Chapter 747: Square and Circle

When are the busiest days in government units?

The answer might be Monday, or it might be the end of the month or year, but if you mention the period after an important meeting, no one would deny that these are the busiest days.

If the work for Monday is pushed to Thursday because of a meeting?

The impact is doubled, and the people in the unit must be complaining bitterly.

Out of seven days in a week, because three days were spent in meetings, the remaining work was compressed into the last three days. With time already not abundant, plus the dissemination and study of the meeting spirit, it felt even more stretched.

However, busyness also has its priorities, its light and heavy, urgent and slow. The work of the main persons in charge of each department did not all pile up today because of the lag.

So what were the main persons in charge of each department busy with today?

The main persons in charge of nine units and departments in the Steel Mill were involved in adjustments. Today was the first day of the adjustments, so naturally, it was about understanding the work and getting familiar with the comrades.

The former Engineering Division Chief, Xiao Zihong, was the cadre with the highest rank involved in this adjustment, but while others were being promoted, he was being demoted.

On Thursday morning, he first went to the Party Committee building according to the requirements to accept the organizational talk from the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Gu Weijie. Afterward, he was led by Gu Weijie, along with Sun Jian, who was also transferred to the Security Division to serve as the Office Director, to take up their posts at the Security Division.

It wasn't just the two of them accepting organizational talks at the Party Committee building; this adjustment was simply too large, so there were many people coming in and out of the Party Committee.

Xiao Zihong was demoted to his post; when accepting the organizational talk, there was more encouragement than praise, and a solemn expression was normal.

But when he saw Sun Jian, who had also come out of the Party Organization Department, with a solemn expression, he couldn't help but feel helpless and bitter in his heart.

Was this going to take up a post or going to be executed?

Gu Weijie, who was to take them to the Security Division, couldn't help but smile at the two of them and walked straight downstairs toward the Security Building.

The Security Division was not a dragon's den or a tiger's lair, nor were there mountains of blades or seas of fire; it was just as busy and quiet as other offices.

What was busy was inside the offices; what was quiet was the corridor.

If one were to say the Security Division was different from other offices, or to be precise, in the eyes of Xiao Zihong and Sun Jian, it might be this kind of discipline and efficiency where one hears thunder in silence.

In the corridor, office staff consciously walked on the right side, and when greeting people they met, they mostly nodded to each other, with few people speaking loudly.

Entering and leaving offices didn't involve slamming doors, but more people worked with their doors closed.

The Security Division had many tasks with confidentiality and security requirements, so it was much more rigorous compared to other departments.

People working in the Security Building had long been accustomed to this atmosphere, but in the eyes of Xiao Zihong and Sun Jian, it was an invisible pressure.

In their respective units and offices before, they were also persons in charge and managers, so naturally, they were much more casual.

Although the Security Division was in the same office area, they hadn't come here often, or even at all.

Business needs were one aspect; on the other hand, it was because there was a fierce tiger here.

Gu Weijie brought the two of them to the Security Building entrance. Waiting to welcome them at the door were Yu De, who had already been confirmed to be transferred to serve as Deputy Chief of the Service Division, and Sha Qizhi, who served as the Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Office of the Security Division.

"Deputy Secretary Gu, Deputy Chief Xiao, Li Kezhang Sun."

"Comrade De."

There weren't many people waiting to welcome them at the Security Building entrance. Li Xuewu wasn't there, and others weren't either. There was no fanfare at all, which couldn't help but make people mutter.

But in Xiao Zihong's eyes, this was actually more relaxed. If Li Xuewu had really been waiting downstairs to welcome him, he would have had to consider whether he could be satisfied in the next few years here.

Facing Sha Qizhi's apology, Gu Weijie appeared very casual, signaling everyone to go upstairs together, and answered the explanation Sha Qizhi had just given.

"Work is important. The tradition of the early morning meeting has always been practiced in the Security Division. Isn't it just right for us to go up and hold a meeting to meet everyone? It saves trouble."

Regarding what Sha Qizhi said—that Li Xuewu was holding an early morning meeting with the cadres of the Security Division upstairs, and at the same time had delegated him to wait downstairs to invite Deputy Secretary Gu and her party to hold a meeting to meet everyone after they arrived—Gu Weijie didn't feel it was a slight or intentional.

