Chapter 385: A Belly Full of Bad Water

"Heh."

Li Xuewu looked at Zhou Dahai and sneered, then angrily pointed his finger at the dismantled large truck.

Zhou Dahai also saw that Li Xuewu was angry, but since they were in the wrong, he could only explain in a gentle, soft-spoken manner: "You have to trust our Design Office..."

Just as they were speaking, the Chief of the Production Section of the Production Management Office, who was over at the experimental building communicating production tasks, trotted over.

"Good day, Deputy Division Chief Li. A rare guest indeed!"

Looking at the Production Li Kezhang, Lv Peizhong, who was greeting him with a smile, Li Xuewu wiggled his teeth in his mouth and did not return the smile.

"Li Kezhang Lv, I just want to ask, where did the people for our Security Office's project go?"

This question was not asked to the wrong person; despite Lv Peizhong being in the Production Section, he was the person who communicated between the Design Office and the Production Management Office.

The project Zhou Dahai had just mentioned was the very task the Production Management Office was currently chasing, otherwise he wouldn't have come to coordinate.

When Lv Peizhong received the notification, he knew Li Xuewu would be furious, so he didn't feel surprised to see Li Xuewu asking him for people now.

"Deputy Division Chief Li, please listen to my explanation."

Lv Peizhong walked to Li Xuewu's side and said in a low voice: "Several major projects suddenly came down at the start of the year, and among them is the light tactical bomber..."

"Enough, enough, enough."

Li Xuewu directly interrupted Lv Peizhong's words, squinted his eyes, and asked: "Are you trying to pressure me with this?"

"Really not."

Lv Peizhong said with a bitter face: "We really are short-handed. Look, this fire truck is also... well, how about this? Give us a little time, and I will definitely arrange to have it built for you first."

"Heh."

Li Xuewu chuckled, then looked at Zhou Dahai and asked: "Was the project accepted by you? Was the funding received by you? If you have no one to do the work, why did you accept it? Why did you take the money?"

"Deputy Division Chief Li."

Lv Peizhong was not afraid of Li Xuewu; the Production Management Office was the most important department in the Steel Mill and also the focus of the entire factory's work.

Although he was only a section chief, the importance of his work post was no less than that of a division chief.

Li Xuewu's reputation was loud, but he hadn't broken the law; no matter how tough Li Xuewu was, what could he do to him?

"We can't pick and choose when we accept tasks, can we?"

As he spoke, he blocked the space between Li Xuewu and Zhou Dahai and continued: "The Security Office's task was assigned by leadership, and this task was also assigned by leadership, but there must be a priority of urgency, right?"

"Is the Security Office's project not urgent? Is it not important?"

Li Xuewu asked with a smile: "Who gave you this bullshit theory? Who told you my Security Office's project isn't urgent? Kuang Yusheng? Or Xia Zhongquan?"

Kuang Yusheng was the Division Chief of the Production Management Office, and Xia Zhongquan was the Division Chief of the Technical Office whom Li Xuewu had said he would help make a rotating table in the cafeteria last time.

Hearing Li Xuewu bring up these two major division chiefs, Lv Peizhong was also in a difficult position and said with a bitter face: "It's not..."

"Then it's Deputy Factory Director Nie Chenglin? Or Factory Director Yang Fengshan?"

Li Xuewu squinted his eyes and said: "Today, you name a person, and I'll go find them. You'll be fine."

As he spoke, he took a step toward Lv Peizhong and said: "If you can't name anyone, then don't blame me for not leaving you any face."

Even though Li Xuewu only took that one step forward, Lv Peizhong's pressure rose instantly.

He was just using an excuse; he never imagined Li Xuewu would actually be this serious.

Now, if he were asked to name which leader, let alone whether there really was one, even if there were, he wouldn't dare say it.

Li Xuewu saw that Lv Peizhong was bitter-faced and didn't dare to speak, so he curled his lips and looked at Zhou Dahai, who was standing to the side avoiding his gaze.

"Fine, you won't say it, right?"

As he spoke, he turned around and instructed Han Zhan: "Bring the Inspection Section over. Check everything. If there are any violations, issue a rectification notice immediately and post a seal."

