Chapter 675

Zhang Guoqi pretended to be angry and glared at Zhang Songying, saying: "Aren't we being too formal? Not to mention Li Xuewu's side, we are all one family!"

While saying this, Zhang Guoqi gestured toward Zhang Songying and himself, saying: "One brush cannot write two 'Zhang' characters; don't mind this. I know that child, Xiao Jin."

Laughing and joking, he also explained to the others at the table: "That day when I walked out the door, that child said to me, 'Welcome back next time.' Hahaha~"

"Hehehe~"

Everyone also noticed the change in Zhang Guoqi's expression; from almost being unable to step down from the stage just a moment ago, to Zhang Songying giving him a big step up and even praising him, Zhang Guoqi's expression finally improved.

Especially the few sentences Zhang Songying used to praise him, which gave Zhang Guoqi a great deal of face.

Everyone knew that Zhang Songying represented Li Xuewu's face at the guesthouse; for her to say this meant that Li Xuewu had instructed her to do so.

So when Xiao Jin brought the wine and poured it for everyone, they were all laughing and joking with Xiao Jin, and also thanking Zhang Guoqi, saying that today they were borrowing his light.

The words of the crowd once again gave Zhang Guoqi face, and also slightly reduced his hostility toward Li Xuewu in his heart.

His understanding of Li Xuewu was truly very complicated: he dared not provoke him, feared the struggle for power, wanted to make friends, but feared being tricked.

Watching Li Xuewu get along harmoniously with Dong Wenxue, and with deputy factory-level leaders like Li Huai De and Gu Weijie, he knew that his envy and jealousy were useless; the only thing he could do was to get along well with Li Xuewu.

But the pride in his heart and the change in the gap in status truly left him not knowing how to handle his relationship with Li Xuewu.

So looking at it now, although Zhang Guoqi was on the same team as Li Xuewu, they had very little contact, and even less communication and cooperation.

This was very strange; Li Xuewu could get along well with the two old bastards in the factory, Kuang Yusheng and Xia Zhongquan, but not with Zhang Guoqi.

Could it be that Zhang Guoqi's personality was more upright and stubborn than Kuang Yusheng's, and more cautious than Xia Zhongquan's?

Zhang Songying maintained this side well, took Xiao Jin out the door, and asked: "Did Director Li go to the tea room?"

"Yes, he is talking to Deputy Secretary Gu."

Xiao Jin explained, looking at Zhang Songying with embarrassment.

Zhang Songying tapped Xiao Jin's forehead and asked: "What is wrong with you? You are usually quite clever. To embarrass him in front of so many people, aren't you afraid he will come down and target you later?"

"He is annoying~"

Xiao Jin pouted and said: "He usually looks at me with that kind of gaze and often comes to take advantage. If he wants to drink, he should buy it himself~"

"It's not your wine anyway, why be so stingy~"

Zhang Songying stood face-to-face with Xiao Jin, scolded her softly, reached out to straighten the collar of Xiao Jin's white shirt, and said: "Director Li doesn't care about that little bit of wine. There's no need to get worked up with him. Even if you let him drink until he dies, how much can he drink!"

After finishing, she exhorted Xiao Jin again: "Remember, eggs don't collide with stones. Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh; what is there to compete with a stinky stone like him?"

"I know, Sister Zhang."

Xiao Jin responded with a giggle, and seeing Zhang Songying's signal, she went to get busy.

Zhang Songying understood the thoughts of these young girls very well, so in daily management, she would not lecture them with a straight face; she cared more and scolded less.

This actually made the relationship between the guesthouse attendants and her much better, and they were willing to come to her with anything.

Compared to her gentle influence, Qin Huairu was stricter; although she also smiled, her methods were very serious and brooked no questioning.

The head of the guesthouse was at the deputy section level; if she really got the urge to discipline someone, who would dare provoke her?

So Qin Huairu and Zhang Songying cooperated well, and the guesthouse was managed well.

She went to the kitchen to get a box of fruit, carried it to the bar, recorded her name, and then carried it to the tea room.

"Secretary Gu, Director Li, I'm bringing you a plate of fruit to go with your tea; it's refreshing."

As soon as she entered the room, seeing only the two of them sitting by the window, she greeted them in advance, fearing she might overhear their conversation.

