Chapter 1676: Working a short-term job?

On April 15th, the National Education Work Conference was held in the capital. Li Xuewu, following the academy's requirements, attended the conference as a representative.

This was his first time attending such a high-level conference as an educator, and sitting among the crowd, he appeared quite out of place.

"Comrade, are you a teacher?"

Inside the Great Hall of the People, ten minutes before the conference began, Li Xuewu was organizing his meeting notes when he heard someone ask him this.

"Hmm, don't I look like one?"

He raised his eyes to look at the other person, a faint smile at the corners of his mouth, and said, "I look like a bad guy, right?"

"No, no, you've misunderstood."

It was a female comrade sitting to his front-left, wearing a white shirt with a grey jacket over it.

She looked to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven, with a slender build and wearing a pair of large glasses.

Seeing Li Xuewu answer this way, she waved her hands in a flustered manner, hurriedly explaining, "I was just a bit curious."

"Hmm, curious about what?"

The smile on Li Xuewu's face deepened slightly as he asked, "Haven't seen a teacher this tall before?"

Several attendees around the seats were attracted by the conversation here, and at this moment, they couldn't help but suppress their laughter.

"Or perhaps haven't seen a teacher this sturdy before."

"Uh—I was just asking."

The female comrade awkwardly grinned and said, "Looking at your appearance..."

"What about my appearance?" Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do teachers have a fixed appearance?"

"It's nothing, you just look kind."

The female comrade finally couldn't take it anymore; she nodded, gave a stiff explanation, and turned back around.

At this moment, the people in the surrounding seats finally burst into laughter.

Because they were in a solemn and respectful venue, even though they laughed, they all held it in or covered their mouths to giggle.

"You're a leader, aren't you?" A middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit sitting to Li Xuewu's left asked with a smile, "Such a young school leader?"

"Not a school leader, a teacher."

Li Xuewu smiled faintly and opened the conference materials to read.

Because there were still a few minutes before the conference started, there was a buzz of noise in the venue.

The sound wasn't loud, as everyone was speaking in hushed tones, but in such a large venue with so many people, it still formed a wave of sound when gathered together.

The middle-aged man seemed to be sitting there feeling a bit bored, or perhaps he was trying to relax after the tension and wanted to find someone to talk to.

"I think you have more of a leader's temperament than our school leaders," the middle-aged man said, looking him over with a smile, "Young man, your future is limitless."

"I'll take your kind words, I'll work hard."

Li Xuewu didn't look up at him, but said with a smile, "If I don't make it, I'll come looking for you to settle the score."

"Hehehe—" The middle-aged man felt this young man was very interesting and couldn't help but chuckle a few times.

Seeing the female comrade in front secretly sizing up this young man, he whispered a reminder: "She is very interested in you."

"Is that so?" Li Xuewu raised his head, glanced at the other person, and said, "Perhaps she's never seen a teacher who looks this kind before."

"You really know how to joke—"

The middle-aged man shook his head with amusement and asked curiously, "Where are you from, which unit? From the Northeast?"

"No, I'm from the capital."

Li Xuewu finished reading the conference content, picked up the teacup in front of him to take a sip of hot tea, glanced at him, and asked in return, "And you? Where are you from?"

"Hunan, I'm a fellow townsman of the Mentor."

The middle-aged man's tone of self-introduction couldn't hide his pride, and he even slightly raised his chin when saying this sentence.

Of course, he certainly had the qualifications to be proud; whoever's hometown produced such a person would be worth being proud of.

"I work at Hunan University."

The middle-aged man's eyes were full of pride when he mentioned his own workplace.

He picked up his teacup, glanced at Li Xuewu, and asked, "What about you? Young man?"

"You work at a university?" Li Xuewu asked instead of answering, "What do you teach? Are you a professor?"

"No, no, not a professor."

The middle-aged man emphasized rather reservedly, "Associate, associate professor, I teach politics."

"Ah—" Li Xuewu drew out his tone, looked at him, nodded, and said, "Then we have quite a connection."

The middle-aged man didn't react in time; seeing him extend his hand, he habitually extended his own to shake it, only then hearing the other person say, "I am also an associate professor."

