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The Ideal City

This is a work of fiction

Ep40

I can make it work again.

I can give you both TK Construction

and the land in the rural area.

What do you mean?

I mean what I said.

You treat me like a three-year-old kid, Mr. Wang.

TK Construction is insolvent.

You don't know if the agricultural land in the rural area

can be used for other purposes

in the future.

To divest TK Construction

is a legitimate procedure.

Of course,

the precondition

is that I can make the decision.

You want me to help you become the president.

It's mutually beneficial,

isn't it?

What if you become the president

but refuse to divest TK Construction?

What can I do to you?

What do you think we should do?

Unless we are in the same boat.

What do you mean?

After TK Construction is divested,

you will become a 49 percent shareholder.

I will hold the stocks for you.

Deal.

It's tricky now.

We can't get in touch with the president.

We don't know the truth about the land

in the rural area.

The board

stands unequivocally behind Mr. Wang.

Unless all the other leaders

reach a consensus,

there won't be checks and balances

to limit Mr. Wang's power.

Come in.

Maria.

What's the problem?

You also

no longer believe the president, right?

It has nothing to do with trust.

I only value the facts.

Mr. Wang made up the story that there's

an entrusted shareholding agreement

between the president and Xia Ming.

It's not the fact.

Su Xiao.

I can understand what you feel right now.

Of course, I also understand

that you want to help the president.

However, this is

totally not within

your remit.

You can do nothing about it.

Mr. Wang is the Chief Vice President.

According to the division of labor,

he is the person in charge

of the daily operations of the group

when the president is not here.

I know that I can do nothing about it.

But can't you do anything either?

I...

I'm just the Director of Human Resources.

How is it possible that I can

tell the Vice President what to do?

You don't want to, right?

My suggestion

for you is to have a long view.

Don't be limited by the present.

Mr. Wang already has

the support of the board.

If something really happens to the president,

Mr. Wang

will become the next president.

Is it really what you think?

Yes.

No.

If you're like this,

you wouldn't have told me

that Mr. He from TH Construction

forced his employees to resign by scolding them.

It's different.

Maria.

Maria.

Didn't you hear

what David said in there?

He's just a tool.

He only thinks about money.

Every day, he thinks

about how to maximize

the profits.

But we're not the same.

We are flesh and blood.

Maria.

Never let them

control your brain.

I'll inform them and convene a meeting.

However,

it's your job

to persuade them.

Thank you.

Thank you, Maria.

Maria. What do you want?

Su Xiao said

that she wants to tell you a story.

I thought

we might as well

listen together.

Maybe we will be inspired.

Right?

Let's listen, then.

Some time ago,

I met a senior in our industry.

He used to be a bricklayer.

He was born in 1949

when the People's Republic of China was established.

He was born in the countryside and grew up there.

In the early 1980s,

he came to work in Shanghai.

Because he has good skills,

he was recruited by a company

and became the leader of the bricklayers

in that company.

In his prime,

he led over 100 people.

But then he grew old

and didn't have the strength to work.

He wanted to return to his hometown and live the rest of his life,

only to find his house collapsed,

his son dead because of illness,

and his daughter-in-law married to another man.

He had nothing left.

He could only take his young grandson

back to this big city and try to make a living.

He wanted to keep working.

But because he is old,

no one wants to hire him.

Then,

the company he used to work for

knew about his recent conditions

and arranged for him

to live in a temporary building.

That temporary building

is near Shangguan Art Gallery.

Over thirty families live there.

All of them used to be construction workers before retiring.

They've constructed

countless buildings in this city,

but none of the flats

belong to them.

I don't know their names.

But I know

that all of them used to

work for the same company.

The name of this company is Yinghai.

Mr. BA.

Zhiping, is that him?

It's him.

In the beginning, the president

also disagreed

with my all-employee stock ownership plan.

Then, I took him there.

On our way back,

he told me this.

Mr. BA

is our first leader

of the bricklayers.

In the beginning, all the bricklayers

were trained by him.

