dognovel Chapter 1182 You’re welcome
Chapter 1182 You’re welcome
Chapter 1182 You’re welcome
August in Beijing is the hottest time of the year.
The accumulated heat from the dog days of summer that began in mid-July makes this heat seem even more oppressive.
Maybe it will be only in September that the cool breeze will return and the scorching heat will be replaced by the scorching sun.
So, it’s not just Tokyo that’s hot.
At the Beijing Railway Station, a minibus drove out from the platform passage.
Although it did not take up the time for ordinary passengers to get on and off the train, the group of passengers in standard white and black clothes getting on and off the train with their luggage still attracted the attention of the passengers on the platform.
The bus body was painted with the logo of the unit to which it belonged, so they knew that this group of people came from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.
Travelers from Beijing are certainly familiar with the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, and even some travelers from other places have heard of the name of the Red Star Factory.
It must be said that Comet motorcycles have indeed created a fashion trend all over the country.
Since the trial production began in May to preheat the distribution, Red Star Factory has contacted distribution channels across the country.
Needless to say, Beijing, Gangcheng, Tianjin and Yingcheng have branch factories and secondary branches, and they have unique advantages.
The first two offices, Bianjiang and Yuezhou, had already started pre-ordering and product promotion.
The five second phase offices in Jicheng, Fengcheng, Changshan, Lvcheng, Chang'an and Quzhou established in May also carried out publicity as planned.
The three phase offices are in the preparation stage, and Bingcheng, Yangcheng, Jincheng, Lincheng, Quancheng and Chuncheng are also establishing purchasing and sales contacts.
Other channels include joint units, supply chain system units, sister units within the industrial system, and so on.
In July, the assembly line equipment was debugged and the Red Star Factory's Comet motorcycles officially went into mass production.
With the expectation of dealers across the country, this motorcycle priced under 500 yuan was officially launched into the market.
The daily production capacity of 260 units is simply unable to meet the needs of the supply and marketing market.
The Red Star Factory had to take the lead in starting a three-shift industrial model at its motorcycle manufacturing plant in Gangcheng.
In the early stages of production, the production capacity can basically be maintained at around 600 units, and this is based on the large amount of motorcycle parts stored in the early stages.
According to a report from the person in charge of the motorcycle factory, although they are currently stepping up the ordering of spare parts, due to the production time constraints of the supply chain system, it is expected that production capacity will have to be reduced in September this year.
No one can say for sure how long the market will maintain the popularity of the Comet motorcycle.
The product was announced last year, sales preparations began in March this year, and preheating began in May.
Li Xuewu has done everything he can to sell Comet motorcycles.
This includes contacting the Beijing supply and marketing system and planning to build a direct supply and marketing network under the sales office.
Nowadays, this type of motorcycle can be seen frequently on the streets of Beijing, whether purchased with a ticket or with internal qualifications.
Even Li Xuewu, who is in charge of sales coordination, doesn't dare to say whether the heat will subside by September.
There is no other way if the prices cannot be lowered. Currently motorcycle manufacturers are trying their best to increase production capacity.
But there is still no inventory. The motorcycles produced every day will be loaded onto trains or trucks and shipped to all parts of the country after they come off the assembly line.
The Trade Management Center has taken over the processing of some online sales orders. You heard it right, online.
After testing the quality of Comet motorcycles, some units within the internal supply and marketing network of the trade management platform organized a collective vehicle purchasing activity.
In other words, a unit within a certain platform has recognized the motorcycle, including the employees of that unit.
These motorcycles are purchased in large quantities either in the name of public-to-public procurement of welfare products or in the name of collective purchase and sales.
Of course, Red Star Factory is willing to do this kind of business, which saves a lot of distribution costs and reduces transportation costs.
However, Li Xuewu still maintained a cautious attitude when reviewing the online distribution plan contract submitted by the sales office.
He is not opposed to developing online distribution channels, but requires that the sales office must ensure that all distribution outlets and offline physical demonstration stores across the country have quotas.
Comet Motorcycles must achieve normal distribution and development through multiple channels and must not cause channel losses.
