Chapter 792: Circle

"Hahaha~"

The three reached an agreement on relevant matters, and each got what they wanted.

Li Huai re-established his confidence in Li Xue, and Li Xue used the joint enterprise to consolidate the fragile cooperative relationship between him and Jing Yunong.

He gained a project with an annual profit of over ten million, completely stabilizing his status and power in the Management Committee.

Jing Yunong gained Li Huai's support, no longer needing to worry about internal friction, and could use the automobile industry project to restore the preparation and operation of the joint enterprise.

And Li Xue? First, he officially completed the layout of the shipyard; second, he officially completed the layout of the automobile manufacturing plant; third, he eased the relationship with Jing Yunong and hung her on Li Huai's chariot.

Now the Steel Rolling Factory had entered the Li Huai era; Li Xue didn't want to push him to the top and then go against him.

Still the same sentence: the two are beneficial together, and harmful apart; Li Huai is definitely the best choice to be pushed to the front during this period.

"Haiyang, this... how long have they been inside?"

"It's been a while, Director Zhang; why don't you go sit in my room for a while?"

Li Haiyang was asked twice by Zhang Guoqi and laughed. He wouldn't tell the other party how long Division Director Li and the others had been inside, even if he knew.

Zhang Guoqi also knew this kid's craftiness, but Director Li trusted him very much, pointed at him, and could only give a bad smile to threaten him.

And Li Haiyang, looking completely unaware, gave an "I don't know" answer to all the questions he was asked.

Someone told him that Li Xue had entered the leader's office with Vice Factory Director Jing.

This "good brother" Li Xue was back, and he was just looking for an opportunity to "encounter" him; he didn't expect the other party to really run to the leader's side.

Li Xue had just gone upstairs with the lunch box when he saw Wei Zaike and Kuang Yusheng standing at the door of the private room they usually used, smiling and greeting him.

Damn! Little rabbit, just wait and see!

And Li Haiyang, standing at the door of Li Huai's office, narrowed his eyes as he watched Zhang Guoqi's back.

This Director Zhang was a bit too impatient~ He hadn't even become the Factory Office Director yet, and he had already started meddling in Factory Office affairs.

The key was, what did the questions he asked targeting Vice Division Director Li mean?

Li Haiyang was of course not Li Xue's person, and had no intimate relationship with Li Xue privately.

However, Li Haiyang had followed Li Huai for a long time and was quite clear about the status ranking of these cadres in Li Huai's mind.

Zhang Guoqi's malicious questions directly made Li Haiyang alert.

Just this bit of ability, and he wanted to test Vice Division Director Li's endurance?

Don't implicate him when he falls!

So when he found that Zhang Guoqi's tone was wrong, Li Haiyang pretended to be confused.

He of course knew that Zhang Guoqi saw it, saw that he was fooling him, but he wasn't afraid.

Serving as a leader's secretary, the primary service object wasn't these people below, but the leader.

According to the leader's preferences, and looking at his status with the leader, as long as he didn't make mistakes himself, he wasn't afraid of Zhang Guoqi giving him a hard time.

If it came to the closeness of the relationship with the leader, it would be good if he didn't give him a hard time.

Watching Zhang Guoqi go downstairs, Li Haiyang rolled his eyes and turned to face the window in the corridor.

He muttered in his heart: A dog that only knows how to engage in people, things, and activities, with base behavior and short-sightedness, how could he compare to someone who could produce a ten-million-level major project at any time, sit and discuss with various factory leaders, and talk and laugh freely?

This is the gap!

Did he really think no one knew about the dirty things he did?

Everyone suffered losses in this activity, and all the benefits were taken by these few people.

Zhang Guoqi jumped the most happily, and the people in the factory couldn't hate the people behind him, but they were all staring at Zhang Guoqi standing in front.

Li Haiyang lit a cigarette, curled his lips, and like everyone else in the office, he hummed and hawed on the surface, but actually looked down on what Zhang Guoqi did.

"Snap~"

He had just lit it when he heard the office door behind him ring, and Vice Division Director Li and Vice Factory Director Jing walked out with smiles.

