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Before he arrived, Zhao Tehan had strong reservations about the fact that all the new machine tools in the country were controlled by the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

He believes that Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill's practice of charging other factories a handling fee for purchasing new machine tools is nothing short of speculation and profiteering.

If it is for the long-term development of the metallurgical system, then no handling fees should be charged to other factories, and the new machine tools should be sold to other factories at the original price without any compensation.

Upon seeing that Zhao Tehan had immediately set his sights on the new machine tool and wanted to take over the whole project, Li Huaide revealed a hint of disdain.

In fact, other metallurgical plants have also tried to connect with John Bull.

They somehow got hold of Allen's company's phone number and found someone fluent in a foreign language to communicate with them privately.

However, the accent alone posed a significant obstacle, making communication difficult and stumbling.

They finally managed to reach an agreement and paid a huge phone bill, but Allen didn't trust them at all.

Regardless of the relationship between Allen and Xiao Shan, simply because of the large number of orders from Hongxing Steel Mill, Allen's company would not disrupt this cooperative relationship.

It was precisely because other metallurgical plants and Allen's company had all failed to make contact that Li Huaide was extremely disdainful of Zhao Tehan's petty schemes.

Li Huaide didn't believe it. So many metallurgical plants couldn't handle it, yet Zhao Tehan, a new inspector, could?

When Xiao Shan saw that Zhao Tehan was actually using him as a scapegoat, he naturally wouldn't be polite to him: "Inspector Zhao, since you've already made up your mind, then let's do it your way!"

After saying that, Xiao Shan put away the notebook and pen on the table and left the conference room without looking back.

As soon as Xiao Shan got up to leave, Zhou Bangqiu, the Minister of Foreign Trade, also packed up his things on the table with a sullen face and followed Xiao Shan away.

The deal for this new machine tool was negotiated by their foreign trade department and Xiaoshan together in John Bull.

Now that Zhao Tehan has come here and wants to do this kind of thing—discarding the millstone after it has served its purpose—he naturally won't sit idly by and wait to die.

As soon as Zhou Bangqiu left, several leaders from the Ministry of Foreign Trade naturally followed him.

Then Xiong Dingxi and others, who had a good relationship with Xiao Shan, also got up and left.

Soon, less than half the people remained in the conference room.

Seeing this scene, Li Huaide's face was serious, but his heart was bursting with joy!

Zhao Tehan wanted to take control of the most important things at the steel rolling mill as soon as he arrived. If we didn't give him a hard time, he really wouldn't know who was in charge!

Faced with this situation, Zhao Tehan was somewhat bewildered!

It seemed to be the first time he had encountered so many subordinates who didn't take him seriously.

Zhao Tehan was unaware that large factories like Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill always prioritized output and revenue.

Although Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill was a state-owned factory, many large state-owned factories have gone bankrupt due to poor management.

Therefore, at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, rank is not everything.

"Director Li, it seems that the leaders and cadres of our steel rolling mill have quite a temper!" Zhao Tehan, having lost face, said to Li Huaide in a sarcastic tone, "You, the director, haven't even left yet, and they dare to leave the meeting first."

Li Huaide gave Zhao Tehan a wry smile: "Inspector Zhao, you'll get used to it! All the department heads in our steel rolling mill have raised their voices in front of me, so leaving early is no big deal!"

What Li Huaide said wasn't wrong.

Nowadays, the welfare and benefits of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill are getting better and better, and people in all departments truly regard Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill as their life's work. Everyone puts the interests of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill first.

Therefore, these leaders often clashed with Li Huaide in his office over some internal decisions at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, and Li Huaide had almost gotten used to it.

After all, his wallet had visibly bulged ever since he started accepting gifts from other metallurgical factories.

When you have money, your temper naturally improves!

Upon hearing Li Huaide's words, Zhao Tehan became so angry that he could hardly breathe.

After calming himself down, Zhao Tehan looked at Li Huaide and said, "Director Li, it seems we need to tighten up discipline in our steel rolling mill!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we really need to crack down on this!" Li Huaide said with a smile.

As far as Li Huaide was concerned, he couldn't be happier that Zhao Tehan would do more things at the steel rolling mill.

