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The Ideal City

This is a work of fiction.

Ep31

What's on your mind?

You were like family just then.

I knew it.

Don't worry.

She came to visit my uncle.

I can't stop her, right?

Do you know why he came

to see me that day?

He said to me

that I got to where I am today

because of my illicit relationship

with the president.

He asked me to let you go.

Sorry.

I apologize on his behalf.

But he said it

to make you angry on purpose.

Don't take it seriously.

I'll talk to him later.

It's not you who won't let me go.

It's me who won't let you go.

Did he tell you this?

Of course he won't say this to you.

He'll definitely say

that I was the one making him sick.

It's all in the past.

Let it go and move on.

Alright?

You guys can move on.

Have you thought about me?

What did I do wrong?

Out of no reason,

my reputation was ruined.

I know.

I know you've been wronged.

But look at it from another angle.

Those posts on the BBS

were well-polished to make

the situation worse.

Surely,

they'll be as harsh as possible.

Don't take it too seriously.

After a while,

people will forget about it.

You can forget about it,

but I can't.

Some things

aren't simply defined as right or wrong.

Then what?

Defined with pros and cons?

That's why you asked for 8 million.

Xia Ming.

I understand others using pros and cons.

Why did you also do this?

Do you think of me as your girlfriend?

If I didn't think of you

as my girlfriend,

you'd long be out of the game.

So I should be thanking you

for showing mercy.

I didn't mean that, of course.

I just want to tell you

I will do my utmost

to reduce the harm to you.

It appears that this is just

a conflict between

you and my uncle,

but in fact, it involves

many people's interests

and many conflicts on a deeper level.

So many people

want to get what they want

through this incident.

It's not something that I can control

on my own.

I hope you can know that.

I hope when I encounter problems,

my boyfriend

won't just say,

"I'm already trying hard

to reduce the harm to you."

I hope he can say,

"I am here. Don't be scared.

We are in this together."

I also want this.

But it's so complicated.

Xiao.

I'm sorry.

I know you are disappointed in me.

But in the future,

it is likely that

we'll have similar problems.

Can we

keep our work

and relationship separate?

No matter what happens

at work,

no matter how big a conflict is,

don't bring it

into our home lives.

Don't let it

affect our relationship.

Is that okay?

I didn't tell you this.

But in fact,

I didn't want you to work at Yinghai.

The game rules at Yinghai

are different from that of TC.

At TC,

with outstanding performance,

you can hold your position

as the chief financial manager.

But it's different at Yinghai.

Capability alone is not enough.

You also need to weigh the pros and cons.

And build connections.

There's no right or wrong. There're only pros and cons.

There's no right or wrong. There're only connections.

I don't like this, either.

But this is the reality.

But it seems like you enjoy this.

For instance, you are still seeing He Yao.

Why are we

talking about her again?

Was I wrong?

Do you think I am jealous of her?

It's you.

You refuse to define your relationship

with her clearly,

because you need connections.

Everything in this world

is in a connection chart in your eyes.

It's something you can use.

So you don't care at all

who is right

between your uncle and I.

You just want to

benefit more.

I don't care if you believe me or not.

I don't enjoy this.

But very often,

I have to do

what I don't enjoy doing.

I also hate myself for being like this.

But there's no other way.

You already hate yourself.

Why do you still want me

to be someone like this?

Because I don't

want you to get hurt and fail!

Why are you still not sleeping?

What's the update on the 30 million?

Relax. We have the money.

If you give the money to him,

what about next month?

What happens next month

can wait until the next month.

Go to sleep.

Stop worrying.

How about

I pledge the house I now live in

to them?

Now,

I am TK's general manager.

You can just leave these things

to me.

Your job

is to take care of your body.

Go to sleep.

You brat.

How is

the work handover going between you two?

I am pretty much done.

Same here.

But for some businesses,

I've never handled them before.

I still need some time to get familiar with them.

There are existing procedures.

If you follow the procedures,

it can't be wrong.

Mr. Xu.

I still have a question.

About TK's 8 million,

the president instructed us

to let it go.

As for the four companies left,

he didn't give us clear instructions.

So I want to know

should we let them go?

If there's no clear instruction,

we need to keep going.

Then I think

Su Xiao is still

the best person to do the job.

Well, Su Xiao.

Don't get worked up.

Listen to me.

You were the one

doing this before.

You've already gotten much done.

If I take over now,

more time will be wasted.

No, no, no.

It's not like that.

I only went after TK back then.

Because TK owes us the most

and puts it off the longest.

Collecting theirs first

is the most effective method.

So, as for the remaining four,

I haven't started yet.

