Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Secretary General, I'm very busy..."

Xu Sinian appeared at the door of the office, knocked solemnly, and greeted with a smile.

Li Xuewu raised his head and saw that it was him. He smiled and waved, and asked casually, "Have you finished talking to Director Li?"

"Yes, I also talked to Deputy Director Zhang."

Returning to his former office, Xu Sinian felt a lot of emotions.

When he was still the director of the factory office, Li Xuewu was just an officer in the security department.

Now Li Xuewu has sat in a position higher than him, where can you seek justice?

He has been working as the factory director for seven years, and Li Xuewu has only been working there for three years. Is there any law in this world?

He has overcome all difficulties and now has achieved his dream of becoming a high-ranking official in the Red Star Factory.

Can you say he doesn't work hard?

Can you say he has no luck in life?

But he ran as hard as he could and paddled as hard as he could. When he looked up, the person playing happily in front of him was none other than his former little security officer.

What security officer? Now he should be called secretary general.

"This is the new Deputy Director Zhang."

Xu Sinian sat opposite Li Xuewu and asked Peng Xiaoli to light a cigarette for him. "This guy is not a good person."

He didn't avoid Peng Xiaoli and jokingly said to Li Xuewu: "Deputy Director Zhang said you are a worthless person--"

"Really? This evaluation is very special," Li Xuewu nodded, finished writing his opinion, looked up at Lao Xu and asked, "Then it must be praising you for being something, right?"

"Hahaha--"

Xu Sinian knew that he could not beat him in an argument. He could not even outperform him in his career, let alone in terms of talking.

"Of course I'm not a good-for-nothing, otherwise I wouldn't have embarrassed my leader in front of so many people."

"When did this happen?"

Li Xuewu asked in bewilderment: "Why don't I know?"

"Well, if you didn't know—"

Xu Sinian exhaled a puff of cigarette, shook his head in amusement and said, "Deputy Director Zhang thought we were deliberately trying to trick him."

"Of course I don't care!"

He spread his hands, raised his eyebrows and said, "In the next three to five years, I, Old Xu, do not plan to return to Jiangdong, so you better be careful."

"People say it's easy to dodge an open spear, but hard to guard against an arrow from the dark," Xu Sinian nodded and emphasized, "This arrow from the dark is the most powerful, it can kill people and destroy their hearts."

"Why does this sound so awkward?"

Li Xuewu smiled and asked, "Director Xu, you...are you choosing me?"

"Well—I can't—"

Xu Sinian's nostrils were filled with smoke, and he shook his head slightly and said, "What kind of relationship do we have? How could I doubt you?"

He raised his hand, and seeing Peng Xiaoli nodded, he pointed to the direction of the door and said, "Deputy Director Zhang said that there are cliques and factions in the agency, and it is chaotic. This is obviously targeting me--"

"Did the leader really say that?"

Li Xuewu looked at him suspiciously and said, "I don't believe it. Deputy Director Zhang is such a nice person. How could he criticize me like this?"

"Don't tell me that it's you, Old Xu, who is trying to sow discord and destroy the comradeship among our team members—"

"Oops, I forgot about that!"

Xu Sinian slapped his thigh in surprise and said with a teasing look: "You are the factory leader now, you are the same group."

"That's not right—"

He turned his head and glanced outside the door, then said, "Why did he just say that we were in the same group? We embarrassed him!"

"You've reminded me of this. I have to go find him later. I can't stand being scolded like this. As a factory leader, I can't bully others by making indirect accusations."

"Well, we must regain this face."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Old Xu, go ahead with confidence. I support you in protecting your own interests and rights."

"Look, now we can see the united and tense atmosphere of our factory leadership team, which is in line with the requirements of the times!"

Xu Sinian had a really foul mouth. He grabbed Li Xuewu and refused to let go, not even caring about sweeping a large area with a stick.

"Look, you're anxious again—"

"But you know, I've been like this for so many years," he tilted his head and said, "I have this temper. I can't change it even if I want to. What should I do?"

