Chapter 796: Really damn it!

"I'm telling you!"

Li Xuewu pointed at Zhang Guoqi and said mysteriously: "This is a big matter; you can't tell anyone!"

"Mm mm mm, I know, won't tell anyone."

Zhang Guoqi blinked, nodded hard, and thought: You told me; I'd be too late to take advantage of it myself, how could I tell others!

Am I as stupid as you!

Li Xuewu confirmed again that there was no one else around who could hear, and only then said: "Director Li said he wants to find a suitable location in the city to act as a reception office."

"???"

Zhang Guoqi looked at Li Xuewu with question marks all over his head; the blinking eyes were full of suspicion. He damn suspected Li Xuewu was playing with him!

The matter of Director Li wanting to find a reception office was what he was handling; how could he not know?

Not to mention he knew, even if any random person in the organ was pulled out, they would know.

Making it so mysterious, if it wasn't playing with himself, what was it!

"Just this?"

"Heh~"

Seeing Zhang Guoqi's suspicious eyes, Li Xuewu asked disdainfully: "Do you know why Director Li hasn't decided on the reception plan?"

"Of course I know!"

Zhang Guoqi looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "You don't know?"

"I naturally know!"

Li Xuewu curled his lips and added: "I damn even know how to solve this problem!"

After finishing, as if he was angry that Zhang Guoqi doubted him, he turned around and was about to walk to the Security Building.

Hearing Li Xuewu say he had a way to solve it, Zhang Guoqi's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Li Xuewu's arm: "Brother! You must save me!"

"Let go!"

Li Xuewu shook his arm and signaled the eyes of the people around: "Still a director, what kind of appearance is this!"

Zhang Guoqi didn't care about this. The leader had killed several plans he proposed. This director of the management committee office had just sat down; don't damn lose the factory office director position, and then lose this one too.

Isn't the office director just for solving problems for the leader? Now that the problem can't be solved, how can he do his work.

"Won't let go, you must tell me!"

Zhang Guoqi was as suspicious as he could be just now, and now he was as regretful as he could be. He regretted not continuing to believe in this big fool Li Xuewu, and actually hurting the other party's heart.

Li Xuewu had an expression of having no way to deal with him, blinked and asked: "I ask you, what kind of reception conditions does the leader want?"

"Big! Many! All!"

At this time, Zhang Guoqi didn't hide anything anymore. Whatever Li Xuewu asked, he answered. He thought in his heart, it's not worth it to go against a fool.

Li Xuewu pointed at him and asked again: "Do you know the Six Nations Hotel?"

"Six Nations... know, isn't that...!"

Zhang Guoqi blinked and said: "Isn't that the hotel over at the Foreign Affairs Department side?"

"Correct!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Three floors above ground, brick-stone structure, with a big restaurant, and more than two hundred guest rooms; it can accommodate a thousand people if squeezed."

"White Flag Country classical architectural style, a stream of European design and furniture, European restaurant, billiard hall, recreation hall, swimming pool, dance hall, etc., damn suitable for teachers and students coming to Beijing to criticize and reflect."

Li Xuewu turned his head and asked: "What is the most important point in choosing a house?"

Zhang Guoqi was stunned, hesitated and replied: "Many people living there?"

"Location! Location! Still damn location!"

Li Xuewu pointed at Zhang Guoqi and said with hatred for iron not becoming steel: "What the leader cares about is not how many people he can receive, but how many people can know that he is responsible for receiving these people!"

"Oh~ oh~ oh~"

Zhang Guoqi nodded repeatedly, with a well-behaved look of being taught. Whatever Li Xuewu said, he listened to.

Li Xuewu patted Zhang Guoqi on the shoulder and asked: "What position does the leader want?"

Zhang Guoqi replied: "In the city~"

Li Xuewu asked again: "Where is the Six Nations Hotel?"

Zhang Guoqi replied: "In the city~"

"Not just in the city!"

Li Xuewu looked at him and said: "Think for yourself what is around Dongjiaomin Lane!"

"This... Hey! Not right!"

Zhang Guoqi saw Li Xuewu about to leave after finishing, and hurriedly caught up and asked: "That's a big hotel; how could it be used by us?"

