Chapter 175 Top-down
The few of them got along very well and agreed that Wang Min would take the upper level route and go to the prefecture-level city above Chongl County to build connections, first to understand the future highways and the overall planning issues of the counties below, and then be introduced to the county by the leaders of the prefecture-level city. In this way, all the work would be taken seriously from top to bottom.
Lin Ruoyan was very skillful in her words. In front of Li Li, she acted like she was completely obedient to Wang Min, the "big brother" in everything. He arranged and made the decisions, and she just offered some suggestions to implement his plans. This greatly satisfied Wang Min's self-esteem, and he felt that finding someone as knowledgeable, interesting, and talented as Lin Ruoyan to work with was a wise choice.
In the real world, Lin Ruoyan was not able to endure this kind of prideful dispute at the beginning. When she was young and energetic, she felt that her talent and ability were very strong, comparable to her male colleagues in the same position, and even her vision was higher than that of her leaders. She spoke arrogantly and did not give face to others. After being plotted against and suffered losses many times, she understood.
The so-called "gifted daughter of heaven," praised by friends and family, thinks she's a big shot. But in reality, in society, a man's confidence and self-esteem cannot tolerate being attacked or violated. In most cases and in most industries, men are more valued, more likely to be promoted, and more likely to shoulder important responsibilities, while women can only accept being relegated to supporting roles.
However, by adapting to this environment and rules, women can also leverage their strengths to achieve their own success. Especially since Lin Ruoyan now controls her own destiny. She has her own business and her own team. She is no longer working alone on projects, so she no longer needs to compete with those who are at the forefront for fame.
She learned to think things through, control what she wanted, and let go of interests that could be ceded to others. Wang Min obviously wanted both fame and fortune. He was well-known in Hebei Province, so she would carry his sedan chair and let him take the lead under pressure.
Going to the leader to get things done is a very time-consuming and energy-consuming task. You can talk freely in front of others, but when you get to the management department, it is normal to be flexible and follow the leader's instructions when you want to get things done.
Lin Ruoyan didn't want to waste her manpower on these things, so she had to coax Wang Min to participate willingly, making him feel that he was in charge of the matter, and she could just stand back and make a fortune.
Wang Min is also knowledgeable. He does not look down on her just because she is a woman and shows weakness in front of others. Instead, he attaches great importance to her opinions and gradually realizes what she wants. This is a win-win situation.
There was another thing Lin Ruoyan hadn't mentioned: many developers who had grown through connections with relevant departments would face a reshuffle of leadership in the future. Transfers and promotions were fine, but if there were other problems, they would likely be implicated.
Lin Ruoyan had seen in the real world that a company she had business dealings with lost its credibility after its boss claimed he was being taken away for investigation. The company quickly went bankrupt and was deregistered. Upon questioning, it was revealed that the boss had not committed any illegal acts, but simply had chosen the wrong side and been inadvertently exploited, becoming a tool for profit.
To give the simplest example, someone opened a store selling specialties from place A on the street outside the office building of a certain management department. When others came to this department to do business, they found out that the person in charge happened to be the leader transferred from place A. The store outside the door immediately became popular.
Whether the job is done or not is another matter. Buying a batch of expensive local specialties from the store is a necessary procedure every time you come to do business.
The owner of a local specialty store had nothing to do with the newly appointed leader. However, seeing the booming sales in his store, he found out the whole story and felt uneasy. So he found a clue from a distant relative, followed the clues, and went to pay a visit to the leader in private under the pretext of being from the same hometown, clan, or even a member of the same clan. He gave him some "local specialties" mixed in with something to express his gratitude.
Thus, the fellow townsmen and relatives became closer.
The specialty store was no longer filled with cheap items, but instead was filled with beautifully packaged, expensive gifts. Sales increased several times over, but the store owner's profits didn't seem to increase much, as he still had to accept the supply channels "suggested" by the person above.
Even if someone investigates in the future, they'll find no real connection between the two. He's just selling goods, and he'll sell them at a reasonable market price if there's a buyer. They've even stopped sending gifts to this "relative" in the past. Their supply channels have long been colluding, and on the surface, everything is clean; they'll just give each other eggs and sweet potatoes during the holidays. So what's the big deal?
After this leader left, another leader transferred from Province B came, and the specialty store became known as the specialty store of Province B. The store's business continued to thrive for many years with the familiar operation.
Lin Ruoyan sometimes tells these experiences to the company's employees as "hearsay" stories, and also uses them as some small materials for internal training.
The company's formal training sessions all required PowerPoint presentations covering a wide range of professional topics, but she'd always just tell stories without any real words. But she'd often share experiences you couldn't learn in school, especially little real estate tips that were incredibly helpful.
After seeing off Wang Min and Li Li this time, Lin Ruoyan took the time to tell everyone another story and proposed the concept of a ski town so that everyone could collect relevant data and familiarize themselves with it in advance.
Lao Wang and Lao Jiao had both been involved in the construction of ski resorts in the suburbs of Beijing. Technically speaking, they would definitely find it easy to get started, but having worked on real projects, they knew that the workload was huge and the initial investment was high, so they took turns to visit General Manager Lin privately to inquire about the details.
Lin Ruoyan did not hide it from them and talked about the project opportunities brought by Wang Min and Li Li.
Lao Jiao said, "I have a friend who works in road and bridge construction. They recently said they're going to build a road over there through the mountains. I'm going to ask when the new road will be completed."
Not to be outdone, Lao Wang said, "I've also asked my classmates and friends who work in transportation design. They say it's too tiring to go there now. The mountain roads are difficult to drive on, and the trains are too slow. If we really build a ski resort in the future, we'll have to streamline the transportation within the area. At the very least, we'll need a cable car for going up and down the mountain. That's a specialized design, and ordinary design institutes can't do it."
Lin Ruoyan knew that high-speed rail hadn't yet developed. Within twenty years, it would only take an hour to travel from Beijing to Chongli by high-speed rail, making transportation a non-issue. However, officials probably wouldn't dare release this kind of information, so naturally, no one below them would know.
Even though transportation to Chongl County is not very convenient now, it is still much closer than skiing elsewhere. The key is that the mountains in Chongl County are at a high altitude, with a large drop in elevation, and are naturally well-suited for building a ski resort.
The two industry leaders were very motivated, asking around for relevant information and reserving technical resources in advance. This feeling of great importance made Lin Ruoyan feel a little embarrassed.
She simply wanted to participate in the project because she knew there would be a large ski resort there in the future, and many of her decisions were actually quite unrealistic. However, the huge sales of the luxury homes gave the entire company a jolt of confidence in the future. They admired her as the president and almost blindly trusted the project path she proposed.
This made her bear another heavy responsibility for no reason.
I had originally planned to avoid major initiatives for the next few years, simply figuring out how to spend 100 million each month. Now, I think I need to assign someone to carefully calculate and manage the investment in the Chongl project. Even if I participate, I shouldn't blindly invest too much. If she thinks more and plans ahead, she can take the initiative rather than just go with the flow when the time comes.
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