Chapter 773: Turning Point

"It's getting a bit rowdy~"

Xu Si stood at the window, peering out, then took the binoculars from Sha Jie's hand to look more closely.

Afterwards, he watched Li Xuewu, who was still calmly reviewing documents, and asked in surprise, "Aren't you concerned about this?"

"What does it have to do with me?"

Li Xuewu said without raising his head, "No matter how rowdy it gets, it has nothing to do with the Security Division. As long as they don't resort to violence, the Security Division won't intervene."

"Tsk tsk tsk~"

Xu Si clicked his tongue, raised the binoculars again, but this time he was aiming them at Li Xuewu behind the desk.

Seeing Director Xu acting strangely, Sha Jie wanted to laugh but didn't dare; he turned back to tidy up the documents.

"You say you won't intervene if there's no violence, but Wang Jingzhang is going to resort to violence after work."

Xu Si pretended to search for Li Xuewu with the binoculars, but said in a difficult tone, "Let me see how the impartial Division Chief Li will handle this."

Li Xuewu swiped away the binoculars poked in front of him and curled his lip, saying, "You said it yourself, he's resorting to violence after work. What can I do? I'm off work too."

"Hiss~~~ That's damn reasonable!"

Xu Si placed the binoculars on Li Xuewu's desk, sat down in the chair opposite, and muttered, "No wonder they all say Deputy Division Chief Li of the Security Division is brilliant and witty. Seeing it today, it's truly extraordinary~"

"Hmm, that 'Deputy Division Chief Li' is well used. I feel much more relaxed not being called Division Chief Li."

Li Xuewu pointed his fountain pen at Xu Si sitting opposite and said, "Remember that for later; that's how you must address me."

"Hey~~~ You really are as stubborn as a donkey."

Xu Si twitched the corner of his mouth, leaned forward, rested his arms on the desk, and asked Li Xuewu, "Have you noticed? That turtle-son Wang Jingzhang seems to have locked onto Factory Director Yang."

"Director Xu, haven't you heard?"

At this moment, Sha Jie, who was organizing the data, turned back with a smile and said, "There's a joke going around the factory. Factory Director Yang was beaten by Deputy Director Wang, so he let Deputy Director Zhang beat Deputy Director Wang. Deputy Director Wang couldn't beat Deputy Director Zhang, so he said, 'You beat me, I'll beat the Factory Director!'"

"Fuck!"

Xu Si scratched his face and cursed with a laugh, "This damn thing has come full circle!"

Li Xuewu also looked up at Xu Si with amusement and said, "Tell Factory Director Yang that persistence is victory. We support him in spirit and must believe that Deputy Director Zhang will surely be victorious."

"Heh, by the time he's victorious, the Factory Director will have sacrificed himself."

Xu Si twitched the corner of his mouth, chuckled, took a sip from his teacup, and then looked at Li Xuewu, asking, "Are you really not planning to intervene in this?"

Li Xuewu pursed his lips, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Do you think I have any need to?"

"Sigh~~~"

Xu Si nodded and said, "Perhaps the Factory Director doesn't want you to intervene either, otherwise he really would have to sacrifice himself."

"I'm just meddling in things that don't concern me."

As he spoke, he put down the teacup in his hand, looked out the window, and said, "With the factory's support, Dongfeng doesn't need you to step in, and it wouldn't be appropriate either."

Li Xuewu glanced at the person opposite, lowered his head, and continued reading the documents. Xu Si was just idling away his time drinking tea here; paying attention to him for even a minute was a waste of time.

Xu Si didn't need Li Xuewu to pay attention to him; he sipped his tea and muttered about the affairs of Dongfeng and Hongqi.

Sha Jie didn't dare to chase him away, so he could only occasionally refill his tea and busy himself with his own work.

Although Li Xuewu was reading documents, his ears were listening to Xu Si's muttering.

How Dongfeng, with the factory's tacit approval and support, relied on the Youth Shock Brigade to form the Industrial Correction Team, and how they established branches and organizations in various units and workshops.

And how Hongqi, on the other hand, responded to Dongfeng's development and squeezing by recruiting children of the factory's management to form shock brigades and shock squads.

Speaking of the Hongqi Society, Li Xuewu truly admired Wang Jingzhang, that little cockroach; he really couldn't be killed no matter how much he was beaten.

