Chapter 947: Connect the dots

"Survival problems must be solved first before talking about ideals."

Li Li Xuewu fully answered questions about quality, bargaining, assembly, etc., at the meeting.

Especially in the discussion session on vehicle sales prices, he clearly pointed out that the main purchasing power in the current market was still quality-first.

Steel is stronger and more durable than iron, and plastic is not as resistant to damage as iron. One would wish that a car bought would be used for at least a hundred years to be considered worth it.

How to break through the shackles of quality choice and how to write articles on the application and development of new materials all depend on sales volume.

Whether a car is good or bad doesn't depend on who put what label on it, but on its market share.

Where is the disadvantage and where is the advantage of a sales price of 7,000 yuan compared to 31,000 yuan? Consumers might not be clear, but manufacturers and sales personnel cannot be unclear.

Taking the lead in using new materials on a large scale, such as plastic, glass fiber reinforced plastic, alloy, etc., will inevitably be guarded against by consumers in terms of applicable environments and functional choices.

Fish and bear's paw cannot be obtained at the same time. To achieve overtaking on a curve in the car-making track using new materials, new processes, and new technologies, one must inevitably abandon part of the benefits.

Therefore, one must admit this quality gap in price from the beginning, but use the deep price difference to hit the 212, which wouldn't dare to follow suit with price cuts.

Although today's meeting was to discuss procurement issues, Jing Jing Yunong mentioned the budget issue for the automobile manufacturing project next year.

Li Li Xuewu specifically emphasized one point, which was to fully guarantee the publicity budget for automobile manufacturing and other product projects.

The publicity of this era is very strange. According to normal thinking, the Red Star Rolling Mill succeeded in making cars, so they should report to the Ministry and wait for arrangements from above.

If they made a big news event like this time by holding a new car launch and getting together with the Beijing Automobile Factory, that was an accidental publicity.

Doing publicity by oneself is at most printing some black-and-white promotional pages and sending them to the industrial departments of various provinces and cities through mail, etc.

As for whether others will publicize for you, it's not your business; others also have work arrangements, right?

Li Li Xuewu certainly couldn't wait for the arrangements of the plan from above, waiting to ask for things—it would take until the year of the monkey to sell cars.

The automobile industrial production base is already under construction, the production line equipment is on the way, and the necessary processes and procurement have already been finalized.

So if you don't do publicity now, what are you doing?

Starting from the new car launch, the publicity work was actually already being done.

Including car reservations, price discounts for joint enterprises and related enterprises, publicity in newspapers, etc., the sales war not only has price means, but also publicity means.

What Li Li Xuewu emphasized many times at the meeting was that the production cost of the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang jeep is very high, the quality is very good, and selling at this price is basically losing money.

(Although Fast Seven also said it was sold at a "loss," the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang is definitely not a young person's first car.)

Especially when production and management haven't yielded results, it's impossible to estimate where the car-making cost can be controlled.

Since the price can't be discussed and money is being lost, why still make cars?

Because it can solve capacity overflow internally, realize diversified operations, and externally realize the great goal of serving the people!

The leaders in the conference room were holding a meeting to discuss, while the secretaries were sitting at a row of tables against the wall doing records.

When they heard Deputy Director Li mention that selling every Red Star Hongxing Lingyang jeep was losing money, the secretaries also started whispering privately.

Wang Wang Yuzheng's secretary frowned and asked: "Hey! After tossing such a big situation, how can it lose money?"

Kuang Kuang Yusheng's secretary curled his lips and replied: "You listen to Deputy Director Li—if you only sell one car, of course you'll lose money~~"

Wang Wang Yuzheng's secretary: "No? Is this really losing money or fake losing money? Selling a car for 7,000... I think it's a bit mysterious!"

Kuang Kuang Yusheng's secretary: "You are in finance, don't you know? Anyway, I haven't seen the Security Section ever lacking money."

Wang Wang Yuzheng's secretary: "This is a project of the factory; how can it be the same? Besides, didn't Deputy Director Li also say just now that we should be prepared to lose money~"

Kuang Kuang Yusheng's secretary: "Yes, be prepared to lose money, but he didn't say it really loses money. Saying selling cars loses money is also saying the cost is unknown where it can be controlled."

Wang Wang Yuzheng's secretary: "How? Do you think Deputy Director Li is lying? Deceiving these leaders?"

