Chapter 837: Still so white

"Uncle!"

"Uncle really came!"

"I missed you so much~"

Fu Fu Zhidong jumped out of bed when he woke up in the morning and ran to the room his mother had tidied up yesterday to check.

He didn't have much hope because until he fell asleep yesterday, his uncle hadn't come.

But he just wanted to come and check to feel at ease, and he didn't expect his uncle to really be there!

He bounced onto the bed in two or three steps, looking at his uncle who was still sleepy, really unable to contain his joy.

"What are you doing?"

Li Li Xuewu smiled and reached out to tickle him, teasing: "Are you disturbing my sleep?"

"No~ giggle~"

The child's laughter always carried innocence and naturalness, dispelling the morning sleepiness.

"Uncle, when did you come? How come I didn't know~"

"Last night~"

Li Li Xuewu rubbed his face, leaned against the pillow, and asked with a smile: "Why didn't you wait for me?"

"Mom said you weren't coming anymore, so she let me sleep."

Fu Fu Zhidong explained while learning from Li Li Xuewu, leaning against another pillow.

"But I waited for you for a long time, a long, long time, and you didn't come."

"Then why didn't you go to Beijing to see me?"

Li Li Xuewu easily confused the child, making him unable to find north.

Fu Fu Zhidong sighed helplessly and said: "Beijing is really too far, farther than going to kindergarten, I really had no way."

"Is that so~"

Li Li Xuewu asked with a smile: "Then do you want to go to kindergarten, or do you want to go to Beijing?"

"I... I don't really know."

Fu Fu Zhidong thought for a moment and said: "Then I won't go to Beijing, Uncle, you come to live at my house, okay?"

"My house is so big, there's a place for you to live."

"Uncle has to go to work."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and pinched his small arm; he had grown fast in these few months.

"Oh, you have to go to work."

Fu Fu Zhidong was defeated again, saying helplessly: "Just like I have to go to kindergarten."

"That's right."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and asked: "Did you meet any new friends at kindergarten?"

"Yes, there are many."

Fu Fu Zhidong earnestly counted on his fingers for Li Li Xuewu: "There's Zhang Yuejin, Yang Great Qing, Zhao Wang Hongqi..."

"Hehe~"

Li Li Xuewu listened to these names with the characteristics of the era and asked with a light smile: "Is there anyone named Yanni? Who can speak foreign languages?"

"Who can speak foreign languages?"

"Yanni?"

"Yan..."

Fu Fu Zhidong seemed to remember something, and as he spoke, tears started falling.

"Wuwuwu~ Yanni~ wu~"

"Hahahahaha~"

"What's wrong with this?"

Zhou Wang Yamei came upstairs to call the two for breakfast and heard movement in Li Li Xuewu's room, so she came over.

As soon as she pushed the door open, she saw her son sitting on Li Li Xuewu's bed crying loudly, while Li Li Xuewu was laughing heartily without conscience.

"Wu~~~"

Fu Fu Zhidong covered his eyes with both hands and cried very sadly, as if he had suffered a great grievance.

Zhou Wang Yamei knew Li Li Xuewu wouldn't bully her son, but she also knew Li Li Xuewu's badness; it must have been him teasing him.

"Tell Mom what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"Wu~ Yanni~"

Fu Fu Zhidong turned to look at his mother and said: "I miss Yanni~"

"You cry because you miss her?"

Zhou Wang Yamei glared at Li Li Xuewu, finally knowing why her son was crying.

While persuading her son and wiping his tears, she also pinched Li Li Xuewu.

"There's a guest downstairs, wash up and come downstairs, breakfast is ready."

Zhou Wang Yamei picked up her son and was about to leave, also urging Li Li Xuewu.

Fu Fu Zhidong was held by his mother, one hand wiping tears, the other pointing at Li Li Xuewu calling for his uncle.

Zhou Wang Yamei had no choice, patted her son, and said angrily: "He teased you until you cried and you're still looking for him? He's so bad, we won't be friends with him, okay."

"No, Uncle isn't bad."

Fu Fu Zhidong cried while stubbornly denying his mother's words.

"I don't know what kind of love potion you fed my son."

Zhou Wang Yamei glared at Li Li Xuewu again, and seeing him still laughing, urged: "Hurry up, aren't you going to work today?"

"Really, teasing a child early in the morning."

