Chapter 749: A Punch for You

"The Security Division has really made quite a stir this time~"

"You can say that again~"

"With over sixty thousand in training fees coming in, it's just like robbing a bank~"

"Shh~"

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Li Xue naturally knew what the people in the office were discussing; this news had been spreading since yesterday afternoon, even overshadowing the news of the second trade train.

It was no wonder people were talking; the scale of this training program was simply too large.

Seven units ordered the "all-inclusive bucket," while another seven selected one or two projects. Just the training fees alone totaled over sixty thousand yuan—how could people not talk?

Now, everyone in the office was calling Li Li Xuewu a "gifted money-maker" and the Security Division a "cornucopia."

In this era, neither metaphor was entirely appropriate—they leaned toward bourgeois tendencies—but who could blame them when the money was being earned for the public?

And that was exactly why these people would prefix Li Li Xuewu's title with "gifted money-maker."

The training program symposium was held in the Security Division's third-floor conference room. Division Chief Li of the Security Division certainly knew how to handle people; the meeting was very enthusiastic regarding the dozen or so cooperating units, but it was kept very low-key for the Rolling Mill side.

No leaders were invited, and no publicity was made. Instead, the heads of several relevant departments within the Security Division and the newly appointed Deputy Division Chief, Xiao Xiao Zihong, were called in.

It was official business; all relevant personnel were present. Any questions or requirements these units had could be answered and resolved on the spot, and guarantees could also be made right there.

The cooperation documents were drafted on-site and became effective after being jointly signed by the heads of each unit, Li Li Xuewu, and Xiao Xiao Zihong.

From the moment the cooperation documents took effect, the fourteen units paid their training fees in full.

Once the training fees arrived in the Security Division's account, the cash checks were sent to the factory's General Finance Department for verification and allocation.

All funds were transferred to the Red Star Training Ground, with the designated uses being training, construction, and procurement.

The exchange and allocation of large sums naturally had to go through the Finance Department's accounts, which was how the specific amount of the training fees leaked out.

In the morning, people in the various offices watched as a large group of people arrived at the Security Building across the way. Xiao Xiao Zihong, acting as the representative of the Security Division, received the leaders of the visiting cooperative units downstairs.

The people in the offices didn't think there was anything unusual about the Security Division holding an event, but they did find it quite interesting that Xiao Xiao Zihong was the one handling the reception.

Previously, many people had been waiting to see the two of them clash like needles against wheat, but they hadn't expected the incident at the small canteen to happen. Seeing Xiao Xiao Zihong step into the spotlight made many people click their tongues in wonder.

This Li Li Xuewu had always been overbearing and unreasonable; how could he suddenly start playing the game of modesty?

When things are abnormal, there must be a demon. The people in the offices were first discussing this.

Who would have thought they would suddenly be hit by the news of that sixty-thousand-plus yuan?

At this time, sixty thousand—hey, it wasn't that they hadn't seen money in the Rolling Mill, but they hadn't seen money come so easily.

Thinking about it from another angle, Li Li Xuewu hadn't signed for that sixty thousand alone; he had dragged Xiao Xiao Zihong along to sign the documents.

On one hand, it gave the cooperative units peace of mind—even if there were adjustments in the Security Division, the policies and requirements in these documents would still be implemented.

On the other hand, it gave the factory peace of mind—the Security Division was firmly executing the Rolling Mill's work arrangements, just as Li Li Xuewu had promised at the welcome meeting, helping Xiao Xiao Zihong carry out his work.

At the same time, it clearly laid the Security Division's accounts before the factory. The four characters "selfless and impartial" were slammed down on the foreheads of the offices and leaders with a "duang!"

Li Xue had come to the office to hand over materials. Hearing these words, she naturally pondered them in her heart. She also noticed that after she entered, those people all turned their backs to her and stopped discussing the topic.

Her second brother's influence wasn't something that could disappear just because she didn't want to bear it or didn't care. For her, it was a good thing, but also a kind of pressure.

The feeling of pressure wasn't obvious yet, but it was already beginning to show.

"Li Li Xuewu's younger sister"—this label would accompany her throughout her career for a long time, until her second brother left or she grew into a towering tree herself.