Li Xuewu was a relatively pragmatic person. The office area was only so big, and these people who came today were all "comrades" who saw each other every day. If they had engaged in that set of welcoming and sending off, it wouldn't have been right.

Gu Weijie, while going upstairs, explained to Xiao Zihong on her right: "I spoke to Comrade Xuewu on the phone this morning. He knew I was sending you here, so he specifically told me to ask for your understanding, saying that you coming to the Security Division should be more like coming home, haha~"

"Yes, I am quite familiar with Secretary Li."

Xiao Zihong just smiled and responded simply to Gu Weijie. As for whether Gu Weijie's words had another interpretation, that was unknown.

Gu Weijie and the others were led by Sha Qizhi to the third floor. Along the way, they also looked at the situation in the corridor and offices; everything was in good order and discipline was strict.

Especially after going up to the third floor and walking in the corridor, feeling this atmosphere, even their voices became much smaller unconsciously.

In the conference room on the third floor, an office meeting for cadres at the section level and above was being held. Seeing Gu Weijie and her party enter, Li Xuewu stood up to take the initiative to shake hands and greet them.

Originally, the early morning meeting today didn't need the participation of section-level cadres, but because there was a meeting to meet new cadres, it was held as an expanded meeting.

After Gu Weijie and the others were seated, Li Xuewu moved the meeting's agenda directly to the meeting to meet everyone.

First, he invited Gu Weijie to speak, which was the introduction of cadres and the dissemination of the content of the mid-year meeting.

Gu Weijie's speech was very concise, mainly introducing Xiao Zihong and Sun Jian, reading out the appointments of the two, and conducting a simple dissemination regarding the personnel changes at the mid-year meeting.

These were the due obligations of cadre appointments. Li Xuewu, as the Party Group Secretary of the Security Division and the first person in charge, first expressed his welcome to the two newly arrived cadres, and then made a statement regarding the subsequent work of the Security Division.

Xiao Zihong and Sun Jian also followed Li Xuewu and made statements, expressing a positive attitude toward the subsequent work.

There was applause in the conference room, but the pressure on Xiao Zihong and Sun Jian didn't decrease; instead, it became heavier.

Although Li Xuewu represented the Security Division in expressing his welcome to them, in the eyes of these people looking at them, the two only saw questioning and distrust.

How long had it been since the Security Division changed? Less than half a year, right?

How long had it been since the collapse of the Fu Bin faction? How could the Security Division not find even a trace of its influence?

The Security Division had six sections and twenty groups. Not to say that everyone was promoted by Li Xuewu, at least more than half were under his control.

Security Li Kezhang Han Yating, Training Li Kezhang Wei Tong, Firefighting Li Kezhang Han Zhan—these three were all subordinates of Li Xuewu when he was in the Security Section.

If it weren't for this personnel change, the Comprehensive Section and the Inspection Section would also be under Li Xuewu's control, not to mention the Confidentiality Section.

Because of work needs, the Inspection Section was recommended by Li Xuewu and approved by Gu Weijie to be headed by Xie Lan Zhi, the former Li Kezhang of Personnel Section 1.

This personnel change saw Sister Xie promoted to Deputy Chief of the Personnel Division, and the position of Li Kezhang of Personnel Section 1 was taken by the former factory office secretary, Sun Yao, who also concurrently served as the Li Kezhang of the Inspection Section.

The appearance of such a caught-off-guard situation could only be said to be the result of Li Xuewu's insufficient influence and control over this meeting, or the result of the factory and the factory leadership team's disapproval of the current personnel structure.

Today, it seemed that only one Deputy Chief and one Li Kezhang came to take up their posts, but in fact, there was also a Li Kezhang concurrently holding a post in the Security Division. The arrival of the three was undoubtedly a challenge to the tight structure of the Security Division.

What could Li Xuewu do?

After the meeting to meet everyone ended, Li Xuewu first made a simple introduction and request to Sun Jian and Yu De, and asked Yu De to take Sun Jian to do the handover work.

Because Yu De was also going to the Service Division to take up his post today, Sun Jian had to complete the handover with him as soon as possible.

