"Deputy Director Liu, welcome!"

Li Xuewu walked quickly out of the hall and shook hands with Liu Qianqian who was walking up the steps.

Liu Xiangqian didn't care that there was no Li Huaide at the door. He looked at the splendid hall and said with a smile: "I really didn't know there was such a good place in Beijing."

"It makes you laugh. This guest house was originally prepared to receive progressive teachers and students from all over the country who came to Beijing to study."

While Li Xuewu introduced the predecessor of the International Hotel, he shook hands with Zhang Dayong and others behind him, and nodded as a greeting.

"Our factory had no intention of buying it, but the guest house in the factory is too far from the city, making it inconvenient for some customers to travel and work."

"So for the convenience of hosting, we reorganized this place and restored it to its original appearance. This can be regarded as a historical witness."

He smiled and raised his hand to guide the direction of the corridor and said: "Director Li is already waiting for us in the reception room. He negotiated with the French in the morning and took a short break at noon."

"Oh? I heard from someone in the government office." Liu Xiangqian asked with concern, "How was the negotiation? Is it still a big deal?"

"Please come here -" Li Xuewu first reminded him, then turned a corner and then continued to introduce: "It's not a big business, the French are very popular, and the total investment is less than 10 million."

Only? Only? Only ten million?

Listen, is he speaking human language?!

When Liu Xiangqian heard Li Xuewu's words, he really wanted to scold the street. Your factory is crazy! Even ten million dollars can be described as "talent"!

Zhang Dayong and Zhao Fuchun, who were following them, curled their lips, knowing that today's meeting would not be easy because they had such big appetites!

“This is the worst trade cooperation our factory has negotiated with foreign businessmen this year.”

Li Xuewu's tone seemed to be complaining that he and others were wasting time, but he still turned to Liu Qianqian and asked: "But mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are, aren't they? Are you right, Deputy Director Liu?"

“Ah, yes, yes—!”

Liu Xiangqian kept a sentence in his heart, "I don't deserve to be the son of a man," and did not say it out loud. His face became a little stiff.

"Your factory is still prosperous. How many big projects is this this year? Isn't it less profitable?"

"Hey - you just saw us shouting and cheering, but you actually owe a lot of debt to the outside world!"

Li Xuewu was also familiar with him, and he deliberately teased a few eggs here, so he talked very smoothly, like an old man teasing shells in an alley.

"To put it aside, our factory borrowed 10 million yuan in infrastructure funds from the credit union. How much does it cost in interest every day?"

He walked to the door of the reception room, knocked on it, and said with a curl of his lips: "Mr. Li, you're so sorry for me, it's like wearing your pants——!"

There was no sound of greeting in the lounge, but then the door was opened from inside.

Li Huaide stood at the door with a smile, stretched out his hand, and said apologetically to Liu Xiangqian: "I'm sorry, Deputy Director Liu, for not being able to greet me from a distance. I apologize for my apology!"

"It's okay! I know you were busy in the morning. Deputy Director Li told me, but you are still resting."

Liu Xiangqian knew that Li Huaide didn't go out on purpose, just to show off his face. Now they were being polite to others, and he deserved to suffer.

"What? I heard that another big business has come to the door? A French business?"

"Hey——! What a big deal!"

Li Huaide asked Li Haiyang to make tea quickly, while he shook hands with several people in the city and asked them to sit on the sofa.

"The French want to make a compensation agreement and engage in OEM production of machinery and equipment like a kid. They are bragging about it and they even have a vice president!"

Seeing Li Xuewu giving them some loose cigarettes to light up, he shook his head slightly and said, "Actually, the investment is not big, but he just wants to take advantage of us."

"I heard Deputy Director Li say it's 10 million." Liu Qianqian took a puff of cigarette and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't the business of 10 million considered a big business?"

"Ten million is investment, what about production?"

Li Huaide sighed slightly and said: "From infrastructure construction to worker training, to the implementation of equipment and technology, and the compensation trade agreement, we are waiting for us to make money, and it will be ten years later!"

"Really! I really don't understand this!"

Liu Qianqian glanced at Zhao Fuchun, who was sitting diagonally across from him, and seemed to want to ask, but he said vaguely: "I thought the ten million was real money."

Zhao Fuchun used his words to wink and give the answer, which made Liu Qianqian's eyes jump.

He just said, Li Huaide is absolutely talking nonsense, and this is what Zhao Fuchun meant.

Regarding the steel rolling mill, Li Huaide, and Li Xuewu, Zhao Fuchun did a comprehensive investigation and understanding after the last incident.

If you don’t check, you won’t know. If you check, you will be shocked.

They still have some understanding and confidence of this old guy Li Huaide, but Li Xuewu is not easy to fool, and everyone who inquires says it is not easy to mess with him.

If you ask them why they shouldn't be trifled with, they won't be able to tell you, or even those who know are vague and just say it's not trivial to offend.

The Li Huaide they knew in the past was quite accurate in his speech, but not so slippery.

I don’t know since when, Lao Li also started to speak harshly and harshly, and nothing was accurate.

Just listen to their nonsense. They are wearing pants. Look at the two of them, who is naked?!

