Chapter 1537

"Really no heart to relax?"

Xu Sien drank a bit too much; when sending Li Xuewu upstairs, he was still holding the stairs to walk up.

But his brain was clear, and he still knew how to coax Li Xuewu to go out and play together, just that his actions were a bit slow.

"It seems you, Old Xu, are living very well in Yingcheng." Li Xuewu hung his taken-off coat on the hanger, turned his head to look at him, and said with a chuckle: "Having food and drink doesn't count, there's also playing."

"Hey, middle-aged, isn't living just this little meaning." I don't know if he was really drunk or deliberately showing flaws in front of Li Xuewu; he spread his hands very frankly and said: "Don't you think?"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu pulled the corners of his mouth, sat on the sofa, looked at him, and asked: "Is this your only pursuit in life? What about spiritual ideals?"

"Spiritual ideals?" Xu Sien tried hard to control his body to sit on the sofa on the other side and said: "Do you think I, Old Xu, still need to have ideals?"

"I'm curious, what is the reason that makes you so negative about work and life."

Li Xuewu pointed at Zhang Enyuan, who came in from the door, and instructed: "Brew two cups of tea to sober up."

"Okay, leader." Zhang Enyuan had been following behind the two, and with them was Xu Sien's secretary.

Just now Xu Sien followed Li Xuewu into the room, and his secretary wanted to follow in, afraid he would get drunk and fall here.

It was Zhang Enyuan who nudged his arm and gave him a reminding look.

The two leaders are pulling idle eggs here, especially Factory Director Xu; the words are so complicated, can he really be drunk?

It would be fine if others didn't know, but as a secretary, how could he not understand his leader.

Others at the dinner table Zhang Enyuan doesn't know, but Factory Director Xu has come to Steel City for meetings several times, and he is familiar with him at the dinner table.

He knows how much alcohol the other party can drink.

Today is at the Shipbuilding Plant Guesthouse; as the host, he doesn't believe Factory Director Xu is really drunk.

Besides, even if he were drunk, he couldn't follow the Secretary-General into the room to say such things; having mixed to this position, who doesn't have a gate in their mouth.

So, sometimes seeing isn't necessarily believing, and hearing is even more likely to be false.

It's hard to say there aren't women with difficult lives or licentious natures engaged in some special profession.

But in terms of the general environment, especially in this era, it's almost impossible to have a place to "relax."

Of course, with Factory Director Xu's status, it's normal to have two female friends with good relationships.

What era doesn't do things, what era doesn't have people who know how to drill and are willing to spend money.

Don't think that because the era is pure, everyone in this era is pure; if you really think so, you're stupid.

The huge shipyard, how many interests are involved, how many people's lives and work.

Can't say Xu Sien has the final say, but as the number one person, his words still have the most strength.

Especially in port cities, and in today's era when the Northeast Asian economic situation is developing violently, this sea is no longer so calm because of the carriage driver.

It is said that men learn to be bad when they have money, and women learn to be bad when they have money; in fact, it's more of an environmental factor.

When the door of trade is quietly opened and economic activities quietly vibrate, more materials and means of production will inevitably surge into the market, which will inevitably lead to a change in thinking.

A year ago, saying that you would go to sea to do something was a fantasy even for the locals of Yingcheng.

You say you want to get a boat to go to sea to fish; this is impossible, because fishermen and farmers are both organized by cooperatives; it's not that you can rely on fishing for a living just because you say you can; everything in this era needs a plan.

What tore this blocking net?

It's the boat speed, the boat speed of the Pipi Shrimp, a speedboat that increases speed by one level every half year.

When the first batch of people holding the struggle concept of "starving the timid to death and stuffing the bold to death" rushed to the sea and brought back huge benefits after suffering losses, everything changed.

Driving a boat for a freight station is better than farming for a year in a month; if you pool money to buy a speedboat, you can earn back the cost in two trips, and from the third trip on, it's a road to getting rich.

You say, is there anyone walking this road?

Even if the sea wind is big and the waves are big and the sacrifice is big, there are always reckless men on this land who have nowhere to go because of poverty.

