Chapter 1664: The waves ahead died on the beach

To be honest, Li Li Xuewu did not want to see Fang Yuan; he was truly afraid that the other party would produce some substantive evidence.

Did his plan need evidence?

Having opened the historical "Heavenly Eye," he certainly did not need to use any evidence to put a period to this plan.

When the historical node arrived, saying anything would be useless; no matter how much preparation had been made beforehand, it would all be a waste.

He could not give Fang Yuan any explanation; this was not within his plan, and he was also waiting for the wind to come.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan was merely a bit sentimental; seeing him once was more like fulfilling a wish.

Li Li Xuewu had even thought she would treat him like the turtle in a wishing pool, saying something inspirational.

"Leader, Director Director Guan from the Flight Research Institute is here."

Zhang Enyuan had gone out to see Fang Yuan off, not expecting to welcome Shangguan Qi, who had suddenly arrived in Steel City.

Bringing the other party upstairs without any preparation, he could only come to ask for instructions on the next arrangement first.

Li Li Xuewu, however, raised his head, stunned for a moment, and asked, "Shangguan Qi? Let her in."

"Secretary-General—"

Shangguan Qi could not contain her impatience and waited outside the office door; hearing his consent, she appeared at the entrance.

Li Li Xuewu looked her over with amusement and asked, "Why so sudden?"

"I have important work to report to you."

Shangguan Qi pursed her lips, her gaze glancing at Zhang Enyuan intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhang Enyuan was quite tactful; he heard the subtext in her words, but his feet did not move.

He was not Shangguan Qi's secretary; if the leader did not speak, how could he dare to leave?

One thing that should be noted was that Shangguan Qi was a female comrade, so there were always some situations to avoid.

Therefore, he had to wait for the leader's next instruction.

"Alright, go get busy with your work."

Li Li Xuewu looked at Shangguan Qi, then nodded to Zhang Enyuan and instructed, "I'll call you again if there's anything later."

"Very well, Leader." Zhang Enyuan responded, and as he left, he even smiled at Shangguan Qi.

Shangguan Qi returned an apologetic smile; the two of them were able to understand each other.

Zhang Enyuan was a very good secretary, at least his mindset was very good; he would not be annoyed because of such a small matter.

Thinking about it, one could understand: Shangguan Qi was a cadre of the Group's Research Institute, traveling thousands of miles to meet the leader to report work, rather than choosing to use the telephone or radio—what did that explain?

The confidentiality level of the Research Institute's work was on the same level as the password to the General Manager's office safe.

The content Shangguan Qi grasped and needed to report was also of a confidential nature; asking him to leave was a normal work requirement.

Moreover, she hadn't been that blunt, which could be considered leaving him some face; how could he still be angry?

Li Li Xuewu pointed to the chair opposite, signaling for her to sit down before speaking.

Shangguan Qi cautiously glanced at the door Zhang Enyuan had closed, then took a document out of her briefcase and placed it on the table.

"Secretary-General, our drone project has had a breakthrough."

At this moment, a joyful smile finally appeared on her face as she looked at Li Li Xuewu and reported, "We conducted a test flight."

"Oh!" Li Li Xuewu was also shocked for a moment by the news she brought; he hadn't expected this project to have a breakthrough so quickly. "How were the results?"

In the second half of last year, her team had made a breakthrough because the drone had flown.

At that time, Li Li Xuewu had been happy for quite a while, especially hearing their report that the drone had flown very high.

This time, seeing Shangguan Qi being so mysterious, he was also looking forward to her bringing even more surprising results.

"We obtained the sampling data of the 'Firebrand'—the drone captured in February last year."

"Mm, I know." Li Li Xuewu nodded slightly, frowning, and signaled, "But that is a fixed-wing aircraft."

He had long since understood the mature drone models in the world today, and of course, he knew about the "Firebrand."

Let's digress slightly here about America's drone development situation; by comparison, one could know the gap between each other.

After 1960, America relied on advanced technology to realize the function of drones no longer completely relying on ground control, being able to flexibly perform various tasks, making them drones in the true sense, and applying them for the first time in war operations.

