Men and women eating in the courtyard

Gu Ning was temporarily confused by Li Xuewu's words. She was now not sure which mother Li Xuewu was talking about.

"Hey hey hey"

Seeing that Gu Ning pursed her lips and said nothing, Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Your mother, my mother."

"I'm going upstairs to rest."

Gu Ning's face was a little red and hot, whether it was roasted by the flames in the fireplace or something else.

When he tried to avoid this person, his hand was grabbed.

Li Xuewu pinched the catkins in his hand and said with a smile: "Sit down for a while and come out to play with me, but I haven't seen anyone all day long."

Gu Ning followed Li Xuewu's strength and was pulled back to the sofa.

"The workers' club here has a dance tonight. Do you want to play?"

Li Xuewu sat back on the sofa and looked at Gu Ning, who was sitting next to him nervously.

The more nervous Gu Ning became, the worse Li Xuewu laughed.

"I can not dance"

Gu Ning twitched her hand again, but this time Li Xuewu did not insist and took his hand back and put it on his stomach.

Zhou Yamei came out and said, "The hot water is ready."

Seeing Li Xuewu covering his stomach with his hands, he asked again: "I forgot to ask you just now. Have you eaten? We left some food for you."

Li Xuewu sat up straight, waved his hands and said, "I've eaten tonight."

"How about I bring the hairtail over? There's still wine at home."

"No"

Li Xuewu stood up with a smile and said: "I won't eat after dinner. I won't have time to digest and my stomach will be burdened."

"You are really particular"

Zhou Yamei got a bath towel for Li Xuewu and watched Li Xuewu enter the bathroom with a smile.

"He knows so much"

After watching Li Xuewu leave, Zhou Yamei turned around and said to Gu Ning with a smile.

Gu Ning nodded and replied: "His father is a Chinese medicine doctor, and his family is a family of Chinese medicine doctors."

"No wonder"

Zhou Yamei once again lamented Li Xuewu's carefulness.

I met Li Xuewu several times and talked a lot, even about things from my childhood.

But Li Xuewu didn't say that his family was a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.

Zhou Yamei guessed that this might have something to do with her career.

Li Xuewu finished taking a shower, changed his clothes and walked out. Seeing that both of them were still sitting on the sofa, he came over and sat in a single seat.

"what's the topic?"

Zhou Yamei looked at Li Xuewu, raised her eyebrows and said, "We are talking about your family being a family of traditional Chinese medicine."

"Hahaha"

Li Xuewu smiled, not feeling embarrassed at all about being caught.

After drinking the tea on the table, he said: "I don't like taking medicine, neither Western medicine nor Chinese medicine."

"Why?"

Zhou Yamei asked the question Gu Ning asked before.

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning with a smile, and then explained his career requirements and ideas to Zhou Yamei.

Zhou Yamei looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Then you plan to receive psychological intervention treatment? Do you have time? This back and forth...".

"good"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "There are freight trains between our factory and Steel City every month, and workers in the two factories also need to commute. The trucks will be equipped with passenger vehicles."

Zhou Yamei nodded and said, "Once a month is okay."

Then he asked: "Do you want to do it today?"

"good"

Li Xuewu gestured to Gu Ning and followed Zhou Yamei to the study.

Zhou Yamei and Gu Ning both sat behind Li Xuewu, still out of sight of Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu felt more comfortable after taking a bath and lying down.

"Did anything interesting happen when you were in the army?"

Seeing that Li Xuewu was ready, Zhou Yamei asked the first question.

Li Xuewu followed Zhou Yamei's request to let himself go, listening to the voices coming from all directions, and replied: "Once, when I was guarding a prisoner, my comrades deserted and they ran away. I was helping in the cooking class at the time. When I heard that the prisoners had run away, I was very surprised. I have to chase him, hehehe.”

Li Xuewu touched his nose and continued: "The squad leader didn't let me go, but I had already run away, and he chased me behind."

"I was always writing things at that time, and I had a good relationship with the clerk. When I got to the clerk, I asked him to get a gun in case of emergency, and he gave it to me."

"When the squad leader caught up with me, I was already running out with my gun in my hand. He couldn't help it, so he told me to follow him and take me to perform a meritorious service."

