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The Ideal City

This is a work of fiction

Ep4

She is the new cost manager.

Su Xiao.

Introduce yourselves.

I am Su Xiao.

Nice to meet you.

Get familiar with the environment.

If there's any question,

just come find me, alright?

Okay.

You can get started.

Don't worry about me.

Anyone out there?

Hello?

Yes.

Toss me some toilet paper.

Come in.

You're new?

Yes.

I am Su Xiao.

Wang Yang, General Manager of TC Construction

Do your job right.

I can assure you there's no problem.

No problem. Rest assured.

This is nothing.

Wang Yang, General Manager of TC Construction

Five pots of Chinese spirits.

Five cups of red wine.

They drank them all over an hour.

I wanna barf just talking about it.

Those clients are fierce.

I need to take you with me next time.

I don't want to go.

I can't drink as much as you.

I recruited someone today.

You're in such a high position.

Why are you reporting this to me?

I have to

report her to you.

What? Is she your lover?

What are you talking about?

You just like to make fun of me.

Tell me.

What's the matter?

Is she a big shot?

Yes.

Do you remember Zhou Jun

from the working group?

He recommended her.

That guy.

Isn't he close with Ms. Li now?

He's quite something.

The one I recruited

is in fact Zhou Jun's ex-girlfriend.

Isn't Zhou Jun with Ms. Li now?

So he dumped her.

If this thing gets out,

it'd be embarrassing.

I see.

That's why you asked her

to sit next to the toilet.

You, Chen.

You're bad.

How come

there's a beauty sitting here?

Hello. Um...

Let me introduce myself.

Dong Lin, Budget Manager of TC Construction

I am Dong Lin.

I am the installation budget manager.

Um...

Hello.

Hello.

I am Su Xiao.

That is my seat.

If you need any help,

just tell me.

Don't be shy, okay?

Okay.

Sit. Sit down.

Thanks.

I'll go now.

Who is she?

She's new here.

I don't need to say

the reasons again, right?

Come on, let's eat.

Coming.

Of course.

You can

blame

the cement incident all on me.

The worst is that Wang Mingyu...

Fat Huang.

Is there any point in saying this?

No, there isn't.

Then we should stick together.

Who will answer you?

We lot

don't have enough power.

We can do nothing even if we work together.

Besides,

The powers over personnel and procurement

are in his hands.

Especially the power over procurement.

Things on the market

are good and price.

But we can't use those.

You still have to buy things

from Wang Mingyu.

So how can we compete with him?

I don't know what you think.

As for me,

now I am like

a stray dog

who can only take what's left

by the group.

This is nothing small.

He Daguang, General Manager of TH Construction

We need to take some time to think about it.

You've been thinking for three days!

Why didn't you think

when Yinghai was being built?

Everything will be solved if we just work together.

You are such a hothead.

Look at you.

Look at

what you have become.

A heap of loose sand.

Well then,

does anyone know

Tong Weiguo, General Manager of TT Construction

what Wang Yang thinks?

Zheng Cheng, General Manager of TZ Construction

You can't expect anything from those guys!

They just want to reap without sowing.

How about Wang Yang?

What does he think?

Don't mention him to me.

I don't want to contact him.

Why?

There's no use.

He'll laugh at us.

I'm hanging up.

Sir.

Could you please fetch me

the parcel for Ms. Li Xue?

Okay. Wait a moment.

Chen Siming from TC: I've taken care of Su Xiao's job.

Hello.

May I ask where is the pantry room?

Go out this door.

Turn right.

It's at the end.

Okay. Thanks.

The most handsome one is Mr. Xia, of course.

Alright, hurry.

Don't make Mr. Xia wait for you.

Who else can he wait for?

Look at your smug face.

Does Mr. Xia know how many

men you liked before him?

Like Gong Yoo last month.

Who are you? Why are you standing here?

Hello.

I am the new cost manager.

I am Su Xiao.

When did you start?

Why didn't I know about it?