So, the Yingcheng Port, which is used as a mother port for import and export trade, has become the region with the most active economic power.

Then someone will ask, there are goods on the market that obviously cannot be purchased locally, so no one stands up to manage it?

What a joke you are making!

Will these reckless men who carry their heads on their waistbands transport rice, white flour, and eggs back to sell?

Of course not!

You have to think about it, can ordinary people afford the things they bring back?

If ordinary people can't afford it, then what kind of people can afford it, and will these people meddle in other people's business?

The Guandong fleet has been active in Bohai Bay for so many years, relying not only on relationships but also on the supply and demand relationship that has tilted to the extreme.

It is the people's need for material and cultural life; who dares to block the car like a mantis in the torrent of history.

There is a degree here, which is said to be very mysterious and very empty; no one knows the standard of this degree, but it just exists.

When the quantity exceeding this degree reaches a certain level, the "Yuanhua" overturning that appeared later will occur.

So how many didn't overturn, you can't see it from history books, and the data passed down by word of mouth is too vague; maybe even the parties involved can't explain it clearly.

Xu Sien is in charge of Yingcheng Shipbuilding, and he doesn't even know how many ships have passed through his own wharf.

Do you ask if Yingcheng Shipbuilding is short of money?

It is indeed very short of money for big projects, and the financial situation of the group is very tight this year.

But relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the sea to eat the sea, the welfare treatment of Yingcheng Shipbuilding is not considered arduous.

Don't look at how pitiful, how sad, how unaspiring Xu Sien says; if he dared to mess around, Li Xuewu would be the first to knock him down, without the possibility of leniency.

And looking at it from the other side, has Xu Sien really lost hope and the energy to struggle for work and life?

Listen to his words, watch his actions.

Li Xuewu knows that he plays, but this money hasn't been put into his own pocket; the overall welfare of Yingcheng Shipbuilding employees has gone up a level, not to mention that the factory's infrastructure construction is different every year; can you say he has no pursuit?

If he really had no pursuit, then if this money was put into his own pocket, wouldn't it be clean and honest if operated well?

This old boy also walked out of the Red Star Factory period and has been an old fox for many years.

Look at Zhang Beinan's attitude toward him; Li Xuewu is not surprised at all, because Zhang Beinan eats people's food and has a short mouth.

Xu Sien wanted to concurrently manage the Yingcheng Port Area, but Li Xuewu didn't agree, which is also the opinion of the group's Management Committee; the Yingcheng Port Area will definitely be directly managed by the group in the future.

Facing this situation of seeking but not getting, did he give up?

No, not only did he guarantee the welfare treatment of shipbuilding employees, but he also took into account the welfare treatment of the port area engineering construction units, so that whoever comes here for research has to mention the good of Factory Director Xu of Yingcheng Shipbuilding.

That's right, the shipbuilding canteen eats pork, and the construction site canteen also eats pork, and they can eat pork every month; you say how many people praise him just for this point.

Does he have no ambition?

If Li Xuewu wants to say, his ambition is too big.

This year is the second year Zhang Enyuan has been Li Xuewu's secretary; he has initially mastered the information channels Li Xuewu handed over to him, and he knows exactly what Xu Sien has done.

So when leaders are drunk and sit together to chat and pull idle eggs, you are a fool if you believe it.

At the very least, he knows the Secretary-General's character and knows he won't fall in this kind of problem.

He is not sure if the leader has that kind of friend, but he can be sure that he doesn't know, and others will know even less.

Two cups of tea were placed on the small tea table; he didn't even listen to the complaints in Factory Director Xu's mouth and turned to go out.

His room is opposite, with the door open, inviting Factory Director Xu's secretary together, and the two also brewed a cup of tea each, chatting about the customs of Yingcheng and Steel City.

"The group leaders keep saying that the situation is difficult and we should overcome the difficulties together, but what about it?"

Xu Sien shook his hands, his emotions a bit excited, and emphasized: "Tens of millions are thrown out, this year we all have to tighten our belts to live, is it worth it?"

