Chapter 984: Busy with a thousand tasks

Third Guard Regiment

The effect of the last operation finally appeared; there was a batch of special service personnel practicing shooting on the training ground.

Winter training is an old tradition; there is no such thing as resting for half a year in freezing weather.

Cold?

Running five kilometers with a load will make you warm, or run 400 meters to warm up.

Already used to it; every time he came to the station, Li Xuewu had to stand at the entrance of the training ground and take a look.

Look at the equipment, look at the state, look at whether the leading cadres are responsible.

Sometimes the training cadres could see him, and they would come over to greet him; there were also times when they couldn't see him.

Mainly because he came very casually, not even checking attendance; no one knew when he would come.

Unless there was a meeting, or a superior leader was inspecting, and it was pointed out that he had to be present.

The leaders of the Garrison District had been here several times; after all, it was a team that had newly joined the Garrison, and it had undergone a merger and reorganization.

What was more special was that this team had some substance, at least compared to other teams.

Born from a field army, they could fight tough battles, could fight defensive battles, and also annexed the most capable security brigade in the Dongcheng.

Now with a battalion of special service teams, they had a say and execution power in urban emergency event handling.

Saying they had some substance meant that the Third Guard Regiment not only had its own station outside the city but also had a garrison station in the city.

Generally speaking, when transferring troops from outside into the Garrison sequence, the Garrison arranges the station and logistics equipment, but the Third Guard Regiment was different.

The predecessor of the Third Guard Regiment, the 816th Regiment, was in a borrowed state at the time—nobody loved it, nobody wanted it, and nobody took over.

So in the absence of management from above, they found their own station and completed the construction of the reclamation area.

What was even more awesome was that the Third Guard Regiment also had a particularly large courtyard in the city as a garrison station.

This was equivalent to what? A girl was about to get married; the groom's family thought she was a poor girl, but when they looked, she was a little rich girl.

Not only did she have industries in the countryside, but she also had a big mansion in the city, and importantly, she was particularly capable of fighting.

In terms of logistics support, the Third Guard Regiment's own reclamation area achieved a bumper harvest of grain and a large increase in vegetable production this year.

Not only that, while creating economic value in the reclamation area, they also made full use of animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry resources.

Even in the cold winter, they could still guarantee the supply of vegetables and meat.

The supplies allocated from above were naturally distributed according to the number of people; every regiment was the same.

But the Third Guard Regiment could not only eat openly but also strengthen training and strengthen logistics application.

In the Third-Line Construction, they didn't spend much effort to complete the construction of the reserve caves.

All 3,000 people in the regiment were strong and full of spirit; when the leaders from above went to the station to inspect, seeing the soldiers with red faces, they knew they were eating well and training well.

You say the Third Guard Regiment occupied the advantage of having its own station, but they also pulled other teams a large margin in training and equipment.

Cooperating with local large steel mills, carrying out team-based training, carrying out militia training, and carrying out substitute training and cultivation work—the income not only fed back into logistics but also found sales channels for the reclamation area's crops.

What was better was that they could continuously update and obtain the latest training data and effectively adjust the current training syllabus.

The training data collected from local substitute training and cultivation teams effectively verified the practicality and necessity of the current training syllabus.

They also obtained the right to use and equip new equipment in technical cooperation with the Light Weapons Institute.

Especially in maintaining local stability and supporting local security construction work, the Third Guard Regiment was commended by the city many times.

At the end of last year, all regiment-level teams in the entire Garrison District held a large-scale military training activity; the result was that they didn't know until they compared, and they were shocked when they compared.

The individual quality, comprehensive quality, and command quality of the Third Guard Regiment were far ahead in the entire Garrison District.

The leaders of other regiments, who originally regarded the Third Guard Regiment as a stepchild, had their chins dropped, and their faces were beaten swollen in front of the leaders above.

Many regiment leaders came to the Third Guard Regiment to visit and learn, wanting to see why the Third Guard Regiment was so awesome.

Because the garrison station in the city was close, many people came here first.

And at the garrison station in the city, the Third Guard Regiment mainly stationed the special service team, the guard company, and the communication squad.

To see real training, only the special service team's was worth watching, and because of the new equipment, the special service team's training was the most worth watching.

