Chapter 1496: Major Shareholder

"Hehehe—"

Watching Li Xuewu's expression, which was slightly stunned and then turned into a bitter smile, Bu Qingfang couldn't help herself.

It wasn't until Li Xuewu hung up the phone that she asked, "Which ex-girlfriend is this one?"

She didn't have a deep friendship with Li Xuewu; the only time they had interacted was when she couldn't refuse a request from her subordinates to help Yi Honglei.

Yi Honglei, the former station chief of the broadcasting station, was later transferred to the Propaganda Section and concurrently served as the head of the radio station.

Li Xuewu had set a fire at the freight station, and Yi Honglei knew how to seize an opportunity; not daring to recommend himself directly to Li Xuewu, he had sought out Bu Qingfang instead.

Bu Qingfang, of course, would support "her own people," so she had asked Li Xuewu for help.

Yi Honglei had the ability to manage the freight station, but ordinary people wouldn't be transferred like that.

Why?

Because transferring out from a department directly under the Group, if you don't have the status of a deputy division-level official to protect you, it's hard to come back.

One inside, one outside—only by jumping back and forth can one make progress; being transferred out as a regular section-level official is useless.

Without a major opportunity in this lifetime, one would end up as a deputy division-level official at best, with no possibility of further advancement.

However, Yi Honglei was reaching the age limit; rather than lingering in the awkward position of the Propaganda Division and the radio station, it was better to go down to the grassroots for a few years of ease.

If you don't understand this choice of active transfer, please refer to Editor Wang, who loves learning foreign languages.

To be able to pull strings for a cadre who voluntarily gave up advancement, and to have those strings reach Li Xuewu, shows that the relationship between the two was decent.

Why say "decent"? Because the two truly didn't have a deep personal relationship; they were just comrades at work with relatively similar ideologies.

Then why did she dare to ask such a private question in Li Xuewu's office?

Even if it was a joke, it shouldn't have been so blatant.

The answer is simple: since Li Xuewu dared to answer the phone in front of her, it meant that this call and the person on the other end were not a problem.

She had heard it anyway; rather than pretending she hadn't, it was better to be frank and make a joke, which could also defuse Li Xuewu's embarrassment.

Telephones in this era were just like that—only slightly quieter than the village's big loudspeakers.

In his office, as long as you weren't too far away and your hearing was fine, you could hear clearly.

What was being said on the other end?

She had given birth to a son and regretted not being able to give Li Xuewu one—wasn't that just a joke?

"Wang Yajuan's younger sister."

Since Bu Qingfang was frank enough, Li Xuewu knew even better how to build an intimate relationship.

Take note: in the workplace, "intimate relationship" doesn't entirely represent that kind of relationship; "close relationship" is what's dangerous. Ordinary people use "intimate" rather than "close."

You've heard of "intimate comrades-in-arms," but never "close comrades-in-arms," right? That's the logic.

His honest answer actually left Bu Qingfang stunned, and then she said amusedly, "So the rumors are true. Wang Yajuan is your..."

This time she asked quite frankly, but there wasn't a hint of prying into privacy on her face.

"We're childhood friends. We didn't live far apart, and we played together when we were in school."

Li Xuewu explained half-truthfully, "You should know Shen Guodong, right?"

"Oh—I know, I know."

Bu Qingfang had actually known about the connection with Shen Guodong for a long time, but at this moment she nodded and said, "So he has this connection with you too."

"I always thought he had a good relationship with Director Li, which is why he took on our factory's work."

"Hehehe—his relationship with Director Li is indeed good." Li Xuewu said with a light laugh, not hiding anything, "You weren't wrong about that."

"I knew it—"

Bu Qingfang gave him an "I understand" look. In just a few words, the relationship between the two became even closer—the kind with more tacit understanding than before.

Did she believe everything Li Xuewu said was the truth?

How could that be? Even she herself was half-truthful when saying such things, let alone Li Xuewu.