"At that time, I had just joined the company and had only touched a semi-automatic, but I picked up the wrong submachine gun in a hurry and couldn't use it at all. I fiddled with it while running around, mumbling: "How do you use this thing?"

"At that time, our squad leader had already run in front of me, but he was frightened. Not only was he afraid that the prisoner in the woods in front of him would suddenly appear, but he was also afraid that I would stab him in the back. He kept turning back and saying, "Please, please. Stop playing around and stop hitting me."

"Chi~"

Zhou Yamei couldn't help laughing, and then covered her mouth with her hand.

Gu Ning was also smiling.

"Were you caught later?"

"Well, that was the first time I got third-class personal merit."

Li Xuewu's expression fell into memories and he said: "That was a big guy, very important...".

Gu Ning sat quietly behind Li Xuewu, listening to him talk about the past and his own war years.

Time seemed to have frozen and stood still, and in the darkness only Li Xuewu's voice echoed in the room.

As Li Xuewu's speaking frequency became slower and slower, the frequency of his expression changes became slower and slower, until the words stopped and snoring sounded.

At Zhou Yamei's signal, Gu Ning walked up to Li Xuewu and took a look.

Looking at Li Xuewu, who was frowning a little, Gu Ning was curious about what was going on in his mind.

When Li Xuewu woke up, there was no one in the study. It was dark all around, with only a line of light at the crack of the door reflecting diagonally on the wall and floor.

Li Xuewu touched the blanket covering him, picked up the watch on the small table, and looked at it with the light coming in. It was already past one in the morning.

Xu took a nap in the afternoon and underwent psychological counseling. After a deep sleep, his body twisted comfortably on the recliner.

After lying down for another five or six minutes, Li Xuewu sat up, folded the blanket and placed it on the chair.

Perhaps he heard the sound in the study room, and the door was gently pushed open.

"Are you awake?"

Li Xuewu glanced at the silhouette at the door and could tell it was Zhou Yamei from the voice.

"You haven't slept yet?"

"We came back and took a nap in the afternoon. I'm not very sleepy."

Zhou Yamei opened the door and walked in, turning on the lamp on the small table.

The light is dim yellow, but it doesn't dazzle the eyes.

Li Xuewu put the watch on his wrist and asked, "Is Gu Ning going to bed?"

"Well, she went to bed after you went to bed."

Zhou Yamei walked to the recliner and bent down to pick up the blanket. Then she walked to the bookshelf, squatted down, and put the blanket in the cabinet.

"Why don't I see you smoking anymore?"

Li Xuewu stretched out his arms and asked Zhou Yamei, who was walking over.

Zhou Yamei walked to the desk and sat down and said, "My worries are gone, I won't smoke anymore."

As he spoke, he motioned for Li Xuewu to sit over.

"It's a good thing. I'm also reducing the frequency and quantity of smoking."

Li Xuewu walked to the opposite side of the desk and sat down, asking: "How is it?"

"fine"

Zhou Yamei looked at his record and said: "I can see that you are in a good mood recently, haha."

When Li Xuewu saw Zhou Yamei joking with him, he knew that he was preparing to treat himself. The reason for not telling him about his condition was to reduce his anxiety.

"It's not bad, at least I was in a good mood yesterday."

Zhou Yamei looked at her watch, smiled and said, "It really happened yesterday."

"If you don't take medicine, you have to come here for psychological intervention treatment on time."

"how long it takes?"

Li Xuewu asked, and then added: "I mean how many times do I need to do this?"

Zhou Yamei shook her head and said: "I don't know, people are alive. I can't restrict your thinking and emotions. I can only say that I will continue to interfere with your emotional and psychological changes that have already occurred."

"Um"

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "I will try to come once a month."

Then he tapped the note on Zhou Yamei's hand and said, "You can't keep this, not just mine, but Gu Ning's too."

Zhou Yamei frowned and explained: "This is just an assessment of your psychological situation, nothing else."

“No way”

Li Xuewu stared into Zhou Yamei's eyes and said: "So far, you are the first person I have confided in and told the truth, but the most I can tolerate is you alone. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Yamei looked into Li Xuewu's eyes, thinking of Li Xuewu's cautious character and special profession, and chose to comply with the request of Li Xuewu, a special patient.