After the two left, Li Xuewu communicated with Xiao Zihong for a few words and let Sha Qizhi arrange his office.

Finally, Li Xuewu invited Gu Weijie to return to his office together; there were some things the two needed to talk about.

"You'll be busy today."

Gu Weijie, at Li Xuewu's invitation, sat on the sofa, looked at the environment in Li Xuewu's office, and couldn't help but sigh.

Li Xuewu made two cups of tea himself and brought them over. He placed one in front of Gu Weijie and sat on the sofa next to Gu Weijie with the other.

"When have I ever been free?"

He replied with a bitter smile, put down his teacup, looked at Gu Weijie solemnly, and asked softly: "Was it sudden, or was there another plan?"

"Neither."

Gu Weijie understood what Li Xuewu wanted to ask. She pondered for a moment and continued: "This personnel change opinion went through several drafts. Tracing it to the root, it's already very difficult to define whose opinion this actually is."

"You also saw that a large group of cadres investigated by the working group was involved in this work, and another large group was checked by the factory inspection group. The influence is too great, and the number of people involved in the adjustment is too many."

Gu Weijie frowned, her words carrying some helplessness. Her gaze looked at the opposite office building that Li Xuewu often looked at, and she said: "Xiao Zihong coming to the Security Division is the best result I could fight for you. You wouldn't think there was no plan to fill the Security Division this time, would you?"

When she said this, Gu Weijie's gaze had already turned back to look at Li Xuewu. Seeing his solemn expression, she opened her mouth again and said: "Actually, the candidate recommended by the working group was Wang Jingzhang."

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and asked back: "Wang Jingzhang would be demoted?"

"No."

Gu Weijie stared at Li Xuewu and said: "That's why I strongly recommended Xiao Zihong to come to the Security Division."

"Heh~"

Li Xuewu sneered. He understood Gu Weijie's meaning. The working group recommended Wang Jingzhang to come to the Security Division not to serve as a deputy; the meaning was very clear: to replace himself.

He often used this move of drawing the firewood from under the cauldron, but he didn't expect that he was almost the one whose firewood was drawn.

Gu Weijie also understood what Li Xuewu's sneer meant. One was that Wang Jingzhang didn't dare to come, and the other was that if Wang Jingzhang came, he wouldn't be able to leave.

"There's no need. The Security Division cannot be an iron bucket, nor should it be an iron bucket."

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said: "Unless you don't want to advance anymore."

Li Xuewu nodded noncommittally. He understood what Gu Weijie meant by "no need"—it was nothing more than saying there was no need to resist such arrangements; the Security Division couldn't be his family's.

As long as one is in the game, one must follow the rules of the game. No one can win all the time.

Li Xuewu didn't oppose such arrangements either. He didn't think Xiao Zihong was a threat, and Sun Jian's threat was even more out of the question.

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu, picked up her teacup, took a sip, and said: "Xiao Zihong was demoted to his post, and he is tied hand and foot; that's still better than a piece of stinking dog shit. I won't even mention Sun Jian; think about it yourself."

Sitting in the office talking to Li Xuewu, Gu Weijie had fewer scruples and didn't stand on ceremony at all, comparing Wang Jingzhang to stinking dog shit.

In fact, this was also a true portrayal of Wang Jingzhang's realistic status in the Steel Mill. Everyone treated him as a piece of stinking dog shit; it was nothing more than relying on the working group to act shamelessly.

The things he was doing now, the little tricks he was playing—who would want to provoke him?

Mid-level cadres all wanted to watch from the sidelines, watching those above do it, watching those below be chaotic. Who would enter the fray?

Only he, who had stirred things up with those above and stirred things up with the workers below, could truly be called a stirrer of shit.

Facing Li Xuewu's questioning attitude, Gu Weijie didn't get angry, nor did she care. After saying these words, she stood up, signaled toward the Party Committee building, and said she was busy today, then went out.

Li Xuewu saw her to the stairs. On the way, the two didn't mention this topic again; things had already happened, and saying more was useless.

Gu Weijie admitted that she knew before the list came out, and also admitted the fact that she didn't take the initiative to tell Li Xuewu. But what was wrong with that?

She was a leader. As a Party Group cadre, she naturally had the obligation to keep organizational work confidential. Why should she tell Li Xuewu?