Kuang Kuang Yusheng's secretary: "Fart, I didn't say that at all! Deputy Director Li is a big leader, how could he lie!"

He widened his eyes and gave the other party a look, then continued to say in a low voice: "You don't understand, Deputy Director Li's standard for profit and loss is different."

"What standard?"

Wang Wang Yuzheng's secretary asked suspiciously: "How come I haven't heard of it? Shouldn't it be based on our financial accounting as the standard?"

"Nonsense~ When did Deputy Director Li ever ask you first when starting a project?"

"And still use you as the standard~!"

"Hehe~ then it would have to lose to death~!"

Kuang Kuang Yusheng's secretary rolled his eyes and said: "Deputy Director Li's standard for profit and loss is: if you don't earn double, it's a loss!"

"Ah?"

Wang Wang Yuzheng's secretary was instantly stunned, looking at the leaders on the conference table very speechlessly, muttering in his mouth: "How come Deputy Director Li even deceives his own people?"

"What kind of talk is this! ~"

Kuang Kuang Yusheng's secretary quickly reminded him: "How could Deputy Director Li deceive people? This is called strategic means, understand?"

After speaking, he gestured to the leaders on both sides of the desk and said: "You look, is there any leader who has such a big reaction as you?"

"Why?"

"Not why, just used to it."

Kuang Kuang Yusheng's secretary stretched his neck and looked at the conference table, curled his lips and said: "Earning a little less is a loss. As long as this big road isn't full of our factory's cars!"

He withdrew his gaze and looked at the other party, saying: "Deputy Director Li has to say, the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard~!"

Peng Peng Xiaoli: "..."

Li Xue: "..."

The secretaries were all sitting together. Naturally, they both heard these two bastards editing Li Li Xuewu.

However, no matter how angry they were in their hearts, why didn't they have the impulse to refute the other party?

Peng Peng Xiaoli's mouth twitched slightly, and after looking at Li Xue, he found that she had the same expression.

The two looked at each other in silence, each lowering their heads to look at the documents in their hands, pretending they hadn't heard anything.

This point of view could not be refuted...

Regarding this price point, and the emphasis of her second brother in every meeting, Li Xue hadn't asked.

She didn't ask her second brother, but found an opportunity to talk to Deputy Director Jing about this problem.

According to Deputy Director Jing, this is called strategy. The launch event is, deliberately provoking the contradiction with the Beijing Automobile Factory is, and saying that selling cars at a loss now is also—they are all strategies.

She was very clear that her second brother was deliberately taking the Rolling Mill to sell misery, just to create contradictions by borrowing the non-cooperation of the Beijing Automobile Factory.

While occupying the high ground of public opinion, it not only brought extensive attention to this car but also defined the brand value of this car.

Selling at a loss, everyone will of course want to buy it. Buying it is earning, right!

The alley-runners in the Four-Nine City all know that this is called "touching porcelain"~

It's an old trick, common, but it really works.

The Rolling Mill is not an automobile manufacturing factory with strong strength and plan support. It has no technology, no foundation, starts from scratch, and even damn it, reduces weight on a large scale and replaces new materials.

In this car-making environment, who could notice the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang!

Therefore, when the Beijing Automobile Factory was unwilling to cooperate with the Rolling Mill, Li Li Xuewu deliberately blew this matter up.

You are the popular jeep, you are quality first, sales first, so I will stick to you to create hot topics.

Not cooperating was rendered by him as deliberate suppression, creating an atmosphere that the Beijing Automobile Factory was afraid that the quality of the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang would exceed the 212.

Now there are rumors that the Beijing Automobile Factory is afraid, which is why they don't cooperate.

The Beijing Automobile Factory is now unable to argue, and even the leaders above are asking if they are too stingy.

What can they say? If they want to say the other party is slandering, the other party really hasn't made any public comments! After all, both sides did have a little unpleasantness after the procurement meeting ended.

But they are just very aggrieved. Damn it, who said they were afraid of their Red Star Hongxing Lingyang! Who said they were afraid of being surpassed and restricted the other party's procurement of components!

Now even if they agree to the Rolling Mill's procurement application, it's useless. By then, this grandson will definitely say that they agreed under the pressure of public opinion.

Wang, the deputy factory director who presides over this work at the Beijing Automobile Factory, is a decent person. His family has a long history, and his ancestors were all intellectuals.