In this way, if the steel rolling mill's output eventually becomes problematic, they can simply oust it!

Even if I can't kick him out, I can at least make him afraid to boss me around or raise his voice in front of me in the future!

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Seeing how easy Li Huaide was to talk to, Zhao Tehan couldn't help but show a suspicious look on his face.

After staring at Li Huaide for a long time without seeing anything wrong, Zhao Tehan could only nod and say, "Since Director Li also agrees to enforce discipline, I will go back and draft an attendance system. I will ask Director Li to give me his opinion on it!"

"No problem, no problem!" Li Huaide said calmly.

At this moment, Zhao Tehan beckoned to his secretary next to him, and then said to Li Huaide, "Director Li, let me introduce you. This is my secretary, Secretary Qian."

"Before I came here, I specifically sent him to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study English for three months. After that, he was put in charge of liaising with the machine tool company in John Bull."

"After he becomes familiar with the order tasks of John Bull Machine Tool Company, I will arrange for him to open training courses in the national metallurgical system, so that every metallurgical plant can independently purchase machine tools!"

After hearing Zhao Tehan's words, Li Huaide's expression turned slightly unpleasant.

Zhao Tehan is trying to use the machine tool issue as a stepping stone to pave the way for his own future!

After all, if he successfully popularizes the new machine tools in metallurgical factories across the country, his future will be bright.

However, doing so would cause Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill to lose a significant amount of machine tool handling fees.

Zhao Tehan is trying to climb up the ranks by stepping over the corpses of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill!

Since that's the case, then we can't blame him!

As far as Li Huaide was concerned, if Zhao Tehan was genuinely doing this for the future development of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, he would be willing to offer some advice.

But now it seems that Zhao Tehan is not much more noble than him.

Then there's no need for me to be polite with him!

So Li Huaide simply followed Zhao Tehan's lead and said, "Since Inspector Zhao has already made up his mind, let's do it according to Inspector Zhao's idea!"

After saying that, Li Huaide tidied up the things on the table and left the conference room.

Seeing Li Huaide get up and leave, the other steel rolling mill cadres naturally followed suit.

Seeing that only he and Secretary Qian remained in the conference room, Zhao Tehan was dissatisfied, but he had achieved his goal and did not want to cause any more trouble.

So Zhao Tehan instructed Secretary Qian: "Secretary Qian, go find Xiao Shan this afternoon and take over the machine tool business from him!"

Secretary Qian stood respectfully beside Zhao Tehan and nodded, saying, "Please rest assured, leader, I will definitely do my job well!"

After all, this new machine tool is a matter of great importance, and if I do it well, it will be of great benefit to me.

After Li Huaide returned to his office, the heads of every department in the steel rolling mill soon arrived at his office.

"Factory manager, this Inspector Zhao doesn't seem to have any good intentions!"

"Yes! He's interfered with the new machine tools as soon as he arrived. He's sacrificing the factory's interests to pave the way for his own personal gain!"

"Exactly! Besides, we don't collect these fees for nothing. Over the years, we've sent our machine tool repair personnel to various locations all over the country to repair machine tools for everyone. Moreover, our factory is also responsible for liaison with the port. Do you think we're making this money for nothing?!"

"Exactly! Our factory's transportation department, communications department, logistics department... every department has put in a lot of effort to connect the machine tools. For him to come here and snatch the fruits of victory is really going too far!"

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The reason why the welfare and benefits of steel rolling mills have become so good now is largely due to the handling fees for these new machine tools.

Secondly, the profits of steel rolling mills have increased.

The problem is that most of the steel rolling mill's profits are handed over to the government.

Only a small portion was kept to pay workers' wages and subsidies.

Therefore, the current welfare and benefits of the steel rolling mill really depend on the extra income from the handling fees of the new machine tools.

If the fees for new machine tools are no longer paid, not only will the welfare subsidies for these cadres disappear, but the welfare subsidies for the workers will also be cancelled.

It should be noted that both they and the workers in the workshop have become accustomed to the current benefits and subsidies.

