Chapter 1610: Are peers enemies?

"Hello, leader, I'm here to bring you hot water."

The young attendant was wearing a white shirt, her appearance was beautiful, and her voice was gentle; she didn't look like a Northeast girl at all.

Li Xuewu was sitting in a chair looking at the materials he brought. He raised his head and was stunned for a moment. Seeing her standing at the door holding a thermos bottle with embarrassment, he pointed to the tea cabinet at the door and said: "Just put it there; thank you."

"You're welcome; it's my duty."

The attendant put the thermos bottle down, and when she turned around, she secretly took another look. She had just thought she had called the wrong person.

He was truly too young; if it weren't for that temperament, she would have really thought the one sitting there was the leader's secretary.

Calling someone by the wrong title in a government reception house is a very serious problem, but sometimes such misunderstandings occur.

Li Xuewu didn't care about her arrival, and didn't even know when she left, until Zhang Enyuan brought people into the room.

"Secretary-General, Factory Director Xiao has arrived."

"Oh." Li Xuewu raised his head at this time and looked at the door. Xiao Zihong walked in with people. He stood up and said with a smile: "Comrade Zihong, did I disturb your work?"

"What are you saying, Secretary-General." Xiao Zihong hurried a few steps to catch his outstretched right hand and said with a smile: "Knowing you came to Fengcheng, I was too happy to be happy; even if it delayed work, I would have to come to see you."

"Hehehe—" Li Xuewu shook his hand and said with a smile: "Let's not be polite; we can't let the guest wait."

He let go of the hand he was holding, looked at the people standing behind him, nodded and said: "Are these comrades from the pharmaceutical factory?"

"Hello, Secretary-General Li, I am Fang Ai."

A middle-aged woman, wearing the characteristic lady's shirt of this era, took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Li Xuewu, and introduced herself at the same time.

"Fengcheng Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory." Xiao Zihong annotated on the side: "It is the chemical factory of our Fengcheng original Agricultural Machinery Bureau."

"Our factory belongs to the 'Five Small Industries'; we can't compare with the machinery factory, and we can compare even less with the Red Steel Group."

Fang Ai was very good at speaking. Between the pleasantries, laughter rang out in the room. It didn't look like they were meeting for the first time at all; she was very eloquent.

"Director Fang can be counted as a heroine among women in our Fengcheng, a resounding figure." It seemed that the two had a deep friendship; Xiao Zihong could even use a joking tone when introducing her.

Li Xuewu invited them to sit on the sofa, looked at the other party with a smile, and always maintained a gentle attitude.

"I have long heard of the Secretary-General's great name and have always wanted to see you, but I was afraid of being shy, so I asked Factory Director Xiao to introduce me."

Fang Ai tidied the hair by her ear, looked at him with a smile and said: "Today I finally got my wish; it was truly not a wasted trip."

"If you keep praising me, I'm going to float."

Li Xuewu looked at Fang Ai, who was singing praises under Xiao Zihong's paving, nodded with a smile and said: "We are all people of the world; if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly."

He pointed in the direction of Xiao Zihong and said: "We two can be considered old colleagues; I still have to give him face."

Being able to bring people to his room to meet was enough to prove that the other party had a deep relationship with Xiao Zihong.

Of course, Xiao Zihong was not a greenhorn either, bringing people over without saying hello; Li Xuewu was not someone easy to knead.

He had long since asked for instructions by phone; Li Xuewu nodded, and he brought people over. What to say and how to say it all depended on the other party's performance.

Li Xuewu giving Xiao Zihong face—this statement was probably something even Xiao Zihong himself wouldn't dare believe.

However, it was just polite talk. He also felt that he had a lot of face; after all, sitting in this position, Li Xuewu was the group leader and also his leader.

Fang Ai heard this and first looked at Xiao Zihong. Seeing encouragement in the other party's eyes, she took the initiative to tell the truth.

"Secretary-General Li, I came here uninvited today, all for the sake of the hundreds of employees in our factory, and also for the sake of our factory being able to continue to survive."

"Enyuan, pour tea for Director Fang."

