Chapter 876: Bluffing~

"Of course, of course! ~"

Andrew smiled very generously and gentlemanly: "That was just one of my investment projects; business competition, you know~"

"I feel much better now that you think so."

Li Li Xuewu drank a sip of tea, smiled and asked: "If it's not a problem with Dongfeng Shipping, I don't think you're here to sell me yachts, right?"

"Hehehe~"

Andrew understood the humor in Li Li Xuewu's words, laughed softly, signaled with his teacup, and said: "The tea is very good."

"Hehe, it's the tea from the conference group."

Li Li Xuewu mercilessly poked through the other party's fake politeness; this old thing wasn't a good cookie either.

Don't think that foreigners look silly and honest, so you really think they don't have minds; these guys are very shrewd.

Look, Andrew's beard is white, pretending to be old; actually, this guy is only forty-something; do you dare believe it?!

If it were on a countryman, Li Li Xuewu would know without taking his pulse that this guy played wildly when he was young and was very weak.

But on foreigners, don't say the beard is white; even if it were yellow, he wouldn't be surprised.

Andrew was poked by Li Li Xuewu's "honesty" and wasn't annoyed, as if he had already gotten used to the mainlanders' lack of understanding of style.

"I want to know the industrial foundation of your shipyard, as well as the manufacturing capacity."

He pursed his lips and looked very frank: "I am sincerely interested in cooperating with you."

"Of course, who isn't sincere?"

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, put down the teacup in his hand, and smiled: "I wouldn't have sacrificed my rest time to accompany you sitting here without sincerity, right?"

After saying that, he signaled to the two foreign affairs personnel behind him and reminded Andrew: "I wouldn't have sent them away, would I?"

"Of course, of course."

Andrew nodded, then looked at Li Li Xuewu, signaling that he could talk about the shipyard.

Li Li Xuewu paused, placed his finger beside the teacup, tapped the table lightly, and said: "What do you want to know, something specific."

After saying that, he signaled to the direction behind him and said: "Something I can understand."

Andrew's eyes widened; he knew very well that Li Li Xuewu was using the two foreign affairs personnel behind him as a cover.

He wanted to know the specific situation of Yingcheng Shipyard, but in this era, without relationships and means, no one could figure it out.

In the fog of economy and trade, this kind of information is confidential and could likely affect the survival of a unit.

This is different from the highly transparent business environment of later generations; if you are not in the same competitive dimension, you just wait to be slaughtered.

So it's not that Li Li Xuewu is dragging his feet; business negotiation is just like this.

Even if you have the heart to participate in cooperation, you have to know how to protect yourself.

Andrew came to the booth to look at this and that, just to test and see who could talk to him, or rather, who he could talk to for effect.

Li Li Xuewu's appearance, especially in a series of reception arrangements, made him see characteristics different from ordinary mainlanders.

Of course, he found Li Li Xuewu to talk, so he had to endure this kind of different caution and professionalism.

Li Li Xuewu asking him to be specific and clear was just not wanting to give him too many fantasies, and even less wanting to give the other party too much room for negotiation.

"Shipbuilding, for example, yachts."

Andrew understood; it's best to be brief when talking to this young man; the other party is too good at chatting nonsense.

"If you can produce yachts, then we can carry out cooperation; I will order them."

"If we could produce yachts, do you think we would still have the chance to sit here?"

Li Li Xuewu's honesty poked Andrew's lung tube until it hurt; sometimes sincere words don't sound good either.

"Regardless of other things, what kind of material do you need for the hull?"

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Fiberglass? The Shanghai factory only started making that a few years ago!"

"Aluminum alloy? Bingcheng has a factory, but we can't get in line for that right now."

"It can't be wood, right!"

Li Li Xuewu looked at Andrew amusedly and said: "Our factory can build fishing boats and cargo ships, but this yacht is still quite fashionable."

"Of course it can't be wood."

Andrew smiled, spread his hands and explained: "Although our company also produces this kind, it's not suitable here."

"Alloy steel."

He looked at Li Li Xuewu, tilted his head slightly, and blinked: "Manganese-based nickel-chromium-free steel or low nickel-chromium steel will do."