If all distribution depends on the trade management platform, then what is the point of running offline physical stores?
Of course it is a guarantee of quality and service!
The Red Star Factory has only a few joint units in Sichuan Province. If the motorcycles are sold to other people, how to repair and maintain them?
Currently, Red Star Factory’s distribution outlets across the country are not yet able to achieve full coverage.
Therefore, the Comet motorcycle sold very well, and Li Xuewu also demanded that the motorcycle sell even better and longer.
During his investigation at the Tianjin office, he had learned about the market feedback on the motorcycle from business reports.
At the same time, we also learned about the feedback from motorcycle manufacturers, that is, our peers.
In the current motorcycle production field, which generally relies on imports and imitations of 250CC displacement, the Red Star Factory goes the other way and uses the supply chain system to produce 50CC displacement motorcycles.
The selling price was even reduced to less than 500 yuan, resulting in these manufacturers complaining bitterly.
As both are motorcycles, the 250CC one is of course more powerful, but considering the high fuel consumption, complicated repair and maintenance costs, the Comet motorcycle is more cost-effective.
Not to mention the price of less than 500 yuan, just say that after the motorcycle is lightweight, an adult can lift it.
This is unimaginable with a bulky 250CC motorcycle.
There are many cases where people are trapped under motorcycles in car accidents and cannot climb out.
Even if there is no car accident, if the motorcycle falls over, you will not be able to climb out because it is too heavy.
Now that the comet has appeared, mobile departments including electricity, postal services, and communications, which do not require too much power, have chosen to change their original procurement plans.
Even if there are already motorcycles in the unit, they all choose to coordinate the sale and then buy Comet motorcycles.
It's a very simple truth. A motorcycle that even women can ride and is especially fuel-efficient, who wouldn't love it?
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In just the first month after Comet went into mass production, several motorcycle manufacturers approached Red Star Factory.
The units that participated in the automotive parts supply chain conference with the most integrity and participated in the negotiations with the most integrity after the conference must be the motorcycle companies.
The Red Star Factory brought out the Comet, forcing them to change and join the Red Star Factory's supply chain system.
Currently, due to production capacity constraints, Comet Motorcycles have not yet achieved the influence to dominate the national motorcycle sales market.
But in major cities, even on the main streets where there were no Red Star Factory offices, there were Comet motorcycles.
Residents of big cities have the purchasing power to purchase such cheap vehicles.
Therefore, there was no need to wait until the Comet motorcycles were all over the country before those motorcycle manufacturers became scared and surrendered.
Either prepare cash, accept the production model and transformation guidance of the Red Star Factory, purchase and replace assembly line equipment, build a parts warehouse, and join the supply chain system.
Either gradually stop production of existing products, use production equipment to accept orders from the supply chain system, and engage in OEM production.
It can be said that the Red Star Factory's trial in the motorcycle manufacturing field opened up the situation for the automobile manufacturing field.
The Sales Department of Red Star Factory organized participants of the supply chain conference to visit Steel City.
Not only did we visit the automobile industry production lines, but we also visited the motorcycle production lines that have already achieved mass production.
The reason why Comet's production capacity is limited to more than 600 units is that other models of motorcycles are still being produced on the assembly line.
Including 100CC, 250CC, and 500CC.
Therefore, the Red Star Factory, which can quickly produce multiple models of motorcycles on one line, is the winner and is unmatched.
Not only motorcycle companies are afraid, but automobile industry companies are also afraid.
This tactic of killing the chicken to scare the monkey has been very effective. For more than a month, the Trade Management Center has held negotiations and signing ceremonies every day.
All preparations for the signing ceremony were even kept in one conference room, like an assembly line.
Fulfilling the contract requires professional guidance and an inspection team, so the Red Star Factory has specially selected professionals to conduct systematic training.
Including engineers, technicians, accountants, management and so on.
During the implementation process, the transformed industrial plant needs to bear the travel expenses of the team.
Li Xuewu is a conscientious leader of brother units. He did not ask these units to bear the wages of team members.
After all, we are brother units and we have to get along well with each other in the future. How can we learn the tricks that the little devils in later generations used to deal with us?
