Chapter 371: Broad-Minded

Li Xuewu hadn't heard about what Zhang Guoqi said; the Rolling Mill was currently at the principal-department level, and the next upgrade would be deputy-ministerial.

That is to say, both Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan might be upgraded.

Of course, it could also be a parachuted-in leader; it depends on the Rolling Mill's performance this year.

The two strolled to the entrance of the office building and separated.

Zhang Guoqi returned to the Logistics Building, and Li Xuewu returned to the Security Building.

As soon as he entered, he saw Zhao Yajun turning from the first floor.

"Come!"

Li Xuewu beckoned to his older brother's brother-in-law, signaling him to follow him upstairs.

Zhao Yajun smiled and followed behind Li Xuewu.

Reaching the third floor, Li Xuewu opened his office.

"Have you eaten lunch?"

"I have!"

Zhao Yajun felt a bit constrained looking at Li Xuewu's large office, but still walked in with a smile.

Li Xuewu walked to the sofa and sat down, pointing to the teacup Yu Decai had brought back on the desk, saying, "Make me a cup of tea."

"Yes."

Zhao Yajun went to the desk, took the white porcelain teacup, poured out the tea leaves inside, and then brewed a cup of tea for Li Xuewu with the new tea leaves in the cabinet.

"Put it there, sit."

Li Xuewu pointed to the sofa on the side to signal Zhao Yajun to sit.

Zhao Yajun was very obedient; knowing Li Xuewu had something to say, he sat down properly when told.

"Are the injuries on your arm and hand healed?"

"Healed, they were healed long ago."

Zhao Yajun said somewhat embarrassedly, "I said I wanted to come back for training, but the doctor wouldn't let me; this is why I just came back to report."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu looked at the somewhat shy young man, chuckled, and then asked, "Have you been home?"

"I have. Han Kezhang gave me leave; I went back with her car, stayed for a day, and my dad told me to follow the car back."

"Is everything good at home?"

Li Xuewu picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and asked with a smile.

"Everything is good."

Zhao Yajun said with some pride in his tone, "I gave my salary to my dad; the tuition for my younger brother and sister after the New Year is covered. My dad said I have to work hard and can't lose face for you."

"Lose face for me? Heh."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "If you don't do well yourself, you only lose your own face."

As he spoke, he looked at the honest Zhao Yajun and asked, "How did Han Kezhang arrange you? Back to the guard team?"

"Hmm!"

Zhao Yajun nodded with a smile and said, "Actually, I went back long ago; I was secretly following the training, just going back to the hospital to sleep at night."

"Heh heh heh."

Li Xuewu quite liked this young man; honest, dutiful, polite, steady, and willing to work hard.

"Do you want to transfer to the office?"

"Ah?"

Zhao Yajun looked at Li Xuewu in a daze, not knowing how they got to the matter of transfer.

Li Xuewu leaned back on the sofa, found a comfortable position, and said casually, "Yan Jiecheng of the small car class is going to be transferred; do you want to go to the driver class?"

"I..."

Zhao Yajun really didn't know how to decide for a while.

He didn't know much about the profession of a driver, didn't know how to drive, and didn't know how to do it.

"It's okay, don't be troubled."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "It's boring all day long; with your dull personality, wouldn't you get sick from being idle? Ha ha ha!"

"I can do it."

Zhao Yajun said very seriously, "If you need me, I can learn to drive."

"Forget it!"

Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "Don't force it; why do it hard if you don't like it? Go back to the guard team and report; hurry up and make up for the skills you missed."

"Yes!"

Knowing his talk with Li Xuewu was over, Zhao Yajun stood at attention, saluted, and agreed.

"But you have to learn the skill of driving; everyone in your team knows how to drive."

Li Xuewu pointed at Zhao Yajun and urged with a smile, "Go home and see more when you're on vacation; don't listen to what your dad says, he still misses you."

"Yes!"

Zhao Yajun's response sounded a bit smaller, but it also had emotion.

"Go."

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile to signal he could leave.

Zhao Yajun saluted Li Xuewu again and left.

When he went downstairs, he happened to meet Yan Jiecheng coming up.

Because they had met in the Sihe Academy, Yan Jiecheng and Zhao Yajun could talk to each other.