Li Xuewu didn't smoke, so he could only use tea to interrupt the other party's rhythm. Conversation is conversation, but it cannot start with this rhythm.

Does she think he is a savior?

Coming up and wanting to worship, he is not a living Bodhisattva who saves the suffering.

Zhang Enyuan had a tacit understanding with him long ago. At this time, he walked over with a teapot and refilled the hot tea in the teacups of several people.

Fang Ai's accumulated emotions were interrupted, and the rhythm was also disrupted. She held a breath in her chest, neither going up nor down.

Waiting for Zhang Enyuan to pour the tea and leave, she continued to introduce the purpose of her visit, but that emotion had long since disappeared.

Xiao Zihong was a bystander who saw clearly and had long since seen this scene in his eyes, but he didn't dare to say anything, knowing Li Xuewu's bad temper.

In fact, leading cadres are also human. As long as they preside over work, it is inevitable to encounter this kind of work association involving personal relationships.

As long as it doesn't violate principle issues, it is easier and more convenient to communicate privately, which is why he brought Fang Ai to Li Xuewu's room to talk.

This is the same principle as Lu Qiming inviting Li Xuewu to dinner in the evening to talk. No matter how "worldly" Fang Ai is, she wouldn't speak like this on a formal occasion.

Li Xuewu held the teacup, his expression was very serious as he listened to the other party's introduction about the Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory.

In fact, there was no need to introduce. From the moment the other party reported her family name upon entering the door, he knew why this Director Fang had come.

Pharmaceutical factory; it can be classified as the chemical industry.

Of course, the pharmaceutical factory mentioned here is a Western medicine pharmaceutical factory. A traditional Chinese medicine factory does not belong to the chemical industry. In the future, both will belong to the category of bioengineering, but the essence of Western medicine manufacturing is the chemical industry.

So no matter how Fang Ai went around in circles, in essence, she was aiming for the chemical industry. Li Xuewu had to praise her for having a sharp nose.

He was not sure whether the other party's source of information had anything to do with Xiao Zihong, but it had to be said that being able to develop a pharmaceutical factory that initially only had 5 workers into a pharmaceutical factory with hundreds of employees and even capable of producing most Western medicine categories on the market, this Director Fang truly had ability.

"We started our business with five people, including me, and initially it was just a small chemical factory capable of producing more than ten kinds of products such as sublimated sulfuric acid, sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate, etc."

She introduced: "It was our unit's medical station that gave us the opinion, suggesting that we run a pharmaceutical factory on the existing basis."

"That was also from that time that our factory began to transform and produce various common small medicine tablets."

"That is very impressive—"

Li Xuewu nodded very solemnly and praised: "If it were me, I wouldn't have this ability, and I wouldn't even necessarily have the ideas and courage."

"Don't laugh at us." Fang Ai said with embarrassment: "I graduated from Liaodong Chemical Institute and learned some technology."

She tidied her hair by her ear and explained: "But many difficulties encountered in chemical production were solved only after asking my former teacher for help."

"Very normal; what is there to be embarrassed about." Li Xuewu raised his hand to gesture to Xiao Zihong and said: "Comrade Zihong knows that I am a person who likes to seek truth from facts; don't pretend to understand if you don't."

"You might not know that the Secretary-General is the only leader in our group who introduced an expert support group in his own office."

Xiao Zihong introduced with a smile: "The expert group mostly comes from the group's research institute. Our group's industrial situation in Liaodong can have today, all thanks to the Secretary-General steering the ship and escorting us."

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu smiled and pointed at him, saying: "Look, look, I asked Director Fang to speak; why did you circle back to me?"

"Hahaha—" Happy laughter rang out in the room again, washing away the atmosphere Fang Ai had just created.

When it comes to telling stories, Li Xuewu is even better at telling them than the other party, and he can even tell them for three days and three nights without breaking the film. He actually wants to hear the truth, the real words.

"I know your time is precious, so I will simply report our factory's situation to you." Fang Ai was not someone who couldn't see the situation. At this moment, she took the initiative to omit the verbosity and reported directly: "Our factory is very difficult."