However, the formation of this professional team has greatly promoted the ongoing personnel changes at the Red Star Factory.
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Why? How do the two relate?
A guidance team requires at least forty to fifty people, and a project takes at least half a year from start to finish.
A behemoth like Factory No. 17 would take at least three to five years to complete.
Therefore, in this automobile industrialization transformation, the Red Star Factory can output at least 2000 technical personnel.
What does 2000 people mean?
The Red Star Factory currently has 9 employees, including the enterprises that are being merged and the Fengcheng No. Machine Factory that has completed the merger and is being digested.
Are 9 multi-skilled workers selected from 2000 people to participate in this project?
wrong!
It was the Red Star Factory that invisibly created two thousand temporary jobs.
Although these positions are time-limited, they do produce real labor results and can generate actual economic benefits.
Don’t I need to pay to receive guidance from the technical team?
Of course it is necessary. Li Xuewu may not ask for the salaries of the employees he is responsible for, but he will never provide free support to the brother units to achieve transformation.
So, these two thousand technical team positions will be maintained for a long time.
During this period, Hongxing Factory will continue to select and promote outstanding talents from the guidance team to suitable positions in the factory.
At the same time, employees with training potential will be replaced into the leadership team.
It was the technical transformation unit that paid Red Star Factory to help and guide industrial transformation, and also had to take on the responsibility of helping Red Star Factory train cadres.
Of course, they did it completely voluntarily.
Even if you don't want to volunteer, there's no way to complain because the guidance team is selected by the Red Star Factory.
Including personnel in government agencies and grassroots personnel, those who have no development potential and cannot meet production needs will go to the labor team.
For those who have potential for development and training and there is currently no suitable position for them in the Red Star Factory, they can go to the Technical Department to guide the team, or the Sales Department and Trade Management Center, etc.
Of course, it cannot be said that those who went to the labor team were all employees who were eliminated by the times.
Hongxing Factory is improving and formulating the engineering team management model to promote the labor team to set up an engineering construction branch next year.
9 people. By the end of this year, the number of employees at the Red Star Factory will reach its peak.
The decision-makers of the factory management committee must fully consider the blood-making ability of the Red Star Factory and ensure that these people can be assigned to suitable positions and make the best use of their talents.
At the office meeting in Tianjin, Li Xuewu talked about the profitability of Sichuan Automobile's deputy general manager's trade management center.
Of course he would not tell the other party the truth, and it was not just ten cents as he said.
The profits of the Trade Management Center are the main economic pillar supporting the construction of the Red Star Factory in the next three years.
In other words, this office, which was responsible for domestic and foreign trade, handled all of the Red Star Factory's financial resources other than the normal budget.
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Of course, starting from this year, Red Star United Savings Bank will gradually become another new growth point for Red Star Factory to achieve external and internal profits.
Sister Xie, also known as Xie Lanzhi, the president of United Savings Bank, came to Tianjin for investigation.
I came here in a hurry to meet Li Xuewu. I was really busy and really concerned about the establishment of the Tianjin branch.
As the first cadre to break out of the Red Star Factory's organizational structure, she had the same opportunities as Dong Wenxue.
It is even better than Zhuang Cangshu's advantage. After all, the initial director of the Trade Management Center was Li Xuewu.
Even now, the Trade Management Center has been handed over to Jing Yunong.
You see, the United Savings Bank is also led by Jing Yunong, but the significance and form are completely different.
The Trade Management Center has both trade and economic characteristics and is managed by two departments.
One is the sales office, which is the supervisory unit and the administrative unit of the trade management center.
The other is the Economic and Trade Leading Group Office with Li Huaide as the group leader and Li Xuewu and Jing Yunong as deputy group leaders.
Although Jing Yunong is also in the Economic and Trade Office, the nature of being responsible for guidance and policy planning requires more from the Trade Management Center.
Importantly, the Trade Management Center has no administrative power within the factory.
This is not the case with the United Savings Bank, which has a more single business model.
As a joint bank, it has a complete administrative management system, and even Jing Yunong, as the chief leader, cannot interfere with its internal administrative arrangements.
