Chapter 679: Sister Wang Returns

"Hmph, if I can't have it, he shouldn't even think about it."

Zhang Guoqi took a puff of his cigarette and snorted, "I don't believe this working group will be here forever. Can he really stand firm before they leave?"

"That's true."

Li Xuewu raised his eyelids and said, "But I still advise you not to compete with him. After all, he's riding high right now."

He said this with a face full of concern, "If it doesn't work, just let it go. You were all good comrades before. Treating him to a drink and saying a few nice words isn't embarrassing."

"I treat him? In his dreams!"

Zhang Guoqi was already furious and under great pressure. Being "advised" by Li Xuewu only made him more annoyed.

His original disgust for Wang Jingzhang had now turned into hatred.

He didn't dare to go head-to-head with the working group, didn't dare to go against the factory, but he couldn't even handle a Wang Jingzhang?

"Hey! I'm truly advising you. Don't be impulsive. You really might not be able to beat him right now."

Li Xuewu "kindly" advised Zhang Guoqi, "He has the support of Deputy Factory Director Jing and the backing of the working group. Even if he wants your position, he's doing it in line with the factory's wishes. What can you do?"

"I'll hack him to pieces!"

Zhang Guoqi became ruthless and said, "If I hadn't helped back then, could he have gotten into the Service Division?"

"Hmph~ and what happened later?"

As he spoke, he gestured to Li Xuewu, "Look at the things he's done. Is there a single thing that's presentable? I don't even want to talk about him."

"Yes, yes, he really is that kind of person."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "I was quite surprised during the adjustment at the beginning of the year. Why did the leaders transfer our Division Chief Dong to Steel City? Look at how tired I am now."

He was bold enough to say this, speaking bluntly, "If it weren't for some people deliberately causing trouble, you, old brother, wouldn't have to be a dragon stranded in the shallows being teased by shrimp, and I wouldn't have to hold two positions, busy to the point of exhaustion."

"What 'some people'? It's just him!"

Zhang Guoqi sucked hard on his cigarette, as if he wanted to pull out lung cancer in one go, and said with disdain, "I was just a little bit away. The connections were all made. If he hadn't stuck his oar in, could I be in such a difficult spot?"

"Damn it."

Being "advised" by Li Xuewu, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He widened his eyes and snorted, "Don't worry, let's see how long he can be arrogant."

"Heh, he'll be arrogant for a while yet."

Li Xuewu also curled his lip and smiled, "I think the Service Division had the fewest problems today, handled lightly. I don't believe his management level is higher than yours or that his ability is stronger than yours."

"Heh~ I could give him a three-lap head start!"

Zhang Guoqi became more and more unconvinced by Li Xuewu's agitation. He found Wang Jingzhang more and more of an eyesore, especially after mentioning a few specific work tasks. He only felt that Li Xuewu's "advice" couldn't suppress his anger.

Li Xuewu looked kind, "I think forget it, it's not necessary. You've been found to have so many problems, and he has so few. If you go and talk, it's useless."

Li Xuewu's "advice" actually seemed to give Zhang Guoqi an idea.

That's right, it's dangerous for him alone to have so many problems, but what if someone else had just as many?

Especially someone who had a good relationship with the working group and whose problems might have been deliberately covered up?

"Alright, brother, just wait and see."

Zhang Guoqi seemed to have found a train of thought. He greeted Li Xuewu, crushed his cigarette butt hard, and said fiercely, "Watch how I handle him."

"Hey, don't be impulsive!"

Li Xuewu watched Zhang Guoqi walk toward the Logistics Building and warned him with a raised eyebrow, not knowing if it had any effect.

Things looked fine for now. Li Xuewu flicked away the cigarette butt in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and watched Zhang Guoqi's back, thinking that this time he had found something for both Wang Jingzhang and Zhang Guoqi to do.

It would keep them from finding trouble and plotting against others every single day. Could this be considered eliminating harm for the people?

Just now, Zhang Guoqi mentioned Jing Yunong, saying that her energy was now on the joint enterprise and she didn't want to get involved with Wang Jingzhang.