Gu Weijie smiled at Zhang Songying and said: "You're too kind; it's Director Li's expense."

"Hi, as long as you like it."

Li Xuewu didn't mind the probing in Gu Weijie's words, responded with a smile, and then picked up his teacup and took a sip.

Zhang Songying didn't dare say much here; she placed the fruit platter on the table, bowed slightly, turned, and left.

Gu Weijie glanced at the fruit platter on the table and looked out the window. Behind the guesthouse was a small garden; no one knew who had planted it or who was taking care of it. Sitting in the tea room and looking out, the scenery was uniquely beautiful.

"You really are very talented; one has to admit it."

Li Xuewu's tea-drinking motion paused slightly, he glanced at Gu Weijie, then put down the teacup and said: "How come I didn't know?"

"Hehe~"

Knowing that Li Xuewu was doing it on purpose, Gu Weijie didn't mind. She smiled lightly, turned her head back to look at Li Xuewu, and said: "I studied the office methods you advocated in the Security Division again carefully and found that they are all about details."

"You pay great attention to the management of details, don't you?"

"Of course."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips, looked at Gu Weijie, and said casually: "Seeing the small to know the large; big problems are often hidden in the details."

"Yes~ just like this tea room and restaurant."

Gu Weijie crossed her legs just like Li Xuewu, looked at the hot tea in front of her, and said: "The restaurant should be sunny and face the public, while the tea room should be quiet and private."

After finishing, she looked at the cut fruit platter on the table and said: "Making services detailed, professional, and standardized—your detail management has not only achieved results in safety production work, but it is the same in the guesthouse."

"Really amazing~"

"Don't praise me anymore, I'm going to faint, hehe~"

Li Xuewu laughed softly and said: "You are doing Party work; aren't you also known for being rigorous and serious? Actually, doing business is the same."

"There is no good or bad work, only whether you love it or not, right?"

The midday sun was a bit dazzling, but fortunately, there were a few clouds playing tricks, so the sun didn't take away the radiance and warmth on Gu Weijie's smiling face.

I don't know if it was because she got what she wanted or because her wishes came true, but today Gu Weijie seemed more relaxed and had many emotions.

She asked Li Xuewu with a smile, and seeing Li Xuewu's amused expression, she followed suit and laughed, lowering her head to drink tea.

"Let's continue talking about the residential area project."

After a few words of small talk, Gu Weijie pulled the topic back to work. Only when talking about work could Gu Weijie move her attention away from Li Xuewu's damn personal charm.

This kid had the face of a young man but had the schemes of a wise man, yet he still retained a bit of a teenager's playfulness, which made Gu Weijie a little afraid of him—afraid of being led by him to think something or say something.

"Actually, what I just said, Deputy Factory Director Li understands, and you understand too. It's like lice on a monk's head—it's obvious. The key is to break the situation."

When talking about work, Li Xuewu gradually restrained the relaxation and smile on his face and became serious.

"The key to breaking the situation is not in the Logistics Department's trade project, nor in the joint enterprise; it's all in the residential area project itself."

"Tell me in detail."

Gu Weijie glanced at the time on her hand and said: "We have plenty of time. I believe the Engineering Department is also not prepared on how to report work to me."

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Weijie's good mood, only hoping that she would be the same in the future, and not say that he pushed her into a pit.

"The residential area project was made too big; results can't be seen, so some people have lost patience."

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Weijie and explained: "I suggest you be down-to-earth, start building from the first building, allocate one building after it's finished, and then build the second one."

"Hmm, quenching thirst by looking at plums, right?"

Gu Weijie glanced at Li Xuewu and said: "Do you have any specific suggestions? It's best if they are constructive."

"You are asking about funds, right?"

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and then said: "With the residential area's existing funds, as well as the three-month budget that Director Feng promised, based on the foundation that has been completed now, I believe building three buildings is no problem."

"Three buildings?"

Gu Weijie frowned and said: "Three buildings are not enough; even thirty might not be enough."

"It still depends on how you look at it."

Li Xuewu tapped the tea table and said: "If we follow the current layout design standards, sixty buildings, even eighty, wouldn't be enough."

Li Xuewu had seen the design drawings made by the Engineering Department: each household was over forty square meters, each floor housed fourteen households, six floors—that was eighty-four households.