As the bank president, Xie Lanzhi's power far exceeds that of Zhuang Cangshuo, and her equal is indeed Dong Wenxue.
Therefore, facing the board-like organization established by the Red Star Factory and Dongcheng Credit Union, the greater the rights Xie Lanzhi enjoyed, the greater the responsibilities she bore and the greater the pressure she faced.
This year we will complete the construction of the Beijing head office, as well as the Tianjin branch, Beijing branch and Gangcheng branch.
Next year, the development of United Savings Bank will expand along with the construction of business outlets of Red Star Factory in several major cities, including Yingcheng, Jicheng, Fengcheng, Bingcheng, etc.
Only by investing in and operating more branches can we provide more extensive services for trade, absorb savings and carry out economic activities.
Only by carrying out more extensive economic activities can money make money and bring greater economic benefits to the Red Star Factory.
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In the next three years, Red Star Factory will fully absorb and accept these 90,000 people and meet their survival and welfare needs within the Red Star Factory.
And three years later, more than 10,000 of them were transferred to the newly built steel rolling mill of Beijing Industry.
The other 80,000 people, on the basis of fully releasing the production capacity of the Red Star Factory, implemented a three-shift work system to strengthen and accelerate production and construction.
At the same time, we need to establish multiple specialized factories and branches, especially construction companies, to support the Red Star Factory.
Hongxing Factory is seeking more joint venture units to participate and incubate more projects.
Because in order to achieve promotion and group formation within three years by swallowing an elephant like a snake, it is imperative to prevent the danger of being blown up.
Allied industries and tertiary industries should take on more workers and carry out more industrial production projects.
The industrial ecological system and integrated industrial zone created by Gangcheng are designed for these people.
Red Star Factory has so many good projects, why doesn’t it do it itself?
First, there is no money, and second, there are too many people.
The emergence of any hit product is an encouragement to the entrepreneurial development of Red Star Factory and a support for the credibility of the corporate brand.
The motorcycle project received an investment of 500 million, and the car project also received an investment of 500 million.
Has all this money been spent on the project?
Of course not. This is just the money that Red Star Factory earned from selling its joint venture qualification, which can also be understood as shares.
Dongcheng Credit Union obtained the original shares, and although it was an investment at a premium, the current popularity of Comet motorcycles naturally gave it enough self-confidence and generous returns.
With the successful investment case of Dongcheng Credit Union, Hongxing Factory will also receive financial and resource support for other projects.
As long as the products made by Red Star Factory continue to be popular, their assets and business scale will continue to grow like a snowball, and their capital chain will become increasingly strong.
Persevere for three years, give Red Star Factory three years to slowly consume the elephant in its stomach, and after three years, Red Star Factory will be the elephant.
By then, we will be able to definitely support 70,000 to 80,000 employees, and we can use these 70,000 to 80,000 people to leverage more industrial production benefits.
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The hurricane called Comet, which blew from the Red Star Factory from the beginning of the year to the middle of the year and then blew hard from the middle of the year, has not yet passed, and a hurricane called Antelope has risen again.
Compared with the Comet, a woman with a whimsical vibe, the Red Star Antelope, as a landmark product of the automotive industry, appears more stable.
While Li Xuewu was conducting research in Gangcheng and Tianjin, the automobile manufacturing plant in Gangcheng brought the good news of the experimental mass production of the Antelope.
This car, which has been hyped by Red Star Factory since last year, is finally coming to the market.
Yes, experimental mass production.
Due to the production pressure during the mass production of Comet motorcycles, the automobile manufacturer made more adequate preparations.
In the early stage of debugging equipment and trial production, more than one hundred units were secretly produced and put into the market for testing.
After receiving good market response and evaluation, we started to prepare for mass production more fully.
Stock up more spare parts, train more workers, enrich and simplify the management of industrial areas, etc.
For experimental mass production, the automobile manufacturer immediately put into operation a two-shift system.
The daily production capacity has been increased to 240 units. If the market can quickly consume this production capacity, the automobile manufacturer will implement a three-shift work system.
Automobile production lines need better workers, younger, with more physical strength and mental concentration, with training potential and faster execution.
