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The Ideal City

This is a work of fiction.

Ep26

This is the vice president

and the executive director of the group.

Mr. Wang Mingyu,

the general manager of the EPC company.

Hello, Mr. Wang.

Wang Mingyu

used to have a nickname,

"Old Cattle".

But because of his very appealing performance

at the end-of-year party,

he was given another nickname,

"Boss Bear".

Although bears look goofy and clumsy,

they're always at the top

of the food chain.

On behalf of

the management team of Yinghai Group,

I welcome you to join us.

This is the vice president of the group

and the general manager of the real estate company,

Lin Xiaomin.

Hello, Mr. Lin.

Welcome.

Lin Xiaomin's

life motto is

"Drink the strongest alcohol,

date the prettiest woman

and make the biggest amount of money".

He looks like a cheetah.

He's very dangerous.

Beware of him.

This is General Manager Xu.

I think you knew him long ago.

Xu Zhiping is an owl.

Owls normally hide in the dark

and say nothing,

but nothing escapes

their eyes.

The eyes.

The first time I saw the tender you wrote,

I knew that you're a talent

and that you would join the group sooner or later.

Young people are motivated indeed.

Young people are enthusiastic indeed.

Welcome, Su Xiao.

Thank you, Mr. Xu.

This is Zhao Peng,

Vice Chief Financial Manager.

Hello, Mr. Zhao.

Welcome.

In fact, your positions are on the same level.

You're in charge of the core operations

while he is in charge of the non-core operations.

If you were the wife,

he would be the concubine.

He used to think

that after your predecessor left,

he would've been promoted.

Who would've known that you would appear out of nowhere

and take his beloved position?

I don't have to explain. You know.

He dislikes you for sure.

After all, he's a sly fox.

This is the God of Fortune of the group.

Gao Jin, the chief accountant.

Hello, Mr. Gao.

Hello.

Gao Jin.

I think he is a bat

because everyone calls him "Vampire".

Hu Changhai.

The Panda.

He has dark circles.

This is Su Xiao,

the new vice chief financial manager of the group.

I see.

Hu Haichang, Chief Engineer of Yinghai Group

OK. Welcome.

Nothing else, right?

I still need to attend an important meeting

at the engineering department.

They're all waiting.

Mr. Hu.

Wait.

The president has something to say.

Isn't he away on a business trip?

Today

is the day that Su Xiao officially joins us.

First, I want to give a warm welcome

to her as a representative

of the leaders of Yinghai Group.

Everyone knows

that Su Xiao is only 29 years old this year.

She is the youngest ever

senior manager in the group.

Being young means having infinite possibilities.

But it also means lacking experience.

Everyone else here

is her predecessor and elder.

I hope that all of you

can care about her, take care of her

and help her

to blend in

with this big family as soon as possible.

This is the tender

for the second stage

of the JS River Project.

The time

of the next bid

is 6th next month.

So, hurry up

and assign the tasks.

Alright.

Time is limited and the task is heavy.

Yeah.

We have to take good control of all projects.

He's been in a trance over there for a long while.

Never mind.

Stop talking.

Haven't you seen him?

Keep quiet.

Your project...

Where were we?

The second stage of the JS River Project.

I drank too much last night.

My head still hurts.

The second stage of the JS River Project.

We're working at full capacity

on the projects we currently have.

We won't do any more projects.

I need to lie down.

Host the meeting, Lu.

Mr. Wang.

Should we just abandon the second stage

of the JS River Project?

They're asking for too much.

We can't do it.

You're right.

If only Su Xiao was still here.

Work hard.

Focus on the projects we currently have.

Our performance this year is outstanding.

I'll go, Mr. Wang.

Du Juan.

Coming.

Take it off.

What are you doing?

How are you, Chief Manager Su?

Let me show you my office.

What do you think?

Is it nice?

Yes.

I can even see the Huangpu River from my window.

Can you see it?

Is the view nice?

Very nice.

Hongmei told me

many times that

the president is capable

and daring.

I believe it for real now.

Otherwise,

he wouldn't have become the president, right?

He is so sharp.

He found me in this vast world.

He dares to promote new talents.

He surely is a big picture thinker.

He has an eye for talents.

I believe that in the future,

Yinghai Group will have better developments.

Not bad.

You've already spoken

my lines.

I think someone is knocking on the door.

I'll hang up. Talk to you later.

Come in, Mr. Zhao.

It's okay.

I'm just here to greet you.

Right opposite

your office is mine.

You're new here, right?

If there's anything that you

don't understand,

just ask me and don't worry about it.