During the Vietnam War, to avoid the threat posed by the large number of surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft fire of the Vietnamese army, America began to use "Firebrand" drones to collect intelligence on the Vietnamese army's anti-aircraft deployment. Throughout the war, the aircraft flew nearly 3,500 sorties, with 2,900 returning, a recovery rate of over 80%, and the intelligence provided accounted for 80% of the US military's total intelligence, greatly reducing the risk of American military personnel being killed or captured.

The drone had a wingspan of 3.93 meters, a length of 6.98 meters, and a total weight of 934 kilograms.

It could be launched from the ground or from a launch rack on a ship using booster rockets, or it could be carried to the air by a C-130 transport aircraft for deployment, and then recovered using a parachute.

The drone was small in size, fast in speed, light in weight, and could fly at an altitude of up to 20,000 meters, all relying on radio remote control or program control.

The fuselage was also coated with black radar-wave absorbing material, making it difficult to be detected by ground radar; it was America's advanced unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance drone model at the time.

So how did the country capture this type of drone?

It had to be said that they were courting death themselves.

In early February last year, America took off a C-130 transport aircraft from the Da Nang base in Vietnam—that was the Hercules.

Hanging under the wings of the aircraft were two "Firebrand" drones, preparing to conduct reconnaissance on our South Island.

It was just that they underestimated our anti-aircraft capability; as soon as they crossed the border, they were beaten down.

Three days later, a small squad of seven people, under the escort of a local militia company, discovered this intact "Firebrand" drone on a hillside lawn.

The coincidence lay right here: the anti-aircraft shell exploded around the "Firebrand" drone, causing intense air shock, which caused the aircraft's control system to malfunction, opening the recovery parachute to descend slowly, and it just happened to land in the grass one meter high on the hillside, and was thus captured by us intact.

Just think, this kind of high-tech gadget fell into our home; didn't it belong to the wild?

With our pursuit of high technology at this time, could we not conduct scientific research and breakthroughs once it fell into our hands?

Li Li Xuewu had long understood this "Firebrand" drone, and even before the Red Steel Group's own drone project was determined, he had found a lot of materials to study and understand it.

Of course, it was a long time later that he truly knew this thing had fallen onto our territory.

He had also never seen the real aircraft, but he knew the specific situation; it was definitely fixed-wing, not a helicopter.

"It is indeed a fixed-wing aircraft."

Shangguan Qi nodded and explained, "Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics was ordered to conduct reverse engineering and imitation development on this drone, and my father was invited to participate in this project."

She raised her eyebrows and said, "It was also a coincidence of fate that we were granted permission to use the relevant technology."

"Radio control system?" Li Li Xuewu sat up straight, looked at her, and asked, "Is the gap with the system you were working on before very large?"

"Very large—" Shangguan Qi shook her head slightly and explained, "The radio control system we were working on before was not perfect, and these years it has been struggling."

"But the reverse engineering data obtained from the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics suddenly brought our system up."

She understood it very thoroughly, but speaking of it now, she still couldn't help but be excited.

"Our institute is currently working with the Electronics Institute to integrate this system technology, and we have the confidence to imitate it very soon."

"Still that question," Li Li Xuewu tapped his finger on the table and asked, "Can the fixed-wing control system be used on propeller aircraft?"

"Of course not." Shangguan Qi explained very seriously, "But we already know how the 'Firebrand' realized the operation mode of the three-in-one remote control system composed of the ground radio control station and the onboard measurement and control system."

"We can be sure that this theory can definitely be converted to our helicopter drone project."

"Mm-hmm, that's good; anyway, I don't understand much." Seeing her speak so easily, Li Li Xuewu smiled, picked up his teacup, and said, "Have you been busy with this for the past few months?"

"Yes, although the final control system hasn't been made yet, we conducted experiments first."

She raised her eyebrows and said, "If we only use the flight control system for operation, we can already achieve the goal."

"This is truly—congratulations!"

Li Li Xuewu took a sip of warm tea, nodded, and said, "How much longer do you estimate it will take to achieve the state of a complete helicopter drone?"

"Mm—" Shangguan Qi hesitated for a moment, then reported, "It is estimated that it will take another two to three years."

She was very afraid that Li Li Xuewu would be disappointed, so she explained seriously, "We have only made a breakthrough in the control system now; to achieve a complete state, it will still take some time."

