Chapter 273: Half-City Villains

"Who?"

Fu Bin's eyes went straight as he looked at the letters in his hand.

Holding these dozen letters felt like holding a grenade with the pin pulled; he didn't know whether to read them or not.

Report letters were not supposed to pass through the hands of the person being reported, but Fu Bin really didn't want to let go of the letters in his hand.

However, decades of work experience told him that he should hand these letters to Yang Shuji beside him.

"Yang Shuji, you should read them."

Yang Shuji, looking at the report letters Fu Bin handed to him, also had an expression like the "Subway Grandpa."

What the hell is this?

The letters were all wrapped in the most ordinary stationery, with "Report Letter" written on the cover.

Under the heading, it was written: Reporting Security Department Chief Fu Bin for abuse of public office, inaction, shielding subordinates, fostering cronies, and engaging in small-cliqueism.

Flipping through the other letters, some wrote that Fu Bin was muddled and incompetent, shielding criminals, and that the Security Department was full of useless people.

Some wrote that Fu Bin fostered his nephew Fu Haibo and crony Li Xuewu, engaging in hereditary power.

Not only did Fu Bin frown, but Yang Shuji was also speechless.

If one were to say these report letters were all fabricated, there was actually some truth to them; Fu Bin had indeed received internal punishment because of the last case.

If one were to say Fu Haibo serving as the Deputy Chief of the Security Department at the Steel City Branch had nothing to do with Fu Bin, the masses wouldn't believe it either.

But to say Fu Bin fostered Fu Haibo was one thing, but there was not a hair of fostering relationship between Fu Bin and Li Xuewu.

This was truly "talking nonsense."

Cronies? Yang Shuji, sitting here, could feel the daggers drawn between Fu Bin and Li Xuewu.

"This..."

Yang Shuji hesitated for a moment, looked at the expression of Li Xuewu opposite him, and said, "Let's stop here for today. We can talk about any thoughts later."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Fine. Depending on your time, we can make another appointment to talk later."

Good grief, he treated the summons like chatting in a teahouse.

After replying to Yang Shuji, Li Xuewu stood up and walked out.

Fan Hua saw that the three in the room were silent; Yang Shuji was looking at the report letters, Yang Zongfang was looking at the letters Yang Shuji had finished reading, and Fu Bin was sitting awkwardly on the side.

Of course, this awkwardness was felt by Fan Hua.

Because Fu Bin's expression was still that steady and grand look, without any shame for being reported or for being slapped in the face on this occasion.

"Then... leaders, I'll go back."

"Go."

Fu Bin said faintly to Fan Hua, "Close the door."

"Okay."

Fan Hua agreed, turned, and walked out. After closing the door, she leaned against the wall next to the door and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Good thing I caught up."

It turned out that when Fan Hua was organizing the letters, she discovered report letters appearing in the mailroom again. She had thought they were about Li Xuewu.

But she didn't expect that when she picked them up to register them, she was startled by the letters in her hand.

She looked at them again in disbelief to confirm that these weren't reporting Li Xuewu, but reporting the higher-level Fu Bin.

Thinking of Li Xuewu currently accepting a disciplinary talk, thinking of her boyfriend, thinking of Li Xuewu and Dong Wenxue...

Fan Hua made a decision that went against common sense.

That was to send the report letters directly to the conference room where the disciplinary talk was taking place.

This couldn't be called "besieging Wei to save Zhao," stimulating Fu Bin and saving Li Xuewu; it was completely slapping Fu Bin in the face twice and then spitting on him.

Ptooey! A thief crying "stop thief!"

Fan Hua risked supporting Li Xuewu, which could be said to be betting her future.

But this girl was a shrewd character; whether it was choosing a boyfriend, helping her boyfriend maintain relationships, or even climbing up, she did everything step by step.

This action was also something Fan Hua had decided after spinning her brain for a long time.

Because Fan Hua felt that even if Li Xuewu lost, he was still a Li Kezhang and wouldn't lose that miserably.

Even if Division Chief Fu's nephew, Fu Haibo, won, he was still a Deputy Division Chief, and there was still Dong Wenxue waiting to take office; he wouldn't win that thoroughly.

Just looking at it now, Fan Hua felt that Li Xuewu's steps to power were already half-planted.

