Chapter 453

After finishing this, they followed Li Xuewu's suggestion and dismantled the house.

There was nothing in the house—extremely poor—two cabinets and a bed; several people helped and cleared everything out.

They didn't need to worry about the cold now; Li Xuewu signaled Lao Biaozi and the others to open the windows and clean up the dust in the house.

The cool wind of early morning was truly cold; Li Xuewu stood in the courtyard and couldn't help but shiver, taking a drag of his cigarette to ease it.

Once the house was cleaned, Li Xuewu pulled the tattered quilt of Shen Guodong from the cabinet, spread it on one side of the funeral bed, and told Shen Guodong, who was already wearing mourning clothes, to kneel.

Lao Biaozi found Shen Guodong's mattress and spread it at the door for the people kneeling to pay respects.

Once everything was ready, Shen Guodong burned the first batch of paper in the mud basin, and then they didn't use him anymore.

Arranged by Grandfather and Second Grandfather, Li Shun led the way, Li Xuewu and the other men followed, knelt at the door, performed the kowtow ceremony, and each burned a batch of paper.

Then came the group of women who had rushed over; Liu Yin and Xiao Yan's mother led, Yu Li, Yu Shui, and others bowed and kowtowed.

Unlike the men's kowtow ceremony, the women's kowtow ceremony was different—similar to the Qing Dynasty, but different.

Actually, there are many sayings about funeral etiquette in Si Jiu City, but now they aren't allowed to be held or used.

Li Xuewu was also afraid of future trouble, so he followed Shen Guodong's suggestion and kept everything simple.

But even a simple one had to have a process, like "head-turning"—moving from the bed to the bench, meaning you can't carry the body away from the kang or bed.

For example, if there are no elders above the old person, they can stay in this room; otherwise, they must stay in the side room.

Of course, this Old Lady Shen had no one above her, and there was only this one room, so she could only stay here.

The rest—receiving the third day, sending to the treasury, becoming the master—weren't allowed at this time, so they could only be omitted.

Li Xuewu and the others got up and were arranged by Second Grandfather to go back.

It was already bright; everything that needed to be done was done, so they just let Shen Guodong kneel here.

This morning, according to custom, if anyone came to pay respects, they would kowtow in return; if not, they would burn paper and cry at the scheduled time.

Today, Wen Saner arranged for people to take turns helping here, and the rest went to do what they had to do.

Everything looked tidy now; the recycling station should operate as usual, and those who should go to work went to work.

After they finished work tonight, they would have to come back to keep vigil, and then it would be the funeral procession tomorrow morning.

Because everyone hadn't eaten breakfast yet, they had to go back and eat breakfast before going to work.

Li Xuewu accompanied his father, mother, and grandfather, and led Sha Zhu, Yu Shui, and the others back.

On the way, they inevitably sighed and greeted the neighbors they met.

If anyone asked, they explained that Old Lady Shen had passed away.

The person who heard it had to think for a while before knowing who Old Lady Shen was.

It wasn't the neighbors' fault for not remembering; the old lady hadn't been willing to leave the house for a long time. Seeing Li Xuewu's big family with so many people, no one could think of it for a moment.

Even those living close by, in the same courtyard as the Shen family, went out as usual and did what they had to do; no one went to offer condolences.

This was the way of the world at this time; human relationships were as thin as paper.

After returning home, everyone chatted in the room for a while, and breakfast was ready.

Li Xuewu and the others who had to work left after eating; Lao Biaozi had to bring some to the Shen family after eating.

As usual, Sha Qizhi arrived at the courtyard on time, took Li Xuewu's briefcase, and got into the car with Li Xuewu.

"Division Chief, the personnel for the training ground set off by car yesterday morning."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded; he had gotten up early, and his head was a bit heavy.

He responded to Sha Qizhi's words and then asked, "Did the arrangements go smoothly?"

"Smoothly."

Sha Qizhi responded, "They were arranged to sleep the night before last, and Director Yu only went home then."

"Hmm."

The support and rescue mission was an emergency task—to save people, but they couldn't stay in the city to build houses for workers and handle follow-up matters; that would be putting the cart before the horse.

