Chapter 1564: The Granary Has Problems

"Are you reading?"

Li Xuewu returned home and found no one. After washing up upstairs and changing clothes, he came down and found the study light on. Banggeng was actually sitting at the desk reading.

"I thought it was haunted."

"Uncle Wu? You're back."

Banggeng turned his head, greeted him, and then looked at the book in his hand again.

Li Xuewu also felt strange, walked over and looked at the book in his hand from behind him.

What kind of book could cause this kid to be so focused on reading? It wouldn't be something...

That's not right. The books he brought from home, and Zhou Wang Yamei's own collection, didn't have such things as "Jin Ping Mei." Wen San had this kind of book, and it was various versions of various eras. If collected well, it could be a special exhibition in decades.

"Are you reading 'Principles of Economics'?"

Just glancing at the content of the book, Li Xuewu knew what book he was reading.

Not believing in evil, he reached out and touched Banggeng's forehead, but didn't feel a fever.

"I'm just reading casually."

Banggeng's expression and seriousness didn't look like reading casually at all, and he even took notes.

Li Xuewu pointed at the records in the notebook. Although the handwriting was average, the content did show that he had indeed read the book seriously.

"Do you understand?"

It's no wonder he was suspicious. This kind of theoretical book is the most boring and dull, and it tests basic quality very much.

Banggeng had always read books like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or character biographies.

Li Xuewu only picked up this book after work, combining work needs and hobbies, and at that time it was to engage in some side business.

In his previous life, he caught up with the tide of going to sea at work, and all kinds of monsters and ghosts could rush into the tide of reform and opening up to fish and shrimp. There were really people who made a fortune in the barbaric era.

You wouldn't believe it. Li Xuewu still remembers that he was a fellow villager, had no culture, and after entering the city, he relied on collecting scrap to save up ten million in assets.

There was also a distant relative who was a carpenter. When he left the village, he couldn't even find a clean pair of underpants in his bag. When he met again, he was already a billionaire, out of reach.

In that era, changing one's destiny against the sky was really not a joke, let alone a small story.

Just talking about the one who collected scrap, don't think ten million is very ordinary, and don't be fooled by those so-called short video comment sections in later generations, as if everyone is a millionaire.

College graduates couldn't find a job for two thousand yuan. Do you believe it?

Returning to this era, Li Xuewu discovered another kind of goodness, which was a baptism of thought.

He absolutely didn't praise suffering, let alone miss backwardness; he just thought about the essence of problems from the perspective of thinking.

Li Xuewu had done a survey. In the same year, there were very few students from the countryside on the university campus. In this era, farmers and workers were groups with equal social status, and the number of children admitted to universities was far behind that of urban families.

Do you know what this means?

The era wasn't wrong. You say the era was wrong, that's because you didn't look at the problem from the perspective of this era.

Standing on a high mountain, you can say cool words and light farts. Only by being in this era can you know how precious some qualities are.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about reading, Li Xuewu supported children reading very much.

He wasn't doing it to show off, whether it was in the Sihe Academy or Haiyuncang, there were bookcases.

Reading itself is a way of learning and self-improvement with the highest cost-performance ratio.

What is the most expensive thing in the world?

Not diamonds and gold, but knowledge.

You might say how much a book costs, even if the books for building atomic bombs are stacked together, how much are they worth.

That's right, books aren't worth much when placed there. They are a bit expensive when bought, and they aren't worth three cents when sold as scrap.

But books don't equal knowledge. Knowledge is the process of acquisition, the result of acquisition. It's yours only if you learn it, and it's yours only if you learn it.

Books are yours, doesn't mean knowledge is yours.

Zhou Wang Yamei had many books at home, and the bookcases on the full wall were about to be unable to hold them.

Of course, Zhou Wang Yamei wasn't pretending to be a literary person, nor was she doing it for guests to see.

She was born in a wealthy family, developed the good habit of reading since she was a child, and didn't have to worry about life after marriage, so she had a lot of time to read every day.

Having developed this habit, the bookcases naturally increased, and the books naturally filled them.