Li Xuewu understood this. Looking at it recently, Deputy Factory Director Jing was indeed busy.

Even with Wang Jingzhang jumping around with the working group, she hadn't intervened. It looked like she was aiming for fame and recognition.

The project was progressing in an orderly manner, and business was going smoothly. She was already coordinating scheduling and purchasing cotton and other commodities from the frontier office to prepare materials for the joint enterprise.

It was now confirmed that they would cooperate with Textile Mill No. 3 to establish a cotton textile factory as a base for fabric. Cotton fabric still had a large market.

Others, such as the leather factory, hardware tools, labor protection, and cold drink factory, also had cooperation with relevant units.

If they could merge the factories that produced labor protection supplies or basic tools into a joint unit, it would not only save funds but also save resources like land and manpower.

The utilization rate of the logistics factories would be higher, production quality would be higher, and costs could be reduced.

Jing Yunong's first step was to integrate the Steel Mill's existing factories with similar types from other cooperative enterprises, as well as support-type factories, to form a third-industry auxiliary joint body.

In this way, the main factories could shed their heavy burdens, free up their hands to achieve main industrial goals, and also serve small factories and enterprises in the surrounding area that didn't have such conditions.

For example, labor clothing—this was a consumable. The pencil factory in the city wouldn't build a labor protection factory just for this.

But the Steel Mill was different. It had many people, a heavy workload, and high consumption, so the consumption of labor protection supplies could support a factory.

The same went for hardware tools and accessories. Some factories didn't have the conditions or the need to produce them, so buying them was more appropriate.

But current supplies couldn't meet production and living needs, so the products produced by the subsidiary factories of these large factories were enviable.

If they could integrate this production capacity, it would inevitably have a certain impact on surrounding small factories, at least solving the problem of these basic commodities.

And cooperative factories could also conveniently purchase them to meet their usage needs.

Jing Yunong chose to do this as a last resort because she had no other projects to develop in her hands and could only consider it based on the advantages of the frontier office and the Steel Mill itself.

Whether the frontier office would listen was still a question, but at least the Steel Mill's existing factories were obedient.

These factories were ready-made; transformation and relocation were easy, and it was also easy to quickly restore production capacity and achieve profitability faster.

If the first step went well, the second step would be to expand capacity, use existing products, and increase products and factories based on what the Steel Mill and other cooperative factories needed.

Li Xuewu could only say that her ideas were good, but achieving them was difficult.

Apart from known circumstances, regarding the frontier office, Li Xuewu knew that Li Huai De had no intention of supporting her.

The message Sha Qizhi sent back was that Jin Yaohui's work direction was very clear: to follow the policy Li Xuewu had set for Li Huai De, taking the "short, flat, and fast" trade development route.

Whether from Steel City to Beijing or Beijing to Wucheng, the distance was not short, and transportation was very inconvenient, only possible via train.

As far as was known, there was only one railway to Wucheng, and transport capacity was tight, while transportation time was too long.

It seemed passenger transport took three days and two nights, while freight could save less than half a day, but a round trip still took a week.

This period was a stagnation of funds and personnel, a time without benefits, so this investment had to be shortened.

That was why Li Xuewu had decided not to engage in sales in the three locations, choosing instead to cooperate with distribution units.

"Short, flat, and fast"—what Li Xuewu explained to Li Huai De was that the projects he managed must be of the type with low investment, short cycles, quick results, and high efficiency.

Li Huai De's current position meant he couldn't easily afford mistakes. Earning quick money in the shortest possible time was the hard truth.

As long as they could make money and quickly shake off the pressure, earning a little less didn't matter.

East-West trade and North-South trade had been high-profit since ancient times. As long as the Steel Mill had the heart, with its own train cars and factories, many things could be achieved.

Especially since they had their own factories in Steel City and mature transportation routes, it was a guaranteed profitable job, unless it was intentional.

Jin Yaohui certainly didn't dare to intentionally lose money, so he didn't choose to follow Jing Yunong's advice to purchase a large quantity of cotton as the first batch of goods, but instead chose fruit, which was currently the most abundant and cheapest commodity in the frontier, as the first trade commodity, according to Li Huai De's requirements.

