Chapter 799: Getting Carried Away

Justice might be late, but the report letter definitely wouldn't be.

As soon as Li Xuewu arrived at the office, he assigned this task to Sha Qizhi, telling him to go find the Security Section for materials.

Writing report letters, he was an expert.

This thing could advance or retreat; he called it the key to opening the situation, and the scapegoat after being blamed.

Of course, the Security Section couldn't brightly and clearly take the materials written during the surveillance mission as the basis for investigation; this was just for Xue Zhifu and Discipline Inspection to see.

If people really knew that the Security Division had done the work of the Special Service Division, they would be scolded to death.

He was also afraid that people would come to him and say "Hello, I'm looking for Wang Manchun" and then "Bang!" shoot him in front of his face.

Doing things requires paying attention to ways and methods; if these things were submitted in the form of report letters and had evidence to check, it would be official business.

Official business must be handled officially; Discipline Inspection had the responsibility to accept report letters and coordinate with the Security Division to investigate and verify the content of the report letters together.

By then, these contents would walk from the shadows into the sunlight and could withstand questioning and doubt.

"What is this?"

After finishing speaking with Sha Qizhi, Li Xuewu walked to the desk to make a call, saw the box on the table, and couldn't help but pick it up to look.

"Leader, it was sent by Director Zhang."

Sha Qizhi explained: "I said you weren't here and it wasn't convenient to accept, but that kid in the office is a stick, put down the tea and ran away."

Li Xuewu twitched the corners of his mouth; it was tea again; last time Zhang Guoqi came to him with this, and this time it was here again.

Seeing the simple packaging and the fragrance revealed, it was very clear that Zhang Guoqi had spent a lot of money.

This couldn't help but make him think of the past...

When he was still a young boy, just starting out in society, the first gift he sent after starting work was also tea.

Looking back, the years had left no traces, youth remained the same, only homesickness.

At that time,

Homesickness was a canister of tea,

I was at this end,

The leader was at that end.

At this time,

Homesickness was still a damn canister of tea,

Zhang Guoqi was at this end,

I was damn a bit carried away~.

He threw the tea canister in his hand to Sha Qizhi, waved his hand, signaling that he could go handle the report letter matter; it was needed tomorrow, and had to be sent to Discipline Inspection.

Xu Ning's phone connected very quickly, obviously he was in the office; hearing it was Li Xuewu, he thought the leader was asking about the joint action again.

"Division Chief, the few key points of concern are still under investigation..."

"I know, there's a matter I need you to help me handle."

Li Xuewu said concisely: "Help me investigate that attendant; how come she's pregnant?"

He didn't wait for Xu Ning to say anything else, just instructed: "Help me see what the situation is."

Hearing Li Xuewu's first sentence, Xu Ning knew it wasn't official business, but private business.

Hearing the attendant Li Xuewu mentioned again, he didn't even need to think; it was the one he mentioned yesterday.

And yesterday the leader didn't let him say much, just because he was afraid the phone wasn't convenient.

The words spoken now were also subtle; he understood the problems and implications inside.

The leader could hand such an important matter to him, which proved that Li Xuewu valued him highly and trusted him.

For him, being far away in Steel City, the number of times he met the leader could be counted on his fingers; wanting to let the leader remember him meant he had to get things done.

Doing the work well was just the foundation; handling some private matters for the leader was the key.

But Li Xuewu was a relatively upright person, doing things seriously, and would never make things difficult for them.

This time it was actually the same; the matter wasn't Li Xuewu's, but Dong Shuji Wenxue's.

But it was about the same; Xu Ning was arranged by Li Xuewu to come to the Steel Rolling Mill, so of course, he knew the relationship between Li Xuewu and Dong Wenxue.

He also knew about the political alliance relationship outside the teacher-student relationship; he also learned that Dong Wenxue had a relatively close relationship with the current Director Li, and also had a very good relationship with Deputy Secretary Gu.

What else was there to say? It had to be handled, and handled beautifully.

Li Xuewu put down the phone, looked at the time on his hand, saw there weren't many documents on the desk, picked up his bag, and went out the door.

Walking to the large office and seeing Sha Qizhi wasn't there, he went to the entrance of Sun Jian's office and said toward the inside: "Director Sun, I'm going to the Third Guard Regiment; if Qizhi comes back, tell him."