"For example, the optical camera and the TV/forward-looking infrared camera obtained from the 'Firebrand'—we have handed over the relevant data to the Optoelectronics Research Institute for research."

"There's also an infrared camera?" Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked, "This technology was also given to us?"

"I can only say that we were lucky this time."

Shangguan Qi couldn't help but feel fortunate, pursed her lips, and explained, "The University of Aeronautics and Astronautics was very anxious, and they were also under great pressure; knowing that our research capability here is very strong, they shared these data and materials with us."

"But they also have requirements."

She explained, "We signed a cooperation agreement, and the agreement requires that this technology cannot be used for civilian production without authorization."

"Mm, mm, I understand."

Li Li Xuewu nodded knowingly and said, "Control of key technologies is as it should be."

"That's what I mean." Shangguan Qi nodded and said, "However, they are not worried about our technology conversion problem; they also feel that our drone project is a bit..."

"Hehe—" Li Li Xuewu smiled, looked at her, and asked, "Impractical?"

"A bit like that," Shangguan Qi couldn't help but explain, "They feel that realizing a helicopter drone is not difficult, but to achieve the small size you mentioned is absolutely impossible."

"Nothing is absolute in the world," Li Li Xuewu said with amusement, "Before we got the 'Firebrand,' did we know how to make this thing?"

"Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry."

He comforted Shangguan Qi and said, "You can take your time with this project; after all, technology is progressing."

"That's what I think too." Shangguan Qi took a deep breath, looked at him, and said, "Who knows what technology will develop into ten years from now."

"That's the principle." Li Li Xuewu picked up the pencil on the table and drew the drone in his heart on the scratch paper.

He pointed to several key positions and explained his thoughts and opinions on the miniaturization of components and the lightweighting of materials.

It still had to be said that Li Li Xuewu was not a professional researcher; even though he had learned from Shangguan Qi for a long time and had been very attentive in reading professional books.

However, just reading books could not make one an engineer or a scientist; in front of an expert like Shangguan Qi who had been systematically trained, he was just a little apprentice.

It was just that he was the leader, so the other party had to listen carefully and consider his words carefully.

However, standing from Shangguan Qi's perspective, looking at him, there was still a feeling of being brilliant.

Clearly, he was a liberal arts student, and even from the Marxism-Leninism class, just having read a few more professional books, how could he come up with so many valuable ideas?

His opinions seemed like nonsense, but as long as one thought about it from a professional technical perspective, one would suddenly have a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

It was as if faced with a problem, he had produced the final answer, letting her team fill in the middle process.

And as long as this process was filled in, one could really get the result they wanted.

This feeling was too wonderful.

The drone had realized controllability, and could even realize the control performance of onboard equipment in the near future.

This was a good thing; why was Shangguan Qi doing it sneakily, hiding from others everywhere?

The reason was very simple; she had reported to Li Li Xuewu the importance of this technology at home and abroad.

Don't look at it as being copied from America; there were not that many countries that could truly master this technology.

And there was another point; what she was more worried about was, once the Red Steel Group's drone project suddenly had a clue, what if it attracted the attention of other parties?

This project was started by Red Steel spending money; it couldn't be thrown away for nothing, and it couldn't attract the attention of foreign research institutions.

Li Li Xuewu had emphasized the advancement of technology; only by being far ahead in technology could the value of the product be determined.

She still remembered Li Li Xuewu telling her that this project was worth hundreds of billions of yuan, or even more.

So she had to be careful, and even thought of blocking the progress of technology research and development, just treating her drone project as a joke.

It was indeed a joke; at least in Beijing's research circles, or among industrial enterprises or research institutions that understood the situation of the Red Steel Group, they all used this to joke.

Even in the financial circle, they were joking about Bao Peigang, saying that he also had situations where he stumbled.

Tens of millions were spent on the drone project, and not a single splash was made; so far, other projects had made money, and this project had only just moved a small step.

At this time, there was no saying of "a small step for man, a giant leap for mankind," so everyone knew that the Red Steel Group had made a joke.

This joke was a bit big, wanting to realize unmanned driving on a helicopter and also wanting to achieve miniaturization.