"Or I should just stay out of the company of my superiors. I can't control my mouth, and even if I tell the truth, it will make people hate me."

"Can't control your mouth? I don't believe you when you say you can't control your mouth after drinking too much."

Li Xuewu rolled his eyes and said, "I have seen people acting crazy after drinking, but I have never seen people getting drunk and beating up their leaders."

"Hahahaha——" Xu Sinian laughed and sat up straight, lit the ash of his cigarette, and said meaningfully: "Otherwise why do you say you are the secretary general? No matter how long it takes, I will admit defeat. Just in terms of eloquence, I am willing to admit defeat."

"If one day I praise you for being better at speaking than me, then you should be careful," Li Xuewu smiled and looked at him and said, "I am very jealous and I can do anything, including replacing you as the secretary general."

"Hahahaha——" Xu Sinian understood what he meant, and he put out his cigarette with a big laugh, saying, "I won't be the secretary general even if you force me with a gun!"

"Well, because you know that the person who forces you won't shoot," Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "but you know I dare to shoot."

“So you are my leader!”

Xu Sinian leaned forward, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "What's up, leader? When do we start playing the chess game in Yingcheng?"

"Look, you don't learn from what I just told you."

Li Xuewu stepped back, leaned back in his chair, and said, "Didn't I tell you on the phone? Wait a little longer."

"We still have to wait——"

Xu Sinian became serious, pointed his finger at the table and said, "I'm just throwing out a brick to attract jade. I threw out this brick too early!"

"If you had told me to wait earlier, I wouldn't have been so anxious to contact Yingcheng. Now I'm stuck in the middle and feel like a nobody."

"Do you know which jade I want to attract?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "The jade you saw is at best the tip of the iceberg of the whole plan. I am not asking you to wait to ruin your reputation."

"I'll tell you a story and you'll understand," he said calmly, crossing his right leg. "A man had a precious purple clay teapot, which he would put on his bedside table to play with every night. One time, he accidentally knocked the lid of the teapot to the ground. He was startled and very upset."

"With the lid gone, what's the point of keeping the pot? So I grabbed the pot and threw it out the window. In the morning, I found that the lid had fallen on my cotton shoes without any damage."

Li Xuewu tilted his head slightly and continued, "This man was so angry that he crushed the lid of the teapot into pieces. When he went out, he saw the teapot he had thrown out of the window last night hanging intact on the tree branch."

"Sometimes, things can wait, be watched, and slow down."

He looked at Xu Sinian and nodded, saying, "A leaf can block your view of the mountain. Many things are not what you think they are."

"I want to tell you that impulse is the devil and remind you to learn to think calmly. Are you going to say that I am belittling you and looking down on you, an old comrade?"

"That's not possible. I understand what you mean."

Xu Sinian's eyes flickered, and he said carefully: "The reason why I can't see Mount Tai is not just because of a blind spot, but it may also be that I am standing too low, right?"

"You—you—"

Li Xuewu sat up straight, shook his head helplessly, picked up the pen and said, "It just so happens that Hu Ke, deputy director of Liaodong's Beijing office, has invited me to dinner tonight. You can come too."

"Not very good -"

Xu Sinian said tentatively: "They invited you to have a drink, what's the point of me joining in?"

"When I told you you were fat, you gasped, right?"

Li Xuewu raised his head and raised his eyebrows, and asked, "I don't want to know what kind of jade I'm going to attract by throwing this brick of yours?"

"If you say so, then I have to go," Xu Sinian said solemnly, "The secretary general is taking care of me and wants to take me to see the world, so I have to take care of it."

"Haha..." Li Xuewu chuckled, pointed at him with the pen in his hand, and said meaningfully: "You know I dare to shoot."

——

On Saturday afternoon, Propaganda Department Director Bu Qingfang gave Li Xuewu some performance tickets from the Dongcheng Red Star Theater.

