Chapter 800: You suspect me!

"This is my father's good friend, Uncle Ma."

"This is Li Xuewu."

Lou Jie's introduction was simple. After introducing the two who were meeting for the first time, she went to prepare tea.

"Just got off work, kept you waiting."

Li Xuewu smiled and extended his hand, taking the initiative to shake hands with the other party, then gestured for him to sit, fully displaying the courtesy of an active host.

Ma Jie sized up the young man before him. With a mature and steady temperament, a calm and seasoned bearing, and a gentle yet resilient way of dealing with people, Lou Yu could be considered to have struck gold this time.

Of course, this was a thought kept to himself, but it was also just hindsight.

If he had met this young man before, he might have only compared him to his own juniors or the younger generation in his family and wouldn't have paid much attention.

But with the trust of the Lou family and four other families, the powerful evidence of protection during the storm, and the influence of the fact that Lou Yu had gone to Hong Kong, he would absolutely not underestimate Li Xuewu again.

"Young people should prioritize their careers."

Ma Jie smiled and nodded, responding to Li Xuewu's polite words, and added: "I'm getting on in years and have nothing to do, but I've intruded, so please forgive me."

"You are too kind."

Li Xuewu maintained a polite and courteous smile throughout. He did not speak while Lou Jie was setting the tea, waiting until she had placed the teacups before gesturing for her to sit as well.

"Since you are a good friend of Uncle Lou, you are our elder. Xiaoe has told me that the Lou and Ma families have been on good terms for generations, so we should naturally interact more."

As he spoke, he looked at Lou Jie and said to him: "Moreover, since you have the grace of teaching and guiding Xiaoe, we should be the ones visiting you."

Ma Jie's eyes narrowed slightly, then he smiled: "Families being on good terms is an old tradition of our generation, and naturally, I hope the next generation can preserve it."

Tapping the tea table lightly to thank her for the tea, he continued: "The Yangtze River waves push the waves ahead; only when we see you younger generation growing up do we realize we are truly old."

After speaking, he looked at Watching Lou Xiaoe and nodded slightly: "Times change, the winds and clouds shift, and families rise and fall; this is an eternal rule. Xiaoe taking over family affairs is also a form of inheritance."

Watching Lou Xiaoe lowered her head, having no intention of speaking further. It is often said that women are no less capable than men, but this is usually only recalled when the men are of no use.

How could she not be her father's last resort? If the situation hadn't become so dire, her father would likely still be waiting for time to pass, thinking like Uncle Ma and the others that the situation would turn around and they could emerge again.

Even if they couldn't wait for that day, they still hoped to preserve their assets as much as possible, waiting for the male heirs of the family to return and inherit them.

If they had truly intended to cultivate her and her sister, they wouldn't have arranged marriages for them so early, and chosen such husbands to act as insurance for the family.

Li Xuewu's appearance, rather than being an opportunity for her father, was an opportunity for her—an opportunity to prove herself.

Going to Hong Kong this time, both father and daughter would have different feelings. With her eldest brother and the others there, the feelings her father found hard to cut off would eventually become her own shackles.

If the two sides were at peace, that would be fine, but if a dispute arose, Li Xuewu would likely be the first to turn hostile.

She, Watching Lou Xiaoe, was the balance point Li Xuewu placed between her father and the five families, and only she could stand at the forefront to manage everything.

Anyone who dared to affect this balance would inevitably face backlash from the other parties.

She had also thought that with Li Xuewu there, even if her brothers wanted to do something, her father would be powerless; the other four families wouldn't allow her father to break this balance.

Your daughter having a relationship with the other party and being recognized as the principal is fine, but if you want to add your son in, where does that leave us?

Therefore, Li Xuewu was the foundation of her standing in the family and the guarantee of her standing at the forefront.

From the night Li Xuewu told her about the plan to go to Hong Kong, she knew she would have a difficult day.

Should she choose family and be a good daughter, or choose career and be a family head and agent?

In Watching Lou Xiaoe's heart, there was also a scale. If she wanted to balance family affection and career, she had to respect Li Xuewu and do her own job well.