"Yes!"

Han Zhan stood at attention and replied: "Fire safety inspection, post the seal!"

After Li Xuewu finished his instructions, he ignored Lv Peizhong, who still wanted to explain, and lifted his feet to walk out the door.

As he walked, he said: "Bring the Security and Public Order Sections over. Whoever dares to stop you from posting, arrest them immediately. Damn it."

Lv Peizhong still wanted to follow Li Xuewu to continue explaining, but he stopped in his tracks upon hearing this final instruction.

Especially Li Xuewu's final curse, which made the complexions of the people around him change.

Everyone present was an educated person, and even the most ordinary workers were excellent personnel selected from the workshops.

Now, they had a feeling of "scholars meeting soldiers, unable to reason clearly."

What was worse was that this time, they seemed to be in the wrong.

Everyone said Li Xuewu of the Security Office had a big temper, but this was the first time these people had seen Li Xuewu lose his temper.

Not only losing his temper, but also cursing.

This wasn't because Li Xuewu had low character; although he was a bit angry today, Li Xuewu hadn't reached the point of losing his mind.

This curse was meant to show his attitude and was also a hint for Lv Peizhong not to argue with him anymore.

Leaders are never weak-tempered, and they certainly don't play dumb after being fooled.

Li Xuewu would never become the kind of gentle, obedient leader like Mei in the courtyard drama.

That kind of person couldn't be a top leader; that kind of mystification is purely for fooling laymen.

Seeing Li Xuewu leave, Han Zhan didn't care about the expressions of these people; he walked to the workshop telephone and called the Fire Safety Section.

By the time Lv Peizhong and Zhou Dahai reacted, Han Zhan had already hung up the phone and was walking toward the main gate.

"This... Li Kezhang Lv, look at this..."

Zhou Dahai, wearing thick glasses, looked helplessly at Lv Peizhong, not knowing what to say.

Lv Peizhong sighed helplessly at Han Zhan's back and said to Zhou Dahai: "Hurry and report this to Li Kezhang Pu of your Design Section. This matter is troublesome."

As he spoke, he frowned and glanced at the workstation in the corner, then waved his hand and walked quickly out the door.

Actually, there was no need to think; once the Inspection Section came over, they would definitely post the seal.

Because there wasn't a single place in the entire factory that met fire safety and security standards, and at this time, there was no way to talk about meeting standards because nobody cared about it at all.

It was unrealistic to expect them to be prepared now, because Li Xuewu's intention was to come and find trouble.

Li Xuewu came out of the experimental building and instructed Sha Qizhi beside him: "Tell Yu Decai to contact the Finance Division and the Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate the use of the Security Office's experimental and design funds. I want to see where every cent was spent."

"Yes!"

Sha Qizhi was terrified to see Li Xuewu lose his temper for the first time, but he made a record.

Li Xuewu entered the office building area but didn't go upstairs, because it was almost time, and the Security Office's emergency plan drill was about to begin.

Seeing Li Xuewu enter the courtyard, Yu Decai greeted him and, after meeting up, gestured toward some factory leaders standing at the entrance of the main building.

"Factory Director Yang and Deputy Factory Director Li are both here, and Deputy Secretary Gu from the Party Committee has also come."

Li Xuewu had already seen the leaders standing in front, among whom was Gu Weijie.

Seeing Li Xuewu look over, Gu Weijie smiled with great poise.

A weasel wishing a chicken a Happy New Year...

Li Xuewu muttered in his heart, then smiled and walked a few steps quickly, extending his hand to shake Factory Director Yang's first, then Li Huai De's, and finally Gu Weijie's.

Because she was a female leader, Li Xuewu didn't shake firmly, only touching the edge of Gu Weijie's four fingers.

"Thank you, leaders, for coming to guide the Security Office's emergency drill in your busy schedules."

Li Xuewu greeted the three leaders very politely; today was the Security Office's stage, so naturally, he had to know how to behave and speak.

Yang Fengshan looked at Li Xuewu with a smile, then looked toward the Security Building, saying to Li Xuewu: "This emergency drill system has been implemented for a while, right? How is the actual effect? I haven't seen it yet."