"It's very close to your home. You can take your wife and children there on Sunday. It's quite interesting," Bu Qingfang teased him, "Don't lose the people who need your care the most because of work. You are the most principled person."

"Alas..." Li Xuewu sighed, took the ticket and said, "It's easy to persuade others, but it's hard to persuade yourself."

"Thank you very much—" He waved the ticket in his hand and said, "Thank you for spending money and thinking of me so much."

"I heard from the office that the secretary general sat there all day."

Bu Qingfang sat opposite him, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is it really so much work?"

"I just took over——"

Li Xuewu stood up holding the teacup, walked to the tea cabinet and made a new cup of tea, then refilled his own cup with hot water, and then walked back with the cup.

He placed the freshly brewed cup in front of Bu Qingfang and said as he stood beside the desk, "There is too much work to sort out."

"The problem Director Ding left behind?"

Bu Qingfang leaned sideways on the chair, looked at him and asked, "I haven't heard of any trouble."

"It's better for Director Ding to die at the right time than to die early. He should be thankful."

Li Xuewu took a sip from the teacup and said with a wry smile: "Painting on a blank piece of paper is the easiest. Do you know what the hardest thing is?"

"Has the current committee office affected your performance?"

Bu Qingfang understood what he meant and said with a smile: "When I first took over the Security Department, wasn't the environment better than it is now?"

"No, the Security Department is destroyed first and then rebuilt."

Li Xuewu walked back to his seat, put down his teacup and sat down, saying: "The current commission office is a building that is rebuilt on a historical monument that is full of holes and conforms to the requirements of the times and aesthetics."

"You understand what I mean, don't you?"

He gestured with his hands and emphasized: "The personnel relations are new, the organizational structure is new, and even the management responsibilities are new."

“Even my position as secretary general is new.”

Li Xuewu sat up straight, looked at her and said, "How to build a combat-ready and united team that can meet the needs of the organization, work and the times without destroying the foundation of the original organizational structure is the most difficult problem I need to break the ice with at the moment."

"You're being too hard on yourself—"

Bu Qingfang smiled and shook his head, saying, "I must admit that you have done a great job in the Security Department. Your management has been improved since the establishment of the Security Team."

“Even the leaders admit this, but!”

She said seriously: "Your success cannot be replicated. Your success in the Security Department and Security Team cannot be replicated in the Management Committee Office, right?"

"I understand that you want to share the worries of the factory and solve the problems of the office. You want to solve all the problems in the office once and for all, and standardize and organize a scientific and sustainable office model from the organization to the system."

Bu Qingfang pursed her lips, nodded and said, "I fully believe and am sure that you can do this, but you have to give yourself some time."

"Are you saying I'm too anxious?"

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and said thoughtfully: "But I feel like I haven't exerted my strength yet."

"It will be too late when you exert your strength—"

Bu Qingfang said with a smile: "Every time the system is changed, it will cause obstruction and feedback from conservative forces. Have you considered this?"

“I really don’t have this.”

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, put his arms on the desk, looked at her seriously and said, "There is no such thing as conservatism in the Security Department."

“Of course, the conservative ones are gone.”

Bu Qingfang pointed at the table and reminded with a smile: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. Don't exhaust yourself and leave a lot of complaints behind."

"Yeah, that makes sense—"

Li Xuewu seemed to understand what she said, nodded and said: "You should know that I won't stay in the Commission Office for long."

He turned over his palm and added: "I mean the next arrangement."

"Yes, I can see that," Bu Qingfang nodded and said, "It's not just me who can see that the leaders value and trust you, almost everyone else can."

"They were able to hold back their complaints. Could they be waiting for me to leave?"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "This really makes me very sad."

“Hehehe——”

Bu Qingfang shook her head slightly and said, "Everyone still believes in you. Conservativeness is only the voice of a small minority."

"For you, it can be completely ignored."

