No red wine

"Alright, that's everything for today. It's nothing major."

"Since everyone is gathered here and no one has anything urgent, let's have a get-together today. It's on me."

Wei Yan stood up and clapped his hands.

"In that case, we'll have to eat really well this time."

Li Shen stood up and smiled.

"Exactly, since General Manager Wei is treating, we definitely have to eat something good."

Pang Tao chimed in.

The other managers also laughed and spoke up.

"You guys should try to restrain yourselves; I'm not President Chen."

Wei Yan looked at their excited expressions, muttering to himself. If these people followed President Chen's team-building standards, he'd be bleeding money today.

"General Manager Wei, don't worry. This isn't a company team-building event; we won't be drinking red wine."

Li Shen smiled.

"Right, no red wine. We're drinking beer today."

It was unclear which manager shouted this, but it drew agreement from the rest.

Every team-building event involved fancy dinners with red wine, which they weren't used to.

Beer was much more refreshing.

The Group left the coffee shop.

"Excuse me, President Song, President Su, I need to ask you something."

At the back of the Group, Li Shen called out to Song Xia and Su Dan.

Wu Yu, Pang Tao, and Xu Zhengming followed alongside.

"What is it? Please, go ahead."

Song Xia looked at Li Shen and the others.

"President Chen arranged for us to go to the impoverished mountain areas to pick up elderly people. You've been there before, right? We want to learn from your experience."

"You were also assigned to pick up those elderly people from impoverished areas?"

Song Xia and Su Dan looked at Li Shen and the others in surprise.

"I see. This is President Chen putting the Group's managers to the test!"

Su Dan nodded slightly, speaking with deep meaning.

"President Su, why do you say that?"

Li Shen looked at Su Dan in confusion, not understanding how picking up elderly people from impoverished areas could be related to a test.

"That's a long story."

Su Dan brushed a lock of hair from her ear as she followed the Group.

"Going to pick up those elderly people is, first of all, tiring—extremely tiring. You have to ride in a car for a very long time and hike up mountain roads."

"Then there's the psychological test. You will see a level of poverty, desolation, and tragic fate in this society that you've never encountered before. These things will constantly impact your soul."

"And what you have to do is hold fast to your original intentions and complete the task President Chen entrusted to you."

"This is undoubtedly a test for both your body and your mind."

Listening to Su Dan's explanation, the eyes of Li Shen and the others gradually brightened.

So this was a test from President Chen for them!

At that moment, they couldn't wait to organize their teams and set off to pick up the elderly people.

…

Wang Yang left the coffee shop and went straight to a car in the parking lot.

"What's the situation?"

Supervisor Qi Bu looked at Wang Yang as he got into the car, his face full of confusion.

"It's like this, Supervisor Qi Bu. President Chen has taken over another unfinished building, and he intends for me to handle the interior decoration."

Wang Yang sat in the car, his eyes filled with emotion. He only learned about this after arriving there.

"How many buildings are there?"

Supervisor Qi Bu swallowed, his voice trembling slightly.

"According to the design over there, there are eight buildings in total, plus a fitness community. Given their requirements, the scale is definitely not small."

Wang Yang spoke slowly. Even though he had already digested this information in the coffee shop, he couldn't help but marvel as he said it out loud.

"Eight buildings!"

Supervisor Qi Bu murmured softly. He turned his head to look at Wang Yang in the passenger seat, a hint of envy rising in his heart.

Sometimes, you really can't compare. He had worked himself to the bone for half his life just to reach this supervisor position.

And Wang Yang? He had only taken one person's order and had already become a supervisor.

After taking on the job at East City Apartments, the headquarters of Cheng Lin Decoration had already started paying special attention to Wang Yang and was preparing to promote him again.

After all, in the last six months or so, their decoration performance had already exceeded the combined performance of all other branches of Cheng Lin Decoration.

The biggest contributor to this was Wang Yang.

Now, if he secured the job for President Chen's unfinished buildings, the headquarters would certainly put his promotion back on the agenda.

He figured it wouldn't be long before Wang Yang became his superior.

Thinking of this, Supervisor Qi Bu couldn't help but sigh; it really was infuriating to compare people!

"By the way, Wang Yang, the car purchase allowance from headquarters has come through. It's time to go look at cars. You can choose any car under 300,000."

"I know, Brother Qi. I'll go take a look tomorrow."

Wang Yang nodded. Now that he had his driver's license, it was time to look at cars. After all, it was troublesome to have others pick him up every time he went out.

…

Corner Pet Park.

After returning from their meal, Pang Tao and Xu Zhengming didn't rest immediately but started walking around the perimeter of the Pet Park.

Since they would soon be forming a team to set off to pick up those elderly people from impoverished areas, they needed to finalize the upcoming work at Corner Pet Park before they left.

Only then could they leave Corner Pet Park with peace of mind.

"Hmm, we could build a small Pet Hospital in this area. When visitors bring their pets here to play, if the pets have any issues, they can be brought here for emergency treatment. At the same time, if the pets in our park have issues, they can receive timely rescue."

Xu Zhengming pointed to an empty space and said calmly.

"That's true. We could also set up a pet merchandise shop here, selling some pet plushies, the cat and dog food we use to feed the pets in the Pet Park, and some toys for cats and dogs. We can cooperate with those merchants, and our Pet Park can also get a commission from it."

Pang Tao nodded, pointing to another empty space.

"That works. However, we must ensure quality control; no inferior products allowed. Also, for the plushies, we can cooperate with the Garment factory's pet apparel live-streaming side. They are currently building celebrity pets, and with the appearance of our Pet Fashion Show, their pet live-streaming has already gained hundreds of thousands of followers."

"We can make plushies or figurines of their celebrity pets; that might sell better. Also, since our Pet Park has so many pets, we could start our own live stream and create our own celebrity pets."

"Hmm, and after going to the Nanhe Coffee shop today, I suddenly feel that it would be pretty good to have a coffee shop here too. Once the flow of visitors here stabilizes, we can go discuss it with Song Xia and the others."

"Speaking of coffee, we need to consider the dining issue. It's a big problem that visitors have nowhere to eat while they are playing here."

"I actually have an idea. We could cooperate with the residents in the village to build some farmhouses and Bed and Breakfasts. That way, the visitors' meals can be taken care of, and the accommodation issue will be solved at the same time."

"That's a great idea. Since there is still a large empty space here, we can initially provide the funds to build the Bed and Breakfasts. Once they are established, we can slowly recoup the invested funds and finally take a certain percentage of the Bed and Breakfasts' income as a commission."

"This can be added to the plan."

The two of them walked around the perimeter of the Pet Park, making plans for the remaining empty spaces.