"Oh! Oh!"

Li Li Xuewu pointed at the other party, reminding him to be careful with his words!

"Are you sure you're talking to me about yacht manufacturing? Not warships?!"

"In that case..."

Andrew's expression paused slightly, looked at Li Li Xuewu and asked: "You don't have..."

"Alright~"

Li Li Xuewu politely interrupted his question and reminded him: "If you ask any further, we must have them."

"But."

He pointed at the other party and said: "You have to provide the technology!"

Li Li Xuewu doesn't understand metallurgy, let alone shipbuilding, but having mixed in the rolling mill for so long, he could still figure out the basic material names.

The steel mill has been researching alloy steel, but involving shipbuilding or specialized high-end steel is just at the beginning stage.

The current main research direction is still special steel in the field of industrial manufacturing.

For example, cutting tools, kitchenware, stainless steel, etc.; shipbuilding steel is still a high-end research direction.

Manganese-based nickel-chromium-free steel or low nickel-chromium steel involves hull steel for warships; you know the direction.

Andrew was scared by Li Li Xuewu and was calm, knowing that he had touched Li Li Xuewu's negotiation bottom line.

If these words were spoken and heard by the foreign affairs department, he would have to accept an investigation.

"Then fiberglass."

Andrew shrugged his shoulders, looked at Li Li Xuewu and said: "I provide the technology; do you have a glass manufacturing factory here?"

"That depends on your needs."

Li Li Xuewu also shrugged his shoulders like him and said: "We are a comprehensive large factory with a deep industrial foundation; as long as we don't touch the commercial bottom line, starting a project isn't a problem."

Andrew clearly knew that the rolling mill had its own steel mill and was a direct raw material supplier for the shipyard; why didn't he say he would provide metallurgical technology for manganese-based nickel-chromium-free steel or low nickel-chromium steel?

Compared to the sturdy, durable, and affordable characteristics of alloy steel, he preferred to go far away and take the initiative to provide fiberglass manufacturing technology?

The reason lies in the fact that we don't have alloy steel technology, but we have fiberglass technology.

Foreigners are not fools; even if they don't start from a narrow perspective, they don't want to touch the red line of hidden rules in international trade.

Everyone knows that the outside wants to lock up the mainland; how could he send technology in?

We figured out fiberglass back in '58; the ignition device on Dongfanghong-1 was made of fiberglass.

Another use of fiberglass is the heat-resistant part of the shell on carrier missiles.

Now fiberglass has begun to be utilized in many fields, so Andrew, this old guy, also very casually said he would provide processing technology.

Would Li Li Xuewu eat this set?

Why should we still accept your charity when we have it ourselves? If we want technology, can't we coordinate with brother units by spending money!

So, starting a project isn't a problem; whether you take technology or we develop technology ourselves, it all has to fall into place.

Andrew saw that Li Li Xuewu was really hard to deal with, especially since the two translators behind him had already started to notice this side.

"Then let's go with the order cooperation system."

Andrew said indifferently: "Anyway, you won't allow me to buy shares."

Hearing him say this, Li Li Xuewu saved the nonsense and nodded: "Okay, I won't ask you for full-payment orders either; I'll pay in advance according to the construction progress."

"That's fine."

Andrew nodded, looked at Li Li Xuewu and asked: "Can my technical personnel go ashore?"

"Yes."

Li Li Xuewu promised very confidently: "As long as it doesn't touch the bottom line."

After saying that, he emphasized: "You should know where our bottom line is, right?"

"Of course."

Andrew pursed his lips and said: "The fiberglass hull problem is solved; we will provide the power system and electronic control system, and you will be responsible for the assembly."

"We can also be responsible for some parts."

Li Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Including the power system and electronic control system you mentioned."

"Oh?"

Andrew looked at Li Li Xuewu in surprise and said: "Didn't you say your shipyard doesn't have the ability to produce yachts?"

"The yacht's power system is still somewhat different from fishing boats, including electronic control."

He explained: "We have brand control; even if it's contract production, we have to prioritize quality issues."

"That's of course."

