Communication with the city reached a deadlock under Li Huaide's instruction, and all channels were isolated.

The city seems to have understood the attitude and confidence of the steel rolling mill, and has not arranged for anyone to come to the mill to coordinate or communicate.

A lake seems to have fallen into its previous calm after making waves, but the calmer it is, the more violent the storm is.

Everyone watching this confrontation was very cautious. Even if they inquired about the situation, they were treating guests to dinner in private.

The leaders of the steel rolling mill seemed to be planning something or preparing something. Each one of them seemed mysterious and reclusive.

Except for the trip to Tianjin that was finalized last month, there are no other outings planned.

On April 3rd, Thursday, Li Xuewu came out of the conference room and was about to go downstairs when he was stopped by Xue Zhifu.

"Deputy Director Li, please wait a moment."

Xue Zhifu waved to him, said a few words to the secretary next to him, then came over, patted his arm and said, "Tell me something."

The two of them walked a few steps into his office and then said: "Comrade Zhennan just called and said that there were engineering problems that needed to be reported."

Waving his hand, he motioned for Li Xuewu to sit on the sofa first, and he made hot tea himself.

"You know the tea here. Reciprocity is purely a face-saving project."

Holding two cups of tea, one was placed in front of Li Xuewu and the other was placed next to him.

He turned around and took the tea cup on the desk and refilled the hot water, and said: "Actually, I told my classmate that you don't have to think about me every year."

"But it's hard to refuse such kindness. It came by mail."

Xue Zhifu sat on the sofa with a teacup in hand, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Sometimes I am confused, I don't know what to give in return?"

"It's expensive, inappropriate, cheap, and sentimental. It must not fall into the cliché, but it must also highlight elegance and thoughtfulness, and it must have local characteristics."

He spread his hands and looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Tell me, what are the local specialties in our capital?"

"That's a lot. It's the most famous souvenir, let me think about it."

Li Xuewu crossed his legs and shook his head pretending to be thoughtful. Then he pointed his fingers at Xue Zhifu's dumbfounded expression as he held the tea cup and said, "I know, cadres. There are only so many cadres in Beijing!"

"Don't think about what to give to your friends."

He waved his hand and said: "Look at the cadres in our capital who are getting rich. If you give them a dozen or twenty, don't look back for them."

"Tsk-hahaha!"

Xue Zhifu was also amused by Li Xuewu and almost spilled the teacup he was holding.

He couldn't drink anymore. He put down the teacup and nodded. Li Xuewu said: "You, you can't stop talking without surprising, but you can always answer the question clearly with one sentence!"

"You are joking. How can I understand what you are saying? We are talking about souvenirs, right?"

Li Xuewu smiled and blinked his eyes, and said: "I'm a little obsessed with this. If you are really in trouble, I will introduce you to him."

He moved the tea cup in front of him and said, "I can't get anything that's too Gapu, but there's absolutely no problem with something that's quite characteristic of the capital city."

"Take a look, I'm telling you there's absolutely no problem telling you about this, I'm sure you have an idea!"

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure moving at the door, and he cleverly ended the topic.

Dong Dong——

Lang Zhennan, who was in charge of the engineering business of the logistics team, knocked on the door and came in. He smiled and nodded and said, "Deputy Director Xue, Deputy Director Li."

"Oh, Zhennan, come on, I was just about to talk about your business." Xue Zhifu waved his hand to indicate where the tea cups were placed and said, "It's a project problem, right?"

"Yes, I just had a meeting this morning to sort it out. I want to report it to you."

Lang Zhennan sat in his seat, nodded with Li Xuewu, and reported to Xue Zhifu: "On the 31st, I received a notice from the factory office that all construction projects in the Beijing area under the Engineering Management Command Center have been suspended."

"As of today, the fourth day, the direct economic loss caused by the shutdown is as high as 170,000 yuan."

He handed a document report to Xue Zhifu and said: "According to the estimation of the command center, every time the shutdown time exceeds one day, the losses of various parts will increase exponentially."

"Boss, the engineering side doesn't know much about the current communication situation between the factory and the city about the project, so..."

"You want to ask about the exact time to resume work, right?" Xue Zhifu turned over the report in his hand, handed it to Li Xuewu opposite, and said: "What I can tell you is that I don't know, and I'm waiting too."

He looked at Lang Zhennan, gestured in the direction of Li Xuewu and said: "It depends on the comrades in charge of this business how to deal with the problem safely and quickly, or even once and for all."

"That……"

Lang Zhennan understood what the leader meant, and tentatively looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Can Deputy Director Li give us a specific time point, so that we can arrange the next project?"

"Well - the project plan, right?"

Li Xuewu scratched the scar on his face and looked carefully at the documents in his hand. They were listed in great detail. It seemed that Lang Zhennan had done his homework.

