Chapter 742: Mid-year Meeting

Monday, Steel Mill Auditorium.

"I announce, the Steel Mill Mid-year Work Summary Meeting, the Workers' Congress, and the 'Great Study, Great Discussion' Promotion Meeting are officially opened!"

"Clap~!"

Following the announcement by Factory Director Yang Fengshan, who was presiding over the meeting in front of the main stage, thunderous applause erupted throughout the venue.

Sitting in the front row in front of the main stage were, in order: Dong Wenxue, Li Huai De, Cheng Kaiyuan, Gu Weijie, Yang Fengshan, Yang Yuansong, Feng Daozong, Xiong Bencheng, Xue Zhifu, Jing Yunong, and Nie Chenglin.

Sitting in the two rows behind were the heads of various departments of the Steel Mill, as well as several comrades from the working group.

Sitting below the stage were representatives of all Party members in the factory, worker representatives, and comrades at the deputy section level and above.

This mid-year meeting was held with several meetings proceeding simultaneously.

The agenda of the meeting mainly included:

Day 1:

1. Read the opening remarks of the meeting.

2. Play the National Anthem.

3. Pass the list of the conference review working group.

4. Comrades from the working group read the decision of the higher authorities.

5. Listen to and review the mid-year work report of the factory Party Committee and make relevant resolutions.

6. Listen to and review the mid-year work report of the factory office and make relevant resolutions.

7. Listen to and review the mid-year work report of the Discipline Inspection Commission and make relevant resolutions.

Day 2:

1. The conference review group will go to the branch venues to listen to and review the mid-year work reports of various departments, and participate in group discussions on the work reports.

2. Explanation of the arrangement for supplementary personnel of the two committees.

3. Announce the suggested list of supplementary members for the two committees.

4. Conference election method.

5. List of chief scrutineers and scrutineers.

Day 3:

1. Pass the conference election method.

2. Pass the list of scrutineers and chief scrutineers.

3. Elect supplementary members of the factory's two committees.

4. Convene the Party Committee meeting and Discipline Inspection meeting of the representative congress to elect and produce supplementary members.

5. Plenary representative congress, announce important work.

6. Convene the factory plenary meeting, promote and implement the "Great Study, Great Discussion" activity.

7. Closing.

According to the meeting agenda, Factory Director Yang Fengshan, who was presiding over the meeting, announced the opening of the conference and then announced that Party Committee Secretary Yang Yuansong would read the opening remarks of the conference.

The venue was very large, and the sound amplification equipment in front of the main stage was not very good, so the words spoken by Yang Yuansong were somewhat distorted after amplification.

However, precisely because the venue was large and there were many people, amplification equipment had to be used.

The inside of the venue was very quiet, and everyone was listening attentively to Secretary Yang Yuansong's speech.

Workers at this time had a strong sense of being masters. Today, apart from cadres, the most people who came to participate were Party representatives and worker representatives.

Everyone who came to participate today was fulfilling their respective obligations and powers, and they also had the qualification to participate in the subsequent meeting agenda.

When the eyes of most people gathered at the position of Secretary Yang Yuansong, some people couldn't help but look at the position between Deputy Secretary Gu and Deputy Factory Director Li in the first row of the main stage.

A new face appeared there today, and the position he sat in also had to make interested people notice.

Generally speaking, the number of factory leadership team members must be an odd number, so that voting will not result in an even number.

Of course, it's not absolute.

And the Steel Mill now has this situation. If you don't count Feng Daozong, who is the representative of the working group, there are ten leaders in the factory.

It is very obvious that the new face sitting in the first row of the main stage will not be someone sent from above to participate.

Generally speaking, the arrangement of the main stage seating order has rules, divided into odd and even.

Odd is: 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8.

Even is: 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.

You can see many things from the arrangement of the venue seats, such as the number of factory leaders now appearing as an even number, and adding Deputy Director Feng of the working group happens to be an odd number.

For example, the new face, the person whose name tag says "Cheng Kaiyuan," is sitting in the 7th position. What does this represent?

His right hand is Li Huai De. What it represents is self-evident.

People who received internal news early naturally understand what this represents, while the representatives sitting below are still guessing and thinking according to the meeting agenda.