Right now, she was just a small sapling, stubbornly resisting and enduring when the wind blew.

"I was just about to look for you."

Seeing Li Xue enter the room, Peng Peng Xiaoli stood up with a smile and greeted her, as if he knew Li Xue was coming to find him.

"The Personnel Department's documents will be a bit late; they just finished the handover over there, and a lot of work needs to be resolved slowly."

The office was full of old hands. Although Peng Peng Xiaoli wasn't particularly "oily," he was considered a standout among the young people.

He was articulate, observant, skilled in his work, and most importantly, he had a great mindset.

The aftermath of Li Xue being transferred to be Deputy Factory Director Jing's secretary was still rippling in the hearts of everyone in the office. Jealous and envious gazes often lingered in people's eyes, and questioning or critical words occasionally reached Li Xue's ears from their mouths. One could imagine how she felt when she came to the office now.

At first, Peng Peng Xiaoli had also been confused for a long time. Among the young people, his ability was considered top-notch, but even if he hadn't heard about the leader changing secretaries, he regretted not grabbing the opportunity when it arose.

Especially since his "apprentice" had taken the lead. Even though she had only been there for a few days and was accompanied by controversy, she had truly and surely become Deputy Factory Director Jing's secretary.

What could you do if you were green with envy? What could you do if you questioned her ability or discussed her background? The leader just liked her and was just tolerant of her. Even if your eyes burned red, there was nothing you could do.

Even now, who had gone to remind Li Xue not to open the car door for the leader or not to sit in the back seat with the leader?

If there really was a need for that, or if the leader had such a requirement, Li Xue would have changed it long ago. The fact that she hadn't changed meant the leader allowed it.

Such a young person had jumped ahead of him; who could resist feeling envious and jealous? But Peng Peng Xiaoli could endure it.

He was able to get along in the office and stand firm in the circle of young people because he had a clear head.

What was there to be jealous of? Li Xue had the education, the right gender, and a good background. She only lacked experience, which wasn't even a disadvantage anymore; in the eyes of some leaders, it was actually an advantage.

Did Jing Jing Yunong lack an experienced, shrewd, and capable secretary?

No, she didn't lack one, because her own ability in business was outstanding enough to handle her current work.

What she lacked was a reliable secretary—a secretary with strong learning ability who could unconditionally execute her orders.

Therefore, when leaders choose secretaries, they mostly look at whether they are suitable; ability and talent are not decisive factors, let alone necessary conditions.

Since he couldn't get it, what was there to be envious or jealous of? Doing his current job well was the most important thing.

Therefore, Peng Peng Xiaoli's mindset shifted quickly. In private, he congratulated Li Xue and often continued to teach her office business. During work handovers, he would even write her little notes to remind her of things to pay attention to and news within the unit.

With a broad mind and a generous spirit, he naturally gained favor. So, when there were problems at work, Li Xue was the first to come to him for solutions.

The more the two of them interacted, the more it naturally drew criticism from others. Some even teased Peng Peng Xiaoli to his face, asking if his body was made of iron and if he wasn't afraid of dying.

Peng Peng Xiaoli ignored all these taunts and criticisms. Everyone knew Li Xue's future was limitless; rather than sitting on the sidelines and watching coldly, it was better to interact with her properly.

After a few more years, he would be a senior, but how much was a senior's face worth?

He cleanly and efficiently explained the work matters to Li Xue and handed the daily report and the content he had marked for her attention to Li Xue.

Li Xue stood in front of Peng Peng Xiaoli's desk and flipped through them, asking, "Are there no reports from the Finance Department yet?"

"We have to wait."

Peng Peng Xiaoli smiled helplessly and explained, "After the mid-year meeting ended, all units have been readjusting their budgets and the order of project implementation. They're all gathering them together, so we have to wait."

As he spoke, his right hand unintentionally tapped a document on the table, and he said softly, "However, the Security Division's came out first. I didn't know if the leader needed to see it in advance, so I brought it."

Li Xue lifted her gaze from the document in her hand, glanced at Peng Peng Xiaoli, and then landed on the document beside his hand.