The factory used Zhang Guoqi to support Dongfeng in various departments to squeeze the Hongqi Society's scope of development and hinder its growth, but they didn't expect him to find another way and engage in a point-to-point shock mode.

Dongfeng emphasizes opposition and reform, while Hongqi emphasizes succession and conservatism.

In fact, the factions at this time were too numerous and complex, constantly changing, rising, and vanishing.

Hongqi and Dongfeng were just two directions; within these two directions, there were still their own small ideologies and small principles.

For example, the Hongqi Society initially advocated for activities but not to the extent of affecting the factory's structure. Later, as they grew, this core content was retained.

Why?

Because the initial participants of the Hongqi Society were mainly those who had demands regarding the steel mill's welfare and personal interests.

Including those who joined later, most were children of the steel mill's incumbent management and young people with various demands. They leaned towards conservatism, knowing that if their rice bowls were smashed, they would have to starve.

In contrast, there was the Dongfeng Society. They had no scruples and were mostly young people with political demands and those with ulterior motives, shouting for reform and opposition.

If one looked at the platforms of the two societies, the factory should have supported Hongqi more, but reality was the exact opposite. This also represented the magical reality of the steel mill at this time.

Dongfeng emphasizes opposition and reform but does not oppose the steel mill's existing management and leadership; what they oppose is the current ideology and development model, which is a contradiction that can be communicated and handled.

Hongqi emphasizes conservatism, but they also talk about succession. If they don't get rid of those above, how can they succeed them?

Compared to Dongfeng, the contradiction between Hongqi and the factory's decision-making layer was very prominent. They were damn near ready to get rid of each other; how could they coordinate?

So when Xu Si said these things, his tone was full of bullshit, and when Li Xuewu listened, he was also cursing bullshit in his heart.

Xu Si didn't come to find Li Xuewu to save Yang Fengshan, but to probe Li Xuewu's attitude, and thereby judge Li Huai's attitude.

This old guy was a model of a two-faced person, eating Deputy Factory Director Li's food while smashing Factory Director Yang's pot.

If you asked him which side he stood on, Li Xuewu felt he stood on neither; when something happened, he ran faster than a rabbit.

However, regarding serious work, he would still ask what he needed to ask. As long as he knew Li Xuewu's attitude, he could basically determine Li Huai's attitude.

If Deputy Factory Director Li didn't intervene in this matter, then Factory Director Yang wouldn't fall into the abyss.

Of course, no one could say for sure about such things. Xu Si came over as a matter of routine; he couldn't even accurately judge Li Xuewu's actions, let alone Li Huai's.

Now it looked like the factory was united in beating Wang Jingzhang, but in reality, there were many twists and turns.

For example, right now, Xu Si moved his teacup aside, tapped the desk in front of Li Xuewu with his finger, and seeing Li Xuewu look up at him, he asked with a smile, "Do you know who wrote the slogans and catchphrases for the Hongqi Society?"

"I don't know, what about it?"

Li Xuewu's expression was as if he didn't know; he answered, asked a question, and lowered his head to start writing opinions on the documents.

Xu Si looked at Li Xuewu with amusement; he didn't believe that if there were changes at the guesthouse, Li Xuewu wouldn't know.

But it didn't matter; he was just here to stir up trouble. Even if Li Xuewu pretended not to know, he had to let Li Xuewu know.

"I heard it's Wang Jingzhang's old subordinate, your new subordinate, that Deputy Director of the guesthouse."

"I express regret for your wording."

After signing his name, Li Xuewu handed the document to Sha Jie and replied, "I am a cadre of the steel mill. Where do these 'yours', 'mine', and 'his' come from?"

Xu Si, however, was dismissive of Li Xuewu's words, curled his lip, and said, "That Fu Linfang is a position you resolved; that's an indisputable fact, right?"

"So what?"

Xu Si looked at Li Xuewu with amusement and teased, "Your pity for the fair sex has all gone to the dogs, and now you're angry from embarrassment?"

Li Xuewu knew this old guy was waiting to see him make a fool of himself, but he wouldn't perform a show of rage for the other party for free.

"Whether I resolve it or not, she gets that treatment. But speaking of this, I haven't settled accounts with you yet."

