Becoming a Billionaire From Awakening a System

Chapter 249: Chapter 248: Cao Ming’s Breakdown, the Cyan Mountain Town Plan

At that moment, Tian Xiaowu was also gradually coming down from his initial excitement.

He suddenly thought of a key point.

”Mr. Lin, why are we only modifying and adjusting the existing foundation?”

Lin Feng patiently explained. After all, this Tian Xiaowu really didn’t have much experience; he had discovered all these problems purely through his own innate talent.

Plus, he was a bit stubborn and straightforward.

”The project is already in its final stages. If we were to start over from scratch right now...”

”...both the time and cost would far exceed the original plan.”

”A project of this scale isn’t child’s play. You can’t just scrap it and start over.”

”So, if we want to salvage it, our only option is to make adjustments to the details and the overall structure.”

Tian Xiaowu understood.

”I understand. I’ll do everything I can to help with the adjustments.”

Lin Feng nodded. Before leaving with Su Ruoxi, he made a point to pat Tian Xiaowu on the shoulder.

”Keep up the good work. A formal education isn’t everything, but you should never stop learning.”

After receiving Lin Feng’s encouragement, Tian Xiaowu was in a daze for a long time.

He felt like the entire day had been a dream.

He had never believed in things like manna from heaven before.

But now, Tian Xiaowu felt as if he had just been hit square in the head by it.

After Lin Feng and Su Ruoxi left...

Uncle Tian had already finished two or three cigarettes.

When he returned to the stone yard, he clapped Tian Xiaowu hard on the shoulder. ”Alright, you little rascal! I never thought my boy would be so promising!”

”Your old man will be depending on you from now on. You’d better make me proud!”

”From now on, my boy will also get to live a life out of the wind and sun.”

”This is a great thing!”

Uncle Tian’s voice was filled with gratification.

Looking at his father’s graying hair, Tian Xiaowu felt a pang in his heart.

Uncle Tian gave Tian Xiaowu a specific instruction, ”Remember, Mr. Lin has shown you immense kindness. You have to work hard for him!”

”All those ideas you usually have, make sure you share them with him.”

”Don’t you dare hold anything back.”

Tian Xiaowu nodded.

Tian Xiaowu would never forget how it felt today, after he had finally spoken his mind freely.

The way Lin Feng had looked thoughtful and then affirmed his ideas.

That feeling of being respected—Tian Xiaowu would remember it for the rest of his life.

「...」

「Elsewhere.」

Lin Feng and Su Ruoxi were sitting in the car.

Su Ruoxi let out a deep sigh and said faintly, ”I used to think my life wasn’t easy, but now I realize I actually had it pretty good.”

Lin Feng patted her shoulder. ”Everyone stands at a different height and experiences different things. There’s no need to get too sentimental.”

”Speaking of which, your Joy City project has certainly been full of twists and turns.”

Hearing Lin Feng say that, Su Ruoxi nodded in deep agreement.

It was true.

The Joy City project had gone through quite a lot from the beginning until now.

Lin Feng thought for a moment, then offered Su Ruoxi a piece of advice.

”That planning team you paid a fortune for to design the Joy City project—I suggest you investigate them thoroughly.”

Lin Feng wasn’t just saying this without reason.

It would have been acceptable for minor issues to appear in the project plan.

But the problems this project had were far from minor.

One could tell just from Tian Xiaowu’s insights.

The project was never intended to be properly planned from the very beginning.

Lin Feng could even glean from Tian Xiaowu’s words that...

...some of the mistakes were fundamental errors.

Tian Xiaowu had been quite blunt at the time.

He had stated directly that the arrangement of some basic public facilities in the blueprint were textbook mistakes.

”I’m well aware of that. It’s impossible that there isn’t some foul play with this planning team.”

Su Ruoxi narrowed her eyes slightly.

’If I hadn’t come here with Lin Feng today and been lucky enough to run into Tian Xiaowu... I’m afraid after this Joy City project was completed, I don’t know how long it would have taken to even recoup the costs.’

When Su Ruoxi thought about how she had confidently vowed to Lin Feng that she would turn Joy City into a famous entertainment brand...

...she felt absolutely furious.

’My ambitions were almost crushed at such a critical juncture.’

”In fact, I don’t think it’s just the planning team that has a problem.”

A thought flashed through Su Ruoxi’s mind.

If it was only the planning team’s fault, Su Ruoxi couldn’t believe that all the managers who discussed it together back then...

After all, the plans had passed through all their hands.

