Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Zhang Renkang was called over by Li Huaide as soon as he arrived at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in the morning.

In the office, Li Huaide asked You Fengxia to leave and then looked at Zhang Renkang and whispered

"Renkang, the person the Propaganda Committee has arranged to come to the factory to assist in the work is called Lin Guoli. He is a veteran cadre. He previously worked in the propaganda department of Anshan Iron and Steel Company in Northeast China. He is very capable at work."

Zhang Renkang glanced at Li Huaide without replying. He no longer cared about Lin Guoli's background. After being enlightened by Second Auntie yesterday, Zhang Renkang had figured it out. No matter what, Li Huaide was the one who was most affected by this change. Why was he in such a hurry?

Seeing Zhang Renkang's silence, Li Huaide continued

"As far as I know, this Lin Guoli is a capable person of the Chen faction of the Propaganda Committee. He came to the Red Star Steel Mill this time to pave the way for others."

"You should have some impression of this person, Chen Xiao. You met him at the last meeting of the Ministry of Industry. He was Secretary Chen from the Secretariat."

At this point, Zhang Renkang suddenly remembered that when he went to the Ministry of Industry to report on the progress of tricycles, he met a secretary named Chen in the conference room. He was sitting in the audience with his legs crossed. Several other secretaries at the same table seemed very afraid and had some flattering intentions.

Zhang Renkang also asked Li Huaide privately at the time, but Li Huaide did not explain Chen Xiao's identity in detail, only saying that he had a big background and could not be offended.

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"It seems that this Secretary Chen has a rather important background."

"How come Director Zhao can't do anything about it?"

Li Huaide smiled bitterly

"If there was a way, I wouldn't have to be so passive."

"Brother, I won't hide it from you. They are after my position. Our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill has been very popular over the past year. My grandfather said that it's not just Secretary Chen who is being targeted, but the others don't have as strong backers as him."

"The old man told me to be mentally prepared. If I can't deal with Lin Guoli, then I can only consider joining the Ministry of Industry early."

Li Huaide was very upset. He didn't want to join the Ministry of Industry in advance and become the director of a labor department. To put it bluntly, it was nothing more than a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality. He would just be idle.

He doesn't have enough merits now, and he doesn't have enough political achievements to advance to the ministry. His fate in this life is only that of a full-time department head. Moreover, he is only fifty now, and he hasn't enjoyed enough power.

Only by squeezing out Lin Guoli from his position in the Red Star Steel Mill, and causing Chen Xiao to be forced to be a rubber stamp in the Red Star Steel Mill, could Li Huaide slowly accumulate merits in the Red Star Steel Mill and eventually enter the Ministry of Industry to take up a powerful position, and then strive for several ministerial positions in the Ministry of Industry according to the departments he was in charge of.

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"Secretary Li, tell me, what is our attitude?"

"I can't say anything else, but the factory fully supports any decision made by Secretary Li."

Li Huaide's face darkened and he said

"Isn't Liu Xuan more energetic?"

"I remember that we merged several branches into one, including an ore smelting plant, right?"

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Yes, there is a Hongshan smelting plant in the north of the city. The plant now has more than 3,000 employees who are responsible for the preliminary smelting of ore brought from the north and separating impurities. The plant is now facing problems of aging equipment and backward technology. The superiors came to our factory in the hope that the factory could make thorough adjustments and improvements there to improve the technical level of the Hongshan smelting plant."

Li Huaide said with a cold smile

"Since the task is so important, does the factory need to assign someone to be responsible for the reform here?"

Zhang Renkang smiled faintly and said

"I understand. When I get back, I'll ask Director Wang Huairen to draft a technical plan and strive to complete the restructuring of the Hongshan Smelter within a year."

Li Huaide nodded and said

"In this case, I think we should assign Director Liu Xuan to be in charge of all the work of the factory. His position will remain unchanged, but his main work focus will be on the Hongshan Smelter. We cannot let the organization down in our mission requirements."