If it really followed the data on housing difficulties for disaster-stricken workers in the Steel Rolling Factory counted at the end of April, over six thousand households, I'm afraid it would really take nearly ninety buildings.

This even included the design for the cadre building; how much money would that all take?

At that time, Deng Zhiwang was also presiding over this work; the design drawings were made by a design institute, and the leaders looked at them and thought they were very beautiful and were very satisfied.

This was not inferior to the best residential quarters now; the Steel Rolling Factory was really blowing its own horn.

But this horn was blown too big, and now it was a bit awkward; the house was designed, but there wasn't enough money.

When the design draft was handed in at the beginning, I'm afraid Yang Fengshan didn't expect that the higher-ups would tighten the funds so much.

Originally, relying on the steel industry, building dormitories shouldn't have been simple?

But now that the overall fiscal policy is tightening, the approval work for many projects has artificially become cautious.

So even for the dormitory buildings that have already been approved, they are now facing a situation of being unfinished.

"What do you mean? Change the housing area?"

Gu Weijie could naturally understand the meaning in Li Xuewu's words; she frowned and thought for a while, then said: "But in this way, the nature of the residential building is..."

"You're getting it for free and you're still complaining?"

Li Xuewu held the handle of the teacup, glanced at Gu Weijie, and said: "The urgent problem at present is not whether the house is good or bad, but having a place to spend the winter. Being able to live in a building is a success; you're still thinking about whether it's good or bad?"

Gu Weijie frowned and looked at Li Xuewu, asking: "According to your meaning, how do you want to change it?"

"It's not how I want to change it, it's changing it according to actual needs."

Li Xuewu tilted his head slightly and said: "Let's calculate based on three buildings first, which is about eleven thousand three hundred and forty square meters. You tell me first, for the three buildings in the first phase, how many households do you expect to settle?"

Gu Weijie didn't know what kind of calculation this was, but since Li Xuewu asked, she didn't consider other problems and first stated the number of people she wanted to settle.

"At the very least, about fifteen or sixteen percent of the total number of disaster-stricken workers."

After hesitating, Gu Weijie gave a required data point and emphasized: "This is the lowest housing demand in the statistical data. These people's housing cannot make it through the winter unless new houses are built."

"But you have to know, with the current income level of workers, not every family has the conditions to build their own houses."

"Hmm, then let's calculate based on sixteen percent."

Li Xuewu nodded, his fingers calculating, and looking at Gu Weijie, he quickly gave an approximate number.

"About one thousand and fifty households, which means, before winter comes, we need to settle one thousand and fifty households of workers."

"Don't even think about this."

Li Xuewu didn't even calculate it, shook his head helplessly, and said: "Even chicken coops aren't built like this, unless they want to sleep standing up."

"According to the current design plan, after the construction of the three buildings is completed, they can accommodate... two hundred and fifty-two households."

Li Xuewu frowned slightly, looked at Gu Weijie, and said: "This data is too far apart. Let's not count your needs first; let's count based on what can actually be done. The housing area must also be reduced."

After finishing, his fingers continued to calculate, thinking in his heart, and the calculation result was already given in his mouth.

"Eleven thousand three hundred and forty square meters, three buildings, six floors, six hundred and thirty square meters per floor, minus the stairs, two public bathrooms, and the public part of one public kitchen..."

After calculating in his heart, Li Xuewu said to Gu Weijie: "Redesign each household at twenty square meters, three buildings, six floors, twenty-eight households per floor, five hundred and four households, exactly half short."

"That is to say, to meet the highest demand, we still have to build three buildings?"

Gu Weijie frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Three months' time, no one can guarantee that the trade project and the joint enterprise's profit funds will definitely arrive."

"So, you have a gap of three buildings now."

Li Xuewu's fingers continued to calculate, and he said to Gu Weijie with his eyes narrowed slightly: "Eleven thousand three hundred and forty square meters, the construction cost per square meter is calculated at forty yuan; you are short four hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred yuan."

"Heh~"

After hearing Li Xuewu finish talking about the construction cost, Gu Weijie immediately supported her forehead with her hand, and her elbow rested on the tea table.

"Sell me off, four hundred and fifty thousand..."

"To say something hurtful."

