Chapter 925: Upright and kind

"Who is so bold!"

Zhang Changming called the clerk to the side to talk alone: "Daring to take you out to play during the business trip!"

The clerk was also frightened by the leader's anger; just now they were yawning one by one, and Zhang's deputy general manager's eyes were about to catch fire.

Don't look at this clerk who usually nods and bows in the office, but at the critical moment, he is truly loyal!

"It was Director Bai who took us!"

"Director Bai?!"

Zhang Changming glared; he knew it was this old guy, and just now he was the one who was listless.

Usually in the unit, this old bastard is not a thing, often telling color stories, and there were times when he was caught.

He didn't want to be with the other party when he came out; it was too shameful.

But this Bai Xiyuan was able to eat with Director Han there; coming here wasn't just to be a dog for Director Han to monitor himself.

The rolling mill has many shitty things, and the seafood corporation has many rotten things.

Zhang Changming's background is hard, Han Qingwei couldn't handle him, so he hung him high.

This deputy general manager is much more noble than ordinary cadres, and they are all doing work on the face of the seafood corporation.

Especially coordinating and communicating with various units in the city, because he has relationships, so they were all thrown to him.

He finally avoided Han Qingwei and wanted to do some business himself, but he didn't expect the other party to stick such a rotten plaster on him.

"How did Director Bai know where there is that kind of place in Yingcheng!"

Zhang Changming glared, cursed in a low voice: "Speak! Who took you there?"

"It was the deputy director of the shipyard office who said, go out and walk around at night~"

It turned out that Li Xuewu threw this pot to Xu Sinian, and Xu Sinian threw it to another.

But this clerk didn't know so much, and thought the shipyard people were polite and hospitable.

Seeing the leader losing his temper now, he also hurriedly pulled Zhang's deputy general manager to say good things: "Leader, don't be angry..."

Zhang Changming slapped the clerk's hand away, cursed in a low voice: "I'm not angry!"

After saying this, he glared at the conference room direction and cursed again: "With your group of wine bags and rice sacks, daring to work..."

Speaking of this, he also felt he had said too much, glanced at the clerk, saw him listless, and tried hard to hold it back.

"You tell me, with your... this state, what can you see in a morning! What can you talk about!"

"Going back to sign the contract, who should I ask for the information here!"

Zhang Changming finished, put his hand on the clerk's shoulder, glared and said fiercely: "My anger is very big~"

"..."

The clerk was also scared; the leader's eyes were dodging, especially at this moment...

Being glared at by the leader with his shoulder held, he was thinking about whether to squat down.

This was the intermission of the symposium; there were those communicating feelings inside the conference room, and those smoking and chatting privately outside.

The corridor was a bit noisy, and everyone didn't notice the look on Zhang Changming's face.

Zhang Changming didn't speak now, but heard the conversation in the partition of the conference room.

It was obviously Bai Xiyuan and the deputy director of the shipyard office.

"Director Bai, how was your rest last night? Still going out to walk around with me tonight?"

"Forget it, I was almost scared to death last night!"

Bai Xiyuan's voice came out, obviously with complaints and teasing: "Don't look at your small place, it's quite fancy!"

"Last night we acted separately."

He pointed at the other party with his cigarette-holding hand and said: "I walked into the alley, guess what kind I met?"

Without waiting for the deputy director to answer, he said: "Looked like she was in her thirties, almost forty, grabbed my hand and wouldn't let go~ oh~"

"Ew~"

The deputy director pursed his lips and asked: "You could even take a bite of this?"

"Of course I couldn't!"

Bai Xiyuan glared, held his chin, and said righteously: "She's almost a round older than me; can I do her, or can she do me!"

"Hahaha~"

The deputy director asked with a smile: "And then?"

"And then?"

Bai Xiyuan took a puff of his cigarette, glanced at the other party, and said: "That big sister saw I wanted to refuse, grabbed my hand, and asked in a low voice, mother and daughter, do you want them?"

