Chapter 1660

On New Year's Day, Li Xuewu attended the celebration party at the newly completed Workers' Cultural Palace in the Red Star Steel City Industrial Zone.

The program was mainly guided and supported by the Group's Art Troupe, with workers from units such as the Metallurgical Plant and the Steel Rolling Plant spontaneously rehearsing and participating.

Although the quality of the programs was uneven, according to Li Xuewu's requirements for the New Year's Day performance, the workers' participation was increased, and the reaction on the scene was very enthusiastic.

Especially when the faces of familiar colleagues and friends appeared on the stage, there were bursts of applause and laughter.

Even if some programs were stumbling and formed a clear gap with the singing and dancing programs of the Art Troupe, this gap actually enhanced the significance of the workers' participation in the performance.

Li Xuewu is the highest person in charge of the Group in Liaodong, so naturally, he was the main person for the speech before the opening and the condolences after the end.

However, unlike the long-winded speeches that most leaders of this era liked, the host introduced the leaders and guests watching the performance that night before the opening, and then invited him to the stage to speak.

Li Xuewu walked onto the stage under the gaze of the staff representatives and their families, came to the microphone, and said only two words: "Begin!"

The reaction of the audience was clearly stagnant for a moment, and it wasn't until he turned to walk back that the enthusiastic applause arrived as expected.

It's not that no one discussed his "brief" speech, but after hearing the host's explanation, the applause on the scene became even more enthusiastic.

As the host supporting this performance, Seeing Gu Li Aisha reacted earlier than the audience.

She held the microphone, smiled, and said, "The Secretary-General hopes to present tonight's program to the comrades faster with the most concise opening. Thank you, Secretary-General!"

The Red Steel Group's Workers' Cultural Palace in Steel City can only accommodate 3,000 spectators, but the Logistics Department let in nearly 5,000 tonight.

In a mixed industrial zone of light and heavy industry, the least lacking thing is boilers, and there is even a power plant, so thermal energy resources are the most abundant.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha wore a pure white long dress and stood together with the male host of the Red Star Radio Station Liaodong Branch, who was wearing a navy blue youth suit, looking dignified, beautiful, gentle, and moving.

As her voice fell, Li Xuewu, who had walked back to his seat, waved to the first and second floors of the venue before sitting down.

And the applause only gradually ceased after he sat down; the staff had long since engraved the Secretary-General's unconventionality in their hearts.

The party presented 18 programs. Because Li Xuewu's speech saved enough time, the actors performed more calmly, and the performance lasted until 9:30 in the evening.

The curtain fell, and the applause was thunderous. In an era lacking entertainment, this kind of performance, which is a must for festivals, is a comfort and a seasoning to adjust the cultural and entertainment life of the staff.

And when the curtain opened again, all the actors who participated in the performance appeared together in front of the reluctant audience, bowing and taking curtain calls in groups amidst the applause.

Finally, Li Xuewu led the Group's Industrial Leadership Group Office stationed in Liaodong to the stage to shake hands with the performers to express condolences and present flowers to the outstanding actors to congratulate them.

It's a bit funny to say, but every staff member who participated in this performance could receive a "Participation Gift Package."

What was in this gift package?

An enamel tea mug, a white towel, and a set of autumn clothes, autumn pants, and a tank top.

Of course, the words "Celebrating the 1971 New Year's Day Performance" were printed in a conspicuous position on these four gifts.

With the current scale and assets of the Red Steel Group, it is inevitable that some people will complain that this gift package is too cheap.

Li Xuewu also asked about it when attending the preparatory meeting, but Office Director Zhang Jing gave another answer.

He explained that this gift package is not cheap; it embodies the important significance of staff participation and organizational care everywhere.

Moreover, the staff's spontaneous organization of rehearsals and participation in the New Year's Day party programs is a dedication of active participation in organizational activities without seeking rewards. The gift package is just an encouragement and commendation for this dedication, and there is no meaning of remuneration or reward.

Listening to his stingy bragging, Li Xuewu almost believed it, but in terms of saving money and doing big things, Zhang Jing still has some ideas.