Ma Jie saw it very clearly. From the union of the five families to Lou Yu going to Hong Kong, and then to the appearance of this young man, he already knew the Lou family was about to change.

This was also the key point he had been hesitating about regarding the survival of the family and whether to introduce an outsider.

In this day and age, no one is a fool, and there are no long-term laborers without food and drink; who would work for your family for nothing?

Either share the profits or share the family assets. The Lou family was now willing to give their assets to their daughter, which could be considered a form of letting go.

Of course, Ma Jie also admired Lou Yu's decisiveness. He understood the principle of "save the land and lose the people, and you lose both; save the people and lose the land, and you save both" very thoroughly.

What was given to the daughter still bore the Lou name. The business invested in and partnered by the five families was also managed by the daughter. They stood behind the scenes together, and what was earned was profit for each family.

Of course, how the situation will change in the future is unknown, but as of now, this young man before them has no intention of encroaching upon or swallowing up the families.

If it were Ma Jie choosing, he would absolutely lack this courage. To tie the fate of everyone in the family to one person, hand over the family assets, and only be left with the position of an advisor—he would be crazy.

Watching Lou Xiaoe didn't know if he was crazy, but today Li Xuewu had promised her he would meet with the other party, and Uncle Ma also knew her relationship with Li Xuewu.

Therefore, silence was Watching Lou Xiaoe's choice to handle the balance.

Li Xuewu understood Lou Jie's silence and could also hear the other party's probing and hesitation.

Just as Ma Jie said, he was old and had plenty of time to wander, but Li Xuewu couldn't; he had to go back to work in the afternoon.

So after the pleasantries, he got straight to the point: "Tradition is still necessary, but the definition of family needs to be tested by the new era."

Li Xuewu stated frankly: "Redefining family relationships and organizing the distribution of money and property is a fact that all old-style families must face."

These were not Li Xuewu's words; this was the intention from above. Family-style management only existed in the old society, and the family head no longer had the power to decide life and death.

Of course, such traditions still existed in some areas with backward thinking, but in the sun-drenched capital, wanting to use family-style management to amass wealth was absolutely impossible.

Hong Kong could, and some places in the interior convenient for going to sea could, after all, they were the first batch to get rich.

As for why their place was chosen as the window for getting rich first, it might be because they had already gotten rich first.

You have a hundred, I have eighty; pool the money to buy a boat, hang an engine on it, make it big and strong, and create brilliance.

Calling it a window is more like opening a skylight to make the facts transparent; the money shouldn't all be earned by these people.

The interior can't, and the capital even less so. If old-style big families like the Ma family want to continue, they can only divide their personnel and property.

If they stay together, they still have hope of reviving the family, but if the property is scattered, the hearts will scatter, and there will be no hope at all.

Ma Jie understood. This young man's meaning was: those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me perish.

If you want to keep this kind of family-style wealth, you have to follow his path; otherwise, just wait to face the brutal reality.

This was not a threat, but a situation forced by circumstances. Everyone covets money, and only when there is no money can people be united.

Which of these five families didn't have children by their side? Hadn't they thought about dividing the family before?

How could that be? If the eldest son and eldest grandson didn't think about it, the other descendants were probably thinking about it like crazy.

But the five family heads let the money go like a kite, leaving only living expenses in their hands, and a string called Watching Lou Xiaoe.

Now looking at the state of these descendants, each one of them wishes the family head would live to a hundred and be in good health.

Why?

If something happened to the family head, then the money would have a problem. This money became a hope, the future they were looking forward to.

So the descendants of the five families were all gritting their teeth and smiling, hoping Watching Lou Xiaoe would study more, improve more, and progress more.

For every bit Watching Lou Xiaoe learned, their money would have one more bit of guarantee; the more Watching Lou Xiaoe progressed, the greater the probability of their money making money.

This is like the reason why elderly people with pensions and elderly people with cash face different treatment in later generations.

Ma Jie looked at Li Xuewu, his heart shocked by the other party's thoroughness, thinking that this young man had probably long seen through the crises and relationships of their decadent families.