"It is more difficult to guard against the people's mouths than to guard against the river——"

Li Xuewu sighed, looked at her carefully and said, "Director Li doesn't have much time left for me, at most one year, you understand."

"Are you going to take over Deputy Director Dong's position?"

Bu Qingfang asked knowingly, then nodded and said, "I can see that you are moving very fast and are very anxious."

"There's no way not to be anxious—"

Li Xuewu pointed to the pile of documents on his desk and said, "The reform of large departments and small offices must start from the Management Committee Office."

“If we can’t come up with a standard, how can other departments do their work?”

His face turned serious, and he said, "The core of the large department work model is to de-structure, compress the management level, and improve execution."

"Take the Commission Office as an example. In the process of transitioning to the General Management Department, the concepts of offices and sections should be gradually faded."

Li Xuewu raised his index finger and pointed, emphasizing: "Most departments divide work based on functions and business."

“It’s not just the structure that’s being streamlined, it’s also the personnel.”

He pursed his lips and said, "Only compound talents who can do multiple things in one position and have multiple skills can survive in the government in the future."

“Isn’t that a bit too cruel?”

Bu Qingfang frowned slightly and said, "According to your standard, when the group was established, the agency would eliminate a group of people, and they would be eliminated every year."

“The goal is not elimination, the goal is filtering.”

Li Xuewu placed his palms horizontally in front of him and said, "You have to admit that most of the factory's cadres have experience working in government agencies."

"Then there is every reason to use the mechanism as a filter, or as a trial ground."

He put away his palm, pointed upwards, and said: "If it is real gold, it will not be afraid of fire. Filter out the residue, and what remains is the essence."

"After training and development, these people will have the ability and skills to be assigned to other departments or branches to take charge of related businesses."

Li Xuewu spun his fingers in a circle and concluded: "From the office to the grassroots, up and down, every step is a filter, and every level is a training."

“After you have gone through countless filtering and training, you will become pure and transparent,” he nodded and said, “Although in this process, fewer and fewer will remain, but these are the people we really need.”

"One word from you is worth ten years of reading."

Bu Qingfang thought about it, nodded and said, "According to what you said, the large department system is a good thing for young people?"

"Reducing the number of filtering times means increasing the space for growth," Li Xuewu said frankly, "Compressing the hierarchy gives more people the opportunity to show their abilities and talents. Do you think this is a good thing for them?"

"Under the departmental system, people work more and talk less."

Bu Qingfang said with understanding: "All the threads and ropes are in the hands of the main person in charge of the department, and the responsibilities are clearer."

"Red Star Factory is setting sail," Li Xuewu said, looking at her, "the challenges we will face in the future are beyond our imagination."

"Unity cannot be reflected in slogans only. Responsibilities and powers must be clearly defined," Li Xuewu said seriously. "Groupization is not like herding sheep. It should be like driving a carriage. Both the whip and the reins must be in your hands."

"I understand," Bu Qingfang looked at him and said, "You are reluctant to do this day and night, and you have no choice."

"Speaking of this, I have an idea."

Li Xuewu asked with a smile: "We talked about this some time ago. Do you have any plans?"

"Do you really want me to help you?"

Bu Qingfang said with a smile: "Didn't I call you leader?"

"It doesn't sound very sincere."

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, saying, "Think about it. If you don't want to go down, come to my place."

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Bu Qingfang did not give an answer immediately. She stood up and said, "Won't it take some time for the security team?"

"You should think about it quickly, haha."

Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "If you are hesitant, I can recommend someone else."

"Then you have to let me take care of the work at hand--"

Bu Qingfang was reserved for a moment and then relaxed. She came here just for this, so how could she let Li Xuewu recommend someone else?

Both of them are old hands, one knows it well, the other is reluctant to accept it. Just show your attitude, otherwise you may get into trouble if you play it too big.

——

"Use this car?"

Xu Sinian followed Li Xuewu downstairs and saw Director Li's Volga M24 parked at the door. He was surprised and asked, "Director Li... is using that big Red Flag?"