"Of course it can!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "What year was the Six Nations Hotel built?"

After finishing, he didn't wait for Zhang Guoqi to answer, and said directly: "1901! Sixty-some years, the inside has long been broken and rotten, and it hasn't been used; it's been used as a settlement point!"

"You report to the leader, take money to coordinate with the city, buy it back, and renovate and rectify it. How bright this achievement is!"

"Hiss~~~ Yes~~~"

Zhang Guoqi scratched his bald head, thinking it seemed to be this meaning.

Shaking his head, letting the few stubborn hairs clearly visible on the top of his head shake, he chased Li Xuewu again and asked: "Why didn't you tell the leader just now?"

"I wanted to tell him!"

Li Xuewu curled his lips and said: "Isn't this just damn thought of it! If it weren't for meeting you, this skin-thick entanglement, I would have taken my lunch box and gone to talk to the leader long ago!"

"Hahaha~"

Zhang Guoqi didn't have the slightest embarrassment or guilt for delaying Li Xuewu's lunch, and said with a smile: "Good good good, I won't delay you!"

He said he wouldn't delay, but Li Xuewu looked at him and asked: "Have you neglected the leader recently?"

"What?!"

Zhang Guoqi, who was just about to go to the canteen to grab the leader's credit before Li Xuewu, heard this, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat: "Did the leader say anything about me?"

He just said it! The two of them didn't say enough in the meeting, and they were whispering when they came downstairs; they couldn't have just talked about this one thing.

Li Xuewu frowned, with a worried look, and said: "You~ how did I tell you when I left last month?"

Looking at Li Xuewu's tone of teaching his son, Zhang Guoqi couldn't be angry anymore, and asked anxiously: "What did the leader say? Tell me!"

Li Xuewu blinked and said: "I told you to do more work, be more hardworking, and don't always think about enjoyment. Did you forget?"

"I..."

Zhang Guoqi just wanted to say he didn't forget, but he was very diligent before Wang Jingzhang fell!

Wang Jingzhang fell, the Red Flag Society fell, and he had no opponents in the factory. Later, he engaged in the Youth Society, the Correction Team, the Propaganda Team...

He engaged in so many teams, can't he enjoy himself!

Isn't it just changing a car? Is it worth the factory people missing it so much? He even changed one for Director Li. Why does the leader look at him with displeasure?

Zhang Guoqi didn't dare to compare himself with Li Xuewu in front of Li Huai De; there was no comparability.

So he believed Li Xuewu's words deeply; the leader must have opinions on him.

Li Xuewu pointed at him and said: "You have to handle business, you have to be busy, otherwise how can the leader see your achievements and ability!"

After finishing, he signaled to the Security Building and said: "I have to take my lunch box; I won't be able to eat if I'm late. Think about what I said yourself~"

"I...!"

Zhang Guoqi looked at Li Xuewu's figure, opened his mouth, and was really aggrieved and wronged.

I shed blood for the East Wind~

I exerted strength for the Director~

You can't treat me like this!

In the lobby on the first floor of the main office building, Li Xue and Peng Xiaoli, who had brought their lunch boxes back, happened to see this scene.

From Zhang Guoqi following Li Xuewu to the side, until now, they had curiously watched the whole thing.

Seeing Zhang Guoqi walk back, Peng Xiaoli signaled Li Xue to go up the stairs, and asked while walking: "Hey, what do you think your second brother is doing with Director Zhang? Why is it so mysterious~"

How would Li Xue know what her second brother was saying to Director Zhang? She isn't exactly a clairvoyant.

Just thinking about the expression of her second brother talking seriously to Director Zhang just now, as well as the look on his face and the manner of his movements, she couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

Peng Xiaoli asked, but she couldn't say it. However, she thought in her heart: What else could it be! Fooling a second fool!

When they were young in the courtyard, she had watched countless times as her second brother fooled Yan Jiecheng from across the door~ fooled him around~

And other children in the courtyard, taking turns being fooled by him for fun.

Anyway, just these few moves, used over and over again, and those children all believed it.

Fooled repeatedly, but the next time they saw her second brother, they would still believe it!

Clearly, the adults in the family had told these children to stay away from her second brother, but her second brother could have a way to make these children take the initiative to be fooled.