"If I don't take notes or information, I won't be able to remember your mood swings. After all, you are not the only patient I have."

"Then let me be the only patient you have."

"I want to live and raise children."

Li Xuewu said categorically: "I will be responsible for your lives, at least until Gu Ning and I recover."

As he spoke, he took out a wad of money from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it over.

Zhou Yamei looked at Li Xuewu with a serious face and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I'll support you!"

Li Xuewu smiled and then explained: "It is not suitable for you to work now, whether it is from the perspective of your children or the perspective of the environment."

Seeing that Zhou Yamei was about to push the money back, Li Xuewu held down Zhou Yamei's hand.

"I promised to pay Hai Bo, and it includes our treatment expenses and room and board expenses."

"That won't help either..."

"I'm in Beijing"

Seeing that Zhou Yamei was not exerting any effort, Li Xuewu withdrew his hand and continued: "I come here once a month, but there are always times when I can't take care of you, so just treat this money as if I keep it with you."

After speaking, he stood up and said with a smile: "Bring your parents over to live with you. You will have to use money to support your family."

Seeing that Li Xuewu was about to leave, Zhou Yamei looked at his money and said to Li Xuewu's back: "I can make a living...".

"I believe it, but it's better to be safe and follow my arrangements."

Li Xuewu turned around and smiled, then opened the door and walked out.

Zhou Yamei stood by the desk, picked up the stack of money and looked at it. It looked like about two hundred yuan.

In the past, she wanted to go out to work, but Fu Haibo refused to let her do so and asked her to concentrate on taking care of her children at home.

Now that she has no source of income, she originally wanted to go out to work.

But this plan went bankrupt again, but this time Zhou Yamei's mood was more complicated than the last time.

Especially Li Xuewu's sentence "I will support you."

The morning in Steel City is gray, the sky is gray, the branches are gray, and the snow on the ground has also turned gray.

Li Xuewu let out a breath of white air, picked up a shovel and began to clean up the snow in the yard.

The yards of other houses are clean, only this yard and the yard next door have snow.

While he was cleaning up, Li Xuewu felt someone looking at him. He stiffened for a moment, bent down slightly, and looked around from his armpits.

Without looking carefully, Li Xuewu's observation ability has already found the target in the window next door.

But the moment he looked at Li Xuewu, the curtains on the window over there were closed.

Li Xuewu straightened up and looked next door. Zhou Yamei had introduced that family the last time he came here. His father was the vice president of Gangcheng Hospital and his son was autistic.

Li Xuewu held the shovel in his hand and looked at it for a while before continuing to clear the snow.

After clearing the snow from the stone paved road, Li Xuewu cleared the snow at the door.

When they entered the house, Zhou Yamei had already prepared the meal. Gu Ning and Fu Zhidong were sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at the hash ants in the can.

"Is there another one you haven't finished yet?"

Li Xuewu stamped his feet at the door, walked into the entrance and changed his shoes. As soon as he entered the house, he saw this interesting picture.

"I told you last night that I wanted to raise him up, but I wasn't allowed to do anything I said."

Zhou Yamei glanced at the sofa with a smile, and then greeted a few people to eat.

Li Xuewu looked at the braised hash ants, braised hairtail, stir-fried potato slices, and a plate of cooked sauce on the dinner table.

"This, eat this with dipping sauce"

Zhou Yamei brought out a plate of dark gray dried vegetables from the kitchen.

"Do you know this?"

"Hehehe"

Li Xuewu did not answer Zhou Yamei's question, but turned to look at Gu Ning and asked, "Do you know him?"

Gu Ning looked at the plants on the plate that could no longer be seen in their original state, raised his head and asked, "Is it the gray vegetable?"

"Hehehe, do you really know?"

Li Xuewu picked up a small piece and dipped it in the cooked sauce and took a sip. It still tasted the same.

"It's delicious. Try it."

Zhou Yamei added chili pepper when frying the sauce, so it tastes a bit spicy, but it goes well with rice.

Gu Ning also took a bite and then said, "When we were kids, we dug this and ate it in the sun."

"My mother dug it in the ground, dried a lot of it, and brought some for us."

Zhou Yamei explained with a smile: "I dig it every year and dry it every year. There are also some mushrooms and so on. I will soak some in the evening and we can try them."