"Oh, I just heard clearly—"

Li Xuewu was holding a teacup and was about to drink tea; this time his hand paused, he turned his head to look at him, and asked: "So your resentment is aimed at me, right?"

"Sigh—how would I dare to aim at you!"

Xu Sien smiled and waved his hand, saying: "I'm just saying this meaning, whether the money is worth spending."

"Then you might as well ask directly if I and Director Li have filled our own pockets in this activity, and why go around such a big circle."

Li Xuewu put down the teacup in his hand and said: "You, Factory Director Xu, are fully qualified and capable of investigating this matter; I am raising both hands in favor."

"Look, it's getting further and further away!"

Xu Sien smiled flatteringly, patted the sofa armrest, and tried hard to explain: "My meaning is, money still has to be spent on the blade, right."

"Then tell me, where is the blade?" Li Xuewu looked at him and asked: "Is your nickname, Factory Director Xu, blade?"

"I was wrong, okay—"

Xu Sien knew he was a younger brother in front of Li Xuewu, especially in terms of eloquence; this guy can not give an inch at the negotiating table with foreigners; what is he.

So he surrendered very quickly this time; if he couldn't speak, he quickly softened; no problem.

Li Xuewu also glanced at him, reminded him to pay attention to his sense of proportion when speaking, and then picked up the teacup and drank.

"I'm not making trouble; I heard it." Xu Sien put his left leg on his right leg, leaned on the sofa armrest, looked at him, and asked: "This trip to East Germany wasn't very smooth?"

"I don't know what your definition of smooth is." Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "But in my opinion, it's smooth that I can sit here and listen to you pull idle eggs."

"That's it! What hurdle can stop you, Secretary-General Li!" Xu Sien smiled and sat up straight, trying hard to flatter: "With you taking the lead, one hits two."

"Factory Director Xu, long time no see, you've become poor—" Li Xuewu looked him over, drank a sip of tea, put down the teacup again, and said: "Do you have something to say?"

"I have to remind you," he pointed at Xu Sien and reminded: "If you have something to say, say it quickly; if you have a fart, let it go quickly; I don't have the time to pull idle eggs with you late at night; sleep early and get up early, I still have to test your work results for the past half year tomorrow."

"I just missed you!"

Xu Sien smiled and said: "I haven't been able to listen to your teachings for many days, and I'm confused looking at the road of life; I want to ask you to solve my confusion."

"Full and supported—"

Li Xuewu pulled the corners of his mouth and said: "If you don't say it, I can drive you away; I've been running for a day, and now I just want to sleep."

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll say it, I'll say it, okay!"

Xu Sien saw that he couldn't get around Li Xuewu, so he quickly shook it out: "The end of the year is the hardest to endure, and it happens to be the key year for the group; you say what I'm worried about."

Li Xuewu just looked at him without speaking, wanting to hear him finish all at once.

"Secretary-General, can the leaders pay more attention to our shipyard this year?"

Xu Sien looked at him pitifully and said: "We are all waiting to be fed, waiting for the leaders to come and guide us, pointing out the direction for us to move forward."

"The fart is a bit far—"

Li Xuewu drooped his eyelids and said: "When has the group not paid attention to Yingcheng Shipbuilding? Are your eyes blind or your ears deaf?"

Without waiting for Xu Sien to explain, he tapped the small tea table with his finger and said: "You said tens of millions were thrown out for nothing; Yingcheng Shipbuilding is the one taking the big head."

"The two best shipyards in East Germany, Neptune Shipyard and Warnow Shipyard's cargo ships, container ships, icebreakers, and fishing boat technologies were all bought for you."

Li Xuewu stared at Xu Sien and questioned: "You are telling me now that the group is heartless?"

"Think about it with your conscience."

He tapped the small tea table again and emphasized: "When introducing automobile industry technology, we were still thinking about Yingcheng Shipbuilding; this is how we got the marine diesel engine production technology of the Ludwigsfelde factory."