As he spoke, he moved the ashtray in front of him to his side, stared at Xu Si's forehead, and asked, "She was arranged to go to the guesthouse by you, right?"

Xu Si suddenly felt his forehead go cold, as if something was about to be smashed at him. He hurriedly cleared his relationship, saying, "That was all assigned by the leadership; what does it have to do with me?"

"Is that so?"

Li Xuewu squinted his eyes, spun the ashtray with his hand, and shifted his gaze from the other party's forehead to his face.

Xu Si was about to break into a cold sweat and laughed dryly, "Deputy Factory Director Jing made the decision; go find her."

Li Xuewu twitched the corner of his mouth; he knew Xu Si would dump this pot onto Jing Yunong, because Jing Yunong was the Deputy Factory Director in charge of personnel.

He glared at Xu Si's shiny forehead, withdrew his gaze to the documents, and said, "I've promoted many people. I can't control what they do. Everyone looks out for themselves."

Xu Si twitched the corner of his mouth and wanted to roll his eyes at Li Xuewu, but he saw that Li Xuewu's hand hadn't left the edge of the ashtray, so he thought better of it.

"This girl really has some substance. Haven't you thought about cultivating her?"

"I suggest you can cultivate her."

Li Xuewu signed, threw the document aside, looked up at Xu Si, and said, "She is currently in deep water. If you save her, she will surely be grateful and pledge her loyalty to you."

"Fuck~ Hehehe~"

Xu Si cursed with a laugh, feeling that Li Xuewu was truly capable of talking nonsense.

Not saying anything more about this name, Xu Si changed the topic and talked about Wang Jingzhang collecting evidence to try to pull Factory Director Yang down.

Li Xuewu naturally knew what Wang Jingzhang was trying to do with all his commotion, but he had no intention of intervening. After all, Zhang Guoqi was there; why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken?

Xu Si didn't come with good intentions either. Li Xuewu just pretended not to hear what he was muttering, and if he spoke loudly, he just treated it as farting.

On Saturday, Li Xuewu had just returned from inspecting the police dog squad when Sha Jie came over to report, "There's a situation with the Public Security Brigade; the car is already prepared."

Li Xuewu frowned, glanced at Sha Jie, then turned to give instructions to Sun Jian and the others, and took Sha Jie to the command vehicle driven by Han Jiankun.

Sun Jian and Han Yating, who was standing to the side, looked at each other, not knowing what had happened or why the leader was so serious.

Watching the command vehicle drive away quickly, another person at a loss was Fu Linfang, who had rushed over from the guesthouse.

She had wanted to find Li Xuewu after work last night, but when she got to the Security Division, she learned that Li Xuewu had left before work ended, saying he had work to do.

And today, knowing that Li Xuewu had inspection work in the morning, she had specifically rushed over at this time, just wanting to see Li Xuewu.

Who would have thought that before she even reached the place, Li Xuewu's car had left again.

The crowd of cadres at the entrance of the Security Division dispersed. Fu Linfang didn't dare to approach them again, fearing they wouldn't be able to help. She didn't know anyone, and she was also afraid that Wang Jingzhang would notice.

Actually, there was no need for her to be on guard; Wang Jingzhang had already seen her, but he was in the office courtyard and didn't come over.

However, a cold sneer was already hanging on Wang Jingzhang's face. He had been guarding against this move by Fu Linfang for days.

Knowing clearly that Fu Linfang had borrowed Li Xuewu's strength, how could he not keep a close eye on her when he was going to use her this time?

Fu Linfang had indeed been very cooperative with the work these past two days, but she was very resistant to his intimacy. He didn't care about this, just thinking that if she wasn't willing, so be it.

Who would have thought!

Wang Jingzhang glared viciously, took a stack of materials, and entered the main office building.

He didn't have any official position now, but he could enter and exit the office building at will, and he was even more popular in the agency, as if everyone feared him.

Of course, he only dared to act arrogantly here; he wouldn't dare go to the Security Building opposite no matter what.

Acting arrogantly and being stupid were two different things; he wouldn't do things that would get him beaten.

Swinging the documents in his hand, Wang Jingzhang went to the large office of the Service Division on the second floor.

"Where's Li Kezhang Yi?"

"Yo, Director Wang."

Wang Jingzhang was standing at the entrance of the first section asking, but didn't guard against someone greeting him from behind, which gave him quite a start.