Li Huai De, standing to the side, also had a smiling expression. Hearing Yang Fengshan's words, he said to Li Xuewu: "You can't just bury your head in work; you have to lift your head and look around from time to time."

"Yes."

Li Xuewu certainly knew what Li Huai De meant; this wasn't criticism, but rather shielding him.

But these words were somewhat aimed at Yang Fengshan, so Li Xuewu only replied and didn't say anything else.

Gu Weijie looked at the two of them and then said to Li Xuewu: "Just lifting your head to look isn't enough; you also have to know how to shout."

Li Xuewu didn't know why Gu Weijie had come today. Hearing her interject, he looked over there in surprise.

Gu Weijie didn't care about Li Xuewu's gaze, but instead looked at the people from the Propaganda Division and the Broadcasting Station nearby, and said to Li Xuewu: "I think the shouting today is very good."

"Thank you, Deputy Secretary Gu."

Li Xuewu squinted his eyes and smiled, then looked at Xu Sinian, who was standing behind Yang Fengshan, and said: "We are also thinking of sharing the experience explored by the Security Office with brother departments."

"Very good."

Yang Fengshan looked at Li Xuewu and said: "I think your experience is explored well enough; it can be promoted throughout the factory."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Huai De and said: "This is a good thing. Safety has always been a difficult problem in our factory. Having rules and regulations to circle it is better than letting it run wild."

Li Huai De also nodded and said to Li Xuewu: "Since Factory Director Yang says it's okay, then form the emergency plan and the experience of the emergency drill into a report and submit it, and do a good job in the next step of promotion and guidance."

"I think the timing is not yet mature."

Everyone originally thought that with this opportunity in front of him, Li Xuewu would agree readily, but they didn't expect him to refuse.

Yang Fengshan and Li Huai De both looked at Li Xuewu in surprise, not knowing what he meant.

Gu Weijie, however, had a smile on her lips, looking at the drill site with a playful gaze.

Li Xuewu looked at his watch and said to Yu Decai, who had come to ask for instructions: "Proceed according to the established plan for the drill."

"Yes!"

Yu Decai agreed and went to prepare for the drill.

Li Xuewu continued his explanation: "The fact that the Security Office can do the emergency plan and emergency drill well does not mean that brother units can do it well."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, not to mention the other department leaders who had come to visit frowning, even Li Huai De and Yang Fengshan had serious expressions.

They knew Li Xuewu was arrogant, but they didn't expect him to be this arrogant, not putting other departments in his eyes.

Li Xuewu ignored the changes in their expressions, his eyes watching Yu Decai standing at the drill site with a megaphone announcing the start of the drill.

"A policy without supervisory effectiveness is just empty talk."

First, he gave a footnote to his previous words, then pointed to the Security Office cadres and agency personnel who were orderly conducting the earthquake drill and said: "In the Security Office, when I say we must seriously conduct drills and seriously learn disposal methods, they must be attentive. Can other departments do that?"

Hearing Li Xuewu's question, the department heads who had just changed their expressions were all stunned, and then thought of the situation in their own departments and fell into deep thought.

Especially seeing the Security Office personnel conducting orderly drills under the command of the directing group according to groups, they showed thoughtful expressions.

After Li Xuewu finished that sentence, he didn't explain further, because everyone present was management personnel and had their own understanding of this kind of execution.

"If you have any thoughts, you can say them."

Yang Fengshan took a cigarette out of his pocket, gave one to Li Huai De beside him, and threw one to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu took the cigarette, took out a lighter from his pocket, lit Li Huai De's first, and then lit the one Yang Fengshan was holding in his mouth.

Only then did he hold the cigarette Yang Fengshan gave him in his left hand and the lighter in his right.

Li Xuewu didn't rush to light the cigarette, but said: "Improve political standing, establish propaganda orientation, perfect supervisory mechanisms, and establish assessment goals."

After finishing these points, he brought the cigarette to his mouth and lit it with the lighter.

Ignoring the shocked appearance of the surrounding leaders and cadres at his refined and rich opinions, he continued: "Finally, strictly enforce discipline."