"???"

Not to mention the deputy director in the office, even Zhang Changming and the clerk listening outside widened their eyes.

This is fancy enough!

"I heard this, and there's a door!"

Bai Xiyuan raised his eyebrows and imitated: "That big sister saw I didn't speak, thought I was hesitating, and took the initiative to give a benefit."

"What did she say?"

"She said mother and daughter, but only charged me for one person; super cost-effective!"

"Hey! You picked up a bargain!"

The deputy director widened his eyes in surprise, kept clicking his tongue, and hated himself for being lazy last night and not walking a bit further.

"You listen to me~"

Bai Xiyuan took another puff of his cigarette, pursed his lips and said: "I was as surprised and overjoyed as you are now!"

"Ten yuan, no time limit; she said this is the market price!"

"Doesn't count."

The deputy director took a puff of his cigarette, smiled and said: "Maybe she heard your out-of-town accent; it was a one-off deal."

"I don't care about that; anyway, I'm out to play, happiness is most important~"

Bai Xiyuan took a puff of his cigarette, raised his eyebrows and said: "That big sister took me back to her house, turning left and right; guess what happened when she opened the door?"

"What?"

The deputy director asked curiously: "Too small?"

"Bullshit!"

Bai Xiyuan puffed out a smoke, indignantly said: "Big sister opened the door and just said, 'Mom, a guest is here,' scaring me into turning around and running!"

"Cough cough~ cough cough cough~"

Zhang Changming stood outside the door, just like the clerk, pursed his lips hard, his face flushed red, almost laughing out loud.

Bai Xiyuan was still cursing inside: "I'm also unlucky enough; I don't know where that old onion was pulled from! I happened to run into it!"

"Cough cough~"

The deputy director was still coughing there, uncomfortable from the smoke, but couldn't help but laugh, laughing more and more, and tears came down.

"You... you this... cough cough~"

The deputy director covered his mouth for a long time before he eased up, waved his hand, and said: "Really funny to death~"

"I'm not going with you guys anymore~"

Bai Xiyuan waved his hand and said: "You guys don't have good paths; the good ones were all chosen by yourselves, leaving me alone to walk the dark alley~"

"Who said!"

The deputy director emphasized: "I wasn't the only one who was ambushed last night; I wasn't much better~"

He heard him say: "I often go to find that one; I thought there would be a familiar person to handle things~"

"But yesterday, I don't know what kind of stimulation she received, she shaved her 'hair'!"

The deputy director pursed his big mouth, full of unbearable memories, and said: "Last night, that stimulation~"

"How to describe it? Time flies like an arrow; it stabbed me to death!"

"Hahaha!"

Bai Xiyuan saw that he wasn't the most shameful one, and now he was happy, laughing constantly.

The two were also birds of a feather; from last night until now, less than 24 hours, they had identified each other as friends.

Wine and meat friends are also friends!

"Not going there tonight; change to a place, I'll take you to eat something good."

"This is what you said!"

Bai Xiyuan pointed at the other party and said: "If there's that old onion again, I'll force you to eat it!"

"Hahahaha~"

This dog-eat-dog era is like this; when eating becomes a problem, other problems are no longer matters of principle.

This era is different from later generations; later generations have basically eliminated the problem of food and clothing, at least eating enough is guaranteed.

However, with the changes of the times, some things remain unchanged, for example:

Poor people eat meat, rich people eat shrimp, capable people like to eat turtles;

Men want to be tall, women want to be thin, dogs wear clothes, people show two taels of meat;

In the countryside, chickens call people in the morning, in the city, people call... at night.

The difference might be in cognition; it's nothing more than what you've seen and what you haven't seen.

Bai Xiyuan is so damaging, so bad, where does his money come from?

Why can he stand firm in the seafood corporation, and why can he be safe and sound after causing so many troubles?

Snakes and rats have their own ways, each has its own secrets; even if I tell you, you won't learn it.