Why did this girl with extremely high political sensitivity feel that Li Xuewu's steps to power were "almost" half-planted?

This was because she felt that Li Xuewu's promotion had to take two steady steps.

One step was within the Rolling Steel Mill; those leaders who could decide whether Li Xuewu was qualified for the Deputy Division Chief position couldn't have any criticism of Li Xuewu, or even if they did, it had to be minimal.

The other step was Li Xuewu's concurrent position as Deputy Station Chief, which was related to the stability and safety of the staff residential area and was Li Xuewu's mass foundation.

Fan Hua didn't know how Li Xuewu had laid out his layout outside the Rolling Steel Mill, but she had seen a little shadow of it within the Rolling Steel Mill.

Why did these report letters all come from the guard room? Why were they always placed on her desk? Why was he indifferent even after she leaked the news to him?

Now it was about to become clear. Fu Bin's obstruction of Li Xuewu was about to be torn apart.

Now Fu Bin should also be unable to take care of himself and have no more reasons or excuses to suppress Li Xuewu.

Because everything that could be suppressed had been "reported" by Li Xuewu himself.

This was where Li Xuewu's rich experience in political struggle lay.

Walk others' paths, leaving them with nowhere to walk.

Didn't you, Fu Bin, want to suppress me at the organizational level of the Rolling Steel Mill? Weren't you preparing to smear me?

Alright, I'll suppress myself first; I'll smear myself first. I'll report everything that can be reported about myself.

Investigate! Start investigating from me, Li Xuewu.

It's been so long, there should be a result by now.

Now the result was just some empty words, not even counting as a circular criticism, just to appease the masses' discussion, so they had this disciplinary talk.

Of course, this could be considered to have achieved Fu Bin's goal. As long as there was a disciplinary talk, Li Xuewu basically had no chance of advancement in the eyes of the Rolling Steel Mill leaders.

But he never expected that Li Xuewu wouldn't play by the rules at all.

Now it was good; all the excuses to report and suppress Li Xuewu were gone, and instead, it was Li Xuewu's turn to splash dirty water on Fu Bin.

Come on! Let's hurt each other!

An old fox couldn't beat a smiling tiger.

This was the conclusion Fan Hua reached, so after catching her breath twice, she hurried downstairs.

Not long after Li Xuewu returned to the office, Han Yating followed him in.

"Li Kezhang, are you okay?"

"What could be wrong?"

Li Xuewu sat behind his desk, looked at Han Yating with a flat expression, and then said, "It was just a very ordinary talk."

"Is that so?"

Han Yating said with a smile, "But I saw Fan Hua go up."

Li Xuewu smiled and asked, "You and Fan Hua have a very good relationship?"

"It's alright. She and Ren An are dating, so we just interact more."

Han Yating knew why Li Xuewu asked this; it was nothing more than why Fan Hua had told her many secret things.

"Did you pass the test this time?"

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu laughed for a while and then said, "What do you think about me letting Fan Hua come to the Security Section?"

"Ah?"

Han Yating asked in surprise, "But what about Ren An? He..."

Li Xuewu waved his hand, signaling Han Yating not to shout, and then explained, "Ren An is still quite good; he can be cultivated slowly."

Han Yating looked at Li Xuewu and said, "You... I'm afraid the two of them will have a conflict."

"It's fine, I have other arrangements."

Li Xuewu said this and stopped talking, turning to instruct Han Yating to organize and summarize recent similar cases and merge those that should be merged.

The Rolling Steel Mill had quieted down, but crimes had been occurring in the worker residential area, and what was rampant was that these few groups had started frequently robbing workers getting off work.

But since the rumor spread that Department Chief Fu Bin was under investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission due to being reported, the Security Department had started to appear leaderless.

Fu Bin stayed in his office every day when he arrived at the unit, while Li Xuewu, whom interested people were watching, was just working as usual.

It was just that the discussions about Li Xuewu had gradually diminished, because it was always the same old things, and they were still groundless.

Now the office and the workshop had started discussing Fu Bin, and it was gradually becoming the new favorite topic in the office teahouse.

It was just that those who had more contact with Li Xuewu knew that Li Xuewu had been focusing on business recently, and with great intensity.

Those who felt it most deeply were the Security and Guard teams, as well as the office personnel of the Security Department.

Li Xuewu not only strictly required the training of security forces but also started checking and guiding the preparation and disposal of emergency plans.