You can't see anything from the faces of the leaders on the stage; they are either looking at materials, drinking water, or looking at the people below.

And when the Secretary's speech ended, Yang Fengshan waited for the applause to gradually stop before standing up to announce standing up, playing and singing the National Anthem.

This is a mandatory agenda. Li Xuewu stood up from the middle of the second row. His seat was on the main stage, and in front of him was Gu Weijie.

And after standing up, Li Xuewu couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the 7th position, the new leader named Cheng Kaiyuan.

Not tall, can be said to be a bit short. Standing between Li Huai De and Gu Weijie, he had no height advantage at all. It is estimated that he is only a little over 1.6 meters.

Not thin, but not fat either. Maybe because he is short, he looks a bit round.

Hair is parted, same root and same source as Li Xuewu's current thunder-struck hairstyle, just the hair volume is not as thick as Li Xuewu's, sticking to the top of the head is not very prominent.

After playing and singing, with a burst of friction from chairs, everyone in the venue sat down again, and order gradually returned to quiet.

"Now announce the list of the conference review working group~"

Yang Fengshan's voice today was very powerful, spreading to the entire venue through the amplifier, and Li Xuewu could even hear the echo.

And the list of the conference review working group is actually the list of Party group personnel. Today is not the Party Congress, so today's meeting does not have the content of the Party Congress.

However, as usual, there must be a list of the presidium. It's just that now it has been changed to the list of the review working group, and the meaning is the same.

And when reading the list, Li Xuewu didn't hear the name Cheng Kaiyuan, which means he is not included in the Steel Mill mid-year meeting this time.

Subsequently, when the comrades from the working group read the orders and decisions of the higher authorities, everyone had a cognition of this new face on the main stage.

"Today it should have been the Ministry of Personnel participating, but I am in charge of personnel work in the Ministry, so the leader entrusted me to act as the introducer for Comrade Kaiyuan."

It was Feng Daozong's turn to speak. He was sitting in the 2nd position as the person in charge of the working group, representing the higher authorities.

First, he gave an explanation for why he came to read the orders of the higher authorities today, and then he coughed, looked down at the materials in his hand and began to read the orders and decisions.

"Approved by..., the Discipline Inspection Commission conducted a case filing investigation into the serious... problems of the original Steel Mill... member, Deputy Factory Director Deng Zhiwang. After investigation..."

"After... Discipline Inspection... meeting research and reporting to... for approval, it was decided to give Deng Zhiwang expulsion... punishment; the... Supervisory Commission gave him the punishment of expulsion from his position; confiscated his illegal... gains; transferred his suspected... together."

"After... research and decision: Appoint Comrade Cheng Kaiyuan as the Executive Deputy Factory Director of the Steel Mill, appoint Comrade Dong Wenxue as the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Steel Mill..."

Feng Daozong's speaking speed was not fast, but the strength of his words was obviously not as strong as Yang Fengshan's, so the amplification heard in the ears was also intermittent.

However, the key content had already been heard very clearly. First, the handling decision regarding the original Deputy Factory Director Deng Zhiwang of the Steel Mill was read, and then the appointments of two cadres were read.

Unlike the local area, the deputy secretary in the factory is appointed, and the deputy factory director is the same.

Of course, the executive deputy is also the same.

This time, the higher authorities really made a great effort, directly filling the positions that the Steel Mill lacked before.

However, whether this result was begged by the Steel Mill or arranged by the higher authorities is hard to say.

And Feng Daozong, who finished reading the orders, also started his speech after drinking a mouthful of tea.

First, he criticized Deng Zhiwang's problem, then extended Deng Zhiwang's problem to the problem of work discipline, focusing on emphasizing the discipline of Steel Mill cadres.

And after talking about the content of the lessons learned from the past, he began to introduce the two protagonists in the orders he just read.

"Comrade Wenxue doesn't need too much introduction. He is our factory's representative of young cadres."

Following Feng Daozong's words, Dong Wenxue stood up to show himself to everyone at the scene amidst applause, and then sat back down.

Feng Daozong said he didn't need introduction, but still read Dong Wenxue's resume simply according to the materials and made a basic introduction.

