Chapter 891: Yuezhou

The leaders of the First Light Industry Bureau agreed to coordinate, and the Steel Mill would come forward to receive Naigishi's commercial travel group.

But the condition was that the Steel Mill had to organize a commercial negotiation meeting to actively share reform ideas, foreign trade experience, and even foreign trade orders.

Li Huai De also thought about it; ideas could be shared, experience could be exchanged, but orders shouldn't even be thought about.

He was quite protective of food; he would bite anyone who dared to move what was in his mouth.

He promised the leader that when the time came, he would say Li Xuewu wouldn't allow it, and the factory leaders also opposed it; anyway, orders couldn't be shared.

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Li Xuewu: I became the scapegoat?

Li Huai De was truly anxious; in these few days in Guangzhou, he watched money fall to the ground and no one was willing to pick it up.

Some units just waited, relied, and asked; if foreign merchants didn't take the initiative to ask, they would just sit and wait.

Waiting for foreign merchants to take the initiative, relying on organizational coordination, and reaching out to ask for orders when they saw them.

Afraid of trouble from foreign merchants, afraid of organizational blame, afraid of people suspecting their loyalty.

How to put it? Old Li felt that he was also like this before.

But having come to Guangzhou and seen so many scenes, if he was still like this, then he had no brains.

In these days, the Steel Mill's trio acted separately or jointly; wherever there were orders and cooperation, they went there.

It didn't count that they were busy during the day; there were also receptions at night.

Li Huai De waved his hand and told Li Xuewu and Jing Yuong not to be afraid of spending money to treat guests; this bit of money wasn't even a fingernail in front of the orders.

He was coordinating with leaders of several ministries to get export licenses, no longer satisfied with being limited in exports.

Li Xuewu also felt that he was wasting his effort; at this stage, this kind of procedure truly couldn't be obtained.

It wasn't because of his effort, but because the situation didn't allow it.

Under the overall shrinking economic situation, how could an export-type export license be obtained?

He pondered for a long time before coming up with a detour of export-oriented compensation trade.

Unless it was dealing with the Import and Export General Company, it had to go through direct export channels.

And if you didn't want to be bullied, it had to be like Wufengxing.

But if there really was an enterprise like Wufengxing, Li Huai De wouldn't need to beg for this.

He was willing to support Oriental Trade in acting as an agent for all categories of the Steel Mill's goods because he wanted to support a facade.

At least he wouldn't have to achieve some foreign trade through Wufengxing in the future.

Distant water couldn't quench near thirst; for now, they still had to operate within the rules.

Of course, Old Li bumping into people everywhere wasn't without use; if the opening really came in the future, the Steel Mill would definitely be able to rush to the front.

When the opening just came in the future, whoever held the license first would be advanced.

He bumped into people everywhere and accidentally contacted the Japanese merchant representatives who were about to enter Beijing.

Hearing that the Steel Mill had signed an intention contract with the Japanese merchants, the leaders above were also very interested and consulted on further cooperation between the Steel Mill and the Japanese merchants.

Under this unclear situation, it was undoubtedly an experimental commercial cooperation, and Li Huai De didn't want to take this risk.

Especially since the Japanese merchants hadn't officially established diplomatic relations with the mainland yet, so he didn't give a definite answer.

However, after returning, the three held a meeting and analyzed that every time they talked about cooperation, it would bring a certain commercial window period.

During this period, both the above and foreign merchants attached great importance to cooperation, especially commercial ones, making it easier to pass documents.

So Li Huai De couldn't sit still, called Beijing, and arranged the itinerary and work after returning.

On Friday, Li Huai De led the team, accompanied by Jing Yuong and Li Xuewu, carrying the Huaqing professor team and the automobile engineer team, to launch negotiations on parts procurement agreements with several car companies including the 17th Factory, Beijing Automobile Factory, Shanghai Automobile Factory, and Guangzhou Automobile Factory.

And Li Xuewu, as the general person in charge of the Steel Mill's industrial and trade projects, presided over the phased negotiation process.

The leaders sat together to hold a meeting, talking about strategic thinking and discussing the big direction.

Detailed negotiations were handled by specialized personnel like Li Xuewu.