Once these words were out, the surrounding cadres all looked at Yang Fengshan and the others standing in the middle.

Li Xuewu's opinions were not meant for them at all; they were completely meant for the three leaders standing in the middle.

Li Huai De didn't express an opinion after hearing Li Xuewu's words, although he was Li Xuewu's direct supervisor.

Gu Weijie, standing to the side, fixed her gaze on the Security Office personnel who were drilling and had no intention of interjecting.

Obviously, these two also didn't want to express any opinions at this time.

Because anyone with a heart could see that Li Xuewu was playing a "dagger revealed at the end of the map" game.

First, invite these leaders to see the effect of the Security Office's emergency plan drill.

Then, hook the leaders into asking about the implementation plan and difficulties; at this time, Li Xuewu could put forward his own opinions.

Looking at it now, is this emergency plan and emergency drill proposed by Li Xuewu useful?

It must be; just looking at the detailed plan and disposal scheme Li Xuewu and the others made shows the excellence of these two systems.

As for the effect, these people are standing right here and have already seen the effect of the Security Office's implementation.

And the Security Office has already implemented it for a long time; these leaders haven't just started paying attention to the Security Office's movements today.

But does Li Xuewu have selfish motives?

Needless to say, as long as work is carried out, there is no way not to include private goods.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes; what kind of "Liaozhai" are they playing?

After this set of combination punches, maybe some people and cadres will really be punished for poor execution.

Today, these leaders agreed; when the lightning strikes their own heads later, will they hide or not?

Don't look at how nice Li Xuewu's words sound—political standing, propaganda orientation—they are all for the assessment goals and discipline enforcement that follow.

If this work is really implemented, it's not something the Security Office alone can implement.

This involves the Party Committee, Propaganda Department, Security Office, Office, Discipline Inspection Commission, and other departments.

Yang Fengshan was not surprised that Li Xuewu could say so many points, because this was not a job the Security Office could do alone.

If Li Xuewu had really agreed readily, he would have felt Li Xuewu was unreliable.

But hearing Li Xuewu's perfect action plan, Yang Fengshan also saw that Li Xuewu had a big goal.

He didn't rush to reply to Li Xuewu, but looked at the drill site in progress.

Li Xuewu also knew that after saying these words, the leaders wouldn't reply to him immediately.

So he was smoking leisurely, watching his department's performance.

Xu Sinian stood behind Yang Fengshan and naturally saw the changes in their expressions.

Especially when Factory Director Yang was distributing cigarettes to Li Huai De and Li Xuewu, the expressions of the surrounding leaders and cadres changed significantly.

From this action, one could see the Factory Director's valuation of Li Xuewu, and also the meaning the Factory Director was expressing.

Gu Weijie had been watching the drill site, and only when it became quiet here did she look at Li Xuewu again.

This young man's excellence was truly beyond her expectations, and her previous impression of Li Xuewu was overturned once again.

Being valued by leaders is a kind of ability; being able to hide one's thoughts in work and reasonably express them is another kind of ability.

What Gu Weijie appreciated even more was this young man's composure and generosity, as well as his steady and talented way of speaking.

This kind of highly summarized language is not something an ordinary cadre can say. If Li Xuewu weren't the Deputy Division Chief of the Security Office, Gu Weijie would really want to transfer Li Xuewu to her side to be her secretary.

Such a young man is too spiritual and too rare.

Li Xuewu came prepared today, so naturally, he wouldn't let these leaders down.

The earthquake disaster emergency plan drill ended under the judgment of the directing group.

In front of the leaders, Yu Decai took the judgment results given by the directing group and commented on each participating group one by one.

When hearing data such as casualties, property losses, and rescue time, everyone present knew that the Security Office's drill was not a game.

Especially when hearing the final summary, the number of deaths in this earthquake in the Security Office made the leaders standing in front change color.

If such a well-trained department would have such heavy casualties, what about their own departments?

What about the personnel in their own departments? What about themselves?

If they encountered this kind of natural disaster, could they still survive?

What surprised these leaders and cadres was not only this death toll, but also the Security Office's preventive measures and survival numbers.

