Chapter 1538: Tianjin

"I don't oppose you using any complex thinking to consider the group's change this time, and I won't stop you from using any means to compete for so-called interests."

On the wharf, in the cold wind, letting the hem of the coat jump, reminded him that the time to board the ship had arrived.

Li Li Xuewu looked Xu Sinuian up and down, who was standing in front of him, and emphasized, "I won't tell you any 'endure for a moment and the wind will be calm, don't argue for a moment of gain or loss'. But you have to know that there are countless possibilities in a person's life, and no one can define anyone's life and death."

Without waiting for Xu Sinuian's stance, he rarely reached out and patted his shoulder, turned around, and boarded the passenger ship.

Red Star-Passenger A, travels back and forth in Bohaiwan all year round. It only takes four hours from Yingcheng Port wharf to Tianjin. Li Li Xuewu rarely took this ship.

Xu Sinuian stood on the wharf, the wind blew his long hair on one side to cover the fact of his baldness, and the dancing posture was like his mood at this time.

Li Li Xuewu never patted people on the shoulder. No, to be precise, he rarely patted people on the shoulder.

People who are familiar with this Secretary-General of the group know that he looks extremely fierce on the outside, and combined with his past work achievements, he is definitely a ruthless person.

But the situation is exactly the opposite. It's not that Li Li Xuewu is kind-hearted, but that he is known to be extremely measured.

It is precisely because he is extremely measured in doing things and being a person that he has been in a high position at a young age, and it makes people unable to say any actual opposing opinions.

Xu Sinuian received him so seriously and accompanied him throughout the nearly two days, which not only reflects his importance to this group change but also his importance to Li Li Xuewu himself.

First of all, he needs a support in the group. After stepping down from the position of factory office director, he naturally lost the opportunity to make friends with other group leaders.

And it was his own confusion that made the rumors that he and Li Li Xuewu were brothers spread like wildfire.

In the situation where Li Li Huai De doesn't look at him favorably, the only person he can rely on and count on is Li Li Xuewu.

Secondly, saying that Li Li Xuewu is in a low position but has heavy power, and is doing the work of a deputy bureau, this statement makes no sense at all.

The group Secretary-General has never been a part of the conventional organizational structure of the Red Star Factory.

It was Li Li Huai De who pushed him to the top, and set up this position separately in the Management Committee.

If you say that the several deputy secretaries-general under Li Li Xuewu also have a chance to stand out, that is too ridiculous.

Compared to Li Li Xuewu, no one can step into the center from the position of Secretary-General.

Even if they are given this opportunity, they don't have that ability and vision. Shi Shi Ruoweng at the beginning couldn't, Wang Wang Zongli couldn't, and he couldn't even more.

Adding these people together is not as important as Li Li Xuewu's influence in front of Li Li Huai De.

Being able to directly influence Li Li Huai De to make decisions is equivalent to having the ability to directly influence the changes in the decisions of the group's Management Committee. This is the foundation laid by Li Li Xuewu with his achievements, and it cannot be vague at all.

But since walking from the Red Star Factory to today, Li Li Xuewu has not made a mistake in judging the situation once. This is the reason why old Li unconditionally obeys and trusts Li Li Xuewu.

As the saying goes, people always make mistakes, but so far Li Li Xuewu has not made a mistake in judging the situation once. This is the reason why old Li unconditionally obeys and trusts Li Li Xuewu.

If even Li Li Xuewu's words are not believed, then he has lost his foundation in this position.

Li Li Xuewu's ship is gone, and he is still standing on the wharf thinking about those words just now.

It's not hard to understand, but the meaning is complex.

Wang Min and others did not board the passenger ship with Li Li Xuewu. As far as Yingcheng is concerned, Li Li Xuewu's research activity this time ended.

The 11th is Saturday, Li Li Xuewu boarded the ship in the afternoon just to catch this time point.

From the moment of boarding, he has already entered the state of vacation, and Wang Min and others took the train back, arriving at Steel City just at the time of getting off work.

Otherwise, why would Xu Sinuian say that he is very measured in doing things and being a person? Weekends for people in this era are originally rare rest times.