Li Xuewu never hoped that Banggeng could finish how many books in Zhou Wang Yamei's study.

He hoped more that Banggeng would develop a kind of thinking ability during the critical stage of growth.

Encountering things, don't impulsively solve them, but respond by thinking like reading.

How much knowledge can you learn from reading?

This depends entirely on how many times you can "review" in the application. Sometimes once is worth it.

Banggeng reads "Three Kingdoms," reads "Journey to the West," what's the use? He can learn many principles.

If you say he can kill all directions with a Green Dragon Crescent Blade after reading "Three Kingdoms," that's nonsense; he couldn't lift it even if given to him.

Li Xuewu wouldn't find it strange if he read storybooks, history books, or even literary works, but this kid actually learned economics, which had to make him feel surprised.

What is this kid going to do?

Learning literature and history isn't scary, but it's scary if he learns economics and can't do good things.

Banggeng never lied to him. Seeing his godfather ask, he looked up and replied: "Don't understand, reading hard."

"Heh—" Li Xuewu couldn't help but want to laugh, "You say biting a cake hard is okay, but if you don't understand this book, you don't understand it. Reading hard is useless."

Banggeng didn't believe in this evil, lowered his head and continued to look at the book in his hand, responding in his mouth: "Isn't it what you said, read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will naturally appear."

"That's right, I did say that."

Li Xuewu pulled a rattan chair and sat beside the desk, his arms resting on the desk and looking at him: "But this is a theoretical book. There are some terms that it doesn't annotate. How do you understand it?"

"I took notes."

Banggeng tapped the notebook on the side with a pencil and said: "Ask Aunt Zhou, or ask Aunt Biao later."

"Are you for real?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Why?"

"Eh... why what?"

Banggeng's mind was still on the book, his brain couldn't keep up with the train of thought, and he looked up at him blankly: "You mean..."

"Why did you suddenly start reading this? What stimulated you?"

"Third Grandpa said..."

Banggeng suddenly fell silent, hesitating whether to mention this in front of Uncle Wu.

Hearing him say Third Grandpa, Li Xuewu knew it was Wen San, because no one else could be called Third Grandpa.

He and Qin Huairu were of the same generation. If the relationship was average, Qin Huairu wouldn't rank according to their generation, and just calling Wen San older brother or younger brother was fine.

But Wen San was called Third Uncle by Li Xuewu and others since he arrived at the courtyard, and Li Wenbiao and others kowtowed to the ground and called Li Shun and Liu Yin godfather and godmother.

At that time, Qin Huairu had already relied on Li Xuewu, so how could she be his aunt? That wouldn't be a mess in the rivers and lakes, so she followed his side and called him Third Uncle.

Qin Huairu called Wen San Third Uncle, and Wen San agreed after asking for Li Xuewu's opinion.

Why?

Because this "Third Uncle" wasn't called for nothing. When they were all in the courtyard, Qin Huairu often went to the inverted room, and after work and dinner, she would go to sit for a while, especially when Li Xuewu was there.

Banggeng grew up in the inverted room, and when it was time for dinner, he would see good food and take his rice bowl there.

What did all this explain?

It explained that Qin Huairu was one of their own, and Wen San and others wouldn't avoid her when discussing business.

Similarly, after Qin Huairu became the director of the reception center, she didn't give them less convenience.

Now Shen Guodong wants to treat guests, that must be going to Qinyuanchun, with private rooms at any time.

If you say face or not, Shen Guodong actually doesn't care about this, but some people care.

Shen Guodong treats guests to dinner, red and white can be brought up, and there are dishes that can't be ordered on the menu.

Everyone says he can eat in the street, and can mix well in Dongcheng, with face. Where does the face come from?

If there were no such resources to support, or in other words, if he couldn't mobilize these resources to create new resources, who would pay attention to him?

With Qin Huairu's address, Banggeng had to call Wen San Third Grandpa, and calling him Third Uncle Grandpa was also fine.

The reason he didn't call him Third Uncle Grandpa was because Banggeng's grandmother wasn't willing; she didn't have this younger brother.

