Chapter 566: Unexpected

"Oh, speaking of him, I just remembered."

Seeing Han Yating's expression, Li Xuewu knew what she was thinking. He tapped the table lightly and said, "When I went to Steel City, I urged him to come back sooner, but this man doesn't care about his life when it comes to work; he has no sense of time."

After explaining, Li Xuewu looked at Han Yating's somewhat aggrieved expression and asked, "As his family, shouldn't you support his work?"

"Director~ who is his family!"

Han Yating had just been complaining about Ji Weidong, but upon hearing Li Xuewu's teasing, she reacted immediately.

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu laughed and waved his hand, saying, "He told me everything. He wants to catch up to my progress, saying that even if he can't beat me in getting married early, he wants to compete when it comes to having children."

"Director~"

Although Han Yating was already a section-level cadre, this was due to Li Xuewu's exceptional promotion.

If it weren't for the extremely closed nature of the Security Division's cadre system, combined with Li Xuewu's domineering style at the time, she would still just be a young woman in her twenties.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about him, let's talk about work."

Li Xuewu laughed and interrupted the topic. If he kept going, this Iron Lady under his command would turn into a burnt iron pot.

Han Yating's face was still flushed, but she picked up her notebook and began reporting to Li Xuewu on the arrangements after the Security Section's expansion.

This time, in order to complete the overall upgrade of the Security Division, Li Xuewu first expanded the Public Security Squad into a section-level unit of thirty people.

From the original five people to the current thirty, the operational pressure had dropped sharply.

Thirty daily armed public security officers were more than enough to handle the security cases of the more than ten thousand workers at the Rolling Mill.

The Security Squad had expanded by nearly two times; the force of over a hundred people directly filled the several duty rooms at the Rolling Mill.

The Rolling Mill's defense system, which previously always had loopholes, had been reinforced. Supplemented by the new factory guard team, the factory cavalry patrol team, and the factory police dog team, Li Xuewu had effectively put several heavy locks on the Rolling Mill.

There wasn't much increase in administrative staff; this time it was mainly to satisfy the increase in frontline duty forces, including the Inspection Section, Training Section, and Firefighting Section, and the quality of personnel had been improved overall.

Han Yating's Security Section was now strong and well-staffed, and she felt confident when reporting her work.

"In March, a total of eleven public security cases and one criminal case were handled. As of now in April, fourteen public security cases have been handled, and zero criminal cases."

Reporting up to this point, Han Yating looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Recently, factory workers have reported that the surrounding security environment has become complicated. Many unfamiliar faces have appeared, and our section is preparing to conduct a crackdown operation regarding this situation."

"Hmm, that's fine."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Since we are going to crack down, then clench your fist and hit hard."

Accompanying his words, Li Xuewu gestured with his fist and said, "Hit them once so it hurts for a year, so they won't dare to wander around the Rolling Mill again."

"Yes."

Han Yating said, "Personnel management in the factory dormitories is somewhat difficult. We are also communicating with Logistics to see if we can come up with a plan."

"Especially the construction site outside the perimeter wall."

Han Yating emphasized, "Because of the workers' construction, the safety issues in the workers' dormitories, separated only by a wall, are becoming increasingly serious. This must be guarded against."

"There are only thieves who try for a thousand days, not guards who can defend for a thousand days."

Li Xuewu frowned and said, "Tell the Dormitory Management Squad to actively cooperate and require the management personnel of each dormitory building to take responsibility. Outsiders are absolutely not allowed to enter the factory area."

"Yes."

Han Yating's report continued; the two of them spoke as they went, going through items one by one.

Yu Decai passed by the doorway twice, and on the third time, he walked in to remind him: "Director, it's time for you to attend the meeting."

"I'm sorry, Director, I forgot to check the time."

Hearing the voice behind her, Han Yating glanced at her watch and realized the time had passed.

This morning, Li Xuewu was to attend the disaster relief commendation meeting and the outstanding worker and cadre commendation assembly organized by the factory.

Labor Day was coming up, and they had to select advanced individuals, outstanding workers, March 8th Red Banner holders, and other honorary models.

This was an annual commendation meeting held by the factory. This year, a disaster relief work commendation meeting had been added, which also highlighted the Rolling Mill's contribution to social obligations and value.