Li Xuewu also gave an idea at the meeting, which is that there should be material commendations, and there should also be spiritual commendations.

Therefore, at the end of the performance, he and the members of the leadership group represented the Group Management Committee to issue certificates of merit and ceramic badges with the word "Excellent" to the outstanding performers.

How should I put it? In this era, whether it is commendation or friends giving gifts to each other, or even elders caring for juniors, nothing is more meaningful than gifting badges.

The labor education system managed by Huang Gan can earn a lot of money every year by relying on this little gadget.

Metal, ceramic, plastic, ivory, etc., there is only the material you can't think of, there is no craft they can't make, and batch after batch, style after style.

Do you think the badges of cartoon characters collected by primary school students in later generations are crazy? Then this era is the era of primary school students for everyone.

The worship of the mentor is beyond addition; they wish they could be covered in this kind of worship.

With pursuit comes trends, and with trends comes "leeks." Huang Gan can be considered to have mastered the trick of cutting leeks.

Plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, spring, summer, autumn, winter, new styles every month, different every year, and even scarce and rare commemorative editions.

Every year, Li Xuewu's family can receive a box of this stuff. According to Huang Gan, this counts as a "brainstorming fee."

The idea was given to him by Li Xuewu, and he used these inexpensive little gadgets to dismiss Li Xuewu.

Do you think his family only received these badges?

Far from it; notebooks, fountain pens, chess, playing cards, red scarves, handkerchiefs, etc., as long as they are products they produce, they will mail several copies to Li Xuewu's home.

It can be considered cheap for Li Shu and Li Ning; they have made many friends with these little gadgets, and even Li Tang comes to the house regularly to update his equipment and sweep away the goods before leaving.

Er Ya specially cleaned up an area in the underground warehouse to store these things.

Li Xuewu had long said to let Gu Ning take them to give away, but Er Ya was reluctant; even the fountain pens and notebooks were worth a lot.

Huang Gan benefited from his golden ideas and was obedient to his casual opinions.

Genuine leather cover notebooks, piano lacquer fountain pens, metal matchboxes with quotations...

Er Ya doesn't know how many small things made of ivory and gold she has received in his study upstairs.

In later generations, ivory is an item that will get you arrested if you buy it, but at this time, it belongs to a relatively precious carving material.

It was even prohibited from use and trading 20 years later, so you can imagine how much of this stuff there was in this era.

You can even buy ivory-carved warships and concentric balls in the material store; Li Xuewu has seen more than one piece.

Anyway, he bought them when he saw them, no matter how many he saw, and he also told Er Ye and his grandfather to collect them when they saw them.

Not to mention anything else, the craftsmanship of this era is not comparable to that of machine carving in later generations.

For the same material, machine carving and manual carving can differ by a hundred times. If you want to say which is better, in Li Xuewu's view, of course, machine carving is better, but the market feels that manual carving has a soul.

There's no way around this. The domestic replica version of Chanel bags is more durable and solid than the original, but the price is just different. Do you have any way to explain it?

Why does Huang Gan want to stick to small commodities?

Li Xuewu explained to him that the production cost of small commodities is low and it is easy to accumulate experience.

Moreover, there are rules for management in the detention center; if you engage in assembly lines, it is easy for people to slack off.

Only this kind of piece-rate work industry can reflect the high-intensity combination of those prisoners and sewing machines.

If you ask whether this kind of small commodity makes money, the answer is of course yes; the profit margin even exceeds that of the steel rolling industry.

Then why doesn't the Red Steel Group do it itself?

Let's put it this way: in the past year, Li Xuewu has insisted on cutting off most of the third-industry industries.

If it weren't for Shen Fei's insistence that Red Steel retain 5% of the shares, according to his idea, they would have to be thrown away completely.

Even so, in this year's work plan, he still wrote the streamlining of industrial scale at the forefront of the Management Committee.

The Red Steel Group, this small sapling, has gradually grown up. In this process, it is necessary to prune the branches and cut off organizations and projects that are unnecessary but continue to absorb nutrients and hinder upward growth.