"At the beginning of building the factory, there was no factory building, no equipment, no technology, no culture, and there were many difficulties."

She introduced seriously: "We fully carried forward the spirit of self-reliance and hard work, found a big broken shed as a factory building, used four big vats and two big pots as equipment, and learned while doing if we didn't understand technology."

"Over the past few years, they have done it themselves, simplified it, and made the factory develop from nothing to something, from small to large."

Speaking to this point, she couldn't help but have pride and self-esteem on her face, and continued to introduce: "To this day, our pharmaceutical factory has eleven workshops, more than 580 workers, produces more than 70 kinds of medicines, and creates more than 1.9 million yuan of wealth for the country every year."

"Is that so—" Li Xuewu looked at her in surprise and said: "An annual profit of more than 1.9 million; this is already better than many factories."

"It is indeed the case, and our development has also encountered a bottleneck."

Fang Ai explained frankly: "Our medicines can only be sold in Fengcheng, walking the supply channel; safety problems and contradictions are prominent."

She hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, looked at Li Xuewu and explained: "The last time the leader came to inspect, he said that our production technology and equipment had problems, that there were explosion and fire hazards, and asked us to rectify."

"Oh." Li Xuewu frowned slightly, looked at her and asked: "What about the actual situation? Are there really these problems?"

"Yes, there are indeed problems." Fang Ai admitted frankly: "Because we started from scratch and lacked management experience and foundation in this regard, this caused today's hidden dangers."

"We also want to rectify, but we are troubled by financial difficulties..." Fang Ai looked at him with embarrassment and said: "It has been dragging on until now."

"Annual profit of more than 1.9 million."

Li Xuewu frowned and looked at her and asked: "Did the higher-ups not allocate special funds for you to rectify?"

"The higher-ups said that other places were in urgent need of money..." Fang Ai couldn't go on speaking to this point. Even in private, she couldn't say the bad things about the unit.

Li Xuewu understood. This kind of thing is too common. He didn't encounter it in the Red Star Factory because he broke through all the way, and those who gave him small shoes had long been killed by him.

Looking at the problems Fang Ai encountered, isn't it falling into a vicious circle?

"What is your idea?" Li Xuewu looked at Xiao Zihong and said: "It doesn't matter, Zihong is here; let's speak directly if we have anything to say."

"Secretary-General Li, I know that Liaodong wants to introduce Beijing Chemical, and I also know that this project has the participation of the Red Steel Group."

Fang Ai saw that the words had already reached this point, so she said straightforwardly: "You see if our factory has a chance to participate in this project, even if it is absorbed, or capital injection is fine; if it continues like this, our factory will be yellow."

"Hmm—" Li Xuewu pondered and did not answer her immediately, but glanced at Xiao Zihong, his eyes not without probing.

Xiao Zihong understood and quickly explained: "I just heard this news, and it was Director Fang who told me."

"Ah, please don't misunderstand." Fang Ai only then noticed the wrong atmosphere, looked at Li Xuewu and explained: "Your conversation with Deputy Director Lu... I also heard it from a friend."

"It doesn't matter; it will be announced sooner or later anyway." Li Xuewu smiled, looked at her and said: "But Director Fang, I have no way to give you an answer now; you also know that this project is still being discussed."

He raised his eyebrows and said: "I can only say I will try my best to help; after all, Comrade Zihong is here, and I cannot reject his face."

"Thank you so much—" Fang Ai was excited and wanted to bow when she got up, but Li Xuewu was agile and dodged with a wrong step.

This kind of woman is truly a born workplace bandit, and her social etiquette is full of aggressiveness and initiative.

He smiled and nodded to Xiao Zihong, saying: "That's it; you are in Fengcheng, and this project cannot bypass you. You communicate more."

"Secretary-General Li." Fang Ai saw him say this and asked with some hesitation: "When can we participate in the project?"

"This also depends on time and procedures." Li Xuewu smiled and raised his hand to gesture: "You can't let you talk first, right?"

"I didn't mean that..." Fang Ai knew she was anxious, apologized with embarrassment, and then looked at Xiao Zihong.

