Chapter 1673: How much pain must he be in?

Gu Ning and her three children stayed in Steel City for only six days before being escorted back to the capital by Qi Yan.

During these six days, Li Xuewu was never idle; he spent half his time working and half with his family. Gu Ning felt tired just watching him.

So, on the last day, when Li Shu wanted to go fly a kite, Gu Ning reminded her that she hadn't attended class for a week and her studies would fall behind.

Only then did Li Shu settle down, and Li Xuewu was finally able to rest for a rare half-day, the family of four enjoying a moment of quiet.

"Secretary-General, your call."

Ma Baosen was wearing a white shirt, black trousers, and leather shoes bought by his partner; he walked with a spring in his step.

He walked into the leader's office, slowed his pace, came to the desk, and whispered that it was a call from Liaodong. Seeing the leader look up, he picked up the phone on the desk and handed it over.

"Mm, this is Li Xuewu."

Li Xuewu's voice was deep and steady; if you hadn't met him in person, you would never guess his age over the phone.

Even more profound was his tone—indifferent and calm. No matter what was said on the other end, he remained unflappable.

"Good, mm, good," he simply listened, responding, "Mm, mm, don't worry, I understand."

This time, it really wasn't Li Xuewu being stubborn, nor was he deliberately looking for trouble; it was Lu Qiming who had made the first move.

Perhaps he had encountered something in the capital, or met someone, but after returning, the other party had contacted him.

Deputy Director Lu's request was simple: since others could criticize Liaodong's projects in the internal reference, Liaodong had the right to provide an explanation in the internal reference as well.

He had told Li Xuewu in a phone call a few days prior that as the proposer and a key participant of this project, and given Li Xuewu's strong writing skills, this task should be left to him.

An eye for an eye, blood for blood.

The requirement was simple: settle it through writing. This was what they called a scholar's fight—no smoke, yet cold blades everywhere.

Hu Ke's words had been prophetic; he had been afraid Li Xuewu would be impulsive, but he hadn't expected the leader to be even more impulsive than Li Xuewu.

Now, with Deputy Director Lu taking the lead, he wanted Li Xuewu to cast aside his burdens and write fiercely, promising to sign as the first author.

The first author is, of course, the one at the very front; this was Lu Qiming's stance on behalf of Liaodong Industry toward Li Xuewu.

Behind this stance lay another layer of thought; it all depended on how Li Xuewu handled it.

The article was written by Li Xuewu, but Lu Qiming would sign as the first author—there was no intention of fighting for fame, just pure use as a shield.

Lu Qiming dared to stand out; did Li Xuewu dare?

He was waiting for Li Xuewu to state his position—did he dare to sign after him? A second author is still an author, after all.

Hu Ke had come last night, met with him, and returned this morning, all in a rush.

He had arrived with worry, but left with a hint of shame and amazement, holding a manuscript in his hand.

Li Xuewu didn't dwell on who was the first author or who was the second; he simply signed his name on the original manuscript.

A real man doesn't change his name when he acts, nor his surname when he sits. He had given his stance to Lu Qiming; now it was up to the other party to see if they dared to go through with it.

How much power could one article have, to the point where Deputy Director Lu, who oversaw Liaodong Industry, had to call again to urge him?

Li Xuewu's reply was just as indifferent and calm; he would fully cooperate with the other party's actions while maintaining absolute restraint.

On April 2nd, Lu Qiming made his move. In an internal reference that Li Xuewu's level couldn't yet see, an article recommended by the Liaodong Management Committee was published: "On the Inevitable Path and Core Value of Modern Industrial Enterprise Grouping."

Earth-shattering, needle against needle.

Usually, policy tendencies given by propaganda outlets wouldn't appear in such a situation where the East Wind and West Wind were blowing against each other, but now it had happened, and it was blowing quite fiercely.

For a time, many eyes were drawn to Liaodong, and attention was also focused on the person in charge of Red Steel Group's Liaodong Industry.

Who is Li Xuewu of Red Steel Group?

Those who knew remained silent; those who didn't dared not speak easily, all investigating this young man's background.

If it were just writing articles to spout nonsense, empty of substance, the reaction naturally wouldn't be this big.