"You're busy enough yourself after returning, and you have to take us along to be busy, hehe~"

Li Huai was smiling and sending the two to the door, pointed at Li Xue and said: "I wanted you to rest for a few days after your hard training, but the opportunities of the Steel Rolling Factory are right in front of us; you are a flag of our factory's young cadres, so I can only trouble you."

"The Steel Rolling Factory is my home, and the struggle depends on everyone."

Li Xue shook hands with Li Huai and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about hard work, both leaders are working hard; don't complain about me tossing people around."

"Hahaha~"

Li Huai laughed loudly and nodded at Jing Yunong; obviously, the conversation just now had been very harmonious.

Jing Yunong also smiled and shook hands with Li Huai, as if there was some symbolic meaning, saying: "Then let us work together."

When Li Xue left, he also invited Jing Yunong to go first, patted Li Haiyang on the arm who was smiling at him, and then followed downstairs.

Li Haiyang glanced at Li Xue's back, followed the leader into the office, saw the leader's complexion was good, and joked: "If all business cadres were as capable as Vice Division Director Li, it would be great~"

"Forget it~"

Li Huai smiled and pointed at Li Haiyang, looked at him and said: "You see me relaxed for two days and want to find things for me to do, hahaha~".

Li Haiyang smiled while tidying up the documents on the coffee table: "I see you are enjoying it."

"Hey~"

Li Huai sat back behind the desk and took the documents handed by Li Haiyang; they were all left by Li Xue just now.

Looking at the dense text and thick page numbers on the documents, just for Li Xue's seriousness, he had to pay attention to it.

He knocked on the documents in his hand and said to Li Haiyang, who was still tidying up, as if with emotion: "Just as you said, if the business cadres in the factory were all like Comrade Li Xue, even if it were half, I would be willing to be tired."

"That's true~ earning foreign exchange and ten-million-level major projects; such cadres are not easy to find."

Li Haiyang tidied up the tea set and then tidied up the toolbox samples Li Xue left here.

With a clatter in his hand, he fiddled with these tools and liked them quite a bit, signaling to Director Li: "Which workshop doesn't have these tools? Who doesn't have a chisel, axe, or saw at home? Why couldn't I think of using this stuff to make money!"

"Hahaha~"

Looking at Li Haiyang's distressed look, Li Huai smiled and said: "This is two kinds of thinking; you think these things are common in life and wonder how to make money with them, while he first thinks about how to make money and set up a project, and then discovers things common in life."

Li Haiyang nodded, not knowing why, and asked with raised eyebrows: "Then... is Vice Division Director Li a good hand at making money?"

"Heh~ you~"

Li Huai pointed at him with a tone of reproach, and then said more formally: "If you savor this person, it won't be hard to find that he is actually a very arrogant person."

"Arrogant?"

Li Haiyang wondered: "Why do I feel that among these division-level leaders, Vice Division Director Li is the most amiable~"

"I'm talking about his character!"

Li Huai emphasized: "He is kind to people, serious in handling affairs, capable and decisive, yet distinct in public and private; if this isn't arrogance, what is?"

As he spoke, he took a pencil from the pen holder and pointed at Li Haiyang, then said: "His arrogance doesn't allow him to ignore people, so what you see is humility and politeness."

"His arrogance even more doesn't allow him to be greedy for money or lustful, so it's true that you say he can make money, but he is just doing his job."

"So~"

Li Huai lowered his head, browsing the text on the documents line by line with the pencil, saying: "Having arrogance is not a bad thing; on the contrary, it shows he has backbone and integrity."

"Understood, leader."

Li Haiyang said with a smile: "It's still your unique eye for people; I can't see these, I can only learn."

"Hehe~"

Li Huai gave a light laugh and said nothing more, and Li Haiyang also tidied up the toolbox and pushed it out of the office.

He selectively forgot to say that Zhang Guoqi had come to find him and wanted to report his work.

Didn't he see it was almost lunchtime? Reporting work, what if it delayed the leader's meal?

Delaying the leader is equal to delaying him; if the leader doesn't go to eat, how can he go!

So people who find the leader to report work at noon all deserve to die!

