Chapter 1675: Fifty-fifty

"He's so old, and he didn't have much left to begin with; if you cut off another chunk, how much can be left?"

A few young workers didn't notice someone behind them and were still joking about the group's recent news.

Xia Zhongquan walked beside Li Xuewu, shook his head helplessly; he felt ashamed.

"I heard Li Zong's look at Zhou Tan is different now." Someone joked: "And Nie Xiaoguang; it's just that I don't know which of these two can get the 'first' prize first."

"Damn—" The young workers laughed and cursed: "It really is a 'head' prize."

"Cough—"

Xia Zhongquan really couldn't listen anymore and coughed hard. Seeing the few people turn their heads, his face looked very ugly.

"Dean Xia, Secretary-General, hello."

The young workers still had some sense and greeted them when they saw the two walking together.

It was just that a few young boys, who were clearly only working for a few years, ran away as soon as they saw them.

The ones left in place were full of embarrassment, stuttering and wanting to explain something, but couldn't say it.

"Do you have any organizational discipline left?"

Xia Zhongquan glared at the other party and threatened: "Which unit are you from? I'll have your leaders write a self-criticism."

"Sorry! Goodbye, Leader!"

The remaining two boys also reacted, not daring to report their unit, and turned and ran.

"Run! Run! You can run from the monk, but you can't run from the temple!"

Xia Zhongquan stomped his feet in an old-fashioned way, shouting deliberately: "Wait until I have the Security Section catch you!"

"Fine, can you scare them like that?"

Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly and asked: "What? Do you have relatives with Principal Jing?"

"Don't insult me; who has relatives with him!"

Xia Zhongquan glanced at him and said: "I'm just angry that such a filthy thing is hidden in a place of teaching and educating people."

"No need to think, this matter won't be eliminated within three years; the impact on the United Education System is truly too bad."

He was serious, emphasizing with a stern face: "Jing Rong must be handled seriously."

"Isn't it already handled."

Li Xuewu said in an unhurried tone: "I think this result is just right."

"Whoa—" Xia Zhongquan heard the flavor, raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Xuewu: "Is that Teacher Zhao your relative?"

"Hahaha—"

Being counterattacked by this old man, Li Xuewu just smiled and said while walking: "Not a relative, just an acquaintance."

"Oh—" Xia Zhongquan had an understanding look, saying meaningfully: "So that's how it is."

"How is that?" Li Xuewu asked amusedly: "I'm just like you, just watching the fun."

"I'm not watching the fun!" Xia Zhongquan insisted with his neck stiff: "Didn't you hear me scolding on the street just now?"

"As for you," he looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Do you still have a chivalrous heart?"

"Nonsense, I'm not a chivalrous person."

Li Xuewu looked back at the front and continued to walk forward along the path under the shade of the trees.

"Rules are to regulate people to live better; you don't oppose this point, right?"

"I certainly don't oppose it, but you have ulterior motives."

Xia Zhongquan looked as if he had seen through him, and no longer had the righteous indignation just now, but instead had a different kind of curiosity.

"Mm, think whatever you want."

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at him and asked: "I heard you quarreled with General Manager Jing? What for?"

"I'm not surprised at all that this reached your ears."

Xia Zhongquan curled his lips and explained: "I don't have a private feud with her; it's just official business."

"But it's not as mysterious as you heard; we just quarreled for two sentences."

"I heard you even scolded on the street?"

Li Xuewu looked him up and down and said with a smile: "Fine, what tonic did you eat to regain your heroic spirit?"

"Ai—get lost—"

Xia Zhongquan was also amused by his words, shook his head slightly and sighed: "I was arguing on reasonable grounds, and she was performing her duties."

"We are thinking about problems from different angles; it's normal to have differences in work; it wouldn't reach the point of drawing knives and guns."

"Mm, that's good," Li Xuewu lowered his head, looked at the newly paved asphalt road, and said: "I was afraid you were angry and felt wronged."