Zhang Renkang nodded. He understood what Li Huaide meant. Since Liu Xuan was so cunning and wanted to get together with the people from the Propaganda Committee to threaten his position, he should be transferred to the branch factory to be responsible for the restructuring. Don't even think about coming back within a year.

Li Huaide didn't believe that Lin Guoli was unfamiliar with the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Without the cooperation of Liu Xuan, the local boss, what kind of waves could he make?

This is also the safest way. If Liu Xuan is eliminated now, no matter what excuse or method is used, it is a bit radical and will undoubtedly seduce the leaders of the Chen faction. In the game of politics, everyone has to abide by the rules. You can't kill him over a little conflict. That would be a mess.

The most appropriate way to deal with this is to transfer Liu Xuan away in the name of work. As long as Liu Xuan is not in the factory, no matter who comes to the factory to cooperate with the work, they must listen to Li Huaide's arrangements honestly, and the situation will always be under Li Huaide's control.

So Li Huaide had already prepared a response plan last night, and he went to Zhang Renkang today just to reach a consensus with him.

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Well, I also think that the Hongshan Smelter is the upstream supplier of our factory. The level of smelting ore is directly related to the quality of our production and the key to providing high-quality materials to the military. It needs a heavyweight figure to be in charge."

"In this case, we should do this sooner rather than later. I suggest that we hold a factory committee meeting this afternoon."

Li Huaide nodded and said

"Okay, your suggestion is still necessary. It is indeed better to do this sooner rather than later. I will ask Xiao You to call and notify them. We will have a meeting in the conference room at 2 o'clock in the afternoon."

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会议 室

Liu Xuan looked at Li Huaide in surprise. He didn't understand why he was asked to be in charge of the renovation of the smelter. Wouldn't Wang Huairen be more suitable for such a thing?

Liu Xuan hesitated.

"Secretary, is it inappropriate for me to go? I am not very familiar with the steel industry."

"The transformation of the smelter is quite technical, wouldn't it be more appropriate to let Director Wang do it?"

Li Huaide said with a smile

"Old Liu, you are also an old employee of our steel mill, how come you are not familiar with our steel industry?"

"Besides, our factory leaders should take the lead in contributing to national construction. Look, isn't Ren Kang also a cadre from the Logistics Department? His work in converting the North Suburbs Machine Repair Factory into a vehicle manufacturing factory is outstanding, and he has won a lot of honors for our factory."

"As a veteran cadre, you must set an example and not let your superiors down."

Liu Xuan let Li Huaide say a few words and he didn't know what to say. He had promised Director Lin of the Propaganda Committee that he would cooperate with him to take control of the Red Star Steel Mill after Director Lin was transferred to the Steel Mill Committee. At that time, Director Lin promised to make him the director and promote him to a full-time department-level cadre.

If he was transferred to a smelting plant as a resident commander, wouldn't that delay his important work? Liu Xuan certainly didn't want to do that.

So Liu Xuan explained

"Secretary Li, I just heard you say that this smelter is related to the research and development of special steel that we are cooperating with the military. I am really not suitable for this. I don't understand technology and steel-related things. I have been doing propaganda work all my life. If I were to be responsible for the transformation of the smelter, I am really afraid that it would delay the important matters of the factory."

"Why don't you let Renkang take on the responsibility? He's young and promising, so he should take on more responsibilities."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Director Liu thinks too highly of me. I may not be able to go. I have to participate in other organizational work recently. I may not be in the factory during this period. I really can't go at all."

"Director Liu, you are only responsible for the overall planning of the transformation work. Our Technology R&D Department will naturally send experts to assist you with specific technical issues."

"I think this is a good opportunity. As a steel unit of the Ministry of Industry, how can we not be familiar with the relevant situation of the steel industry?"

"It's a good idea to take this opportunity to get more familiar with each other. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if the superiors come to inspect us in the future. What do you think, Director Liu?"