However, she wasn't a rookie; she had the ability to distinguish the truth from the falsehood in the other person's words.

Actually, there was no need to dwell too much on the truth of these words; just confirming that Li Xuewu was willing to share such "private matters" with her was enough to explain how far their relationship had progressed.

They should count as intimate comrades-in-arms.

So some things could be said, and some jokes could be made, but there still had to be a limit.

Just like the joke from before—saying it once was enough; there was no need to harp on it.

As for the relationship between Li Xuewu and Wang Yajuan, even if she asked, what could she do? Go around telling people Li Xuewu was taking care of her? Abuse of power for personal gain?

To put it bluntly, could Wang Yajuan's progress be faster than Zhou Miaomiao and the others?

Look at Li Xue; she's Li Xuewu's own younger sister. Does she get special treatment?

Officialdom talks about connections, but that's about it. Having connections might mean more opportunities, but without ability, one ultimately won't rise.

Examples of this are everywhere.

What is the status of Zheng Xicai and Zheng Xiaoyan's father, Zheng Shusen? Who has seen them make progress?

Those who truly have talent and understand politics can clearly see the potential and ability of the younger generation.

When the younger generation is young, they will give some opportunities, but they won't help them endlessly.

If you really push an incompetent person to a high place, falling down might just crush yourself.

Therefore, connections are not absolute; how far you go depends on your performance.

Anyone who can reach a certain height—you might despise their incompetence in business or other work, but they always have one thing you can't do, and just because of that, they can be a leader.

What talent does Wang Yajuan have? Bu Qingfang actually knows. The Art Troupe being able to develop and grow to this day has Wang Yajuan's contribution.

So, Wang Yajuan being suddenly transferred to work in Steel City—to this day, Bu Qingfang has finally figured out the cause and effect behind it.

Even the younger sister can make such jokes, and because of the birth of a child, she specifically called to notify him—it shows that the relationship between the two sisters and Li Xuewu is extraordinary.

Li Xuewu didn't care how far she would think about it; after the joke, he started talking about the inspection and research trip to the Steel Electric Seventh Factory in the morning.

Acquiring the Steel Electric Seventh Factory was only the first step; building supporting industries would have to be discussed further.

This included brick factories, cement plants, sand and gravel plants, cenosphere plants, coal processing plants, as well as electrolytic aluminum plants, electroplating plants, and so on.

For an enterprise with such an industrial ecological chain, holding onto any part of the line could pull out a long string of enterprises; how to operate them was the key.

Bu Qingfang's intention was still for the Energy General Company to take the lead, with the Group providing support.

Relevant industrial enterprises would still be coordinated and organized for construction by the Liaodong Industrial Leading Group.

In other words, the Energy General Company would acquire the Steel Electric Seventh Factory and be responsible for equipment and process innovation, while Li Xuewu would be responsible for other industrial enterprises.

This wasn't a simple question of who would do the work. Li Xuewu naturally didn't fear creating new factories, but how to decide and handle the interdependence between the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain?

Acquiring the Steel Electric Seventh Factory—United Energy was a joint-stock enterprise; the connections here were huge. How could Li Xuewu let go of the opportunity to fleece the Santa Ya Group? Besides, he was going to East Germany soon.

"What did she say to you?"

During lunch, Wang Yajuan found Li Xuewu with her lunchbox.

Unlike the habit of dining in the Group, at the Metallurgical Plant, Li Xuewu basically wouldn't sit with the members of the leadership team because it was uncomfortable.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu was uncomfortable, but that the other deputy factory directors of the Metallurgical Plant would be.

If Li Xuewu were simply the head of the Metallurgical Plant, they wouldn't care too much.

But he was holding the position concurrently, and his weight in the Group's leadership team was becoming heavier and heavier.

This was specifically manifested in the fact that Li Xuewu's work focus in recent months was shifting toward the Liaodong Industrial Leading Group and the Group's work direction.