Before the big learning activities, there was still the saying of simple weekend rest. In the past few years, more and more activities have made everyone exhausted and listless.

But it happens that in order not to affect normal working hours and order, the time for organizing meetings is placed on the weekend, which should have been the time for young couples to visit parks, shop for food to support their families, and visit elders.

Even the decision not to have a holiday during the traditional Spring Festival seems to be full of enthusiasm for change, but in reality, the batch of people who take the lead in singing high-profile are always those with ghosts in their hearts.

Just like the parents who take the lead in shouting to give Teacher's Day gifts in the family committee, they are hateful.

If you want to contribute to socialist construction, you can completely work overtime yourself, who is hindering you.

Li Li Xuewu is really afraid that someone will whisper this about him behind his back, so he rarely appears in situations of working on weekends. He doesn't work, and doesn't suggest others work.

Unless it is a combat readiness post or a shift post, heavy industrial enterprises in this era rarely have situations where work stops on weekends. You say it is normal for the lathe workshop to have this situation, because they have to clean up iron filings and waste materials every week.

Processing factories under Red Star that own lathes and CNC lathes will organize workers to clean up iron filings and waste materials on this day of the weekend, and clean up the public sanitation of the workshop.

Li Li Xuewu never advocates working overtime or voluntary labor in the factory during weekend rest time, but the organization has requirements, and the masses participate actively, so he doesn't oppose it.

It's just that he requires the canteen to provide a meal of meat dishes as a reward, and he can scold his mother if it is less.

Socialist construction can never rely only on spiritual incentive methods to manage enterprises. Li Li Xuewu prefers to think about problems from reality, using material rewards of different levels to cooperate with spiritual incentive means to realize management.

So the cadres and workers under his hand will respect him, respect him, and dare to tell him the truth.

Is a leader who is even willing to consider your firewood, rice, oil, salt, and rest time not worthy of respect?

The research team has all gone back, only secretary Zhang Enyuan accompanied him, because this is work.

Just like a combat readiness post, a secretary has no so-called regular rest time. Li Li Xuewu wants to rush back to the group for a meeting, so he has to follow him back to Beijing.

If Li Li Xuewu's purpose of this trip is vacation, even if he still has to go to the group for a meeting, he doesn't have to come.

Zhang Enyuan is actually willing to learn from him, especially this principle of being measured in doing things and being a person.

Even such a large-tonnage passenger ship is not so stable at sea. If you lack the experience of taking a ship, it is inevitable that you will have seasickness.

Fortunately, he has walked on this line with Li Li Xuewu several times and has long found a way to deal with it.

As soon as the Secretary-General boarded the ship, he read books and wrote things in the room. After preparing the necessary tea for the leader, he came to the passenger ship restaurant to eat something.

That's right, don't deliberately look at the waves outside the window, and don't feel the slightly swaying ship body. Focus your attention on things and think about recent work, and time can take away the mental reaction.

"Secretary Zhang? Are you Secretary Zhang?"

Zhang Enyuan lifted his head blankly, looked at the man who walked over, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "You are...?"

"Secretary Zhang, hello, I am Wang Hui." The man extended his right hand with a smile and introduced himself, "I used to be in the sales office, later transferred to the Tianjin Trade Management Center, and now work at the Supply Chain Dispatch Center."

He introduced a long string of his work resume, and finally explained, "When I just entered the restaurant, I looked like you, and when I looked carefully, it really was."

With a kind of intimacy, Wang Hui didn't wait for Zhang Enyuan to let him, and sat down with the meal tray.

It wasn't until he sat down that he seemed to have just reacted, and asked embarrassedly, "Secretary Zhang, can I sit here?"

"It's okay, there is no one else here."

Zhang Enyuan smiled, nodded, and said, "I just came too, I didn't expect anyone to know me."

"I saw you when the Secretary-General came to the Tianjin Trade Management Center for research."

Wang Hui explained with a smile, "It was still the first half of last year. You and the Secretary-General were eating in the canteen, and I was sitting at the neighboring table."