She couldn't take it anymore, held her son, and went downstairs first.

After Li Li Xuewu washed up and went downstairs, he finally knew who the guest Zhou Wang Yamei mentioned was.

"Proprietor."

"Li Xuewu."

"So early."

Li Li Xuewu rolled up his sleeves while smiling and walking to the living room to greet them: "Drank a few too many with the leader last night, got up late."

"We also arrived just in time."

Wen San'er looked much darker than a while ago, still as thin, but not frail.

Obviously, life with a wife and life without a wife are different.

He was wearing a white shirt, black pants, and a pair of handmade cloth shoes, looking very spirited.

He took the cigarette Li Li Xuewu handed him and said politely: "Knowing you'd be busy on your first day, we didn't come over."

"That's right."

Wen San'er signaled to Zhang Zhang Wanhe and said with a smile: "The two of us came early just to see if you have time to go over and look around."

"In the afternoon."

Li Li Xuewu looked at the time on his hand and turned to ask toward the dining room: "Sister Zhou, is breakfast ready?"

"It's ready."

Zhou Wang Yamei's voice came from the dining room, no longer having the reproach from upstairs.

"Come, let's talk while we eat."

Li Li Xuewu greeted the two with a smile, not asking if they had eaten, treating it as if they hadn't had breakfast.

The two came to see Li Li Xuewu, so even if they had eaten, they had to follow Li Li Xuewu's time.

He had work to do, so he could only squeeze out breakfast time to talk to them, so they had to be considerate.

This wasn't the first time they had been kept for a meal here; last time they had even drunk alcohol here.

Zhou Wang Yamei's breakfast was very rich, with four small dishes, and the staple food was rice porridge and steamed buns.

"How is Third Aunt's health?"

Li Li Xuewu handed the porridge bowl to Wen San'er and asked about his family.

"Very good, it's better and more convenient here than in Beijing."

Wen San'er placed the porridge bowl in front of him; this was his treatment as the Third Uncle.

The second bowl was handed by Li Li Xuewu to Zhang Zhang Wanhe.

Zhang Zhang Wanhe was somewhat reserved and hadn't said a few words since they met.

Li Li Xuewu greeted them to use their chopsticks, while he took the porridge handed by Zhou Wang Yamei, looked at Fu Fu Zhidong, and saw that he wasn't crying and was even smiling at him.

Returning a smile to his godson, Li Li Xuewu looked up at Wen San'er and said: "Don't skimp on nutrition, but don't feed him everything, let nature take its course."

"Knowing I was coming to Steel City, my mother exhorted me to tell you this."

Li Li Xuewu smiled at Zhang Zhang Wanhe and said again: "A woman giving birth is passing through the gates of hell. Medical technology has developed now, but one must still be cautious."

Zhang Zhang Wanhe didn't know if he understood Li Li Xuewu's words, but he just nodded without speaking.

What could he say? He wasn't a woman and hadn't given birth, so how could he pick up this topic?

He had spent his whole life licking blood from the edge of a knife and hadn't heard of any man who didn't talk about giving birth.

But here with Li Li Xuewu, he had to be cautious and careful; words from an intellectual's mouth all carried hooks.

You might think he's talking about a woman giving birth, but the meaning might be ten thousand miles away.

But if you think too much and turn back to look, he's just talking about giving birth.

Whether this is a real skill, he didn't dare to say, but following Li Li Xuewu, he had to learn and be on guard.

"She also misses Beijing."

Wen San'er smiled and said: "Yesterday I told her, why not just go back, I'd be more at ease at home."

"Third Aunt isn't at ease with you."

Li Li Xuewu teased him: "Is Miss Xiaotao still in contact?"

"That was a hundred lifetimes ago~"

Wen San'er wasn't ashamed and didn't say he was embarrassed even after being teased by Li Li Xuewu.

Fu Fu Zhidong sat close to Li Li Xuewu, eating while listening to the adults talk.

Seeing the adults laugh, he also followed suit, thinking he had hit the adults' laughing point: "Xiaotao~"

"Eat~"

Zhou Wang Yamei didn't know about their affairs, but she thought it wasn't anything good.

Seeing her son interrupt, she gave him a look, signaling him not to make trouble.

Li Li Xuewu didn't care about this and looked at Zhang Zhang Wanhe, asking: "How is the situation on the mountain?"

"It's okay, definitely better than before."