Xiao Zihong didn't care about her rudeness, gestured toward the door and said: "The leader has allowed this matter, so you go back and wait for good news."

"Thank you, Secretary-General Li." Fang Ai knew the time was up, and politely said to Li Xuewu: "You see when you have time, I will invite you to dinner and give us a chance to thank you."

"Forget about dinner; we are all working for the organization." Li Xuewu sent her off with a smile and said: "If you have any ideas, you can talk to Zihong. If this project has a clue, he will contact you."

"Zihong, you send Director Fang off first."

Standing at the door, he explained to Xiao Zihong: "In a while, you will meet with the comrades from Linghe Automobile."

He is busy; he is not here in Fengcheng to talk about one thing, nor is he only meeting one group of people. In his short stay of two days and one night in Fengcheng, he has to meet many people.

On the one hand, he wants to promote the tertiary industry project of Beijing Chemical, and on the other hand, he also wants to expand the cooperation relationship of the Red Steel Group in Liaodong industry.

The industry of the Red Steel Group will not expand wantonly in the next few years, and will even shrink conditionally.

The shrinkage of industry is exchanged for the expansion of investment, using its own industrial advantages to develop more industrial clusters.

The advantage of the Red Steel Group is not metallurgy, nor is it steel rolling, because these two planned industries do not rank in the country.

However, the Red Steel Group's tertiary industry and independent sales channels and import and export resources are rare experimental industrial commerce in the country.

Precisely because of this advantage, the Red Steel Group can break through shackles time and time again and walk at the forefront of economic development, eating the best dividends.

Without changing the premise of ownership, the management of the Red Steel Group wants to prove how industrial enterprises in the new era can survive and develop under a market economy.

And financial investment is a topic that industrial enterprises cannot bypass after developing and growing. The Red Steel Group has once again walked at the forefront of the economic experimental zone.

Li Xuewu set four goals for managing Liaodong industry: industry, economy, organization, culture.

The industrial base must be solid, financial economy must be innovative, organizational structure must be firm, and cultural literacy must be improved.

In the past year and a half, he has completed the re-construction and strengthening of the industrial base, and in the remaining two years, as long as he follows the established plan, he will definitely be able to achieve his goals.

Now that there is a solid industrial foundation, he wants to show his skills in the field of financial economy.

With financial expansion leading the way, Liaodong's industry will inevitably develop and grow, becoming Northeast industry; this is his ambition.

With the two carriages of finance and industry driving forward, the organizational structure will develop and grow accordingly, and under the assistance of cultural propaganda, influence will continue to grow.

Only by achieving these four basic goals can Li Xuewu's work in Liaodong be considered complete, and only then will he have the ability to cross the restrictions of job rank.

So hardship is inevitable; he doesn't even have time to rest.

After sending Fang Ai away, Xiao Zihong came back and explained: "The scale of the Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory cannot be counted as large, but this Director Fang's reputation is very big."

He introduced: "Because of starting from scratch, newspapers have repeatedly reported the deeds of their factory; it can be counted as a banner of Liaodong industry."

"Hmm, this goal was chosen very well."

Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said: "It can be seen that she is determined to change the status quo."

"It's all forced." Xiao Zihong sighed helplessly and said: "If it weren't for our intervention, the Fengcheng First Machinery Factory would have been finished long ago."

"How did you get to know her?"

Li Xuewu looked at him with some curiosity and said: "Did she take the initiative to find you?"

"How is that possible." Xiao Zihong smiled and said: "Didn't I say it? In Liaodong's industrial system, she can also be counted as a star figure. My status is still far from reaching the point where she would rush to make friends."

"Are you that bad?" Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly and picked up the teacup to take a sip.

"How to say this kind of thing."

Xiao Zihong didn't sit down after returning, just stood leaning against the desk, hugging his arms and introducing: "Our factory has always been an outsider."

"What do you mean?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows.

"That's what I mean." Xiao Zihong shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Although it is the foundation of the First Machinery Factory, although it uses many workers from the First Machinery Factory, although it is still in Fengcheng, but."

