Chapter 1612: Ambush

"Really not staying one more day?"

Hu Ke said with some self-reproach: "It wasn't easy for you to come to Fengcheng; I should have hosted you properly."

"Hypocritical—" Li Xuewu smiled and pointed at him, then turned and got into the car. Looking at him from the car window, he reminded: "Come to Steel City next time."

"Hehehe—" Hu Ke smiled and waved his hand, seeing off Li Xuewu and his party at 9:00 AM.

There was one more car from the Fengcheng Machinery Factory than when they arrived. Xiao Zihong had come specially to welcome him this morning; Li Xuewu would be going to the machinery factory for research in the morning.

"Do you think the sincerity of Liaodong Industry is high or low?" Xiao Zihong looked at him sideways, pointed to the courtyard outside the car window, and asked: "Regarding the cooperation with Beijing Chemical."

"Hmm, you know, cooperation requires a foundation." Li Xuewu rubbed his nose, looked at him, and asked: "What do you think is the foundation of cooperation?"

"It definitely isn't personal relationships."

Xiao Zihong first ruled out a definitely wrong answer, smiled, and looked out the window, saying: "Personal relationships aren't worth money."

"Yeah, personal relationships and face are worth a few cents a jin." Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said: "Liaodong doesn't want to do a one-off deal."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Zihong looked at him in surprise and asked: "Not do a one-off deal?"

"They want to install a powerful engine for Liaodong Industry." Li Xuewu gestured with both hands and said: "They want to fly."

"Hehe—" Xiao Zihong was amused by his description, turned his body, and asked: "How to fly? Where to fly?"

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu also laughed.

The completeness of Fengcheng's urban construction is relatively high; whether before or after liberation, this place has been a heavy industrial city.

Industrial cities have a relatively prominent characteristic, which is that economic conditions won't be bad, because there is the most basic consumer group here.

Strictly speaking, the location of the Fengcheng Machinery Factory doesn't count as being within the urban area, but with industrial development and urban construction, the shadow of the urban-rural integration is becoming increasingly blurred. After the roads are regulated, it's building clusters.

"Fengcheng is still rich." Li Xuewu looked at the urban building clusters outside the car window and couldn't help but nod with emotion: "It can support urban construction."

"First in the national total industrial output value."

Xiao Zihong pointed to the buildings along the way outside the car window to introduce them to him, and at the same time reminded him: "The three northeastern provinces occupy the top three in the national industrial output value ranking; if they say they are rich, they are truly rich."

"Hmm, you can tell just by looking at the mental outlook of the common people." Li Xuewu's gaze shifted from the building clusters to the streets on both sides of the road.

Pedestrians were like weaving, shops were numerous, a scene of prosperity.

In this era, looking at the common people's clothing, it can't be said to be very luxurious, but the ownership ratio of bicycles and the clothing of young people still couldn't hide the wealth and prosperity of this city.

Bamboo outside the peach blossoms, two or three branches; the spring river water warms, the ducks know first.

No matter how strict the rules are, they can't block young people's pursuit of fashion, not to mention that in this era, under the rules, young people are also encouraged to have excellent qualities of self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-improvement.

Therefore, white shirts, sea-soul shirts, floral skirts, and little white shoes, youth embellished the black, white, and gray of the era, adding different colors.

The passing of the motorcade startled a piece of attention, but what flew past wasn't a part of their lives; very few people could retain this short memory.

However, the cadres and staff of the Fengcheng Machinery Factory could still clearly feel the group's development and progress.

"Why call it the Cruiser name?"

After getting out of the car, Xiao Zihong once again carefully examined the lead car that the security personnel were riding in, and turned back to look at Li Xuewu.

He knew Li Xuewu's outstanding contributions in car design; even the name of this domineering car was used by the other party.

"Self-esteem? Self-confidence? Or?"

"Whatever you think it is, it is." Li Xuewu didn't answer his question directly, but smiled and said: "Whatever you see, that's what it is."

"Seeing mountains as mountains, right?" Xiao Zihong could keep up with his rhythm of speaking, nodded with a smile, and said: "It does look very domineering."

"If you can't even like the car you built yourself, then how can you expect others to pay for your design."

Li Xuewu stood on the side with his hands in his pockets, looking at this boutique car that had been tossed for three years and couldn't be considered a subsidiary product of the Trailblazer, his eyes full of liking.

