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Sun Yong continued driving and turned back to ask in a low voice: "Secretary, what should we do?"

Lin Yu snorted and ordered in a deep voice: "Drive directly to the security department."

So, under the astonished gaze of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill leaders, the jeep that Lin Yu was riding in did not stop at the factory gate at all. Instead, it honked the horn, signaling several factory leaders who were standing in the middle of the gate to make way, and then went straight past these people and entered the factory gate.

The jeep did not stop at all, but drove towards the Security Department office building.

Several factory leaders present looked at each other in bewilderment, especially the acting factory director Xiao Jianguo, whose face turned pale and distorted.

Today, Xiao Jianguo received a notice from the office of the Ministry of Industry that Vice Minister Gao would come to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to listen to a report on the theft of scrapped special steel parts warehouse. He couldn't help but feel lucky. He had been staying in the hospital recently, using the excuse of feeling unwell, and planned to muddle through this period of acting.

This was also because, considering that the Spring Festival was approaching, Xiao Jianguo decided to show up at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. At the very least, he had to give a speech at the year-end summary meeting of the entire factory to let the cadres and workers in the factory know about the existence of this factory director.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Jianguo immediately asked the clerk to notify deputy factory directors Liu Changhe, Xue Yongheng, Li Huaide and labor union chairman Xue Yingwu to come for a meeting to discuss the matter of welcoming the leaders of the Ministry of Industry.

Upon learning that Vice Minister Gao of the Ministry of Industry was about to come to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, several deputy factory directors had different expressions. The chairman of the labor union, Xue Yingwu, immediately expressed his excitement and said that he would organize representatives of the factory workers to line up to welcome the leader of the Ministry of Industry.

Seeing that the acting factory director Xiao Jianguo had an approving expression, Li Huaide quickly touched Liu Changhe with his foot. When the other party looked at him, he shook his head slightly.

Liu Changhe understood immediately. He also thought that it was not right to mobilize such a large force, so he said directly: "Director Xiao, I do not agree with Comrade Xue Yingwu's proposal. You know, this time Vice Minister Gao is here to listen to the report on the theft of the scrapped special steel parts warehouse. Shouldn't we seize the time to understand the investigation of the case? Are we going to be clueless when Vice Minister Gao asks about it?"

Xiao Jianguo's face suddenly darkened. He snorted, "The Security Department is totally disrespectful to the leadership. They don't even know how to take the initiative to report the specific progress of the case to the factory leaders. This is outrageous."

After hearing what Xiao Jianguo said, even Xue Yingwu, who had just taken the initiative to propose organizing worker representatives to line up to welcome the leaders of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't help but regret it in his heart. He had just received a call from Xiao Jianguo, asking him to take the initiative to propose this suggestion during the meeting. At that time, Xue Yingwu did not think much about it and agreed immediately.

Li Huaide sneered and said, "It seems that Acting Director Xiao has a lot of opinions about the Security Department of the Steel Rolling Mill. When Secretary Lin comes over later, Acting Director Xiao should criticize the Security Department for its lack of respect for the leadership. I am firmly opposed to organizing worker representatives to line up to welcome the leaders of the Ministry of Industry."

After hearing what Li Huaide said, everyone looked at Xiao Jianguo with a gloomy look as if he were an idiot. They had no idea what was going on in his mind. Let Secretary Lin, who is at the bureau level, report to you, a division-level cadre?

Xue Yingwu immediately said, "After listening to what Deputy Director Liu said, I also feel that my previous proposal was ill-considered. Let's have the leaders of our factory welcome the leaders of the Ministry of Industry at the gate of the steel rolling mill." After he finished speaking, he ignored Xiao Jianguo's cold eyes, lowered his head and fiddled with the Peony cigarette box in his hand, as if there was some unsolved mystery on it.

Deputy Factory Director Xue Yongheng also spoke directly: "Since Chairman Xue also thinks it is inappropriate, then I also support the suggestion that our factory leaders should welcome him."

Xiao Jianguo snorted: "Let's adjourn the meeting. We will meet at the factory gate in half an hour."

As soon as he finished speaking, several deputy factory directors and the union chairman Xue immediately stood up and walked out of the factory director's office, as if there was some ferocious beast behind them.

Xiao Jianguo looked at the people leaving, his face seemed to be dripping with water. He picked up the phone and asked the switchboard to connect him to the Production Planning Department.

When Liu Changhe and others arrived at the gate of the steel mill half an hour later, they were stunned by the scene in front of them. They saw dozens of workers in factory uniforms standing on both sides of the gate in the biting cold wind. Director Jin Mancang of the Production Planning Department was standing in the middle of the gate of the steel mill with Xiao Jianguo with a charming smile on his face.

Li Huaide couldn't hold back his anger, so he stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Acting Director Xiao, what's going on?"

Xiao Jianguo showed a smug smile on his face: "After you left, I thought about it again and again and still felt that we should express our steel rolling mill's warm welcome to the leaders' arrival, so I notified Director Jin and transferred some worker representatives from the workshop." After saying that, he couldn't help laughing twice, but he secretly made up his mind that once he removed the word "agent", he would let these guys know how many eyes the Horse King has.

When Liu Changhe and others heard what Xiao Jianguo said, they couldn't help but shook their heads secretly. They didn't move forward, but stood together on the left side of the gate, silently watching Xiao Jianguo who was like a clown.

At this moment, a jeep drove towards the gate of the steel mill, ignoring Xiao Jianguo and Jin Mancang who were standing in the middle of the gate. Instead, a shrill car horn suddenly sounded. Xiao Jianguo and Jin Mancang were startled and subconsciously dodged to the side to make way for the jeep.

The security guard on duty standing next to the gate stood at attention and saluted the jeep. Sun Yong, who was driving, quickly raised his right hand to return the salute. The jeep had already passed the gate and went directly towards the security office building.

Xiao Jianguo reacted immediately. His face turned pale and he glared at the jeep with a distorted expression. He was of course well aware that the person sitting in the jeep must be Lin Yu, the secretary of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Mill. It was obvious that the other party completely ignored him, the director of the steel mill.

Although Xiao Jianguo wanted to get furious, when he thought of the other party's identity, he was the deputy secretary and deputy director of the Jingcheng Municipal Bureau and the secretary of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, with an administrative rank of full bureau level. Even if he removed the word "acting" from his title, his highest administrative rank would only be deputy bureau level, which was still half a level lower than the other party. He could only suppress his anger in his heart and wait silently for an opportunity.

Seeing how embarrassed Xiao Jianguo and Jin Mancang were just now, Liu Changhe couldn't help but laugh softly and said, "Old Li, our Secretary Lin really doesn't give Acting Director Xiao the slightest bit of face."

Li Huaide sneered and said, "Is he worthy of it? A grasshopper in autumn."

After hearing Li Huaide's words, the people standing nearby couldn't help but ponder in their hearts. It was obvious that Li Huaide was hinting at something.