In the hot summer, Beijing was lacking happiness, and at this time, who could refuse the sweetness from the frontier?

The Dispatch Division, according to Li Huai De's unified deployment, also arranged for air-conditioned trains to transport a batch of agricultural tools to the frontier.

In fact, calculated this way, the cost was only a little capital paid by the frontier office in the early stages, plus the train freight quota.

From what Li Xuewu knew, grapes in the frontier were two cents a jin, while in Beijing they were four cents—the same price as watermelon, with a price difference of two cents per jin.

Running a special frontier freight train, the agricultural tools produced by the Steel Mill could earn about 27,000 yuan, while the special fruit freight train could earn 64,000 yuan.

The total profit for a round trip could reach 91,000 yuan. After deducting fruit loss, freight costs, and other consumption, including the price space left for distributors on both sides, a frontier trade trip could earn 30,000 to 40,000 yuan.

This was only within a week, limited by the fact that there was only one freight train, freight quotas, tool production capacity, fruit procurement and transportation, etc.

Maybe it could only run two trips a month, or even just one, but as long as it ran, the money could be quickly obtained.

What if it were changed to wool?

Procurement would involve steps like storage, processing, production, testing, shipping, and sales. I'm afraid it wouldn't be realized for a month or two after being transported back.

Then how could Li Huai De allow wool to become an obstacle to the project's opening success?

As for the raw material storage and production urgently needed by the joint enterprise mentioned by Jing Yunong, it would just have to wait.

Wait until he remembered, or wanted to help her complete it, then they could talk.

As long as he could dispatch the first car of fruit to Beijing and the Finance Division could receive the first payment, no one could criticize his decision.

So Li Xuewu said that Jing Yunong had thought about things too simply.

She could think of using the Finance Division to restrict the residential project to limit Li Huai De, who was being plotted against by the Secretary and Factory Director, but hadn't she thought that Li Huai De would also find opportunities to restrict her?

Women sometimes had peculiar thought processes and often deliberately fell into traps in their work.

This was only summer, and it was only fruit occupying transportation resources. If it were autumn, I'm afraid the mobilization of grain would affect the procurement of wool and other commodities even more.

Li Huai De controlled the Dispatch Division; he had plenty of opportunities to pinch her neck. Even if Yang Fengshan came forward, how many times could he coordinate?

Li Xuewu was waiting, waiting for this time to pass, waiting for the first wave of wind to pass, which would be the time for him to take action.

And Li Huai De was also waiting, waiting for this wind to blow so he could rise, waiting for Jing Yunong to see clearly who was the most capable person in the Steel Mill after constantly falling.

Jing Yunong was gambling, gambling that the joint enterprise could quickly break through and open up the situation, especially now that she held the personnel rights of the joint enterprise tightly, so much so that even Wang Jingzhang couldn't find a way to maneuver.

In the early stages of a project, concentrating power would be more convenient for command and management. Jing Yunong was an old government hand and understood this better than anyone.

During this period, she would only use grassroots managers, not middle-level ones. The flatter the management, the better it was for the project's startup.

She wouldn't allow the kind of dog-eat-dog things that happened at the residential project site to appear at the joint enterprise project site.

Regarding construction funds, the Finance Division she managed had made sufficient budgets for the joint enterprise project site, and the factory design was quite reasonable and perfect.

Relying on the Liangma River, multiple plots of land were reserved, and vacant land for infrastructure such as water, electricity, and roads was reserved within the site.

According to what Li Xuewu saw when he was grazing horses last time, this joint enterprise factory area could be used as a standard factory environment after construction was completed.

According to the design and planning, as well as future factory management, this joint factory was independent.

That is to say, starting from the management level down to the workers, they all belonged to this joint body to manage.

At the top was a General Factory Director, with the treatment of a Deputy Factory Director of the Steel Mill, and below were management factory directors for each branch factory, with the treatment of a Deputy Division Chief.

That is to say, once the joint enterprise was completed, corresponding Deputy Factory Director and Deputy Division Chief positions would be generated.