"Yes, to live or to perish, this is a difficult choice."

Ma Jie said with emotion: "I don't want everything I have done for the family today to become a choice that my descendants will regret endlessly."

"Inspirational elements of drama often come from life."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Shakespeare might have encountered such an important moment of choice like you, which is why he had this famous quote."

"However, I still remember another famous quote from this play of his."

Li Xuewu picked up his teacup and looked at the tea leaves inside, saying: "People often use a sincere exterior and pious actions to cover up a devilish heart."

"Hehe~"

After saying this, Li Xuewu chuckled again and said: "Correspondingly, in order to achieve your sincere purpose, sometimes you also have to pay with some devilish determination and action."

Ma Jie narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Xuewu for a long while before asking: "I didn't know Director Li was so interested in drama."

"You are too."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Xiaoe told me you had the experience of studying in Britain. I didn't have that luck and could only gain a little shallow knowledge through books."

Ma Jie smiled slightly and said: "That was all in the past. At that time, I was as young as you, full of dreams, gave myself a foreign name, Jack, and wandered around, wanting to find a sky that suited me."

After saying this, as if recalling his youth, Ma Jie shook his head slightly and said: "In the end, I realized that the family is my root, the string that binds me for life, and the foundation I rely on for survival and for which I struggle and feel proud."

"Our people prioritize family; this is a very normal thought."

Li Xuewu nodded and then smiled: "However, judging by your foreign name, it's also a life of great wealth and nobility."

"Hahaha~"

Ma Jie smiled and waved his hand, as if he were truly pleased by Li Xuewu's flattery, and frankly told two embarrassing stories from his youth studying abroad, which made Li Xuewu and Lou Jie smile continuously.

The atmosphere improved for a moment, and both sides knew each other's bottom line, making the subsequent matters much easier to discuss.

As a representative, Ma Jie came today just to confirm the intention and possibility of cooperation.

Li Xuewu also clearly gave the cooperation conditions and the treatment they could enjoy.

Ma Jie indicated that they had full willingness to cooperate, and the principal for the shareholding would be no less than 200,000... taels of gold.

They were indeed a big family; the wealth of the capital's tycoons was not something ordinary people could understand. At this point in time, after the chaos, these people could still scrape together so much money, which showed their wealth and foundation.

Of course, it was precisely because they had witnessed the bitter cold of winter that they were willing to take out all this money.

If they didn't take it out, it wouldn't be theirs anyway; this could be considered retaliatory consumption.

Specific cooperation would need the other four families to be present to continue discussing. Lou Jie would represent the Lou family in convening the first capital expansion and personnel increase meeting of the joint group, with the location set at the club.

After seeing off the visiting Ma Jie, Li Xuewu was about to leave directly, but was called back to the office by Lou Jie.

"I still have to go to work~"

"Who said you couldn't go to work?"

Lou Jie knew he had misunderstood, but this was even more hurtful~

She glared at this bad person and scolded: "So I can't have any serious business when I look for you, right?"

"How can you say that~"

Li Xuewu sat back on the sofa and said very seriously: "Having children is also serious business for me!"

"This is what you said!"

Lou Jie pointed at Li Xuewu, her eyes shifting. She turned around and locked the office door, saying as she walked back: "Then let's do some serious business first, and then talk about other serious business."

Li Xuewu lay back on the sofa as if giving up resistance, looked at Lou Jie and asked: "If I say what I just said was a joke, is that okay?"

"Which sentence?"

Lou Jie unbuttoned her shirt and asked: "Is it 'You still have to go to work'?"

"..."

Li Xuewu was speechless. Was she preparing to talk for the whole afternoon? Not even letting him go to work?

Lou Jie looked at Li Xuewu's appearance, pursed her lips and smiled, saying: "I couldn't get pregnant before, I suspect you did something."

"What?!"

Li Xuewu widened his eyes and said aggrievedly: "What do you mean? You suspect me! You..."

"Shh!"

