On the evening of December 30th, the dinner carefully prepared by the shipyard was somewhat anticlimactic due to the sudden news.

Perhaps it was because everyone had drank just now, so even if their faces changed, it would not be so obvious under the influence of the red wine.

But as the host and guest, Andrew could still see that everyone at the table seemed a little distracted after the secretaries arrived.

Except for Li Xuewu, who regarded himself as the host, he still provided warm hospitality and toasted to each other.

Chinese people pay attention to discernment, while Westerners know better about sense of proportion, so the wine slowly began to finish under Andrew's initiative.

The purpose was to allow those who were sitting on pins and needles to finish the banquet early and go about their own business.

As Andrew put down his chopsticks, polite greetings came from the private room.

Liu Shaozong and others shook hands with Andrew who stood up, exchanged a few words with each other, and then looked at Li Xuewu before walking out.

They separated at the door, Liu Shaozong and others were in a hurry to make a phone call, while Li Xuewu and Xu Sinian sent Andrew and others upstairs.

Obviously, the meeting originally scheduled for after dinner had to be moved to a later date, and Andrew very wisely did not ask any more questions.

When he came down from upstairs, Xu Sinian took out his cigarette case and gave one to Li Xuewu first, and the two started smoking at the corner of the stairs.

"Huh~"

At first, neither of them spoke, but Xu Sinian couldn't help it. He took a long puff of smoke, squinted his eyes slightly and said, "It's been a troubled year~"

"Um"

Li Xuewu lowered his head and exhaled a puff of smoke, paused, and said: "Winter is coming, so you must be prepared for the winter."

"How's it going?"

Xu Sinian said helplessly: "When will this cold winter end, and when will spring come?"

"Spring will definitely come!"

Li Xuewu raised his head, looked at Xu Sinian and said firmly: "No matter how long the winter lasts, do whatever you have to do!"

With that said, he took another puff of cigarette, squinted his eyes and looked at Xu Sinian and said, "Isn't it enough to hear the dragon cry for the new year?"

"Alas~"

Xu Sixiang sighed and said, "I'm afraid this year will be difficult~"

"It depends on how you live it!"

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked out the window. The machine shop was already brightly lit day and night.

He was standing upstairs, as if he could still hear the roar of the machine and the enthusiastic work enthusiasm.

"You still insist on economic development, trade first, and welfare first, right?"

Xu Sinian, like Li Xuewu, stood in front of the window, looking at the factory outside the window, and said: "You are still so maverick."

"No, it's not that I'm unique, it's that you are walking in confusion."

Li Xuewu took a long puff of cigarette and said with empty eyes: "Adhering to economic development and giving priority to trade and welfare are not effects, but the cause of enterprise development."

"If you ask me what to do when the cold winter comes, I can tell you that if you join a group to keep warm, everyone will gather firewood and the flames will be high."

"Hold together..."

Xu Sinian smoked a cigarette, looked at the illusive night sky, and exhaled the smoke slightly from his mouth.

He seemed to understand what Li Xuewu meant. Only by sustaining economic development can valuable commodities be created.

Only with economic value can you take the initiative to trade, gain market initiative, and capture the maximum benefits of priority trade.

Only by obtaining efficient benefits can we have welfare benefits to complete the united work of the entire factory staff, thereby ensuring the structural integrity of the shipyard and even the steel rolling mill.

With a complete structure and normalized management order, the entire factory can continue to develop the economy and form a closed loop.

Benefits and risks are a good couple and will never appear alone in front of you.

If you choose to hold hands with benefits, you will face risks and challenges.

This is true for Xu Sinian, it is true for shipyards, steel rolling mills, and even for everyone.

"If, I mean if"

Xu Sinian looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "This gust of wind has hit the shipyard. What should we do?"

"What to do with what?"

Li Xuewu looked at him with squinted eyes, and said with a murderous tone: "Why do you want to set up a youth commando team? Why do you want to set up a propaganda team?"

"..."

There were beads of sweat on Xu Sinian's forehead, and Li Xuewu's meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Not only do we want the young commandos to dare to commit crimes, we also need to use welfare benefits to stimulate them, and we also need to use the propaganda team to clear their names and protect them.