Peng Peng Xiaoli knew what she meant and explained, "You'll get used to it slowly. The Security Division's work has always been like this—everything is done in advance. The budget plan we see might just be one of the sets they prepared long ago."

Li Xue looked at Peng Peng Xiaoli with surprise again and asked, "Is that okay? What about the data?"

"One day's data; it's less than half an hour's work."

Peng Peng Xiaoli smiled and said, "Actually, all units could do their work in advance, but they aren't willing to go through the trouble, and they don't have this awareness. They're used to doing things by the book."

After finishing, he blinked at Li Xue quite interestingly and said, "And that's why they say the Security Division produces talent and cadres~"

These words weren't Peng Peng Xiaoli's own; they were what had been spreading in the offices after the meeting.

It was very simple. Because after the last meeting, the Security Division had produced a Steel Mill Party Secretary and Factory Director, and a Steel Mill Security Division Chief. And this time, Security Division Chief Dong Wenxue had become the Deputy Party Secretary, and Yu Yu Decai had taken a step forward to become the Deputy Chief of the Service Division.

Everyone in the offices saw that Yu Yu Decai had only reached this key position after being tempered under Li Li Xuewu for half a year. It was precisely because of Li Li Xuewu's "special regard" for the Service Division that Wang Wang Jingzhang had suffered a defeat, and Yu Yu Decai had been transferred to the Service Division.

Of course, these were just the theories in the offices. Analyzing this change from a superficial perspective, it really seemed like Li Li Xuewu had deliberately kicked Wang Wang Jingzhang away to deal with him, and arranged his own people to go to the Service Division to rectify those little brats.

Li Xue naturally heard these rumors, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she glanced at Peng Peng Xiaoli.

This master was still very dedicated; he took good care of her in work and business, and often gave her pointers in office life.

It was just that sometimes he was a bit off-the-wall, teasing her with hidden meanings, teasing her about the second brother behind her.

This wasn't dancing on the edge of death; it was just a bit of dark humor.

"I'm taking the documents."

Li Xue hugged the documents and said to Peng Peng Xiaoli, "The leader intends to set up an office for the Joint Enterprise Management Division and asked if you are willing to be in charge of it."

"Really?!"

Just a moment ago, he had a teasing and joking expression, but at Li Xue's words, Peng Peng Xiaoli was stunned, and then a look of joy instantly burst forth.

Li Xue twitched the corners of her mouth, looked at him amusedly, and instructed again, "If you agree, hurry up and prepare an organizational chart for the Joint Enterprise. The leader wants to see it this afternoon."

"Okay, no problem."

Peng Peng Xiaoli was naturally willing to accept this pie from the sky. The person in charge of the Joint Enterprise Management Division office—wasn't that the future Office Director of the tertiary industry and the Joint Enterprise?

The factory already had clear deployments and plans. The person in charge of the Joint Enterprise was at the deputy factory level and would merge the tertiary industry enterprises to implement independent management and operation, reporting only to the Factory Director and the Party Committee.

What did that mean?

It meant that the future Joint Enterprise and tertiary industry would be an independent branch institution, similar to the Steel Mill, but more diversified and flexible than the Steel Mill.

A deputy factory-level institution was enough for him to advance. Being favored by Deputy Factory Director Jing was truly a pie falling from the sky.

Didn't he see the surprised expressions of everyone in the office when they heard Li Xue's words? Now he had also become someone to be envied and jealous of.

After seeing Li Xue out and returning, Peng Peng Xiaoli clearly felt that the atmosphere in the office had changed; it was as if he had been isolated.

But did he care about that?

He didn't even care that Li Xue was advancing faster than him; would he care about the attitudes of these people in the office?

If you aren't envied, you're mediocre. If you catered to everyone's wishes, you might as well not advance.

Little Zhou, sitting at the door, curled his lips and said with great envy, "This apprentice is really not brought up in vain~ It wasn't in vain that you spent so much effort."

"What kind of cold talk is that~"

Peng Peng Xiaoli was a very smart person. Little Zhou, his former comrade-in-arms, had now become someone jealous of him. How could he let himself be isolated in the office?

As he spoke, he reached out and patted Little Zhou on the shoulder, saying, "Hurry up and help me with this organizational intention letter. Brothers fight tigers together, father and son go into battle together. You can't escape this."

