Chapter 1701: Sharp Sword

Tokyo Haneda Airport.

The time wasn't very late. The farewell banquet ended after the speeches of the main leaders of both sides, and everyone returned to their rooms to take their simple luggage.

Not only the Red Steel Group, but all units participating in this industrial and trade visit team had accompanying personnel for dedicated service.

More or less, there wouldn't be any mistakes in luggage preparation or schedule arrangements.

Just when Li Xuewu and the others were attending the farewell banquet, their luggage had already been coordinated by service personnel to be sent to the special plane at the airport.

So, before 10 o'clock at night, everyone had already arrived at the airport.

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry's preparation was very sufficient, perhaps because the exchange visit activity was very successful and both sides were very satisfied.

Therefore, one could see that the airport had reserved a special passage, and their cars went straight to the airport apron; the boarding stairs were not far away.

The plane was already prepared, and everyone could board at any time.

Compared to when they came, the crowd seeing them off seemed to be larger, which was also the purpose and original intention of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in organizing this exchange meeting.

Understand each other, respect each other.

At the banquet, the Japanese minister in charge of commerce and industry mentioned this point, saying that this exchange was an ice-breaking journey, not just meaning industry and commerce.

Li Xuewu looked at the media and reporters at the scene, as well as the farewell team organized by the foreign affairs department, and could also feel this point.

It seemed that the meeting between the domestic side and the American foreign affairs commissioner at this time was quite smooth; otherwise, the Japanese side wouldn't have had such great courage.

Japan was just like this, a typical representative of pushing for an inch after getting a foot.

The Americans dared to do the first day, and they dared to do the fifteenth, inserting needles into gaps, grasping the scale to the extreme.

They naturally wanted to race ahead of the Americans to reach an agenda for the normalization of diplomatic relations with the mainland side, but they couldn't grasp the attitude of the American side.

However, it could still be foreseen that even if both sides hadn't reached a friendly agreement at this time, they had already achieved a new breakthrough in the industrial and commercial fields.

And this industrial and trade exchange activity was also a breakthrough progress for the industrial and commercial pattern of the entire Northeast Asia.

At least from the North's perspective, the pressure was already on their heads.

Don't look at how long it had been since that year; they still, or rather, increasingly valued and guarded against development and rise.

Although from Li Xuewu's perspective, the rise had become inevitable, the ambition and tyranny of the North couldn't be understood if one wasn't in this era.

What is tyranny?

It is not reasoning; they only consider problems from their own perspective and don't pay attention to or discuss the demands of other aspects at all.

Unless you are already so powerful that he has to condescend, even to the extent that he can ignore the trauma brought by his childhood family environment and the shadow of his older brother's death from alcoholism, and talk to the point of raising a glass to propose a toast.

Great power games are like this, and the business world is also like this.

A new girl in the unit, young and beautiful, goes to see a client together, and when they toast each other, she says she is allergic to alcohol and insists on drinking cola.

But if you tell her that if she closes this deal, the bonus will be 30,000, she would dare to kill a chicken, drip blood, drink white liquor, and become sworn brothers with the client.

What kind of alcohol allergy? When the money is in place, she is alcohol.

There is no bottom line that cannot be broken, unless it is a life-and-death principle.

And this industrial and trade exchange activity, which responded to the American godfather's action, was the first shot that hit the world's bipolar pattern.

Everyone says Southeast Asia is a monster room, why doesn't anyone mention Northeast Asia?

Because Northeast Asia cannot be described as a monster room; this is a regional difficulty. 20 years ago, the Americans had already proven this point with actual actions.

On a small peninsula, the Americans gathered many countries to act simultaneously, but what was the result? Ending the war before Christmas, they almost nailed the commander-in-chief to the pillar of shame.

Any movement in this territory of Northeast Asia would become the origin of shaking the world, so whether it was the Soviet side or the Chinese side, they didn't dare to over-invest.

A perfectly good piece of land, the urban industry is getting worse and worse, actually needing to rely on tourism to drive economic growth—isn't this a joke?

