Chapter 1553: Waves Rise Again

"Aren't you already a group?" Gu Ning returned home and saw Li Xuewu sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. Recalling the discussions among her colleagues, she asked, "Why are you a group again?"

"Mm, the last time was just for fun; this time it's for real."

Li Xuewu answered casually and looked up to ask her, "Why are you back so early today?"

Gu Ning had long been accustomed to his serious nonsense. She hung up her coat and replied, "There was a study meeting today, and I came back as soon as it ended."

Li Ning trotted over, wanting to hug her, clamoring to eat "ga-ga."

"What is 'ga-ga'?"

Gu Ning really didn't know "baby talk." She let her son pull her finger to the cabinet, and seeing that he was pointing at the cookies in the iron box, she asked, "Didn't your little aunt give you anything to eat?"

"Mei-you—" Among other words that were considered normal, this one had the heaviest accent.

"Where is Er Ya?" Seeing Li Ning say this, Gu Ning glanced at the kitchen. Usually, when she got off work, the house wouldn't be this quiet; the pots and pans should have been ringing long ago.

"Your daughter wants to eat roast duck."

Li Xuewu turned a page, looked at his son, and reminded him, "You're not hungry."

"Hungry—" Li Ning looked at his father and emphasized unconvinced, "Ningning is hungry—"

"You ate three big cookies all afternoon and you're still saying you're hungry? Did you fall into a bottomless pit?"

Li Xuewu pointed at the fruit plate on the coffee table and said, "If you're hungry, eat an apple."

"I want to eat ga-ga—" Li Ning didn't pick up his father's topic, turned to look at his mother, his eyes full of little stars. He was best at acting pitiful.

Usually, he didn't suffer much from the big demon sister at home; as long as he admitted defeat in time, he could get forgiveness. "I was wrong" was what he said most standardly.

"We'll eat when your little aunt comes back."

Gu Ning didn't spoil the children; she was like this to Li Shu, and she was like this to Li Ning.

She ignored the "little stars" in her son's eyes and turned into the kitchen.

"Er Ya cooked before she left."

Li Xuewu didn't know what Gu Ning was going to do, but he still reminded her, "She said you don't need to lift a finger."

"When did you get back?"

Gu Ning took a basin of water out of the dining room, walked to the coffee table, and re-washed the fruit in the plate. Seeing her like this, Li Ning ran upstairs as fast as he could.

How could apples be as delicious as ga-ga? If his stomach was full of apples, he wouldn't be able to eat ga-ga. He wasn't stupid.

Although Gu Ning was a doctor, she didn't have mysophobia, but she was very focused on hygiene.

In this era, the most widely treated diseases really weren't viral infections, but rather bacterial diseases caused by unsanitary environments.

What was the most effective way to avoid bacterial infection? Wash hands frequently.

Therefore, the thing Li Shu and Li Ning found most annoying and headache-inducing in this house was their mother's constant reminders: wash hands before meals…

"I went to Erqi this afternoon, and seeing it was about time, I came back early."

Li Xuewu put down the newspaper, looked at her, and asked, "Are you not busy lately? Do you want to take the children with me to Steel City for a few days?"

"No, no time." Gu Ning decisively rejected his proposal, "Going last time took several days to recover."

Gu Ning handed him the washed apple, her expression indifferent, and said, "You take Li Ning; he's willing to go out."

"Where are we going?" Not knowing where he had been hiding just now, Li Ning's little head appeared at the stairs again when he heard about going out.

"Come down and eat apples." Gu Ning said only one sentence, and the stairs were empty again.

She didn't force him, just used a fruit knife to peel the apple and cut it into pieces. There was always a way to get her son on the hook.

"If he goes with me alone, he'll really be left to graze." Li Xuewu glanced at the stairs and said, "When is Li Shu on vacation?"

"Aren't you all adjusting holidays for the big meeting? No days off all year?"

"No one. The medical college is short-handed." Even Gu Ning's temper couldn't help but complain, "Not a single person was left for us last year; they were all sent to the frontier regions."

Li Xuewu knew about this. The higher-ups were very annoyed with the practices of some college students. Except for relatively special majors, most of the three graduating classes that had been backlogged were sent to the frontier.

If it weren't for his advance preparation, Li Xuecai would be seeing patients at a herdsman's house right now.