And yet, such a huge oversight still occurred.

’It seems Dingsheng Real Estate wasn’t completely cleaned out before. Isn’t this clear proof that there are still people inside the company causing trouble?’

Seeing that Su Ruoxi understood and had grasped the core of the problem...

...Lin Feng didn’t say anything more.

’Since Su Ruoxi wants to grow... It’s not unusual for things like this to happen in a company. The next step is to see if Su Ruoxi has the ability to sort this all out.’

”If you need help with anything, don’t hesitate to come find me,”

Lin Feng said with a smile.

Once Su Ruoxi figured things out, she was no longer as angry as she had been moments before.

She looked at Lin Feng with a trusting expression. ”Okay, Brother Feng. I won’t try to tough it out on my own!”

Lin Feng smiled and stroked Su Ruoxi’s smooth cheek.

「...」

「Back at the company.」

Lin Feng had Huizi personally find a more reliable planning team.

”Price isn’t the main issue. The work will mostly be adjusting and modifying the layouts.”

”The main project you’re in charge of right now is also in real estate, so you should have contacts you can leverage.”

Hearing Lin Feng’s instructions, Huizi nodded quickly. ”I’ll find one as soon as possible.”

Lin Feng had great faith in Huizi’s personal abilities.

Jiang Chao had already been assigned by Lin Feng to train under Vice President Wang.

Meanwhile, because Cao Ming had been pulled into the Cyan Mountain Town land project team by Lin Feng...

...he wasn’t coming into the office anymore.

He had to complete a task Lin Feng had given him: prepare a development proposal for the Cyan Mountain Town land.

After all, the project team for the Cyan Mountain Town land was still being assembled.

Lin Feng was still in the process of selecting people.

And since the project hadn’t officially kicked off yet,

Cao Ming didn’t need to be at the office.

He just needed to focus on the proposal in his hands.

However, when he actually started working on it,

Cao Ming found himself thinking he’d rather be at the office.

Cao Ming threw himself onto his dorm bed and let out a series of miserable howls.

This startled Jiang Chao, who had just gotten back to the dorm after work. ”What are you doing? You’re scaring me! You sound like you’ve gone crazy!”

He didn’t have any classes today,

so Jiang Chao had worked a full day.

Cao Ming had been the only one in the dorm room.

Now that Jiang Chao was finally back,

Cao Ming immediately grabbed him and started pouring out his woes.

”I’m starting to think I’d rather be doing investments under Vice President Wang with you!”

”You have no idea how hard this proposal is!”

”I’ve been researching all day, and my head is about to explode!”

”I originally thought it was just a small proposal and wouldn’t be too difficult!”

”But now I see it’s way harder than I imagined!”

Jiang Chao sat down on a chair in the dorm room, looking bewildered. He didn’t quite understand why Cao Ming was so distressed.

”It’s just a development proposal. Can’t you just borrow some ideas from the internet and then add some of your own stuff?”

Cao Ming scratched his head. ”Of course not! This proposal isn’t that simple!”

”I thought it was simple too, but when I actually started doing it, I realized there are way too many things to consider.”

”Besides, creating a proposal for such a huge plot of land is a massive undertaking!”

”I know this is meant to be a training exercise for me, but this is a bit too much exercise!”

Cao Ming placed the small part of the proposal he had managed to finish in front of Jiang Chao.

Jiang Chao looked through it carefully.

The quality of the completed portion was actually quite good.

It was clear that Cao Ming really did have some ideas.

”This is great! Just keep going!”

Cao Ming grabbed Jiang Chao’s shoulders and started shaking him desperately.

”What do you mean, ’just keep going’? How am I supposed to keep going?”

”I don’t have a single clue what to do next!”

”I’m going to lose my mind! I think investing is a better fit for me!”

Jiang Chao was getting dizzy from all the shaking.

”How about this? Since you can’t finish it, just show the part you’ve done to Brother Feng. Don’t be too hard on yourself!”

Hearing Jiang Chao’s words, Cao Ming hesitated for a moment before choosing to surrender to reality.

”Then I’ll have a good talk with Brother Feng tomorrow!”

In truth, Jiang Chao saw that there was a fair amount of content in the proposal.

It was just that Cao Ming wasn’t a professional in this field.

And he was trying to make it absolutely perfect.

Obviously, that was a bit too difficult.

Although Cao Ming said he wanted to discuss it with Lin Feng,

the fact remained that he hadn’t finished the task.

So, deep down, Cao Ming still felt a little insecure.