Zhang Zhang Wanhe nodded and said: "The women at home don't know many characters, so they can't write letters. They just know how to send messages when someone comes, repeating the same things over and over."

"Hehe."

Li Li Xuewu chuckled at his Northeast accent and then said: "Then go home and see often."

While speaking, he put the boiled egg Zhou Wang Yamei had peeled for him into Fu Fu Zhidong's bowl.

"He has one~"

Zhou Wang Yamei looked at Li Li Xuewu, then looked at her son who was eating the egg happily.

The eggs were brought by Li Li Xuewu last night, a whole crate; she looked and saw there were more than two hundred, very precious.

"Eat, eat eggs to grow tall."

Li Li Xuewu said to Fu Fu Zhidong with a smile, and finally looked at Zhang Zhang Wanhe, asking: "Is the mountain suitable for raising chickens?"

"Are you saying...?"

Zhang Zhang Wanhe looked up in surprise, looking at Li Li Xuewu, not understanding what he meant.

"Don't let your imagination run wild."

Li Li Xuewu deliberately joked: "I'm talking about chickens that can lay eggs."

Zhang Zhang Wanhe: "..."

Who said anything about other chickens?!

"Don't talk nonsense, the child is here!"

Zhou Wang Yamei wouldn't care if they talked about other things, but if it affected her son, that wouldn't do.

Li Li Xuewu also saw Zhang Zhang Wanhe was a bit reserved, so he deliberately teased him.

Seeing him stunned there, he said earnestly: "I heard it from Zhang Dayong and Erchun. The conditions on the mountain are bitter, the land can't be farmed, so one has to find some way to make a living."

While speaking, he took a steamed bun from the plate and handed it to the other party, saying: "Just relying on men to go out to make a living is exhausting; it's better to find a clever way."

"Proprietor, you say."

Zhang Zhang Wanhe took the steamed bun Li Li Xuewu handed him with both hands and said earnestly: "I'll listen to you."

"It's not that serious, just a sudden thought."

Li Li Xuewu said slowly: "Zhang Dayong told me that just relying on furs and meat is relying on heaven to eat."

"It's cold on the mountain, no crops can be grown, and there are two days of hunger in three days."

"You can't sail for a lifetime, and the fellow villagers can't all come out to sail, right?"

Signaling the other party to pick up dishes and eat, he talked about seeking welfare for the mountain while eating.

Zhang Zhang Wanhe listened, his heart pounding, but he didn't dare to miss a word, fearing that the word would cost him his life.

Wen San'er listened with his ears, ate with his mouth, and also pondered Li Li Xuewu's words.

He talked about Zhang Zhang Wanhe, but didn't talk about him?

Only Li Li Xuewu was talking at the dinner table, rambling on about small tips for getting rich.

It sounded interesting, but it was actually very difficult to operate. Zhang Zhang Wanhe didn't show anything, and Wen San'er didn't dare to speak.

Finally, Li Li Xuewu asked Zhang Zhang Wanhe if the relatives on the mountain had any intention of coming down.

Zhang Zhang Wanhe's heart tightened, and he looked up at Li Li Xuewu and said: "This... they've lived for generations, they've become wild people in the mountains, they wouldn't know how to live if they came down."

"Then stay on the mountain."

Li Li Xuewu nodded noncommittally, signaling the two to continue eating, and then said again: "I'll ask my Second Uncle later to help out more."

"Jicheng...?"

Wen San'er looked at Zhang Zhang Wanhe, and seeing him not speaking, he asked himself.

Li Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "It's nothing, just a casual remark."

"I'm done eating~"

Fu Fu Zhidong was small and couldn't see the wind, frost, swords, and soldiers on the dining table, so he jumped off the table after eating and ran to the living room.

Wen San'er and Zhang Zhang Wanhe put down their chopsticks at the same time, waiting for Li Li Xuewu to speak.

Li Li Xuewu smiled and said: "There are several meetings in the morning, and I will go over after lunch in the afternoon. We'll talk then."

"Proprietor."

He looked at Zhang Zhang Wanhe and said with a smile: "I've said too much, but it's all sincere, please forgive me."

"Not at all, it's your benevolence."

Zhang Zhang Wanhe bowed slightly and stood up with Wen San'er to say goodbye: "Then we'll wait for you at the pier."

"Okay, see you then."