"Hey~ I've missed you, brother~"

Zhang Guoqi "encountered" Li Xue downstairs, and from far away, he smiled and took the initiative to reach out his hand.

Li Xue also smiled and shook Zhang Guoqi's hand, saying: "Director Zhang, 'the spring breeze is proud, the horse's hooves are fast, and in one morning, one sees all the flowers in Changan!' Hahaha!"

"Can't compare to you, brother; wearing the military uniform again, how majestic~"

Zhang Guoqi smiled and looked at Li Xue, saying: "Especially here with the leader, you are in charge of one side; I am very envious, brother!"

Li Xue's eyelids jumped slightly, he looked at Zhang Guoqi with a smile and said: "If you want to talk about being in charge of one side, shouldn't that be you?"

As he spoke, he signaled upstairs and said: "Just now the leader said he wanted to add to your burden; don't tease me~".

"Oh? Is that so~ Hehehe~"

Zhang Guoqi laughed, as if he didn't care, raised his eyebrows and said: "It's not that I'm asking for a favor from you, brother; you are too kind, it's just that you met me~"

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

Li Xue took out a cigarette and handed it to him, and after lighting it for him, asked: "Did something happen?"

"Hey~ almost a big thing happened!"

Zhang Guoqi glanced around, and seeing no one, he said: "Is there a grandson named Liu Guangtian in your courtyard!?"

Li Xue's eyebrows jumped, and he nodded: "There is such a person; his father is also from our factory, and he lives right across from us."

Zhang Guoqi curled his lips and asked: "Did you offend him?"

"No~"

Li Xue pretended to be confused and said: "Director Zhang, what exactly happened? Just tell me directly~ you're making me so nervous~"

It's exactly to make you nervous!

If I don't make you nervous, how can you remember my favor? If you don't remember my favor, how can you return my favor!

Zhang Guoqi thought, Li Xue pulled him once, and he saved Li Xue's whole family; it was considered even.

It might even be that Li Xue owed him some.

"If I don't say you are too kind! How can you go on like this? Do you think everyone is a good person!"

Zhang Guoqi lectured Li Xue twice, and then explained: "The guy didn't know how he mixed into the Workers' Correction Team, and even entered the Youth Society, reporting to me that your family's background is problematic, and also saying your family has a lot of ill-gotten wealth..."

He was speaking while watching Li Xue's complexion; if Li Xue showed even a hint of panic, he would have grabbed it.

The feeling of being cared for and driven by others was really bad, and the feeling of being pulled and taken care of by others was also uncomfortable; he always felt he owed others, as if he were lower than others.

So he was standing up again now, thinking about returning this favor quickly, so as not to keep thinking about it.

Especially Li Xue, this person was too dangerous; always making him think about him, what was that about?

Li Xue was slightly stunned, then laughed and said: "Our family? Bad background? And ill-gotten wealth? Hehe~"

With a light laugh, Li Xue looked Zhang Guoqi up and down and said: "You don't think our family has problems too, do you?"

"Pah! Blind his dog eyes!"

Just now he was learning to be literary with Li Xue, but now he showed his true colors; Zhang Guoqi curled his lips and said: "He didn't think about it; I was at the scene when you got married, right? Can I not know what's going on with your family?"

After finishing, he patted Li Xue on the shoulder and comforted him: "Alright, just know about this matter; I've handled the person and sent him back to process parts; I'm just reminding you, don't treat everyone as good."

"Got it~"

Li Xue said with a smile: "I won't say words of thanks; they are all in my heart."

Zhang Guoqi pretended to be generous and waved his hand, saying: "Alright, find a time to sit down; we brothers haven't talked for a long time."

After finishing, he signaled upstairs and said: "I'm just thinking about reporting work to the leader; I won't talk anymore, let's talk later."

"Okay, Director Zhang."

Li Xue watched Zhang Guoqi enter the main office building hall with a smile, then turned around and walked toward the Security Building.

As his footsteps moved, the smile on Li Xue's face gradually disappeared, finally turning into gloom.

And the sky above seemed to have sensed it; just a moment ago it was clear and sunny, but now the sun was covered by clouds, casting a shadow.

"Tell your division director to come to me."

Li Xue entered the hall, greeted the people from the Security Division, and then went upstairs.