From combat clothing to full-body hanging gear, to weapons and equipment, it was more comprehensive, more excellent, and more inclined toward actual combat.

Even the most ordinary equipment—the steel helmet—the Third Guard Regiment's was different.

Designed and manufactured by the Light Weapons Institute based on the Rolling Mill Guard Team's steel helmet, the new urban combat steel helmet and field steel helmet were equipped to the special service team and the Garrison troops respectively.

The outside of the steel helmet wasn't a smooth paint surface but camouflage canvas, and the inside wasn't a simple steel nail canvas belt, but light foam filling plus anti-collision canvas mesh.

At first, the leaders of other regiments naturally insisted that the Third Guard Regiment was bullying people with equipment.

They even said that the Third Guard Regiment's soldier quality was super high, and there were even high school students in the team!

What's wrong with high school students!

They didn't know until they asked, and they wanted to cry when they asked again!

It wasn't one high school student, but a group—nearly 300 of them—all training elites in the regiment, the kind that could fight.

When Chief of Staff Zhang Chenggong introduced them, he said that high school students were nothing; the Third Guard Regiment's political instructors were the awesome ones: more than 20 female university students from Huaqing.

Good heavens, the eyes of the cadres of other regiments were turning green with envy, and they wanted to dig people away on the spot.

You have more than 20 university students in one regiment, 300 high school students, and more than 1,200 junior high school students; in the future, the entire Garrison District will be cadres from your regiment!

The students at this time weren't easy to provoke, and they weren't easy to manipulate; general cadres weren't willing to provoke these little brats.

But these young people in the Third Guard Regiment were different; they were recruited not long after the big study activity started.

By the time they finished new recruit training in the mountains, the biggest wind had already passed.

And after the merger and reorganization, these new recruits from the city could learn from the old soldiers in the capacity of teachers and students, greatly strengthening their participation emotions.

What was important was that it was close to home, and they didn't have to go to other places; many parents who didn't get recruited at the time regretted it endlessly; such an opportunity was really too hard to encounter.

When there was really a holiday, they could reach home by taking the commuter bus, and they didn't have to spend all their visiting holidays on the road.

The Third Guard Regiment's model was very special, and the leaders of the Garrison District also had a headache; they wouldn't easily give guidance opinions on troop construction.

Why?

Because they were afraid of being slapped in the face.

How high is the combat effectiveness of a field regiment? The troops in this era are all "soldier kings"; it's really the time when individual combat strength is the most ruthless.

The Third Guard Regiment now has grain, vegetables, and meat; they feed them hard, train them hard—you tell me, can this physical quality and combat quality be low?

The entire regiment has six battalions, equipped with all the anti-air, anti-ground, and urban combat strike capabilities that an infantry regiment should have.

The maneuverability has even reached the point of full regiment motorization, not to mention its electronic air defense and efficient logistics support.

The Garrison District came to do research; they had opinions about the Third Guard Regiment's six-battalion system at the beginning, but after seeing the actual combat effect of the elite troops, they didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

They didn't dare to talk about training, equipment, and logistics, so they dared to talk about ideological politics?

Actually, they didn't dare to talk nonsense either; the Third Guard Regiment had a political instructor regiment, all of whom were high-achieving students from Huaqing University, and there were also political elites annexed from the Dongcheng.

He had an eye-opening insight and judgment regarding the control of current events, the interpretation of local policies, and the psychological dynamics of the soldiers.

Policy documents from above were issued to the regimental headquarters in real-time.

You tell me, the Garrison District's interpretation and understanding speed weren't as fast or comprehensive as the Third Guard Regiment's; how could they provide guidance?

So in the few months since the reorganization ended, the leaders from above mostly came for research and rarely came to give instructions.

If they did, it was mostly encouragement and praise, especially after the grand competition ended; it really felt like they had found a treasure.

The veterans had courage, the new recruits had talent, the leaders were capable, and the politics were brilliant; combined together, the overall quality was reflected in the full use of equipment, the rational use of talent, and the full mastery of the troops.

The key was that the Third Guard Regiment had money and dared to use new equipment, dare to undergo new training, and dare to take on new challenges.