What do articles fear most?

They fear substance—every sentence being reasonable, powerful, and evidenced.

Every word a pearl, every stroke like a knife.

This newspaper, this article—many were studying it carefully, thinking and pondering seriously, especially the struggle behind it.

They didn't quite believe Lu Qiming would be generous enough to share an article with a leader of Red Steel Group.

The real situation was clear to anyone who saw the signed authors and understood the identities of these two; they knew whose hand had produced such powerful text.

Regarding "Enterprise Grouping," the article wrote:

The grouping of modern industrial enterprises is a strategic choice under the pattern of industrial upgrading and breaking shackles to participate in the global economic market competition.

Its core lies in breaking the boundary limitations of individual enterprises through the deep integration and synergy of elements such as capital, technology, talent, and brand.

And regarding the "Core Driving Force and Advantages of Enterprise Grouping," the article wrote:

I. Economies of Scale and Economies of Scope:

Grouping can significantly reduce unit costs in procurement, R&D, production, and marketing, share infrastructure and platform resources, and diversify risks and capture more market opportunities through a diversified business portfolio.

II. Resource Optimization and Synergistic Effects:

The group headquarters plays a strategic hub role, efficiently allocating core resources such as capital, technology, and talent among member enterprises, promoting R&D synergy, supply chain synergy, and market synergy to achieve an overall efficacy of "1+1>2."

III. Technological Innovation and Industrial Chain Control:

Strong group strength can support huge R&D investment, overcome key technical bottlenecks, and strengthen control and bargaining power over core industrial chain links through vertical integration (upstream and downstream) or horizontal integration (related fields), improving overall risk resistance and response speed.

IV. Brand Premium and Market Influence:

A unified group brand strategy can form a powerful market appeal and credibility endorsement, enhancing the competitiveness and voice of products in international and domestic markets.

V. Risk Resistance and Strategic Flexibility:

Diversified layout and a robust resource pool make the group better able to withstand industry cyclical fluctuations and external shocks, and possess the flexibility to quickly adjust strategies and enter emerging fields.

The five points of "Driving Force and Advantages" were like a palm with five fingers, whistling as it slapped the previous article, tearing it to shreds.

The strength of the counterattack, the precision of the positioning, and the steadiness of the writing rhythm could be called a desperate counterattack, a one-hit kill.

Cadres who received this article could completely ignore the content itself, study and think about it word by word, and would inevitably gain something.

The newspaper was being passed around, and red ink comments were constantly being written in the margins; quite meaningfully, there was this sentence: Is grouping clenching a fist or spreading a palm?

Perhaps before this article was published, no one could clearly state the essence and core of enterprise grouping, but from now on, no one would ever ask again.

The article contained no explicit arguments, but behind every sentence were arguments, because the author of the article was the one who created the arguments.

Whose hand produced Red Steel Group's strategic plan?

You could let Old Li brag, and he would dare to boast that he created Red Steel Group single-handedly, but if you asked him the question above, he wouldn't dare say it was him.

Li Huai dared not say he formulated the strategic development plan for Red Star Factory's grouping; if really asked, he would definitely mention one person.

Formulating a grouping strategic plan for a factory and actively promoting the enterprise to achieve grouping—isn't this putting it into practice?

The article mentioned, "The grouping of modern industrial enterprises is a strategic choice under the pattern of industrial upgrading and global competition."

Isn't this exactly the goal and significance of Red Star Factory practicing grouping?

Red Star Factory is "breaking the boundary limitations of individual enterprises through the deep integration and synergy of elements such as capital, technology, talent, and brand."

Red Steel Group is the first group-type enterprise to possess independent import and export qualifications, and also the first group-type enterprise to possess foreign financial business.

It wasn't that enterprises hadn't created financial institutions before; twenty years ago, many enterprises had their own financial offices.

But later work practice proved that enterprises didn't have the ability to do financial business in a focused way.

Just at this moment, when all was silent, Red Star Factory joined hands with Dongcheng Credit Union and, in a situation where everyone was pessimistic, created Red Star United Savings Bank.

Four years have passed, and Red Star United Savings Bank's annual savings and investment profits have exceeded ten million yuan. Who dares to say this project collapsed?