"It's you, kid."

He turned his head to look and saw it was Fang Lining, a university student who had come to the division for an internship earlier.

He was naturally no stranger to this university student. How many days had it been since he left? At the time, he had wanted to trade these male students for some female students with Li Xuewu, but Li Xuewu wouldn't agree.

Of course, he eventually succeeded, pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth and getting the two most beautiful university students in the factory.

This was also one of the few battle records he had in his exchanges with Li Xuewu.

Fang Lining stood at the door, nodding and bowing with a smile, but his mind was on the scene from yesterday afternoon after work when this Director Wang in front of him grabbed the Factory Director by the collar and dragged him out the door.

So majestic, so imposing; this was the behavior that a pioneer and leader of youth reform should have.

As a university student of the new era, he felt he should do something, to have some reform like what he heard on the radio.

Compared to the "flattery" of Dongfeng, he felt he was more suited for the Hongqi Society, especially since he had this connection with them.

His girlfriend didn't understand these things, couldn't keep up with the pace of the times, and her thinking was seriously lagging. Opportunities were right in front of her, yet she gave them up. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was a loss.

Today, having finally seen the head of the Hongqi Society, how could he let this opportunity go? He first greeted Director Wang with a smile, then asked with his warmest smile, "Are you looking for our Li Kezhang? He's out."

As he spoke, he invited Wang Jingzhang to sit inside, and at the same time, he was busy serving tea and water for the other party.

Wang Jingzhang hadn't enjoyed this kind of treatment in the Service Division for a while. Today, he found Fang Lining particularly pleasing to the eye.

"Little Fang, are you still in charge of the cleaning team's work?"

"Yes, it's still the work content you arranged."

Fang Lining placed the teacup by Wang Jingzhang's hand, smiled, moved a chair, and sat beside him to keep him company.

Wang Jingzhang gave Fang Lining a meaningful look, then took a sip of tea and scanned the people in the room.

These people used to be his subordinates; who didn't act subserviently when they saw him?

But ever since he fell on hard times, these people had really kicked him while he was down.

Thinking of this made Wang Jingzhang angry. However, times had changed. Although his situation was very critical, he could still stand tall for the time being, and dealing with these small fry was naturally easy.

However, he had grand ambitions. To deal with them, he had to start from the highest one. Once he pulled Yang Fengshan down, he would deal with these despicable villains one by one.

Although his energy was limited, collecting some interest first was fine. Wasn't the breakthrough this little fool who was serving him tea and water?

"Comrade Little Fang, you must seize the opportunity to advance~"

Wang Jingzhang seemed very concerned about Fang Lining and said to him, "You are a university student, in the best age of a person's life. You must start sprinting early while you are young."

As he spoke, he used the teacup lid he was holding to point around, saying pointedly, "Don't wait until... ah~ like this to know how to work hard; it will be too late for everything."

"Yes, you are right."

Fang Lining changed his usual reserve. Perhaps he was frightened by the Factory Director being beaten, or perhaps he was stimulated by the Hongqi Society's actions every night after work; he seemed like a different person now.

"I also want to be like you, but no matter how hard I try, I can't achieve your accomplishments. It's truly a pity."

"Oh?!"

Seeing the other party so receptive, Wang Jingzhang closed the teacup lid, put down the cup, and observed Fang Lining while asking, "Listening to you, you also want to advance?"

"Look at what you're saying, who doesn't want to advance?"

Fang Lining laughed dryly, rubbed his palms, and said embarrassedly, "It's just that I don't have the opportunity or the connections."

Wang Jingzhang pointed at the young man in front of him with his finger and said with a smile, "Opportunities won't come looking for you on their own; you must learn to take the initiative. If you just rely on waiting, wouldn't you be the same as them?"

Fang Lining followed Wang Jingzhang's gesture to look at his colleagues in the office, then nodded with burning eyes and asked, "Then can you give me an opportunity? I really want to contribute to the cause of reform."

"Hahahaha~"

Wang Jingzhang was truly happy. The terrible feeling from when he went to find those other people and was rejected was swept away. He wasn't a failure; didn't this person come to join him voluntarily?

"Good, I'll give you this opportunity!"