These people were about to become the grassroots backbone of the Security Division; they were good steel, so of course, they had to be used on the cutting edge.

As for the follow-up on the workers' housing issue, he had already stated his position to Gu Weijie.

However, he wouldn't write what he said yesterday into a report or opinion, because he had already reported this line of thinking to Gu Weijie, so it counted as Gu Weijie's.

Whether to do it, how to do it, and how far to take it—all of that was for Gu Weijie to think about.

On the way, Sha Qizhi reported the day's work arrangements, and Li Xuewu listened with his eyes closed.

With the swaying of the car, Sha Qizhi didn't know if Li Xuewu had fallen asleep or if he had heard what he said.

However, when they arrived downstairs at the Security Building, Li Xuewu rubbed his face and got out of the car with spirit.

Looking at the rising sun, a busy day began.

As soon as he sat at his desk, Li Xuewu learned of Li Huai De's movements.

He had left even earlier than the people from the Red Star Training Ground yesterday morning, leading the motor transport team south, heading straight for Xingcheng.

These support efforts were all divided by area; you had to report what you brought and how many people you brought.

The higher-ups would give you the accurate support address and direction based on the needs, and you would just take your supplies and personnel and go directly there.

In addition to the corn flour exchanged for beef and mutton, the steel mill's support this time included tools produced by the tool factory and cotton clothes and quilts produced by the clothing factory.

Furthermore, support personnel selected from the factory organs, Party Committee, branches, workshops, hospitals, and other departments, based on the principle of voluntary participation and unified deployment, were also led by Li Huai De and went to support the disaster area along with the supplies.

Li Xuewu looked at the briefing sent back by Li Huai De's team from the disaster area; it was truly shocking.

How many steel mill workers had been injured or killed?

He finished reading the report in his hand with a frown and said to Yu De Cai, "Organize the publicity work regarding the earthquake situation. Afterward, all personnel of the Security Division will donate money voluntarily."

As he spoke, he took fifty yuan from his pocket, placed it on the desk, and pushed it over.

"All donations will be used to purchase urgently needed supplies in the name of the Security Division and handed over to the Dispatch Division to be sent to the disaster area together."

"Yes!"

Yu De Cai responded, took a pen to record Li Xuewu's name and donation amount in his notebook, and then left with the money on the table.

At this time, salaries weren't paid in full.

Yes, what you got in your hand was 27.5 yuan or 32.5 yuan, but there were government bonds and other task-based apportionments at this time.

They said it was voluntary purchase, but every unit had task indicators; if you couldn't complete them, everyone had to buy them.

Those with high salaries bought more, those with low salaries bought less, and some factories that operated poorly later even issued factory bonds.

Anyway, it was very magical at this time; Li Xuewu didn't understand much, and just followed the crowd.

However, he knew that the salaries of the cadres and frontline personnel of the Security Division were all tight.

This donation wasn't the only one this year, and not everyone was like him, living their lives by calculation.

But when donating, he also considered these cadres, not setting his own donation amount too high, so that the people below would have some leeway.

But this donation had to be done—not for his own reputation and future, but for the reputation and future of everyone in the Security Division.

At all times, the reputation of the Security Division needed to be built constantly; otherwise, it would be easy to have problems.

Furthermore, the cadres of the Security Division had limitations; they were generally promoted internally and wouldn't be transferred easily.

Situations like Xu Ning's were very special and could be said to be rare.

After all, not every Security Division Chief could hold a deputy section-level unit and change people at will.

If the reputation was good and the ability was strong, even if there was no position to be promoted to in the Security Division, they could be transferred to other departments.

Just as Yu De Cai went out, the Design Division's phone rang.

Nothing else, the sample vehicles for the patrol car, armed patrol car, and command car were out.

What is subjective initiative, what is enthusiasm? This is what the hell is enthusiasm!

They hadn't worked this fast when he scolded them earlier!

Li Xuewu hung up the phone, stood up, signaled Sha Qizhi to follow him, and decided to handle the vehicle matter first.

He had a lot of work now; he would finish one thing at a time.