But intellectuals also have times when they suffer losses. Encountering such shameless little hooligan means, he is also gnashing his teeth with hatred.

However, he also said, don't pay attention, and even less make a response, otherwise the public opinion contradiction will become bigger and bigger, and the influence will become bigger and bigger.

There are only a few types of jeeps on the market. The appearance of a new type of jeep will inevitably be compared.

If such a hot topic is really created, wouldn't it be making a wedding dress for the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang?

Why else say it has to be intellectuals? Standing high, looking far, not responding to the outside world, but he reported this matter to the top.

On one hand, explaining the reason for non-cooperation, and on the other hand, talking about unity and development.

Li Li Xuewu certainly wouldn't eat this loss. On one hand, he discussed with the Economic and Trade Office to let the people of the automobile project continue to stick to the other party to create topics.

On the other hand, he asked Li Li Huai De to stand up actively to express unity and friendliness, emphasizing that they had never taken the 212 for comparison, nor had they said that the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang was better than the 212, and even less had they created contradictions.

Li Li Huai De even actively applied to the top to publish a statement in major newspapers to explain this matter, but was "politely" rejected by Deputy General Wang.

Is this a statement, or is it borrowing them to advertise? And it's free!

This move is too damaging. Anyway, what Li Xue heard from Deputy Director Jing was that the Beijing Automobile Factory had issued a statement internally, absolutely not to mention the Red Star Hongxing Lingyang again, and not to give this side any opportunity to "touch porcelain."

Li Xue listened to her second brother still talking about publicity topics and knew that her second brother didn't intend to let go of the Beijing Automobile Factory.

Sometimes it's not that you don't want to be made into a hot topic that you can hide. In her second brother's place, there is always a way to stick to you and play the hooligan.

"When did you arrive?"

Li Li Xuewu brought Peng Peng Xiaoli up to the third floor. Maybe they heard the sound of them talking, and Xu Ning walked out of Sun Ji Jian's office.

"Came early in the morning, didn't see you."

Xu Ning smiled and saluted Li Li Xuewu, still as standard and powerful as ever.

Li Li Xuewu looked him over, patted his arm, and said, "Hard work, come in."

"Director Sun said you were in a meeting, and heard there was a case to assist the branch bureau."

Xu Ning didn't say this to complain that the waiting time was long, but to ask if it was convenient now, and he could choose another time to come over.

Li Li Xuewu took him into the room, pointed to the chair opposite the desk, and said, "Two meetings; the automotive manufacturing procurement has been finalized."

While speaking, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, then continued: "Just coordinated with personnel about the new recruitment indicators."

"Our factory is about to welcome great development!"

Xu Ning smiled happily: "I can clearly feel this change and progress in the Steel City; it can be described as changing with each passing day."

"It's the payment and efforts of you frontline workers."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and looked at Xu Ning again, nodded, and said, "Much more steady than before."

"Thank you, leader, for your cultivation."

Xu Ning said gratefully: "Without your care and help, where would my progress be today."

"Mm, also learned to flatter~"

Li Li Xuewu smiled without caring, and said, "Fine, learning anything is learning; learning to speak is also a good thing. As long as there is progress, it's good."

"Thank you, leader."

Xu Ning didn't care at all about Li Li Xuewu's words, said thank you very happily, and then said: "I dare not delay the leader's time. Now I will report my work to you, please guide me."

Saying this, he had already opened the notebook he brought and began to report his work in the Steel City to Li Li Xuewu.

Li Li Xuewu listened while flicking a cigarette to him.

Peng Peng Xiaoli, who brought the tea, helped Xu Ning light it and received a polite thank you from Xu Ning.

Peng Peng Xiaoli wasn't very familiar with Xu Ning; before, he was in the factory office, and the other party was in the security section, so they had no intersection.

However, they were both young people—one was the leader's secretary, and the other was the leader's favorite general—so there was a natural closeness in the politeness.

Listening to Xu Ning's report, Peng Peng Xiaoli was also taking notes, for the leader, and also for his own learning.

Director Sha had made it very clear during the handover that the leader liked to ask about past things, and it wouldn't do if you couldn't answer.

Xu Ning's actions in the Steel City could be simply divided into three stages: sorting and rectification, systems and rules, training and cultivation.

Going to the Steel City with Dong Wenxue, he went with a mission and determination. After cooperating with the leader to complete the rectification task of the Steel Mill, he firmly implemented the management policy of the General Factory Security Section.