Li Huai De also knew. Could Li Xuewu complain that Li Huai De didn't notify him in advance?

Not to mention that this list was only confirmed on the last day of the meeting, and these opinions didn't need to be reported to Li Xuewu or seek his opinion, did they?

This was the Steel Mill, this was work, not playing house.

Today, Gu Weijie had explained it very clearly to Li Xuewu. When the list was decided, it had already been mixed with the opinions of many parties, and it was the result of compromise among many parties; it couldn't be said to simply represent anyone's opinion.

To say that Sun Jian coming to the Security Division didn't have the Factory Director's meaning—Li Xuewu didn't believe it. Was Yu De going to the Service Division also the Factory Director's opinion?

This kind of buck-passing couldn't be clarified to the end. Seven or eight people discussed it together; each had their own count in their hearts.

Allocation was one thing, and how much was left in their own plates in the end was another.

Just like Sun Jian, everyone knew he was the Factory Director's secretary before, but once he came to the Security Division, he had to do the Security Division's work. How much influence he could exert was no longer under Yang Fengshan's control; it all depended on himself.

If he could open up a world in the Security Division, then the significance of his coming to the Security Division would expand. If he couldn't stay in the Security Division and got kicked out, then the significance of his coming to the Security Division would be gone.

He represented the Factory Director, but in reality, he only represented himself. Before all disputes were settled, he was just himself.

Xiao Zihong was the same. Once he came to the Security Division, he had to start from scratch. The affairs of the Engineering Division had already turned the page.

"Chief."

"Is everything arranged?"

Li Xuewu was approving documents behind his desk. After Sha Qizhi came in and greeted him, he answered Li Xuewu's question while tidying up the teacups on the coffee table.

"The office was already tidied up long ago. Secretary Dong didn't have many things, and they have all been handed over to the comrades at the Steel Mill."

Sha Qizhi added some hot water to Li Xuewu's teacup and placed it on Li Xuewu's left side, then said: "Deputy Chief Yu and Director Sun have finished the handover, and I saw him downstairs."

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu responded, then signed his opinion and signature on the document.

There were two offices prepared for leaders on the third floor of the Security Division. One was the Chief's, which was relatively large and had a small lounge; the other was the Deputy Chief's, which was smaller and didn't have a lounge.

When the Security Division moved over from the main office building, there was still a month before Fu Bin retired, and Dong Wenxue had already been confirmed as the successor.

Fu Bin was modest and didn't move, saving the trouble, but Dong Wenxue strongly invited him to move to the new office to work.

After Fu Bin had an accident, Li Xuewu was promoted to Deputy Chief of the Security Division. Dong Wenxue was too lazy to move again from the Deputy Chief's office, so he let Li Xuewu work in the large office.

It was also only a few days later that Dong Wenxue was transferred to the Steel Mill to hold a concurrent post, and that Deputy Chief's office was left vacant again until today, when it finally had a proper owner.

Because Li Xuewu was the Deputy Secretary of the factory and the Party Group Secretary of the Security Division, as well as the Deputy Chief in charge of the comprehensive work of the Security Division as clearly stated by the factory office, there was no dispute over the use of the office.

Similarly, there was no dispute over the work authority of the Security Division. Li Xuewu was the number one person in charge, without a doubt.

"The study activity of the mid-year meeting spirit is being carried out in all departments, and the workshop side is even livelier than the office side."

Sha Qizhi said with a pointed meaning: "Taking advantage of the wind of the great study and great discussion, the investigation team arranged by the working group has gone deep into the front-line workers to collect opinions and suggestions. There are many views on the content of the mid-year meeting below."

"Is that so? That's a good thing."

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow, changed a document, looked at Sha Qizhi after raising his head, and said: "Workers participating in management and deliberating on management is a right granted to them by the organization, and it is also their obligation to implement supervision."

"That is of course."

Sha Qizhi nodded and said: "That's why the working group collected so many opinions and suggestions. However, the working group doesn't seem very satisfied."

Watching Li Xuewu drink tea, Sha Qizhi knew that the leader was more interested in this topic, so he expanded: "There are voices below opposing Deputy Factory Director Jing's speech at the grand meeting, refuting and raising opinions from the perspective of unity and employment."