"You, Factory Director Xu, have been managing in Yingcheng for three years, and you only have this little growth? If you only have this little skill, I think you should stop talking about spiritual ideals; wait to retire."

"I want to move up, but do I still have a chance?"

Xu Sien saw that he deliberately led the topic to technology introduction, but what he wanted to say wasn't this, but the leader's attention, the object of attention is him.

Everyone wants to be on the Investiture of the Gods; who doesn't want to stand in the front.

He managed Yingcheng Shipbuilding from a closed state to such a scale; he should have a share of the credit when rewards are given, and he is just afraid of internal organizational ecology competition in the group, becoming a victim.

For two years, how many of the batch of original Red Star Factory middle-level management cadres who were sent down to serve as persons in charge of various enterprises can still return to the group to work.

When they first came down, they were ambitious, but after a year or two, they found that their original ambitions had long been forgotten by responsibilities and heavy tasks.

Coupled with the process of coordinating with localities and various units, there must be such and such violations, and what they thought of at the time was for the enterprise; what about now?

Really facing the big exam, these problems are very likely to be turned over and used as stumbling blocks, hindering their path of progress.

Let's put it this way, the Red Star Factory is officially grouped, and everyone's rank and position will face formal appointment and phased solidification.

To put it bluntly, unless there are solid achievements in work and influential prestige, otherwise there will be no chance of promotion within the next two or three years.

That is to say, if you can go up one level this time, it is equivalent to saving two to three years of time compared to those potential competitors.

You must know what these two or three years of time mean for a cadre; it is very likely to be the key point of up and down.

He can't compare with Li Xuewu; Li Xuewu will still be a young cadre if he stays in this position for another ten years, and there will be many opportunities; what about him?

So when it's time to fight, you have to fight, when it's time to perform, you have to perform, and when it's time to be shameless and hold grievances, you have to let go of your face.

Li Xuewu looked at him seriously and asked faintly: "Have your family matters been resolved?"

"Sigh—what resolution or not, just like this." Xu Sien sighed deeply and said: "She doesn't need to manage me, and I don't need to manage her."

Li Xuewu frowned slightly and reminded: "You should know what life style problems mean to you."

"I know, of course I know."

Xu Sien raised his head to look at him and said: "My matter was guessed by her, and her matter was bumped into by me; seen with my own eyes, what does she have to be unconvinced about."

"You two really know how to make things happen."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips, nodded in admiration, and said: "I don't want to hear these rotten things, and I don't want to manage them, but I'll remind you, there can't be problems with principles at this time."

He pointed at the sofa armrest and emphasized: "I don't listen, at least you have to ensure that no one can hear it."

"Rest assured, if it weren't for the children and mutual influence, we would have gone to get a divorce certificate long ago." Xu Sien explained frankly: "Privately, the procedures are written, just waiting for the time to be ripe, each going their own way."

"This is your business, consider it yourself."

Li Xuewu sat up straight and said: "There can't be problems on your side during this period, and there can't be problems on her side either, otherwise your ability is missing; understand?"

"Understood, I will pay attention."

Xu Sien sighed, looked at him, and said: "I didn't expect the competition to be so fierce, even using such back-door means."

"You're still talking about others?" Li Xuewu glanced at him sideways and said: "Haven't you used such unsightly means on others yourself?"

"Don't want to talk about you—"

He stood up and said: "Give you a sentence, details determine success or failure; you know best what you want."

While talking, Li Xuewu walked to the door, called Zhang Enyuan and the two on the opposite side, and instructed: "Send Factory Director Xu back to rest; there is still work to be busy with tomorrow."

"Hey, leader, I know."

Xu Sien's secretary was a very honest person; seeing Li Xuewu arrange it this way, he responded cautiously and helped Xu Sien get up and go out with Zhang Enyuan's help.

Working under such a strong leader, there are very few strong secretaries; Zhang Enyuan's situation is about the same.

The difference is that Li Xuewu is a group leader, and he has principles in doing things and being a person.

Why do they say business work is hard to do and hard to manage; a company this big, how many risks have to be faced.

What they have to face is not only temptation and encirclement, but also pressure at work and risks in their careers.