Li Li Xuewu could of course understand and agree with her worries, and communicated about the relevant confidentiality situation.

He instructed Shangguan Qi that the relevant progress did not need to be reported upward; he would explain if there was a situation.

Xia Xia Zhongquan didn't need to know, so Old Li and the others didn't need to know even more.

Wait until the milestone of helicopter unmanned realization was reached before announcing the news.

Because this was the first stage, and the second stage was the process of lightweighting and miniaturization.

In the second stage, Shangguan Qi's team had to perform reduction and lightweighting on all equipment on the helicopter according to the development of technology.

She was also not sure if she could achieve the size Li Li Xuewu required, but currently, she had the confidence to reduce it by ten times.

And in the project demonstration stage, for every ten times it was reduced, the technical pressure increased by ten times.

However, some experts also proposed another idea, which was that after the drone was reduced, the influence on the battlefield would absolutely not increase by ten times.

Just imagine it, the high-altitude sniping, bombing, and reconnaissance that Li Li Xuewu talked about.

Another reason Li Li Xuewu agreed with Shangguan Qi's confidentiality was that the current ecology of the Group's decision-making layer was unstable.

In this environment, technology was easily lost, and it would also cause unnecessary trouble.

To put it bluntly, the Red Steel Group was not yet run by him, and he couldn't trust anyone, including Old Li.

Just looking at Old Li's posture of a dog jumping over a wall in a hurry, if he really knew there was such a good thing in his hands, wouldn't he be anxious to go and claim credit, adding a few taels of gold powder to his own golden body?

This situation was best not to happen.

Shangguan Qi was after all from afar; Li Li Xuewu invited her to a meal at noon, right in the small canteen.

The food was very sumptuous; he was the host, and the canteen cook also put in effort, so Shangguan Qi ate very happily.

Actually, what made her happy was never the food, but the matter of eating with him.

At the dinner table, the two did not talk about official business anymore, but instead talked about her living situation.

"My father doesn't dare to manage me, only my mother nags me."

Shangguan Qi took a big bite of food, and somewhat impolitely said while chewing, "I'm about to be annoyed to death by her."

"Just about the urging to marry?" Li Li Xuewu looked at her with amusement and asked, "Are there no suitable ones among your unit colleagues?"

"No—" Shangguan Qi glanced at him, lowered her head to continue eating, and said with some dissatisfaction, "There isn't a single suitable one; there's absolutely no feeling of that kind."

"That shouldn't be," Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, looked her over, and asked, "Didn't you have a boyfriend when you were studying abroad in America? The atmosphere there is relatively open, right?"

"It's not that everyone is open."

Shangguan Qi seemed to care very much about this matter, and emphasized seriously, "There are even Catholics among our classmates."

"Self-respect before marriage, right?"

Li Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said, "I don't know much about America's Christianity and Catholicism."

"Mm, actually it's very easy to distinguish," Shangguan Qi nodded and smiled, explaining, "One believes in God, one believes in man."

"How so?" Li Li Xuewu looked at her and asked, "Isn't their God the same person?"

"Yes, both believe in Jesus." Shangguan Qi stopped her chopsticks and explained, "But in the sixteenth century, the roots of Catholicism rotted, and they even sold things like indulgence certificates, such bizarre gadgets."

"And Christianity insists on the power of faith, without needing to do good deeds, not engaging in those empty things; the church only has a cross."

She smiled and said, "In the Catholic church, there are the Virgin Mary, the Son, and so on; it's all flashy."

"Then why did you say that Catholic classmates are more self-respecting?" Li Li Xuewu was a bit puzzled.

"Very simple, Catholic priests, bishops, nuns, etc., must remain celibate and are not allowed to marry."

Shangguan Qi raised her eyebrows and said with amusement, "The more something is lacking, the more it is emphasized."

"Actually, you don't know; it's those Catholic people who play dirty, and it's often them who have incidents."

"Oh—" Li Li Xuewu combined it with the news he heard in his later life and finally understood; it turned out to be Shaolin and Wudang.

"Our school belongs to the research type."

Shangguan Qi explained, "The academic pressure is very high, and plus we belong to colored races, so we are not well-received."

