Chapter 672: Sleep where!

The Public Security Brigade moved very quickly; manpower and vehicles were not restricted.

It was only because they hadn't been on duty recently; otherwise, if the command center had dispatched them, it wouldn't have even taken fifteen minutes.

It had only been twenty-some minutes now, and with few cars on the road at night, the Public Security Brigade arrived even faster.

"Division Chief."

When the fully armed men got out of the car and saw Li Xuewu and the others standing at the restaurant entrance, Shen Fang walked over and saluted.

"You don't look for me when eating, but you look for me when there's work."

Shen Fang looked up at the restaurant's sign, pointed inside, and said, "You owe me a meal here."

"I can't afford to eat here~"

Li Xuewu chuckled, took the cigarette from his mouth with his fingers, gestured toward the young man squatting on the ground, and said, "Fraud, extortion, intimidation."

Huang Gan jumped down from the car, holding the handwritten testimonies from the young ladies, along with the manager's testimony, and handed them to Shen Fang.

"I wanted to call you, but Xuewu said you were on duty. Let's get together next time you're off."

"I believe you, my foot~"

Shen Fang curled his lip, took the materials from Huang Gan's hand, carefully looked at the young man being brought over by the team members, and said, "So arrogant? Don't tell me you caught some mountain king from somewhere~"

The young man had long since lost his spirit; his hands were tied behind his back with a belt, and he had to hold up his trousers with his hands because they would fall down otherwise.

Seeing that only one side of the young man's face was swollen, Shen Fang knew Li Xuewu had taken action. He twitched the corner of his mouth and frowned quite a bit.

The team member escorting the man saw this, exchanged a glance with his companion, and when they reached the car, deliberately bumped the young man against the car door.

When the young man hissed in pain, Shen Fang reminded them, "Be careful, watch out for him faking an injury."

"Yes."

The team member acknowledged the order and had already escorted the man into the car.

Shen Fang had brought two cars; the car for the prisoner didn't wait, and once everyone was arranged, it started up and headed back to the Public Security Brigade.

Shen Fang glanced at the restaurant; the windows were full of people watching, looking like curious babies.

"Isn't this a place for young people to hang out? Why did you come here?"

After speaking, seeing Li Xuewu smile, he knew he was about to talk about the age thing, so he added, "Why didn't you go to the Xinciao?"

"Because I'm not the one treating."

Li Xuewu smiled and gestured toward Huang Gan, who was walking back to his car, then said, "I really didn't expect this to happen today; we were just talking about romance."

After speaking, he beckoned Zuo Jie over and explained to Shen Fang, "A little brother, he was being extorted, and the attitude was quite fierce. I was afraid of retaliation, so I took action."

Actually, Huang Gan also saw it; when Li Xuewu called Zuo Jie over at the time, it was because he wanted to settle the matter.

But those people at the corner had finished eating and still wouldn't leave, just staring over here. It would be strange if Li Xuewu didn't get angry.

Huang Gan knew Li Xuewu's character too well; he would absolutely never let a danger form.

Back when they were talking about fire safety, Li Xuewu had mentioned to him that a fire might start as a small spark that could be extinguished with a splash of urine, so there was no need to let it become a big deal later.

So when he saw Li Xuewu go over to pick a fight, he knew Li Xuewu wouldn't let these people go.

It was only because they were at the Old Mo's that Li Xuewu didn't want to make too much of a scene; otherwise, none of those people would have been able to leave.

It was precisely because he let most of them go and only kept one that the manager didn't react when he took action. If he had blocked a whole group of people to arrest or beat them, the matter here would definitely have blown up.

"Give your statement quickly, we're going back."

Huang Gan said this to Li Xuewu, then turned back to talk to the people in the car.

Li Xuewu squeezed Zuo Jie's shoulder, gestured to Shen Fang, and said, "Go back with Brother Shen. Do as I told you. Once the matter is finished, wait for me at the Public Security Brigade."

"Understood."

Zuo Jie pursed his lips and looked at Li Xuewu, feeling truly moved that Li Xuewu had stood up for him today.