Li Xuewu isn't a god; he doesn't dare to say that the Red Steel Group is a mantis trying to stop a chariot, hindering the choice of the era, but he can still do something for this hot land.

In the farewell team, he shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with Honda Motor President Kawashima Yoshiyuki, who had come to see him off despite his injuries, and even talked until the last few minutes.

Reporters also paid attention to this point; the lenses of cameras and the flashes of cameras all tilted toward this side.

It must be said that a chic suit, a slender and powerful figure, standing sturdily in front of the short Honda Motor president—this contrast was exactly the contrast that the media could pay attention to.

And the two smiling and talking, as well as the action of shaking hands, were the focus of their records, and they might even choose a picture with the most soul from them to become the front-page picture.

This exchange activity not only had cooperation but also friendship, and it was a friendship of life and death.

Some reporters had even decided to take a different path for tomorrow's front-page headline, not directly writing about the cooperation between the Red Steel Group and Honda, but instead writing about Toyota.

Just three days ago, led by the Red Steel Group, six large Chinese automobile manufacturing enterprises jointly invited Toyota to build an automobile city located in Steel City.

Negotiations related to the project had even spread to the point of shares and cooperation content, but on the last day, the last minute, they ultimately didn't wait for Toyota's press conference.

And facing the interviews and questions of reporters, Toyota's public relations representative also helplessly stated that Toyota had never had any relevant investment intention.

This was extremely different from the introduction of the Chinese automobile city project. The media naturally had doubts, but more of them suspected that Toyota was arrogant and unwilling to accept failure.

And on the other side, Honda, which had officially reached a strategic cooperation with the Red Steel Group's Red Star Motor, received one-sided praise from the media.

Although in Japan, Honda Motor couldn't yet be counted as a top-tier automobile industrial enterprise, in public opinion, the media analyzed from multiple angles and had already predicted that Honda Motor would welcome a new opportunity and development pattern after reaching this agreement.

Looking at Toyota again, its self-sealing and arrogant attitude were frequently picked out for comparison and criticism. In the era of industrial explosion, this was a low-level mistake.

The photo of the Red Steel Group representative shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries with the Honda president would definitely become the most favorable explanation for satirizing Toyota.

"Very much looking forward to the next meeting."

Kawashima Yoshiyuki looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and said: "Just as I emphasized at the office meeting this morning, we must look toward China."

He raised his eyebrows and emphasized specifically: "Not looking east, nor looking west, but looking toward China."

"I am also very much looking forward to the next meeting."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "The Red Steel Group possesses the largest and most complete passenger and cargo comprehensive airport in the entire Northeast region in Fengcheng."

He told Kawashima Yoshiyuki without fear of being taxed for blowing his own horn: "I believe this will become an important fulcrum for our communication and exchanges in the future."

Listen, this isn't blowing his own horn; this is truly awesome!

Honda isn't top-tier in the Japanese automobile industry, but it is also a representative of strong strength. But do they have their own airport?

Stop joking. There isn't a single industrial enterprise in all of Japan that dares to say "Welcome your planes to land at our stock company's airport."

From the beginning, Kawashima Yoshiyuki's contempt for the Red Steel Group had changed its attitude in a few days, constantly re-judging and evaluating the other side's strength.

At this moment, he could finally understand why his predecessors always coveted that piece of land.

If compared horizontally, the technology and productivity possessed by the Red Steel Group were definitely lower than the basic level of Japan's advanced industry.

However, when it came to development potential and overall industrial productivity, it definitely wasn't something Honda and Toyota could compare with.

Just browsing the business list involved in the Red Steel Group would take some time, let alone any horizontal comparison.

Liu Bin walked over quickly and reminded Li Xuewu softly that he could board the plane.

Li Xuewu nodded, then shook hands with Kawashima Yoshiyuki again and said: "There is no banquet in the world that doesn't end. I will bid you farewell with a poem."

"A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near."

He said with a smile: "I sincerely hope you will pay a return visit to the Red Steel Group when conditions permit. I welcome you in the capital."

"Thank you, I will definitely go."