She shrugged her shoulders when she got to this point and said, "Usually, if I don't have classes, I either go home or go to the laboratory; there are very few social activities."

"Forgive me, I don't have the experience of studying abroad, so I don't understand these things." Li Li Xuewu smiled, looked at her, and asked, "How did your brothers and sisters-in-law meet?"

"Introduced by a matchmaker." Shangguan Qi pursed her lips and said, "Our family belongs to the upper-middle class, and we are intellectuals, so they can still be considered hot commodities."

"Hehehe—" Li Li Xuewu listened to her describe her brothers like this and asked with amusement, "What about you? Shouldn't you also be considered a hot commodity in the eyes of a matchmaker?"

"Mm, I suppose so." Shangguan Qi thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm quite naive; I always have some unrealistic wishes and fantasies."

Speaking of this, she shook her head, picked up food with her chopsticks, and said, "Later, I returned to the country, matured, and didn't have the heart for these things anymore."

"As long as one is an adult, one can be responsible for one's own choices." Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "You have the right to choose what kind of life to live; this is certain."

"Mm, that's what I think too."

Shangguan Qi was understood, nodded gratefully, looked at him, and said, "My ideal state now is to live well, do what I want to do, and not want to have so many troubles."

"And in my view, marriage is the beginning of trouble; two people living well on their own, but when they get together, it becomes a mess."

She shook her head with emotion and said, "I've thought about it; not getting married actually doesn't matter; how is it not a lifetime?"

"The thinking is a bit advanced, but it can also be understood."

Li Li Xuewu smiled, looked at her, and asked, "Don't you like children? Haven't you thought about having your own children?"

"Even if I like children, it doesn't mean I have to give birth to them myself." Shangguan Qi looked at him and said, "Besides, even if I want to have children, I don't have to care about the child's father."

"Mm~ mm~" Li Li Xuewu tilted his head and reminded with a smile, "It's fine to say this to me, but don't say it to anyone else; at least not in the mainland."

"I know—" Shangguan Qi let out a long sigh and said lightly, "A marriage without love is a grave, and a marriage with love is entering a grave with hope."

"You're a bit extreme." Li Li Xuewu nodded and said, "You have to try it to know if it works."

"How to try?" Shangguan Qi asked, "Just dating without getting married? I don't oppose that."

"..." Li Li Xuewu was a bit speechless; he seemed to have read the look in her eyes when she looked at him.

Was she aiming at him?

"Have you thought it through?" Li Li Xuewu asked Zhang Enyuan, who was in the passenger seat, on the way home from work.

"It's been over a week, right? Have you thought about where to go?"

"Leader, I've thought about it." Zhang Enyuan turned around and asked hesitantly, "Do you think it's appropriate for me to stay at the factory?"

"Stay at the Metallurgical Plant?" Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, looked at him, and said, "Your personnel file is not in the factory; you should know this."

"I know what you mean." Zhang Enyuan nodded and said, "Now there is a shortage of people in grassroots positions; I think it's just right."

His organizational relationship was in the Group; coming down as a secretary would definitely allow him to be promoted by half a level.

Choosing to be sent down to the agency would definitely allow him to get a good position, but the possibility of staying at the Metallurgical Plant would be gone.

He couldn't leave Li Li Xuewu and go to other departments to preside over work, right?

Zhang Enyuan said he wanted to stay at the factory, which meant he wanted to go to the grassroots, but that also meant he could only work in the workshop.

The workshop director was a section-level position, but this position was not easy to do; not to mention the work pressure, managing so many people, if not handled well, it would be a responsibility.

Generally, secretaries sent down wouldn't choose such a position; it was laborious and exhausting, and thankless.

"Not very appropriate; go to the Hardware Factory."

Li Li Xuewu thought for a moment and said, "Chen Runhua told me that he wants you to go over and be responsible for organizational work."

Chen Runhua was the person in charge of the Hardware Factory; Zhang Enyuan had a lot of contact with him and also knew his character.

Actually, he knew very well about all the industrial enterprises in Liaodong under the Group and the situation of the people in charge; if he didn't know, how could he do his secretary work well?

"I'm just afraid I won't be able to adapt to the new environment, and the personnel relationships." Zhang Enyuan smiled apologetically and explained, "I'm more familiar with the Metallurgical Plant."