The two crossed paths and greeted each other.

Watching the young man walking downstairs happily, Yan Jiecheng thought this might be Li Xuewu's new driver candidate.

After knocking on the door of Li Xuewu's office, Yan Jiecheng walked in with a smile and greeted Li Xuewu, who was sitting on the sofa.

"Chief, resting!"

"Hmm, come."

Beckoned to Yan Jiecheng at the door, signaling him to come over and sit down.

This was the first time Yan Jiecheng had the treatment of sitting in Li Xuewu's office, and he sat on the edge of the sofa quite nervously.

"How is the Red Star Training Ground built?"

Yan Jiecheng knew Li Xuewu would ask about things over there, after all, it was related to him.

Li Xuewu had also urged him to pay attention before leaving for training, so he was prepared this time.

"It's already completed."

Yan Jiecheng paused, straightened out the language in his heart, and then said, "The training base on the side of the mountain road entrance has been built, and the two-story building has been heated."

"The courtyard wall is rammed earth, the path in the courtyard is paved with red bricks, and the warehouse, canteen, and training ground have all been built."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded and asked, "What about on the mountain?"

"When I went last week, it was already finishing up; only the mountain road was left. Secretary Yin's meaning is to level the road first, and then pave the road with the mine tailings from inside the mine cave from the mountain."

"Hmm, hmm."

The highway construction level at this time was just like that; Li Xuewu didn't demand that the men and women of Red Star Village pave an asphalt road for him.

"What about you?"

Li Xuewu looked at Yan Jiecheng and asked, "Did you tell your family? About the matter of going to the training ground to take office."

"Hmm, already told them."

Yan Jiecheng nodded and said, "Everything is hard at the beginning; we two..."

He raised his head and looked at Li Xuewu when he said this.

Seeing Li Xuewu just squinting, he continued, "We two don't have our own house, everything has to be bought; we really can't live without money."

"Hmm, hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded with understanding and asked again, "How did you decide with Yu Li? Not going back to the courtyard?"

This was the first time Li Xuewu had asked him about this, and Yan Jiecheng rubbed his hands somewhat awkwardly.

"I... I told her, I'm leaving with nothing..."

"Heh heh heh."

Li Xuewu chuckled; this leaving with nothing was really well calculated.

Yan Jiecheng calculated this step clearly; what was there to divide if he didn't leave with nothing?

Not to mention that the house hadn't been built yet; even if it had been built, it was built with debt.

He wanted to divide it, but what was there to fill the hole? The money he swindled from his father?

His and Yu Li's common property was just those few pieces of furniture and their respective clothes.

When Yan Jiecheng left home, he even moved his luggage and clothes away; he didn't leave with nothing, he just left.

But this was someone else's family business, and Li Xuewu wouldn't interfere at all.

"That's quite good."

What could Li Xuewu say? He could only nod in agreement with Yan Jiecheng's opinion.

If there are no years to look back on, how can there be deep love to grow old together?

"After becoming a regular worker, work hard; if you bring your father a big fat boy this year, how could he not let you enter the house?"

"Yes."

Yan Jiecheng had some words in his heart that he didn't dare ask or say; he suspected Li Xuewu might have something with Yu Li, but he had no evidence.

Recalling Yu Li's previous performance, he couldn't see anything.

Moreover, his parents lived in that courtyard, and Li Xuewu rarely went home, so the possibility between the two wasn't high.

Now seeing Li Xuewu not mentioning him, nor helping Yu Li say a word.

Yan Jiecheng felt he had really misunderstood Li Xuewu; he shouldn't have.

People helped arrange work, helped set up a family business, and now forgave his mistakes in the Northeast and helped him become a regular worker.

Now hearing Li Xuewu's words of concern for him, Yan Jiecheng felt warm in his heart.

He didn't dare go back to the courtyard; after this regular worker status, without the driver's job, he wouldn't go there even more.

Yan Jiecheng had already thought it through; those few hundred yuan were enough for him and Ge Shukun to spend, and after the regular worker's salary started, there would definitely be a surplus.

Li Xuewu's attitude toward Yan Jiecheng was also meant this way; they were all neighbors, growing up together.