Perhaps people who walk up step by step like this can possess the ability and talent to resist any storm.

On the morning of January 10th, Li Xuewu and his party inspected the Yingcheng Shipbuilding Manufacturing Plant accompanied by Xu Sien and other main leaders of the shipyard.

Generally speaking, such an important industrial enterprise as Yingcheng Shipbuilding will definitely have a code name in the heavy industry sequence, such as the current Shenfei internal call 112 factory, or the external name: Songling Machinery Manufacturing Plant.

But Yingcheng Shipbuilding has no code name, because from the beginning, the fate of Yingcheng Shipbuilding was tortuous enough, and it was almost scrapped due to many years of suspension before it was officially completed.

And after being merged by the Red Star Factory, it lost its right to name itself and became a non-professional branch under the Red Star Factory.

Even after so many years of investment, expansion, and hard management, it is not inferior to other mainstream shipyards in terms of scale or shipbuilding capacity, but it still cannot change the fact that Yingcheng Shipbuilding is a branch of the Red Star Steel Group.

Of course, perhaps precisely because of this, in this special era, Yingcheng Shipbuilding and its cadres and employees were able to work and live under relatively stable and relaxed conditions.

Seeing that the Yingcheng Port Area next door is a big construction site, isn't Yingcheng Shipbuilding one?

Don't forget, when the Yingcheng Port Area started construction, several docks continued to be built and the corresponding factory buildings on the shore were not completed.

Until this year, the project is still continuing, so there are many construction workers stationed here; Li Xuewu even stopped the motorcade when passing by the project site and got off to look.

"Workshop 70, Workshop 71, as well as Dock 9 and Dock 10 will be completed in July next year." Li Huai De, who was in the same car, stood beside him and introduced personally: "By next year, Yingcheng Shipbuilding will exceed Bincheng Shipbuilding in both total dock volume and total shipbuilding tonnage."

"How is the relationship with them?"

Li Xuewu stood on the construction site and looked; the sun was very sufficient today, but the wind was also very strong, blowing his coat hem up from time to time, and the cold wind pierced his knee bones.

"Bincheng Shipbuilding? The relationship is okay." Xu Sien stood on his side and introduced: "We have always had cooperation with Bincheng Shipbuilding, including parts."

He pointed at a cargo ship being outfitted and introduced: "We also invited designers from Bincheng Shipbuilding to come over to communicate and discuss, and came up with a new type of cargo ship."

"New tricks again?"

Li Xuewu smiled, raised his eyes to look at the distant dock, and asked: "After the whole line is completed next year, how much can the annual manufacturing tonnage reach?"

"This is really hard to say." Xu Sien said confidently: "If I say too much, you'll say I'm bragging; if I say too little, it's too heartless."

"Wait until then to look at the report."

He turned his head to look at the team members of Yingcheng Shipbuilding, and everyone smiled confidently, as if they had a plan in their hearts.

Seeing them like this, Li Xuewu knew that Yingcheng Shipbuilding had a bright future and broad prospects, so he nodded with relief and said: "Then I'll wait and see."

Saying this, he put his perspective on the construction site that was under construction and watched the workers' labor situation for a while.

"Are there many labor education personnel here now?"

Li Xuewu asked with special concern: "Can life treatment be guaranteed?"

"Secretary-General, I, Old Xu, am not a heartless person."

Xu Sien said softly, and then frankly introduced the work and life situation of labor education personnel here.

It was still Li Huai De's pot; when Deputy Factory Director Nie had an accident, Xu Sien was covered in trouble, and he still has fire in his heart until now.

So much so that during the time Shi Ruoweng was labor-educated here, he was almost played to death by him.

If Li Huai De hadn't reached out early and transferred Shi Ruoweng back to the group, Xu Sien would have let the other party be exhausted at the construction site long ago.

Of course, Shi Ruoweng didn't get any good after returning to the group; Li Huai De was more afraid that Shi Ruoweng would make trouble below or have a loose mouth.