"The International Business Department is operating to push it to the international market."

At this moment, the staff passing by the factory area couldn't help but lean over to carefully examine this car, and even took the initiative to inquire with the security personnel who got out of the car and were guarding around.

"International market?" Xiao Zihong was repeatedly surprised by the information he revealed inadvertently; this exposed the disadvantage of him being far away from Beijing and Steel City, which was geographical isolation.

"Hmm, purely overseas market."

Li Xuewu nodded confidently and said: "Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and even East Germany."

He stretched out his foot and kicked the Cruiser's thick tires to introduce: "This car will be exhibited together with the Trailblazer; it can be considered a sister model."

"When will it go on sale domestically?" Xiao Zihong shrugged his shoulders and asked: "Or is it a low-price dumping strategy?"

"Hmm—" Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said: "These two models are a different matter from other conventional models."

He reached out and opened the car door to indicate the decoration inside and introduced: "Just the materials and craftsmanship used make it impossible to dump cheaply."

"How much is this car?" Xiao Zihong asked with a smile: "See how many years I need to work to afford it."

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu smiled and waved his hand, looked at Zhang Enyuan standing on the side, and asked: "Has the sales company set the price?"

"The initial marketing plan has already been set."

Zhang Enyuan stepped forward and introduced: "The full set of Trailblazer modules is priced at 150,000, and the lowest configuration version of the Cruiser is priced at 46,000."

"Whoa—" Xiao Zihong couldn't help but be surprised and said: "The gap is big enough."

Everyone at the scene indeed knew that the gap he was talking about was the comparison between the price of this car and the Hongxing Lingyang Second Generation, which was also an off-road vehicle.

The cheapest Hongxing Lingyang Second Generation is 7,180 yuan, and the most expensive is 9,980 yuan.

Even if not compared to the Trailblazer, a light infantry combat vehicle for light infantry strategic use, just comparing it with the Cruiser, the gap is indeed pulled very wide.

"Actually, there's no need for introduction and comparison; drivers who have driven the 212 can know that there is absolutely no comparability between the two after trying this car."

Li Xuewu introduced very confidently: "The definition of this car from the beginning of its design wasn't to benchmark against the 212; the Hongxing Lingyang Second Generation is."

"Hehehe—" Xiao Zihong hugged his arms and chuckled: "There's a reason why the leaders of Beijing Auto hate you."

Like the staff who gathered around, his gaze wandered on this car, and he shook his head slightly with emotion: "It's a bit of a victory without fighting."

"They don't need your pity."

Li Xuewu raised his hand, signaled him to walk to the office building together, and emphasized in his mouth: "The era is developing, everyone is progressing."

"Heard about it." Xiao Zihong walked by his side, nodded slowly, and said: "They are seeking to improve the 212 and also want to carry out subdivided styles."

"A bit late." Li Xuewu said lightly: "I don't deny the success of the 212, otherwise it wouldn't have let Hongxing Lingyang Auto do face-to-face marketing."

It must be said that the marketing strategy of the Red Star Factory at the beginning was indeed very disgusting. Beijing Auto didn't want to link up with their kind of poor relatives from the countryside, and even refused cooperation. It was the Red Star Factory that was shameless and insisted on sticking to it for publicity.

Not mentioning the 212 in every sentence, but comparing it to the 212 everywhere.

The new car exhibition hosted by Li Xuewu at the beginning could be considered to have set a bad precedent for these domestic car manufacturing enterprises.

With the existence of the Red Star Factory, which doesn't talk about martial arts, since then, many peers have been openly shameless on the road of imitation and copying.

Almost poor enough to be unable to open the pot, can they still want face?

Set up the factory first, as long as they can support their own workers, they aren't afraid even if the other party goes to complain.

Who says it's yours if you designed it and manufactured it? Currently, there is no patent law in the country; whoever can build it is theirs.

The Red Star Factory did it this way; why aren't they, who play the rogue, afraid of the boomerang hitting their own faces?

Because by copying the 212, they can sell it at a price slightly lower than the 212, making a steady profit without loss, but by copying the Hongxing Lingyang, they can't even recover the cost of parts.

Currently, the domestic price of the 212 is between 36,000 and 42,000, far exceeding the Hongxing Lingyang Second Generation.