At that time, Wen San's reputation wasn't very good. Among the children who grew up in the hutong, how many were decent.

Plus Jia Zhangshi wasn't very willing for Qin Huairu to get too involved with that side, just meaning it for Li Xuewu was enough. At that time, she was really afraid that Qin Huairu would get too big and not want them anymore.

So she taught Banggeng not to call him Third Uncle Grandpa, but Banggeng wanted to mix with these people in the inverted room, so he followed the address in the rivers and lakes and called him Third Grandpa.

Not to mention Banggeng, even now that Wen San returns to the street, there are quite a few people calling him Third Grandpa on the street.

It has to be said that many young people have gone to the countryside, the ruffians have completely disappeared, and his reputation has become less and less obvious in the past few years. Perhaps in a dozen years, no one will remember Third Grandpa.

It's just that there is one more Third Grandpa in the rivers and lakes of Liaodong.

"What did your Third Grandpa tell you?"

Li Xuewu stood up, walked to the tea cabinet, found a teacup, and made tea for himself.

He could think of only so many reasons. What else could it be that made Banggeng so obsessed with economics?

"Don't be angry if I say it."

Banggeng bit his lip and said tentatively when he returned: "The day I went to Jicheng, I saw Manager Ding meet Third Grandpa, and I heard them talking."

"Hmm, and then?" Li Xuewu sat down with the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and asked: "What did he say that made you so fascinated?"

"I wasn't, just deeply shocked." Banggeng lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked up at him and asked: "Do you know a person named Lai Jiasheng?"

"Hmm?" Li Xuewu's hand holding the teacup paused, looked at Banggeng and asked: "Know, what's wrong?"

"I heard..." Banggeng asked hesitantly: "You... with him... that..."

"You should have heard of Wu Laoshi, right?"

Li Xuewu put the teacup in his hand on the desk, looked at him frankly and said: "That is Wu Shuping, who is in charge of Shunfeng Trading in Jinmen, and is also the general manager of Dongfeng 31 Construction now."

"I know, I've heard of her."

Banggeng nodded and said: "Aunt Zhou mentioned it, saying she is very powerful, what kind of university professor."

"Hmm, Lai Jiasheng is her lover."

Li Xuewu didn't correct Banggeng's words, because Wu Shuping wasn't a professor when she left Huaging, and was just an ordinary lecturer like his older brother and sister-in-law.

He crossed his right leg, tapped the desktop lightly, and introduced faintly: "You should also know that your Uncle Biao went to Hong Kong, right?"

"Hmm..." Banggeng looked at him cautiously and said: "I heard Third Grandpa mention it."

"Lai Jiasheng previously worked for us in Hong Kong, responsible for economic work."

Li Xuewu rested his elbows on the edge of the desk, crossed his hands and hung them in front of him, looking into Banggeng's eyes and saying: "It was because of him that your Third Grandpa encountered an assassination, and your Uncle Biao went to clean up the mess."

"Ah!" Banggeng looked at him in shock and stammered: "But... but... but Third Grandpa said he is very powerful!"

"Even Manager Ding said so."

He looked at Uncle Wu suspiciously, even feeling that he had heard wrong. How could that person be an enemy?

"I didn't deny this point."

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at him and said: "I admit his means and ability in economic work, but I didn't say he was one of our own."

"Then... that Lai Jiasheng?"

Banggeng asked curiously: "Manager Ding said he earned thirty thousand for us with just one plan, and it was a plan given casually."

"This is what Ding Wanqiu said?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked: "How did he say it?"

Sending Lai Jiasheng to the border wasn't his opinion, but Wu Shuping's decision.

Li Xuewu wouldn't be so troublesome. If he really wanted to deal with Lai Jiasheng, how could he bury a landmine?

Can't seawater in Jinmen drown people?

Wu Shuping chose to send Lai Jiasheng to the border, and she and her children stayed in Jinmen, which was a kind of statement and guarantee to Li Xuewu.

Lai Jiasheng hadn't doubted Li Xin's identity, but after calming down, he had already figured it out.