There's no such problem

as going over the procedure again.

You worked at TC before.

You are more familiar

with their business.

It has nothing to do with their business.

The audit team verified it last year.

They have overdue payments.

As for how to collect them,

we have existing procedures.

Look,

You are quite familiar

with the work,

aren't you?

Mr. Zhao.

We have

already changed roles.

This is

no longer my work to do.

Mr. Xu.

About this,

you two can figure it out by yourselves.

Proposal to Convert Debt to Loan

What are you doing, my rock?

What's this?

Xiao.

This is a brilliant idea.

There's no use.

What do you mean by no use?

This is a great idea!

Mr. Xu told me

it's not how we work in this company.

Makes sense.

Asking departments to work together

can easily cause problems.

Hongmei.

Do you think

I shouldn't come work here?

Why shouldn't you?

You should come here!

But,

you need to get used to the working style here.

What working style?

Um...

The less trouble the better.

In fact, we're not the only company working like this.

Many major companies

also work like this.

Then,

when you have a problem,

they'd try their best to pass the buck.

It's fine if you do nothing.

Taking action brings mistakes.

Xiao.

Your problem is that you take things too seriously.

You are too responsible.

I mean it.

Look.

About the 8 million at TK,

Dong didn't collect it for a year.

But he's fine.

Just then, Zhao Peng

wanted me to collect

the overdue payment

from the T-subsidiaries.

And Mr. Xu

only said one thing

carelessly.

"Figure it out by yourselves."

See?

This is how people work in this company.

You should learn it.

It's hard to imagine

that one day, I'll become

someone like this.

Everyone is like this.

If you don't change,

you would suffer.

Maria.

Where were you?

I...

I sent something to Ms. Su.

What should you be doing now?

Work.

Yet you delivered things for others.

I was only gone for a little while.

Nothing was delayed.

Nothing was delayed.

Have you finished the report?

And this.

Have you interviewed this one?

When do you

plan to copy this?

So many tasks

are lying on your desk.

And you delayed nothing?

I'll do it now.

Yesterday, I already selected...

Did you displease her again?

Why do I feel like

she is targeting you?

She thinks

I bad-mouthed her

in front of the president.

Then you're doomed.

It can't be that serious.

It can be.

Now we only have 32 million.

If we pay 30 million back to Mr. Cui,

there's only 2 million left.

Just enough for this month's salaries.

If we pay the employees,

there's no money next month.

If we don't pay them,

people will have wild guesses.

Pay the employees.

There's no use keeping it.

Then we won't have

any money next month.

Let me think about it.

The All Stars Project

has taken too much of our money.

Sir.

Find a way to ask them

for money.

Even if they pay us,

it is still far from enough.

We need to find a way

to solve it once and for all.

How?

We can't get a bank loan.

The group won't lend us money either.

Let's go.

Where?

Pay you with off-plan properties?

Yes.

Nice try.

Over the past two months,

the housing price per square meter has increased by almost 1,000 yuan.

What goes up can go down.

Who knows

if the price will go up or down

at the presale stage?

If you don't think it'll go up,

will you want me

to pay you with off-plan properties?

Of course I think it'll go up.

But the market is ever-changing.

Maybe there will be

purchasing limits by then.

Besides, Mr. Shen.

Even if the price goes up,

since we've paid

so much money in advance

and taken such a huge risk,

it's not wrong

if we take some interest.

You should have some interest.

However,

this is too much.

Not at all.

Mr. Shen.

Let me calculate this for me.

Don't.

I can't outsmart you in this.

I know my limitations.

However,

you need to give me a reason.

Why should I

pay you with off-plan properties?

Because for All Stars Group,

there is no risk.

All the risks are

transferred

to TK.

And we share the benefits.

Tell me.

Why do we share the benefits?

Alright.

Then I'll just stop here.

Okay.

As for the rest,

talk to the chief.

Okay, sure.

Good.

Thanks, Mr. Shen.

You stay here. Thanks.

Okay. Goodbye.

Mr. Xiao, this is impressive!

I can't believe you pulled it off!

Where should we go now?

Go to see Mr. Cui.

Mr. Cui.

Where's the money?

I don't plan to pay you back.

And I want to borrow more from you.

Interesting.

This kid is quite interesting.

I'll lend you nothing.

You want it?

I am serious.

I hate people like you

who talk nonsense seriously.

You think I'm joking.

I have given you

two extra days.

Don't push your luck.

You know we have a project called

the All Stars Plaza, right?

I know.

From All Stars Group.

Fat Huang bragged to me about it.