In the management of the Metallurgical Plant, he boldly delegated power, with Executive Deputy Factory Director Yang Zongfang in charge of daily work, and the other deputy factory directors performing their own duties. This management philosophy actually made the Metallurgical Plant's work tend toward unity and stability.

What was there to fight over?

With a Group leader suppressing from above, who would dare to stir up trouble?

There was no way out in causing trouble; the only way to get the leader's approval was to work hard.

Therefore, although the Metallurgical Plant's leadership team had undergone several changes this year, every change moved a step closer to unity and hard work.

This also resulted in Li Xuewu delegating more power, the work below producing more results, and the more he trusted the leadership team members, the more the leadership team members supported him.

In the Metallurgical Plant, there even appeared a theory: don't cause trouble for the Secretary-General.

If there was work that needed coordination, the relevant leader in charge would take the initiative to handle it, basically never needing Yang Zongfang to come forward.

Because they knew that once Yang Zongfang came forward to coordinate, it meant Li Xuewu knew about it.

If the Secretary-General's gaze was focused on it, it meant the Group had noticed it.

At that point, whether the work was done well or poorly, one would have to bear huge risks.

Just like the accident with the No. 4 furnace—if Dong Wenxue hadn't worked here for three years, why would the chief designer, Yu Tiecheng, have committed suicide?

Therefore, the subjective initiative of the factory leadership was mobilized, and those below didn't dare to mess around.

Li Xuewu basically wouldn't go to the workshop to ask about the workers' living and working conditions; this would bring trouble and distress to the grassroots managers.

He was no longer an ordinary supervisor in the Group and the Metallurgical Plant; he had to pay attention to his influence.

Just like Wang Yajuan suddenly coming over—who knows how many pairs of eyes were watching this side.

"Did you eat gunpowder?"

Li Xuewu raised his head and glared at her, pointed to the opposite side, and said, "Sit down and talk."

Wang Yajuan noticed his eye reminder, scanned the surroundings unobtrusively, frowned, and sat down opposite him.

"Really, I'm so annoyed—"

"If you're really annoyed, go back and eat."

Li Xuewu glanced at her and said indifferently, "Did Yamei call you?"

"She wishes she could let the whole world know she gave birth—"

Wang Yajuan looked up at him helplessly and angrily and said, "She insisted I go back to see her."

"She didn't ask you to do publicity for her on the radio?" Seeing her say this, Li Xuewu couldn't help but laugh, "She also shared the good news with me."

"Is she overly excited?"

Wang Yajuan curled her lips and said with dissatisfaction, "Does this kind of thing have to be reported by phone from thousands of miles away? And she had to call you."

"What's wrong with calling me?"

Li Xuewu looked at her and raised an eyebrow, asking, "What? Are you envious?"

"You're doing this on purpose, right—"

Wang Yajuan was like a lit firecracker, slightly squinting her eyes and glaring at him, and under the table, she kicked him not too lightly.

Envious of what? Giving birth?

If the two of them hadn't... but had chosen... then the child would be in elementary school by now.

Li Xuewu took a kick, curled his lips, and said, "I just wanted to say if you're envious, just have one. When you give birth, you can also call her to share the good news."

"Have one? How to have one?"

Wang Yajuan curled her lips and looked at him, asking, "Are you giving it to me?"

"Giving you what?" Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "If I give it to you, would you dare to have it?"

"If you dare to give it, I dare to have it."

Wang Yajuan widened her eyes and said, "If you're not afraid, I'm even less afraid."

"How good it would have been if this had been said six years ago."

Li Xuewu finished his meal, put down his chopsticks, and said, "What made you so bold?"

These words left Wang Yajuan silent for a long time. Just as he was about to stand up, she suddenly spoke, "Actually, the problem is with you, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's with me." Li Xuewu nodded frankly and admitted, "I also have responsibility."