"Comrade Wenxue participated in work in 1953, university degree, management major, practiced in multiple departments, later in the factory office... now is..."

Dong Wenxue maintained a very calm attitude when Feng Daozong introduced him, and didn't have any expression changes because of being in the front row.

After introducing Dong Wenxue, Feng Daozong signaled Cheng Kaiyuan, whose seat was not close to him, and introduced: "Comrade Cheng Kaiyuan participated in work in 1951, university degree, metallurgy major, has rich management experience in the steel industry..."

Li Xuewu heard that this new deputy factory director introduced by Feng Daozong was actually from a professional background, and couldn't help but look at Yang Fengshan's position, and Nie Chenglin's position at the very edge.

What does this count as?

"Comrade Cheng Kaiyuan is a professional talent focused on cultivation by the Ministry, has engaged in positions such as production management and design engineer, and is a rare talent."

Feng Daozong looked below, his fingers pointed slightly and said: "This reflects the concern and support of the higher-level leaders for the work of the Steel Mill, reflects..."

Li Xuewu was looking at Nie Chenglin. This deputy factory director's face was really not very good-looking.

But hearing the words Feng Daozong was saying, he looked at the positions of Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan again.

It's a pity. He was sitting on the main stage, and these two were both facing away from him. He couldn't see what expression the two had.

However, the concern and support of the higher-level leaders mentioned by Deputy Director Feng might as well be criticism.

The reason is very simple. The Steel Mill had so many things happen, especially the deputy factory director in charge of production could "have an accident." It can really be said to have made a big name.

Generally speaking, the executive deputy factory director is selected from the deputy factory directors in the factory. It is rare to be directly parachuted.

Unfamiliarity with work is one aspect, and at the same time, it is also to take care of the emotions of the factory cadres.

But now the higher authorities directly sent people down to serve as executive deputy factory director, which represents that the higher authorities have lost confidence in this session of the Steel Mill leadership team.

Originally, there was no executive deputy, which was to let these deputy factory directors compete, see individual performance, and then decide.

Who could have thought that none of these people "met the standard," but instead appeared "problem personnel."

As the squad leader, Yang Yuansong has to sit on the cold bench, and as the deputy, Yang Fengshan is the same.

The Steel Mill is managed by these two people. If there is a problem, it will naturally be found on them.

And this person in charge of the working group is here to pick problems. Now Li Xuewu looks at these two people, and there are many people in the venue looking over.

A deputy factory director with a professional match came, and he also brought the word "executive" down. A stick hit several people's buttocks. If they are not honest, they will really have to change blood.

After introducing Cheng Kaiyuan, it should have been Cheng Kaiyuan's turn to make a statement, but Deputy Director Feng pulled the topic to discipline again.

Especially summarizing and suggesting the inspection work during this period, summarizing the loopholes and lack of responsibility in the Steel Mill's management, and suggesting the cadre adjustment for departments that have had major problems during this period.

His words were being spoken, but the hearts of the people on and off the stage tightened, especially when he stated the opinions of suggesting accountability and dismissal for the person in charge of the Engineering Department and the main person in charge, and suggesting adjustment for the main person in charge of the Personnel Department, everyone felt that a knife was added to their heads.

Originally, Deng Zhiwang's problem was to involve these two departments. Later, the higher authorities took over, and the factory had been waiting for the higher authorities' decision.

And then these two departments went into battle with burdens, waiting for the handling result regarding Deng Zhiwang every day.

This concerns the handling opinions and attitudes towards them, and is also the scale of the depth of accountability.

Now the handling result is down, and it can be said to be serious to the extreme. Their hearts instantly cooled.

Deputy Director Feng's words represent the attitude of the higher authorities, and also represent the direction of their handling results this time.

The person in charge of the Engineering Department is the department head, and the main person in charge is the deputy department head. They are both the first responsible persons for the management of the residential area project. If there is a problem, they naturally have to bear the responsibility.

And in the process of residential area project management, Deng Zhiwang opened the mouth of personnel, so the deputy department head of the Personnel Department also has to bear the responsibility.

Lax management, failure to fulfill due responsibilities, lack of work attitude and ability, dismissal is normal, and adjustment is also appropriate.