"Any questions?"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and stepped into the car with the help of Peng Xiaoli.

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This was a rare occasion when Peng Xiaoli opened the car door for his leader. When Li Xuewu rode in a command vehicle, he always got on and off by himself.

Xu Sinian raised his eyebrows, glanced at the command vehicle in front, and got on the vehicle from the other side with a smile on his face.

Bang--

His secretary helped him close the car door and quickly followed Peng Xiaoli's footsteps to run towards the command vehicle in front.

The two cars, one in front and one behind, slowly drove out of the office area under the watchful eyes of someone, with their headlights shining brightly as they drove along the factory road straight to the gate before disappearing.

The first time I met Hu Ke, deputy director of the Liaodong Office in Beijing, was because of the land in Liangmahe Industrial Zone. I had cast a net and caught this fish by coincidence.

It was Li Xuewu who received them at that time, along with comrades from the Gangcheng and Yingcheng offices.

During that meeting, the other party invited the Red Star Factory to build a factory in Fengcheng. In addition to providing all the required construction land, they also mentioned some convenient conditions, but Li Xuewu refused.

The capital's geographical advantages are irreplaceable.

Of course, the factory later had a good relationship with Liaodong, and Li Huaide took him to visit Liaodong.

It was also from that time that Hongxing Factory acquired a machinery factory in Fengcheng and planned to build a machining industry cluster.

The construction scale of the Gangcheng Industrial Zone was expanded, and a part of the tertiary industries were transformed into joint industries and specialized factories.

At the same time, the company also increased investment in Yingcheng, expanded the scale of the shipyard, and planned to build the Yingcheng Port Terminal.

More importantly, Fengcheng, Gangcheng and Yingcheng are connected, and the Red Star Factory aims to provide a one-stop industrial service.

The container factories cooperating with the Beijing Railway Station are all located in Gangcheng, and the cooperative freight transport stations are spread across major cities in Liaodong.

It is precisely because of the cooperative foundation that the relationship between Liaodong Office in Beijing and Red Star Factory is very harmonious.

During the period when Ding Zigui served as the director of the Management Committee Office, he maintained relationships with them and having meals with them was a common occurrence.

Li Xuewu actually doesn’t like socializing, and he doesn’t like drinking even more, because they are not challenging for him.

As the director of the Security Department and the head of the security team, he can refuse all social engagements and go home on time after get off work at night.

Except for Lao Li's situation, he doesn't care about anyone else.

Even when he was the deputy director of the Management Committee Office, he strictly controlled the number of his dinner parties.

Basically, I rarely call home to say that I will not be going back for dinner or rest tonight.

Everyone in the office knows that he is a good man who cares about his family.

But now it's different.

As the secretary general, he not only has to be a good steward of the agency, but also a good messenger for maintaining relationships.

When necessary, he would represent Li Huaide and the Red Star Factory to participate in some activities and dinners.

It's an attitude and part of the job.

It hasn't come to this yet. In February, Li Xuewu communicated with Gu Ning about this situation.

To be frank, after becoming the Secretary-General, it is inevitable that his rest time will be affected.

Moreover, as the work progresses, more and more personal time will be taken up.

Gu Ning only asked him if he was willing to do such a job.

This question seems simple, but it hits the heart.

Li Xuewu’s answer was that he had to do it.

When Gu Ning heard this, he understood and agreed with his attitude of reporting in advance.

There is no need to remind her of anything else, Li Xuewu is smarter than her.

So, on the way to the Liaodong Office in Beijing, when Xu Sinian kept complaining to him about how working in Yingcheng had affected family harmony, he sneered at Old Xu's words.

Busy with work, long distances between families, many children, and little time together, does that mean I can't be a good man?

Can't you learn from me?

"Xu Sinian, the commander of the city's ships."

Li Xuewu held Hu Ke's hand and introduced Lao Xu next to him to the other party.