Li Xuewu picked up a piece of hash ant, put it in Fu Zhidong's bowl, and said, "Eat it in small bites. There are bones in the meat that will pierce your mouth."

"Thank you uncle"

"Haha, do you know how to call me?"

Fu Zhidong looked at Li Xuewu, then nodded clearly and said, "My mother said, only those who go to school can be called brother, and those who work can only be called uncle."

"Hehehe"

Li Xuewu picked up a small piece of gray vegetables, dipped it in dipping sauce and put it in Fu Zhidong's bowl.

"Uncle will take you out to play tonight."

"What are you playing for?"

When he heard that he was about to go out to play, Fu Zhidong raised his head and opened his eyes wide.

"Hey hey hey, there are many beautiful sisters and aunties"

"Wow!!!"

"Zhidong!"

Zhou Yamei glanced at Li Xuewu dissatisfiedly, and then said to his son: "Eat well."

Fu Zhidong looked at Uncle Li who was smiling evilly across from him, picked up his bowl and started eating, but he kept looking at Li Xuewu.

When Li Xuewu went out, he told Zhou Yamei that he would come back to pick them up at the workers' club in the evening.

Zhou Yamei stroked the hair beside her ears and said to Li Xuewu, "Aren't you tired from work?"

"It's okay, haha"

He replied with a smile and walked out the door.

Zhou Yamei returned to the room and said to Gu Ning who was cleaning up the dishes: "He said he was going to the workers' club."

Gu Ning also had nothing to do with Li Xuewu. The man said that one thing is another thing.

"He said it last night, and I said I wouldn't."

"I'll wash it"

Zhou Yamei walked over, took the remaining dishes from the table, walked into the kitchen and said, "It's not difficult. I'll teach you when the time comes."

As they talked, the two began to talk about the Steel City Club.

Monday morning was busy. Workers from the steel mill walked along the gate to the workshop in the courtyard.

The cadres of the agency were separated from the team and walked to the office building.

Ever since the incident in the auditorium last Saturday, even the cleaners at the steelmaking plant knew that something big had happened at the steelmaking plant.

Unlike the commotion in the workshops and government buildings, the guest house located in a corner of the steelmaking plant was still calm.

Even the staff members changed shifts quietly, fearing to alert the guards at the door of the building and the visitors from the headquarters on the third floor.

The guest house is only calm on the surface, but in fact it is already tense.

"morning!"

Li Xuewu went up to the third floor, said hello to the disciplinary inspection officials who came out of the conference room, and then followed Yang Zongfang into Secretary Yang's bedroom.

Just like yesterday morning, today the three of them met for a morning meeting.

"Good morning, Secretary Yang"

"morning"

Yang Yuansong also just came back from dinner and was packing up the documents and notes on his desk.

Li Xuewu divided the cigarettes between the two of them, and after lighting them, he asked, "How was last night?"

Yang Zongfang glanced at Li Xuewu and said with a strange expression: "I've been scolding you all night."

"Hey hey hey"

Li Xuewu brought the cigarette to his mouth and took a puff, then said: "That means you are very energetic."

Secretary Yang glanced at the two of them and said, "Today I have an interview with Feng Xingke, Dou Changfang, and Lai Junmin from the steelmaking plant."

Li Xuewu crossed his arms and looked at Secretary Yang, waiting for arrangements.

"Now that we have determined the scope, let's close the net."

Secretary Yang took a puff of cigarette and continued: "I communicated with Comrade Fengshan yesterday to resolve the matter here as soon as possible and stabilize the steelmaking plant."

What this means is that the scope of these people has been determined and the investigation will not be expanded.

The three people talking today are the leaders currently in charge of the work at the steelmaking plant. The purpose of the conversation is also to examine whether the three people have the conditions to continue to stay in office.

Yang Zongfang frowned and looked at Secretary Yang and asked, "Secretary, what happened?"

"Um"

Yang Yuansong nodded and said: "Fu Bin has been recruited, and the superior discipline supervisor has intervened. Comrade Fengshan's opinion is to dig out the cancer as soon as possible, and leave the rest to the new team of the steelmaking plant to deal with it slowly."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "You cannot kill people to treat diseases. I also agree with this opinion."