Li Li Xuewu had a refined appearance and got up to send them out the door.

When the two looked back, they could still see the figure standing at the door watching them go.

Until they couldn't see them anymore, Li Li Xuewu turned around and walked into the living room.

Zhou Wang Yamei clearly felt Li Li Xuewu's attitude was wrong, watching him head toward the phone.

"Help me get long-distance, Beijing, Dongcheng District, Jiaodaokou..."

Li Li Xuewu asked for the phone and sat on the sofa waiting.

Zhou Wang Yamei brought a cup of tea over and intercepted her son who was coming downstairs to find Li Li Xuewu.

"Mom?"

Fu Fu Zhidong didn't know what his mother meant by stopping him.

Zhou Wang Yamei squatted down, tidied her son's clothes, and said softly: "Uncle is going to be busy with work, let's not disturb him, okay?"

"Working at home too?"

Fu Fu Zhidong looked at the living room direction, obviously a bit troubled.

"Let him come."

At this time, Li Li Xuewu turned his head toward the stairs and waved.

Fu Fu Zhidong's originally dim gaze became excited.

Looking at his mother again to seek her opinion, his eyes were full of little stars.

Zhou Wang Yamei had no choice and reminded: "Don't make a loud noise, understand?"

"Okay."

Fu Fu Zhidong promised and ran to Li Li Xuewu's side, sitting next to him like a little adult, imitating his uncle's posture.

Zhou Wang Yamei took a look and went to the kitchen. Li Li Xuewu's emotional change wasn't directed at her, but at the two people who had just come.

She felt something was wrong just listening at the dinner table; Li Li Xuewu's words were obviously more than usual.

"Hmm, it's me."

Li Li Xuewu's voice came from the living room; obviously, the call was getting through.

"Tell Lao Biaozi that I'll be waiting for him at the Steel Plant tomorrow morning."

"That's all."

Li Li Xuewu's words were very concise; after saying that, he hung up the phone.

"Do you have to go to school today?"

"... Yes, Uncle, what about you?"

Fu Fu Zhidong sat on the sofa looking at Li Li Xuewu, really wanting to say he didn't have to go to school today, but was afraid his mother would scold him, so he had to ask back.

"Same here."

Li Li Xuewu sighed imitating his helpless look, then said with a smile: "Then see you tonight?"

"Okay!"

Fu Fu Zhidong said very happily: "Let Mom make something delicious tonight!"

Li Li Xuewu smiled and stretched out his palm, saying: "It's a deal."

"A promise is a promise."

Fu Fu Zhidong had learned a lot of cultural knowledge from his mother at home and even knew the next sentence of the high-five.

"Go, time for school."

Zhou Wang Yamei came out of the kitchen, took off her apron, and said to Fu Fu Zhidong.

Fu Fu Zhidong ran to the door very sensibly, put on his small schoolbag with few books, said goodbye to Li Li Xuewu, and went out to school.

From outside the window, a child's voice could still be heard: "First-grade little bean bag, jump high when hit, second-grade little chili..."

"Vice Factory Director Yang, first talk about the situation of the industrial production base."

At the industrial production expansion meeting of the Steel Plant presided over by Li Huai, Li Li Xuewu pointed out Yang Yang Shuxing, the Vice Factory Director in charge of safety production.

"Whether it's hardware industry, automotive industry, or even the military industry involving confidentiality requirements, they are all in this area."

Li Li Xuewu didn't want to hear their empty words and specifically emphasized: "Start from here, speak the dry facts."

Yang Yang Shuxing looked at Dong Wenxue; being named by Li Li Xuewu, his pressure was quite high.

He couldn't quite grasp what this person meant.

Dong Wenxue gave him a look, signaling him to speak truthfully.

Yang Yang Shuxing looked at the manuscript in his hand, flipped a page, and introduced: "The industrial production base has focused on three development directions since its inception."

"First is infrastructure construction. We asked for a piece of land nearby from Steel City and designed and constructed it according to the planning scheme."

"Second is industrial construction, relying on existing production resources..."

"Third is the construction of the employee team..."

Yang Yang Shuxing tried his best to speak the dry facts, and after the dry facts were spoken, there wasn't much left of the thick stack of speeches.

He felt a bit unsatisfied and emphasized after the speech: "Our Steel Plant people are not afraid of sacrifice, not afraid of dedication, not afraid of difficulties, not afraid of risks."

