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Chapter 2920 A New Landmark!
Of course, Wang Yue felt that Xu Zhishen might turn against him, but he didn't say it out loud, because that would seem like gloating.

Moreover, Wang Yue had a backup plan, just waiting for Xu Zhishen's many years of investment to go down the drain, so that he could finally avenge Lao Lu.

In fact, when Xu Zhishen arranged for Lao Ding to keep an eye on things, it was to prevent Lu Tao from acting recklessly. Then, he turned his attention back to other projects at the head office.

When President Ding learned that Lu Tao was Xu Zhishen's adopted son, he did not supervise the entire company as Xu Zhishen had expected. He did not refuse Lu Tao's requests at all, but only reminded him from time to time to save money.

Lu Tao took this advice to heart, but only on the condition that it didn't conflict with his perfect design.

Of course, Xu Zhishen couldn't believe it forever. When Lu Tao finally went to spend time with Lin Wanfen, he took the opportunity to ask...

"Lu Tao, how's the project going? Has Lao Ding caused you any trouble?"

Xu Zhishen was actually trying to get information out of Manager Ding to see if he had followed his instructions to cut unnecessary expenses.
Lu Tao didn't catch Xu Zhishen's tactical question. He said, still feeling frustrated, "Hey Xu, can you transfer Lao Ding away for me?"

You have no idea, he had to remind me to reduce expenses and cut budgets for every single project.

As you know, to achieve the perfect design, certain budgets are unavoidable.

Xu Zhishen could tell from Lu Tao's words that he was genuinely dissatisfied with Manager Ding, which put him at ease. So he smiled and comforted him.

"Old Ding is a bit cautious, but it's for the good of the company. You can't just think about projects; you also need to learn how to manage the company from Old Ding."

Your mother and I are getting old. All the assets under my name will eventually be yours. If you don't accept them, wouldn't that be a waste?

Hearing this, Lu Tao shook his head and said, "Old Xu, you can't take money with you when you're born or when you die, so why bother with all that?"
Do you know what's most important to a designer?

For a designer, the most important thing is to perfectly realize their ideas.

If cost issues prevent me from realizing this project, it will be my biggest regret.

But if my project succeeds, then my design will become a new landmark, a more perfect landmark project than this affiliated high school!

Seeing Lu Tao's excited expression, Xu Zhishen thought to himself that Old Ding must be putting too much pressure on Lu Tao, so he just kindly said...
"Alright? I'll talk to Lao Ding about this idea of ​​yours and ask him to do his best to cooperate with you."

Lu Tao wasn't willing to wait. He was thoroughly fed up with being stalled by Manager Luo, one of Wang Yue's subordinates, so he quickly spoke up.
"Old Xu, if you want to say it, go say it now, and you have to say it in front of my mother!"

Lin Wanfen had initially found the father and son's conversation quite heartwarming, but when Lu Tao suddenly shifted the topic to her, she immediately said...
"Lu Tao, how dare you talk to your father like that? You don't understand business matters, you should listen to your father's opinions more."

Lu Tao sensed something was wrong and immediately said with dissatisfaction, "Mom, what's wrong with you now? Didn't you always stay out of my and Lu Yaxun's discussions before?"
Why are you suddenly siding with Lao Xu?

Your heart is so biased!

Lin Wanfen never expected that Lu Tao would say such things to her in front of Xu Zhishen, especially to her current husband about her ex-husband. She felt her face burning up!
At this moment, Lin Wanfen felt she could no longer sit still. Gone was her former composure and calmness. She immediately stood up and said,
"Lu Tao, what do you mean by that? Does this mean I can't criticize you as a mother?"

Lu Tao immediately stood up and said angrily, "When I had a dispute with Lu Yaxun before, you never helped Lu Yaxun. I always thought you were just so indifferent and let my son and I handle it properly."

But now!
I just asked Xu Zhishen to call Lao Ding in front of you, just to let him prove whether he really cares about the two of us that much.

But what about you?

What are you afraid of?

Lu Tao found it unbelievable when Lin Wanfen was born and helped Xu Zhishen!

Thinking about his daily life before, he suddenly felt sorry for Lu Yaxun!
If Lu Tao were Lu Yaxun's son, that would be easier to explain, but the problem is that Lu Tao is not Lu Yaxun's son at all!

Just like the news Lu Tao heard at that wedding, Lin Wanfen was actually likely sentenced to death when she abandoned him back then.

Lu Yaxun saved Lin Wanfen's life, but Lin Wanfen treated Lu Yaxun with aloofness, remaining indifferent.

However, Xu Zhishen essentially ruined Lin Wanfen with his own hands, yet Lin Wanfen still couldn't forget Xu Zhishen!
No wonder Yang Xiaoyun called him and Lin Wanfen ungrateful wretches back then.