Perhaps some special professions were so short of people that it affected the normal operation of society, which was why there were targeted training indicators other than workers, peasants, and soldiers.

Zhou Xiaobai took this path, starting from an internship at the medical office, and was sent to medical university for targeted training as soon as she had a little experience.

If there were no other changes, she would still have to return to her original unit to work after four years.

Of course, her situation was special, and Gu Ning's situation was even more special. Having had the experience of supporting the frontier at the front line, her work unit didn't intend to let her go.

"Transfer?" Li Xuewu teased her, "How about coming to the United Hospital? The conditions are better, the treatment goes without saying, and there's absolutely no pressure to take time off. The cases aren't any fewer than the general hospital."

"No, too lazy to move."

Gu Ning cut the apples and stood up. She didn't deliberately look at the stairs, and while carrying the water basin to the dining room, she said, "When Li Shu gets out of school, let her watch Li Ning eat apples."

"I don't want to eat apples—" Li Ning's crying voice came, as if it were the end of the world.

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at the dining room, shouting to his son, "A short pain is better than a long one. If you wait until your sister comes back and get slapped again, won't it be unjust?"

"Dad." Li Ning stood at the corner of the stairs, looked at him very seriously, and said, "I suddenly don't feel hungry. I won't eat the apple, okay?"

"That won't do." Li Xuewu deliberately teased him, shook his head, and sighed, "There is a kind of hunger that your mother thinks you're hungry. Surrender quickly; Li Shu will be back in a while."

"Wuwuwu—" Even though he was crying, Li Ning still moved step by step to the coffee table and ate the apple as if swallowing medicine.

He wasn't afraid of his sister hitting him; just like his father said, he just felt it was a loss.

"Roast duck is bought—"

Er Ya was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket. She dropped her bike and entered the house. As soon as she entered, she saw Li Ning crying and thought he was hungry.

"Dinner will be ready soon. We'll eat when your sister gets out of school. Eat until you're full."

"Ah—" Hearing what her little aunt said, Li Ning cried even louder.

With a piece of apple in his stomach, he really wasn't hungry anymore.

Just in time, Zhao Yaping, who went to pick up Li Shu, also entered the house, followed by the big demon Li Shu, who was following behind with her little schoolbag.

"Wow—what smells so good!"

She didn't even change her shoes, sniffed with her little nose, and was about to walk to the living room, but was grabbed by the back of her neck by Zhao Yafang and pulled back.

"Change your shoes. Are you waiting for me to mop the floor later?"

The big demon turned her head and hummed, kicked off her little shoes, and ran to the dining room. When passing by Li Ning, she gave him a slap and scolded, "What are you crying for? All you know is crying all day."

"Wow—what is that, it smells so good!"

You hit me when I didn't eat the apple, and you hit me when I ate the apple. Then didn't I eat the apple for nothing? Apples are too much of a loss—

Li Xuewu was held up by old Li until the 30th before he could get away and return to Steel City, and he even participated in the establishment ceremony of the Red Star Steel Group.

The ceremony day was naturally full of ritual. That guy—it was gongs and drums, firecrackers dancing, red flags waving, and a sea of people. This description was not an exaggeration at all.

Li Xuewu didn't just watch his ambition from the perspective of a bystander; he participated personally to see his high spirits, his tiger-like momentum, and his rapid progress.

During this period, after three days of high-intensity negotiations, the negotiation team led by Gao Yaqin officially finalized the negotiations with Shenfei and signed a cooperation agreement that same day.

Things like cooperation agreements had no effect before the Red Star Factory was used, except for foreign affairs cooperation or foreign economic cooperation.

The reason was very simple. Currently, there was no complete contract law in the country. What was the use of an agreement without a law to rely on?

There was. In this era, there was still reputation and face to speak of when units did things with units.

It was fine if the leaders didn't change. After two or three years, any project would be completed. If the leader changed halfway through the cooperation, then it would be over.

If you really encountered a good project and the new leader was still a person, the project could continue. It was just scary to encounter the kind who didn't act like a person. If the previous one wasn't progressive, then you could fall into a pit.

The Red Steel Group took the lead in using the form of an agreement to constrain both parties of the cooperation and clearly stipulated the conditions for the project to proceed in the agreement.