People always drill into the tip of the bull's horn, as if they were manipulated, and only after looking back did they find how ridiculously wrong they were.

Calculate the time of Wu Shuping's pregnancy. That was before he left. At that time, he was still in the capital.

To say that Li Xuewu had something with Wu Shuping, it wouldn't have let Wu Shuping encounter that crisis.

Think about so many years, the life of Wu Shuping and her son, Lai Jiasheng in the border is more like a kind of self-exile.

He had no face to come back to see Wu Shuping and her son, and couldn't say sorry to Wu Shuping.

And the border is more like another world to him, a sustenance that can wash the soul.

Li Xuewu wasn't afraid of him making trouble, because as long as he dared to make trouble, Wu Shuping wouldn't wait for him to make a move, and would send him away the first time.

This isn't consciousness, but fear.

Wu Shuping was more afraid of Li Xuewu making a move. Leaving Lai Jiasheng, she didn't want Li Xin to leave regrets.

Children are innocent, and she didn't think Lai Jiasheng would resent Li Xin. After all, this is his child.

She couldn't deprive Li Xin of the right to know. It was to tell the child these things at some time in the future.

Li Xuewu listened to Zhao Laoliu's report, saying that Ding Wanqiu often looked for Lai Jiasheng to talk. Originally, he didn't care about this, because Ding Wanqiu had the obligation of surveillance.

Never expected that Ding Wanqiu also relied on Lai Jiasheng to do things, and actually utilized this person.

"Border things, very exciting."

Banggeng's eyes started to glow as soon as he thought of what he heard that day, and he explained to him: "Manager Ding said he is a born big liar. The means he throws out casually can easily get business, earning a lot of money."

"Do you want to learn from him?" Li Xuewu seemed to see Banggeng's thoughts, his eyebrows raised.

Banggeng was also smart enough. Seeing his reaction, the excited expression instantly cooled down, and he didn't dare to speak.

"It's okay, you are my godson, you can say whatever you want."

Li Xuewu's face added a few points of warmth, looked at him and said: "Admiring the strong is not wrong, this is human nature."

"I didn't envy him, I just..."

Banggeng explained hesitantly: "I just want to possess this kind of means of turning stones into gold."

"You are already on the road." Li Xuewu smiled and picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying: "Have you noticed that you have started to learn to use idioms, and used them correctly."

"..." Banggeng was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head embarrassedly and said: "I just..."

Boys and girls are the same. After puberty, it seems they don't know how to speak.

It's not like this, but their minds are maturing, and they have learned to think before speaking.

"He was originally an economics instructor at Huaging University, the kind with a lot of culture."

Li Xuewu introduced to him: "He was born in a wealthy family in Nanyang, and his family often did business."

"You might not know where Nanyang is, but you must have heard your Third Grandpa mention the prosperity of Hong Kong."

He smiled and spread his hands, saying: "Rich family child, knowledgeable, and successful in learning, the means he possesses are not just his own efforts."

"And...?" It could be seen that Banggeng really wanted to possess this kind of "money ability."

"And the efforts of the family." Li Xuewu nodded and said: "His family cultivated him, preparing him as a successor. If he stayed in the family, stayed in the family business, he would definitely be a famous entrepreneur in Nanyang in the future."

"Just a capitalist." Banggeng's knowledge was a bit narrow, and he leaned towards the direction he understood.

"Hehe, no." Li Xuewu smiled lightly and pointed at the book he was reading: "Wait until you understand this book, and you will know the difference between a capitalist and an entrepreneur."

After finishing, he stood up. There was movement at the door, it should be Yu Li who came back.

"Capital Shouqi is going to carry out business cooperation in Fengcheng, heard it's being discussed."

After dinner, Yu Li mentioned it to Li Xuewu who was reading the newspaper in the living room while tidying up the table.

Li Xuewu looked up and asked: "Do you have any plans?"

"Guodong called me."

Yu Li put down the rag in her hand, walked to the window and explained to him: "Shouqi doesn't intend to transfer too many people from the capital, intending to recruit workers locally."