"You just have responsibility—"

Tears welled up in Wang Yajuan's eyes. She sniffed, trying hard to control her emotions, looked at him, and said, "It was possible in the first place."

"Possible, but the chance wasn't big."

Li Xuewu smiled frankly and looked at her, saying, "Even if my father and mother could accept the reality of holding a grandchild at such a young age, could your parents accept it? Your father could have beaten me to death."

"Yeah—" Wang Yajuan could understand his words. She sniffed, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said in a dry voice, "He is very avoidant of mentioning your name now."

"But he definitely doesn't regret the decision he made back then." Li Xuewu looked at her seriously and said, "Now I also have a daughter, and I am also a father. I understand this feeling very well."

"Li Shu, right—"

Wang Yajuan smiled and said, "I've seen her a few times, a very beautiful little girl."

"But you don't dare to get close to her."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Yamei told me, saying the way you look at Li Shu is like you're a child snatcher."

"Listen to her nonsense—"

Wang Yajuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I just don't want to cause you trouble."

"Then I'll take that as a favor from you."

Li Xuewu knew she was still being stubborn. He smiled and didn't emphasize it further, but instead advised her, "If you really don't want to spend your life compromising, you have to be prepared to be alone for the rest of your life."

"Are you scaring me?" Wang Yajuan glanced at him and said, "Fine, you just wait."

After saying this, she stood up, packed the lunchbox on the table, and turned to walk toward the table where Yu Zhe was sitting not far away.

This kid was very self-aware; if he met Li Xuewu during meals, he would sit a little closer.

Being a driver, and with the connection of his sister, he was just afraid Li Xuewu would have something urgent and need to call him.

However, seeing Station Chief Wang suddenly walk over, he was still a bit stunned. What did she want to do?

"Yu Zhe, do you have a partner?"

"Uh—uh—ah?"

Yu Zhe was stunned all of a sudden. What did Station Chief Wang mean by this?

Seeing his expression, Wang Yajuan asked angrily, "What's wrong? Do you think I'm not old enough?"

After saying this, she didn't wait for Yu Zhe to react, turned around, walked toward the cafeteria gate, and went out as soon as she turned.

"This... this..."

Yu Zhe had a mouthful of rice stuck in his throat, feeling inexplicably hurt. He clearly hadn't done anything—

"Leader, Factory Director Wang from Shenfei is here." Zhang Enyuan knocked on the door and entered the office, walked over, and reminded him softly, "He's downstairs."

"Wang Xin? Why is he here?"

Li Xuewu knew that Shenfei and Gangfei had recent technical exchange activities, but he didn't know Wang Xin would come.

It was said to be a technical exchange, and it wasn't the first time. The previous times were all mutual dispatches of technical personnel. This time, Wang Xin coming naturally surprised Li Xuewu.

However, in an instant, he also thought that if Wang Xin could come to the Metallurgical Plant to find him, there must be some progress on the Tadong Airport matter.

Actually, Shenfei was also very good at keeping its composure. This matter had been mentioned since September, and only today was there some progress. It was very consistent with the practices of enterprises in this era: research, research, and research again.

He wasn't trying to ask Zhang Enyuan about the other party's purpose, so after the surprise, he stood up, ready to go downstairs to welcome the other party.

Don't talk about whether there was a difference between the other party's status and his own; guests are guests.

If Wang Xin had come uninvited and was just visiting, then welcoming him to the door would be enough.

But this time, Wang Xin was clearly using the name of leading a team to meet with Li Xuewu.

Now that he represented Shenfei, Li Xuewu had to show something; otherwise, if they were to negotiate in a while, there would truly be no room for coordination between them.

Just as Li Xuewu went downstairs to the lobby, Wang Xin also walked in with his secretary.

"I said, why didn't you say hello when you came? What if I wasn't here?"

Taking the initiative, Li Xuewu didn't give him a chance to speak, and the first sentence was to complain about him.