Li Xuewu clearly felt the other person's hand tighten, and seeing the surprise and suspicion in his eyes, he said with a smile, "I work at the Politics Academy."

"Ah? Which Politics Academy?"

The middle-aged man clearly still didn't believe his words, looked him up and down, and believed it even less.

He had been a politics teacher for so many years and had never seen a peer like this; he was just too damn correct.

"Which one else could it be." Li Xuewu smiled, pulled back his hand, sat back down, and waited for the meeting to start.

Because of his answer, the people around him cast similar looks, and the somewhat talkative middle-aged man fell silent.

He was just like the female comrade in front, frequently and secretly sizing up Li Xuewu, as if he could see from somewhere that he wasn't an associate professor.

Today was just the first day of the conference, and the deputy director in charge of daily education management took the stage to read out the conference agenda, content, and discipline.

What was relatively special was that this conference wouldn't be finished in a day or two, but was a relatively long process.

According to the deputy director's meaning, this conference was to set the tone for education work for a period of time in the future.

Calling them over for a meeting was to require them to provide opinions and suggestions based on the content proposed at the conference.

In the next few months, the conference group would organize everyone to carry out group discussions, exchanges between multiple groups, and research.

Li Xuewu's memory wasn't very clear about this matter, so he was also listening very seriously to the deputy director's requirements.

He could roughly judge the purpose of the conference group based on these requirements.

It was very simple: it was to discuss and vote on the "Two Estimates," and to reaffirm and determine the policy of the "Workers' Propaganda Team" continuing to manage universities.

But different from the policies of the previous few years, according to the experimental classes that had already been carried out for a year at Huaqing and Yanjing, the higher-ups had agreed to expand the scope of resuming classes.

It was also starting from this conference that intellectuals across the country would have the opportunity to receive re-education among the worker-peasant-soldier groups, and universities would begin to recruit worker-peasant-soldier students.

The conference content also included shortening the university schooling system, handing over most colleges and universities to local management, and so on.

Li Xuewu had already read the conference outline once, so he could be considered to understand the logic and needs behind this conference content.

In the next few years, using this set of policies to balance the gap in education received by young people in cities and rural areas, thereby balancing the composition of social managers.

If Li Xuewu were to evaluate this set of policies, he would definitely hold a supportive attitude, even though he was a city person himself.

But standing from the perspective of history, education is the only standard that can distinguish social strata, and it is also the only channel for ordinary people to cross social strata.

This sentence is equally applicable to later generations.

You say your house was demolished, you were allocated several apartments, you were allocated millions, or you say your father won a big prize, tens of millions, and your family became aristocrats.

Nonsense, don't even think about it.

When you are fantasizing about several apartments, millions, tens of millions, do you know what a federation is, do you know what a new social stratum is?

Sometimes, even with money, you might not be able to reach that ceiling, and even if you reach it, you can't push it open.

You can use money to buy a pile of diplomas, a room full of books, a set of social identities, but you can't buy the inherent inheritance of knowledge.

I don't know when this sentence appeared, saying it takes three generations to cultivate an aristocrat.

This is also nonsense; apart from that non-mainstream circle, there is no such thing as aristocrats in the country.

Counting up three generations, they were all farming, and counting down a few generations, they might not even be able to farm; poverty and wealth are a fluctuating process.

Even those top tycoons cannot solve the problem of wealth being forever held in the family's hands; can you solve it by relying on a few apartments?

How do foreign tycoons achieve wealth inheritance?

It's very simple: cultivate themselves to master more knowledge, and possess sharper judgment and survival skills than ordinary people.

Perhaps this generation won't produce any capable people, but holding onto the wealth is considered a win; perhaps the next generation will have more children, and there will always be a son of restoration.

But how many can truly achieve this goal?

When they earn more money, they will all have a realization: that the wealth they possess is actually not theirs, and they can't take it with them when they die.

They just possess the ability and power to master this wealth that originally belongs to society through intelligence and hard work.

Wealth belongs to society, and people living in society possess equal opportunities to allocate this wealth.

That is to say, anyone has the possibility of becoming the next tycoon.

