lso feeling uneasy about not getting his son to earn face for himself.Su Cun felt that he was at the end of his resources when he received this sum of money, and it made him feel more financially secu...Chapter 148: Value

When Su Can and Tang Wu left Chengdu to head towards university life, they estimated that Mayor Tao Changping was feeling extremely uncomfortable based on Wang Weiwei's reliable information. More than half of the over twenty phone calls Tao Changping received in a day could turn his usual grandiose talk into silence.

There were always rumors circulating inside the seemingly solemn office building in the city, and these rumors were not entirely baseless. Many well-grounded events would eventually be confirmed to some extent; there was no such thing as a completely impenetrable wall in this concrete jungle of steel and cement.

Since a few days after Mayor Tao's phone call, Su Li had not received any calls from him but could already see the shift in Chengdu's political climate.

The information provided by his uncle Zeng Qianming stated that among the numerous phone calls Tao Changping received recently, there were several key figures from powerful and influential departments. These calls were made directly to Tao Changping’s mobile phone, and their content was quite serious. Su Can inferred that one of these calls happened around the same time as when his father received a call from Mayor Tao.

This incident無疑讓蓉城在這個冬天使得“蘇理成大格建工”以及“蘇燦”這些字眼頻繁出現在人們不願或願聽到的耳朵裡。

After the provincial-level investigation team for the building construction project was initially disbanded, the influence of this matter had just begun to ripple. The phone calls his father received already showed significant shifts. Even a key figure from the Provincial SASAC's planning and development department, who usually treated Su Li with indifference, now proactively called to inquire about the provincial investigation, speaking with sincere concern. It was evident that he had been sweating profusely behind the scenes, regretting the decisions made previously. Both Wang Bo and Lin Guozhou, rising stars in their respective families, stepped forward for this matter, immediately attracting numerous eyes on Chengdu. Such events naturally spread like wildfire. The incident Su Can encountered before going to America with Tang Wu was merely a conflict at the level of Tao Chuohong; it had already been exaggerated to great lengths. How could something of this magnitude be contained From the sensational rumors circulating through various channels in the municipal government, one could see how significant it was.

However, Su Can also understood that this meant his family and Wang Bo’s interests were now thoroughly intertwined, moving towards a shared direction. On many levels, they represented the declining Wang Family faction or even extended to the Lin Family system, both having ascended to a higher level of status.

Su Can did not know if this was good or bad because he understood that once involved at such a high-level hierarchy and within the systems of the Wang and Lin families, merely thinking about having immense backing from now on would be very unrealistic, even naive.

Gains come with losses; even Wang Bo and Lin Guozhou are merely branches within the two major family factions. Such families often operate on principles of value and benefit. In the face of such a large interest group, only value can serve as the sole credential to enter their circle. Even if there are personal connections or blood ties involved, they still have to step aside.

Just like when Wang Bo was initially transferred to Xiahai, his political career started declining, yet no one from the distant Wang faction rushed to help him; at most, they would offer support in a last-minute effort to secure some baseline. As for anything else, there was nothing more to be expected. If not for Wang Bo gradually proving himself and establishing influence and support within the family faction, he wouldn’t have today’s overwhelming backing.

Similarly, when Su Can's family is included in this circle level, entering the system of the Wang and Lin factions, they are also being valued for their worth. Life is like a chess game; while Su Can is making his moves, others might very well be using him as a pawn. And with every additional card he holds, the situation will only deepen and extend further.

Today, Wang and Lin factions may regard them as part of their own, but if there comes a time when they need to sacrifice someone, who can guarantee that once they lose their value, they won’t become pawns Victims or tools

To avoid becoming a pawn and being sacrificed for others' advancement, Su Can knows he still needs to hold more cards in hand and gather more confidence.

The only thing that brings Su Can comfort is his relationship with Lin Luoran, Wang Weiwei, and other friends, which remains pure because of his rebirth. This friendship has no impurities brought by profit exchanges. Furthermore, as Wang Bo's influence within the faction grows stronger, so does their cohesion, and they are gradually gaining recognition. They will progressively develop their own advantages and grow; at least, this counts as a team of close allies.

Thinking back to when he was called “Su Can’s army” in Xiahai High School, Su Can couldn’t help but smile wryly.

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The three major industries under his control are also sharp weapons for Su Can besides the divine artifact Zhaorong. These provide him with substantial confidence and strength.