Li Li Xuewu leaned back in the chair, raised his hand, widened his eyes, and told a lie... explained: "We not only have a shipyard but also a car manufacturing factory."

"Is that so!"

Andrew was really shocked this time; an enterprise that simultaneously possesses a shipyard and a car manufacturing factory is a super enterprise even in Europe.

This is just a mainland enterprise!

That's how big an enterprise must be!

This is just a mainland enterprise!

In Europe, if all enterprises did this, they would be subject to anti-monopoly investigations.

Of course, the creativity and production capacity of such an enterprise are naturally thick and solid.

Maybe in the mainland, there are still many such enterprises, and they can only be possessed in such a country; they can be called industry trusts.

Li Li Xuewu didn't mind Andrew's shocked expression and appeared very casual.

What if the car factory hasn't been built yet?

I just said it has!

Can he really go for a field trip!

Besides, isn't the shipyard we're talking about also not built yet...

Li Li Xuewu took out a business card from his card holder again, placed it on the tea table, and said seriously: "You should know that we mainlanders never lie!"

"Uh..."

Andrew really thought so; he hadn't dealt with mainlanders once or twice, and people here were generally very honest.

Why are there so many people willing to come to the Canton Trade Fair to purchase goods? It's because the reputation here is guaranteed.

Based on this foundation of trust, Andrew showed such surprise.

"Too unexpected!"

He picked up the business card on the table and looked at the company introduction on it; although he didn't recognize the English part, he could still judge the authenticity from the several lines of text annotations.

In this era, very few people use business cards; the other party's professionalism made him more certain that this unit called Red Star Rolling Mill was a big trust.

Business card, business card; it used to be called a "piece," now it's called a liar with a name and a unit!

"This is our first time exhibiting, and it might be the last time exhibiting."

Li Li Xuewu proudly waved his hand to signal the other booths and said: "Look, are we professional or are they professional?"

Without waiting for Andrew to answer, he retracted his chin, his eyes full of sincerity, and said: "We didn't want to come in the first place; we don't lack orders; why did we come? You should understand."

"Uh..."

Andrew's brain was a bit stuck; why does he always say he understands!

Does he really understand?

Is it because their strength is too strong, and the trade fair was afraid there would be no main brand, so they invited them to be the protagonists?

Seems like that's the case...

"We are also helpless~"

Li Li Xuewu said sincerely: "But we pay attention to responsibility, unity, and action, so we give the trade fair face and come once."

"So your unit's strength is so thick!"

Andrew's initial slightly arrogant attitude was slowly collapsing; he didn't know if he should maintain the decency of an old-school capitalist in front of Li Li Xuewu.

"Engine manufacturing factory, power transmission system, electronic control system, communication system, etc."

Li Li Xuewu nodded confidently and confirmed: "As long as you can provide relevant technology, we can fully meet your needs."

"This..."

Andrew felt that the two were talking too fast; his original intention was to find a cheap and high-quality contract manufacturing enterprise in the mainland, that is, in the Pacific environment.

His company, under the state of confidentiality in ensuring technical means, could carry out off-site assembly and realize the strategic goal of Pacific shipbuilding.

But as they talked, how did it become that he had to provide all the yacht technology and ask the other party to manufacture on his behalf?

Did he fall into a pit?!

"You wouldn't be suspecting that I'm trying to steal your technology, right?"

Li Li Xuewu looked at Andrew's embarrassment and, without waiting for him to speak, cut off this string first and pointed it out.

"No~ no~ no!"

Andrew was also embarrassed; it seemed like he was still using a villain's heart to measure a gentleman's belly?

"You can rest assured!"

Li Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly, shook his head slightly and reminded: "How many more years do you think it will take for our people to use yachts?"

"This..."

Andrew seemed to understand what Li Li Xuewu meant; what he said was really the case.

This country is vast and rich, with a vast territory and rich products.

But!

Vast! But there are many people!

From his perspective, looking at the mainland, he didn't know how many years it would take to achieve wealth.

Especially under the current situation, the goal of achieving common prosperity for hundreds of millions of people is really too fantastic.

Different from the hairy ones, the mainland's organizational change skipped an entire stage and directly carried out industrial change; the missing part will have to be returned sooner or later.