OK, as long as

I'm not a trouble to you.

Of course not.

There're over seven billion people on earth.

We become colleagues

and our offices opposite each other.

What a destiny!

It's not easy for you to work alone

in Shanghai.

You even manage to get a good career.

I need to tell my daughter

to learn from you.

You're too kind, Mr. Zhao.

Alright. I'll leave you to your work.

The flowers look nice.

Bye, Mr. Zhao.

What the hell?

Why did they have to ask me to be here?

It's just shaking hands

with that little girl and welcoming her.

Alright, I accept that she is suddenly promoted

to the vice chief financial manager.

But why was the on-board

ceremony so big?

The only thing it lacked was a red carpet.

Who was the ceremony for?

Mr. Hu.

Don't just work on the techniques.

You need to care about the operation

of the group from time to time.

But you're the ones to take care of the operations.

I don't know anything about it.

Even if I care, I can't do anything.

Also, I don't have that energy at all.

We don't even have a solution for the frozen soil

in the Qinghai Project.

I'm overwhelmed.

Mingyu.

You know the president the best.

Tell me. What does he want now?

To tell you the truth, I don't know either.

Does he want to wash the eyes

of old guys like us?

Do we disgust him?

Hu, among everyone else,

you have the last person to disgust him.

You are the technical lead

of our group.

Right?

Come on.

Don't fool me.

Does he think that I'm blind?

I'm just not talkative.

The president asked Xu Feng

to take Zhiping's place and do an audit.

Now he assigns Su Xiao.

It's so obvious.

He has changed in the past two years.

He likes promoting young people

more and more.

Maybe it's because youngsters are more motivated.

Right?

Mingyu,

Why are you so slick now?

It's not like that.

Hu.

It's different than before.

I just won't believe it.

There you go again.

Let me tell you,

Su Xiao is definitely on a high rank.

First, she was promoted three times in a row.

Then, her onboard ceremony was

as big as that of a top-level leader.

The vice chief financial manager

is just the second level.

I saw her in the canteen today.

She's delicate and that's it.

I think that the president

has seen around and been around.

I don't think that he will like her.

Don't underestimate her.

The more sophisticated a girl is, the more she behaves like this.

I don't care if it's the president or not.

She surely is sophisticated.

Could it be that we're overthinking?

I think that she

doesn't look like such a girl.

If you could tell what everyone is like,

you would be too good.

Anyways, time reveals all things.

We'll know it after a while.

Therefore, it's easier

for women...

Let's go.

Hi, mom. What's the problem?

Why are you

so stubborn, girl?

You don't even call me now.

Didn't you complain that the fee is high?

If you obey me so well on this,

why don't you listen to me when I told you

to pay off the loan for our family?

Bei and I

need to buy a flat in Shanghai, too.

It has always been men's duty

to buy flats to get married.

Your dad and I have been kind enough.

We haven't even asked him for betrothal gifts.

How could he ask you for money?

Mom, the housing price in Shanghai is high.

Nowadays, both men

and women need to pay.

Only an unsuccessful man asks his girl for money.

Only an unsuccessful girl

stays with a man who asks her for money.

Look at our next-door neighbor Liu's eldest daughter.

She isn't as pretty as you

and she only has a diploma.

But she managed to find herself a husband

who bought her a flat and a car.

Alright, mom.

I agree that she's good.

I have to work now.

I'll talk to you when I go back home, okay?

It's just a few words and you get impatient.

You have such a bad temper

but no capabilities.

You've been working for so many years

but your salary is still limited.

Even your boyfriend

is just mediocre.

Your dad and I don't expect that

you live a life like Liu's eldest daughter.

But do think about our family.

We brought you up.

You can't just devote yourself to someone else.

I see, mom.

I have to work right now.

Well...

I'll talk to you

when I go back home.

Alright?

There you are.

I've been looking for you for a while.

What do you want me for?

Nothing.

I just want to talk to you.

This morning went by so quickly.

It feels like a dream. It's so surreal.

But it's real, General Manager Su.

Shut up.

Mr. Xu.

I'm looking for you, Su Xiao.

Dong stepped down all of a sudden.

He left the work to me.

I just want to ask you

when is it convenient

for the handover?

Anytime works for me.

Do you need another day

to adapt to it?

I'm alright.

I want to know my responsibilities soon.

Young people are motivated indeed.

Come to my office.

OK.

Follow me.

This is replenishing tea.

It replenishes the spleen and the stomach.

We need to sit for a long time

and think a lot at work.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine,

sitting for too long harms the spleen, and thinking too much harms the stomach.