So, when Li Xue was young, she ranked these children in the courtyard in her heart: big fool, second fool, third fool...

She thought her second brother was already a division chief; he wouldn't play this game again, right?

Hey! Didn't expect, another move!

Peng Xiaoli held the lunch box. Seeing Li Xue not speaking, he thought she didn't hear his question.

However, he didn't want to ask anymore, and instead talked about the news he heard in the canteen just now.

"Do you know about the meeting held upstairs just now?"

"Know~ Trade work meeting~"

This time Peng Xiaoli's voice was sufficient, and it wasn't something she couldn't answer, so she said it.

Peng Xiaoli twitched the corners of his mouth and said: "It's called a trade work meeting, but it's actually a work meeting of several factories related to trade."

As he spoke, he looked around, and seeing no one, he said in a low voice: "Actually, it's setting plans and systems, and discussing personnel problems of several factories."

"I don't believe it~"

Li Xue looked at Peng Xiaoli and said while walking up the steps: "If it were studying personnel, why weren't other leaders there, and why weren't the leaders of the Personnel Division and the Party Committee there?"

"This still needs saying!"

Peng Xiaoli raised his eyebrows and said: "Joint enterprise, Steel City industry, Yingcheng shipyard, think about it, what does this have to do with other leaders."

"These are all projects promoted and managed by Director Li and your second brother. Naturally, they discuss and handle them."

"How is that possible~"

Li Xue pursed her lips and said: "My second brother is just a Deputy Division Chief, and he's in the Security Division. How can he be mentioned in the same breath as Director Li and Deputy Factory Director Jing?"

"Hehe~ No need to hide it from me~"

Peng Xiaoli looked at Li Xue and said: "I'm very sincere with you. Do I still need to tell you about the influence of Deputy Division Chief Li?"

He signaled toward the conference room upstairs and said: "News from the factory office, the morning meeting was hosted by Director Li, but the specific work was all arranged by your second brother. Even Deputy Factory Director Jing had to listen to his opinions."

"Good guy~ Three to seven! Too cow!"

Peng Xiaoli shook his head slightly, full of envy and admiration.

Looking at Li Xue's look of disbelief, he said seriously: "I'm not talking nonsense. Didn't you hear them say it when you were lining up for lunch just now?"

"Yes~"

As if remembering something else, he had an expression of "I'm really stupid" and said: "Just now I didn't line up with you. How could they say this in front of you~"

Li Xue looked at the not-so-smart Peng Xiaoli and said suspiciously: "Even if it's like this, the meeting was held when getting off work in the morning. How would the people in the workshop know?"

"Canteen!"

Peng Xiaoli went up to the third floor, signaled toward the big canteen and said: "After a meal, the cleaning team all knew!"

It was indeed like this. The fastest way for news in the organ to spread to the workshop was to eat a meal.

They gathered in the big canteen and dispersed again. In just a noon, as long as it was explosive news, it could spread to every corner of the Steel Mill in a noon, more cow than the Propaganda Team!

Li Xuewu and the others left after the meeting, but the two secretaries of the comprehensive office were intercepted. They finally told the content of the meeting roughly before being let go by those few factory office boys to eat.

They didn't care about confidentiality or not. Could they participate in confidential meetings? Could so many people hold them?

Following the running mouth of the factory office secretary, the content of the morning meeting started from them, spreading ten by ten, hundred by hundred.

And when the news came out, the whole factory was shocked.

Three to seven!

What kind of concept is this!

Since the factory started this joint enterprise project, they hadn't heard such an overbearing word.

A joint factory of no less than three thousand people, a shipyard of no less than two thousand people, an industrial production base of no less than three thousand people.

Counting the three-tenths of workers in other units of the joint factory, the one thousand workers currently in the shipyard, and the few people in the production base, this time the Steel Mill would have more than six thousand job positions.

According to the actual situation, digesting the bloated temporary workers currently in the factory, and then removing the quota for retired personnel arranged from above, there were still more than four thousand recruitment quotas for entering the factory.

The settlement problem of worker children after graduation suddenly had hope of being solved.

It still had to be Li Xuewu!

It still had to be Li Huai De!