Red Steel Group created the myth of achieving modern industry in the shortest time in the automotive industry field and is a first-tier vehicle manufacturing enterprise in the country.

The economies of scale and economies of scope mentioned in the article are exactly the summary and embodiment of Red Steel Group's tertiary industrial development blooming and bearing fruit.

People flipping through this article look for these arguments themselves, comparing them with Red Steel Group's development history over these years, and then looking back at this article—either eyes wide or emotions stirred, goosebumps all over.

Red Steel Group already has countless successful cases of resource integration.

Yingcheng Shipbuilding, which was about to starve to death in Yingcheng's hands, became a new force in shipbuilding in the Bohai Bay once it reached Red Steel Group's hands.

Having read this article, why did some people break out in a cold sweat?

"Strong group strength can support huge R&D investment, overcome key technical bottlenecks, and strengthen control and bargaining power over core industrial chain links through vertical integration (upstream and downstream) or horizontal integration (related fields), improving overall risk resistance and response speed."

This is the most straightforward, hitting the nail on the head; it talks about Red Steel Group's huge annual investment in scientific research and efficient investment returns.

Red Steel Group has already mastered core technologies through investment in R&D in fields such as automobiles, electronics, aircraft, and food processing, and has gradually mastered the industry's voice through vertical and horizontal resource integration.

Who is formulating industry development rules?

Who is mastering the core industrial chain?

Who is manipulating and controlling product bargaining?

Every enterprise leader whose industrial development field is on the same frequency as Red Steel Group should think about one question: how long until their factory and industrial field are regulated?

This article looks like it was written for the superiors, for the superiors to see, but in reality, it aimed its blade at those people below.

Watch how I regulate you!

"Give you a chance, are you going?"

Li Huai said with a chuckle on the phone: "Old Zhang said he didn't gain anything from that trip to East Germany, and seeing us thriving last year, he was so envious his back teeth were ground to pieces."

"Who? Which Old Zhang?"

Li Xuewu asked amusedly: "You're in a very good mood lately?"

"Good! Very good! Must be good!"

Li Huai patted the desk and said with a laugh: "I'm holding my head high; everyone who calls me lately is asking one question."

He paused here, trying to build suspense, but didn't get any reaction from Li Xuewu.

"They are all asking what you want to do next, hahaha!"

Li Huai was truly laughing with pride; although he didn't write the article, and although they weren't asking him, he was just happy.

Whether you admit it or not, he said Red Steel Group was created by him single-handedly, and you couldn't find any words to refute it.

"Next, I want to write a book."

Li Xuewu said quite humorously: "I'll write about how our General Manager, Comrade Li Huai, led us to achieve grouping for Red Star Factory."

"Hahaha—write! Write it well!"

Li Huai was of course happy; if Li Xuewu really dared to write it, he would dare to buy a hundred copies himself and give them to everyone he met.

I don't need to show off; you'll know how awesome I am if you read more books!

"Fine, no problem, I'll write it when I'm done with the things on my hands."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "When the time comes, if there's content I don't know, don't hide from me; I want to interview you."

"What do I have that I'm hiding from you?"

Li Huai said very straightforwardly: "In the group, whatever you do, I believe you are right."

Could he be any more nauseating?

Li Xuewu felt that hearing him say this made his own heels itch; it was too mushy.

"Thank you for your trust; I'll try my best to write you as graceful and elegant."

"Good! Graceful and elegant is good!" Li Huai scratched his completely bald forehead and said with a laugh: "I only have grace left now."

"Let's put aside the small talk; let's talk about this delegation visit."

He was just in a good mood, and it happened that Li Xuewu was also in a good mood; the two of them chatting nonsense over the phone across a thousand miles was truly unprofessional.

"You understand the little devils better than I do, so there can't be anyone on the itinerary list without you."

In mid-March, a Japanese industrial and commercial delegation visited, and during the meeting, they issued an invitation for exchanges between industrial and trade enterprises to the superiors.

After deliberation, the domestic side decided to accept the invitation.

Let me explain the background of the economic cooperation and exchange between China and Japan here; this is also content that Li Xuewu has mastered quite completely.