"Even if we live twenty years less, we must..."

"This won't do."

After Yang Yang Shuxing's speech, Li Li Xuewu pointed him out directly and said: "Safety production and brave dedication are not the same thing, and sacrifice has no necessary connection with achievements."

Yang Yang Shuxing's face turned awkward instantly; he didn't expect Li Li Xuewu to refute his speech so directly in the conference room.

But Li Li Xuewu was a leader from the Steel Rolling Mill, so he had to listen even if he had opinions.

"You are the leader in charge of safety production; you should understand why we put safety in front of production."

Li Li Xuewu looked at him seriously and then said to everyone in the large conference room: "Guaranteeing production and creating achievements must never be realized at the cost of the employees' physical health."

"And even more, sacrifice of health and life cannot be advocated as a contribution and glory; we are not capitalists."

These words hit some people directly in the face, making the meeting room quiet all of a sudden.

They didn't know why Li Li Xuewu was firing at the Steel Plant as soon as he came up; was the Steel Rolling Mill dissatisfied with the Steel Plant's leadership team?

"Deputy Secretary Li."

Yang Yang Shuxing's face didn't look good, but he still suppressed his anger and explained: "Our industrial foundation is weak, technology is backward..."

"That doesn't mean you can use human lives to fill it!"

Li Li Xuewu directly denied: "We lack technology and time, but contributions aren't talked about like that."

"In the history of industrial technology development, there has never been a case of using human lives and health to exchange for progress; this violates the principles of scientific development."

Li Li Xuewu tapped the table in front of him and said: "You cadres take the lead to rush forward and engage in production at the front line, that's called dedication."

"You sit in the office and command workers to sacrifice and work hard, what is that called dedication!"

Just this sentence made Yang Yang Shuxing's face turn red instantly, and the faces of other cadres also became awkward.

They really couldn't stand being singled out and beaten like this.

Especially since Li Li Xuewu held the statistical data of safety production responsibility accidents in the Steel Plant over the years, directly sweeping away their complacency.

"Cadres must make development plans, implement technological innovation with a purpose, and achieve results, not play a game of blind cats bumping into dead mice!"

"If you don't understand, go ask; if you don't know, go learn; if you can't ask, go pay tuition."

"We are not afraid of wasting breath, and we are not afraid of spending money. Here with me, if development doesn't go up and technology is backward, that's your responsibility as a cadre."

"You must be responsible for development, and even more responsible for the workers on the production line!"

"I don't care who you are!"

Li Li Xuewu's words became more and more severe, his fingers tapped the table, and his gaze swept over everyone present.

"And I don't care how much contribution you have made or how much credit you have established."

"As long as a safety production responsibility accident occurs in the project you are responsible for, I will pursue your safety management responsibility!"

Li Li Xuewu glared, slammed the table, and pointed at everyone: "Even if you can build an airplane, if people die or get hurt, that won't work either!"

"Safety production is always the red line of development, the high-voltage line for cadres, and also a one-vote veto condition for cadre promotion."

Li Li Xuewu looked at everyone present and said: "You want to use achievements to demand progress; I support it, I approve of it, and I also encourage cadres to learn more, think more, and reflect more."

"But the premise is that you must do a good job in safety production management, love the factory and love the employees, just as you cherish honor, and you cannot have man-made safety production accidents."

"Comrades, in the eyes of Director Li and me, the life and health of workers are as important as production contributions."

Li Li Xuewu's tone softened a bit as he looked at everyone and said: "Workers are the foundation of industrial development and the screws of factory construction."

"You ignore the life and health safety of workers; maybe at some point, this screw will fly out and take your life."

"Deputy Secretary Li, cough cough, let me add a sentence."

Steel Plant Vice Factory Director Yin Yin Zhongyao said: "We also attach great importance to safety production work and cherish and respect the health and life of workers even more."

"However, material conditions limit us from having more protective measures and production safety guarantees."

Yin Yin Zhongyao said while looking at others: "This is a safety management problem that we, and all industrial enterprises, are facing."

"That is indeed the case."

Yang Yang Shuxing breathed a few times through his nose and said with a cold face: "In front of us is a multiple-choice question: safety or production."

"Yeah~"

Organization Deputy Secretary Mei Mei Housheng looked at Li Li Xuewu and said: "Financial appropriations are mainly used for production and construction, and we are still on the road in the safety protection stage."