The rest included vacancies for Section Chiefs, Deputy Section Chiefs, etc. Li Xuewu knew what Jing Yunong was calculating as soon as he thought about it.

Li Huai De stood firm in the Steel Mill because he came early, had deep roots, a strong background, and ability.

Like these new leaders, Gu Weijie relied on her familiarity with Party affairs and powerful management and coordination ability, and she truly did a good job in organizational work.

Now with the residential project as a base, people with discerning eyes knew that Gu Weijie had a mass base, and with the Party base, it wouldn't be a problem to take over as Factory Director or Secretary in a few years.

Xue Zhifu's path was relatively narrow; he was a full-time Discipline Inspection Secretary, and his business was only managing that piece. He didn't have much business contact with workers, and his contact with cadres was even more contradictory.

So he didn't need a cadre base, nor did he need a mass base.

Jing Yunong needed both and wanted both. She was a business Deputy Factory Director, holding both personnel and finance in her hands, and also managing the Service Division—a proper configuration for an Executive Deputy.

It was precisely because she was a newcomer, without a mass base or a cadre base, that she couldn't exert her strength and had no influence in the Steel Mill.

If she could use this opportunity to distribute the joint enterprise cadres, and this piece of cake was thrown out, her cadre base would be established.

Solving the initial profitability and then expanding business, the mass base would also be established.

This was her goal for a breakthrough in political ecology—to stand firm in the Steel Mill.

But there were people who wouldn't let her stand firm, wouldn't let her break through.

Li Xuewu looked upstairs with a full smile, as if asking Jing Yunong, "Who is it?"

Who was it that wouldn't let her break through, who was limiting her from standing firm?

Li Xuewu looked to one side, then to the middle.

The answer was everyone—everyone in the Steel Mill's leadership team.

Why did Yang Fengshan give these three important departments to Jing Yunong and let her manage the joint enterprise project snatched from Li Huai De? Was he really being kind to help her?

They didn't have that kind of relationship; why would he?

Because Jing Yunong was good-looking? Had temperament?

No matter how good-looking or temperamental, it couldn't compare to such a large political resource!

The reason was that Jing Yunong had no mass base and was a newcomer with no roots in the Steel Mill, making her easy to control.

Why, when both were new Deputy Factory Directors, could she control the standard configuration departments of an Executive Deputy, while Deng Zhiwang could only control marginal departments?

Was it because Yang Fengshan favored her?

The fundamental reason was that Deng Zhiwang was a cadre from the business side before he was transferred here, while Jing Yunong was a cadre from the Ministry.

Especially Jing Yunong, who had been in financial management before—a proper supporting role.

Yang Fengshan didn't dare let Li Huai De touch these key departments, and even less so Deng Zhiwang. Wasn't cultivating one competitor enough? Did he want to cultivate another to play landlord-fighting?

Now Jing Yunong wasn't willing to be a supporting role and wanted to stand firm, holding these three departments firmly in her hands. You tell me, would Yang Fengshan let her, or not?

And Yang Yuansong, as Secretary, didn't hope for the business side to be of one mind. If the business side was of one mind, it would be distracted from the Party side.

Only when there was competition and pressure on the business side could they manage business conveniently and control it well.

Look at the configuration of the Party departments; they were all aimed at the business side—either controlling, supervising, or cultivating and educating.

Discipline Inspection and Audit managed supervision, the Organization Department managed cadre appointments, the Propaganda Division managed public opinion, and the Party School managed cultivation and education.

The only one not aimed at the business side, the Armed Forces Department, was merged into the business side's Security Division, also becoming a target.

Who in the factory didn't know that the Party side managed the business side, the business side managed the workers, and the workers collectively supervised the Party side.

This was a relatively weak closed loop with flaws.

The flaw and weak link was the part where the workers collectively supervised the Party.

But the Party Committee and Party Congress were also elected vote by vote by grassroots Party organizations and could represent the collective opinion of the workers.

Li Xuewu, who was about to run for Party Committee member, was produced this way. Nominated by the Party group, first elected in the Security Division, and then elected at the Congress.

Of course, the Party group wasn't; the Party group was appointed from above. For example, Yang Yuansong, Yang Fengshan, and others were all appointed.