As he spoke, he reached out and patted the documents beside him, signaling to Fang Lining, "The Hongqi Society is holding an event and needs the Cold Drink Factory to support us with a thousand ice cream bars. If you handle this matter, you will be responsible for the propaganda work for the Hongqi Society tonight."

"Ah?..."

Before Fang Lining could react from his surprise, Wang Jingzhang had already stood up and walked out the door.

By the time he wanted to see him off, the person had already gone downstairs, leaving only the application document on the table, which left him dumbfounded.

Even if the ice cream in the factory wasn't worth much, multiplying it by a thousand was still a large number. Who would dare to approve that casually?

The Li Kezhang must have known that Wang Jingzhang was coming to beg for favors today and had hidden away early, but he didn't expect it to fall into his hands.

He naturally didn't want to take on this ghostly errand, but he wanted to join the Hongqi Society and was tempted by the position of propaganda head. He also wanted to sit in Bu Qingfang's position.

Walking back to the office, he picked up the application document and looked at it, then hesitated and took it to his master to see, wanting to ask if there was any way to solve it.

As university students coming for an internship, whether in the workshop or the office, the factory office and units had arranged teaching masters for them.

And now Fang Lining was in the same office as his master. When he had a difficult matter, he naturally thought of his master first.

But he didn't expect that even though he had taken the document to his master's desk, he didn't see his master raise his head.

If it were in the past, when this university student apprentice came, his master would have looked at him with a smiling face. Today, this is...

"Master..."

"Don't!"

Zhang Wanyou, sitting at the desk further inside, suddenly sat up straight, waved his hand at Fang Lining, and said, "Li Kezhang Fang, let's keep it professional."

Fang Lining was made awkward by his master, his face turning red and white. He knew he was being annoying.

The words Director Wang just said weren't even spoken by him; why blame him!

Besides, the other party wasn't wrong, was he? If you don't work hard when you're young, will you end up like your master, wasting half your life as an old desk-sitter?!

Look at Li Xuewu of the Security Division; didn't he advance by leaps and bounds as soon as he entered the factory? Otherwise, how could he be so majestic now!

Yes, he was a bit subservient to Director Wang, but look at everyone in the office; who didn't act like that when they saw the Factory Director? Was he wrong for doing so!

Fang Lining didn't accept this. Now, what's emphasized is reform, that all opposition is reasonable. He didn't feel he had done anything wrong.

On the contrary, Director Wang pulling the bourgeois worms out of the steel mill's leadership team was correct, a concrete manifestation of reformist thinking, and a model for him to learn from.

Looking at his master's stubborn attitude and the angry glares of the people around him, Fang Lining was angry from embarrassment. He gritted his teeth, shook the document, and said to his master, "Fine, Comrade Zhang Wanyou..."

"Who the fuck are you talking to!"

As soon as Fang Lining opened his mouth, a young man sitting on the other side of the desk wouldn't have it. He stood up, pointed his finger at Fang Lining, and cursed, "Is my master's name something a little bastard like you can call? Go ask Wang Jingzhang if he dares to call him that!"

"You son of a bitch!"

The young man's mouth was also sharp, and he dug up Fang Lining's ancestors like a machine gun.

Fang Lining gritted his teeth and glared at the other party. This was his "fellow apprentice"; they had both entered the factory together and learned from Zhang Wanyou together, only he was a university student and the other was a high school student.

If it were in the past, his master would have been best to him, after all, it was rare to have a university student apprentice, and he naturally treasured him, hoping his apprentice would advance in the future.

Today, Zhang Wanyou was truly angry. He had taught an ungrateful wretch; it was one thing to suck up to that turtle-son Wang Jingzhang, but he even dared to call him by his full name.

Heh, this old face was truly lost.

Fang Lining looked at the junior apprentice who kept cursing, then at his master's livid face, and the cold gazes of everyone in the room. He slammed the document in his hand and turned to walk out.

He didn't dare to leave a single harsh word, because that junior apprentice was good at fighting and had already fought with several people, winning every time with zero losses, leaving others to suffer.

He heard the other party's family was a martial arts family; he didn't want to add to the other party's battle record.

Watching Fang Lining leave, Zhang Wanyou waved his hand at his young apprentice, not letting him continue cursing, and even less letting him chase him out to stir up trouble.