Li Xuewu did not express this at the meeting, but he talked about it in his conversation with Old Li. In the future, except for retaining a small number of core industries, most of the Red Steel Group's industries will undergo shareholding reforms, including the Group's headquarters.

In the process of building and utilizing third-industry and joint industries, Li Huai De has already seen the superiority of this mechanism, especially using the Joint Savings Bank to mobilize capital power to cooperate with this mechanism, which can exert an influence more than ten times greater.

According to him, Li Xuewu is planning and guiding the Red Steel Group to move from an industrial enterprise to a comprehensive enterprise.

Using "comprehensive" to describe it is relatively obscure; in fact, to be more blunt, it is mixed with parts of capital operation.

When Li Xuewu discussed and consulted with Old Li, he never avoided the expression and pursuit of capital operation.

In fact, at the current stage, the general environment is still using policy intervention to implement a planned economy, but multiple fields have already been experimenting with market-oriented reforms and integration.

Everyone knows that buying things at the supply and marketing cooperative requires tickets and limits the quantity of purchases, but there are also adjustment stores where you don't need tickets to buy things, and there are no limits on quantity, but the price is several times higher.

Can you say that the adjustment store is a product of capital?

This is just a probe to meet the needs of the market, including the Friendship Stores that have already been opened at the current stage.

Li Shu, this little rich woman, has saved a lot of rubles, and Li Xuewu took her to visit the Friendship Store.

Although with his current status and his connection with Hong Kong City, the things in the Friendship Store have lost their appeal to him and his family.

However, good things are good things.

And the appeal of good things to the market is unquestionable. The group to which Zhou Xiaobai belongs is trying every means to mix in and get the most fashionable things.

Of course, Zhou Xiaobai doesn't need to.

Maslow broke down human needs into five steps, from the most basic physiological needs to the need for self-actualization.

At present, she has upgraded from social needs to esteem needs, and is even progressing toward self-actualization needs.

"I came from so far away; won't you keep me company?"

Zhou Xiaobai forcibly held his arm and said coquettishly, "Do you think I'm annoying?"

"If you ask it that way."

Li Xuewu glanced at her and nodded, saying, "You are considered quite good-looking."

"Pfft—" She couldn't help but laugh out loud first, but after reacting, she said coquettishly and stubbornly, "What do you mean 'considered'! I was always very good-looking!"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu curled his lips, nodded perfunctorily, and said, "Fine, fine, you're good-looking."

"Do you have a new girlfriend again?" It was only because there was no one around that she dared to ask this.

"What kind of talk is that?" Li Xuewu deliberately teased her, and seeing a trace of satisfaction on her face, he said, "What do you mean 'again'?"

"So I'm just asking for trouble!"

Zhou Xiaobai pushed him lightly, but couldn't bear to let go, blinking her big eyes at him, looking pitiful.

"Don't, don't discharge electricity at me; I can't quite handle that." Li Xuewu sent her to the door of the room, pointed at the door, and signaled, "I'll send you here; you should rest early."

"Are you really going to leave?" Zhou Xiaobai looked left and right and said softly, "I even prepared a little program."

"I've seen enough programs tonight." Li Xuewu looked her up and down and said, "You wouldn't want the little program you carefully prepared to be seen by many people, would you?"

"What do you mean?" Zhou Xiaobai's face froze, she frowned and looked left and right, asking, "Is someone monitoring me?"

"Me, why would I monitor you?"

Li Xuewu pointed to the stairs amusedly and said, "Alright, that's it; they are still waiting for me."

"Then didn't I come for nothing?"

Zhou Xiaobai stomped her feet in annoyance and said coquettishly, "I prepared a surprise for you."

"Thank you very much; let's see it when there's an opportunity."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and turned to leave. If he stayed too long, he was afraid that people with ulterior motives would come up to take pictures.

In such a critical period, the baseness of some people has no bottom line, and without the necessary mouthpiece, he might not be able to explain this unclear relationship.

And just as he was going downstairs, the bus for the Art Troupe and radio station staff participating in the performance arrived at the door.