"Forget it, how old am I." Xia Zhongquan pointed to the experimental building not far away and said: "It's just the contradiction caused by asking for money."

"Mm, has the money issue been solved?"

Li Xuewu looked at it but didn't pay attention anymore; now he basically wouldn't put too much energy into one project.

It's not to say that his rank rose, his position increased, so he was so busy he had no time, and he was the master of everything; that's not what it means.

A person's time and energy are limited; Li Xuewu determined that he needed to transform into a strategic manager, so he had to grasp the big and let go of the small.

Before, he would seriously read project plans, but now he had absolutely no time to read them, and even if he had time, he wouldn't read them.

There are so many professional secretaries raised in the office; what are they kept for if not used?

Project plans are submitted, first pass the first level, then the expert group discusses and gives opinions, and he only looks at the introduction and opinions.

Plans are signed layer by layer from the beginning; whoever has a problem, deal with them.

Xia Zhongquan might not have changed his mindset yet, still wanting to introduce the project to him first, then mention asking for money.

Now he was stunned by Li Xuewu's directness.

"General Manager Li solved a part of it."

He paused, but still explained: "It's the Optoelectronics Research Institute that needs to get a set of experimental equipment; they asked me for it twice."

"Mm, how is the work situation of the foreign experts?"

Li Xuewu's thinking is jumpy, which is also reflected in the questions he asks, and it has to be a cadre like Xia Zhongquan who can keep up with his rhythm.

Just like now, the two are walking at the original site of Red Star Factory, which has been transformed into a comprehensive scientific research block, and the accompanying personnel can only follow behind.

It was Li Xuewu who proposed to get out of the car and walk; he rarely returned to the capital, and even if he did, he rarely had the opportunity to come here to take a look.

Red Steel Group has developed very quickly in engineering construction; saying Red Steel Group has found another way in the automotive manufacturing field, but compared to engineering construction, there is still a certain gap between the two.

Red Steel Group's subordinate United Construction Engineering General Company is one of the first key projects at the general company level created by Red Star Factory.

The design of United Construction mainly comes from the European team provided by the Santa Ya Group, combined with the co-creation system formed by domestic top university scholars.

Technology mainly comes from Santa Ya, including engineering machinery, building construction, etc.

During the East German technology introduction period, Red Steel Group obtained some relatively advanced technology sharing from other brother units.

Now the engineering machinery produced by the Special Equipment Manufacturing Factory basically leads domestic peers by an era.

The starting point is the European equipment brought by the Santa Ya Group, combined with local thinking and East German "Soviet-style" endurance, and the effect is quite amazing.

When Red Star Factory decided to set up the Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone back then, many people shook their heads, saying this project wouldn't take eight years even if it didn't take ten.

A long construction period means high costs.

Budget is budget, and it doesn't necessarily have a relationship with total investment, so many people didn't look favorably on this project.

And the result?

Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone, United Construction only used three years to determine its absolute position in the construction field.

When the mine factory was built in the border area, it was felt at the time that United Construction's establishment time was too short to be trusted.

It was still considering that United Construction already had a little bit of reputation at the time, so it entrusted the supervision business.

Just United Construction's supervision had already made the construction party exhausted.

It wasn't deliberately finding fault; the plans and management standards brought out by the supervision won the trust of the party, and the construction party could only learn while working.

Now Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone is the benchmark for the domestic construction industry to learn from, especially in mechanized operations.

If it were according to United Construction's current construction ability, Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone would only need two years to complete.

These three years were a process of starting from nothing, and from having to being excellent; Red Steel Group used Liangma River Ecological Industrial Zone, Tianjin Red Star Trade Zone, Yingcheng Shipbuilding, and Steel City Red Star Industrial Zone to temper an engineering team.

Actually, starting this year, United Construction's undertaking volume appeared to be explosive, and the construction teams that originally had some redundant personnel were all utilized.

Red Steel Group, in order to achieve technological innovation, optimized production and manufacturing processes, and laid off forty-five percent of its employees.

