Chapter 29: Secretly Giving Instructions

Dong Wenxue looked at Li Xuewu, asking for his opinion.

Li Xuewu explained: "As long as the neighborhood allows me to renovate the house, it's just hitting a few windows."

Dong Wenxue patted Li Xuewu on the shoulder: "Xuewu has heart. Okay, I'll call Director Wang of the neighborhood right now. Their security patrols are begging for our Security Department's factory protection team. Speaking of the protection team, I remember, you will manage the militia and the factory protection team in the future. I don't trust anyone else to manage them."

Li Xuewu stood up and responded: "Yes."

Dong Wenxue stood up, pressed Li Xuewu to sit down, extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the coffee table, returned behind his desk, picked up the phone, and called the neighborhood according to the address book.

"Hello, Director Wang, I'm Dong Wenxue from the Rolling Mill Security Department. Hmm, it's like this, our factory militia company commander, who is also the factory protection team leader, Officer Li, lives in your neighborhood. His family has many people, nine people squeezed into one room. Please solve it."

"Yes, it's Li Xuewu."

"Right, right, right. His father is a doctor at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. I just learned about this situation. The young man is very understanding of the organization and only asks to be assigned the wing room at the outer courtyard. He can pay for the renovation himself."

"Yes, I know your difficulties. Our factory's protection team is preparing to expand recruitment. Your neighborhood's young men will be prioritized, okay?"

"Then that's it. I'll let Officer Li go find you. This matter must be handled well. Your neighborhood's patrol work is on him."

"Understood, understood. I keep my word. How would I dare to deceive you, Director Wang?"

"Hahaha."

"That's it."

Seeing Dong Wenxue hang up the phone, Li Xuewu stood up excitedly.

"Thank you, Teacher, for your care."

Dong Wenxue walked over and pressed Li Xuewu onto the sofa again, saying: "You call me Teacher, why be polite with me? Besides, your family is really in difficulty. You must be filial to your parents."

Li Xuewu said: "Teacher's teaching is correct. I don't want to live far away just to take care of my parents nearby."

Dong Wenxue smiled: "Good."

Older sister Xie stood up and said with a smile: "I don't have time to spend with you master and apprentice here. How about it, should I send Xuewu to the Security Section, or will you arrange it?"

Dong Wenxue said: "I'll call Wang Jindong and have him come pick him up. You're busy, so go back first. Let's chat properly this weekend."

Seeing Li Xuewu stand up to send her off, older sister Xie led him to the door, patted his arm, and said: "Okay, young man, you have some ways. Let's keep in touch in the future. If you have anything, mention it to older sister."

"Five Generations of Rivers and Mountains"

Li Xuewu said gratefully: "Thank you, older sister, for helping me so much. I'm endlessly grateful. Let's get together again this weekend."

Older sister Xie didn't stand on ceremony anymore, said "Okay," and went downstairs.

Li Xuewu entered Dong Wenxue's office, first poured out the tea leaves in Dong Wenxue's cup, picked up some tea leaves from the tea cabinet, brewed them with hot water from the thermos, and sent the tea to Dong Wenxue's side.

At this moment, Dong Wenxue sat on the sofa and waved for him to sit down, speaking softly: "The work of the Security Department is very complicated, and you will come into contact with many workers. You must have courage and pay attention to methods. It is different from the way of handling things in the military. You must unite your colleagues, especially this Wang Jindong, who is very difficult to get along with. Deputy Factory Director Li has made trouble several times, but Factory Director Yang has suppressed it. Of course, I'm not saying you should be afraid of him. You must find a point of agreement in your work. I believe your work ability is not inferior to his."

Li Xuewu understood Dong Wenxue's meaning. It seemed Wang Jindong was Factory Director Yang's person. Deputy Factory Director Li wanted to replace him with his own person within his management scope, but failed several times. This Dong Wenxue was a scholar, although not proficient in security business, he knew how to unite subordinates and respected Fu Bin's leadership. From Dong Wenxue's point of view, Fu Bin was also dissatisfied with Wang Jindong.

Dong Wenxue lit a cigarette and said to Li Xuewu, who was blowing out the match: "The theft situation in the factory is serious, including the canteen, workshops, and other departments. You can start from this aspect. Without the help of the Security Section, thieves can't succeed."

Dong Wenxue said it so clearly, how could Li Xuewu not know what to do? No wonder older sister Xie expressed her dissatisfaction with the Security Section as soon as she came. It turned out Dong Wenxue and Fu Bin had reached a consensus and communicated with Deputy Factory Director Li to take down Wang Jindong.

Li Xuewu said: "Teacher, please rest assured. I was a scout in the south, specializing in catching tongues and spies. I am a vanguard. As long as they reach out, I will definitely be able to pull out their rat tails."

Dong Wenxue said while picking up the phone: "Good. Then I'll call Wang Jindong now. You go with him to the Security Section. You will temporarily be in the Public Security Group, concurrently managing the militia and the factory protection team. I give you management power. You must achieve results in the shortest possible time."

Li Xuewu said loudly: "Understood."

With one phone call from Dong Wenxue, the door was knocked on in less than ten minutes.

Dong Wenxue said softly: "Enter."

A sturdy man in his thirties, about 1.73 meters tall, entered the door. Seeing Li Xuewu sitting at Deputy Director Dong's desk smoking, he examined him very carefully.

Dong Wenxue said first: "Jindong, come here. This is the Security Officer Li Xuewu sent by the factory's Personnel Department, a demobilized cadre. He will work in your Security Section from now on. The leadership's meaning is that his specialty is a perfect match, so let Officer Li Xuewu be responsible for the Public Security Group, serving as the Group Chief, Militia Company Commander, and Factory Protection Team Leader. You take Officer Li Xuewu to familiarize yourself with the work and hand over."

Wang Jindong frowned. This militia company commander and factory protection team leader had always been concurrently held by the Security Section Chief. How could this new Public Security Group Chief take over these two positions?

Although he didn't understand, he still said "Okay."

Li Xuewu extinguished the cigarette butt, stood up, nodded at Dong Wenxue, and followed Wang Jindong out the door.

On the way, Wang Jindong didn't say much, just asked Li Xuewu what military branch he was in and where his home was.

Li Xuewu also answered sparingly.

From the moment Dong Wenxue made that phone call, this war without smoke began.

Wang Jindong took Li Xuewu to the Labor Protection Section of the Personnel Department, helped Li Xuewu collect a set of security police uniforms, a duty belt, a set of luggage, a pair of cotton shoes, a military overcoat, and a winter hat.

Li Xuewu held them in both hands and followed Wang Jindong to a row of wing rooms on the other side of the gatehouse, entered a dormitory, which only had four beds.

Wang Jindong: "This is the duty room. You, me, and Officer Zheng of the Security Group sleep here when on duty. We have to burn the stove ourselves; the coal is at the door. You put your luggage down first, and you change your clothes."

Li Xuewu nodded and agreed, changing his clothes in the room. The cotton clothes issued by the factory were very warm: a quilted cotton jacket, cotton pants, a dark blue police uniform, an armband with the words "Economic Police," a pair of dark blue pants, and a pair of suede cotton shoes. =====