"What does he mean?" Li Xuewu tilted his head slightly and asked: "Settling people from the recycling station?"

"He said he can leave a few seeds."

Yu Li thought for a while and asked: "Do you think this is feasible?"

"Heh—" Li Xuewu smiled lightly and said: "Tell him to stop talking nonsense, it won't work."

"Can't you figure it out?"

Seeing Yu Li didn't answer, he looked up and reminded: "Infiltration is an original sin."

"Besides, what plans do you have, to arrange for people to enter Shouqi's project in Fengcheng."

He folded the newspaper in his hand and said: "Just stop, don't look for trouble. If the security department really finds out, you'll have a good fruit to eat."

"I'm also confused." Yu Li picked up the rag again and said: "It's nothing for him to settle young people in the street in the capital, and it can be used in the future, but it's a waste of effort to go so far."

"He's just too smooth—"

Li Xuewu let out a long breath. Actually, thinking about it, the growth of people like Old Biao in the future will be higher than Shen Guodong's, just because Shen Guodong is too smooth.

If there is a chance, Shen Guodong can still advance, he will definitely press it down.

It's not that he's afraid his brother is good, but he's afraid his brother will fall.

Shen Guodong doesn't have the ability to deal with further resources and problems, he's at the end.

But this is also his fault. Who told him to protect this little brother so well, always keeping him in the capital, especially taking care of Dazhuang's younger sister Xiaoyan.

Young people, just married, if they really have to live in two places, something will happen sooner or later.

"I saw the deputy director of the Steel City Supply and Marketing Cooperative today, and talked about targeted distribution and procurement."

Yu Li finished tidying up the kitchen, walked into the living room to refill his teacup, and introduced: "I want to set up a point in Steel City to connect the distribution project of Shunfeng Trading with the Steel City Supply and Marketing Cooperative."

She brought the teacup back, sat down beside Li Xuewu and continued to report: "This point can not only save most of the distribution costs, but also use the wind of the Steel City Supply and Marketing Cooperative to expand more unit business."

"Hmm, you handle these things."

Li Xuewu didn't care or pay attention to distribution work, he couldn't always stare at this piece.

Now Shen Guodong and the others have long summarized a set of work experience, and even if there are new ideas, they are experimenting on the basis of this set of management experience.

Actually, the recycling station basically doesn't do black market business anymore. The risk is big, the revenue is small, and it's worrying.

Now Shunfeng Trading relies on the background of the general sales company to operate supply chain industries in various places, especially food categories, which are the best-selling.

Don't need to find customers in the black market, directly connect to unit factories and mines. Aren't workers richer than those in the black market? It's convenient to engage in open and honest welfare product supply.

Can't use "whitewashing" to describe the work of the recycling station, it can only be said to have evolved.

"Fengcheng is going to build an airport. Do you have any instructions?"

Yu Li stood up, walked behind him, and pinched his shoulders with both hands.

"I talked to Third Uncle about Yingcheng. He wants to do it, no need for me to worry."

"Rest, tired for a day."

Li Xuewu was still looking at the newspaper, just raised his hand and patted her hand lightly.

Yu Li took the opportunity to hold his palm, lay on his shoulder, and said: "Not tired, being with you, doing anything isn't tired."

Li Xuewu glanced at the direction of the study, not knowing how long Banggeng's spirit could last.

If it wasn't for Banggeng suddenly working hard, how could Yu Li be embarrassed to say such words in the living room.

"Slow down the Fengcheng matter."

Li Xuewu shook the newspaper and continued to look, while explaining: "Even if Tadong Airport is in operation, there won't be many passenger planes landing."

"I heard, is it trying to build an air cargo port?" Yu Li popped out a few new terms and leaned closer to him: "Is there transport business to do?"

"Yes, shouldn't be much." Li Xuewu explained: "The group has already set up a logistics transport company, which is in cooperation with Beijing Railway."

"To support those workers transferred from your factory, right?" Yu Li said helplessly: "Your group didn't do these businesses before."

"Hmm, the profit is still quite a lot."

Li Xuewu explained: "Settling employees is one aspect, and there are also aspects of revenue creation and security guarantee."