Once the assembly line starts, the work area and working hours must be strictly controlled. Workers cannot work slowly and follow the car, otherwise it will be a mess.
Older workers can make parts, but they definitely cannot last on the assembly line, which is both a physical and technical job.
Therefore, in this era, when it comes to training an employee who cannot be easily fired and when job skills and conditions are high, automobile manufacturers must carefully consider whether they need to meet production capacity needs.
If the market's acceptance rate plummets, training so many workers will be wasted, and it will undoubtedly be a loss if they are transferred to other positions.
Therefore, the daily production of 240 vehicles has already surpassed the production capacity of Beijing Automobile Factory, but whether it can be accepted by the market?
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“Except for special application vehicles and the small vehicle team, all official vehicles in the factory have been replaced with Gazelle.”
The person responsible for picking up Li Xuewu and his party was Zhang Shicheng, the new director of the External Liaison Office of the Management Committee.
That is, he is the secretary in Cheng Kaiyuan's court, and he took over Sha Qizhi's job.
"When I came out this morning, I applied to my leader for a car, and the deputy director of the division mentioned your car."
Zhang Shicheng and Li Xuewu were sitting in the same row of seats. Zhang Shicheng smiled and reported, "The command vehicle you are using now is not very suitable."
"Um--"
Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, Deputy Director of the Division. I really have never thought about this issue."
"I understand you better."
Zhang Shicheng smiled and said, "I've seen that car. It has more professional equipment, but it is a modified one after all."
"And, as the designer of the Red Star Oryx, perhaps you should set an example?"
He used a question here, which seemed very humorous. Seeing Li Xuewu laugh, he also laughed.
"I also heard that Director Li once approved a Volga M24 for you, but you rejected it, right?"
"Well, it's not a rejection."
Li Xuewu looked at the scenery outside the window. The air blowing in through the window was hot air. Especially at that time, the bus technology was not mature and the road conditions were not good, so the ride was very bumpy.
He paused and explained, "That quota was given to the Tianjin Trade Management Office for use as an official reception vehicle."
"You are a man of high character."
Zhang Shicheng said with sincerity and admiration: "If the leader gave me such a good car, I would be reluctant to give it up."
"Hehehe——"
Li Xuewu chuckled, turned around and looked at him, and asked, "How is your new position?"
He looked at the other person. He no longer had the cautiousness he once had as a secretary. Now he looked full of energy and vigor.
"We have to thank Deputy Director Sha for his good work!"
Zhang Shicheng was very good at speaking. He certainly knew who Sha Qizhi was, so he had to thank him at this time.
Of course, the Deputy Director Sha here is not Sha Qizhi’s original position as Deputy Director of the General Office of the Security Department, but the Deputy Director of the Trade Management Center.
"During the handover, Deputy Director Sha gave me a lot of help and introduced all the working relationships to me."
Zhang Shicheng spoke very sincerely, nodded and said: "After I took over, the team of the External Affairs Office worked smoothly and continued to serve the leaders and the factory. This is my biggest gain."
"Haha, I'm optimistic about you."
Li Xuewu chuckled and didn't care that the other party put the leaders before the factory among the service objects.
While sizing him up, he nodded and praised, "You have potential in this area."
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Zhou Miaomiao, who was sitting in the back listening to their conversation, was suddenly startled. Why did these words sound so familiar?
Peng Xiaoli, who was sitting next to her, had his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he was about to fall asleep.
But the conversation between the leader and Zhang Shicheng came clearly into his ears.
This guy is really a "descendant of a Zhongshan wolf, he becomes rampant when he succeeds."
He's only been in office for a few days, and he already dares to stand up and pass messages on behalf of others.
Everyone can see the significance of Shi Ruoweng's return, but why did Li Xuewu choose to go out for research at this time?
Zhang Shicheng has followed Cheng Kaiyuan for such a long time, can't you see that?
Peng Xiaoli knew that he did it on purpose.
Whether it was Cheng Kaiyuan's instruction, or how he got together with Shi Ruoweng, or some hint he got from Li Huaide.