"Um"

Yang Yuansong said: "Xuewu went to talk to me in the morning to conduct an inspection and talk in the name of the working group."

After explaining Li Xuewu, Yang Yuansong turned to Yang Zongfang and said: "Go check what Luo Cheng said and fix the number. Those involving discipline supervision will be handed over to the comrades in the steelmaking plant for processing. Others will be dealt with directly. Leave it to the Security Office of the Steel Plant for processing."

After the explanation, Secretary Yang turned to Li Xuewu and said: "You have a cadre from the Security Office who will be transferred to take charge of the work of the Security Office. He must be steady and skillful. Xiao Changqing is useless and can no longer be used."

Li Xuewu looked at Secretary Yang's resolute attitude, thought for a moment, and said, "I only have one person in my hands who can shock this place, but his situation is special."

"How special can it be? No matter how special it is, it needs to be transferred!"

Secretary Yang looked at Li Xuewu and said: "It is most important to restore order in the steelmaking plant now. The work tasks at this position are very important."

"Not only do we have to deal with the problems left behind after we left, but we also need to re-establish the system of the security department of the steelmaking plant and cooperate with the main plant to carry out operations against illegal crimes, so you have to choose people carefully!"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Xu Ning from the guest house is courageous and steady. He has made great contributions when handling the case of Hu Zhengquan."

After talking about Xu Ning's situation, Li Xuewu said hesitantly: "But he was transferred from the guest house before and was just promoted to deputy department."

"It doesn't matter, follow the authority when it comes to urgency"

Secretary Yang waved his hand and said, "I know the Xu Ning you are talking about. He has done a very good job in the guest house and has achieved results."

After speaking, Li Xuewu said: "Don't be reluctant, I know how much you value and arrange for him. External transfer is a challenge for a cadre, and it is also a channel for rapid growth."

Li Xuewu said: "The cadres of the Security Department will always follow the leadership, and they will do whatever the organization arranges."

"I admire the work attitude and energy of your security department."

Secretary Yang nodded and said: "I will communicate with Comrade Fengshan about this later and ask Comrade Xu Ning to come over as soon as possible. First, stabilize this side and give the new team a ride."

After hearing this, Li Xuewu knew Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan's attitude towards the adjustment of cadres in the steelmaking plant.

The three of them finished their morning meeting. Secretary Yang took Li Xuewu to the interview room, while Yang Zongfang took someone out to investigate the issues explained by Luo Cheng and Lu Yazhen.

Li Xuewu followed Secretary Yang into the interview room and saw someone already waiting here.

"Secretary Yang, Section Chief Li"

The person sitting on the chair saw the two people entering the room and immediately stood up to say hello.

"Sit and sit"

Secretary Yang waved his hand to this man and said, "Comrade, you've been waiting for a long time. Let's have a meeting."

"No, no, no, I arrived early."

Li Xuewu followed Secretary Yang and sat behind the desk, facing Feng Xingke, deputy director of the steelmaking plant.

Feng Xingke obviously knew the purpose of today's conversation and what Secretary Yang said the meeting would be, so he acted very humbly at the moment.

Secretary Yang is the deputy director, and Feng Xing is the deputy director, so Yang Yuansong still puts a lot of pressure on Feng Xingke.

The reason why Feng Xingke was so polite to Li Xuewu was because of Li Xuewu's identity and the gossip flying all over the world.

Although Li Xuewu is now a regular subject, his status is a member of the working group, which is a level above that of a steel plant cadre.

In addition, there have been calls from Gangcheng and Beijing these days.

hit what? Inquire for information.

Lao Luo has gone in, Lao Yang has gone in, there are five brothers in the team, and now there are three left outside.

These three people are all looking for connections to ask about their futures, and the people below are also asking how to arrange the two vacant positions.

That's how it is in government agencies. Even before you even say a word about something, the news is already flying all over the place, and some of it seems to be conclusive.

It’s hard to say who else and their positions are, but the news about Li Xuewu is consistent, that is, Li Xuewu, who is only 20 years old, will serve as the deputy director of the security department of the Red Star Rolling Mill.

This news shocked everyone who heard it, but after the shock, it became clear.

What is shocking is his age, but what is clear is Li Xuewu’s work performance.