"Some goods must be handed over to specific teams to be responsible for transport, and ordinary goods still have to give some task indicators to Fengcheng City, after all, it's on someone else's territory."

"After all, it's an outsider—"

Yu Li sighed and said: "Originally I planned to find people in Fengcheng to engage in tricycle transport. If there is a guarantee of airport freight tasks, the transport team could be pulled up all at once."

"If it starts from zero, it's also not easy."

"Zhou Changli is not very willing to do it, right?"

Li Xuewu smiled, turned his head to look at her, and said: "This kid is arrogant."

"I'm too lazy to talk to him." Yu Li complained: "He's far worse than Zhao Lao Si."

"Zhao Lao Si, whether he sticks to hair or not, he's a monkey, more clever than a monkey."

Li Xuewu shook his head with a smile and asked her: "Have you been to the processing plant? How is it?"

"Of course it's good." Yu Li said very seriously: "Zhou Wang Yamei and Guodong should already be doing this. The Liangma River Industrial Zone doesn't give land, so find a piece of land nearby to build a factory."

"After all, the group is an ecological industrial zone. A big chimney poking there and puffing black smoke is not a tune after all. The power plant is far away."

Li Xuewu put the finished newspaper on the coffee table, reached out and pulled Yu Li's hand, signaling her to sit in front of the sofa to talk.

Yu Li obediently went around the sofa, sat beside Li Xuewu, and even leaned on him.

"Find a piece of land next to the power plant, let Guodong find the power plant to coordinate, and ask them to help get the land."

Li Xuewu suggested: "After the factory is built, it can be connected to the city's garbage point to form a one-stop management."

"Not easy, recycling business is not good to do now, there are really too many people."

Yu Li sat up straight, looked at him and said: "You said the big girls and young guys assigned to the recycling station were reluctant before, now you go and see."

"It's just that this kind of work has to be snatched, those with relationships can be assigned, those without relationships stare."

She shook her head and said: "Thanks to us not relying on this now, if we still relied on this, wouldn't we starve to death."

"Before, selling scrap didn't care about a little more or less, now it's all sent to the station, and it won't work if it's a cent short, and it's simply not sold to those collecting along the street."

"Is it a bit better now?"

Li Xuewu frowned slightly and asked: "Is the work settlement problem still very prominent?"

"Construction company side." Yu Li said seriously: "Before, there were no young girls on the construction site, now you go and see, carrying sand and cement, there are people snatching to do it."

She pursed her mouth and said: "The garbage treatment plant can be done, can start recruiting from the street."

"Hmm, can't just recruit from the street."

Li Xuewu thought for a while and said: "Give some quotas to the local area, and give some indicators to the families of Red Steel Group employees, take care of everything."

"It will get better, right?"

Yu Li hugged his shoulders with both hands, leaned her head on his shoulder and said: "The future will be good."

"Of course, I firmly believe in this point."

Li Xuewu said firmly: "You should have discovered that the stock of eggs in the supply and marketing market has increased."

"Hmm, the categories have also increased."

Yu Li nodded in agreement and said: "This year, the vegetable greenhouses of Red Star Commune didn't earn less, and even people from Sijiqing were arranged to exchange experience."

Sijiqing is naturally bigger than Red Star Commune, not only with a large population, but also in the suburbs, and transportation is convenient.

But the vegetables of Red Star Commune basically don't face the outside, many outputs are like this, direct supply chain.

Just a Red Steel Group can eat most of the output, not to mention there is a food processing factory.

"Life is getting better and better, and problems are getting fewer and fewer." Li Xuewu patted her hand, smiled and asked: "Been in Steel City for a while, any feelings?"

"No feelings, the city is smaller?"

Yu Li looked at him with a smile and said: "Do you like this kind of life now?"

"Why do you say that?" Li Xuewu looked at her and asked: "Do you think I enjoy this kind of quiet?"

"Actually, you are very lazy." Yu Li just looked at him and said with a smile: "Lazy to deal with these vain things, but have to deal with them."

