Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 393 He wants me to wipe his butt?

Lin Hua smiled and said, "I'm just helping out."

“You’re not just helping out, I heard you handled everything yourself.” The middle-aged man became interested and placed a cup full of goji berries on the table opposite Lin Hua. He said, “Our director thinks highly of you. When he goes out to participate in activities, he always talks about the things you did.”

Lin Hua understood perfectly what the middle-aged man was saying.

His department is called the National Poverty Alleviation Planning Agency.

The National Poverty Alleviation Agency is a relatively obscure department within the government, but for Lin Hua, it was an ideal place for him to get promoted quickly.

Because of the Hope School thing.

In the past few months, he has signed agreements to establish 27 Hope Schools, all of which have entered the construction phase.

As a member of the Poverty Alleviation Guidance Department of the National Poverty Alleviation Office, what he did was the same as what the unit did. Such a great thing suddenly fell from the sky, making their director beam with joy every day. In the past, their director did not like to participate in offline activities, but since Lin Hua joined the company, their director has attended every event, and even if there is no event, he will go to the events that are organized by himself.

Every time they participate in an event, their director always mentions these 27 Hope Schools.

To be honest, their director has already done his job very diligently. Their annual poverty alleviation funds are not much, and there are so many impoverished areas across the country. Their support funds are just a drop in the bucket. Most of the time, they focus on poverty alleviation guidance and policy support, and incidentally seek out larger enterprises for some business opportunities. That's all.

Even if they worked for a year, they couldn't get such a large corporate sponsorship for something like donating 27 Hope Schools in one go.

Entrepreneurs are not philanthropists; most of their charitable work is driven by a specific purpose.

Lin Hua smiled and said, "Director, this is to spread good deeds and inspire more people to participate in poverty alleviation and charity work."

The middle-aged man gave Lin Hua a thumbs up and laughed, "You've got some good awareness. Don't forget your old colleague when you become successful."

The middle-aged man's tone was sour, and besides that, it also carried a hint of helplessness and sighing.

His life can be described as being born at the wrong time.

They finally managed to get into the system, only to be assigned to a poverty alleviation department when the country was at its poorest. The country wasn't even out of poverty yet, so where were they supposed to go to help with poverty alleviation? And now, the domestic economy is booming, and there are even philanthropic entrepreneurs who have donated dozens of Hope Schools.

But what about him? He's almost at retirement age too.

Sigh! The world of young people is going to be the future.

The middle-aged man chatted with Lin Hua for a while, then got up and left.

Although Lin Hua has only been with the company for a little over a month, his interpersonal skills and work efficiency far surpass everyone else in the company. As a result, Lin Hua's job is now almost like that of the director's personal secretary.

The middle-aged man is named Yang Yifeng, 49 years old. He used to work in a boiler factory. Later, when the boiler factory was restructured, he was transferred to this new department, where he has worked for 16 years.

Like most civil servants of this era, Yang Yifeng lacked personal abilities because he had not undergone formal and unified examinations. His only advantage was his pragmatism and conscientiousness.

For them, not making mistakes at work is considered fulfilling their duties.

After Yang Yifeng left, Lin Hua unfolded the newspaper again.

This newspaper is the Beijing Daily, and it contains another article targeting Cheng Yi. They define Cheng Yi as a nouveau riche entrepreneur who likes beauty pageants.

Now that Renren.com is becoming increasingly successful, the Beijing Daily's rhetoric is becoming more and more sharp.

Lin Hua didn't care much about the newspaper's content. For more than a month, the Beijing Daily had published articles about Renren.com and Cheng Yi every day, and Lin Hua only glanced at them.

What he's hesitating about now is Cheng Yi's objective.

This guy is the kind of person who thinks three steps ahead before taking one. He used the Beijing Daily as a point of contention and flooded Renren.com with so many free ads. Didn't he think of how to end this?
The Beijing Daily is no pushover; it's not going to let Cheng Yi make a big profit for nothing.

If this issue is not resolved, Renren.com will continue to encounter numerous obstacles and setbacks.

This means that Cheng Yi had already thought of a solution to this problem, which is why he was able to act with such confidence.

But what was his solution?

Lin Hua smacked his lips and cursed, "Damn it, this kid definitely tricked me."

Lin Hua rarely swore and always maintained a gentle and refined image, but now he was swearing.