Kawashima Yoshiyuki sent Li Xuewu off for a few steps, until the red carpet, and both sides "bid a reluctant farewell" under the witness of reporters.

This cooperation between the Red Steel Group and Honda Motor had a bit of the meaning of driving a duck onto a shelf; mainly because the time was too short and they didn't know each other well enough.

And signing the cooperation agreement naturally couldn't be separated from the help and arrangement of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, so before getting on the plane, Li Xuewu specially thanked the business commissioners standing at the front position of the boarding stairs.

When he stepped onto the boarding stairs, as the last member of the team, he harvested not only flashes but also the media's attention in the future.

And just when the plane turned to the runway and slowly crawled to take off, an article titled "On the New Pattern of International Trade and Industrial Development in the New Era," signed by Li Xuewu, Deputy General Manager of China Red Star Steel Group and Associate Professor of the China Political Science Academy, was being printed. This was the front-page headline of the latest issue of the Tokyo Yomiuri Shimbun.

Oshima Yoshiko, or rather, she who should have been called Oshima Eri, was also in the farewell team at the airport, but she didn't appear in the capacity of a reporter.

Although she had repeatedly questioned Li Xuewu at the Sanhe Stock Company press conference and was expelled due to inappropriate language, she had obtained a promotion opportunity at the Tokyo Yomiuri Shimbun that she would find hard to see in her whole life.

In front of media that took news interviews as their main life, this kind of experience of being expelled, or being put on a blacklist by the Ministry of Industry, was indispensable.

It would even become their medal when they achieved success, exactly proving the firm and unyielding quality of media people.

And getting Li Xuewu's signed article again, Oshima Yoshiko also achieved her image as a dark horse within the Tokyo Yomiuri Shimbun.

She had been promoted exceptionally to serve as the group leader of the news interview department. The upper echelons of the Yomiuri Shimbun already knew about her relationship with the Red Steel Group.

Although they didn't know much, this double act did indeed make the Tokyo Yomiuri Shimbun shine brightly during this period, and its influence climbed step by step.

The high-level management of the Yomiuri Shimbun had already foreseen that the economic and industrial cooperation and exchanges between China and Japan would continue to increase in the future; this was a hot spot that couldn't be abandoned.

Therefore, Oshima Yoshiko was already handling visa procedures to go to China, and she would be mainly responsible for all interview and news reporting work of the Yomiuri Shimbun toward China.

Everything came so suddenly, making Oshima Yoshiko a bit lost.

It wasn't that it was a surprise, but rather an accident. Just at the press conference, she thought she had to pay for her impulsiveness, but she didn't expect Li Xuewu to contact her again today.

It was Li Xuewu's driver, that is, the temporary secretary, who took the initiative to find her and gave her the invitation letter for tonight's farewell banquet, as well as this article.

At the banquet, the two didn't have a chance to have too much exchange, because the Red Steel Group tonight was hot and dazzling; there was no knowing how many eyes were staring at him.

But she could feel the gaze from Li Xuewu, that attention carrying gentleness and kindness, making her fall into a cycle of constant self-blame and regret.

She shouldn't have agreed to Nishida Kenichi's request to approach Li Xuewu, and even more shouldn't have agreed to Li Xuewu's turning around to calculate against Nishida Kenichi.

She thought she could please both sides and eat both sides, but she didn't expect things to develop to this point; caught in the middle, she became the culprit.

This was also a reason why she couldn't forgive herself, and even more couldn't forgive Li Xuewu.

Until watching the plane take off, only self-reproach remained in her heart; it was hard to have any reason to resent him anymore.

When the farewell ceremony ended and all parties dispersed, she walked back with the crowd, but still couldn't help turning her head to look at the plane that had already turned into starlight and gone far away.

Turning her head again, the terminal building ahead was brightly lit, looking exactly like the road of her future—the future was bright.

"What are you thinking?"

Gao Yaqin looked at Li Xuewu, who was closing his eyes to rest in the adjacent seat, and asked: "Didn't Director Han recommend you to publish an article in the 'Asahi Shimbun'?"