Amidst Li Xuewu's busy schedule of focusing on training and occasionally going to the street station to hold meetings with Shen Fang and Duan Youting, time arrived at Saturday.

As soon as Li Xuewu started work, he called Han Zhan to his office.

"Is there a result on the matter I asked you to inquire about last week?"

Han Zhan knew Li Xuewu was asking about what he had entrusted him with last week: to arrange for security to inquire about unstable factors in the street area during patrols.

"I was just about to report to you. There have been quite a few messages coming up intermittently, but as you know, the accuracy of such messages is questionable."

"So I discussed it with Li Kezhang Han, and she came forward to communicate with the street station, and we conducted an investigation through our own visits, which is how we finally determined the list."

Li Xuewu was stunned when he received the folder Han Zhan handed over, and then asked, "So many? Does it need to be carried in a file?"

"This is just a rough estimate. I don't know what happened, but they all seem to be connected. We only associated a part of them."

Just as Li Xuewu opened the file to check, Han Zhan explained again, "Because we were also conducting visits and investigations, we basically couldn't see these people, so..."

Li Xuewu frowned as he looked at the investigation report in his hand, waved his hand at Han Zhan, who was standing in front of the desk, and said, "Sit, sit."

Han Zhan had thought Li Xuewu would be angry that it had taken so long to handle a matter.

Watching Li Xuewu with trepidation, he didn't expect Li Xuewu to let him sit down in a gentle tone.

"I thought you could only give me a few names. I didn't expect you to be able to do it so thoroughly. Very good."

Li Xuewu stood up, walked to the door, called Han Yating from the Security Section, and then carried a thermos to pour a cup of hot water for Han Zhan.

"This matter is the key work for the next stage, so it's right for you and Li Kezhang Han to communicate more. Our Security Section is one body, up, down, left, and right. Each section has its own advantages and disadvantages. It's right for you to think about learning from each other's strengths."

"Thank you, Li Kezhang."

Han Zhan stood up to receive the water Li Xuewu handed over, holding the cup and intending to wait for Li Xuewu to sit before sitting himself, but was pressed down into the seat by Li Xuewu on his shoulder.

"Wei Tong's task is not light either. He basically goes to Hongxing Village once a day these past few days, so you still have to take on more work and grasp the training of the guard team."

"Yes, guarantee to complete the mission."

While they were talking, Han Yating walked in.

"Li Kezhang, did you call me?"

"Mm-hmm, sit."

Li Xuewu pointed to another chair opposite the desk to let her sit.

Han Yating saw Han Zhan sitting here and that she had been called over; it must be about the residential area.

"Li Kezhang Han, has the investigation result been organized?"

Seeing Han Yating ask before she even sat down, Han Zhan also knew that the Security Section was anxious about this matter.

"Yes, it was just organized and has been handed to the Li Kezhang."

Li Xuewu placed the file Han Zhan had just sent in front of Han Yating.

"Look at this, and then report it to Shen Fang and Old Duan. Use it as a key point for monitoring and patrolling. See where these people's homes are."

When Han Yating picked up the folder, Li Xuewu tapped the table and instructed, "Note, do not alert the enemy. Even if you see them, do not arrest them. Wait for a unified action."

"Yes."

Han Yating looked at the folder in her hand and asked in surprise, "So many people? This is..."

As she spoke, Han Yating flipped through the pages of the file and said, "More than forty people?"

"This isn't even all of them."

Han Zhan explained to Han Yating with a bitter smile, "Our investigation was based on what could be confirmed. There are still those that couldn't be confirmed."

"Enough."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "The more people, the easier it is to catch them. These people are like crabs; they are best at biting each other."

Seeing Li Xuewu was very confident, Han Zhan and Han Yating both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hehe, is it necessary?"

Li Xuewu looked at Han Yating, who had the biggest reaction, with a smile and said, "Why, is the pressure very high recently?"

Han Yating said with a smile, "You promised me that after this case is handled, you'd adjust my position. I've been thinking about standing my last guard duty well."

"Mm-hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "That's the logic."

"You don't know how much pressure I'm under, especially since you've been broadcasting and chasing us every day. The people in our section don't even have a smile, especially Ren An, who has a mouth full of blisters."

"Hahahaha."