After going downstairs, Li Xuewu took a shortcut with Sha Qizhi to the experimental building near the office area.

Xia Zhongquan and Zhou Dahai were already waiting there, along with Han Zhan and others who had come to receive the equipment.

They were here today to receive the two fire trucks Li Xuewu had tested last week.

In a while, these two vehicles would be sent to the Red Star Training Ground to carry out fire brigade training at the fire training ground.

However, Han Zhan's eyes weren't fixed on his cars right now, but on the three newly baked sample vehicles.

"Division Chief Li, take a look."

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the experimental building, he was pulled over by Xia Zhongquan, who pointed to the three sample vehicles parked at the workstation and said, "Take a look, is this the effect you wanted?"

Li Xuewu didn't take the bait; he walked forward and looked at them one by one.

Han Zhan, who had been eyeing them for a while, followed behind Li Xuewu and asked with a grin, "Division Chief, are these configured for our fire brigade?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Han Zhan and asked, "Did you drink this morning?"

"No."

Han Zhan looked at Li Xuewu and smiled, "I just saw that the cars were all together, so I asked."

"Are you good-looking?"

Hearing the Division Chief ask such an irrelevant question, Han Zhan smiled and said, "What does that have to do with my looks? Can't I drive this car if I'm ugly?"

"That's not it."

Li Xuewu said while looking at the cars, "I'm saying you, you're not beautiful but you're thinking beautifully."

"Hahahaha~"

The designers and technical workers who followed laughed lightly at the two joking around.

Li Xuewu glanced at Han Zhan and chased this shameless person away.

"Go do what you have to do!"

"Hey!"

Han Zhan knew there was no share for him; the Division Chief was here, so he couldn't waste time here, waved his hand to tell the fire brigade people to get in the cars, and drove his two fire trucks away.

This experimental workshop was enclosed, and the noise of those two cars was quite something.

It seemed like that rascal Han Zhan, knowing the cars weren't his, had stepped on the gas on purpose.

Li Xuewu frowned and knocked on the hood of the Willys with his fist.

"Bang bang~"

Don't overthink it; no parts fell off this time, it was just a vibrating sound.

"The materials are okay!"

"That's right!"

Seeing Li Xuewu's praise, Zhou Dahai walked forward and opened the hood, revealing the engine inside.

"See that? The damaged ones were all replaced with new ones, and the old ones were all cleaned again."

"It's really clean!"

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at the neat and clean engine compartment; it was clear they had put their hearts into it.

The engine was brand new, although you could see the mottled marks of time, it looked good.

"I just don't know how it will be when it starts."

"Do you want to try it?"

Zhou Dahai looked at Li Xuewu very confidently and teased.

Li Xuewu smiled and shook his head; he never liked doing this kind of work that had no challenge.

After looking at the outside, he looked at the inside.

The seats were refurbished, and those that couldn't be used were all re-fitted.

"See these seats?"

Zhou Dahai said proudly, "Made by our labor protection factory, canvas surface, extremely sturdy."

"You put your heart into it."

Li Xuewu praised, looked at the structure of the car; the smell of the new paint could still be smelled, but it was usable.

The relevant accessories were all re-equipped, such as weapon racks, engineering shovels, protective steel nets, sunshades, etc.

He took down the walkie-talkie and tried to call the communications class; it really could be connected.

"We've already tested it, hehe."

Xia Zhongquan walked over and introduced, "What you see now is actually just cleaned up; it was made yesterday, and we've already driven it several laps."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Regardless of whether this was a mule or a horse, being able to run meant his idea was good.

"Let me see again."

Li Xuewu turned around and kicked the armed patrol car.

"Clang!"

He had just been talking and laughing with Xia Zhongquan and the others, but suddenly turned around and kicked it, which gave these people a fright.

Only when they saw Li Xuewu go to touch the footprints on the bulletproof glass of the armored car did these people understand that the Deputy Division Chief was testing the strength of the bulletproof glass.

"Can you say something before you move?"

Xia Zhongquan covered his heart and looked at Li Xuewu, blaming him, "We haven't slept for two days and two nights; you almost scared two of us to death!"