Party group members must be Party Committee members, but Party Committee members weren't necessarily Party group members. One was power, the other was leadership. It sounded complicated, but it was actually that simple.

Major events went through the Party Committee. The Party Committee had the right to propose suggestions and opinions. That is to say, during those kinds of Party Committee meetings, Li Xuewu, who sat on the periphery, could speak.

His suggestions and opinions had to be responded to by relevant leaders. If he opposed something, it had to be recorded as a standard for assessing the proposing leader.

And decision-making matters would go through the Party group meeting, which was discussed and decided collectively by the factory leadership team. The scope was reduced to Deputy Factory level, and only those confirmed by above as Party group members could participate.

Even more concentrated was the Secretary's office meeting, which was even smaller, with only three people from the Party Committee and the Factory Director able to participate.

Because the Steel Mill had three Deputy Secretary quotas, Yang Fengshan inevitably had to occupy one, so he had a say on the Party Committee side.

When the Party side managed the business side, it feared that the business side would unite, and it also feared that the business side would split. Three kingdoms standing was the best.

For example, Yang Fengshan, Li Huai De, and others—this was the best situation.

No one side taken alone would be much stronger than any other side. This was balance.

Now Jing Yunong wanted to stand out, wanted to be the "leader," wanted to jump out of the pile of others and stand alone.

You think about it, after Jing Yunong left, who was left among the others?

The imbalance of power inevitably brought complex struggle relationships and would inevitably bring chaos to the normal work order.

You think about how Li Xuewu treated Yu Yao, that "leader," and Yang Yuansong would treat Jing Yunong the same way.

Even more ruthless, and even less merciful.

At the last meeting, Jing Yunong didn't do as Yang Fengshan intended. These days, Yang Fengshan hadn't given her a good look.

Including Yang Yuansong, who was now coordinating with Yang Fengshan to control Li Huai De and couldn't have a second Li Huai De appear at this time.

Moreover, the resources in her hands were given by Yang Fengshan. Wasn't this looking for a beating?

Yu Decai reported to Li Xuewu that Jing Yunong was preparing to coordinate with Nie Chenglin to block Li Huai De on the production of special Steel Mill commodities, to counter Li Huai De's restriction on the import of raw materials for the joint enterprise.

This matter was shelved by Yang Fengshan. As far as Li Xuewu could think, the reasons were nothing more than two.

One was that the goal of cooperating with the Secretary to suppress Li Huai De was about to be achieved, especially since Li Huai De's "head horse" was criticized by name at the meeting today and set as a typical example to be dealt with, which was equivalent to cutting off one of Li Huai De's arms.

The trade project was to make money for the Steel Mill and for the residential area. If something went wrong, I'm afraid it would be counterproductive, giving Li Huai De a chance to counterattack.

So Yang Fengshan wouldn't do such a thing of destroying his own Great Wall, and even less would he restrict the trade project for the sake of the joint enterprise project.

To put it bluntly, Jing Yunong was covering the cake so tightly that Yang Fengshan didn't want to compete with her for it, but it also reduced his support for her.

The funding problem for the residential project had been initially solved, and subsequent trade projects would provide supplements.

Then the position of the joint enterprise project would become awkward, and the position Jing Yunong was in would also become awkward.

Yes, no one thought money was too much, but one had to weigh the pros and cons. Yang Fengshan would also consider whether doing so would anger Li Huai De.

Li Xuewu's move of pulling the ladder made Li Huai De slap the table in admiration. On the surface, he said Li Xuewu was amazing, but in reality, he was deeply wary.

Because the layout of these moves was too rigorous and ruthless.

Yang Fengshan brought Jing Yunong and Deng Zhiwang to fight with Li Huai De. The result now was that Yang Fengshan had suffered losses, Jing Yunong was hung high, and Deng Zhiwang had "returned to his hometown."

And corresponding to this, Li Huai De was at ease, united with Gu Weijie to win by surprise, and laid out Dong Wenxue's "Sister Wang Returns."