Han Zhan said with a smile, "It's like someone holding a small whip and driving you from behind, right?"

Han Yating looked at Li Xuewu and said, "That's exactly it. Our Li Kezhang is doing it on purpose."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "This really isn't. I'm doing this to make our subsequent actions more convenient."

Han Zhan was stunned for a moment, not reacting to what Li Xuewu meant.

It was Han Yating who understood and glanced at Li Xuewu with a smile.

This Li Kezhang was truly someone who looked ten steps ahead for every one step he took. He thought of all possibilities before doing anything, and then sat back to watch others jump into the pit.

Being Li Xuewu's teammate was the luckiest thing; you didn't have to think about anything, just do as he meant.

But being Li Xuewu's enemy was a headache.

Third floor of the Security Building, office of the Security Department Chief.

Fu Bin held the phone and frowned, saying, "How did this happen? It's been several days, and you still haven't found out who it is?"

"How could it be him? You don't even think about it; who would report themselves? Just tell those people in the factory area to pay attention. How come they're even spreading lies about me? Can't they tell friend from foe?"

"I know, but Li Xuewu said this channel in front of Yang Shuji; he said we can't block speech. He doesn't investigate, so I go to block? Go to investigate? What a joke!"

"Now this path of mine is blocked. Any action is being monitored by the Discipline Inspection Commission. Fortunately, the advantage is still on your side. How to do it depends on yourself."

"Let's leave it at that. The matter of the letters still needs to be investigated. Mm-hmm."

As he spoke, he hung up the phone on the base.

Fu Bin had been very annoyed these past few days. Ever since the confidential clerk broke into the conference room with those letters, the contents of these letters had been spread.

Fu Bin had also sent people to investigate Fan Hua, but the result was that the confidential clerk hadn't told anyone about this matter.

This was troublesome.

The factory area was so big; how could he investigate the source of the rumors?

He was already irritable, and this phone call made him even more eager to get angry.

But Fu Bin knew that the more it was like this, the more he had to stay calm; his heart couldn't be chaotic.

He walked to the window with a cigarette in his mouth and looked downstairs. He had wanted to look at the snow scene to relax, but he didn't expect to see Li Xuewu walking out with the two section chiefs of the Security Section, laughing and talking.

Li Xuewu's senses were very sharp. To put it mysteriously, he had a feeling when someone was watching him or aiming at him.

Saying it was a sixth sense didn't seem scientific, but some people were just very sensitive to these things, especially women.

For example, when summer arrived, a couple walked on the street. Even if the man didn't move his head and was talking, his eyes looking at black silk stockings would definitely be discovered by his wife.

Saying it was so spiritual, hey, it was just that spiritual.

Feeling someone staring at him from upstairs, Li Xuewu's back muscles instantly tightened, and then he turned rapidly to look upstairs, while his body bent slightly, in a posture ready to dodge at any time.

But who knew that by the time Li Xuewu searched for that window, there was no one there anymore.

"Li Kezhang, what's wrong?"

Seeing Li Xuewu's action, Han Yating also stopped and followed Li Xuewu's gaze to look upstairs.

Han Zhan was even fiercer; perhaps training had developed a conditioned reflex, and his hand went directly to the gun at his waist.

"Nothing, was stared at by a dog."

Li Xuewu patted Han Zhan's shoulder to signal him to relax.

Han Zhan was puzzled and asked, "How could there be a dog upstairs? Aren't the dogs all in the kennel?"

"Hahahaha."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "Some people look like humans, but they act like real dogs."

As he spoke, Li Xuewu said goodbye to the two, turned the corner, and went toward the workshop.

Han Zhan looked at Li Xuewu's back, then looked at Han Yating, and asked, "Who is the Li Kezhang talking about?"

Han Yating naturally knew who Li Xuewu was talking about, but now was not the time to say it.

However, it wasn't easy to directly reply to Han Zhan's question, so she could only shake her head and say, "How would I know? I didn't see who it was either."

"You're lying to me. Except for Xu Ning, you're the only one who can keep up with the Li Kezhang's thinking..."

Li Xuewu strolled to the casting workshop, looked inside a few times from the workshop entrance, turned around, and walked toward the back of the workshop.

As soon as he passed the corner, he saw a few young men squatting behind the workshop wall smoking.

Li Xuewu knew there was no one in the workshop, so they must be puffing away here.