You need to take care, too.

Don't end up like me,

with a damaged spleen and a damaged stomach.

It's difficult to fix them now.

Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Xu.

I will be careful in the future.

Do you know what are your responsibilities

in this position?

Yes.

I'm in charge of the budgets, the contracts

and the risk management of the main businesses,

Yes, you're in charge of all the projects in

the real-estate company,

the EPC company

and all five T-subsidiaries.

All combined,

these projects are 70 percent of the projects of the group.

Your duty is heavy.

You're there to supervise me, right?

Shall we go through it one by one?

OK.

Move that cup, please.

Come on.

TK Construction: Audit Report

Notice by Yinghai Construction Group

What's the problem?

This is the document of the eight million

that TK Construction needs to pay off

from last year's internal audit.

They've been stalling.

Dong, your predecessor,

stepped down in a hurry.

That's why he left this unsolved.

You should remember this, right?

Xu Feng was in charge of the internal audit.

I think you participated in it, too.

Why does TK Construction refuse to pay?

They say that they don't have money.

We need you to communicate in detail.

They've been stalling for almost a year.

It has become a bad example.

The other companies

are doing the same.

So, we hope that

you can solve it soon.

We can postpone

other tasks for now

and take them slowly.

But we can't put off this task.

If there's any problem,

report to me anytime.

We can figure out a solution together.

Your cupboards are not bad.

Did you do research on this?

I used to have a project

that involved this brand.

I did a bit of research.

Alright.

I'll trust you with all my

decoration problems in the future, Ms. Su.

My lessons are expensive.

Are you sure?

No problem.

Help me get two cups.

Congratulations on successfully joining the group.

Why are you back so late?

There were so many people. I didn't get on the bus.

I left food for you.

Eat something.

Come on, tank.

Do it, tank.

Kill the skull first.

Be smart.

Why did you order the porridge from them again?

Didn't I tell you

that it's not thick enough?

They give free steamed buns if you order porridge today.

Help me.

Apart from Hu Changhai,

the others were very welcoming.

Mr. Xu was also nice to me

and told me about many things that I need to pay attention to.

Maria was nice, too.

I used to think

that she is supercilious.

Judging from today, she's not.

She was helpful too

and did many things for me.

It's only the first day.

I know their attitudes on the first day

don't mean everything.

Nevertheless,

you can't deny that today was a good start.

A good start can't

always secure a good end.

But a bad start

will surely lead to a bad end.

Right?

Yes, of course.

I need to ask you something.

Why don't you pay back the eight million

from last year's audit?

Did they give this job to you?

Yeah.

I heard that you delayed it with Dong

for a whole year.

Let me tell you,

I won't buy this.

You have to pay the money back.

Why don't you say anything?

It's not like that.

Didn't you say

that you won't buy this?

I was just thinking about what you would buy.

Nothing.

Let's follow the rules.

I know.

I do want to

properly talk to you about this problem.

Because I know you.

You like taking advantage of the rules.

It's not like that.

I just use the rules

to improve efficiency.

The efficiency is improved indeed.

But do you know

the reason you achieve it?

It's because someone else's efficiency is lowered.

It's not fair, right?

If everyone does it,

those who don't want

to do it will end up doing the same.

In the end, no one will follow the rules.

I understand what you mean.

But it's a real-life problem.

I can give you the easiest example.

The full

development procedure

of a real-estate project

takes at least over half a year, right?

But in this case,

if you have acquaintances,

you will get a permission

in two months

without harming anyone.

What would you choose?

I agree with everything you just said.

But the reality is not like this.

Rules are there

to follow and to carry out.

But if there're people involved, there will be selfishness.

If there's selfishness, there will be unspoken rules.

I understand this, too.

But once

no one believes the rules

and everyone follows the unspoken rules,

everyone will first thing about

networking and finding acquaintances

the moment they

come across problems.

Will the world remain

a place that we like?

We will live in a place

that won't even

be attractive to ourselves.

Joker, push it.

Flame, the monster is close to you.

Corner him.

Come on, help me.

I'm cornering him.

Help me again.

Stall him.

Bei.

Bei.

Come here.

What's the matter? I'm in a game.

Come here quickly.

Coming.

What's wrong?

Do I have a wrinkle?

Is that it?

My team is dying.

Come back now.

Look. Do I have it?

Where? Show me.

There's a thin one indeed.

It's alright.

No one will notice it.

Look at me. Look.

My face is full of wrinkles when I smile.

But you're a man and I'm a woman.