Lou Jie put her index finger to her lips, shushing Li Xuewu to shut up. She then walked to him, bent down, looked at the aggrieved Li Xuewu, narrowed her eyes, raised her hand, and patted Li Xuewu's face lightly, saying: "This time you don't move, especially your hands, keep them where I can see them."

"Otherwise!"

As she spoke, she reached out and made a corn-shucking gesture, threatening Li Xuewu: "What I can't get, you don't want either~"

This woman is crazy~!

Li Xuewu widened his eyes and reminded: "You know my situation, are you sure you want to cultivate on your own?"

"Shut up!"

Lou Jie said fiercely: "I'm going all out this time! Success or failure!"

If you ask how chaotic Hong Kong was in the 1960s, you have no right to speak if you haven't seen it.

Looking at it one-sidedly from data, you can never understand what is chaotic and what is not.

If it were chaotic, why would there be British troops stationed there? If it were chaotic, why would there be police? If it were chaotic, why would it attract so many people, making the people in the interior flock there to cross the sea and make a living?

If it were not chaotic, why would there be so much data showing that Hong Kong was unfriendly to newcomers, even worse to those with money, and that anyone going to make a living had to have the bad habit of paying respects to the local gangs?

Whether it is chaotic or not, what others say doesn't count; only what you see counts.

When Lou Yu stepped onto this land following Ji Wang Weidong, he knew what he was about to face.

Getting into the van that picked them up, the street scenes, scenery, and various people he saw along the way made him feel as if he had arrived in another world.

High-rise buildings, heavy traffic, but also rows of shacks and poor, bitter kilns.

What left the deepest impression was the Kowloon Walled City they were arranged to see later, and the shacks hidden on the hillside closest to the mainland.

The person who took them around introduced that now, coming to Hong Kong wouldn't be easy to get a permit; you had to have family to lead you, and you had to have a job; anyway, it wasn't like before.

What if you don't have relatives to rely on? Then you can only sleep in shacks, or be sold into the Walled City, where it's a lawless zone.

Lou Yu looked at the messy living environment, thinking about what the scene was like when his family came to Hong Kong twenty years ago.

At that time, it was probably even more chaotic than now, and the situation even more critical. His heart was also tense.

The Ji family had some energy here, all relying on the considerable influence of Ji's father, Ji Ruixuan, in the company he worked for here. When they were familiarizing themselves with the environment in Hong Kong, they were always accompanied by bodyguards.

On their first day in Hong Kong, Ji Ruixuan warned them both not to act without authorization, and even more so not to leave the bodyguards' sight. This was not surveillance, but to ensure their safety.

Not just Lou Yu, including Ji Wang Weidong.

Don't say you are from the Investigation Department and have good skills; on this land, there is never a shortage of capable people.

The itinerary Ji Ruixuan arranged for them was very tight, all taking care of Lou Yu's time conditions. Li Xuewu had told him about Lou Yu's time and task arrangements here.

It was to ensure Lou Yu fully understood Hong Kong society and life, while mastering data on Hong Kong's economy, humanities, environment, and other social elements, which would be brought back to the interior for reference.

During his time in Hong Kong, Lou Yu also had to complete the establishment of the investment company, bank acquisition, trade cooperation, and the inspection of real estate companies.

Of course, Ji Wang Weidong didn't come to Hong Kong to play with Lou Yu. He needed to inspect the wharf situation, select the next acquisition target, and also take care of Lou Yu's real estate company.

Because after the real estate company completed its acquisition, in the process of group combination, his security company also had to be synchronized into the group's management sequence.

More importantly, he had to participate in Lou Yu's trade cooperation negotiation work, because the trade company Lou Yu established in Hong Kong actually took over the cooperative relationship of the interior steel mill.

This was Li Xuewu's comprehensive layout.

Internally: The steel mill develops comprehensively, creating a more comprehensive and stable production and manufacturing model, with products sold and traded through offices in various places.

At the same time, the recycling station will be hidden at every key node of the steel mill's trade development.

For example, the steel mill's distribution in the capital, distribution in the Steel City, shipping in the Steel City, and the acquisition of joint trade goods in the capital and Steel City.