Even if the cooperation was terminated halfway, there were conditions to constrain asset liquidation.

Even if there was coordination, don't think about going to court. There was no place to accept it. This kind of thing was prepared to be taken to the leaders to talk about.

But even so, black and white were more useful than those farts on the wine table.

So far, no unit had dared to default on the Red Steel Group's account, and other related cooperation units had followed suit, learning the superficial work of the signing ceremony held by the Red Steel Group.

The signing ceremony not only had reporters arranged by the Red Steel Group, but Shenfei also brought their own people.

The United Industrial News, United Radio Station, and other media belonging to the group occupied the exclusive reporting position and recorded the whole process.

Television hadn't been widely popularized in this era. Why spend so much money on recording?

On the one hand, it was to retain group development materials; on the other hand, it was to leave traces and evidence.

With black and white, and video materials retained, if it really made a scene, it would make you famous nationwide and ruin your reputation. This could also be considered a kind of deterrent.

Under the cooperation framework with Shenfei, there were more engine industrial cooperation and deep development projects. Shenfei would coordinate the production work of new engines and existing diesel ship engines.

The Red Steel Group needed engines. Not only did Steel Auto need them, but Yingcheng Shipping and Steel Flight also needed them. Previously, Steel Auto and Steel Flight had both formed their own engine production factories in the Steel City Industrial Zone, while Yingcheng Shipping cooperated with Bincheng Shipping, using third-party ship power systems.

This cooperation would change the source and composition of the power systems of the group's three major heavy industries.

The supply chain system would be further restructured and shuffled. The production task of the Red Star first-generation engine was about to be canceled and replaced by the Liming Engine Factory to OEM the production of the Red Star second-generation engine and provide the latest model engines to the supply chain.

The power system manufacturing factories formed by Steel Auto and Steel Flight would be retained to experimentally produce special model engines to supply Tantu and others.

Similarly, the agreement also included the part of the Tadong Airport replacement Red Steel Group's three-production industry. The Red Steel Group was about to send the prepared receiving team to Fengcheng to execute the takeover task.

Shenfei would also arrange for the corresponding financial liquidation team to enter the Red Steel Group's three-production management office to liquidate the industries replaced on an equal basis.

Gao Yaqin, who came to see Li Xuewu off, also talked about this matter, right on the tarmac, in the dark of night.

"What if the three-production industry's assets are not enough to cover the debt?"

Gao Yaqin put both hands in the pockets of her long woolen coat. She had drawn quite a few clothes back from her several trips to Hong Kong.

It had to be said that women really had no resistance to clothes. If she wasn't interested in clothing and accessories, she wouldn't have thought of doing clothing production and trade.

Of course, she wasn't only interested in clothing, but this category had already been snatched by Zhang Songying.

If it weren't for Zhang Songying's precedent, she wouldn't have thought of asking Li Xuewu to advise on the clothing trade project.

If you asked what the relationship between Zhang Songying and Li Xuewu was, that she could get such a good project?

She didn't care about this at all; she only cared about what Zhang Songying could do, and what she could or couldn't do.

Gao Yaqin wasn't that confident in her own vision and judgment on this point, but she believed in Li Xuewu.

The group knew that Li Xuewu always had a method, had calculations, and had a poisonous vision, and had never missed.

She was both envious and a little jealous. Clearly, she was older than him and had more experience than him, but she just wasn't as capable as him.

The two of them were considered to have entered the management committee one after another. Even if she was already a head above Li Xuewu, in terms of influence, she was far inferior to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu suffered because of his age, so he had to go to Liaodong to practice, so as not to progress too fast and end up like Jing Yunong at the management committee level, with a lame leg.

(Jing Yunong: You saw the old lady with a lame leg? That's because you don't know, the old lady hugged a big thick thigh early on. Remember, thick, oh!)

She knew very well that as long as Li Xuewu was given time, he would sooner or later surpass her and become the main leader of the group.

In the workplace, people also believe in the saying "if you can't beat them, join them." People can't fight fate, so she accepted her fate.

After the celebration banquet, other group leaders entertained their own relationship networks, but only she came to the airport to see him off.

Li Xuewu chose to fly back to Steel City overnight, which in Gao Yaqin's view was already an attitude.