"Unity? Heh~"

Li Xuewu sneered at this point of view. Things had developed to this point; who was it that gave these people the idea to find trouble from the perspective of unity?

Unity in what?

Now the factory workers were all in groups of three or five, and all kinds of organizations were emerging one after another. Today they shouted this slogan, and tomorrow they went to participate in that discussion. Were they united themselves?

Jing Yunong's speech at the grand meeting was nothing more than a comprehensive explanation, clarification, and conclusion regarding the employment system of the joint enterprise. What did it have to do with unity?

Sha Qizhi also saw the disdainful sneer on Li Xuewu's face and explained softly: "It has to do with Deputy Factory Director Jing's attitude when she spoke. The people below said she was overbearing and unreasonable."

"Reasonable with whom?"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and asked Sha Qizhi: "Is this news reported back by our people in the inspection group?"

"Yes, but they didn't participate in the discussion."

Sha Qizhi answered very cautiously: "They just listened and came back to tell me. Our office didn't have these words spread out."

After all, today's work had just begun, and the feedback from the workshop side had just arrived. But judging by the intensity and habit of the office spreading news, if this matter could be kept hidden until lunch, Li Xuewu would jump off the third floor.

Except for the Confidentiality Section, there was no place in the factory office that was confidential. Everyone had ears, and they also had mouths; if they didn't talk about gossip, wouldn't they feel aggrieved?

"This matter is absurd."

Li Xuewu put down his teacup, leaned back in his chair, and said: "Policy formulation requires listening to the opinions of many parties, but there is no reason to listen afterward. Does the Factory Director have to consult front-line workers when doing things? It's completely unreasonable!"

Sha Qizhi looked at Li Xuewu and raised his eyebrows in confusion. The voices below were opposing Deputy Factory Director Jing, so why was the Chief's attitude one of dissatisfaction?

It wasn't that... could it be... or...?

It was nothing. Li Xuewu also saw Sha Qizhi's confusion and random guessing. He picked up his fountain pen, tapped the table, and said: "The responsibilities of decision-makers and executors must be separated. If they are mixed together, how can work be done? Can this opening be allowed?"

Sha Qizhi understood instantly. It wasn't what he thought; it was just that his position determined his head.

Cadres determine the direction, and workers only need to execute. If workers also participate in decision-making, then whose direction should be followed?

Today there were voices below opposing Deputy Factory Director Jing; then tomorrow the work of each office would not be able to be done, and orders would not be able to be issued.

Li Xuewu was not dissatisfied with the opposition to Deputy Factory Director Jing below, but dissatisfied with the dissatisfaction below toward this kind of system.

To say that one was dissatisfied with the work Deputy Factory Director Jing was responsible for and raised opinions—these were all normal. Li Xuewu wouldn't express an opinion; why pull in unity?

"Tell the assault team to focus on promoting criticism and self-criticism recently, correct the wrong style, rectify the bad work style, and strictly implement the call and instructions from above to 'grasp reform with one hand and production with the other'."

"Yes, understood."

Sha Qizhi recorded Li Xuewu's requirements and decisions in his notebook, and also noted the follow-up content of this work.

Yu De was transferred, and part of the Comprehensive Office's business was handed over to the newly arrived Sun Jian, while another part was handed over to Sha Qizhi.

Yu De had reported the handover work to Li Xuewu. According to Li Xuewu's requirements, the Youth Learning Youth Youth Tujidui was handed over to Sha Qizhi for management and guidance.

"Tell the assault team to submit an application, prepare more propaganda materials and learning materials, increase the intensity of propaganda, and develop learning groups on the workshop front line."

Li Xuewu frowned slightly, tapped the table with his finger, and instructed: "Since the Security Division's Youth Youth Youth Tujidui has been defined by the working group as a representative of advanced learning and progress, it must have the appearance of a representative, make the influence, and do the work."

"Understood."

Sha Qizhi nodded. This was the first task Li Xuewu had given him after he took over the assault team, and it was also his first official task as Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Office. It must be done well.

In the past, the Youth Youth Youth Tujidui only developed within the Security Division, and propaganda was carried out throughout the factory, but there was no intention of going out.