"It's not easy for you to do work if you stay at the Metallurgical Plant." Li Li Xuewu straightened his body and explained, "Precisely because you are all too familiar, the personnel relationships are more complicated."

"Instead of letting others adjust their mindset toward you, it's better for you to take the initiative to change the environment and adjust your own mindset."

Li Li Xuewu pointed at him and emphasized, "You also have to remember one thing: the conversion of a position is not just a transfer order, but a process; in this process, you will grow very fast."

He nodded slowly and said, "Because you will learn many things in the experience; principles you didn't understand before might be understood in an instant."

"Thank you, Leader; I will listen to your arrangements."

Zhang Enyuan understood the leader's meaning and also knew that his own thinking was not comprehensive enough; it was the leader who was thinking for him.

Otherwise, arranging where he went was just a matter of Li Li Xuewu's word; why bother to spend effort to help him find a suitable position?

Don't look at the leader saying that Chen Runhua took the initiative to ask for him to go to the Hardware Factory; it was definitely the leader who asked, and then Chen Runhua made the request.

Very simple: the leader calls you to ask if there is any situation in the factory, and how the personnel relationships are.

If you are a bit sharp, you can definitely think of the news about the leader's secretary being sent down recently, and combine them to know that the leader wants to arrange the secretary under your hand.

And at this time, you have to consider carefully: who is suitable for adjustment, and who is not.

Also, you have to fully consider the influence and ability of the leader's secretary coming to work in the factory; that was how the current arrangement came about.

The Red Star Hardware Factory of the Red Steel Group in Liaodong used the tool factory of the original Red Star Factory as its main framework, and concentrated the resources of hardware manufacturing when integrating seventeen industrial enterprises that year.

And in the process of development, because it was downstream of the Rolling Mill and Metallurgical Plant industries, it combined with tertiary industry to create a golden channel for hardware tool exports.

Nowadays, the level of the Red Star Hardware Factory is not high, but the scale is large, and the profitability is also very excellent.

In the environment of business and financial reform proposed by the Group this year, enterprises with good profitability naturally do not lack development funds.

He went to the Hardware Factory; he wouldn't dare to say he would have the opportunity to show his skills, but he would definitely not lack bonuses.

And one also has to consider a problem: the leader arranged for him to go to the Hardware Factory, instead of staying at the Metallurgical Plant or going to the Rolling Mill—these two core industries—or even the Steel Auto, Steel Electric, and Steel Flight, which was considering giving him space to adapt to the change of identity.

From the leader's secretary to the grassroots, the gap in identity is inevitable; if placed under the spotlight, the one who suffers is still him.

Going to the Hardware Factory, not too high, not too low, not too fat, not too thin, just right; thinking about it carefully, he is truly lucky.

"I've thought about where you're going; have you found a candidate for my new secretary?"

Li Li Xuewu looked at him and reminded, "If you can't find someone to take over your shift, or if I'm not satisfied, don't even think about leaving."

"Hehehe—" Even Qi Yan, who was driving, was amused by his joke.

Zhang Enyuan also smiled and explained, "I've been considering it these days; what do you think of Little Ma?"

"Hehe—that's really not avoiding relatives when recommending."

Li Li Xuewu glanced at him and said, "Taking such good care of your little apprentice?"

"No, he is indeed very suitable."

Zhang Enyuan explained apologetically, "Little Ma has been trained very well these two years, and his speech and actions are also very appropriate."

"Of course, it might be that my cognitive surface is narrow and I can't find more suitable candidates; everything depends on your decision."

"Haven't left yet, and you're already starting to set me up?"

Li Li Xuewu pointed at him with amusement and said, "Fine, your recommendation counts; let him start his internship tomorrow."

"However, I'll say it first: he is your apprentice; if he doesn't do well, I'll punish you along with him."

He let his hand fall, patted his knee, and said, "If I'm not satisfied, you'll go to take office with a 'deputy' title."

"Haha—" Zhang Enyuan's smile was a bit bitter; he knew the leader was not easy to fool, but he couldn't bear to give such a good opportunity to others.