We're different.

It's alright.

Before having anything,

I have wrinkles.

Nonsense.

What do you mean by having nothing?

You have me.

Also,

we will have a flat soon.

After your mom transfers the money to us,

we'll pay the deposit.

Don't be sad.

The money...

is gone.

What is gone?

The money that I left with my mom is gone.

But we agreed.

Why is it gone?

My mom didn't tell me anything

before buying a flat for my brother.

She said nothing.

Why did your mom...

That's the money for our flat.

Why would she buy a flat for your brother?

What about our flat?

I didn't know. My mom...

My mom didn't tell me about it when she

bought a flat for my brother.

Can you stop yelling at me?

Who else should I yell at?

Can I call your mom

and ask her

where the money for the flat went?

We need that money to buy a flat.

This is too much.

Have you thought about the way I feel?

I've been working for so many years.

It's all the money I have.

She used all of it to buy a flat for my brother.

Where do I get justice?

Good for you.

Why did you say that I'm not considerate?

What does your family want?

Uncle.

Uncle.

Let go.

Can you listen to me?

Dong's work

has been handed over to Su Xiao.

She is not the same as Dong.

She will definitely ask us

for that eight million.

I have no money.

I did some calculations last night.

We can squeeze it out.

If we got the land in the rural area,

you wouldn't need to squeeze it out at all.

Even if I was in a relationship with He Yao,

it would just be a momentum.

Do you really think that old schoolmate of yours

would abandon his principles?

Think about it.

On Su Xiao's first day at work,

Xu Zhiping gave her this task.

What's his purpose?

His purpose doesn't concern me.

That's his business.

He purposefully uses us

to put Xiao on the spot.

Dear me. Who on earth

dares to put her on the spot?

She's been here only a few days

but has been promoted three times in a row.

She's on the same level as me now.

On what basis?

Also, if it wasn't for her

during the audit,

we wouldn't have to pay for that eight million.

She did everything on her own.

According to you,

what goes around comes around.

She deserves it.

If you say so.

She could've still

stayed as a member of ZJ Construction

if you didn't put too much sand

in the wall that collapsed.

What did she do to you?

You're just a footstep

in her career.

Alright.

Listen to me.

Su Xiao never wanted

to take a side against you.

It's just you don't know her yet.

She is an upright

and outspoken person.

Also, with her in the group,

it's only beneficial to us

and no harm at all.

Let me finish.

Think about it.

If Su Xiao was fired

and Zhao Peng was promoted,

everyone would've listened to Wang Mingyu.

What would we do?

Do you think that I can't see the truth?

I just fear that you are

enchanted

with her witchcraft.

I agree. I'm not.

Do you think that I can't see the interests?

You're right.

Get in the car.

Are you alright now?

Did I get angry?

When did I get angry?

Thank you.

The western food buffet

was alright to me.

It was just a bit expensive.

Good morning, Mr. Xu and Mr. Zhao.

Morning.

Mr. Xu.

I communicated with Xia Ming

from TK Construction yesterday.

He said that they had

the All Stars Project last year

and that they advanced the fund.

They had huge financial pressures

and real problems.

But it'll be a bad influence if they don't pay the interest back

and it'll affect our management.

Therefore, I thought about a solution

and want to ask you about it.

Let's take the middle ground

and change the eight million that TK Construction owes

into a loan.

Did you come up with it

or did TK Construction propose it?

I came up with this idea.

I'm not sure if it's appropriate.

Mr. Gao is in charge of

the loans within the group.

We don't have the right

to tell other departments what to do.

If TK Construction

also agrees with it,

the right procedure would be

that Huang Lilin borrows eight million

from the investment department in the group and pays off the debt.

I understand this procedure.

I have no intention to interfere

with the work of other departments, either.

Mr. Zhao.

I just want to discuss

and see if the group has

a more flexible way

to help solve the problems

when subsidiaries

are in real trouble.

I think if this works...

I really understand that you're

eager to start working.

But the group

is a huge machine.

Everyone has his or her duty.

We can't mix them up.

So, don't say "in my opinion".

In the group,

no one says "in my opinion".

We only talk about the rules and the procedure.

When you follow the procedure,

you can get things done.

I know that Wang Yang thought

highly of you in TC Construction.

Many things you did weren't supposed

to be within your responsibility.

But now you're in the group.

You need to change such a work style

and adapt your state of mind as soon as possible.

Perform your tasks well

and leave others alone.

Your utmost priority right now

is to quickly urge TK Construction

to give the eight million back

and close the books.