Li Xuewu leaned forward slightly, tapped the tea table in front of Gu Weijie with his finger, and reminded: "You are wishful thinking; even if you were made of gold, you wouldn't be worth four hundred and fifty thousand."

Gu Weijie suddenly raised her head, stared at Li Xuewu for a good while, and then said: "That really is hurtful~"

"Faithful words are hard to hear."

Li Xuewu smiled indifferently, then pushed the fruit platter toward Gu Weijie and signaled: "Debts don't weigh on the body; don't get angry, eat some fruit."

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu with a mix of anger and amusement, and asked: "Aren't you eating?"

Li Xuewu pursed his lips, looked at the watermelon in the fruit platter, and said: "Too sweet, I don't like it."

It's not that he doesn't like it; although he doesn't like sweets, he wouldn't go as far as not touching a single piece of fruit.

It's because he was afraid it would be inconvenient for Gu Weijie, and also afraid it would be inconvenient for himself; after all, it was just one plate of fruit, and it's always bad for a man and a woman to share it.

Furthermore, Li Xuewu didn't have the habit of eating in places he wasn't familiar with, unless it was at home.

"You really are picky."

Gu Weijie glanced at Li Xuewu amusedly, picked up a piece of watermelon with a toothpick, ate it, signaled to Li Xuewu, and said: "Continue, the problems have all been stated, it's time to talk about the solutions."

"Solutions."

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Weijie with a smile and said: "It's very simple; actually, Deng Zhiwang has already done it, but he took the wrong path."

"What do you mean?"

Gu Weijie frowned and asked: "Deng Zhiwang? How come I haven't heard of it? Is there a mature plan?"

"No, what he did was make a mistake; what you want to do is not."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, tapped the tea table, and asked: "How did Deng Zhiwang raise money?"

"Are you talking about personnel?"

Gu Weijie widened her eyes, looked at Li Xuewu, and said: "Are you talking about selling factory entry quotas to raise funds?"

"Absurd!"

Gu Weijie pointed in Li Xuewu's direction and said: "He makes a mistake by doing it, but I don't make a mistake by doing it?"

"Of course, you don't make a mistake by doing it."

Li Xuewu said softly: "Because you cannot sell factory entry quotas."

"What do you mean?"

Gu Weijie put down the toothpick in her hand, narrowed her eyes, looked at Li Xuewu, and signaled him to explain clearly.

Li Xuewu said frankly: "Three buildings, built one by one, one building only has one hundred and sixty-eight households; who lives in it first?"

Gu Weijie tilted her face slightly, looked at Li Xuewu, and said: "Of course it's..."

"Of course it's those who urgently need housing who live in it first."

Li Xuewu interrupted Gu Weijie's words, tapped the tea table with his finger, and said: "The right to allocate housing is already in your hands; tell me, what do you think you should do?"

"What do you think I should do..."

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu and started thinking, asking softly: "Those who pay money live in it first? Do you mean collecting money from the workers in difficulty?"

"Hiss~"

Li Xuewu leaned back slightly, narrowed his eyes, looked at Gu Weijie, and asked: "Then do they have money?"

"Just explain it clearly."

Gu Weijie gave up thinking, leaned back in her chair, and said to Li Xuewu: "There are only two of us here; you speak, I'm listening."

"I'll say it: this building, it's the same whoever lives in it; what's different is that everyone can live in a building."

Li Xuewu took a sip of tea and then said: "Tell the factory that the residential area project funds are tight, and according to the factory director's instructions, open a special donation channel."

"Special notice: donations and labor on the construction site will be calculated in the housing allocation points. Housing will be allocated according to the ranking of points, and those with two thousand points can settle one child."

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Weijie, whose brows had relaxed and who was looking at him with bright eyes, and asked amusedly: "What do you think of this method?"

"Not much, it's too damaging."

Gu Weijie said with a smile on her face: "Are you really not afraid that Yang Fengshan will get angry with you?"

"Not afraid, it's not my idea anyway."

Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders and said: "This is an idea you came up with; what does it have to do with me? Are you afraid?"

"Heh! ~"

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and said: "I'm afraid I'm not worth four hundred and fifty thousand yuan."

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu laughed loudly, then took a sip of tea, and looking at Gu Weijie again, she no longer had a worried expression, but was full of triumphant smiles.