The premise is that you want to and know how to do it; this process requires the power of knowledge.

In the final analysis, the gathering and scattering of social wealth are all governed by knowledge.

Knowledge can be transformed into technology, into power, into medicine, and can even be transformed into a killing weapon.

All these kinds of things will become a means to regulate social balance.

Therefore, when knowledge is equally instilled into the people tending toward the bottom, and ordinary people appear more widely in social strata, society is in its most stable state, and contradictions are also in their most minimal state.

Li Xuewu could only think of this much; when asked to evaluate this means again, he didn't dare to think about it.

Using regulatory policies and means to intervene in the educated group, no one can clearly say whether it is fortunate or unfortunate for an individual.

Take their family as an example: what if Li Xue couldn't find a job after graduating from high school, just like her classmates?

Go to the countryside to learn and train, farm, cut grass, and do farm work; in a few years, she would either not be able to persist in physical labor and choose to marry a rural young man.

Or she would grit her teeth, write letters home, and request family members to find ways to let her return to the city.

Li Xue was lucky, but most "Li Xues" were unfortunate.

How many people regretfully stayed in the countryside; even if there were people among this group who created broader lives, it was after the times changed.

Li Xuewu couldn't think of why the academy chose him to attend this conference; after reading the conference content, his mood was a bit heavy.

Perhaps this was Vice President Zhang's reward for that article of his?

After attending the conference, Li Xuewu went to the academy to report the main content and situation of the conference to the leaders.

He also had to write a conference report for the school, which sounded very troublesome, and he wasn't at ease letting Ma Baosen write it for him.

So, he listened to some meaningful words from Vice President Zhang with great depression before he came out of the school.

"Wu Ge, over here—"

He heard someone greeting him; it wasn't close, and he didn't recognize them at first, but after a closer look, he confirmed it was Zhou Xiaobai.

She was sitting in the back seat of the Antelope, and as the car turned over, he saw that the person driving was actually Li Yuanchao.

"Wu Ge!" Zhou Xiaobai jumped out of the back door before the car stopped steadily and ran over quickly.

Li Xuewu unexpectedly sized up Li Yuanchao, who got out of the driver's seat, and Zhang Haiyang, who got out of the front passenger seat.

"I don't know what to call you anymore, can I still call you Li Ge?"

Li Yuanchao was still as good at speaking as ever; he walked over with Zhang Haiyang and gave him a salute with a smile.

"You have to call him Li Laoshi—"

Zhou Xiaobai didn't know where her pride came from; she raised her chin and reminded Li Yuanchao, "My brother is an associate professor now."

"Go, are you trying to humiliate me?"

Li Xuewu smiled and flicked her forehead, then shook hands with the two who saluted, and said, "When did you get back?"

"The day before yesterday, the two of us happened to run into each other."

Li Yuanchao gestured to Zhang Haiyang beside him and introduced, "He is in the Southeast, I am in the Northeast, and we happened to choose to take leave at this time."

"Where in the Northeast?" Li Xuewu saw him about to offer him a cigarette, waved his hand, and said, "I am also in the Northeast."

"I know you are in Steel City." Li Yuanchao lit a cigarette for himself and said with a smile, "But we are far apart; I am in Longjiang."

"Your dad is really willing, so far away."

Li Xuewu knew his dad had restored his status, so he asked with a smile, "How many days can you stay after coming back? Are you going to Steel City to play?"

"Just these few days, how hard it is for us to get leave." Li Yuanchao smiled and explained, "I still have to go see my mom and dad."

He gestured to Zhang Haiyang beside him and said, "Haiyang can stay a few more days; he came back later than me."

"Where is Haiyang serving as a soldier?"

Li Xuewu heard Li Yuanchao introduce Zhang Haiyang twice, so he sized up the other person.

Zhang Haiyang's eyes didn't leave Li Xuewu's arm that Zhou Xiaobai was holding; the inner bitterness was indescribable, and his tone was also a bit heavy, "I am in Jin Ling."

"All very good, it looks like you haven't suffered."

Li Xuewu didn't pay much attention to his attitude, turned to Li Yuanchao and said, "You can go find Zuo Jie to play; he should be free."