After returning to the office, he first asked Sha Qizhi to help him get the Steel City phone number, while he himself gathered the documents in his hand.

After the call was connected, Li Xue took it and said: "Leader, it's Xue."

Dong Wenxue knew Li Xue was back; the people from the Steel City Liaison Office had always been in contact with Steel City.

Now with the wireless communication system, work communication between the Steel City Steel Mill and the Beijing Steel Rolling Factory had become very convenient.

Of course, these could only be text transmissions; for work needs like real-time communication, one still had to contact by phone.

First, he briefly reported the results of the meeting this morning to Dong Wenxue, as well as the situation of communicating with Li Huai and Jing Yunong after the meeting.

The shipyard work was actually still Dong Wenxue's responsibility; the distance from Beijing to Yingcheng couldn't compare to the distance from Steel City to Yingcheng.

Furthermore, the shipyard was considered an extended downstream factory of the Steel Mill and the Steel Rolling Factory; whether from management or material supply, it was restricted.

Even if it was decided that Xu Sinian would take over the shipyard director's post, from now until the completion of the acquisition, and then to the shipyard's official operation, it would be the end of the year.

Dong Wenxue still had time to make arrangements; the shipyard's geographical advantage and the industrial category it belonged to made it easier for the Steel Mill to control.

While introducing the meeting results, Li Xue also brought up the opinions of several leaders here, and his words brought out the situation after the big reshuffle of the Steel Rolling Factory.

Dong Wenxue understood, and after understanding, he introduced the current situation in Steel City in a low voice.

Because of the madness last month, all units and departments had varying degrees of chaos, especially the tense situation in the Steel Rolling Factory, which caused the Steel Rolling Factory's leadership to worry about the branch factory situation.

This worry would inevitably cause tension among some cadres and relationships; from Dong Wenxue's words, it could be heard that Yang Zongfang and several other vice factory directors all had their own thoughts.

Li Xue was not surprised by this situation; after the last meeting, he found that these few people from the Steel Mill in Beijing were not right.

And after talking in detail with Dong Wenxue, with the change of the situation, the changes in the backing forces and attitudes of these people would inevitably affect his work and influence in the Steel Mill.

Although Dong Wenxue had been on guard early, he inevitably had to be distracted by the major study activities.

He was the number one person in the Steel Mill, and his situation was more difficult than Yang Fengshan's; if it weren't for the fact that all the cadres he brought were from the Steel Rolling Factory system, something would have really happened.

The wind blowing from Beijing to Steel City had already changed its taste; even if it blew from above to the Steel Rolling Factory, it would change; with such a long distance, it would be strange if there were no accidents.

Facing the changes in the positions of other vice factory directors and the crisis in the control of the Steel Mill's power, Dong Wenxue also expressed his worry on the phone.

Li Xue thought for a while and said: "This matter still needs to be done in two steps; later I will talk to Xu Ning and pick out a few typical ones to hammer hard."

"The latter part of this month."

Li Xue raised his head to see Han Yating enter the room, waved his hand, signaled her to sit, and while opening the documents, said to Dong Wenxue: "On the 24th, Wednesday, I will go to Steel City with Vice Factory Director Li."

Closing the documents and putting them aside, his gaze was cold, and his tone was low: "First look at the smelting situation of special steel and alloy steel, and then inspect the industrial production situation; Vice Factory Director Li attaches great importance to trade and production projects, especially hardware products and the automobile industry."

After saying these situations, Li Xue mentioned the matter just now: "At that time, please ask Vice Factory Director Li to inspect the work situation of the Steel City Management Committee; I believe the situation will improve."

Dong Wenxue listened to the report on the phone and urged: "Arrange for someone to coordinate the construction of the factory building for the automobile industry project as soon as possible; it's better to finish before the freeze in autumn."

"Also."

At the end of the phone call, Dong Wenxue talked about the production of military industry, including machinery and equipment, factory area construction, supporting facilities, and other situations.

After Li Xue finished talking with Li Zhengfeng last month, he arranged for the factory to complete the docking with the Light Weapons Institute; people from the Light Weapons Institute had already gone north to guide the Steel Mill's industrial zone to complete the construction of production workshops and the procurement of equipment.