With the Nie Chenglin incident, no matter how seriously Li Huai De asked Yingcheng Shipbuilding to increase the work and management intensity of labor education personnel, Xu Sien didn't listen to his greeting.

On the surface, he hummed and hawed; in fact, it became more and more relaxed; just as Xu Sien introduced now, the life treatment and guarantee of labor education personnel at the construction site are basically the same as the workers of the engineering company.

Except for returning to Beijing to visit relatives and policy treatment that Yingcheng Shipbuilding cannot provide, Xu Sien gives what he can give; for two years, no suicide situation has appeared.

Where do labor education personnel come from?

Li Xuewu doesn't need to explain; everyone knows it well; Xu Sien is in charge of Yingcheng Shipbuilding and knows the details and experiences of these people like the back of his hand.

Who really has a problem and who really doesn't, he has a spectrum in his heart and a ledger; now he can treat everyone equally, and these people won't look at him differently in the future.

So much so that when Li Xuewu cared about and asked about the life and work status of these people, labor education personnel could also report their ideological dynamics in a relaxed tone.

Xu Sien said he is not a heartless person, but Li Xuewu is not a mean and thin person either; if he hadn't been supporting and turning around above for the past few years, could Xu Sien have protected these people so easily?

Who is a good person and who is a bad person, in fact, everyone has a ledger in their heart.

Group Secretary-General Li Xuewu came to the construction site for research; he stood in front of the workers, and everyone only had respect, with little timidity and fear, unless they had done something heartless and had ghosts in their hearts.

"You don't need to build a factory for marine diesel engines; the group has other considerations here."

Li Xuewu explained when inspecting the assembly workshop: "Shenfei has an intention to cooperate, and we happen to take advantage of the convenience of the Liming Engine Manufacturing Plant."

"Is it commissioned production or cooperative production?"

Xu Sien asked with concern: "If it's cooperative production, I can rest assured using our management standards; otherwise, this quality problem—"

"It hasn't been decided yet; we'll talk about it then."

Li Xuewu looked at the huge hull and nodded slightly: "Any form of cooperation will have advantages and disadvantages; what the group can do is comprehensive consideration."

"Of course, the group leaders have to make the decision." Xu Sien smiled and said: "We obey orders and listen to commands."

This is different from the complaints last night; it can be seen that what to say in what occasion, otherwise it is really crazy talk.

"In March, the engineers and technical workers of Neptune Shipyard and Warnow Shipyard should be able to arrive, including ship designers, there will be a complete team coming to Yingcheng."

Li Xuewu didn't want to listen to his idle eggs and emphasized straightforwardly: "You Yingcheng Shipbuilding must prepare for docking; don't waste time, otherwise it's wasting our funds."

"Cargo ships, container ships, icebreakers, fishing boats." He pinched his fingers and told Xu Sien and the main persons in charge of Yingcheng Shipbuilding: "Whether you can realize technical and industrial upgrading depends on how much you can dig out of the teacher's hands."

"Everyone has experience and lessons from the Maozi time; this time don't be reserved, let alone hesitate; I allow you to use your skills; whoever learns it is whose."

"Hehehe—"

A burst of light laughter sounded at the scene, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Li Xuewu also smiled and said: "I don't understand German; I'm at a disadvantage in this regard; if there are people present who understand German, that's amazing; the innate advantage shouldn't be too obvious."

Hearing him say this, the crowd who were still laughing just now were stunned, and then their eyes turned, and what they were thinking in their hearts was clear at a glance.

Li Xuewu saw it, but just laughed, and said: "I greeted the Vocational and Technical College; there will be German professors coming to guide everyone in the past few days."

Just when surprise and joy appeared in everyone's eyes, he emphasized again: "Of course, resources are limited, and it also depends on personal effort to learn how much."

"To be honest, I am also preparing to learn German."

He looked at the engineers and technical workers standing around him and said: "I can speak English, Russian, and French, and I can also speak simple Japanese."

"Now I have to learn German, purely for work needs; time might not be as good as yours, but I am also trying to adjust my schedule."

"You must learn faster than us."