Several car companies being able to sit together to negotiate was also coordinated by the industrial leaders, wanting to see if the supply-chain-style factory could stand up.

Just as Li Xuewu mentioned in the report meeting, the Steel Mill's automobile manufacturing factory only built core technology, and the rest was handed over to the supply chain.

This supply chain was very weak now, and even needed the Steel Mill to set up the game itself.

However, the leaders of several car factories all saw the prospects and importance of this chain.

Abandoning the complex, cumbersome, and high-cost manufacturing industry and focusing on assembly production would undoubtedly greatly improve production efficiency.

Without the pressure of parts production and the pressure of coordinating inventory, the Steel Mill's car assembly line would only be limited by the production speed of self-produced parts.

Beijing Automobile Factory's one thousand-plus cars a month was already awesome, so what was the daily capacity of the Steel Mill's light-load thinking?

The 17th Factory had the largest scale and the most complete types of parts production.

Here, there was the light and heavy industry production environment most needed by the automobile industry, as well as the most core automobile production technology.

Although sedan production was the first to eat crab, it didn't seem to suit the taste; the output and quality of the big Red Flag had never been improved.

But in terms of industrial production capacity for light and heavy trucks, it was definitely in a leading position.

Beijing Automobile Factory's history wasn't later than the 17th Factory, but because of historical development opportunity problems, it chose motorcycles as the beginning from the start.

Later, in the production and operation process, it also chose jeeps and light trucks as the development direction.

It was precisely because of the light-type production and processing style that Beijing Automobile Factory did better in parts supply.

Shanghai Automobile Factory's history was early, and could be traced back to the early 1900s, when it was called a renovation factory.

The earliest cars weren't sold as a whole, but as chassis, and the upper part was renovated by oneself.

The Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Factory after organization reception was still used to the idea of introducing advanced technology, starting from Mercedes-Benz, and finally produced the Dongfeng brand sedan.

The current Shanghai brand small sedan is the most popular small sedan in the country.

Guangzhou Automobile Factory first started by engaging in Huannan brand buses, and later also studied sedans and jeeps, but none were very successful.

Perhaps it was because of Guangzhou's geographical location, or the fate of doing nothing, anyway, I haven't heard of Guangzhou Automobile Factory making any name for itself.

However, the business leaders of these car factories sitting together to talk about work were all blowing their horns loudly.

The 17th Factory said, this year we want to achieve 130% of the heavy truck planned production task.

Beijing Automobile Factory expressed dissatisfaction, saying it wanted to complete 140% of the production plan.

The business vice president of the 17th Factory said he was talking nonsense! Building trucks and building jeeps couldn't be the same thing!

The business vice president of Beijing Automobile said he could engage in jeeps; they didn't care, they could compare.

It was right for their business leaders to butt heads; they were close, and the business overlap was large.

The scale in the Northeast was large, and the face in Beijing was large; watching them act awesome, Li Xuewu wanted to tell them about success studies.

Later, he thought about it and gave up; if they were successful, there would be no chance for the Steel Mill to be successful.

So Li Xuewu praised this one and complimented that one, saying this big boss was awesome and that leading enterprise was handsome.

Anyway, procurement cost money, but flattery didn't.

These car factory business leaders naturally came with the factory leaders, and the factory leaders had to give face to the industrial leaders, so they naturally had to give face too.

Now seeing the up-and-coming Steel Mill acting as a little brother, they were very convinced, so they naturally had to have the appearance of a big brother.

So the factory leaders took the big direction in one conference room, the business leaders took the general direction in one conference room, and the branch factory engineers and technical leaders talked about craftsmanship in another office.

The negotiations in the three conference rooms proceeded in an orderly manner, and the overall progress was very smooth.

After all, it was their own enterprise negotiating, and many things were interconnected and had basic standards.

It was wrong to say there was no automobile industry chain; these car factories also had times when they adjusted parts for each other.

The Steel Mill just outsourced the vast majority of parts, which was also an attempt in the industrial field at the current time.

There weren't many parts in the whole car; excluding the engine and transmission, and excluding the glass and packaging, electronic circuits, and electrical appliances undertaken by the third industry.

The remaining parts were divided by parts and simple bidding, fully exerting the advantages of each factory, and trying to consider the balance of procurement cost and quality.