"Then how long will it take to walk?"

Li Li Xuewu frowned and asked: "How many people have to be sacrificed to finish this road?"

"Are you going to sacrifice, or are you going to sacrifice?"

Li Li Xuewu looked at the three and tapped the table, asking: "Are the objective conditions you mentioned valid?"

"Talk about capital investment; didn't the Steel Rolling Mill set up a special management fund for safety production?"

"Do you want me to call the Finance Department and let them check this account? See if this money has been allocated or not!"

Li Li Xuewu had been promoting the investment and use of safety production management funds since he took over safety management.

The Finance Department had also discussed and communicated with Li Li Xuewu many times about this problem when calculating the capital budget.

Li Li Xuewu could talk about other problems, but he had always had a serious attitude toward safety management.

This matter was later sent to Jing Jing Yunong's hands, and she personally signed the document and arranged for the Finance Department to prepare the special fund.

It was precisely because of her support for Li Li Xuewu in safety production management that Li Li Xuewu retained a foundation for communication and cooperation with her.

Although this fund wasn't much, Li Li Xuewu had been urging and promoting the use of production workshops in various factory areas.

Money can't hang on the account; that's not called safety. Using it on workers is called safety.

From March until now, safety accidents in the Steel Rolling Mill have been decreasing month by month.

Especially after the dual-plan and safety production standardization were formulated and implemented, the Steel Rolling Mill hasn't had anyone die from production accidents to this day.

In a production area of more than ten thousand people, under the current production management conditions, ensuring no one dies is a major achievement.

Li Li Xuewu invested even more energy in this work than in the Security Section.

People in the Inspection Section are like honey badgers, daring to do anything to anyone, and the Fire Section is like a honey badger, daring to seal anything, all relying on his support.

Major safety hazards are directly sealed, and it's useless even if department-level cadres come to coordinate.

Why did Li Li Xuewu act so domineeringly in the Steel Rolling Mill and yet no one dared to say he was bad? It was because this seriousness made his mass base particularly solid.

And in the face of the Steel Plant's inaction in safety management, Li Li Xuewu was truly angry.

He wanted to say it when he looked at the workshop yesterday, but considering it was the first day, he really didn't want to make it too ugly.

But now that it's mentioned, these people still have this attitude, and he can't bear it anymore.

"Talk about weak material protection; if you don't go to invest in construction, how can it not be weak?"

"I think you are just playing deaf and dumb, pretending to be confused while knowing the truth."

"Weak subjective consciousness, lack of action ability."

Li Li Xuewu tapped a few people and said: "Take the metallurgical workshop alone; in a production environment with high temperature, high intensity, and high noise, what prevention and control means do you have?"

"Can a rattan safety helmet protect the workers' safety?"

"Absurd!"

Seeing them still daring to talk to him about objective conditions, Li Li Xuewu scolded them back directly.

"Look at the safety production supervision plan issued by the Steel Rolling Mill. Has it been implemented? Has the dual-plan system been built? Has the construction of safety production standardization been promoted?"

"Methods were given to you, guidance opinions were told to you, and money was allocated. What have you done!"

"Taking the money for safety management and doing the work of distributing welfare; where did the welfare money go?!"

"Whoever mentions difficulties or conditions to me again, then you don't have to do this job. Submit a report, and I can replace you now."

Li Li Xuewu's tone was severe, and his words pointed directly to the loopholes and prominent contradictions in the Steel Plant's safety production management.

His gaze swept over everyone, and the production management cadres of the Steel Plant lowered their heads one after another, not daring to speak again.

And the other cadres attending the meeting, as well as the worker representatives, cast grateful and approving glances at Li Li Xuewu.

"I'll give you another three months to complete the construction of safety production standardization and the dual-plan system with quality and quantity guaranteed."

"At that time, I will invite the Steel Rolling Mill's safety management cadres to come and inspect, checking one by one, and whoever has a problem, I'll take their hat!"

After Li Li Xuewu finished speaking, cold sweat broke out on many people's foreheads in the meeting room.

On one hand, his words were too sharp, directly lifting the lid of the Steel Plant and exposing them completely.

During the industrial inspection yesterday, seeing Li Li Xuewu not speaking, they thought nothing was wrong.

They didn't expect such severe criticism to be waiting for them today.