There is a reason why Xiao Zihong said the leaders of Beijing Auto hate him; currently, Steel Auto occupies half of the domestic civilian car sales.

The civilian market that originally belonged to the 212 has basically been replaced by the Hongxing Lingyang Second Generation. Although buying a car doesn't require spending one's own money, the unit's budget is also limited, and leaders will also vote with their feet.

The money to buy one 212 is enough to buy almost five Antelopes. The basic performance of the two is infinitely approaching. Comparing other functions, is there any need to think about which car to choose?

Beijing Auto wants to facelift the 212, not because of their enterprising spirit of excellence, but because the market is pushing them to do so.

If they don't facelift, the military market will almost be completely eroded.

The complete loss of the civilian jeep market has also affected the military market, especially the birth of the Trailblazer and Cruiser, which gave domestic jeep manufacturers a head-on blow.

Can't compete with the Hongxing Lingyang in price, can't compete with the Cruiser in performance; whichever way you choose is reasonable. For the market, it's completely unreasonable.

In the Fengcheng Machinery Factory, Li Xuewu mainly visited and researched the CNC machine tool production workshop, as well as the experimental workshop of the CNC machining center.

Progress in production technology can directly affect the quality of industrial production. The production efficiency of CNC machine tools has been greatly improved compared to ordinary machine tools, and the management burden of enterprises has also been greatly reduced in terms of production costs and labor input.

Although the current CNC machine tools cannot be completely compared with later generations in terms of precision or quality, the development direction is correct.

Every progress represents a new hope, a new beginning.

Li Xuewu walked inside the workshop, listening to the introduction of the workshop director; he could already foresee that the Red Steel Group was grasping the lifeline of future industrial production.

When the Steel City Machining Factory belonging to the group invested in modern CNC machine tools on a large scale, it already represented that the era had opened a new chapter.

"Secretary-General, Deputy Director Su is in the workshop."

Li Xuewu hurried back from Fengcheng by car; Zhang Jing rushed over to open the car door for him the moment the car stopped steadily.

"Which workshop?" Li Xuewu frowned and glanced at the motorcade not far away, but it wasn't from Beijing.

"Bus assembly workshop." Zhang Jing guided him while reporting: "I picked him up from the Steel City station; there weren't many accompanying personnel."

Li Xuewu didn't ask anything else and walked straight to the assembly workshop.

In fact, walking past the corner, one could see many people standing at the entrance of the assembly workshop, including cadres from Steel Auto and accompanying cadres from the group.

"Secretary-General—"

"Hello, Secretary-General!"

No matter which unit the cadres were from, they all stood straight and took the initiative to greet him when they saw him walking over.

Li Xuewu nodded, looked at He Guiying, Deputy Manager of the Group's Comprehensive Management Department, and asked: "Where is Deputy Director Su?"

He knew that the person must be in the workshop, but he had to ask like this. Did he have to take the initiative to call and invite the other party out?

No matter how big the airs, coming over without saying hello can already be considered tearing the face. Why should he give the other party face?

He Guiying knew the consequences of the city gate catching fire and the pond fish suffering, and reported very seriously: "Deputy Director Su is visiting inside the workshop; he won't let us follow, and Workshop Director Sun is accompanying him."

"I know." Li Xuewu nodded slowly, looked her up and down, and asked: "Deputy Secretary-General Ji didn't come?"

"He is still busy. After Deputy Secretary-General Chen went to Hong Kong, Director Li asked him to take over the Comprehensive Management Department as Acting Manager."

He Guiying introduced the situation of the group, but in the introduction, she mentioned that she was also hurriedly ordered to come to Steel City without receiving notice in advance.

"I didn't even have time to pack my luggage; I didn't bring anything."

She looked at Li Xuewu with feigned embarrassment, and then looked at the others standing at the door.

"Not just you, me too."

Liu Hongmei, Director of the Second Organization Division, shook her head with a wry smile and said: "When I was about to leave, I called my spouse and asked him to pick up the child."

Li Xuewu glanced at the expressions of the other cadres; he didn't know if it was real or pretended. At this moment, their faces all carried embarrassment.

"Hehe—" He asked with a chuckle: "Temporarily grabbing strong men, what's so urgent? It wouldn't be to give me a long vacation, would it?"

Seeing him say this, everyone's expressions changed. He said it as a joke, but no one present dared to laugh, because this joke wasn't funny at all.