Hu Ke greeted him politely: "Director Xu, nice to meet you, your name is well-known to me——"

Li Xuewu let go of his hand, and he took the opportunity to shake hands with Xu Sinian. Both of them acted very close.

Today Hu Ke invited Li Xuewu, but she didn't say that it was a private dinner and colleagues and friends were not allowed to be brought.

There is no fool who can get to this point.

Who would bring irrelevant people to such a business dinner after get off work? There must be some purpose.

"I just arrived in the capital today, too."

Xu Sinian explained with a smile: "The secretary general said to bring me to meet my in-laws. I was wondering, where are the in-laws?"

"Hahaha--"

Hu Ke shook his hand and said enthusiastically, "Secretary Li is right. Aren't we your in-laws? Hahahaha——"

"Then we will meet our in-laws today."

Li Xuewu joked: "After the girl gets married, she has to talk about the good and bad things, right?"

"Don't keep things to yourself. If the girl is wronged, her husband's family will complain about her, and her parents will feel uncomfortable too."

"Look, have you met a capable person?"

Hu Ke introduced the people who came out from behind him, "Secretary General Li Xuewu of the Red Star Factory, a rare talent in Beijing, who has been to Liaodong with Director Li of the Red Star Factory."

He gestured to the people behind him and introduced them: "None of us are outsiders. It's not an exaggeration to say that we are relatives."

It was just as he said, the people at the scene were not outsiders, and there were no outsiders sitting at the table and drinking together.

Heads of several Liaodong industrial enterprises, including electricity, machinery manufacturing, aviation, weapons, coal, etc.

You said these people are capable and powerful, so why did they follow Hu Ke's arrangement and come to drink with Li Xuewu?

It’s not surprising, Hu Ke’s position is not low.

The deputy director of Liaodong's Beijing office is at the same level as the deputy director of the Red Star Factory. That's really something worth showing off.

Moreover, as a representative in Beijing, he played a go-between role.

Li Xuewu said that he was meeting his relatives, and the person he brought with him was Xu Sinian, a girl who had married to Yingcheng. The other party thought his current daughter-in-law was good, so he brought several sons for him to take a look.

What are you looking at?

Of course it looks good, can we pair them up again?

The capital and technological level of the Red Star Factory, combined with the production base of Liaodong's industry, have already produced results.

The changes at Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Factory were right before their eyes.

The original business was split up to form a separate specialized factory, and then structural and economic reorganization was carried out.

After several months of hard work, what is presented to Liaodong Industry is a powerful enterprise that is completely new, full of fighting spirit, unleashed with innovative power and reshaped with productivity.

Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Factory had a strong foundation, and its losses were not caused by internal factors but by the incompetence of its management structure.

After completing the acquisition, Red Star Factory completely dismantled the original management structure and modified and supplemented it with the latest management model of Red Star Factory, with production as the goal of everything.

The implementation of systems including double emergency plans, safety production standardization, and office management regulations has completely rejuvenated Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Factory and shocked Liaodong industrial managers.

In just a few months, Liaodong Industry organized several groups of sister units to visit the First Machine Factory for research and study.

But even though the Red Star Factory did not hide anything and showed its transformation process without reservation, it still stumped the companies that came to visit.

It is not that the transformation is difficult, but that there is a lack of courage and determination to tear down and rebuild, nor is there a lack of guarantees and confidence to provide such courage and determination.

Without the backing of the Red Star Factory, who would dare to make drastic changes to the First Machine Factory?

Without the foundation of the Red Star Factory, who would dare to split up the First Machine Factory for specialized reorganization?

Ultimately, you still need a strong backing.

Liaodong Industry is conducting an experiment, selecting a number of its enterprises as pilot projects and trying to introduce the management model of the Red Star Factory.

The purpose of the pilot is to evaluate the proportion of introduction and whether the goal of enterprise rebirth can be achieved without destroying the original organizational structure.