"Guangtian, come here, I have something to tell you."

Liu Guangtian was squatting in the wind-sheltered area with his hands tucked into his sleeves, chatting with others. He was stunned for a moment when someone called him, and then discovered it was Li Xuewu, so he quickly agreed and followed him over.

"Li Ke."

Li Xuewu pulled Liu Guangtian's clothes and walked to the side, then asked, "Did you find out about the matter I asked you last week?"

"I went to your house to look for you yesterday, but you weren't there. I waited for you for a long time but didn't see you come home. I was just about to look for you to talk about this."

Li Xuewu hadn't stayed in the back courtyard yesterday. After dinner, he told his family he was going to the street station to check on the post and wouldn't be back at night.

In fact, he had gone to the Haizi Villa to sleep.

Sister Lou was very dissatisfied with Li Xuewu's attitude toward making babies, thinking Li Xuewu said one thing and did another.

Originally, it had been checked that there was no problem, and Li Xuewu had promised to work hard at plowing the fields.

But last week, he only plowed once and then ran off without a trace. Wasn't this letting the land lie fallow? How could crops grow?

So the long-standing Sister Lou called Li Xuewu's office.

After getting off work, Li Xuewu hurried to the villa to apologize, explaining that he needed to abstain from sex recently and was truly not being lazy on purpose.

It was no wonder Liu Guangtian couldn't find him. Although Li Xuewu explained the reason and Sister Lou felt sorry for him, they had already reached the field, so they had to hoe two furrows to count.

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes and asked, "What happened?"

Liu Guangtian explained, "I inquired about those people in our workshop by beating around the bush. Only three people said they lost things at home; the others were just following the crowd, even saying they lost an ear-pick, just joining in the fun."

Seeing Li Xuewu's expression didn't change, Liu Guangtian emphasized, "These three people who were shouting about losing things in the workshop have a good relationship and often play together. They wouldn't tell me the truth when I asked."

"But I saw them saying they were very sad about losing things in the workshop, but I couldn't tell outside. Look..."

As he spoke, Liu Guangtian pointed to the position where he had just been squatting and said, "They were just bragging to me, saying they didn't want to smoke production cigarettes anymore and switched to smoking Da Qianmen."

Li Xuewu nodded and didn't look toward where Liu Guangtian pointed, but took out a box of Da Qianmen and stuffed it into Liu Guangtian's hand, saying, "This stuff is just bought by fewer people; it's easy to buy if you want to smoke it. Actually, it's all the same taste."

"Hehehe."

Liu Guangtian clutched the Da Qianmen in his hand and said with a smile, "I really don't dare to buy this stuff; it's almost the price of half a jin of meat."

Li Xuewu laughed, "It's not that serious. Alright, you continue to rest, I'm leaving."

Waving his hand at Liu Guangtian, Li Xuewu turned and walked back.

Liu Guangtian watched Li Xuewu's dashing back, then looked at the Da Qianmen in his hand, grinned, and ran toward the back, preparing to brag.

When he reached the back, Chen Lidong, who was casting, asked with a smile, "Who was looking for you?"

Liu Guangtian raised his head and squinted his eyes, asking rhetorically, "Who? You don't even recognize him? You've wasted your time at the Rolling Steel Mill."

"Yo!"

Chen Lidong was surprised, "Still a figure?"

"You bet!"

Liu Guangtian squeezed into the crowd and showed the unopened Da Qianmen in his hand, saying, "See this? People smoke this, and they've been smoking this since they started work. You say, is he a figure?"

"Ptooey~"

There were those who bragged, and there were those who were unconvinced. Young people gathered together like this, comparing with each other.

Seeing Liu Guangtian showing off the unopened Da Qianmen here, a young man with a three-seven parting hairstyle that was shiny and oily, who had been the center of the topic just now, said indifferently, "Da Qianmen is considered a figure?"

As he spoke, this person also took out a box of Da Qianmen from his pocket, curled his lips, opened it, and said while lighting one for himself, "Then now am I also considered a figure?"

"Grass, Zhou Lao? My meaning is that people don't take this stuff seriously."

"Hehe, did I take it seriously?"

This Zhou Lao Liu shook the Da Qianmen in his hand and said to the few people surrounding him, "Come, come, come, taste what the Da Qianmen smoked by a figure tastes like."