"... We are doing the final debugging, striving to achieve normal production before autumn..."

At this moment, the workshop director accompanied Su Weide out, followed by Gu Cheng, who rarely went out.

Having been a secretary for Deputy Director Su for more than two years, this was a rare opportunity for Gu Cheng to accompany the leader to research in other places.

Everyone says Deputy Director Su is considerate of young people, knowing he is newly married, he can't bear to let him suffer the pain of separation, so he basically doesn't take him when he goes out.

Of course, say it nicely; you can't say Deputy Director Su can't stand him but can't replace him, so he can only hang him there idly?

He doesn't want face, but Deputy Director Su still wants face—

"Oh, the Secretary-General is back."

The moment Su Weide saw him, he walked over with a smile and took the initiative to extend his right hand.

Li Xuewu also smiled and shook his hand, greeting him politely: "Deputy Director Su, you are here."

"Look at you, you didn't even say hello in advance. Those who don't know would think I hid out in advance because I didn't want to see you."

"Hahaha—" Su Weide laughed heartily, shook his hand, and said: "Coming here is like coming home; why be so polite."

It was he who took the initiative to let go of his hand. Being able to pretend to be harmonious for a few seconds was already very difficult. He couldn't give Li Xuewu a hug again.

Even if it was a smiling greeting, it was also a knife hidden in a smile, honey-mouthed and sword-hearted.

Of course, Li Xuewu didn't indulge him either; he almost tore his face and scolded him. The two were smiling, but the others' expressions were tense.

"Heard you went to Fengcheng to talk about a project?"

Su Weide took the initiative and didn't give Li Xuewu a chance to counterattack. He also knew Li Xuewu wasn't easy to provoke, especially this mouth.

So he ignored the people standing at the door, raised his hand to signal the front, and asked Li Xuewu to accompany him for a walk.

"Beijing Chemical's project." The smile on Li Xuewu's face disappeared. He only walked a few steps, and when he reached the boundary of the shade, he stopped walking.

"You came so urgently, there must be something, right?"

He took the initiative to lay it out and asked: "Could it be that the group has some new arrangements, or trends?"

"The group's trends will definitely not bypass you, the Secretary-General." Su Weide carried his hands behind his back, turned his head to look at him, and said: "It's to send people to Steel Auto."

He said it so bluntly, "Why? Not welcome me?"

"Where—" Li Xuewu smiled lightly and said: "Sending us talent, do I have any reason not to welcome it?"

"Hehehe—" Su Weide also smiled meaningfully and said: "The group has a process for selecting and employing people."

Speaking of this, he looked at the cadres not far behind Li Xuewu and said: "I don't agree with the form of self-recommendation."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and didn't speak, but just looked at him, waiting for his follow-up.

"Director Li likes to use young cadres to take on heavy responsibilities. I don't oppose this point, because young people have more ideas and more drive."

He withdrew his gaze, smiled at Li Xuewu, and said: "Speaking of young cadres, the group says that you, the Secretary-General, are the one who knows how to cultivate people."

"Where does this come from?"

Li Xuewu turned his back to the crowd, not afraid of making a joke of discord, and asked with a sneer: "I don't even know what talent I've cultivated."

"Hey—" Su Weide raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Excessive modesty is pride. You, the Secretary-General, don't need to be like this at all."

He turned to look at the workers who were moving parts into the workshop not far away, tilted his head slightly, and said: "Red Steel is developing very well in the Steel City industrial zone, especially this Steel Auto, one step a year."

"Praising Lu Yuanshen's credit at this time?" Li Xuewu put aside the doubts in his heart for the time being, looked into the distance, and said: "He dares to think and do, dares to act and take responsibility."

Hearing him say this, Su Weide suddenly felt as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly. If it weren't for Li Xuewu's obstruction, he wouldn't have to face this stray dog Lu Yuanshen.

If you really want to talk about it, the accident that happened at Steel Auto at the beginning, if it weren't for Li Xuewu fanning the flames, could it have been so serious?

This muddle-headed Lu Yuanshen not only didn't resent Li Xuewu, but instead held a grudge against him, the benefactor who had put in great effort to help cover it up at the beginning.

Lu Yuanshen resents him, hates him.