Where did the money come from?

This brings us to the fact that the Third Guard Regiment had a great leader who didn't go to work daily, but sent money whenever he did.

The First Deputy Political Commissar and Deputy Regimental Commander of the Third Guard Regiment, Li Xuewu, was mysterious and wealthy.

Qi Yaowu dared to say that anyone in the Third Guard Regiment could be absent, except for Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu didn't work here because he had local work to attend to.

And while busy with local work, he would find opportunities to help the construction of the Third Guard Regiment.

Even if there were no new gains for a month or two, the current cooperation on the mountain was enough to satisfy the rapid growth of the Third Guard Regiment.

It used to be a joke that Li Xuewu could get planes for the Third Guard Regiment and establish an airborne unit.

Looking at it now, although this goal was distant, it wasn't unreachable.

If they had money and the higher-ups didn't provide it, they could apply for external cooperation themselves, right?

If the Light Infantry Regiment had it, couldn't the Third Guard Regiment have it too, or if the Rolling Mill had it...

No!

Li Xuewu had to connect his relationship to Ji Weidong just to get a business car for Li Huai De; if he were to get a plane...

That would really be "getting a plane"!

Planes were even more expensive than yachts; he absolutely couldn't let Old Li see them, otherwise, if he asked for one, where would he get it?

"Oh my, how many days has it been since we last met?"

Seeing Li Xuewu enter the courtyard, Zhao Zhenhua came out of the room with a smile to welcome him, asking after his well-being.

Li Xuewu took the cigarette he handed over, smiled, signaled to his office, and said, "I told you to switch with me; it's just gathering dust anyway."

"That won't do!"

Zhao Zhenhua lit the cigarette for Li Xuewu and joked, "This is the Third Guard Regiment's final persistence and respect for the God of Wealth."

"Xiao Gao! Look who's here?!"

He first turned his head to call Li Xuewu's orderly, then smiled and said to Li Xuewu, "I bet your office is absolutely clean; it's impossible for it to be dusty!"

"Hello, Leader!"

The orderly Gao Guang trotted over, saluted Li Xuewu, and then smilingly took the bag from his hand.

"See that?!"

Zhao Zhenhua pointed to Xiao Gao and said to Li Xuewu, "Our regiment's smartest soldier."

"Mm, I think so too."

Li Xuewu signaled to Gao Guang and said, "Learn more from Political Commissar Zhao; he thinks highly of you, so if there's anything about progress in the future, ask him more."

"Okay!"

Zhao Zhenhua didn't mind the hook in Li Xuewu's words and said sincerely, "As long as Xiao Gao persists in learning, the future will be yours."

"Understand?"

Li Xuewu said to Gao Guang with a smile, "Political Commissar Zhao means that the future is yours, but for now, you have to listen to him."

"Hahaha~"

Zhao Zhenhua and Gao Guang both laughed, exchanged a few pleasantries, and everyone entered the office.

It was the same as the last time he came, only the room was much warmer.

Li Xuewu glanced at the radiator by the wall and knew the heating was on.

Zhao Zhenhua let him into Qi Yaowu's office while introducing, "It was turned on at the beginning of winter; it's really warm, especially in the dormitory area."

"Oh my~ Deputy Political Commissar Li!"

Qi Yaowu got up from behind his desk with a smile and greeted him enthusiastically, "I really missed you; Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year."

Li Xuewu shook hands with him and said with a smile, "I came back empty-handed, so don't be so polite."

"What are you saying~"

Qi Yaowu let them sit, and seeing Gao Guang flash by the door, he called him to help make tea.

After the three of them sat down, he looked at Li Xuewu and said, "I heard you were on a business trip, otherwise I would have definitely asked you to come back to celebrate together."

"It's not too late today!"

Zhao Zhenhua signaled toward the cafeteria and said, "I'll tell the cafeteria to prepare something at noon, and we'll have a gathering; it's the New Year."

"Then let's have a gathering?"

"Let's have a gathering, hahaha~"

After a few pleasantries, Zhao Zhenhua went to get busy, knowing that if Li Xuewu came back, he must have something to talk about with Qi Yaowu.

At the end of the year, although Li Xuewu wasn't a guest, he was someone who wouldn't visit the temple without a reason.