These words had to be heard in reverse. Peng Peng Xiaoli described this task as arduous and difficult, as if he were begging Little Zhou to work with him, but in reality, everyone knew he was trying to win Little Zhou over and share the credit and achievements.

Perhaps if this document was done well, the two of them would be in charge of this project together.

Since they were going to set up an office, it couldn't be just Peng Peng Xiaoli doing all the work; naturally, he needed a helper.

The work in the Factory Office was very busy, but there were few highlights. If you didn't do some special work, how could you achieve results?

When Little Zhou heard Peng Peng Xiaoli's words, his eyes lit up instantly. The jealousy and envy in his words were cleared away immediately, as if he had returned to being the good friend who worked in tacit understanding with Peng Peng Xiaoli.

"This intention letter is a real tiger; it's going to be hard work~"

He meant that although this job had many benefits, it was truly tiring and the time was tight. It wasn't that he was taking Peng Peng Xiaoli's benefits for nothing; he was truly putting in the effort.

Peng Peng Xiaoli smiled, returned to his seat, and pointed at Little Zhou, saying, "When you go into battle, there's no such thing as an easy fight!"

"Go to hell!"

"Hahaha~"

Little Zhou was talking about fighting tigers, indicating that their working relationship was as close as brothers, but Peng Peng Xiaoli pointed out going into battle as father and son, which made Little Zhou jump up and curse back.

These two guys' words seemed like jokes and secret codes, but they vividly displayed the scheming and petty politics in the office.

However, come to think of it, the opportunity Li Xue brought to Peng Peng Xiaoli was truly rare; it wasn't in vain that Peng Peng Xiaoli had helped Li Xue so much.

From the preparation of the documents, Li Xue could see for herself that Peng Peng Xiaoli had done a lot of work for her and had squeezed out time for her to learn and understand the work.

Although Deputy Factory Director Jing took good care of her and hadn't handed over much work yet, it was just to give her time to learn.

But after all, she was a Deputy Factory Director, and a Deputy Factory Director in charge of finance and personnel at that. The work was fragmented and trivial, and her days were packed full. Time for learning and thinking was very precious.

On Sunday, when she went home, her second brother went out to play and wanted to take her to the club for social engagements, but she was thinking about resting quickly so she could continue organizing work materials and learning content, otherwise she wouldn't keep up with the progress next week.

Learning time was naturally fulfilling, but it was also hard work, especially as a secretary; interpersonal communication had become an unavoidable and important part of the work.

Li Xue had come out of school and had to quickly adapt to the rhythm of social interaction in society; she couldn't be like before and just not talk if she didn't like someone.

Although she couldn't yet reach the point of knowing what to say to whom, she was slowly training herself.

At the very least, she was now taking the initiative to greet leaders, colleagues, and neighbors, and chatting a few more sentences whenever she could, all as training.

Li Xue's changes were seen by everyone in the family, and the one most satisfied with her learning attitude was Jing Jing Yunong.

Using a "blank sheet of paper" as a secretary could be said to be a risky move she had made. If this secretary couldn't grow quickly, or couldn't truly meet her requirements, it would be a loss for her work and an impact on her personal reputation.

Fortunately, this young girl was very diligent and eager to learn, and was a young person with ambition and good quality.

Although Jing Jing Yunong didn't agree with Li Li Xuewu's methods in work and business, and looked down on his way of making friends in work and life, she had to admit that Li Li Xuewu was an extremely visionary and outstanding young cadre.

Being able to cultivate a child like Li Li Xuewu, it was no surprise that another potential stock like Li Xue appeared in his family.

It was certain that families with good family traditions had a higher probability of producing talent. She also understood the situation of Li Xue's brothers and agreed even more with this conclusion.

Looking at the financial report on the Security Division in her hand, Jing Jing Yunong agreed even more with her point of view.

It had only been half a year. How did Li Li Xuewu do it? How could he manage a Security Division that had undergone a major reshuffle to be so united and upward-looking, constantly developing and innovating, forging ahead, rejuvenating its cadre ranks, and standardizing its work? It had already become a recognized management benchmark in the Rolling Mill.