Although there were small frictions with Sister-in-law Yu Li, that was all in the past.

Now Brother Jiecheng was still Brother Jiecheng, but Sister-in-law Yu Li was no longer a sister-in-law.

Li Xuewu decided not to pursue that matter in the Northeast before; after all, Jiecheng didn't succeed, but the righteousness of the sister-in-law at the beginning was there.

Now that they were parting on good terms, there was no need for him to deal with him again.

Sigh, why else would they say Li Xuewu is soft-hearted? What bad intentions could he have toward his neighbors?

"Tidy up, hand the car over to Director Yu, I'll talk to the Personnel side in a while, and you go report to the training ground."

"Thank you, Chief."

Yan Jiecheng thanked Li Xuewu very gratefully.

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile and said, "Work hard!"

"Yes."

Yan Jiecheng felt like a stone had been lifted from his heart, but it was also empty.

Walking out of Li Xuewu's office, touching the car key in his hand, he didn't know if this step he took was correct.

Li Xuewu was destined not to be able to sleep at noon today; Yan Jiecheng left, and Li Xuewu had just called the Personnel Division Chief when Xu Sinian walked in with a young man.

"Am I interrupting?"

"How could you, I was waiting for you."

Li Xuewu agreed, walked to the door to welcome his good brother a few steps, and shook hands with Xu Sinian with a smile.

This handshake was a handshake of equal status; before, it was Li Xuewu using power to suppress people.

Xu Sinian was also very emotional about Li Xuewu's rapid progress; looking at this smiling face, his heart was flashing warning lights.

The old fox of the Security Division was gone, and now it was good, the smiling tiger had taken the top spot.

This was truly the tiger of the Security Division.

"This is Peng Xiaoli from our office, who will be responsible for the connection work with the Security Division in the future."

As he spoke, he sat on the sofa with Li Xuewu.

This Peng Xiaoli also had insight; after shaking hands with Li Xuewu, he went to the tea cabinet to brew a cup of tea for Xu Sinian.

Xu Sinian looked at the young man's competence and said with a smile, "I hope Division Chief Li will give more guidance and tolerance in the future."

"Director Xu, aren't you being too polite?"

Li Xuewu smiled and lit a cigarette for his good brother, signaled to Peng Xiaoli, and seeing the other party smile and refuse, he lit one for himself.

"Strong generals have no weak soldiers; how could there be weak ones under Director Xu? Let's help each other in the future."

Xu Sinian's relationship with Li Xuewu went without saying, and he didn't come here just to arrange connection personnel today.

So after introducing the two, he let Peng Xiaoli go back.

"Brother, you're riding high, why do you look the same as before?"

"Is that so?"

Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "Didn't you see my mouth stretching to my ears?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Xu Sinian smiled and said, "You're not that kind of person, ha ha."

Watching the door close, Xu Sinian took a sip of tea and whispered, "I have to say, you're really a lucky general; Secretary Wenxue rode the wind and left, and you yourself have a bright future!"

Li Xuewu knew what Xu Sinian was thinking and didn't pick up this topic, but looked at Xu Sinian with a smile while smoking.

Xu Sinian also knew Li Xuewu's temper, didn't care, and said, "Now that you're presiding over the work of the Security Division, you can show your skills and display your ambitions."

"What ambitions could I have!"

Li Xuewu smiled, added some water to Xu Sinian's teacup, and said with a smile, "You know me; I'm physically strong but simple-minded."

After adding water, he continued, "Being able to walk to today stumbling along is all thanks to the support of good brothers like you."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Although he knew what Li Xuewu said was all bullshit, Xu Sinian was still very happy to hear these words from Li Xuewu.

"Being modest, aren't you?"

Xu Sinian smiled and flicked the ash in the ashtray on the table, saying, "Now in the whole Rolling Mill, who doesn't know the prestige of Division Chief Li?"

As he spoke, he gestured toward the main building with his chin and said, "Even the new leaders are asking about your situation."

"Really!"

Li Xuewu looked at Xu Sinian with a smile and asked, "Then my good brother must have spoken well of me?"

"Being narrow-minded again, aren't you?"

Xu Sinian pointed at Li Xuewu and scolded with a smile, "Do they still need to ask me? Now in the government, who doesn't know your business?"