Listen well: it's not that I, Li Xuewu, am impolite; it's that you came too suddenly.

Wang Xin laughed and shook hands with Li Xuewu, saying, "You really don't suffer any losses at all. What's wrong? Are you afraid of me coming?"

"It's not that I'm afraid of you coming; it's that I'm afraid you'd come and not see me."

Li Xuewu smiled, patted his arm, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Go upstairs, let's talk upstairs. When did you arrive in Steel City?"

"In the morning, went to Gangfei first."

Wang Xin was in the posture of an old friend, supported Li Xuewu's arm, and the two walked upstairs together, while he introduced, "I also just came over from Factory Director Kong's side."

"If you had come in the morning, you might not have seen me."

Li Xuewu tucked his chin and said seriously, "Early in the morning, we went to the Steel Electric Seventh Factory and met with Wang Lu from Steel City."

"I heard about it. You're going to acquire the thermal power plant, right?" Wang Xin nodded with emotion and said, "You guys are still the ones with money; even thermal power plants can be merged."

"You didn't see it. The situation at the Seventh Factory is very bad; it's not worth much money."

Li Xuewu waved his hand casually and explained, "It's not that we want to merge the Thermal Power Seventh Factory; it's the United Energy General Company side."

"The Energy General Company wants the Seventh Factory because it wants to do the business of power supply for industrial enterprises."

He raised his hand and touched Wang Xin's arm, saying, "Hey, don't you guys also have a factory in Steel City? Do you want a dedicated power supply line?"

"That would be too extravagant—"

Wang Xin glanced at him and said, "In this day and age, which unit doesn't have times when the power goes out?"

"Our Group doesn't."

Li Xuewu curled his lips and said, "Since the thermal power plant was built and networked, there hasn't been a power outage. Power energy security is very necessary."

"That works. I'll go back and ask."

Wang Xin stepped onto the third floor, turned his head, and complained to Li Xuewu, "You said you already have a thermal power plant in Steel City, why are you still choosing a site in Steel City? Why not go to Fengcheng?"

He was also learning and selling on the spot, deliberately covering for Li Xuewu. According to his meaning, if the Red Star Steel Group merged a thermal power plant in Fengcheng and carried out dedicated power supply for industrial enterprises, they would use it.

"Don't be in a hurry. The Steel Electric Seventh Factory is the first one for dedicated power supply for industrial enterprises, but it is definitely not the last one."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "When United Energy builds a factory in Fengcheng, I'll contact you. Shenfei must support our work."

"Are you really going to play big—"

Wang Xin was a bit surprised by Li Xuewu's bragging and asked suspiciously, "Is your Group really planning to do power energy supply?"

"There's still a difference."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "United Energy only does power supply for industrial enterprises."

"Supplementing municipal power, right."

Wang Xin nodded knowingly and said, "Fine, I know. Waiting for your good news."

"If the Steel Electric Seventh Factory can be done well, I believe the day for choosing a site in Fengcheng is not far away."

The group entered Li Xuewu's office. It was a relatively friendly relationship, so he didn't let them go to the reception room.

Zhang Enyuan took the initiative to make tea for the two, and Wang Xin's secretary also wanted to help.

Li Xuewu and Wang Xin sat on the sofa chatting, while the two secretaries were being polite to each other.

Wang Xin watched this scene and couldn't help but laugh, turned his head, and said to Li Xuewu, "I heard you guys have cooperated with both Shouqi and Erqi?"

"Which cooperation are you talking about?"

Li Xuewu pretended not to know and asked suspiciously, "The taxi project?"

"Shouqi's move this time really gave Beijing Auto a jump."

Wang Xin knew he was playing dumb, deliberately ignored this point, and continued, "If your Aries really occupies the taxi renewal project, this area will be your world in the future."

"That sounds so mysterious—"

Li Xuewu smiled, waved his hand, and said, "It's just losing money to earn a shout."