All along, he had been playing behind others, but he was just a supporting character; very few people had helped him like this.

So when Li Xuewu said this, he nodded, holding back his emotion.

Shen Fang tilted his head at him, glanced at Li Xuewu, gave him a look, and took Zuo Jie away in the car.

With the matter here resolved, Huang Gan walked back and asked, "Is such a soft-hearted guy worth you investing so much?"

"What kind of person do you take me for?"

Li Xuewu glanced at Huang Gan and said, "I'm doing this for brotherly loyalty."

"Hiss~ I really believe you."

Huang Gan mocked him and followed Li Xuewu to the car.

The young ladies had already gotten into the car, and seeing Li Xuewu come over, they all turned their gazes toward him.

Especially Ou Xin; she felt Li Xuewu's contrast was too great. This person had too much personality and was too attractive.

Today's meeting with Li Xuewu kept refreshing her impression; all kinds of novel emotions were impacting her thoughts.

Seeing Li Xuewu now, without the ruthlessness he had when beating people, and having returned to being gentle and elegant, she only felt a tingling sensation all over, as if she had been electrocuted.

Pei Pei sat beside her, saw her staring at Li Xuewu outside the car, couldn't help but nudge her, and asked softly, "You're not getting serious, are you?"

"I should be the one asking you that~"

Ou Xin was clever; she looked at Li Xuewu while not yielding in her words.

Pei Pei rolled her eyes and said, "It's no use getting serious; he's already married, and he's just out playing."

Ou Xin didn't react when she heard this, still looking at Li Xuewu's side.

It wasn't until Pei Pei said, "Besides, he has a frontier beauty in his car. Do you know what they're going to do in a while?"

"He wouldn't."

Ou Xin said confidently and firmly, "Although this is my first time meeting him, I believe he wouldn't."

"Pfft~ You can tell fortunes!"

Pei Pei scolded her and didn't say anything more. They had seen too many "suitable" ones while out playing, and their hearts had been moved more times than they could count.

It would be an exaggeration to say their hearts were dead, but at least they wouldn't easily get moved or trust someone.

When she came out of the theater, she threw a tantrum at Huang Gan and got into Li Xuewu's car, but that was just intentional.

Deliberately throwing a little tantrum was just to attract the other party's attention.

But after she got out of the car, she still ran to Huang Gan, and when eating, she still had to serve and take care of Huang Gan.

That's just how it is; throwing a little tantrum is fine, but if you play for real and lose yourself, you'll never be seen in this circle again.

The rules of the game are cruel and realistic. You can still see them if you have a playful heart, but once you get serious, you'll never see them again.

Li Xuewu stood by the car, shook hands with the few of them, smiled and made an appointment to meet again, then returned to the car.

Seeing Seeing Gu Li Aisha sitting in the passenger seat waiting for him obediently, he couldn't help but smile.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha saw the surprise in his eyes and scolded, "You said you would send me back to school~"

"Haha, yes."

Li Xuewu didn't argue with her about who had promised, started the engine, waved at Huang Gan and the others who had already gotten into their car, and drove toward the Nationalities University.

Actually, it was already very close; the Nationalities Institute was right here at Baishi Bridge, separated from the Old Mo's by just a zoo.

Li Xuewu had thought Seeing Gu Li Aisha had walked back herself; he didn't expect her to be waiting for him in the car.

Huang Gan hadn't sent her off precisely because the distance was so short, and plus, she knew Li Xuewu, so she had taken the initiative to get into Li Xuewu's car and wait, so he hadn't mentioned it.

At the time, he might have thought this little girl was quite beautiful, but after a meal, it was really just that.

You can appreciate a solo dance on stage, but can you appreciate it in bed afterwards?

Playing is fine, but don't play for real; that's what his wife told him.

Li Xuewu's car speed wasn't fast, but the distance was really short. Seeing Gu Li Aisha hadn't even thought about what to say to Li Xuewu when the school gate appeared before her eyes.

"That..."

Seeing Gu Li Aisha hesitated as she looked at Li Xuewu, who was driving, and asked, "Can I see you again?"

"Why do you ask?"