"It's fine, it's fine, don't be anxious."

Li Xuewu laughed and waved his hand, saying, "It's nothing more than a formality. What's yours is yours; going early or late doesn't matter. Work is important."

Yu Decai walked over and persuaded him: "I know you don't care about these things, but you have to allow the comrades below to pursue a sense of honor. So you must go; the comrades in the division are all waiting."

"Sigh~"

Li Xuewu smiled at Han Yating and said, "I can't help myself~"

Li Xuewu, who couldn't help himself, went to the auditorium with a group of cadres and officers from the Security Division, as well as the frontline duty personnel who had been elected, to attend the commendation meeting.

Originally, based on the nature of the Security Division's work, they wouldn't be able to stand out much at such meetings.

But who told them to have a Deputy Director who knew how to play and loved to play?

"Please invite Comrade Han Zhan to the stage..."

"Please invite Comrade Han Yating to the stage..."

"Please invite Comrade Zhao Yajun to the stage..."

As long as they could be called out, all group and individual awards inevitably included cadres from the Security Division, regardless of rank.

Because the Security Division's guards were always the first to arrive at the disaster relief site, the Security Division's fire brigade was always the first to take on rescue missions, and the Security Division's Deputy Director was always able to anticipate opportunities one step ahead of others...

The Security Division was also the first to propose donations for the disaster area and was the first department to implement safety as a prerequisite condition.

"Please invite Comrade Li Xuewu to the stage to receive the award!"

"Clap~~~"

When Factory Director Yang Fengshan read out the name of the Advanced Worker for Earthquake Relief, everyone knew this was for Li Xuewu.

This honorary title was somewhat different from those the Factory Director had just read out.

Those of the same level were all from the Rolling Mill, so "Advanced" must be one level higher than "Outstanding."

Han Zhan, who performed outstandingly in earthquake relief, received the title of Advanced Individual, while Han Yating received the title of Outstanding Individual.

Li Xuewu's difference was, first, he was a "Worker," and second, he was "Advanced." The document Yang Fengshan read was also a single notification of an honorary title.

What he received was the newly issued notification regarding a group of outstanding cadres, advanced individuals, and collectives that emerged during the earthquake relief process.

Most were in the disaster area, but the Rolling Mill happened to receive one title of National Advanced Worker.

"Congratulations, Comrade Li Xuewu."

Yang Fengshan first took out a medal and pinned it to Li Xuewu's chest, then handed Li Xuewu a certificate of merit.

"Thank you."

Li Xuewu shook hands with Yang Fengshan, then turned sideways to let the factory office photographer take a picture.

After Li Xuewu returned to his seat, the group of directors and deputy directors around him were all enviously looking at the medal on his chest.

The gold-based badge was engraved with flowers. In the center were two ears of wheat surrounding two crossed steel guns. Above the base badge was a red flag fluttering in the wind, and next to the ribbon of the red flag was a simple carving of the Elder's portrait.

This badge was mainly issued to outstanding workers in powerful departments during this disaster relief. Although Li Xuewu achieved outstanding results in security work, his status remained the basis for the assessment.

Xu Si smacked his lips enviously and said, "As far as I know, it seems only you have this in our system."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, glanced at the certificate in his hand, turned his head, and asked, "Where is Deputy Factory Director Li?"

"Hiss~~~"

Xu Si stared at Li Xuewu, thinking to himself that you really know how to rub salt into a wound.

"Outstanding Individual, they didn't let them read it."

Xu Si turned his face away to avoid looking at this grandson who was trying to make him jealous, looked ahead, and whispered, "Your Labor Model title this year is now secure."

Indeed, the several people around who heard Xu Si's words were also nodding continuously in their hearts.

Li Xuewu's battle record was still something to show off; whether it was his primary job or theoretical work, he had representative achievements.

Within the industrial system, Li Xuewu's comprehensive success was truly uncommon, especially in terms of theoretical depth and creativity.

The dual-plan proposal had already been discussed and passed, and newspapers had already started promoting it these days.

And Li Xuewu's name was also being mentioned repeatedly; brother units in Beijing had already sent two groups of people to learn and conduct research.