"Good, leader."

Sun Jian was writing materials; seeing Li Xuewu speak, he hurriedly stood up, walked around the desk, came over, and asked: "Shall I go with you?"

"No need, I have something at noon and won't be back for lunch."

Li Xuewu waved his hand, picked up his bag, and walked toward the stairs, while Sun Jian took a look and hurriedly went into the room to call the small car team's duty room.

Doing work isn't easy, doing office work is even less easy, and being an office director is not something that can be described simply as not easy.

Listen to the sound of drums and gongs, listen to the meaning of words; which of the leader's words isn't a waste word? Even if it's a waste word, he has to ponder some meaning out of it.

After Li Xuewu went downstairs and saw the car had arrived, he wasn't surprised. Just as he wanted to get in the car, seeing Xu Sinian come out of the Party Committee Building, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Director Xu, smoke one."

"What are you doing? Field work?"

Xu Sinian walked over, looked at the command car with the head adjusted, took out a cigarette from his pocket and threw one to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu received it in his hand, looked at it, saw it was a Chinese cigarette, and asked with a smile: "Did someone offer you water? The action is quite fast~"

Xu Sinian didn't speak, struck a match to light it for Li Xuewu, then lit one for himself, exhaled a puff of smoke, squinted his eyes and looked at the direction of the main office building, saying: "I finally understand Dong Shuji's mood back then."

"What mood?"

Li Xuewu asked with a smile: "The squalor of the past is not worth boasting about, today's unrestrained thinking has no cliff?"

"Heh~ Fuck!"

Xu Sinian's mood that had just been brewing was directly broken by Li Xuewu: "You still have literary talent!"

After finishing, he spat out the smoke that choked his throat, waved his hand and said: "Can't you find some good words to describe me?"

"Good words are all for describing good people."

Li Xuewu smiled and took a puff of smoke, then while spraying smoke from his nostrils, said: "Like you, a corrupt and vile person, you only deserve to be shot."

"Then shoot me."

Xu Sinian resisted with both hands, with a cigarette in his mouth, and said: "So you don't have to travel thousands of miles to catch me again."

"I think it works."

Li Xuewu smiled and said to Han Jiankun in the car: "Give me a pair of handcuffs."

Han Jiankun was also a very practical person; hearing the leader wanted them, he really threw a pair of handcuffs out.

However, Xu Sinian was standing between the two, and he intercepted them.

"Hey! You kid, have you grown big!"

Xu Sinian scolded with a smile and threw the handcuffs back, then reached out and patted Li Xuewu on the back, walked a bit to the side with him, and asked: "Are you going to make trouble?"

"No~"

Li Xuewu's expression was especially sincere, and he even asked: "Who did you hear gossiping again? Can't the organization have anything to do?"

Xu Sinian grinned; seeing Li Xuewu was serious, he knew this matter wouldn't run away.

"Give me a bottom line, can I still go to the shipyard?"

As he spoke, he raised the cigarette in his hand and said: "If I can't go, I'd better hurry up and return this cigarette to people."

"Fuck~ you really dare to accept it!"

Li Xuewu scolded him with a smile, then tidied up the badge on his chest and said: "Rest assured, even if the sky falls, you damn have to go build ships for me!"

"Hiss~~~"

Xu Sinian raised his eyebrows and said softly: "Are you going to kill Zhang Guoqi!?"

"No~"

Li Xuewu shook his head and said: "Why would I kill him? Am I idle~?"

"No! You will definitely kill him!"

Xu Sinian stared at Li Xuewu's eyes, his head shaking slightly, his face full of disbelief.

He knew Li Xuewu too well; Zhang Guoqi broke the reins, went up to Wang Jingzhang, Wang Jingzhang played high, went up to Zhang Guoqi.

Now Wang Jingzhang is missing, no one can restrict Zhang Guoqi anymore, and Zhang Guoqi is also floating, even grabbing his position, then would Li Xuewu keep him?

From the very beginning, he knew that the conflicts between Wang Jingzhang and Zhang Guoqi weren't accidental, especially those unbelievable contradictions.