Watching Zhang Wanyou's desolate face, everyone in the room was discussing it, and the object of their condemnation was naturally that ungrateful wretch who had just left.

Fang Lining came late and might not know, but didn't they know what kind of person Wang Jingzhang was? When Wang Jingzhang was transferred from the Service Division, they had almost set off firecrackers to celebrate.

Besides, didn't he know himself that the university students who came with him had been bullied by Wang Jingzhang?

He still treated him as a good person; if all leaders were like that, the people below would suffer sooner or later.

Some came to persuade, and some stood on the side echoing the cursing. The office was quite united. When Huang Shiwen came in, this was the scene she saw.

"What's going on?"

Huang Shiwen didn't know the situation. Seeing Fang Lining's master sitting there clutching his chest while being persuaded, she observed for a moment and then hurried over, asking with concern, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Heh~ Still asking what's wrong? Go ask your boyfriend~"

Someone in the room replied with resentment. Seeing that Fang Lining was not right, even the look in their eyes towards Huang Shiwen was filled with disdain.

Huang Shiwen didn't know what had happened. She had come to find Fang Lining; they hadn't spoken for several days, and the two were still angry about what happened that day.

Today, she had thought about taking the initiative to find Fang Lining to explain her thoughts from that day, but she didn't expect to see this.

Zhang Wanyou waved his hand. He knew Huang Shiwen wasn't like that. Ever since she started dating Fang Lining, Huang Shiwen had called him Master, which seemed very respectful.

Stopping the words of the people around him, Zhang Wanyou said to Huang Shiwen, "Wang Jingzhang hasn't looked for you, has he?"

"Ah?"

Huang Shiwen didn't know what Master Zhang was talking about; where did this come from?

Zhang Wanyou didn't notice Huang Shiwen's expression and said while suppressing his anger, "Stay away from Wang Jingzhang. If Little Fang persists in his errors..."

"Forget it, forget it, I won't care anymore."

Only halfway through his sentence, Zhang Wanyou waved his hand, feeling that whatever he said was meaningless, and sat back in his seat to sulk.

Huang Shiwen frowned and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you? Who are you angry with? Did Fang Lining anger you?"

"Who else could it be but him?!"

The junior apprentice said angrily, "Wang Jingzhang came to stir up trouble, the Li Kezhang hid away, but he acted like a pug and went to suck up to him!"

"Wang Zhao, what are you saying!"

Huang Shiwen widened her eyes and said with dissatisfaction, "He's not that kind of person. He even avoided it when he was promoted before; how could he take the initiative to suck up..."

"Heh, you can know a person's face but not their heart~"

Seeing that Huang Shiwen couldn't finish her sentence, especially seeing the looks of the people around her, she must have had a judgment. Only then did the junior apprentice say, "He accepted a thousand ice cream bars of support for the Li Kezhang, dreaming of becoming the head of the Hongqi Society!"

After the young man finished saying this, he pointed at Zhang Wanyou and said, "Master was doing it for his own good, not wanting him to go down the wrong path, but he acted arrogantly towards Master and started calling Master by his full name!"

Huang Shiwen's brain was buzzing as she listened to the other party's words. When she was defending Fang Lining just now, she knew something was wrong from everyone's eyes.

Thinking back to what Fang Lining had said to persuade her after Wang Jingzhang looked for her that day, and then listening to the junior apprentice, she already believed it seven or eight tenths.

Even if she didn't believe these things, how could she not believe Master Zhang!

"I'll go find him!"

Huang Shiwen didn't want to give up on Fang Lining; the two had agreed to work hard and be together in the future.

She used to have thoughts of being adventurous, but now she just wanted to be like Fang Lining's previous idea, working steadily.

Zhang Wanyou looked at the back of Huang Shiwen running out, shaking his head helplessly and regretfully. He had spent most of his life in the agency and had seen all kinds of people; he only hated himself for misjudging him.

"When was the notice issued?"

As soon as the command vehicle stopped, Li Xuewu jumped out of the car and asked Shen Fang, who was waiting for him in the parking lot.

Shen Fang replied with a nervous and serious face, "Director Zheng from the branch bureau called to notify me, and I called you as soon as I hung up."

Li Xuewu nodded, signaled towards the courtyard, took Shen Fang, and walked towards the captain's office, asking at the same time, "Have you notified Political Commissar Xiaoqin?"