"Really sorry, I didn't pay attention at the time." Zhang Enyuan smiled politely and said, "I've run to a lot of places this year."

"And seen a lot of people, right?"

Wang Hui didn't care about Zhang Enyuan's words, and also knew that it was normal for the other party not to know him.

He ate a mouthful of noodles, and only after swallowing it politely did he say, "I came back from Fengcheng. I should have taken the train, but unfortunately, I didn't buy a ticket for that line. Later I thought this line is also okay."

Red Steel Group's own passenger ship has this good point. As a commuting guarantee for employees, it has a set of food supply, so it won't let everyone go hungry.

The noodles are freshly boiled, knife-cut noodles, very chewy, and matched with ready-made chili oil and sauce, it's delicious.

"Do you mind if I eat garlic?"

Wang Hui signaled the garlic clove in his hand and said with a smile, "Eating noodles without garlic, the taste is less than half."

"Hehe, please feel free—"

Zhang Enyuan looked at him with a smile and said, "This is originally a restaurant, there is no such thing as being particular."

"Then I won't be polite."

Wang Hui peeled the garlic clove with his hand while smiling, and continued to explain in his mouth, "I couldn't buy a train ticket from Fengcheng to Tianjin, so I bought a ticket from Fengcheng to Yingcheng."

"It's the same taking a ship from Yingcheng to Tianjin."

He laughed very brightly, and the vitality of young people at the dinner table didn't seem dull at all.

Zhang Enyuan didn't care about the purpose of him coming to find him to eat together, just treat it as helping him divert his attention.

Anyway, it's just a meal time.

It started out thinking this way, but as time went on, he regretted his decision more and more.

This young man is polite and speaks well, but there is one thing, knife-cut noodles can't block his mouth. He is really able to talk. No wonder he works in the sales department. This is really a professional counterpart.

"I don't know if it's very presumptuous to ask this," Wang Hui talked for a long time, then looked at Zhang Enyuan and asked politely, "Are you..."

"Accompanying the leader on a business trip." Zhang Enyuan didn't hide it. Since the other party is on this ship and introduced himself, there is nothing to hide.

Red Star Steel Group's security force is very comprehensive, even a bit neurotic.

According to the situation he learned, there is heavy firepower on this ship, saying it is to deal with pirates.

It's too funny to joke. When have pirates ever come to Bohaiwan? Who it is defending against is self-evident.

Even for pirates, it is so serious, and it is even more serious for the safety on the ship.

Not to mention that Li Li Xuewu is on the ship, a passenger route back and forth once a week, there are indeed many leaders who will take this route to commute. If anything happens to anyone, or some bad words are spread, the work of the shipping department this year will be in vain.

So Zhang Enyuan doesn't fear any danger, unless the other party wants to get something out of his mouth.

Do you really think that the recognition of his face can be compared to Li Li Xuewu, and everyone can recognize him?

Of course, he doesn't deny this possibility, but it is still too low, low to the point that he has precautions in his heart.

Especially standing beside the leader, the eyes are all looking at the leader, who will look at him.

So he doesn't quite believe the words Wang Hui said, that he could remember his appearance just by sitting at the neighboring table when the Secretary-General came to the center for research last year.

Of course, he doesn't deny that there is such a possibility, but it is still too low, low to the point that he has precautions in his heart.

"Ah, the Secretary-General is on the ship?"

Wang Hui stared wide-eyed as if he had just reacted, and asked, "You are not with him?"

"Hehe, the leader is reading."

Zhang Enyuan smiled, looked at him, and replied, "I didn't eat enough at noon, so I came to deal with it."

"Understand, especially secretarial work."

Wang Hui nodded very understandingly and said, "My brother-in-law also works in the office. He is the same as you, he has to find time to slip a seam to eat."

"Mm, you work in the dispatch center?"

Zhang Enyuan didn't want to give him a chance to discuss the leader's affairs and shifted the topic to the other party.

"Yes, the headquarters dispatch center."

Wang Hui introduced actively, "Mainly responsible for business contact, which is running errands."