The key was that Li Xuewu's dark chess hadn't been finished yet, and Yang Fengshan was about to sound the retreat and stop the drums.

Jing Yunong's relationship with Yang Fengshan had already developed a huge crack. As long as the joint enterprise encountered setbacks and was suppressed by Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan twice more.

That would be the opportunity for Li Huai De to open his arms and say, "Come to brother's side."

And Yang Fengshan's reserved land, the iron-clad supporter Nie Chenglin's henchmen, had also been provoked by Li Xuewu to have second thoughts.

Especially now, Nie Chenglin couldn't stand Li Huai De letting people stir up trouble in the workshop, and his resentment toward Li Huai De was all put into practice.

Besides daily work, he would look down on Li Huai De, and in the management below, he would also vent it out.

The Deputy Factory Directors who managed production were all from the Production Management Division and were all stubborn characters like Nie Chenglin and Kuang Yusheng.

He couldn't stand Li Huai De's kind of petty villain, and he also looked down on Li Xuewu and others who "colluded" with Li Huai De.

That was why the cooperative projects between the Design Office, the Safety Production Management Division, and the Security Division had always been targeted by him.

It was just that now he was urging Kuang Yusheng and Xia Zhongfu, and the two had been deadlocked there because of the workers' subsidies below.

The relationship between the two sides was expanding in the direction of separation with every pressure from Nie Chenglin.

Although on the surface Kuang Yusheng and Xia Zhongfu didn't show anything, but after Li Xuewu talked to Kuang Yusheng last time, he heard that Kuang Yusheng had lost his temper at a meeting.

This also made the increasingly tense atmosphere of the Steel Mill even more blurred.

Yang Fengshan's power looked very stable, especially after the working group came and Li Huai De "softened," taking the initiative to propose trade projects to help the factory solve practical difficulties.

In terms of the situation, this kind of struggle was gradually weakening on the surface, and his pressure was also easing.

Without the constraints of the residential project, the burden of the joint enterprise wasn't too heavy, and Yang Fengshan's situation was excellent.

As long as the working group could verify some of Li Huai De's problems this time and make a clear handling, cutting off his wings, he could still be quiet for a period of time in the future.

In the "peaceful" period about to be welcomed, Yang Fengshan had many prospects, including business, Party affairs, the construction of the Steel Mill, etc.

Many long-standing problems urgently needed his handling and solution. It was the time to free up his hands to do work and achieve results.

Perhaps by the end of this year, the Steel Mill's upgrade could be finalized. By then, he would have a great possibility of being upgraded in place.

But in Li Xuewu's view, Yang Fengshan's foundation had already been hollowed out. He didn't even need Li Huai De to push; just a gust of wind would blow him over.

Nie Chenglin was "abandoned by his followers," Jing Yunong was forced to Liangshan and would sooner or later fall into the pit Li Xuewu had designed.

Deng Zhiwang was wasted, Dong Wenxue would advance further at the mid-year meeting, just occupying this Deputy Factory Director position.

If he only relied on the Secretary and the Party Committee side, he didn't need to count on it, because Gu Weijie supported Li Huai De more on the existing basis.

Xue Zhifu was full-time, his influence was insufficient. Relying only on one Yang Yuansong, I'm afraid he was also afraid of being hollowed out.

So according to Li Xuewu's design, in the end, even if Yang Fengshan didn't go down, he would become a bird in a cage, a stamp on the table—just a decoration.

Li Xuewu got on the command vehicle downstairs, glanced at the building opposite, and signaled Xiao Liu to drive with drooping eyelids.

Unite all that can be united, have many friends, and few enemies.

Yang Fengshan's management philosophy, execution direction, and development ideas were all too conservative, and his interpretation and judgment of new things and new policies were problematic.

Especially his performance in political struggle, which didn't quite satisfy the current complex situation and special historical environment.

Li Xuewu didn't think he could go far with him, and even less did he think he could bring any development to the Steel Mill.

Of course, Li Xuewu didn't see what kind of superb management talent and development ideas Li Huai De had either.

But he won in having the capacity to tolerate people, knowing how to share, and having a sensitive political sense of smell and special struggle ability.