"Living here, will there be a feeling of escaping?" She reached out and rubbed Li Xuewu's forehead and said: "Don't get wrinkles."

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu reached out and picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying: "It's busier here than in the capital, do you believe it?"

"I believe it, but it's more relaxed, isn't it?" Yu Li said with a smile: "When you were in the capital, which night didn't you have to go out to socialize."

"Just in the club here, how many times have you come in a month, not to mention going to other people's places."

She said frankly: "I don't quite understand your purpose of coming to Steel City, but I can see that you are more comfortable here and in a better mood."

"I'm in a good mood because you came."

Li Xuewu pointed to the study with a smile and said: "When Banggeng lived with me, it was quite boring."

"Is it—?" Yu Li looked at him meaningfully and asked: "Why don't I believe it?"

"Are you the kind of person who can endure loneliness?" 【1

Li Xuewu smiled, pointed at the study, and said, "It was actually quite boring when Banggeng was living with me."

"Is that so?" Yu Li looked at him with a meaningful smile and asked, "Why do I find that so hard to believe?"

"Are you the type of person who can endure loneliness?"

She reached out, touched Li Xuewu's back, and said, "Banggeng told me everything."

"Told you what?" Li Xuewu wasn't nervous at all, because he would bet that Banggeng wouldn't dare to say anything.

"Just about those things of yours."

Yu Li had a smile on her lips as she said, "He said people are always coming and going here; it's quite lively."

"If he dared to say that, he wouldn't be called Banggeng, he'd be called 'Brain-geng'."

Li Xuewu blew on his tea leaves with amusement and said, "Besides, my place isn't a main road, so it's not like people are always coming and going. I'm a decent person, after all."

"Pfft—" Yu Li curled her lip. She didn't believe this, but she didn't want to get to the bottom of it either, because she didn't have the qualifications, nor the intention, to do so.

On the 27th, the Group issued promotion documents to the office of the Liaodong Industrial Management Leading Group.

Red Star Steel Group, Xing-character 【1970】 No. 33: Decided to promote the Metallurgical Plant to a Level 13 production unit.

This was just a promotion document for the Metallurgical Plant and did not include adjustments to personnel ranks.

However, from now on, Li Xuewu, as the director of the Metallurgical Plant, could enjoy Level 13 benefits.

Actually, it was nothing; he had already enjoyed this kind of treatment in his position as Secretary-General.

The Group completed its formal establishment ceremony at the end of January, and starting at the end of February, it would begin the grading work for the Group's headquarters and its affiliated production, sales, and other units.

After all units completed their grading, personnel adjustments would be made, and then the main persons in charge of each unit would be graded.

Only after these persons in charge were graded could the process continue, allowing each unit to independently complete grading applications for the Group to review and approve.

Therefore, groupization cannot be completed after a single order is issued; it is also a process.

It took exactly three years for the Red Star Plant to become the Red Steel Group, and only now had it entered the final stage.

When personnel grading happens, it will be the time for the "List of Deities" that everyone has been whispering about privately to be posted.

Li Xuewu had been prepared for a long time, so he didn't care, but others didn't have such a good mindset.

As soon as work started, rumors spread that the director of the Steel Auto Plant, Lv Yuanshen, had drunk too much and fallen asleep in the heavy snow, nearly freezing to death outside. If it hadn't been for his secretary not being able to find him and calling the Security Division, he would have been completely finished.

Zhang Enyuan noticed this rumor first, and after arriving at work, he called the Steel Auto Plant. Only after clarifying the situation did he report it to him.

"He definitely drank too much, and he definitely passed out drunk in the snow. It was a worker who found him and saved him."

He looked at Li Xuewu's gloomy expression, and his voice grew even softer.

"He is now at the United Hospital. They say it's nothing serious; he has already regained consciousness."

Li Xuewu gave no instructions and acted as if he didn't know. He didn't want to go see the other party, and he wanted to deal with him even less.

With this little bit of stress resistance, how can he talk about a promising future?

"Leader, a call from the Sanhe Stock Company." Zhang Jing didn't find Zhang Enyuan in the office, so he took the initiative to come over and report.