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu smiled, took out his pistol from his bosom, and was about to test the armored bulletproof capability.

"Wait!"

Xia Zhongquan pointed at Li Xuewu and shouted, "Don't play with your life; go outside to test it, this is a workshop."

"Just kidding!"

Li Xuewu put the gun back, smiled, and looked at the armed patrol car.

"The Security Division briefing this morning already said that your Design Division applied for a batch of bullets for testing."

"Stop kidding me, just kill me."

Xia Zhongquan walked over, pointed to several pits on the car door, and said, "See that? Type 56."

"Not bad!"

Li Xuewu opened the car door and looked; it wasn't very heavy.

"You don't even look at what kind of steel was used!"

Xia Zhongquan said very proudly, "Do you know what was transported to the border?"

"Say what you want to say, don't take me with you if you want to die!"

Li Xuewu slammed the car door and listened to the sound; it was really solid.

Xia Zhongquan smiled and said, "It's not as serious as you think, but the protective steel plate for the key parts of this car does use the latest design material."

"Remember to write this in the sample vehicle report."

Li Xuewu pointed at Xia Zhongquan and said, "Just because of this, the price of this car must be increased by a thousand yuan."

"What!"

Xia Zhongquan stared with wide eyes and looked at Li Xuewu, "This steel is produced by our own steel mill, the whole car doesn't..."

"Who knows?"

Li Xuewu looked at Xia Zhongquan and smiled, "If they have the ability, let them produce it themselves. It's our own unique product, so we increase the price!"

"You were born in the wrong era."

Xia Zhongquan sighed, "With this kind of spirit, you would have made a fortune long ago!"

"Don't be ungrateful!"

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at the environment inside the car, and said, "I'm doing this for the good of our two departments. Who am I doing this for? Serving the people!"

Ignoring the laughter of the surrounding design and technical personnel, Li Xuewu got into the car to test it.

It had to be said, there was basically no comfort, but everything else was there.

The roof was cut with a circular opening similar to a tank roof; you could climb out of the roof by stepping on the climbing rack in the car.

Now, in front of Li Xuewu was the weapon rack, and the field of vision was quite open; this would be quite useful when carrying out missions.

He closed the cabin door and got down, then checked the weapon racks, equipment racks, and other equipment configured in the car.

He also tested the shooting holes and observation holes.

It had to be said that the Design Division was more professional than the maintenance workshop.

If you put this observation hole in the hands of old Zhang in maintenance, he would just punch a hole and call it a day.

But look at the Design Division—have you ever seen 6cm-thick bulletproof glass?

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Xia Zhongquan, who was standing under the car, and asked, "Where did you get this?"

"Our factory has undertaken too many modification design tasks; the warehouse has many samples."

Xia Zhongquan stepped on the tire, looked at Li Xuewu, and smiled, "Your words the other day really woke me up. I was really holding a golden doll and crying poor."

"Be careful!"

Li Xuewu pointed at Xia Zhongquan and said, "Don't sell everything; we are turning waste into treasure, not 'selling the box and discarding the pearls.' Don't involve any secrets!"

"Where would there be so many secrets!"

Xia Zhongquan squinted at Li Xuewu and said, "This Design Division has been here for almost a lifetime, and you still talk about secrets!"

"Hehehe, you can't blame me for that!"

Li Xuewu knew what the Division Chief Xia meant, jumped off the car, and said, "He jumped into my hands himself. If he hadn't shown off with that broken fishing rod and broken line organizer, could I have discovered him?"

"..."

Xia Zhongquan looked at Li Xuewu, stunned, and said unhappily, "I, Old Xia, am upright and honest; I'm not afraid of you investigating!"

"Hehe, you're overthinking it; I wasn't talking about you!"

Li Xuewu smiled, patted Xia Zhongquan's arm, and scolded him, "You're just thinking blindly."

Xia Zhongquan curled his lips, knowing that this "Tiger of the Security Division" was a smiling tiger; if he listened to him right now, he wouldn't even be able to put on his pants if he died.

Li Xuewu looked at the appearance of the armed patrol car; it was already unrecognizable from its original state.