Hu Ke was entrusted by Deputy Director Lu, who is in charge of industrial development in Liaodong, to specially arrange this "blind date".

——

"Before I drink this glass of wine, I have to say something," he said, holding the glass and looking at Li Xuewu: "It's not that I, Old Hu, don't recognize my relatives, it's that you, Secretary General Li, are too difficult to invite, right!"

“Hehehe——”

"I called his office."

Seeing Li Xuewu smiling, Hu Ke pointed at him and said to the people at the table, "His secretary told me that Team Leader Li has to pick up his child after get off work."

"Hahaha--"

Everyone at the table laughed at Hu Ke's stunned expression.

Xu Sinian smiled and explained: "This is not a lie, his secretary is telling the truth."

"Don't even mention that you can't make an appointment with him. Even if Director Li wants to invite him out for dinner, he still has to report it in advance!"

"Hahaha--"

Listening to Xu Sinian's teasing, everyone knew very well that he was helping Li Xuewu out of trouble.

But this did not stop everyone from laughing. It is rare to see such a clear stream in this circle.

"Then I have to say thank you today."

Hu Ke picked up the wine glass and first gestured to Li Xuewu, then greeted everyone and said, "Thank you for coming, my dear relatives, and thank you Director Xu for your contribution to Liaodong's industry."

"Do one——"

The first glass of wine must be finished, otherwise the atmosphere will not be created.

How fast the car runs depends entirely on how you step on the accelerator.

"I have to remind you guys."

Hu Ke finished the wine in his glass and pointed to several leaders of Liaodong Industry. He said with a smile, "Secretary Li has a huge capacity for drinking. He can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Don't make a mistake."

He turned around, looked at Li Xuewu and raised the white flag, saying, "Today, our priority is unity and drinking well. Is that okay with you?"

"The guest follows the host's wishes. I'll listen to you."

Li Xuewu took the bottle of wine from the secretary and took the initiative to fill his glass. "We are relatives, so let's drink together first."

"I'll just say it—"

Hu Ke smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass, and said to everyone: "It seems that I can't escape tonight!"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

The atmosphere at the table was very good. Both sides started by understanding and getting to know each other, and each introduced their own company.

Xu Sinian also briefly introduced the development process of Yingcheng Ship in the past two years, focusing on future plans.

When he mentioned that one of the tasks that the Liaodong Industrial Leading Group of the Red Star Factory has been promoting recently is to create an industrial chain integration block in Fengcheng, Gangcheng to Yingcheng in Liaodong, the heads of Liaodong industrial enterprises, including Hu Ke, all showed expressions of serious thinking and yearning.

"I heard that Red Star Factory has its own airline, right?" Hu Ke looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Is it for passenger transport or commuter transport?"

"Director Xu came here by boat."

Li Xuewu smiled and pointed to Xu Sinian and said, "If we want to answer this question, he must be the one who has the most say."

You still want me to talk?

You've tricked me once today!

Xu Sinian glanced at Li Xuewu and muttered to himself, but he still humbly introduced the situation of the ship and the operational arrangements for related routes and ships.

Although we did not learn from Xu Sinian how much profit this ship could bring to the Red Star Factory, Xu Sinian also mentioned that Yingcheng Shipbuilding has plans to build two more ships this year.

There is no wind without waves, there is no gain without pain, and who would do a business that loses money?

There must be profit to be made, and huge profit, so the Red Star Factory can continue to invest in building two ships on the basis of owning one ship, which makes Hu Ke and others envious.

People in later generations all know that the richer a person is, the easier it is to make money.

The current status of the Red Star Factory is the same. With a reasonable combination of industrial production chain and production capacity, everything it does is booming and profitable. It is really something that makes people envious.

"I just heard from Director Xu that the Red Star Factory is planning to build an industrial chain integrated block in Liaodong."

Hu Ke took the initiative to ask: "Then the Liangmahe Industrial Zone that your factory is building in Beijing will not be affected, right?"