But after Liu Tiesheng

was taken into custody,

the whole company

has been chaotic.

Do you expect them

to pay you?

Me showing mercy

is more hopeful.

Yes, they don't have money.

But they have properties.

Tell me.

Based on the current speed,

by June, we can finish

70% of the main project.

Then this project

can have a presale license.

Although

they don't have cash,

they've agreed

to let us fund it first then pay us

with off-plan properties later.

You must know how good

the location of the All Stars Plaza is.

You don't need to worry about the sales.

There's great room for appreciation.

Room for appreciation.

What?

Are you in charge of the housing market?

This month, the price

per square meter went up by 1,000 yuan.

What goes up can go down.

Maybe one month later,

you'd lose everything.

It's possible, of course.

Depends on whether

you want to take your chances.

Come here.

Are you scared?

There's the door.

Mr. Cui.

I like decisive people

like you.

Mr. Xia, are you okay?

Mr. Xia?

I can do

what I hate with ease.

It's so strange.

Hate what?

If my dad were here,

he'd scold me hard.

Only focusing on making profits.

But if it can be done,

our company won't have

any financial problems.

Otherwise, next month,

we can't even pay the salaries.

Right.

So I have to do it.

Mr. Xia. Let me take you to the hospital.

Mr. Cui is not a good guy.

Mr. Xia.

Have you decided to work with him?

Of course he is not a good guy.

I don't want to work with him, either.

But what else can we do?

Don't tell my uncle what happened today.

Okay.

Why are you here so late?

Why are you doing this?

Don't touch it.

I'm already at the door.

Be careful.

Have you paid Mr. Cui back?

No.

Why haven't you?

If he gets mad, nothing could stop him.

If I pay him back,

we won't have

any money next month.

So I talked it over with him.

Unexpectedly, he agreed.

I don't need to pay him back now

and he also lent me 50 million.

He lent you money?

For what?

I don't know.

Tell me!

Sit down and I'll tell you.

I won't if you don't tell me.

Sit.

No.

Slow down. I...

Spill it.

I reached an agreement with Mr. Shen

from All Stars Group.

They will pay us with off-plan properties.

Then I can sell some properties

to Mr. Cui.

Since he can profit,

he is surely happy with it.

You brat.

You just like to keep me guessing.

I already told you

not to worry.

I am guarding

TK for you.

In the future, I will sit if you ask me to.

I'm sorry.

I can't send you home today.

I drank too much.

It's okay. See you tomorrow.

He Yao.

Thank you for everything.

With you here, my uncle is much happier.

Don't thank me.

I'm here to see him.

He's the one who should thank me.

I'm leaving. Bye.

Su Xiao

Hello.

It's so good

to hear from you now.

What's the matter?

You sound weak.

My stomach hurts.

Where are you now?

I'll take you to the hospital.

No need.

I'm better now after hearing your voice.

You're lying again.

I mean it.

After last night,

I've been worried that

you might overthink things.

I wanted

to call you today.

But you were busy.

So, you calling me

makes me very happy.

I'm home.

Hello?

Look to your left.

Why are you here?

You really don't need to see a doctor?

No need.

Did you drink?

Quite a lot.

I bought you warm milk.

Let's go up.

Let's just sit outside.

Okay.

Is TK's problem

really tricky?

It's nothing. It can be solved.

I'm sorry.

Why?

In the past, I thought

if I'm stuck in a jungle,

I can use a sword

to cut off thorns and get out.

Then I realized

the sword in my hand

not only can't cut off thorns

but also hurts people.

I said I was sorry

not because of that thing.

It's because

I didn't find you another way out.

A way that doesn't require

manipulations.

So,

I'm still stuck in the jungle.

I thought I was out,

but I am still there.

Xia Ming.

Use your own way

to run TK.

Don't let your feelings stop you.

I believe that

you will succeed in the end.

Maybe I haven't told you this.

I like you a lot.

I already like you

before you told me

you like me.

I like you

in a way that the result doesn't matter.

Even though

you were still planning

for TK's future,

and I

wasn't part of your plan,

I don't blame you at all.

But now when I see you,

I only feel sorry for you.

These days,

I've been thinking a lot.

I can't help you with anything.

I will only hold you back.

In the future,

if there's anything

that I can help you with,

just tell me.

I will do whatever I can to help you.

But,

not as your girlfriend.

What if I say no?

You know it better than anyone else.

There's no answer for this.

What you believe in

is different from what I believe in.

But now,

I no longer believe in

or hold on to anything.

You don't need to be torn in the future.

Just do it with no worries.

Shall I send you home?

I'll stay here for a while.

You can go home now.