Being able to sit here and report work meant he had completed the phased goal.

The transfer order had been issued long ago, and he had heard rumors before, so when Li Li Xuewu asked about the work plan of the Frontier Office, he also spoke very concretely and realistically.

Summarized, there were also three goals: one was to consolidate the existing work foundation and fully combine geographical conditions to do a good job in management.

Two was to expand the direction of cooperation and effectively carry out effective communication and cooperation with local units.

Three was to actively cooperate with superiors to complete the construction and operation of trade projects, ensuring that procurement and sales work successfully achieved the established goals.

Not saying big words, not saying empty words. Xu Ning knew Li Li Xuewu's work style too well. When reporting work to the leader, say one if it's one, and say two if it's two.

When reporting plans to the leader, say what can be done, don't say what can't be done, say what is useful, don't say nonsense. Blowing cowhide here will lead to being put on a list.

Before it was the Security Section, now it's the Security Group. No cadre has ever dared to blow cowhide and say big words in front of Li Li Xuewu. Those who dare to set goals are all ruthless people who dare to do it even if they risk their lives.

The honest and concise work style directly influenced all security personnel, and even the office system already implemented in the factory had this influencing factor.

According to Peng Peng Xiaoli, the office paper saved in this quarter in the factory was 20%, meaning one-fifth of the previous documents were nonsense.

Li Li Xuewu's instructions to Xu Ning were very simple, eight words: work well, pay attention to safety.

You don't need to always stare at a good cadre, and even less do you need to teach him. He will learn and grow himself, as long as you help him at the critical moment.

More importantly, show care and concern, let the other party experience the care and attention of the organization, and as long as the heart is set right, the person won't go crooked.

Just taste it. Going crooked is absolutely following the example of the top. Not a single student who just came out of college is determined to be Heshen; they are all crying and shouting to learn from Jiao Yulu.

Saying the environment is bad, saying there are bad people in the masses instigating and tempting—it's all nonsense.

One layer leads another layer, one layer does it for another layer to see. The leaders above are strict with themselves and lenient with others. Those below want to run for progress but can't find the door; what are they running for?

Those who run crooked can never make progress, and those who work hard step by step rise. You don't need to clean them up; those at the same level will squeeze them out.

Therefore, the Discipline Inspection Commission often reports that a single rat dropping ruins a pot of porridge, causing bad influence, which means he brought bad style to the bottom.

The simple eight words both instructed him to do his work well and cared about his safety and life.

As long as Li Li Xuewu achieved this, Xu Ning would definitely not dare to be lazy, and even less dare to have crooked thoughts.

This is why Li Li Huai De keeps transferring people from Li Li Xuewu to take on heavy responsibilities.

Clearly knowing that the cadres who go out from Li Li Xuewu are deeply influenced by him and have marks carved into their bones, he still uses them.

One is that he has no one to use, and two is that the cadres who go out from the Security Section won't have accidents—at least they won't lose face like Jin Jin Yaohui, making him have to help wipe his ass.

He doesn't have the habit of being a nanny. For some positions, as long as he doesn't have the intention of having crooked thoughts, putting Li Li Xuewu's people there, no one can have crooked thoughts.

Before getting off work at noon, the conversation between the two ended. Li Li Xuewu originally intended to take him out to eat, but Xu Ning politely declined.

During their conversation, a call came from the branch bureau, saying there was a meeting in the afternoon and there were new clues in the case.

Even if Xu Ning wanted to sit with the leader, he was embarrassed to delay the leader's work.

Knowing that the leader still trusted and supported him as always was enough; being too expressive would make things distant.

Li Li Xuewu gave Xu Ning a few days off to stay in Beijing for a few more days; it wouldn't be convenient to come back later.

Xu Ning's family intended to arrange a blind date for him, thinking it would be best to settle it quickly so he could accompany him to the frontier.

As a leader, Li Li Xuewu also supported this point, and even had supporting opinions on the work arrangement of his future spouse.

He is now a regular section level, so it's easy to find a partner. He was busy in the Steel City before, so his family couldn't catch him, but this time they seemed determined to settle it.

Sending Xu Ning downstairs, and taking him to the canteen to eat, they chatted about the personnel recruitment indicators on the way.

This is a hot topic that factory workers are most concerned about. Batch after batch of indicators come down, and batch after batch of workers' children enter the factory for internship training.