As he spoke, he said helplessly, "Besides, now who doesn't know our relationship is good!"

"Really?"

Li Xuewu looked at Xu Sinian with a smile and said, "I don't care what people in the government say; I only care what my good brother says."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Xu Sinian picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile, "No need for me to say; you already know the situation of these leaders, right?"

Li Xuewu squinted and took a puff of his cigarette, then placed his hand holding the cigarette on the sofa armrest.

"I'd like to hear the details."

"Heh heh heh, I don't believe Yu Decai didn't tell you!"

Xu Sinian chuckled and then said, "Deputy Factory Director Jing and Secretary Xue were sent by the Ministry's leaders."

"Oh?"

"Deputy Secretary Gu arrived last week and has already talked to the cadres on the Party Committee side; this week, she should be talking to the cadres on the factory affairs side one after another."

"Really."

"Secretary Xue has already taken over the follow-up handling of the Fu Bin and Luo Jiaping case."

"Drink water."

Li Xuewu was like a supporting actor; Xu Sinian said one sentence, and he responded.

After refilling the tea for Xu Sinian and himself, he flicked the cigarette butt in his mouth into the ashtray.

"I'm quite curious about the Armed Forces Department matter."

Li Xuewu leaned on the back of the sofa and looked at Xu Sinian, asking, "Why did you suddenly think of merging the Armed Forces Department?"

"It wasn't very sudden."

Xu Sinian also leaned on the sofa and explained, "It was on the meeting before the New Year, but it wasn't decided, but this is also the general trend."

As he spoke, he pointed to the sofa armrest on one side and whispered, "Haven't you noticed the changes in policy recently? It's a bit like putting away weapons and letting horses go to the mountains."

"Impossible."

Li Xuewu blew a puff of smoke and shook his head, saying, "You can't look at what the newspapers say; you have to look at the actual action requirements."

"Even if you look at the policies in the newspapers, it doesn't mean the world is peaceful."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Sinian and said, "I think it's just the opposite; it's the mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building."

"Heh heh heh."

Xu Sinian smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm not doing business; I can manage trivial matters, but I really can't be sure about what you're saying."

If it were a supporting actor, Li Xuewu should say: Get lost!

Why?

Xu Sinian is the Factory Office Director; if he couldn't grasp the policy, could he still be the Director?

The words issued from the factory office all need his pen; those are all things that will leave traces, life-threatening things.

Li Xuewu knew Xu Sinian was fishing for him; he was a bit panicked now and wanted to find foreign aid.

Otherwise, why would he follow Li Xuewu's words and speak down?

Heh, Xu Sinian must have seen something through some channel or from the situation.

Don't be anxious, stretch it out again, there's still time, play slowly.

Watching Li Xuewu's smiling expression, Xu Sinian squinted and whispered, "Speaking of this appointment, I heard some situation."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu puffed on his cigarette, looked at Xu Sinian without speaking, thinking this old boy should also shake some things out.

"This time the Armed Forces Department merged with the Security Division; originally it was Secretary Wenxue concurrently serving as Minister, which is also a matter of course."

"But Secretary Wenxue refused."

After saying this, Xu Sinian's gaze turned to Li Xuewu, his eyes carrying inquiry.

"I know."

Li Xuewu nodded and admitted it generously.

This Xu Sinian really had eight hundred heart eyes; he didn't say things directly, probing step by step, like squeezing toothpaste.

"Secretary Wenxue refused on the grounds of being too busy with work, but proposed that you, who are actually presiding over the work, serve as the Armed Forces Minister."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying, "Yu Decai told me; I have psychological preparation."

Li Xuewu looked like he had self-knowledge, smiled and said, "I'm still concurrently holding the business in the East City; where can I be busy?"

"Still, Deputy Secretary Gu understands you."

Xu Sinian said seriously, "At the meeting, it was Deputy Secretary Gu who said you are still young and have other work, and you are the actual person in charge of the Security Division, saying you shouldn't be pressured anymore."

"Oh? Really!"

Li Xuewu looked like "those who know me are Deputy Secretary Gu," and said, "Then why did another Deputy Armed Forces Minister come, and still preside over the work?"