So only half of the morning time passed, and the factory leader side, coordinated by the industrial leader, had already finished talking.

And the business side also completed the docking of the cooperation agreement around two o'clock in the afternoon.

At 5:30 in the evening, the automobile industry procurement meeting was all completed.

The contracts were all signed at the hotel. Li Huai De left in the morning and came back in the evening.

Not only did he invite the industrial leaders and the leaders of other car factories to dinner, but he also brought back good news.

Deputy Director Zheng had already approved the Steel Mill's electronic industry cluster project application and asked other department comrades to read it.

And what Li Huai De heard was that other leaders also circled and agreed, and the project even received the attention of Mr. Z.

It was impossible not to pay attention; for such a big project, just the infrastructure part, the budget coordinated by Li Xuewu with the engineering department and the finance department had already exceeded three million yuan.

Product categories included life appliances, kitchen and bathroom appliances, entertainment electronics, etc.

Flashlights, fully automatic washing machines, three-blade electric fans, gas water heaters, electric air conditioners.

Refrigerators, rice cookers, electric kettles, range hoods, disinfection cabinets, microwave ovens, electric ovens, meat grinders, integrated stoves, coffee machines, toasters, grinders.

Semiconductor televisions, radios, home video recorders, audio systems.

Among them, kitchen appliances were what Hong Kong merchants were more concerned about, especially Nande, who was targeting the Southeast Asian market. He had said that the southern market paid the most attention to this kind of high-quality life.

And Japanese merchants paid more attention to life appliances and entertainment electronics. Nakamura Shuji had done a survey; the demand for home appliances was strong, and entertainment electronics had high profits.

From this point of view, do women in Southeast Asia love cooking more, and do Japanese women like to enjoy more?

This kind of distinction judgment was naturally inaccurate, and Japanese merchants didn't say they didn't want kitchen appliances, just that they required smaller sizes.

Because Japan's land area is narrow, their housing area is also small, so the requirements for the size and power of electrical appliances are also low.

Regardless of the future, the Steel Mill finally took the most difficult step.

A good beginning is half the battle; everything after that was a smooth road.

At the banquet in the evening, Li Huai De couldn't help but talk about the development of the electronic industry. The way he talked freely made many cadres envious.

When they first heard that the Steel Mill was going to engage in automobile manufacturing, they felt it was not doing its proper job.

Unexpectedly, they also had a shipyard, and it was a relatively large shipyard with ten-thousand-ton manufacturing capacity.

This wasn't the end; I heard they were going to engage in the food industry, and now they applied for an electronic industry.

The business leader of the 17th Factory sat at the dining table, and the taste in his mouth wasn't very good.

He was blowing his horn in the afternoon, saying how the 17th Factory was, but he was slapped in the face by others in the evening.

If the Steel Mill really developed like this, ten years later, it would inevitably be on equal footing with the 17th Factory.

He wasn't regretting cooperating with the Steel Mill; business problems were family matters, he just wasn't convinced...

Unreconciled...

Why!

Yes, everyone at the dining table listening to the conversation at the leaders' table was a bit silent.

If you talk about industrial foundation and production capacity, the people sitting at this table are half of the country's automobile industry.

But if you really talk about comprehensive strength and diversified development, they all felt a bit uncomfortable.

Of course, the Steel Mill was transforming from a heavy industry foundation, moving toward the development of a heavy-light comprehensive industry.

Compared with their traditional light industry, it was still a bit lacking.

But according to the current situation, you couldn't be sure what the Red Star Steel Mill's next step was.

The leaders at the factory leader table were also thinking in their hearts; they had heard Li Xuewu's report.

The Red Star Steel Mill's development goal was very clear, which was diversified and group-oriented development.

Abandoning the conventional theory of branch factories and industrial projects, taking production products as the core, re-laying out industrial planning, and adjusting the focus of industrial production.

The Steel Mill's production was gradually shifting to Steel City, combining with the steel mill in the local area, and the project to rebuild the heavy industry industrial base had been approved.

That is to say, the Red Star Steel Mill would no longer lay out heavy industry in Beijing in the future.

This was in line with the goal of the above regarding factory area re-planning and heavy industry layout adjustment.

However, this plan and goal still remained on paper, or even just talked about orally.