"If Shouqi can choose the Aries as a taxi, it's also a disguised way of helping us promote."

He raised his eyebrows and said, "You also know that Aries' sales abroad are okay, but the sales data in the country is really too ugly."

"It's all the same; it's just that your production capacity is too high." Wang Xin said with some envy, "Enterprises like Gangqi are rare in the country."

"Adapt to local conditions, I guess." Li Xuewu smiled and said, "If there wasn't this industrial soil in Steel City, we wouldn't be able to make cars even if we wanted to."

"Then what about airplanes?"

Wang Xin wasn't used to his showing off and asked amusedly, "Steel City didn't have an airplane manufacturing plant before, and there were no supporting industrial enterprises."

"Then we have to rely on the care of an old brother like Shenfei." Li Xuewu looked at him jokingly and said, "What new technology and new support did you bring us this time?"

"Or is there any good news?"

"Good news?" Wang Xin looked at him and said, "Does the news about Tadong Airport count?"

"That depends on how you say it."

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and said, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about this."

You just listen to Li Xuewu's nonsense; could he have forgotten about this?

Wang Xin's understanding of the Red Star Steel Group was no less than that of the employees working in the Group.

He even knew that Li Xuewu was organizing and summarizing the management experience of Liaodong Industry, and his work focus was advancing to a higher level.

Li Xuewu was originally the Secretary-General of the Group, but this Secretary-General was appointed with the support of Li Huai De, the Director of the Management Committee.

The Secretary-General is the Secretary-General of the Management Committee, not the leader of the Group's work conference.

Now that the Group is led by the Management Committee, Li Xuewu is the well-deserved leader of the Group.

But if one day the Group is no longer led by the Management Committee, or not just led by the Management Committee, wouldn't Li Xuewu's situation be very awkward?

This makes it easy to understand why Li Xuewu shifted his work focus to the Group after organizing the industrial management work in Liaodong.

Otherwise, what was this back-and-forth? Playing around?

To put it bluntly, when Li Xuewu came down from the Group, he was just the Secretary-General of the Management Committee, pulled up by Li Huai De and supported by Dong Wenxue and others.

But when Li Xuewu prepared to go back, he was a Secretary-General with real power and absolute influence over Liaodong Industry. Can this be the same?

To gain more support and affirmation in the Group and to master more resource allocation rights, Li Xuewu had to use some means to achieve the goal of shifting his work focus back to the Group.

How did he do it?

As early as a few months ago, Li Huai De had already reminded Li Xuewu to organize the work in Liaodong as soon as possible and return to the Group's work as soon as possible.

Li Xuewu naturally knew that he couldn't leave the Group's management layer for too long; otherwise, he would be marginalized. He could only take care of both up and down, left and right.

But he couldn't be overly eager for success. What's the use of returning? Without achievements and bargaining chips, who would support him or listen to his opinions?

So starting from the second half of the year, he actively tapped into the potential of Liaodong Industry and gradually discovered key work projects related to industry, economy, organization, and culture.

While managing Liaodong Industry, he also took into account the key projects of the Group and other industrial enterprises. Every arrangement brought him a certain amount of prestige.

When he accumulated and broke out, even if those people in the Group's leadership team were unwilling, they would have to fully respect his opinions and take the initiative to seek his advice.

Precisely because he knew this, Wang Xin was certain that Li Xuewu very much needed the Tadong Airport project to increase his influence within the Group.

Saying he almost forgot—how could that be?

Of course, wanting to rely on Li Xuewu's preference for this project to shout a sky-high price was also impossible; after all, Li Xuewu wasn't a big fool.

The merger case of Tadong Airport was not proposed by the Red Star Steel Group; instead, it was Shenfei that wanted to find a buyer for Tadong Airport.