Relying on a Jing Yunong, where could such an important matter be accomplished?

Good news wasn't just this one; the workers had already received confirmed news:

First, following the last sales personnel training class, the Steel Mill Sales Division started the second recruitment work for sales personnel.

The conditions were the same as the previous class, only high school graduates, recruiting up to one hundred people. Like the people in the first training class, they would all be cultivated as sales talent reserves.

The work direction was mainly the offices in various places that were being built, as well as the sales tasks arranged by the factory.

Second, the first training class recruitment of the Steel Mill Logistics Division and Dispatch Division started, with a recruitment quota of one hundred and fifty high school graduates, also recruiting up to the full amount.

These people would be cultivated as office personnel for trade projects and reserve talent, mainly in management directions such as logistics, dispatch, and trade.

Furthermore, the first training recruitment of the Finance Division started, with a quota of one hundred high school graduates, recruiting up to the full amount.

These people would be cultivated as accounting talent; work directions included: shipyard, industrial production base, joint enterprise finance, office financial management, etc.

The Personnel Division and the Party Committee were investigating and selecting cadres to take office in these units, but they couldn't mobilize enough professional management talent.

Therefore, they could only recruit high school graduates with relatively high quality for training and cultivation.

By then, let one master take a few apprentices to take office, and they would be able to pick up these businesses no matter what.

This time, recruiting three hundred and fifty high school graduates at once basically settled all the existing high school graduates who were children of workers in the factory, and solved the difficulty of using high-quality talent in the factory at once.

There were too many high school graduates this year who hadn't been settled in work. There were no universities, and looking at it, they weren't even as good as technical secondary school students.

Parents were also anxious and angry. It didn't matter if they went to technical secondary school, but if they graduated and couldn't get into university and were idling at home, they always felt it was a loss.

It wasn't that the factory didn't have a way to settle them. The Personnel Division also hoped to recruit more high school graduates; these were talents that couldn't be grabbed even if they wanted to before.

But this year was different. There were many high school graduates, and the personnel positions in the factory were few, and even frozen by Deputy Factory Director Jing.

Even if they found a relationship, it was to be a worker, which was so inappropriate.

So now the factory wanted to recruit three hundred and fifty high school graduates separately for on-the-job training. These people were all happy, laughing while eating in the big canteen.

What was said in the big canteen was the joy of worker children getting employment, and what was said in the small canteen was the joy of cadres themselves getting employment.

Opening so many factories at once, how many cadres would need to be transferred to manage them?

There had always been a problem in the factory organ, which was that there were few positions, and the university students and high school students who came every year seriously squeezed the development of these cadres in the factory.

The people in charge above weren't old, but the people waiting below weren't young.

But as long as there was an external position, the organ was grabbing to go, thinking of working for a few years, having achievements, and then coming back.

Even if they couldn't come back, being a cadre outside was still better than being an office clerk in the factory organ.

So the cadres in the small canteen were concerned about the workshop director of the joint enterprise, the division chief of the management office, the division chief of the shipyard and industrial production base, and the workshop director positions.

They hadn't even eaten a few mouthfuls of rice when the news that came out scared them.

The cadre selection work this time was set very strangely: voluntary registration, single person single item, Party Committee and Personnel Division reviewing qualifications, and factory leaders interviewing and inspecting.

They had heard of the Party Committee inspecting, but they had really heard of competition for positions for the first time.

The small canteen was about to explode. One by one, they didn't eat, biting their chopsticks and discussing this matter.

When Zhang Guoqi entered with his lunch box, he saw these people talking about this, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

Li Huai De had already talked to him. At his age, it wasn't very appropriate to go outside to fight anymore.

Past things wouldn't be mentioned; after all, they were all in the past. Li Huai De promised him that as long as he did the work of the office director well, he would help him be promoted to deputy factory level when the time was ripe.

Here Li Huai De also emphasized that the Steel Mill would be promoted in his hands, so the deputy factory level at that time wouldn't be the same thing as now.

Zhang Guoqi was naturally willing to wait, even if it was five years, it was appropriate. He hadn't thought he could kill his way back into the Steel Mill's cadre management sequence.

This was thanks to... his own tenacity and courage, life shouldn't be ended!