It can be said that at this time, Japan was in a contradictory stage of social change, with both left and right ideologies occupying mainstream positions.

Some people were vigilant toward the domestic side, while others were full of reverence and fear, so traces of this contradiction can still be seen in later generations.

Don't the little devils know the rabbit is not to be trifled with?

They know, and they know it very thoroughly.

You must know, the person who knows you best isn't necessarily a friend, but must be your opponent.

The Guangzhou Export Commodities Fair has rejected the applications of Japanese enterprises for seven consecutive sessions, and trade between the two sides has already faced a crisis.

At this time, the Japanese side is actively taking action, maintaining a frequency of delegation exchanges and visits of no less than three times a year.

People who are vague about this time point might not understand why the two sides haven't established foreign relations yet, but are interacting so actively and frequently?

You must know, it's not that the devils don't want to establish foreign relations, but that they don't have the final say; they have to listen to their daddy.

And the rebellious spirit in their bones makes them very vigilant; when they discovered that daddy's special envoy wasn't visiting the mainland for the first time, they took the initiative.

Daddy's people can come, why can't we?

In this contradictory psychological state, they even wanted to beat their daddy to establishing foreign relations with the mainland.

Of course, they didn't dare offend daddy, but they were clever enough to want to find a suitable time point to achieve this initiative.

Because they are too far from daddy and too close to the mainland.

So what?

Inviting mainland representatives to visit—this isn't the first time, and it isn't the first time the mainland has arranged for a delegation to visit Japan.

But exchanges in the industrial and trade enterprise field are still very few, or even non-existent.

Li Huai said on the phone that this opportunity is very rare, because the domestic side hasn't had an inspection delegation of this level go to Japan yet.

You have to understand the essence of visits and inspections; don't think this is a group tour—it's completely not the same thing.

Watching TV in later generations, you might feel that cameras clicking and both sides shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries is the end of it.

The tension in such meetings and the long-term struggle are definitely not something an ordinary person can withstand.

"Letting you go isn't just my idea alone."

Li Huai heard his hesitation from his reaction on the phone and emphasized: "Director Du called me and said to let you prepare the plan in advance."

"He had his secretary pull the data on the landing and industrialization of relevant technologies we introduced from East Germany last year."

"Looking at it now? It's just a sapling."

Li Xuewu said indifferently: "The technology that landed last year, it's good enough if it can take root and sprout this year; there are no flowers or fruits yet."

"He's satisfied if he sees it taking root and sprouting," Li Huai smiled and said: "Isn't this also something we earned?"

"He thinks if you have this ability, you should make use of it."

Speaking of this, Old Li added meaningfully: "There are some people in the delegation this time whom you know, and they all want to contact you."

"What do you mean?" Li Xuewu smiled, "Is it all decided?"

"With just these few indicators, do you really think everyone isn't willing to go, and I'm begging you to go?"

Li Huai said amusedly: "They all said that this time you are the Chief of Staff, and they are under your command."

"Hehe, let me think about it." Li Xuewu replied with a smile, and fearing Old Li would misunderstand him as being arrogant, explained: "I'm afraid of being retaliated against, and there's also the identity issue."

"Naturally, you don't need to worry about the identity."

Old Li also became serious and said: "You are just an associate professor now; what else is there to be sensitive about."

"Besides, who would dare retaliate against you?"

He emphasized very seriously: "Whoever it is, if they dare to threaten your safety, kill them—I said it."

Li Xuewu didn't feel a hint of being moved when he heard this, because if you believed Old Li's words, you wouldn't even be able to put on your pants when you died.

He said to take action if you should, but that's when nothing has happened yet; if something happens, who takes the blame?

Returning to the matter of going to Japan, Li Huai didn't say it on the phone, but he had already thought of it: the reason his name was on the list was very likely related to the article he wrote.

This was protecting him, and also training him.

Who arranged it this way, he didn't know, and didn't want to know; knowing too much at the current stage wouldn't do him any good.

April in Steel City also ushered in the season of spring flowers blooming; the flowers and plants Li Xuewu planted when he came the year before last had quietly bloomed during several spring rains.

Others might not be able to feel this subtle change, but the children going to school still remembered the garbage dump from back then.