Even if Li Xuewu needed the Tadong Airport project, he wouldn't ruin his reputation as a negotiation expert. Thinking this way, he instead had to be alert to Li Xuewu's attitude. Even if they wanted to sell Tadong Airport, the negotiation would be very difficult.

"I'll remind you even if you forget."

Wang Xin didn't care about Li Xuewu's words and said helplessly, "The price evaluation for Tadong Airport has been done, and there's a big discrepancy with the price we estimated."

"Big? How big?"

Li Xuewu looked at him and asked knowingly, "What's the price you estimated?"

"Didn't I tell you?"

Wang Xin smiled bitterly, "We estimated Tadong Airport at over nine million."

"Hehehe—" Li Xuewu laughed and looked at him, waiting for his follow-up.

"Later, we carefully checked, and it was still over seven million."

"And then?" Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and asked, "How much did the bank estimate?"

"It was the estimate given by your United Savings Bank. We don't recognize it."

Wang Xin said seriously, "Wanting to buy Tadong Airport for two million—that's impossible."

"Two million?" Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Zhang Enyuan and asked, "Is there an evaluation plan from the United Savings Bank? Find it for me."

The Secretary-General is really good at acting!

Zhang Enyuan answered in his mouth, trotted to the cabinet to rummage, thinking this sentence in his heart.

Actually, the Secretary-General was still looking at this report yesterday, but today he asked if there was one.

There is one, and you've already read it.

Of course, Zhang Enyuan knew how to cooperate with the leader; naturally, he wouldn't let the cat out of the bag at this moment.

He was rummaging over there, while Li Xuewu was soothing the other party here, "Bank evaluation is just like this. It doesn't look at the value of continuation; it only calculates what's solid."

"And calculating production costs by reversing from the loss and wear data—this point must be considered."

"Found it, Secretary-General."

Zhang Enyuan was actually hovering around that file, and when he noticed the Secretary-General really needed this file, he pretended to be pleasantly surprised and picked it out.

Wang Xin's secretary stared at this side, his eyes a bit strange, but Zhang Enyuan didn't care much.

"Two million, hmm—"

Li Xuewu muttered, opened the report, and started reading, focusing on the conclusion.

"They calculated it according to above-ground and underground objects, which is reasonable."

He raised his head to look at Wang Xin and said, "The basic equipment and facilities of Tadong Airport are indeed insufficient. Even if you praise it as good as possible, there won't be a few more buildings."

"But Tadong Airport's location is good."

Wang Xin emphasized, "Besides, the airport office building is enough. Why would we build so many buildings?"

"What's important is the airport's qualifications."

He introduced, "This can't be approved now. You should have some understanding of this."

"Two million is a bit low."

Li Xuewu looked at him and asked, "What's your opinion?"

"I remember reminding you that both sides should find a third party for evaluation, right?"

He asked deliberately, "How much did that third-party unit you found estimate?"

"Anyway, more than what you gave."

Wang Xin complained, "We never thought you would give a price of two million."

"It wasn't us who gave it; it was the bank." Li Xuewu emphasized, "We only have management rights over the United Savings Bank, not business intervention rights. Do you think the bank can be privately run?"

"You said it's more than what we gave."

He pointed his finger at the sofa armrest and said, "Actually, it's not much more, right?"

As if he could see through the other party, Li Xuewu said bluntly, "I don't know which unit you found to do the evaluation, but I said that unit was found by you. Of course, the price has to be a bit inflated. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

Wang Xin looked at him and hesitated, "Two million is absolutely impossible."

"We didn't say we would absolutely pay two million." Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I already said this is just for reference. You can also say the third-party evaluation is over nine million."

"One is one, two is two. We don't need to tell this lie."

Wang Xin thought for a while and said, "Today I really brought the authority to you to see how the Tadong Airport project should be negotiated."

"How about we cooperate, like I said?"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and said, "You know the strength of the Red Star Steel Group. We provide management and logistics support, you provide airplanes and technical support. Let's join hands to make it bigger and stronger and create brilliance."