He spread his hands and said: "Our factory has been isolated outside Liaodong's industrial system; we are not people on the same path."

"If it's like what you said, that social interaction also has circles, then I am not qualified to integrate into the circle they are in."

Xiao Zihong gestured with his hand and said: "That is, they have the opportunity to go up, I don't have this opportunity, and I don't need those resources of theirs."

"Oh—" Li Xuewu nodded clearly and said: "You also don't have the resources they need, so they are very arrogant."

"Hahaha—" Xiao Zihong nodded with a smile and said: "If you want to say that, I remember the book *Pride and Prejudice*."

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu also chuckled, shook his head slightly and said: "Every place has every place's rules."

"Indeed." Xiao Zihong nodded slowly and said: "Listening to your arrangement, I let the word out, and only then did I catch this big fish."

Zhang Enyuan came in to pour tea, and just by listening with one ear, he understood. It turned out that the Secretary-General and Factory Director Xiao were acting just now; these two people are really—

"Leader, Vice Factory Director Wang of Linghe Automobile Manufacturing Factory has arrived."

He reported softly: "Do you want to see him now, or..."

"Just now; go to the reception room."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "There is still something in the evening. I don't know how Liaodong is considering it; I hope I won't make a wasted trip."

"You take the field, then it must be a success." Xiao Zihong saw him get up and complimented with a smile: "I have never seen anything you couldn't handle."

"That's over the top—" Li Xuewu glanced at him amusedly, patted him on the shoulder, and gestured to walk out together.

"The next step of success must be considered, and the next step of failure must also be considered." Li Xuewu said while walking: "Keep the key of the Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory well; don't lose it. If it really succeeds, it will be very useful."

"The move of buying a horse's bones for a thousand gold has repeatedly had miraculous effects and has been tested repeatedly." Xiao Zihong also shook his head with emotion and said: "Human hearts are so strange?"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu looked at him and reminded him jokingly: "Don't learn those psychology things; they are not good things."

"Hahaha—" Xiao Zihong laughed extremely happily. The Secretary-General is still quite interesting in private, even scolding himself.

Why wouldn't he be happy? Li Xuewu has his participation in a layout in Liaodong, which proves that the two have a tacit understanding.

They worked together for a year, and he knows this Secretary-General very well; he is both a man of the scene and a man of small mind.

If you respect him by a foot, he will respect you by a yard.

He is not someone who can be settled by soft words, but someone who interacts sincerely; he is a master who doesn't suffer losses but doesn't take advantage either.

Li Xuewu arrived in Fengcheng in the morning, talked with Lu Qiming for more than an hour, ate simply in the reception house at noon, and got busy in the afternoon.

Accompanied by Machinery Factory Factory Director Xiao Zihong and Vice Factory Director Cao Jihui, he first met the person in charge of the Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory, and then met the Vice Factory Director of Linghe Automobile.

The Ninth Pharmaceutical Factory was for the upcoming chemical project, while Linghe Automobile was for cooperation in the automobile industry.

The factory site of Linghe Automobile is not far from Steel City, and it is also in Liaodong; it is an enterprise that produces passenger cars.

As early as '66, this automobile manufacturing factory launched a medium-sized passenger car, LK640.

Li Xuewu looked at the materials brought by the other party and compared them with the Hongyun series passenger cars of Steel Auto; the difference was quite obvious.

If calculated according to the other party's standard, the Hongyun series should be small passenger cars.

And the 46-seater Honghai passenger car produced by Steel Auto should be counted as a large passenger car.

The other party was also prepared; it seemed they had calculated that Steel Auto had no medium-sized passenger car products, and the two sides could carry out embedded cooperation.

However, he did not finalize this matter on the spot, and the reason given was that Steel Auto needed to organize a professional team to study it.

Linghe Automobile was not in a hurry either, and only expressed its admiration for the Red Steel Group's automobile industry at the end, hoping to join the joint industrial system.

Li Xuewu still welcomed this point. Whether it is the automobile parts supply chain system or the automobile sales channel, more brands and resources are needed to expand.

Mastering sales channels does not mean being invincible, and only selling one's own automobile brand.