Now it seemed that the Light Weapons Institute's work in Steel City was progressing smoothly, with hopes of realizing production before the year's end.

Of course, Li Zhengfeng was also preparing to negotiate weapon procurement with the General Armament Department; at that time, he would have to invite people to go over for inspection and on-site verification.

Weapon production was two different things from military shovel production; the latter could be negotiated at any time, and there was no need to look at the production factory, but weapons were different.

If Li Xue wanted to get the procurement contract, he had to go through formal procedures; besides obtaining a production license from the Light Weapons Institute, he had to connect with the General Armament Department to ensure the military factory in Steel City was justified.

After confirming the specific details, Li Xue hung up the phone, signaled Han Yating to wait a moment, and then called the phone to the Party Committee building.

"Hello? Secretary Xue, it's Li Xue."

Li Xue took the phone, connected to Xue Zhifu, and then said with a smile: "I just came back, and I'm in a hurry to report work to you."

"Good, good."

"Then let's make it at two o'clock in the afternoon."

"Okay."

Li Xue made the appointment with a smile, and after putting down the phone, he looked at Han Yating.

"There's a matter I want you to handle."

"Yes."

Han Yating knew that Li Xue calling her upstairs again must be for something, especially with his current tone; this matter was still quite urgent.

Li Xue frowned slightly, tapped the desk lightly with the fountain pen in his hand, looked at Han Yating and asked: "Since May, I've asked you to do the security problem monitoring investigation; you've been doing it all along, right?"

Han Yating was stunned; don't look at the name of this investigation being so convoluted, but in reality, it was monitoring the development of the Steel Rolling Factory's major study activities, as well as the people involved.

"Yes, there have always been investigations and records."

Han Yating said very clearly: "Including organizations and individuals, investigation files have been established."

"Hmm."

Li Xue raised his furrowed brows and said: "Recently, the major study activities have entered a stable stage, and the work of the Security Division has slowed down, but our people cannot slow down; cases that didn't have time to be handled before can be handled now."

As he spoke, he pointed to the documents and asked: "How come I heard that the people from the Youth Society are robbing and digging; is there any special situation here?"

Han Yating raised her eyes and asked softly: "Leader, you mean...?"

"Hmm."

Li Xue nodded and said: "We don't care about the major study activities, but some people are using the name of the activities to collect wealth; this is challenging our bottom line."

"Yes... where should we start?"

Han Yating was now very clear about the task Li Xue wanted to give her, but she couldn't just flip the back accounts of the Youth Society; this involved too much.

Li Xue pointed in the direction of the phone and said: "Cooperate with Discipline Inspection to handle this matter together; the focus should be on... the people leading it."

(Tutu)

Han Yating's eyes froze; she didn't expect the leader to investigate Zhang Guoqi.

This was really... really a big thing!

Not to mention the rumors about the relationship between the leader and this Director Zhang; he didn't recognize anyone once he turned his face!

Just saying that the current Director Zhang, who was in the limelight, had rumors that he was about to take over the Factory Office work.

Serving as Factory Office Director meant being a division-level cadre; she couldn't imagine why the leader would move against such a person as soon as he returned.

The key was, she was responsible for this investigation targeting the major study activities, and she knew deeply what this Youth Society was all about; investigating Zhang Guoqi, the subsequent...

Of course, the subsequent problems naturally didn't need her to manage; since the leader had already given the order, and it was to cooperate with Discipline Inspection to handle this case, she naturally obeyed.

Li Xue made his expression serious and urged Han Yating: "This matter will be presided over by you; wait until I coordinate with Discipline Inspection, and the two sides will cooperate to handle the case; it must be done quickly, accurately, and secretly."

"Understood."

Han Yating replied solemnly: "If we don't strike, we won't; if we strike, we must kill with one blow."

"Good, go."

Li Xue nodded and sent Han Yating away.

When he came back, Sha Qizhi also followed in, tidying up the documents while reporting softly: "Director Zhang is showing his sharp edge and has been very eye-catching recently."