In short, the one who dared to persuade Li Xuewu to change his car right away has come to the end of his life.
Whether Shi Ruoweng wanted to show goodwill or demonstrate, it is quite interesting to use Zhang Shicheng to test Li Xuewu.
He probably hasn't met Li Xuewu during the days when he was called back to Red Star Factory by Director Li.
Perhaps he sensed the meaning of Li Xuewu's field research, including his trips to Yingcheng and Tianjin.
After all, he had been in Yingcheng for more than half a year. What was Li Xuewu doing in Yingcheng?
Another thing is that Xie Lanzhi, president of the United Savings Bank, suddenly made an arrangement to go to Tianjin for research.
The profound meaning here is too great. Shi Ruoweng had undergone education in labor reform in Yingcheng, and he would panic at the slightest sign of trouble.
The core purpose of arranging Zhang Shicheng to test and remove those superficial nonsense is only one, that is to determine whether Li Xuewu has put him in the target position.
In other words: should we kill him?
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"Comrades, you have all worked hard. I will say less."
Li Xuewu stood beside the bus, looked at the research team and said, "Today is Monday, which is the busiest time in the factory."
"The leader is eager to know the results of our research, so I am very sorry."
"Hehehe——"
Everyone has learned from the research itinerary that they will not have the day off on Sunday and will have to continue working after returning today.
But this cannot be blamed on Li Xuewu, after all, the leader also accompanies them to work.
That’s how it was at that time. Even on Sundays, the factory would organize voluntary labor.
Like cleaning the workshop, refurbishing parts, repairing this and that, there is no proper rest time anyway.
But since the leader has made it clear and has made enough gestures, everyone should naturally give him face.
Li Xuewu looked at everyone and smiled, then he also smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I'll be the boss for once, Saturday!"
"All members of the research team should go back and explain to the person in charge that I said you should have Saturday off."
After he finished speaking, some of the dozen or so people had not yet reacted, while some had already reacted, and when they saw that the others were silent, they also half-smiled.
Zhou Miaomiao was the bravest one and said with a smile, "Boss, what you mean is that we have two consecutive days off on Saturday and Sunday, right, boss?"
"That's right——"
Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, saying, "I can't decide my own workday, but I can decide your workday."
"Oh--"
After confirming the break time, the dozen or so people laughed in unison and cheered and applauded.
Li Xuewu smiled and nodded to everyone and said, "I have already given you the holiday supplement, but the research report——"
"Leader, you don't need to tell me, I'll write it now!"
"That's right! Boss, we can definitely sort it out before the end of get off work today!"
……
Everyone agreed at once, and after Li Xuewu smiled and waved his hand, they dispersed.
They rushed back to their respective office buildings carrying their luggage and gifts, racing against time to complete their tasks.
“The comrades are very enthusiastic!”
Zhang Shicheng smiled and said, "I need to learn more from you, the leader, in terms of management and inspiring people."
"Although not taking a holiday is also a work and organizational need, taking a day off can be more inspiring and motivate work enthusiasm."
"Director Zhang, you are already very capable now," Peng Xiaoli interjected at the right time, "I have to learn a lot from you in terms of humility."
"Hahaha--"
Zhang Shicheng smiled and shook hands with Li Xuewu, glanced at Peng Xiaoli and said goodbye.
The trap in his words just now was too obvious, and it would be inappropriate for Li Xuewu to speak or not.
However, since Peng Xiaoli was next to him, it seemed that his words were not directed at Li Xuewu, but at Peng Xiaoli.
"interesting--"
Li Xuewu glanced at the other person's back and said to Peng Xiaoli, "Learn from him. Look at him."
"Yes, leader——"
Peng Xiaoli curled his lips and looked at Zhang Shicheng's back with contempt and ridicule.
Of course, the leader did not mean for him to learn from the other party, but to remind him to keep an eye on the other party.
Just listen and follow the instructions. What is there for him to learn from Zhang Shicheng? There is nothing he can't learn by following a leader.
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"Hello, Deputy Director Li..."
Li Xuewu turned around and was about to walk towards the main office building to report to Li Huaide when he heard a greeting.
"Oh, Zhou Tan?"
