Chapter 245: Vacation is not delayed
The consulting company where Zhang Huanyu works has realized this and proposed two models when formulating task orders for local managers.
The first approach is to break down local needs into separate project tasks, which can be combined or separated during bidding. This allows companies with technological advantages in various areas to participate and showcase their strengths. For example, companies suited to mining could focus solely on mining, while companies suited to bridge and road construction could focus solely on major infrastructure projects. However, this approach has the disadvantage of requiring a higher-level local leader with strong management skills to manage these companies through legal and other means, ensuring they do not interfere with each other.
The second option is to find a large, trustworthy company to take on all the work, which the company then uses to find subcontractors. However, to control the quality of the subcontractors, local managers have the right to question, review, inspect, and propose replacements. This approach reduces the demands on local managers and significantly enhances the overall capabilities of the large company. Furthermore, the company's comprehensive plan must clearly benefit the sustainable development of the local economy.
In short, the European consulting company's position is relatively positive, and it really helps local managers with advice.
Zhang Huanyu had been working on this project for over two months and had thoroughly understood both models. He also had a good understanding of the local management level. Relying solely on the vision and knowledge of top officials wasn't enough. The quality of the local grassroots staff was questionable, and good intentions could easily backfire. Ultimately, when several large companies entered the market, they competed for resources, and even months of coordination on a project might elapse before reaching a consensus, which would ultimately hinder the overall project's progress.
Local traditions don't emphasize efficiency, and when human factors drag things down, things become uncontrollable. The longer things drag on, the higher the costs, and the more likely the project is to fail.
Zhang Huanyu later messaged Lin Ruoyan, explaining that based on the local government's feedback, they hoped to choose the second model: they would leave the mine and ultimately see a new town built around it, encompassing related industries. In the future, they also hoped to develop transformation and industrial upgrading plans, helping the local area not only exploit the mine's resources but also cultivate a series of subsequent upgrading industries and skilled workers.
The more I think about it, the more it looks like a new industrial city. However, unlike China's new industrial cities, which are mainly based on technology, this African country is still centered around a series of industries such as mining and metallurgy.
This type of theme is not uncommon in China. When China was vigorously developing the west, many heavy industries moved west and inland. Factories and cities were built around mineral resources, and related residential, educational, and service industries were also built.
Back then, a large factory, designated by a specific number, wasn't just a factory building; it was often a city nestled in the mountains. It housed residential areas, schools ranging from kindergarten to vocational education, auditoriums and cinemas, and various shopping malls and department stores. Workers cultivated their own crops, engaged in light industry and agricultural sideline production, and were self-sufficient. Factory workers and their families could live there their entire lives, never leaving the mountains.
This model is actually quite suitable for Africa. Transportation is difficult there, with the majority of the population concentrated in coastal port cities. Inland areas are either hostile to the environment or desolate, uninhabited jungles. The occasional primitive tribes that wander there are completely unable to communicate.
Therefore, when developing mines in such places, supporting facilities must be complete, various industries must be introduced, and self-sufficiency must be achieved as much as possible. Building a new town will make it easier for the population to take root and develop sustainably.
Following this approach, Lin's Real Estate prepared the relevant materials, while Panshi focused on introducing various industries in mining and metallurgy. Combined with Zhang Huanyu's information on key issues of concern to local people, the preliminary preparations for the African project proceeded smoothly.
However, the local efficiency in Africa is relatively low. It is preliminarily estimated that the official bidding documents for this project will not be issued until May or June 2004. Lin Ruoyan is not in a hurry.
She took her son to play in Singapore for two weeks and returned to China before the Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival is a special occasion for Chinese people, with families often gathering to experience the festive atmosphere of reunion. Lin Ruxu, who had been away from Beijing quite a bit this year, rushed to finish all her work before the Lunar New Year and came to the courtyard to spend the holiday with her sister and nephew.
My sister-in-law, Du Pengpeng, didn't come. She said they were going to hold the engagement party in Beijing after the Spring Festival, and that Lin Ruxu would invite elders from her family to witness it. The Panshi Du family was a large family, and marrying off their daughters was a matter of traditional ritual. After the engagement, they would have to wait a while to prepare for the new house and dowry.
The luxury house in cy district has been delivered long ago. Lin Ruoyan left a house there for her brother. It is big enough that the wedding can be held in the community club, which is no worse than a five-star hotel.
Lin Ruxu and Du Pengpeng both agreed. They were both too busy with work to plan their engagement party or wedding, but the girl's parents insisted on a grand ceremony that would accommodate the family's presence. No detail should be overlooked. They decided to delegate the wedding planning to the mansion's property manager, as this would take time to plan. Therefore, the engagement party would be held in the first month of the lunar year, and the actual wedding would likely be held during the May Day holiday at the earliest.
As for the old villa area, Du Pengpeng's mother was in charge there. That was considered her parents' home, and the wedding procession drove out from there and then went to the new mansion in the CY area. This was the only way to show the grandeur. Otherwise, the villa next door was the Lin family's, and they would have circled the villa area and returned, which would have lacked the sense of ceremony.
When Lin Ruxu told Lin Ruoyan this, his eyes were filled with happiness. At the end, he sighed, "Sister, my brother is going to get married this year. What about you? With such a role model like my brother, when do you plan to solve your problem?"
"What's wrong with me? You just got married. My son is already this big. There's a huge gap between you and me." Lin Ruoyan said righteously.
Lin Ruxu said unyieldingly, "I heard Mengxi's father will be thirty this year and can be transferred to a second-tier position. It won't be difficult for him to stay in a large government agency in Beijing. By then, he'll just be reading newspapers and drinking tea from nine to five. If you don't consider this, he can still help you look after the children. When I get married in the future, it won't be convenient for me to always be helping you look after the children."
"My son is grown up and doesn't need anyone to look after him," Lin Ruoyan explained seriously. "As for that man, I was probably attracted to him because of his youth, good looks, and good health. Now he's old and ugly, and he's probably been injured all these years. How can he compare to those young handsome men in my film and television company? Besides, if I get married, how can I still date other men?"
If the prodigal system had arms, it would have secretly applauded: "Host, you're amazing! That's exactly the truth. Marrying is for legally having children. Now you have a son, one with your own surname, a house, and a household registration. What's the point of having a husband? It's better to be more philanthropic. Date whoever you like, break up when you get tired of them, and don't be afraid to spend money on other men."
Unable to persuade her, Lin Ruxu stopped talking about this topic that would spoil her sister's fun and started talking about overseas projects instead.
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