The meaning of the adjustment of the deputy department head of the Personnel Department is that the level does not change, but cannot work in the Personnel Department, and can serve as a deputy in other departments.

However, for the parties involved, this is already considered a very serious punishment.

Of course, this is only Deputy Director Feng's suggestion to the factory Party Committee on behalf of the working group, which has to be considered after the factory Party Committee studies and decides.

This mid-year meeting is to study cadre appointment and removal, but the meeting agenda hasn't reached it yet. Everyone on the main stage didn't expect him to say it at this time.

Not only the factory leadership team members were solemn, but even the new Cheng Deputy Factory Director was embarrassed.

Until Deputy Director Feng finished speaking, he took the topic under the signal of Factory Director Yang Fengshan and began to make a statement.

Maybe because of the influence of Deputy Director Feng's speech, whether it was Cheng Kaiyuan or Dong Wenxue, the statements were very short and appeared very low-key.

And when the meeting agenda reached here, it entered the most critical and most cumbersome stage of the meeting.

All worker representatives, Party representatives, and cadres together listen to and review the work reports of the Party Committee, factory office, and Discipline Inspection Commission.

First, Yang Yuansong spoke on behalf of the factory Party Committee, then Yang Fengshan spoke on behalf of the factory office, and finally Xue Zhifu spoke on behalf of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

These three reports were naturally not spoken together, but experienced adjournment and lunch.

When Xue Zhifu's speech ended, the meeting agenda for today's mid-year meeting also ended.

Li Xuewu followed everyone off the main stage, ignored Xu Sinian's eye signal, followed the leaders out of the auditorium from the side door, and went straight to the Security Building.

The meeting ended at 3:00 or 4:00, so there must be some time left to ensure that the work of the Steel Mill is not delayed.

They are only responsible for one department, but Li Xuewu is responsible for two.

As soon as he returned to the office, he started busy work. He had no time or mood to guess what Xu Sinian was signaling to him.

Sha Qizhi had already prepared the documents Li Xuewu should handle, like an assembly line operation. The parts that should be focused on were marked by him with a pencil, and Li Xuewu read very quickly.

He had been reading meeting materials and theoretical materials for the past few days, and today's work returned to those business documents in the past.

Li Xuewu was busy with his hands, and signaled Sha Qizhi to call the Security Brigade to communicate whether there was anything there.

Sha Qizhi didn't hand the phone to Li Xuewu, but asked about the work arrangement there today on behalf of Li Xuewu.

After deciding to take home a few important documents that Li Xuewu needed to handle, he hung up the phone.

In the past, Li Xuewu would absolutely not bring work home. Work during work hours, enjoy life during private time.

But people are in the rivers and lakes, and cannot help themselves.

His time is not enough, completely not enough. One person split into eight is not enough. This work can never be finished.

The Steel Mill will have meetings for these three days, and he cannot leave, so he can only work overtime.

"Director, heard that a new deputy factory director came, and it's an executive deputy factory director?"

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu's eyes were looking at the documents, his hands were writing opinions, but his mouth answered Sha Qizhi's question.

Sha Qizhi's hand was also busy with a pen, registering what should be registered, checking what should be checked, but his mouth continued to ask: "This executive deputy came down from above, then..."

Li Xuewu knew what he meant, looked up at him, and then continued to be busy with his head down.

Sha Qizhi pursed his lips and didn't mention this topic again. If there was something he couldn't understand, he would ask Li Xuewu. If Li Xuewu didn't want to say, then he wouldn't understand.

Actually, there was nothing not to understand. An executive deputy factory director came, so he was the No. 2 figure in the factory office, assisting the factory director in managing the Steel Mill's business.

Someone asked, then why is the No. 2 figure in the factory office sitting in the 7th position?

Because he just came, his seniority needs to be humble. He doesn't have a position in the Party Committee yet, so he has to be ranked behind Gu Weijie and Xue Zhifu.

And Xiong Bencheng sitting in the 4th position today is entirely because there is a Workers' Congress in this meeting. He is the No. 1 figure of the Workers' Congress, so he sits in a position close to the middle.

What if it's normal?