What the steel mill felt about Li Xuewu more was Li Xuewu's harshness.

Fu Haibo was arrested, Ma San was arrested, and several guards from the steel plant security office were arrested.

After the New Year, Luo Jiaping, Yang Mingsu, Xiao Changqing, Yu Decai... This series all has the shadow of Li Xuewu in it.

Li Xuewu's appearance in the talk room today as a member of the working group is a signal.

Feng Xingke knew that Li Xuewu would soon be on the same level as him.

"Comrade Feng Xingke, you should know our identities. Today we are here to talk to you on behalf of the working group. We want to hear your views on Luo Jiaping and others, and also want to hear your views on your own work."

Yes, I guessed it right.

Feng Xingke knew that now was the time to Zhengzhi's position, and it was not a difficult choice for him.

But what makes him cautious is the opinions and attitudes of the two people opposite him, which may directly determine his future.

"I want to review Luo Jiaping's work..."

Li Xuewu listened to Feng Xingke's report and kept writing his evaluation opinions on Feng Xingke in his notebook.

Yang Yuansong also records something in his notebook from time to time.

This made Feng Xingke even more nervous. Li Xuewu watched him clean his glasses twice before he stood up and gave him a glass of water.

"Thanks"

Feng Xingke took the hot water and thanked him politely, and then continued: "I am very grateful to the steel mill...".

Feng Xing is the deputy director in charge of production tasks, so when he talks about the steelmaking plant's production, he speaks eloquently and clearly, much more fluently than when he talks about Luojiaping.

After about an hour of conversation, Secretary Yang stood up and shook hands with Feng Xingke, letting Li Xuewu see Feng Xingke out.

"Thank you, thank you, Section Chief Li"

Feng Xingke shook hands with Li Xuewu again, kept saying thank you, and said he wanted to communicate more in the future.

In fact, he also knew that Li Xuewu's opinion was not dominant, but he still did not want to ignore Li Xuewu's opinion.

Li Xuewu, on the other hand, would burn three sticks of incense when he saw the Buddha, and respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them.

He is a member of the working group, but this working group is temporary and not for life, so why offend others.

Besides, even if he wanted to leave a negative review, Li Xuewu would not show it on his face. He would have to reply to Feng Xingke with an expression of approval.

After seeing off Feng Xingke, he explained to the comrades from the steel mill guarding the door, turned around and entered the house.

"How about it?"

Yang Yuansong took a sip of water and asked Li Xuewu his opinion on Feng Xingke.

"pretty good"

"Aren't you pretending to be stupid?"

Yang Yuansong turned around and nodded to Li Xuewu, then turned back and continued pouring water, saying: "Since you are a member of the working group, you must be responsible for your own work."

Li Xuewu took his tea cup from the table and walked to Yang Yuansong, took the thermos bottle and poured himself a cup.

"I do have my own understanding of production work, and I also have my own opinions on business management."

Hearing that Li Xuewu only talked about production and did not mention Feng Xingke's opinions on ideology and the positive ecology of the steelmaking plant, Yang Yuansong nodded clearly.

"I know, you have both ability and political integrity."

Li Xuewu listened to Secretary Yang's words and did not answer any more. Instead, he placed the tea cup on the table, then stood by the window and looked in the direction of the steelmaking plant and moved his hands and feet.

The two waited not long before Li Xuewu met Lai Junmin, the head of the steel mill guild, at the door.

Lai Junmin is almost sixty. Unlike Feng Xingke, Lai Junmin is in a relaxed state.

He seemed very calm when greeting and shaking hands with Li Xuewu.

After following Li Xuewu into the house, he smiled and chatted with Yang Yuansong.

After sitting down, Secretary Yang was not that serious about Lai Junmin. He mainly asked about his views on Luo Jiaping and others, and his opinions on the next cadre adjustment in the steelmaking plant.

It might be the reason for retiring, Lai Junmin dared to say.

He was very firm and thorough when criticizing Luo Jiaping and others, but he was very cautious when talking about cadre adjustments.

Both Yang Yuansong and Li Xuewu saw Lai Junmin's attitude. He was an old fox who was ready to retire after his success.

The environment in the steelmaking plant is so complicated. He has been working in the guild for five years. It can be said that there is nothing he doesn't know.