"Good, thank you, Brother Zhou."

"I want one too."

"Give me one too."

The people who had just been watching Liu Guangtian talk all squeezed in front of Zhou Lao Liu to share the cigarettes, leaving only Liu Guangtian staring with wide eyes and getting angry with Zhou Lao Liu.

"A crow with a chicken feather on its head; a bird is a bird, it can't become a phoenix."

"Who the hell are you talking about?"

Zhou Lao Liu, being flattered by the people surrounding him, couldn't listen to Liu Guangtian's bird talk.

"You think you know a sesame-sized official and you're a figure? Grass."

Liu Guangtian tucked the cigarette box into his pocket, squinted his eyes, and said, "Fine, you're awesome. The Rolling Steel Mill Security Li Kezhang is just a sesame-sized official to you. It seems you've really made it."

"Hehehe."

This Zhou Lao Liu said disdainfully, "What's a Li Kezhang? I even know a Division Chief!"

The "sesame-sized" Li Xuewu had just entered his office when he was notified by the factory office secretary that Deputy Factory Director Li wanted to talk to him.

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes. What the hell is going on recently?

Why does everyone want to talk to me?

Talk about what? If we keep talking, I'll become a confidant sister.

Although he didn't know what Li Huai De wanted to talk to him about, it must be related to his business.

Because he was notified through the factory office, it must be official business.

"Leader."

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the room, he saw Li Huai De sitting behind his desk with a frown.

Seeing Li Xuewu greet him, Li Huai De beckoned to Li Xuewu and said, "Come, come in, I have something to talk to you about."

Li Xuewu sat opposite the desk according to Li Huai De's request.

Looking at the frowning Li Huai De, Li Xuewu also couldn't figure out what he wanted to talk to him about.

"Li Ke, the Security Section isn't just for protecting the safety of our factory area. This concurrent position I gave you is to make it convenient for you to protect the personal and property safety of the staff."

Seeing Li Huai De speak impolitely, Li Xuewu also frowned and asked, "Leader, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

Li Huai De tapped the table and said, "The workers are almost coming to my office to curse."

Li Xuewu pushed the teacup on the table toward the opposite side and asked, "You have to make it clear."

"Alright, then I'll tell you."

Li Huai De pointed at the table and said, "This is the fourth wave today. The first three waves all came to complain to me, saying your Security Section doesn't do anything; the bicycles lost at home haven't been found yet, and they were beaten after getting off work, but the people haven't been caught yet."

Speaking of this, Li Huai De was so angry that he slapped the table and cursed, "The workers say you are eating for free, but I am your direct leader in the Security Department. Isn't this pointing at my nose and cursing me?"

"You tell me, can you really be this Security Li Kezhang? If you can't, get out and go to the workshop to process parts as soon as possible."

Li Xuewu stood up with a start and saluted, "It is indeed our work error. Please rest assured, we will definitely solve the case as soon as possible and recover the workers' losses."

Li Huai De was startled by Li Xuewu's action.

Li Xuewu had a criminal record here; the Security Department belonged to him, and he was the best at taking action, and he was also the one who dared to confront his leaders.

"Li Ke! My Li Ke, we are all serving the people. If the masses say you are eating for free, then this position of yours is basically at an end."

Li Xuewu's tough stance made Li Huai De's attitude soften instead. He tapped the edge of the table with his index finger and started to present facts and reason with Li Xuewu.

"Yes, Leader, your criticism is correct."

Li Xuewu had said before that for leaders with higher ranks, there was generally no need to talk to them about business matters.

One was that they couldn't understand, and the other was that they didn't want to listen. They called you over to curse you, just to see your work attitude.

If your attitude is sincere, then you just continue to work. Replacing a cadre also requires costs.

So Li Xuewu was now sincerely admitting his mistakes, bravely taking responsibility, and giving a guarantee.

Actually, Li Huai De didn't believe Li Xuewu's guarantee either. If a leader couldn't even believe his own guarantee, could he believe a subordinate's guarantee?

It was nothing more than giving an explanation to those who complained and came here, and also a spur to his subordinates.

If someone asked about this matter again, Li Huai De could also say I have already talked to the person in charge, and I have to give them time to correct and implement measures.

This is what leaders have to do every day; this is called "implementing ideology and improving standing."