If you want to talk about it, in this period, it had to be someone like Li Huai De who was suitable for survival, and for the Steel Mill, it was also a kind of reverse protection.

Without Li Huai De, there would be Zhang Huaide causing trouble. This was a situation that had to be participated in.

And look at why Li Xuewu had required Yu Decai to select some people from the Security Division to participate in this matter since June?

You don't like it, you don't approve, you can reserve your opinion, but you must execute it according to the policy. This was the quality that a manager, and also a cadre, must have.

Even if the road ahead was a cliff, if an order came to advance, you had to advance.

If you made a mistake, that was the commander's responsibility, but your sacrifice was mandatory because you were in the game.

You also want to stop jumping? Sure, no one is forcing you. Apply to go to the workshop to work, or just resign.

Without the interest relationship, no one would find trouble for you, right?

Anyone who was reported or dug out must have some kind of factor.

The command vehicle arrived at the Public Security Brigade. Li Xuewu looked at the team members still training on the playground and knew that the situation in the bureau hadn't stabilized yet.

As far as Li Xuewu knew, last Thursday, June 5th, when the Steel Mill held a meeting presided over by the working group to discuss the spirit of the documents from above, the Municipal Bureau was the same.

Compared to the gentleness of the Steel Mill, that side was even more complex.

From what he heard later, everyone from the top to the bottom had been investigated. He now only came to the Public Security Brigade to work; he didn't dare to go to the branch bureau.

He had called Zheng Fuhua several times. On the phone, the two of them didn't dare to say anything, just wishing each other peace.

Li Xuewu's level was fine; after all, in the eyes of those above, he wasn't important and had no influence.

Just follow the study and it would be over. Could there be anyone who didn't listen to orders?

He estimated that they didn't expect that there was a behemoth hidden here in Nanluoguxiang, and that there were many people here waiting for the wind to calm down.

"I thought you weren't coming."

Wang Xiaoqin was busy in the office. Seeing Li Xuewu enter, she stood up and greeted him.

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "I thought you'd be busy today too, so I came over."

"How is it?"

After greeting, he looked at the large office that was busy and asked, "Which round is it?"

"The third round."

Wang Xiaoqin walked out of the office, stood with Li Xuewu, looked at the materials piled high, and said, "After this round of screening, we can basically rank them by coefficient."

"Mm, while it's still relatively calm, do it as soon as possible."

Li Xuewu didn't say anything in front of so many people, gestured to his office, and walked in first.

Wang Xiaoqin found a few files from Xiao Hu's desk and followed him in.

"The branch bureau has assigned a task, asking for self-examination and self-correction, and strict discipline."

"What does that mean?"

Li Xuewu's tea-pouring action paused. He turned to look at Wang Xiaoqin and asked, "Has the wind blown to us?"

"A breeze."

Wang Xiaoqin walked to the front of Li Xuewu's desk, sat down, flipped through the files in her hand, placed them opposite, and explained with a curl of her lip, "It's the self-examination and self-correction stage now. Who knows about the future?"

"What about the branch bureau?"

Li Xuewu carried two cups of tea back, placed one in front of Wang Xiaoqin and one at his seat.

"Your technique isn't good; not as good as Sha Qizhi's."

Wang Xiaoqin looked at the tea leaves in the cup and commented on Li Xuewu's tea-pouring technique.

Li Xuewu lifted the tea lid and took a look, "No choice, the person is still out of town. Just make do with it."

"Asking for trouble."

Wang Xiaoqin seemed to know something and said to Li Xuewu, then continued to report, "The branch bureau has already done it. Now it's the criticism and self-criticism stage. I heard Gao Ju was criticized."

"Mm, it's cold at the top, after all."

Li Xuewu knew some things about Gao Zhen, but he didn't say much about it; it didn't have much to do with him.

The personnel relationship in the branch bureau was very simple. Li Xuewu hadn't had any conflicts with people there when he went to the branch bureau.

Except for that one time with Lai Shanchuan, but he didn't care about that, and Lai Shanchuan wouldn't do anything to him because of it.

After all, Li Xuewu had invited him when he got married last month. Sitting there, he naturally understood some things.