Although he knew that he was responsible, Secretary Yang was no longer prepared to pursue the case and ended the conversation in less than half an hour.

When Li Xuewu sent Lai Junmin away and came back, Secretary Yang didn't ask Li Xuewu for his opinion because there was no need to ask.

The last one to come up was Dou Changfang, the factory secretary who is now in charge of the steelmaking plant.

Li Xuewu saw him last time in the auditorium. He was fifty-four years old, when he was rich in experience and in the prime of life.

Li Xuewu could tell at a glance what Dou Changfang was thinking, which was that he coveted the position of factory director.

This is reflected in Dou Changfang's attitude towards Li Xuewu, which is warm but not close, polite but distant.

Because there is still some gap between the division-level cadres and Li Xuewu.

Dou Changfang is already the secretary of the steelmaking plant, so why is he still seeking the position of director?

This requires us to talk about the "Seventy Articles of Industry", which roughly means to limit the excessive interference of enterprise D organizations in production administrative work.

The D committee in the enterprise exercises comprehensive and unified leadership over the enterprise's administrative work, ideological governance work, trade union work, workers' youth league work, as well as production, governance, and cultural mass activities in the enterprise, and all major matters within the enterprise Issues must be discussed and decided by Committee D.

After limiting the scope of work of Committee D, it also made clear requirements for production work.

That is: it stipulates that the main management power of an enterprise is concentrated in the factory.

This is why Yang Fengshan can manage all cadres in the steel rolling mill.

When appointing disciplinary supervisors and cadres, Yang Fengshan would seek Yang Yuansong's opinions.

The most critical point and the core point of the "Seventy Articles" is:

It is stipulated that enterprises must implement comprehensive economic accounting and strengthen technical management, economic accounting and financial management.

Among them, the core and most important issue is the issue of the enterprise leadership system, which emphasizes the establishment of a unified production administrative command system under the leadership of the D Committee and the responsibility of the factory director.

This means that important matters are decided by the director, and other matters are decided by the factory director.

As the secretary of the steelmaking plant, Dou Changfang wanted to be the secretary and director of the steelmaking plant. This was not uncommon in the factory.

Now the steelmaking plant is in line with this situation, and it is even more necessary to centralize power and speed up the rectification and adjustment of the steelmaking plant.

Dou Changfang had already guessed that the main factory would make major adjustments to the personnel of the steelmaking plant. If he did not seize the position of factory director, he would definitely be adjusted.

This is the general trend and anyone can guess it.

Dou Changfang entered the conversation room ahead of Li Xuewu, smiled "haha" and went to shake hands with Yang Yuansong and exchange greetings.

Li Xuewu looked at Dou Changfang's back and showed a smile that caught Yang Yuansong's attention.

But Dou Changfang was in the room, so Yang Yuansong did not ask Li Xuewu what happened, but let Dou Changfang sit.

Before Secretary Yang could ask, Dou Changfang began to reflect on himself, saying that he, the squad leader, had not fulfilled the responsibility and role of leadership and supervision. He was ashamed of this and that.

Li Xuewu listened to this review and did better than Feng Xingke. After all, he was an organizational cadre and he talked in one way.

That is to say, he talked about his own oversight and also talked about his difficulties.

Anyway, it’s just helpless.

"Secretary Yang, you know me well. I am a person who unites comrades and treats others with sincerity. I have quarreled with Luo Jiaping many times in terms of supervision and inspection."

"But for the sake of the production tasks and stability of the steelmaking plant, I gave in again and again, and tolerated it again and again, but I didn't expect him to be so pushy..."

Li Xuewu lit a cigarette for himself, sat behind the table, and watched the two people sitting on the sofa slowly act.

"Yeah, that's right."

When the two talked about empathy, Li Xuewu nodded from time to time to express his agreement.

Secretary Yang looked at his watch. Dou Changfang had been reporting on thoughts and management for more than an hour.

When Li Xuewu saw Secretary Yang's actions and the look he looked at him for the third time, he had to get up and give Dou Changfang a glass of water.

This action interrupted Dou Changfang's rhythm and gave Secretary Yang an opening to get to the topic.

"Comrade Changfang, I would like to hear your opinions on the next adjustment of cadres in the steelmaking plant."