History has no shortcuts; just like Li Li Xuewu said, how many more years will it take for people in the mainland to buy yachts?

One hundred years?

Two hundred years?

In this era, foreigners look at the mainland with this mentality, which is why the development of later generations will shock them.

Even in later generations, how many foreigners still feel that the mainland is in a backward state.

This is the "freedom" of outside news, allowing the public to even think that the Pacific is the Rabbit's!

"So you don't have to worry about the problem of technology leakage."

Li Li Xuewu didn't avoid the fact that the mainland he was in was in a state of economic weakness, nor did he feel that saying such facts was anything to be ashamed of.

The so-called technological civilization developed by the West over hundreds of years only needs the Rabbit to continue to work hard, and the future will still depend on us.

Of course, you still have to lie when you should, and you still have to fool when you should; he is very greedy for yacht manufacturing technology.

"Just like you said, the yacht's entire system is different from other ships, so there's no need to worry about our technology crossing over."

He dared to say it, blocking all the other party's excuses: "Even if we have money, I guess yachts and our values won't merge together."

"So~"

Li Li Xuewu pursed his lips, spread his hands to signal Andrew, and said: "We want to earn more; we can manufacture all procedures on your behalf."

Shipbuilding and car manufacturing are not the same thing; car manufacturing can follow the industrial chain because there are many car parts factories, which can fully support assembly production.

But the shipbuilding industry has technical barriers, as well as the narrowness of its unique manufacturing processes.

Especially the yacht manufacturing industry; this thing is dead expensive, more expensive than cargo ships, but the customer group is narrow.

To enter this circle, it won't work without a certain foundation.

Why do Italy, this boot country, sell yachts well?

Because the national conditions are like this; the people's support for yachts is great, starting from the most basic wooden sailboat yachts and playing all the way to the top level.

It's like playing with bracelets in later generations; if there is no huge audience support, the entire industrial chain will collapse.

Before, you could see people eating skewers on every street, and small stalls were one after another, but look at it now, is it still there?

At least it's not that crazy anymore.

The Mediterranean location is suitable for playing with this thing; people developed it well, developed daily necessities into luxury goods, symbols of money and status, so people earned the money.

You just think, fiberglass hull, even the big ones are only twenty or thirty meters, the whole ship is mainly for entertainment and enjoyment; this is purely a thing that spends money.

Without a certain economic environment foundation, who plays with it!

Who can afford to play with it!

The several reasons Li Li Xuewu put forward were very sufficient, making Andrew's mouth tremble, but he couldn't find a reason to refuse for a while.

People are honest; they confessed that they wanted to earn more money and take on another job; this honesty is hard to come by in the business field.

Especially under the situation of external locking and internal marketlessness, it seems that this kind of contract manufacturing cooperation has a basis for negotiation.

"Then... let's stop here today."

Andrew took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat on his forehead; this kind of extreme intensity pulling still made him a bit tired.

He didn't want to let Li Li Xuewu have all the concessions at once, but in the face of basic facts, he couldn't refuse.

So, he could only pause the negotiation to let himself have some relief.

"You and your colleagues need to rest, and I also need to discuss it with my partners."

Andrew politely shook hands with Li Li Xuewu, stood up and said: "I will contact you again."

"No problem."

Li Li Xuewu smiled slightly, didn't over-persuade, nor did he show an extreme demand for cooperation; he looked very polite.

When seeing Andrew off, Li Li Xuewu also shook hands with Zhou Yang and his colleague, expressed his thanks again, and issued an invitation to go to Beijing to play.

The two were moved by his politeness and were also very embarrassed; when shaking hands, they took the initiative to indicate that they would provide help when necessary.

Sha Sha Qizhi sent the three small gifts he had prepared to the other party, which drew another round of thanks from them.

The host and guest were happy; Li Li Xuewu stood in front of the booth, his figure tall and broad, confidently watching them go.

After they walked past the corner, he immediately unloaded the disguise on his body, patted Sha Sha Qizhi's arm and reminded: "Hurry up and contact Engineer Xia, organize shipbuilding experts and dynamics experts; we have a big job coming!"