Li Xuewu glanced at her, raised an eyebrow, and parked the car on the side of the road at the school gate.

At this time, there were still quite a few students entering and leaving the school gate; some were returning from playing late, and others were walking out of the school gate, chatting and laughing as they headed to the side.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha sat in the passenger seat, reluctant to get out of the car. She held onto the car door and said to Li Xuewu, "I don't know where you live, where you work, what your phone number is, or what you do."

After saying a long string, she looked up at Li Xuewu pitifully and said, "Where am I supposed to see you?"

"Haha, mountains and rivers will meet again; maybe we'll see each other in the future."

Li Xuewu smiled. Seeing that his joke didn't make the girl laugh, and seeing that she looked like she was about to cry instead, he couldn't help but rub his chin.

"I work at the Steel Rolling Mill, in the Security Division."

Li Xuewu's finger lightly tapped the radio between the two of them, then said, "If you want to call, you can call my office and just say my name."

After speaking, he didn't say anything more, just looked at Seeing Gu Li Aisha with a pursed-lip smile.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha looked at Li Xuewu and nodded, saying, "Okay, you... if you want to find me, you can also call. Girls' Dormitory Building 13, you can also ask for my name."

After speaking, she didn't wait for Li Xuewu to say anything else, opened the car door, and jumped out.

Li Xuewu watched the girl trot into the school gate, raised his eyebrows, smiled, and turned the steering wheel to drive back without caring.

It was a long way home from here; following Xizhimen Outer Street back, it was like driving from one end of the West City to the middle of the Dongcheng.

On the way, he didn't think about the frontier girl Seeing Gu Li Aisha, nor did he think about the Beijing girl Ou Xin; he was thinking about the young man taken back by the Public Security Brigade.

He took the opportunity to stand up for someone today, just as Huang Gan said; it wasn't purely for Zuo Jie. How much was Zuo Jie even worth?

Zuo Jie's factor could only account for less than ten percent; the rest was what Li Xuewu wanted to think about today.

What exactly were the minds of the three people Huang Gan brought?

It was mentioned at the club meeting that the scale of members would not be expanded for a while, but Huang Gan just had that intention.

When Li Xuewu went over to pick a fight, these three people also took the initiative to participate.

Part of the reason Li Xuewu went over to pick a fight was to test what these three people were thinking.

Looking at it now, Ma Jun and the others were plotting something big. The prison project Zhong Jingxue mentioned was actually to test him.

To see if Li Xuewu would agree immediately, or how he would agree, or refuse, or something else.

Whether it was testing Li Xuewu's character or judging Li Xuewu's ability, playing today wasn't playing; it should have been some smoke and mirrors.

Li Xuewu also didn't hold back. Since they were testing him, he also tested them through Zuo Jie's matter.

Just to see if they dared to stand up for this matter.

Li Xuewu had already pointed out that these people were all from the big courtyards and all had some connections; he just wanted to see if they dared to stand with him.

Including the move where Li Xuewu showed his credentials, it had a very strong sense of taking a stand.

Now that the test was clear, Li Xuewu took a step, and these people followed a step, following very closely, without any regard for the young man's identity.

Especially when waiting for Shen Fang at the entrance, these few people all wrote things, including calling those little sisters; they weren't afraid of making this matter big.

To think about why these people helped him for no reason, one had to understand what he had that made others covet.

Li Xuewu thought that, more than ninety percent, the other party wanted to enter the club with Huang Gan.

Especially since several of them mentioned their families, this might be the opinion of their family members.

They were all in the same system. Although their club was very low-key, what Huang Gan did was not low-key.

His First Prison now began to show results continuously, and he also had money to engage in internal construction and establish an image.

According to the set Li Xuewu gave him, he really was heading toward building the top-tier technical school in the Dongcheng.

At this time, proposing such a goal was very much in line with policy and mainstream thought.

Being able to think about transforming prisoners into technical workers, giving them a skill so they wouldn't embark on a criminal path again.

And continuously reforming and innovating within the prison, establishing a correct and positive management direction, and improving the overall prison environment was a very bright achievement.