Normally, he should sit in the 4th position, and still be in front of Xue Zhifu.

However, Xue Zhifu's age is older than him, and he is the Discipline Inspection Secretary. It is normal for his ranking to be higher than him.

Why doesn't Cheng Kaiyuan have a Party Committee position?

Because the meeting hasn't finished yet. This time, his name will be added in the supplementary.

The factory director can be appointed, and the deputy secretary can also be appointed, because these positions are Party group positions. And now Cheng Kaiyuan has to solve the Party Committee identity first, which is to be elected at this conference.

However, the meeting hasn't finished yet, and he has already become the focus of this conference. Everyone knows that a key figure has come to the factory.

Sha Qizhi just wanted to express that this position Li Deputy Factory Director had been thinking about for a long time. Will something happen if this hope is dashed?

What can happen? Li Huai De is afraid that he had long expected this day.

No sound of his progress was heard at the mid-year meeting, and the higher authorities were implicit and didn't say, so it was to be adjusted.

Especially Dong Wenxue didn't enter the factory office, but went to the factory Party Committee, which can explain the problem even more.

Deng Zhiwang's position was to be refilled, so the one who came must be a key deputy factory director.

Originally, Jing Yunong's position was critical enough. He might also not have thought that the higher authorities were so dissatisfied with this session of the Steel Mill leadership team.

Think about it, how many things have happened, making it jump and jump, and still not hitting the board, leaving them for the New Year?

Li Huai De's dream had long been broken, but he is now heading for a bigger dream. Li Xuewu didn't see any annoyed expression on him.

What is there to be annoyed about? What should be arranged has already been arranged, what should be harvested has already been decided. Whether this position exists or not doesn't have much meaning to him.

So Sha Qizhi asked a sentence, and Li Xuewu glared at him, not letting him say more.

Being able to come to the Steel Mill at this time and serve as a main position means having ability and courage.

Especially his seniority and resume, very beautiful. There are not many from a professional background in the Steel Mill.

Nie Chenglin counts as one, but this time Cheng Kaiyuan came, and his position is really awkward.

Li Xuewu can think of what Cheng Kaiyuan is mainly responsible for, and can also guess the situation after Nie Chenglin's work adjustment. It's quite magical.

Actually, Li Xuewu didn't want to replace Nie Chenglin. After all, a familiar opponent is easier to handle than a strange opponent.

For this one who came today, Li Xuewu didn't have specific information about him yet. Everything has to wait until the meeting ends to have time to look at this person's situation.

Li Xuewu didn't know if the previous mid-year meetings had to be held for three days, but he knew that three days of meetings could tire people into dogs.

If the meeting on Monday was listening, then the meeting on Tuesday should be speaking.

Many people can speak, actively speak, passively speak, and Li Xuewu is the passive one.

This time, Li Xuewu, as the person in charge of the Security Department, made a work report to the members of the conference review group, as well as some worker representatives, Party representatives, and cadres of the Steel Mill in the conference room on the first floor of the guesthouse.

The title of the report is "Strive to be a role model, strive to be a demonstration, walk in the forefront, and strive to write a new chapter of era construction."

Li Xuewu pointed out in the work report that the Steel Mill is facing an unprecedented good situation and is walking on the road of advanced development of the era. The Security Department, as an important component force of the Steel Mill, is to draw a new chapter of security personnel in the new era with the attitude of striving to be a vanguard and a role model.

Looking back at the past, Li Xuewu expounded on the changes and work development of the Security Department in the past half year. Under the care and leadership of the organization, how to achieve one excellent result after another.

Looking forward to the future, at the end of the report, Li Xuewu made reasonable predictions and goal setting for the future development of the Security Department with the development data of the Security Department in the past half year.

With thought, content, self-criticism, praise for the front line, summary and review, and new goals, Li Xuewu's report gained the recognition and support of Deputy Secretary Gu Weijie, a member of the conference review group, and everyone present.

In the subsequent discussion meeting on work opinions and suggestions, Li Xuewu also listened extensively to the opinions and suggestions of various representatives and cadres.

After Deputy Secretary Gu's encouraging speech, Li Xuewu also answered and replied to the questions representatives cared about one by one, made work arrangements for the representatives' opinions on the spot, and arranged a series of subsequent measures.