The current industrial development environment was that they weren't afraid of big chimneys, weren't afraid of heavy pollution; what they wanted was this heavy industry atmosphere.

However, the Steel Mill's layout was very far-reaching, and they even didn't care about the cost of industrial transfer, self-raising and self-building, just to complete this big goal.

The leaders drinking at the table today, anyone could understand that Beijing's future development would inevitably adjust industry.

But when to adjust and how to adjust hadn't been said yet, and the Steel Mill adjusted itself first.

There was no support from above, no funding allocation, and even less reduction in production tasks.

That is to say, the Steel Mill had to complete industrial transfer while ensuring that planned production tasks were not delayed, and complete this big goal with its own money.

The Steel Mill's Director Li said at the wine table that the steel industry would not move for the time being, and only when the new steel mill in Steel City was put into production would the one here stop production.

Listen, listen, is this human talk!

Did your factory pick up gold? Or dig a gold mine? Is there such a thing as rebuilding a factory for industrial adjustment and then stopping the old factory?

Now, who isn't tightening their belts to live? Why are you so awesome?

Hey! Li Huai De was just this awesome.

The business leader side wasn't convinced, but the factory leader side, the leader in charge of industry, had a score in his heart.

The Steel Mill moved, moving heavy industry, but light industry had been built all along.

Even if the Steel Mill moved away, the food industry was built, and the light industry industrial park was built, earning no less than the steel industry.

Steel City and Ying City were close, metallurgical and steel industry directly fed back the automobile industry and shipbuilding industry, further expanding the hardware industry and electronic industry, inevitably connecting into a piece and gathering into a group.

With that industrial environment in Steel City, their factory moving there would be like a fish in water, a dragon returning to the sea.

Li Huai De's brain had long been filled with various industrial layout rhetoric and arrangements by Li Xuewu, and he spoke clearly and logically without stuttering.

He was talking about creating a high-tech industrial park after the Steel Mill moved away, focusing on high-tech industrial development, and effectively supporting the progress of related industries.

He also wanted to build a large worker's new village to realize closed-loop management and services for housing, medical care, education, and other resources.

The leaders of several car factories at the table were about to be autistic from listening.

Except for the 17th Factory which built a worker's village, other enterprises didn't have this plan for various reasons.

And the Steel Mill was already planning to spend money while making money.

Was Li Huai De drunk?

Of course not; after three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes, his purpose was revealed.

First, he talked about the Steel Mill's automobile factory wanting to recruit workers, at least three thousand more, mainly for the assembly workshop and the engine and transmission production workshops.

Because the latter two workshops not only had to undertake the automobile industry but also serve the shipbuilding industry, they had to expand capacity, expand people, and expand production.

Since parts could be procured, could technical workers be directly transferred?

Today, Li Huai De invited the leaders in charge of industry to talk about this matter.

Now the technical personnel structure of these car companies was bloated, a common problem of national enterprises.

The Steel Mill didn't plan to recruit newcomers for these three thousand people, but wanted to beg from various factories, which was to lose weight and reduce the burden for them, and also to directly supplement technical workers for the Steel Mill's automobile factory.

A group of factory leaders looked at each other, all hesitating.

This "losing weight" was naturally a good thing, but how to lose it and which to lose was a problem.

Everyone knew that technical treasures were the most precious, so how could they be easily given to others?

But if they really sent out the thin and weak ones, others wouldn't want them either.

The Deputy Director in charge of industry, Xu, took the initiative to speak, smiling and saying: If you take advantage, you won't have enough; if you eat anything, it won't be fragrant; having both entry and exit is the normal state of enterprise personnel management.

Today the Steel Mill has requests for everyone, and tomorrow maybe one of you will enter the food field, or engage in electronic production, and it will be their turn to support you.

Deputy Director Xu's words were naturally far-sighted, powerful, and meaningful.

He was in charge of industrial development, and he said that everyone could develop in a diversified way, wasn't he opening a gap for them?

The current domestic supply-demand relationship was seriously out of balance, and the above encouraged all factories to be self-reliant and work hard in multiple angles and directions.

Just like the Steel Mill's need for opportunities and special conditions to transform into a comprehensive enterprise with excess production capacity.

But isn't the Steel Mill also exploring? Opportunities are also created by themselves.