She asked with some confusion: "Why did you specifically choose the 'Yomiuri Shimbun'? Is it because of that Oshima Yoshiko?"

The Japanese newspapers of this period had five big ones, which were the "Yomiuri Shimbun," "Asahi Shimbun," "Mainichi Shimbun," "Nihon Keizai Shimbun," and "Sankei Shimbun."

The "Asahi Shimbun" recommended by Han Song had the number one public opinion influence and was biased toward liberalism, with intellectuals and the academic mainstream as its audience.

And the "Yomiuri Shimbun" chosen by Li Xuewu was biased toward the conservative faction, had the widest audience, the strongest comprehensive strength, and the highest national coverage rate.

"She can't be counted as friendly to you."

Seeing Li Xuewu open his eyes, Gao Yaqin teased: "Returning evil for good, ungrateful—should I tell you the story of Mr. Dongguo?"

"A white-eyed wolf is also a wolf," Li Xuewu glanced at her and said: "I would rather deal with a wolf than waste time with a dog."

"Hey—" Gao Yaqin said with amusement: "Your idea is very novel, just a bit alternative."

"Do you think I can't grasp her?"

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Or do you think this little wolf will continue to bite me back?"

"I still have a lot of confidence in you."

Gao Yaqin smiled and said: "It's just that I'm afraid that Oshima Yoshiko will get carried away and chase after you to the mainland. What then?"

"Then that means the fish has taken the bait."

Li Xuewu raised his left eyebrow and said: "Human hearts are fickle; I can't choose a usable person from so many reporters."

"However, I am certain I can use her."

Speaking to this point, he leaned to Gao Yaqin's side and said softly: "Do you believe it? Very soon we will be able to use this layer of relationship."

"I haven't asked you yet," Gao Yaqin thought of something, looked at him, and asked: "Are you so certain that the relationship between the two sides will soon welcome a turning point?"

"If I weren't certain, then what is the meaning of so many days of effort?"

Li Xuewu was frank and emphasized earnestly: "You have to be prepared. Notify the International Business Department; the Tokyo branch must be set up."

The negotiation team in Tokyo this time wasn't disbanded on the spot; the team recruited from Steel City and Japan would be selected for retention according to the investigation of these days.

Long before deciding to go to Japan, Li Xuewu had already contacted the International Business Department, insisting that preparations for this trip be made.

And the establishment of the International Business Department branch was also a part of this trip, which would serve as an anchor point to serve the Group's industrial and trade business in the future.

The East German branch was built later, so its influence wasn't as strong as this Tokyo branch, but it had also continuously completed the processing of business such as technical personnel and equipment procurement.

Even this year, after the technical support teams returned to China one after another, the East German branch established a contact network among these technical support teams.

Since they had already come to China to work for a year or two, these engineers or technical workers could naturally feel the living atmosphere here.

The purpose of the East German branch was to use this force to continuously promote the influence of the Red Steel Group in East Germany.

At the same time, among the technical workers and engineers who returned to China, they recruited experts and professional technical personnel for the Group.

East Germany's shipyards or automobile manufacturing plants—the teams of engineers and technical workers who came to China to work took the wages issued by the factory.

Although the Red Steel Group paid a large amount of technical support fees for them, the amount that fell into their hands was very small, almost none.

It's different now. The Red Steel Group provided them with the expenses for moving their whole families and also provided a treatment and welfare that was completely different from before.

Being able to carry out business cooperation in the international market and set up offices in multiple countries, the Red Steel Group already possessed the prototype of a multinational enterprise.

It was just that affected by the current environment, it couldn't develop further, but these engineers and technical workers could still see this strength.

Mainly because they felt the vast power of the Red Steel Group in Yingcheng, Steel City, and even in Tianjin and Beijing.

Even the technical team that went to support Yuezhou Port brought back news that made them increase their confidence in coming to China to work.

A large industrial enterprise with airports, ports, shipyards, automobile factories, metallurgical plants, etc., issued high-salary invitation letters—how would they choose?

Stay in East Germany and continue to wait for those remote and hopeless welfare treatments, or go to the East and use their own hands to create wealth that belonged to them?