He extinguished the cigarette in his mouth in the cast-iron ashtray and said with a smile, "Since Deputy Secretary Gu has already concurrently served as Armed Forces Minister, then let's postpone the merger proposal."

"If everyone thought like you, it would be fine."

Xu Sinian observed Li Xuewu's attitude and said, "There are seven people in the Party Group, and five opposed it, so it can only be you presiding over the work."

It seems this is the reason for the cold attitude of that Deputy Secretary Gu toward Li Xuewu; this is really sitting at home...

She proposed, five opposed it; this must be a very face-slapping thing.

Xu Sinian chuckled and said, "Who told you to be a deputy? That Armed Forces Minister is a principal division level; can he let you jump another level?"

"Heh."

Li Xuewu didn't tell Xu Sinian whether he was willing to be this Deputy Minister.

It was useless to say it; he wasn't the leader in charge.

Besides, the document had been issued, and the general meeting had been announced, so even if there were knives in front, Li Xuewu had to go.

"Director Xu, there won't be pie falling from the sky; why is Deputy Secretary Gu so good to me?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Xu Sinian pointed at the sofa armrest and laughed, saying, "Maybe she took a fancy to you being young and motivated."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Li Xuewu also squinted and laughed, looked at Xu Sinian's finger pointing at the sofa armrest, and smiled as he refilled Xu Sinian's tea for the third time.

Xu Sinian looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and said, "Report work to Deputy Factory Director Li more often; he is your leader in charge, and he can still speak on some things."

"You're right!"

Li Xuewu smiled and picked up the teacup to take a sip, saying, "I just don't know how Deputy Factory Director Li feels about this adjustment."

"Heh."

Xu Sinian shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, but the result should be out soon; the higher-ups also have the purpose of stabilizing the Rolling Mill."

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, stood up, and said, "Don't worry, it won't be chaotic, it will only get better and better."

"Then I'll rely on Director Xu's guidance."

Li Xuewu saw Xu Sinian was leaving, so he stood up and sent him out with a smile.

"Ha ha ha, you!"

After sending Xu Sinian away, Yu Decai followed Li Xuewu back to the office with his notebook.

"Chief."

Watching Li Xuewu sit back behind the desk, Yu Decai reported, "Do you want to look at the clerk matter...?"

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked at Yu Decai, asking, "Are the materials ready?"

"Yes."

Yu Decai placed three materials in front of Li Xuewu and said, "You look, these are all relatively outstanding pen-pushers in our division."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu took the materials and looked at them; the one on top was a young boy, named Kang Ruxuan, only nineteen years old, high school graduate.

Li Xuewu looked at his resume roughly; there was very little.

Below was an article about the implementation plan of the Security Division's office system.

He picked up the material on top and put it aside, and looked at the second one.

This age was a bit older, Sha Qizhi, thirty years old, junior high graduate, worked in the factory office, worked in logistics, and is now a clerk in the Security Division's Comprehensive Section.

Below was a speech draft Sha Qizhi had written for Fu Bin before.

Li Xuewu's writing level naturally went without saying; he looked at it carelessly for a few times and could tell the good from the bad.

Maybe it was the passage of time; the writing style was slightly sharp, but it was hidden and not revealed.

It had both the thoughts of speaking one's mind and the caution of being meticulous.

"Heh."

Li Xuewu chuckled and opened the third material.

Gong Fushan, forty-five years old, an old man in the Security Division, had always been Fu Bin's pen-pusher.

Li Xuewu knew this person's situation; he had monitored himself and reported him to Fu Bin.

Li Xuewu put the three materials together and handed them to the edge of the desk, saying to Yu Decai, "Let's go with Sha Qizhi."

"Chief."

Yu Decai hesitated, but still said, "Kang Ruxuan is a high school student who came in the year before last; his writing and work ability are still okay."

"Not quite suitable."

Li Xu

"Yes."

Yu Decai smiled and nodded, saying, "It was my lack of thorough consideration."

"Hey! ~"

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said to Yu Decai, "Don't be so cautious in the future; just say whatever is on your mind. I'm surely not harder to get along with than Luo Jiaping, right? Haha."