Where would you find a garbage dump now? On the roads of the industrial zone, in the residential areas of the workers' new village, and at the several entrances of the market, there are large trash cans.

Just like the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone, the trash cans in the Red Star Steel City Industrial Zone aren't something that can be moved or lifted by manpower.

The garbage collection trucks created by the group's special machinery research team have already appeared in major domestic cities like the capital, Tianjin, and Fengcheng.

This kind of garbage collection truck uses the control system created by the Electronics Research Institute, so there are no enterprises in the country that can imitate it.

Steel City Automobile Manufacturing Factory has many branch factories, and the Special Vehicle Manufacturing Factory is one of the inconspicuous ones.

Saying it's inconspicuous, it actually provides special operation machinery vehicles for the group and is the branch factory with the highest profit margin in Steel City Automobile.

In one day, Steel Auto can produce more than two hundred Red Star Antelopes, but in one day, it can only produce about sixty special vehicles.

Is sixty a lot or a little?

For other special vehicle manufacturing enterprises in the country, this number is an existence that is hard to catch up with, but for a market in short supply, it is slow.

When Li Xuewu first arrived in Liaodong to work, he lost his temper when facing the various garbage mountains in the Steel City Industrial Zone and demanded that this problem be solved within a month.

More than two years have passed, and what he changed wasn't just the garbage dump problem, but also the style of the industrial zone.

There is no longer the rampant infestation of mosquitoes and flies, the roads are lined with green trees, and it is filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers; although it is not as good as the ecological environment of the Liangma River Industrial Zone, it can be called unique in Steel City.

Just in the first ten days of April, the flowers were blooming brilliantly, and there was a crowd in front of the Metallurgical Factory's comprehensive office building, with all eyes in one direction.

"Now I announce, Red Star Steel Group Northeast Industrial Development General Company is established!"

Following the words of the group's First Deputy Director, Gu Weijie, the cadres and workers at the scene applauded excitedly.

They couldn't quite understand why a general company organizational structure had to be added between the factory and the group, but they could feel the enterprise's development and progress.

"Congratulations, Comrade Li Xuewu."

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and nodded, offering congratulations.

Just a moment ago, she had read the group's decision, and Li Xuewu, as the first general manager of the Northeast Company, held up the company's plaque.

Surrounded by Xu Sinian, Kuang Yusheng, and others, everyone hung the plaque on the gate pillar together, signifying unity achieving brilliance.

Looking at the attitude of these factory directors of the group's industrial system toward Li Xuewu, although Gu Weijie was unwilling, she could only be convinced.

Everyone knew that the group's industry in Liaodong was definitely not a solid piece of iron, but as long as someone could hold the scene, they could muddy these waters.

So Su Weide, who didn't believe in evil, came, and Zhou Wanquan came, but as a result, these two almost lost their heads here.

The Liaodong industry, which was not a solid piece of iron, erupted with the most united and most combative posture.

To date, the group leaders haven't received any reports of skipping levels from factory leaders; this is the strength.

She wasn't convinced in her heart, but she had to be convinced in her mouth, and she expressed congratulations to Li Xuewu.

Congratulations to Li Xuewu for getting what he wanted, finally pushing for the establishment of the Northeast General Company, and thoroughly condensing industrial resources together.

This is exactly the same as his indirect promotion of the integration of the group's sales, service, logistics, tertiary industry, and other businesses, with immediate results.

After integrating industries such as guesthouses, service departments, and restaurants, Red Steel Group finally achieved a balance of payments this year.

This means the group spends less money, the industries are more combative, and it also proves that the resource integration set proposed by Li Xuewu is correct.

Do you know if everyone opposed it when Li Xuewu and Li Huai first proposed integrating the group's resources?

It wasn't that they didn't want to, but that they didn't dare.

What if this decision was correct? Wouldn't that prove they were wrong?

They would never be fooled by being plotted against by Li Xuewu and Old Li together on this matter.

So they all agreed, all waiting for Li Huai and Li Xuewu to take a big tumble on this matter.

And the result?

They were rejoicing, rejoicing that they didn't oppose this opinion back then, otherwise they would really become a joke in the leadership team.