The factory's arrangement for Xiao Xiao Zihong to go to the Security Division was not only a test of the Security Division, but also a tempering for Xiao Xiao Zihong personally.

The value spent on cultivating a division-level cadre was more than cultivating ten section chiefs. How could the factory easily give up a mature cadre?

Then how could the factory allow the Security Division to fall into chaos? What was good was good. Sending Xiao Xiao Zihong and Sun Ji Jian to the Security Division was not only to realize the personnel flow and progress of the Security Division, but also to realize the interactive learning of excellent work experience and further prevent the Security Division from forming factions.

From a macro perspective, it was a good thing for the Security Division, and it was also a good thing for the specific cadres.

"Deputy Division Chief Li is indeed a man of wealth~"

Jing Jing Yunong was in charge of personnel and finance. She viewed this cooperative relationship from multiple aspects and angles, and also saw the deeper strategic significance of Li Li Xuewu's deployment of this cooperation.

Li Xue opened the documents that needed the leader's approval and placed them on the desk facing inward. She understood what Deputy Factory Director Jing said, but she didn't speak.

In an era where politics took command, being good at making money wasn't considered a skill, but Li Xue could better understand the difficulties her second brother faced in the unit.

Everyone talked about dedication and contribution, but when it came to doing things, they were all troubled by financial constraints.

Sometimes, getting things done couldn't rely on dedication and contribution; it also had to rely on economic strength and business ability.

Focusing on the present and looking to the future, being able to manage a department well was one kind of ability, and being able to operate a department well was another kind of ability.

Operating work was operating oneself; one prospers with the other, and one suffers with the other.

"After the Joint Trade Project work meeting ended yesterday, the Logistics Division, Sales Division, and Dispatch Division all applied for budget changes and special budget adjustments."

Li Xue reported calmly to Jing Jing Yunong, "The main content of the Logistics Division's application is to join the Steel Mill to establish production and evacuation bases for trade-related commodities."

"The project budget is a joint investment by the two departments. The location is in Steel City, with the Steel Mill responsible for preparation and construction, the Logistics Division responsible for management, and the Steel Mill entrusting a third party for operation."

"A third party?"

Jing Jing Yunong raised her eyebrows, thinking of the Steel Mill now as one of the three fulcrums of the trade project, whose distribution rights were also outsourced, just like in Beijing.

What surprised her wasn't that the trade project's dispatch area wasn't in Beijing, but that this core business was being cooperated with other units.

If it were operated by the Steel Mill itself, then no matter if the Steel Mill cooperated with the Logistics Division or any other department, it would belong to internal dispatch, which wouldn't have much impact.

But looking at it now, the Logistics Management Division and the Steel Mill were clearly playing a big game regarding the trade project.

Furthermore, the production function in this project overlapped with the existing Joint Enterprise. Even if it were restricted by factors such as location and production conditions, it clearly revealed that Li Li Huai De was transferring this kind of risk and benefit to the Steel Mill side.

Jing Jing Yunong knew that Li Li Huai De and Li Li Xuewu held very important and rich resources for the Joint Enterprise, and because of the management authority issue, the two sides had been very unhappy.

Now the Joint Enterprise hadn't received the support of these two people, let alone resources.

From this budget adjustment, one could see that the two were carrying out resource reconstruction and transfer, and the target was the Steel Mill managed by Dong Wenxue.

Because of the trade project, the Steel Mill wasn't an isolated enclave; it had unique advantages as a production base.

The industrial foundation and resources in the Northeast were not inferior to Beijing; in fact, they were even better.

It had to be said that this was a serious challenge and impact on the Joint Enterprise she was preparing and managing.

Shaking off the shackles of the Joint Enterprise, it further perfected the production steps and satisfied the layout of the trade project.

Three-place joint, forming a line, three points carrying a surface—Li Li Huai De's plan had been activated.

Jing Jing Yunong looked at the budget application in her hand and had no way to stop it, because this wasn't an administrative application, but merely a budget adjustment application in finance. Blocking it here had no meaning.

Li Li Huai De now fully grasped the work authority of the three divisions. She couldn't stop him from setting up a production base in Steel City.

She could only compare—compare who could create products and benefits faster.