So it really is true!

So in that instant, Lu Tao felt extremely angry, which is why he suddenly erupted. Lin Wanfen opened and closed her lips several times, but suddenly didn't know what to say. Her head spun, and she fainted.

In fact, dizziness is more likely to occur in older people, and frequent fainting is also bad for their health.

Last time, Lin Wanfen was taken to the hospital quickly, so she was fine. But this time, she suddenly fainted again, which caused her to have a stroke.

As a result of the stroke, he needed assistance with all his movements. Xu Zhishen was not capable of providing such assistance, but fortunately, they were wealthy enough to hire a caregiver.

Lu Tao also regretted it a bit, so he came back more often. Although he didn't apologize directly, he made his intentions very clear.

Lu Tao felt truly wronged for Lu Yaxun, but after all, he wasn't his biological father, and Lu Tao couldn't possibly disregard his own mother for Lu Yaxun's sake.

This is actually Lu Yaxun's tragedy!

Fortunately, Wang Yue's appearance has changed this tragedy. Lu Yaxun now has her own biological son and is living a very happy life.

As a shrewd man, Xu Zhishen naturally saw that Lu Tao felt guilty towards Lin Wanfen, so he took this opportunity to continue to win Lu Tao over!

Of course, Xu Zhishen also knew that winning over Lu Tao was not an easy task, so when Lu Tao was around, he often helped the nanny take care of Lin Wanfen.

Seeing Xu Zhishen's behavior during this period, Lu Tao felt that Lin Wanfen's choice was not wrong, so his attitude towards Xu Zhishen improved slightly.

With his family matters drawing his attention, Xu Zhishen was unable to attend to all his work at the company.

Xu Zhishen was already very reassured with Lao Ding at Yuanda Construction Company, so he focused more on the Sendaoer Group, since that was his home.

Yuanda Construction is merely a new company that Xu Zhishen started to make money, and it does not yet account for the majority of his assets.

Of course, that's based on assets. If we're talking about cash, Yuanda Construction has already consumed most of Xu Zhishen's funds.

However, Lu Tao was unaware of these things.

For a designer, as long as they have money, they can realize their ideals, but ideals themselves become increasingly expensive.

When Lu Tao was originally in Wang Yue's hands, he only needed a few tens of millions more to complete the entire resettlement housing project.

However, after arriving at Yuanda Construction, with Mr. Ding's full support, a zero was added to the bill, which directly drained Yuanda Construction's cash flow.

Of course, Lu Tao's optimized design included more houses than the original ones. In his view, in addition to letting the villagers of Hujiawan move in, there were many houses that could be sold, and sooner or later the money from the houses could be recouped.

However, Lu Tao was unaware of one thing: how construction companies operate.
It's important to understand that as a construction company, many projects require contractors to advance funds, and the cash flow is typically to reimburse the contractors for the money spent upon completion, just like the Yuanda Group's recent acquisition of resettlement housing projects.

So, as the money arrived, the construction progress on Lu Tao's side accelerated several times over, and his dream was getting closer and closer.

However, Yuanda Construction was the first to encounter problems.

It turns out that a new building project by Yuanda Construction is nearing completion and they need to pay the construction company. If they don't pay, the construction company won't be able to complete the remaining work, and the houses won't be able to be sold.

Actually, this was a little trick by the construction company to get the construction company to pay them quickly. But the construction company had no choice, since there were just too many people whose wages were owed.

So, when Mr. Ding of Yuanda Company saw that the problem was almost solved, he directly notified Xu Zhishen and talked about the company's financial situation.

Upon hearing President Ding's report, Xu Zhishen exclaimed in astonishment, "Old Ding, are you kidding me? I invested nearly two billion yuan in Yuanda Construction Company, and we've only completed two projects. You're telling me all the money is gone?"

Mr. Ding remained calm and explained earnestly, "Mr. Xu, as you know, the land for that project alone cost nearly a billion yuan, and the subsequent construction payments took up several hundred million more..."

Xu Zhishen completely ignored Lao Ding's complaints and interrupted him, saying, "It's impossible to spend almost two billion yuan in total. Tell me honestly, are you playing some kind of trick?"

Mr. Ding immediately complained, "Mr. Xu, why don't you ask Lu Tao? He's invested a lot of money in the Hujiawan project!"
The company is truly out of money. If we don't pay the final payment, we can't finish building the houses, and we simply can't sell them!

When Xu Zhishen heard President Ding mention Lu Tao, he almost instinctively said, "Old Ding, didn't I tell you to keep a close eye on costs?"

(End of this chapter)