"Hehehe—"

The more he said this, the more Wang Xin felt that the cooperation he mentioned was unreliable.

Cooperate with the Red Star Steel Group?

In their old line of work, that is, in the fields related to aircraft design and manufacturing, they still had this confidence. But fighting with the Red Star Steel Group in terms of business management—wasn't this asking for trouble?

From the merger project of the Fengcheng First Machinery Plant, one could see that the Red Star Steel Group had a very good set of business management practices. They didn't talk about any sentimental management; they dismantled and reorganized the First Machinery Plant and vigorously promoted organizational and personnel changes.

And the result?

In the Liaodong industrial management system, the Fengcheng First Machinery Plant was about to go bankrupt.

But in the hands of the Red Star Steel Group, the Fengcheng First Machinery Plant not only turned losses into profits and came back to life, but even produced numerical control machine tools.

You tell me, Shenfei handing over the only Tadong Airport it could take out as a bargaining chip for cooperation to the Red Star Steel Group—after a long time, whose name Tadong Airport would bear would really be hard to say.

Who could play better than Li Xuewu's mind? With him in Liaodong, throwing the card of Tadong Airport into a cooperation project would be worse than throwing it on the street.

Therefore, after research, Shenfei's management decided not to cooperate, only to sell.

"We have other projects we want to do, so we still want to sell Tadong Airport completely."

Wang Xin expressed his attitude firmly and clearly, looking at Li Xuewu and waiting for his reply.

Li Xuewu frowned slightly and said, "Actually, cooperation is the best way."

"We still have cooperation."

Wang Xin smiled and said, "The current cooperation model between Shenfei and Gangfei is very good."

Li Xuewu glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said, "Fine, if the deal doesn't go through, benevolence remains. Since you don't intend to cooperate, then sell."

"However, are you considering what I mentioned last time—using shares to swap?"

He explained again, "The income-generating ability of our tertiary industry is indeed okay."

"You don't have to doubt that we are dumping a burden and deliberately setting you up."

Li Xuewu said seriously, "It's true that the Group's business and organizational structure need to be adjusted. The tertiary industry is no longer of much use to us."

"That is, completing the original accumulation, right?" Wang Xin nodded understandingly and said, "We have indeed considered it."

"But your tertiary industry is in the Liangma River Industrial Zone, right?"

He raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Is this also okay?"

"What do you mean?" Li Xuewu also looked at him in surprise and asked back, "If we sell the shares of the tertiary industry to you, will we ask you to move out of the Liangma River Industrial Zone?"

"That's naturally impossible."

He smiled and said, "We have never said that the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone belongs to the Red Star Steel Group. This has never been the case."

"The Red Star Steel Group is only the competent department of the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone. Regarding the industrial enterprises in the industrial zone, we have also established relevant management departments, which are more about service work."

Li Xuewu emphasized, "Don't worry. Once you swap for the shares of the tertiary industry, you will be a member of the industrial zone. Everyone will have to strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the future."

"Shares of the tertiary industry, all of them?" Wang Xin raised his eyebrows and asked, "All the shares in exchange for Tadong Airport?"

"Hehehe—" Li Xuewu's mouth curled up, revealing a smile that said "you're dreaming." He didn't speak, believing the other party already understood.

Wang Xin smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, the tertiary industry is also okay."

Hmm, also okay.

The annual loss of Tadong Airport wasn't enough to cover the earnings of the Red Star Steel Group's tertiary industry. Shenfei was the one dumping the burden, and it was still bragging here.

"Fine, it's okay enough."

Li Xuewu looked at him and said, "If you choose to have a portion of shares for each tertiary industry, then we are still in a cooperative relationship."

"What do you mean?" Wang Xin raised his eyebrows and said, "Swap for us to be the major shareholder?"

This isn't speculating on stocks and becoming a major shareholder! ===== CHAPTER 1497 =====