Steel Auto cannot produce all models, and Red Steel does not have so much capital to invest.

The success of a car company has nothing to do with how many models it produces; it still depends on the success and influence of the product.

At least in the fields of motorcycles and jeeps, the Red Steel Group still dares to stand straight and speak.

Of course, the development of the automobile industry cannot be rushed. Just like Linghe Automobile, one always needs to find the right opportunity.

"You don't intend to cooperate with them?"

Xiao Zihong asked this during the break; he seemed to have seen Li Xuewu's thoughts.

Li Xuewu rubbed his somewhat numb face, closed his eyes and said: "The scale is too small, and there is no feature."

"Hehe—" Xiao Zihong couldn't help laughing: "Passenger cars, don't need a fancy appearance, nor do they need more functional experience, right?"

"That depends on how you define a passenger car." Li Xuewu opened his eyes, looked at him and said: "If it's just for passenger transport, then a Liberation truck will also do."

"Of course." Xiao Zihong spread his hands and said: "I just feel that passenger cars all look the same."

"Hmm, let me tell you something interesting."

Li Xuewu picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, leaned on the back of the chair and said: "Have you heard of a project that the Fengtai Auto Repair Factory is working on, a travel car?"

"Travel—car?" Xiao Zihong looked at him with a strange expression and asked: "A car for travel?"

"Hehehe—" Li Xuewu knew why his expression was so strange; it seemed that travel didn't exist in the interior.

Because everyone's daily life is work, work, and work; there are very few activities like travel.

Taking a bus to the park on the weekend is considered an activity; where is there any car travel?

There is no travel, so where does the travel car come from?

"But this project is called a travel car."

Li Xuewu also nodded amusedly and said: "They took the 620 travel car produced by Jingu Auto as a sample car and used the BJ130 as the chassis."

He gestured with both hands and explained: "Just like this, they named this project 'Fengtai 630 Travel Car'; is this project interesting?"

"Of course, this project hasn't been completed yet. Gu Li from Beijing Second Auto told me about it, and he also felt it was quite interesting."

"Then why do you want to do 630?" Xiao Zihong was full of incomprehension, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Since Jingu Auto has a 620 travel car, what is the significance of them doing this project?"

"Because they can build cars." Li Xuewu opened his palms and gestured: "They are an auto repair factory, and now they can build cars."

"And then?" Xiao Zihong still looked at him with incomprehension and asked: "So what if they can build cars?"

"You still didn't understand what I meant."

Li Xuewu stood up from the chair, looked at the teacup on the desk, put it down, turned his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows and said: "An auto repair factory that can build cars and a pure auto repair factory are two concepts; their values are different."

"Hmm?" Xiao Zihong raised his eyebrows and asked: "They want to sell the factory... no, they are seeking to merge the factory?"

He also thought of it halfway through; not every enterprise has the strength to merge enterprises like the Red Steel Group.

This operation of the Fengtai Auto Repair Factory doesn't look like it wants to sell the factory, but rather like it is finding a good partner for itself.

"Beijing Auto also has the idea of group-formation." Li Xuewu walked to the desk, put down the teacup in his hand, turned his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows and said: "They are seeking to merge some powerful automobile manufacturing factories to complete original industrial accumulation."

"What?" Xiao Zihong was shocked into an emoji when he heard this news, looked at him with full absurdity and asked: "How come one by one they are thinking about... group-formation?"

"Because their people in charge, just like our Director Li, have a dream of being a general manager." Li Xuewu smiled and poured himself tea, raised it and gestured: "General Manager Li, aha?"

"He—" Xiao Zihong couldn't help chuckling when he heard his tone, shook his head slightly and said: "This is really—so lively."

"It will be more and more lively in the future."

Li Xuewu walked back with the teacup and said firmly: "Do you believe it? We help Beijing Chemical complete the group-formation process, and Beijing Industry will fall into a chaotic situation of industrial merger."

"Now this sign has appeared, hasn't it?" Xiao Zihong saw it clearly, spread his hands and said: "Is the temptation of this general manager so big?"