Although Jing Jing Yunong felt that she was not inferior to Li Li Huai De in work ability, in terms of using people, she sometimes lamented the awkward situation of having no one to use.

"No one" didn't mean there were no people, but that there was no one she could trust who could stand alone.

This had to do with her aloof personality and her style of not wanting to form cliques. She wasn't willing to gather people to hold events like Li Li Huai De and Li Li Xuewu, nor did she have the heart for it.

Li Xue looked at the leader. She wasn't surprised by the surprise, but explained, "That's what it says in the application report. The specific cooperative units haven't been determined yet. It should be production and evacuation first."

Jing Jing Yunong shook her head with a cold smile. She knew Li Xue didn't understand the situation inside, and didn't know who the trade project partners were in Steel City and Beijing.

However, she didn't intend to explain it to Li Xue. She would naturally know when she was supposed to know.

"What about the Sales Division?"

"The Sales Division submitted two applications."

Li Xue looked at the leader still reading the Logistics Division's financial report and flipped open her notebook to report, "One is a budget adjustment, with the direction of preparing to establish sales and office outlets in Beijing, Steel City, Jicheng, Wucheng, Yuezhou, Jinmen, and Modu this year."

"The other is a personnel application. The Sales Division needs to recruit and train professional personnel for each sales office outlet, and apply for training budgets."

Li Xue flipped through the notes in her hand and added, "The training project is set at the Security Division's Red Star Training Ground, with support provided by the Security Division's Training Section. The budget isn't high, though."

After she finished speaking, Jing Jing Yunong had already put down the Logistics Division's financial document in her hand and picked up the Sales Division's application document to read.

Compared to the Logistics Division's "camping out," the Sales Division's "multi-point assault" was the news that gave her a headache.

It wasn't that the budget was difficult; the applications submitted by the several departments weren't budget increase applications, but budget adjustment applications.

In other words, these three departments had only adjusted the use of project funds internally; they might have cut a few projects and replaced them with current projects.

Seeing the leader frown, Li Xue's words also stopped in time; she didn't continue, letting the leader read the two documents herself.

Jing Jing Yunong frowned more and more as she read. It wasn't that there was a problem with the budget documents, but that there was a problem with the direction of this change—a big problem.

Everyone knew that the establishment of the Joint Enterprise and tertiary industry would inevitably bring dividends in recruitment and cadre appointment. This was also the reason why Yang Yang Fengshan cared and why she herself was working hard.

Restricting Li Li Huai De's development in these two directions was the foundation and condition for their cooperation.

But it had been restricted and constrained, yet in the compromise, Li Li Huai De had been allowed to make a move on the trade project.

None of this content had been revealed before the mid-year meeting. Was this the "dagger revealed when the map is unrolled"?

Preparing a production and evacuation base in the Steel Mill encompassed part of the personnel recruitment problem, solved the contradiction of the Steel Mill's workers' children's employment, and optimized the inherent industrial structure.

At the same time, it also stimulated the rapid development of the Steel Mill in terms of cadre appointment. More positions, more cadres, also produced greater and greater influence.

Previously, Dong Wenxue had to be responsible and report work to all deputy factory directors. Now he only needed to report work to the Secretary, Factory Director, and the Standing Deputy Secretary and Standing Deputy Factory Director.

The improvement in status and level inevitably brought about the expansion of power and responsibility. She hadn't expected Dong Wenxue's expansion to come so suddenly and so fiercely.

It seemed as if everything had been calculated, just waiting for Dong Wenxue to advance. The production and evacuation base further helped him create achievements and accelerated reform and development.

This support came from Li Li Huai De and also from Li Li Xuewu. She could imagine that in the future, there would be a continuous stream of resources flowing to the Steel Mill, helping Dong Wenxue grow rapidly and create achievements.

The dividends brought by the trade project were reflected from another direction, and that was the Sales Division.

The training and use of professional personnel and high-standard personnel was an inevitable stage in the construction of the personnel system.

This expansion of the Sales Division's outlets represented the strategic needs of Li Li Huai De and further embodied his intentions regarding personnel issues.