The number of people who survived due to proper prevention and later rescue made these people feel pressure.

After Yu Decai finished reporting, Yang Fengshan scanned the people present, sighed, and said: "Fortunately, this earthquake didn't happen."

When saying this, he glanced toward the workshop, and the people around didn't need to be reminded; they all followed the leader's line of sight and glanced toward the workshop.

Yang Fengshan's meaning was self-evident: what if an earthquake happened in the workshop?

"Factory Director Yang, I think it is necessary to promote this safety system throughout the factory."

Gu Weijie frowned, looked at the participating personnel who were evacuating, and suggested to Yang Fengshan: "Even with the difficult promotion conditions proposed by Deputy Division Chief Li, I still suggest promoting this plan."

"Yes."

Li Huai De, standing to the side, also frowned and said: "In the face of casualties, any difficulty is an excuse."

Li Xuewu didn't speak at this time, but stood to the side respectfully, waiting for Yang Fengshan's decision.

Yu Decai was the general commander of the directing group; after reporting, he stood to the side.

Seeing the scene fall into silence, he raised his hand to check his watch and gestured to Sha Qizhi.

Sha Qizhi checked his watch, quietly retreated, and walked toward the entrance.

Passing by Yu Decai, he tore a page from his notebook and stuffed it into Yu Decai's hand.

Yu Decai naturally tucked that page into his folder without rushing to look at it.

If Sha Qizhi had an urgent matter, he would definitely have come over to report in a low voice; this should be something Li Xuewu had instructed that needed to be handled in the morning.

Yang Fengshan withdrew his gaze from the workshop, turned to look at Li Xuewu, and said: "Submit the plan first, then write an experience summary. Work on this quickly; we will discuss it at the meeting as soon as possible."

A plan that can be discussed at a meeting is a plan that can enter the leaders' field of vision, and it's only a few steps away from implementation.

Li Xuewu nodded to indicate receipt, then said: "I will submit this material today."

"Hmm."

Yang Fengshan looked toward the workshop again, then reached out and patted Li Xuewu's arm, saying: "Being able to put safety work first, being able to put the lives of comrades first..."

By the end, the hand patting Li Xuewu's arm turned into a grip.

Yang Fengshan gripped Li Xuewu's arm with slight force and said with emotion: "Young cadres have achievements. You are the vanguard of our factory's young cadres and the flag-bearer of the Youth Assault Team!"

This evaluation could be said to be the highest evaluation for a young cadre, and the people around also heard the meaning in the Factory Director's words.

Xu Sinian looked at his good brother; it seemed Li Xuewu's medal this year was inevitable, but...

Li Xuewu saluted Yang Fengshan calmly and replied: "It is my duty; I dare not be slack."

To outsiders, this meant Li Xuewu had caught the Factory Director's eye and had been promoted.

If it were before, Li Xuewu might have been happy, might have felt these words were praising him.

But now, even Xu Sinian could see that this was not a good time, or rather, not a suitable occasion, to give Li Xuewu such a high evaluation.

Although he knew the leader had other thoughts, Li Xuewu still accepted these words.

Gu Weijie, with her hands in her wool coat pockets, looked over here with a smile, looking like she was watching the fun.

Yu Decai, who had finished the finishing work, stood behind Li Xuewu and also heard the leader's words just now.

He looked deeply at Li Xuewu's back, and then began to prepare for the summary of materials in his heart.

Li Xuewu's current level no longer needed this praise, nor did he need this kind of evaluation from factory leaders, and even less did he need to be evaluated on such an occasion.

Why Yang Fengshan did this today, Yu Decai didn't want to guess, nor did he want to ask, because the sky wouldn't fall.

Li Xuewu is now the sky of the Security Office; to this day, no one dares to move Li Xuewu's position casually.

It's not just the interests Li Xuewu connects to above, but also the support below.

The cadres of the Security Office system represented by Li Xuewu have begun to master the important departments of the entire office and are slowly extending their tentacles outward.

Now, if Li Xuewu is moved, the cadres of the Security Office system won't allow it.

"Division Chief, the time for the Enamel Factory is almost up."