What is welfare, what is treatment, what is development—workers might not care, but the things happening around them are real and can be seen.

The factory area, which used to have more than 10,000 people, is now filled with 8,000 or 9,000 more, and the surrounding land is being planned into one new workshop after another.

The first batch of newly recruited workers has completed their internship and officially started operating on their posts.

And the workers who were eliminated because of these people taking their posts have also completed the diversion work.

In the process of establishing the standardized production system, it is inevitable to throw off a part of the workers who do not meet the requirements subjectively and objectively.

Newly recruited workers with junior high school education or above are inevitably raw in technology, but have greater room for growth.

Why are senior workers so few in this period, and why are they so precious?

It's not that the technical standards are strict, but that the general cultural quality of workers is low, and the level of education cannot meet the technical grade learning needs of production.

Why are high-level workers so scarce and so precious during this period?

When the technical elites of fifth-grade and sixth-grade workers become the backbone technical force, this technical and personnel iteration work can be considered to have achieved its basic goals.

The workers who were thrown off must either re-learn and train, re-examine and operate on their posts, or obey the diversion.

The direction of diversion mainly includes lower technical posts, third industry, manual labor, service, and construction.

Workers cannot be eliminated into society; they can only be used to their full potential. They can do whatever they can. At worst, they can do physical labor.

The Rolling Mill has many new projects and many new posts. If they can't do any of them, they can only go to lay bricks and build houses. Anyway, they will constantly engage in infrastructure construction in the next five years, and there are plenty of places that need manpower.

Engaging in technical and personnel renewal and iteration now seems cruel, but it's better than having their rice bowls smashed in the future and everyone being forced into society.

As long as there are new people entering the factory, the people in front will have pressure and motivation to work. The workers who are eliminated will either retire or be diverted.

Everyone is clear that doing physical labor is ultimately not as good as doing technical work. With comparison, there will be a direction.

As long as the products sell well, as long as the quality is guaranteed, and as long as there are no loopholes in management, the wealth created by workers will definitely be able to satisfy their lives.

Virtuous cycle, survival of the fittest.

The later collapse actually didn't mean the workers did anything wrong. It had nothing to do with welfare, treatment, pension, etc. It was that the brains were broken, the hearts were broken, so what was the use of working hard with hands and feet?

1:30 PM, Li Li Xuewu's command vehicle slid into the gate of the branch bureau.

Several people were standing in the courtyard, and seeing Li Li Xuewu's car, they waved.

Han Han Jiankun parked the car steadily, Li Li Xuewu opened the car door and asked actively: "Good news?"

"Good news, and also bad news."

Lai Lai Shanchuan smoked a cigarette and said with a bitter smile: "They also just finished the scene and came back to eat. We were just talking about it."

"Let's go, go upstairs and talk together."

He beckoned to the others and said: "Director Zheng is already waiting. It's going to be busy today."

Li Li Xuewu walked into the building with him, followed by the case-handling team members of the security group and the criminal group, all talking about small talk.

Due to confidentiality requirements, they could still chat about the case in the open space of the courtyard, but they couldn't talk about it anymore when walking into the building.

Lai Lai Shanchuan threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, asked Li Li Xuewu: "Director Zheng said he wants to add equipment and update a batch of vehicles next year. When will the car from your factory go off the line?"

"Test drive in March at the earliest."

Li Li Xuewu explained while walking upstairs: "The infrastructure part is almost finished, and the mechanical equipment is being produced and transported."

"Counting the installation and debugging, as well as the component inventory reserve, it will be June before real production."

"Really anxious."

Lai Lai Shanchuan smiled and said: "We have all read the materials Director Zheng brought back. Cheap and durable is just right for our usage environment."

"You know, how many vehicle replacement indicators did the branch bureau get next year?"

"Five!"

He gestured with a palm to Li Li Xuewu and said: "Just five. How is it enough to divide? Now the security environment is so bad, and the mobile force can't keep up, so it's easy to have trouble."

"Now it's good. The money for one 212 can buy five Red Star Antelopes. With twenty-five cars, most of the problems can be alleviated at once."

"Hearing you say that~"

Li Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Our factory's car pricing seems to have been set too cheap!"

"Cheap is good!"

Lai Lai Shanchuan smiled and pointed upstairs, saying softly: "You haven't seen Director Gao worrying about the budget. He gets angry at whoever asks him for money."