Even under the current situation, what Huang Gan did was also in line with mainstream thought.

No one dared to say that prisoners deserved to stay inside and couldn't have a chance to turn over a new leaf; that was contrary to common sense and the law.

So as long as Huang Gan grasped this point and continued to work hard, his future was truly limitless.

Where were they not clear about Huang Gan's background and ability? If Huang Gan really had such an idea, he would have done it long ago.

The change recently had something to do with Huang Gan, which was this newly appeared club.

Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, but what about thirty or sixty division chiefs?

This club was too fragrant. Their families, and they themselves, were all in this line, so naturally, they understood the importance of relationships.

So coming to find Li Xuewu to play with Huang Gan today, the purpose was probably this.

Another thing was wanting to invest in Li Xuewu as a person, just like Huang Gan, wanting to be friends with Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu might not have been famous before, or even not famous in the eyes of ordinary people now, but in the eyes of those who cared, in the eyes of those above, was the youngest and most capable young cadre in the Dongcheng a joke?

Today Li Xuewu also gave them a vivid lesson, letting them see what it meant to be capable of fighting.

As his name became known, his personal information also became known.

Of course, what's mentioned here isn't that kind of personal information, but his position, work, background, relationships, etc.

After looking at Li Xuewu's information, who could say this was an insignificant little person?

I'm afraid even their fathers wouldn't dare to say so, letting them take the initiative to contact and associate with Li Xuewu, not without the intention of making friends and developing personal relationships.

Gu Haitao's son-in-law, being so young, so capable, and so good at socializing, was very popular!

There were too many people plotting against him, and too many people wanting to gain his friendship.

But so far, the only ones he could call friends were Ji Weidong and a few others.

Even if they were good friends, they were connected by intricate interests; Li Xuewu didn't have pure good friends.

Including women!

Being plotted against isn't scary; what's scary is no one paying attention to you.

With Ma Jun and the others' matter figured out, Li Xuewu didn't think about this anymore.

At worst, just like Ai Jiaqing and the others, give them the title of temporary member first, and when the time is ripe, or at the end of the year, hold a party and hold an inauguration ceremony.

For the socializing of such figures, Li Xuewu had plenty of little things to entertain them; it was nothing more than spending some thought.

Including Huang Gan, just take that lighter; Li Xuewu won it back, but still returned it to him.

How much could a lighter be worth? He had extorted it from Li Huai De anyway.

Huang Gan didn't care either; he just wanted to get closer to Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu returning the lighter also indicated this relationship.

Although the members in the club were all classmates, they were also divided into close and distant ones. Huang Gan pulling people in wasn't without other thoughts.

Li Xuewu thought of these, but wouldn't stop them. The club would always be a collective; he could manage it if he could, and when he couldn't, it would be time to step down.

But judging from the current situation, this club would be a big net, continuously attracting curious prey and butterflies.

Li Xuewu just needed to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor; it was much easier than the active socializing before.

Today, it wasn't just Ma Jun and the others who were thinking about Li Xuewu, but also the little sisters.

He saw the hope in Ou Xin's eyes; she wanted Li Xuewu to ask her to get out of the car and take the initiative to send her home.

But Li Xuewu didn't do that; not only would it be losing face, but it would also make Ma Jun and the others look down on him.

Besides, with a little girl like Ou Xin, Li Xuewu couldn't play; his psychological age was right there.

Including Seeing Gu Li Aisha, only eighteen, and he was already twenty; how could he bring himself to do it?

It was said she could call him, but the phone of the Security Division Chief wasn't that easy to call.

After failing to get through a few times, she wouldn't call again. Beijing was so big, the probability of meeting again was almost zero.

In the vast crowd, how could there be so much love at first sight?

I don't know if others believe it, but Li Xuewu doesn't.

Arriving home, he parked the car in front of the garage door. Because there was another car inside, it couldn't be parked, so it had to be parked like that.

Perhaps hearing the sound of the car, footsteps came from the courtyard.

"Who is it~"

"Me."

Li Xuewu heard it was Qin Jingru's voice, responded, and stood at the entrance waiting for her to open the door.