It was basically the same as what he had "designed."

He didn't know anything about design; he had completely dug it out of his memory.

"Let's call it Grassland Tiger."

Li Xuewu pointed to the armed patrol car and said, "Let's call it that."

After finishing, he pointed to the Willys, which was more than one size smaller, and said, "This one will be called Antelope."

"Quite vivid."

Xia Zhongquan smiled and said, "What about that command car?"

"The command car, well..."

Li Xuewu checked the devices and configuration of the command car and said, "Let's call it Signal Light."

"Hehe."

A group of Design Division personnel stood under the car, looking at Li Xuewu checking the vehicles, chatting about these code names.

Li Xuewu had carefully checked the configuration and application facilities of the three cars; these were for use and sale, so he couldn't be careless.

"Done."

Li Xuewu jumped off the car and said to Xia Zhongquan and the others, "Let's settle on this design plan."

He closed the car door casually, turned to look at the group who had let out a sigh of relief, and asked, "Have you seen the old cars pulled back by the Security Division?"

Xia Zhongquan, Zhou Dahai, and the others looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"Didn't you say thirty cars?"

Zhou Dahai shook his arms and said, "My body can't take this kind of staying up late anymore."

Xia Zhongquan also said, "If we follow this speed, our Design Division won't be able to do anything else; we'll all be lying down in three days."

"You decide the progress."

Li Xuewu didn't dare to smoke in the design experimental building; who knew where there might be gasoline or something.

He had a cigarette in his mouth to satisfy his craving and said to Xia Zhongquan, "Those cars are parked in the parking lot. Whenever you finish tidying them up, you'll have money."

"Those aren't cars parked in the parking lot!"

"!"

Zhou Dahai looked at Li Xuewu helplessly and said, "Those are whips, whips urging us on. You're even more ruthless than a capitalist!"

"Hahahaha."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "That depends on how you think about it. You can't earn much money from a capitalist, but this is for yourselves."

After finishing, he called Sha Qizhi to call someone to drive these three cars away.

Like the fire trucks, they would be sent to the mountain later to be used as training props.

Watching Li Xuewu leave with people, Xia Zhongquan frowned and thought for a while, knowing he couldn't eat this piece of meat alone and had to find outside help.

He couldn't find anyone else; the Design Division had few people, but the Production Management Division had many, and the maintenance workshop had many.

He didn't need to do what Li Xuewu said, like splitting it in half; the Design Division had already made the samples and plans, so they could just hand them over to the workers to operate.

Now it was a planned production economy; as long as the planned tasks were completed, the workers would just rest.

If they could utilize this part of the manpower, a hundred cars wouldn't be a problem.

Li Xuewu returned to the Security Building and continued his document approval work.

Monday was just this kind of work. When he saw the organizational construction document for the Inspection Section and Inspection Team, he directly approved: "Please have Secretary Weijie of the Party Committee approve."

Li Xuewu wanted to release a clear signal so that Gu Weijie could do the work; otherwise, if she arranged the organizational structure there, she would encounter resistance, and the Personnel Division would also drag their feet for her.

By throwing away the Inspection Section, Li Xuewu could save a lot of work and avoid offending many people.

It was appropriate for those inspection personnel in Dihua to be managed by the Party Committee anyway. In any case, the impression of valuing safety had already been recognized by everyone, so let Gu Weijie wipe the butt.

He knew how to make others willingly wipe his butt after he caused trouble.

As for the Inspection Team to be built later, that was an even more offensive job. His popularity was already not very good, so he shouldn't make things worse.

After approving the work of the Inspection Section, Li Xuewu combed through the existing four sections again.

Including the work delayed earlier, he used personnel micro-adjustments, rewards and punishments, organizational talks, and other means to make necessary adjustments.

This didn't include the Guard Team that had already been adjusted and the newly established Training Section.

He called the four section chiefs at home one by one, connected with the subsequent work, and called Wei Tong at the training ground. It was already past ten, almost eleven.

Just as he was busy, the factory office document came down, which included the discussion opinion draft on improving workers' living environment that Gu Weijie had told him about yesterday.