Especially with Dong Wenxue still there, he didn't give any face at all.

This was criticism aimed at safety production, but it was also disapproval of their work attitude.

Yesterday's talk by Director Li was the carrot, and today Li Deputy Secretary brought the stick.

They had been beaten until cold sweat was dripping and they were dizzy.

And the pressure from the other side came from the gazes of the workers attending the meeting behind them.

How would these people spread the content of today's meeting in the team after they went back?

Disregarding human life?

No need to think, any safety production accident that occurs in the future will be their responsibility.

Before Director Li's group arrived, they had some awareness, knowing the leaders weren't here to offer condolences.

But they didn't expect the whip to be this one, really hitting them, hurting so much their livers were trembling.

This whip hit and wrapped around their necks; if they were slightly careless, it could cost them their lives.

So everyone was in danger, and the meeting room was silent for a while.

Li Huai had been listening, and the expression on his face didn't change much.

After Li Li Xuewu finished speaking, he looked at the expressions and attitudes of everyone present, and then began to speak:

"Don't think Deputy Secretary Li's words are aimed at anyone, and don't think he is alarmist."

"Not only in the Steel Plant, but he has the same attitude toward safety management in the Steel Rolling Mill, and so do I."

Li Huai's voice was very soft, but his tone was very serious; sitting there speaking, the pressure on the Steel Plant cadres was not small at all.

"I came this time to see everyone's development, see your progress, and see if the work enthusiasm of the Steel Plant's worker comrades is enough."

"I have to say, our Steel Plant has the most excellent, most simple, and most capable worker team in the world."

"This is inseparable from the leadership of all cadres in the Steel Plant, as well as the dedication and efforts of the grassroots frontline management personnel."

"Everyone sitting here today should cherish this effort and achievement, and cherish the understanding and support of the vast number of employees."

Li Huai raised his hand to signal Li Li Xuewu and said: "In the morning, I also told Deputy Secretary Li that the problems are prominent and the safety work is far behind."

"My suggestion to him is to catch a batch of typical cases and handle them, don't feel sorry for talent team construction."

When he said this, everyone in the Steel Plant turned their eyes to the front of the conference table.

This speaking speed was very slow, the tone was soft, but the words were sharp.

In Director Li's words, it seemed that handling a batch of cadres wasn't a big problem, but falling on them, it was the sky collapsing and the earth sinking.

"However, safety management still needs to be talked about; it's not too much to repeat it over and over again."

Li Huai looked at everyone and smiled, saying: "It can be seen that he has a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

"Hehehe~"

Everyone at the meeting cooperated very well with his laughter, making a burst of light laughter, and the serious atmosphere was also alleviated.

"But safety management still needs to be talked about; it's not too much to repeat it over and over again."

Li Huai put away his smile and said earnestly: "You must exert your subjective initiative and take on the responsibilities you should have."

"Deputy Secretary Li will coordinate professional safety management personnel to come down to support, requiring you to form a safety supervision situation as soon as possible and develop the habit of attaching importance to safety."

Dong Wenxue responded: "Next, the Steel Plant will draw inferences from one instance, recognize the situation, strictly grasp production safety management, and put an end to the occurrence of responsibility accidents."

Li Huai nodded, which was considered recognition of their attitude.

"Talking about production is talking about safety; you must take care of the big family and the small family."

Li Huai said earnestly: "We cannot sit on the book of merits and let the workers' families point at us and scold us."

Li Li Xuewu's speech was more direct, Li Huai's speech was more tactful, but the meaning was the same: the whip is greater than the encouragement.

Of course, this was only aimed at the Steel Plant cadres; it caused a relatively large response among grassroots managers and the worker masses.

Especially Li Li Xuewu, who was strict and serious, below they were all saying that this was the leader who attached the most importance to workers' lives and safety in the history of the Steel Rolling Mill.

Some people were also saying that if Deputy Secretary Li came to the Steel Plant to be the top leader, the safety production environment would definitely be improved quickly.

Someone smiled and replied that this idea wasn't illusory; maybe he would come in a few years.

After the Steel Plant industrial production meeting in the morning, the shipbuilding factory group that rushed over from Yingcheng also arrived.

Leading them was Vice Factory Director Jing Jing Yunong, who represented the Steel Rolling Mill in presiding over the negotiations and signing the acquisition agreement and was responsible for the receiving work.