This kind of thing needed to ferment, and Li Xuewu's jar of wine was quite urgent and potent.

Even Li Huai, who was sitting in front, would sweep his gaze over Li Xuewu from time to time, not to mention others.

After the meeting, many people took the initiative to come over to shake hands and congratulate Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu also smiled and was polite.

His eyes, however, were looking around; often at this time, there would always be a few pairs of eyes that would betray their owners who were suffering from "red-eye disease" (jealousy).

But fortunately, his reputation was very good. Even if these people were jealous, they would hide their inner thoughts.

This kid had strong abilities, and his ability to flip the table was also strong.

"Director."

Seeing Li Xuewu walk out surrounded by the crowd, Yu Decai came over to greet him after there weren't many people left.

Just now, when the factory leadership read that the Security Division had won the Advanced Collective award, it was he who went on stage to receive the certificate.

It was Li Xuewu who signaled him to do so, which couldn't help but make him excited.

"You've worked hard."

Li Xuewu shook hands with Yu Decai and then patted his arm.

"I know you've done a lot. I hope you won't be arrogant or rash and will continue to work hard."

There was no mention of him in this award list, nor was there Jiang Zhiben; neither of their departments were departments that easily produced results.

"Thank you, Director. I am satisfied to receive your encouragement."

Yu Decai naturally understood Li Xuewu's words and knew even better the reason why he didn't win an award this time.

He was still carrying a hidden disciplinary action. Although he wasn't disciplined when he was transferred from the Steel Mill last time, everyone knew he had made a mistake.

But now he felt much more relaxed. The fact that he didn't win an award this time also happened to show that his merits and demerits had canceled each other out.

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu chuckled, patted him again, and led a group of Security Division cadres out.

The unity of the Security Division was truly eye-catching, and a group of Rolling Mill cadres and workers were very envious of Li Xuewu and the people behind him.

This time, the Security Division could be said to have had a bumper harvest; there were especially many people holding certificates and wearing badges on their chests.

Advanced Collective, Advanced Individual, Outstanding Collective, Outstanding Individual, Outstanding Party Member, etc. —the Security Division had won all these honors.

However, one had to be convinced of such things. After all, when the big earthquake happened, it was the people from the Security Division who dared to rush and work.

Honors earned through work might make people jealous, but no one would be jealous of those earned by risking one's life.

After the meeting ended, the leaders walked back together, and the harmony just now vanished into thin air after reaching the office building.

"Factory Director, someone in the Labor Union has proposed investigating the residential area project."

Xu Si took the opportunity to mention it while sending the Factory Director back to his office; he didn't know how his news was so well-informed.

Yang Fengshan's brows furrowed tightly. Recently, he had been exhausted dealing with the inquiries from Li Huai's subordinates, and he was annoyed enough; he didn't expect problems to arise in the Labor Union as well.

"What is Xiong Bencheng's attitude?"

"They should be having a meeting."

Xu Si followed Yang Fengshan into the office and whispered his report: "I estimate he won't suppress it; after all, this kind of thing is very troublesome."

"Hmm."

Yang Fengshan put the notebook in his hand on the table, thought for a moment, and said, "Li Xuewu's opinion was handed over to Comrade Yunong, right? What is her opinion?"

Li Xuewu had reported his opinion to Yang Fengshan in Steel City, rambling on for a long time.

Although it contained Li Xuewu's personal agenda, Yang Fengshan could be sure that what he said was indeed useful.

After giving a few points of opinion, he instructed Xu Si to organize Li Xuewu's opinion into a draft and hand it over to Jing Yunong.

So many days had passed, and there had been no response from Jing Yunong. Today, when Xu Si mentioned it, Yang Fengshan finally realized.

"Deputy Factory Director Jing..."

Xu Si hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems they are still studying it; the specific plan should already be in the making."

"Sigh~"

Yang Fengshan sighed. He had been careless at the time; it would have been better if he had removed Li Xuewu's name from Li Xuewu's opinion.

Now, Jing Yunong should have an adverse attitude toward Li Xuewu's opinion. She was afraid that others would say she was just following the old rules and making up the numbers.

Xu Si looked at Yang Fengshan's complexion and asked, "Should we urge Deputy Factory Director Jing?"

"Forget it."