These two people were like being pinched by the back of the neck while doing things, one bad move after another, walking toward the abyss step by step.

The former heads of the Logistics Division and Service Division, the two most capable people in Li Huai's hands, were now in this state.

Before, he didn't think highly of it, but as Yang Fengshan went down to labor, Wang Jingzhang had an accident and went missing, and Zhang Guoqi was floating, he guessed who laid the layout.

People in the game naturally couldn't see through these, but he, who had always been out of the game and never thought about participating in the competition here, saw it clearly instead.

Based on the principle of who benefits, who is suspected, what Xu Sinian saw was that Li Xuewu went from a small section chief who just showed his head in Li Huai's place, to a deputy division chief, and finally became the person Li Huai relied on most.

And it happened that Li Huai's many previous calculations didn't succeed, but it was Li Xuewu who succeeded after giving the cards of the assault team and propaganda team.

All things were either evolving according to Li Xuewu's budget, or brushed past his body; he had always been very safe, and his status and influence were steadily improving.

Looking at Li Xuewu again now, who would dare to call him brother?

A trade project gathered more than half of the Steel Rolling Mill together; people had to fight to sit at the same table with him when eating.

From a planned single-production unit, it developed into a comprehensive trust industrial chain that was half-planned and half-market.

I'm afraid only Zhang Guoqi's brain is still unclear now, daring to trip Li Xuewu.

Wang Jingzhang is gone, does Zhang Guoqi still have a need to exist?

Zhang Guoqi's existence only affects the overall situation, constantly reminding Li Huai and others how they control the Steel Rolling Mill.

Now Li Huai doesn't feel it, that's because he hasn't been able to spare his hands yet, but the dislike has already been produced, and only a reason is needed.

Or called an excuse.

And Xu Sinian, who had figured it out, wanted to confirm with Li Xuewu one last time when facing the opportunity to go to the shipyard, whether he would really go to the shipyard.

This matter didn't need to ask Li Huai, nor did it need to ask Yang Yuansong, who just talked to him.

Just ask Li Xuewu; if Li Xuewu hesitated, he would go back and pack his things immediately, and hurry to return the things he received to people.

This matter didn't need him to say; Li Xuewu could see it at a glance, and he didn't intend to hide it.

There were countless cadres who wanted to follow him to the shipyard; if he really didn't accept, then this work would truly come to an end.

He was going to preside over the overall work, not to be a Discipline Inspection Secretary; what Li Xuewu and Li Huai wanted to see wasn't him going to clear the fish pond, but building the factory as soon as possible and building the ships.

So he was very daring to accept; he wouldn't refuse anyone who came; anyway, these things couldn't be taken away, and he would just send them to Li Huai when the time came.

Having been an office director for half a lifetime, if he couldn't even figure out this little thing, he would truly be a stick.

Another worry was Zhang Guoqi; he had already accepted the things, if this kid couldn't persist until that day, maybe he would still have to continue being this office director.

If he had rejoiced at the beginning, now that he had walked to this step, where in the workplace can one retreat? One can only run forward.

So he must go to this shipyard!

Li Xuewu also said he could go, so his heart was put down, but he also knew that Zhang Guoqi was finished.

No one targeted by Li Xuewu could run away, especially the things Zhang Guoqi did last month.

"You won't kill me to silence me, will you?"

Xu Sinian looked at Li Xuewu, spat out a puff of smoke, and said: "Do I know something I shouldn't know?"

"Yes!"

Li Xuewu twitched the corners of his mouth, walked toward the car, pointed at Xu Sinian and said: "Choose a way to die yourself, don't let me see you again!"

As he spoke, he got into the car, closed the car door, and said to Xu Sinian, who was standing there smiling: "Be low-key, can you sell misery? Do you still need me to teach you how to beg for sympathy!"

"If you give a piece of stinky dog shit, you treat it like a fragrant bun! If you have time, go to the factory hospital to check your brain; eight out of ten it's a mental illness!"

Watching the car drive away, Li Xuewu's voice was still dragging a long tone, scolding him; Xu Sinian laughed even more happily.

"Leader."

"Oh, Gao Guang~"

Hearing movement behind him, Li Xuewu turned around, glanced, nodded and asked: "Why didn't you go get busy?"