"Hehe, it's just that I haven't integrated into the work rhythm yet."

Yu Decai replied with a smile, and seeing that Li Xuewu was in a good mood, he added, "About the choice of driver...?"

"That is indeed a troublesome matter."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "How about this: for these few days, I'll have the Security Team drive me back. We're looking to recruit people soon anyway, so we'll see if there's anyone suitable then."

"Very well."

Knowing that Li Xuewu was quite concerned about the choice of driver, Yu Decai knew that Li Xuewu wouldn't let him select the person for this position.

So he agreed and stopped mentioning the matter.

"An accountant has arrived at the Accounting Section. She's with me now, saying their section chief went out on business and asked her to bring you your salary and vouchers."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Don't trouble others in the future; it's not far. Tell the Accounting Li Kezhang that I'll go collect it myself from now on. If I don't go, just leave it for next month."

"Yes, then I'll have the accountant come over."

"Mm-hmm."

Li Xuewu acknowledged and began preparing the materials for the afternoon communication meeting.

Before long, Yu Decai walked in with two people.

One of them, a middle-aged man wearing glasses, went over to the coffee table to tidy up the teacup and kettle after entering.

As for the female comrade who followed Yu Decai in, Li Xuewu recognized her.

"Comrade Feng Juan, Director Yu said a comrade from the Accounting Section had arrived, I was wondering who it was!"

Seeing Feng Juan enter, Li Xuewu stood up with a smile and greeted her.

This was the female accountant who had previously accompanied Li Xuewu to Red Star Village to buy dogs.

"Hello, Li Chu."

Feng Juan looked at Li Xuewu, who was wearing a jacket and looked dashing, and felt her eyes go dizzy.

She had known earlier that Li Xuewu was rising rapidly, and after the New Year, she learned even more that Li Xuewu was in charge of the Security Section's work.

Ever since Li Xuewu started working, the female comrades in these offices hadn't stopped discussing him.

From the time he was a small squad leader, the older sisters in the office had been pointing out to these young girls to seize the opportunity.

But everyone was reserved and held back.

Although they knew Li Xuewu was progressing fast, they didn't expect him to progress this quickly.

Everyone was still wavering between looks and talent, all wanting to try to get close to Li Xuewu, but they always missed out due to twists of fate.

Especially Feng Juan; she had already been to Li Xuewu's house, but she had also seen Li Shu.

After she returned, people in the office teased her about having the advantage of proximity, but once they heard her talk about Li Shu, everyone's enthusiasm for Li Xuewu vanished.

Who wants to be a stepmother the moment they walk through the door?

Later, the incident with the whistleblower letter occurred, and it spread throughout the factory, making even fewer girls dare to approach Li Xuewu.

By the time the truth came out and everyone turned their attention back to Li Xuewu, it was too late.

Li Xuewu basically stopped coming to the factory, and around the New Year, he went on one business trip after another.

By the time he returned from his business trips, he was already sitting in this section chief's office; wanting to get close now was already out of reach.

Li Xuewu was destined to become a model for the Steel Mill for some time to come, a model for the older sisters in the office to educate unmarried girls with.

Seeing that Li Xuewu still looked as warm and sunny as before, Feng Juan couldn't help but feel bitter inside.

"Li Chu, this is your salary and vouchers."

Feng Juan placed an envelope on Li Xuewu's desk, took the registration book, placed it on the desk, and pointed to the distribution details to explain the changes.

"Good."

Li Xuewu took the fountain pen from the desk, signed his name, and took out his seal to stamp it over his name.

"Also, your salary has been adjusted to 138 yuan per month according to the time the document was issued."

Seeing that Li Xuewu had finished signing, Feng Juan put away the registration book and explained, "There will be some special vouchers every month, which might be different each month. This month's are industrial coupons for a washing machine."

"Is that so?"

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at the envelope on the desk, and said, "Then I really must work hard to help this lazy man get rid of the trouble of washing clothes soon, haha."

"Hehe."

Seeing Li Xuewu joking, Feng Juan also smiled and said, "We can't work hard; that depends on the efforts of Li Kezhang Zhang from Logistics. We only handle the distribution, hehe."

After joking with Li Xuewu, Feng Juan hugged her account book and said goodbye to him.