"Hey—" Li Xuewu tilted his head, smiled and said: "You are not in that position, so you can't feel the charm of this title at all."

"Then I really can't understand."

Xiao Zihong shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I set a goal for myself; it's enough to be a manager of a large department when I retire."

"Hehehe—" Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly and said: "This goal is not high; you are too conservative."

"Not at all." Xiao Zihong explained very seriously: "I would never have thought of the topic of retirement if I hadn't seen these graduates this year."

He sighed and said: "The graduates trained by the professional training education system can completely beat the workers in the factory now."

"I'm talking about the workers already on the job."

He emphasized very seriously: "I heard that they had already started internship work when they were in school, and even practiced in the factories of the Liangmahe Industrial Zone."

"Combining theoretical knowledge, these graduates can be completely regarded as the future production core of the machinery factory."

Xiao Zihong nodded slowly and said: "Technical workers are like this; how accomplished must those graduates assigned to the government office be."

"Compared to them, look at the college students who came in the past few years. After a few years of training, where is our room for promotion in the future?"

He let out a long breath, smiled with relief and said: "But it's still okay; their growth still needs a period of time, at least leaving a period of space for us old guys."

"You are going to call yourself an old guy?"

Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly and said: "Then shouldn't the leaders of the Group Management Committee be buried in the ground?"

"Hey! I didn't say that!"

Xiao Zihong was startled by him, waved his hands repeatedly with a smile and said: "You think so, but you can't borrow it from me and say it."

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu accepted this joke of his, thinking that this sentence is indeed quite interesting.

"Lv Yuanshen returned to Beijing; do you have any ideas?"

He put down the teacup in his hand, cast his gaze at the other party, and asked as if unintentionally: "Want to fight for a few more years in the machinery factory, or change positions?"

"Is this the prelude to an organizational talk?"

Xiao Zihong looked at him with a smile, raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Should I carefully consider the wording? So as not to miss a good opportunity?"

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "It's just us chatting privately; you don't have to be so formal."

Chatting? Who believes it—

If the person sitting opposite him was his own secretary, Xiao Zihong could chat casually, but the person sitting opposite was his Secretary-General!

It can be said that the management of the Red Steel Group is embodied in the form of a Management Committee, and the Secretary-General is the key connecting the Management Committee and the executive layer.

The questions he asks, the words he says—who dares to listen casually, chat casually.

"To be honest, I have no preparation."

Xiao Zihong still thought about it, and then opened his mouth to say: "I know he is going to be transferred, and I also know he might go to the group's government office; I just didn't expect he could..."

Speaking to this point, he spread his hands, meaning those who understand, understand.

"Didn't expect he could take over the Quality and Safety Department, right." Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said: "Are they all saying he can only go back to be a deputy manager?"

"He—" Xiao Zihong didn't commit himself, smiled and said: "Maybe it's his good luck."

"Heh." Li Xuewu responded with his nostrils and said: "Perhaps."

"This year is my third year working in the machinery factory." Xiao Zihong thought about it and said: "Actually, I still want to fight for a few more years."

He looked at Li Xuewu very seriously and explained: "Because I still have many ideas that haven't been realized, and the goals set at the beginning haven't been achieved."

"If possible, I hope to work for a few more years."

"Have you ever thought about what impact your lingering here will have on the machinery factory? What impact will it have on your own future work?"

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and emphasized: "I told the group I would work in Liaodong for another ten years; what would you think?"

"Hehehe—" Xiao Zihong smiled knowingly and said: "Perhaps many people would hate you."

"Hehe." Li Xuewu looked at him meaningfully and said: "Work is work; having goals to strive for is a good thing, but you can't get yourself too deep."

"So, will you give me a chance?"

Xiao Zihong looked at him playfully and asked: "Transferred to which factory? Or return to the group's government office to hold a post like Lv Yuanshen?"

"If you also want to exile yourself." Li Xuewu looked at him with a smile and said: "Then you can apply to be transferred back to the group's government office right now."

He raised his chin and said: "The position of a large department manager shouldn't be too difficult, right? At least it won't be very difficult for you."