Yang Fengshan waved his hand and said, "Let's wait a bit longer. Arrange it for the afternoon; I'm going to the Labor Union."

Xu Si knew that this was the Factory Director preparing to come forward personally to suppress the problems there, and also to buy time for Jing Yunong and Deng Zhiwang.

He didn't know when the residential area project became a difficult problem, and the joint enterprise also became a project that suffered as a result.

One was a money-maker, and the other was a money-spender. The joint enterprise had no progress, and the money-spending residential area project was about to be paralyzed.

Although there was funding from above to support it now, the budget for the next year had to be made up.

Only if the current joint enterprise could generate blood could it relieve the future financial pressure.

By now, Xu Si had begun to suspect whether this joint enterprise was created by Li Huai and Li Xuewu to dig a hole for the Factory Director.

Because if there was no such project, then Deputy Factory Director Jing and others wouldn't have the confidence to propose the residential area project.

Originally, it was all Li Huai's big talk, but now it was Deputy Factory Director Jing who had to pay the debt. This matter revealed suspense everywhere.

Jing Yunong's office was also filled with gloom. The heads of several departments she was in charge of, including the Finance Section, were there, including comrades from the joint project preparatory office.

Several people also talked about the situation where the joint enterprise was being discussed by the factory workers, hoping that Deputy Factory Director Jing would make a decision early and open a gap as soon as possible; otherwise, this project would likely collapse.

Jing Yunong was under tremendous pressure. The last talk with the Textile Mill went very poorly. Seeing that it wasn't Li Xuewu who was talking, the other party directly overturned the intention set with Li Xuewu and opened their mouths like a lion, preparing to treat the Rolling Mill as a raw material channel to cut grass.

This was because they saw she was easy to bully, because she didn't have the connections of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Huaqing University, the Municipal Bureau, and other units in her hands, and she had no other resources to expand, so they didn't care about her at all.

Jing Yunong wasn't without any connections. She contacted her original unit to seek help, but they were all in the same system and had the same difficulties, so they really couldn't solve each other's problems.

"How about..."

Personnel Section Chief Ding Zigui suggested, "Try Li Xuewu's opinion, upgrade our labor protection factory, and first create a benchmark?"

"I don't think it will work."

Wang Jingzhang didn't wait for Jing Yunong to object and directly expressed his opinion: "The opinion Li Xuewu can give must have an ulterior motive. Be careful of a trap."

Ding Zigui and the others all looked at Wang Jingzhang with the eyes of looking at a fool. This guy had been a bit arrogant lately.

It was one thing to blacken Li Xuewu in his heart, but saying it in front of so many people was a bit immature.

Jing Yunong also saw what everyone meant, glared at Wang Jingzhang, rubbed her brows, and said, "I've thought about it; it's not very realistic."

As she spoke, she took out Li Xuewu's opinion draft and placed it on the desk.

"Even if the cloth is made, who will sell it?"

This was a crucial question, related to sales rights. The Rolling Mill had the right to distribute labor protection supplies and benefits to its own workers, but it did not have the right to sell them.

This resulted in the fact that if they didn't cooperate with the Textile Mill, not only would the quality of the cloth not be guaranteed, but the outlet was a particularly big problem.

Previously, Li Xuewu talked about the Textile Mill providing technology, the Rolling Mill providing land and facilities, and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative solving sales, with the three parties working together to eliminate part of the employment pressure of their respective units.

But now Li Xuewu's withdrawal directly broke the leg of this triangular cooperation. If Jing Yunong didn't connect this leg, her work wouldn't be able to proceed.

It wasn't that she hadn't gone to talk to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative; they said there was no precedent and refused to talk.

Hehe, this was really something to talk about. If Li Xuewu could talk, but she couldn't, then it was a human problem.

"Then how about changing to a hardware factory?"

Finance Section Chief Lu suggested, "Mechanical manufacturing is our old craft; this should work, right?"

"It won't work."

Jing Yunong shook her head and said, "It would have been easy to say ten years ago, but now the mechanical manufacturing factory is more professional than our old foundation. We can't use the machinery we make ourselves, right?"

"This won't work, that won't work, how on earth can it work~"

Several people were frowning. This kind of thing shouldn't have been their responsibility in the first place, and they were worrying about it because of Jing Yunong.