The Rolling Mill's work was heavy and busy, and they all understood that whenever he came back with something to say, they would prioritize Li Xuewu's needs.

Qi Yaowu flicked the ash in the ashtray and asked with a smile, "Something up?"

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu first smiled, then his attitude gradually became serious, saying, "There is something, but I don't know how to say it."

"Still finding it difficult with me?"

Qi Yaowu examined Li Xuewu, leaned back on the sofa, nodded slightly, and said, "We are family."

"Yes."

Li Xuewu took a puff of his cigarette, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "The wind direction is wrong; I always feel like something is going to happen."

"I've heard."

Qi Yaowu raised his hand to signal and said, "The Garrison District also sent news, saying to raise vigilance and pay attention to safety."

The direction he signaled was the door, the direction Zhao Zhenhua had just left, and he said, "I had a meeting with Old Zhao and the others, but we never figured out how to handle and defend against it."

"Mm, I'm also worried about this point."

Li Xuewu bowed slightly, resting his elbows on his knees, and while smoking, said, "The taller the tree, the more it catches the wind~"

"The key is that the timing is wrong."

Qi Yaowu looked out the window; the cold wind was howling, blowing the bare branches of the trees outside, swaying them left and right.

"It's still that case, right? Is someone behind it fanning the flames?"

"I don't know."

Li Xuewu shook his head, looked up at Qi Yaowu, and said, "I was set up in Yingcheng and almost didn't make it back."

"Yingcheng?"

Qi Yaowu narrowed his eyes, straightened his body involuntarily, looked into Li Xuewu's eyes, and asked, "Did they move against you directly?"

"A stab in the back is what's fatal."

Li Xuewu also straightened his body, briefly explained the Yingcheng incident, and reminded him, "I'm afraid this matter will involve Beijing."

"This is truly lawless."

Qi Yaowu didn't say anything pretentious; to dare to calculate against Li Xuewu so blatantly, the power behind that person absolutely couldn't be small.

Do you think Qi Yaowu didn't know about Li Xuewu's background?

How could that be? If he didn't know, why would he insist on keeping Li Xuewu in the Third Guard Regiment?

In the hearts of Qi Yaowu, Zhao Zhenhua, and the others, having Li Xuewu meant a bumper harvest, and losing him meant a major loss.

Not all well-connected people were disliked or unappreciated by these upright men; if connections were used in the right place, it was a situation where everyone benefited.

Now that Li Xuewu was reporting this situation to him, it meant the fire was about to burn over.

"Tell me your thoughts."

Qi Yaowu took a puff of his cigarette and said to Li Xuewu, "I don't know much about this case, but I trust your judgment."

"The case is only the superficial cause and effect."

Li Xuewu flicked the ash and gestured upward, saying, "I think someone is borrowing a knife to kill."

"You mean..."

Qi Yaowu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked, "Are we the knife?"

"Not necessarily."

Li Xuewu exhaled a puff of smoke, also narrowed his eyes, and said, "Maybe half is the knife, and half is the person."

"If it's really as you say... the taller the tree, the more it catches the wind~"

Qi Yaowu frowned and thought, asking, "Then how do you explain the knife, and how do you explain the person?"

"The knife isn't one's own knife; after using it, of course, one must..."

Li Xuewu stubbed out the finished cigarette in the ashtray, the meaning of his words self-evident.

Qi Yaowu nodded and said, "It's still you, right?"

"Yes."

Li Xuewu nodded, raised his hand to brush the ash off his trousers, and said, "He probably thinks I'm young, vigorous, and easy to manipulate~"

"He must be blind."

Qi Yaowu shook his chin and said, "What did you do to make him have this unrealistic illusion?"

"Hard to say~"

Li Xuewu didn't know how to answer Qi Yaowu now.

Was the other party helping him or mocking him?

"Maybe it's my attitude toward this case, hehe."

"Not fighting back has become a mistake."

Qi Yaowu looked at Li Xuewu, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he asked, "Why do I see you as having no good intentions? Is that a... trap?"

"I didn't dig it; it formed naturally."

Li Xuewu spread his hands very seriously and said, "How would I know so many people would jump into it desperately!"