"Yes!"

Sha Sha Qizhi naturally had eyes; hearing Li Li Xuewu's instructions, he turned and walked out.

Yachts were naturally an unexpected surprise for this exhibition; Li Li Xuewu, what kind of virtue or ability did he have to dare imagine such business coming to his door?

If heaven gives and you don't take, you will suffer the blame.

He naturally wanted to eat the fat meat delivered to his mouth in one bite; otherwise, should he leave it for others!

Manufacturing yachts on behalf of others isn't the main purpose; the production technology of all the parts attached to it is the focus.

Li Li Xuewu bragged that the rolling mill had a car manufacturing factory, which meant it could manufacture engines on behalf of others.

Of course it can manufacture; our production line is still being built and debugged.

If it can manufacture one, or even several yacht-grade engines, what a powerful driving force it would be for the engine manufacturing industry at the car industrial base!

You were originally a mason repairing a courtyard; now you stuff the teachers and students of the Huaqing Architecture Department to you and set up a construction company; you say, is it awesome or not?!

Dou Dou Yaozu was so happy he shouted 666!

Yacht power systems, electronic control systems, communication systems—if all can be manufactured on behalf of others, it means the rolling mill has the ability to produce these equipment.

If these can all be produced, doesn't it mean the shipyard side has achieved all-category comprehensive evolution?!

What?

You say the yacht's entire system is light-duty and precision-grade, not suitable for cargo ships?

Who told you it's for cargo ships? We are going to start projects for fishing boats!

These control systems are delicate, precise, and high-end.

However, it's not easy to develop from low-end to high-end, but isn't it easy to reduce configuration from high-end to low-end?!

Fishing boats, what kind of bicycle do you need? As long as you can guarantee the quality of use, you don't need yacht-grade; reducing configuration to basic-grade is the right solution.

Production isn't the focus; the focus is on eating these technologies; don't want free teachers, do you want to pay to invite them?

As long as Andrew agrees to the contract manufacturing contract, he will appoint technical personnel to enter the factory for guidance.

By then, Li Li Xuewu will put all system production at the Steel City production base, complementing the car manufacturing base.

Engine production line, power transmission production line, electronic control production line, communication technology production line, plus a fiberglass factory!

Damn, thinking about it makes me excited; isn't this a little cow sitting on a plane!

"Deputy Team Leader Li, just now that was..."

It turned out that when Li Li Xuewu was bluffing Andrew, Jing Jing Yunong, who came back from the cafeteria, didn't go to rest, but sat in the distance waiting for him.

It had been a whole morning; although Li Li Xuewu was full of energy and polite when receiving customers, Jing Jing Yunong could see his lack of interest when there were no big orders.

This wasn't a bad thing; Li Li Xuewu hadn't hidden his thoughts.

But at noon, he abnormally received that white-haired foreigner, which had to make Jing Jing Yunong pay attention.

"Oh, Vice Director Jing."

Li Li Xuewu glanced back at her and also noticed the "my second brother is lying again" expression in Li Xue's eyes.

He didn't feel embarrassed at all and invited Jing Jing Yunong and the others to sit in the lounge.

"An Italian businessman."

After sitting down, he moved the teacup in front of him and explained softly to Jing Jing Yunong: "Temporarily learned that the other party is in the yacht business in Hong Kong and also invested in a shipping company."

"Shipping?"

Jing Jing Yunong raised her eyebrows, looked at Li Li Xuewu and asked: "Is he going to intervene in our shipping business? Or...?"

"No!"

Li Li Xuewu looked at her seriously and said: "It's us who are going to intervene in the yacht manufacturing industry!"

Hearing Li Li Xuewu's words, Jing Jing Yunong frowned, looked at Li Li Xuewu's serious expression, paused, and then reminded him in a relatively gentle tone: "Isn't the step too big?"

After saying that, fearing Li Li Xuewu would be excited, she took the initiative to explain: "After all, our shipyard has just restored construction progress, and we don't possess the experience and technology for yacht manufacturing."

"If we rely on technology and equipment introduction, I'm afraid the existing budget won't satisfy the requirements of this project."