"Hi, we already found him, we drank together yesterday," Li Yuanchao shook his head with a smile and said, "He is busy now too, saying he is working at United Construction."

"He's busy now?" Li Xuewu asked with amusement, "How come I didn't know?"

"Zuo Jie isn't honest, he's been in a relationship recently."

Zhou Xiaobai giggled and exposed Zuo Jie's background, winking and saying, "He is the typical guy you all talk about who has a partner and forgets his friends."

"I just said so—" Li Yuanchao clapped his hands and said, "I saw he wasn't right at the wine table yesterday; so he was dating."

"Don't say I told you!"

Zhou Xiaobai knew he was going to be bad, pointed her finger at him and emphasized, "If you dare to betray me, I'll take you to the shooting range!"

"Why didn't you remind him?"

Li Yuanchao didn't know if it was intentional, but he kept leading the topic to Zhang Haiyang, "Is my image that of a traitor in your heart?"

"That's right! Haiyang isn't that kind of person!"

Zhou Xiaobai widened her eyes, then looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Brother, do you have anything to do in a while? We are going to the shooting range, are you coming?"

"Do I look like a very free person to you?"

Li Xuewu pointed to Qi Yan waiting by the car, looked at her with amusement, and then said, "Let's do it in the evening, call Zuo Jie to have a meal together."

He pointed at Li Yuanchao and said, "I'll give you a task; at dinner, I want to hear Zuo Jie take the initiative to confess his problems."

"Hahaha! Good! Guarantee to complete the task!"

Li Yuanchao had long known Li Xuewu's current status and rank from Zhou Xiaobai, but seeing that he could still treat himself with this attitude, he felt happy and honored inside.

Especially joking; he could feel the sincerity in Li Xuewu's words, especially the arrangement for the dinner gathering in the evening.

In his mind, at Li Xuewu's level, how could he have his own time in the evening; wouldn't there be dinner parties one after another?

"Alright, you all go play."

Li Xuewu patted Zhou Xiaobai's arm and said, "I still have to go back to the group company for a meeting, let's talk in the evening."

"Goodbye, Li Laoshi!" Li Yuanchao joked again, while Zhou Xiaobai sent him a few steps and whispered a few words.

"Why aren't you talking?"

Li Yuanchao glanced at Zhou Xiaobai over there, then said to Zhang Haiyang, "Still thinking about those things that aren't there?"

He patted the other person's shoulder with great understanding, sighed, and said, "Let's talk about something practical, even if she is willing to date you, can you afford to support her?"

"Hmm, nothing interesting." Zhang Haiyang stopped looking at Zhou Xiaobai, turned his head and said, "I won't go in the evening, you all go."

"Don't be stupid, is it worth it?"

Li Yuanchao reminded him, "Do you intend to be in the army for a lifetime? Are you sure you can be in the army for a lifetime?"

"Think about it carefully, apart from the innate conditions given by mom and dad, what other acquired accumulation do we have?"

He raised his chin and gestured, "Just looking at other people's magnanimity, you have to learn a bit; in the future, we must have our own connections."

"Besides, even if you stay in the army, can't you rely on others? Think about it carefully."

Zhang Haiyang was a bit unconvinced; he didn't quite believe Li Yuanchao's set of theories, but he didn't want to make it too clear because of brotherhood.

Glancing at Zhou Xiaobai walking back, and the figure getting in the car and leaving, he was still a bit discouraged.

He was still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from owning a special car and a driver, while Li Xuewu had long owned all of this.

"Let's go, it's settled that we'll eat mutton hot pot in the evening." Zhou Xiaobai said very happily, "I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time, I really miss it."

"You're short of a hot pot meal?" Li Yuanchao smiled and gestured toward the car, "I don't believe any hot pot is sold that expensively."

"I'm not short of hot pot money, I'm short of no one to eat with me."

Zhou Xiaobai got into the back seat, hugged her arms and explained, "It's lively when many people eat hot pot; what's the point of eating alone."

"What about Luo Yun? Isn't she at the same school as you?"

Li Yuanchao glanced at her through the rearview mirror and asked, "You all don't play together anymore?"