"So..."

Qi Yaowu carefully recalled the things that had happened during this period, as well as Li Xuewu's narration just now, and tried to ask, "Is something else going to happen?"

"I'm just guessing."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "Maybe, maybe not."

"Guess if I believe you first!"

Qi Yaowu looked at him speechlessly and said, "If I believed you, you'd have to call me a big fool the moment you walked out the door!"

"We are family."

Li Xuewu said with a laugh, "Family members should naturally trust each other~"

"Trust is no problem, but believing what you say..."

Qi Yaowu shook his head slightly and said, "You'd better say what you want to do."

"I want to play a big game."

Li Xuewu smiled with narrowed eyes and said, "The Discipline Inspection and the Branch Bureau are already grasping this case; three months is enough for them to dig."

"As long as they are followed, that person might panic and reveal something, or even jump over the wall like a dog."

"Looking back."

Li Xuewu stared into Qi Yaowu's eyes and asked, "If something happens in Shanghai, the first two departments to be affected—guess which two?"

"Do I even need to guess?!"

Qi Yaowu asked with his eyes hanging, "Is the Branch Bureau prepared?"

"Gao Zhen and Zheng Fuhua aren't fools."

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "The wind in the powerful departments has never stopped; this time it's just more fierce."

"Then the rest is us."

Qi Yaowu's face didn't show whether he was nervous or depressed; it remained as calm as an ancient well.

"Are you trying to move against him directly from our side?"

"No, we are family."

Li Xuewu said seriously, "I'm standing in the windward position, with the right time, the right place, and the right people; why should I play against him?"

"So... what are you going to do?"

Qi Yaowu couldn't help but straighten his neck and tried to ask, "Did you hear any wind?"

"Guessing~"

Li Xuewu used this sentence to fob off Qi Yaowu again, but he couldn't help but believe it.

"He played fanning the flames with me, so I'll play 'sailing with the wind' and 'adding fuel to the fire'... you tell me, when the fire starts, who will it burn first?"

"..."

After hearing Li Xuewu's plan, Qi Yaowu thought for a long time before nodding and saying, "You really are... smart enough."

He almost said the truth in his heart, but his speed of making a sharp turn wasn't fast enough, and Li Xuewu had already heard the meaning in his words.

The two looked at each other, with a sense of tacit understanding.

Calculating against one person is despicable.

Calculating against a group of people is strategy.

If several forces join together to calculate against another group, what is that?

The day after returning from the Third Guard Regiment, January 3rd, Saturday.

After successively completing the financial budget audit, personnel plan audit, production plan audit, and other work, he also conducted organizational talks with several cadres who adjusted their positions in the security group.

Because media such as the Beijing Daily and Workers' Daily reported that the Rolling Mill's branch, the Yingcheng Shipyard, had signed a substitute production agreement with foreign businessmen, the factory's phones had been ringing non-stop these past few days.

The leaders above mostly called Li Huai De directly or called the various factory leaders, while the business leaders of related units and cooperative units mostly called him.

They all asked how he contacted the foreign businessmen, how he carried out the negotiation and cooperation, and finally how he reached the foreign trade agreement.

Don't think they are ignorant, and don't think this matter is strange.

It's just signing a cooperation agreement with foreign businessmen; is it necessary for so many units and leaders to call to "learn from experience"!

It's really hard to say!

In this era, it's rare to see someone dare to contact foreign businessmen directly and reach cooperation.

Generally, it's the Import and Export Trade Corporation or a classified operating company similar to the Tianjin Aquatic Products Corporation that acts as a go-between and finally signs the cooperation agreement.

Such agreements naturally have to hand over the negotiation rights and foreign exchange rights to the Import and Export Trade Corporation, and the factory can only be responsible for production business.

Even the most basic pricing rights and production plans have to listen to others; you tell me if that's interesting or not.

This shot by the Rolling Mill has made a name for itself among enterprises and was reached under the supervision of the Foreign Affairs Department, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, and the Ministry of Industry.

Just based on this, many people want to figure out the Rolling Mill's methods so they can sell their own factory's products to foreign businessmen.

Do you think people at this time are all stubborn?