A worker shouted with a smile: "After all, you are a college student; I only graduated from middle school."

"Who isn't a middle school graduate—"

Li Xuewu pointed at him with a smile and said: "Those who know my resume should be clear that I joined the army after graduating from high school and went to college after returning."

"Don't tell me there's no chance to go to school; looking at your face, you must have been able to take the college entrance exam at the beginning."

"Hahaha—"

The laughter at the scene suddenly became louder, making the person who just spoke blush.

Li Xuewu continued the topic just now and said: "You have also caught up with good times; the Vocational and Technical College under the group is preparing to open a continuing education college this year."

He looked at the crowd and introduced: "Comrades who want to improve themselves and further their studies can contact the trade union and ask for the examination regulations."

"Also, comrades who want to learn German can also contact the trade union comrades to sign up; remember, opportunities are left for those who are prepared."

Amidst laughter and discussion, Li Xuewu ended the research work of the Shipbuilding Manufacturing Plant and took a car back to the guesthouse to rest; he still had to look at the Yingcheng Port Area construction site in the afternoon.

At the dinner table at noon, Yingcheng Shipbuilding Deputy Factory Director Song Heping asked a question about the continuing education college of the Vocational and Technical College that Li Xuewu mentioned in the morning.

"Secretary-General, what is the significance of opening continuing education channels?"

He asked seriously: "If it is to let workers have the opportunity to improve their technology, then we have technical training classes, why bother to do it twice?"

"You might also know that some workers' comprehensive strength is not enough to accept higher education; even if they are recruited, how much can they learn."

Seeing that Li Xuewu was not angry at his questioning, Song Heping continued to ask: "A very practical question, after workers take the exam for the Vocational and Technical College, how is their organizational relationship calculated? Will they be paid wages at that time, and how will they support their families and themselves without wages?"

"I will answer your first question first."

Li Xuewu nodded, signaled Xu Sien not to speak, and explained actively: "The significance of opening a continuing education college is to give every factory employee the opportunity to re-choose their life; in the eyes of the group's Management Committee, the importance of talent is far higher than investment."

"You are right; if it is purely to improve the technical ability of workers, we can open technical training classes, but this is not enough to cultivate higher-level talents."

He pointed at the dining table with his finger and said: "This year, the Vocational and Technical College will release a large number of graduates into various units; have you thought about whether their joining is a competitive relationship for the original employees?"

"And if they, who possess learning ability and upward heart, as well as practical work experience, pass the exam and then accept higher education, what does that mean for the enterprise?"

"They can be placed in grassroots management positions upon return." Xu Sien spoke the answer for Li Xuewu, "If the comprehensive quality is excellent and has cultivation potential, and they are trained in key management positions for a period of time, they can be used immediately."

"It is exactly what Factory Director Xu said."

Li Xuewu pointed with his finger and looked at Song Heping and said: "These employees who are reborn after accepting higher education and possessing management ability are not necessarily worse than fresh graduates, and even better."

"It's just that talent is hard to come by." Xu Sien nodded and agreed: "Since they are already workers, how many people can still pick up books, read them, and be willing to give up their current positions to bet on their future?"

"This is also what I want to say." Li Xuewu looked at the crowd and said: "Since we give fresh graduates a chance, we must give old employees a chance; this is called fairness."

"As for how to take the exam, whether they can pass, whether they have to stop their current wages if they pass, and whether their future development will be better, I think the employees will consider it clearly themselves."

He pointed at the table and said: "What we have to think about is selecting talents and giving talents soil for learning and improvement, but we must never do things that pull seedlings to help them grow."

On the afternoon of the 10th, Li Xuewu inspected the Yingcheng Port Area engineering construction site accompanied by Zhang Beinan and Xu Sien.

The reason Xu Sien followed along was still that ambition at work.

Of course, he is a member of the Liaodong Industrial Leading Group and has the obligation to assist in the construction of the Yingcheng Port Area, which is a group-affiliated enterprise, so it's fine to follow along.

It's just that this time Zhang Beinan made the introduction, and he became a spectator who shut his mouth.