He smiled lightly and explained his work content with a joke.

Putting aside the speculation and precaution of the other party's purpose, Zhang Enyuan actually appreciated his mentality.

"It's quite good, you can walk all over the world." He looked at Wang Hui and said with an envious tone, "Unlike us, we are in a circle for a long time."

"If it weren't for the hardship of running long distances, this work would really be worth mentioning."

Wang Hui also smiled and complained, "I can't have a week at home in a month. My mother has to contact me in advance to see me."

"Hehe, is your home in Beijing?"

Zhang Enyuan listened to his accent and remembered his self-introduction just now, saying he was from the sales office.

The sales office of the group now is not the original sales office of the Red Star Factory. There have been great changes in personnel, and he knows that many newcomers have entered.

The sales office in the true sense is now called the Marketing Management Department, and the sales office is under this department.

And many people from the original sales office have been transferred to lower-level units for exercise, such as the Sales General Company.

However, being able to mention that he was originally in the sales office, he must be an old person from the Red Star Factory.

"My father used to be an accountant in the factory."

Wang Hui nodded and introduced, "Retired in '65, I am the youngest in the family."

"Then you caught up with good times."

Zhang Enyuan looked him up and down and said, "There have been few children of employees entering the factory in these years."

"Hi—times are changing!"

Wang Hui chatted while eating noodles, "My father also said I have good fate, and every step stepped on the point."

He is really a smart person, the topic has reached this point, and he can still brake.

Zhang Enyuan finished eating first, looked at him with a smile, and already had a judgment in his heart.

This might be a scout arranged by the Tianjin Trade Management Center to keep track of their movements.

Although it is the first time to meet, it is not the first time to hear about such small means.

Lower-level units are nervous to death when they hear that leaders are coming for research, or just passing by simply.

What to do if you are not sure when the leader will come? Arrange for Benboba to come out to explore the road!

Wang Hui is Benboba, or Baboben is also fine. Anyway, he is here to anchor their position.

Not annoying, but makes people shake their heads.

Zhang Enyuan has also worked in the business department and has done reception work, knowing this mentality.

But he never thought that someone would use such exaggerated means to make an ambush in advance.

However, thinking about who is the number one person in the sales company, he was relieved. That person almost folded last year.

Everyone says that the Secretary-General spoke good words for him at the meeting, and there is also Chief Economist Gao Gao Yaqin protecting him.

In reality?

Zhang Enyuan dare not say whether that General Manager Zhuang is Gao Zong's person, but he knows that it is definitely not the Secretary-General's relationship. Even if he said something at the meeting, it was normal work, absolutely no intention of shielding.

And the General Manager Zhuang who survived a disaster is probably still afraid, so he spread the relationship of so-and-so.

Actually, Zhang Enyuan also feels that it shouldn't be spread like this, because having one more Secretary-General's relationship doesn't count for anything, after all, the Secretary-General is good to everyone.

But this relationship has Gao Zong. If there is really a relationship, it's fine. If there is no relationship, then the real relationship is offended.

Even he hates fence-sitters, let alone leaders.

So it is unknown whether General Manager Zhuang will appear on the wharf waiting for the Secretary-General. If he really does this, then General Manager Zhuang is really confused.

Critical period, the more panicked, the more finished.

Chatting with Wang Hui in the restaurant for about an hour, he said goodbye.

Wang Hui didn't pester him, and didn't even have the intention of probing in the conversation just now.

A young man who understands the sense of proportion, he has been exercised in the business department, and does not make people feel disgusted.

Li Li Xuewu's cabin is not far or near from the restaurant, which is convenient for dining and avoids noise.

In fact, the environment of the cabin he is in is already very good, not only with a comfortable bed but also with a desk.

This condition shows at a glance that it is prepared for leaders taking the ship, and the shipping department also has its own small calculations.

It doesn't mean that every time there is a big leader on the ship, but if it happens, it will be troublesome if there is none.

"Secretary-General, the food in the restaurant is quite delicious. If you are hungry, I will help you bring it back?"

Zhang Enyuan walked into the room, glanced at the teacup on the table, picked up the thermos, and added hot water.