"Seeing you come, I came over."

Gao Guang had a good eye, took the bag from Li Xuewu's hand, and stood behind the leader.

"Political Commissar Zhao, Deputy Regiment Commander Chu, and Deputy Chief of Staff Shen went up the mountain to preside over the merger and reorganization work, saying they were arranging matters for diversion, transfer, and retirement."

"Regiment Commander Qi and Deputy Political Commissar Wang went to the Garrison District for a meeting in the morning, only Chief of Staff Zhang is at home leading the training."

"Understood."

Li Xuewu nodded and responded; what he was looking at was the drill on the large playground; this was the team that had completed the merger and reorganization, mixing new recruits with old soldiers, forming the current First Battalion, Second Battalion, and Sixth Battalion.

The new team had old faces and new faces, old soldiers and new recruits; it needed time and training to grind together.

People at this time were still a bit conservative, the habits in the army, sometimes not friendly to new recruits.

In Qi Yaowu's view, it was nothing; it was just the damn sense of superiority at work, always feeling that those who came first were higher than others.

Originally it was nothing, it was just the damn sense of superiority at work, always feeling that those who came first were higher than others.

The new team grinding together, how could Li Xuewu still let them raise this tradition? He directly set a hard regulation in the merger and reorganization order; whoever dared to cause contradictions because of this kind of thing would be directly arranged to retire and get out.

Three thousand people were reduced to one thousand five hundred people, mixing with the local soldiers trained by the Public Security Brigade; it would be strange if there were no problems.

If it wasn't blocked to death, these mixed boys with energy and nowhere to vent would poke a hole in the sky.

And in the First Battalion, Second Battalion, and Sixth Battalion that had completed the merger and reorganization, the Great Learning and Great Training activities were launched first.

Great Learning not only needs to learn thoughts, but also learn culture, learn skills, and learn standards.

Old soldiers learn culture with new recruits, new recruits learn skills with old soldiers, and new recruits and old soldiers learn new assessment standards together.

Li Xuewu didn't come to the Third Guard Regiment to avoid the wind; he was thinking about bringing the Third Guard Regiment back.

If it was sloppy, maybe they wouldn't be able to go back, and one leg here would be lame.

Therefore, learning became the first task after the merger and reorganization was completed.

And training was the substitute for learning; old soldiers learn security duty with new recruits, learn city patrol, learn safety defense; new recruits learn combat assault with old soldiers, learn killing skills, learn combat experience.

Learn from each other, respect each other, complete the integration work as soon as possible, so as to carry out the next step of joint training work.

Seeing Li Xuewu standing here, Zhang Chenggong, who was presiding over the training, walked over after explaining the task.

"Regiment Commander Li, why not go over?"

Zhang Chenggong gestured toward the training ground and said: "Go over and see the comrades? We are doing queue training."

"Forget it, the more I look, the more anxious I get."

Li Xuewu smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Just come over to see the situation, I'll go handle the documents of these few days in a while."

While speaking, his gaze was still on the team that was doing training, his eyes full of expectation and pride.

Zhang Chenggong had dealt with Li Xuewu many times, understood Li Xuewu's character, and also knew Li Xuewu's background, so he was very friendly.

Seeing Li Xuewu wouldn't go over, he introduced: "The teams that have completed the merger and reorganization are all here, and a situation explanation has been sent to your desk."

"Hmm, how is the situation on the mountain?"

Li Xuewu turned around, took a box of cigarettes from his pocket, and handed one to Zhang Chenggong.

Zhang Chenggong turned his head and glanced at the team that was training, covered his hand and let Li Xuewu light it for him.

"The Political Commissar and the others are there, training while picking, it will take about a week to decide, mainly a mentality problem."

"This is very important."

Li Xuewu took a puff of smoke and nodded, saying: "Those who stay must be led well, those who leave must be sent off well, and there can't be any mistakes."

"Rest assured, Regiment Commander Li."

Zhang Chenggong said seriously: "Regiment Commander Qi and the others should also go up after the meeting; equipment mobilization is still a problem these few days."

Li Xuewu took a puff of smoke and said: "Step by step, first get the training started, then practice assault and defense, grasp both hands, and both hands must be hard."

