Winner Takes It All, Resurrection 2009

"The notice for the pre-New Year duty has already been issued. If everyone has to deal with something unexpected like him without prior notice, will the company's rules and regulations still be enforced?"

Li Zehua sat in the car and blocked the subsequent words that the person on the other end of the phone wanted to say with a few words, "If he can't do it, let him submit his resignation report. I will approve it remotely now.

In addition, tell all managers who are on duty to stay at home during the New Year period and not let the Compliance Supervision Department catch them for leaving their posts without permission. Any person found will be dealt with resolutely!
Don’t you believe it? It’s hard to find four-legged frogs, but we are still short of high-paid managers with two legs to wander around?
Even I, the boss, only spent the Little New Year at home and rushed back to work before New Year's Eve. So many colleagues stayed at their posts during the New Year, but only a small group of managers wanted to be treated specially? Are they going to make a scene?

Remember, unless there is a death or illness of a direct family member at home, or it is extremely urgent and cannot be handled by him, no temporary leave is allowed. If you can't do it, you'll be fired."

After hanging up the phone, another call came in. This time it was no longer a work report, but a call from home asking where I was.

As the saying goes, a mother worries about her son even when he is a thousand miles away. Li Zehua has been busy outside all year round and seldom goes back home. He didn't go home during the Chinese New Year last year and this year he only stayed at home for a few days before leaving.

"No need to pick me up at the highway exit, absolutely not. Please stay home. I will get off the highway in ten minutes. Yes, don't let me come either. We are brothers. There is no need for red tape and etiquette."

Unconsciously, he has become the pillar of this family. Compared with the original time and space, the environment at home has undergone earth-shaking changes.

My eldest brother is engaged in import and export trade in Pengcheng. Now he makes tens of millions of dollars every year by relying on the resources of the group. He is also enterprising and is actively exploring sources of goods. He has also invested in the OEM factory of my second aunt's cousin.

My second brother opened several large supermarkets in his hometown. Recently, he joined forces with the Yida Commercial Management Project Team and is preparing to enter the local hotel management industry. Although it is a small-scale operation, it is mainly based on learning through investment and partnership.

But all things are difficult at the beginning. With the golden signboard of Qingyun, as long as we don’t mess around, it is foreseeable that we will be able to successfully gain a foothold in the future.

Three years ago, when Li Zehua had not yet become successful, his whole family was still renting a house. Although his hometown was located in the city, it was the most remote township, and was not very suitable for living due to the garbage dump and substation.

He had no choice but to move his family to the city and do hard labor to support his family. This situation had remained unchanged for nearly three or four decades, from 1984, when he was not yet born, to 2012 and then to 2024, before his rebirth.

"It can only be said that people's thinking is constrained by their knowledge, and their horizons and the surrounding circles have a huge influence. In fact, my family had a good time in the early years, which was at the end of the last century.

At that time, migrant workers only earned three to five hundred yuan a month. But my family's tofu business could earn at least five to six thousand yuan a month in the winter, and the family didn't have any major expenses.

By 2003 or 2004, I was able to spare two or three hundred thousand to renovate my house in the countryside. I still remember that it was an apartment without an elevator next to Renmin Square, the most prosperous area in the city center.

My fourth uncle bought a commercial house of more than 08 square meters in 60 for just over 1200 yuan, which works out to less than 800 yuan per square meter. After all, it’s in a prefecture-level city with a registered population of over million!

If I had not built a three-story house in my hometown at that time, and used the money to buy houses in the city, I could have bought at least three houses with a total area of ​​nearly 200 square meters.

Even if it is not demolished in the future, when the price reaches its peak of 2019 yuan per square meter (in ), it can become more than one million yuan.

As a result, the house in my hometown was half-repaired, the person died, and I was left with a lot of debts. Life is so unpredictable. You never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident."

He was no exception and felt homesick, and was in the midst of all sorts of wild thoughts.

Zhang Tao said softly, "Sir, we are almost at the highway intersection. There is a local team waiting for you ahead."

He looked unhappy, "Didn't you say you don't have to come to pick me up?"

Zhang Tao: “He’s a local.”

"Oh."

Li Zehua thought for a moment and said, "Let Liu Ziliang get off the car and meet him, and then we can continue walking."

There are not many people who can make him stay now. In Hunan Province, only those in Xingcheng can make him look up to them. For other places, it is enough to let Liu Ziliang show up.