"That's a matter from a hundred generations ago."

Zhou Xiaobai sneered and rolled her eyes at him, asking, "You just like hearing girls have conflicts, right?"

"Hahaha—" Li Yuanchao didn't care about being exposed, and said with a smile, "I do like hearing this."

After finishing, he asked Zhang Haiyang in the front passenger seat, "Haiyang, do you like it?"

This question was asked; could he say he didn't like it?

He also knew Li Yuanchao was teasing him on purpose, deliberately asking this kind of ambiguous question, but he really liked it, he just didn't want to say it anymore.

"Remind you all, stop it!"

Zhou Xiaobai curled her lips and said, "Our aspirations are different, but we don't have conflicts; there is a difference."

"Then invite her out in the evening?"

Li Yuanchao looked at Zhang Haiyang and asked, "Do you like girls like Luo Yun? She's going to be Dr. Luo soon."

He seemed to be doing it on purpose, teasing Zhang Haiyang, "If you want her, you'd better hurry; if you're late, she might be snatched away by someone else."

"Why are you so talkative?"

Zhang Haiyang glared at him, but not knowing how he summoned the courage, he turned his head back to look at Zhou Xiaobai in the back seat and asked, "Do you think Luo Yun and I are a good match?"

This question made Li Yuanchao's loud laughter stop abruptly, and he looked at Zhang Haiyang with full surprise.

Not bad! Kid, playing hard to get, huh!

But you have to let people know you want to catch them first; this "letting go" has no use at all.

"It's possible!" Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile, "I just can't play with her, but after all, we grew up together, she is still a very good person."

"How good?" Zhang Haiyang sized her up reluctantly, then turned back and sat properly, saying faintly, "Let's invite her out to meet in the evening."

"Are you serious?" Li Yuanchao widened his eyes, driving the car while asking, "That's a little chili pepper!"

"I've learned to eat spicy food in the South these past few years."

Zhang Haiyang smiled and said, "Spicy has flavor, I'm just afraid she's not spicy enough."

"Then there will be a lively show tonight."

Li Yuanchao was about to return to his unit; he didn't care how to clean up the mess if trouble was caused, anyway, those watching the show didn't think it was too big.

He turned back to Zhou Xiaobai and said, "You must know how to find her, right?"

"Just call their building."

Zhou Xiaobai raised her wrist to look at the watch on her hand and said, "Let's make it a bit later, she will definitely be there."

"We can also go pick her up directly."

Li Yuanchao winked at Zhang Haiyang and said, "Don't retreat at the last minute, that would be no fun."

"Rest assured, I'm determined to pursue Luo Yun."

Zhang Haiyang pointed forward quite happily and said, "Tonight, brother will perform a 'straight to the dragon's den' for you!"

"Shut up!" Just after he finished speaking, Zhou Xiaobai chided, "Why are you all so flirtatious!"

"Hahaha—" Li Yuanchao's laughter was full of anticipation, and even the foot stepping on the accelerator had strength.

Zhang Haiyang in the front passenger seat had no movement, and Zhou Xiaobai sitting behind him looked at him deeply, then turned her head to look out the window.

She didn't not understand, she was just pretending not to understand.

Feelings are like this; if you don't like it, you don't like it; at an age where material things can't control love, what girl is willing to make changes.

Moreover, Zhang Haiyang didn't even have material things.

"Do you know Teacher Zhao?"

Ran Qiuye brought him tea and asked curiously, "How do you know him?"

"I know his grandfather."

Li Xuewu pointed to the coffee table, gestured for her to put it down, and then patted the sofa, "Don't be busy, sit down and talk for a while."

"It happened the last time I came back, it was quite a coincidence."

He pinched his forehead and explained, "I needed to mount a piece of calligraphy, and I entrusted a friend to find someone."

"Is it Teacher Zhao's grandfather?"

Ran Qiuye sat beside him and asked, "How old is his grandfather?"

"Hmm, about sixty this year?"

Li Xuewu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, should be, he had already retired when I asked him for help."

"It sounds really a bit sigh-inducing."

Ran Qiuye tilted her body, looked at him and said, "Recently, as long as the United School is mentioned, everyone asks about this matter."