Zhang Chenggong was the number one person in charge of planning training, and Li Xuewu's requirements for him were very appropriate.

Gesturing toward the office side, he left with Gao Guang, while Zhang Chenggong stood at the position Li Xuewu had just stood, looking at the team that was training.

The merger and reorganization had a great impact on him; the team was split, reorganized, and the combat effectiveness dropped all at once.

Regiment Commander Qi was anxious, but he also knew that this was the normal situation after the merger and reorganization; after all, more than half of the people left, and the new people hadn't received regular weapon training yet.

Of course, this included rifles and artillery, as well as other armored weapons; the three months of training only taught these new recruits how to walk in step, and they were still far from being qualified soldiers.

And he, as the Chief of Staff, had a heavy burden on his shoulders.

Li Xuewu clearly stated at the meeting that after the Third Guard Regiment entered the Garrison District sequence, it would likely face city security problems, especially the position of the Third Guard Regiment, as well as the mission of coordinating with the locality.

In terms of emergency and security, the Third Guard Regiment had to put in hard work to change its original combat thinking.

Originally it only sought attack and destruction, but now it wouldn't do; it must possess excellent security means, able to be a spear, and also able to be a shield.

Actually, Zhang Chenggong could see that Li Xuewu's meaning was more toward the shield.

Since city security was emphasized, that was regularized duty and support work, just like the original Public Security Brigade.

And he had also seen the training of the Public Security Brigade, especially on the mountain, and he had also exchanged and learned from those three special warfare instructors.

It could be said that according to Li Xuewu's thinking, the Third Guard Regiment would be a special service team with mature city defense capabilities and able to quickly complete rescue, emergency, duty, and key crackdown work.

Especially the construction outline of the First Battalion, Li Xuewu clearly stated that he needed him to refer to the training outline of the original Public Security Brigade's Political Training Section and research a set of training plans suitable for the Third Guard Regiment.

He required that in city emergency security work, the First Battalion must possess the conditions for rapid deployment and the ability to handle various complex environments.

According to Zhang Chenggong's understanding, this was a heavenly soldier, appearing wherever needed.

Of course, he didn't feel Li Xuewu was making things difficult for him, or was having a daydream.

Helicopter combat and special operations weren't fresh things; they had existed for a long time, and they had all touched upon them when researching and learning various advanced tactics from around the world.

However!

The Third Guard Regiment had no helicopters, and the Garrison District didn't have many; those were the treasures of the Garrison District, how could they be given to the Third Guard Regiment, this new son.

The one currently being equipped by the army was the famous Zhi-5 helicopter.

Looking at it with today's eyes, it was very beautiful and also very advanced, but the production volume was very small.

The prototype of this helicopter was the Russian brother's Mi-4 helicopter; in 1958, Harbin Aircraft started imitation production according to the complete set of blueprints provided by the Russian brother.

By the end of that year, the Zhi-5 helicopter was manufactured and successfully test-flown.

And in 1959, it started batch production, and it wasn't until 1963 that it was fully qualified for finalized production; this was a process from 0 to 1.

It was this 1, coming from poverty, that we also gritted our teeth, and by the 1980s, a total of only 545 were produced.

This included 87 aided to foreign countries; three families divided the rest; unless Zhang Chenggong was blind, he wouldn't dare to think the Third Guard Regiment could have this kind of precious thing.

Even if it was given to the Third Guard Regiment, they couldn't afford to raise it, so what Li Xuewu said could only be a vision.

Of course, there were substitute means; the Public Security Brigade's Prairie Tiger armored patrol vehicles, as well as signal light communication command vehicles, were already in training.

When equipment expands in the future, it should consider this kind of rapid-response professional equipment; large trucks were a bit unprofessional.

He wasn't dreaming yet; Li Xuewu was sitting in the office looking at the merger and reorganization situation, and also flipping through the equipment list; the Third Guard Regiment still had a long way to go.

Gao Guang was a relatively cheerful and straightforward young man; his service work wasn't as meticulous as Sha Qizhi's, but his attitude was very positive.

Li Xuewu was looking at documents, and he was busy in the room, pouring tea and finding documents.

This room counted as two rooms, the space wasn't small, but like in the Security Division, Li Xuewu had the habit of saving documents.