The lobby was full of chatter, and when they saw him, there was a sudden moment of silence, followed by a continuous stream of greetings.

They had just seen him on stage, and he had presented certificates and medals to many actors. At this moment, their faces were still full of fatigue and excitement.

"Good, good, rest well."

Li Xuewu nodded and smiled as he walked to the door. Zhang Enyuan had already stepped in to pick him up.

Just as he was going out, Seeing Gu Li Aisha walked in, and the two bumped into each other face to face.

"Hello, Secretary-General—"

"Hello, rest early."

Li Xuewu nodded and smiled as he went out, just like he did to others. Qi Yan had already opened the car door for him.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha watched him get in the car and leave, then silently turned back and walked into the lobby.

The cadres organizing the activities were explaining to the team leaders of each group to take roll calls and bring them back, while also talking about tonight's rest and tomorrow morning's itinerary.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha listened somewhat absent-mindedly, still thinking about him whom she had just met.

In the capital, in private, she had often been in close contact with Li Xuewu, but tonight's encounter very directly widened the gap in their status and made her realize some realities.

"Secretary-General, the newspaper you wanted."

The bustle of New Year's Day had gradually dissipated. Although the office still mentioned the fun of that night from time to time, looking at the calendar pressed under the large glass on the desk, that party was already half a month ago.

The work focus of the Joint Investigation Team shifted to Yingcheng. After the murderer was identified, the Jia Yun poisoning case was handed over to Liaodong's criminal investigation experts and professional teams to handle.

In such matters, Li Xuewu cleverly used the cards he had in his hand, trying his best not to get involved in the cause and effect.

To be honest, if Liu Wei hadn't been arranged by Hu Ke, he wouldn't even have participated in the investigation of this case.

This year is his third year working in Liaodong, and it is very likely his last year.

He spent more than three years establishing his professionalism and influence in multiple fields such as industry and organization, just to cast aside the inherent impression of being a security cadre.

If he were to be re-portrayed by the leaders above as a "detective" just because of this case, it would be a loss that outweighs the gain.

Is a detective not worth portraying?

No, this has nothing to do with the profession; it is the career plan he made for himself, which cannot be limited to one field.

He is too young and easily labeled, especially with labels in certain professional fields.

Once labeled by the leaders above, he is in danger of being "sent down for training."

His plan for his future is very clear. With his current development and strength, he no longer needs professional technical fields to highlight his ability.

Comprehensive management ability and a decision-making vision are the directions he wants to change to.

Therefore, after that night, although he represented the Red Steel Group to meet and convene a special work meeting, he only made arrangements and deployments and did not intervene in this matter again.

For the past half month, Li Xuewu has had to stay up until nine or ten o'clock every day; he still has an assignment that hasn't been completed.

Last year, when he returned to the capital in early December, the Vice Dean of the college asked him to write a theoretical article about the reclamation area.

He intended to drag it out a bit longer, but there were only a few days left before he returned to the capital for class.

Thousands of kilometers away, he didn't believe the Vice Dean would travel thousands of miles to chase the manuscript, nor did he believe the other party would try every means to make a long-distance call to try his luck.

However, he also thought that the Vice Dean must not be in a hurry, thinking that he couldn't run away from the temple if he was the monk.

He has to go back to class, right?

You say if he is blocked by the Vice President again and can't hand in the manuscript, how awkward it will be then.

So whenever he has time and leisure, he reads materials and looks for articles, all for this assigned essay.

Zhang Enyuan helped him find a newspaper from ten years ago in the Steel City database, which contained an important piece of information.

Li Xuewu took it and read it carefully, compared it with his own calculations, and confirmed that the error was very small, which put his mind at ease.

"Are there any documents coming and going today?"

He handed the manuscript to Zhang Enyuan and instructed, "Help me seal it. If a confidential secretary from the Group comes to Steel City, please ask him to help me forward it to Vice Dean Zhang of the Political Academy."

"There should be." Zhang Enyuan took the document and sealed it directly with a document bag, even sticking a seal on it.

"I'll go ask in a while. If they don't come today, they should arrive at the latest the day after tomorrow."