Hitting the window to get food, he went to the second floor to find Director Li's private room. Today, the leader wasn't home, and there was only him in the private room.

"Director."

Zhang Guoqi greeted with a smile, and after putting down the lunch box, he entered the private room under Li Huai De's greeting.

"Why did you come so late?"

Li Huai De asked while eating. Usually, it wasn't Zhang Guoqi accompanying him to eat, just occasionally.

He was good at caring for and taking care of subordinates, and had a kind side to the people below.

Zhang Guoqi put down the lunch box in his hand, explained while sitting down: "Just finished being busy, forgot to look at the time."

Setting the lunch box, taking chopsticks and eating two mouthfuls of vegetables, he said without finding a topic: "Director, the meeting in the morning lasted long enough."

After finishing, he signaled outside the door and said softly: "Downstairs are all discussing."

"Is that so~"

Li Huai De smiled and asked: "What are they all discussing?"

"I just listened to an ear when I came in."

Zhang Guoqi habitually removed himself first, then explained: "Discussing the personnel problems of those few projects, everyone has been concerned about this these few days."

Actually, he didn't have to be like this. As an office director, he should be of one heart with the leader; if there's something, say it; if there's nothing, there's no need to separate himself from the leader so clearly.

If you really treat yourself as a white lotus, not stained by a speck of dust, and then babble with the leader, how does the leader look at you?

To put it bluntly, he still hadn't converted his identity, and hadn't gotten used to doing the work of an office director.

Li Huai De was very understanding of him. There were only a few people under his hand who could fight. Li Xuewu was capable of both literature and martial arts, but preferred to do business and develop toward literature.

And Zhang Guoqi, who was literary himself, preferred to do martial arts work; it was really one person, one way of living.

"Concern is normal; it would be a problem if they weren't concerned."

Li Huai De ate with great quality, chewing slowly, very afraid of not living long, and also afraid of losing his status.

Zhang Guoqi didn't care about that, eating while saying to Li Huai De: "Yes yes yes, concern represents that everyone has an enterprising spirit~"

After saying this, seeing Li Huai De nod, he hesitated and said: "It's just, I heard them pass it on, why does everyone say it was Li Xuewu who hosted the meeting?"

Li Huai De's face suddenly turned cold, glanced at Zhang Guoqi, didn't speak, and drank soup after putting down the chopsticks in his hand.

"Sigh~ People are red and there are many right and wrong~"

Zhang Guoqi sighed kindly, then said: "These few days I often hear people say that Li Xuewu's actions are becoming more and more overbearing. As soon as he came back, he started to intervene in business work with big axes and big axes. He is everywhere, as if the Steel Mill wouldn't work without him."

Li Huai De glanced at Zhang Guoqi, seeing him say it so happily, and thought, these words were probably his own inner thoughts.

Li Xuewu started to intervene in business work after returning, but this was also what he allowed. Li Xuewu's performance was good enough, and he was respectful enough to him.

He fully respected his opinions on personnel issues, and it could even be said that he was cautious.

Li Xuewu only spoke on the personnel adjustments within the Security Division, but never asked about personnel problems in other units, including the projects he promoted or indirectly promoted.

He didn't intervene in personnel or finance, and even took the projects of his own department and contributed them to the factory's cause.

Being able to handle business, being able to tolerate people, and taking care of the overall situation, the rare bearing and generosity made it very difficult for the departments and department heads who worked with him to speak ill of him.

However, doing business, how can you not give opinions? Li Xuewu only expressed opinions on the appointment problems of two people after returning.

One was Xu Sinian, and the other was him, Zhang Guoqi.

And the appointment problems of these two people were related. Regarding Xu Sinian's appointment problem, the opinions and suggestions Li Xuewu put forward were also relatively reasonable.

Li Huai De naturally knew that these division-level cadres had a small group privately; after all, Li Xuewu and the others didn't hide it from him.

However, Li Huai De didn't believe Li Xuewu would specifically recommend Xu Sinian to take over the shipyard position for this.

Very simple: Xu Sinian left because he wanted to promote Zhang Guoqi to take office, helping him master the power of the office.

Zhang Guoqi came up, then Xu Sinian, this old person of Yang Fengshan, had to leave.