In the future, everyone might sit together again to discuss who to help and who to support.

For them, what kind of touchstone and pioneer would a powerful comprehensive progressive enterprise be?

Of course, they had the courage for self-reform, so don't envy them for eating the first crab.

Deputy Director Xu was pointing at these factory leaders, and also pointing at Li Huai De.

Under the current industrial production environment, it was still based on unity and mutual assistance; the excellent should be supported, and the backward should be spurred.

If everyone was like the Steel Mill, planning their own development and striving for progress, his work would be much easier.

Meat was in one plate, whether in Beijing or Steel City, he didn't care.

Conversely, he was more willing to see this kind of enterprise self-adjustment and development characteristics that adapt to the survival environment.

How much manpower and material resources would it take for the industrial department to host a heavy enterprise transfer? And the enterprise realizing technical core and production capacity breakthrough on its own was what he hoped to see.

Li Huai De's business level was average; this was a consensus in the industrial system, and the leaders above all knew it.

This was also the reason why he hadn't gone further for so many years.

But this time, Li Huai De took the initiative to seize the opportunity, whether it was fishing in troubled waters or premeditated, it didn't matter.

But the management ability he showed in the series of production reforms in the Steel Mill made the leaders above look at him with new eyes.

This was the reason why he sat firmly as the director of the management committee; without the statement from above, how could Yang Yuansong be defeated so quickly and thoroughly?

This time the Steel Mill took the initiative to apply to participate in the trade fair, and Deputy Director Xu also wanted to see what new tricks the Steel Mill had played.

Hey! It was truly unexpected that such a heavy industry enterprise also had eye-catching performance.

In the eyes of these big bosses, there was nothing that violated the rules or was overly jumping.

They didn't go to the scene to see, they only saw that the Steel Mill took the first place in the signing list on the first and second days.

This was a solid achievement, and also the basis for Li Huai De's social interaction these days.

Without level and without achievement, who cares who you are.

Deputy Director Xu was obviously favoring the Steel Mill, especially at the wine table, he pointed out that the technology introduction that Xide was negotiating with the 17th Factory would cover the Steel Mill's automobile manufacturing factory.

What does that mean?

It means technology sharing, spending one portion of money to give two families benefits.

The 17th Factory's factory leaders had long known about this matter and didn't show much surprise.

And their business vice president was a bit depressed; riding a free ride naturally wasn't the first time.

Before, other factories would also follow up on projects and learn new automobile production and manufacturing technology together.

It's just that he didn't expect that the junior Steel Mill would have the qualifications to enter the project team.

He also figured it out; the Steel Mill's automobile manufacturing factory was able to enter the project by relying on the supply chain production mode, and the leaders above just wanted to see to what extent automobile manufacturing under this mode could develop.

They were all sons; whoever was better, the father would be happy.

Li Xuewu was very good at handling things; seeing that the factory leader table had set the tone, he took the initiative to express it.

People were going to suffer losses, and it was manpower support and technology sharing, so you had to let them pour you wine and vent their anger.

Although it was said that there was no such thing as technical patents in the country, every factory had its own secret technology.

Unless it was a strategic adjustment, such as Wufengxing wanting Moutai's technology, who would be willing to share technical achievements?

They all spent money to get them; if people gave them to you for free, wouldn't you be angry?

This matter would make even Li Xuewu angry if it happened to him, and he even wanted to pour himself a glass of wine to vent.

So the business leader table started a strange atmosphere of clinking glasses, and everyone tacitly agreed to pour wine for Li Xuewu of the Steel Mill.

Hey! It was truly strange; clearly looking like he was about to get drunk, but he was always just one glass short.

They poured one glass after another, and finally ended up as a pile of mud.

When the wine party ended, Li Xuewu was still standing there with a red face, greeting people to settle the guests and send them back to the station; he didn't look drunk at all.

When Deputy Director Xu got into the car, he patted Li Huai De's arm, praising him for knowing how to use people and having good fortune.

Li Huai De was happy today and had a bit too much, and even when the leader's car was gone, he was still standing there smiling.

Secretary Li Haiyang and the driver helped him into the car, and didn't forget to wave to Li Xuewu, wanting to leave together.