If it were said that there were some obstacles for Japanese engineers to stay in the country, but for East Germany, which belonged to the same camp, they had many fewer concerns about coming to China to work.

This year, the East German branch had already successfully recruited three batches of technical personnel who moved their whole families to work in China, with each batch ranging from ten to twenty people.

Li Xuewu wasn't certain whether the Japanese branch could recruit such technical personnel, but through contact, passing the latest technology and commercial information back, and establishing commercial trade and industrial exchanges was still possible.

He explained his idea to Gao Yaqin and finally emphasized: "At this time, public opinion is very important to us."

"At least we won't be enemies."

"We are certainly not enemies now."

Gao Yaqin was very rigorous and emphasized the time; Li Xuewu also agreed with this point.

"There are no eternal enemies, and there are no eternal friends."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "It's like living a life at home. You work hard, respect your parents, and have a harmonious family, and people will respect you."

"If you are fickle and hook up with this and that, who is willing to trust you, and who is willing to be close to you? You tell me."

"I don't think you look like a psychology professor." Gao Yaqin sized him up and said playfully: "I think you look like a philosophy professor."

"Psychology and philosophy have common ground?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, then said with a smile: "I really hadn't thought that having the status of an associate professor would have so many explanations when coming out."

"Of course there are explanations." Gao Yaqin looked at him with envy and said: "I don't have the treatment of publishing articles."

"If I say it's because the leaders are willing to praise me, is it a bit too much?"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "But the fact is just like this. Who can't write such articles? I don't believe there are no talented people in our group."

"But only you possess academic status."

Gao Yaqin raised her eyebrows and said: "This time going back, I don't know what they think, but anyway, I am prepared to work harder."

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu said with amusement: "It doesn't matter, I recommend you to serve in the academy."

"Heh—" Gao Yaqin also smiled.

She was just saying it; there weren't many who could serve in an enterprise and also serve in an academy in this era.

Don't look at how glorious Li Xuewu is now, but he also belongs to a special situation.

Li Xuewu's status as an associate professor was exchanged for the position of deputy regiment commander. Whether it was heavy or light, earned or lost, it was really hard to say.

Young, talented, work so busy, and with so many achievements, he still insisted on writing one or two professional academic books every year.

This kind of ability wasn't something ordinary people could possess. Li Xuewu is now an associate professor of psychology, but he also has achievements in the fields of industry and public security management.

Now changing to an academy, he could still teach public security management, or enterprise management, or content in the aspects of safety production management.

If you want to say whether Gao Yaqin can teach, she can too; this kind of ability depends entirely on the individual, but she also has to have this channel and this psychological preparation.

You have to know that the teaching profession is still high-risk now.

So she was just saying it; envy is envy, but wanting to advance side-by-side like Li Xuewu, with academic and career complementing each other, is hard for ordinary people to do.

Bai Changmin was sitting not far behind them, listening to their quiet chat. Actually, he had the heart to join the conversation, but the lights were off, so he was embarrassed.

After a flight of four and a half hours, at 2:30 in the morning, the plane landed at the Red Star Fengcheng Tadong Airport. The landing location was of extraordinary significance.

As the host, Li Huai De had long ago arranged for Liu Bin to contact the airport side. Although it was the middle of the night, the welcome ceremony was very comprehensive.

The cabin door opened, and when the leaders walked down the plane, not only were there Young Pioneers presenting flowers, but there were also various representatives of workers waving flags and shouting slogans.

Originally, the exchange team didn't have relevant procedures. According to the original procedure, after landing at Tadong Airport, they would rest in Fengcheng until tomorrow morning, and then return home in batches by plane and railway.

But several situations appeared in Japan, and with the Red Steel Group taking the initiative to express its stance, there were new itinerary arrangements.

The team wouldn't be disbanded on the spot, but would change according to the original plan. After resting for one night in the airport reception guesthouse, tomorrow morning, except for the main persons in charge of each unit, all team members would take a plane back to the capital to participate in a training class.

The location of the training class was at the Red Steel Group training base in the Red Star Commune of Miyun, under full-closed military-style management.