Now the contradiction of the Rolling Mill's employment problem was becoming increasingly severe. As the leader in charge, her progress in solving it was slow, but Li Li Huai De was refining and advancing the personnel and employment problem project by project. Wasn't this contrasting her incompetence?

This was unfair. Now the burden of the Joint Enterprise and the overall employment environment was all on her back. The work she did naturally had to be done step by step.

But Li Li Huai De was now going into battle lightly; naturally, he could forge ahead by hitting here and there.

He now wanted to expand the Sales Division; he had money and people, he could do whatever he wanted, and everything was convenient.

Just in terms of training, the Sales Division's training budget was allocated to the Security Division. Then, wouldn't the commodities from the Security Division's cooperation with the Production Management Division and the Technical Division also need funds when they went through the Sales Division's outlets?

Left hand to right hand, but the results came out. Li Li Huai De had spent very little money, but he had connected several departments to form a big picture and a big situation.

One outlet had at least ten people; ten outlets meant over a hundred, two hundred people.

Building nearly ten outlets this year meant that more outlets would be built next year, and more people and cadres would be promoted and appointed by him.

The office was a very realistic place. Whoever promoted you, you would lean toward them in political orientation. This was influenced by the work environment and factors; it wasn't something that could be constrained by one or two sentences.

The key was that the Sales Division selected people from the factory's existing workers, and then recruited and trained cultural and high-quality talent from the workers' children.

This represented that the cadre training plan Li Li Huai De originally wanted to carry out in the Joint Enterprise project had been realized in the trade project.

Yang Yang Fengshan's "encirclement and suppression" hadn't worked. Li Li Huai De had already secretly crossed the border, laid the foundation, and now he wasn't borrowing the east wind, but was announcing it to the world.

Why did Jing Jing Yunong frown, and why did she care about Li Li Huai De's two big moves? The reason was just this.

Yang Yang Fengshan had just coordinated with the Secretary to adjust the factory's cadre system at the mid-year meeting and had used the power from above to disrupt the original composition of the team's power.

It seemed that Li Li Huai De had been removed from the team, weakening his influence, but the result of the compromise was to make Li Li Huai De and others more united and concentrated in their power, giving this punch with all their might.

Coupled with the "Great Learning and Great Discussion" activities that Li Li Huai De was deploying among several departments, and the influence and propaganda power expanded by the Security Division's Youth Commando, this punch might knock Yang Yang Fengshan unconscious.

Did Yang Yang Fengshan feel it? Jing Jing Yunong didn't know, but she really felt it; her head was "buzzing."

Without Li Xue saying anything more, Jing Jing Yunong opened the Dispatch Division's budget application. The plan, which didn't have much change, also gave her greater pressure.

The Dispatch Division would cooperate with the Beijing Railway Station, Steel City Railway Station, and Wucheng Railway Station to select land in the three places to build freight warehouses and logistics centers.

Long-distance transportation of goods would mainly rely on trains. Professional freight fleets would be formed for urban transportation in the three places, and trucks and transport vehicles would be purchased to serve the logistics centers.

The main scope of application included the storage, distribution, and transportation of goods brought by the trade project. All cooperative units could obtain support through this transportation network and warehouse and transportation power.

That is to say, the Rolling Mill cooperated with the Beijing Railway Station. In this warehouse and base, goods transported by both units could be exchanged and traded, and other units could also come to this base to exchange and trade.

Because there was a professional transport fleet, these units could even save on transportation; they would pick up and deliver, realizing the rapid circulation of goods.

This was a method summarized by the Dispatch Division after investigating and studying these trade experiences.

How many products could a Rolling Mill create and produce? But what about the entire Liangma River Industrial Zone?

So many factories sent their respective products to the base for exchange, and then flowed to the other two bases through the base. A rich commodity and cross-regional resource exchange market with breadth was formed.

Its significance was that the trade project was firmly controlled in Li Li Huai De's hands. Splitting any department would be unable to realize the influence on related projects.

Li Li Huai De didn't make the cake bigger in the factory, but made it bigger outside, thereby increasing the share of this part of the cake in the factory and realizing the further improvement of his personal influence.