Even if thoughts are rigid, production capacity is backward, and horizons are narrow, everyone knows the truth that foreign exchange is valuable.

Earning foreign exchange is equal to grabbing credit; currently, earning foreign exchange isn't reflected in the evaluation of individual and enterprise management capabilities.

However!

In the general environment where the speed of economic development is slowing down, the speed of industrial equipment renewal is weakening, and the situation of ideological turmoil is uneasy, whoever has money has a strong backbone—even a dog knows this truth.

Searching through the current situation policies line by line, even if you tear the newspaper apart and search through all the materials, you won't find a single regulatory system aimed at enterprise development and economy.

As long as it's not stuffed into an individual's pocket, the degree of freedom for enterprises to develop and carry out production and trade is relatively high.

Especially for large enterprises like the Rolling Mill that are gradually forming group-oriented goals.

What is the sign of group-orientation?

As far as the Rolling Mill is concerned, it is currently under the dual management of Beijing and the Ministry of Industry, and the burden on its shoulders is still too heavy.

Local finance needs support, and the Ministry's policies need to be implemented; if group-orientation is realized, jumping out of the Beijing industrial circle and realizing docking with the Ministry, a large environment of independent operation is truly formed.

The 17th Factory is the goal Li Xuewu set for Li Huai De; he knows too well what level the top leader of the 17th Factory is.

From a heavy industry classification factory, it only took the Rolling Mill one year to hatch into a large-scale enterprise integrating light and heavy industries and developing in multiple business directions.

Especially in terms of foreign trade and operation, it is worth learning and thinking about.

Whether it is enterprise managers or starting from the development of the enterprise itself, they all want to replicate this success.

However, the success of the Rolling Mill has multiple factors; it's not something that can be replicated with a simple phone call or a few true words.

First of all, they don't possess the key factors of highly concentrated thought, a highly stable environment, and full security guarantees.

Look at the incident in Shanghai; many cities responded one after another, and there were changes.

But factories like the Rolling Mill that completed ideological reform early and practiced university study activities are still very, very few.

Many factories' goal this year is to walk the path of reform that the Rolling Mill walked last year; how many can land steadily without suffering large-scale losses?

Every time Li Huai De hung up the phone, he would think, if there hadn't been early layout and the support of Li Xuewu and Dong Wenxue to stabilize the Rolling Mill early, would there be today's Rolling Mill?

How much influence the changes in Shanghai have, from the general environment, it can't be seen for the time being.

But from the specific situation, this accident can be considered a watershed.

Enterprises and units that have truly completed the university study ideological reform have already transcended others by one level; further on, influenced by the environment and resources, this distance will only get wider and wider.

Isn't the standard for truly judging whether an enterprise has competitiveness and development potential exactly this kind of gap?

It can be said that the phone calls these past few days have made the Rolling Mill's group of leaders both proud and troubled.

When holding an office meeting, Jing Yunong complained that she was answering more calls than the switchboard operator.

Everyone smiled bitterly; who wasn't the same? Even when they returned home last night, there were calls coming in.

Wealth moves people's hearts~

Li Huai De told everyone that calls could be answered, but work couldn't be delayed; whoever's call it was, the secretary had to take responsibility.

Blocking calls—this is a skill for secretaries or office staff.

At the same time, he also emphasized that when introducing the Rolling Mill's development experience, they should be humble, impartial, not arrogant, not rash, and say what can be said and not say what cannot be said.

Everyone has a spectrum in their hearts about what can be said and what cannot.

Even Cheng Kaiyuan knows this point; what he opposes is the Rolling Mill's current development direction, not wanting to destroy this economic situation.

Being able to make money is naturally good; he wants to see this point from the steel industry even more.

Of course, Li Huai De and Li Xuewu were busy all last year and built up the Rolling Mill's light industry and heavy industry downstream enterprises, and didn't forget the Rolling Mill's pillar.

From the beginning of 1967, Li Huai De formally proposed a five-year plan for the renewal and iteration of steel industry equipment and technology at the office meeting.

Within the next five years, the Rolling Mill will continuously update production equipment, rebuild production areas, and re-plan and increase investment in steel production scale.

Currently, the Red Star Rolling Mill is considered a premier steel enterprise in the Beijing area, and even in the North China area.