"You built a guesthouse at the airport?"

Han Song waited for most of the team members to be arranged to go upstairs before walking into the building accompanied by Li Xuewu.

This wasn't asking what he already knew, but wanting to hear how Li Xuewu introduced the layout and arrangements of Tadong Airport.

Although the night was deep and everyone was still sleepy, they could still chat for a few sentences while going upstairs.

"Our Director Li has ambition."

Li Xuewu smiled, and after the joke, introduced to him earnestly: "Tadong Airport has the potential to become an international airport."

He raised his hand to gesture toward the pitch-black farmland outside the airport streetlights and said: "It's different from the new airport being built in Tokyo; we don't need to requisition land."

"And from this exchange activity, we can all see that the door to international trade in the future has already been opened."

Li Xuewu pointed under his feet and said: "We have the confidence to build this place into an important passenger and cargo aviation port in Northeast Asia."

"The investment is not small—"

Han Song could understand what he introduced; actually, it was the ambition of the Red Steel Group. Looking at the equipment and facilities in the reception guesthouse, as well as the decoration style, he sighed with emotion: "I heard you invested tens of millions here?"

"In three phases, it wasn't that much in the early stage."

Li Xuewu lifted his chin and explained: "You have to see the benefits before you can attract more investment, right?"

"Hehe, how was it invested? Tell me."

Han Song looked at him with a light laugh and said: "They all say you are the number one person in domestic enterprise capital operation."

"This is definitely a joke; they are just having fun."

Li Xuewu said very modestly: "Regarding capital operation, how could I deserve this title? I only take care of this one-third of an acre of land in front of my eyes."

"We have the convenience of the United Savings Bank, which facilitates the investment and use of funds, but this aspect can withstand testing and supervision."

He smiled and continued to introduce: "The United Savings Bank is cooperating with the credit cooperatives, and they are also responsible for the supervision procedures."

"Regarding this investment piece, currently, the United Savings is mainly investing in our Group's business, and also includes some projects of cooperative units."

"For example, the Yingcheng Chemical Industrial Park of Beijing Chemical?"

Han Song raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile after getting on the elevator: "Your influence in the industrial field has already been established."

"Hi, it's still far from what you said."

Li Xuewu always maintained a modest attitude, introducing the capital operation situation of the Red Steel Group neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Actually, talking about capital operation doesn't mean Li Xuewu's viewpoint is out of touch with the policies of this era.

On the contrary, the country has always had capital operation businesses and enterprises, for example, the Rong family, and those later... right.

Capital operation doesn't equal petty bourgeoisie, nor does it mean capitalization, but the investment and operation of social capital; this is a very normal situation.

The Red Steel Group, through investment in tertiary industry, produced considerable returns. Using this return for secondary operation—isn't that capital operation?

The Tadong Airport in front of us came from this. People all say the Red Steel Group is "five horses overturning six sheep," taking some egg-laying chickens to exchange for white swans with Shenfei.

If you want to talk about it, the profits of the tertiary enterprises received by Shenfei are quite considerable, mainly because the cash flow is stable.

Just think about it and you'll know: having had such a tense relationship with the Red Steel Group, Shenfei still didn't make things difficult for Red Steel regarding the airport project or in other areas. Why?

The reason is very simple: both sides feel they took advantage of the other.

Since Shenfei received the tertiary industry of Red Steel last year, there has been money on the account, and it is a continuous entry.

When they insisted on leaving 5% of the shares to the Red Steel Group, it had an effect. Even if they fell out, Red Steel's channels didn't close to the tertiary enterprises.

This was how the products produced by the tertiary enterprises mainly controlled by Shenfei could appear in the supply chain of the sales general company.

Of course, Shenfei wasn't without its own channel expansion ability; they had already obtained product procurement indicators through the supply and marketing general company in the Northeast.

The tertiary enterprises controlled by Shenfei could all appear on the shelves of the supply and marketing cooperatives.

And Shenfei could also be counted as a core enterprise of Liaodong industry. They still had influence locally, and there were many connections, so they didn't have to worry about the sales of their products.