This is my first day working here.

How should I address you?

She is the gossiper.

Boss of the boss.

The top receptionist at TC.

Du Juan, Receptionist of TC Construction

Du Juan.

Hello.

Mr. Xia is getting impatient.

Hurry, let's go.

Um, Miss.

The pantry room is my turf.

Don't mess it up.

If it gets messy, you'll pay for it.

Mr. Xia, please sit and wait for a while.

Mr. Wang is in a meeting.

He'll be here soon.

Okay.

Thank you.

Gosh, he smiled at me.

Really?

He's so handsome.

Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang.

You're by yourself. Where's your uncle?

Something came up.

So he couldn't come.

Sit. Make yourself at home.

How time flies!

The last time I saw you,

you were still in high school.

Mr. Wang, you've seen me?

Did you forget?

I once had a fight with your uncle.

We went to the hospital together.

You were visiting him.

That was you!

Yeah right.

I punched him.

Yeah.

Over a decade flew by.

You can do business on your own now.

I'm just assisting him.

Don't be modest.

I heard about it.

The Public Housing Project had an accident.

I thought Fat Huang

would be doomed.

Who could've thought

they are the ones suffering.

Impressive.

Don't.

But indeed,

I am here today for this.

I want you to enlighten me.

You scared me.

I thought

you were here to get back at me.

What can I teach you?

I am not well-educated.

That's not what my uncle said.

He said, among you seniors,

you were the one following the president first.

Your vision and courage

are impressive.

What vision and courage?

Back then, we just

did it if we can hit it off.

We didn't think too much.

In this world,

few things are complicated.

If we can get along and have a goal,

we just do it.

What's worst is that we fail

and start again.

Right?

After hearing this,

I feel much relieved.

I'm just saying.

Don't be misled by me.

No. Don't say that.

I won't be responsible for it.

Thank you, Mr. Wang.

I'll see you off.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

What are you looking at?

Nothing.

Are you watching Mr. Xia in secret?

Him? I'm not interested.

You know that I like Xia Ming?

Didn't you just say it yourself?

TK and TC.

Why are there

so many

subsidiaries under Yinghai?

You asked the right person.

In Yinghai Group,

the five T-series subsidiaries

are like cousins to the group.

The EPC company and real estate company

are the sons.

So,

to make the EPC company stronger,

the five T-series subsidiaries

became part of

the EPC company,

sending the company

coffee's raw materials ceaselessly

to make a cup of

aromatic coffee.

Then it is served

to our president, Zhao Xiankun.

Then, the big boss

will say,

the coffee is good.

The EPC company did a good job.

It can't be right.

Shouldn't the EPC company and the T-series subsidiaries

be at the same level?

The same level?

I finally figured it out

but you confused me again.

Anyway, no matter what level they're at,

the money they make goes to the big boss.

Cancel the cement we ordered from the group.

Don't be fooled by him.

By who?

Xia Ming.

He humbled himself

to make you

be on their side.

If he hadn't done that, I'd do it, too.

I was waiting for Fat Huang

to come and beg me.

Who could've thought that

this coward dared not to come

but asked a subordinate to come?

It doesn't matter who came.

Let's just stay out of it.

Why?

Think about it.

If you get involved,

then

the managers of TT, TZ, and TH

also have to get involved.

Then it will be a big deal.

The bigger the better.

You and Wang Mingyu share the same root.

You and the president are close.

If you want to make a big deal

out of it with Huang Lilin,

what will they think?

Think whatever they want.

I always look out for them.

They should also do the same for me.

If you don't think for yourself,

who will do this for you?

Just do what I said.

Why are you dragging your feet?

Go.

Why?

They said our cement had poor quality.

Their clients asked them to change the cement.

That's ridiculous!

Hello, Wang Yang.

What's the matter?

Are you going against me too?

Bro.

Where is this coming from?

How can I go against you?

I don't know

where my clients got the message,

but they said there was a quality problem

of our group's cement

and asked me to change it.