After the two laughed, Gu Weijie also took a sip of tea, then asked Li Xuewu: "Tell me again, how to handle the factory entry quotas? Where to arrange hundreds or thousands of people?"

This is indeed a problem; two thousand yuan for a formal worker quota, plus a house—no matter who looks at it now, it's worth it.

A house of twenty square meters, housing a family of six is no problem; a dual-income family or a high-wage family can definitely afford it.

After all, a formal worker quota is now over one thousand five hundred yuan, plus five hundred yuan to buy a house, and it's a building—this account is very easy to calculate.

"First of all, it's controlling the labor on the construction site, clearing out helpers who don't meet labor standards, such as children and the elderly; this is of no help to construction, it only adds chaos."

"One cent per work point, two thousand points can only be grabbed by spending money; working absolutely cannot reach it."

Li Xuewu said to Gu Weijie: "Since you have the allocation power in your hands, and also have personnel power, then start from personnel. As long as you reach two thousand points, then transfer to a formal worker, replacing a temporary worker."

"After all, they are all workers in the factory, and you can't say you'll just clear them out directly; then let them work on the construction site. Those who can't work, either two thousand points, or be laid off."

Gu Weijie frowned as she listened to Li Xuewu's explanation and asked: "The temporary workers in the workshop all have an apprentice nature and have a tenure for becoming formal; this can't be done."

"Then start from the Service Department."

Li Xuewu took a sip of tea and said: "Over the years, the Service Department has stuffed many workers' children in; one by one they are idle, have no hope of becoming formal, and can't even sweep the streets well."

"You really dare to think."

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu and nodded, saying: "I'll consider this matter slowly; do you have any other suggestions? It's best if they can save money."

As she spoke, she ate another piece of watermelon and said: "Now my head hurts whenever money is mentioned."

"Still want to save?"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Or should we just build four cement pillars, and let the people who get the housing build the rest themselves?"

Coming out of the tea room, it was Li Xuewu who settled the bill at the bar. Gu Weijie left first; she should have gone to ponder what he said at noon today.

The suggestions Li Xuewu made were all exaggerated, and he did it on purpose. He said it was a two-thousand-yuan donation to get a house and a formal worker quota.

But this operation needs careful consideration; it can't be the two thousand yuan Li Xuewu said.

Including construction site labor, formal workers replacing temporary workers, etc., these are just Li Xuewu's suggestions; the specific implementation plan needs her to study and discuss.

"Director Li, Director Zhang said your bill is recorded under her account."

Seeing Li Xuewu come over to settle the bill, Xiao Liu explained with some difficulty: "Director Zhang should have already finished recording it over there."

"Then help me deposit twenty yuan into your Director Zhang's account."

Li Xuewu took out three more bills from his pocket and placed them on the bar, then without waiting for the attendant to say anything, he smiled and walked toward the door.

The attendant didn't know what to do either. Director Zhang had said that Director Li had helped the guesthouse a lot, so his consumption was all covered by Director Zhang.

Sometimes when Director Zhang wasn't there, and Director Qin wasn't there either, the attendants would also pay; after all, the subsidies issued last month were almost catching up to their wages, and who didn't miss Director Li's kindness?

But now Director Li had suddenly added twenty yuan to the account, which was much more than the actual consumption.

How could Li Xuewu let Zhang Songying spend money for him? What would that become?

Originally, the wages she earned weren't much, and she spent money lavishly. Li Xuewu had told her long ago not to record bills for him; he didn't expect she would still record them for him.

Feelings are feelings, but one must be serious about money; otherwise, the feelings would be a bit impure.

Li Xuewu is very pure; even Xia Zhongquan can see this point.

"You are purely trying to tire me to death!"

Xia Zhongquan frowned, supported his glasses, and carefully looked at the few design drawings Li Xuewu handed over, which he called design drawings.

"What is all this! What is this?"

"Arm strength trainer, for exercise, for exercising the body."

Li Xuewu pointed to the design drawing he drew and explained: "Two grips, add a strong spring in the middle; how simple."

As he spoke, he signaled to Xia Zhongquan how this thing achieves the purpose of fitness.

"This damn thing can exercise the body?"

Xia Zhongquan frowned, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "Train what?"

"Here."

Li Xuewu pointed to Xia Zhongquan's chest and said: "The muscles here, plus wrists, arms, waist, and abdomen; quite a lot."