The meeting at the branch venue went very smoothly. After returning to the main venue, when Factory Director Yang Fengshan announced the suggested list of supplementary personnel for the Party Committee, the appearance of Li Xuewu's name also caused a burst of applause inside the venue.

Sometimes the mass base is very mysterious, don't know what it is used for, as if it cannot be seen or touched.

But at this kind of meeting, applause is the most important measure of leading cadres.

This time, according to the procedure, there were two people entering the suggested list of supplementary members, one was Cheng Kaiyuan, and the other was Li Xuewu.

Cheng Kaiyuan's name was placed in front of Li Xuewu, and when Li Xuewu's name was read, the enthusiasm of the applause was much higher than the front, very obvious.

This also made Cheng Kaiyuan, who was sitting in front, couldn't help but look down, and found Li Xuewu's name from the position in the first row below the stage.

On the second day, the main stage only had factory leaders sitting, and the heads of various departments sat below the stage like all representatives.

Cheng Kaiyuan just came, didn't understand the situation of the Steel Mill, and naturally didn't understand the cadres of the Steel Mill.

Yesterday he came to the factory to participate in the conference, and after the meeting, he rushed back to the original unit to hand over work.

He didn't even have time to report work to some people. There was no lack of people already inquiring about this leader's temper and preferences.

Coming to the meeting again today, the gaze of this deputy factory director looking at the cadres below the stage carried observation and scrutiny.

No need to ask about those sitting in the first row, they are all heads and persons in charge of various departments, all with name tags.

And Li Xuewu's position is not in the middle, but not on the sides either.

A young man sitting in a pile of "old men," he couldn't be inconspicuous even if he wanted to.

There were many gazes from the main stage, but Li Xuewu didn't look at anyone, but listened attentively to the factory director's speech.

In the afternoon, after announcing the list and election method and related executors, it was time to adjourn.

This time Li Xuewu didn't run away, because Xu Sinian pulled Li Xuewu and didn't let him go after hearing the meeting ended.

"I have a pile of things there, if I delay, I have to work overtime at night!"

"Who doesn't have a pile of things!"

Xu Sinian signaled the documents and notebooks in front of him to the factory office secretary, meaning to let the secretary help him tidy up, while he himself chased Li Xuewu out of the venue.

"I say, didn't you see me signaling to you yesterday!"

Xu Sinian followed Li Xuewu out of the door, looked at the people around, and asked dissatisfiedly.

Not waiting for Li Xuewu to answer, he continued: "The new leader just took office, the factory office is preparing to organize a welcome meeting. Why are you running?"

"It has a hair relationship with me!"

Li Xuewu glanced at Xu Sinian while walking, holding the notebook under his arm, pouting: "I'm not a new leader, and I'm not from the factory office. Why are you chasing me?"

"How are you not a new leader!"

Xu Sinian stared, then followed Li Xuewu in two steps, saying: "The list was announced today. After the conference review tomorrow, you will be a factory leader. Why is it not your business!"

"Heh heh~ what kind of factory leader do I count as~"

Li Xuewu chuckled, then said: "The director is still a deputy!"

"It's useless for you to tell me this. Who told you to be born late? If you were born a few years earlier, wouldn't you have all the conditions?"

Xu Sinian knew how to shirk responsibility. Li Xuewu was too lazy to pay attention to him, but he followed back like a dog-skin plaster.

"I say, do you have anything or not!"

Li Xuewu stopped his steps, looked at Xu Sinian and said: "I'm really busy, really don't have idle time to chat with you."

After finishing, he waved his hand and continued to walk forward, saying: "Wait until the meeting is over, when there is time, we will pull together, see you again!"

"Hey! Wait for me to finish speaking before leaving!"

Xu Sinian chased Li Xuewu unremittingly, turned his face to Li Xuewu and said: "Tomorrow night, guesthouse, you must come!"

"What do I go for~"

Li Xuewu rolled his eyes and said: "No time tomorrow, there is something after work. Didn't you see I have two jobs here!"

"Hey! Hey! Do you still want me to invite you with eight sedan chairs?!"