"Hmm, is there any news today?"

Li Xuewu finished his thesis work and finally breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the document, and started reading.

Zhang Enyuan put down the seal and pointed to an article in today's newspaper and said, "It's about light industry."

Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't look up, he continued to introduce, "The title is: 'Our country's light industry has formed a relatively complete system.'"

"Hmm, which newspaper?" Li Xuewu asked without looking up, "People's Daily? Or..."

"Huaxin Daily." Zhang Enyuan pointed to the newspaper and then looked at him and asked, "Relatively complete, does this statement have any purpose?"

"What purpose?" Li Xuewu heard him ask this, and then looked up at him amusedly and said, "It's just the literal meaning, a humble but confident definition."

"Quite interesting." Zhang Enyuan seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand very well; he shook his head and smiled, took the document, and went out.

The Red Steel Group has its own document transmission system, and confidential secretaries often come and go, so his thesis was quickly delivered to Vice Dean Zhang.

Why did he use the Group's document transmission system to send documents to the college?

It's very simple: he doesn't want his thesis to be transmitted through the postal system, because this would passively bear the risk of loss.

Furthermore, he needs the Group's confidential document transmission system to ensure that this thesis won't be seen by too many people.

You say Zhang Enyuan even put a seal on it, and someone will still be able to see what's written inside?

Stop joking; black and white on white paper is the most dangerous thing. The most confidential thing is the tacit understanding of a look.

Three days later, Li Xuewu received a call from Vice Dean Zhang. Presumably, the other party also spent a lot of effort to contact him.

"Hmm, I am Li Xuewu."

Unlike others in this era who shout "Hello, who is this?" when answering the phone, Li Xuewu always reports his name steadily, with his presence fully displayed.

At least Vice Dean Zhang could feel the majesty and aura of the Secretary-General of the Red Steel Group when he heard it.

"I am Zhang Shao-gong." Vice Dean Zhang on the other end of the phone also learned his tone and reported his name.

Upon hearing Li Xuewu's polite response, he then said, "I received your thesis; it's written really well."

"It's not 'really damn good'?"

Li Xuewu smiled. This Vice Dean Zhang is also a wonderful person; it is said that he often says amazing things when holding meetings.

Of course, don't think he is a rough person. In the political and legal system, this style often represents his work style.

Do you think this Vice Dean Zhang is just an old pedant who is a manager of academic work?

That would be a huge mistake. This kind of cadre who has worked in the college for several years and then returned to the system is the one who has turned on the cheat code.

Teaching qualifications count as achievements, and teaching age counts as merit. When it comes to promotion, they don't play by the rules.

"Hahahaha—"

Vice Dean Zhang joked, "Good is good; how can you use 'really damn good'?"

"I'm relieved that you are satisfied."

Li Xuewu said with a smile on the phone, "I was very afraid that you would be picky and ask me to rewrite the manuscript."

"You also know that I have written several books, and the thing I am most impatient with is rewriting manuscripts."

"Oh, are you blocking me with these words?"

Vice Dean Zhang joked, "I haven't even said I want you to rewrite the manuscript yet; how can I open my mouth now that you've said that?"

"Then please do me a favor and don't open your mouth." Li Xuewu said deliberately, "Anyway, even if you open your mouth, I won't rewrite it."

"Hahahaha!" Vice Dean Zhang was obviously extremely satisfied with his thesis, which is why he had such a hearty laugh.

For a long time, there have always been comments within the college doubting Li Xuewu's treatment and status.

It's nothing more than saying he gets special treatment because of his corporate status, and that he became an associate professor at a young age, so he might not be worthy of the name.

What they despise most is Li Xuewu's academic aspect; apart from those few books, he hasn't had a single theoretical article.

And Vice Dean Zhang, who was entrusted by the leaders to arrange for Li Xuewu to serve in the Political and Legal Academy and the Political Academy, was also very worried about this.

He was even afraid that Li Xuewu could handle the classroom but not the thesis, and he even prepared to explain for Li Xuewu.

Some professors just have a specialty in teaching and aren't good at academic research; it's very normal.