She knew Li Li Xuewu had seen the world at the trade fair and earned big money.

But his heart had grown too big; it was fine to bluff Li Li Huai De into having a beautiful dream last night, but why was he having a daydream himself today?

Li Li Xuewu was just doing a "daydream"; he didn't want to invest here at all; white-P is ready-made, and spending money doesn't give a sense of achievement!

"No! There is no technology introduction, and there is no need for equipment procurement budget!"

He moved his chair closer to Jing Jing Yunong and explained softly: "All the technology for yacht manufacturing, I have requested the other party to bear!"

"Really? Is he willing?!"

Jing Jing Yunong looked at this face close in front of her in disbelief; she could even feel the other party's breathing.

"He is naturally... not very willing."

Li Li Xuewu laughed badly, panting: "This requires... requires... pieces of sincerity to move the other party!"

Jing Jing Yunong's eyes revealed a "I believe your ghost" expression, her eyebrows moved slightly; at this moment, she had confidence in Li Li Xuewu.

Because this kid had never missed when he played bad!

"What do you want to do?"

"Move him!"

Li Li Xuewu blinked and said: "I have already asked Sha Qizhi to contact Engineer Xia to get the production plan and scheme out as soon as possible!"

After saying this, he tapped the table with his finger again and reminded: "I want..."

Li Xue, who was sitting on the side, originally could hear it by turning slightly, but how come her second brother said this so softly!

What does he want!

And he was so close to Vice Director Jing!

No way! No way! Second brother, you!

Li Li Xuewu naturally wouldn't eat tender grass!

Ask around the whole world!

Who doesn't know! He isn't someone who eats anything, harms good families!

"Technology! Productivity!"

Li Li Xuewu reached out to make a grabbing gesture and said seriously: "This is a bargain we picked up for nothing, and it added a big project to the shipyard!"

"This..."

Jing Jing Yunong is the deputy director of finance, so she naturally has to start from the perspective of the budget.

Even if Li Li Xuewu explained the pros and cons of the yacht project to her, and also said the importance of these technologies and productivity.

But, what about the money?

"The money naturally doesn't need us to pay!"

Li Li Xuewu took a notebook and explained to her one by one with a pen: "First is the fiberglass material for the hull."

"The third industry we collaborated with the glass factory is the production foundation, right? Technical upgrade, equipment transformation, we all provide production orders; shouldn't they take this money?"

"..."

Jing Jing Yunong looked up slightly, looked at Li Li Xuewu's cunning expression, and instantly understood everything.

This kid is used to the routine of borrowing a chicken to lay eggs; now it's not enough to routine the yacht manufacturer, but he also wants to routine the glass factory!

Good fellow, eating from both sides, both sides have to be full!

In short, you don't take a cent, but you still have to occupy the shares of the fiberglass manufacturing factory, arrange for enterprise employees, and eat a share of the yacht orders here!

Hey! This kid's brain is born to be material for doing business!

Born in the wrong era; if it were a few decades ago, he would have been a tycoon!

Li Li Xuewu looked at Jing Jing Yunong's eyes and smiled, helplessly saying: "I don't have money; if I had money, I would have done it myself!"

"Don't fold it towards me!"

Jing Jing Yunong wasn't careful and almost got scratched by Li Li Xuewu's words.

What does this mean? Isn't it saying that she didn't give him money, limiting his performance!

Is he a monkey? He didn't pay attention to a sentence and even set her up in the routine!

"If I had money, you could play as you like, but to be honest, with

"Understood! ~"

Li Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I fully understand the practical difficulties of our factory, so you see, I've already arranged for the glass factory to take on the fiberglass hulls."

"As for electronic controls, aren't we collaborating with the Beijing Television Factory? Let them provide the equipment!"

"There's no way around the engines and power control!"

Li Li Xuewu helplessly spread his hands and said to Jing Jing Yunong, "We were going to develop these things ourselves anyway; now it's purely a technical upgrade, so this tuition fee really can't be saved."

"Just these two?"

Jing Jing Yunong rolled her eyes and said, "What about the shipyard? Do you think it's just a dock where you can start a new type of ship line just by getting some screws and wrenches?"