This part of the personnel was mainly placed in the engineering construction company.

Three years, it can be considered that the group spent money to teach these workers how to transform from the workshop to the construction site.

This money wasn't spent in vain; the workers who had already been eliminated by the industrial era successfully became the construction workers needed by the era.

"Lang Zhennan told me he wanted to recruit some foreign construction experts."

Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said: "The monk from outside is good at chanting scriptures."

"We must admit this point," Xia Zhongquan said helplessly: "Whether in industry or construction, some things need to introduce technology."

"If we can fill the technical gap by introducing foreign experts, I think this is also a feasible method."

He was a bit hesitant, and seeing Li Xuewu didn't speak, he continued to say: "In life, foreign experts also have no difficulties; everyone is the same."

"Maybe it's just that the goods provided by the Supply and Service Department don't have those categories from abroad, but in actual life, it's not necessarily all needed."

As if knowing what Li Xuewu was going to say, he raised his head and emphasized: "Even the wine they like to drink, we have; you say what else is missing."

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu said with a light laugh: "Then what about work?"

He glanced at Xia Zhongquan and asked: "Is there any exclusion?"

"To tell the truth, complicated interpersonal relationships are everywhere."

Xia Zhongquan stopped his footsteps and frowned: "People are biological, not mechanical; as long as there are emotional things, there are variables."

"I dare not say there are no colorful existences in the team, but I can only say that in the Research Institute, I can be fair."

"Mm, I believe you." Li Xuewu nodded and said: "But sometimes you still need to do a good job in propaganda."

He patted the other party's arm and said: "You have to let people know your fairness and justice, right?"

After speaking, he pulled Xia Zhongquan's arm and signaled to continue walking.

Xia Zhongquan thought for a moment and asked: "You mean, my management still needs improvement, especially in communication and propaganda?"

"Someone told me you are stubborn."

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at him and said: "Said you can't listen to opinions, stubborn like a stone."

"Who said that? Shangguan Qi?"

Xia Zhongquan frowned: "I'm not thin to that girl; she's reporting me behind my back?"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu shook his head with a light laugh and said: "It's not her; it's heard from the Santa Ya Group President's side."

"If it were really Shangguan Qi, she wouldn't come to tell me, but would argue with you directly."

"That's true." Xia Zhongquan thought about it and also laughed: "I also wanted to tell you about her and Peter."

"You still remember Peter, right?"

He raised his eyebrows and emphasized: "It's the optoelectronics expert you brought back from East Germany."

"I didn't have amnesia; of course I remember." Li Xuewu asked with a smile: "What's the matter with her and Peter?"

"Peter seems to be pursuing Shangguan Qi." Xia Zhongquan shook his head after joking: "The relationship between men and women is the hardest to handle."

"You say, once this researcher is affected by emotional changes, how much impact will it have on the scientific research project."

"So your meaning is that researchers should all be monks?"

Li Xuewu teased amusedly: "You are the Dean of the Research Institute; you try to be calm and quiet first."

"That's not what I meant."

Xia Zhongquan sighed and said: "I'm saying I don't look favorably on such love; it's not allowed from the conditions."

"And I don't need to say what precedents there are; just look at our group."

He looked at Li Xuewu and said with worry: "So many foreign experts, and we have to continue to introduce them; what if something goes wrong?"

"The conditions for applying for special marriage are so harsh; it's not necessarily a good thing for our group's scientific research work."

Xia Zhongquan lowered his voice and said: "You just say, if you agree to this pair, what will happen in the future?"

"Can you agree to all of them? That would be a mess!"

"You really consider things broadly—"

Li Xuewu pointed to the experimental building already in front of him and said: "I can help you solve the funding issue; I can't handle this kind of relationship between men and women."

Seeing him stop his footsteps, Ma Baosen ran forward quickly, and at the same time waved to the car following behind.