However, after a trip to Guangzhou, Li Huai De and Li Xuewu saw the plight of the heavy industrial machinery they were proud of in front of foreign businessmen.

The industrial system established with the Russian brothers as mentors naturally has the problems of being big, stupid, and rough, and has a special northern style in production.

It's not that this point isn't excellent, but it depends on the environment and the economic direction.

When the hardware industry factory was built, Li Xuewu emphasized many times that the product style should conform more to aesthetic concepts and ensure practicality.

A household toolbox can be loaded with a big black iron box; why must it use rolled plates to make a light, exquisite appearance?

Because the main customer group for this thing isn't the interior, nor the Russian brothers, but those capitalist countries.

The new Rolling Mill located in Steel City is already selecting sites and doing basic work; the design drawings have been finalized by the engineering department, including various workshops, office areas, living areas, etc.

Returning from the main office building, Yu Decai was still talking to Li Xuewu about this work.

This year, the Rolling Mill will open more than a dozen construction sites, and the Trade Management Center also has new office development plans; the security department's strength is a bit stretched.

"And!"

Yu Decai looked at Li Xuewu and emphasized, "The construction site will gradually transform into a factory area and a living area, and the need for security strength will further increase."

"What are your thoughts?"

Li Xuewu stubbed out the cigarette in his hand, looked at Yu Decai, and said, "Expansion?"

"It has to be."

Yu Decai nodded and said, "Expansion is the first step, updating the management system is the second step, and in the future, the security mechanism may have to change at any time."

"Mm, understood, normal."

Li Xuewu nodded, threw the cigarette butt into a passing trash can, and agreed, "Do you have any ideas?"

"I was just about to report to you."

Yu Decai said while walking, "I looked at this year's personnel system; although there are many factory entry indicators, they are all for production units."

"So..."

He looked at Li Xuewu hesitantly and asked, "Can we make an article out of personnel renewal?"

"You want to select people from the workers eliminated from their posts?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows slightly, turned it over in his mind, signaled to the building entrance, and said, "Tell me, that's interesting."

"It's mainly to establish a security grading system, liberate young strength, and fully utilize existing resources."

Yu Decai followed behind Li Xuewu into the security building and explained, "If we occupy production personnel indicators, we will add a burden to the factory."

"But if we select excellent personnel from the eliminated posts to fill basic duty posts..."

He turned to face Li Xuewu and said seriously, "It's not just reducing pressure on the factory; it's an action to boost morale and liberate thoughts."

"Mm, tell me about the security grading system."

Li Xuewu was quite interested in the suggestion Yu Decai put forward; grading is the most commonly used means in management and has a more restrictive and promoting effect.

Currently, the Rolling Mill's security group is mainly composed of a management layer and an execution layer.

The management layer is the organ unit at the section level and above, while the execution layer is the action force and duty force at the stock level and below.

The level distribution of the management layer naturally goes without saying, determined according to rank and post.

But in the execution layer, except for clear team leaders or small team leaders, although stock-level leaders exist, they aren't normal ranks.

Taking the security section's public security stock as an example, except for the stock leader, other public security officers have no level distinction.

Older ones are supposed to manage younger public security officers based on age or experience.

However, this situation only applies to units with a small scope and small security mobility.

Starting this year, within the next five years, the Rolling Mill will build three major industrial zones, two major worker new villages, as well as other offices and sanatoriums.

According to Li Xuewu's management definition of the security group, all security personnel must be hired and deployed from the general factory to ensure mobility.

The traditional master-apprentice relationship and old-leading-new relationship will have their management ability weakened in a high-intensity duty and mobile environment.

Without a system, management will be chaotic, mistakes will occur, and even crises will arise.

Yu Decai had keen observation in internal management; after returning to the security group, he began to investigate the current management needs.

Today, he took the opportunity of the factory office meeting to put forward his ideas and received Li Xuewu's recognition.

He began to speak: "All first-line execution posts are set by post and level according to ability, seniority, and existing functional posts."

"Including stock-level management posts, organ execution posts, and fire-fighting posts, set as officers, first-level security, second-level security, and third-level security."

