"Shenzhen is also going to be developed?"

“Yes! Actually, there’s also Luzhong, which is only about 300 meters. This one is reserved for a design institute within the province, preferably one from Luzhong. You should first contact the planning departments in Shanghai and Shenzhen. When a well-known design institute contacts you later, you can briefly explain your requirements to them,” Xing Baohua said.

“Okay, this is a big deal. Shanghai and Shenzhen will definitely be eager to help us. Should we set up a project team, just like we did with the crystal factory?”

"Sure! You handle it! The profits here are huge, so you need to manage it well. You have experience in wafer fabs, so you know how to distribute profits. With the achievements of these two buildings and your work experience in the rice industry, you'll definitely get a promotion or two if you go back to work in Shanghai," Xing Baohua joked.

"You're joking. I'm planning to resign after a while and focus on being your assistant. Maybe you can arrange an important department for me in a few years."

"Are you just going to give up your secure job like this?"

"Under your authority, I don't need to worry about anyone's feelings; on the contrary, they need to worry about mine. If I went back to work, too many people would give me attitude."

Xie Yingying was telling the truth. If it weren't for the wafer fab project that led to her being seconded here, she would still be in the investment promotion bureau's department, having to listen to everyone and be mindful of everyone's feelings.

Being Xing Baohua's secretary is different. As long as you throw out a project, even local bigwigs will have to treat Xie Yingying with a smile.

Not to mention, her family benefited greatly from the wafer fab project.

Now, if we were to put a world's tallest skyscraper on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, it would be a huge boost to the city's prestige. It's not just a matter of appearances; more importantly, it brings with it a lot of vested interests.

This building is like a sycamore tree.

Without the sycamore tree, how can the golden phoenix be attracted?

Once the building is completed, many companies will definitely invest in it, which will make a huge contribution to attracting investment to Shanghai.

Just as Xie Yingying was about to leave, Xing Baohua suddenly remembered something and called Xie Yingying back.

"I'd like to inform two places that, for the sake of convenient investment and fund transfers, Hong Kong's Huahong Bank will be opening branches in Shanghai and Shenzhen."

"Understood!" Xie Yingying nodded in response. Seeing that Xing Baohua had no further instructions, she went back to do her work.

After Wei Laisong took over as general manager of the Luzhong Football Team, he stayed in the team's dilapidated two-story office.

There's no air conditioning here, only older ceiling fans.

There was no heating in winter; only a space was reserved for a coal-burning stove.

The working conditions were already so harsh. The team management only improved a lot after he took office. He brought funds and improved the team's meals.

Fortunately, the foreign coaching staff didn't leave and continued to lead the team in training despite the difficult circumstances.

The team needs to be separated from the sports bureau and become a private corporate team.

This isn't just about money and assets; there are many procedures involved, and there's no precedent for this.

There's always a way. Just come up with a name and a reason, and you can just affiliate yourself with Dami Technology Group.

This team became the employee team of Luzhong Rice Group.

Players no longer receive a fixed salary, but instead receive the minimum wage, just like ordinary employees.

In other words, even if players give up their permanent positions, they can still transfer to other organizations even if they stop playing football. Theoretically, they can be transferred to good organizations, and with good luck, they might even rise to leadership positions.

In theory, most people would either become physical education teachers, factory workers, or marginalized workers in a certain district.

Only a small number of people went to the functional departments.

Asking players to give up their government-affiliated jobs would have caused a huge uproar in the past. Giving up a secure job and going to the private sector means losing their job security.

Nobody wanted it, but rice had already become a behemoth in central Shandong.

Contractual agreements are possible, offering a certain level of security. Wei Laisong personally talks to each player about their work and their mindset.

They even showed them the usual pay slips for rice and said, "Look, even the screw tighteners are making over a hundred. If you can't lift balls, can you go work in the factory tightening screws?"

The rice company has many factories with excellent benefits. If you play well and achieve good results, you can earn a senior employee salary. Don't look at the base salary; senior employees receive a base salary plus bonuses.

Senior employees there earn several million yuan and live in villas.

My boss and I are best friends, our relationship is rock solid. He promised to give me the greatest support, not only financially, but he even wants to build a super stadium for you guys with a capacity of 50,000 to 60,000.

Despite the demanding work, Wei Laisong managed to persuade over a dozen people to stay, and the rest were still hoping to retain their positions. Some even considered taking a leave of absence without pay to play for the national team, even if it only brought in a little over a hundred yuan a month.

Wei Laisong wouldn't agree to this. If he did, it would leave many problems for the future.

First of all, it's not a purely private team on the surface. The reason why the rice team is changing to a staff team is to provide an excuse for foreign players.

Foreign players earn millions of dollars a year. How do you expect the regular staff, who only earn a little over a hundred dollars, to feel about that?

With such an unequal salary structure, are we just waiting for the players to cause trouble?

The allocation of corporate funds is a matter for the company itself. If it were exposed, the company would just use the salaries of its senior employees as an excuse. Anyway, many of the foreigners in the lab earn millions a year.

Although we have different jobs, we are all employees of DaMi.

They earn around a million playing in foreign leagues, but you're offering them only a few hundred thousand in China? Who would take that offer?!

The arrival of high-level players can help improve our team's level. We spend money to improve the quality of our players.

That's true, but conversely, it can also lower the skill level of foreign players.

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