Compared with Jing Jing Yunong's Joint Enterprise, these businesses didn't need cooperative units to provide people, nor would they give them this kind of personnel dividend. All transport workers, porters, and warehouse managers were the responsibility of the Rolling Mill.

Except for the professional positions such as driving trains and freight responsible by the railway station, they didn't dare to take these positions even if they were given to the Rolling Mill workers.

This highlighted her weakness, incompetence, and inaction in the Joint Enterprise project in a disguised way.

Industrial production naturally required mature workers to match production, and how many days did porters and drivers need to be trained? This was another kind of unequal comparison.

But the workers couldn't see it, and they didn't want to see it. They only knew that the projects Li Li Huai De had done had always been recruiting people from the factory, and even projects cooperating with the outside were using people from the factory.

They knew they couldn't drive a train, but they didn't think they couldn't handle a loom.

The train was so big, they knew they couldn't do it without professional skills, and the factory didn't have its own locomotive for them to drive. But they felt that looms had entered the factory, and lathes could be operated, so why couldn't looms?

It really couldn't be done; this damn thing wasn't the same thing at all.

Jing Jing Yunong could now imagine what impact the measures of the three departments would have on the Joint Enterprise and on her.

Who the hell thought of these tricks?!

Killing without adding blood!

Jing Jing Yunong was wondering why Li Li Huai De called several departments to close the door and hold an office meeting yesterday. It turned out it was to do this!

Who attended the meeting?

The section chiefs and deputy section chiefs of Logistics, Sales, and Dispatch, Kuang Kuang Yusheng from the Production Management Division, Xia Xia Zhongquan from the Technical Division, Xie Xie Tingzhi from the Service Division, and Li Li Xuewu from the Security Division.

Forget about the other divisions; what was the Security Division doing there?

Discussing the security of these projects!

The more abnormal it was, the more normal it was. These work deployments were very likely to have come from Li Li Xuewu's hands.

Putting down the document in her hand, Jing Jing Yunong closed her eyes slightly and pinched her eyebrows. She now had a deep sense of powerlessness.

The layout that Yang Yang Fengshan relied on at the mid-year meeting to influence Li Li Huai De and others was announced to be shattered today.

Nothing at all!

Li Xue looked at the leader's worried face and very smartly didn't ask what was wrong with the leader or who had made the leader so difficult.

If she had really asked that, she was afraid Jing Jing Yunong would think, was Li Xue sent by Li Li Xuewu specifically to anger her?

However, she still had other work waiting to be reported; she couldn't let the leader stay so depressed.

"There is news."

Li Xue hesitated for a moment, then reported softly, "The working group seems to have finished collecting opinions and suggestions from frontline workers regarding the mid-year meeting."

Seeing Jing Jing Yunong lift her head slightly to look over, Li Xue said with some doubt, "The work arranged this morning has also changed. Deputy Director Feng communicated with Secretary Yang early in the morning."

"I know."

Jing Jing Yunong responded with some exhaustion, then leaned back in her chair and looked at Li Xue, asking, "Did the news say the reason why the working group did this?"

"No."

Li Xue smoothed the hair by her ear with some embarrassment, then said, "The news surface I can obtain is very narrow. These were all told to me by the office side."

There was still a small note from Peng Peng Xiaoli tucked in her notebook, and she had reported according to the content on it.

Seeing the leader ask now, Li Xue hesitated and said, "Then I'll go ask again in a while."

"Ask who? Sha Sha Qizhi?"

Jing Jing Yunong looked at Li Xue amusedly, then couldn't help but bloom into a smile, as if laughing at Li Xue's cuteness, and as if laughing at the surprise of this news.

"No need to go, I know."

Jing Jing Yunong repeated her previous answer and explained to Li Xue, "It's from above. The attitude from above has changed."

"A... above?"

Li Xue hadn't expected that the factor causing this influence was from above. She had been thinking about why the working group changed its attitude, and even thought it was because the feedback from below was too prominent.

"Mm."

Jing Jing Yunong nodded, restrained the smile on her face, looked out the window, and said, "Above feels that the working group didn't play a positive role in actual work, and hindered the progress and development of the activities."

After explaining this, she turned to look at Li Xue and said, "So, above suggests revoking the working group." ===== CHAPTER 750 =====