One can tell from his various performances after returning to the group's organs that the rift between the two had long been bottomless and irreconcilable.

This is completely not his fault, at least in his opinion, it is like this; Li Xuewu is the initiator.

He is the supervisor in charge of work safety; if he were to fan the flames during a work safety accident at the steel mill at the end of the year, could Lv Yuan still be holding on until today?

Who took the initiative to bring things to visit him at the beginning, saying those things that were not there, that face, he still feels disgusted every time he thinks of it.

It was his care that allowed Lu Yuanshen to stand firm at Steel Auto. Why did this bastard change his face as soon as Li Xuewu came?

Safety production accidents can be big or small. It was Li Xuewu who held on to this matter and didn't let go, which made it bigger and bigger, just like the accident in Workshop 4.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li Xuewu was making trouble, but he arranged for people to tell Lu Yuanshen in private, and this muddle-headed person didn't believe it.

Why?

Lu Yuanshen said he didn't believe Li Xuewu would trip Dong Wenxue because of the No. 4 furnace matter.

You listen, you listen, is this human talk?

Why, why can't Li Xuewu pit Dong Wenxue? Who stipulated it? Just because of the dog-shit teacher-student relationship that neither of them admits?

Su Weide really wanted to point at his nose and scold him for being too naive!

He didn't believe the No. 4 furnace incident, but he should at least reflect on Steel Auto's production accident, right? After such a long time, he still can't distinguish good from bad?

But what was the result?

Lu Yuanshen only recognized one thing: after the incident, Li Xuewu repeatedly coordinated and mediated for him, which dragged the matter for four months.

In his opinion, it was precisely because of Li Xuewu's help that the matter was turned from big to small, reducing the impact of the accident to the lowest point.

Especially since Li Xuewu had long reminded him how this time would be arranged for him, although he didn't say what position he would take in the Quality and Safety Department.

In Lu Yuanshen's opinion, his death penalty could be avoided, but his living crime was hard to escape; at most, he would be a deputy manager.

But what was the result?

The surprise suddenly came knocking on the door. On the day the appointment document was issued, he read it several times to confirm that there was no "deputy" word in front of the manager. You tell me what his mood was at that time.

Let's put it this way, the first sentence that popped into his head was: A scholar dies for his confidant.

Who is his confidant?

Of course, it is Li Xuewu, who hides his merit and fame, never shows off in front of him, but makes the best arrangements for him behind his back.

Hearing the feedback from the person who passed the message, Su Weide was about to be angered to madness. Li Xuewu's calculation could be seen by a dog that it was aimed at him.

He admitted that he didn't support Lu Yuanshen at the critical moment, because at that time he didn't think Lu Yuanshen had any hope left.

According to his idea, Lu Yuanshen returning to the group could only go to the labor union, or be a deputy general manager of the sales company, in charge of car sales work.

Such an arrangement was already an extravagant hope in his opinion. A defeated general still dares to talk about bravery?

But Li Xuewu was really willing to go all out, and pushed this waste to the position of manager of the Quality and Safety Department, right under his nose.

You tell me, how could he make Lu Yuanshen believe that this was his arrangement?

At the personnel work meeting of the Management Committee, the candidate he wanted to push had already been known to everyone. Lu Yuanshen was willing to go through fire and water for Li Xuewu, but wanted to cut him off his horse.

Absurd, stupid, ignorant—

Besides scolding on the street behind his back, what else could he do? He could still trip Li Xuewu; not returning a favor is not polite.

This time he came prepared, bringing the dissatisfaction of others in the group's Management Committee with Li Xuewu, intending to teach Li Xuewu a lesson.

"Secretary-General." When Xu Ning saw Li Xuewu, he appeared a bit at a loss, his eyes carrying some confusion.

Li Xuewu instantly understood what Su Weide said in the afternoon; it turned out that he was ambushed here waiting for him.

"Who told you to come?"

Su Weide came in the morning, and knowing Li Xuewu was rushing back, he asked Zhang Jing to arrange a cadre representative meeting at Steel Auto to read the appointment document for the person in charge of Steel Auto.

Li Xuewu met Xu Ning before the meeting started. Su Weide's sinister point was here; he had also just finished an organizational talk with Xu Ning.

The content of the talk didn't need to be said; there must be Xu Ning's name on the appointment document to be read later.

