodded and agreed.

This involves Xilin. After all, she is an "old comrade" who went to Jicheng to fight for the world at the beginning of the project. To use Zhou Wang Yamei to manage the Northeast business, one must think about Xilin's feelings.

Li Xuewu thought more. The business in Jicheng is basically like this. The significance of Xilin staying there is no longer great. It is time to move her position.

It's just that he hasn't thought about how to adjust it at this time. Moving Xilin cannot just move her alone; there will be a series of reactions.

"Wu Laoshi's opinion is that Yang Zhao is responsible for the work in Jinmen, and she is responsible for overall coordination."

Shen Guodong glanced at Wu Shuping and Yu Li, and then told Li Xuewu these things.

Looking at Wu Shuping is because these opinions were spoken on her behalf; looking at Yu Li is because the previous overall coordination work was her responsibility.

"There is no problem with Yang Zhao being responsible for the business in Jinmen. What do you think?"

Li Xuewu looked at Wu Shuping and asked: "Is the work of the General Construction Company too busy?"

After discussing the recycling stations, Dongfeng Shipping, and Shunfeng Trading, Li Xuewu actually controls another enterprise, which is Dongfeng Construction.

Dongfeng Construction completed the change of management personnel last year, including the change of shareholders. Dou Yaozu was automatically out.

This is because Li Xuewu gave him some face for the sake of past feelings; otherwise, he would have been furious at this kind of behavior of acting in defiance and eating inside and out.

At the very beginning, he really didn't want to get involved in the construction industry because he didn't understand it at all.

It was Dou Yaozu who took a fancy to his influence and needed the business of the Hongxing Factory to survive, insisting on equity cooperation. This led to Li Xuewu's guidance and care.

But later, Dou Yaozu was obsessed and coveted things outside his status. The backlash brought by greed almost cost him his old life.

Li Xuewu didn't warn him of anything; he saw it clearly himself and chose to retreat in time.

Now this stall has completed the basic changes in the modern enterprise management system.

Especially after Wu Shuping took over the relevant business, she carried out drastic reforms and adjustments to Dongfeng Construction.

According to Li Xuewu's instructions, young people who have been recruited from construction schools for two years or more were placed in management positions for training.

This is a measure that Li Xuewu urged Dou Yaozu several times, but he did not seriously implement it.

During the period when Dou Yaozu was in charge, Dongfeng Construction arranged for family members to hold positions.

There were even some distant relatives who relied on having some engineering skills to point fingers at the projects.

Wu Shuping didn't care who they were. With a ruler in hand, whoever is capable stays, and whoever isn't gets out.

Some people were unconvinced. Seeing Dou Yaozu staying behind closed doors, they went to Li Huai De to complain.

If Dou Yaozu went to Old Li, Old Li might use him to calculate against Li Xuewu.

It's just that he didn't look at these small shrimps at all and called Liu Bin to drive them out.

Li Huai De had such an attitude, these people's hearts were cold, and the United Construction didn't care about them at all.

So after taking over Dongfeng Construction and serving as the vice president of United Construction, Wu Shuping's majestic side was fully revealed.

She had never been so serious on the podium before. Just sitting in the office as a leader, she needed enough majesty to maintain her leadership image.

"I want to rectify Dongfeng Construction and see if it's possible to do something."

Wu Shuping said frankly: "In the past few years, the construction industry in Beijing and Jinmen has developed very fast, especially the personal residential business."

"Construction is an industry that supports people, and more young people can join in."

She might have thought of her previous encounters, the eccentricity and ruthlessness of those young people.

Still having the responsibility of a teacher, she hopes that this generation of young people will have achievements.

She also supports young people in the city going to the countryside for training and learning, but it is a pity for young people with a certain cultural foundation to waste time in the countryside.

If they can really engage in the construction industry, isn't it better than going to the countryside to reclaim wasteland and farm?

Don't look down on the construction industry. In these years, who completed the city's construction work?

Of course, it is not denied that housing management departments such as the Housing Management Bureau have their own construction teams, and the city also has its own construction companies.

But! The rural construction team is also a part of urban construction, which has existed since the founding of the country.

Every slack season, rural areas near the city will form labor teams in the form of cooperative groups, carrying luggage rolls to the city to find work.

These farmers often travel in groups and will not do a single project alone.

And urban residents also know in which season they can hire labor teams, after all, it is cheaper than construction companies and urban construction teams.

What Wu Shuping thinks is that if rural people can come to the city to find work, then why do young people in the city have to go to the countryside to find work?

Helping more young people is one aspect, and on the other hand, it is also to dilute the original source structure of Dongfeng Construction workers and improve the basic cultural level of the construction engineering team.

The construction industry has great potential, and it needs young people with culture and ability to join in.

United Construction can contract large projects, and small projects can be subcontracted to Dongfeng Construction.