The key to opening the problem was Li Xuewu, because the previous report was drafted by Li Xuewu, and the implementation plan was also started by Li Xuewu. He must have a complete plan.

But the head was started, but the specific content wasn't handed over by Li Xuewu.

Others didn't know about this plan, but Yu Decai knew, because after he handed it to Li Xuewu, it was locked in a drawer by Li Xuewu.

Human relationships are sometimes the key to restricting a problem. Jing Yunong was very concerned about the Textile Mill also because of the wool in the warehouse.

She couldn't help but be anxious, because there was a border office urging her.

Li Huai's pincer attack indeed made it difficult for her to deal with, unless there were several large factories of comparable size cooperating with the Rolling Mill at this time.

This was what Yang Fengshan thought, and it was also what the big leader's research last time was about, trying to see if several brother units could be closely united.

However, such work was easy to talk about at the small factory level. If the leaders of the ministry really had to come forward, then wait to argue.

What Li Xuewu went to talk about were all small factories, belonging to the third industry. The leaders were all doing big projects; who dared to take responsibility?

The knot of the Li Huai system was getting tighter and tighter, and there would be a day when it would snap.

Li Xuewu didn't participate and kept his distance, going to work as usual.

On Tuesday, he took time to go to the branch bureau, talked to Zheng Shusen, asked for an introduction letter (a vest), and went to the Sports Commission.

In fact, Zheng Shusen didn't approve of Li Xuewu and the others starting a sports club. Such spontaneously organized training groups always had the risk of getting out of control.

However, Li Xuewu explained that this club had a certain degree of inclusivity, and the members were mainly cadres within the system like Li Xuewu and the others, so Zheng Shusen couldn't say anything.

The Sports Commission was very supportive of Li Xuewu and the others' way of exercising. After seeing Li Xuewu's introduction letter, a deputy director talked to Li Xuewu.

When talking about the future development of the club, Li Xuewu also clearly stated that he would support the Sports Commission's sports construction at an appropriate time.

The club's goal was also to exercise the body and serve work.

Upon receiving Li Xuewu's request for help from the Shichahai Sports School, this deputy director was also very willing to provide an opportunity for communication.

Arranging work for the sports school students who graduated every year was a difficult problem. Now that Li Xuewu proposed to hire teachers, hire coaches, and recruit workers, it could be considered a significant contribution.

The deputy director proposed to go and see the club's situation. Li Xuewu was happy to have his help and took the initiative to invite him to visit and guide on Sunday.

He also promised to bring the sports school teachers and this year's graduates to visit.

At the end, Li Xuewu directly asked for Li Deshan's office, which gave the deputy director a jump.

Li Xuewu smiled and explained that it was a family connection, making the deputy director even more certain of Li Xuewu's purpose.

Li Deshan was surprised by Li Xuewu's arrival, but not unexpected.

He thought Li Xuewu was inviting him to the wedding, but he didn't expect him to be invited to be a consultant.

"How many trainees do you have in this batch?"

"Seventy-something."

Li Xuewu sat in Li Deshan's office, looking at this predecessor who had walked out of a sea of corpses and blood, feeling very admiring in his heart.

Li Deshan raised his head slightly and said, "Too ostentatious. Just let me know."

This was a rejection of Li Xuewu's proposal. Li Xuewu wasn't discouraged and asked with a smile, "Then you have to come to the wedding."

Li Deshan looked at Li Xuewu with slight astonishment. It had been a long time since a young person dared to talk to him like this.

Li Xuewu didn't care about the predecessor's eyes and said with a smile, "Lu Xun once said, if you want to open a window, say you want to tear down the house."

"..."

Li Deshan looked at Li Xuewu suspiciously, and after a while, he said, "If Mr. Lu Xun were still here, he would definitely give you a slap. When did he ever say he wanted to tear down a window?"

Li Xuewu shrugged and smiled, "Maybe I remembered it wrong."

Li Deshan smiled lightly and said, "Go do what you need to do. If you have time to come here and talk nonsense, you might as well do your job well, do it in place, and achieve results."

"Alright, then I'll arrange your seat."