Knowing that the main drama was coming, Dou Changfang sorted out the drafts in his mind, took a sip of hot water, and then began to express his thoughts.

"The steelmaking plant is an important material supply plant for the Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant. It also provides material research and development and experimental support for many factories in the north. It can be said that it has a high position and heavy tasks."

"In this crisis, not only the rolling mill suffered heavy losses, but the steelmaking plant also suffered an unprecedented management crisis and faced the biggest challenge since its establishment."

Dou Changfang looked at Li Xuewu, who was nodding, and Yang Yuansong, who was contemplating, and said categorically: "So I suggest that we implement a method of centralizing power to do big things in the steelmaking plant, so as to reverse the situation in the steelmaking plant as soon as possible."

"Yeah, yeah, I agree with what Comrade Changfang said."

Secretary Yang nodded and said: "Strict discipline and rectification of moral integrity are a long-term task, and production tasks cannot be delayed."

As he spoke, he flicked the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray and said, "There can be no chaos in the steelmaking plant!"

This was meant for Dou Changfang and also for Li Xuewu.

After getting a positive answer from Secretary Yang, Dou Changfang's smile became more confident.

He believed that if the Red Star General Factory was considering the top leader of the steelmaking plant, he would definitely think of him and there would be no way around him.

After seeing off Dou Changfang, who held his head high, Li Xuewu stood at the stairs on the third floor and finished his cigarette before returning to the conversation room.

In the conversation room, Secretary Yang no longer looked as cheerful as when he was talking to Dou Changfang just now, and his brows were knitted into knots.

Li Xuewu saw this scene as soon as he opened the door, and it was already too late to hide out.

"Come in and have a chat."

"Hehehe"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "I'm not a cadre of the steel mill, so you don't need to interview me, right?"

"Why not?"

Secretary Yang looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Let's talk about your ideological problems. I think your thinking has regressed recently! You need to study harder."

"Hahaha"

Li Xuewu walked into the room, closed his notebook, and sat on the sofa next to Secretary Yang, where Dou Changfang was sitting just now.

Yang Yuansong held a cigarette in his hand and did not smoke. He looked Li Xuewu up and down, and then asked with a smile: "Would you like to try to work in Steel City?"

"You can pull it down!"

Li Xuewu held his tea cup and said: "If you are not conspicuous in the steel rolling mill, this 20-year-old deputy director is still not causing trouble."

"Ha ha ha ha"

Yang Yuansong was in a better mood now, then shook his head and said: "The steelmaking plant really needs a powerful person to take charge here."

After sighing with emotion, he said to Li Xuewu: "If you were thirty years old, I would dare to nominate you to be the leader."

"Hehehe"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "I take this seriously. I will come find you when I am thirty!"

"Hahaha"

Yang Yuansong laughed again, then looked at Li Xuewu and said, "It seems that you don't think much of Dou Changfang either."

“Okay, pretty good”

"Where did you learn these words?"

Secretary Yang glanced at Li Xuewu dissatisfiedly and said: "Disloyalty to the organization is a matter of principle."

"The first level of officialdom can crush people to death!"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Dou Changfang is good at organizational work, but he should take care of the overall situation. Haha, you can't manage Luojiaping well, and you still want to take care of the overall situation?"

"yes"

Yang Yuansong sighed, and then said: "Having more power is not necessarily a good thing. It is a double-edged sword. I really don't feel comfortable leaving it to him."

Li Xuewu reached out and flicked the ashes in the ashtray, and then said: "I think the exchange of cadres between two places or even multiple places should become a normal state, to prevent long-term territorial appointments and reduce the risk of power aggregation."

"Well, Xu Ning will be the first batch of cadres to exchange with the steel rolling mill cadres, but it will definitely not be the last batch."

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "You mentioned that you are worried, but I would like to recommend a cadre to you."

"Oh? Tell me about it"

Secretary Yang looked at Li Xuewu, wanting to hear who the always cautious Li Xuewu would recommend.

"Head of Supervision Section 1"

"Zongfang?"

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, Yang Yuansong was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said: "Discipline Supervisor..."

"No"

Li Xuewu shook his head and said: "I recommend Comrade Yang Zongfang to be the deputy director in charge of discipline supervision and security work in the steelmaking plant."