This move was really disgusting enough, even more disgusting than him using Lu Yuanshen to disgust Su Weide.

Belonging to the management sequence of the Liaodong Industrial Leading Group and being in the same industrial zone, so Deputy Director Su Weide of the Group Management Committee came and wanted to convene a cadre representative meeting, and other main responsible persons at home also came.

This included Yang Zongfang, Executive Deputy Director of the Metallurgical Plant.

Passing by, Li Xuewu could even feel the faint sadness and disappointment from the other party.

One side was a former beloved general, the other side was a capable cadre; Li Xuewu could be considered to have been tricked by the other party this time, and also forced into a corner.

This matter wasn't Xu Ning's fault; he was called over from United Energy. The notice only required him to come to the meeting, nothing else.

It was just that he arrived at Steel Auto and was suddenly called to the office; Su Weide appeared then and represented the organization to talk to him.

Xu Ning previously served as Deputy General Manager of United Energy General Company, in charge of sales work, and was one of the few cadres Li Xuewu had brought up who grew up very quickly.

Although the main business of United Energy General Company was in Liaodong, the general company headquarters was in Beijing, and he was presiding over the construction of sales stations in Liaodong.

Being suddenly called over, he also felt very surprised, because United Energy didn't belong to the management of the Group's Liaodong Industrial Leading Group.

However, it was also normal for Deputy Director Su to represent the group to call him over for a meeting, but he didn't expect this kind of arrangement.

Although he didn't pay attention to the situation here, he could hear some situations when working in Liaodong and often returning to the group headquarters.

Now he was very panicked. He had already refused Deputy Director Su once in the office, but didn't succeed.

Deputy Director Su represented the group to talk to him and didn't give him a chance to refuse to take over Steel Auto, because the personnel appointment document had already been brought.

In this era, sometimes you are allowed to refuse organizational appointments, and sometimes you are not. This is awareness, this is discipline.

Xu Ning never thought about adding trouble to Li Xuewu, but at this time he already knew he was involved in this vortex.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come."

Complaints were complaints, but seeing his nervous appearance, Li Xuewu could only pat him on the shoulder and said: "Since the organization trusts you, then work hard."

"Secretary-General—" Xu Ning frowned and said: "Did you have arrangements early on? Or should I go find Director Li..."

"This is the group's arrangement, the organization's arrangement." Li Xuewu frowned and emphasized: "You must unconditionally obey."

"Alright..." Xu Ning still hesitated and agreed.

"Since you want to do it, you must do it well."

Li Xuewu frowned and pointed his finger at his chest, emphasizing: "If you don't do it well, what you lose won't just be your own face."

Does Xu Ning have the qualifications to serve as the person in charge of Steel Auto?

Strictly speaking, he didn't even have the qualifications to serve as Secretary-General, and now didn't he also do it for a few years?

Xu Ning was promoted to regular section level in 1967 and deputy division level in 1969. His several job transfers had nothing to do with Li Xuewu; it was Li Huai De who was using him.

Of course, he really had to thank Li Huai De for being able to walk to today, and also had to say that his ability was strong enough, steady and reliable.

At the beginning, the mess that Li Huai De's secretary Jin Yaohui made at the border office was cleaned up by Xu Ning, otherwise he wouldn't have attracted Old Li's attention and reuse.

Being promoted to deputy division level in two years as a regular section level was understandable; it could be considered what he deserved, especially in the joint-venture energy development general company, the rank was a bit virtual.

But this appointment was a bit like driving a duck to the shelf, testing not only Xu Ning's ability but also his resilience.

If Xu Ning does well, that is the group leaders' discerning eyes, selecting talent, boldly using people, and giving young cadres opportunities.

If Xu Ning doesn't do well, that is Li Xuewu forming a party for private interests and playing in a small circle.

Xu Ning going to Steel Auto, in the eyes of some people, is him appointing people by favoritism, being domineering and willful.

It's hard to say about others, but how would Yang Zongfang, whom he pushed up, think, and how would Li Haiyang, who was pressed down, think?

How would Yao Huiying, supported by Cheng Kaiyuan and Xue Zhifu, think, and how would Gou Zirong, supported by Zhang Jinsong and Gao Yaqin, think?

Even Yu Decai, who was transferred to the Yingcheng Port Area, would think, was it him who deliberately arranged it like this to pave the way for Xu Ning?