"The underground project of the port area is basically coming to an end, and the overall construction progress has started to advance; we grabbed a bit of the construction period before freezing."

Zhang Beinan stood in front of the giant map of the command center and introduced Li Xuewu, including every functional area of the port area and the construction progress.

Li Xuewu had already seen the design drawings and even put forward many opinions, so Zhang Beinan didn't need to explain the significance of the functional areas to him, just report the construction situation and progress.

Li Xuewu asked about engineering supervision, material supply, coordination of construction units, and life security, and Zhang Beinan reported them one by one on behalf of United Construction.

The Red Star Steel Group United Construction General Company is the general contractor for the Yingcheng Port Area project; the workers constructing in the port area do not all belong to the Construction General Company, and there are also other construction engineering companies from the Dongfeng 31 Construction Cooperative and the Liaodong area.

As one of the shareholders of the United Construction Engineering General Company, the Dongfeng 31 Construction Cooperative also retained design and some construction departments after merging some construction and supervision units.

In the on-site decoration engineering and landscape design engineering projects, there are comrades from the Dongfeng 31 Construction Research Institute working, and there are also construction personnel from the Landscape Engineering Company working.

And for the Yingcheng Port Area, using local construction engineering companies is also an inevitable condition for saving costs; otherwise, the building materials alone could make the Red Steel Group difficult.

It's not that when building a port in Yingcheng, the locality has to come to beg for fate; this is a two-way process; the construction of Yingcheng Port needs the participation of local construction engineering companies, and local engineering companies also need this project to create income, so there is the supply of building materials.

On this point, Yingcheng industry and other departments have given considerable help, almost without the Red Steel Group coming to coordinate relationships.

Now one can feel the active energy brought by the port to the economy; truly opening an international standard port must be a rare opportunity for Yingcheng in a hundred years.

The 8 ports announced for construction in one breath last year did not include Yingcheng Port; it's not that the Red Steel Group built the port first; even if the Red Steel Group didn't build the port, Yingcheng Port wouldn't be on the list of these 8 ports.

Now Yingcheng is competing for this; investing in construction first, and with the Red Steel Group's layout in the entire Liaodong, they just want to compare who develops better.

At this time, Bincheng Port has started to enter the design and planning stage and will definitely start construction next year; with such a close distance, it will be a competitive relationship at that time.

Li Xuewu spent an afternoon on the Yingcheng Port Area construction site, endured the biting cold wind, and tried his best to see more, ask more, and express the group's concern for the port area construction.

When the research work ended, it was already nightfall; the construction site was brightly lit, shining on the bright road of the port area's future.

"Looking at the scale of the site now, one dare not imagine how big and magnificent the port area that needs to be built for three years will be."

Xu Sien looked at the bright scene outside the car window with Li Xuewu and shook his head with emotion.

Li Xuewu nodded silently, the longing and hope in his heart making his eyes reflect the flashing fire.

The Liangma River Industrial Zone has been built for more than two years, and the Steel City Industrial Zone has been built for more than a year, while the Yingcheng Port Area has used enough engineering machinery from the beginning, but the design construction period is a full three years.

This is not to mention how much engineering construction force the Red Steel Group has invested in the port area; tens of millions smashed down in this era, one can imagine how powerful it is.

At the beginning of the design, Li Xuewu emphasized that he must leave development space, connect with the future, do a good job in infrastructure construction projects, and benchmark against international ports.

And at the cadre meeting of the Yingcheng Shipbuilding Manufacturing Plant and Yingcheng Port Area Construction Project held on the morning of January 11th, after propagating and conveying the spirit of the latest instructions of the group's Management Committee, and focusing on emphasizing the work guiding principle of "grasping one and promoting three," he mentioned the importance of Yingcheng Shipbuilding and Yingcheng Port Area to the group again.

To build an import and export international trade standard enterprise and connect with the world's advanced industrial trade market, how can one set up a battle formation to compete with peers in the world trade market without a port with excellent quality.

Conversely, how can one attract a golden phoenix without the phoenix tree of Yingcheng Port.