Xu Sinian put his hands on his hips, stared, looked at Li Xuewu and said: "This is a welcome meeting, don't you want to see the new leader?"

"Thanks, there will be time in the future."

Li Xuewu waved his hand without even turning his head, and regardless of Xu Sinian standing there talking to him, went straight to the office.

Welcome meeting? Dinner? See the new leader?

Damn, this is stabbing Li Huai De's heart and letting blood, he won't touch this bad luck.

Although Li Huai De must have seen it open and didn't care, that was also his dream once.

How much effort was put into this goal once, how much bitterness was eaten, how much effort was sacrificed, and in the end it became empty.

Don't say Li Huai De, even if it were any other person, they would feel uncomfortable in their hearts.

Li Xuewu wasn't trying to curry favor with Li Huai De, but he also didn't know the situation of that person. Rash contact would only create a stereotypical impression for each other.

Who said the new one is an opponent, and who can say the new one is a friend? This is Schrödinger's cat.

When there is no formal contact, the other party sees him as a cat, and he doesn't see the other party as a person.

So for Xu Sinian's invitation, Li Xuewu directly refused with work being busy.

No one in the factory dared to use this excuse, because everyone is in the same factory, who doesn't know whether it's busy or not.

But Li Xuewu's situation is different. He is not busy here, which doesn't mean the Security Brigade is not busy.

Li Xuewu says he is busy, who can argue with him about this?

After experiencing the busyness of the first day, Li Xuewu was much more relaxed on the second day.

Maybe it has something to do with the conference being in progress, the documents transferred and issued suddenly decreased, which also gave Li Xuewu a chance to breathe.

The meeting on Tuesday was speaking, then the third day was doing.

Doing is not doing work

In accordance with the election procedures and the list for deliberation read out by Deputy Factory Director Zhou, a collective vote was held after the Wednesday assembly began.

First, the election procedures announced yesterday were voted on and passed, followed by the voting and passing of the proposed list of supplementary committee members.

Only at the end was there a formal collective vote on the qualifications of the supplementary candidates.

There was no vote-counting process; instead, designated personnel stood at a high vantage point to observe the hand-raising situation of the representatives on-site, and passing required more than half the votes.

The two supplementary Party committee members this time included one who was the newly arrived Executive Deputy Factory Director; how could there be any objections to him? Thus, it passed very smoothly.

Li Xuewu's side had even fewer complications; yesterday, when Yang Fengshan read out the list of supplementary personnel, he had already introduced Li Xuewu's resume and work experience.

Just the title of "Model Worker" alone meant no one could deny Li Xuewu's achievements, so the vote regarding his supplementary appointment also proceeded very smoothly.

During the voting and selection process, Cheng Kaiyuan was a Party committee member, and Li Xuewu was also a Party committee member.

However, they belonged to different divisions; Cheng Kaiyuan was a member of the leadership team, directly participating in team meetings, and became a standing committee member through the vote of the on-site Party representatives.

Li Xuewu, on the other hand, was arranged to be on the Discipline Inspection side, becoming a Discipline Inspection Committee member through the vote of the on-site Party representatives.

This was something Li Xuewu had not expected, and it was also something many people on-site had not expected.

Li Xuewu cast his gaze toward Yang Yuansong, Xue Zhifu, and the others, but he could not detect a single issue from their expressions.

What is going on?

It wasn't that there was a problem with the committee members, but rather that Li Xuewu had never intended to go into Discipline Inspection at all.

The factory had two committees: one was the Factory Party Committee, and the other was the Factory Discipline Inspection Committee. When he was first nominated, no one said he would also have to go to the Discipline Inspection Committee.

This decision was definitely not made previously; otherwise, Li Huai De and Gu Weijie would have told him.

Who on earth made a spur-of-the-moment decision to add an extra track to his election?

It wasn't that a Discipline Inspection Committee member wasn't a committee member; this had nothing to do with the status of a Party committee member. Li Xuewu was now a Factory Party Committee member, but he also had a position on the Discipline Inspection Committee.

Li Xuewu's original plan was to resolve his status as a committee member, take over the Security Division Party Committee, and fully control the Security Division to prevent the sudden appearance of a Deputy Division Chief.