Watching the leader lower his head to approve documents without speaking, Sha Qizhi said as if casually: "Director Li's car has been changed to a Volga M24, and his car has also been changed to the same 212 jeep as yours; even the briefcase is similar to yours, hehe~"

While speaking, he laughed softly and shook his head; obviously, he had been standing at the door and heard what Li Xue said to Han Yating in the room.

Li Xue didn't take this topic, raised his hand to point at the documents beside him, and said: "Find a suitable time to make an appointment with the Civil Affairs Department in the city; we need to handle the signboard for our training ground."

"Okay."

Sha Qizhi flipped through his notebook, recording while asking: "Leader, should I make an appointment with the Garrison District?"

"No need."

Li Xue lowered his head and said: "I am a cadre of the Garrison District myself; why make an appointment? Just submit the report from the Third Garrison Regiment when the time comes."

"Oh, right!"

After signing his name, Li Xue raised his head and urged Sha Qizhi: "Find all the cooperation agreements previously made by the joint units of the training ground, preferably those with official seals, and use them as supporting materials together."

After finishing, he put the documents away, looked at the time, and said: "I haven't eaten the canteen food for a month; I don't know if the taste has changed."

Sha Qizhi placed a time-limited document in front of Li Xue and said with a smile: "Still the same, but Master He's dishes are not spicy anymore; it is said that this year's chili is expensive, and the canteen procurement is tight."

"Where can one reason with this?"

Li Xue sighed, then pointed at Sha Qizhi and said: "If you have extra grain coupons in your hand, try to exchange them for grain."

After reminding him, he continued to look at the documents in his hand, just waiting to finish the urgent work quickly, so as not to delay the afternoon's work.

Sha Qizhi was stunned for a moment; he naturally wouldn't take the leader's words as wind in his ears; although it was private talk, wasn't it even more important to take it seriously?

He thought about the financial situation at home, but found himself confused, because the wages and money coupons he received were handed directly to his wife; how would he know if there were extra grain coupons at home?

Another thing, in this year, where would there be so many extra grain coupons? His family had many children, and it was tight.

If it weren't for being Li Xue's secretary, life might have been even lighter.

Now he was the Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Office, and his wages had risen, but there was no surplus at home; which family of ordinary people in Beijing wasn't like this?

Seeing the leader busy, he didn't disturb him, tidied up the documents, and took Li Xue's lunch box out to wash.

"Ha! Ha! Vice Regimental Commander Li~"

Just as Li Xuewu reached the upstairs floor with his lunchbox, he saw Wei Zaike and Kuang Yusheng standing at the entrance of the private room they usually used, smiling and waving at him.

He raised the lunch box in his hand, responded to the two, and then shouted to Zhang Guoqi who had just entered the door downstairs: "Director Zhang, the private room upstairs is waiting for you!"

"Alright!"

Zhang Guoqi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved; he was still not used to Li Xue's enthusiasm.

Although this enthusiasm was the same as before, just like when he was removed from his post, Li Xue called a group of people to hold a dismissal celebration party for him, and also like when he was excluded by everyone, Li Xue sat beside him to comfort him.

His heart moved slightly, thinking about whether his actions this morning were a bit petty; after all, Li Xue hadn't treated him badly.

Thinking this way, he went to get his meal with his lunch box, hesitating whether to go upstairs, but seeing the eyes of the people around him, he stepped onto the steps.

Hey~ this is really unspeakable; Li Xue is just such a temperamental person, and his friendship with some cadres in the factory is really good; he couldn't abandon this part of the favor.

Especially the envious eyes of these cadres downstairs made him know that Li Xue calling him upstairs just now was another kind of help.

Why was this favor never-ending!

After entering the private room and seeing a group of division-level cadres, his heart changed again; why could a fool like Li Xue make friends, but he couldn't?

"Come, come, squeeze a position, let Director Zhang sit down."

Li Xue organized with a smile, signaled Zhang Guoqi to sit, and at the same time moved inward himself.

Zhang Guoqi put down the lunch box in his hand and said to everyone with a smile: "Luckily I came early, otherwise I wouldn't be able to squeeze in."

Xu Sinian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then looked at Li Xue with a meaningful smile.

