Chapter 12

Suzhou Metro, formerly Suzhou Rail Transit Co., Ltd., was established in May 2002. It is a large state-owned enterprise directly under the municipal government. The group completed its merger in 2013, forming a five-in-one structure encompassing rail transit planning, construction, operations, resource development, and property management. It currently comprises nine departments, 10 branches (subsidiaries) and centers, and five overseas investment companies, with a total workforce of over 10,000.

With the in-depth development of the group's information construction, the popularization of various business, financial and management systems and the continuous deepening of user needs.

Currently, some management systems of Suzhou Metro Group are unable to meet the group's rapid development requirements in informatization and digitalization.

Suzhou Metro Group has numerous systems, some of which have outdated technical architectures, low operating efficiency, poor compatibility, and difficulty in responding quickly to new demands. The process applications of each system are independent of each other, making operation and maintenance inconvenient. This is mainly due to the formation of circular approval within each system, making it difficult to connect the systems to grasp the entire business and management process. The mobility of the system requires a lot of development costs and other bottlenecks.

It was against the background of this project that the country’s first subway project came into being.

The Suzhou Metro Project is not only the most important state-owned project of Beijing Smart Internet Suzhou Branch, but also the first benchmark project in the transportation industry won by Beijing Smart Internet Company.

Beijing Smart Internet Company attaches great importance to this project from top to bottom.

Beijing Smart Internet Company had never worked on any project in the transportation industry before, and many of its previous large-scale project experiences were not suitable for the Suzhou Metro project. The project was moving forward bit by bit with difficulty amid many uncertainties.

Since we won the bid in February this year, document management has been launched online.

Currently, the all-day online rate of users of the Suzhou Metro Project system (PC and mobile) on weekdays basically remains above 7,000, and user activity is very high.

On the second day after the Suzhou Metro Project's document management was successfully launched in May, Zhou Yucheng, the project manager of Suzhou Metro Group, personally delivered a silk banner and a letter of praise to Beijing Smart Internet Suzhou Branch.

On the third day after the launch, the marketing department of Beijing Smart Internet Company’s headquarters specially released a news item for the Suzhou Metro project in the news column of the company’s internal office software.

The news focused on the Sucheng project team led by Lian Yijian and gave a long description. Xia Zhongqin had paid attention to the likes under this news, which exceeded a thousand, and one of them was her contribution.

After the Suzhou Metro project was launched, the company's general manager Wang Dayu would basically attend the Suzhou City project inventory at 6:30 pm every Monday every two weeks, and would always ask about the progress of the Suzhou Metro project.

It is precisely for this reason that Xia Zhongqin knows a lot about the basic situation of the Suzhou Metro Project.

"When will the project start?" Xia Zhongqin asked.

"The sooner the better."

Then, Lian Yijian briefly introduced the current situation of the Sucheng project to Xia Zhongqin.

From Lian Yijian's words, Xia Zhongqin understood that the resources for the Suzhou Metro Project could no longer be described as "tight", but rather "very scarce".

There are only twelve people in the Sucheng District Delivery Department, including Lian Yijian. It seems that except for her, there is only one project, Bai Nian. The other project managers have at least three or more projects on hand, including Pan Lulu, who came to the third company three months earlier than her.

Although the Centennial Project was the first project delivered independently by Xia Zhongqin, Xia Zhongqin, who had participated in the International Project Management Certification in June this year, was well aware of the importance of "time", one of the golden triangles of the project.

Xia Zhongqin replied without hesitation, "Boss Lian, I'll report to the Sucheng Metro Project Team at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Which floor of the Suzhou Metro Building is our Suzhou Metro project team located on? Do we need to scan the access control system in the lobby on the first floor, Mr. Lian?"

"Please register directly at the front desk in the lobby on the first floor. Our project team is on the 12th floor of the Suzhou Metro Building. Room 1201 is 50 meters to the left after you exit the elevator." Lian Yijian answered one by one.

Xia Kaiqun, who had been silent for a while because of Lian Yijian's warning, suddenly spoke up, "Ms. Zhong Qin, don't worry. Your president, Lian, has to go to the Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank tomorrow morning, so he can't pick you up on the first floor. I'll be working on the Sucheng subway project tomorrow. If the front desk registration desk gives you any trouble, just call me on WeChat."

"Okay, Mr. Lian, thank you, Teacher Xia. I'll be leaving now."

After saying these three sentences, without waiting for the response from the two people beside him, Xia Zhongqin took his left foot and turned to walk into the subway station.

From the moment Xia Zhongqin entered the station, someone's eyes unconsciously followed her back.

Even until Xia Zhongqin's back disappeared around the corner, someone still kept their gaze on him.

This scene was seen clearly by Xia Kaiqun who was standing next to someone.

Xia Kaiqun patted someone's shoulder twice, then said with a forced smile, "That person once boldly declared to me that he would never be a fool in his life."

"roll!"

After replying to this word, someone added another stab: "Tonight in Suzhou City Center, Lao Yang's barbecued crayfish will be exchanged for Yueya Bay dumplings."

Xia Kaiqun, who had been smiling playfully just a moment ago, suddenly became intimidated. He said with a pitiful look on his face, "My dear Mr. Lian, I was wrong. I was rude. I came all the way from Liangxi District to support the Suzhou Metro project, and this is how I'm treated. Oh my God."