Li Li Xuewu was still reading, and said without lifting his head, "No, not hungry yet, talk later."

"Just met a quite interesting young man in the restaurant, said he was from the sales office of the original Red Star Factory."

Zhang Enyuan reported softly while tidying up the table, "Now working at the Tianjin Supply Chain Headquarters Dispatch Center, said he was on a business trip to Fengcheng."

"Mm, did he ask about your itinerary?"

Li Li Xuewu's mind is so sensitive. Zhang Enyuan may have encountered this kind of thing less, but he has seen a lot.

This is without mobile phones and positioning. When he was responsible for security work in the prefecture-level company, he did a lot of reception work, just afraid of sudden attacks.

How did he deal with it?

It's a bit strange to say. He was friends with the small cadre in charge of the fleet at the provincial company, and he got the fleet management account and password with a meal of wine.

Anyone who has been in contact with fleet management in later companies knows what this means.

He knew the location, speed, remaining fuel, and mileage of all official vehicles of the provincial company.

Unless it was really the leader's own car passing by temporarily, no one could penetrate his defense network.

It couldn't be prevented in this era, not even mobile phones. He estimated that the other party's means of reporting news should be a short-range radio transmitter.

That thing is really not difficult to operate. Just send a telegram after their ship enters the Haihe River.

It will take some time from the Haihe River to the wharf where the Trade Management Center is located, enough for the other party to prepare.

Because he has seen a lot, so when Zhang Enyuan reported these things impartially, Li Li Xuewu knew the origin of the other party in an instant.

No need to consider coincidence, because Zhang Enyuan would not specifically report to him if it were really a coincidence.

"No, a very sensible young man."

Zhang Enyuan smiled and said, "Just asked one more sentence, wanted to invite me to eat at his home in Beijing."

"Hehe—" Li Li Xuewu chuckled and focused his attention on the book again.

Everyone says his theoretical foundation is higher than his business ability. This is not an illusion, but the result of hard work.

He also read big books before, but not of this era. Although there is continuity in history, some content changed after the turning point.

So he is also relearning, just with learning experience and methods, and can read it.

Novels and theoretical knowledge are different. Novels are more popular, and the text is easier to understand.

Theoretical books create reading barriers because of rigid and serious terms and necessary theoretical support.

Let's put it this way, true theoretical knowledge books tell you whether you can understand them and whether you can read them when you open the title page.

Being literate and having thoughts and culture are two different things.

The slogan of being a young person in the new era with thoughts and culture has been shouted for many years, because many young people have not realized that they really lack ideological education, and their cultural level is really average.

The passenger ship arrived at Wharf 78 of the Haihe River in Tianjin on the evening of the 11th, which is the Trade Company Wharf.

When the Red Star Factory decided to buy a building here to form a Trade Management Center, this port was still very depressed, and few ships docked.

Three years have passed, and the changes are not insignificant.

Li Li Xuewu watched with his own eyes as the wharf facilities were perfected and more ships docked.

In fact, there are fewer and fewer ships for shipping and passenger transport in this era, especially inland rivers.

But the particularity of shipping and the insufficiency of railway carrying capacity have caused inland river shipping to always exist.

Li Li Xuewu estimated that in another ten years, it would be really difficult to see big ships sailing in.

A yacht of the Geely Star Shipping is docked at the wharf, which is Catherine's mobile office.

But this ship being here doesn't mean Catherine is also in Tianjin. Li Li Xuewu knows she went to Hong Kong.

The Red Star Steel Group got a lot of good things from the trip to East Germany, and Catherine's 5 million didn't go to waste.

She got a camera production technology, as well as procurement channels for water pumps and medical equipment.

Not only that, with Li Li Xuewu's help, she also got the import channel for mining equipment with the advantage of money, which can be considered a big business.

The United Energy Development General Company formed by the Red Steel Group needs a large amount of mining equipment. Catherine flew to Hong Kong to handle the procurement project of water pumps and medical equipment first, and when she comes back, she will negotiate with the mining company.