He placed the document on his right hand, frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "It's hard to give you an exact time, but you have to be mentally prepared for a long-term shutdown."

"Listen to me-"

Just when Lang Zhennan's face changed drastically after hearing his words, he was about to speak, but he interrupted again: "It doesn't necessarily take that long to prepare you."

Li Xuewu nodded his head and reminded him: "If you think about it carefully, the root of the problem is not the project and river reclamation itself."

"I don't quite understand why we should use engineering construction as a bargaining chip in games or negotiations?"

Lang Zhennan frowned and said: "There is a time cost for every extra day of delay in labor, materials, machinery, etc. on the construction site."

"Listen to me, I know all this"

Li Xuewu raised his hand and pressed it, and said: "It is precisely because the game has reached the most critical stage that your project will be affected."

"Deputy Director Xue should know that Director Li doesn't want this either. He is more anxious than anyone else. He wants the new workers' village and the headquarters building to be completed tomorrow."

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Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said: "Some people will not give us this time, let alone this space."

He pointed his finger at the report and said: "What they are stuck on is the period when we are taking steps forward, and they want to strangle our lifeblood."

"The loss of 170,000 yuan is very serious. It is enough for United Trade to work hard for a long time. Believe me."

Li Xuewu looked at him and said: "I, Deputy Director Xue, and Director Li are all heartbroken."

"yes--"

Xue Zhifu shook his head slightly and sighed: "This is all our hard-earned money. We have worked hard for a year and finally saved a little money. I thought about cleaning up the house and marrying a wife. What happened?"

He spread his hands and said, "People say this house can be built, and my wife is his!"

"So, at this time, don't care about 170,000 or 710,000."

Li Xuewu looked at Lang Zhennan seriously and said: "Even if it is 7.1 million, we have to fight this battle. We cannot lose, and we cannot afford to lose."

"Please comfort me and coordinate with me below."

Xue Zhifu calmly and calmly faced Lang Zhennan and gave the economic loss report.

It can be said that this report came out too late and was meaningless, because Li Huaide didn't want to watch it at all and had to issue an order.

But then again, this report is actually a long time coming and should have been released during the negotiations.

Why did Li Xuewu keep that report in his hands? He was just thinking, how much is 170,000 in three days and thirty days?

The steel rolling mill has many projects and heavy tasks today, but the key construction projects are all in the steel city and there is no fear of delays.

Even the workers' new village project is a big three-year project. It doesn't matter if the construction period is shorter by one month. At worst, it will be one year later in promotion and one year later in realizing groupization.

Even if this egg is broken, I still have to give a hard knock to the tough people in the city and kill those evil ways and evil spirits.

Not to mention that Lao Li is angry, even Li Xuewu has had enough of this anger.

In the early stage, several working groups were organized to make the big study activity a mess.

Later, when there were mergers and reorganizations of bankrupt factories, it was really uncomfortable to take advantage of the progress of the steel rolling mill to drive the backwardness.

Now, the development plan of the steel rolling mill cannot be synchronized with the city's expectations, so they are resorting to the same thing, and I don't know who taught them.

Lang Zhennan looked at Li Xuewu, who was serious, and Xue Zhifu, who was frowning slightly, with some surprise, and asked: "Is it possible to negotiate peace?"

Li Xuewu looked at Xue Zhifu opposite, and when he saw him looking at him, he gave a cold voice and said: "The war can start by shouting from the other side, but we cannot let them shout that it is over. This matter is not over yet."

"The basis for peace talks is equality and mutual trust, as long as the other party does not show an accurate attitude."

He shook his head slightly and said: "It is really possible that the Red Star Group will be located in other provinces."

After saying this, Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, turned to look at Lang Zhennan and said with a smile: "I heard that your hometown is in Shaanxi Province?"

Seeing Lang Zhennan frowning and looking at him, Li Xuewu raised his head slightly and said, "Have you ever considered returning to your hometown to work? It's much closer to your hometown."

He waved his hand and joked to Xue Zhifu: "The person who invited Kuang Yusheng to dinner last night was the deputy director of the Beijing Office of Shaanxi Province. He gave him a detailed introduction to the beautiful Jiangnan in northern Shaanxi, and the red mountain flowers here."

"Hehehe - they picked it up!"

Xue Zhifu chuckled lightly, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of hot tea, and said: "I really don't care if I want to go to Shaanxi Province. I just want to see the magnanimity and style of the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties."

"Deputy Team Leader Lang seems reluctant to return to his hometown?"

Li Xuewu looked to the other side and joked: "Is it the water in my hometown that is not beautiful anymore, or is it the people that are not beautiful anymore?"

Lang Zhennan took a deep breath, shook his head slightly and said: "How dare you return to your hometown if you have no face to see your parents?"

He also got angry in a hurry, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of it and said: "My father also told me that after planting the land for a few more years, when he can no longer walk, he would come to the capital to join me."
To be continued...