He finished speaking and patted Li Li Xuewu's arm, reminding: "Hide a bit, be careful he asks you for more benefits!"

"Hahaha~"

Li Li Xuewu chuckled: "Six thousand is already selling at a loss to earn a shout; others can't get this discount. Any cheaper and we can only sell the chassis!"

"Yo, what are you talking about so lively?"

Zheng Zheng Fuhua came down from upstairs and happened to run into their group. After greeting, he gestured for them to go to the conference room together.

After a few simple greetings, after everyone sat down and closed the door of the conference room, the case briefing meeting officially began.

"Let's talk about the scene investigation and investigation situation first."

The person in charge of the criminal group reported: "First is the situation of the bicycle and the two bags. The scene has been salvaged for three days, and there is no progress."

"We have also notified the whole city to coordinate the investigation of related bicycles and backpacks with unified characteristics. Now there is no feedback."

"The forensic doctor has repeatedly compared and judged that the murderer used a blunt object; it could be a hammer, or it could be a stone."

He raised his head, glanced at the leaders beside the conference table, and continued to report: "Re-visiting and investigating the people who know about this money and the exact withdrawal time and route of Zhang Ge Shuqin did not yield new situations."

"What about the social relationship investigation?"

Lai Lai Shanchuan tapped the table, signaling him to speak faster, omitting the parts without results.

"The known social relationships of Zhang Ge Shuqin are very wide. We visited all the involved relationships again, and there has been no special situation in the past two months."

The answer given by the person in charge of the criminal group made several leaders very dissatisfied, but the subsequent investigation results were like clearing the clouds and seeing the light.

"When visiting Zhang Ge Shuqin's neighbors, someone reacted that Yu Yu Lanfang and Zhang Ge Shuqin often had quarrels in the past, and even reached the point of divorce."

"We also paid attention to this point earlier, but didn't carry out targeted investigation. It was only when re-checking the transcript materials that we realized some abnormal situations."

He said: "A child in a neighbor's house heard Zhang Ge Shuqin scold something about a rabbit on the night of the 28th, and he climbed the wall and saw Yu Yu Lanfang slap Zhang Ge Shuqin."

"Why wasn't this situation mentioned before?"

Li Li Xuewu tapped the table and asked: "The transcripts of Lin Lin Tingting and Du Chen Xiaoyan don't seem to have records about Zhang Ge Shuqin being

"Because Zhang Ge Shuqin came often, so we were familiar with each other, and there was a telephone appointment."

"Why were you able to handle her withdrawal business alone?"

"Because during lunch, two people were on duty; one person would rest for the whole shift, and the other would handle business if there was any, or rest if there wasn't."

"When you were on the phone, did anyone else know the content of the conversation?"

"I was alone in the finance room on my side; I'm not clear about her side."

"How many bags did Zhang Ge Shuqin bring, and how did she pack the money?"

"She brought one bag, but it didn't fit, so I lent her my bag."

Du Chen Xiaoyan frowned and said, "As for how the money was packed, I didn't remember clearly. I was busy chatting at the time and didn't pay attention to how much was in each."

"This isn't right~"

Li Li Xuewu tapped the materials in his hand with his pencil and said, "Why isn't there a registration record about the ownership of the bags on this?"

"You didn't ask at the time."

Du Chen Xiaoyan said helplessly, "That bag was brought back for me from another place by my husband; it was a bag used to pack clothes to change into while on duty here."

"Is your personal relationship very good?"

Li Li Xuewu frowned slightly and looked at Du Chen Xiaoyan's expression, wanting to see her answer.

Du Chen Xiaoyan nodded frankly and explained, "It can be considered quite good. She came to handle business often, for several years. We came into contact more, so we became familiar."

"Later, after chatting more, I found out that my husband and she were from the same hometown, and our homes weren't far apart, so we could talk."

"Actually, I also know Zhang Ge Shuqin, and the relationship is quite good. She knows everyone in our office, and her popularity is very good."

Han Han Luyao interjected from the side: "How should I put it? She is cheerful and generous, knows how to conduct herself, and knows how to do things. Sometimes when she came to handle business, she would bring us some peanuts and melon seeds from the supply and marketing cooperative."

Li Li Xuewu nodded. He could see that Han Han Luyao was protecting his subordinate; this was nothing, he himself was the same—protective of his own people.