Zhang Changming has a good background, is young, has ideals, has achievements, so you think he is a good person, a good cadre?

Or that sentence Li Xuewu taught Nie Xiaoguang; what you see isn't necessarily true, let alone what you hear.

"Seafood Corporation's Deputy General Manager Zhang seems very angry."

Peng Xiaoli made a cup of strong tea for Li Xuewu and reminded him when he brought it over.

"Mm."

Li Xuewu hummed lightly and asked: "Why?"

"Not very clear."

Peng Xiaoli said truthfully: "It was after drinking; I saw him glaring at that Director Bai."

"Oh?"

Li Xuewu paused in the action of lowering his head to drink tea and asked: "How so?"

"Of course it's impossible to quarrel in front of us."

Peng Xiaoli reported in a low voice: "Looking at it, they were both drunk, secretly competing; anyway, they were angry."

"Not necessarily; maybe they were discussing work."

Li Xuewu put down the teacup and said casually: "The symposium this morning was very successful; naturally, they have to study and discuss it."

"..."

Peng Xiaoli looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly; in that situation, with that expression, you drank them into that state at noon, and you still say they were discussing work?

I'm afraid it was the truth coming out after drinking, and internal discord!

Another thing, whether the symposium this morning was successful or not, don't you have a count in your heart~

Look at those people from the seafood corporation, one by one sleepy, and what they said was even more off-topic, almost making Deputy General Manager Zhang curse.

Fortunately, there were many people attending the meeting, and everyone covered it up by saying a word or two.

The banquet at noon was naturally drunk with anger; Andrew and the others were fine, but Zhang Changming and the others were drunk badly.

The research plan of the seafood corporation in the afternoon naturally had to be canceled; people were knocked down by Li Xuewu, so what kind of research is there.

Inspection and research are very serious things, but since there is a banquet at noon, isn't walking around for a morning serious enough?

Zhang Changming felt it wasn't enough, but who let Bai Xiyuan hold him back.

Li Xuewu finally had time to specifically accompany Andrew and his group.

In the morning, he looked at the big picture; in the afternoon, he specifically went to the production workshop to turn around, so that Andrew could clearly understand the actual situation of the shipyard.

This couldn't be hidden, and Li Xuewu didn't intend to hide it; after all, he had to learn technology from the master.

Fooling Zhang Changming and those people, because the other party wasn't participating in the construction, just a pure client.

Isn't a client used for fooling!

No problem!

The Italian shipbuilder won't do; if this was fooled, then the Yingcheng Shipyard would be pitted itself.

Except for the situation Li Xuewu introduced during the negotiation, Xu Sinian seized the opportunity and brought the shipyard's chief designer, Liao Jing, to introduce the basic situation to Andrew.

Liao Jing is a female comrade, thin and short, looking to be in her forties, but her mental state is very full.

Especially when talking to Andrew and the engineer he brought, she seemed very excited.

Using "seeing worthiness and thinking of equality" to describe it is a bit inappropriate, but the mood is like this.

Andrew is a very practical person; what he says isn't about business and being a person, but about the attitude toward production.

These old-school capitalists are very practical about enterprise production management, saying one is one, and two is two.

The shipyard's equipment and technology are truly too backward.

He and the engineer named David shook their heads after every conversation, and Li Xuewu could see their attitude.

Liao Jing was also very anxious, but still patiently explained the shipyard's current execution ability to them.

"Not very realistic."

Andrew looked at Li Xuewu and shook his head: "Just relying on human accumulation, it is actually impossible to complete industrial upgrading and ensure product quality, Li, you should be clear."

"Please speak directly; we are good friends, there is nothing that cannot be said."

Li Xuewu looked at Andrew very sincerely, indicating that he accepted his final decision.

Andrew was also very hesitant and said: "Although I heard you talk about the situation here in Yangcheng, and talked about future development, I didn't expect..."