"Really?"

Xia Zhongquan reached out his hand and patted away the big hand Li Xuewu was pinching him with, raised his arm to look at himself, and looked at Li Xuewu suspiciously.

"Don't join in the fun."

Li Xuewu looked at Xia Zhongquan's skinny arm and said: "At your age, drink more wolfberry water, walk properly, don't fall, don't stand up or get up suddenly; this is for young people."

"Heh~"

Xia Zhongquan gave a light laugh, then raised his eyebrows and looked at the next one, asking: "What is this thing?"

"Grip strength trainer, for exercising palm muscles..."

"What about this one?"

"Pull strength trainer, for exercising waist and abdomen."

"What about this one?"

"This is a jump rope, Grandpa, you should take your medicine!"

"Go to hell! Hahaha~"

Xia Zhongquan was amused by Li Xuewu until he laughed loudly, and the drawings in his hand were scattered all over the tea table.

After the two laughed, they took a sip of tea. Xia Zhongquan took off his glasses, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "What project did you start again?"

After finishing, he looked at the drawings on the tea table and asked: "Who is this prepared to be sold to?"

"Sold to young people."

Li Xuewu put down the teacup in his hand and said a piece of nonsense with a straight face.

Xia Zhongquan was choked by him until he rolled his eyes. After a good while, he picked up a drawing and asked: "Can this thing make money?"

No matter how he looked at it, he suspected it; what kind of broken things were these?

"You see how much it costs to manufacture one in your hand."

Li Xuewu didn't mind Xia Zhongquan's suspicion, looked at the arm strength trainer drawing in his hand, and asked.

Xia Zhongquan raised his eyebrows and said: "What cost is there? The kind of steel you're talking about isn't it alloy spring steel? The springs on trucks are this thing."

After finishing, he looked at the drawing and estimated it, saying: "Including welding and labor, two yuan?"

After finishing, he glanced at Li Xuewu and asked: "Is that too much? Actually, one point five is also fine; turn on the machines in the workshop, and you can make over a thousand a day."

"Cough cough~"

Li Xuewu wiped his nose, wiped off the tea he sprayed out, and said: "I'm planning to sell it for five yuan; that's about right."

"This thing?"

Xia Zhongquan rolled his eyes and asked: "Who the hell has nothing better to do than spend five yuan to buy this? Are they idiots!"

After finishing, he threw the drawing in his hand onto the tea table, searched around on the tea table again, took out a few sports equipment drawings, and said: "If you say these things are built, that's fine; making half the profit is no problem, but I think yours is hanging."

"Hmm, I'm also thinking of trying it out."

Li Xuewu didn't say the other use of the arm strength trainer, fearing that if he told him, he wouldn't make it anymore.

These scattered things were just side branches of his conversation with Xia Zhongquan today; they were made just like sailor shirts, for young people to enjoy.

The focus was on security equipment, including shields, anti-riot sticks, steel helmets, bulletproof vests, etc.

Vehicle modification also needs to be discussed again to see if there is any possibility of building cars himself.

Now that Yang Fengshan has loosened up, Li Xuewu feels that car maintenance can try parts manufacturing plus car assembly.

Luxury cars are naturally impossible, but cars with simple structures like the Willys are still possible.

Now the only difficulty might be the engine and gearbox.

"Factory Director Yang even called your name during the meeting this morning; don't you have any thoughts?"

"What thoughts?"

Li Xuewu looked at Xia Zhongquan and asked: "Keep up the good work? Make it bigger and stronger? Create brilliance again?"

"Hehehe~"

Xia Zhongquan was amused by Li Xuewu's joke, looked at the drawing in his hand, and said: "Just keep bullshitting with me; I don't believe you didn't see his meaning."

"So what if I saw it?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked: "If I let you let go now, are you willing?"

"What does it have to do with me? I didn't provoke him."

Xia Zhongquan rolled his eyes, leaned back, looked at Li Xuewu, and said: "The engine matter can't be rushed; it's still being worked on, we need time."

"Hmm, if there are difficulties, say something."

Li Xuewu is anxious about this, but didn't urge him; this thing isn't something that can be urged into completion, it has to be done bit by bit.