Camera technology landing is not urgent. There are many camera manufacturers in the country, so it is better to be safe.

And the equipment import channel is more urgent, because it does not involve the production link, time is money.

First set up the trade channel, she has to determine the direction of distribution to the mainland, and then ensure that every ship of goods arrives at the port according to the agreement.

This is a long-term business, making money is really making money, and she has also begun to intervene in international trade.

Red Star Steel Group has an International Business Department in Steel City. Purchasing from the club can save the bidding procedures of the Tianjin Supply Chain Headquarters, which is more convenient.

The goal of making big money with Li Li Xuewu has been temporarily realized, but it is unknown what the result will be. She also carries the pressure of going home to get married.

"Secretary-General, hello, welcome to Tianjin."

He Xiangdong, Deputy General Manager of Red Star Steel Group Sales General Company, Wang Wenyao, General Manager of United Trade Management Center, Huang Zhongmei, General Manager of Supply Chain Headquarters, and Wang Ye, President of Red Star United Savings Bank Tianjin Branch, greeted him on the wharf, and the scene was set up enough.

No need to think, it must be Zhuang Zhuang Cangshu's arrangement.

He has a sense of proportion, didn't come personally, otherwise Li Li Xuewu would really have to make him embarrassed.

Even He Xiangdong is here, Li Li Xuewu only shook hands after hearing his reason.

"The exhibition activities at the beginning of the year will be held this month, and the first month is the hardware industry."

When sending Li Li Xuewu to the car, He Xiangdong personally introduced the purpose of his coming to Tianjin.

Li Li Xuewu just listened. The exhibition is important, and it is reasonable for the deputy general of the general company to come to watch, but it is too coincidental.

However, he can also understand Zhuang Zhuang Cangshu's caution, after all, he is under pressure and wants to jump over the dragon gate.

"Do you want to go to the Trade Management Center to take a look first? Our employees are still working."

"Already saw it." Li Li Xuewu stood at the car door, lifted his head, and pointed to the office building opposite. The lights of the Trade Management Center were the brightest.

And the windows of the entire building complex were almost all lit, comparable to the scene of 996 in later generations.

"Is it this busy?"

Li Li Xuewu asked after getting in the car.

He Xiangdong sat in the back row and explained with a smile, "365 days a year, every day is like this."

"Mm, I can see it's hard work."

Li Li Xuewu pointed to the front and said, "Then go and see, look at the work of the comrades."

"You can eat in the canteen nearby."

He Xiangdong said with a smile, "Zhuang Zong said, you don't like extravagance and waste, we didn't prepare a banquet to welcome you, is a working meal okay?"

"He lied to you, I like big meals the most." Li Li Xuewu said with a smile, "Who doesn't like to eat good food, who doesn't like to listen to flattery."

"Then we are terrible—"

He Xiangdong laughed and said, "However, the food in our canteen is also very good, especially at this time, the comrades who haven't gone home to work overtime deserve better welfare treatment."

"Working overtime at night, what about the morning?"

Li Li Xuewu looked at the scenery on the shore outside the car window and asked, "The comrades are very hard, their combat effectiveness will be weakened."

"We also flexibly adjust the working hours according to the particularity of the work nature."

He Xiangdong pointed to the company building across the road and explained, "Many projects and work need to be completed by working overtime, so as to prepare for the trading business tomorrow morning, so business personnel have to work overtime."

"Of course, we allow them to come a little later in the morning, and we have prepared subsidies."

He looked at Li Li Xuewu and introduced, "Overtime subsidies, and team work bonuses."

"Mm, your work is special."

Li Li Xuewu watched the car arrive under the building, and only got off the car after the secretary opened the door.

He first looked at the brightly lit hall, and then lifted his head to look at the newly built office building.

Really, there is a feeling of returning to 996. When he went to Beijing for a meeting, he went out to eat at night, and he could still see the office building lit all night at ten o'clock.

"There is no one in the exhibition hall on the first floor, the business is working upstairs."