He said, and gestured with his hand at the situation inside the workshop, as well as the "junk" situation outside.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning~"

Li Xuewu took the words, nodded slowly and said: "Must admit, my explanation of the shipyard caused you misunderstanding, but please forgive my limitations in technology and cognition."

"Li, this..."

Andrew saw Li Xuewu speak so heavily and sadly, and was still so polite, so the words he wanted to refuse were blocked in his mouth.

But doing business is not charity; he came to the inland from thousands of miles away, and even ran to the Northeast.

This land is actually not very unfamiliar to him; if you want to talk about it, Italy also had many businessmen in Yingcheng before, mostly shipbuilding.

Don't think that shipbuilding means Bincheng; in fact, Yingcheng's geographical location is quite good.

Precisely because there is an origin in this regard, when Li Xuewu mentioned the Yingcheng Shipyard, Andrew would be interested.

However, when he arrived here, the situation he saw was beyond his expectations.

Not to mention the factory buildings, after all, they were newly built and completed, but these mechanical equipment were truly not very good.

Of course, it couldn't be the equipment they left behind when they left, but in these machines, you could still see the glory of the past.

This is a bit bullshit; although the shipyard's equipment iteration is not as fast as shipbuilding, this is almost half a century, and it is still the same set as before.

Yes, he could see the shadow of the Russian brother in the shipyard's technology, but if you really want to talk about it, there is nothing strange.

Building fishing boats, building small boats, and even wanting to build large cargo ships, he felt there was no problem.

It's just that in terms of cost...

Andrew looked at those workers, shook his head secretly in his heart, and felt that the reason why this shipyard could still be built must be related to these labor costs.

Truly too cheap!

Of course, it doesn't deny that there are reasons such as the inland being unable to obtain advanced technology from the outside, as well as excellent shipbuilding resources.

One is that there is no money to buy, foreign exchange is tight, and it must be placed where it is more needed.

Two is that no one sells it; at this point in time, if the boss doesn't speak, who dares to help the enemy.

Andrew is playing a side ball; he wants to cooperate with the Yingcheng Shipyard to build yachts in the form of OEM.

He doesn't dare to build other ships; this involves the risk of technology leakage.

But yachts are different; from design to construction, they have their own set of standards.

Even if it is given to the inland, given to the Yingcheng Shipyard, they won't be able to understand these.

Another thing, even if they understand it, what can they do?

Just like what Li Xuewu said earlier, the inland won't have a consumer market for yachts for a long time in the future.

He sat on the train from Yangcheng all the way north, and the actual situation he saw was exactly like this.

Those backward villages along the way, the gray-black and blank world, and the little red that flashed from time to time, all made him feel that creating a market here is impossible.

"Li, this is not a simple technical problem, nor can it be solved by simple equipment upgrading."

Andrew pointed at his head and said: "This is a thinking problem..."

"What did you say?!"

Before he finished speaking, the cadre of the foreign affairs department first corrected his dangerous words.

Li Xuewu waved his hand, signaling him not to be nervous, and then raised his hand to invite Andrew to continue.

"You are talking about shipbuilding thinking, as well as construction management and technology, etc., a system, right?"

"It is like this."

Andrew didn't understand why his words caused the strong reaction of the cadre of the foreign affairs department; he glanced at the other party and continued to talk with Li Xuewu.

"Shipbuilding industry is no longer the handicraft thinking of the last century."

"Material science, fluid mechanics, management science, etc., etc., involve too much here."

Li Xuewu saw him shaking his head, and again used a low and sad tone to say: "Please forgive my ignorance; for what you said, I really don't know how to understand..."

Liao Jing looked at him in surprise; although she hadn't had contact with this Deputy Director Li, as far as she knew, he was the one who understood technology best among the rolling mill leaders.

Here, understanding doesn't mean mastering technology, but understanding and supporting it, truly believing in science.

