Life Reset: I’m the Master in the Officialdom

Wentao looked at what Li Jinpeng had brought: two stacks of cash, Maotai liquor, and Zhonghua cigarettes. It was quite a lavish purchase.

Wentao immediately opened his Zhonghua cigarettes, took out a cigarette and lit it. Li Jinpeng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wentao's actions. It seemed that "old ginger is wiser" and his father's method was worth learning from.

Wentao then threw the remaining cigarette back into the gift box that Li Jinpeng contained.

"What do you think of me? I only smoke one pack of cigarettes. If I smoke too much, I'm afraid you will scold me behind my back." As he said this, Wentao punched Li Jinpeng's chest with his fist, neither too hard nor too light.

Seeing this scene, Li Jinpeng also laughed.

"I told you, we don't need this, but my dad insisted that I send it to you. When I saw you taking the cigarette just now, I thought my dad's decision was right!" Li Jinpeng said.

"Forget about the money and food, you still need to eat more meals." Wentao teased Li Jinpeng.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you enough food!" Li Jinpeng laughed.

The dishes ordered by Li Jinpeng were served quickly.

"Come, try this farmhouse's signature dish—wood-fried chicken."

Wen Tao first picked up a piece of chicken for Jian Mingyue, which made Jian Mingyue roll her eyes at him.

Wentao also tasted it: "Hmm, it's really good, with a delicious taste and tender meat. It's definitely worth a try."

The wood-fried chicken of this era was a real free-range chicken, slowly stewed in a large pot with firewood. It was different from the hormone-treated chicken and pressure cooker chicken of later generations.

The three of them chatted while eating.

"Jin Peng, infrastructure projects have been progressing rapidly in recent years and the engineering field is very popular. Have you ever thought about making the company bigger and stronger?" Wen Tao suddenly said.

Professor Yu’s lectures enlightened Wentao that companies in the engineering field would surely spring up like mushrooms in the next few years, and the current construction industry companies can be summed up in two words: make money!

"Making money is making money, but our company has limited strength after all. Take this incident for example, if you hadn't intervened, it would have collapsed. We have a little money in these years, but we dare not touch those big engineering projects. If we are not careful, we will be crushed to pieces!" said Li Jinpeng.

Indeed, in this day and age, the key to whether an engineering project can be made bigger and stronger lies in whether you can get the project!

After getting the project, whether you can get the money is another matter!

Who has the final say on these things?

The answer is self-evident.

Connections! With connections, you get projects. With connections, you get money! This is very practical.

Engineering projects are often major investment projects for large enterprises, government agencies or public utilities. Whether or not these projects can be successfully acquired is crucial to the survival and development of the enterprise.

"My father has worked in an engineering company all his life, and he doesn't have much wealth, so funding is also a big problem," Li Jinpeng continued.

"Don't worry about the money. I'll invest 300 million in the early stage and add more in the later stage. How about we two brothers work together to make the construction company bigger and stronger?" Wen Tao said.

After hearing what Wen Tao said, Li Jinpeng's eyes showed a fiery look, and Jian Mingyue also widened her eyes.

"Where did you get so much money? Did you embezzle or take bribes?" Li Jinpeng asked immediately.

His father had been running a company for most of his life. As an old man who started from scratch, he was quite successful, but now he was only worth a million. He couldn't help but doubt where Wentao's money came from. After all, Wentao was "very poor" when he was in college and had to rely on his father for support everywhere.

This is also what Jian Mingyue wanted to ask. She really couldn't figure out where Wen Tao, who just graduated from college, got so much money.

"Don't worry! The source of the money is absolutely legitimate. Just think of it as me winning the lottery, haha." Wen Tao said.

Wentao did not lie, he did win the lottery, but even if he said so, probably no one would believe it.

"How about my conditions?" Wen Tao asked.

Li Jinpeng thought about it for a moment and said with a hint of excitement, "Okay!"

"I invested 300 million yuan and I want a 30% return every year. But I don't want shares, I just want dividends. You also know that we public officials cannot hold shares. Do I need to discuss this with my uncle?" Wen Tao asked.

"No need! Now the old man has retired to the second line, and I make the final decision on all matters in the company. And my dad will be very happy to hear that you are the one who has invested. However, your 30% profit is still too unfair to you. You don't have to worry about the profit. I will distribute it when the time comes." Li Jinpeng said angrily.

The total assets of his own company were only 100 million, and given Li Jinpeng's character, he would not let Wentao suffer any loss. Wentao also trusted his good brother.

"Okay, it's settled! Come, let's raise our glasses together to celebrate this moment!" Wen Tao stood up and suggested with a smile.

Li Jinpeng and Jian Mingyue stood up. The three of them each held up the tea cups in their hands and gently clinked them together, making a crisp sound, symbolizing their upcoming new cooperation and bright future.

Li Jinpeng doesn't know yet that this cooperation with Wentao will become the wisest and most correct decision in his life.

Twenty years later, under his leadership and with Wen Tao's foresight and super powers after his second life, Red Star Construction Company has developed into a large-scale comprehensive group integrating real estate, media, and large supermarkets, with assets exceeding one trillion yuan.

However, Jian Mingyue had many questions in his mind. He felt that he was increasingly unable to understand Wen Tao.