"I'm taking the plane at noon today; chatting with you for this last bit of time is to tell you not to take it lightly."

Li Xuewu looked him up and down and said seriously: "The Research Institute is the core of the group and the top priority of the future."

"Sanhe has already restored the investment in the Electronic Research Institute; next, you are responsible for docking the landing of this project."

"Negotiated?" Xia Zhongquan's eyes lit up: "Congratulations, I thought this project was going to go yellow."

"Just a little bit." Li Xuewu pinched his fingers, got into the car with a smile, left the car window for Xia Zhongquan and finally instructed: "Take care of your health, wish you health forever."

General Manager Assistant is the core management position in the enterprise that assists the general manager in handling daily affairs, responsible for comprehensive work such as administrative affairs coordination, document management, meeting organization, and participation in strategic planning implementation.

This position wouldn't be ahead of its time even if placed in this era, because there are many enterprises in the country that have set up this position.

Why else would Li Huai have envied people being called general managers back then; it sounded fashionable.

And different from the Western enterprise management system, in the domestic enterprise system, the general manager assistant often serves as a transitional position for promotion to deputy general manager.

The general manager assistant needs to coordinate the cooperation of various departments, maintain internal and external relationships, and provide data support for enterprise decision-making.

From the definition of the position, it's not hard to see that this position is in the stage of transition from the executive layer to the decision-making layer.

Generally speaking, those with the position of general manager assistant will be recognized as being at the deputy general level within the group.

But speaking of influence, a simple assistant is not qualified to compare with the current Li Xuewu.

Here at Li Xuewu, the assistant is precisely a transition of identity transformation; he doesn't even grasp the plan of Li Huai's work.

Those works in the definition, he rarely participates directly, unless it is realized through the necessary signature of the Secretary-General.

After Liu Wei joined the job, Li Huai seemed to recognize the other party's work ability; this time he came back and didn't mention the topic of selecting a deputy secretary-general again.

Li Xuewu naturally couldn't hand over all the powers of the Comprehensive Management Section to Liu Wei, even if the two once had a certain tacit understanding.

But now he is a group leader, and Liu Wei is just his subordinate.

Li Xuewu never relaxed the right to sign; he still insisted that all signatures have records to check.

The small car team left the group, left the Liangma River Industrial Zone, and the scenery outside the car window changed drastically, as if there were an isolation belt, circling Red Steel Group inside.

"Are you going to Japan?"

Ma Baosen heard this news, endured it for so long, and finally couldn't help but turn around and look at him: "When are you going?"

"Why? You want to go too?"

Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly and asked: "What do you want to go to Japan for?"

"Just want to go and see." Ma Baosen smiled and said: "I've never been abroad since I grew up."

"Just for that bit of vanity?"

Li Xuewu shook his head with a smile, looked at the newspaper and explained: "I can't determine what the situation is now, and I don't know if I can take you."

"It doesn't matter; I was just saying."

Ma Baosen said with a smile: "If I really went, I wouldn't be able to speak Japanese; it would be embarrassing."

"What are you afraid of; they all speak Chinese."

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked out the car window, saying amusedly: "Perhaps when you walk out of the airport, they will even hold up signs to welcome you."

"Welcome Ma Baosen to Japan, hahaha—"

"Pfft—" Qi Yan, who was driving, couldn't help but laugh; this was his first mistake since he started driving for Li Xuewu.

This mistake wasn't his reason at all; it was that the leader's joke was too funny.

Ma Baosen was also stunned for a moment, then blushed and said: "Leader, you really know how to joke."

In his heart, he added another sentence, "Better not joke next time."

The car drove directly into the airport; thanks to the Red Star No. 1 operated by Red Steel Group and the Capital Airport, Red Steel Group's cars can enjoy this treatment.

"Hello, General Manager Li." Zhou Xiaoling saw him get out of the car and greeted him actively.

"Is calling me General Manager Li a bit awkward?"

Li Xuewu looked at her and the flight attendant group today with a smile; he often took the plane, so he knew them.