"Ok."

Zhang Tao did not hesitate and said on the customized special electronic device: "Keep going, and ask Assistant Liu to get off the car to receive us."

The lead car's voice soon came from the electronic equipment, "Understood."

Even at home, the security team around him never let down their guard.

Whenever they travel, three to four vehicles are arranged in front to scout the way, with one vehicle placed at a certain distance to ensure that there are no accidents on the road at any time. There is also a dedicated drone operator on each vehicle who is responsible for handling emergencies at any time.

He himself owns several cars. In the cities where he often stays, such as Shanghai, Pengcheng, Hong Kong, Yanjing, and Lijiaopo, he has super bulletproof Maybach, Hongqi, and Rolls-Royce exclusive cars available for use at any time.

This time they returned home early, and two identical bulletproof vehicles were airlifted from Shanghai to Star City for use. When they set off, two convoys were arranged one in front and one behind, and were accompanied by a large number of security forces.

This is to prevent someone from making a secret move and make it difficult for people to figure out which car he is in.

It is better to be cautious. The security team also has strict regulations on the prohibition of electronic products. In the face of sufficient interest rewards, every core security guard who has undergone the most rigorous scrutiny and training is vigilant and pays attention to every move around them.

Nothing unexpected happened and everyone received a generous bonus after the trip.

In case of any hidden dangers, the security team responsible for the area will be ruthlessly abandoned and sent abroad, and those with problems will be dealt with secretly.

No problem, he is just an unlucky person and will never come back in this life, so in theory, unless there is an open force to deal with him, any clown hiding in the dark will be defeated.

Trying to deal with it with that pitiful little force was like scratching an itch, because the entire personal security team consisted of more than 120 people, and more than 60 of them were openly and legally holding biu.

Not to mention the six happy drones that were specially allowed to be modified, um, the kind that fly over and everyone ascends to heaven happily together (only for unprotected individuals), but this thing is prohibited from entering big cities.

When not in use, it must be kept in the local department under the jurisdiction of the Five Military Governor's Office. Only when he travels long distances will he be allowed to carry it with him to deal with emergencies.

Such strict security measures are enough to deter most of the scoundrels~
In the cold wind, the bosses and deputy bosses of the local government offices stayed on the side of the highway exit, looking forward to it. At the same time, they surrounded several young people and threw all kinds of nice words at them.

The weather is cold, but fiery words warm the heart.

However, not everyone can enjoy this treatment. Several young people are lucky because they are either Li Zehua’s brother or his cousin. In short, they are the closest people to him.

The CEOs and vice-CEOs were willing to flatter and look forward to it eagerly, all because they wanted to get some resources from Qingyun to develop the city's economy.

It is a remote city located in the southwest of Hunan. It has a very difficult life. In 2011, the city's total economic output just broke through 600 billion RMB. What does that mean? The registered population exceeds 800 million.

The average amount per person is less than ten thousand.

The Pinduoduo Group, with a total of 49 employees, generated total revenue of US$410 billion, but micropayments of only 1.5 people contributed US$45 billion in total revenue and US$23 billion in total profit.

It is conceivable how much the local area hopes to get large-scale investment from Qingyun, even if it is just a slight increase!
In the strategy of developing two cities simultaneously, Hunan Province decided on Xingcheng and Hengnan, and the local people accepted it because the local location was remote and could not radiate to the surrounding areas.

But they have a trump card. Li Zehua grew up in this city for the first 18 years and has some feelings for it. What's more, his roots are here. He can't just ignore his family and relatives, right?

In order to please him, when the Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway was being planned, the local government sent people to Yanjing and Xingcheng to actively lobby. The core point was that Mr. Li from Qingyun hoped that his hometown would have a convenient passage!

At that time, the railway authorities and the provincial governor's office were all shocked. How could it be possible to play like this?

But when we sent people to the Magic City to inquire, we found out that they really did have this intention, based on the billions of real money Qingyun had invested in Star City in one go, and the subsequent promised investment in the second and third phases of the project.

The Hunan Province must respect his opinion, especially since the local government took the opportunity to come up with a new plan. The high-speed rail station is only three kilometers away from Mr. Li’s home.

This is because they are worried about the noise pollution caused by the short distance. Otherwise, they would like to turn the square in front of the high-speed railway into his yard! Even in the case of financial difficulties, the local government gritted its teeth and borrowed money from the bank to improve the local environment. The huge garbage dump was moved to a remote place ten kilometers away as quickly as possible.