In this era, materials are scarce, and any product can be sold, especially in the situation of not needing tickets. It's hard to say later.

Now is now. Shenfei now definitely won't look for trouble with the Red Steel Group, and even less will say things like they lost money.

On the contrary, the Red Steel Group, continuously breaking ground and constructing at Tadong Airport, only has input and no output, which has already been questioned.

Of course, it wasn't the First Ministry of Machine-Building, nor the Red Steel Group itself questioning this investment, but those watching the fun.

The Red Steel Group had already invested huge funds in Beijing to build the International Hotel, and now it wanted to build an international airport. It really became an international enterprise.

Where did the money come from?

Today Han Song asked about this point, which was actually also verifying.

As the superior competent unit of the Red Steel Group, how could the First Ministry of Machine-Building not know where the funds invested and constructed by the Red Steel Group came from?

Han Song still wanted to ask, the Li Xuewu who actually mastered the Red Steel Group's investment and industry, about future arrangements and work ideas.

Outside, Gao Yaqin saw Director Han keep Li Xuewu to talk. Actually, she already knew in her heart that the Red Steel Group would definitely be Li Xuewu's in the future.

No need to think about it. Han Song, as the person in charge of the General Office of the First Ministry of Machine-Building, definitely knew the Ministry's arrangements for the future of the Red Steel Group.

And Li Xuewu, who had always participated in the construction of the Red Steel Group, was definitely an existence that the leaders wouldn't ignore.

The key was that Li Xuewu was also very promising. While repeatedly creating miracles, his own business level was good, and his personal cultivation and academics were also very awesome.

At the beginning, everyone could doubt that Li Xuewu's qualifications weren't enough, but now if you want to doubt Li Xuewu, you have to be at least an associate professor.

Why?

Because if you aren't even an associate professor, do you have the qualifications to evaluate him?

Looking at the organizational ecology of the Group is clearer, especially after coming out this time and looking back, it's better to judge from the outside.

At the beginning, there were those who tripped Li Xuewu, but now are there any?

Clearly he was just the last in the team, but now he is not only the Secretary-General, but also the Assistant General Manager, and also the General Manager of the Northeast Industrial Development General Company.

Compared to Zhang Jinsong and Cheng Kaiyuan, who ranked higher than Li Xuewu, if calculated by the scope of business management and influence, I'm afraid they are already not as good as him.

To put it more bluntly, Li Xuewu ends his term at the Northeast Industrial Development General Company and returns to the capital. What position will he hold?

Definitely above them. No need to think about it. From the last place, leaping to the front of them—this is the advantage of grassroots training.

Serving as the Secretary-General of the Group proves that Li Xuewu has administrative management ability; serving as Assistant General Manager proves that Li Xuewu has strategic investment vision; serving as the Northeast Industrial Development General Company proves that he has the ability to master the Group's industry.

In less than three short years, Li Xuewu has already used actual ability and work achievements to prove that once he flies, no one can stop him.

Su Weide's behavior is now a joke when thinking about it. Zhou Wanquan is in the game, and I don't know if he is still sober.

Anyway, Gao Yaqin has seen it clearly; the leaders above still prefer practical people like Li Xuewu to be in charge.

The key is that practical people like Li Xuewu also have an academic shield.

This is equivalent to being both civil and military.

Being a deputy general might require ability and execution, but being the number one definitely requires personal charm and comprehensive strength.

What is displayed in front of Han Song now is Li Xuewu's comprehensive strength.

And the service level displayed by the airport reception guesthouse, fed back to the few people going upstairs, is exactly Li Xuewu's personal charm.

Almost all service personnel can recognize Li Xuewu and clearly call him Secretary-General. In Han Song's view, this is a kind of charm.

Not all enterprise workers know their own leaders. You go down less, and workers naturally see you less.

It's fine if accompanied by leaders; everyone knows in advance who is coming. If they don't know? At most, they can only call you "Leader."

The attitude of the service personnel and management personnel here toward Li Xuewu is definitely not just respect for a leader; actually, there is also familiarity.