A certain phenomenon that couldn't be spoken of had long appeared in the group, and that is that for opinions related to business proposed by Li Xuewu, ordinary people wouldn't oppose them.

Of course they would question, would use the most serious attitude to inquire, and would find various faults like picking bones from an egg.

But when Li Huai announced a show of hands, they raised their hands faster and more resolutely than anyone else.

Old Li was even tamed by them; those who didn't know would think they misunderstood, but explanations were useless—they just wouldn't oppose Li Xuewu's opinions.

What is this called?

This is called I can question you, but you can't refuse my support.

"Same joy, same joy." Li Xuewu applauded with a smile, glanced at her, and said: "Thank you, Deputy Director Gu, for not being afraid of hardship; I am deeply grateful."

"Really grateful? You treat us to lunch."

Gu Weijie joked: "I heard that Steel City's mushroom stewed chicken is delicious? Let's eat this at noon today."

"Hahaha! No problem!"

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded at Zhang Jing, who was standing to the side, and instructed: "Did you hear? Deputy Director Gu ordered a dish; add this dish at noon."

Just when Gu Weijie read the establishment of the Northeast Industrial Development General Company, the appointment of Zhang Jing as the manager of the Comprehensive Department had already taken effect.

He nodded and agreed with a smile, but asked softly when everyone moved their eyes away: "Leader, where can I find a chicken at this time?"

Li Xuewu looked at the liveliness of the literary performance at the scene and said with a smile: "That's none of my business; if you have the ability, you can arrange mushroom stewed sparrow at noon."

Mushroom stewed sparrow? Stop messing around!

Zhang Jing's mouth was about to be twisted with anger; is there a leader who talks like that? Chickens are hard to find, and sparrows aren't easy to find either?

This Deputy Director Gu is really something; is there no mushroom or chicken in the capital, and she has to come to Steel City to eat it.

He turned his gaze in a circle, locked onto Wang Min, who was applauding, grabbed the other party's shoulder, and asked: "Wang Min, did you say your mother-in-law raised a chicken?"

"Which mother-in-law?" Wang Min's mind was on the program, and he turned his head and asked blankly: "When did I have a mother-in-law?"

On April 11th, Red Steel Group's first political work conference was held, with a duration of one week.

The main content and task of the conference were to earnestly implement the spirit of the capital's third political work conference, focusing on discussing and researching how to highlight politics and firmly grasp grassroots construction and other issues.

On April 12th, the Group General Manager's Office issued a notice that the Group Management Committee passed a resolution to appoint Comrade Li Xuewu, the Group Secretary-General and General Manager of the Northeast Industrial Development General Company, to the position of Group General Manager Assistant.

First there is a Secretary-General, then a General Manager Assistant—what does it mean?

"One look and I know you lack political study."

Gu Cheng held a stainless steel tea mug, walked to the tea table, and poured hot water into his mug, explaining with a smile: "These are two identity concepts."

"You study well; you've become the Organization Section Chief."

Nie Xiaoguang leaned very casually on the office sofa, looked at him, and teased: "I'm the kind of person without a brain; I really can't understand these twists and turns."

"How can you call them twists and turns?"

Gu Cheng smiled, held his tea mug, walked back, sat behind the desk, and said: "This is a very basic definition."

Don't doubt how these two got together; Nie Xiaoguang drove at the Medical and Education Administration Bureau, and Gu Cheng worked here, so they just met.

Nie Xiaoguang didn't like Peng Xiaoli, but was very willing to contact Gu Cheng.

Peng Xiaoli spoke too directly and too harshly; he could see that the other party looked down on him, and looked down on him even more.

But Gu Cheng was different; although Gu Cheng looked down on him just like Peng Xiaoli did, Gu Cheng wouldn't say it out loud.

So Nie Xiaoguang decided that Gu Cheng was a good person.

Gu Cheng didn't know Nie Xiaoguang evaluated him this way; otherwise, he would have had to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, and must not let Peng Xiaoli hear it.

He didn't care about other people's slander, but he couldn't stand the teasing of a good buddy.

What if Peng Xiaoli found out and called him a good person?

Today was still the time for Nie Xiaoguang to be idle and come to Gu Cheng to chat, and the two started chatting about the news.