However, what they said matched Lin Lin Tingting's transcript. It seemed this Zhang Ge Shuqin was a social butterfly.

Actually, he hated encountering such people the most when handling cases; their social connections were extremely complex, making it the hardest to sort out the train of thought.

Seeing someone and being able to chat, chatting and becoming friends, becoming friends and being acquaintances—this kind of behavior was too bad!

Mm, couldn't the relationship between people be simpler?

Couldn't they learn from him? Look at how pure Li Li Xuewu's social connections are... very pure, right.

"Do you have any other mutual friends with Zhang Ge Shuqin?"

"No."

Du Chen Xiaoyan replied, "Both of our families are dual-income, and we aren't neighbors, nor are we colleagues. Contact was just about business; the relationship wasn't as good as you think."

"Mm, can you even tell what I'm thinking?"

Li Li Xuewu smiled, looked her over, and continued to ask, "You said just now that your husband and she are from the same hometown; did you know each other before? Where does he work?"

"They are from the same hometown, but they only met through me."

Du Chen Xiaoyan was obviously opinionated and emotional about Li Li Xuewu's questioning, but she cooperated fully: "My husband is a purchaser at the Joint Operation Factory, running business outside all year round, and can often bring back local specialties."

"Oh, right."

When she spoke to this point, she specifically added, "She and my husband know each other, and that was because she saw the hair clip I was wearing and begged me to ask where I bought it."

"At the time, I said it was brought back from Shanghai by my husband, so she begged me to remember to ask my husband to bring her one when he went to Shanghai again."

"Later, sometimes when she saw trendy things, she would ask. Because she came often and brought things often, I couldn't refuse, and after coming and going, we all knew each other."

"How? Do you want to question my husband?"

Du Chen Xiaoyan raised her eyebrows and said, "If he also needs to come for an investigation, I will call him to contact him."

"Comrade Chen Xiaoyan's husband is often on business trips."

Han Han Luyao helped explain: "He is out of town right now and will only be back after a while."

Li Li Xuewu smiled and looked at the sulking Du Chen Xiaoyan without speaking. The Eight Great Employees of this era are all amazing.

Especially the credit union, especially the women; their tempers are all big.

Lai Lai Shanchuan stood out again to smooth things over, saying with a smile that it didn't matter, just asking.

After returning upstairs to Zheng Zheng Fuhua's office and lighting a cigarette with Lai Lai Shanchuan, he began to report the results to Director Zheng.

"I finally understand Section Chief Lai's headache."

Li Li Xuewu leaned back on the sofa with a bitter smile, shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm young and have little experience, so I really can't understand this kind of thinking from the parties involved."

"The old comrades all say that cases have traces to follow, but the one we encountered is truly~"

Lai Lai Shanchuan smoked distressingly, also shaking his head slightly and sighing.

"There's no problem with having traces to follow; it must be that we haven't grasped the fundamental problem yet."

Zheng Zheng Fuhua looked at the two of them, who looked like eggplants beaten by frost, and reminded them: "The mindset for handling cases is very important; many clues are in the details."

"Mm, tell me about the results of the questioning."

Li Li Xuewu scratched his head and said, "The biggest suspicion on Lin Lin Tingting's side might be that she didn't discover the wrong order of Zhang Ge Shuqin withdrawing money and shopping. As for the others..."

"I also support this conclusion."

Lai Lai Shanchuan nodded and said, "I think the breakthrough point is not on Lin Lin Tingting; she didn't have the conditions to know about this sum of money in advance, let alone the ability to possess it."

"So don't waste energy on her. I suggest retaining a certain amount of surveillance power, and the rest can be left alone."

"Mm, that's fine."

Zheng Zheng Fuhua smoked very fiercely; he had been smoking when they entered the room, and now he had finished one and lit another.

"What about the credit union staff? How are they?"

This question was directed at Li Li Xuewu. They had all read and seen the transcripts of these few people, but they didn't have Li Li Xuewu's psychological opinion.

Li Li Xuewu thought for a moment and said, "I didn't see any problems, and the newly discovered point about the money bag isn't worth studying either."

"We have to admit our mistake on this."

Lai Lai Shanchuan took the initiative to say, "The previous investigation and transcripts weren't detailed enough; there were loopholes."

He admitted his mistake in front of Zheng Zheng Fuhua. Li Li Xuewu didn't stop him; saying it at this time was just to help him pave the way.

