Chapter 434 - 407: Anger Rising from the Heart
The projection displayed the command center of the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital. Named a command center, but in reality, it’s just a sales office, designed to be quite beautiful with a very avant-garde style.
Xu Chunliang immediately understood that starting construction referred to starting with the sales office. Building the hospital’s ward building is not so easy, but putting up a sales office is not that complex. Tang Jinglun is painting a picture, but he’s got the packaging out first.
After Dong Changhao finished introducing the project situation, he handed over the floor to Tang Jinglun.
Tang Jinglun smiled and said, "Actually, I have nothing much to say. The enterprise spirit of Huayuan Group is to be down-to-earth and swift and resolute. Down-to-earth means to do things diligently; swift and resolute means once we decide to do something, we act immediately, without hesitation or indecisiveness!"
The attendees all looked at the table, including Tang Tianyi, who heard about Huayuan Group’s spirit of enterprise for the first time. Xu Chunliang thought to himself that if Huayuan really had such an enterprise spirit, it wouldn’t have ended up like this.
Tang Jinglun said, "Recently, Huayuan Group has had a lot of negative news, which are basically rumors. The competitors go to any length to oppress us. The chairman, due to health reasons, cannot handle many things personally, so it was decided that I would temporarily lead everyone out of the crisis. I can say I have been entrusted at a critical time, and it’s a huge pressure!"
Tang Tianyi smirked with a sly, disdainful look on his face and was the first to applaud.
In fact, he didn’t need to applaud; everyone knew about the uncle-nephew conflict. No one else applauded; nobody wanted to meddle in the Tang family’s issues.
Tang Jinglun glanced at Tang Tianyi. His big brother sent over this disorganized kid just to disgust him, but besides that, he serves no other purpose. Tang Jinglun smiled and said, "Tianyi, do you have something to say?"
Tang Tianyi shook his head and said, "You’ve said everything I wanted to say, please continue."
Tang Jinglun said, "I’m glad the two of us can align in our work attitude."
He picked up the thermos in front of him, took a sip of tea, and said, "As always, in Huayuan, if we decide to do something, we do it to the best. I was the first to propose the concept of great health, and now as it officially lands in Dongzhou, our great health business layout is beginning to take shape. In the future, we will delve deep into great health, aiming to complete the group’s transformation as soon as possible and achieve Huayuan Group’s second leap."
When it was the time to applaud, Tang Tianyi didn’t clap. Even though he didn’t, there were others there to cheer. Miao Zhiyun, the executive director of Huayuan Group, started applauding first, and others followed suit.
Tang Tianyi cursed internally, calling them sycophants. Huayuan Group is our family’s business, and Tang Jinglun used public opinion to force dad to temporarily step back; this debt will be settled with him sooner or later.
Tang Jinglun said, "After discussion, we’ve decided that Mr. Dong Changhao will serve as the head of construction for Huannian Health and Elderly Care Hospital. Mr. Xu Chunliang will serve as the head of the preparation office for the Huannian Health and Elderly Care Hospital, the deputy head of the construction department, and will be responsible for specific construction command work. Mr. Tang Tianyi will serve as the project director for Huannian Health and Elderly Care Hospital..."
Xu Chunliang looked at Tang Tianyi with a smile, while Tang Tianyi felt his gaze pierced him like two daggers, making him a bit uneasy. The director position was something his dad requested. In his understanding, the director role was set up to find faults, so in the future, he surely has to pick on Xu Chunliang.
Tang Tianyi couldn’t help but wonder, if I pick on him, will he beat me up?
After Tang Jinglun finished, he smiled at Xu Chunliang, "Xiaoxu, is there anything you would like to say?"
Xu Chunliang said, "Some things are best said privately."
Tang Jinglun nodded knowingly and announced the meeting’s end. After the meeting, he invited Xu Chunliang to the executive lounge for drinks.
When they sat down, Tang Jinglun lit a cigar. Even though Xu Chunliang had a lighter, he didn’t help him light it. Xu Chunliang didn’t believe their relationship was superior-subordinate; at most, it was a mutual benefit. Tang Jinglun didn’t deserve him to light his cigar.
Tang Jinglun said, "Xiaoxu, feel free to speak your mind."
Xu Chunliang said, "Did you see the concept drawings I sent to President Tang?"
Tang Jinglun nodded, "I did, they’re quite good, but understand that concept drawings are different from design drawings. Do you have a more complete plan?"
Xu Chunliang said, "I’ve discussed with several experts. Based on the current design drawings, completing the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital will require at least one billion. The implication is clear: Do you have that much money?
Tang Jinglun took a drag of his cigar, exhaled a thick plume of smoke: "Xiaoxu, I’ve never thought of you as an outsider. Huayuan’s financial situation is not optimistic. I am eager to push the construction of the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital primarily to use favorable news to stimulate Huayuan Group’s stock price. Only when the company’s stock price rises can we resolve our current predicament, and many issues will naturally be solved."