He smiled and nodded, motioned to Zhou Miaomiao who was standing beside him and asked, "Are you here to pick up your date?"
"Yes--"
Zhou Tan pushed his glasses on his nose a little embarrassedly and explained, "I asked for leave from the factory to prepare for my marriage."
He gestured to Zhou Miaomiao and said, "Miaomiao will also ask for leave from the factory. We..."
"No need to invite me, I'll just tell the HR department later."
Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Others are busy with the research summary report, so they only came to work today."
He looked at Zhou Miaomiao and said, "Comrade Zhou Miaomiao told me that you plan to register your marriage tomorrow?"
"It's a good thing——"
Seeing Zhou Tan nod, he smiled and said, "Congratulations on your marriage. You've worked hard this time. Take a few more days off during your wedding leave."
"Thank you, Deputy Director Li—"
Zhou Miaomiao thanked him with a smile, and then explained to Zhou Tan: "Deputy Director Li promised me that he would help me apply for ten more days of leave."
"Ah! Really—"
Zhou Tan glanced at her in surprise, then turned back to look at Li Xuewu gratefully and said, "Thank you for your care, leader."
"I know you arranged for her to go on the research trip to take care of us..."
"Hey--"
Li Xuewu smiled and waved his hand, saying politely: "I can't help much, don't be polite."
He gestured to Zhou Miaomiao and said, "I just want to cheer Comrade Zhou Miaomiao up and encourage her."
"This is already a great help to me."
Zhou Miaomiao tidied the hair beside her ears and said, "I won't disturb you from working. Let's go back."
"Well, congratulations again."
Li Xuewu smiled and waved his hand. When he saw them leave, he said to Peng Xiaoli, "Look at them. You should also work harder."
"……yes……"
Peng Xiaoli's mouth twitched, but he suppressed his impulse and agreed.
What can he say, say that I like your sister and you asked me to work hard?
I want to tell it, but you have to promise not to beat me to death!
Also, it’s fine for me to “learn” from Zhang Shicheng, but what can I learn from Zhou Tan and Zhou Miaomiao?
I don't want to learn from them!
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"dad--"
As soon as Li Xuewu entered the yard, he saw Li Shu running towards him enthusiastically.
"Dad, I miss you so much—"
"Hey, hey, your dad is here!"
Li Xuewu squatted down with amusement, twisted his daughter's face with his hands and said: "You missed me, look at me!"
"I-I-I've been missing you so much--"
Li Shu's attention has been attracted by the box that Uncle Han moved out from the back of the car.
There was obviously less anticipation and more coping in what I said to my father at this moment.
Even the words "I miss you" sounded perfunctory. She put her little hands around his neck and kicked her legs to get him to hold her.
What about holding it up?
"I want to see—"
Li Shu was held in her father's arms, and she stretched her neck to look at what was in the box that her uncle moved into the yard.
"It seems that you are not thinking about me, but the delicious food——"
Li Xuewu said regretfully: "Well, since Li Shu doesn't miss me, let Uncle Han take all these delicious foods home."
"No! I, I missed you—"
When Li Shu heard her father say this, she reluctantly turned her gaze away from the car.
She tried her best to act serious, cupped her father's face with her little hands and kissed him, saying, "I really missed you."
"Really? I don't believe it—"
Li Xuewu looked at his daughter suspiciously, pointed to the other side of her face and said, "Unless you kiss daddy again."
"MUA——"
Li Shu gave him an exaggerated kiss, with a helpless expression as if dealing with an old father, and asked, "Is it okay now?"
"That depends on your performance in the future."
Li Xuewu pretended to be arrogant and said: "But your performance just now deserves a new toy as a reward."
"Hahaha--"
Li Shu, who was about to pout because of her father's first sentence, laughed out loud because of the second half of his sentence.
She pouted and gestured to the house, asking her father to find the new toy he brought back for her.
"Why did you buy so many things?"
Liu Yin held the fat Li Ning in her arms and stood in the hallway. When she saw the father and son enter the house, she asked, "Aren't you going to Tianjin?"