Otherwise, they'd terminate the contract.

What can I do?

Well, which client?

Which client? All the clients.

In the construction sector,

it's always those people,

you know.

We always meet them.

However small a thing is,

the whole business will know.

Now they say the accident

of the Public Housing Project

was caused by

the poor cement from our group.

Wang Yang. We come from the same village.

I won't say much.

Ask yourself

if you made the right move.

Alright?

Mr. Wang.

You are finally here.

We're all waiting for you. Come on.

Since they are not happy with the cement,

let's have a meeting about it.

They are not unhappy with the cement.

They are unhappy about me, you,

and the group.

Mingyu.

We need to let them voice their complaints.

Otherwise, how can we address the problem?

Did you go

to see that fool, Wang Yang?

Why didn't you tell me?

How did you know?

The group just made an announcement.

There is a meeting about the cement.

Probably because

Wang Yang canceled

all the cement orders.

That's not the key.

What do you mean by that?

Once I think of

his smug face,

my blood pressure gets high.

The cement meeting is the key.

It's sink or swim.

Mr. Wang.

Get the materials ready.

Okay.

Prepare two sets.

No problem.

One says the cement is substandard.

The other says it's okay.

Okay.

We'll see.

Alright, people.

Stop your work

for now.

Here's the thing.

The group's management

is having a meeting about cement.

Mr. Wang needs two sets of materials.

One says the cement is substandard.

The other says the cement is fine.

I'll assign the work now.

Lu Zhengming.

Your group will prepare

materials suggesting poor cement.

Dong Lin.

I know, sir.

Our group will prepare

materials suggesting the cement is fine.

But sir,

I have a question.

Well,

our cement's quality

is indeed inferior

to those on the market.

How should I spin this?

The wall collapsed in that project.

We won't be able to convince others.

-Just... -The key is that

the price is so high.

Right?

Tell you what,

even I won't

use our group's cement.

But what can I do?

We don't have

the power to choose which one to use.

Alright, alright.

Stop complaining.

ZJ's projects

all seem simple.

Besides, no matter how good the cement is,

if too much sand is mixed in,

it still won't be strong.

Yes, sir.

Alright, alright.

Get to work.

The meeting starts the day after tomorrow.

There's not much time.

Do it right.

Keep it up.

Mr. Chen.

What should I do?

I've been so busy

that I forgot about you.

How about this?

Handsome, right?

Is he that handsome?

Love is blind.

Nonsense!

You can't stick the invoice like that.

This is messy.

Their sizes are different.

These are

invoices two months ago

from the parking lot.

I organized it

in chronological order.

It's easier to remember in this way.

Look at these.

I think it's about a bank loan application.

You learned it from this?

Over the past two months,

Mr. Chen visited

the bank frequently.

And he always stayed at the bank

for a long time.

Look here.

These are the invoices

from several banks' parking lots.

It means the loan application

wasn't going great.

But there has been no invoice

from the parking lots since late last month.

I guess

the loan was

approved then.

How about this one?

This is about Mr. Chen's business dinner.

He visited a restaurant, foot spa,

and a nightclub.

And these are no small amounts.

It means

Mr. Chen is in charge of the PR work

with the company's important clients.

Du Juan.

Pretty Miss Du Juan.

Are you available

to help me with the invoice?

Help you? You wish!

Why is she so rude today?

I can do it for you.

Look how nice Su Xiao is!

Well, thank you.

Thank you.

Tang Lili, Secretary to President of Yinghai Group

Sir.

Tang.

Ask Maria to come.

How can the HR department

hire someone

who doesn't care

about the company's interests?

Su Xiao?

This name sounds familiar.

But sir, I can assure you,

this woman is not

Yinghai's employee.

Look at the back.

It says TC.

Helen.

Get me the register

of TC's employees.

I'm delivering a file.

Sir.

Su Xiao is not at TC.

Helen.

Have you heard

the name Su Xiao?

I...