What Gao Guang was organizing now were some documents and instructions Li Xuewu made during the Public Security Brigade period.

These documents had lost their effectiveness, the unit was abolished, and these documents naturally lost their meaning.

However, Gao Guang felt that as long as it was a document and was kept by the leader, it must be useful.

So he found some paper boxes, organized these documents, and prepared to seal them and move them to the large warehouse.

Li Xuewu tapped the desktop with a pencil, saw Gao Guang look over, and reminded with a smile: "Don't do it alone, it's so heavy, find someone to help you."

"Yes!"

Gao Guang grinned, turned around and ran out of the room to find people from the guard platoon to help.

The leader wasn't old, but he was very steady when doing things, and spoke very gently.

Gao Guang was an office clerk here; when Li Xuewu was there, he was responsible for assisting Li Xuewu in his work; when Li Xuewu wasn't there, he was responsible for handling the work assigned to Li Xuewu; urgent matters required him to contact Li Xuewu, while others had to be prepared according to importance and urgency.

Other times, he would go to the large office to help; in short, he wouldn't let himself be idle.

Unlike the Public Security Brigade, there wasn't that kind of casualness of the branch; discipline requirements were very strict, people's thoughts were also very pure, and Li Xuewu liked this atmosphere very much.

Having not come over for a few days, the colors and symbols of the original Public Security Brigade still existed, but were gradually disappearing.

The original white tablecloths and chair covers were all changed to green or dark gray, and everyone's clothing in the courtyard was changed to a unified style.

Because the board green was equipped very hurriedly, there was no summer style at the beginning; the female comrades who could wear skirt uniforms all changed to green trousers, and the upper body was a unified style white shirt, and the male comrades were the same.

So what was seen in the courtyard was that summer was very hot, but everyone was the same, white shirt sleeves rolled up to the arms, running around in a hurry.

It was different on the playground, because they had to train, so they wore the full set of board green, truly sweating.

This couldn't be changed, and Li Xuewu had no way, only hoping that winter would come early, so that the comrades could suffer less.

Just endure it; when it's time to change equipment, it will basically be time to change the number.

By then, everyone will be relaxed~

"What's the food at noon?"

"Hello, Division Chief Li~"

Zhao Lao Wu learned his brother's style, trotted over with a smile and greeted Li Xuewu first, then introduced: "Today we are eating noodles, arranged by Director Yu, and seven kinds of vegetable toppings were prepared."

"Especially the fried sauce, hey~ very authentic~"

Seeing Li Xuewu's driver also got off after parking the car, knowing that asking about food at this time meant they hadn't eaten yet, he pointed to the restaurant direction and said: "You go eat quickly, there aren't many people this morning, so we all ate first."

Li Xuewu sized up the gatehouse and looked at the main entrance, asking: "Where's your brother?"

"My brother isn't at the gatehouse anymore."

Zhao Lao Wu said with a smile: "He went to manage the attendants, let me watch the gatehouse; the Security Section is now working with us."

"What about the people from the Security Section? Why didn't I see them?"

Li Xuewu was just looking for those people from the Security Section when he looked at the entrance, to see if Brother Da Chun and the others had practiced to look like something.

Zhao Lao Wu scratched his face and explained: "My brother reported to Director Lou and Director Yu, and also asked for instructions; the role of the Security Section is still deterrence, outside not inside."

"So..."

He said while gesturing to the main entrance direction and introducing: "There are two posts at the main entrance during the day, one post at each side door, and four posts patrolling in the courtyard, rotating every two hours."

"At night, there is one post at each of the three entrances, two posts patrolling in the courtyard, rotating every hour."

After introducing the basic situation of the posts, he gestured to the car door side and introduced: "The gate post here still has to be responsible for vehicle registration, so it's an active post."

"The main entrance and the Management Division side door are standing posts; members and visitors enter from the main entrance, while club employees enter from the Management Division side door, and vehicles enter from our side."

This kid's tongue was as sharp as his brother's, just a bit simple-minded; he used to say everything, but after being beaten more, he became more disciplined, and he knew how to speak.

Li Xuewu asked, he roughly said it, and then asked: "Do you want to go see?"

"Not going, eat first."