"Hmm, people's curiosity, it's very normal." Li Xuewu tidied his hair and said, "Has anyone asked you?"

"Hmm, even the neighbors ask sometimes."

She lowered her head and pinched her fingers, saying, "Everyone feels quite regretful hearing it."

"What's there to be regretful about? Everyone is an adult and must be responsible for their own impulses."

Li Xuewu said faintly, "Jing Rong knows his own mistakes, so he deserves this."

"Wang Han Lu went down the wrong path, she knows it even better herself, so she lost her lover and ruined her family; it was all caused by her own hands, what's there to be regretful about?"

He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "As for Zhao Zhiqiang, he had countless ways to handle this matter, but he chose the most extreme one."

"Hmm, it sounds scary." Ran Qiuye nodded and said, "Now the school checks for dangerous goods every three days."

"It's better to be serious, to save trouble in the future."

Li Xuewu didn't feel there was anything bad about this; even if it was just a gust of wind, it was deserved.

"This time it was a family conflict, what about the children next time? What to do?"

"I heard he was sentenced to a heavy crime?"

Ran Qiuye asked curiously, "How come I heard Principal Jing wrote a letter of understanding?"

"Don't know, I only came back the day before yesterday."

Li Xuewu glanced at her and asked, "Why do you want to ask this? Are you scared?"

"Hmm, I'm afraid impulses are contagious."

Ran Qiuye sighed and said, "Adolescent children are the most prone to impulses; with Teacher Zhao's matter, the influence is too bad."

"The matter has already happened, what else can be done?"

Li Xuewu leaned on the sofa, patted her hand, and said, "If you are afraid that your teachers will make this kind of mistake, let them go see Wang Han Lu."

Ran Qiuye raised her head, raised her eyebrows and asked, "How was Teacher Wang handled?"

"You are at school, and you don't know?"

Li Xuewu explained with amusement, "Isn't it already handled? I saw the briefing in Steel City."

"Our school doesn't allow discussion of this, and I didn't see it."

Ran Qiuye thought for a moment and said, "Shouldn't be expelled, right?"

"Hmm, they said she was transferred."

Li Xuewu patted her hand and said, "Zhao Zhiqiang's grandfather died, and Wang Han Lu handled the funeral."

This made Ran Qiuye frown; she wanted to ask something but didn't ask it out loud.

Li Xuewu knew what she wanted to say, nodded and said, "Evaluating a person cannot use non-black-or-white as a standard; human nature is complex."

Ran Qiuye had been working at the school since she came back; she had truly witnessed those sinister things a few years ago, and now she had returned to her comfort zone, so how could she think of these.

However, recalling the sinister nature of human beings, she also felt deeply; the more this was the case, the more she thought.

In this matter, no one won; it was a three-way loss.

Even Jing Rong was returned to Huaqing; it is estimated that even if his body recovers, Huaqing won't welcome him.

"Educators think too much, huh?"

Li Xuewu teased her deliberately, "Or why don't you help me think about how to write a report on educational reform?"

"I don't have your talent."

Ran Qiuye smiled, looked at him and asked, "Is it okay if I write an article about educational work methods?"

"What's wrong with that."

Li Xuewu glanced at her with amusement and said, "As long as you don't sing a different tune from the direction of propaganda."

"Then I'd better not write it."

Ran Qiuye smiled bitterly, "I just don't understand those things, so life is better if it's simple."

Li Xuewu also yearned for a simple life, but a simple life is not simple at all.

Leaving Ran Qiuye's place, he went to the club to attend Zhou Xiaobai's small circle gathering.

Qi Yan sent him to the main entrance of the club, and Li Xuewu entered the courtyard from the side door.

The flowers and plants in the flower hall had already been moved out, leaving only some exquisite ones on the flower stand.

Bursts of laughter came from the open window; that was the rhythm of youth, the world belonging to young people.

Li Xuewu didn't know if he was still a young person now; after all, he was only in his twenties.

"Hey! Li Ge is here—"

Li Yuanchao, sitting in the innermost part, was the first to see him from the window, ran out to welcome him and said, "We were just waiting for you."