Taking into account the continuous power shortage in the area, the substation was shut down and demolished in just one week. If it had not had a bad impact, the local authorities would even be willing to take the initiative to pay for the renovation of the old house.

In short, everything is for the purpose of having a smooth talk today. He is the new richest man in China, rumored to be the fourth richest man in the world, and the richest Chinese. What a great honor for the local area!

If we could just throw in a few hundred million dollars and develop some large-scale industries that have an economic driving effect, then of course we could hang sculptures at highway intersections and build our own fountain in the center of the square!

From now on, he is the city’s best image spokesperson, no doubt about it.

Unfortunately, the head car in the convoy did not stop as expected, but drove away from the toll station without hesitation. Everyone's hearts were relieved little by little.

But no one dares to show it, because when the money reaches a certain amount, quantitative change will lead to qualitative change. Look at him in Yanjing, he is a super celebrity in the 7 o'clock drama.

The cameras were almost ready to face him. The people who had equal conversations with him were either the governor or the provincial governor. Even the big guys in the courtyard were friendly to him. The gap between them was too great to allow them to get close to each other at all.

"Mr. Li is homesick and his old mother is anxiously waiting for him at home. He goes home to visit his mother first. This is a love we can learn from!"

The local boss had no objection at all and even took the initiative to smooth things over for the richest man he had never met before. The remaining vice presidents were all smart people and immediately started saying nice things, and the scene became more lively and harmonious for a while.

It seems as if everything is as it should be. If the difference in status is not that big, such a lack of respect would be like a slap in the face, and enemies would have to be made.

But who can blame him for being the only one in the country? The gap is so huge that he can’t even catch up with the other person’s taillights. Yet, everyone remains calm and can understand him instantly.

However, what they didn't expect was that the Maybach in the middle, guarded by many stars, deliberately slowed down its speed when passing by. Under their surprised gaze, the entire convoy actually stopped slowly.

Then, almost at the same time, all the vehicles' co-pilot seats opened at the same time, and strong men in suits and sunglasses, with special communication devices in their ears, drove out of the cars.

Then, according to the most standard security defense procedures, they occupied all places where potential hidden dangers might exist. Only after the personnel were in place, the door of the Maybach was opened from the outside.

"Mr. Li, welcome, welcome. On behalf of more than 800 million local people, I warmly welcome you back home..."

The boss reacted instantly, pulled Li Zehua's brother forward, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he stretched out his hands and shook hands tightly, with the most enthusiastic smile on his face.

Li Zehua changed his mind and got off the car only when he saw the most familiar figure in the crowd. After all, he could not care less, but what about his mother, brother, and other relatives and friends?
Face is given to each other. If you want others to look up to you, you must provide some resources when appropriate. He does not lack these, so why should he put on a condescending attitude and offend others?

As the boss introduced himself, he managed to memorize the people present. When almost everyone shook hands with him, they took the initiative to move forward with both hands and their expressions were meticulous.

"It's cold, thank you for waiting."

Li Zehua said politely, then turned to Liu Ziliang and said, "Go and get the gifts I prepared in advance for the elders of my hometown."

He smiled again, "I really have a lot of business to deal with in the group, so I'm only staying at home for a few days. I was planning to send it to you uncles during the Chinese New Year, but I just happened to run into this. I hope you don't mind."

The gift sent by Qingyun was definitely not insignificant, and the group was not short of that little money. It was important to maintain necessary interpersonal relationships. Li Zehua always kept one thing in mind.

Maintaining appropriate respect is beneficial to both superiors and subordinates. Unless the other party infringes upon the core interests of the group, he must remain humble at all times.

Just as the old gentleman had taught him in person with high hopes, you don't have to, but you must do your best on the surface. A fancy sedan is carried by everyone. As long as it is not a matter of principle, give people appropriate face so that you can meet again in the future.

Friends, aren't they the ones who become familiar with each other through interaction?

As expected, everyone present showed expressions of being flattered, and the boss was even more delighted. Could the friend who could make the richest man take the initiative to send gifts be an outsider?
Although the gift is not worth much, the attitude is there. When I meet my colleagues in meetings in the future, no matter how arrogant they are, I can just say: Our city has produced the fourth richest Chinese in the world.