How did that saying go?

Watch him build a high building, watch him feast guests…

Li Xuewu wasn't a narrow-minded person; on the contrary, in her view, he was an excellent cadre with great ambitions.

Coincidentally, she was confident she was also such a person.

While other group leaders were lingering in social interactions and relationships, she hoped she was standing on Li Xuewu's side.

"Unless they are crazy."

Zhang Enyuan carried their luggage and boarded the plane first, while Zhou Xiaoling was busy helping out.

Li Xuewu was in a long black woolen coat, paired with a white scarf knitted by Ran Qiuye inside the collar. The lightning-struck hairstyle under the airport lights had quite the demeanor of a big boss.

If it weren't for the scar on his face that was too fierce, masking his own handsomeness, he could really fascinate thousands of young girls.

Of course, even now, losing half of his handsomeness but gaining a unique temperament, he was still fascinating.

This damn thing called charm was really hard to explain. Once you met it, you couldn't hide from it no matter what.

Zhou Xiaoling, who wasn't wearing much, would rather stand in the ice and snow waiting for him to say the first sentence than return to the cabin to warm up.

"If Wang Xin has the heart to build something in the three-production industry, he will never offend you." Li Xuewu looked at her playfully and emphasized, "The one who holds the bull's ear of the Red Steel Group's economic work."

"Is this a compliment to me?"

Gao Yaqin smiled slightly. She wasn't very presumptuous, but she was worthy of Li Xuewu's teasing.

She believed in Li Xuewu, and naturally believed in this sentence of his. Li Xuewu said her future was limitless, so naturally, his words carried weight.

If she couldn't hold the group's economic bull's ear, then it must be Li Xuewu's problem, and it had nothing to do with her.

"I came to see you off not only to say a smooth journey, but also to say one sentence: the group is not yours alone."

She raised her eyebrows, rarely revealing her true heart, and said with concern, "Don't work so hard; there's still us."

"Of course, Deputy Director Jing said she would fly to Steel City the day after tomorrow."

Li Xuewu said with hidden meaning, "I hope she is here to support me, and it would be best if she could care about me."

"Ha ha—" Gao Yaqin thought his sentence was very funny, "Do you need me to say good things for you?"

"Forget it. I estimate that the contradiction between her and me couldn't be adjusted even by the UN Secretary-General. Don't waste your effort."

Li Xuewu could really bullshit. He raised his hand to gesture to the plane behind him and said, "Just send it here. I still welcome you to Steel City, and I welcome you at any time."

"I believe your sentence is sincere."

Gao Yaqin smiled and said, "Shouqi decided to put 100 White Aries taxis into Fengcheng after Tadong Airport starts operations. This can be considered support for us."

"They are shrewd, heh heh."

Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "100 taxis. If they can be used, use them. If they can't be used, they can be dragged back to the capital. This isn't a fixed asset."

"They aren't as practical as Erqi."

He stamped his feet. Wearing leather shoes, he still couldn't stand the airport night. It was estimated to be 25 degrees now.

Of course, he was talking about minus.

"Did you talk it over with Erqi?"

Gao Yaqin also wanted to send him on the plane early; she was also freezing, but she was more concerned about what Li Xuewu talked about with Erqi.

"I'll talk to you about this later."

Li Xuewu turned his head and looked at Zhou Xiaoling, reached out and patted her arm, and said softly, "Help me pay attention to the movements of the Sanhe Corporation."

"Sanhe Corporation?" Gao Yaqin was shocked. Li Xuewu was so serious; could there be any changes?

Sanhe Corporation failed to reach a cooperation agreement with the Red Steel Group during this visit, but they lost a lot of face. It was possible that they would carry out retaliation later.

But Li Xuewu's meaning didn't seem to be just that.

"Yes, Sanhe Corporation."

Li Xuewu said in a lower voice, "I feel they will have unusual movements, which might be an opportunity for us."

"Unusual movements?" Gao Yaqin was even more surprised, frowned, looked at him, and asked, "In what aspect?"

"Sanhe Corporation's resident office in the capital."

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes and emphasized, "If there are no accidents, Nishida Kenichi will definitely make arrangements."

"And the news I received is that there seems to be a problem inside Sanhe's resident office in the capital. I don't know what it is specifically."