He doesn't know how to do it specifically, but Li Xuewu knows that Xia Zhongquan is even more anxious than him to be able to imitate this thing.

"Even if there are difficulties, you can't help."

Xia Zhongquan rubbed his forehead and explained: "We've studied the structure of the engine, and we've studied the metal materials; now we have to study how to build it, understand?"

"Don't understand; if I understood, would I still need you?"

Li Xuewu's answer was quite reasonable. He stood up, signaled to the pile of drawings on the tea table, and said: "When you have time, ponder these things; they don't earn much, but they are an income after all. Buying two popsicles to eat is also good."

"Hurry up and leave."

Xia Zhongquan turned his head and didn't want to look at him, starting to drive people away.

Li Xuewu was just taking advantage of having time today to come over and sit, understand the progress of the engine project, and at the same time show Xia Zhongquan some of the ideas he had accumulated.

Just as he said, those little things can't earn much money, but they are an income after all.

He actually didn't count on how many the big kids in the city could buy; he was thinking about whether he could take advantage of the wind to sell these things along with sports equipment to Hong Kong.

Now he's just testing the water; many ideas can be tried, and if they are tried well, they can be mass-produced.

Li Xuewu hasn't thought about how much to produce specifically or where to produce it; after all, there were quite a few people playing with these things in later generations, and the big kids now don't seem to have anything to play with.

Just after returning to the office, Yu Decai came in to report, saying that Sha Qizhi had arrived at the Frontier Office and had called over here.

Li Xuewu looked at the content about Sha Qizhi's report that Yu Decai handed to him.

It was very simple: people had arrived, the work of the Frontier Office Security Group was still okay, and after several rotations, the basic quality had not been lost.

He learned about Director Jin's work from the side, only knowing that he had recently been investigating the commodity prices in the frontier and the possibility of trade.

Li Xuewu looked at Sha Qizhi's report and knew that Li Huai De had communicated with Jin Yaohui, and Jin Yaohui had already started preparing.

The linkage between the Steel Rolling Factory, the Steel Smelting Factory, and the Frontier Office to engage in trade convection was suggested by Li Xuewu, but he didn't intend to intervene.

Li Huai De intended to hand this project over to three people to manage: Dong Wenxue, Zhang Guoqi, and Jin Yaohui.

The three of them each occupied one place, were not subordinate to each other, and were all under his leadership; he could solve the relevant coordination work himself.

So after Li Xuewu submitted this plan to him, he didn't even mention the intention of getting involved in it.

Li Huai De didn't promise Li Xuewu anything, and he also knew that Li Xuewu wouldn't believe his promise, so the Steel Smelting Factory must be Dong Wenxue's responsibility.

However, the person responsible for the scheduling work, Bi Yuding, was someone he couldn't completely control.

This person, Bi Yuding, was a bit of a headache for Li Huai De.

If he were a straw bag, he would have kicked Bi Yuding away long ago.

The trouble is that Bi Yuding is not only not a straw bag, but also a damn technical management talent.

The Scheduling Department isn't something just anyone can manage; like the Technical Department, the department is small, but the technical strength is concentrated.

If Li Huai De were to find someone to take over Bi Yuding's shift now, it really wouldn't work.

Don't look at the fact that the Scheduling Department has a deputy director; that one is the same kind of goods as Bi Yuding, and even harder to communicate with than Bi Yuding.

There's no problem with work, but if you want to talk about flexible work, he starts to get stubborn and has to argue with you about this regulation and that requirement.

So Li Huai De frowned at Bi Yuding, who didn't obey his management, but he wouldn't change people; if he changed people, the Scheduling Department would be paralyzed.

If you can't change people, you have to find other ways to solve it. He forced him once last time, and this kid ran to the Steel City; if he forced him again, wouldn't he have to go to the frontier?

I heard that Li Xuewu and Bi Yuding have a good relationship, so Li Huai De communicated with Li Xuewu about the Scheduling Department.

Li Xuewu didn't dare to guarantee anything; he just called Bi Yuding from Li Huai De's place. The two didn't know what they said, but Bi Yuding was very cooperative with the work now.

Li Huai De is doing leadership work; as long as the donkey under his hand can pull the mill, he doesn't care if this donkey is stubborn or not.

All the problems have been cleared, and now they are waiting for the three places to count their respective specialties, calculate transportation costs, and combine them with market needs to start trade exchanges.