"She said the mountain is also very important, and the matters down the mountain are left to you."

Shen Fang looked at Li Xuewu, who was half a step ahead of him. Their relationship in the past aside, looking at him now, he was inferior to the other party in both political sensitivity and planning.

Perhaps only Li Xuewu could plan this move in advance and implement it according to the plan.

To say he was infallible wasn't right, after all, Lai Shanchuan had intervened, making the result a bit uncertain.

Li Xuewu hadn't been to the branch bureau recently, just to reduce this influence; keeping a low profile was a last resort.

There was nothing going on with the Public Security Brigade; he handled the basic coordination tasks, and Li Xuewu didn't come here often. If it weren't for the news today, he wouldn't have called Li Xuewu.

Entering the large courtyard, he glanced at the surrounding offices; many people were gathered together talking about something.

Perhaps they noticed Li Xuewu and Shen Fang entering the courtyard, and also noticed Li Xuewu's sharp gaze, so these people quickly dispersed and started pretending to be busy.

Li Xuewu didn't demand that these people be as calm and composed as he was in the face of this sudden news, but this was a disciplinary unit; how could they be allowed to panic first?

Shen Fang didn't speak, nor did he express anything about these people's performance; he just followed Li Xuewu step by step towards the captain's office.

Pazile was also on the mountain, working with Wang Xiaoqin to lead the training. Only Shen Fang and Zhai Chuchu were down the mountain, and most of the political training forces had gone to the training ground.

The team had few tasks now, mostly focusing on study and training. The discipline in the agency was inevitably going to be a bit loose.

Li Xuewu didn't say anything either. The news had spread; even if it was controlled on the surface, everyone's inner heart was probably in a panic.

The source of the panic was that news: Today, August 2nd, the branch bureau conveyed the notice from above that the Public Security Brigade was to execute disciplinary requirements according to Level 2 readiness. At the same time, all personnel matters in the brigade were frozen. During the freeze, transfers were generally not allowed. Specific requirements would wait for the next notice.

Level 2 readiness meant that no one was allowed to take leave, and those who had taken leave were to be recalled. Everyone was to be prepared to execute tasks at any time.

This type of order was generally aimed at major tasks, but if it was paired with a personnel freeze order, that was another story.

The Public Security Brigade was going to undergo an overall change.

This was self-evident. Having everyone gather and wait, and freezing all personnel matters including agency staff, what else could it be but an overall change?

Actually, when the agency staff came to the Public Security Brigade, they were afraid of such a day. After all, it was a newly formed unit under a new situation, and it was also a unit that redefined execution functions. It had a certain experimental nature, so changes were inevitable.

But they were all cadres from the branch bureau, coming to the new unit to train. Most of them were young people, not because there was a shortage of positions at the branch bureau, but because if they didn't come out, they wouldn't have the opportunity to train and couldn't move up.

Now they were afraid that with the personnel changes, their personnel relations that originally belonged to the branch bureau might not be able to return.

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the office, the telephone bell on the desk rang.

"Did they plant a mole here?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Shen Fang and asked with raised eyebrows, "This is too damn punctual."

Shen Fang frowned helplessly and said, "It's not that someone calculated it, but this phone hasn't stopped ringing."

Li Xuewu twitched the corner of his mouth, walked to the phone, and answered it. Suddenly, a "Congratulations~" came from the other side.

"You finally answered the phone!"

Without waiting for Li Xuewu to ask who the other party was, the other side started talking like a machine gun.

"Deputy Division Chief Li, is the Public Security Brigade going to be reorganized? You must return our people to us. Our station's number of people was already insufficient, and it was agreed that the transfer..."

Shen Fang had good ears and could hear the loud voice from the receiver. Seeing Li Xuewu look over, he whispered a reminder: "Yongwai."

Li Xuewu nodded in understanding and signaled Sha Jie to make a cup of tea. He came back today to preside over this work.

After waiting for the other side to get tired of "arguing", Li Xuewu then replied, "Is this Station Chief Zhou? Who did you hear this from?"

"Who did I hear it from? It's spread all over the branch bureau."

Zhou Lingxian from the Yongwai Station shouted with a loud voice, "It's written on the order. Personnel freeze. Isn't this snatching people!"