"It's better to use the previous title; that way it's easier to distinguish from General Manager Li."

"I also think calling you Secretary-General is more intimate and I'm used to it." Zhou Xiaoling smiled and wanted to help him carry his luggage: "We will still call you Secretary-General."

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu shook hands with the captain with a smile and asked: "Did you go back to your hometown to visit relatives?"

"I went back; I went back during the New Year."

The captain responded with a smile: "I went back and stayed for half a month."

"Is it better than before now?"

Li Xuewu got on the plane and said: "It was very difficult to ask for leave before."

"It is like that, Secretary-General."

The captain stood at the cockpit door, walking and saying: "Now I can go back to my hometown to rest for a period of time every year; it's much more comfortable than before."

"Hehe, pay attention to confidentiality."

Li Xuewu walked into the cabin door, pointed at him with a smile and said: "If you show off to your former comrades, they will all come to the group to fly planes."

"I actually hope they come."

The captain stood at the cockpit door and said with a smile: "Perhaps we can meet next year."

"I'm also looking forward to this day."

Li Xuewu glanced at him, and then walked into the cabin.

At the end of this year, the first phase of the Tadong Airport project should be about done, and by then, cargo transport planes will need to recruit people.

Pilots are always in short supply, and it's even harder to recruit at this time.

The key is that there are no mature pilot training channels at this time; they are all trained in the army and transferred to civil aviation pilots according to instructions.

Actually, the requirements for civil aviation pilots aren't as high as fighter pilots; lowering the standards will increase the number of cultivable people.

Li Xuewu actually has the intention to select from within the group, or select a batch of suitable young people from the Vocational Technical College and send them out for entrusted training.

Go to France, go to East Germany, as long as they can learn to fly cargo planes, it's worth it even if they spend more tuition.

Now that his brother-in-law is no longer in the original unit, it's really a bit troublesome to recruit pilots again.

Even if Old Li finds connections and Gu Weijie uses money to pry people, this profession isn't something you can find by just reaching out.

So the captain said it's possible to meet comrades next year; Li Xuewu is discussing with his brother-in-law to recruit a batch of talent from older pilots.

Their age is old, and there is basically no room for promotion, so it's better to retire early and come to the enterprise to provide for the aged.

As long as pilots are in good health, they can fly until they are sixty, which can be considered a way out of no way.

Zhou Xiaoling led the flight attendant group to get busy, quickly closed the cabin door, coordinated with the ground, and then started slowly, moving toward the runway direction.

Li Xuewu looked out the window; actually, thinking about it, it feels absurd.

He is waiting for a certain plane to fall, but he himself often uses planes; didn't he think that his own plane might also fall?

Still have to thank the Santa Ya Group for not sending a defective product, and also have to thank the pilot for not killing him.

The plane landed in Steel City, and Li Xuewu returned to his territory once again.

The Volga M24 was driven by a driver from the small car team; after handing over with Qi Yan, he got into the car behind.

None of them had any intention of staying at the airport; they got off the plane quickly, got into the car, and left.

Before, Li Xuewu didn't feel that time passed very quickly, but as long as he looked at his watch, he couldn't help but sigh that a day was too short.

When he was a child, he always felt that time passed very slowly, and he could do many things in a day, but after growing up, he didn't have this feeling anymore.

Waking up in the morning and being vague for a while, an hour passed, and he didn't do anything, and sometimes he couldn't even remember what he was thinking about at the time.

"I calculated the time, and it should be just right."

Yu Li saw him enter the courtyard and said with a smile: "As long as it's not late, it's this time when I arrive home."

"Mm, the plane flies fast," Li Xuewu joked: "I wanted to let Qi Yan step on the brake just now."

"Just teasing me; planes don't have brakes."

Yu Li looked at him amusedly, saw Qi Yan put down the luggage and left, and took the initiative to help him carry the luggage.

