Chapter 755 My God, Is This a Golden Electrical Wire?

Jiangcheng.

The next morning, as arranged with Ning Qian, Chen Yang arrived at the headquarters of Cloud Real Estate Group.

He stood outside the company, looking up at the office building that was over ten stories tall, a complex mix of feelings stirring within him.

’It would be amazing if my company could one day have its own office building like this.’

But for now, it was just a fleeting thought, a dream he didn’t dare to truly entertain.

When he reached the entrance, he saw employees coming and going, but without an access card, he couldn’t get in. He had no choice but to call over a security guard.

When the security guard heard he was looking for the group’s president, he was immediately refused entry.

Did he think he could just meet the president whenever he wanted? Did he have an appointment?

The guard told him to call his contact upstairs and have someone come down to get him.

In response, Chen Yang could only take out his phone and send Ning Qian a text, letting her know he had arrived but couldn’t enter the building without an employee card and might need someone to come down and get him.

Why didn’t he call?

What if she was in a meeting and it was inconvenient?

Chen Yang had been working for some years now; he understood these small points of etiquette.

In fact, Ning Qian was indeed in a meeting at that very moment.

It wasn’t a large conference, however, just a small meeting with a few members of senior management.

And the topic of discussion was rather important.

Regarding the matter previously discussed by the city leaders and Xu Yun, the city had begun auctioning off the remaining land on the island and had notified them to attend the bid that afternoon.

Besides Ning Qian, no one else knew about this yet.

So they were quite surprised when they received the news.

Just moments ago, when it was confirmed that Ning Qian intended to buy the land, everyone had spoken up to dissuade her.

’They already had a lot of idle land on their hands, and now she wanted to buy more just to hoard it?’

’And to buy that abandoned, unwanted piece of land, no less?’

’Wasn’t this just asking to be played for a fool?’

The two professional managers who had been assigned to the company, in particular, felt this was an improper investment.

Facing their lack of understanding, Ning Qian didn’t bother to explain. She stated bluntly, "I’m not discussing this with you; I’m informing you, so you know what’s happening."

Furthermore, the company has decided that after purchasing the land this afternoon, we will proceed with developing the entire island, creating a new commercial district and landmark.

So, any preliminary work you need to do can be added to the schedule now. Don’t wait until I ask for something, only for you to have nothing prepared."

"But, President Ning!"

Xiao Haisheng said, not understanding, "The demolition and renovation of our old city district has only just begun. We’re going to start developing a new area already?"

"Yes. Is there a problem?"

"Of course there’s a problem."

As one of the professional real estate managers dispatched by President Fu to assist the woman before him, Xiao Haisheng spoke up.

Maintaining his professional integrity, he tried to reason with her. "Let’s not even talk about whether the company has enough manpower, or the difficulty of securing government permits and cooperation. The financial pressure alone is more than the company can bear."

"The old city renovation project is estimated to cost two billion. President Fu can still free up those funds. But if we also develop the Jiangzhong Peninsula area, the cost won’t be a few hundred million—it will take several times two billion, if not more."

"I know."

Ning Qian replied calmly, "Around ten billion."

Ten billion!

The moment she said it, the entire conference room fell silent.

"Since you’re aware, President Ning, where are we going to get this ten billion?"

Xiao Haisheng continued, "Even with the completed old city renovation project, it will be several years after construction before we start seeing a profit."

"The money is not your concern. You just need to follow my instructions and handle the remaining tasks."

"But..."

Ning Qian didn’t give him a chance, interrupting, "That’s enough. This is how it will be. Meeting adjourned."

Everyone: "..."

Seeing that the persuasion of her right-hand men had no effect, the others didn’t dare to speak up.

The company had just gotten a new boss. As key figures from the previous administration, they were already treading carefully, afraid of being fired, and didn’t dare to openly oppose their new leader.

As the other professional manager was about to leave the conference room, Ning Qian suddenly called out to him.

"Manager Ding."

Ding Jianxin heard her and turned back. "President Ning, do you have any other instructions?"

"The matter I discussed with you in the car yesterday—I need you to handle it quickly!"

"Yes, I understand." Ding Jianxin gave a wry smile, then turned and left the conference room.

Seeing this, Xiao Haisheng walked up and asked, "Old Ding, what did you do to get on her bad side?"

"It wasn’t me. It’s about the people on the project."

Ding Jianxin shook his head. "You know I accompanied President Ning on a site inspection yesterday, right? On the way back, she suddenly told me to replace everyone in the old city renovation project department within a few days."

Xiao Haisheng was speechless.

"It seemed like she went there with a purpose yesterday. She even made a point of meeting a construction boss named Chen Yang."

Xiao Haisheng asked doubtfully, "Are they connected?"

"It didn’t seem like it. It looked more like their first time meeting."

Ding Jianxin replied, "But anyway, she seems to have a good impression of this Chen Yang. Or maybe she went there specifically to back him up."

"Forget it, I’m not going to dwell on this with you. I have my own things to worry about. The bid is this afternoon, I need to prepare."

Xiao Haisheng also sounded helpless. "I also need to report her plan to develop Jiangzhong Peninsula to President Fu. Ten billion... even with President Fu’s backing, it’s too much to handle. Hopefully, he can talk some sense into her."

In the eyes of these professionals, this President Ning was simply running amok!

If things continued like this, and the cash flow broke, it was uncertain if the company could even last a year.

Only after dismissing everyone did Ning Qian notice the text message on her phone. She quickly called her personal assistant and asked her to go downstairs to pick someone up.