"That sounds nice!"

She said with some dissatisfaction to Li Li Xuewu, "This costs money, that costs money—if you add it all up, it's over budget again!"

"Then what should we do?"

Li Li Xuewu asked shamelessly, "Should we just abandon this project?"

"How can we abandon it!"

As soon as Jing Jing Yunong heard he wanted to abandon it, she stopped him first, widened her eyes, and said, "This is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity!"

After finishing, she complained with some discouragement, "I'm just like a camel, destined to hold the purse strings for you all; everyone only thinks about spending, never about bringing money in!"

"Look at what you're saying!"

Li Li Xuewu laughed it off and signaled to his sister, telling her to go pour tea for the leader—how could she be so unobservant!

Li Xue was just wondering if her second brother was getting a bit too cozy with Deputy Director Jing; not only were they sitting close, but why did Deputy Director Jing's tone sound a bit coquettish when she spoke?!

Seeing her second brother's eye signal, she stood up somewhat reluctantly to pour the tea.

But even as she walked away, she still looked back from time to time, very afraid that if she wasn't there, her second brother would do something bad again!

Second brother is no good! Hmph!

"The orders from this trade fair don't count!"

Li Li Xuewu earnestly promised Jing Jing Yunong, "I'll waive the yacht order profits; I guarantee that before the end of this year, I'll bring in another big sum for you!"

"Really?!"

Jing Jing Yunong guarded the budget bottom line like a landlord, and seeing Li Li Xuewu say this, her eyes brightened.

She knew that Li Li Xuewu didn't make promises to people lightly, but as long as he said it, he would definitely keep his word.

Especially when he said it was a "big" one, it definitely wouldn't be small.

Whether the year-end budget looks good or not depends entirely on the closing stage.

Although the budget was seriously exceeded this year, the development results and economic and trade gains have already received a satisfactory answer.

Even if someone from above comes to audit the budget overrun, seeing this report, no one could find fault with it.

No matter how much the Rolling Mill develops, isn't it still the organization's?

If an enterprise has development, it means the organization has vitality.

Some factories wouldn't know how to spend money even if you gave it to them, and they can't develop or create actual value—what's the use of saving money?

You don't need to look at anything else for the Rolling Mill's report card this year; just look at the number of workers recruited—what a huge contribution it has made to Beijing's employment situation.

Which enterprise expands by thousands and thousands of people? Most have to beg and plead just to recruit a few hundred.

The Rolling Mill's expansion this time has really made a name for itself in Beijing; why is Li Li Huai De sitting so securely? Isn't it because those above see his capability?

Regardless of this person's character, as long as he can solve practical problems, he is impeccable in his work.

If you, Yang Yang Yuansong and Yang Yang Fengshan, aren't convinced, then you go and develop a shipyard and two industrial production bases, and then solve the employment problem for five thousand people!

This is more than just five thousand people; new employees joining the workforce triggers a major reshuffle of the entire Rolling Mill's human labor environment.

You don't work hard?

Then your position is always facing adjustment!

The vast majority of the newly recruited employees have at least a middle school education.

What does this mean?

Previously, such educational backgrounds were for entering government offices; now, flooding them into frontline production units is definitely a strong shock to workers with only primary school education.

Educational foundation determines a person's development potential; although it's not absolute, it is a common perception in this era.

A primary school graduate learning to operate a lathe and a middle school graduate learning to operate a lathe might have similar operational abilities.

However, for deeper technical processing and understanding, workers with primary school education definitely don't have the same comprehension as those with middle school education.

Five thousand people—it's not just about recruiting them and stuffing them into the workshop; this is a means of elimination.

When you look at later generations and see when master's degree students occupy outside industries, you will understand this kind of technical crushing.

Li Li Xuewu has made outstanding contributions to the Rolling Mill's development process this year, and his work ideas and abilities have been recognized by leaders and acknowledged through results time and time again.

If he says the yacht OEM industry is feasible now, then Jing Jing Yunong must fully consider his opinion.

Even without Li Li Xuewu's guarantee, she would have to proceed from reality and subsequently cooperate with Li Li Xuewu to persuade Li Li Huai De.