Qin Jingru first looked through the crack in the door, and seeing it was really Li Xuewu, she opened the big gate.

Li Xuewu looked at her with his eyes drooping and said, "Next time you encounter someone at night, don't ask who it is, because your footsteps can be heard outside; just wait."

After speaking, he gestured to the observation hole on the big iron gate and said, "Also, don't look directly through here, because a single chopstick can make you blind."

"Oh~"

Qin Jingru looked at Li Xuewu strangely, but still agreed.

She didn't take it to heart; it was very safe here. Who would have nothing better to do than come here to cause trouble?

Also, what was this about poking people with chopsticks?

Looking at Li Xuewu's back as he headed into the house, she intuitively felt that this person was afraid of someone coming to harm him every day.

Li Xuewu didn't know someone was muttering behind him; he changed into slippers, carried his bag, and went upstairs.

The light in the study upstairs was still on; he had seen it when he drove into the street.

Very heartwarming light, at least knowing someone at home was waiting for him to return.

Just as he was about to enter the room on tiptoe, he heard Gu Ning's voice from the master bedroom: "You're back?"

"Yeah, yes, not asleep yet?"

Li Xuewu looked at the time on his hand; it was almost eleven o'clock.

Placing his bag on the small tea table, Li Xuewu loosened his shirt and glanced at the master bedroom.

Gu Ning was lying on her side on the bed, and after saying just one sentence, there was no more sound.

Li Xuewu quickly found his pajamas, turned off the study light, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

When he got back into bed, Gu Ning's eyes were narrowed, and she wasn't asleep either.

"Did I wake you up?"

Li Xuewu lifted Gu Ning's chin and sized up his wife.

Gu Ning gently dodged and murmured, "Didn't sleep soundly, always waking up."

"Missed me?"

Li Xuewu teased, then lay down and said, "Ate at the Old Mo's, met Zuo Jie, helped him handle some things, and it delayed time."

"Yeah."

Gu Ning didn't care about his explanation, just said "yeah," then turned over to sleep.

Li Xuewu was a little excited, put his arm around Gu Ning, and said, "How about I help you improve your sleep quality?"

Thursday, the third day the working group moved in.

Led by the team leader in charge of work, who was also Deputy Director Feng Daozong, the meeting began to criticize the work content of the Steel Rolling Mill in the previous stage and reflect on the unreality and mistakes of the work done by the Steel Rolling Mill from top to bottom in this stage.

This meeting was also a study session, and at the same time, they were studying the work spirit brought down from above by the working group, as well as opinions and suggestions for the Steel Rolling Mill.

Li Xuewu sat next to Xu Sinian, his cigarette one after another, choking Xu Sinian until he coughed continuously.

Seeing Li Xuewu choking him, he also started smoking, puffing smoke to choke Li Xuewu.

Passive damage now became active damage, and he didn't cough anymore.

But with the two of them doing this, others started coughing.

This conference room was a large conference room, and all cadres above the deputy division level of the factory, business backbones of relevant departments, and worker representatives from the workshops were all present.

Even though it was a large conference room, with so many people sitting inside, it appeared somewhat crowded.

With so many people, there was more smoking, and since what Director Feng was saying was obscure and difficult to understand, these old smokers were competing to smoke even more.

It was as if they were retaliating against someone; one cigarette after another, trying to use smoke to consume time and also digest what Director Feng was saying.

If Li Xuewu had to say, they were just daydreaming, because Director Feng probably didn't even understand what he was saying himself.

Actually, it wasn't his fault; the policy and situation changed every day. Li Xuewu looked at yesterday's newspaper and today's newspaper, and the tone had changed slightly again.

Director Feng didn't know how to explain it, so he could only read from the script and add some remarks already in the newspapers.

In Li Xuewu's view, Director Feng's attitude was already very clear; there was no need to listen to his report. Just looking at the situation where he didn't dare to speak nonsense, one could know what the situation was.

Jing Yunong was a female comrade and didn't smoke, but now she was sitting in the conference room passively inhaling smoke, coughing continuously.