But this sentence wasn't used; it's a bit abnormal when placed on Li Xuewu, but it counts as a surprise.

Young and promising, advanced thinking, outstanding ability, solid articles; he even had a feeling of envy.

"If you have a son, you should have one like Sun Zhongmou!"

"I have read your article, 'From War Preparedness Reclamation to Modern Agriculture: Research on the Economic Transformation of Reclamation Areas,' several times."

He took the initiative to end the pleasantries and said seriously, "To be honest, it is truly an article with a unique perspective."

"We are all our own people, so let's not boast about ourselves, shall we?" Li Xuewu asked vaguely, "Did my words touch any red lines? In this regard, I still need you to help me check."

"How can there be any talk of red lines?"

Vice Dean Zhang said very frankly, "Setting red lines in the academic field is equivalent to putting shackles on you."

"Of course, your status is special, so having a red line consciousness is as it should be; this point doesn't completely apply to you."

He paused and continued, "I have already sent this article to the internal reference editorial department, and I believe it will be published soon."

"This..." Li Xuewu had guessed it long ago, but still asked hesitantly, "Is there such a height and necessity?"

"Of course there is." Vice Dean Zhang said very affirmatively, "My evaluation is that it has a unique vision and has guiding and research significance. It just depends on how the editorial department evaluates it."

"Of course, if it is really published, my evaluation will lose its meaning, because I am not qualified to evaluate an article that can be published in internal reference."

He emphasized seriously, "But I firmly believe that this article has absolute value."

Only when seeing the future do people feel that an opinion or an article has value.

If you can get a lottery number from the future, do you think it has value?

In Vice Dean Zhang's view, the article Li Xuewu gave is like a lottery number.

Although there is no concept of a lottery in this era, the meaning is the same.

"You are too flattering. I am satisfied to get this evaluation from you; I dare not hope for anything else."

Li Xuewu said this, and then smiled and said, "Since you are satisfied, I also have the confidence to go back to class."

"Hahaha—" For talented young people, Vice Dean Zhang is always rarely broad-minded.

He made another joke and then hung up the phone.

Li Xuewu is not sure whether his article can be published in internal reference; this is not something he can decide.

But even if it is published in internal reference, it is not very important; at least he won't have the idea of getting carried away.

He won't get carried away, but Old Li is about to.

Just after Su Weide was taken away, Li Huai De launched a centralized rectification campaign within the Group with great fanfare.

In the organs and various branches, a three-month self-inspection and self-correction campaign was implemented up to the grassroots management level.

At the same time, ten working groups with the inspection group as the core were organized at the Group level to enter the core departments respectively.

The purpose is very simple: to investigate the integrity and ability of cadres through means such as visits, interviews, and reviewing materials.

He is setting up a remedial procedure for the Su Weide case, and no one on the Group Management Committee level has expressed opposition.

But those with discerning eyes know that Su Weide is under investigation, and the organizational ecology within the Group has also changed.

In this process, Li Huai De wants to take the opportunity to promote the investigation and development of the case, and at the same time carry out the action of rectifying the team.

In the process of rectification, everyone knows that those who relied on Deputy Director Su in the beginning are going to be unlucky.

The organs of the Group are watching. Since Director Li has already raised the butcher's knife, will Deputy Director Dong and the Secretary-General still be reserved?

Contrary to their expectations and imagination, Deputy Director Dong had no action, and the Secretary-General was also eerily quiet.

It seems that this victory was not won by Deputy Director Dong and the Secretary-General, but by Director Li's strategic planning.

It should have been the Secretary-General who harvested the victory, but how did it become Director Li's one-man show until now?

Those people in the organs couldn't understand, and the people below couldn't understand even more. They began to discuss and study in private, just wanting to find out the reason for the Secretary-General's low profile.

Is it really just to set off Director Li?

Absolutely impossible to be that simple!

However, Li Xuewu just restrained his energy and time. During the time he returned to Liaodong, he was in close contact with the Liaodong side and spent a month visiting several universities in Liaodong.

Unlike the hesitation of Beijing Chemical, his visits and contacts were paved with real money.