Seeing the Security Office's command vehicle drive over, Yu Decai walked to Li Xuewu's side and reminded him in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft.

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Yu Decai, then said to Yang Fengshan and the others: "Sorry, leaders, I have an activity this morning; it's a task from the branch bureau."

"Go."

Yang Fengshan nodded; he also saw Li Xuewu's clerk had jumped off the car and was waiting at the door, so he signaled Li Xuewu to go get busy.

Li Huai De looked at Yang Fengshan, then said to Li Xuewu: "If you have something to do, go get busy; we're going up too."

"Yes."

Li Xuewu nodded to the leaders and then turned and got into the command vehicle that had driven over cleanly and neatly.

This time Li Xuewu didn't refuse the door opened by Sha Qizhi, and Sha Qizhi also cleanly helped Li Xuewu close the door, jumped into the passenger seat, and told the driver to depart.

Han Jiankun's foot had never left the accelerator; as soon as Sha Qizhi finished speaking, the command vehicle turned smoothly and drove out.

At this moment, Yang Fengshan and other factory leaders at the building entrance had already turned to walk upstairs, and only the gazes of some department heads remained on Li Xuewu's car.

After the rear of the car disappeared at the main gate, these people also glanced at the people beside them and followed the leaders upstairs.

At this moment, everyone was thinking of a sentence in their hearts: "It's cold at the top."

And Li Xuewu sat in the car, watching the Steel Mill's main gate flash past the window; he had once stood here watching the Factory Director's brother-in-law show off his power to him.

At this moment, what Li Xuewu was thinking about was not "it's cold at the top," but "birds don't fly in the lowlands."

"Division Chief, I have already conveyed your request to Director Yu."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu withdrew his gaze from the window and said to Sha Qizhi, who had turned his head: "We're going to the branch bureau for lunch today; I'll take you to taste the craftsmanship of a non-mainstream chef."

Hearing Li Xuewu's joke, Sha Qizhi laughed: "I'm okay; I'm not picky about food."

"Then you're in luck."

Li Xuewu also said with a smile: "The branch bureau's cook makes dishes with very unique characteristics. Heh."

Sensing Li Xuewu was in a good mood, Sha Qizhi looked at Han Jiankun, who didn't have a smile on his face, turned his head, and said to Li Xuewu: "I asked Li Kezhang Han for the roster just now and looked at it."

After finishing this sentence, he looked at Li Xuewu's expression and continued: "Our factory's recruitment this time is quite popular; there are even people from Shijingshan coming to join."

"Is that so?"

Li Xuewu nodded upon hearing Sha Qizhi's words and didn't say anything else.

Sha Qizhi turned around after hearing Li Xuewu's words, changed the subject, and said: "Yesterday, Director Yu said he wanted to report to you about the office system; he has already prepared on his side."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Keep it in mind; we might be back late this afternoon. Remind Director Yu to come find me."

"Okay, Division Chief."

Sha Qizhi reported the work of the factory and the office to Li Xuewu while checking the itinerary with Li Xuewu.

Just after Li Xuewu's car left the main gate, the experimental building of the Steel Mill was in chaos.

Although Zhou Dahai had been prepared, Lv Peizhong reported Li Xuewu's visit to the Design Li Kezhang, Pu Liping, after finishing.

But before Pu Liping could react, the phone downstairs rang.

The Inspection Section of the Fire Safety Section had arrived.

This sentence was reported level by level after Pu Liping watched the Inspection Section post the seal.

And every leader who received the news was confused, listening and asking.

Is this Inspection Section going crazy?

What is this Fire Safety Section doing?

What is this Security Office trying to do!

Leaders at different levels have different powers, and their attitudes toward this matter are also different.

Section-level leaders asked about the Inspection Section at the section level, and when it reached Deputy Factory Director Nie, he asked about the Security Office.

Nie Chenglin knew that the Security Office was going to conduct an emergency drill today. He didn't manage the Security Office and had no involvement in this business, so he didn't go down.

But he didn't expect that he could be linked to Li Xuewu while sitting in the office.