In the environment of the steel mill's comprehensive development, the recycling station will act as the lubricant linking all nodes.

Production enterprises can directly form joint enterprises to run factories and cooperate, while sales and service enterprises cooperate through the recycling station.

Of course, all cooperation processes are realized publicly, without any trace of private participation.

Externally: The steel mill cannot set up an office in Hong Kong to carry out sales business; this is an objective condition.

Ng Fung Hong cannot transport goods into Hong Kong from the south through its own channels; this is also an objective condition.

Freight distance is one aspect; the railway transport cost across the north and south is too high, and the cost is not worth it.

The other aspect is selfishness.

Why did Ji Ruixuan and Ai Jiaqing go to see Li Xuewu together?

There is too much room for discussion here.

Overall, Lou Yu will establish a trade company in Hong Kong, with bank holding, and other shareholders including Ji Wang Weidong and Selina.

Yes, Ji Wang Weidong and Selina, who have nothing to do with Ji Ruixuan and Ai Jiaqing.

Ji Wang Weidong will participate in the operation as a shareholder of the trade company, with cooperation directions in wharf and shipping services.

At the same time, the bank will also hold the wharf and shipping, forming absolute holding and cross-holding.

Selina will resign from her position as the person in charge of Ng Fung Hong's Hong Kong trade, transfer to the new trade company, and serve as a shareholder and manager. Her form of joining is trade cooperation.

Yes, after Selina resigned, Ng Fung Hong's Hong Kong company was extremely reluctant to part with her and decided to cooperate with the company Selina newly joined.

The content of the cooperation includes: acting as an agent for the sale of all food products introduced into Hong Kong by it, including products produced by food factories that Ng Fung Hong and the steel mill will cooperate with in the interior.

And this trade company will also act as an agent for industrial products produced by the steel mill and other interior enterprises, and will also act as an agent for the commodity procurement work of the steel mill and other interior enterprises.

It sounds complicated, but simply put, this company is a white glove.

Li Xuewu wants to use this trade company to achieve the export goals of the steel mill and other channels, and also wants to use this company to solve the import problems of goods needed by the steel mill and other channels.

Therefore, the Steel-Hong Kong trade line will form an import and export trade chain involving multiple companies:

Import and export work will be handled by 【Oriental Trade Co., Ltd.】.

Commodity transport will be responsible by 【Shunfeng Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd.】.

Commodity landing will be managed by 【Hong Kong Prince Port Co., Ltd.】.

Commodity distribution work will be executed by 【Ng Fung Hong Co., Ltd.】 and 【Oriental Trade Co., Ltd.】.

Security work will be responsible by 【Modern Security Consulting Service Co., Ltd.】.

Except for 【Ng Fung Hong Co., Ltd.】, all companies are invested in by a bank named 【Oriental Era Bank Co., Ltd.】, only the participating shareholders of each company are different.

【Oriental Era Bank Co., Ltd.】, in addition to its own commercial banking business, also participated in the investment of 【Era Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.】 and 【Era Culture Media Co., Ltd.】.

This is not allowed in later generations, because there are regulations that commercial banks cannot directly participate in corporate investment.

Either invest through wealth management companies or foundations, or entrust management.

But in the current Hong Kong, financial supervision is extremely loose, and no one will care about this.

Depositors may be more willing to see commercial banks invest in enterprises; the more profitable the enterprise, the more guaranteed their savings, and the more guaranteed the interest that increases every month, without considering the possibility of investment failure.

In order to achieve the best holding method for the bank and master absolute right to speak, after Lou Yu arrived in Hong Kong, he first established a pure investment company named 【Hong Kong Era Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.】, with only one shareholder, Watching Lou Xiaoe.

Then he established 【Joint Era Investment Co., Ltd.】 with Watching Lou Xiaoe, Lou Yu, Zhao Jinnan, Qi Guangfa, Jin Tinghui, Hu Xiancheng, and 【Hong Kong Era Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.】 as shareholders.

The equity cooperation agreement of the company clearly states that 【Hong Kong Era Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.】 contributes less capital, but agrees to enjoy all the right to speak, which is GP.