"Stop making trouble, it's good if you don't lose money!"

Li Huaide complained: "Nowadays, there are many projects under construction. If I don't spend tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, I will be worried to death."

He took a sip of hot tea and said: "Foreign businessmen provide technology and equipment, and we provide manpower and infrastructure. The products produced must first compensate for their investment costs, and then they are ours after the work is completed."

"Director Li is really annoyed." Li Xuewu explained at the side: "If you want to say cooperation, it doesn't count as making money. If you don't cooperate, then workers' children have no place to make arrangements, so they are all looking up to the family and eating their laurels?"

He said pointedly: "Director Li said that we must do everything possible to solve the problems of production wages, workers' welfare and children's placement, and we must not cause any trouble to the city."

"I believe this. The Red Star Factory has made special contributions to youth employment in Beijing."

Liu Xiangqian looked at Zhang Dayong and said seriously: "Last year and this year alone, the employment problem of 20,000 people was solved, right? This is really rare!"

"Yes, yes, Red Star Factory has made sacrifices in this aspect, I know that!"

Zhang Dayong received Liu Xiangqian's signal and quickly nodded in agreement: "To be brave enough to shoulder heavy responsibilities and willing to make sacrifices, I have to say Comrade Huaide."

"Alas - it's hard to be a good person. If you make a contribution, you're afraid of suffering a loss until you starve to death!"

Li Huaide would not let the other party stand up to him. At this moment, he hung his head and said unsteadily: "There are always times when you feel disappointed."

"Hey, what's going on here, why are you so disappointed!" Zhang Dayong smiled and gestured to Liu Xiangqian and said, "Aren't we just here to help your factory solve practical problems today?"

"It's better to be organized. If there is an organization that cares about me, my heart immediately goes cold -"

Li Huaide now also looked like he was pulling a few eggs and nodded to several people and said: "It's hot."

Liu Xiangqian and Zhang Dayong looked at each other and knew that they were going to be killed by this knife, no matter how early they said it, they would be killed later.

It'll be dark if you keep talking to him for a while!

"Comrade Huaide, we are here just to talk to you about land expropriation."

He corrected his attitude, looked at Li Huaide seriously and said: "As for the actual situation of your factory and the demands made when we met last time, we will study it after we go back."

Liu Qianqian raised his hand to signal to Zhang Dayong and said: "Deputy Director Zhang and Comrade Fuchun have done practical work. I don't know how many work meetings have been held."

Li Haiyang led the waiter in with two plates of fruit and quietly placed them on the table.

"The results may not be satisfactory, but I also ask you to be more considerate of the city's difficulties and take into account the class feelings between fraternal units."

He didn't care about the waiter coming in, nor the fruits on the table. He wasn't even interested in giving him ginseng fruit now, he just wanted to get rid of Li Huaide as soon as possible.

Li Huaide frowned slightly when he heard his foreshadowing, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

The unabashed attitude made Liu Xiangqian pause for a moment, feeling a little aggrieved.

He is of a higher rank than Li Huaide and has more seniority than Li Huaide. They are not on the same level.

When Li Huaide was doing economic work underground, he was a serious political cadre, and he followed the team through life and death.

But then again, who told him to fall into the hands of Li Huaide? This manager is so unforgiving.

If Lao Li wants to beat him up, he has a way to deal with him. He can also have countless little shoes to wear until Li Huaide's death, but he can't do this.

Work is work, and individuals are individuals. There is nothing wrong with Li Huaide considering the problem from the perspective of the Red Star Factory, just as he does from the perspective of the city.

Therefore, no matter how high the level is, you still have to coax Li Huaide to get rid of this matter at this time.

More importantly, Li Huaide did not mess around or engage in some evil ways to muddy the waters.

He had to be considerate about this, not to mention that the train of rapid development of the Red Star Factory was moving forward bravely, and the leaders were paying attention, and if he stood in the way, he would die.

Since last May, the city's team has changed three times, just like cutting leeks.

Now the situation has changed again, and the trend is quite unstable. No one dares to make big moves. The only way is to be cautious and work on thin ice.

"Comrade Huaide, I was the one to talk to the company. Deputy Director Liu called the company leaders to the office to do the work one by one."

Zhang Dayong continued: "Every enterprise has its own demands, and it is difficult to reconcile all opinions. We can only try to balance it as much as possible, and it is impossible to be perfect."

He sat up straight, looked sideways and introduced to Li Huaide: "Some companies have said that just for the sake of a Red Star Factory, everyone will be disturbed."

"Some people in charge have said that integrating resources is nothing more than a merger. I have never heard that after a merger, cadres must be inspected and assessed before being appointed."

"Of course, regarding the implementation of assessments and inspections on cadre management and organizational management, we support the system and decisions of the Red Star Factory."

Zhang Dayong paused and continued: "But we have to take care of everyone's emotions. The main person in charge cannot do his job well, so we can't talk about it below."

"How to take care of it?"

Li Huaide narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Zhang Dayong and asked: "Is this an official position and makes a wish? Do you think I am a bandit's den? Let's get together to rank the top?"
To be continued...