With Wu Shuping here and the tossing United Construction here, Dongfeng Construction will definitely not lack projects to do.

Li Xuewu could understand her thoughts, thought about it seriously, and nodded in agreement.

"The coordination business is still Yu Li's responsibility, and Wu Laoshi is responsible for Dongfeng Construction."

He looked at the two and emphasized: "The division of labor problems we are currently facing fully reflect the necessity and importance of the talent training mechanism."

"Without the support of reserve talents, we will still be at this scale even if we work until retirement."

Li Xuewu finally summarized: "Don't just limit yourself to those thirteen boys. Anyone who has talents can be carefully cultivated, and they can be reused if they pass the assessment."

"As an important distribution unit of the Hongxing Steel Group, we can guarantee sufficient business and survival conditions, but we also need crisis awareness."

He looked at the crowd and emphasized: "Every market has a natural elimination mechanism. If we can't do better and be more prepared, then the ones facing elimination tomorrow will be us."

"Is there a problem?"

In Yu Li's office at the club, Li Xuewu looked at Shen Guodong and Yu Li and asked.

At the end of the meeting, the two signaled to him that there was something else to talk about, so they came to the office.

In fact, to this day, whether it is Zhou Wang Yamei or Wu Shuping, they are all people on the same boat.

Zhou Wang Yamei and her son are both relying on him for a living, and Wu Shuping is even more so.

It's just that Yu Li and Shen Guodong are different after all; one is heart-to-heart, and the other is a sworn brother.

They said they had something to talk about, so Li Xuewu concluded that something had gone wrong.

And the problem must not be small, otherwise, it wouldn't need the two of them to find him to talk about it together.

"You should say it." Yu Li glanced at Shen Guodong and said: "After all, you were the one who received the news first."

"Is it that difficult?" Li Xuewu looked at the two and found a chair to sit down.

"It's news from Fengcheng." Shen Guodong reported: "Xi Yongzhong is missing."

"Third?" Li Xuewu frowned slightly and said: "What does missing mean?"

"Just yesterday, Zhao Dezhu arranged for him to contact business, and he went missing on the road."

Shen Guodong also said with a serious face: "Now Zhou Changli and Zhao Dezhu are also using their connections to find people, to determine how he went missing."

"What you mean is—"

Li Xuewu looked at the two. They didn't mention it at the meeting just now, so they must suspect something.

"We don't mean anything else, just to prevent it before it happens."

Zhou Changli and Yu Li looked at each other and said cautiously: "These boys know too much about our business. Although it doesn't involve the core, if something goes wrong..."

"Find the person first."

Li Xuewu frowned and said: "Don't assume suspicion; this is the fiercest disintegration of trust."

"Send this news out, requiring the distribution relations in Fengcheng to find Xi Yongzhong with all their strength."

He said seriously: "See the person alive, see the corpse dead. This is my bottom line."

"Understood, I'll go explain it now."

Yu Li nodded and said: "Zhou Changli and Zhao Dezhu's worries are not unreasonable."

"You don't need to help them explain."

Li Xuewu tapped the desktop and looked at Shen Guodong: "Go tell Third Uncle, you two go to Fengcheng today."

"Yu Li, send a message to Jicheng, let Seeing Gelin take people to Fengcheng for support."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "I don't believe Xi Yongzhong would leave without saying goodbye."

Eldest Huo Yongfang, Second Meng Yongxiang, Third Xi Yongzhong—these were the first batch of Thirteen Taibao enabled by Li Xuewu, and they have been working for the longest time.

Not to mention the time living in the recycling station, eating and dressing well and studying, by the time they were enabled, they were already being paid.

In this era, not to mention Xi Yongzhong's honest and simple personality, even the working conditions and living environment would not make him leave without saying goodbye.

Given their growth conditions in the recycling station system, how much benefit would an outsider need to bribe them, and they are just people doing things.

Li Xuewu also has two guesses in his heart: one is that Xi Yongzhong had an accident, and the other is that someone kidnapped him, wanting to know something.

Xi Yongzhong must be found. No matter what happened to him, it is a result Li Xuewu is unwilling to see.

Letting Shen Guodong and Wen Saner go to Fengcheng is to ensure that Xi Yongzhong will not say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing. Letting Seeing Gelin take people to Fengcheng is to ensure that if he has an accident, someone will handle it immediately.

If anyone dares to move people from the recycling station, Li Xuewu doesn't mind letting the local area change a batch of local snakes.

"Second Uncle hasn't said anything yet."

Seeing Yu Li go out to make a phone call, Shen Guodong explained to Li Xuewu in a low voice: "He kept saying his waist hurt a while ago, and he wouldn't go to the hospital for an examination. He still went to your house to let Uncle Li take a look."

"Uncle Li said he is old and needs to rest more and cannot be overworked."

"What's the problem? Did my dad say?"