And Watching Lou Xiaoe as a natural person shareholder and other investors, although they have no right to speak, can enjoy investment income property rights in the future, which is LP.

Similarly, the first batch of investment shareholders has already set the distribution rules. What if other shareholders want to join?

【Joint Era Investment Co., Ltd.】 is a fish pond Li Xuewu prepared for himself. What if more fish need to be raised, or more people are needed to raise fish together?

Very simple, dig another fish pond.

Eggs cannot be put in one basket at the same time, and money is the same, and people are the same.

So Lou Yu will establish another investment company 【Joint Yihao Investment Co., Ltd.】, with 【Hong Kong Era Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.】 still as a shareholder, still investing with a small amount of capital to hold shares, still GP, enjoying all the right to speak.

And the LP shareholders of 【Joint Yihao Investment Co., Ltd.】 will include hidden shareholders like Ma Jie, as well as company manager shareholders, or company employees who receive shares as rewards in the future.

This fish pond is very large and will accommodate all enterprises and individuals who want to buy shares in the future.

After completing the fish pond digging work, Lou Yu used 【Joint Era Investment Co., Ltd.】 and 【Joint Yihao Investment Co., Ltd.】 as shareholders to acquire a bank and establish the 【Oriental Era Bank Co., Ltd.】 designed earlier.

This design is to avoid debt risk, realize natural person isolation, and also facilitate the use of the leverage of limited share companies to spend small money to do big things.

Most importantly, tax saving, increasing investment income and capital accumulation.

Since Li Xuewu arranged for Lou Jie to go to Hong Kong, there was no need to engage in any hidden shareholding or agency shareholding.

Earn big money openly, do business honestly; even if others know Lou Jie's identity, what can they do? Aren't there plenty of people more special than her?

Lou Yu has mainly been doing these things for more than a month. If there is a suitable one, he will acquire and rename it; if not, he will hand it over to Ji Ruixuan's people to handle.

The news Lou Yu sent back from Hong Kong yesterday was all these contents: building an empty frame and inspecting suitable acquisition and merger targets.

Everything is just one step away.

"Money!"

Lou Jie wiped Li Xuewu with a warm towel, and after washing the towel, she drank a large mouthful of tea.

She was dry-mouthed from talking just now, and plus she was sweating a lot, she urgently needed to replenish water.

Looking at Li Xuewu who had put on his clothes, Lou Jie helped him tidy up and asked: "I don't need to worry about how the money gets there, right?"

"No need."

Li Xuewu opened his arms, just like a model in a clothing store, letting Lou Jie help him tidy up.

"You just need to calculate how to spend the money~"

"It sounds like I spent all the money!"

Lou Jie glanced at him and stood up, saying: "Why don't you change someone to go to Hong Kong? How about that Yu Li?"

"Don't talk nonsense~"

Li Xuewu knew she couldn't help but mention Yu Li. This woman would look for trouble after eating and wiping clean.

"The frame is built, the difficult part is behind. Don't just listen and wait when news comes back; perfect the plan, don't be blind when the time comes."

After speaking, he looked at the time on his hand and asked: "Did you meet your family in Hong Kong? How is it? Are they all okay?"

"What do you think~"

Lou Jie knew Li Xuewu would ask this, sat powerlessly on the sofa, covered her forehead and said: "I asked, he didn't say, just told me to be at ease. Saying it like that, what else could it be."

Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders. He had long expected this. In that kind of chaotic era, separated for twenty years, relying on a few letters and oral messages to pass news, the little affection of a big family had long been worn away.

"Forget it, don't talk about this."

Lou Jie straightened up, looked at Li Xuewu and said: "There is one more thing, that Lai Jiasheng has been found. He said he returned to Nanyang a few days ago, received the letter and photos, and was very excited, asking if he could return to the interior."

"Yes, let him swim back."

Li Xuewu twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Tell him, it's best to land from the Steel City. I have acquaintances there, and I won't charge him port fees."

Lou Jie knew he was just talking nonsense, rolled her eyes, and said: "On Ng Fung Hong's side, Ai Jiaqing will return with my father, and they will meet in Yangcheng at that time."

