ryethenovel Chapter 12 Weekly Regular Meeting
Chapter 12 Weekly Regular Meeting
[Ding! Arrived at "Abandoned Factory". View property information?]
"An abandoned factory?"
Su Ming had a sudden thought and chose to check the information.
[Industry: Abandoned factory (formerly Tianmi Garment Factory)]
[Type: Industrial land and ancillary buildings]
Status: Available for purchase
Price: 100 Gold Coins
[Note: This was originally a garment factory, shut down for five years. It contains a pile of abandoned equipment and materials, covering an area of approximately 8000 square meters, and is located in the suburbs of Jingcheng.]
Su Ming stroked his chin, lost in thought.
At only 100 gold coins, that's incredibly cheap.
Even if you convert the gold coins into cash, it would only cost one million.
Buying such a large industrial area is definitely much more cost-effective than paying cash.
He tried to check more information in the system and found that the factory had been idle since it went bankrupt five years ago due to poor management.
The property rights were reclaimed by the bank, and the property failed to sell at auction several times.
"Strange..." Su Ming muttered.
Logically speaking, such an old factory should either be demolished and rebuilt or acquired and renovated. Why is it just sitting there unclaimed?
Unless... there's some hidden secret about this place?
However, this didn't matter to Su Ming, as long as the assets were valuable.
Moreover, given this trend, Su Ming felt that he would eventually own almost all of Jingcheng's industries.
"Buy it first, then we'll talk."
Su Ming decisively chose to buy it.
[Gold Coins - 100]
[Transaction in progress...]
Purchase successful, title transfer complete! Congratulations on acquiring full ownership of the "Abandoned Factory"!
The relevant documents have been generated and are stored in the third drawer of the desk in the room.
[Triggering Task: Industrial Revitalization]
[Content: Restoring abandoned factories to normal operation]
[Task Reward: 1 Free Attribute Point]
[Note: The factory has been shut down for a long time, with aging equipment and staff losses. Resources need to be reorganized to resume production. The task is considered complete when the factory officially starts operations and continues running for one week.]
Current Gold Coins: 143
"I knew there would be a mission."
Following this logic, each industry will generate tasks, and completing these tasks will earn you free attribute points.
In this sense, attribute points should be the most valuable thing in the system, but Su Ming has never had any attribute points yet and cannot understand their value at all.
Just as he was thinking this, as if sensing his words, the system notification sounded again:
[Congratulations on completing the hidden quest! You have successfully purchased two properties and gained 1 Strength attribute point.]
Current Strength: 6
As soon as the system notification ended, Su Ming felt a change in his entire being.
My body felt an indescribable sense of fullness, and I could clearly feel a surge of power.
He could subconsciously sense that his strength had increased more than threefold.
"Awesome!" Su Ming clenched his fist.
Given his abilities, taking on one or two people wouldn't have been a problem.
Now that his strength has increased, he feels that he can easily take on five or six opponents.
He glanced at the time; it was already 9:15 in the morning.
"Never mind, I'll go to work first."
Today is Monday, the day of the Ministry of Commerce's weekly meeting.
It was also the day their group "submitted their papers".
Thinking about the exciting scene that might unfold in the conference room later, Su Ming's lips curled up slightly.
He picked up his phone and glanced at WeChat.
There's an unread message in the pinned chat.
Chen Lu: [Good morning! (｡･ω･。)]
Looking at the emoticons on the screen, Su Ming seemed to see Chen Lu puffing out her cheeks.
He tapped his finger on the screen to reply.
Su Ming: Good morning! Hagi deer.
A few seconds later, Chen Lu replied:
Chen Lu: Go to hell!!!
Looking at the message, Su Ming felt completely bewildered.
The starlight shone brightly in the large conference room on the 16th floor.
When Su Ming arrived, the conference room was already quite full of people, with a constant buzz of conversation.
He spotted Chen Hao and Lin Yiyi immediately; the two were sitting in a corner, whispering to each other.
"Ming-ge! Over here!" Chen Hao saw Su Ming waving, his voice filled with barely concealed excitement.
Su Ming walked over and sat down next to the two of them.
"This is quite a show of force today." Su Ming looked around and found that all the teams from the Ministry of Commerce were present, even a few old hands who rarely showed up were sitting in the corner, looking like they were waiting to watch the show.
"Of course," Chen Hao said in a low voice, almost audible only to Su Ming, "See the front row? Minister Wang from the Ministry of Commerce is presiding, and Minister Zhang and several shareholders are in the audience."
"Oh?" Su Ming raised an eyebrow, his gaze sweeping across the front row. Sure enough, he saw President Wang's figure, with Uncle Zhang and several unfamiliar middle-aged men sitting next to him.
Two of them were the men he had seen on the surveillance footage that day; one had thinning hair, and the other was overweight.
These two people are incredibly wicked!
Su Ming looked at the huge conference room and wondered why so many bigwigs had come to such an ordinary business department meeting, and why it was being held in such a large conference room.
The murmurs that followed answered his question.
"I heard that the top leadership has recently placed great importance on the Ministry of Commerce, and even assigned a very important project to it."
"Yes, they came to this meeting to see how the Ministry of Commerce is doing."
"What an idiot! Spending 50,000 yuan to hire Chen Lu? How is that possible? I suspect it's just an excuse to optimize the workforce."
"Sigh, I can only say that Group Seven is really pitiful. They just formed a group, and now they're going to be eliminated..."
Hearing the surrounding chatter, Chen Hao could barely contain his excitement.
He felt that the smile on his lips was harder to suppress than AK.
"Damn it! I never thought it would be so hard to resist showing off!" Chen Hao thought to himself.
If Su Ming hadn't said not to reveal it beforehand, fearing that the supervisor might do something underhand to cause trouble, Chen Hao probably would have already been showing off everywhere.
The day has finally arrived.
Su Ming, on the other hand, calmly played with his phone, ignoring the discussions.
Let's begin!
Finally, at ten o'clock, General Manager Zhang asked General Manager Wang from the Business Department to take the lead.
Mr. Wang then went to sit in the main seat and coughed twice.
"Is everyone here?" President Wang looked around, his gaze lingering for a moment on Su Ming's group of three, his expression serious.
"As is customary, each group will report on last week's results and this week's plans," General Manager Wang began calmly. "Let's start with Group One."
The team leader, a man in his thirties, stood up and spoke confidently: "Our team signed contracts with three brands last week, achieving a total GMV of 8.5 million, a 15% increase compared to the previous week..."
Su Ming was getting drowsy listening to the business jargon, which was like a lullaby to him.
Groups two, three, four... reported in succession.
Each group's results were mediocre, neither good nor bad, but after the reports, they would all glance at Su Ming's group, their eyes filled with a hint of schadenfreude.
Group 5, Group 6...
The group leader, a seasoned veteran in his forties, gave a vague report: "Our group last week... um... was pushing forward with several key projects, and progress is going well. We expect a breakthrough this week..."
Mr. Wang said calmly, "So, you mean there were no results last week?"
The group leader lowered his head: "Yes...we will intensify our efforts."
"Hmm, sit down." President Wang remained noncommittal, his gaze finally falling on Su Ming's group.
The atmosphere in the meeting room instantly became subtle.
Everyone turned to look at Su Ming and his two companions.
The air seemed to freeze.
"The last group," General Manager Wang began slowly, a hint of sternness in his voice, "the new recruits led by Li Wenqing."
Li Wenqing slowly stood up, her face somewhat pale.
She was unaware that Su Ming and his group had already won over Chen Lu, and she was filled with anxiety.
She knew that this hurdle would be difficult to overcome.
"So, I might as well go all in..."