After all, everyone knows that Xu Ning was promoted by him single-handedly.

Now he is not a person inside or outside; Xu Ning is on the fire, and can only work well, but he can't get much benefit.

Can Li Xuewu let Xu Ning go to the group to make trouble?

No, because that is undoubtedly slapping his own face, saying that the soldiers he brought out can't fight?

So he sat on the rostrum, watching the cadres below discussing in low voices, his face terribly serious.

The meeting was presided over by him. Su Weide handed the appointment document to Liu Hongmei to read, and he himself made the final speech.

Li Xuewu didn't say much in the speech, but Wang Zhi, Executive Deputy Director of Steel Auto, made a statement on behalf of Steel Auto.

In the statement, he clearly expressed respect for the group's arrangements, firmly supported the organization's decision, and cooperated well with Factory Director Xu Ning's work...

Wang Zhi originally worked in the design office of the Rolling Steel Factory and was a soldier brought out by Xia Zhongquan. Over the years, he has supported his work very much in Steel City.

So his statement could be considered to have recovered some of the decline, at least stabilizing the situation within Steel Auto, so that Xu Ning wouldn't be embarrassed.

If the cadres of Steel Auto gave Xu Ning a blow, it would be enough for those people in the group to watch Li Xuewu's excitement.

Even if Xu Ning could eventually subdue these people, it would be a few months later, and the time delayed during the period would be counted in his ability assessment.

And even if Xu Ning stabilized the situation, those people in the group would think it was his high-pressure means that helped Xu Ning, and it wouldn't bring any good influence.

So it's not a good time for Xu Ning to come to Steel Auto; one step less is wrong, and one step more is also wrong.

But who let Su Weide not talk about martial arts, pressing his head and leaving him at Steel Auto? The matter is settled, no one can change it.

"Secretary-General."

There was a knock on the door. The bell for getting off work had rung three times, but Li Xuewu was still standing by the window looking outside.

He turned his head and saw Yang Zongfang and Li Haiyang standing at the door.

"It's you two, not off work yet?"

Li Xuewu turned around, waved his hand, and signaled them to sit on the sofa.

"Originally planned to get off work, but seeing no movement on your side, I came over to take a look."

Yang Zongfang explained with a smile, took out a cigarette from his pocket and distributed one to Li Haiyang, and signaled the other party to explain: "Met Comrade Haiyang in the corridor."

Li Haiyang wasn't polite, lit the cigarette, sat on the sofa with a butt, sniffed, and said: "Is this called a meeting of minds?"

"Hehehe—" Yang Zongfang glanced at him amusedly and said: "Go have a meeting of minds with your wife."

"Hahaha—" Li Haiyang didn't care, smiled and took a puff of the cigarette, exhaled a long smoke ring, looked at Li Xuewu who had just sat down, and said: "I guess this move absolutely wasn't thought of by Old Su; he doesn't have this."

Saying this, he pointed to his own head with the finger holding the cigarette, his smile not without sarcasm: "If he had this early on, he wouldn't have lost all his face."

Li Xuewu didn't speak, but looked at Yang Zongfang and asked with a light smile: "Made you lose face."

"Where are those words—" Yang Zongfang sat up straight, reached out and flicked the ash in the ashtray, and said frankly: "It's my luck to get it, it's my fate to lose it."

"Besides, I didn't have this idea in the first place. If it weren't for your encouragement, I wouldn't have come to join in the fun."

"Hehehe—" Li Haiyang could hear his mischief, but still gave him face and said with a smile: "There really is this possibility."

Li Xuewu let out a breath from his nostrils and said: "I also didn't expect them to be so shameless."

"Very normal." Li Haiyang blew out smoke, curled his lips and said: "A few days ago I was thinking, it would be strange if Factory Director Yang really took over Steel Auto smoothly."

He raised his chin and said: "You slapped so many people in the face when you went to the group; it would be abnormal if they didn't get anxious when they turned back."

"I have to say, Factory Director Yang, don't be discouraged, this matter isn't over." He took the initiative to persuade Yang Zongfang: "Old Su is a rabbit's tail that can't grow long, a person who marks a target and sells his head, a dog and a chicken."

"Do you see people so accurately?" Yang Zongfang teased him on purpose: "Why didn't you tell me early on?"