Li Xuewu just glanced and knew she didn't have a chance this month; he felt guilty in his heart, but didn't know how to say it.

Daring to carry luggage means there is no movement in the stomach; otherwise, with her carefulness and caution, how could she hurt her own hope.

"I listened to the radio this afternoon; the news said foreign athletes are here?"

She put down the luggage, looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "You should have heard about it in the capital, right? Did you see them?"

"See what?" Li Xuewu said amusedly: "Is that something I can see?"

"Didn't they say they came for tourism?"

Yu Li asked with a smile: "Didn't you see them on the street? The news said there were quite a few of them."

"There are quite a few, but I didn't go on the street."

Li Xuewu took off his

"Wash your hands, it's time to eat."

Yu Li reminded him, "Wait any longer and the food will be cold."

"Calculated so precisely?" Li Xuewu glanced at her, shook his head, and remarked with emotion, "You could go set up a stall to tell fortunes."

Yu Li waited until he had washed his hands and returned before handing him a cup of warm water, saying, "Drink some hot water to settle your stomach."

After giving instructions, she then said, "My ability only works on you; it wouldn't be effective for anyone else."

As she spoke, Yu Li turned on the radio to look for news about the athletes coming to China.

This matter was indeed the focus of the news during this period, and almost every development was being watched.

Li Xuewu naturally knew about this and was also waiting for it to happen.

This was a very critical juncture; apart from the table tennis delegations from Canada, Colombia, England, and Nigeria invited to visit, all members of the American delegation had also come.

Mr. Z received them personally and delivered an important speech.

Li Xuewu ate his dinner while listening to the news on the radio in the living room, simultaneously explaining the mysteries within to Yu Li.

Yu Li listened in a daze, looking at him suspiciously, unable to believe the things he was saying.

"You mean... we are going to re-establish foreign relations with America?"

"Of course, the overall global landscape is trending toward stability."

Li Xuewu explained, "At this time, economic development will drive the establishment of foreign relations."

"Because the economy cannot be separated from exchange."

"Ah—doesn't that mean—"

Yu Li was unable to react for a moment, because after so many years of propaganda against America, the sudden thawing of relations was just too bizarre.

Later generations cannot feel this kind of surprise, because information spreads very quickly in later times, and everyone seems to grasp the world situation; everyone is a Zhuge Liang.

But it is different now; controlled by propaganda and driven by inertia, it is impossible to understand this kind of change.

Li Xuewu could remain unsurprised because he had long been mentally prepared.

"We must be prepared to do business with America."

"Still have to do business?" Yu Li couldn't even bother to eat, asking, "Does that mean we won't be fighting?"

"Of course, though not necessarily." Li Xuewu smiled and explained, "Large-scale war will no longer happen, but small-scale conflicts won't stop."

"This world achieves stability and peace through such contradictions; it is a relative balance."

"I can't understand it, my brain isn't enough for this." Yu Li shook her head and said, "I believe what you say, but I can't understand it."

"Hmm, that's normal; you'll understand gradually."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "When you return to the capital and see Western students in schools, you will understand these changes."

"So you've been working so hard for so many years, all for this moment?"

Yu Li looked at him in surprise and asked, "You could even calculate what would happen in the future?"

"Do you take me for you? Calculating things," Li Xuewu said amusedly, "I don't have the ability to set up a fortune-telling stall."

"Then how did you see it?" Yu Li asked curiously, "How did you know that in the future we and they would ease relations and do business?"

"Because no one will go against money." Li Xuewu explained indifferently, "The West needs our market, and we need Western technology."

"If that's the case, won't it cause economic imbalance?" Yu Li was also learning, and her questions to him were thoughtful.

"Intervention and regulation will definitely be carried out." Li Xuewu answered affirmatively, "The economy must require intervention and regulation, otherwise problems will arise."

"You say if relations are good, won't your group's things be easier to sell?"

Yu Li raised her eyebrows and asked with some anticipation, "Can things from outside also be introduced?"