The people in the room exchanged glances, obviously having heard Zhang Guoqi's words.

Li Xue didn't care at all and said: "Whoever comes first sits, sit until full; we are just sitting together to talk about idle talk, not some banquet."

It was indeed not a banquet, but there was little idle talk in this private room; even if it was idle talk, it was hooked.

Those who could enter this room were only two vice division directors; one was Li Xue, and the other was Yu Decai; the remaining positions, division-level cadres couldn't grab them, let alone vice division-level.

The meaning of Zhang Guoqi's words just now was also very obvious; he hadn't been able to enter this private room before.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it wasn't about the size of the private room, but a circle culture, which could also be called a mountain top.

Where there are people, there is a world; where there is a world, there are disputes; people with disputes will form cliques.

Of course, Li Xue and the others couldn't be considered forming cliques; gathering together to eat, they couldn't be forming cliques to be "rice buckets."

It was just that there was only such a big room on the second floor, and the people who came here to eat were fixed to those few; sometimes after eating, they went out for activities together, which inevitably attracted attention.

People in this circle naturally had to maintain the interests of this circle; what they talked about, what they said, they all helped each other.

And those who were not in this circle, or who were not qualified to touch this circle, felt uneasy and itchy in their hearts.

Afraid that something was said here that they didn't know, or that these people gathered together to talk about someone, and they couldn't participate.

Sometimes the office was just so boring, like people surrounding a circle to watch the fun; those outside were anxious, and those standing inside, although they all felt boring, didn't want to give up their positions.

Zhang Guoqi was also in this circle before he was removed from his post; at that time, it was still dominated by Li Huai, surrounding some people.

But now it had changed; Li Huai's status was rising, and he rarely gathered with these cadres in the factory to play.

The remaining people didn't know how they contacted each other, so they gathered together, and many things in the factory had their figures.

Not to mention anything else, just the recent one, the meeting this morning, Li Xue only raised one topic, but it was passed smoothly with the support of Wei Zaike and others.

Don't overestimate the circle, and don't underestimate the circle.

Until sitting here, Zhang Guoqi could be considered to have felt the mystery of this private room.

"Vice Regimental Commander Li, how come I heard that our factory is going to build ships? And build cars?"

Wei Zaike looked at Li Xue with a smile, and then asked: "When can we sit in the small cars produced by our factory?"

"You want to change cars!"

Ding Zigui teased with a smile, and then signaled to Li Xue's side: "If you want to say your news is well-informed, you only know half of it; you don't know that our factory is also preparing to build guns; when you are executed in the future, maybe you will use the guns produced by our factory!"

"Go, go! You are the one to be executed!"

Wei Zaike scolded back with a smile, and then said to the people around: "I don't want anything else; I can't play with guns, I can't drive ships, I'm a landlubber."

After finishing, he smiled at Li Xue: "If our factory can build cars, we should change our official cars; that old Gaz in our division, it's really 'Gaa-siss-siss' when driving!"

"Hahaha~"

Thinking of their own cars, everyone laughed; they were all division-level cadres, and none of them were equipped with small cars; they were all jeeps.

The factory purchased a batch of Gaz 69s more than ten years ago and has used them ever since; they have never been replaced, broken and repaired, repaired and broken, anyway, they can run.

Li Xue had also sat in that thing; the Security Division had one, which was originally Fu Bin's official car, and now it was used by the Security Section.

"We are going to build cars, and they are jeeps."

Li Xue introduced with a smile: "The horsepower is about the same as the 212, the chassis and engine are all copied from the Willys by our factory, and the exterior and electrical components have been redesigned."

As he spoke, he signaled to Xia Zhongquan opposite, who was burying his head and pretending to be dead after hearing Wei Zaike mention the car.

"When can we see the sample car, when can it be put into production, this has to be asked of Division Director Xia."

"Is that so? Division Director Xia?"

After Li Xue finished introducing, he even directed the topic to Xia Division Director, who was burying his head and eating.

His smile and tone didn't seem to be asking the Division Director, but rather scaring the Division Director.

"Hey! Old Xia, can you give a definite answer!"