Little Ma, Ma Baosen, was brought out by him from the Comprehensive Office; the master and apprentice entered the Leader's Group Office together.

He served as the deputy director of the office, and Ma Baosen was a staff member.

These two years, Ma Baosen had been following Wang Min and the others to do things, and could be considered trained.

Since the reporting of graduates from the Vocational and Technical College in the second half of last year, the office had split up; Wang Min and the others each led a team to go out and work alone, which could be considered setting up the framework for the Northeast General Company.

Ma Baosen stayed in the office, also bringing new people, and at the same time helping Zhang Jing, learning a lot of skills.

To say it was not avoiding relatives when recommending, he really had the confidence to push his little apprentice; it could be considered passing the torch.

Especially feeling the leader's care and friendship today, he felt more and more grateful for the change this experience brought him.

For a staff member, it was no different from a ladder to heaven placed in front of him; if not given to his own people, who would it be given to?

From the middle of January, Ma Baosen was suddenly called away by Zhang Enyuan; in the office, people were initially discussing what had happened, until Ma Baosen got the key to the leader's office.

It was also from this day that Ma Baosen's work content changed to cleaning the leader's office, organizing documents, answering phones, following research, and so on.

Anyone with a sharp eye could see what had happened; it turned out that the news of Secretary Zhang being sent down was not groundless.

Look, isn't this just the master leaving and arranging for the apprentice to take over?

However, everyone had opinions about Zhang Enyuan; such an opportunity was so rare, at least give everyone a chance to compete.

Just your apprentice is excellent, just you know how to play "the near water gets the moon first," right? You don't treat everyone as human, right?

Ma Baosen's days began to be difficult.

Every time he met colleagues and greeted them, he would be targeted; either he was teased and called Secretary Ma, or he was mocked.

However, smart people had long since put down their status and started to interact with him, because Zhang Enyuan's arrangement was not important; what was important was that the leader acquiesced to this arrangement.

Now Ma Baosen had taken over all the miscellaneous tasks in his master's hands and was learning and adapting one by one.

And Zhang Enyuan was even teaching him hand-in-hand, teaching him how to arrange the leader's itinerary and how to handle daily work.

Except for the writing ability which could not be improved in a short time, other tricks had long been reminded to his little apprentice, and he learned as soon as he was taught.

Ma Baosen progressed rapidly, and the time for Zhang Enyuan to take office was getting closer.

Before his own destination was determined, he didn't have this kind of anxious mindset, but when he heard where the leader said he was going, he couldn't help but cast his gaze toward the Hardware Factory from time to time.

He even started doing his homework in advance, pulling out the personnel files of the Metallurgical Plant to familiarize himself with them.

Looking at personnel files didn't necessarily mean understanding the true situation; one had to combine it with the news heard.

However, relying on the relationship network he had built over these two years, inquiring about this kind of basic situation was easy.

Especially since he hadn't transferred yet, wanting to understand the situation in the capacity of Li Li Xuewu's secretary—wasn't that simple?

From the middle of January to the middle of February, a full month, Zhang Enyuan finally brought Ma Baosen out.

And he finally waited for his own transfer order; besides surprise, there was also emotion for his two-plus years of secretary career.

On the day he took away his personal items, he specifically came to Li Li Xuewu's office and said many grateful words.

Li Li Xuewu impatiently chased him away and ordered Ma Baosen to "destroy relatives for justice," and arrange fewer meetings for him in the future.

Actually, it was all a joke; with Zhang Enyuan's performance over these two-plus years, if he really came to see him, Ma Baosen wouldn't stop him.

However, Zhang Enyuan understood the other layer of meaning behind his joke, which was the change of attitude.

This sentence was easy to say, but hard to do.

Seeing Li Li Xuewu again was even harder, because the position he was about to take was a far cry from the Secretary-General.

When would an organizational section chief of a Hardware Factory need to report work to the Group's Secretary-General across eight hundred levels?

Ma Baosen sent his master away and finally became Secretary Ma; when he was called that by others, he no longer had that shyness, and even puffed out his chest with a little bit of scheming.

Think of me, Ma Baosen, who was just a small staff member back then, lucky to follow a master who was also not well-received to learn how to muddle along.

Who could have thought that the master would have such good luck, and he would also follow along to rise to the top.