This move is too cruel, otherwise the steel rolling mill in Beijing would remain rock solid in the face of such a complicated situation.

Li Xuewu threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and stamped it out with his foot, and said disdainfully: "A bunch of little kids, how can I pay them back to heaven!"

After saying that, he went to the corridor, leaving Xu Sinian staring blankly out of the window and continuing to think about his words.

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"lead"

Peng Xiaoli took the initiative to say hello, and then pointed his eyes in the direction of the small reception room.

Li Xuewu patted his arm gently and asked, "Have Captain Zhou and the others come back?"

"yes"

Peng Xiaoli replied softly: "I went upstairs after dinner and said I was waiting for you in Zhou Xiaobai's room."

"knew"

Li Xuewu nodded, walked to the small reception room, and at the same time ordered: "Go and make two cups of tea."

"Deputy Director Li"

I heard movement in the corridor, and then I saw the door of the reception room being pushed open.

Yu Daru stood up from his chair and said hello awkwardly.

Li Xuewu waved his hand indifferently and said, "Sit down, have you had dinner?"

As he sat down, he motioned to the door and said, "It's still lunch time. If you haven't eaten, you're welcome."

“No, thank you”

Yu Daru followed Li Xuewu and sat down, but he only sat half of his buttocks on the chair. He leaned forward slightly, feeling a little lack of confidence.

Li Xuewu, however, leaned back on the chair casually, folded his legs, and looked at him.

Peng Xiaoli came in with two cups of tea, placing one cup in front of Yu Daru and one cup in the leader's hand.

Just when the leader went to see off the foreign businessmen, Yu Daru appeared.

The leader naturally saw his reminder, and just tilted his head slightly, and Peng Xiaoli brought the other party here to wait.

Because of the unpleasantness last time, I didn't give the other party a good look, and I didn't even bring him a cup of tea.

Since Yu Daru showed up, he naturally wouldn't care about the secretary's indifferent attitude.

At this moment, he did not touch the hot tea in front of him, but proactively said to Li Xuewu: "Deputy Director Li, I admit my mistake to you."

"oh?"

Li Xuewu waved his hand, indicating that Peng Xiaoli could go out. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "So you are so sincere?"

"That's not right~"

He picked up the teacup, looked down at the tea, and said, "Aren't you here to see my joke?"

"...How can it be possible?"

Yu Daru twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment, but did not force out a smile. He hesitated for a moment and then said: "I am sincere, but I am afraid that you will misunderstand."

"Well, I can't misunderstand you~"

Li Xuewu took a sip of hot tea, looked at Yu Daru, and said, "I guess you arrived at Yingcheng before me?"

"how?"

He lowered his eyes, looked at Yu Daru and asked, "Are you here alone? You didn't bring my captors with you?"

Yu Daru glanced outside the door and knew that he had entered the dragon's pond and the tiger's den, and he had asked for it.

"You are joking. Give me a hundred courages and I would not dare to act wild in front of you."

"You're welcome, I should be afraid of you, right?"

Li Xuewu put down his tea cup, straightened the cuffs of his shirt, and said casually: "I should give up resistance and just surrender..."

"Deputy Director Li!"

Yu Daru gently interrupted Li Xuewu's words and said sincerely: "I really want to apologize to you, not for this matter, but for betraying your trust."

Li Xuewu nodded slightly and looked at him without saying anything, just waiting for his next words.

"About the case, I can give you an explanation and an explanation, as long as you need it."

Yu Daru said seriously: "I would like to have a frank talk with you. In fact, there is no blood feud between us, right?"

"Oh, who are you asking?"

Li Xuewu frowned, looked at him coldly and said, "Does it count as a blood feud? Did you not know about the cold shot sent through the Foreign Affairs Department, or did I blame you wrongly?"

"You're treating me like a child, right?"

"Please believe me!"

Yu Daru sat up straight and said to Li Xuewu: "As for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has nothing to do with us, I can guarantee it."

"How to guarantee it?"

Li Xuewu tilted his head slightly and gestured to the door: "Should I ask Zhou Gancheng to come down and confront you, or should you follow the tricks of the Jianghu and cut off my fingers?"
To be continued...