Seeing Xia Zhongquan not speaking, only burying his head and eating, Wei Zaike teased him: "We brothers are all waiting for your jeep!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Do you want to sit in a jeep plane?!"

Xia Zhongquan saw he couldn't hide, everyone was looking at him, helplessly put down the lunch box in his hand, and said to Li Xue: "My Division Director Li, don't urge me; if you urge me again, I'll have to live in the workshop."

"What!"

Li Xue pretended to be angry and said: "You still have the heart to go home and live now?!"

"Hahahaha~"

Everyone almost sprayed their rice out laughing, especially Li Xue's joke, combined with Xia Zhongquan's bitter melon face, everyone laughed even more, the laughter spread out of the private room, making people around and downstairs envious.

Li Xue waved his hand and said to Xia Zhongquan: "It's better now; you don't even have the chance to live in the workshop."

As he spoke, he looked at everyone and said: "Just finished communicating with Director Li and Vice Factory Director Jing; in order to accelerate the development of the automobile manufacturing industry, our factory will focus on considering the introduction of professional technical talents..."

"Really?!"

Before Li Xue finished speaking, Xia Zhongquan opposite was so surprised he almost stood up; it was Kuang Yusheng who pressed him down, smiling and wanting to pinch his philtrum, which made everyone laugh again.

"Recruiting people is a good thing, and recruiting professional technical talents is an even better thing."

Kuang Yusheng smiled at Li Xue and said: "Asking our division's technicians to do design is completely a brain-smashing problem."

"Yes, professional people do professional things."

Wei Zaike smiled and said: "I didn't expect Division Director Li to have done so many practical and good things as soon as he returned; there is no wine here today, let's record it for now, and we must toast him at the next gathering."

"Yes, for our official cars, we must also toast Division Director Li."

"Hahaha~"

Everyone was making a scene; Zhang Guoqi followed with a smile on the surface, but in reality, his eyes could stare Wei Zaike to death.

This old bastard didn't leave him alone in every sentence, specifically picking on him, talking about cars, talking about doing practical things; isn't it just because he bought a car? Blah, blah, blah!

"Hey! Division Director Li."

Ding Zigui looked at Li Xue and asked with a smile: "Has the number one person in the shipyard been decided?"

"You're still asking him? Aren't you in charge of personnel!"

Kuang Yusheng pointed at Ding Zigui and asked: "Didn't your personnel division go to coordinate the shipyard acquisition work this morning?"

"Our division manages grassroots cadres; if we want to know, it must be Division Director Wei who knows first."

Ding Zigui looked at Wei Zaike again and asked: "Division Director Wei, is there any news?"

"Why? Do you want to go?"

Wei Zaike glanced at Li Xue, smiled and said to Ding Zigui: "If you want to go, I can be the recommender and recommend you to the leader to take on this heavy burden."

"Forget it, I don't have that talent."

Ding Zigui wouldn't fall into the pit; now that the news had spread, it meant that the candidate had long been decided; if he said he wanted to go now, he would not only offend the leader but also offend the person who was going.

After replying to Wei Zaike, he signaled to Li Xue and said: "Besides, even if I wanted to go, I would have to ask Division Director Li to recommend me."

"Hey, you are not a good person."

Wei Zaike smiled and pointed at Ding Zigui and said: "The ones recommended by Division Director Li all have real talent and practical ability; you? Hehe~"

The two were like performing crosstalk; Li Xue watched the people around the table slow down their hands, all starting to watch the fun of Zhang Guoqi.

Who said this private room was all secrets, and there was nothing else?

"The shipyard's position is still relatively important."

As soon as Li Xue spoke, everyone stopped talking and listened to him talk about this.

"After all, it's a big factory with thousands of people, with the ability to manufacture ten-thousand-ton giant ships, and will be an important support point for our factory's steel and steel rolling factory products in the future."

"Like the automobile plant."

Li Xue put down the chopsticks in his hand and explained to everyone: "Cars run on land, and ships run in the sea; both types of transportation represent a certain industrial level and manufacturing ability."

After finishing, he glanced at Xu Sinian, and then said to everyone: "So the burden of the shipyard is not light, and the leaders are very cautious." ===== CHAPTER 793 =====