"Hey, these two questions are well asked; they hit the nail on the head."

Li Xuewu put down his chopsticks, looked at her with a smile, and said, "If we only sell things and don't buy things, the economy will be unbalanced."

"If we only buy things and don't sell things, the economy will also be unbalanced."

"Then what about both buying and selling? Would that be okay?"

Yu Li asked curiously, "Can we buy anything?"

"This is what I want to say." He explained to Yu Li earnestly, "Think about it, are foreign cars better or domestic cars better?"

"That would naturally be foreign ones."

Yu Li nodded and said, "I've heard you say that foreign car production technology and environment are superior, and the industrial chain is more complete."

"Exactly, possessing these advantages means they have competitiveness."

Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders and said, "If we open the gates and let them in, what will we do?"

"You have to know that Hongxing Automobile can currently occupy absolute sales volume domestically, but if good and cheap foreign cars come in, what about us?"

He looked at Yu Li and asked, "Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I—I don't really know."

Yu Li thought for a long while but couldn't figure it out, hesitating as she asked, "So that means we can't let them in, or let in very few?"

"It will be determined according to domestic development," Li Xuewu explained, "For things we don't develop well, we will let in fewer, trying our best to give our enterprises some time to catch up."

"For things we develop well, we don't need to say anything; they will be introduced by them anyway. Economic exchange is inherently two-way."

"Can we also do business with foreigners?"

Yu Li imagined the future and said with a smile, "What if I can't speak foreign languages? Should I just gesture like a mute?"

"Like this for three mao, like this for five mao?"

She gestured with a smile, as if she had truly arrived in a future of world harmony.

Li Xuewu was also smiling; he could already be certain that such a future was not far off.

The arrival of the table tennis players did not affect the world's operation, even though this small ball had already set the big ball in motion.

"Leader, documents from the Group."

Ma Baosen placed the documents in front of Li Xuewu; these needed to be reviewed immediately and would jump to the front of all documents.

Li Xuewu put down the work in his hands, picked up the documents, and began to read.

According to the requirements of the higher-ups, industrial enterprises were to carry out "inventory clearing and warehouse checking" work, and the Honggang Group was among them.

For this, the Group specially established a "inventory clearing and warehouse checking" group, with Li Huai De as the leader, and Jing Yunong, Cheng Kaiyuan, and Xue Zhifu as deputy leaders.

The notice required the Hongxing Steel Group to take workshop warehouses as the focus and comprehensively carry out the inventory clearing and warehouse checking work.

If it were up to Ma Baosen, his focus would definitely be on checking the warehouses, conveying the news in a timely manner, and requiring the enterprises below to quickly self-examine and self-correct.

But with this document being read by Li Xuewu, the meaning was somewhat different.

Old Li had recovered his strength and was starting to stir up trouble again.

Now that Zhou Wanquan was ignoring him and just blindly seeking stability, and was in the process of handing over to Gu Weijie, no one could do anything to him.

Even when Li Huai De made things difficult, he ignored it, which shows that this tenacity was determined to master the Honggang Group.

This time, Li Huai De was using the opportunity of clearing warehouses not to target Zhou Wanquan, but Cheng Kaiyuan and Xue Zhifu.

There is a saying that not denying is not agreeing.

Sometimes in meetings, Cheng Kaiyuan and Xue Zhifu would remain silent, which also made the meetings chaired by Li Huai De somewhat passive.

Just think, meetings are for discussion; even if no one raised their hands to speak, there was still Li Huai De calling people out by name like this.

He called out the two of them, and both responded passively, causing his credibility in the Group to decline. You tell me if he hates them or not.

Li Huai De didn't necessarily want to kill the two of them; he just wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkey.

Back then, when he wanted to kill the monkey Zhou Wanquan, Xue Zhifu and the other hid on the side to watch the show.

Now it's fine. The monkey couldn't be killed, so he could only kill the chicken to warn the monkey.

Now the two of them had to either take a stand or resist to the end.