Li Xuewu smiled, stood up, greeted the predecessor, and walked out the door. The smile on his face when he went out naturally made the deputy director in the distance see it clearly.

There was no fawning over the high and trampling on the low, nor was there any arrogance or servility. This wasn't some TV series where you fight against the sky and complain about the earth; this was reality.

Li Xuewu waved at the other party, made a gesture of making a phone call, and went downstairs.

Li Deshan said he knew, so he knew. Li Xuewu didn't need to find anyone else to be this consultant.

When he returned to the Public Security Brigade and told Wang Xiaoqin, Wang Xiaoqin was stunned on the spot.

She thought that since it was named a sports club, it had to have sports connections.

So she found the contact information of that deputy director and asked Li Xuewu to go there, just because Li Xuewu had some background and it was easier to talk.

What she didn't expect was that Li Xuewu didn't ask the deputy director she introduced to be a consultant, but to be an intermediary.

And the role of consultant was actually directly invited to the big boss of the Sports Commission.

"No, Comrade Li Xuewu."

Wang Xiaoqin followed Li Xuewu into the office, her face full of absurdity as she opened her mouth: "Our club doesn't need such a high-level leader to sit in town, right? Our temple..."

"What's wrong with our temple?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows: "Haven't you heard that a small temple..."

"Stop!"

Wang Xiaoqin shouted to stop Li Xuewu's nonsense as soon as she heard him start. Does this kid scold even his own people when he gets crazy?

Li Xuewu was deliberately teasing Sister Wang, joking in his mouth: "I said a small temple needs a big Bodhisattva. What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about the bad water in your heart."

Wang Xiaoqin glared at Li Xuewu, and then picked up the phone on Li Xuewu's desk and called the other members of the preparatory committee.

For this matter, several people had been using their own connections to help find people these days. Now that Li Xuewu had brought out the biggest one, they didn't need to work hard anymore.

"You say, shouldn't we also invite a leader from our own system?"

Li Xuewu sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette. Seeing Wang Xiaoqin come back after making the call, he took the initiative to offer a cigarette and asked.

Wang Xiaoqin took it and lit it herself, sighing: "Since you've invited that one, we can only invite Minister Yu Huai."

Li Xuewu exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Just let Zhou Zhengquan go. It's more convenient for him. It's best to invite the head teacher as well."

"You're thinking beautifully."

Wang Xiaoqin swallowed clouds and puffed mist with Li Xuewu, naturally having a bit of dominance.

The big sister also had a lot of style, flicked the ash and said: "Let Old Zhou go invite Minister Yu Huai, and I'll go invite the head teacher. You think about when our club will hold the founding assembly."

"This is going to be busy."

Li Xuewu looked up and sighed: "I'm already very busy. If the time is so tight, I'm afraid I'll be exhausted to death."

"Say something nice."

Wang Xiaoqin flicked the ash and said: "I see that a courtyard in the club has been renovated almost enough. Let's use it there for the time being, and expand slowly in the future. Let everyone have a process of growing together with the club."

"Still have to do ideological work."

Li Xuewu praised with a smile: "I think the club should establish a Party branch. I think you are suitable for the position of secretary."

"Then I will not decline."

Seeing Li Xuewu speak, Wang Xiaoqin also smiled and jokingly accepted this position.

A club, although not a serious unit, will have a world wherever there are people.

Li Xuewu had planned such a big game of chess; it was time to drop the pieces and set up the game he wanted.

Before, there might have been people who wanted to wait and see, but now, everyone knows the benefits of this club.

To get it, you have to do it. Wang Xiaoqin is, and Li Xuewu is the same.

In the following days, Li Xuewu didn't pay much attention to the actions of her and Zhou Zhengquan and others. Now the club was still in the preparatory stage, and his work focus was still on the Rolling Mill and the Public Security Brigade.

But the club side accelerated the preparatory speed under the active promotion of Wang Xiaoqin and others, forcing Li Xuewu to arrange for Sister Lou to go over to take charge of finance and specific administrative work.

It was called applying what one has learned, giving Sister Lou's economics course some practice.

The courtyard on the left side of the main gate of the mansion had been partially completed and could be used temporarily.

The main room and auxiliary rooms were transformed into sports practice rooms; wrestling and fighting, while the auxiliary rooms on both sides were transformed into gyms and table tennis rooms.