Nie Xiaoguang often came to his office, and regardless of whether he was busy or not, he would sit there for the whole morning.

There were only a few cars in the small car team, and not many people really used them, so his work was very relaxed.

The reason Gu Cheng didn't drive him away was because Nie Xiaoguang had a face; although he was annoying here, he followed the rules.

If he had work to do, Nie Xiaoguang could sit there and drink tea for a whole morning without saying a word, then leave quietly.

Actually, in Gu Cheng's view, Nie Xiaoguang wasn't a bad person; he just didn't meet a good person, and his life was ruined.

But when it comes to being carefree, who could be as carefree as this kid?

Han Lu didn't care about him, and even less dared to care about him; Nie Xiaoguang was her proof of innocence and also her work guarantee.

Li Huai's interest in playing had greatly diminished in the past two years, and recently he had fallen in love with billiards, setting up a billiard room on the top floor, and whenever he had time, he would go there to kill time.

And out of fear of Nie Xiaoguang, as well as guilt toward Han Lu, plus the example set by Zhou Miaomiao, he had always taken care of Han Lu.

Han Lu had long lost her initial arrogance and was very gentle now, but she also liked money more and was always complaining about having no money to spend.

Li Huai naturally didn't lack these small amounts of money for her; if she wanted it, he gave it, and as long as she could stabilize Nie Xiaoguang, he would treat it as spending money to buy peace.

Han Lu was carefree, so Nie Xiaoguang was carefree.

Sometimes Gu Cheng couldn't understand this kid; today the topic came up, and they chatted about the Secretary-General.

"You have to know what management agencies the group has."

Gu Cheng had no work on hand, and it was near the time to get off work, so he simply started chatting.

"Management agencies?" Nie Xiaoguang leaned there smoking and asked: "Isn't it the Management Committee?"

"It is the Management Committee, but it's not completely anymore." Gu Cheng looked at him and explained: "The Management Committee is a decision-making agency, and there are also executive agencies."

"Which one? Like the original factory office?"

Nie Xiaoguang wasn't completely ignorant; his father was a deputy factory director back then, so he naturally understood these things.

"Similar to, but not entirely."

Gu Cheng picked up his tea mug, took a sip, and said: "You can tell what management agencies the group has from the leader's position."

"First is the core leadership group, with Director Li as the group leader, and Deputy Director Gu and Deputy Director Zhou as members, each responsible for a piece of work."

"Second is the Management Committee, which contains all the current group leaders, except for the union side, right?"

He spread his hands and said: "There is also the group's business leadership team headed by General Li Zong, such as Safety Director Dong, Chief Engineer Xue, Chief Accountant Jing, etc."

"The 'General' character in their position titles can be Director, Chief Engineer, or Deputy General; can you understand that?"

"Oh—" Nie Xiaoguang nodded slowly and said: "They are all at the Deputy General level."

"Right, for example, Zhang Jinsong, who is responsible for business work, he is a Deputy General, and now the Secretary-General is also at the Deputy General level."

Gu Cheng nodded slowly, looked at him, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Previously, the Secretary-General was only a leader of the Management Committee, not a business leader of the group."

"In the business mouth, he could only be the factory director of the Metallurgical Factory, and even the group leader of the Liaodong Industrial Leadership Group was a temporary position."

"In other words, the group now has four sets of teams?"

Nie Xiaoguang thought for a moment and asked: "The Secretary-General is now both a leader of the Management Committee and a business leader of the group?"

"That's right, a leader at the Deputy General level."

Gu Cheng nodded and said: "In the future, when you see him, you can also call him Li Zong; after all, General Manager Assistant also has a 'General' character."

"I won't; I'll still call him Leader."

Nie Xiaoguang shook his head and said: "In private, I'll call him Big Brother, and on the surface, I'll call him Leader; calling him General is too awkward."

"Hahahaha—" Gu Cheng thought of something, looked at him, and said: "You should know Yu Zhe, right? You two are a match."

Bang—

Just when Gu Cheng and Nie Xiaoguang were talking nonsense, the half-open door was pushed open violently, and the office's Xiao Liu ran in in a panic.

"Section Chief Gu! You go and see quickly! Something happened!"