Gu Weijie glared at Li Xuewu, who was smoking the most, and turned to gesture to the cadres by the window to open it.

Well, the few working group members who had previously emphasized work discipline and not opening windows didn't talk about confidentiality anymore.

It could be seen that they were also afraid of being choked by smoke, because it was really too choking.

Xu Sinian saw Deputy Secretary Gu glaring, pursed his lips, lowered his head, and secretly glanced at Li Xuewu; he knew Li Xuewu was doing it on purpose.

And looking at the window, the white smoke in the room rushed out violently, like Sun Wukong's somersault cloud, drummed in by the wind outside, and surged out all at once.

If one had to say who was bad, it had to be Li Xuewu. Xu Sinian was sitting beside him, watching him not inhale into his mouth, just puffing it in his cheeks.

Puffing smoke out, from his mouth, from his nostrils, just like an incense burner with incense lit, a whole smoke-making machine.

Now that the window was opened, Xu Sinian looked at Li Xuewu again, and this bad boy wasn't smoking anymore.

"Cough cough~"

Director Feng, sitting in front, perhaps had spoken too much, or perhaps was choked by smoke, coughed hard a few times, put down the document in his hand, picked up his teacup, and looked at the attendees around him.

"Everyone has heard the spirit from above. Regarding the recent work of the Steel Rolling Mill, I believe everyone has a deep understanding that some problems have appeared."

Director Feng took a sip of hot tea, then glanced at Yang Yuansong and said, "The arrival of the working group is not to cause trouble for everyone, nor is it to pick faults or grab handles."

"Ah~"

Director Feng held his head high, adjusted the big glasses on his face, looked at the people below, and continued, "The working group is here to help everyone recognize the shortcomings in their work, check out the mistakes in their work, and help everyone correct them together."

"I have also heard about some things in the Steel Rolling Mill. The workers have many opinions, and the cadres in the organs also have many opinions, right?"

Li Xuewu listened to Director Feng counting and criticizing the leaders of the Steel Rolling Mill in front, narrowed his eyes, and glanced at Xu Sinian.

Xu Sinian was also full of seriousness, returned a look to Li Xuewu, and continued to pretend to understand.

Li Xuewu had understood some things. This Director Feng wasn't actually invited by Yang Fengshan; he came with dissatisfaction from above regarding many of the Steel Rolling Mill's recent work.

Just looking at Yang Fengshan's expression now, he might have known about this, he might have guessed there would be these things, but he shouldn't have expected such serious criticism.

If it were behind closed doors, calling the factory leaders together for a meeting, this could still be understood.

Calling so many cadres and representatives here, almost naming them and criticizing them, this situation was truly rare.

Last time the big leader came, he didn't do this either; he called Yang Yuansong and the others together, held a small meeting, and said the critical words, while in the large conference room, the big leader said all hope and encouragement.

This should be the normal procedure, and also the procedure Yang Yuansong hoped for.

But things went contrary to wishes, and Xu Sinian also felt that the matter was really developing as Li Xuewu said.

Because after preaching the spirit of instructions from above, the next step was to carry out criticism and self-criticism from top to bottom in the Steel Rolling Mill.

This would be fine at a life meeting, after all, that was a Party Committee meeting, and everyone was self-criticizing like that.

But what kind of meeting was this now? This was an office meeting. If they really engaged in self-criticism, where would the factory director's face go?

Let alone the factory director's face, because this Director Feng had already criticized Deputy Factory Director Li Huai De.

"Some comrades, they don't have the spirit of dedication to the Steel Rolling Mill, don't have the determination to be one-minded for the factory, and always have some little thoughts and little tricks."

"Ah~"

Director Feng habitually used a modal particle, then continued, "I just say, this political ecology is unhealthy, and it doesn't meet the needs of current development, right?"

Seeing Director Feng look at him and ask, Yang Yuansong felt inexplicably irritable, but still endured his temper and nodded, expressing his attitude.

Director Feng got Yang Yuansong's nod and continued, "I think, the organ cadres of the Steel Rolling Mill, as well as the broad worker representatives, don't hope for this situation to appear, and the working group's opinion is also firmly resisting this behavior that is unfavorable to the great situation."