Li Xuewu patted Zhao Lao Wu on the shoulder and said: "Alright, you go get busy, work hard."

"Hey~"

Zhao Lao Wu watched Li Xuewu and the others leave with a smile, then trotted to find his brother.

Since Division Chief Li asked about the Security Section, he must be going to check the work of the Security Section in a while.

No matter what unit, as long as the leader wants to check, the people below always want to show their best side.

So, this simple-minded kid also had a crooked mind, and even knew how to report to his brother.

It was also true; it wasn't Monday, nor was it the weekend; coming on Thursday, could it be a sudden attack.

He might not have seen the four-no-two-straight, but he already had a keen heart for this kind of leader who came down to check the situation coldly.

Division Chief Li is the wind vane for his brother's actions and requirements; if Division Chief Li isn't satisfied, his brother can dismantle him and put him in a shape that Division Chief Li is satisfied with.

When entering the restaurant, Li Xuewu didn't find the Lou Jie he had an appointment with; he took a portion of noodles with Han Jiankun, picked a few vegetable toppings he liked, mixed them with fried sauce, and started eating.

The noodles were a mix of white flour and fine corn flour, eating very chewy, and also had a faint corn fragrance.

Han Jiankun didn't speak, just ate with a slurping sound, while Li Xuewu was looking at the people in the restaurant.

The club had been running for five months; from nothing to something, management personnel, attendants, coaches, cleaners, custodians, chefs, etc., had already built a complete service and management system.

He, this president, basically no longer intervened in specific management affairs; Secretary-General Zhou Zhengquan had been busy with his own affairs recently and rarely came over.

The person in charge of the club was still Lou Yu, and would be in the future; just waiting for him to return from Hong Kong, continuing to manage this industry.

The Management Division Director originally wasn't Lou Jie; Lou Jie was the director of the Management Division's Finance Department.

Just because the team was created from scratch and lacked management personnel, and Lou Yu's things were many, so many things were handled by Lou Jie.

But Lou Jie also knew that every day she was here was

Originally, the management office had a manager responsible for all business and a director responsible for specific operations; Lou Yu was the manager, and now Yu Li is the director.

Lou Jie is helping Yu Li familiarize herself with the club's management model while managing the finances.

Even for financial work, she is slowly handing it over to Zhao Yafang; this is Li Xuewu's arrangement.

The situation of one person managing all business in the past will be avoided as much as possible; the club will also have its own financial director, returning to their core duties.

A new candidate has not been decided yet, but this position will definitely not have the same management authority as Lou Jie; it will only be responsible for the club's financial operations.

Lou Jie is very reluctant to leave the world she built with Li Xuewu; handing over the business she created with her own hands to someone else, she also finds it hard to let go of these memories.

But people must look forward after all; the world conquered today is merely the past of tomorrow's struggles, and she has a broader sky to fly in.

Only by flying higher can one see further, and the sorrow in her heart will become a symbol of memory, kept as a keepsake.

Putting down her teacup and looking at the slightly furrowed brow of Uncle Ma opposite her, Lou Xiaoe took the initiative to break the silence, smiling and explaining: "Uncle Ma, he is quite busy with work, I hope you understand."

"Yes, I know."

Ma Jie put away his worry, nodded at Lou Xiaoe, and said, "Is there any news from your father's side?"

"Nothing specific yet."

Lou Xiaoe understood the meaning of this family friend, Uncle Ma, and replied appropriately: "I only know he is busy; after all, it's too far away, and I'll have to wait until he's finished with this rush to know the details."

"Understood."

Ma Jie nodded again, then smiled and asked, "Have you been studying economics lately?"

"Yes, I have been reading books."

Lou Xiaoe smiled and said, "I am still studying according to the order of the book list you gave me."

"Apply what you learn; only by combining theory with practice can you fully grasp these principles."

Ma Jie took a sip of tea and said with concern: "Economics has certain laws, but theoretical knowledge is always lagging; learning its bones and practicing its form is about training one's own spirit."

"Thank you, Uncle Ma."

Lou Xiaoe first thanked him, then introduced: "Besides reading and studying, I have also been practicing and exercising with several uncles from the Zhao family; it is just as you said, 'How can the water be so clear? Because there is a source of living water.'"