The drill noise downstairs had disappeared, and just when Nie Chenglin thought the excitement was over, he received a call from Technical Office Division Chief Xia Zhongquan.

Xia Zhongquan's first sentence was that the Fire Safety Section's Inspection Section had gone to the experimental building to post a seal.

Nie Chenglin frowned while listening to Xia Zhongquan's call, not knowing why Old Xia from the Design Office had suddenly said such a thing.

But then Xia Zhongquan's report made Nie Chenglin's frown lock into a knot.

The Inspection Section had come, the rectification notice had been issued, and the seal had been posted.

The most ruthless thing was that the Security Office had issued a notice: whoever dared to tear off this seal would be detained.

Nie Chenglin didn't believe the Security Office was looking for trouble for no reason, nor did he believe Li Xuewu would be arrogant enough to obstruct the Design Office's work.

So he directly asked the key question: who provoked him.

Xia Zhongquan didn't need to guess to know that Deputy Factory Director Nie was asking about Li Xuewu of the Security Office.

But how could Xia Zhongquan explain? Say his own office had made a mistake?

Nie Chenglin also heard Xia Zhongquan's hesitation on the phone, so he directly told Xia Zhongquan to come to his office to talk.

Xia Zhongquan was a management cadre promoted from a technical position and understood management and communication better than ordinary technical personnel.

The technical personnel who misappropriated the Security Office's project weren't something the Technical Office could decide on its own; there was also the Production Management Office urging the Technical Office to work.

So after arriving at Deputy Factory Director Nie's office, Xia Zhongquan also began to pour out his grievances.

Although he was from a technical background, he knew how to say pretty words.

In Deputy Factory Director Nie's office, he didn't say a single bad word about Li Xuewu, but he didn't mention his own office's mistakes either, only talking about the pressure given by the Production Management Office and the current situation of his office lacking people.

Deputy Factory Director Nie also frowned while listening to Xia Zhongquan's report.

This matter was indeed his business, because he currently managed two offices: one was the Design Office, and the other was the Production Management Office.

Now Xia Zhongquan said this matter was the pressure of the task given by the Production Management Office, which meant that drawing people was the responsibility of the Production Management Office.

How could Nie Chenglin say that, because the pressure on the Production Management Office was given by him.

If it were another department, they would have endured this situation; after all, production tasks are the primary tasks of the Steel Mill, and any project must give way to production.

But saying is saying, but when it falls on paper and becomes serious, who dares to say which project is not important?

If it's not important, why do you approve and launch it?

This involves not only design and production issues, but also financial budget review and approval matters.

After a project is issued, it needs to be budgeted by the Finance Division, but this budget requires reviewing the project's plan, which takes time.

Furthermore, even if the review is passed, the allocation and approval also take time.

But the leaders above don't look at this; as long as the project is issued, from that day on, it must be counted as the start time.

Therefore, the Production Management Office, Design Office, and Finance Division have always implemented a budget misappropriation system.

That is to say, the Design Office accepts a project, then starts applying for project funds, but they can't just wait, so they can only misappropriate funds from previous projects.

Of course, there won't be any corruption; the funds for this project will be replenished to the previously borrowed projects after they arrive.

But this kind of operation can be said within the three departments, but it is a violation to say it outside.

This is also why Li Xuewu gave Sha Qizhi such a task after walking out of the experimental building's main gate.

Because the Security Office is also doing this; he is familiar with this work!

No need to look far; the fire equipment project currently underway is the equipment and training funds previously allocated by Huaqing University that the Security Office borrowed.

After this money was entered into the account, the budget plan was made under the name of training ground investment and training development; now using it for fire safety construction is misappropriation.

Of course, Li Xuewu knows this, and Dong Wenxue knows this; the two of them are in charge of the Security Office, so no one dares to manage it, and no one will manage it.

But since you have done this, you still dare to investigate others?

Li Xuewu dares, because the fire equipment research project is a cross-departmental fund allocation; it is budget funds transferred from the Security Office to the Design Office and Production Management Office.

In Li Xuewu's current meaning, these guys in the Design Office look honest on the surface, but they actually have a belly full of bad water. Now I want to check the accounts, hurry up and get my money back; I'm not working for you anymore!