"What is development? I think development is unity, is conforming to the requirements of the era, conforming to current political needs, and the needs of the people."

Li Xuewu listened to Director Feng's speech and knew that the matter was going to develop in some unpredictable directions. Li Huai De wouldn't just let it go like this.

If this Director Feng really expressed a tough attitude, firm will, and decisive handling method, then it might be possible to control Li Huai De's ambition.

However, from this person's speech, Li Xuewu didn't see the firm will of the working group at all; he only saw a shovel for mixing mud.

Also, the Steel Rolling Mill's problems weren't ideological, but had practical difficulties and needs. The worker representatives he kept mentioning, who came here today, really wanted to hear what the factory wanted to do and what could be done, not listen to him preaching scriptures.

If he couldn't come up with practical and feasible solutions, then everything he said before was nonsense.

Being good to the workers, being good to the Steel Rolling Mill, and coming to help the Steel Rolling Mill required making actual achievements.

The harder they suppressed the voices today, the more intense the backlash would be when they didn't achieve what they said within the limited time.

Li Xuewu estimated that Li Huai De also saw this point, so he didn't need to say anything or do anything now, just wait for the critical moment to light a fire and send these big talkers to the West Heaven.

He had thought about using the working group to check and balance Li Huai De, but after observing for these few days, he found that the working group came down from above, somewhat out of touch with reality, as if they hadn't adapted to this working environment, let alone reached the requirements from above that they mentioned.

At least now, it was the third day, and Li Xuewu hadn't heard that they had gone to the workshop to listen to the workers' voices.

This was a very scary thing. Li Xuewu couldn't imagine how those above chose the working group leader. Arriving at the factory and only turning between the office and the guesthouse, could this handle things?

Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan were still the top leaders of the factory, and they didn't see them staying in the office without coming out; from time to time, they still had to go to the workshop to turn around.

Even for the Security Division, the secretary led the team to inspect, which happened every month. Office inspections were also randomly checked by Yang Fengshan from time to time.

Both had to be on the front line, let alone the working group that came to solve practical problems.

Li Xuewu was extremely disappointed in these people. Just like the conversation on the first day, he was particularly disappointed. These people didn't take the Steel Rolling Mill's matter seriously at all, just feeling it was work, and they would leave after finishing it.

If Li Xuewu had to say, this kind of backlash would definitely appear, and would definitely be grasped by Li Huai De. Just wait and see.

The meeting proceeded according to the process. When it reached Yang Yuansong, those who should review would review, and those who should self-criticize would self-criticize, starting from the secretary, and so on.

When it was Li Huai De's turn, everyone looked at him. He was calm and composed, saying what he should say.

Still, even Li Xuewu understood that the working group couldn't remove Li Huai De's deputy factory director position; everything was just empty talk.

When it was his turn, Li Xuewu also didn't hold back, pointing out the Security Division's work from top to bottom, from inside to outside, especially the several sudden situations in the Steel Rolling Mill, and he pointed out the Security Division's shortcomings and needs in it.

When he finished reporting, everyone was a bit overwhelmed. Those who reported before were worried that their criticism wasn't deep enough, and those who reported after were worried that their preparation wasn't enough, all thinking deeply and making preparations.

And Xu Sinian, who was beside Li Xuewu, gritted his teeth and muttered in a low voice: "Are you showing off? Accompanying the crown prince to study, you really want to win the top scholar!"

Li Xuewu glanced at him sideways and didn't pay attention to him.

Others could take it as a joke, but Li Xuewu couldn't. He was carrying a disciplinary action because of last month's matter. If these grandsons grabbed a handle, it would also be a troublesome thing.

It was better to be active and low-key now. He had enough trouble, so he shouldn't look for trouble himself.

He didn't want to look for trouble, but someone wasn't afraid of looking for trouble.

Originally, such a meeting only gave the top leaders of each department the right to speak. Unexpectedly, after the Audit Division's Yin Zaiwei finished speaking, the worker representative sitting there stood up.