Ma Jie laughed: "When it comes to practical skills, Old Zhao and the others do have some ability."

Lou Xiaoe smiled slightly at this comment from Uncle Ma and did not comment, because the Zhao uncles he mentioned indeed had real skills polished in the marketplace, while Uncle Ma was a master of combining theory with practice.

Looking like a little old man, in reality, none of the Zhao family members had as high an education or as deep a background as he did.

Both were heirs of great families; the Zhao family members were all traditionally raised, following their elders from childhood, sliding on abacuses, sleeping on stacks of account books, and causing trouble in shops.

Uncle Ma, on the other hand, was from the overseas-educated faction, sent abroad by his family since childhood to study, with experience traveling in six countries, and mastered the family business after returning.

Perhaps because his horizons were high and his learning deep, this Uncle Ma got along better with other heirs from the overseas-educated faction and had a very ordinary relationship with her father and the Zhao uncles.

And her father's good relationship with Uncle Ma only came after they each took over their family businesses.

Because of their generations of friendship and her father's relatively progressive thinking, the two families gradually became closer.

It might also be because of his overseas education experience, having more knowledge of the outside world, that he always viewed domestic development with a skeptical and cautious attitude.

In the process of facing one reform and development after another, Uncle Ma always maintained a cautious and conservative attitude.

After the Hong Kong strategy was decided, the first partner her father thought of was actually this Uncle Ma.

But after initial communication, he found that he was still inclined to be conservative and unwilling to place the family's fate on a young man's ignorant fantasy so "childishly."

Being able to save one's life, protect wealth, manage business, and cooperate—these conditions were simply too harsh.

At that time, in the eyes of the heads of other overseas-educated families like the Ma family, even if changes occurred, it wouldn't lead to loss of life or wealth; at most, they would continue to regulate their property and not allow them to operate.

Guarding wealth that couldn't be spent in several lifetimes, they didn't mind waiting; waiting for the mainland economy to be unable to hold on and open up would be their time to re-emerge.

But the cold winter came earlier, more violently, and more dangerously than they imagined.

Just his Ma family clan had already lost two industries, losing both people and wealth, and even he himself almost didn't make it.

Now, recalling the conditions proposed by his old friend from the Lou family, this was not harsh at all; it was clearly foresight.

He had also thought about selecting excellent young people to enter the system for development, or recruiting sons-in-law like the Lou family to provide protection.

However, on one hand, their own caution and conservatism caused prejudice in their attitude; on the other hand, the system was not interested in their status, and was even indifferent.

They became like Grandet, guarding gold while naked, with the family in a state of panic.

This winter is not easy to get through.

Mentioning the Ma family and others to this young lady of the Lou family, he also had some feelings: too much book reading makes one timid, not as good as the grassroots.

Also, he really didn't calculate that this young man the Lou family relied on truly had enormous energy.

The Lou, Zhao, Qi, Jin, and Hu families all moved away, the people gone and the buildings empty, with seals even placed on the empty buildings.

Those who broke the seals to enter saw that the residences were empty, with nothing left, not even a hair.

What time, what people, how it was arranged—no one knows; anyway, the industries of several families were all gone, cleaned out even more thoroughly than those little brats could do, leaving only the houses and courtyard walls.

What is called real estate means the kind of property you can't move even if you want to rob it; with the things gone, if you want to occupy the courtyard, there are already seals on the doors.

Things with seals cannot be touched; be careful of getting a slap in the face, as Comrade Wang You Sheng said.

So, what Ma Jie saw was that Lou Yu's promises were all fulfilled, but unfortunately, the object was not him.

He took the initiative to find Lou Yu, only to find that the Lou family was also moving, and the last residential property was also to be cleared.

This time he saw it completely, but there were only two women at home; wanting to discuss with Lou Yu, he was told he had gone out of town.

This is like the common excuse used in the business world to avoid people: the proprietor has gone out of town, and things will be handled when the proprietor returns.

The relationship between the two families was not ordinary; he wanted a definite answer and revealed the truth of his visit, knowing the Lou family would not ignore it.

But what he waited for was a message: Lou Yu was already in Hong Kong, and Li Xuewu was willing to see him.