He looked around cautiously, making sure no second person heard what he was saying now, and then continued, "I have already arranged for people to watch it. If there is any problem and I can't rush back in time, you seize the opportunity and take action decisively."

"What you said… shouldn't be…" Gao Yaqin was completely shocked. This didn't seem to be the first time, right?

The first person in charge of the resident office in the capital, that is, the secretary of someone who stayed in the capital, didn't something happen? It was handled by Li Xuewu. For this, Sanhe paid a helicopter production line and two sets of CNC machining centers.

No one knew what the person involved got when Li Xuewu handled that matter, but looking at the remuneration provided by Sanhe, it was known to be extraordinary.

Now Sanhe's resident office in the capital was going to make trouble again?

Li Xuewu was also something. He didn't just pick one sheep and keep shearing it; that would be shearing it into old Li.

"I really don't know what happened."

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly, looked at her, and instructed, "My people can still be trusted, but I can't tell you who he is."

"You just need to know about this. Wait for my notification."

He pointed at Gao Yaqin again and emphasized, "Telling you is because you are responsible for the group's economic work. Do you understand?"

"Thank you, Secretary-General Li, for your appreciation and trust—" Gao Yaqin performed a show of gratitude, but Li Xuewu didn't want to stand here and bullshit with her anymore.

If it weren't for the fact that the matter he wanted to say was too confidential, he would never have suffered this cold.

"Alright, if there's anything you need my help with regarding the clothing trade project, just call me. I will not shirk my responsibility."

After finishing the confidential matter, Li Xuewu also took the opportunity to put forward his own requirements and conditions, and regardless of whether Gao Yaqin agreed or not, he turned and went to shake hands with the captain and Zhou Xiaoling, then waved and boarded the plane.

Gao Yaqin stood in place and looked at him, complaining in her heart about his overbearingness, but still defaulted to this transaction.

What did it mean to contact him if there was a need? Wasn't it just wanting to share a piece of the cake in this project?

This was inevitable. Li Huai De repeatedly emphasized that the Red Steel Group Management Committee was a united collective and a harmonious big family. How could she be allowed to fight alone?

Even Li Xuewu couldn't escape this bond, right?

However, the benefit was that with Li Xuewu there, her share could be preserved more. This was also one of the conditions she agreed to.

Some words didn't need to be said too directly, and some things didn't need to be explained too clearly. Mutual understanding was enough.

Just like the current Zhou Xiaoling, who maintained a posture of respect and worship toward Li Xuewu, but in reality?

Following Li Xuewu back home, the first thing she did was to disarm herself, and then she chased him into the bathroom.

Hearing the movement upstairs, Bang Geng couldn't help but open the door and come out to look toward the stairs, but still held back and didn't go up.

"Who is it?" A head appeared at the door of his room. The not-so-long braid hung on her shoulder. She leaned on the door and looked at him, asking softly, "It wouldn't be a thief, right?"

"No, go in first and talk."

Bang Geng was only wearing a pair of underwear, not even a vest. Looking at it, he also seemed to have gotten off the car halfway.

He pushed his girlfriend into the room, looked upstairs again, followed her in, and locked the door.

It was really a coincidence. Bang Geng didn't know that Wu Shu had returned today. He had also endured for a long time before deciding to bring his girlfriend back to spend the night. And the result? It was really a coincidence.

"It shouldn't be—"

Although his girlfriend was only five years older than him, she was only twenty centimeters taller than him.

"You have to leave early tomorrow."

Bang Geng said helplessly, "Wu Shu doesn't know I brought you back."

"Oh—" His girlfriend responded with a disappointed voice, sitting on the edge of the bed, not knowing whether she should continue.

Bang Geng was also a bit numb. Although Wu Shu knew he had a girlfriend, he didn't know he had such great… courage.

This was naturally not the first time, but it was very likely the last time. He was really afraid that Wu Shu would turn his face and drive him away.

This kind of worry made him waste a good night's time at a young age, until the next morning.

"Eat breakfast before you go."

Bang Geng looked at the busy figure in the kitchen in a daze. This was really seeing a ghost.

The sky outside was just beginning to brighten. Wu Shu, what are you doing in the kitchen! That's not work you should be doing!

"Is this the girlfriend you hid?"