"A friend gave it to me." Li Xuewu put his daughter on the floor and said to Ji Yuxiu who was waiting at the entrance, "Yuxiu is here."
"Second brother——"
Ji Yuxiu greeted with a smile and took the initiative to help Li Xuewu take the luggage in his hands.
"Knowing that you would be back today, I came to your house to wait for you."
"You don't usually come?"
Li Xuewu didn't rush to ask her why she came. If there was anything urgent, she could call his office.
Another thing is that Ji Yuxiu is now a cadre of the branch, so it is very convenient for him to just come and see him.
"Aren't you usually busy?"
Ji Yuxiu smiled and found a reason that was not a reason, but she also knew that her second brother would not care about it.
She seldom comes here on weekdays, one reason being that she is very busy with work, and the other is that her future mother-in-law is here, and she is a little afraid of Li Xuewu.
So, we can only come here once a month, and the rest of the time we only get together when Li Xuewu's family returns to the courtyard.
"Jingru went to buy soy sauce and will be back soon."
Seeing Li Xuewu glance at the luggage at the door, which was just brought in by Han Jiankun, Liu Yin explained.
She gestured upstairs and said, "You've been tired all day. You can't rest after your business trip. Go take a shower and change your clothes first."
"Okay, tell Jingru to prepare two more dishes to entertain Yuxiu."
He teased his son and said jokingly, "So that your third daughter-in-law won't come to see you."
"How can there be——"
Ji Yuxiu said embarrassedly: "Second brother, you are harming me!"
"Go ahead, make a scene—"
Liu Yin patted her son with a smile, signaling him to hurry upstairs, "We'll have dinner when Xiao Ning comes back."
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"You're not going to eat?"
Li Xuewu glanced at his daughter who was still playing with toys on the sofa and reminded her, "Dad has to eat all the delicious food."
"Cuckoo-"
Li Shu couldn't stand her father's tickling and twisted her body with a crisp laugh.
She held up the toy in her hand and said, "Daddy, I like this."
"Okay, as long as my daughter likes it," Li Xuewu said seriously, "I'll buy it for Li Shu when Dad goes on a business trip to Tianjin again, okay?"
"it is good--"
Li Shu put down the iron tank in her hand very obediently, hugged her father's neck and said, "Then Dad, you should work hard and try to go on more business trips."
"hehe--"
Li Xuewu was so angry at his daughter that he almost laughed. I'm not even 70 or 80 years old yet, are you trying to chase me away?
"Okay, Dad, work hard and go on more business trips, so that Li Shu can miss you more often, right?"
He carried his daughter to the restaurant, wanting to correct her thoughts, as a positive education of love.
Li Shu did not need his education and maintained her innocence and integrity.
"Dad, actually if you don't buy me toys, I will miss you all the time—"
She patted her belly, indicating that it was her dad she was thinking about.
"Ah, my daughter is so nice."
Li Xuewu walked into the restaurant and praised with a smile: "Does Dad still need to buy toys for my daughter in the future?"
"Dad, what I mean is," Li Shu was put on the dining chair by her father. She tried hard to organize her words and said, "I miss you so much, are you embarrassed not to buy me a toy?"
"Hahaha--"
Everyone in the restaurant laughed. Liu Yin tapped her granddaughter's nose and said angrily, "You clever little thing!"
"Well, if you can get your dad involved, that's fine!"
Qin Jingru smiled and gave Li Shu a thumbs up, teasing her, "When you grow up, you might become more capable of acting like a spoiled child."
"You have too many tricks——"
After Li Xuewu sat down, he glanced at his daughter with a smile and said, "Who did you learn this from? Can't you learn from your father?"
"Are all these ideas not enough?"
Liu Yin knew her son too well, so she joked, "If he continues to learn from you, I'm afraid no one will be able to control him."
"whee--"
Li Shu seemed to know that everyone was talking about her, and she smiled and said, "I want to learn, I want to be as beautiful as my mother."
“Oh my, this is terrible—”
Ji Yuxiu looked at Li Shu with a smile and said, "Your father asked you to learn more from him, and you really learned it."
"If you can coax your mother well, no one in this family will be able to control you."