Wang Wenyao, General Manager of the Management Center, took the lead and introduced, "The time to really get off work is at nine or ten o'clock in the evening. Besides dormitories, there are shuttle buses to pick up and drop off. The welfare conditions are still nothing to say."

"This might be the busiest office area in the surrounding area."

Li Li Xuewu stood on the steps and looked around. Only the position he was in was the most eye-catching.

"You are right, citizens often come to watch the fun at night, more in summer, less in winter."

Huang Zhongmei stood on the side and introduced, "It's very lively when getting off work at night. I'm afraid everyone will have danger, so the security section stands at the door and stares at people getting on the bus, not allowing them to ride bicycles on night roads."

"Okay, you care more, and the comrades can use more heart, it's best not to have danger."

Li Li Xuewu nodded, stepped into the Trade Management Center building, and the lights here were even more dazzling.

The office building completed last year was rebuilt on the original site, and the total number of floors was increased to 9.

Is a nine-story building high?

Count, and don't count.

For this Tianjin, these building complexes are considered the best buildings in the economic zone.

It can't be said to be the highest, but it is also a prominent part of the city plane.

The original 3-story building was long unusable, and even the units that moved in couldn't spread out their desks.

Actually, it's not enough now, the building is increased, but the business volume of the Trade Management Center and related units has increased, if it weren't for other buildings to allocate, maybe it would have to be added.

Red Steel Group has arranged important business segments of the Sales General Company here.

The branch persons in charge who arrived at the scene today represent several business points in Tianjin.

United Trade, Supply Chain, United Savings Bank, and Supply and Marketing Company.

"Good evening, leader."

Some employees recognize Li Li Xuewu, and they are surprised and stunned to see him at this time.

Fortunately, they can react and say hello.

Li Li Xuewu also responded with a smile. When visiting the comprehensive business command center, he saw the busyness of the trading hall.

It was almost seven o'clock, the phone was still ringing, someone was updating sales data on the big blackboard, and business personnel were walking back and forth between the desks, very busy.

Li Li Xuewu didn't go in. His appearance might bring trouble to the other party, no need.

Saw from the 3rd floor to the 7th floor, and then came down to eat the working meal in the canteen. 【1538-

He saw everything from the 3rd floor up to the 7th floor before coming down to the canteen for a working meal.

Calling it a working meal to host him was truly a reception that was both sumptuous and simple.

Li Li Xuewu didn't feel slighted, nor did he mention whether they had intended to curry favor with him.

Someone always has to take the lead; if they are willing to feign integrity to please him, then he will strive to make them keep up that act for a long time.

It didn't matter what he ate, it was just a meal; he was more interested in seeing the working atmosphere here.

Passing through Tianjin this time, he had no research mission; it was just that the other party had overreacted a bit.

It was likely that Zhuang Zhuang Cangshu had expectations in his heart, or perhaps he was afraid Li Li Xuewu would find some trouble here.

In short, the four of them accompanied him quite well here, not wanting him to pick out any faults.

After dinner, the group chatted in the restaurant, with each person briefly reporting on their own work and the recent business of their respective units.

Li Li Xuewu just listened without expressing any opinions or views, then left after drinking a cup of hot tea.

He didn't go to the guesthouse; his house was right across the street, next to where Li Li Huai De kept his mistress.

He Xiangdong and the others were aware he had a residence across the street, so they didn't bring up arranging accommodation.

They only urged the driver to drive slowly and watch out for danger, performing their duties very well.

Li Li Xuewu shook hands with each of them when he got into the car and thanked them for their hard work.

It was indeed hard work; if it weren't to welcome him, they might have gone home to rest long ago.

Leaders who come to the unit at unconventional hours are always disliked, and it would be even more annoying if one talked too much.

Wu Wu Shuping knew he was coming back today, so she had arranged for Lu Jie to make preparations.

As soon as he got out of the car, the courtyard gate opened.

"Sir, you're back."

"Lu Jie, you haven't rested yet."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, then got out of the car with Zhang Enyuan.

Zhang Enyuan carried the luggage and looked over the Western-style house; it was indeed his first time coming here.