Li Xuewu agreed, arranged for Jing Yuong, who was also a bit drunk, to get into the car first, and waited for the driver to start it before coming to Li Huai De's side.

"Remember to invite Deputy Director Xu separately later."

As soon as Li Xuewu got into the car, Li Huai De patted his knee and gave him a drunken instruction.

"Deputy Director Xu also walked out of the First Field Army and mentioned you."

"I don't have the qualifications."

Li Xuewu said modestly: "Deputy Director Xu is busy with work, I'm afraid of disturbing him."

"It's fine~"

Li Huai De covered his eyes with one hand and waved the other, saying: "You have to continue to struggle in the industrial system in the future, and you can't do without the relationship of the layer above."

"The first time is strange, the second time is familiar; this matter is not urgent, wait until we return to Beijing, I will arrange it."

He leaned on the seat somewhat tiredly, took two deep breaths, and then smiled at Secretary Li Haiyang and Li Xuewu who were looking at him with concern, saying: "I'm happy today, drank too much, and lost my composure."

"We are all happy."

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Especially watching you suppress them with a few words, we are also proud in our hearts."

"Hehehe~"

Li Huai De wanted to appear very modest, but he drank too much today and couldn't control the corners of his mouth from rising, truly satisfied with Li Xuewu's praise.

Secretary Li Haiyang timely handed over the thermos tea cup, letting the leader use the action of drinking tea to cover up the self-satisfaction he couldn't help.

"They didn't believe we could build cars from the beginning."

Li Huai De took a sip of hot tea and suppressed the wine in his stomach.

Holding the thermos cup lid, he pointed at Li Xuewu and said: "They look down on us."

"Yes."

Li Xuewu nodded, expressing understanding of his mood.

Li Huai De covered the cup and let out a long sigh, full of the smell of wine.

"I am not a person who likes to be flamboyant, and I don't like to show off in front of people. Today's move is all out of helplessness~"

"I understand."

Li Xuewu nodded earnestly, truly understanding why Li Huai De did this.

Not talking about whether he really had vanity, this couldn't be determined, it was just human nature.

Just talking about what Li Huai De had to do today, if he didn't show his muscles, if he went to ask for people and technology with a meal, he would be ridiculed.

But after showing his muscles, his request became mutual help, no longer a simple plea.

And Deputy Director Xu was also easy to help, and pointed out the matter of technology sharing.

This was a small episode in the conversation between leaders, not a core focus, but it was also a drink and a peck, all with a purpose.

Today's wine was drunk a lot, and the heart was tired, Li Huai De, who was not easily drunk, was a bit confused, let alone others.

Jing Yuong was a female comrade, and she was at a disadvantage in this kind of occasion; she had to take the initiative to toast.

Li Xuewu was even worse; he was besieged by everyone.

Especially when he deliberately leaked a flaw, letting his mouth have the smell of wine and his face start to flush, these people were like wolves, surrounding him.

But who is Li Xuewu!

Deliberately leaking a flaw, he almost drank all these people into the hospital.

This is like fishing; the most reluctant to give up is when you see the hook about to be bitten.

These people were the same, just waiting for Li Xuewu to fall at the last moment.

But one after another fell, and Li Xuewu was getting more energetic the more he drank.

Finally, they saw it too; the Steel Mill had a wine immortal, so this wine couldn't be drunk, and they hurriedly raised their hands to surrender.

The drivers of the two cars drove very slowly, very afraid that the leaders would "pour" the wine in the car, and they would have to wash it themselves later.

When they arrived at the station, Li Huai De fell asleep in the car, and the other car that arrived first was also standing in the courtyard.

Li Xuewu got out of the car, helped Li Huai De upstairs with Secretary Li Haiyang, and came back to carry Jing Yuong, who was also asleep, upstairs.

Li Xue didn't have the strength to help her at all, and had been waiting in the courtyard early for her second brother to handle it.

When everything was settled, it was already past eleven o'clock when Li Xuewu returned to his room.

Li Xue greeted him and had long returned to her room to rest; she was exhausted today.

He also took a hot shower and lay down in a daze.

By the time he got up again, it was almost eight o'clock. Remembering that he had to go to Yuezhou on a business trip today, he could only force himself to wash up and eat breakfast, and took Sha Qizhi and two cadres to rush to the wharf.