As for where the money comes from,

that's Huang Lillin's

problem,

not yours.

Turn debt into a loan.

Good for her.

Well said.

I was balled up.

In our group,

everyone thinks

it's better to save trouble.

But she even wants to collaborate with other departments.

Did Xu really hand over

the mess of TK Construction to her

so quickly?

Yes, General Manager Xu

always seems

unconcerned.

I really thought that he doesn't care.

I didn't expect

that the first day Su Xiao

came to work,

he handed over

the hot potato to her.

Legit.

Since she is the successor of Dong,

she has to taker over his tasks.

Yeah. General Manager Xu never

gives others a reason to criticize him.

He is dealing with it very well.

Whoever else

would've been unhappy when the president

assigned a subordinate

without notice.

It doesn't matter that much whether

it's the first day or the second.

Sooner or later, it'll happen.

We still have to see

whether she truly has talents.

I'll go, Mr. Gao.

Ms. Su.

Mr. Zhao.

Were you talking to Mr. Gao about turning debt into a loan?

I just wanted to know

how loaning works in the group.

Su Xiao. In our group,

many things

have fixed procedures.

You can't violate them.

I understand. I just wanted to know.

Mr. Huang.

Zhao Peng.

Ms. Su.

Mr. Huang.

Do you need to talk to Ms. Su?

I'll leave you to it.

Please come in, Mr. Huang.

The last time I visited, Dong was still here.

After the Spring Festival,

there're so many changes already.

What are you doing?

I'm looking for tea.

The administrative staff cleaned the room.

I don't know where they put tea.

It's alright.

I'm not here to drink tea today.

I'm here to apologize to you.

I drank too much at the end-of-year party.

I made a fool of myself and I'm embarrassed.

Also, I broke

your phone.

I wanted to buy

a new one and compensate you.

But I really have no idea

what brands and what models

do young girls

like you prefer.

Therefore,

I can only

ask you to pick one for yourself.

It's alright, Mr. Huang.

I already have a new one.

Accept this anyway.

Otherwise, I won't feel at ease.

Mr. Huang.

I also

made some mistakes,

I'd like to take this chance

and apologize to you, too.

It doesn't matter.

Look at you.

You're a young girl

without a prestigious background.

You're on your own in Shanghai.

It's really not easy

that you can achieve this.

I admire you from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you for your compliments, Mr. Huang.

You're so young

but you managed to achieve this.

The president thinks very highly of you.

The sky is your limit.

Therefore,

I'd like to ask you to have mercy

and let go of Xia Ming.

Ms. Su.

I told you I'm not here for tea.

I found it.

Da Hong Pao, will it do?

I told you.

I'm not here for tea.

Mr. Huang.

Things happened

between us.

We have different standpoints.

Let's not talk about right and wrong.

We're in the same group now.

In my mind,

those are the past.

We can forget about

what happened in the past.

But right now,

we have a new challenge.

Whether we can go through it or not

depends on you.

I can't let you harm Xia Ming.

I've seen a lot of

girls like you.

What do you mean

by girls like me?

You don't have a good background but you have big ambitions.

You can only step

on others to rise to the top.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm not looking down on you.

Nowadays, the competition is so fierce.

Playing tricks, being up to no good,

and stepping on others

to rise are also your skills.

I don't think there's

anything more to talk about.

Please leave.

Is everything alright?

Yes.

If you request an answer,

I can tell you

that I won't break up with Xia Ming.

Then let me tell you too.

If you don't break up with Xia Ming,

you will never get that eight million.

One is business,

the other is privacy.

You can't just mix them up.

Why are you pretending

to be a scrupulous virgin?

Do you think that the president being your sugar daddy

allows you the right

to talk to me like this?

Please don't

sling mud at me.

Mud?

Be happy that it's not

boiling water.

You're so young but you are promoted three times in a row.

We're tough men who sacrificed for

and contributed to the group,

yet we fawn on you so much.

Do you think that you're really capable enough

for what you have now?

Aren't you ashamed?

What are you looking at?

Honestly,

being like this,

you're a good match for the president.

Both of you are up to no good.

Xia Ming

isn't good enough for a goddess like you.

I don't care how dirty you are.

But if you want to harm Xia Ming,

I won't allow it.

I won't break up with Xia Ming.

If you have any thoughts on anything,

tell him about it.

As for the eight million,

that's my responsibility.

I still have to do my job.

We don't have

anything else to talk about.

If you don't break up with Xia Ming,

I won't leave this place.

If I can't make you surrender,

I will change my family name to yours.