If the benefits and subsidies are canceled and the workers start a riot, then everyone present will suffer the consequences!

After all, in this day and age, workers are still the masters of the country, and not just anyone can bully them!

"I know all that you're saying!" Li Huaide waved his hand at everyone, signaling them to calm down. "But Inspector Zhao was sent from above. As the saying goes, a new broom sweeps clean, so we should give him some face!"

"Furthermore, if we want the factory to develop in the long term, we must make sure that Inspector Zhao knows which measures are good for the factory and which are bad for it!"

Although Li Huaide's words were very tactful, everyone present instantly understood his meaning.

Yes, if we don't do as Inspector Zhao says now, he will definitely complain to his superiors that the steel mill is disobeying orders.

When the higher-ups hold them accountable, they won't know how to answer.

It would be better to let Inspector Zhao cause trouble first. Once the factory's output drops significantly, the higher-ups will definitely intervene.

Then everyone can blame all the mistakes on Inspector Zhao's three fires, since they were just cooperating with Inspector Zhao's wrong decisions.

Besides, they did resist, but because Inspector Zhao was sent by higher-ups, they couldn't fight against the powerful!

As a result, Zhao, the supervisor, will definitely be criticized or even punished by the higher authorities!

So even if Inspector Zhao isn't transferred from the steel rolling mill, he won't be able to interfere in any of the mill's affairs.

"Don't worry, everyone. Everything will be back on track in just one month!" Li Huaide reassured everyone. "I will find a way to make up for all your losses by then!"

Anyway, the current Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill can withstand such turmoil, so Li Huaide will just play along with Zhao Tehan.

Besides, if we don't teach Zhao Tehan a tough lesson and let this outsider boss people around in the factory, it will really damage the foundation of the steel rolling mill!

After receiving Li Huaide's assurance, everyone was naturally happy to cooperate with him.

In any case, according to Li Huaide, all they need to do is cooperate with Zhao Tehan these days and then quietly wait for Zhao Tehan to make a mistake.

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After everyone had left their offices, Li Huaide made a special trip to Xiao Shan's office.

Here, Li Huaide told Xiaoshan about his thoughts.

Xiao Shan had no objection to Li Huaide's actions.

After all, Zhao Tehan's eating manners were rather...unseemly!

He was assigned to the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill as an inspector, but he did not prioritize the interests of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

Instead, they wanted to climb up the ranks by stepping on Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

Such a traitorous person will not be welcomed anywhere!

Xiao Shan was even a little curious about how someone like Zhao Tehan had managed to get to his current position!

In the afternoon, Secretary Qian arrived at Xiao Shan's office and told him that, as instructed by Inspector Zhao, he had taken over the matter of contacting the machine tool factory in John Bull's area.

Xiao Shan directly handed Allen's phone number to Secretary Qian: "This is the person in charge of liaising with me at the machine tool factory over there at John Bull. You can talk to him about anything in the future!"

After saying that, Xiao Shan very "politely" asked Secretary Qian to leave his office.

Xiao Shan had naturally consulted with Allen beforehand.

Given the current relationship between Allen and Xiao Shan, he would naturally stand on Xiao Shan's side unconditionally.

When Xiao Shan was leaving get off work in the afternoon, he discovered that Secretary Qian was leading members of the security department to check everyone's briefcases and lunchboxes one by one at the entrance.

It was said to be to prevent people from taking public property.

In fact, in this era, taking public property has become an unwritten rule in major factories.

Factories usually turn a blind eye to such things and don't ask too many questions.

After all, only when the workers are of one mind with the factory can the factory's quality and output be guaranteed.

The workers weren't greedy; they only took some worthless scraps.

For example, the workers at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill would at most take some scraps or offcuts from the workshop home and make some small gadgets.

The cooks working in the cafeteria would take some leftover food with them.

As for government officials, they would basically just take some paper from the office back home to use as draft paper for their own children.

In short, these things are worthless and will not affect the factory's normal production.

I just didn't expect that Zhao Tehan would take this matter so seriously after he arrived.

The factory workers never expected Zhao Tehan to pull such a stunt today, so many people were caught by Secretary Qian and the security personnel taking things home.