But now it was different. The mid-year meeting had already deployed and disseminated the great study and great discussion activities. All organizations and departments had the responsibility and obligation to carry out activities, so the Security Division also had the qualifications to move.

Compared to the just-started work of other departments regarding this item, the Security Division's Youth Youth Youth Tujidui had already been created for more than a month.

Whether in propaganda experience or in the experience of carrying out activities, the Youth Youth Youth Tujidui was one step ahead of other departments.

Why did Li Xuewu suddenly increase his investment in the Youth Youth Youth Tujidui at this timing, and release the constraints on them, letting them go out to publicize and organize activities?

Because with the conclusion of the mid-year meeting, the situation in the Steel Mill was undergoing huge changes. The conclusion of the deployment and dissemination meeting for the great study and great discussion activities also meant the official launch of the activities. All units and individuals were in a state of "not advancing is retreating."

What did the slogan "grasp reform with one hand and production with the other" mean?

It meant that from the day the grand meeting ended, not only would production be a main theme in the Steel Mill, but reform would also become one of the main themes, and it would be in front of production.

This definition had a more far-reaching meaning. Simply put, from the day the meeting ended, the power represented by production would be divided, or redefined or established.

Specifically, in the past, the Production Management Division of the Steel Mill was the most important department without a doubt. Its person in charge must be a member of the Party Committee, and must be a person with seniority and ability.

And although the workshop director was a section-level cadre, his words were more useful than an ordinary Deputy Chief.

Why?

Because the Steel Mill was a factory, and all departments and units were defined around the word "production," and from top to bottom, they all served production and guaranteed production.

So as long as it was related to production, it was important and higher than others.

Could Nie Chenglin not manage Kuang Yusheng?

It wasn't that. He couldn't manage the workshop, and he had no prestige in the workshop, so he had to be transferred.

What if it were another person, another department?

For example, the former Jing Yunong—did the Finance Division and Personnel Division dare to openly oppose her? Then the people adjusted would be those in these two divisions; Jing Yunong wouldn't be moved.

Only Kuang Yusheng from the production department and Xia Zhongquan from the technical professional department have this energy; they pushed aside the supervisor and nothing happened—whoever else did it would be finished.

But now it was different. The status of production was something those above had spent a lot of effort to preserve. The condition for compromise was to grasp reform.

In the past, production was the most important; now reform was also important. This opened a channel for those with intentions, and also opened a breakthrough.

Why did Li Huai De give up his position in the leadership team, exchange Dong Wenxue to come to the factory office to take over the Security Division, and at the same time grasp the management rights of three divisions?

One was that he wanted to achieve full management rights for the trade project, one was that he wanted to increase his right to speak in the factory office, and most importantly, he didn't need to pursue the position of Executive Deputy Factory Director, which was the path to power through controlling production, anymore.

Didn't Li Huai De want this Executive Deputy Factory Director before to advance? He just wanted to achieve this goal by controlling the Production Management Division and the Technical Division.

But this goal was too difficult to achieve. One reason was that Factory Director Yang Fengshan would not hand over his basic foundation to Li Huai De unless he was transferred.

Another reason was that he himself wasn't that kind of material; he had never managed production, nor did he have the experience of working at the grassroots level. How could he manage it?

It wasn't that Li Huai De hadn't considered using other work or achievements to fill this gap, to make an article out of the comparison with the Deputy Factory Director in charge of production.

But the factory's emphasis on production couldn't be compared to disaster relief, trade, or putting forward development opinions. The core of the Steel Mill would always be production.

Now that Nie Chenglin had been played by Li Xuewu with the move of drawing firewood from under the cauldron, Yang Fengshan would rather transfer people from outside than hand these two departments to Li Huai De. Wasn't it because he didn't dare to give up the power in his hands?

Why was the office handed to the newly arrived Cheng Kaiyuan? Who knew how much discussion and compromise was implied here.

The result was already very clear: Cheng Kaiyuan would definitely support the Factory Director in his work.

Then what about Li Huai De?

Why didn't any disputes appear or any criticism spread during the meeting?

This was Li Huai De's strategy of retreating to advance, seeking more basic interests, and developing when the opportunity arose.

Simply put, Li Huai De showed his cards, stopped playing, and gave up the path of advancing by grasping production.