Seeing Zhang Enyuan here, he made a gesture for answering the phone and went back to the main office.

Zhang Enyuan picked up the phone, responded a few times, and then handed the phone to Li Xuewu.

"Mm, this is Li Xuewu."

"Mm, mm, mm?"

Li Xuewu was listening to the phone while writing something in his hand. Suddenly hearing some news, he stopped his pen in surprise.

"Didn't I tell your president already? I won't accept it. Thank you for your kindness."

I don't know what the person on the other side said, but he didn't answer for a long time, just listening to the other party speak.

"How about this, you can come, but don't bring the car. Let's talk after we meet."

Li Xuewu said this and hung up the phone. He raised his head to look at Zhang Enyuan and asked, "Have you received any calls from Beijing?"

"Whose call are you asking about?" Zhang Enyuan confirmed, "There are office calls coming in every day."

"Security Division, or Finance Division."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Anything regarding the Sanhe Stock Company?"

"No, I haven't received any."

Zhang Enyuan asked for instructions, "Should I go to the main office now to ask and check the records?"

"Forget it, no need."

Li Xuewu let out a long breath, calculated on the calendar pressed under the large glass on his desk, and then picked up the phone to dial out.

The call to the Red Steel Group went through quite quickly, and Li Huai De's voice came from the other side.

In the past, when Li Xuewu wanted to talk to Old Li, it was mostly Liu Bin who answered. Now that he is responsible for the Group's work in Liaodong, the call can go directly to Old Li's office.

"Director Li, has the Sanhe Stock Company contacted you?"

Li Xuewu didn't waste words and asked directly, "The director of their Beijing office just contacted me."

Li Huai De did not doubt Li Xuewu's judgment on this matter and asked with a frown, "Did something happen?"

He would not answer Li Xuewu's question. Not saying whether the Sanhe Stock Company had looked for him was a technique of replying, leaving himself some leeway.

Li Xuewu had no intention of fishing for information from him anyway. At this moment, he said bluntly, "They said they want to see me, want to come to Steel City, and also said they want to give me a high-end sedan."

"Oh? Is there such a good thing?"

Li Huai De seemed to suddenly become interested and asked with a chuckle, "Why don't I have such good things?"

"Hehe, it's not necessarily a good thing."

Li Xuewu said with a light laugh, "I've seen people who smile for no reason, but I've never seen people who give things away for free. This matter is not quite right."

He explained, "I reported to you last time that the Sanhe Stock Company's negotiations didn't succeed, and they wanted to give me a car. I didn't agree to it, and now they are coming again."

"What do you think they want to do?"

Li Huai De certainly wouldn't doubt Li Xuewu's character, because there is never any cover for things like external cooperation; the risk is simply too high.

In the country, there is also no option for personal high-end sedans. If it weren't for the Red Steel Group changing the automotive production landscape, the history of individuals owning cars would have to be pushed back even further.

He just didn't understand the meaning and purpose of Li Xuewu making this call to him.

"Last time, I felt their situation wasn't quite right, especially the Sanhe Stock Company's Beijing office."

Li Xuewu hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Could it be that they are up to some trick?"

"Then let's bump into them—"

Li Huai De said lightly, "Whether they are human or ghosts, you can only figure it out once you see them."

"I have already reported it to the Security Division before, but I haven't received any report back."

Li Xuewu frowned and said, "I estimate the situation is not quite right. Do you think we should ask about it?"

Hearing him say this, Li Huai De didn't answer for a long time. After deep thought, he said, "Since they want to see you, then you handle and judge this matter."

"I'll communicate with Wenxue in a while."

He still didn't dig a hole for Li Xuewu, but said, "Let Wenxue go and check if they have had any changes recently."

"The focus should be on the personnel."

Seeing him agree, Li Xuewu reminded him, "If Gucang Ping'er comes to see me, then keep a close eye on them and see who comes along."

"You mean..." Li Huai De frowned and asked, "Is there a problem with that Gucang?"

"No," Li Xuewu said seriously, "The one who comes with him is the one with the problem."