The car driver was still there, indicating that Li Huai De and Jing Yuong hadn't gotten up yet.

Automobile parts procurement was the last big thing; he didn't know what Li Huai De was going to do today, anyway, there was nothing serious.

He went to Yuezhou for a round, and when he came back, he would basically be ready to return to Beijing.

Sha Qizhi also stayed up half the night, and his spirit was much worse. On the way, both of them were dozing off, making the two cadres not dare to make a sound, afraid of disturbing the leaders' rest.

They started sleeping when they left the house, slept when they got on the boat, and slept when they got off the boat and got into the car, as if they couldn't wake up.

By the time they arrived in Yuezhou to handle affairs, it was almost past one o'clock, and people were waiting for him to eat.

The person in charge of the Yuezhou office was a former deputy section chief of the logistics department; it might have been arranged by Zhang Guoqi, but the other party didn't mention the background relationship when they met, so Li Xuewu pretended not to know.

The other party's surname was Wang, called Wang Dehai, a very vulgar name, but his ability to handle affairs was quite reliable.

Li Xuewu first looked at the overall work of the office; because it was like the Tianjin office, it was a bank courtyard that had been acquired and renovated, and the building appeared very heavy.

And the staff working in the office were also quite steady and capable; they all knew how to take the initiative to greet Li Xuewu when he entered the room.

Li Xuewu looked at the inventory, compared the purchase, sales, and inventory, asked about the situation of sales and procurement, and asked about local policies and specialties, all of which the other party could answer.

Perhaps it was because they knew the factory leaders were in Guangzhou and were afraid of inspection, so they were prepared.

But isn't work just like this? Being prepared is already very good. At least it proved that he had a serious attitude toward work, not enough to make Li Xuewu angry.

Li Xuewu wasn't here to put on a show either. During the symposium, he called the names of the department heads one by one and asked about the core content of their respective businesses.

Especially when he called Wang Dehai, he asked about this year's work plan.

Wang Dehai didn't know if the background was gone, the transfer was a distribution, so he was cautious and careful, and prepared everything.

When Li Xuewu asked him this, the answer was still very complete.

Li Xuewu, based on their answers, deployed and analyzed several work priorities, and conveyed the economic work deployment for the second half of this year and the next three years.

Especially, in the big learning activity and the ideological propaganda with reform as the theme, Li Xuewu emphasized several requirements.

Namely, being conscientious and responsible, seeking truth and being pragmatic, ideological progress, and being down-to-earth.

He also made a clear expression on the personnel management issues that office cadres were more concerned about.

All office cadres were included in the Steel Mill's overall economic work assessment sequence.

That is to say, doing economic management work well was their report card, and also a ladder for progress.

Li Xuewu also mentioned that in the future, the Steel Mill would carry out production and operation activities in multiple fields, and urgently needed talents familiar with economic management and trade management.

Local offices were the sales frontier and schools for training economic management and trade management.

Therefore, for related positions, the factory's personnel department was also issuing related regulations and management measures, and would select outstanding ones from the office cadres to enter the economic management cadre sequence.

Cadre status also had distinctions; different positions and different businesses meant different spaces for progress in the future.

Now the cadres of the Steel Mill all knew that the factory wanted to engage in the economy and needed funds to complete a series of industrial transformations, so economic cadres would be reused in the future.

It was also at this time, this vent, that many cadres actively applied to work in the office, just to fight for a position.

Li Xuewu arrived in Yuezhou, inspected earnestly, checked carefully, and expressed the importance attached to the office work.

During the symposium, he talked about the factory's performance at the trade fair, which made them full of confidence and believed that economic work could achieve a lot.

Especially Li Xuewu, who had arranged and proposed multiple trade projects and industrial projects during this period, which was clearly aimed at trade.

The office had high power and could directly talk to the economic and trade leadership group, which was the department led by Zhuang Cangshu in Tianjin.

They could also directly report work to the competent leaders of the department, including Li Xuewu, who was responsible for organizational coordination, Dong Wenxue, who was responsible for production technology, and Jing Yuong, who was responsible for personnel and finance management.

Their positions were low, but their power was high, determining the procurement plan and sales plan of the Steel Mill's joint trade project in the local area.