It would be fine if the money were still in the Finance Division's account, but now it has long since reached the accounts of the Design Office and Production Management Office.

According to the "rolling wheel" method of using money, the money at this time has already begun to be moved to subsequent projects; where can they find money to pay Li Xuewu back?

They are anxious, really anxious; the Division Chief of the Production Management Office went upstairs directly to find Deputy Factory Director Nie.

Deputy Factory Director Nie was just about to find the Production Management Office to ask about the situation when he saw Kuang Yusheng knock on the door and enter.

"I was just looking for you."

Nie Chenglin pointed to the opposite side of the office desk and signaled Kuang Yusheng to come over and sit, while saying: "Tell me, what's going on with the Security Office's fire equipment project?"

Kuang Yusheng had no mood to sit now; as soon as he entered the room, he was anxious and slapped his thigh.

"Oh, Deputy Factory Director Nie, you're still talking about the project; my accounts over there have been sealed by the Discipline Inspection Commission."

"What?"

Nie Chenglin was also stunned, looking at Kuang Yusheng, who had a bitter face, and asked: "What accounts are sealed? Why did the Discipline Inspection Commission seal your accounts?"

Kuang Yusheng saw Xia Zhongquan sitting to the side and knew that the matter must have been poked here, so he simply let go and said it.

"Isn't it because of the Security Office!"

Knowing that he couldn't get away without explaining clearly, Kuang Yusheng didn't bother to sit and stood in front of Nie Chenglin's office desk and reported: "The Security Office submitted a coordination letter to the Discipline Inspection Commission, requesting to check the accounts, to check the use of funds allocated by the Security Office to the Design Office and our office for the fire equipment project."

Nie Chenglin understood when he heard this; it turned out the Security Office had turned against them and poked it to the Discipline Inspection Commission.

"Who went?"

"Meng Niansheng from the Second Section of the Discipline Inspection Commission."

Seeing Deputy Factory Director Nie ask, Kuang Yusheng said the name of the person leading the team to seal the accounts, and finally added: "I heard that the Li Kezhang of the Comprehensive Section of the Security Office also found the Finance Division; it looks like they want the Finance Division to assist."

Nie Chenglin frowned and looked at Kuang Yusheng, asking: "How did you make things so troublesome?"

"I never imagined it; our factory's project arrangements and fund arrangements have always been like this!"

Kuang Yusheng said very aggrievedly, then complained: "Why is the Security Office so special? Why is Li Xuewu so special?"

"Always what?"

Nie Chenglin frowned and looked at the complaining Kuang Yusheng, asking: "Have you always been operating in violation of regulations like this?"

"I..."

Kuang Yusheng still wanted to say something, but now he saw Deputy Factory Director Nie's meaning; it would be meaningless to continue talking.

Nie Chenglin frowned and looked at Xia Zhongquan sitting to the side, then looked at the unconvinced Kuang Yusheng.

"What does the Discipline Inspection Commission mean?"

This sentence hit the point; now, not to mention the seal of the Security Office's Inspection Section, why did the Discipline Inspection Commission get involved?

"Factory Director."

Kuang Yusheng glanced at the office door, then leaned forward and said to Nie Chenglin: "It doesn't seem right; the Discipline Inspection Commission's action is too fast. Is it the new Xue..."

"Enough!"

Nie Chenglin interrupted his words when he heard Kuang Yusheng say this; this kind of thing only has "is" and "is not," there is no "seems," and there is no need to say it out loud.

This period is the time for the leaders of the Steel Mill to grind with each other, and the new ones are all looking for opportunities to integrate into the Steel Mill's work order.

Misappropriating project personnel is not a big deal, and misappropriating project funds is not a big deal, because behind closed doors, everyone is one family.

What Nie Chenglin wants to figure out is Li Xuewu's purpose.

Why would he let the Inspection Section come to seal the experimental building, why coordinate with the Finance Division and the Discipline Inspection Commission to check the project accounts.

Nie Chenglin now manages two departments, but one is sealed and the other is investigated.

Is there some action Li Xuewu is playing behind this matter? ===== CHAPTER 386 =====