After speaking, she stood up and waved her hand, saying: "Alright, nothing else, get lost~"

"Is this how you treat a close comrade-in-arms?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Why didn't I discover you had this nature before?"

"What? Regret it?!"

Lou Jie glared and scolded: "If you have the ability, don't leave, let's be intimate again!"

"I'm truly convinced by you!"

Li Xuewu pointed at Lou Jie and said: "I've complied with you this time. If there's still no movement, you have to restore my reputation and sincerely apologize!"

"Get lost! Reputation!"

Lou Jie scolded angrily, pursed her lips, watched Li Xuewu disappear at the doorway, and muttered: "You have to have it to have it!"

"Hey! Hey! Hey! ~ What is this~!"

Li Xuewu had just walked out of the management office's screen door when he turned his head and saw two boys wearing board-green uniforms hanging a black box there.

"Director Li~"

"Hello, Director Li~"

When these two boys saw it was Li Xuewu, they hurriedly saluted and greeted him.

Li Xuewu also recognized them; both were from Jicheng, and one of them was even the younger brother of Brother Da Chun.

"Erchun, right?"

Li Xuewu walked to the wall to look at the black box the two were tinkering with and asked: "What is this?"

"Alarm."

Erchun had long known Li Xuewu; he knew him back in Jicheng. Seeing Li Xuewu ask, he opened the black box and pointed to the two buttons inside: "One red, one green. Red is for alarm, green is for safe."

After speaking, he gestured for Li Xuewu to look at the wires going into the wall behind the black box and explained: "The wires are connected to the Security Section. When patrolling at night, you must walk here and press the green button. The light bulb in the duty room will light up, so the people on duty in the section know that this place has been patrolled."

"If the light bulb doesn't flash for a long time, it proves that the patrol team has had an accident, or hasn't patrolled in place, and the duty personnel will go to check."

"If the alarm light bulb lights up, the mobile team will assemble and head to the scene of the incident to handle it."

After explaining to Li Xuewu, Erchun carefully closed the black box to prevent rainwater from getting in.

Li Xuewu looked at this simple patrol check-in device with amusement, thinking that the person who could design this was also a genius.

"Who came up with this?"

"Li Kezhang Zhao."

Erchun twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Li Kezhang Zhao found people from the construction team behind to install it."

Li Xuewu nodded. Hearing him say it was Li Kezhang Zhao, that would be Zhao Lao Si.

This kid really knew how to appoint himself; when the Security Section returned, no one said who was the section chief or who was the cadre. This kid was one who knew how to take the initiative.

He was very afraid that after going to the Service Department and managing those waiters, he wouldn't have a formal position, so he occupied the position of Security Li Kezhang, which already had a clear establishment.

Even if he was adjusted later, he would still think of his Security Li Kezhang position and wouldn't go to the Service Department to serve plates.

Hey! This kid really didn't waste the half a year he spent learning to be a housekeeper!

Looking at Erchun and the other one again, in well-fitting Type 65 board-green uniforms, black cloth shoes, a leather military belt with a holster, and a magazine pouch, they looked majestic and spirited.

Three months of training was enough for the wild kids from the mountains to grow into qualified security guards. It wasn't that they needed to engage in particularly strong security work; daily safety maintenance was completely sufficient.

After getting into the command vehicle, Li Xuewu had Han Jiankun circle around the other two gates.

"Quite spirited."

Li Xuewu smiled, looking at the two board-green guards standing straight in front of the main gate, set against the antique gatehouse behind them. Those who didn't know would really think it was some big government office.

Looking at it this way, Zhao Lao Si really learned a lot of things. With these two people standing at the door, ordinary people really wouldn't dare to approach.

Especially the mystery of this big courtyard and the cars entering and leaving from time to time, which set off this atmosphere even more.

It was true; it was rare for people to dare to steal things in this courtyard in this era. What was feared were those fearless little brats.

Li Xuewu arranging for Brother Da Chun and the others to be on duty here was also to prevent these troubles.