But Xu Sinian also had merit and hard work in the factory office for these years, and he hadn't made mistakes. If he didn't give a reasonable arrangement, how would the people below look at it?

There were only a few positions that could arrange Xu Sinian. Li Huai De wouldn't refuse any of them that Li Xuewu proposed.

But Li Xuewu proposed the shipyard, this unit that was about to be acquired and had no connection, which made Li Huai De very satisfied.

Going to the Steel City meant going to Dong Wenxue's place. The Steel Mill itself was already a place of competition for the will of several leaders. With Dong Wenxue there, his will would definitely be thoroughly executed.

However, Xu Sinian went there, which would invisibly break this balance.

Xu Sinian represented others, then he suffered a loss; Xu Sinian leaned toward Dong Wenxue, then he was afraid of Dong Wenxue's power.

Two deputy factory-level cadres gathered together, he really wasn't at ease.

Furthermore, going to the joint enterprise, because it was next to the Steel Mill, equal-level adjustment, but the management scope and authority expanded, which was also possible.

But that was ultimately within Jing Yunong's influence range. Now that Jing Yunong was restrained, it didn't mean the situation had stabilized; it could only be said to be dynamic balance.

He wasn't willing to add unstable factors to his own plate.

So going to the shipyard, Li Xuewu's suggestion was very pertinent and very much in line with his wishes; there was nothing overbearing or not.

As for Zhang Guoqi...

Li Huai De didn't expect that what Li Xuewu said to him were all good words for Zhang Guoqi, and even took the initiative to return the management authority of the trade project to him.

Especially on the personnel issue, it was Li Xuewu's suggestion that properly settled Xu Sinian and vacated the position for him.

And he suggested to him, in order to avoid the problem of poor coordination again, to ask him to arrange for Zhang Guoqi to take over the factory office work in advance, which counted as a kind of help.

Even if there was some other meaning inside, the words were all good words, and the meaning was also good.

How did it come to him, and Zhang Guoqi said these words about Li Xuewu?

Whether Li Xuewu did right or wrong, good or bad, is it something people below should judge?

Shouldn't it be him to judge?

Treating him as a child, or an incompetent fool.

He was willing to see differences of opinion among subordinates; if everyone was united, it would be his turn to worry.

However, just after stabilizing the situation, Zhang Guoqi started to make trouble. He really didn't see it; doing this was really a bit degrading.

Originally, he hadn't thought about using Zhang Guoqi. Last time he was going to give up on this person, it was Li Xuewu who recommended him, which gave him another chance.

In Li Huai De's view, the East Wind was started by Li Xuewu, the Correction Team was founded by Li Xuewu, and the Propaganda Team was people Li Xuewu asked for with his own relationships.

What did Zhang Guoqi do when he went over?

He just handled Wang Jingzhang, and it was that kid who made trouble for himself.

Before he even sang, he started to dismantle the stage. Li Huai De was really disappointed in him.

He himself could have no bottom line, but he required his subordinates to have a bottom line. Without a bottom line, wouldn't he be in chaos?

For ungrateful people, even if he used them, he had to be careful, don't let them bite him back.

Saying Li Xuewu is overbearing, saying Li Xuewu is calculating, but he never saw Li Xuewu do such backstabbing acts, let alone heard Li Xuewu say bad things behind anyone's back.

Li Huai De used Li Xuewu to guard against his open schemes, but he would never worry that Li Xuewu would play tricks on him.

"It's appropriate for him to do things this way."

Li Huai De finished the soup in the bowl, put down the soup spoon, wiped his hands and said: "The trade project work is indeed hosted by him; it's not an exaggeration to say he hosts the meeting."

"Of course."

In Zhang Guoqi's surprised eyes, Li Huai De said frankly: "He is a cadre of the Security Division, and also a cadre of the Garrison District. He is young; how can he not have a vigorous spirit?"

"Call it overbearing, or call it domineering; for work, for the cause, I see that we need someone as domineering as him."

Li Huai De looked at Zhang Guoqi and said: "Rather than saying it's domineering, it's better to say it's righteous."

"Uh... yes... I said so too..."