But when he got here, he started to cry poor, and even had a look of "I'm poor and have no knowledge"...

Not to this extent!

Liao Jing returned in the fifties, just in time for the construction of the motherland, and she resolutely resigned from a top foreign shipyard to return to the country to participate in construction.

Precisely because she had the ability in this regard, she was able to take the lead of the shipyard at the age of forty-something.

Regarding the situation Andrew mentioned, the shipyard indeed had backwardness in equipment and technology.

However, this gap was not an insurmountable chasm, and there was technical support brought by the Russians, so the shipyard's production capacity was no problem.

She wanted to refute Andrew several times, but was stopped by Director Xu.

At this moment, she wanted to persuade Deputy Director Li again, and was pulled by Director Xu again.

Liao Jing looked at Director Xu, who also had a low and sad expression, puzzled; what is the situation with these two people!

Xu Sinian took advantage of the foreigner's inattention, blinked at Liao Jing, signaling her not to speak, not to get involved.

Liao Jing naturally saw his meaning, but what did this meaning mean?

She naturally knew she couldn't speak, but why?

Isn't this destroying one's own prestige and increasing the ambition of others!

Clearly, they could persist, could self-reliantly struggle hard, why pretend to be so self-degrading.

"Mr. Andrew, my good friend, it's a pity that I couldn't make you satisfied with the inspection."

Li Xuewu's face was full of regret, and he kept mentioning the friendship between the two.

"This matter is my consideration not being comprehensive; it was my delusion to take you as a teacher and let the Yingcheng Shipyard walk a different path, really~"

As he said this, he also sighed intentionally or unintentionally, as if he had really suffered a lot of blows.

Andrew was an old guy; what kind of scene hadn't he seen? If it was a threat or a horizontal act, at most it was a life left here.

But he couldn't handle this kind of "soft and weak" one; if he really refused, he wouldn't feel comfortable himself.

Especially considering that there are indeed certain advantages here.

If the inland doesn't have a big economic change in the next fifty years, and this blockade situation doesn't change, then he has the confidence to build a world-advanced shipbuilding company in the Pacific.

Low manufacturing costs, a potential market with stupid people and lots of money, and broad and smooth transportation channels; he couldn't think of anywhere more suitable for yacht business than the Pacific.

However, there is a premise here, and that is the initial investment cost.

If it takes three years to fully support the Yingcheng Shipyard to complete the revolution in equipment and technology, and at the same time teach them the modern shipbuilding industry management system hand in hand.

Then he estimates that it will take at least five to eight years to recover this part of the investment cost.

That is to say, at longest eight years, at shortest five years, he won't be able to make big money here.

Businessmen, the profit in their mouths is different from the actual profit.

According to Andrew's estimation, the cost is nothing more than resources; sometimes resources are worth thousands of gold, and sometimes they are just waste paper in his hands.

Pure profit generation can be realized in less than half a year, but if you want to make big money, don't think about it within five years.

Three years to ensure that the yacht manufacturing part of this shipyard can reach the basic standard of Italy, and five years may not necessarily reach a high standard.

Fortunately, the market here is not that competitive; some buy big, some buy small, all for the sake of face, and not many enjoy it.

How to consider, still need to think again.

Especially Li Xuewu's low profile, clearly expressing the attitude of wanting to learn and wanting to be a student, made him very embarrassed.

So, the inspection for the whole afternoon, every time he shook his head and said it was not good, or showed dissatisfaction, Li Xuewu would appropriately show a low and sad expression.

Liao Jing finally saw it; Deputy Director Li was enduring humiliation for the sake of the shipyard to get on the fast track and learn advanced technology.

She felt that her sacrifice was big enough before, but she didn't expect to see people who have patriotic feelings and dare to contribute in the young people, especially the young leadership team.

She had seen many people with such noble character, but it was rare to see someone who was truly in this position and took such a step.