"Hello, Director Feng. I am Xu Liyou, a worker in the first workshop. I am particularly excited and particularly moved after listening to your speech today. Above is still willing to listen to our voices."

As Xu Liyou was saying this, a staff member of the working group was originally going to stop him, but was stopped by Director Feng, who heard him say this.

If someone could speak so well, let them speak a few more words.

Director Feng saw Xu Liyou interrupted by the two of them, raised his hand to gesture, and said, "You continue. Today everyone can speak freely, and anyone can raise opinions."

Seeing him say this, Xu Liyou raised his neck and said, "In April this year, the earthquake destroyed our house. Now our family of seven is squeezed into a temporarily borrowed house, crowded and hot."

After speaking, he looked toward Yang Fengshan and said, "I remember when expressing condolences, the factory director said that we must solve the housing problem for this part of the workers before winter."

Feng Daozong saw that this person didn't seem to be praising him, but rather aiming at Yang Fengshan.

Although he didn't want to hear these practical difficulties, it wasn't aimed at him, and he could use this to criticize Yang Fengshan's work.

So he didn't stop Xu Liyou and listened to him continue.

Yang Fengshan also didn't expect that there would be workers taking the initiative to speak at such a meeting, and even less did he expect that this worker seemed to be aiming at him.

Xu Liyou said a sentence to Yang Fengshan, then turned the wind direction, looked at Director Feng, and said, "On behalf of our whole family, and on behalf of the workers affected by the disaster, I thank the Steel Rolling Mill and thank the residential area built by the factory for us."

"However, now the residential area has stopped because of Deng Zhiwang's problem, and it is said that there are special problems, and it is said that there are financial difficulties."

Xu Liyou looked at Director Feng sincerely and asked, "Then I want to ask Director Feng, you brought the spirit and instructions from above to the Steel Rolling Mill, brought criticism and self-criticism to the factory leaders and cadres, but did you bring funds to the residential area we are looking forward to day and night?"

"Buzz~~~"

It wasn't clear who started speaking loudly, but this kind of sudden discussion sound emerged, very low, but very annoying.

Feng Daozong was stumped for a moment, standing there not knowing how to explain.

And the working group staff member saw Director Feng in a difficult position, so he stood up, frowned at Xu Liyou, and said, "The meeting we are holding today is for study and criticism, which has nothing to do with what you said. Let's talk about this problem later."

"Oh, study and criticism, huh."

Xu Liyou didn't listen to his words and sit down, but continued to ask, "Can't you hear the criticism in my words?"

After he finished saying this, the seven worker representatives sitting with him all stood up, expressing the same attitude.

This startled the staff member. He wanted to say more, but was stopped by Director Feng.

"Si Lianzhong, how can you talk to comrades like that? No manners, sit down!"

Using the tone of reprimanding the staff member, Feng Daozong also put pressure on Xu Liyou and the others.

Now turning to look at Xu Liyou, he explained, "The problem you mentioned, we started researching and solving it the first day we arrived. This is an important work that we are in charge of during this visit to the Steel Rolling Mill."

"Right, Division Chief Peng?"

Feng Daozong asked Division Chief Peng Yonghong below, then said, "Regarding the funding problem, we have to understand clearly what problems appeared in the project from the beginning of the project, how they were solved, whether there were problems with the solutions, and only after evaluation can we report it up, and only then can we seek solutions."

"Don't be anxious. Problems will eventually be solved."

Feng Daozong said slowly, "We will definitely solve this problem. Please rest assured, ah~"

"According to what you said, Director Feng, how long will this set of work take?"

Xu Liyou was clearly prepared today and didn't follow the comfort and ambiguity in Director Feng's words, but continued to pursue the question.

"You do this work for three months, and funding allocation takes another month. How much construction time is left? Many of us are living in tents. How do you want us to spend the winter?"

Xu Liyou became more and more excited as he spoke, driving the representatives beside him to look at Feng Daozong with righteous indignation.

"Yes, give us a time. When can we move into the residential area!"

"Exactly! We worked ourselves to death helping at the construction site, and in the end, there are only a few empty cement pillars standing there. Where do you want us to sleep!"