Wang Yue has been busy with the relocation of the consulate. Lin Guangdun, on the other hand, is shuttling between Shanghai, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for some media engagements. He just returned home for the New Year but immediately packed his bags to leave again. This time, he created another well-known joke among professional managers in Su's enterprises. After getting off the plane, Lin Guangdun hailed a taxi outside the terminal and said as soon as he got in, "Driver, take me to Pudong Airport."

The taxi driver thought for a moment before responding, "You mean Shanghai's Pudong International Airport But I'm here in Beijing, brother."

Aside from attending meetings and events across different places, Lin Guangdun spends most of his time on airplanes. He often gets disoriented about where he is due to the constant travel.

Zhao Mingnong from Shushan was discussing with the municipal government departments the regulations for entering Rongcheng's newly established industrial park. Zhao Mingnong has been expanding the chain of Shushan businesses, and the new factory site will be located in the National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone in the west of the Hi-Tech District.

The project to construct the Hi-Tech West Zone was initiated by Rongcheng's municipal government and provincial government at the beginning of the year. The investment for public infrastructure and supporting facilities has already exceeded 2 billion yuan. Soon, another significant招商引資簽約會招商項目for Rongcheng will take place: the High-Tech West Zone Entrepreneurship Center Incubator Investment Attraction Signing Ceremony.

Currently, there are more than seventy established projects in Rongcheng's investment promotion program. These companies intend to start production and include industries such as biopharmaceuticals, precision machinery manufacturing, and electronic information technology.

Foreign-invested enterprises including Intel, Alcatel, Evinrude, Motorola, and others will be moving in successively.

The new Shushan factory, with an investment of 30 million yuan on a 200-acre site, is considered one of the top writing instrument manufacturing companies in Rongcheng and even throughout Southwest China. Zhao Mingnong's personal leadership and decision-making abilities have once again confirmed Su Zhan's judgment. It’s often said that personality changes destiny; however, sometimes it’s truly your position that determines your capabilities and methods.

As Shushan Chain has already expanded its writing instrument chain stores nationwide, emerging as a rapidly growing黑馬that is surpassing domestic traditional writing instrument industry giants, it now has nearly 15,000 chain franchise stores across the country. In any large or medium-sized city, you can see beautiful storefronts with an array of personalized and aesthetically pleasing products.

But almost no one knows when these trendy stationery items, filled with the spirit of their times, suddenly became popular and entered people's lives, challenging traditional notions in the stationery industry.

Their circulation has been surprisingly smooth without any obvious reason.

The most dynamic companies are often those that sell seemingly insignificant yet evident products in everyday life, such as Coca-Cola.

The stationery industry also possesses this potential. Currently, Shushan has established twenty provincial distribution centers nationwide, with fifteen hundred secondary and tertiary channel partners, and fifteen thousand retail outlets which continue to expand. Long-term cooperative relationships have been formed with large supermarkets and convenience stores like Dunhuang, Walmart, Carrefour, Easyhome Lotus, etc.

It is anticipated that within three or four years, the number of retail outlets will reach thirty thousand, based on an average calculation considering each administrative county possesses ten basic retail terminals. The expansion pace of new retail stores doesn't grow proportionally; while indeed expanding sales scale, it gradually suffers from diminishing marginal returns and poses a huge challenge to management teams and models. Therefore, establishing retail stores at the city level is relatively easier, whereas subsequent expansions become increasingly difficult and slower, especially when penetrating deep into township markets.

This is also a significant battle for Zhao Mingnong's team, but if they manage to cover the entire Chinese market with this system, it can be foreseen that Shushan Stationery will firmly hold the top position in China’s stationery industry.

With an estimated annual sales revenue of one million per retail outlet, the annual sales revenue of Shushan Stationery would reach a hundred billion.

This is undoubtedly an ambitious vision and goal.

The Shushan chain not only enjoys the benefits of being located in a newly developed industrial park with tech incubation policies but also receives excellent conditions for developing long-term cooperative agency relationships domestically and internationally through Rongcheng's facilitation, ensuring cost control during rising material prices. With policy support and its own competitive edge, the company has risen to another level.ed to over one thousand yuan, not much higher than those in Xiahai City. This discovery pleased Zeng Ke because even the rent for her favored location near a mixed middle school and residential area w...