Li Xuewu very calmly used the spatula in his hand to gesture to the two people standing awkwardly at the door of the room, and asked with a smile.

"That… Uncle, hello—"

Bang Geng's girlfriend was ultimately more mature than Bang Geng, but not by much.

What was said here wasn't her body, but her brain.

She was five years older than Bang Geng, but only three years younger than Li Xuewu. Why call him Uncle!

Just in such an occasion, shouldn't she call him Godfather?

"Heh heh, it's not bright outside yet."

Li Xuewu pointed to the stove in the kitchen and said, "Didn't eat enough last night, woke up hungry this morning, I boiled rice porridge."

He invited very gently, "Eat a little together, wait until you finish breakfast and let Bang Geng send you back."

Bang Geng's girlfriend looked at him, then looked at Bang Geng, but had no idea.

Bang Geng was also very embarrassed, hesitated, and asked, "Wu Shu…"

"Mm, get some staple food, open two cans, and get some pickles."

Li Xuewu clapped his hands, took off the apron on his body, handed it to him, and instructed, "You're awake, that's good. Leave the rest to you, I'll go upstairs and take a nap."

Saying so, he really walked upstairs. When passing by Lu Lu, he gave her a smile.

Huh? Why is it Lu Lu? It wasn't called this name before!

That's right, the original one was the original one, and now this one is the current one. He changed girlfriends.

The original one was only three years older than him. He felt it wasn't enough, which was why he had this one now.

Of course, there was also the relationship of the original one having a change of heart. She went to the countryside last year, with a new boyfriend, that is, Bang Geng's…

It's unclear. The affairs of young men and women, those complex relationships were more complex than the relationship map of Dream of the Red Chamber, and the story was comparable to Water Margin.

"Jia Geng, should I leave now?"

Seeing him standing there blankly, Lu Lu tentatively asked, "Should I leave, or…"

Since she asked like this, she must not want to leave. Bang Geng was much smarter than before.

"Forget it, you can't leave."

Bang Geng sighed helplessly, numbly tied the apron around his waist, and walked toward the kitchen with his head lowered.

"Oh, by the way, remind you." He turned his head, looked at Lu Lu, and reminded her seriously, "Everything you see here is rotten in your heart, and you can never say it out."

After speaking, regardless of whether Lu Lu understood or not, he went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

He finally understood. If he hadn't sneaked out, Wu Shu's breakfast would have been a bowl of white porridge. It was his own self-inflicted trap, and he had gained all this work for nothing.

While instructing Lu Lu, he was also thinking that his object couldn't be kept.

Of course, it wasn't killing to silence, he hadn't reached the point of being insane.

He was preparing to change to a more mature one, a woman who could understand him.

Still want to be more mature?

At breakfast time, Zhou Xiaobai, wearing pajamas, was gnawing on a steamed bun, looking at Bang Geng, looking at Lu Lu, looking at Lu Lu, looking at Bang Geng, making them both feel hairy.

"How old are you?" She raised her chin, gestured to Bang Geng's girlfriend, who had a very cautious expression, and asked, "I'm asking how old you are."

Lu Lu: Who misunderstood you! If it's not asking about age, what else could it be? How big are your feet?

Bang Geng had been with his godfather for a long time, so he naturally learned the bad side. He naturally knew what Zhou Xiaobai meant.

He glared at her irritably, reminding her not to go too far, otherwise…

"Me? Ah, I'm twenty."

Lu Lu was a bit nervous. When answering this question, the first thing she looked at wasn't Zhou Xiaobai, but Li Xuewu, who was eating calmly.

She had heard a lot from Bang Geng about this big boss, and it was the positive kind.

Of course, when Bang Geng was boasting about himself, he didn't forget to raise the big boss behind him.

"Ah! You're twenty—"

Zhou Xiaobai said in surprise, biting her chopsticks, "What a coincidence, I'm also twenty this year."

"Is… is that so…"

Lu Lu smiled awkwardly, thinking in her heart that there was nothing surprising about this. We're both women, isn't that also a coincidence?

But Zhou Xiaobai didn't mean this. Her surprised expression didn't keep up, and her face was full of playful smiles, flying eyes toward Bang Geng.

Bang Geng gave her a big white eye, not wanting to see her showing off.