Zhang Guoqi echoed Li Huai De's words stutteringly, and the expression on his face was very unnatural.

Could it be that this is...

Those who can't get are always restless, and

Zhang Guoqi watched Li Huai De finish eating and prepare to stand up, so he hurriedly put down his chopsticks and said, "Um, Director, there is a matter I would like to report to you."

"Is it about work?"

Li Huai De glanced at Zhang Guoqi; the dissatisfaction and coldness on his face were already very obvious.

This couldn't help but make Zhang Guoqi recall the words Li Xuewu had just reminded him of—could it be that the leader really only likes people who do practical things and work hard?

It seems I really can't rest on Sundays anymore~

"Yes, it is about receiving the teachers and students visiting Beijing for exchange."

Zhang Guoqi composed himself, thinking of the situation Li Xuewu had just told him about, and reported: "I have been searching for a suitable location these past few days, and I have finally found a reception venue that can accommodate one thousand people."

"Oh?!"

Upon hearing this, Li Huai De immediately became interested, and his buttocks, which were about to rise, sat back down.

"Tell me about it. Is it a building in the city?"

"Yes, it's right on Dongjiaomin Lane."

Like a parrot, Zhang Guoqi repeated everything Li Xuewu had said about the Six Nations Hotel, and at the same time, requested Li Huai De's permission to go over and check the situation that afternoon.

Li Huai De was extremely satisfied with this location and this hotel, especially the number of people it could host and the critical significance it possessed.

"Are you sure that place is suitable?"

After hearing the introduction, Li Huai De asked another question: "The area around that location is full of personnel from foreign affairs departments; many important units are over there."

"Also,"

The more Li Huai De spoke, the more suspicious he became, and he asked: "Would such a good place be left vacant?"

"Yes, after all, it's been over sixty years."

Zhang Guoqi knew Li Huai De would ask that, because he had asked the same thing; just copy the original answer.

"I heard it's currently a residential resettlement point. As long as we negotiate with the city and provide the funds, we can just renovate the hotel, and we can keep it for our own use in the future."

As he spoke, he gestured toward the direction of the guesthouse and said: "Our current guesthouse is too small and far from the city, so it's not very suitable."

"Good!"

Li Huai De finally revealed a smile at this moment, reached out to pat Zhang Guoqi on the shoulder, and said: "Then you go handle this matter this afternoon."

As he spoke, he stood up, pressed down on Zhang Guoqi, who was about to stand, and said: "Do things well, do things with heart."

After finishing, he gestured toward the door and said with a smile: "Alright, go ahead and eat."

Zhang Guoqi stood up and watched the leader leave, his heart already churning back and forth.

Digging a hole for Li Xuewu didn't result in any good; instead, he left a bad impression on the leader. Even though he proposed this suggestion, it only earned him a neither-light-nor-heavy reminder.

Damn it!

Next time, I can't be so direct!

Looking at the food in his lunchbox, he shoveled in a few big mouthfuls, finished quickly, wiped his mouth, and walked out.

He had to implement this matter as soon as possible so that he could turn around the impression he had left on the leader.

Why am I not the one being favored!

It was already late when Li Xuewu came to the small canteen to eat; many people had already finished and left.

He was carrying his lunchbox upstairs when he happened to run into Wei Zaike and the others coming down.

Perhaps because Li Xuewu wasn't there, they had no intention of chatting, and they dispersed quickly.

Blocking Li Xuewu just as he came up, Wei Zaike smiled and said: "Director Li, you've worked hard, coming to eat in person~"

"Hahaha~"

Ding Zigui and the others joked cheerfully as they brushed past Li Xuewu and went downstairs.

Facing their teasing, Li Xuewu didn't care at all; these old guys who were never serious were just envious of him.

After going upstairs, he habitually went to the large private room at the end. When he entered, he saw the waiter cleaning up.

The waiter was also surprised to see him enter, thinking that the leaders had all finished their meals.

Li Xuewu greeted him with a smile, then found a room that had been cleaned and went in.

Just as he sat down, Zhang Songying walked in carrying a bowl of soup, placed it in front of Li Xuewu, and said: "Why don't I see you carrying this?"