It could be said that Zhao Lao Si understood his meaning very well, especially looking at that simple supervision and alarm device; this person's subjective initiative was still very sufficient.

Looking at it this way, he really couldn't pay him a salary for a while; he had to maintain this subjective consciousness of his.

He was now in a period of career growth and couldn't be swayed by money, and even less could his efforts be linked to monetary rewards. This would be corrupting him, insulting him, and would be bad for him.

Therefore, just issue a red-headed document from within the club, designate him as the Security Li Kezhang, and give him a spiritual reward.

"I also think Type 65 is more spirited, it's a pity I came back early."

Maybe there was no one else in the car, or maybe it wasn't good for the leader to talk to himself without anyone responding, or more likely, the leader talked about a topic he was interested in, so Han Jiankun responded.

And then looking at the security guards standing at the entrance of the management office, Han Jiankun said enviously: "It's really majestic to tie a military belt~"

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu chuckled and said: "They are just playing at scaring cats with guns; they don't have any actual combat effectiveness, but they have practiced the appearance enough."

If the board-green uniform fits well, it looks very spirited. If you wear the same military overcoat as Dehua in winter, with a cotton hat and a red cap badge, it looks even more imposing.

But speaking of the military belt, as well as the Type 54 pistol and spare magazine configured on it, it has a very characteristic era style.

After all, in later generations, which club's security department would dare to carry guns on duty? It's just this era.

Carrying guns is very easy to apply for. As long as it is a formal unit's security department, after the street police station registers and verifies it, you can just go and buy them.

Including clothing and such, no one asks how you wear it, because in the public security management system at this time, security problems that occur within a unit are first managed by the unit's own security department.

Therefore, as long as it is a formal security section established by a formal unit, it has the ability and obligation to combat illegal and criminal activities.

It also has the obligation and responsibility to support local safety management departments in executing various tasks.

Guns are also managed very strictly in this era, but what is strict is only the qualification to carry guns. Every unit has weapons; for example, the steel mill, pulling out a dozen anti-aircraft guns is also very easy.

Li Xuewu really doesn't count on these people being able to use these weapons; as long as they scare off those who covet this place, that's enough.

With a formal security section, security guards carrying guns, and such a solemn and mysterious big courtyard, as long as they are not targeted, no one dares to come here to act wildly.

At more than 2:40 in the afternoon, Li Xuewu returned to the steel mill. No one asked what he had been doing; everyone knew he still had a position on him.

His identity as the former Security Brigade was already impressive enough, but now that he had been transferred to the Garrison District, everyone's heart skipped a beat when they saw him.

Just look at how Wei Zaike called him Deputy Regiment Commander Li from time to time; who among these people didn't envy Li Xuewu's identity, like a golden body protecting his body.

He called him that, with elements of envy and elements of flattery. If he didn't care, why would he use a joking form to say this kind of "reminding" remark in front of so many people?

Just sat down in the office, hadn't even had a sip of tea, when Xu Sinian called, saying there was a meeting.

Li Xuewu had already seen this meeting in the work briefing in the morning; it was at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Knowing it wouldn't delay things, he launched a surprise attack on Lou Jie's side, otherwise he wouldn't have delayed work because of this.

Put down the phone, Li Xuewu took a sip of tea, picked up the urgent document handed over by Sha Qizhi and read it first. In ten minutes, he only processed a part of it.

"Handle these first, there is an on-site meeting on Director Li's side."

Li Xuewu looked at the time on his hand, gave Sha Qizhi an instruction, and then stood up to wash his face at the door.

After taking the towel handed over by Sha Qizhi, he exhorted: "Help me find the construction situation of the joint enterprise project, as well as the construction situation of the residential area, and help me make an appointment with Dou Yaozu; it's best if I can see him before getting off work."

"Okay, leader."

Sha Qizhi agreed, and after Li Xuewu wiped his face, he reminded: "Station Chief Shan of the broadcasting station has been interacting with Director Zhang a lot recently, often treating him to dinner and drinks. Everyone in the office says he is afraid of being held accountable later~" ===== CHAPTER 801 =====