He also visited my house and gave me many gifts personally. Do you deserve such treatment?
As the saying goes, what worries us most is lack of possession, not equality. Happiness is achieved through comparison. If others don’t have it but you do, how can you not be happy?

It would be even better if we could invest in some core industries.

Li Zehua also had a plan in advance. After inviting the CEO to his car and lighting a cigar for him, he smiled and said, "I was chatting with Chairman Liang of Sany Heavy Industry in Yanjing a few days ago.

We just happened to be talking about our hometown..."

As a preface, I recall the end of the last century, when the small city was at its most glorious. There were more than 100,000 or 200,000 industrial workers in the urban area, and there were a large number of state-owned and central enterprises, including the Hunan Automobile Manufacturing Plant, textile factories, and printing factories.

That was also the most glorious period of the town, but everyone knows what happened later.
The boss was full of emotion. "Yes, during the Third Front construction period, this small city was once glorious. At that time, it was ranked among the top five in the entire Hunan Province. But now..."

"After all, the foundation is still there. It's only been 13 or 14 years since the automobile manufacturing plant reached its peak, and there are still many experienced industrial workers in their prime.

Coincidentally, the house my family once rented was near the automobile factory. I was very familiar with the local situation and once sighed about it..."

Li Zehua did not say anything final. This is the art of language, because a business that is too eager to get ahead is bound to have no good results.

The boss was also a smart man and understood what he meant immediately. Sany Heavy Industry was one of the most prominent local super groups in Hunan Province and had invested in the small city as early as 06, but the scale had always been small.

"I heard that your company recently signed a package of cooperation agreements with Sany Heavy Industry on the production of electric drive equipment..."

"It is true. Qingyun intends to invest a huge amount of money to build a heavy machinery production and civilian new energy motor drive industry cluster with Xingcheng and Hengnan as the center in the future..."

After the boss got a definite answer to his question, he immediately stopped hesitating and took out his cell phone to call the second-in-command in the car behind him, "Hey, immediately prepare a full set of information about Sany Heavy Industry at the automobile factory. Yes, hold an on-site office meeting."

They also arranged for the six doors in front to open a direct path to the old site of the car factory, saying it was for an on-site inspection, but everyone knew the truth.

Because the automobile factory is next to the building materials city, and Li Zehua's mother has been living there for a long time out of nostalgia, but she no longer rents a house. Instead, the local government specially selected a piece of land with an excellent location.

A large villa was specially built for the old lady to spend her twilight years in peace and contentment. It has a separate entrance and a separate building with a wide view of the surrounding area, which not only maintains the convenience of life but also ensures a quiet place in a bustling city.

Together with the nanny, the security work was in place (there was a special six-door dispatch work station right next to the entrance), the old lady was very satisfied, and Li Zehua was equally grateful.

In short, it doesn’t matter where the supporting industrial chains are placed. With the dedicated passenger and freight line, the connection with Hengnan and Xingcheng will be closer, and it can also be placed in my hometown.

The boss who got the obvious hint was very excited, "Twenty billion actual investment in the next ten years? Don't worry, Mr. Li, as long as I stay here for one more day, I will definitely take good care of it for you.

Anyone who dares to make trouble will not be spared. No matter who crosses the line, we will deal with them strictly, quickly and severely, and we will never let them cause trouble to your group."

It was obvious that the other party was well prepared and immediately followed his line of thought.

No one knew that in a car, two big men reached an agreement on the future structure of the entire city for decades in advance.
Before he even got out of the car, the boss couldn't wait to give orders to various departments in front of him.

All the core departments involved, including the industrial park preparatory group, transportation, construction, finance, etc., were mobilized and immediately rushed to the old site of the automobile factory to discuss and receive tasks on the spot.

The local area does not have many resources to attract foreign businessmen. It has finally cultivated a superstar who has shocked the world. How can it easily miss the historical opportunity?

From top to bottom, everyone knew very well how much preparation the local government had made to win over the new richest man. It is no exaggeration to say that it started when they heard that he was going home.

If you find a leaf or a cigarette butt on the road when you go out, the person in charge of the local area will take it over and scold him for three hours, and then order him to clean it up without stopping within 24 hours.

The pursuit is an extreme, everything is just to attract investment and make the city's economy take off. Now that Mr. Li has shown great investment intentions, how can the locals not be ecstatic... (End of this chapter)