Li Xuewu glanced at it casually and threw it aside.

Since Gu Weijie had agreed with him last night, this opinion collection draft had lost its meaning.

After finishing the last document in the morning and setting the publicity work for disaster relief and emergency application, Li Xuewu took Sha Qizhi to attend the work meeting hosted by Gu Weijie, attended by four departments: Security Division, Armed Forces Department, Personnel Division, and Publicity Division.

The meeting mainly discussed the placement of personnel from the Armed Forces Department and the organizational construction of several sections of the Security Division, such as the Inspection Section, Training Section, and Fire Section, which could be considered as solving the work Li Xuewu had owed earlier all at once.

The Publicity Division also connected with the Security Division here, and the work of the Inspection Section would be the focus of the factory's publicity.

According to the factory leadership's instructions, the construction of the emergency dual-plan would be accelerated to complete learning and application, and drills and training would be carried out mandatorily to prevent this tragedy from happening again.

Although he had discussed it with Gu Weijie that the Inspection Section would be transferred to the Organization Department, it was still in the Security Division now, so Li Xuewu still had to supervise it and do the corresponding work.

Besides the Security Division's affairs, other departments also made contact with each other; this office meeting could be considered quite successful.

When the meeting ended, it was time for lunch.

Gu Weijie specifically asked Li Xuewu to go together, discussing the work of the meeting while walking downstairs.

This made the cadres of the Armed Forces Department and other departments stare wide-eyed. Wasn't it said that this "Tiger of the Security Division" and the new Secretary...

What's the situation now?

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to their probing gazes; the organization was like this—a little bit of wind and grass movement made everyone feel like soldiers.

"I still think the focus of emergency publicity should be on actual cases."

Li Xuewu held a cigarette in his hand and said to Gu Weijie, who was walking beside him, "Only the most simple and unadorned cases that happen around us can move people's hearts; highlighting contributing figures is a bit empty."

Li Xuewu had already expressed this meaning at the meeting, just not as thoroughly.

The publicity style at this time was like this. You can see it from the publicity posters of this era—you have to highlight the characteristics of the characters first, and then the matter itself.

The publicity plan brought out by the Publicity Division this time was also like this, wanting to use a few advanced models for publicity.

For example, the protagonists who made phone calls on the night of the earthquake, such as the reporter Li Xuewu, the person in charge Li Huai De, the decision-maker... a group of wise factory leaders.

Furthermore, such as the security personnel who practiced actively in the factory, the engineering team doing logistics work, the doctors who rescued in the hospital, etc.

Li Xuewu didn't oppose catching a few models to commend and encourage, but still felt that the emergency dual-plan itself should be the protagonist for publicity and learning.

"Then I'll listen to your opinion."

Gu Weijie said readily, "If even you, the focus of publicity, have no opinion, then what opinion could others have?"

"Hehe, leader, don't always treat me as the vanguard~"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I'm just speaking on the matter itself; I didn't say we couldn't publicize excellent representatives."

"I'm talking about advancing together, each with its own emphasis."

Gu Weijie smiled, looked at the blooming courtyard of the reception center, turned to Li Xuewu, and said, "Did you advocate for the renovation of this Tuanjie Lake courtyard?"

"Look at you!"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "You just said you wouldn't attack me!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The two talked and laughed as they entered the reception center, and began to dine under the hospitality of the reception center staff.

When Li Xuewu was eating, he found that there were more people eating at the reception center.

Not only were there section-level cadres from the factory, but there were also more guests staying upstairs.

Taking advantage of Zhang Songying organizing the serving of dishes, Li Xuewu gestured at the people eating and asked her, "Are there more guests?"

"You bet!"

Zhang Songying said softly, "I don't know how the reputation spread, but they say our factory reception center has good service, complete equipment and facilities, and most importantly, the food is delicious, so many people come to stay."

"Not..."

Li Xuewu turned around to look, and it was true. He pinched his chopsticks and asked suspiciously, "This, how did they get in?"

"The Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own magic."

Zhang Songying gave Li Xuewu a look; those who understood, understood.