"Why be so polite."

Li Xuewu smiled, stepped onto the steps, and saw Zuo Jie sitting there awkwardly from the open door, as well as Luo Yun who had matured quite a bit.

"Li Ge." Seeing him enter, Luo Yun stood up and greeted him.

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said, "Good, I heard you also returned to the capital to study? I rarely see you."

"Look, I said you'd be criticized."

Li Yuanchao smiled and pointed at her, saying, "You're so close and don't come to see Li Ge, you really shouldn't."

"I'm just busy with studies—"

Luo Yun reluctantly found an excuse, turned to look at Li Xuewu and explained embarrassedly, "Sorry, brother."

"It's okay, even if you came, you might not have seen me."

Li Xuewu smiled, sat down on the chair and said, "I spend more time in Steel City than at home."

"I heard you were in Steel City." Luo Yun glanced at Zhou Xiaobai who walked behind Li Xuewu and said, "I was thinking of finding an opportunity to come and ask you."

"Isn't this the opportunity?"

Li Xuewu sized her up and asked, "Do you feel any changes?"

"The main change is the people."

Luo Yun answered in a low voice, "I don't recognize many people in the courtyard anymore."

"Aren't I the same?" Li Yuanchao smiled and said, "I used to grow here for a long time, now I've become a stranger."

"Hahaha—" Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help but smile and explain, "He wanted to drive in, and the security guard at the door reminded him that strangers are forbidden to enter."

"Zhao Fourth Brother is gone, and Zhao Fifth Brother is also gone."

Li Yuanchao said helplessly, "Now only the sixth one is left, and I haven't seen him yet."

"Who's gone?" Zhang Haiyang, who hadn't spoken much, was stunned and asked, "The Zhao Fourth Brother who used to be in the gatehouse died?"

His surprise made everyone in the flower hall fall silent, and then everyone looked at Li Yuanchao and Li Xuewu.

Li Yuanchao reacted the fastest, covered his face and explained, "What died, can't 'gone' mean leaving the capital?"

"Ah oh, oh, you should have said so earlier."

Zhang Haiyang smiled and said, "I thought only Zhao Sixth Brother was left of these three brothers."

"Hahahaha—"

This sounded much better than a joke, and everyone laughed very happily.

Zuo Jie glanced at the few people sitting in the room, and while everyone was talking and laughing, he was about to get up and go out, but was caught red-handed by Li Yuanchao who was staring at him.

"What are you doing, Zuo Jie?"

He asked with a smile, "We've already arranged the restaurant, you don't need to help."

"Who said I was going to the restaurant?"

Zuo Jie glared at him angrily; he knew it was this bastard playing tricks.

He pointed toward the door and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"Go quickly and come back quickly—" Li Yuanchao was very afraid he would run away, and reminded, "We are about to eat, don't let Li Ge wait for you too long."

Goodness, using Li Xuewu to threaten Zuo Jie; he was really going all out to watch the show.

Zhou Xiaobai glanced out the window, then glanced at Zhang Haiyang who was talking and laughing with Luo Yun, feeling a bit strange inside.

It wasn't regret or jealousy or anything, she just felt that Luo Yun and Zuo Jie were both a bit deliberate.

If they had truly let go, why be so pretentious; it wasn't necessary to curse at each other, and it wasn't necessary to pretend to be harmonious either.

Everyone ate this mutton hot pot in the evening with mixed feelings, and some even felt it was tasteless.

Li Xuewu watched the show for the whole evening and also experienced a very rare youthful atmosphere and time.

After dinner, of course, everyone went home; he didn't follow Zhou Xiaobai's pestering and took the initiative to arrange for Zuo Jie to send her home.

Believe that they must have a lot to say on the way, including Zuo Jie's new relationship.

Li Xuewu also wanted to know which deity the girl Zuo Jie was strictly guarding was.

Li Xuewu returned to Steel City after attending the first conference, stopped for only one day, and then hurried to Fengcheng.

To make up for not being able to keep the appointment last time, Li Huai De specially chose a suitable time to come to Fengcheng to meet with Lu Qiming.

Li Lao came to Liaodong to handle affairs, so Li Xuewu naturally had to accompany him.