Yu Decai walked on Li Xuewu's side, introducing and gesturing, telling Li Xuewu his ideas.

Reaching the third floor, Peng Xiaoli was waiting at the stairwell; he first smiled apologetically at the deputy leader, then whispered, "Section Chief Yu from the Confidentiality Department is here."

Li Xuewu paused, raised his eyebrows, swept his eyes over Peng Xiaoli, and looked toward the end of the corridor.

Yu Decai also stopped talking, waiting for his reaction.

He also knew about Yu Daru's matter and knew this was Li Xuewu's layout outside the factory; he didn't dare say much.

"Continue."

Li Xuewu didn't intend to make him wait or put this matter aside.

"The grading matter is very necessary; the factory will have great development this year, and the security department cannot stand still."

"Yes."

Yu Decai first responded, looked at the corridor, and knew he had to keep it short.

"Warehouse posts, gate posts, and duty security posts can be graded as third-level, still based on existing security."

He said: "Select a batch of workers from the post competition eliminators who have strong execution but aren't suitable for production work, and after training and tempering, combine them with existing security to form a third-level security structure."

"Fully liberate the stronger execution security, as well as the young strength of various branch factories and offices, to form second-level security, responsible for escort, protection, patrol, and other tasks."

"Mobilize excellent investigation and defense personnel to form first-level security, responsible for public security, supervision, inspection, and confidentiality work."

By the time he said this, the three had reached the door of Yu Decai's office.

He stood still and said: "Select excellent talents for each level to be appointed as officers, form backbone management strength, and stabilize the security group's grassroots execution structure..."

"Deputy Director Li."

As Yu Decai was speaking, Yu Daru walked out of Li Xuewu's office and even greeted him.

Li Xuewu just nodded at him and looked at Yu Decai again.

"I agree with this opinion; first organize the research materials, then make a specific implementation plan and hand it to me together."

"Oh, by the way."

Just as he was about to walk away, he turned back, pointed at Yu Decai, and said: "Supervision, inspection, confidentiality, training, fire-fighting, etc. —all functional execution forces must be included in this reform."

"Yes."

Yu Decai looked at Yu Daru, who seemed a bit anxious over there, and asked Li Xuewu: "Should the specific treatment be changed?"

"Of course it should be changed!"

Li Xuewu said seriously: "Set posts, set levels, set treatment; whether he is a third-level worker or a fourth-level worker in the workshop, in the security group, he must follow the new system."

Grading management doesn't just divide management authority, but also wages and treatment; transferring from the workshop to the security department naturally changes the original wage level.

Unless you choose to retire.

"Card it strictly, otherwise it won't be possible to do it later."

Li Xuewu pointed out to Yu Decai, and then greeted Yu Daru and entered the office.

"Deputy Director Li, sorry to bother you..."

Yu Daru was also a bit terrified looking at Li Xuewu now, but with a knife at his throat, he had to come.

However, before he could finish his polite words, Li Xuewu waved his hand, interrupting him: "If you have something to say, say it; no need for these empty things."

"..."

Yu Daru was choked up; he didn't have the ease and comfort he had when coming here before.

The Rolling Mill really stopped the Confidentiality Department's trade train and sent a takeover notice to the Confidentiality Department.

It's just that no one in the Confidentiality Department dared to receive this notice; receiving it would be equivalent to them admitting they had violated regulations by getting the train back.

Not receive it?

Whether they received it or not, the Rolling Mill had stopped paying the Confidentiality Department since last month.

Yu Daru looked at Li Xuewu, who didn't even offer him a polite word to sit, and seemed to mean that he should leave as soon as he finished speaking; he felt extremely aggrieved.

"Deputy Director Li, it's Saturday today."

He tried his best to smile and said: "See if you have time tonight; our leader wants to invite you to a casual meal."

"No."

Li Xuewu answered very crisply; the moment Yu Daru's smile stiffened, he pointed to the documents on the table and said: "Really no, the business trip delayed things; I have to work overtime today."

"Work... overtime?"

Yu Daru really wanted to ask Li Xuewu, even if he wanted to humiliate him, why find such a rotten excuse.

Do you really think you are a model worker who eats and sleeps in his clothes and handles ten thousand things a day?