His name isn't BA,

but his skills are too bloody awesome.

That's why everyone

calls him Mr. BA.

I always thought

that he has gone back to his hometown

and is living a happy retired life.

Leaders,

In my opinion, Yinghai

doesn't belong to the president,

the leaders,

or me.

It belongs

to all the employees of Yinghai,

including anyone who used to work for us, who is employed by us,

and who will join us in the future.

Yinghai is a combination

of everyone.

If anyone falls behind,

we won't be Yinghai.

Go back, the two of you.

Xu.

Go back.

Mingyu.

I inform you on behalf of the leaders

that your investigation on Xia Ming

has a bad impact on the group.

Release him.

Before the president returns,

the group will be managed

by the leaders together.

Xu. You're here just in time.

Take a look.

He came clean.

Why are you here?

Wang Mingyu is such a dirty dog.

What did he do to you?

What can he do?

He made trouble.

I'll have it out with him.

Come on.

Don't make more trouble.

I'm still alive. How dare he...

Let's go.

I'm alright. I can deal with it.

Is there any news about the president?

Not yet.

Before,

I always hoped that he would be in serious trouble.

But when it actually happened,

I don't feel comfortable.

Do you know who did it?

Who knows?

What now?

It wasn't you, was it?

No.

Really?

I mean it.

You brat, don't lie to me.

It's not me for real.

What exactly did you give Wang Mingyu?

The deal with the president.

？

The president isn't who you think he is.

What do you think I should do?

If I tell you,

will you listen?

Tell me.

I told you about it a long time ago.

The group has its own way

of functioning.

You can't interfere with it.

Can't we just turn a blind eye

to it?

Now what?

You even involved the president in it.

Tell me, what should we do now?

I'm sorry... I...

I drank too much.

It's alright.

It's too late. I'll go back.

Don't drink too much.

Xiao.

You...

Are you really alright?

Yes.

I was worried about you indeed.

You divorced Bei all of a sudden

and moved to a new place.

I worried that something

bad happened to you.

But I understood it just now.

It's just that you have another choice.

I'm glad.

I'll leave.

Get home safe.

Rest assured.

Nothing will happen to the president.

Good morning, Mr. Wang.

Morning.

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I shouldn't have kept the land

in the rural area from you.

But I was very worried that you

would have a prejudice against Xia Ming.

Also, it's difficult to accommodate

those people who live there.

Before coming up with a solution,

I wanted to stall first.

It was my fault.

Do you think that these words

mean anything now?

They mean nothing.

But after all,

we've been bros for decades.

At this point,

I have to give you an explanation.

Is an explanation the only thing you owe me?

Ever since the cement incident,

you've always been holding grudges against me.

You could've just told me about it.

You drew the bow but didn't shoot

and cut my flesh with a blunt knife step by step.

First, you took away my power to purchase materials.

Then, you merged the T-subsidiaries.

In the end, even Xia Ming

will be on the same level as me.

The only thing you see is that I took away your power.

Can't you see your own problems?

Wang Mingyu.

Aren't you aware of how many things

you did behind my back?

Wang Mingyu.

Are you not the one to blame

for the T-subsidiaries'

current situations?

Ever since you

abused the power of purchasing materials

and exploited the T-subsidiaries,

I've been constantly trying to warn you.

Did you ever stop?

Not only you didn't,

but you redoubled your efforts

and went even further.

What do you want me to do?

Alright. Cut the crap.

Let's meet at the shareholders' meeting.

President.

When I wasn't here,

what was going on with the merger

of the T-subsidiaries?

It stopped for a bit.

Everyone was worried.

What for?

It's alright now.

Back to work.

Focus on your job.

Even if the sky falls,

the merger of the T-subsidiaries

shouldn't stop.

After that,

there will be an IPO.

We can't make any mistakes.

What about the shareholders' meeting?

It's alright.

I've been the president for decades.

I've seen this many times.

Go back to work.

OK.

Please ask Mr. Liu to contact us

when convenient.

Alright.

President.