At the same time, it would also fix his path of advancement in advance, serving as an anchor point.

But if an extra track had been added, Li Xuewu was currently managing the Security Division; was he now expected to supervise Discipline Inspection matters as well?

This was certain; the Factory Discipline Inspection Committee Secretary was Xue Zhifu, and the members were the Discipline Inspection Division and the Audit Division.

Li Xuewu was now considered a leader on the Discipline Inspection side, and he also had management authority and responsibilities over these two divisions.

He was a bit bewildered now, not knowing which link had gone wrong; even Gu Weijie hadn't discovered it in advance.

Normally, if a Party committee member status didn't include an internal Party committee position, it was just a status that allowed one to discuss, speak, and vote at meetings, without specific affairs or work.

The Discipline Inspection side was the same; if Li Xuewu wasn't elected to any position at the subsequent Discipline Inspection Committee meeting, he would just have the status of a Discipline Inspection member.

But for Li Xuewu, this status was a burden; he was aiming for a branch factory, aiming for Deputy Factory Director—how could he go into Discipline Inspection?

The election was already over, so what else could be done?

Listening to the applause, Li Xuewu could only applaud along with everyone else. Others looked at him with envious eyes, but he himself was filled with a mix of bitterness and sweetness.

Li Xue was standing at the side entrance, exactly where she could see the main stage and the audience below.

She was following the leadership to perform service work; wherever Deputy Factory Director Jing was, she, as the secretary, would definitely be there.

Watching her brother sitting there looking so dignified, Li Xue pursed her lips, her small hands clapped until they were red.

Her second brother was her role model, her pride, and also the goal she strove for.

Her second brother was the youngest and most promising among those seated in the first row.

Now that he was about to "take the stage," he was even more the youngest and most promising.

Li Xue was truly very excited, but she didn't dare to show it; she was afraid others would see and mock her for not being steady enough.

But after the applause, Li Xue still clenched her fists tightly to soothe her excitement.

Watching her second brother sitting there receiving everyone's recognition, it was as if she were sitting there herself, feeling just as thrilled.

Also feeling happy and excited for Li Xuewu, just like her, were the comrades from the Security Division, as well as comrades from other departments who had come to attend the meeting.

Qin Huairu and Zhang Songying were sitting together; their entire department consisted of cadres from the guesthouse. They had just participated in the hand-raising vote, and Zhang Songying's hand had been raised the highest.

At this moment, watching Zhang Songying crane her neck to look forward, Qin Huairu couldn't help but nudge her.

There has to be a limit to excitement; looking at her like this, those who didn't know would think she was the one being elected.

But Zhang Songying was just happy, just thrilled; Li Xuewu being elected made her much happier than if she herself had been elected.

Reminded by Qin Huairu, Zhang Songying no longer craned her neck to look at Li Xuewu, but just endured the excitement in her heart and pounded her legs hard.

Because just a moment ago, when the factory director announced the voting results, she couldn't help but tremble all over.

Happy for Li Xuewu, excited for Li Xuewu, and thrilled for Li Xuewu.

During the recess, Factory Secretary Yang Yuansong convened a Factory Party Committee meeting to study and decide on the final adjustment plan for cadres, as well as the plan for the re-adjustment of the division of labor for the factory office team.

At the same time, they also had to discuss and vote on the suggestions and opinions put forward by representatives and cadres during the meeting.

The content of the meeting was extensive, but it proceeded very quickly because these matters had already been discussed many times, and the final decisions had basically been set.

This final meeting was also for the final fine-tuning of these plans, as well as changes made after hearing the opinions of the working group.

The working group had wanted a major change in the middle-level cadres of the steel mill, but they were met with unanimous opposition from Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan; they could not allow major changes to occur in the steel mill's environment.

Controlling the steel mill during the mid-year meeting was already a challenge; if there were further large-scale adjustments, it would also be a weakening and destruction of the management of cadres and the steel mill.

The eyes of the entire factory were on the third floor of the main office building; all the administrative staff were waiting for news from that conference room. And the cadres who might have changes or be called in for talks were waiting for the end of the meeting with even more anxiety in their hearts.

Finally, what should the result be?