"Too much trouble~"

Li Xuewu glanced at the radish meatball soup in the bowl and said with a smile: "It's not as good as eating in the main hall; going up and down the stairs is a real pain."

"You're something else. There's a lift on the kitchen side, and there's a serving counter on the second floor. If you want to drink it, just go get it."

Zhang Songying chided him, helping Li Xuewu set out his lunchbox and chopsticks.

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile, signaling he would do it himself, while explaining: "That side is for the leaders; why should I join in? It's just a bowl of soup; what does it matter if I eat it or not?"

"You and your rules, alright then~"

Zhang Songying said helplessly: "Work requires discipline, and you even have rules for eating; how tiring~"

Li Xuewu looked up at her and asked with a smile: "What have you heard?"

Zhang Songying is different from Qin Huairu to him; Li Xuewu can clearly feel her sincerity and protectiveness.

If she hadn't heard something or learned something, why would she bring this up?

Zhang Songying sat next to Li Xuewu, glanced outside the door, and then said softly: "The discussion downstairs today is truly infuriating."

"It's one thing for them to talk about the content of your meetings, but they are all so impatient, so hypocritical, and they are even criticizing you~"

"Criticizing me for what?"

Li Xuewu said amusedly: "I haven't made any mistakes; what could they possibly criticize me for?"

"For being stupid~"

Zhang Songying touched the back of her neck with her hand, curled her lips, and said: "They all say you presided over and pushed forward several projects, but you haven't arranged anything for yourself; you've just made wedding clothes for others."

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu didn't speak, just chuckled, his hands continuously picking up food, as if he didn't care at all.

Zhang Songying used a soup spoon to scoop some soup, signaling Li Xuewu to drink it himself so it wouldn't get cold.

Afterward, she said: "They want to advance themselves, yet they make up things about you. People in government offices are truly hypocritical; it's as if they don't know how to speak unless they are stepping on someone."

"Aren't you a person in a government office?"

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and said: "Don't listen to their nonsense. Can words spoken at a dinner table be taken seriously?"

Zhang Songying stood up, walked behind Li Xuewu to help him knead his shoulders, and said with dissatisfaction: "It makes me angry just listening to it~"

After finishing, she asked: "Those projects sound very important; are you really at ease letting the people arranged by the factory handle things?"

"Why? Do you want to do the work?"

Li Xuewu said amusedly: "I am a person of the factory, and the work is the factory's work. If I don't arrange for people from the factory to do the work, should I just raise them until they die~"

After finishing, he raised his hand to pat the hand on his shoulder and said: "How tiring, sit down and rest; stop kneading."

"I'm not tired~"

Zhang Songying insisted on kneading, muttering about not seeing him for a month, the changes in the guesthouse, the work in the small canteen, and her own trivial matters.

Li Xuewu knew she had no interest in those project matters, and even less intention of plotting work for others; she was simply venting her dissatisfaction.

So he ate his meal, listened quietly to her talking, and occasionally asked a question or nodded in response.

The midday sun was a bit hot, but the room was cool. Entering September, one could clearly feel the change in temperature between morning and evening.

As soon as Li Xuewu finished his meal, Zhang Songying took the initiative to clean up the lunchbox, carried it out, and washed it.

After returning, seeing Li Xuewu smoking, she found an ashtray for him and urged him to smoke less; since he wanted to quit smoking, he should stick to it.

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile, feeling that this woman had started nagging.

Perhaps discovering the meaning in Li Xuewu's eyes, Zhang Songying chided: "As if I care about you~"

After finishing, she reached out and snatched the cigarette from Li Xuewu's mouth, pressing it out in the ashtray.

Li Xuewu helplessly blew the smoke from his mouth onto her face, causing Zhang Songying to punch him.

"Aren't you annoying~"

Perhaps feeling that the punch wasn't enough to vent her anger, she pinched him lightly again. Watching his happy, wicked smile, she bent over angrily and gave Li Xuewu a fierce kiss on the mouth.

Li Xuewu was startled by her antics, raised his hand, and patted her on the butt, warning her not to act like a hooligan.

"Ying~"

Zhang Songying stood up with a red face, pouting and looking angrily at this unromantic bad guy. She reached back and touched her butt; that pat just now was really...

"Are you resting at noon?"