Shareholders' Address Book of Yinghai Construction Group Co. Ltd

Contact Li Dawei.

OK.

Hi, Mr. Zhao.

Mr. He doesn't answer the phone.

Some time ago,

Mr. He had a bit of injury

when hunting.

He has been reposing.

If there's anything,

you can just tell me.

It's about the shareholders' meeting tomorrow.

I want to exchange ideas with him.

Mr. He told me about this.

He thinks

that the interest of the shareholders

can't be violated.

The shareholders also have the right to unite

and protect their interest.

I see.

Please tell Mr. He

that I wish him to recover soon.

OK. Thanks.

It's too late.

Go back and have an early night.

Sorry.

President,

I believe that you can win.

I will support you.

Please come in.

Should I wear slippers?

I'll do it.

Let me do it.

Have you had dinner?

Not yet.

Well... Would you like some noodles?

Yes.

Wait a moment, then.

OK.

I put egg and tomato in the noodles.

There're more noodles in the pot.

You're very good at cooking.

It's the only thing I'm good at.

Do you want some sauce?

Yes.

I have more.

Let me do it.

Let me do it.

I'll do it.

This is chicken with mastic-leaf prickly ash.

This is beef and shiitake mushroom.

This is seafood.

This is chili sauce.

Did you make all these?

This is extra spicy.

Is it spicy?

You wrote this, right?

Yes.

Read it.

Laden with 120 percent

of guilt and regret,

I write this letter of self-criticism.

For over 30 families

who live in that land,

I had no choice but to agree

with the president's shareholding entrustment request.

After Mr. Wang found out about it,

Extraordinary general meeting of the Yinghai Group

he has been trying to persuade me with sincerity

to do decent things

and to be an honest person.

I can't keep the secret for the president no matter

for public, personal, emotional

or legal considerations.

There wasn't a written agreement.

It was just an oral promise.

The stocks of the T-subsidiaries

that my uncle and I own

will all belong to the president.

An oral promise?

We'll never know if you made it up, right?

Yeah.

Of course, they wouldn't make

a written agreement for such a deal.

It's not true.

Everyone.

Exactly.

Please keep quiet.

Although there isn't a written agreement,

we have a witness.

The manager of the security department of the group heard the deal

between the president and Xia Ming with his own ears.

He is waiting downstairs.

I will tell him to come up right now.

Indeed.

This witness

did hear that the president

wanted to make a deal with me.

He was the one who reported it to Mr. Wang.

That's why Mr. Wang found out about the land in the rural area.

Then, Mr. Wang combined

that land with the all-employee stock

ownership plan

and drew a conclusion

that the president wants me to hold shares for him.

Logically, it makes sense.

If I wasn't directly involved in it,

I would have believed you, too.

What do you mean?

You're really good, Mr. Wang.

You even managed to get them to investigate the president.

When the president couldn't do anything, you took the chance

and heavily influenced public opinion.

You made the leaders of the group

and the board team up with you.

If you stopped right there,

it's possible that the president will be removed

from office in today's shareholders' meeting.

After all, a shareholding entrustment

damages the interest of the group.

There's no doubt that the shareholders

would rather believe it.

But you want to win too much.

You got impatient.

You wanted to make this into

an incontrovertible proof

and to bring down the president once and for all too much.

First, you tried to draw Su Xiao over to your side.

After you failed, you came to me

and interrogated me in the name of the board.

However, you made a promise in private

that if I help you become the president,

you would divest TK Construction.

You said that I would have 51 percent of the company

and you would have 49 percent

and that I would hold the stocks for you.

Mr. Wang.

What happened exactly?

What does he mean?

Who is it that wants a shareholding entrustment?

He is obviously framing me.

I agree.

Come on, think about it, everyone.

The president deliberately kept the land in the rural area

a secret and made

an all-employee stock ownership plan of the T-subsidiaries

to give the stocks to Xia Ming and his uncle.

These are solid proofs.

I'm not making it up.

If I didn't find out in time,

he would've managed to do it.