Just when Liao Jing was observing the Deputy Director Li she met for the first time with an appreciative and admiring mentality, Li Xuewu also accompanied Andrew and his group to complete the inspection task in the afternoon.

After sending the foreign businessmen to rest, Li Xuewu called everyone to a meeting in the small conference room.

His first sentence shocked Liao Jing so much that her brain crashed.

"Everyone must be vigilant, know what we need, and what we resist!"

Li Xuewu sat at the head of the conference table and said seriously: "Western old-school capitalists are good at selling equipment, good at selling technology, and good at peddling their dangerous ideas!"

The conference room was silent, especially the person in charge of the foreign affairs department, who quietly closed his notebook, which was full of what he had prepared to criticize Li Xuewu.

Why?

Because this Deputy Director Li of the rolling mill was too close to the Italian businessman, especially the identification of ideas, and even taking a teacher, this is not playing the piano randomly.

However, before he could criticize Deputy Director Li, the other party gave them a political lesson.

This tone was even more impolite and serious than what he had prepared.

Listen, they are called foreign businessmen, but Director Li calls them what!

Good friends in front, capitalists behind!

"What we want is technology, equipment, and their advanced experience in management."

Li Xuewu knocked on the table and said: "But everyone present knows that our organization has never believed in any 'take-it-ism'!"

"Taking people's clothes and wearing them directly, not to mention that the size may not be suitable, but that smell is also easy to smoke the nose!"

He knocked on the table again lightly and said: "It's going to catch a cold! It's going to catch an infectious disease!"

Too much~ too much~

The foreign affairs cadre listened to Deputy Director Li's speech, and cold sweat was about to come down; if it really spread, I'm afraid the higher-ups would investigate whether he said anything.

"Equipment is dead; can't there be thoughts and concepts in it?"

Li Xuewu looked at everyone and said: "I am here to give everyone a preventive injection; even if the equipment comes in, you must straighten your heart and not mess up your head!"

"Not to mention the thoughts and concepts in technology and management! Must be vigilant!"

"..."

Liao Jing was shocked, and the image she had built for this Deputy Director Li in her heart was shattered.

This is truly famous, good and bad; the past is the past, now is...

The past was her ignorance; today she saw what it means to turn her face and not recognize people.

Li Xuewu specifically named the person in charge of the

He emphasized how important the opportunities brought by the Italian businessmen are to the Yingcheng Shipyard, and at the same time gave instructions to Xu Sinian: this piece of fat meat, even if it has to be eaten hard, must be gotten into the mouth!

Coming out of the conference room, Liao Jing's expression was still one of disbelief.

She was not doubting Li Xuewu; she was doubting herself.

Is the prescription of her glasses not enough, or is she blind?

"Very surprised, right?"

Xu Sinian caught up with her and walked together, saying with a bitter smile: "I used to think he was simple and kind, a good person."

Liao Jing turned her head, stared blankly at Xu Sinian, not expecting that she was not the first one to be deceived.

Xu Sinian glanced at her, nodded helplessly, and said: "Later I gave myself a slap and remembered the saying that there are no good people in this world."

"Mm~"

Liao Jing was amused by him, but still held it back, saying: "It's not quite that bad, Deputy Director Li..."

She carefully weighed her words before saying: "Young, energetic, smart, he is a person who gets things done."

"Hmm."

Xu Sinian listened to her explaining the consensus in each other's hearts in different ways, couldn't help but nod, and gave a thumbs up to Liao Jing's literary talent.

If it were up to him, it would be that although he is young, he is definitely not a good thing—insidious, cunning, and unscrupulous for the sake of his goals.

"Is everything okay?"

Liao Jing gestured toward the direction of the guesthouse and said: "The General Seafood Corporation side seems a bit off."

"It's fine, I'll handle it."

Xu Sinian smiled meaningfully and guaranteed: "I know the situation of these people best. Before they are sent to the car tomorrow, they definitely won't be able to say a bad word!"