He didn't even want entrusted training indicators; he just contacted Liaodong industry to discuss and develop school-enterprise cooperation projects.

At first, Hu Ke didn't realize his approach and goal, until he proposed the theory of a "Large Industrial City Circle" at a symposium at the Bincheng Institute of Technology, which completely attracted Hu Ke to his side.

Hu Ke personally accompanied him to visit the following universities, and the two often sat together to discuss this project.

The "Large Industrial City Circle," in an era where industrial development still seems rough, is so gorgeous and distant.

But in the Northeast, in Liaodong, this concept is exactly a direction that the decision-making level needs to plan and design for Liaodong 20 or 30 years later.

At the current stage, whether it is Fengcheng or Steel City, the industrial scale and urban construction are somewhat "content with the status quo" and lack planning.

If you refer to the Large Industrial City Circle proposed by Li Xuewu and draw a point-line-surface connection map of industrial specialization and integration on the entire Liaodong map, what kind of grand occasion will that be?

Along the coastal cities to the inland, radiating to the entire Northeast, using the railway network to connect urban industries, and digging deep into integrated industries at the dots representing urban specialty industries.

In Fengcheng, even Lu Qiming was attracted and took the initiative to participate in a seminar.

Lu Qiming has a more commanding vision than Hu Ke. He saw the ambition of the Red Steel Group, which is to use the cooperation with Liaodong industry as an opportunity to borrow and integrate Liaodong's industrial power to expand and develop toward Northeast Asia.

Only by borrowing and integrating Liaodong's industrial resources can the Red Steel Group move toward the Northeast and influence Northeast Asia.

In the southeast direction, with Yingcheng Port as the core, it contacts North Soviet in the north, North Korea in the east, and Outer Mongolia in the west.

A significant feature of industrial development is that products go abroad and become a pillar of exports.

To be honest, with the current production capacity and volume of the Red Steel Group, it cannot meet the needs of the domestic market.

However, from the perspective of the Red Steel Group, it is precisely because the market cannot give a price that satisfies it.

That is to say, the Red Steel Group can export mature industrial products to the international market as much as possible while meeting the needs of the domestic market, so as to obtain more means of production and resources.

In an era of technological iteration and innovation, conservatism and sticking to the status quo are synonymous with backwardness.

If you don't take the initiative to go abroad to meet challenges, are you waiting for others to knock on the door and point guns at you to do business?

Therefore, Li Xuewu temporarily put aside his sight on the Su Weide case and turned to engage in industrial integration and development plans according to his own steps.

First, he reached a project cooperation intention with Lu Qiming in Fengcheng, which is the "Auto City" project.

Knowing that he was making big moves, Wang Lu, the deputy director in charge of industry in Steel City, rushed to Fengcheng overnight to see him after hearing the news.

Anything can be discussed; this is the bottom line she gave.

And her conditions and requirements are also very simple, with only one: the Auto City must be located in Steel City.

She even emphasized in Li Xuewu's explanation that if the Red Steel Group can make Steel City the premier city in the country in the future, a city that can be named after the Auto City as soon as it is mentioned, she dares to guarantee with her personality that as long as she is still in Liaodong, the Red Steel Group, as well as Li Xuewu, will be her life-and-death partners.

It sounds a bit crazy, even idealistic, but this kind of thing would be crazy if it happened to anyone.

She heard the news in Steel City that Li Xuewu wanted to unite several large automobile manufacturing plants in the country to form a parts production center and assembly plant in one city. What does this represent?

Let's put it this way: looking at the whole country, how many provinces have large automobile manufacturing plants?

In the past, people talked about the four major automobile manufacturing plants; now we must count Steel Auto among them, which makes five.

There are only five large automobile manufacturing plants in the whole country, but the Red Steel Group wants to unite many enterprises that have already or are developing into large automobile manufacturing plants to concentrate in one city.

Note that it is integrated development in one city. If this project is really done, the city's economy and various other indicators will be flying up on a rocket.

Industrial construction represents the integration of workers, and the concentration of workers represents the concentration of human resources.