"I tell you? Do you believe it?" Li Haiyang really knew how to act; he spoke as if he were a god of strategy after the fact, curling his lips and saying: "He just couldn't get over the anger and stood up to carry the gun."

"This matter is on me, I was careless."

Li Xuewu picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying lightly: "Yao Huiying can't come down; her age is there. If she comes down, she can't go up."

"Gou Zirong has no production management experience, Director Li is going to arrange for him to take over the sales general company next, so he won't move either."

He put down the teacup and continued to explain: "As for the others, they are not worth mentioning. With those two supporting there, you have a 70% chance of winning."

"Forget it, actually it's fine." Yang Zongfang shook his head with a smile and said: "Even if I go now, I won't go; it's meaningless."

"There are many things in the Metallurgical Plant that haven't been finished. Even if I really handed it over, I wouldn't be able to finish it for a while, but I would be the one suffering."

He took a puff of the cigarette and said lightly: "Especially looking at his face, I don't want to be a gun for others."

This was the conclusion he reached after carefully observing Li Xuewu and Xu Ning's expressions at the cadre representative meeting and calming down to think seriously.

Li Xuewu would never make a feint in such matters, and would never take him as a cushion to joke.

Xu Ning had no need to intervene at this time. One could know from the other party's expression that he didn't want to take this mess either.

Since it wasn't Li Xuewu and Xu Ning calculating from the middle, what else did he have to be unwilling about? Did he really want to rush up and be a gun?

With Li Xuewu in Liaodong, even if he held Steel Auto, so what? He would just be a puppet.

But in the Metallurgical Plant, since Li Xuewu brought him to the executive deputy position in the second half of last year, he gradually delegated power to him.

Especially in the first half of this year, Li Xuewu moved the office here and threw almost all the work of the Metallurgical Plant to him.

He is now the executive deputy, but the work he does is that of a factory director.

And Li Xuewu supports his management very much. After exercising for another year or two, the probability of taking over the Metallurgical Plant is still very high.

Is it difficult for him to choose between being a puppet a year or two early, or choosing to hold real power a year or two late?

He has lost his main relationship in the group; having Li Xuewu's support is the foundation of his foothold in the group's industry.

So after thinking about it, he still came here, wanting to talk to Li Xuewu actively. He couldn't wait for Li Xuewu to explain something to him, right?

Relieving Li Xuewu's heart is also widening his own path.

This time he didn't go up; it seems he lost face, but actually, it was Li Xuewu's face that was slapped. Li Xuewu won't let it go; he will find it back sooner or later.

If he can actively understand Li Xuewu, will there be fewer benefits for him in the future?

Besides, Xu Ning taking over Steel Auto isn't necessarily a weakening for Li Xuewu; Xu Ning will absolutely not lean towards anyone.

So what else does he have to be arrogant about? Honestly and actively coming to discuss the next work is the performance of maturity.

So when Li Xuewu walked out of the office, followed by Yang Zongfang, who was talking and laughing freely, and Li Haiyang, who was a bit rascally, it did make the cadres and staff who had been discussing all afternoon freeze for a moment, followed by a knowing smile.

The Secretary-General is still that Secretary-General who plans strategies. With the Secretary-General here, the management structure of the group in Liaodong industry won't scatter.

And at the banquet arranged for Su Weide and others, the appearance of the three Li Xuewu brought at least ten seconds of shock to the scene.

Even Su Weide, whose smile was full of bad taste, was a bit stunned when he saw this scene, followed by a frown he couldn't help.

He knew Li Xuewu had some means, but he didn't expect the other party to be able to settle Yang Zongfang and Li Haiyang so quickly.

Yang Zongfang seems to have little strength, but after all, he is a person brought out by Yang Yuansong, and still has a certain influence in the Red Star Factory system.

Not to mention Li Haiyang, Li Huai De's former secretary. If he made trouble for Li Xuewu, it would be enough to be a joke for half a year.

But what was the result?

Were there two hours?

His frowned brows relaxed the moment he saw Li Xuewu, and he nodded with a smile, looking very kind.

It's just that he recited in his heart: Don't rush, don't rush, the good dishes are at the back. ===== CHAPTER 1613 =====

His furrowed brow smoothed the instant he saw Li Xuewu, and he nodded with a smile, looking extremely kind.

He only muttered to himself: No rush, no rush, the best is yet to come.