Dinner was eaten very early, perhaps because the wine at noon was a bit too much, and it broke up early too.

Li Xuewu was afraid that Zhang Changming's health would have problems, so he asked for a few more bottles of wine in the evening to help him clear it out.

Don't think this is a joke; if you drank too much at noon, drinking a little wine at this meal in the evening can actually relieve your drunkenness.

Li Xuewu doesn't quite understand the specific principle; these are truths explored by predecessors.

You don't have to believe it, but at the wine table, you can choose not to believe anything they say, but you must listen to anything related to drinking.

After the meal, Xu Sinian arranged for everyone to go to the city to buy "local specialties," while Li Xuewu stayed at the guesthouse to deal with Andrew.

It was still the same topic from the afternoon, but Andrew clearly already had a decision.

He didn't let Li Xuewu express any regret or sadness again; he took the initiative to bring up the backwardness of the shipyard, where technology and equipment innovation were needed, where a perfect quality management system needed to be established, and so on.

There is a lot of knowledge in this, especially for an old man like Andrew, who has been around since the beginning of the century; this old guy's head is full of hard goods.

In the afternoon, Li Xuewu expressed his willingness to be a student, and Andrew seemed to have developed a feeling of being fond of teaching others.

So at this moment, what he said was very comprehensive, how to master the choice of technology introduction, and how to carry out personnel management and technical talent training.

In the end, he even started lecturing Li Xuewu on product design ideas and the breakthrough direction of shipbuilding.

Although Li Xuewu is not a technical person, his brain works well; he had already taken out his notebook to take notes.

He could draw inferences from the drawings Andrew drew on the blank paper and the knowledge points he talked about, and ask key questions.

This really scratched the itch of Andrew's fondness for teaching; he hadn't seen many smart students like Li Xuewu.

Whatever you teach, he learns, and he can also integrate and connect, think divergently, and truly understand your meaning.

One taught seriously, one learned seriously, and the translator's mouth was sparking.

The foreign affairs person in charge also looked at Li Xuewu with strange eyes; if it weren't for the meeting held in the afternoon, he would definitely suspect that Li Xuewu's ideology had gone bad.

But the more he looked at Li Xuewu at this moment, the more he felt cold sweat on his back, especially the thirst for knowledge Li Xuewu showed, which really didn't look like it was acted out.

If such a person were mixing in the government, what kind of monster would he be!

Thinking again that the other party is only twenty years old and is already an important cadre at a young age, doesn't that confirm this point of view!

"I want to know about the introduction of fiberglass, engines, and other technologies."

Andrew raised the reading glasses on his face, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "You are so hopeful, is there any other purpose?"

Look, now you don't blame Li Xuewu for being ruthless at the meeting, right? Capitalists speak very straightforwardly; they ask whatever they want.

"Of course there is."

Li Xuewu said very frankly: "Just introducing these technologies has cost our factory a large amount of capital reserves, and we have made adjustments to the existing production."

"Paying so much, these technologies are of course not just for shipbuilding."

"Oh? Can you tell me about it?"

Andrew was also very surprised by Li Xuewu's frankness; the mainlanders he had interacted with were mostly humble and reserved, and many things would not be said directly.

Especially in the face of his pressing questions, he was already prepared for Li Xuewu to lie to him.

"Engines and powertrains, including electric motors and other technologies, are to be fed back to the automotive industry."

Li Xuewu said seriously: "Our factory has just finalized the new car, and in the first half of next year, we will complete the mass production task."

"For us who have no experience and foundation in car manufacturing, it is very difficult, and the task is very arduous."

Andrew tilted his head slightly in understanding, looked at Li Xuewu, and waited for him to continue.

"But no matter how difficult it is, our factory must take this path, just like shipbuilding."

Li Xuewu tapped the sofa armrest and said seriously: "When existing resources and mobilizable extra-plan resources limit future development, we must achieve self-breakthrough."