This is a good thing and also conforms to the current policy, so Li Huai De is not afraid of problems.

The only problem is the capital, but the three places have their own budgets. The first batch of products should start with fruit, so the capital is not high.

How much money does one thousand six hundred tons of fruit need? How much are one thousand tons of agricultural tools worth? How much are one thousand tons of aquatic products worth?

Trade is a very complicated account. The idea Li Xuewu gave Li Huai De was: self-procurement, self-transportation, and entrusted local sales.

Earning channel money is faster and saves time and costs compared to earning retail money.

Li Xuewu found the distributors in Beijing: the Beijing Scrap Company, Jiaodaokou, Nanluoguxiang (Supply and Marketing Cooperative), a tripartite acquisition agreement specifically related to scrap recycling and secondary sales stations.

This unit has great strength, abundant funds, and spot settlement.

Of course, you can't discriminate against people just by looking at the name of this unit.

Li Huai De also understands what's going on, but just pretends to be confused; he eats meat, so he has to let people drink soup.

The distributor in the Steel City was found by Dong Wenxue: Steel City Dongfeng Port (Shipping) Wharf.

Although this unit is a secondary branch of a certain unit, it also has great strength, abundant funds, spot settlement, and also provides fishery resources and seafood resources.

The distributor for the Frontier Office hasn't been decided yet, but the situation there is relatively special, and basically, they don't need distributors; just the various production units can eat up the goods and also meet the procurement needs of the Frontier Office.

After reading the content reported by Sha Qizhi, Li Xuewu didn't explain anything to Yu Decai.

Because he had already explained clearly to Han Jiankun what needed to be investigated, who to find, and how to do it over there.

Going to the frontier, Sha Qizhi is in the light, Han Jiankun is in the dark; the light handles official business, the dark handles private business.

This time it was Li Xuewu who arranged for them to go out to hide, and it was also to test the ability and character of the two because of his elder brother Xuewen's matter.

No matter how the matter is handled, it won't delay Li Xuewu's subsequent deployment and arrangements.

"There might be a meeting in the afternoon; you go in my place."

Li Xuewu packed up the things on the table, explained to Yu Decai, and said: "I'm going to the Security Brigade; there's some work over there."

"Okay, Director."

Yu Decai promised, then used Li Xuewu's phone to notify the driver's class to let Xiao Liu prepare the car.

"Director, Deputy Director Jin Liangcai of the working group seems to be investigating Director Zhang of the Logistics Department."

After the call, Yu Decai reported softly: "When you were in the meeting this morning, he also came here to do a visit and investigation, and what he asked about was Director Zhang's matter."

"Hmm, it's not necessarily investigating him."

Li Xuewu glanced at Yu Decai and said: "Be cautious and cooperate well."

"I understand."

Yu Decai naturally understands this set; it's possible they came to investigate the Security Division and deliberately lied that they were investigating someone else.

This kind of method exists, but he still thinks the working group is aiming at Zhang Guoqi.

It's just that Li Xuewu already understood his meaning, so he didn't elaborate.

"The workers and machinery of the joint enterprise have re-entered the site today; Deputy Factory Director Jing's request is for our Security Division to assist in managing security issues."

While walking out with Li Xuewu, Yu Decai reported on the special work being handled.

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Hand it over to Han Zhan to handle, and remind him to pay attention to safety."

"Yes, I'll communicate with him later."

Yu Decai followed Li Xuewu downstairs and sent Li Xuewu to the car before returning.

And when he went out the door, he also told Li Xuewu about a matter concerning Wang Jingzhang.

This Director Wang, who is not willing to be lonely, is jumping up and down coordinating to go and assist Jing Yunong in presiding over the work of the joint enterprise, as if he has the intention to seek that position in charge after the joint enterprise is established.

Of course he would want that position, because that is a deputy factory-level position, representing that he is moving a step further.

Yu Decai said it, but Li Xuewu didn't have any reaction; he saw that the current Wang Jingzhang was a bit confused, not knowing what he wanted.

If he continues to toss like this, it is estimated that the position of the Service Department will be tossed away.

Security Brigade.

Li Xuewu came here because there is still a person locked up here, that is the stubborn "leading big brother", and Zuo Jie who is waiting for him.