Li Xuewu frowned and asked: "He didn't tell me when he came back this time."

"Old illness, can only be recuperated."

Shen Guodong explained: "It was very rare to be able to endure the destruction of his family and not go crazy or die when he was young. Wanting his body to be good is impossible."

"I'm worried now that if I tell him about this, he won't be able to bear it. After all, he is old."

"Then wait until the person is found."

Li Xuewu nodded and asked: "Are the boys old enough?"

"The youngest is eighteen." Shen Guodong explained: "The youngest, Zhu Yongtong, is driving for General Manager Zhou, and basically everyone is working."

"Well, this time, add some burden." Li Xuewu thought frowningly, and it took a long time before he said: "Must give them a chance."

"Well, I know."

Shen Guodong frowned deeply when he heard this. It was not that he opposed Wu Ge's opinion, but he heard an ominous meaning from Wu Ge's words.

Even Wu Ge lacks confidence in Xi Yongzhong's situation, which shows that Third is really in trouble.

If Xi Yongzhong has an accident in Fengcheng, what is left for the recycling station is not a simple question, but a multiple-choice question.

With Wu Ge's temper, he will definitely not give up. It's fine if the situation is clear; even if there is revenge, it is targeted.

If it can't be cleared, then in anger, following the vine to find the melon, everyone related to Xi Yongzhong before the accident will be cleared.

Think about it, Wu Ge just said who would handle this matter.

If he and Third Uncle go to Fengcheng to handle this matter, they won't kill.

It is Seeing Gelin from Jicheng who came to support, which shows that Wu Ge is truly angry.

Who is Seeing Gelin?

A ruthless person who returned to Beijing with Wu Ge at the beginning, heard that he grew up in a caravan, and the things he did in Jicheng were enough to shock the mountain people.

Seeing Gelin is only eighteen this year, secretly held a wedding with Xilin, and has been helping Xilin manage the recycling station business in Jicheng.

The work on the surface is handled by Xilin, and few people will notice this big guy.

Only when it is really time to do it will someone discover his ruthlessness.

Fengcheng, what happened?

"I wanted to talk to you about Yu Zhe, but now I'm not in the mood."

Li Xuewu instructed Shen Guodong to do things, find Wen Saner to buy the earliest train ticket to Fengcheng today.

He sat in Yu Li's office thinking about something.

Until Yu Li pushed the door and walked in, he came back to his senses and said: "I have already talked to him, you keep an eye on him."

"Where are you going?"

Seeing him get up, Yu Li asked hurriedly: "It's lunch time, why not eat before leaving?"

"No, I'm going to make a few phone calls."

Li Xuewu picked up the notebook on the table and gestured outside the door, saying to Yu Li: "It's not convenient here, I'll call at home."

"It's not that much effort."

Yu Li missed him a bit. They hadn't seen each other for so long, even if it was just to chat.

If it weren't for Xi Yongzhong, he would definitely stay and chat with her.

The flower hall he likes most has been renovated for a year and already has the momentum of a garden full of flowers.

It's just that the tea seats are still there, the beautiful flowers are still blooming, but the people who appreciate beauty and tea have no time to come back and sit, which is inevitably full of regrets.

"Do things first, I'll come back next month." Li Xuewu said while walking out: "I don't trust Zhou Changli and Zhao Lao Si."

"I know, I'm also suspicious."

Yu Li walked behind him and went out together, then chased two steps and walked together.

"But I'm also suspicious of whether the two of them have the courage to plot against Xi Yongzhong."

"What if they are pushing the waves?"

Li Xuewu turned his head and glanced at her, asking: "Do you think there is such a possibility that they clearly know someone wants to harm Xi Yongzhong, but pretend not to know?"

"This... I don't know either."

Yu Li looked at him and said: "Didn't you just say that assuming the deepest injury is the best?"

"This is just a preparation and precaution, and has nothing to do with suspicion and assumption."

Li Xuewu walked somewhat dejectedly and said: "This is the time I least hope for anything to happen, but things still came to the door."

"Are you talking about the Maritime Coachman Project?"

Yu Li naturally understands this project. She had been guessing in her heart for a long time, but only said it now.

Before seeing Li Xuewu, she wouldn't easily talk about these things, but she had reason to think so.

Li Wenbiao presided over the import of parts in the Northeast and the export of electronic appliances. How many people did he offend just for ships?

Especially in Fengcheng, Li Xuewu was still telling Wen Saner in the first half of this year that he should kick out the remaining black market forces as soon as possible and build a sales network.

Recently, Zhou Changli and Zhao Lao Si have been busy with this, trying to smooth out local relations.

Li Xuewu actually looks down on their actions and ideas, but he wants to cultivate their level more.

Now the level hasn't improved, but the matter has been messed up.

"If there is really a problem with the Coachman Project, then let their ships stay on the high seas forever."