Accompanying them were the Shipbuilding Factory Party Secretary, Factory Director Xu Si, and the temporary handover Vice Factory Director and Chief Engineer.

After the two sides met and exchanged pleasantries, Jing Jing Yunong presided over the shipbuilding factory industrial production meeting.

Participating in the meeting were Li Huai, Li Li Xuewu, and other cadres from the Steel Rolling Mill, as well as cadres from the Steel Plant responsible for production and coordination.

The main content of the meeting was to listen to the work reports of Jing Jing Yunong, Xu Si, and the comrades from the shipbuilding factory.

It was also to complete the communication and cooperation foundation construction among the Steel Rolling Mill, Steel Plant, and Shipbuilding Factory.

Shipbuilding factory industry needs steel and rolling support; shipbuilding industry production itself is a kind of steel art.

Li Li Xuewu's suggestion to acquire the shipbuilding factory was to solve the situation of excess production capacity in the Steel Rolling Mill's industrial production.

Car manufacturing is like this, and shipbuilding is also like this; cars sell well, and ships also sell well.

Especially when the Chief Engineer of the shipbuilding factory said at the meeting that the Yingcheng Shipbuilding Factory had the ability to build ten-thousand-ton giant ships, Li Li Xuewu was even happier and gave them a production task: just build hundred-ton ships!

Nonsense, the shipbuilding factory is still under construction; if they really built a ten-thousand-ton giant ship, who knows when that would be.

Start with the small ones, start with the profitable ones; the money from selling one ten-thousand-ton giant ship is as easy to spend as selling one hundred hundred-ton fishing boats.

After lunch, Li Huai and Li Li Xuewu acted separately.

Li Huai and others continued to inspect the hardware, car manufacturing, and shipbuilding projects.

Li Li Xuewu went to arrange trade-related work, which was to inspect the Steel City pier and the situation of the Dongfeng fleet.

Both the Steel Plant and the Shipbuilding Factory have business relationships with the Dongfeng shipping and pier, and Li Huai allowed Li Li Xuewu to come forward.

Li Li Xuewu only brought his secretary Sha Sha Qizhi and took a car to the Steel City river transport pier.

This place was still a bit different from the last time he came; last time it was dark, and he came to catch people, so his mood was different.

And in fact, after the Dongfeng shipping, recycling station, and investigation department settled here, the Steel City pier had undergone great changes.

The pier had been widened, the ships docked in the river were inserted with red flags and colored flags, large warehouses had been built on the pier, and office conditions had also improved.

Passing by the river embankment, Li Li Xuewu encountered large trucks passing each other several times in the car; obviously, there were freight tasks.

And facing Li Li Xuewu's arrival, the Steel City pier had also made full preparations.

After Li Li Xuewu's jeep stopped steadily, Wen San'er and others greeted them.

"We are all one family, no need to be so polite."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and waved his hand, shaking hands with the people who came to greet him.

"Da Qiangzi, you don't go to sea, why are you so dark?"

"Zhou Changli goes to sea, why is he still so white?"

Li Li Xuewu's words made both of them feel a bit embarrassed, but they were indeed like this.

Da Da Qiangzi was responsible for the joint unit trade in Steel City, while Zhou Zhou Changli cooperated with Wen San'er to coordinate the work on the ships.

Now those who don't go on ships are dark, and those who go on ships are white; where can one reason with this?

Wen San'er smiled and introduced to Li Li Xuewu: "This is a comrade from the Investigation Department, Zhou Dahai."

"Hello, Deputy Secretary Li."

Zhou Dahai was just a code name. He knew Li Li Xuewu, and the leader had also given instructions about the work and person in charge here, understanding Li Li Xuewu's level and importance.

Li Li Xuewu smiled and shook hands with him, and also asked about the living conditions here.

The Investigation Department just borrowed this place for office work and also served the Dongfeng shipping. He generally didn't participate in management, let alone ask about things here.

After meeting Li Li Xuewu and saying a few words, he took the initiative to leave, otherwise the people here wouldn't be able to let go.

Wen San'er wanted to introduce the person in charge of the management of the retired personnel of the original 816th Regiment who came to work here.

"This is Wang Wang Jianbo..."

Before he could finish the introduction, he saw the other party take the initiative to salute and ask for greetings.

"Hello, Chief." ===== CHAPTER 838 =====