In this process, there will be market prosperity and the supporting development of other service-oriented industries.

The entire city will benefit because of this project.

Just think, would Wang Lu let Li Xuewu, could she let this project be snatched away from her eyes, from Steel City?

She must keep an eye on Li Xuewu, follow closely throughout the process, and anyone who dares to approach Li Xuewu and covet this project is her competitor.

Especially after seeing Ge Ping, who rushed from Yingcheng one after another, she released harsh words: "Don't force me, otherwise we won't even be able to be comrades."

If a woman gets ruthless, there's really nothing for men to do.

Li Xuewu just proposed an Auto City project under the Large Industrial City Circle cooperation project, which made Wang Lu so crazy. He didn't come to Fengcheng for the Auto City project.

In his meeting with Lu Qiming, he also proposed an opinion on forming a group-style enterprise club based in Fengcheng to support local enterprises and integrate resources.

Lu Qiming attaches great importance to this opinion and discussed it with him for a long time regarding the details and prospects.

After learning that Li Xuewu wanted to do a goal of supporting local enterprises and integrating resources to complete the group formation in Fengcheng, Lu Qiming gave him a suggestion, which is to bring Hu Ke along.

Lu Qiming also gave Hu Ke an order, which is to implement this vision and plan on paper and on the ground as soon as possible.

He knows very well what the Red Steel Group represented by Li Xuewu wants to do; he knew his goal from the beginning.

And whether it is the Auto City project or the group-style enterprise club proposed now, they are all means to achieve this goal.

Why else would people say Li Xuewu is a smart person? He clearly lets others know his goal, but they don't feel disgusted.

They even want to cooperate actively and positively. This kind of thinking of being able to make a cake and share a cake feels terrible when you think about it carefully.

Li Xuewu can represent the Red Steel Group to a certain extent, but he cannot represent the Red Steel Group under these circumstances.

Because he is not on equal footing with Lu Qiming.

He also mentioned in his exposition that he would invite Group General Manager Li Huai De to Fengcheng to participate in activities at an appropriate time.

Lu Qiming naturally hopes that Li Huai De can come to Fengcheng, because this means that this project is about to be implemented.

And after returning to Steel City, when Li Xuewu reported this matter in a call with Li Huai De, he also received Old Li's approval.

He laughed loudly on the phone and talked about the progress of the Su Weide case and the work he had done.

It was mainly about how obvious the effect of the disciplinary rectification work within the Group he organized was.

In fact, Li Xuewu doesn't value this kind of "gust of wind" inspection; it is useful, but it won't last long.

What surprised him in the call was that Old Li mentioned that after Su Weide left, the Management Committee passed the heavy responsibility of taking over the Group's safety management work to Dong Wenxue under his proposal.

Dong Wenxue was originally responsible for technical work. When he returned to the capital, he mainly grasped the development and construction of the Liangma River Industrial Zone.

But because of various reasons, in the past two years, Dong Wenxue only did one thing, which was to implement the technology introduced from East Germany.

He was entangled in the No. 4 furnace case and was unable to get rid of the influence of this case, resulting in a loss of will and thin achievements.

However, being able to get Old Li's support and get the position of Safety Director can be considered a new lease on life.

Li Xuewu naturally does not oppose this decision, but he expressed his worry about the Group's ecology on the phone.

He used slightly blunt words to remind Old Li to pay attention to Zhou Wanquan; this is not a simple character.

But at this time, Zhou Wanquan was too cooperative, too quiet, and too docile.

In Li Xuewu's view, it was abnormal, but in Old Li's eyes, he had been disciplined by him and was willing to be driven.

He felt that by relying on a series of combination punches in two months, he had already restrained the other party.

For Old Li's blind confidence, he didn't persuade him anymore, because good words are hard to persuade a ghost who is about to die.

If Old Li listened to him, he would say one more word; if he didn't like to listen, it wouldn't affect him.

Just when Li Huai De was excitedly about to open champagne to celebrate the victory, Li Xuewu began to settle himself.

He is preparing to start writing a new book, "Emergency Firefighting Science."