Otherwise, what do you think Li Li Xuewu is doing, leaning on her and coaxing her?

You don't really think there's something between the two of them, do you?!

Do you remember what Li Li Xuewu just said?

Electronic control manufacturing, communication manufacturing, hull manufacturing—these contents are all based on the third-industry production units for expansion.

Who is in charge of the third industry?

Li Li Xuewu will definitely not find the wrong person or say the wrong thing for what he wants to do.

Jing Jing Yunong doesn't need to think carefully; she must take the initiative to undertake this matter, including budget, planning, production management, etc.

As for Li Li Huai De, everything is easy to talk about.

Director Li is not afraid of big scenes; if the god of wealth, Jing Jing Yunong, says it can be launched, then as long as this project doesn't lose him money, he will definitely nod in agreement.

Yachts, going out to sea, enjoying life... what reason does Director Li have to reject this project!

Of course, Director Li is doing it all for the future of the Rolling Mill and for the sake of economic and trade development; under the chairmanship of Deputy Director Jing and the coordination of Li Li Xuewu, Deputy Director of the Management Committee Office, this project will definitely make money!

After talking with Jing Jing Yunong at noon, Li Li Xuewu left the venue, sending people to collect industrial information related to shipbuilding and yacht manufacturing at the trade fair, while calling Xu Sinian in Yingcheng to coordinate materials for the shipyard.

Just as he returned to the guesthouse and before he could start the meeting with Xia Xia Zhongquan and the others, Xu Sinian's call came back.

On the phone, Xu Sinian was so excited he almost called Li Li Xuewu his foster father; this brother supports his work even more than a foster father would.

He had just secured fishing boat orders for the Yingcheng Shipyard in Tianjin, and then turned around at the trade fair to sign cargo ship orders for the shipyard.

That's not all—fishing boats and cargo ships weren't enough to keep them busy, and now he's brought in yacht manufacturing orders.

When Xu Sinian led the Rolling Mill's cadres to take over the shipyard, he initially felt the pressure of non-recognition from the local staff.

But as the Rolling Mill's industrial raw materials kept arriving and construction funds became instantly abundant, the staff also began to accept the fact that the shipyard had changed hands.

During the period when the shipyard was resuming construction, everyone hadn't even reacted yet when five-year orders for fishing boats and cargo ships were dumped on them.

Everyone said this factory director is capable; he's got some real skills!

If nothing else, the shipyard doesn't have to worry about food for five years.

A factory director who can guarantee food and clothing for the staff is a good factory director; if he can bring rich welfare benefits to the staff, then this factory director would be pampered to the heavens by the staff.

Xu Sinian, of course, knew clearly whose help it was that allowed him to come to the shipyard, be accepted by the shipyard, and achieve results at the shipyard.

Now that Li Li Xuewu has sent him a big gift, how could he not be surprised and excited!

Li Li Xuewu dodged the phone, not wanting his ears to be shaken by his loud voice, while reminding him that he was busy here and to speak quickly if he had something to say!

Xu Sinian called mainly to ask if he needed to bring engineers to Yangcheng.

Obviously, he took it seriously, taking this opportunity and cooperation seriously.

But Li Li Xuewu didn't intend to give Andrew too much importance, as this would not be conducive to the subsequent negotiations.

Commercial negotiations are like this; even Wufengxing, which has a deeper basis for cooperation, wouldn't settle everything in one go, let alone Andrew, whom he had just met.

So Li Li Xuewu was mentally prepared that this tug-of-war would take some time.

He told Xu Sinian that good food isn't afraid of being late, and a good woman isn't afraid of... *cough cough*, this matter requires composure; him coming here in a rush wouldn't help anyway.

Regarding the shipbuilding industry, among the Huaqing professors who came along, there were experts in this field; Li Li Xuewu didn't lack theoretical support, so the Yingcheng Shipyard didn't need engineers to come in person.

But the relevant material and technical situation must be reported over.

You can bluff the other party without any limits, but you have to know how much weight you have at home; if you blow the cowhide too big, how will you clean up the mess later!

Bluffing people also requires technique!

Li Li Xuewu is particularly adept in this field!