Zhou Xiaobai was just deliberately making fun of him, but he just wanted to find a girl who understood him.

Lu Lu actually understood him very well, but unfortunately, love dies in the light.

"Are you working?"

Zhou Xiaobai's curiosity was heavy, even making Lu Lu suspect she was a mother-in-law.

It's just that this "mother-in-law"'s age was a bit small, and she was the same age as herself?

Then Bang Geng's godfather… his age wasn't big either. What kind of ghost relationship is this?

"Mm, I work at the coal station."

Lu Lu lowered her head and replied while holding her rice bowl, but was afraid that the godfather opposite wouldn't understand her, so she emphasized, "I'm not mixing in society."

"Ah, I can tell."

Zhou Xiaobai had no consciousness of occupying the magpie's nest, looked at her, and said understandingly, "I can tell at a glance that you're a good girl."

Lu Lu looked at her speechlessly while holding her rice bowl, not knowing how she could tell.

Li Xuewu also wanted to remind her to restrain herself. Bang Geng was about to die.

Sleeping with a man so much younger than herself without getting married, can this also be considered a good girl?

Of course, if you argue by this standard, then Zhou Xiaobai, who said this, is also a good girl.

This meal ended in an atmosphere where Li Xuewu didn't speak, Bang Geng didn't want to speak, Zhou Xiaobai kept speaking, and Lu Lu had to speak.

"Really a good girl—"

Watching Bang Geng go out to send his object away, Zhou Xiaobai, standing by the window with her hands on her hips, still sighed.

Li Xuewu packed himself up and reminded her, "If Bang Geng comes back and wants to kill you, I won't stop him. I hope you're still alive when I come back."

"Can I still be afraid of him?"

Zhou Xiaobai proudly raised her neck, but still came to his side and gently tidied his clothes, saying, "I'm taking the plane at noon today. The round trip is really too hurried."

Li Xuewu glanced at her, not knowing what she was expressing. Did she want more?

"I heard the group is preparing to receive Tadong Airport. If Red Star One is stationed in Fengcheng, I…"

Speaking of this, she suddenly blushed. Li Xuewu didn't know what she was shy about.

Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't speak for a long time, Zhou Xiaobai finally summoned the courage to look up and ask him, "By then… by then, I'll move to Steel City… how about it?"

"Move to Steel City?" Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and looked at her with amusement, asking, "Are you sure?"

"Ah?" Zhou Xiaobai looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he was doubting.

Could it be her loyalty?

"Even if the receiving team is sent now, it will be the end of the year before it really operates."

Li Xuewu sized her up and reminded her, "My work focus this year will slowly shift back to the capital. I don't know what the situation will be next year. Don't cry by then."

"Is that so?" Zhou Xiaobai was really going to cry, embarrassed to the point of crying.

Having finally summoned the courage to confess once, she got such a result.

"It's okay. If you really want to come to Steel City, I will still come to see you if I have the chance."

Li Xuewu patted her arm, smiled, and went out.

Zhang Enyuan was waiting for him at the door, while Yu Zhe was pretending to wipe the car.

Wiping the car in the middle of winter?

"What are you looking at?"

He glared at him irritably. This kid must be looking to see if Zhou Ya Mei was there.

His thoughts were all written on his face; Li Xuewu was too embarrassed to expose him.

Was a woman wearing glasses that attractive?

Li Xuewu had just returned to Steel City when a pile of troubles followed one after another.

First, the investigation team for the No. 4 furnace was blocked again. He didn't know how many times he had come forward to coordinate the relationship between the two sides.

It wasn't anyone else who confronted the investigation team, but those who had participated in the design and construction of the No. 4 furnace. They were very resistant to the investigation team.

I don't know if it was related to the death of the designer, but these people had a feeling of sympathy for the dead.

Li Xuewu frowned and called Yang Zongfang over, arranging for him to come forward to coordinate.

Note, it wasn't a request, but an arrangement.

As the executive deputy factory director, Yang Zongfang naturally knew he couldn't hide from this kind of trouble.

After talking about a few things and testing Li Xuewu's attitude, he went to the scene.

Just after Yang Zongfang left, Zhang Enyuan came in and sent him the directive document issued by the group.

This document was pressed on his desk for a long time, and it was only after Zhang Enyuan's silent urging that he opened it to take a look.