"If you say so." Xiao Zihong's face had a bit more seriousness; he looked at him and asked: "Is Lv Yuanshen's career over?"

"What do you think?" Li Xuewu picked up the teacup, took a sip, lowered his head and said: "Returning to the group at this time, neither up nor down—you would feel unwilling in the machinery factory; can he be willing?"

"Sigh—" Xiao Zihong knew it would be like this. The position of a large department manager is the position the group puts out to tempt them, but in reality, it is a position for them to retire.

Of course, it cannot be completely said to be retirement; after all, that position is one that needs experienced cadres to sit in town.

Usually, the government office has plenty of people to do things; the large department manager only needs to understand the direction set by the management, convey it to the people below, and master the direction of the executive layer.

Being able to govern a factory from nothing to something, from something to excellence, and being able to manage thousands of people—isn't managing those dozens of people in the large department easy?

That position is either for a transition when young, like Li Xuewu fighting his way up with real knives and guns, or like them, retiring after success.

"You think about it carefully." Li Xuewu smiled slightly and said: "I'm just chatting with you casually."

"I've taken it to heart—" Xiao Zihong laughed.

The two already had a tacit understanding; many things don't need to be said too directly, and both understand.

Li Xuewu also met the person in charge of the Siping Passenger Car Factory before dinner. The other party's intention was the same as the Linghe Automobile Factory.

These people didn't come because of his name, but were handling affairs in Fengcheng. Hearing that he had come, they asked Liaodong Industry to help, and had a chance to come and try their luck.

This is also an arrangement for his visit to Liaodong Industry. Hu Ke had long reminded him that he would introduce some people in charge of excellent Liaodong industrial enterprises for him to know.

Li Xuewu would not refuse Hu Ke's request, and the other party didn't force him to reach cooperation; it could be counted as a by-product of the meeting between the two sides.

Li Xuewu brought Xiao Zihong to the evening banquet, and Hu Ke also brought a guest he was very surprised by.

"Secretary-General Li, hello, my name is Liu Gang, from the Changhe Machinery Factory."

"How about it? A pleasant surprise?"

Hu Ke introduced him with a smile: "You should know, right? The aviation industry decided to build a helicopter manufacturing factory in Jingdezhen."

He gestured to Liu Gang to introduce: "Director Zhang of the 602 Institute introduced him to me. Director Liu, today you can be counted as peers meeting."

"Director Liu, hello." Li Xuewu shook hands with the other party with a smile and said: "I saw some news about your factory in the newspaper."

"Thank you; it is also an honor to see you." Liu Gang was truly polite and said with a smile: "Steel Flight has walked in front of the country's helicopter production; we have to learn well."

"Where—" Li Xuewu said modestly: "We belong to grafting; after all, we lack technical foundation."

"If producing KH-4 helicopters also needs to be humble." Liu Gang shook his hand again and said: "Then we would be ashamed."

"Do you two want to have a fight?" Hu Ke thought the fun wasn't big enough, raised his eyebrows and said: "Don't they all say peers are enemies?"

"Hahaha—"

PS: I have insisted on updating every New Year's Eve. I updated earlier this year because I wanted to accompany my family. Old Wu is here to pay New Year's greetings to everyone in advance.

I wish you all a new atmosphere in the Year of the Horse, prosperity, wealth, and career! Everything goes smoothly! ===== CHAPTER 1611 =====

"Not at all—" Li Xuewu said modestly, "What we have here is a case of grafting; after all, we lack the technical foundation."

"If you need to be humble while being able to produce a helicopter like the KH-4," Liu Gang shook his hand once more and said, "then we would have no face left to show."

"Why don't you two have a go at each other?" Hu Ke, who loved to watch the excitement, raised an eyebrow and said, "Isn't it said that peers are rivals?"

"Hahaha—"

PS: I have insisted on updating every New Year's Eve. I'm updating a bit earlier this year because I want to spend time with my family. Old Wu is here to wish everyone a Happy New Year in advance.

Wishing all you great folks a new atmosphere in the Year of the Horse, with prosperity in fortune, wealth, and career! May everything go smoothly!