"I actually think that no matter how much theory is taught, it's not as good as practice."

Lu Qiming said to the two in a relatively private setting, "Since some people feel that enterprise groupization is a trend, it's better to actually put it out and see."

"I just feel that the Red Steel Group is a very good example."

He looked at Li Xuewu and emphasized, "I also believe that the Red Steel Group can create the same brilliance."

Li Xuewu glanced at Li Lao, then nodded along with him, expressing agreement with Lu Qiming's point of view.

"I don't know if what I said is right," Lu Qiming looked at the two with a smile and said, "You are both experts in enterprise management."

He pointed to Hu Ke and said, "We are all experts in words; whether it works or not depends on the opinions of you two experts."

"We are also crossing the river by feeling the stones, what kind of experts are we."

Li Huai De laughed and said, "Even if we have some insights, we haven't hidden them from you, right, Secretary-General?"

"Hehe, Deputy Director Lu knows."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and responded, "Whether we have reserved anything in Liaodong, we don't need to say it ourselves."

"Hahaha—" Lu Qiming knew Li Xuewu was cunning, so he pointed at him with a smile and said, "Good, then I'm begging you."

He glanced at Hu Ke, then said very seriously to Li Xuewu, "Although that article of yours made the other side shut up, the influence is still there."

"I can't say which way the wind is blowing now, so I want to try it out."

"How to try?" Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and reminded, "Groupization still requires advance approval; you can't try it out."

"I know, I didn't intend to use those big enterprises to do experiments."

Lu Qiming looked at Li Huai De and said, "We also discussed it internally; rather than waiting for the withered man like a silly wife, it's better to take the initiative."

"Since the Red Steel Group has such qualifications, it's better to open the gate and let you facilitate this matter."

He introduced seriously, "If possible, we will actively help the Red Steel Group carry out resource integration and merger work across the province."

This made Li Huai De widen his eyes in surprise, and he even looked at Li Xuewu suspiciously.

He never thought that a pie could be stuffed into his mouth?

Li Xuewu had long been mentally prepared, but at this time he still showed a surprised expression.

"Our requirements are also very simple."

Lu Qiming knew who was in charge of industrial development work in the Red Steel Group, so he said this sentence looking at Li Xuewu.

"The Red Steel Group can merge poorly managed factories, regardless of size, as long as they are substandard, they will all be placed in front of you."

He tapped his finger on the sofa armrest and emphasized, "Funds are easy to talk about, as long as the enterprise can be revitalized and competitiveness restored."

"The enterprise is still in Liaodong, no matter how you toss it, the meat is still in the pot." Hu Ke said at this time, "We look forward more to the revitalized enterprises being integrated into a group company, and the headquarters must be in Fengcheng."

"Do you mean joint-stock operation?"

Li Xuewu understood, he looked at Hu Ke and asked, "How is the control calculated? We have to say the ugly words first."

"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't have invited Director Li and you."

Lu Qiming nodded slowly and said, "We don't need to do that set of asset audit and evaluation; just have a rough idea in mind."

"The authority is given to you, and the resources are given to you; what kind of group enterprise can be integrated from these poorly managed enterprises is all up to you."

He raised his finger and said, "I'll also open the skylight and speak brightly; ownership can be talked about with money, we are willing to buy shares with real gold and silver."

"Hmm, the meaning is to shrink the big plate into a small plate, right."

Li Xuewu thought for a moment and said, "We need to spend money to acquire these enterprises; before integrating into a group company, the enterprises belong to us."

"Yes, that's right." Lu Qiming nodded and said, "But we reserve the right to invest with funds."

"We can write it down in black and white, fully respect the market economy; how much the shares are worth is how much they are worth, we won't default."

"This actually has a bit of the flavor of a contract system." Li Xuewu smiled, looked at Li Huai De and said, "Should we work a short-term job for Liaodong?"

The conditions given by Lu Qiming fully met the Red Steel Group's goal of rapid expansion, and it was also benign expansion, without the need for high investment.

The Northeast Industrial Development Corporation, which had just been established, could be considered to have ushered in spring. ===== CHAPTER 1677 =====