He abandoned all efforts in this regard to exchange for a series of measures to increase his right to speak, such as Dong Wenxue entering the factory office, Gu Weijie entering the factory office, and Li Xuewu entering the Party Committee.

Especially in his focus and persistence on the trade project, he abandoned the Security Division, let the Party Committee promote Li Xuewu to Discipline Inspection, and moved the actual management authority of the Security Division to the Party Committee side, all to control the three departments related to the trade project.

Since production couldn't be grasped, then grasp something practical. Logistics, sales, and scheduling were in his hands. What couldn't he do if he wanted to?

It was said to be raising funds for the residential area project, but those funds were flowing in the accounts. How they were used was up to him.

Why retreat to the second best, why abandon the original layout?

Because he now discovered that he didn't need to fight for that Executive Deputy position to achieve a further step in power. The method was what Li Xuewu was doing now: mastering the development direction and layout of the great study and great discussion.

Yang Fengshan wanted to grasp production, so he found Cheng Kaiyuan to grasp it together, and also joined Jing Yunong to grasp it together. Then Li Huai De let them grasp it, and he chose to grasp reform himself. That would be fine, right?

The great study and great discussion activities had been carried out in the Steel Mill for more than two months, but who had really understood it?

The working group came and started playing. From stirring up the factory leadership team, to harming the mid-level, and now to being a stirrer of shit at the grassroots level, they were confused and had played this activity into pieces.

Wang Jingzhang of the Service Division saw the working group playing, so he played too. After playing back and forth, he was played by others, and he didn't even figure out who was playing him.

The workers below saw the wind and rain, and also started playing with the residential area project and the joint enterprise project. Playing until now, it was still the stage of great discussion, and even the core ideology hadn't been determined.

There were quite a few big-character posters, and many follow-up letters of report, but which one was brought down by them?

The two who came down recently weren't blown down by this wind; they were prepared long ago, just waiting for the east wind.

If one were to talk about playing relatively well, it might be the Security Division, because the Security Division had a Youth Youth Youth Tujidui.

It was different from the "four-unlike" (neither fish nor fowl) one played by the Service Division. The one cultivated by the Security Division was a powerful organization with ideology, means, learning content, and propaganda direction.

Why did the working group want to promote Wang Jingzhang to the Party Committee, and after failing, try to come to the Security Division to pry Li Xuewu's post? Wasn't it because they saw the power of the Security Division?

The Security Division itself was already a sharp sword, and now there was another sharp sword hidden in the scabbard, waiting to be drawn at any time. Who wouldn't be greedy and fearful?

Since they wanted to see this sharp sword, Li Xuewu threw the sword out, and the person who caught the sword was Li Huai De.

Sha Qizhi couldn't understand these things, but he strictly executed what the leader said. Before leaving, he reported the things that happened in the morning to Li Xuewu completely.

Facing the opinions put forward by the front-line workers of the factory, as well as the suggestion to lift Deputy Factory Director Jing's management authority over the joint enterprise, the working group did not adopt them, and gave a reply and criticism on the spot.

The direction of the criticism was consistent with Li Xuewu's thinking, but regarding the workers' opinions, the working group was also preparing to re-deliberate on the content of the relevant meeting.

Actually, Sha Qizhi didn't need to finish speaking; Li Xuewu also knew why there were such opinions below. After he finished speaking, Li Xuewu didn't even need to guess. Who would benefit from Deputy Factory Director Jing being relieved of her management authority over the joint enterprise?

Of course, it wasn't Li Huai De's. He had already changed to a new track; how could he still be thinking about the joint enterprise?

It was even less Li Xuewu's. He now had to be on the same track as Li Huai De, so he wouldn't be thinking about the joint enterprise either.

Including the people in Li Huai De's faction, because of the trade project and the Steel Mill industrial zone, they had lost interest in the joint enterprise. Who would still care about this?

The only one thinking about this, and wanting to benefit from it, and not afraid of Deputy Factory Director Jing, was that piece of stinking dog shit.

Don't forget that before the meeting was held, this person had led the people from the Service Division to cause quite a bit of trouble.

And don't say that people at this time were simple and had no other thoughts. Wherever there were people, there was a jianghu (world).