Yu Decai saw Feng Juan out, then turned back to introduce Sha Qizhi, who had finished tidying the office, saying, "Li Kezhang, this is Comrade Sha Qizhi."

As he spoke, he turned to Sha Qizhi and said, "The Li Kezhang personally named you to be the clerk. You must work hard and not let down the Li Kezhang's high regard."

"Yes!"

Sha Qizhi looked at Li Xuewu somewhat cautiously and replied.

Li Xuewu took a look at this middle-aged man with a very imposing name and said with a smile, "Learning has no order of seniority; the one who masters it first is the leader. Let's learn from each other in our future work and studies."

Seeing Li Xuewu take the initiative to reach out his hand with a smile, Sha Qizhi hurriedly gripped it and shook it.

"I have read your articles many times and have always wanted to ask for your guidance. I didn't expect to have the honor of learning by your side. Please give me more guidance in the future, Li Kezhang."

"Hahahahaha."

Li Xuewu pointed to Yu Decai, who was standing to the side smiling, and said, "Learn more from Director Yu."

Yu Decai smiled and glanced at Sha Qizhi, then turned to Li Xuewu and said, "The comrades from the Firefighting Section and the Security Section have arrived. When I went back just now, I saw that the comrades from the Personnel Section had also come over."

"Mm."

Li Xuewu nodded, tapped the newspaper next to the desk, and said, "It's a coincidence. The higher-ups are requiring us to study the deeds of Secretary Jiao Yulu. Write an article for me to see."

"Yes."

Sha Qizhi didn't expect Li Xuewu to give him a test the moment he started his job.

But a rare opportunity was right before his eyes; having wasted half his life, how could he give it up? He agreed without even thinking.

Yu Decai ignored Sha Qizhi, walked to the desk, picked up Li Xuewu's teacup and notebook, and walked to the door first to wait.

Li Xuewu nodded, glanced at the somewhat bewildered Sha Qizhi, and walked out the door.

Sha Qizhi wanted to slap himself right then; the leader had already said he was going to a meeting, and he didn't even know to go pick up the teacup and notebook.

It was also because he hadn't done secretarial work before; Sha Qizhi didn't expect to encounter a problem the moment he started.

Looking at the spacious office, the large desk, the neat sofa and coffee table, and the filing cabinet full of documents.

The most eye-catching things were the green plants in the room.

Beside the desk, beside the filing cabinet, beside the sofa—wherever there was a dead corner in the space, there would be a potted green plant placed there.

This was the best-kept office of any leader in the Steel Mill he had ever seen.

Sha Qizhi, who had long heard of Li Xuewu's reputation, didn't know if this sudden opportunity was a blessing or...

"Li Kezhang Xie, haha."

Li Xuewu entered the conference room and first reached out to greet Li Kezhang Xie, who had stood up.

Li Kezhang Xie stood up with a smile and shook hands with Li Xuewu.

"Li Chu."

The two shook hands, looked at each other, and smiled, both feeling quite emotional inside.

It was Li Kezhang Xie who had handled his registration and sent him to meet the leaders back then.

"Sit, sit."

Li Xuewu smiled and asked Li Kezhang Xie to sit, looked at Han Zhan and Han Yating, and then sat at one end of the conference table.

Yu Decai had already placed Li Xuewu's notebook and teacup on the table, then walked to the seat below Li Kezhang Xie and sat down.

"I called Li Kezhang Ding of the Personnel Section at noon, oh my."

Li Xuewu looked at Li Kezhang Xie with a smile and said, "This time, the Security Section needs a lot of help from the Personnel Section."

"Our Li Kezhang has already given instructions."

Li Kezhang Xie said with a smile, "Since the factory leadership has already approved the document for the expansion of the Security Section, we will cooperate in the implementation."

"Then I am truly grateful, hehehe."

Li Xuewu opened the notebook at his side, looked at the data, and then said, "According to the application, we are preparing to expand by 360 people, to be used for the expansion of departments such as the training ground, the Security Team, the Security Squad, the Public Order Squad, the Firefighting Section, and the Inspection Section."

Li Kezhang Xie also had a copy of the application at hand, but it didn't have the specific expansion plan.