Because he reviewed the conflict between the Beijing Daily and Renren.com many times, he finally concluded that the reason this kid was so fearless was probably because he wanted him to clean up his mess.

He'd only been working there for a little over a month, and this guy had already included him in the calculations.

Lin Hua didn't believe Cheng Yi would do such a thing, but after reviewing the whole incident, only he could help resolve this mess.

Lin Hua stood up, neatly folded the newspaper, and thought to himself, "Fine, let this kid owe me a favor."

The conflict between the Beijing Daily and Renren.com must be resolved, otherwise the conflict will escalate and soon become unmanageable.

However, considering Cheng Yi's usual behavior, Lin Hua could imagine what Cheng Yi would say.

Once he solves this problem for Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi will definitely say: "Oh dear, why did I have to trouble you? I have my own way of handling this."

To be honest, he really dislikes Cheng Yi...

But that's how things are often; the more you dislike someone, the closer you tend to be to them.

Just like that line from A Chinese Odyssey: One day when you realize that you've fallen in love with someone you hate, that's the most deadly kind of relationship.

Lin Hua sighed, got up and left the office, and quickly went to Director Wei Zhicheng's office.

At this moment, Wei Zhicheng had just finished a luncheon and was picking his teeth with a toothpick.

This noon, his old comrades from the Civilization Office and the Civil Affairs Industry Association invited him to lunch. At first, his old comrades were bragging about how great their departments were. Normally, Wei Zhicheng would just sit aside and watch his old comrades boast like Versailles.

But things are different now. He slowly recounted the achievements of several old comrades before bringing up the twenty-seven Hope Schools.

A decisive, instant kill.

Thinking of the expressions on the faces of his old comrades, Wei Zhicheng felt incredibly pleased.

Upon seeing Lin Hua walk in, Wei Zhicheng quickly smiled and said, "Lin Hua, come, sit down."

Lin Hua smiled and said, "Director, are you busy?"

"No, no," Wei Zhicheng said with a smile. "I just went out for lunch. I wanted to take you with me, but they said you went to see some friends." Lin Hua nodded and said, "A few of my classmates came over, so I went to see them."

"Hmm." Wei Zhicheng looked at Lin Hua and said, "Is there something you need?"

“Yes.” Lin Hua immediately said, “Director, I have a somewhat immature idea. Could you please take a look and see if it’s feasible?”

"Haha, your idea, as a top student, is definitely feasible. Just tell me directly," Wei Zhicheng laughed.

Lin Hua said, "It's about the Hope Schools. I want our company to be involved in this. As far as I know, Xiaonei.com Technology plans to donate 100 Hope Schools in succession. If we get involved, these Hope Schools will see a qualitative improvement in terms of construction quality and subsequent teaching staff. Moreover, this is quite relevant to our work."

“Of course, no problem!” Wei Zhicheng was excited as soon as he heard that.

Isn't this what happened in his dream last night? What? Did it come true?
If he can personally get involved in the implementation of 100 Hope Schools, then regardless of whether he will be promoted, his name will be recorded in history.

Wei Zhicheng worriedly said, "But will they use this as an excuse to make demands on us? I know these companies quite well, and not many of them are genuinely interested in doing charity."

Lin Hua said, "I know Cheng Yi quite well. He genuinely wants to do charity work. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been involved in building 27 Hope Schools. These schools represent a total investment of tens of millions of yuan. He didn't mention any conditions, and he didn't even show up to communicate and negotiate with the local government."

“Well, I’ve heard a little about Cheng Yi,” Wei Zhicheng said. “His name is all over the newspapers now. It seems he’s having a big fight with the Beijing Daily.”

"Yes." Lin Hua did not avoid the question and said directly, "That's why I had this idea."

"I don't understand?" Wei Zhicheng was taken aback.

Lin Hua said, "Cheng Yi is facing this predicament now. If we help him solve it, will he be grateful to us? If we want to ask him for help with our poverty alleviation work in the future, will he refuse?"

“That’s true.” Wei Zhicheng nodded slowly and said, “However, the Beijing Daily said that this President Cheng has serious character problems. If we cooperate with him, wouldn’t we be asking for trouble? If he’s embroiled in scandals, we’ll also be implicated.”