"These are two different things," Li Xuewu explained with a smile. "The development plans of Liangmahe Ecological Industrial Zone and Liaodong Red Star Industrial Zone are in completely different directions."

"One focuses more on comprehensive development, and the other focuses more on professional production. You can understand what I mean."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Red Star Factory's industrial layout in Liaodong will always be driven by the development direction and core created by Liangmahe Industrial Zone, which is a leading relationship."

“I’ve been to the Liangmahe Industrial Zone.”

Hu Ke spoke frankly: "It's not just me. When our Liaodong leaders come, I will ask them to go and have a look."

"This is a precedent for current domestic industrial planning and an experimental project with reference value for us."

He said seriously: "It will take time to verify whether it has exemplary value."

"I certainly agree with you."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Liangmahe Eco-Industrial Zone is not a closed-door project. We welcome friends from brother units and various systems to visit and give guidance."

"Of course, the leaders above also said that what we are doing in Liangmahe Industrial Zone is unprecedented."

He looked at the people at the table who were listening attentively and said, "Demonstration is not about imitation and reproduction, but about thinking."

"We are re-exploring the market economy under the guidance of the planned economic system. No matter what the result is, it will give everyone here, including those present, a direction and inspiration for thinking."

Li Xuewu paused and said, "Even if the Liangmahe Industrial Zone fails, it is worth it if it can get a result."

"Well, I think it will work."

Hu Ke nodded in understanding and said, "I went to take a look a few days ago. It's the workers' village you planned."

He introduced it to the others at the table: "The workers' new village in Liangmahe is completely different from the typical ones in Liaodong."

“Their integrated markets, shops, service outlets, etc. are all managed based on internal supply and marketing.”

"There's nothing much to say about this, actually."

Li Xuewu smiled and spread his hands, saying: "Behind closed doors, we experimented with a contract responsibility system."

"In fact, our factory is not the first to do this. Many companies have adopted the team responsibility system. It's different."

He explained to everyone: "Red Star Factory is going to build a hospital, a school, a laboratory, etc. in the Liangmahe Industrial Zone."

"If there is a new workers' village, there must be supporting living facilities, including the riverside wharf, riverside residential area, riverside hotel, riverside commercial street, etc. that we are building."

Li Xuewu said: "Our riverside commercial street plan includes 20 restaurants, five supply and marketing service departments, clothing stores, vegetable markets, stationery stores, drug stores, barber shops, tea shops, shoe stores, etc., and even includes cultural and sports goods stores and franchise stores."

“We also plan to set up brand demonstration stores for cars and motorcycles, as well as other merchandise demonstration stores on the commercial streets.”

He said frankly: "The contract responsibility system is not a disaster. We contract the operation rights of the store to the store's employees, and the management rights are still in the hands of the sales branch."

“It means decentralizing management rights, right?”

Hu Ke said with understanding: "It is actually a separation of management and operation, balancing the contradictions on both sides, right?"

"It's an attempt, that's all I can say."

Li Xuewu said seriously: "The employees are still the employees of the internal supply and marketing branch, and the system is still the original system."

"It's just a matter of experimenting and innovating in management methods, and the goal is to increase the enthusiasm of employees."

He picked up the glass and said, "I don't like drinking at home, but I can make friends at the table, so I drank this glass of wine. Let's say that a thousand cups are not enough when you meet a bosom friend."

Everyone understood that responsibility and wine were not the goal; the goal was efficiency and friends. The Red Star Factory really had something!

We formed a small group without crossing the red line!

Who has studied this theory before? I never thought that the management rights could also be turned into a small collective of employees!

This drink is really worth it!

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PS: Small collective operation by employees is not nonsense. It is different from the household contract responsibility system and is not the same thing.

For example, the family outsourcing workers in the machine embroidery industry in Shanghai, the second production team of Lingqian Brigade in Lin* City, Shandong Province, which provides full labor and work points, etc.