"What are you panicking about! What happened?"

As soon as Gu Cheng saw her like this, he stood up quickly, walked out, and asked: "Did something happen at the school?"

"No! Not—" Xiao Liu covered her stomach and explained while panting: "It's Jing—it's Principal Jing who had an accident!"

Gu Cheng reacted in an instant; Xiao Liu must be talking about Jing Rong, the Deputy Director of the Group Medical and Education Bureau and Principal of the United Vocational Technical College.

The Director of the Medical and Education Bureau Management Committee was Wei Zaike, and the deputy directors included Jing Rong and Fang Fang, the Dean of the Capital United Hospital, which was for the convenience of management.

But Jing Rong rarely participated in the work of the Medical and Education Bureau, mainly responsible for the work of the Vocational Technical College, so everyone liked to call him Principal Jing.

Xiao Liu came to notify him at this moment; Gu Cheng didn't know what happened, but he knew where he could find Jing Rong.

Jing Rong generally didn't work in this building, but on the side of the Vocational Technical College, so he couldn't help but look out the window.

In the building not far outside the window, people were coming in and out at the entrance, many were panicking, as if they were avoiding something, and couldn't help but look back.

"Principal Jing was stabbed!"

Xiao Liu finally caught her breath and explained: "You go and see quickly, it seems he's not going to make it."

"If he's not going to make it, call the hospital quickly; what can I do if I go, I'm not a doctor!"

Although he complained like this, he still ran out in a hurry, and Nie Xiaoguang also became interested and went out with him.

The two ran along the path to the front of the college office building, only to see that the ambulance had already arrived, and the medical staff were running inside.

They also ran inside with them, very afraid of causing a bigger mess, so they could stabilize the situation as soon as possible.

Just running to the third floor, looking at the scene in the principal's office, both of them couldn't help but shiver, almost scared to pee.

Before, they had never had the feeling of their crotch being chilly, but now they did, very clearly.

The scene looked extremely simple; Jing Rong was leaning on the sofa, having already fainted, and blood was still flowing from the base of his thigh.

The medical staff were already performing emergency treatment, and after simple processing, they carried the person and walked out.

Nie Xiaoguang clearly saw a medical staff member use tweezers to pick up a piece wrapped in gauze, and he was so shocked he was about to shout.

That thing looked familiar; men all have one.

Until Jing Rong was carried away, they had the energy to pay attention to the others in the office—a man holding a knife squatting in the corner, head buried in his crotch.

After the scene quieted down, they also heard crying; it was that man, and it wasn't just that man.

The people from the Security Section came very quickly, making a big fuss, but the scene was completely different from the tension they had imagined.

Qi Delong, who led the team, easily took the knife from the man's hand, and after putting handcuffs on the other party, the two saw clearly that it was Teacher Zhao.

Who is Teacher Zhao?

Teacher Zhao Zhiqiang, who taught mathematics in the middle school department and had very strong teaching ability.

By this time, Gu Cheng finally understood what happened, and thinking about it, Zhao Zhiqiang doing this thing wasn't surprising at all.

Everyone's gaze swept vaguely toward another corner of the office, where Wang Han Lu, the person in charge of the preschool department, was standing.

If you don't want people to know, you shouldn't do it.

Even Gu Cheng, who hadn't been here for long, could know what was going on, so you can imagine who else here didn't know.

Zhao Zhiqiang was Wang Han Lu's lover; the two came together when the United School was formed, one entered the office, and one went to the teaching post.

Wang Han Lu had been promoted rapidly in three years, walking all the way from office director to the position of person in charge of the preschool department, which could be said to be full of gossip.

Everyone was talking about her gossip, but she didn't care, which also made many people doubt whether these rumors were true or not.

There is no smoke without fire, and there is no wall in this world that doesn't let the wind through.

The Security Section quickly took over the scene, and Gu Cheng and Nie Xiaoguang were signaled to go downstairs; the two felt a bit emotional when they walked out of the building door.

"How much pain do you think he's in?"

Nie Xiaoguang's thinking was indeed different from ordinary people; he looked at Gu Cheng and asked: "Do you think the hospital can reattach it for him?" ===== CHAPTER 1674 =====