Didn't stinking dog shit have supporters?

Not necessarily!

As long as the opinion proposed by the stinking dog shit was beneficial to some people, they wouldn't care if this person was stinking dog shit, nor would they care if this opinion was harmful to the factory.

Selfishness was human nature, so even if it was stinking dog shit, they could pinch their noses and support it.

"Secretary Li, busy?"

"Deputy Chief Xiao."

Sha Qizhi had just finished talking to Li Xuewu when Xiao Zihong walked in from outside the door. What a coincidence.

Xiao Zihong entered and greeted him. Sha Qizhi also followed and greeted him, showing a welcoming attitude.

The title was very clear. Here, he could only be called Deputy Chief Xiao, although Li Xuewu was also a Deputy Chief.

Outside, some might call him Chief Xiao, but in the Security Division, the people here would never call him wrong. This was a political issue.

Xiao Zihong smiled and nodded to Sha Qizhi, then walked a few steps quickly and shook hands with Li Xuewu, who had stood up from behind the desk.

"Comrade Zihong, sit, don't be formal."

Li Xuewu smiled and invited him to sit opposite the desk, saying politely: "From now on, we are comrades in the same trench."

Xiao Zihong naturally understood Li Xuewu's meaning in inviting him to sit opposite the desk. He wasn't someone who hadn't been a number one person in charge; how could he not understand?

However, he was now demoted to his post. Under the eaves, one had to bow one's head, and one couldn't help but bow one's head.

Just as Gu Weijie said, he was now a "person with a crime," tied hand and foot, and still had to adapt for a period of time.

Not only adapting to the work of the Security Division, but also adapting to this change in identity.

Another thing was adapting to his attitude of not daring to easily do work because he had made a mistake.

Li Xuewu invited him to sit opposite the desk, which meant Li Xuewu was very clearly telling him who was the core and who was the number one person in charge in the Security Division.

The Factory Party Committee and the Factory Office Meeting had procedures for discussion when making important decisions and deployments, but there was no such thing in each office.

Because each office was already the execution layer. What else was there to discuss? Just do it.

The advantage that an office had over a section, and over a more grassroots level, was that it could mobilize all forces to execute the work deployed by the decision-making layer, coordinate other departments to do it together, and have the ability to collect feedback and make supplements.

The authority of a Chief over a Deputy Chief was much clearer than that of a Factory Director over a Deputy Factory Director.

In the Fu Bin era, Dong Wenxue didn't dare to have other opinions on decisions. The document was signed by one pen, and in the end, it must be decided by Fu Bin.

Sitting opposite Li Xuewu, with a cup of tea brought by Sha Qizhi when he went out, Xiao Zihong began his career in the Security Division.

He wasn't a stranger to Li Xuewu. Although the two had no business contact, they had contact in work and daily life—meeting in the cafeteria, at meetings, and on the way to and from work.

Xiao Zihong was thirty-eight, a full eighteen years older than Li Xuewu, and he had reached the position of number one person in charge of the Engineering Division through solid achievements.

Although this step back didn't mean he couldn't advance in the future in theory, his ceiling had already formed, and it was a solid one.

But thirty-eight was also the best stage for a man to pursue ideals and career. Regret and unwillingness lingered in his heart, and coming to the Security Division brought a sense of helplessness and bitterness.

Thirty-eight years old, being a deputy to a young man in his early twenties—before, when they worked together, he was a full Chief and Li Xuewu was a Deputy Chief. Although there was no friendship, he still had confidence when sitting together.

But now Li Xuewu was sitting inside the desk, and he was sitting outside; it was another situation.

Li Xuewu had also thought about how to face this "outside guest" Xiao Zihong after returning yesterday. A full Chief demoted to be his deputy, and older than him—it was really hard to handle.

After thinking about it, Li Xuewu decided to handle official business officially, so no one would have to feel awkward.

Li Xuewu didn't want to be polite to him, nor did he talk about seniority or qualifications, only work and division of labor. Things within the scope of duties could be discussed, and things outside the scope of duties shouldn't even be thought about.

Today was the first meeting of the two working together. Li Xuewu didn't invite him to the sofa, just to confirm this relationship.

Without rules, there is no square or circle. ===== CHAPTER 748 =====