Actually, there was nothing to see. The purpose of Li Huai De's urgent handling of this matter was already very obvious.

But he didn't want old Li to play that set of cooking oil on fire. What was the situation now? Water droplets could fall into the oil pan at any time. What if it exploded?

But he couldn't stop old Li. Old Li didn't float, but his ambition had expanded.

After the group formalization document was issued, he, the general manager, was already justified, and he had also received recognition and support from his superiors.

So the first step after the group formalization was to clear the noise and unify opinions.

He naturally didn't allow the Red Steel Group to have a second voice. Privately, he even complained to Li Xuewu that the group's organizational ecology was almost becoming a vegetable market, with one person saying one thing and another saying another.

The sentence old Li loved to say and repeated was "unite." How to unite? Naturally, it was to eliminate non-united factors.

So who in the group's team was not united? No need to think, whoever was not united would be eliminated.

Old Li had been enduring for the sake of the overall situation before, but now he estimated he couldn't endure it anymore and was really going to take action.

If he really took action, it would affect the group's overall situation. Li Xuewu didn't agree with him, just like mocking old Chang's sentence back then that "to resist foreign aggression, one must first pacify the interior."

The situation that had finally stabilized was about to fall into a crisis of collapse because of a document of group formalization.

Once a crack appeared in trust, it would be difficult to make up for it, and it would only get deeper and bigger.

Xu Sinian rushed from Yingcheng to report the good news of the successful manufacture of marine cylinder oil for ocean-going ships in Bincheng, and emphasized that all major indicators had reached the world's advanced level.

Li Xuewu was indeed very happy. This achievement of the Bincheng Shipyard indirectly eased the production pressure of the shipyards in the two places and also provided a certain amount of self-confidence.

This wasn't an isolated incident. There would be more breakthroughs in the future, marking that China's shipbuilding industry would definitely move toward the world and influence the world.

Xu Sinian looked at his worried smile and only felt that his heels were uncomfortable.

"What happened?"

He sat opposite Li Xuewu's desk and leaned forward to ask, "Aren't all the things sent by the group good news?"

"Good news, of course it's good news."

Li Xuewu glanced at him, pushed the document sent by Zhang Enyuan to him, and signaled him to take a good look.

At first, Xu Sinian was a bit confused when he picked up this document. This kind of directive document hadn't been issued for the first time, right? Why was it here again?

It wasn't until he read half of it that he found the situation was a bit wrong. He looked up at Li Xuewu and finally understood why he was so worried.

"This… will it affect the economic situation that has just recovered?"

Looking at the problem couldn't just look at the surface. Xu Sinian possessed a certain economic vision.

Li Xuewu sighed, looked out the window, and said, "I'm afraid it's inevitable."

"This… this…" Xu Sinian looked at the document in his hand again and again, only feeling his heart panic.

The eye of the storm of the big study was about to pass, and now it was coming again?

"Then our group…"

He only dared to say half of his words, and the other half held back made him very uncomfortable.

But even if he was uncomfortable, he didn't dare to say it, for fear of being struck by lightning.

Li Xuewu was also silent for a long time before turning to look at him and instructing, "I don't care about the group, Yingcheng Shipping cannot be chaotic."

"Similarly, the group's Liaodong Industry cannot have development problems."

He emphasized decisively, "Whoever dares to destroy the group's development is the enemy of all employees of the group. Resolutely eliminate him."

Xu Sinian felt bitter in his mouth. Li Xuewu dared to say and do such things. He was just a fart.

But Li Xuewu was his supervisor. Since Li Xuewu said so, he could only follow suit.

It was just that he didn't look good. After this storm, how many old people would be left in the group?

Another thing, was the group really indestructible and would stand forever? ===== CHAPTER 1554 =====

He emphasized with ironclad certainty, "Whoever dares to sabotage the group's development is the enemy of all the group's employees, and we must resolutely eliminate them."

Xu Sinian felt a bitter taste in his mouth; Li Xuewu dared to say and do such things, but what was he?

But Li Xuewu was his direct superior, and since Li Xuewu had already spoken, he could only follow suit.

It was just that he wasn't optimistic; after this storm passed, how many of the old guard would still be left in the group?

Furthermore, was the group really indestructible and destined to stand forever?