Although background was background and workplace was workplace, in work and competition issues, you didn't have to look at the other party's background. If you have it, I have it, and I'm not afraid.

But personal attacks, like the kind of wind-stirring, holding up some policies that seemed plausible but weren't, wouldn't work and would lead to disputes.

Li Xuewu was a smart person; he didn't touch the branch bureau's things, but set up his own stage and sang his own play here.

Especially in the formulation of the Public Security Brigade's responsibilities, Li Xuewu avoided the sharp edge and chose support-type tasks like patrolling, stability maintenance, and special duties as development goals.

Traditional tasks like handling cases, investigating cases, and confiscating things weren't included.

In this way, the Public Security Brigade was more like a professional security and odd-job unit, which could liberate the energy of investigators and case-handling teams, making it a selfless contribution type.

This made many leaders of departments and units have no opinions about Li Xuewu and the Public Security Brigade.

Now that the wind was blowing, it wasn't people coming, but tasks being issued in the form of assignments. Li Xuewu felt that this was the fruit of the cause he had planted earlier.

Now that Wang Xiaoqin said it was the branch bureau's requirement for self-examination and self-correction, it was more of a corresponding action. Wasn't it much better than having people come directly to supervise?

Li Xuewu felt that no one had come even though they were so close, and there was another possibility: the existence of the 816th Regiment.

Now the Public Security Brigade lived, trained, ate, and used vehicles together with the 816th Regiment.

They were two families in reality, but in a state of being one family, which made people a bit confused about Li Xuewu's true strength.

He figured those people didn't want to provoke Li Xuewu or the 816th, so they set up this step to come down.

Li Xuewu finished reading the notification file, put it aside, and said to Wang Xiaoqin, "You do it. Make it look good and give them a satisfactory explanation."

"What about the people?"

Wang Xiaoqin looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "We can't all be 'good,' right? We have to set some as 'not good' and some as 'having problems.' Who should we set?"

"Then investigate."

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow, "See if there are any who really have problems, or check the team members' files."

After saying that, he was also worried, "This is a bit troublesome. We can't just make things up out of thin air, right? Just to complete the task, labeling people—I'm afraid it will affect their lives and future work."

Li Xuewu rubbed his face, looked at Wang Xiaoqin, and asked, "What do you think?"

"I'm the one who's in trouble, that's why I'm asking you."

Wang Xiaoqin looked at the materials in her hand and said, "They asked to check from the roots, and also check from the background and status. How do we check?"

"Sigh~"

Li Xuewu rubbed his mouth and said, "Then take it one step at a time. First check for problems, then look at the files, and finally look at the execution of tasks, training, assessment, and other indicators. Consider it comprehensively, find a few, and keep them in the Public Security Brigade."

"If you say so, it might work."

Wang Xiaoqin glanced at Li Xuewu and said, "Who knows when this wind will pass? Those things in the files are a trouble."

"That's why I said keep them in the Public Security Brigade."

Li Xuewu took a sip of tea and then said, "When the wind passes, we'll remove these contents from the files."

"You really dare to think."

Wang Xiaoqin glanced at Li Xuewu and then said, "It's hard to say if you and I can even make it to that day, and you're still thinking about changing people's files."

"Sigh~ a last resort."

Li Xuewu sighed softly and said, "That's all I can do. If it really can't be handled, then I can only let them admit their bad luck."

"Let's talk about recruiting."

Wang Xiaoqin got Li Xuewu's instruction and didn't continue the topic, but talked about recruiting.

"There are over seven thousand qualified people on record. After screening, there should be less than two thousand left, which can be considered the best of the best."

After saying that, she glanced at the materials in her hand and said, "There are 178 high school students on record, 842 female students, and the rest are junior high school students and male students."

"So many high school graduates?" ===== CHAPTER 680 =====

"There are over seven thousand qualified people on the record. After screening, there should be less than two thousand left. It can be considered the best of the best."

After finishing, he glanced at the materials in his hand and said: "There are 178 high school students on the record, 842 female students on the record, and the rest are junior high school students and male students."

"There are so many high school students?"