The inverted room corresponding to the main room was transformed into a lounge and billiard room, with men's and women's changing rooms and bathrooms on the side.

The original three-story corner tower was transformed into a comprehensive venue integrating a cinema, stage, and auditorium.

In fact, this courtyard alone was enough for the club to use. If all were put into use, there would inevitably be more members and sources of funding.

After Sister Lou started working, she found that there were really only a few kittens under her command.

The two literary workers living in the next courtyard never went out, and only the few boys in the gatehouse could be used.

This was Li Xuewu's precaution. He was afraid that there would be no one to use when the work started, so he gave Zhou Changli a gap.

Zhou Changli also knew how to seize opportunities. The next day, he took a few brothers to clean up all the gatehouses, re-laid the kang mats, and had the security system of the mansion that was still passable.

Of course, with more people, there was less work, but the money was spent quickly.

Before, the three of them could still sponge off the engineering team's meals, but now with so many people, they had to buy some vegetables and bring them over.

After the management personnel arranged by Li Xuewu came over, Zhou Changli and the others were a bit confused.

This management personnel was the woman who was scared when she came to see the mansion that night.

Sister Lou requisitioned the west gate gatehouse and the inverted room facing the built courtyard as the club's office location.

The inverted rooms here were all two-story structures, and no matter how Sister Lou used them, she couldn't use them all.

Of course, she couldn't do this work alone, so recruiting people became a phased work focus.

Including service personnel, coaches, and cleaning staff, if this side got on the right track, they would have to recruit chefs, office staff, etc.

Sister Lou was very looking forward to the scene after work before joining the job, and chatted with Li Xuewu for half the night.

But after joining the job, she only felt a headache, looking at the crooked melons and cracked dates in the courtyard, she just wanted to ask Li Xuewu where the elite soldiers and strong generals he promised that night were hiding.

Although the people Li Xuewu found were unreliable, one point made Sister Lou very satisfied.

That was finance.

Everyone in this courtyard, including herself, had no salary, all working for nothing!

What was promised was just room and board, so it was really just room and board.

Even Sister Lou admired Li Xuewu's shamelessness. Looking at one by one, they were all very motivated without wages, she could only praise Li Xuewu for doing this business really absolutely.

Zhao Lao Si was very satisfied with this point. He now lived in the main gatehouse of the main entrance.

At first, Zhou Changli advised him to just tidy up a small room, but Zhao Lao Si felt that such an imposing gatehouse was too wasteful to use only a small room.

The result was that he realized the dream of his grandfather and father when they were young—being a gatekeeper for a wealthy family.

What was the level of the previous owner of this mansion?

That was the Minister of Justice, a Grand Scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion.

How big must the level of that gatehouse be?

Anyway, Zhao Lao Si looked at the gatehouse of the main entrance, which was quite big, and the past glory could still be seen from the furniture and furnishings.

In fact, he couldn't see anything. Others didn't know, but Sister Lou knew the history of this mansion clearly.

After she went back, she did an investigation. The owner of the mansion had looted heavily when he served as the supervisor of the Yuehai Customs, and had accumulated a lot of wealth. After returning to Beijing, he built this mansion.

But this money was not easy to spend. The mansion was just built when the Gengzi national disaster was encountered, and the mansion was occupied by foreign soldiers.

Subsequently, it changed hands several times, from the big shots of the Fruit Army to the big shots of the Puppet Manchukuo, and then to the ghost's anal sore, anyway, it was bumpy enough.

The furniture and furnishings in the courtyard were all set up by the Ding family later. The Ding family was an upstart, where did they have the foundation? What Zhao Lao Si saw was nonsense.

"Talk about it."

Sister Lou opened her mouth to the few people she could use now: "Before the equipment and facilities move in, clean up the hygiene. Before the club is established next month, new staff will come in, and the dormitory must be cleaned up."

"Yes!"

After Sister Lou finished speaking, others didn't know what to say, Zhao Lao Si opened his mouth first.

His attitude was extremely respectful, and he took the initiative to undertake the hygiene task on the second floor of the office area.

Zhou Changli gritted his teeth looking at him, damn it, you roll this too?