"Hehe, Division Chief Li."

Xia Zhongquan, who was sitting on the side, raised his eyebrows and said, "A way to make money."

"You're the one making money!"

Li Xuewu looked at Xia Zhongquan and asked, "Tell me! Did you help others open rooms?"

"Go away!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The people eating at the table and the people at the surrounding tables all laughed.

Li Xuewu had poked through Zhang Songying's meaning in a joke, just so that these people wouldn't have any misunderstandings.

Old Zhang from the Service Division asked Li Xuewu across the table, "Division Chief Li, I heard the factory is going to build a residential area; did you participate in the planning?"

"I'm the Security Division; if I were to participate, it should be the Service Division participating!"

"Hehehe~"

Seeing Li Xuewu use a homophone to make Old Zhang lose power, everyone laughed.

And Li Xuewu kept his mouth shut about this residential area project and quickly changed the subject to talk about other things.

None of them were good cookies; when spending money, they were all very arrogant, but when making money, they were all old oxen, dragging their feet to death.

Li Xuewu ate fast, finished in three or two bites, exchanged pleasantries with the people at the table, and left the small canteen.

It was warm today, the curtains of the reception center had been removed, and the glass door with a wooden frame was still spring-loaded.

Li Xuewu pushed open the door and walked out, full of sunshine.

It was noon, and the sunlight shone on Tuanjie Lake, sparkling and dazzling.

"How are the fish in the lake?"

"Yo, Deputy Division Chief Li~"

Deng Zhiwang threw the stone in his hand into the lake, causing the few carp that had surfaced to breathe to dive back down, causing a series of ripples.

"These fish are really fat!"

"Hehe, they say they're fed."

Li Xuewu picked up a stone from the side of his feet and threw it into the water, making a "thump" sound; clearly, the lake wasn't shallow.

"I heard."

Deng Zhiwang stood with his hands on his hips and said, "One bean cake a day; they really spent a lot of blood."

"Not really."

Li Xuewu stood on the shore and smiled in the cool wind, "The fish in this reception center don't worry about food, and the big canteen is the same."

"You really think a lot and see far."

Deng Zhiwang looked at Li Xuewu and raised his eyebrows, and Li Xuewu returned a smile.

Li Xuewu didn't know if this low-key Deputy Factory Director was waiting for him specifically; was it Jiang Taigong fishing?

Li Xuewu actually wanted to get in touch with this person; so patient, why didn't he go into this Tuanjie Lake and become a king...

Not very good, can't say dirty words.

"All the scenery of the steel mill is in this Tuanjie Lake!"

"Is that so? I really just noticed that."

Li Xuewu turned his waist and scanned the surrounding scenery.

Indeed, the leisure here formed a sharp contrast with the busyness of the factory workshop.

"I actually thought the scenery of the steel mill was outside."

"Oh?"

Deng Zhiwang looked at Li Xuewu and smiled, "They all say Deputy Division Chief Li is a famous talent; I really want to hear Deputy Division Chief Li's insights."

"Hehe, insights are out of the question, just a little bit of understanding."

Li Xuewu looked at the distant lake view and said, "Looking far, the Sales Division runs all over the country; what kind of beautiful scenery haven't they seen?"

"Looking near?"

"It's right outside the factory area."

Li Xuewu turned to look at Deng Zhiwang and said, "Isn't Liangma River more beautiful than Tuanjie Lake?"

"Is that so~"

Deng Zhiwang squinted at Li Xuewu and smiled, "I'm new here, so I really haven't seen the scenery of Liangma River. I'll definitely go see it when I have time."

"You must see it!"

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and smiled, then turned and walked toward the office area.

If you want to endure, you have to endure; killing someone halfway is what kind of thing? If people didn't know, they would think you were very arrogant.

Li Xuewu returned to the office, waved his hand to signal Sha Qizhi to do his own work, and he himself lay on the sofa with his clothes on.

He got up early this morning, and the noon sun was a bit sleepy, so he just used the noon time to take a nap.

Seeing that Li Xuewu wanted to sleep, Sha Qizhi sat in the chair with his notebook and began to write materials using Li Xuewu's desk.