Lin Hua said, "Actually, if Cheng Yi had just come forward and announced the twenty-seven schools he donated, all the rumors would have disappeared. But he didn't bring it up. Isn't that enough to prove his character?"

"Oh?" Wei Zhicheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

He hadn't even thought of that.

Yes, if Cheng Yi were to publicly state that he has donated to 27 Hope Schools, most of the bad reputation he has would disappear.

But Cheng Yi has remained silent throughout this long war of words, clearly indicating that he doesn't want to use his past charitable work as a shield.

Having figured all this out, Wei Zhicheng asked, "What do you plan to do?"

“My suggestion is that we hold an event to give Cheng Yi an honorary title and publicize what he has done. With our support and Cheng Yi’s achievements, all the attacks from the Beijing Daily will disappear,” Lin Hua said. “You can also give a word to the Beijing Daily, and this matter will be over.”

“That’s simple,” Wei Zhicheng said. “Tell me more about it.”

Lin Hua said, "My plan is to use Renren.com technology to test the waters by holding a poverty alleviation charity award ceremony, and then invite entrepreneurs who have supported poverty alleviation in the past three years to be awarded the honorary title of National Poverty Alleviation Charity Pioneer. This will encourage and inspire entrepreneurs who are interested in poverty alleviation but have not yet invested in it."

“Your idea is excellent.” Wei Zhicheng’s eyes lit up when he heard this. “I’ll leave this matter to you. Do a good job. I’ll call over the Civilization Office and other agencies to show them what we’re capable of.”

Wei Zhicheng stood up, put his hands on his hips, and said with an air of authority, "I want to tell them that from now on, our Poverty Alleviation Agency has stood up."

"They're making a fortune every day." At this moment, in the office of the vice president of Momo Group, Cheng Yi was lying in the boss's chair, looking through the financial statements in his hand.

Shengda is really rich. They don't hesitate at all when it comes to sponsorship fees of nearly 20 million yuan every day.

From the start of the event on September 5th to today, October 15th, Shengda has provided nearly 500 million yuan in sponsorship fees.

However, the more readily they gave him the money, the more Cheng Yi felt that something was amiss.

That's 500 million! That's equivalent to Tencent's market value.

Anyone who isn't an idiot can see that there's something wrong with the account data, right?
Although Luo Shengyi was in charge of this matter, the management of Shengda Group really didn't care at all.
Something unusual must be going on. Cheng Yi flipped through the glittering financial statements, his mind racing, trying to figure out what Shengda was really up to.

According to his estimate, when his income reaches 200 million, the management of Shengda Group will intervene.

That's why he added a clause to his agreement with Luo Shenyi guaranteeing the security of these accounts.

Because he knew that Luo Shengyi couldn't protect these accounts. If Luo Shengyi saw the eight hundred offline computers in his five server rooms, he would probably rush up and fight Cheng Yi to the death.

This is simply an impossible task.

But now, this impossible task is showing signs of being accomplished.

They amassed 500 million yuan in just forty days without encountering any problems whatsoever.

"Which link in the chain went wrong? Does Luo Shenyi really have that much influence?" Cheng Yi was completely baffled.

Many of Shengda Group's management and shareholders are from China Overseas Land & Investment (COLI). One of the characteristics of COLI employees is that they are very frugal. If a problem can be solved for 100 yuan, they will never spend 101 yuan.

Now, the cost of solving a problem that could have been 50 million has skyrocketed to 500 million.

Unless those 500 million can generate a return of 5 billion.

Cheng Yi likes to put himself in others' shoes. He quickly imagined himself as Chen Tianqiao. If he were Chen Tianqiao, how would he react to this problem?

Is it...

A thought suddenly flashed through Cheng Yi's mind.

Are they planning to go public ahead of schedule?

Once the thought appeared, it wouldn't go away.

Too possible.

Since Momo Group became the agent for Legend, despite the ups and downs and the love-hate relationship between the two parties, it has to be said that with Cheng Yi's full support, Legend's growth rate has far exceeded that of the previous life.

The current Legendary is surpassing its peak level in 2003 in terms of growth rate, online presence, and revenue.

If he were Chen Tianqiao, he would also be eager to seek a public listing.

After all, the gaming industry rises and falls quickly, so going public as soon as possible to cash in on investors is the right thing to do.

(End of this chapter)