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Li Haoyu shook his head helplessly. ✊😺 ➅❾𝕤Ĥ𝕌𝓍.𝒸๏ᗰ 🐨☺

Being gentle to your enemies is being cruel to yourself—this is a truth he only just came to understand. Otherwise, his past life wouldn't have been so miserable.

"Praise" is just a means; "killing" is the goal.

If you want to eliminate your opponent without bloodshed, a blunder is one strategy, but flattery is an even better one.

Let him make enemies on all sides without them even realizing it, so that when he's feeling smug, he'll find himself on the opposite side of even more people. That's the real masterstroke—killing without shedding blood.

Yuan Yuan looked around nervously, making sure no one could hear her, and asked with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation, "So, what should we do?"

"How should we frame him? Should we secretly replace his design drawings? Or should we bribe someone else to frame him? That's how it's portrayed in 'Empresses in the Palace'."

Li Haoyu: "Palace intrigue dramas are really harmful..."

He said speechlessly, "Yuanyuan, you still like 'Empresses in the Palace'?"

Yuan Yuan frowned and said seriously, "The study of palace intrigue is profound and extensive, and its knowledge is worth pondering and learning carefully."

Li Haoyu tapped Yuan Yuan's head and said with a helpless expression, "I won't do anything to him directly. At most, I'll just flatter him a bit more."

"As for the outcome, it all depends on his own fate."

But what Li Haoyu didn't say is that it's human nature to like being praised and dislike being criticized; this has been true since ancient times. 💝😎 ✋👽

Praise can be devastating, like a trap filled with flowers. The extent of its damage depends entirely on the extent of Wang Yongzheng's own inflated vanity.

Therefore, whether being praised to the point of destruction is terrible depends on who it is directed at.

For someone like Wang Yongzheng, this could be fatal.

Yuan Yuan continued, "Why make it so complicated? Wouldn't it be better to be simple and direct?"

Li Haoyu explained, "First of all, the more troublesome and lazy you are in the early stages of doing something, the more costly it will be to make up for it later."

"To put it bluntly, sometimes you think you're saving yourself trouble, but actually, bigger trouble is already on its way."

After listening, Yuan Yuan asked with some curiosity, "Where did you learn all this?"

Li Haoyu said earnestly, "I also watch 'Empresses in the Palace.' Who isn't a 'Empresses in the Palace scholar'?"

Li Haoyu shook his head. "Wait until I finish speaking."

He continued, "I'm just giving him a chance to appear on the show. What I asked you to do isn't anything else, just to communicate with the construction team."

Yuan Yuan nodded: "Understood. We'll have the construction team deliberately slow down the progress so that he can't finish on time and make a fool of himself in front of the whole country."

"No, that method is too despicable and low-level. On the contrary, you should get the construction team to cooperate fully, and use the best materials and labor."

Li Haoyu said, "It would be best to give him a lot of creative space, let him freely express his creativity and complete his wildest ideas."

Yuan Yuan was completely baffled. "What kind of tactic is this...?"

Li Haoyu said, "Wang Yongzheng is a very self-centered person, but the most important thing in home renovation is the homeowner's needs; the designer's ideas and approaches are secondary."

"Wang Yongzheng may be a good designer, but he is definitely not a good project manager. He focuses too much on the design effect he wants and easily overlooks cost control."

"Take bricklaying for example. Anyone who has done renovations knows that the fixed costs of bricks, tiles, steel, and concrete are fixed, no matter how high they are. The biggest cost in building a house is actually labor."

Yuan Yuan nodded admiringly.

"Do you have any other questions?" Li Haoyu asked.

Yuan Yuan still had some questions. "It sounds reasonable, but how can you guarantee that Wang Yongzheng will develop things the way you envision?"

Li Haoyu took a stack of documents from his office desk, placed them on the table, pointed to them, and said, "It's just a bold estimate, but we need to verify it carefully."

"The data doesn't lie. His past experiences and personality can't be changed. There's no special way to do it."

Yuan Yuan asked in surprise, "Is it really that simple? There's no special reason?"

Li Haoyu nodded. "Indeed, no one can predict these things. Even something as simple as praising someone to death won't work if you're truly without desires or wants."

Yuan Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, her boyfriend is still within the realm of normal people.

Not everyone can predict everything perfectly.

Li Haoyu said calmly, "It's just an attempt. It's no big deal if it fails."

"Besides, if he can really focus on designing well and create an excellent design, it would be a rare opportunity for him."

"If that's really the case, you don't need to do anything extra. Just come back and report to me." Yuan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and happily went to communicate with the relevant documents.

There were some things Li Haoyu couldn't say.

Wang Yongzheng is an idealist.

In the original storyline, Daisy wanted to convert her house into a bed and breakfast. Jiang Nansun, out of affection for Daisy, recommended Zhang Anren for the design. Daisy didn't refuse, entirely out of respect for Jiang Nansun.

In an effort to please Jiang Nansun's aunt, Zhang Anren went all out, staying up several nights in a row to produce design drawings and even renderings of the interior design, all so that Daisy could easily see the results.

From a design perspective, Zhang Anren made the most of the space and tried to maximize economic benefits. He divided the house into four and a half suites.

Replace it with a landlord who rents out properties normally.

He couldn't stop laughing.

However, Daisy was indifferent to his efforts and even dismissed his design proposals, refusing to give a clear reason for her rejection.

At the subsequent family dinner, Daisy did not even invite Zhang Anren to dinner. Instead, she invited Wang Yongzheng, who was not close to her at the time and was just a friend's son, to the dinner.

This is an act utterly devoid of emotional intelligence; it's not something a person of normal intelligence would do. Is this how a corporate executive conducts themselves?

Regardless of whether Zhang Anren's design was the best, it was at least full of sincerity.

On the contrary, Wang Yongzheng was just an outsider. He simply drew a few lines on a napkin and converted the room into two half-suites, which won Daisy's approval.

In terms of personal relationships, Zhang Anren was Jiang Nansun's official boyfriend.

Logically speaking, Zhang Anren has put in a lot of effort for this, and even if his plan is not adopted in the end, it would not be excessive to treat him to a meal to express gratitude.

From any perspective, Zhang Anren was more suitable and should have attended the family dinner than Wang Yongzheng. However, Daisy deliberately did not invite him.

Isn't this just outrageous mother opening the door for outrageous things?

This is outrageous!