It can only be said that Li Xuewu goes down too diligently, investigates too many times, and the cadres and workers all know him and respect him.

Han Song is not the key person to decide whether Li Xuewu can serve as the person in charge of the Group, but his impression is crucial.

Influence and trust are accumulated daily, including Li Xuewu's familiarity and dispatch of the airport.

Han Song returned to the room, looked at the fruits and snacks placed on the table, as well as the beautifully made welcome card, and had already understood the ambition Li Xuewu spoke of.

Is this still a reception guesthouse?

If evaluating based on hardware facilities and service quality, he feels that this place is not a bit worse than the Plaza Hotel stayed in Japan.

The Plaza Hotel is more luxurious, but the service quality cannot compare to any reception guesthouse under the Red Steel Group, and even less to the International Hotel.

Some people say how is this possible? Domestic service in later generations was learned from abroad.

Think carefully. To say it unpleasantly, in the profession of serving people, we have a history of thousands of years.

To say it more shabbily, the top-level professions of serving people in ancient times could even self-mutilate. Those eunuchs in the palace—that was professional.

Only those who have experienced the service of high-level guesthouses in this era understand what service quality is.

Later generations, that was because 100 people serving 1000 people caused a decline in quality, and it was also an inevitable result caused by the market economy.

Han Song can foresee that if the Tadong Airport reception guesthouse can still maintain the current service quality ten years later, then Tadong Airport will definitely become the most important aviation port in Northeast Asia, as Li Xuewu said.

Seeing the small to know the big—this is the principle.

Regardless of whether Li Xuewu was blowing his own horn when talking to him, being able to think of these and getting funds for investment is already very powerful.

Hand over the Red Steel Group to anyone; can they guarantee the stable connection of these policies, and can they guarantee the continuous growth of the Group's business and economy?

Just looking at the financial statements of the Red Steel Group is not good-looking, and it is meaningless, because from the establishment of the Red Steel Group to now, it is completely in a state of starting from scratch.

You have to know that before the establishment of the Group Company, the Red Star Factory only had two factories: one was the Rolling Steel Factory, and one was the Metallurgical Factory.

Look at it now, from the past ten thousand people, it has developed into an enterprise of more than sixty thousand people, with more than thirty factories and projects.

To maintain the need for high-speed growth, investing funds for infrastructure construction—without scientific planning and management, it won't work.

Han Song, when eating breakfast in the canteen on the second morning, also mentioned this matter when meeting the leader.

Director Du has a viewpoint, which is whether to have reality or fame.

If wanting fame, he has a bunch of people in his hands who can blow the current achievements of the Red Steel Group into a balloon, blowing it big and very beautiful.

But you have to know that balloons also have limits; if they are blown too big, they will explode.

But to say reality, although the management team of Red Steel has some problems, looking at enterprises across the country, which enterprise's management team has no problems at all?

Maintaining dynamic balance is his means.

Therefore, when evaluating the candidate for General Manager of the Red Steel Group, they have to consider fully, especially whether Li Huai De can still work.

If using parts to compare, Li Huai De is a part that continues to work after repair and supplementation.

Whether to replace this part depends mainly on whether he can still maintain the normal management work of the Red Steel Group and whether he can continue to work.

From physical health to decision-making ability, and then to the management and maintenance ability of the team, considering all aspects—this is the standard for whether to use or not.

What is the other standard?

That is whether there is a new part that can replace Li Huai De, the old part, and how much better the new part is than the old part.

This scale will determine the speed of replacement and the degree of determination.

Zhou Wanquan represented the Red Steel Group in welcoming the triumphant return of the economic and trade exchange team at the Beijing airport, which was also a signal of positive performance.

He didn't see Li Xuewu's figure in the team getting off the plane, and his heart skipped a beat.

He already knew about what happened in Japan, and he even knew about Li Xuewu's conversation with Director Han Song at Tadong Airport.

The more it reached this time, the more anxious he became, because some things were undecided, which was no different from a sharp sword hanging over his head for him. ===== CHAPTER 1702 =====