"The Rolling Mill's problems are very complex. What I can say is that whether it is shipbuilding or car manufacturing, we must face a fact: we are still very backward, and we need to learn and take the first step."

Andrew nodded; he could understand this "we" as the Rolling Mill, or as the current mainland; Li Xuewu said it this way on purpose.

"Our factory cooperated with other factories to set up some auto parts manufacturing plants, and purchased some from other parts factories."

Li Xuewu explained: "But the core parts need to be completed by our factory itself; this is related to future technology iteration and updates."

"So you need engine technologies, right?"

Andrew nodded, expressing understanding.

"It's not just that."

Li Xuewu shifted his body, adjusted his sitting posture, and continued to explain to Andrew: "Car and ship manufacturing will bring actual economic benefits to our factory, which can help us achieve the transfer and innovation of heavy industry."

"In the Steel City not far from here,"

He gestured to the north and said: "We are going to set up a car factory, an electronic appliance factory, and hardware equipment, etc."

"This includes equipment such as electrical appliance shells, integrated molding of auto parts, electronic and electrical, communication engineering, arc extinguishing equipment, cable protection, insulating pipes, insulating rods, etc."

Li Xuewu gestured with both hands and said: "The manufacturing efficiency of the engine determines the production efficiency of the car, and the fiberglass technology determines the replacement and application of newer materials."

"Didn't you think about building ships?"

Andrew heard Li Xuewu talk about a lot, and already had the answer in his heart, but still asked this question uneasily.

The reply Li Xuewu gave was also very firm: "Want to build, but don't know how to build?"

Without waiting for Andrew to ask, Li Xuewu continued: "Our usage and purchasing concepts directly determine the sales characteristics of the goods."

"In other words, in the general concept, sturdy and durable is the best."

Li Xuewu tapped the iron coffee table in front of him and said: "If you can use wood, you won't use glass; if you can use steel, you won't use glass even more. Shipbuilding is the same."

"Understood~"

Andrew really understood; the mainland is a demand market, planned production, luxury and lightness are not the main development goals of the shipbuilding industry.

This point is definitely learned from the Russians; it can't be wrong.

After asking clearly about the last point of concern regarding fiberglass technology, Andrew could be considered to have fully understood the basis of cooperation, and now they could talk about cooperation.

Coincidentally, at this time Zhang Changming walked down from upstairs, glanced here as if he didn't care, and then walked over here.

"Are you okay? You didn't drink much tonight."

Li Xuewu took the initiative to greet him and called Peng Xiaoli to make tea.

Zhang Changming waved his hand and said: "Still a bit dizzy, the wine in the Northeast is strong."

While saying this, he sat on the sofa, still muttering: "Drinking ruins things, important matters haven't been handled well, sigh~"

Only after he sat down did he gesture toward Andrew's direction, as if he had just remembered, and asked: "Didn't disturb you, did I?"

"No, just chatting."

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at him, and took the initiative to ask: "Heard from Xiaoli that you and Director Bai had a conflict?"

"Blame me~ Blame me~"

Before Zhang Changming could answer, Li Xuewu apologized first: "It's my fault, I told Director Xu that I wanted to fulfill the duties of a host, didn't expect..."

"Don't talk about him~"

Zhang Changming didn't seem to be in the mood to mention this, took a cigarette from the coffee table and lit it, saying: "Always wanted to talk to you, but never had the time."

Those who can reach this position, where are there any fools, and there are even fewer heavy drinkers.

He drank too much, even if he had a conflict with Bai Xiyuan, it was intentional.

If he didn't make a scene like that, would Bai Xiyuan leave tonight?

Han Qingwei treated him as a useless facade, and he also happened to treat Han Qingwei as a shield and a ladder for progress.

On this point, he was quite compatible with Li Xuewu; both of them were so young and promising, upright and kind, right~

"Our leader's intention is to ask about the cannery."

He looked up at Li Xuewu and asked: "Heard it's a joint-stock system?"