Chapter 1276 - 1303: Developing Cold Island

Chapter 1276: Chapter 1303: Developing Cold Island

Nianyang deliberately said that just now to test what Li Tingyan was thinking.

Unexpectedly, her man was so receptive, and deserved encouragement.

Li Tingyan replied with a hum and gave a worried reminder,

"You’ve always been bright and clever, but Ni Jia is a woman with too many thoughts. Now that you’re pregnant, when I’m not around, you must keep your distance from her. I don’t want you to be affected in the slightest."

Nianyang curiously asked, "The environment here is so bad, everyone looks very weathered, but why does Ni Jia seem quite cheerful? Someone like her isn’t truly adapted to life here, is she?"

Li Tingyan let out a cold laugh, "How could she be? I saw her when I arrived. She wasn’t this cheerful two months ago, but she’s the kind of woman who can sleep her way up, just weighing her options."

"What do you mean?"

Perhaps due to pregnancy, Nianyang was particularly gossip-prone, loving to hear people’s stories now.

Li Tingyan explained, "You know Beijiang, this Cold Island, is one of the largest islands under our company’s name, and it’s the main island I need to manage.

However, due to many uncultured hooligans nearby trying to occupy it, and pirates occasionally coming out to cause destruction and steal resources, the island has left the fishermen destitute.

Moreover, the sea has been polluted, which means many fish can’t survive, leaving people unable to make a living, and the island’s revenue has continuously declined with many fishermen resigning, greatly affecting our company.

So my task here is to combat the pirates, clear out the troublesome locals, stabilize Cold Island, develop it, and maintain the yearly profit supply to the company, only then can we support the crew I brought.

However, to enhance efficiency, the headquarters also sent over a branch company engineer, Kang Quan, to compete with me. We are colleagues, but also rivals. The company’s board has issued a notice, directing Kang Quan and me to each manage half of Cold Island.

Within this year, whoever can first salvage the section of Cold Island they’re responsible for, restoring its previous prosperity, and boosting profits returning to the company, will ultimately gain complete jurisdiction over Cold Island, thus being able to sit in the chairman’s seat."

Nianyang was thoughtful, also guessing something, "So, is Ni Jia cozying up to this Kang Quan?"

Li Tingyan nodded, "I had someone investigate, Kang Quan has a family, he and Ni Jia being together is likely mutually beneficial. Ni Jia might want to leverage Kang Quan’s hand, escape Cold Island’s constraints, so how can such a scheming woman change for the better?"

Nianyang curled her lips, "Looks like two years apart, Ni Jia indeed dares to go all out."

Li Tingyan finished his meal in a few bites, "Okay, let’s not talk about her. We’ll live our own lives, it doesn’t matter how others live. You also shouldn’t keep thinking about other people’s affairs. Now, you only need to take care of yourself and the child."

Nianyang worriedly asked, "Ah Yan, Cold Island does seem quite challenging to develop, have you come up with any good ideas?"

Li Tingyan replied, "In these two months, I’ve already beaten the resource-snatching pirates to pieces and arranged personnel to protect the surrounding island, not allowing nearby troublemakers to enter or exit freely.

The sea has also been cleaned up, but the previous damage was too severe to recover fully anytime soon, and the environment here is very harsh, wanting to rapidly develop isn’t that easy."

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