Xu Chunliang said, "I don’t understand finance and economics. Can investments in this regard be implemented immediately?"
Tang Jinglun said, "It will naturally be implemented. The group has reached a consensus to concentrate all efforts on the construction of the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital project."
His words meant that the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital would be prioritized as the most important of the three major projects, even putting the High-tech Zone Stock Hospital behind it.
Xu Chunliang still lacked trust in Tang Jinglun’s words. The big river dries up when there is no water in the small river. Now Huayuan Group is involved in multiple legal disputes, even the second phase of Changxing Hospital is in a semi-halted state. Starting the construction of the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital at this time would inevitably require siphoning off funds from other projects.
Xu Chunliang said, "Recently, several investors are interested in participating in our Healthy Elderly Care project."
Tang Jinglun calmly said, "This fully proves that the Healthy Elderly Care project has great potential. We have no funding problems and there’s no need to let others get a share." He felt he hadn’t been clear enough and added, "The fewer people sharing the money, the better."
Xu Chunliang initially wanted to discuss introducing investment with him. The Equatorial Capital behind Mo Han had plans to get involved, of course, they wanted to ally with Xianhong Farm and hoped to gain more control in the cooperation. Seeing Tang Jinglun’s lack of interest in external investment, Xu Chunliang did not continue the conversation.
His role as deputy chief commander is merely symbolic. Tang Jinglun has arranged everything, with chief commander Dong Changhao in the mix. The design and construction timeline of the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital are determined by them. Once all decisions were made, Xu Chunliang was merely notified in a meeting.
Tang Jinglun outwardly treated Xu Chunliang politely and gave him important roles, but in reality, it wasn’t the case.
Although Tang Jinglun valued Xu Chunliang highly and gave him substantial benefits, Tang Jingwei couldn’t escape the common flaw of those in power, believing the rewards given to Xu Chunliang were sufficient and that everything was enough for Xu Chunliang to be grateful.
He had his own plans and could not possibly disclose them all to Xu Chunliang. He just regarded Xu Chunliang as a pawn to be used. In this respect, he was no different from Zhao Feiyang in the past.
Xu Chunliang had a half-hour superficial conversation with Tang Jinglun. After leaving the Marriott Hotel, he immediately informed Mo Han about it. Knowing one’s ability and seeking external aid in business was not his strength.
Mo Han was not surprised by Tang Jinglun’s attitude. Tang Jinglun was an opportunist skilled in capital operations and inherently greedy. He was eagerly promoting the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital to release positive news and raise Huayuan Group’s stock price to help it get through the current crisis.
From past experiences of Tang Jinglun, he was definitely not a pragmatist. Someone accustomed to making quick money in the capital market is unlikely to take several years to cultivate deeply and diligently.
The more eager Tang Jinglun was to push the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital project, the more it proved they encountered problems and needed a new profit growth point to boost the stock price.
Tang Jinglun had well-calculated plans, but now the general environment was poor, and Huayuan Group was in chaos internally, facing troubles both internally and externally. No matter how perfect his plans were, they would ultimately fail disastrously in reality.
Xu Chunliang noticed that Mo Han did not have high hopes for Hua Nian’s future. After discussing with Mo Han, he reported the start of the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital construction before the year-end to Zhao Feiyang, who was far away in Europe.
Xu Chunliang originally thought Qin Guoliang and Geng Haiyan would also inform Zhao Feiyang about this matter, but in fact, the two had not contacted Zhao Feiyang.
Upon hearing this news, Zhao Feiyang was silent for a long time before saying, "I got it, Xiaoxu, thanks for your effort." In fact, he hadn’t received any news until now.
After hanging up the phone, it took Zhao Feiyang a long time to come back to his senses. Tang Jinglun had planned everything long ago, being nice to him on one hand but never stopped peeling away the grand health from Changxing on the other.
The start of the Healthy Elderly Care Hospital would certainly impact the construction of Changxing Phase II and even the Stock Hospital. Tang Jinglun’s behavior of borrowing from one to pay another was not sustainable, focusing solely on short-term interests.
Pei Lin finished her makeup and came out, seeing Zhao Feiyang still sitting on the bed, she couldn’t help urging, "Feiyang, why haven’t you changed yet? We have to go to Zermatt today."
Zhao Feiyang cursed in his heart. Damn it! The curse wasn’t directed at Pei Lin but at Tang Jinglun.
Only then did Pei Lin notice his bad mood and came over to embrace his shoulder, "What’s wrong? Who made you upset?"
Zhao Feiyang gently placed her hand aside, got up and walked to the window, gazing at the clear blue sky outside. In a deep voice, he said, "Have you reconsidered my suggestion for you not to get involved in Huanyan Health?"
Pei Lin said, "Feiyang, I’ve considered it. I still want to do something. In fact, Huanyan Health has no direct connection with Changxing."
Zhao Feiyang suddenly turned around, angrily stared at Pei Lin, surprising her. Nervously, she clenched her fists. In her memory, she had never seen Zhao Feiyang so angry.
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