The environment creates talent; half of the skills on him were taught by his master, and the other half were learned later.

Let's put it this way: in the few years he was a staff member in the Comprehensive Office, there was almost no work that could train his ability.

Now he is Secretary Ma, and when he goes out, he is called Director Ma, hehe—

"Little Ma?"

"Hey! Leader, I'm here."

The inquiry from the office instantly dragged Ma Baosen from Secretary Ma and Director Ma back to reality—he was Little Ma.

However, the leader could call him Little Ma; look back at those people in the office, or even the person in charge of the section, who dared to call him Little Ma?

At the end of February, Li Li Xuewu suddenly received news from Beijing; the case of Furnace No. 4 had finally been settled.

On February 25, the city recognized the final conclusion report given by the Joint Investigation Team on the case of Furnace No. 4, and gave disciplinary decisions to the relevant parties according to the conclusion report.

The report specifically mentioned one point—the fuse of the Furnace No. 4 case, which was the cause of death of engineer Yu Bai Tiecheng.

The Joint Investigation Team gave the conclusion that when interrogating Jia Yun and others, they had already learned that Yu Bai Tiecheng was also one of the people in their circle.

That night, it was workshop director Wang Huanhua who called Yu Bai Tiecheng, reminding him that the matter of Furnace No. 4 could not be hidden.

People in this circle each knew where their own backsides were not clean, and Wang Huanhua was also conveying the common decision of their circle.

If they didn't stop the car at Yu Bai Tiecheng, then everyone wouldn't have a good time, and at that time, it would truly be a loss of both people and money.

Yu Bai Tiecheng, precisely because he thought of this point, and was afraid that the "accumulation" of these years would be taken back, could only walk onto a dead end.

Jia Yun and others didn't expect that Yu Bai Tiecheng's death was not the end, but precisely another beginning.

The city also gave a characterization of this matter: Dong Wenxue, who was the factory director of the Metallurgical Plant at the time, as the actual unit person in charge during the planning, design, and construction period of Furnace No. 4, should bear the responsibility for management deficiencies and lack of supervision for the safety production accident.

But in the investigation into his work style and life style, no problems of violating regulations and discipline, accepting gifts, or nepotism were found, and this situation would no longer be pursued in the future.

Li Li Huai De, who was the director of the Red Star Factory Management Committee at the time, as the person in charge of the general factory and also the first person in charge of safety production, bore joint management responsibility, and was to be admonished and interviewed by the First Ministry of Machine Building.

During the accident, Li Li Xuewu, who was the factory director of the Metallurgical Plant at the time, had no definite evidence to prove that he interfered with the investigation team's evidence collection during the investigation, and did not affect the investigation results, so no action was taken.

The opinion on the handling report was very long, not only Dong Wenxue and the three of them, but even Cheng Kaiyuan and Su Weide, who had already been taken away, had joint responsibility.

Either interviews, or warnings, anyway, not one escaped; this matter absolutely was not just the influence of Furnace No. 4.

But strangely, although Li Li Xuewu was on the list, there was no further handling opinion.

Logically speaking, the accident happened when he was at the Metallurgical Plant, so he would be involved in some way.

He was fine, but Li Li Huai De was driven crazy with anger.

Old Li wasn't feeling wronged, and even less was he hating Li Li Xuewu for not suffering disciplinary action, but hating Zhou Wanquan for talking nonsense.

Once Old Li's disciplinary action was implemented, don't even think about making progress within a year; his merits were instantly cleared to zero.

The efforts of so many years were kicked by Su Weide, and then completely kicked down by Zhou Wanquan; he felt he was wronged.

At this moment, he had no time to consider others; actually, was Dong Wenxue any less wronged than him?

Once this opinion came out, everyone knew that Dong Wenxue's path in the Group was considered ruined.

Even though Dong Wenxue now mastered the work of the Quality and Safety Department, wanting to achieve something was harder than ascending to heaven, unless he changed tracks.

Looking at it this way, the time Dong Wenxue stayed in the Red Steel Group had also entered the countdown.

It could truly be said that the waves of the Honghu Lake hit the waves, and the waves ahead died on the beach. ===== CHAPTER 1665 =====