Seeing Li Xuewu's good attitude, Li Huai De stood up and said to Li Xuewu earnestly, "Do the work solidly, do the work in detail, put the needs of the masses in your heart, and put less thought into the position."

This was pointing out to Li Xuewu not to let his work fall behind because of fighting for a position.

Li Xuewu guaranteed again, "Yes, guarantee to complete the mission."

Li Huai De walked to Li Xuewu and patted his arm, saying, "Your business ability is obvious to all leaders. You don't need to say it, everyone knows. Be steady, ah."

While seeing Li Xuewu off, he said, "Since your attitude is correct, then I'll leave the fourth person who came to complain to me to you to handle."

Li Xuewu asked suspiciously, "The person isn't in the factory area?"

Li Huai De was also very appreciative of Li Xuewu's thinking ability. He had just finished speaking, and he had already guessed that the person wasn't in the factory area.

"The street station just called, saying our workers were in a group fight with people on the street and were caught by the patrol team, asking us to come and pick them up."

"Hmm?"

Li Xuewu knew what kind of role the patrol team played now. These people were the members of the mysterious organization later on—the Chaoyang masses.

"How many people?"

Li Huai De said helplessly, "Four workers getting off the night shift. I'm not clear about why. You'll know when you get there."

Li Xuewu agreed and said goodbye to Li Huai De.

As soon as he went out, Li Xuewu's expression became solemn. This was a sudden situation.

He was thinking about things and didn't pay attention, so when he walked to the corner, he bumped into a factory office secretary holding a stack of documents.

This secretary was holding a stack of documents and had ten or more books knocked down by Li Xuewu, while still holding more than half in his hand.

"Yo! Sorry, I was thinking about something just now and didn't see you."

"It's fine, it's fine, Li Ke, I'll do it myself."

Seeing Li Xuewu bend down to pick up the documents on the ground, this secretary clearly recognized Li Xuewu and said repeatedly that he would pick them up himself.

But he was still holding a stack in his hand and couldn't free his hands at all.

"Don't bother, I'll help you pick them up, so you don't have to swap hands."

Li Xuewu squatted down and started to tidy up the documents he had knocked down, while asking, "Why are you carrying so many documents?"

Seeing Li Xuewu's attitude was particularly good, this secretary stood on the side and let Li Xuewu help pick them up.

"Hey, it's just that this year's budget has all come out, and I have to categorize these documents and send them to each supervisor for approval."

When Li Xuewu was picking up the documents on the ground, he saw that these folders were all marked with the names of various leaders in pencil.

"Then you are really working hard."

As he spoke, Li Xuewu moved his body to block the secretary's line of sight and took out something from his hand and stuffed it into the folder.

These were all completed in a very short time, so the secretary only felt that Li Ke moved his feet to reach the documents scattered further away.

He stacked the documents and placed them back on the documents the secretary was holding.

"Sorry, I don't know the order of the documents, I just tidied them up randomly."

The secretary replied with a smile, "It's fine, it's fine. We don't have an order when we send them either. Who knows which leader is there at this time."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu laughed twice, apologized again, and then went downstairs.

On this side, the secretary sent each folder to the hands of various deputy factory directors and relevant department leaders according to the names.

Li Huai De had cursed Li Xuewu, feeling that the irritable atmosphere in his heart had calmed down. He picked up his beloved teacup and brewed a cup of Xihu Longjing.

When he was leisurely and carefree, the factory office secretary entered, holding a stack of documents.

"Deputy Factory Director Li, this is the budget document, the general document for the logistics, service, and Security Department. Please review it."

"Good, good, good, help me put it on the table."

For the factory office secretary, Li Huai De was very familiar; the young man was quite good and very diligent.

As he spoke, the secretary placed a stack of documents on the coffee table and pulled out the documents to be reviewed by Li Huai De and placed them on Li Huai De's desk.

"Then you go ahead, I still have to send them elsewhere."

The secretary politely greeted Li Huai De, got Li Huai De's nod of approval, and then picked up the stack of documents and walked out.

Li Huai De "slurped" the hot tea in his hand and blew on the mouth of the cup.

This pre-rain Longjing is really different; Fu Haibo has put his heart into it.

Li Huai De's cultural level was not low, and he was usually a person who liked to affect an air of refinement; being able to sip tea and point out the direction of the country at his desk was a satisfying thing.