"I'm telling you, you can't do this~"

Zhou Lingxian's tone was both excited and helpless, fearing that since personnel were frozen, their people wouldn't be able to go back, and also helpless because Li Xuewu's rank was higher than his, so his words had no weight.

Li Xuewu gave a "Heh" and replied, "Since you know it's a personnel freeze order, you must know who issued it. Do you think it's still useful to call me here?"

After finishing, seeing that the other side didn't make a sound, he didn't pay attention to him and hung up the phone directly.

This was just someone who cried for their father and mother; they were so confused they didn't even know who to worship.

He went around to the back of the desk and looked at the red-letter order on the table. The content was exactly what Shen Fang had said.

Shen Fang walked to the opposite side of the desk, didn't sit down, leaned his hands on the table, and asked in a low voice, "Should I call Director Zheng?"

"He didn't tell you, so could he have told me?"

Li Xuewu looked up at Shen Fang, then put down the order document in his hand and waved his hand to signal Shen Fang to sit down.

Shen Fang's expression was just as nervous and serious as it was at the door. He knew that the final fate was about to be announced.

He wasn't surprised by Li Xuewu's answer. He himself was also a bit panicked, which directly affected these people in the agency.

The brigade was still okay; they were all still in training and no one dared to spread news, but it was hard to say after training ended today.

Li Xuewu tapped the table and arranged, "Execute Level 2 readiness according to the order, and at the same time, call the people in charge of the major brigades and squads who are at home to come over for a meeting."

As he spoke, he looked at the time on his hand and added, "Let's make it fifteen minutes from now, in the large conference room. Call all the political training and agency cadres and clerks."

After Li Xuewu finished speaking, he put the document paper in his hand aside and pulled out a fountain pen to start writing the order document.

Hearing Li Xuewu's arrangement, Shen Fang felt as if he had a backbone, agreed, and went out to make arrangements.

At this time, Li Xuewu had no intention of discussing it with him, and even less intention of calling above for consultation. In his view, this was correct, and it also showed Li Xuewu's confidence.

At critical moments, this kind of calm and composed demeanor was needed, as was this kind of determination to sit in command. Knowing that panic among the people was inevitable, taking the initiative to hold a meeting and explain the problem clearly made it easier to control the situation.

Watching Shen Fang go out, Li Xuewu glanced outside the door, and Sha Jie closed the door without him having to say anything.

Only then did Li Xuewu pick up the phone and call out, but it wasn't to Zheng Fuhua, but to a neighbor in the same courtyard, the 816th Regiment.

"I am Li Xuewu."

The call only lasted a few sentences before hanging up. It wasn't that Li Xuewu didn't have this face, but that the leaders next door weren't at home.

They weren't on the mountain. The clerk there knew his identity and also knew the relationship between the Public Security Brigade and the 816th, and between Li Xuewu and Qi Yaowu, so he told him very clearly that the Regiment Commander and the Deputy Political Commissar weren't at home; they had been called away for a meeting.

The Deputy Chief of Staff was there, but he was at Red Star Village presiding over daily training work, and Li Xuewu wasn't looking for him.

This call wasn't in vain. Li Xuewu just wanted to confirm whether the current change was exactly what he and Qi Yaowu had guessed before.

Ever since Li Xuewu took the initiative to stick to them, Qi Yaowu had been pondering why the people from the branch bureau were so good.

It wasn't that his mind had gone bad, thinking everyone was a bad person, but that at this time, an individual might have the intention to help, but a unit might not necessarily.

And after being stationed at Red Star Village, as the cooperation in training occasions gradually unfolded, and as the joint management work of the office courtyard down the mountain unfolded, he slowly tasted a different flavor.

He smelled the scent of a little fox.

Just as he sensed this meaning, Li Xuewu came to his door, and through tripartite cooperation, he set up such a reclamation area on the mountain.

Initially, it was naturally not compliant, but who could control it? The key was that two months later, this practice suddenly responded to the policy call. You say, isn't that strange?

To say Li Xuewu didn't have any calculations, he absolutely wouldn't believe it. But he didn't say it, and Li Xuewu didn't say it, just waiting for this scene today.

The great change that Li Xuewu, Wang Xiaoqin, Shen Fang, and others had been waiting for for a long time was really about to arrive. ===== CHAPTER 774 =====