He had been to all of the leader's residences in Beijing, not to mention the ones in Steel City, but he truly didn't know the leader had a place to stay here as well.

"Zhang Enyuan, my secretary."

Li Li Xuewu introduced him to Lu Jie upon entering the courtyard and also introduced Lu Jie to Zhang Enyuan.

"I'll do it, no trouble."

Seeing Lu Jie coming to take the luggage from his hands, Zhang Enyuan smiled and politely declined, saying, "It's very light."

"Welcome, Secretary Zhang."

Lu Jie smiled and greeted him, then raised her hand to gesture toward the foyer, inviting him to enter the house together.

"I went back to Beijing for a meeting and had nowhere to stay."

After entering the house, Li Li Xuewu took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack by the door, explaining to Wu Wu Shuping, who was standing in the entryway to welcome him, "I said I'd just rest in Tianjin for one night before going back, to save the trouble of being too tired."

"Tomorrow happens to be the weekend." Wu Wu Shuping first smiled and greeted Zhang Enyuan, then said to Li Li Xuewu, "Did you plan it all out?"

"Time is rushing forward step by step; how could it be all planned out?" Li Li Xuewu walked into the living room, looked around, and turned back to ask with a smile, "Where is my son?"

"He's upstairs, just finished his bath."

Wu Wu Shuping couldn't help but smile and introduced, "He's finished playing; he's not idle for a single moment."

She smiled because Li Li Xuewu hadn't avoided calling for his son in front of a secretary he had brought home for the first time.

This openness gave her a sense of security.

Of course, she knew Li Xin wasn't Li Li Xuewu's biological child, but Li Li Xuewu's actions were responsible enough.

Zhang Enyuan was indeed startled; he thought he had misheard. How could Li Ning be here?

However, seeing the leader's calm attitude, he had other guesses in his heart.

A godson; the leader has a godson.

There were two in Steel City; one was older and lived with the leader, and a younger one who was said to have moved to Beijing.

He did know the background of the older one; he was the son of the guesthouse manager at the group.

In this day and age, having a godson was a very common thing. The leader bringing him here meant he didn't treat him as an outsider, so he certainly couldn't act inappropriately.

So, taking the opportunity to put away his luggage, he hurried back to the first floor to his room and didn't come out again.

Once in his place, he would sleep peacefully; he wouldn't know what he shouldn't know, wouldn't listen to what he shouldn't listen to, and wouldn't ask what he shouldn't ask.

Wu Wu Shuping really didn't mind his arrival because she trusted Li Li Xuewu more; how could someone brought by him be someone untrustworthy?

"Last time in Beijing, I said I wanted to see you, but I asked Shen Guodong and he said you had returned to Liaodong."

She handed Li Li Xuewu a cup of warm water she had prepared earlier, sat on the sofa beside him, and explained, "Why are you in such a hurry? Have the projects all been implemented?"

"If they were truly implemented, I wouldn't have needed to make this trip back." Li Li Xuewu took a sip of hot water and then said, "I'm just really worried about Steel City."

"What, something happened again?"

Wu Wu Shuping had some understanding of his work, and she raised an eyebrow and asked, "It can't be, has it only been a few days?"

"I've been gone for half a month." Li Li Xuewu put down the water glass and said, "Counting the time since I came back, it's been a month; how could I dare to let go?"

"It's too hard; it's mainly mentally exhausting."

Wu Wu Shuping looked at him and said, "You have to keep an eye on everything, and you have to be careful about everything."

"Otherwise?" Li Li Xuewu glanced at her and said, "Aren't you like that now?"

"I'm not as busy as you—"

Wu Wu Shuping turned her body toward him and said, "Just those few things at the company, and I still have time to handle the work at the recycling station."

"Oh, by the way, Zhou Xiao Bai is back, did you know?" She smiled, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "She hasn't contacted you?"

"How did she come back?"

Li Li Xuewu frowned slightly and said, "Wasn't she supposed to be in the army? Can she just come back whenever she wants?"

"They say she got into medical school."

Wu Wu Shuping looked at him and said, "She's back in Beijing; maybe she wanted to give you a surprise."