Officialdom: The beautiful leader took me to the top

Zhong Hui put down her pen. "Okay, big sister, I'll arrange it right away!"

Before the call could end, Li Ying suddenly called out to the other party, "Wait, have the public relations department prepare another top-of-the-line gift."

"She doesn't need luxury goods. She can stand out from the crowd and become the president of the Greater China region in the IF Group, which is like a den of dragons and tigers. She is definitely not an ordinary woman."

"Luxury goods are not something people would even look at."

"If we were to actually give it away, it would be like slapping ourselves in the face."

"Since the other party is also from the East, let's try something new."

"By the way, isn't one of our group's cultural and creative parks currently working on an intangible cultural heritage embroidered screen?"

"I think this is great. It's elegant and has local characteristics, which suits the aesthetic of female executives in the East."

"Most importantly, this is not a modern industrial product, but a custom-made product by intangible cultural heritage artisans, made with their own blood and sweat."

"The commercial value is immeasurable, but most importantly, it demonstrates our sincerity in cooperating with Hebei Group!"

"Once the target is identified, send it over immediately, along with a handwritten letter of introduction, signed with my name."

Zhong Hui immediately pledged her commitment, "Please rest assured, elder sister! I'll make the arrangements right now, and I'll definitely work through the night to get all the channels open!"

Li Ying gave her final instruction, her tone calm yet imbued with an undeniable authority: "Remember, we are not striving for opportunities, but creating them."

"The more mysterious this Mr. Li is, the more it suggests that his decisions may be undisturbed."

"As long as we get to her core needs first, this project will still be ours."

"Get it done now, immediately!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Ying rubbed her forehead, a look of seriousness appearing in her eyes.

Although she has worked hard abroad for many years and made a name for herself, she has ultimately been working alone.

Even though she had the Li family's remaining resources as starting capital, it only meant she had a higher starting point than ordinary people.

In Handong, she believed she still had some background and connections.

But if we're talking about competing on the international stage, what about going up against those long-established families that have been around for centuries?

They were completely powerless to resist!

It could even be described as a drop in the ocean compared to a great wizard!

And IF Group is one of them.

It's not an ordinary foreign company at all, but a multinational giant that occupies the top of the global industrial chain.

His business reach extends from the US to Asia, and his clients include underground families and major hidden conglomerates around the world. Even Western royal families refer to his strategic reports when allocating their assets.

What's most frightening is its secrecy; the group's headquarters are located in a secluded office building in a neutral country, and its core decision-makers never make a public appearance.

Even the Forbes Global 2000 list can only estimate its revenue size, but the actual error can be trillions.

In such business giants, the competition is more than just brutal.

An Asian face is rare enough, let alone sitting in the position of president of the Greater China region.

The domestic market, in particular, is the fastest-growing market globally for IF, and also the most fiercely competitive battleground.

The previous three presidents were all Western male executives, each with the aura of Wall Street or the City of London.

An Eastern woman could only take her place if she had a strong hand and could handle tough deals in mergers and acquisitions.

They either have powerful connections and can leverage the group's core resources.

In short, it absolutely couldn't have been luck!

IF already had deep cooperation and strategic partnerships with two cities in China, with annual tax payments amounting to hundreds of billions.

However, in order to further expand its domestic market, IF plans to expand to a third partner city.

Ever since this news broke, provinces and cities across the country have been like wolves that have smelled meat, all flocking to it.

Although no bites have occurred yet, a fierce struggle has already broken out beneath the table, with the bones visible!

Economic development has always been considered an important indicator of a leader's ability to govern.

In addition, the economic development of major cities in China has long been facing bottlenecks in recent years.

To continue to break through to higher levels, we can only cooperate with foreign companies like IF Group.

This is also the key reason why Li Ying is going to great lengths to seize this cooperation. The pie that IF is offering is unimaginably big, big enough to rewrite the economic landscape of a city!

According to information obtained by Li Ying from "special channels," the initial investment for this collaboration by IF is as high as 2000 billion yuan.

It will also collaborate with more than 30 affiliated companies to make additional investments, with the total scale expected to exceed 5000 billion!

This is not a simple injection of funds, but a complete "global resource package".

The company will establish its Asia-Pacific R&D center, regional logistics hub, and cross-border settlement center in the partner cities.

This brings not only tens of thousands of high-end jobs, but also the migration of the entire high-end industrial chain!

From chip design to smart manufacturing, from financial services to the digital economy, we directly help partner cities connect the global links of R&D, production, and trade!

For cities, the benefits are even more tangible: a leapfrog upgrade.

Not to mention the hundreds of billions of yuan in new tax revenue each year, which can directly fill the local fiscal gap.

The title of "IF Partner City" alone can attract global capital to gather there, transforming the city from a regional center into an international metropolis!

More importantly, IF has also pledged to help partner cities connect with top universities and research institutions around the world to establish relevant laboratories.

This is like a golden key to cities that are stuck at the bottleneck of industrial upgrading!

When the news first broke, more than 20 provincial capitals and municipalities directly under the central government across the country were green with envy.

This is why even the usually low-profile Handong immediately included connecting with IF as the top priority in its government work report.

The intensity of the competition has long since exceeded the scope of "market game" and has become a "performance-building battle" for local leaders.

It is said that a coastal city in the north has directly established a special task force headed by the municipal party secretary to coordinate efforts.

The task force included the heads of more than a dozen departments, such as the Development and Reform Commission, the Investment Promotion Bureau, and the Financial Bureau, and their office was located in a hotel next to the airport.

We are ready to take off at any time to negotiate at the designated IF location and strive to gain a first-mover advantage.

A certain emerging first-tier city near Handong went even further, designating 50 square kilometers of land in the city's core area as a reserved area for IF cooperation six months in advance, promising a policy of "10 years of full tax exemption and 10 years of half tax reduction", and even willing to mobilize provincial resources to coordinate cross-border channels.

In some cities, in order to get information, they specifically poached consultants who had previously worked for IF from headhunters, offering them annual salaries of millions, just to be the first to make contact with the other party!