Su Xiao.

Um...

I remembered.

You share an Alma Mater, right?

The one fired by ZJ.

You once sent me her resume.

Right?

Maria, I'm sorry.

Tell me.

How did you

get her into TC?

I...

I... I didn't.

I don't know she got into TC.

You don't know?

Helen.

You'd better tell me the truth.

I don't believe

that you know nothing.

I...

I know nothing, for real.

You can go now.

Go.

Doesn't seem like she's lying.

Besides,

she's not capable to do it.

Maybe TC recruited her in secret?

No.

I need to do a thorough personnel check

towards TC.

Let me do it.

I'll take care of this.

Hongmei?

Xiao. Are you working at TC?

Yeah. I got in three days ago.

Why didn't you tell me

that you got into TC?

You know.

I haven't been doing well lately.

I worry things may go wrong again

and you'd be happy for nothing.

So I want to make sure it's solid

before telling you.

Xiao.

The group has the power over TC's personnel.

They all

signed contracts with the group.

TC has no power to recruit you.

So you are now unregistered.

You know?

Where are you, Xiao?

Are you in the toilet?

Do you understand

what I said?

I understand.

I didn't expect that I am

an unregistered employee.

Xiao, I'm sorry.

I said something wrong cuz I'm anxious.

Don't mind that.

No, no, no.

I know you are worried about me.

But now,

I don't have

any other choice.

This is not your fault.

It's their fault.

They didn't play by the book.

Then I should thank them

for not playing by the book.

This is the only choice I have now.

I'll just wait and see.

It's okay. I think things will

definitely get better for you.

Maybe,

you will be

my rock at Yinghai.

You should work hard, too.

It's best to rely on yourself.

I'm hanging up.

Okay.

Is your blood pressure high again,

Fat Huang?

Say what you want.

Don't mess with me.

Everyone is

counting on you now.

Take good care of yourself.

Stop flattering me.

Sir.

Sir.

Sir.

Sit, sit.

After the high-level meeting early this year,

everyone has been busy

and we haven't gathered again, right?

Today, seeing you

all energetic,

I am truly happy.

Today, our group

is an enormous organization.

Everyone has their own business.

It's not easy

to see you all.

Back then,

we lot

worked by day and drank by night.

It was tough.

Yeah.

But we were really happy.

We were united.

Our only goal

was to make Yinghai bigger and stronger.

Well said, sir.

I also miss

those days very much.

However,

you are so busy now.

It's been a long time since you last drank with us.

Let's settle a date.

I will definitely drink

with you like there's no tomorrow.

For real?

That's settled then.

Wang Mingyu, Wang Mingyu, Chief VP of Yinghai Group, GM of the EPC company

Let's get down to business.

Recently,

a lot of things

have happened in the group.

In today's meeting about cement,

let's be honest with each other.

We are family.

No need to hide anything.

Who's going first?

After that incident,

I have shouldered my responsibility.

We're in the internet age now.

Rumors have been flying.

Some say

our cement is of poor quality.

Some say

Yinghai Group's

management is problematic.

There are rumors about anything.

I only lost some money.

But what did our group lose?

As part of the group,

Yao Yong, Manager of EPC company's cement factory

we examined ourselves deeply.

There was a problem with project quality.

The method of using cement

is very important.

Xia Ming, Chief Financial Manager of TK Construction

We also had internal discussions.

The whole service procedure

has been improved.

Wang Yang, General Manager of TC Construction

For projects in this group,

we will strictly deliver

the assigned cement.

Meanwhile, we'll ask our staff

Zhao Xiankun, President of Yinghai Group

to guide you through its usage.

There will never be a situation

like a wall falling down again.

Use the best cement

to build the most expensive walls.

Why don't you just

frame the wall with gold?

If a cement factory outside the group

has a problem,

the factory manager

would rush here

and apologize with utmost regret.

How could there be a chance for you

to raise suggestions and justify yourself?

We are the clients, right?