But in Li Xuewu's view, these two were very likely to resist to the end, because they were both people with strong personalities.

If it were Dong Wenxue, he wouldn't bother with Old Li.

Old Li was a fart in terms of business; working under such a leader was actually the most relaxing.

But the key situation was that many people had already seen that the Honggang Group at this time had already entered the "post-Li Huai De era."

Everyone was watching how Zhou Wanquan was step by step eroding Li Huai De's influence and then replacing him.

This was much better to watch than the Three Kingdoms; the key was that the employees were on the scene and felt it most realistically.

Speaking of the Three Kingdoms, the Honggang Group also had three parties.

Zhou Wanquan's step-by-step pressure, Li Huai De's finding another way, and everyone was waiting for Li Xuewu's return as king.

Only when these three parties gathered together could everyone find an exciting show to watch.

Many people were betting and guessing that once Secretary-General Li Xuewu returned to work at the Group, how General Manager Li should position himself.

You have to know that when the Secretary-General left the Group three years ago, it was somewhat bumpy; the reasons won't be mentioned now, but what about returning?

Were there few people who created bumps?

Three years ago, the Secretary-General needed to compromise and consider all parties, but today, who would still dare to let the Secretary-General consider them?

In three years, he had completely mastered the Group's light and heavy industrial industries, indirectly influencing the Group's sales and R&D work.

It can be said that in the internal speculation of the Group, it was a fifty-fifty split between Deputy Director Zhou and the Secretary-General.

Li Huai De couldn't leave so quickly, and during this period, Director Li wouldn't stop waiting for a shift change.

As long as the Secretary-General returned to the capital, and as long as Director Li still wanted to jump around, Zhou Wanquan had to have a response.

Once he had a reaction, the Secretary-General also had to make a response.

At this time, Director Li would instead become the stable one, and everyone guessed why Director Li wanted the Secretary-General to return to the capital so much.

And regarding the future of the Honggang Group, which was about three years or so, when Director Li left, who would take over?

There were those who supported Li Xuewu; after all, he had come all the way from the Hongxing Factory, and everyone still supported their own people.

But in the process of creating the Honggang Group, in order to quickly solve the problem of resource accumulation, they chose to merge enterprises.

This also caused the complex personnel situation of the Honggang Group.

Zhou Wanquan was also an outsider, naturally able to get the understanding and support of those people.

Of course, these were all everyone's guesses; privately, everyone guessed that the future of the Honggang Group lay between these two.

A few people already had options, so it was time to place their bets.

No one was stupid enough to bet on both sides; not only would they not win, but they would offend both sides. No one would take that risk.

Taken together, the two were a fifty-fifty split.

Although Zhou Wanquan was an outsider, he had a foundation.

Li Xuewu was cultivated by the Hongxing Factory and also had a foundation.

Apart from different ages and different growth processes, there was almost no gap between the two sides.

Some words had even reached Li Xuewu's ears, very magical, as if he could go back and take over at any time.

"Convey it down, execute according to regulations."

Li Xuewu put down the documents in his hands, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and instructed indifferently, "Fulfill your own dreams, wipe your own ass."

"I don't care what problems they have in their hands; at this time, whoever has a problem, I will deal with them."

He frowned and said, "You convey my meaning exactly as it is, let them be prepared; this time it is for real."

"Understood," Ma Baosen first responded, then asked softly, "Should we remind United Energy?"

He hesitated and explained, "I heard that General Manager Bu of United Energy is in Fengcheng; he might not receive the news."

"No need for that, go get busy with your work."

Li Xuewu knew that Ma Baosen wanted to learn from his master, but this kind of tactic was still a bit green, and he looked down on it a little.

Ma Baosen also knew the gap between himself and his master, so seeing the leader say this, he didn't dare to say anything more and obediently turned and left.

Li Xuewu glanced at the kid's figure; he hadn't come as a blank slate, so teaching him was just a bit of effort.