At that time, we already started the process

of divesting TK Construction.

Also, only Su Xiao, the president

and I knew about the land

in the rural area at that time.

If the president

really wants to gain profits

through a shareholding entrustment,

why didn't he just

divest TK Construction?

Why did he have to promote

an all-employee stock ownership plan?

If you have to choose between 49 percent and 5 percent,

it won't be difficult as long

as you're not stupid, right?

Well said.

Since you should know which one to choose if you're not stupid,

are you saying that you're not normal?

You just said that I promised

to divest TK Construction

and give you 51 percent of the company.

Why didn't you choose that?

If you have to choose between 51 percent and 0 percent,

it won't be difficult either

as long as you're not stupid, right?

You only see the land in the rural areas,

but you failed to see the people living there.

You saw the employee stock

ownership plan,

but you failed to notice that it's for everyone.

Wang Mingyu,

you no longer

take people into consideration.

You only care about profits.

Mr. Wang, did you forget

that there was also a video camera

in the room apart from you

and I the day you talked to me?

You remember it correctly.

You did turn it off.

But it is the time

of the Internet of Things.

There's a universal

remote control on my phone.

I don't think that you

checked the video recording afterward, Mr. Wang.

You want me to help you become the president.

It's mutually beneficial.

Everyone,

all we have to do is to tell the security department

to send the digital video here.

Then we will know

if Mr. Wang promised me

that he would divest TK Construction

after he becomes the president.

Nonsense. I was tricking you.

Why would I...

I only installed the universal

remote control this morning.

Mr. Wang.

Why are you here?

Mr. Wang.

Do you have any misunderstandings

towards the president?

What misunderstanding?

When the group was restructured in the past,

I offered to start a new company

and founded TC Construction

so that it wouldn't put him on the spot.

He should remember my kindness

from the bottom of his heart, right?

Right now, the T-subsidiaries will be merged.

He appointed Xia Ming as the general manager

without even asking for my opinion.

I just don't

understand what

I am to him.

I really understand what you feel.

I remember what Xu Feng said to me.

He said

that I am just a knife to the president.

I was also confused at that time.

Then,

I gradually understood it

when working with the president.

The president is a helmsman.

He only looks

in the right direction.

As a subordinate,

all I have to do

is to keep up with him.

Otherwise, I will be left behind.

It's not just you or me.

It's the same for everyone.

The All-Employee Stock Ownership Plan of the T-subsidiaries

was handed in by Su Xiao,

the vice chief financial manager of the group.

When she gave me this,

I was very angry.

I told her

that I didn't pay her

to overthrow me.

She answered me with one sentence.

She said that the group

is a community with a shared future.

I was in a trance.

All this time,

Yinghai has been making a lot of profits.

I have confidence

that we will keep making profits in the future.

But apart from this,

we need something else, too.

Responsibility.

Social responsibility.

We can't only think

about making profits for ourselves.

We have to turn around and see

if our employees

are keeping pace with us.

Yinghai means the sea of victory.

The victory of one person

or a group of people

doesn't make Yinghai.

Only when everyone succeeds, we become Yinghai.

Right now, we will

restart the IPO.

The purpose is to be completely transparent,

go public and show everyone

what kind of enterprise

Yinghai wants to become.

Will we become an enterprise

where the employees and the shareholders share

the same future and become rich together,

or will we become

an enterprise that only values the interest of the shareholders?

This

is for you to decide.

Didn't you worry that

the all-employee stock ownership plan of the T-subsidiaries wouldn't be approved?

There's an old saying.

It says that there are

only two most difficult things on earth.

One thing

is to get money from others,

the other

is to plant ideas

in other people's minds.

Therefore, if I can't do it the first time,

I will try again.

Did you make a deal

with the president for real?

Yeah.

Let's make a deal, then.

I can keep those people there

on the condition

that you become the general manager of the T-subsidiaries.

You owe it to the T-subsidiaries.

I also owe it to them.

That moment, I realized

that I was narrow-minded.

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