Chapter 261: Return to Africa Project

The Prodigal System reminded: [Host, Zhang Huanyu has developed feelings for you. Do you want to try to develop this branch line?]

Although Zhang Huanyu is already an adult, the actual age difference between him and Lin Ruoyan is only five or six years. However, Lin Ruoyan's mental age is already very old in the real world. If she really falls in love, she will definitely prefer a man in his thirties who is more mature in thinking.

Besides, she doesn't want to be in a relationship.

Dating without the goal of marriage is just hooliganism. Zhang Huanyu has always been his mother Liu Yunxia's proudest son, the spiritual sustenance of a life of hard work. Liu Yunxia is still the housekeeper at the courtyard, and although Zhang Huanyu is interning at various places, he may very well join the Lin Group in the future. That's enough.

Another point is that Zhang Huanyu is quite handsome and thoughtful, but he is not as warm as Wei Xu, nor as legendary as Lin Mengxi's biological father.

Those two men were still unable to impress Lin Ruoyan, so Zhang Huanyu could only let her have a crush on him.

Lin Ruoyan said to the wasteful system, "It's okay to spend money on Zhang Huanyu. When he joins my company, I'll let him take charge of the investment business and give him enough funds to run his business. As for the rest, you're overthinking it, system."

The prodigal system persisted: [Host, think about it again. A young man is more useful. Besides, if he liked you first, he will definitely obey you in everything.]

Lin Ruoyan said, "His mother definitely doesn't want a top student like him to marry someone who's much older than him and has given birth to a child, even if she's the daughter of a wealthy family like me and their employer. I don't want to test Liu Yunxia's bottom line."

The prodigal system was puzzled: [What does this have to do with Liu Yunxia? If she truly relied on and obeyed her son, she would accept his romantic partner.]

"Is that really the case? Can you change her mind?" Lin Ruoyan asked.

"In China, marriage is a matter between two families. Even though Zhang Huanyu's father died early and he was raised by his mother, he still has relatives in his hometown. What are the local values ​​like? Furthermore, if there's no talk of marriage, just love, how will others view him? He made his first fortune from a young female boss, and then a few years later married someone else. Even if it was consensual, wouldn't he still be subject to speculation? Wei Xu is a cautionary tale."

"Host, you're so cruel! Wei Xu and Zhang Huanyu both have a crush on you, and that guy seems jealous of you being nice to other men. Not to mention the other men attracted to your talent and abilities, like Wu Chenghao and Hao Heshan. At least you're making money from their investments. The worst part is Ling Sida, who's been exiled to a remote place by his own father to do hard labor."

Didn't you expect there were already so many men who were just tools for her? How could she say that coming from the mouth of a money-spending system, as if all these men had been abandoned by her after having affairs. Actually, that wasn't the case. Aside from Ling Sida, who had ulterior motives, she treated all the other men quite well. She handled things in a businesslike manner, just as she did with her friends, paying them when they were due.

Even so, Lin Ruoyan still wanted to distance herself from Zhang Huanyu. Since Zhang Huanyu would not be involved in the African project in the short term, it was time for her to go and inspect the African project.

Before receiving the tender documents, the relevant teams at Panshi and Lin's Real Estate had already begun work. After receiving the documents, they reviewed the scope of the tender and began preparing the bid documents. They decided to finalize the Chinese version in a month and then translate it into English.

The local official language is Y, a language commonly used by the local population. However, official documents are written in Y, making it very user-friendly for many global companies that use Y as their working language.

No matter how well-written the Chinese version of the document is, the final bid will be in the Chinese version. This is where the translation skills are truly tested. Translating hundreds or even thousands of pages of bid documents into Chinese takes more than a few days. After the translation is complete, it must be reviewed again by all relevant departments of the company to prevent any misunderstandings or omissions in the translation.

On the plane to Africa, Lin Ruoyan had already received the first draft of the real estate company's bid, in Chinese. The details related to mining were all preparatory, so as a non-professional, she didn't bother to look at them. The real estate company's content mainly focused on small town construction and the general deception of using housing construction to support industrial upgrading.

Impressing local governments requires more than simply building residential buildings. Housing construction must be linked to population shifts and economic growth. This requires bidders to clearly prioritize how to build the houses quickly, efficiently, and economically. They must also address the necessary supporting facilities for the factories and industries, including the timelines for completion.

The rapid construction of new towns will bring huge advantages to the upgrading of industries, and even the construction of infrastructure such as bridges and roads must be taken into consideration and planned in an overall manner.

Through coordinated planning, we can begin building buildings while roads are being constructed. Interior decoration can begin on the lower floors of buildings, which are already built, without delaying the construction of the upper floors. In short, these key points, which are crucial for evaluating comprehensive construction organization and technical expertise, should be addressed. They all demonstrate the advantages of China's rapid infrastructure development. Even if we ultimately don't secure the project, we can still impress the local government with our ability to achieve such rapid progress.

This has set a trap for the companies that have already won the bid, allowing local people to see how quickly, efficiently and economically others can do the work. Some companies can only work slowly and carefully, and may not be able to complete the work in the end. They will then have to come back to our companies to finish the work. At that time, our charges will not be the same as the current quotation, and we must raise the price again to be cost-effective.

This time Zhuo Yuan did not come to pick him up. The person who picked him up at the airport was the person in charge of the African project sent by Lin’s Real Estate Company.

Lin Ruoyan looked up at the man with tanned skin and gray hair. She really couldn't estimate his age. She remembered looking at his resume during the final interview. He was in his early thirties. How could he look so old now?

It seems that he is very worried about the project. This is only the bidding stage. If he fails to win the bid, he may be transferred elsewhere.

Therefore, this person in charge diligently fulfilled his duties every day and actively participated in the preparation of the bid documents. As a local representative, he had to obtain all the local information required for the domestic bid documents. If formal channels couldn't be obtained, he would resort to informal means, paying for it. With Mr. Lin's authorization, he could handle anything that the state-owned enterprise wouldn't dare to do with money.

Sitting in the car, Lin Ruoyan asked, "You look so haggard. Are there any difficulties with the project? If the initial funding is insufficient, you can add more money. Those foreign competitors are probably also giving money to local managers. They will definitely not abide by any rules."

The person in charge smiled bitterly, "No, the money is definitely enough. It's just that the locals don't have a good sense of time. We usually make an appointment with an official two weeks to a month in advance, and we have to call every day to ask. If we're not careful, the official will be a few days late, or even forget about it altogether."

Lin Ruoyan frowned. "Could it be that the locals have already made a secret agreement with other families and don't want to be involved with us, so that's why it's so difficult to make an appointment?"

"Not really. I've asked around, and those officials treat everyone this way. The locals don't think in minutes and seconds, they think in days. A difference of a few days or a few minutes doesn't make much difference," the official lamented. "Plus, outside of normal working hours, it's incredibly difficult to reach them after get off work. Their work phones aren't turned on outside of work hours. On several occasions, we've had to go through great pains to track them down at their hometowns or vacation spots."

"Do they do things for money?"