Why did Li Xuewu want to take a look in Yuezhou before leaving? It was to keep a check and make inspection and correct guidance a normal state.

These people were far away from Beijing, their minds were hanging, and it was difficult to keep up with the Steel Mill's rhythm; for a long time, it would form a phenomenon of laziness and would cause resonance among all employees in the office.

If one person rots, everyone in a department will rot.

Don't doubt the speed and influence of corruption within a small individual; it's quite scary.

In the evening, Li Xuewu didn't have dinner with the office cadres, but took Sha Qizhi to stroll around this ancient city.

The two cadres were tired all day and had long returned to the guesthouse to rest, but they were full of spirit and started strolling and eating.

Li Xuewu was relatively fond of this old city flavor, especially this millennium-old city, which carried a thick smoky flavor.

It's a pity that many shops on the street had already closed, and they just enjoyed the old scenery in the city with the sunset.

Sha Qizhi really couldn't understand what was worth seeing in these streets; the leader also liked to look at the city area when he was in Guangzhou, as if he could see something.

Li Xuewu was actually looking for the street scene in his dreams, but what he saw in front of him was too different from his dreams.

He had some regrets before, but later he slowly let go, and instead liked this feeling of things being right but people being wrong.

Maybe he was watching history move forward slowly, and history was watching him grow old slowly.

Life just passed like this; he couldn't return to the past, nor could he go to the future.

The past wasn't his past, and the future wasn't the future of before.

As the sun set and the birds returned to their nests, Li Xuewu took him to eat a bowl of rice noodles and ended today's itinerary.

On Sunday, because it was a rest day, Li Xuewu didn't bother Wang Dehai, got up early, took Sha Qizhi and others to leave the guesthouse, and took a boat back to Guangzhou.

In an unfamiliar environment, Li Xuewu always had a feeling of insecurity, as if someone was staring at him.

Although he wasn't afraid, he always felt uneasy.

When he returned to Guangzhou, there weren't many people in the station; when asked, they said they went shopping or bought things.

The most important time of the trade fair had passed. Jing Yuong would lead a part of the people to continue to hold the booth and handle new orders at the same time.

And Li Huai De would take Li Xuewu and the remaining majority back to Beijing.

Those who went to buy things were all those who were going back to Beijing, which was also a reserved program for people on business trips.

You just watch; on the train back tomorrow, there will be piles and piles of overweight luggage again.

Of course, they were taking a special train, so they naturally weren't afraid of these, so they bought hard.

Everyone had secretly bought a lot during the trade fair, and this time they were buying local goods in Guangzhou.

Li Xuewu didn't join in the fun; he had bought what he should buy. Zhang Songying bought many toys for Li Shu and the baby who was about to be born.

He estimated that when the second baby was born, he definitely wouldn't be able to play with new toys; his sister was a toy killer.

He slept soundly in the room in the afternoon, and was woken up by Li Xue.

She said the third uncle came to pick them up to go home for dinner.

Last week, Li Xuewu went by himself; Li Xue was busy with Jing Yuong, but Jing Yuong had nothing to do this week, so Li Xue could act freely.

Li Xuewu originally thought that when she wasn't busy, he would go to the third uncle's house to visit, but he didn't expect to catch up with him again.

Pulled and dragged by Li Xue, they arrived downstairs together, saw Li Xuehan, and smiled to tease him.

As soon as Li Xuewu got into the car, Li Xuehan told him about the time he took his mother to sneak into the trade fair.

A small trick to get through, which he described as thrilling, exciting, and full of ups and downs.

When they arrived at the third uncle's house, this time the third aunt's attitude when coming downstairs to pick them up had changed a lot.

The reason was nothing more than Li Xuewu calling his mother-in-law and talking about the situation of the third uncle.

Relatives, "qin" means relatives, "qi" has the meaning of worry; when the two words are put together, it mostly means relatives have worries, and you have to help.

Three relatives and six acquaintances, who can escape fate.

The reason was nothing more than Li Xuewu calling his mother-in-law and telling her about the situation with the third uncle.

Relatives—"qin" means family, "qi" implies worry; when the two characters are combined, it mostly means that a relative is worried, and you have to help.

With many relatives and connections, who can escape their fate?