Why is the supplier here acting like

they did nothing wrong?

Don't change the concept.

What do you mean by improving the service procedure?

If the cement quality is not improved,

nothing will work.

Huang.

Did that wall

really fall down

because the quality of cement

was poor?

Mr. Wang.

Regarding the cement from the group,

I did another research.

Please look at this graph.

As you can see,

the strength of cement from Yinghai's cement factory

is far below the standard value.

To reach the standard,

we need to increase the amount of cement.

As Yinghai's subsidiary,

the cement factory

offered a price

that is 8% higher than the market price.

In this way,

the cost of cement

increased by 12%.

I've been thinking lately.

What kind of talent

do we need in this group?

It's someone like him.

Dare to point out a problem.

And the problem

is to the point.

In such a huge group,

there must be problems.

You can't hide

any problems from us.

However,

raising problems is not enough.

Xia Ming.

Now you tell me

how to solve this problem.

To solve the problem,

first, we need to understand

what caused the problem.

I think the fundamental reason

is that the factory is not run according to

the market mechanism.

Whether good or bad,

the cement can be sold

to companies of the same group.

Since it can be sold anyway,

they don't care about the quality.

Back then,

I left the power over procurement

of the T-series subsidiaries

to the group

because

the subsidiaries had small scales.

Bulk purchase by the group

can reduce cost.

Unexpectedly,

today,

this rule of the group

became the protection

of certain subsidiaries to stop making progress.

It can not be tolerated in this group.

Last time, Xia Ming asked me this.

Do I treat all subsidiaries

equally?

Do I have a favorite?

I said no.

Right?

Today, let me stress it again.

All of the subsidiaries

are equal.

The subsidiaries

are inseparable from the group.

Starting today,

Yinghai no longer has the power over procurement

of the subsidiaries.

You run according to the market mechanism.

How can this be?

For the cement factory,

80% of our business

comes from companies in the group.

Won't this

shut the factory down?

If the cement factory

can only survive

by relying on its affiliates,

then it's not needed!

As the deputy general manager

overseeing the cement factory,

I bear

unshirkable responsibility for this situation.

Sir.

Please give me three months

to reform the cement factory.

If it still can't become

independent,

I'll resign to apologize.

Good.

I'll take you up on that.

Okay?

That's the end

of today's meeting.

Wang Yang.

Come to my office.

Let's go.

Chen, help me with it.

Mr. Wang, um...

I'll listen to you.

You must come.

Yeah, sure.

They insist on treating me to dinner.

What happened today

went too smoothly.

It's like the president

was waiting there.

Of course he was waiting.

Wang Mingyu exploited the subsidiaries

to make the EPC company stronger.

How can the president not know this?

It's just that for him,

letting go of the power over procurement

doesn't bring him any

actual loss of profit.

It can also resolve internal conflicts

and warn Wang Mingyu.

Several birds with one stone.

Why not do it?

This is true.

But I am still

kind of worried.

Being worried is right.

He punished Wang Mingyu

but didn't punish us.

He must be holding back a big move.

Here.

Try it.

New from the group's vineyard.

How's the taste?

Nice.

Do we sell this?

What a pity!

What?

I saved some for you.

I've already asked Tang

to pack a few bottles for you.

Enjoy it at home.

How many bottles?

Two.

Have more when those are finished.

And this letter.

Bring it back.

Read it carefully.

Mr. Wang.

What's wrong, Mr. Wang?

This is so...

Fire Su Xiao when we're back!

How is Zhou Jun now?

I heard his leader thinks highly of him.

Mr. Wang, it's inappropriate

if we make it too obvious.

I have a way.

Mr. Chen.

Sit, sit.

Sorry, Su Xiao.

I've been busy

these days,

so I didn't have time

to arrange work for you.

But it allows you

to get used to it here.

So, are you used to the life here?

Yes, I am.

Good. That's good.

Now I have an important task

for you.

Dong Lin should've sent it to you.

Have a look.