Sister Lou "deeply" understood Li Xuewu's management "essence," and she studied it very thoroughly in this management aspect. The important means was to draw a big cake.

First, she praised Zhao Lao Si a few times, and then promised that as long as they performed well, they would be recruited to become formal employees.

These boys were all fifteen or sixteen years old, with no school to attend, no class to attend, and the rebelliousness they showed was all protective color.

If everyone had a class to attend, could eat their fill, and could have a good partner, who would be willing to wander the streets?

Sister Lou's big cake was drawn on the soft ribs of these boys.

After her order, one by one, they were looking for rags and mops, looking chaotic, Zhou Changli's eyes were straight.

It shouldn't be like this. He could do whatever he wanted when he was here before, and no one came to manage him.

This mansion wouldn't be discovered even if he walked around naked, but now he looked at the brothers who were like wild dogs off the leash, only feeling that the word "roll" was at the head.

Recruiting service personnel and coaches was handed over to Huang Gan and the others by Li Xuewu, and the manufacturing of fitness equipment was handed over to the Rolling Mill.

Huang Gan was very free now. The work in the first prison wasn't that much, and now even if there was a third industry, it was on the right track.

Hearing that Li Xuewu was going to recruit people from the martial arts school, he took the initiative to take on this responsibility.

As for fitness equipment, these things were "designed" by Li Xuewu. The hardware factory of the Rolling Mill was also scratching their heads looking at these things, not knowing what they were for.

But Li Xuewu spent money, naturally, it was built according to the drawings he found from the design office.

Why push all this work out? Because Li Xuewu was very busy.

Approaching the end of the month, not to mention that Sha Zhu was getting married, his wedding had also entered the countdown.

Just when Li Xuewu was preparing for the wedding, there was a happy event that added a bit of joy to his wedding.

"Director."

After work on Saturday, Sha Qizhi sent Li Xuewu home. On the way, he saw the Huaxin Bookstore and turned his head to say to Li Xuewu: "Your book has been published and distributed. Aren't you going to take a look?"

"What's there to see?"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Do you want to see how unbearable your own book's sales performance is?"

The manuscript fee for the first book written in his life had already been received and donated.

More than a thousand yuan, Sha Qizhi handled it, and the Iron and Steel Institute was also very surprised by Li Xuewu's donation.

Learning that Li Xuewu was Han Shu's student and an undergraduate in the Management School, the school leaders were both surprised and gratified.

What could compare to the return brought to the school by the wealth earned by students through knowledge?

Han Shu told Li Xuewu that the school was going to hold a donation ceremony for him, but it was rejected by Li Xuewu.

Since I was a poor student who only got by on academic credentials, how could I have the nerve to sponge off the school's honors?

This donation would be used for the library to purchase new books, and after the school received Li Xuewu's reply, the first batch of books purchased with this donation included Li Xuewu's "Criminal Psychology."

And after this book entered the library, the teachers and students of the Iron and Steel Institute applied to borrow it for the first time because of Li Xuewu's donation.

The evaluation hadn't been passed back yet, but Han Shu still expressed congratulations to Li Xuewu and affirmed his approach.

Sha Qizhi signaled Han Jiankun to park the car in front of the bookstore, turned his head again and persuaded: "Even if it's unbearable, you have to see it to know. Or you can buy two copies and give them to me and Jiankun, hahaha~"

He was also joking; there was no such thing as directly saying the leader's book was bad; it was all persuading Li Xuewu to go in and take a look.

Since getting the news of the publication, Sha Qizhi felt that the leader had a mood of being afraid of gains and losses. Today was also a coincidence.

Li Xuewu saw that the car had stopped in front of the bookstore, so he simply smiled and got out of the car, nodded at Sha Qizhi, and entered the bookstore.

Publication wasn't under his control, and where it was sold was even less under his control.

After entering the door, Sha Qizhi went to the service desk and asked: "Comrade, I'm looking for 'Criminal Psychology'."

The salesperson remembered this book very clearly, pointed to the direction of the social science shelf, and muttered: "What a strange book title."

Li Xuewu followed the salesperson's guidance to find the corresponding bookshelf, and according to the corresponding code, found the position of his book.

And standing in front of the bookshelf was someone he was surprised by, and she was also surprised.