She naturally supported Li Xuewu's work, so she said, "Li Chu, please state your requirements here. I'll see if we can make adjustments from within. You also know that our factory's personnel are currently in a state of surplus."

"Mm-hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "I know this situation, and I have also fully considered the actual situation of our factory."

He pushed the notebook forward so it would be easier to read while speaking.

He then continued, "For units with higher requirements for professional knowledge and quality, such as the Inspection Section and the Public Order Squad, we are preparing to select and transfer a batch from within the Security Section first, trying to move personnel upward as much as possible."

"For the Security Squad, Security Team, and Firefighting Team, where cultural quality requirements are lower, we will try our best to lean toward the personnel of our factory."

"That would be excellent."

Li Kezhang Xie said with a smile, "Our Li Kezhang also had concerns in this regard before, especially since the two leaders in charge of the Organization Department and the Personnel Section are both quite concerned about personnel changes, so this is more convenient."

It seems it's not just him who has more mothers-in-law; Li Kezhang Xie has them too.

Li Xuewu looked at Han Yating and Han Zhan and said, "This expansion is mainly for your two departments. The Inspection Section and the Public Order Squad should act first and select people from the existing organizational personnel."

Seeing Li Xuewu giving them instructions, both Han Yating and Han Zhan picked up their pens and took notes.

Li Xuewu continued, "These two departments are the vanguard of your two departments. The quality of the personnel must be excellent. You cannot just pick the tallest among the short; if they are capable, they are capable; if they aren't, they aren't."

As he spoke, he also said to Li Kezhang Xie, "If there are people in other departments who are willing to transfer to the Public Order Squad and the Inspection Squad, please help recommend them, Li Kezhang Xie."

Li Kezhang Xie nodded and said, "Very well. After I go back, I will forward a notice for selection to all sections. You should also provide a standard here."

Li Xuewu tapped the desktop and said to Han Zhan and the other, "You two communicate with Li Kezhang Xie in a while."

"Yes."

Both nodded and agreed.

Li Xuewu looked at the notebook and continued, "On the basis of absorbing the factory area personnel, I hope to recruit a batch of cadres with excellent military quality, preferably those who have been demobilized."

Seeing Li Kezhang Xie look over, Li Xuewu explained, "Because the Security Section's training ground is about to be put into use, there is an urgent need for talent in this area, and the Security Team also needs to maintain combat effectiveness."

Li Kezhang Xie wrote Li Xuewu's requirements in her notebook, and while writing, she said, "Our factory has the innate conditions for this. Your requirement is not difficult. Tell me, are there any other requirements?"

"The physical quality and the quality of endurance and hard work of the youth in Red Star Village have already been verified. They can be considered when recruiting again."

Li Xuewu tapped the notebook and continued, "But the cultural quality of the youth on the mountain is another short board. My idea is to select a batch of people from the streets where our factory workers are settled."

Speaking of this, Li Xuewu said with a smile, "There are many junior high school students on the streets now. I think we can pull up the average cultural level of the Security Section, right?"

"Hahahahaha."

Several people in the room laughed when they heard this; there really is no shortage of people now.

If you shout out loud, the street directors will come to your door to send people.

You can't recruit high school students, but you can grab a whole bunch of junior high school students.

Li Kezhang Xie looked at Li Xuewu and said, "It seems Li Chu is broad-minded and has considered all aspects."

This was a double entendre from Li Kezhang Xie, but Li Xuewu wasn't afraid of her seeing through his intention to take care of Red Star Village and the streets.

Red Star Village is the location of the training ground and will be the target of Li Xuewu's deepened cooperation in the future, so taking care of the villagers is beyond reproach.

And the streets where the workers' evacuation residential areas are located are the key areas of concern every time they recruit.

If his godmother knew that the Steel Mill didn't think of the streets when recruiting, Li Xuewu would probably get a beating.

Li Xuewu said very solemnly to Li Kezhang Xie, "This is a rare opportunity for the development of the Security Section. I ask for your help, big sister."

Seeing Li Xuewu use their private form of address, Li Kezhang Xie also replied very solemnly, "Certainly."

Why else would they say that having someone at court makes it easy to be an official? Having someone below you also makes it easy to be an official.