Zheng Zheng Fuhua didn't care and waved his hand. This situation was very normal in the process of handling a case; it was common to have differences in transcripts, and witnesses were people, not machines.

Tell me the conclusion; how should we investigate next?

"My opinion is still money."

Li Li Xuewu took a puff of his cigarette, flicked the ash into the ashtray, frowned, and said, "Regardless of whether it's 5,000 or 50,000, take these two bags as the origin and change the investigation train of thought."

"You mean, don't focus on the relationship between people, and even less on Zhang Ge Shuqin as the basic point of investigation, but unfold the investigation based on the relationship of financial interests?"

Lai Lai Shanchuan frowned and thought, taking two bags and 50,000 yuan as the origin and radiating outward—who would all be involved?

"Correct."

Li Li Xuewu sat up straight, looked at Zheng Zheng Fuhua, and said, "Exclude all possibilities, and whatever is left, no matter how unbelievable, could be possible."

"So, if this line of Zhang Ge Shuqin is scrapped, then we can only change the angle and continue investigating."

"That makes sense."

Lai Lai Shanchuan thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "The idea that there are traces to follow doesn't hold up; it's possible that the angle of looking at the problem is wrong, and changing an angle might reveal an opportunity."

"Two directions."

Li Li Xuewu looked at the two and said, "Continue investigating Zhang Ge Shuqin's social connections, focusing on who knew about this sum of money."

"Including the news of her withdrawing money, habits, frequency, the route and direction after withdrawing money, and the decision to go shopping."

"Secondly, I suggest focusing on investigating Du Chen Xiaoyan's husband."

Li Li Xuewu said with a serious face, tapped the desk, and reminded, "He runs business outside all year round; check his business trip time and destination, and whether it has any relationship with the letters mailed back."

"We hadn't thought of this."

Lai Lai Shanchuan frowned slightly and asked, "Did she say when her husband left just now?"

"No, there is no record of her husband's situation in the transcript."

Li Li Xuewu looked at Zheng Zheng Fuhua and explained, "If the investigation is unfolded with money as the origin, then Zhao Zhao Ziliang, who helped Zhang Ge Shuqin purchase goods, has a connection."

"This..."

Lai Lai Shanchuan hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Li Xuewu, and asked, "Do you think Du Chen Xiaoyan has a problem?"

"Heh, I already said psychology is not a lie detector."

Li Li Xuewu chuckled, flicked the ash, and said, "I can only judge what investigation needs to be done based on the process of questioning; I can't talk nonsense without evidence."

"Of course, the investigation determined in the morning still needs to be done; the time interval is too long, and it's all fog."

"Sigh~"

Lai Lai Shanchuan sighed and said, "For this case, all the strength has been used; I'm really afraid there won't be a good result."

"Take it slow."

Li Li Xuewu took a puff of his cigarette, looked at the two's miserable expressions, and said with a smile, "How about we have something tonight? I remember Director Zheng still owes me a meal here."

"Hahaha~"

Lai Lai Shanchuan looked at Zheng Zheng Fuhua, smiled bitterly, gestured to his mouth, and said, "It's all blisters; even drinking water is painful, let alone eating."

While speaking, he also gestured to Zheng Zheng Fuhua, who was smoking hard opposite, and said, "Director Zheng is even more inflamed than me; in less than two months, almost ten packs of cigarettes."

"Yo, you have to be restrained."

Li Li Xuewu looked at Zheng Zheng Fuhua and said, "Don't let the case be unfinished and you end up dying halfway."

"Inflamed, all inflamed."

Zheng Zheng Fuhua nodded, extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, sighed long, and said, "But what can be done if the case can't be solved? Just have a clear conscience."

The two's sighing made Li Li Xuewu not even in the mood to go to a restaurant. If they went out to eat at this time, they wouldn't be able to eat anyway.

So this meal was still owed by Zheng Zheng Fuhua, to be repaid when there was an opportunity.

However, Li Li Xuewu looked at Zheng Zheng Fuhua's way of smoking as if he were eating cigarettes, not knowing if this meal would have to wait until eating at his funeral.

The command vehicle had just driven out of the branch bureau's courtyard when it was stopped by Lin Lin Tingting, who had been waiting at the entrance.

Han Han Jiankun frowned first, but after seeing clearly that it was a woman illuminated by the car lights, he withdrew his hand from the gun handle.