Fully feeling the aroma of the tea leaves, Li Huai De, who had completely calmed his mood, opened the document in front of him.

This budget document had already been discussed back and forth several times, and every department and every supervisor had their own plans for this year's budget.

After balancing the requirements and needs of each department and each leader, the Finance Section made the final version of the budget document.

This required Li Huai De and a group of leaders to approve it quickly, because the year had already started, and each department was waiting for the appropriation.

Because the folders were all hard cardboard covers, one end was tied to one side with gray or black thread through the paper.

Li Huai De opened the black cover, looked at the total budget subjects for this year's budget allocation, and looked at the approved budget.

Mm, the difference from what he expected wasn't big. The budget requested by the Steel City Branch also came down, which wasn't in vain for receiving their things.

He looked at the first page and flipped back, looking at the budget numbers for each subject classification while flipping the pages.

While flipping, he saw a letter suddenly appear in front of him.

Li Huai De looked at the familiar white paper envelope and his eyes jumped.

He was familiar with the style of this envelope; the report letters about Li Xuewu and Fu Bin reported up a few days ago were in this format.

"What is this Fu Bin doing? Reporting Li Xuewu wasn't enough, and now he's reporting himself?"

Good grief, Li Huai De had learned Fu Bin's thoughts and was guessing Fu Bin's intentions.

Because he received Fu Haibo's things and also received Li Xuewu's "he is good and I am good" brand medicinal wine, Li Huai De sat on the Diaoyutai watching the fun based on the principle of not helping anyone.

But watching the fun didn't mean he wanted to go down and compete. Sending the report letter to him was what kind of thing?

Li Huai De mocked Fu Bin for being muddled and raised his hand to flip over the upside-down report letter.

Sure enough, it was a report letter.

Li Huai De had already seen the heading on the white envelope; it was the three words "Report Letter."

But the following text completely broke the mood that Li Huai De had just calmed down and stabilized.

"Report Letter": Deputy Factory Director Li Huai De accepts bribes, messes around with relationships...

Following the secretary who was like a "little bee" sending the budget documents to the hands of the heads of each department, these white envelopes in the budget documents were also sent to the eyes of each leader.

Deputy Factory Director Nie was farsighted and liked to read out documents when looking at them.

At this moment, looking at the report letter in his hand, he read word by word: "Corruption, keeping women, engaging in petty-bourgeoisie, eating and drinking wastefully... Hehe, Old Li..."

Yang Shuji was sitting in Factory Director Yang's office talking about the report letter problem of Fu Bin and Li Xuewu of the Security Department.

Yang Shuji could only answer truthfully about the facts asked by the factory director.

"Li Xuewu's matter is indeed groundless, but some practices are indeed too radical."

Factory Director Yang waved his hand and said, "He is the Security Li Kezhang and has independent case-handling power. This was just established a while ago. We can't change orders in the morning and change them in the evening. We also have to give the Security Section and Li Xuewu time. I believe Li Xuewu will do well."

Yang Shuji nodded and said, "I don't have any opinion on him. After all, he is a young man, and he always has excessive passion for work. This is a good thing; we want it but don't have it."

"Hahahaha."

After the two laughed for a while, Yang Shuji restrained his emotions and said, "This Fu Bin..."

Factory Director Yang also frowned and said, "The older he gets, the more muddled he becomes. Does he want to engage in hereditary power? Nonsense!"

Although Factory Director Yang arranged work for his brother-in-law, he was deeply disgusted by this kind of thing.

Just as they were talking, the secretary sent the budget document to the factory director's hand.

Factory Director Yang opened the document in his hand while talking.

What a coincidence; the first page of this document was a report letter, and it was facing up.

"... Storing meat in the cafeteria, shielding subordinates, promoting and arranging lovers to serve as cadres in the guesthouse..."

Note:

These past two days, my "old machine" computer is going on strike because of the impact of power outages and power returns.

I temporarily pieced together a "random stew" computer with radishes and green onions.

It's just not working because they aren't from the same father.

"Random stew" is also always looking for trouble with me.

I originally got up late during the day.

And because of these two computers, it consumed time.

So the additional update for Brother Fanghua really couldn't be completed today.

But I will definitely make up for it.

Here, I want to say sorry to Brother Fanghua! ===== CHAPTER 274 =====