At this time, few people in the organization took noon naps, and only Li Xuewu had this "bad habit."

However, those who had tried it all secretly added this bad habit to themselves.

Generally speaking, everyone in the Security Division knew that the Division Chief had the habit of taking a noon nap, so they wouldn't come upstairs to disturb him at noon.

If there was anything special, they would wait for twenty or thirty minutes.

Today, it was good; seventeen or eighteen people rushed up recklessly and ran straight to Li Xuewu's office.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw someone sleeping on the sofa and someone standing in front of the desk looking this way with a frown.

Sha Qizhi heard the messy footsteps and stood up to check. Before he could close his notebook, he saw that people had already rushed in.

"Who are you looking for?"

"This... is this the office of the Security Division Chief?"

"Yes."

Li Xuewu lifted his clothes and stared; there was a pile of people crowding the door, and a worker in blue work clothes standing in front.

"Yo, so many people!"

Li Xuewu sat up, took his clothes, stood up, looked at the few people who were a bit cowardly, and said, "If you are looking for the Division Chief in charge of the Security Division, that's me. Come in."

These people looked at each other and then looked at the one leading them.

The leader was a male worker in his forties. He mustered his courage and entered the room, and the pile of people behind him also followed into the room.

This made Yu De Cai, who was standing outside the door, frown, and he turned around and went back to his office to make a phone call.

Most people in the factory knew Li Xuewu's reputation, and most knew his appearance; otherwise, they couldn't have found the office so quickly.

This male worker asking that sentence was just to force a greeting.

Seeing Li Xuewu's tone was unhurried, not severe, and not enthusiastic, these people felt their livers trembling.

What is official prestige? This is it.

"So many people, I can't finish talking in one mouth."

Li Xuewu hung his clothes on the back of the chair, then sat in his office chair, pointed to the male worker who had entered first, and said, "You speak first, the others wait."

"I..."

Before this man could speak, he saw Li Xuewu wave his hand, signaling him to sit down.

"Sit down, sit down and talk."

Li Xuewu spread out his notebook, looked at the male worker whose rhythm had been interrupted, and said, "If you have anything, sit down and talk slowly."

"Division Chief Li."

The male worker looked at Li Xuewu and said, "I am Wang Yongguang from the first machine repair workshop. I came to find you to talk about my son's matter..."

"Yeah, you can't harm my son..."

Just as Wang Yongguang was speaking, a woman standing beside him began to cry and shout.

Seeing this woman making a scene, the group of people who came with them also began to shout.

"That's right, our child..."

"My wife..."

"My father is also..."

Li Xuewu waved his hand, signaled Sha Qizhi not to speak, pushed the notebook forward, picked up the pen he had just tightened, and lowered his head to process the documents on the table, pretending he couldn't hear what these people were saying.

And as these people shouted for a while, seeing Li Xuewu didn't answer and didn't pay attention to them, their voices got smaller and smaller.

When they were arguing, Li Xuewu pretended not to hear; when they weren't arguing, Li Xuewu pretended not to hear even more.

Wang Yongguang glared at his wife, pushed away the crowd that was squeezing forward, causing a burst of noise.

"Division Chief Li..."

"Finished?"

Li Xuewu looked at the document about the preparation of the joint enterprise and asked without raising his head.

"I... I haven't finished yet..."

Wang Yongguang looked at Li Xuewu's expression, which wasn't angry, and felt even more terrified.

"Didn't I give you time?"

Li Xuewu looked up and gave him a dismissive glance, asking, "You finished speaking, let me ask you one thing: what did I say at the beginning?"

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, the people surrounding the desk all shrank their heads in fear.

"Want to say it?"

"Yes!"

Wang Yongguang reached out and pushed his wife back, looked at Li Xuewu, and said, "My son was caught by the Security Section. I just came to ask, since when is speaking against the law?"

"Speaking is never against the law."

Li Xuewu impatiently folded the document in his hand and put it aside, pulled over the notebook he had just pushed out, picked up the fountain pen, and asked, "Who told you that speaking is against the law?"

"Then why did the Security Section catch my son!"