"Why not try the hot spring water here?" Xie Zhendong asked him generously.
Zhao Jianhua carefully approached Xie Zhendong and said, "I am willing to follow you, Mr. Xie. If you want to soak again, I will accompany you."
"Good, then you come with me to the sauna room," Xie Zhendong said, already standing up and walking. Zhao Jianhua immediately followed.
Now he had no choice but to cling to Xie Zhendong, this big tree.
When they reached the sauna room, he only changed his shoes and dared not even take off his clothes, standing respectfully, waiting for Xie Zhendong's instructions.
Xie Zhendong closed his eyes, resting, as if he had forgotten that Zhao Jianhua was in front of him.
After an unknown amount of time, a quarter of an hour, half an hour... Zhao Jianhua was already sweating profusely, his clothes soaked with sweat, but he dared not disturb Xie Zhendong's enjoyment of the sauna.
Xie Zhendong seemed to suddenly remember him, slowly opened his eyes and said, "I didn't ask you here today for anything in particular, I just hope you can work with me to turn the land bought by Qining into a cultural wall in the flood control area."
"That's a good idea." Zhao Jianhua was sweating all over from the heat, his clothes sticking to his skin. He didn't really know what kind of cultural wall Xie Zhendong wanted to build, so he agreed first.
Xie Zhendong continued, "My initial idea is to create a cultural wall with flood control functions in that area, planting some trees that can prevent floods and fix sand, to contribute to Lan Cheng's flood control."
"Mr. Xie is going to benefit Lan Cheng, that's great," Zhao Jianhua flattered.
"As long as you think it's good, but my idea depends entirely on you to realize it, do you understand?"
"I understand, no problem, it's all on me."
"Well, then you can go. I will have my assistant give you all the relevant design materials."
Zhao Jianhua wiped the water-like sweat from his face and asked, "But Mr. Xie, what should I do to deal with Qin Tianyi?"
"What's the rush? This is not urgent." Xie Zhendong closed his eyes again, indicating that there was nothing more to discuss with him.
Zhao Jianhua had no choice but to retreat. He felt much cooler.
Xie Zhendong's entourage saw him out of the hot spring club. He directly hailed a car, wanting to quickly go back and change his clothes, unable to figure out what Xie Zhendong was planning.
After Zhao Jianhua left, Xie Zhendong also came out of the sauna room.
Zhao Jianhua was quite sensible. If he dared to object to building a cultural wall and flood control forest on that land, he would definitely make Zhao Jianhua pay three hundred million to buy it.
Zhao Jianhua's real estate group would also not be able to operate in Lan Cheng.
As for getting Zhao Jianhua to deal with Qin Tianyi and the others together, it couldn't be rushed. It was not too late to wait until Zhao Jianhua truly became his man.
Otherwise, he was afraid that Zhao Jianhua might mess things up if he had ulterior motives.
Before going to shower, he said to his assistant, "It's time to arrange a meeting with Qin Tianyi and the others. We should meet them."
"Yes."
...
Two days later, Zhao Jianhua held the blueprints sent by Xie Zhendong and the budget calculated by the finance department, his hands trembling.
Completing this non-profit project would cost at least tens of millions.
But this was Xie Zhendong's intention, and he had no choice but to build these cultural walls and flood control forests...
His group had been struggling for the past two years, and asking him to come up with tens of millions of funds at once was no different from letting him bleed.
But he also knew that if he didn't agree to Xie Zhendong, he would have to pay an additional three hundred million, which would be his death sentence.
Xie Zhendong would not let go of Xie Qining falling into Qin Tianyi's trap, but he didn't expect to be involved himself. Xie Zhendong was clearly taking revenge for his son.
While he was heartbroken, his wife rushed in with the documents he had signed for the expenditure of tens of millions of funds from the group.
"Old Zhao, you agreed to this, are you crazy! Tens of millions for public welfare, and you still think our company's funds are not tight enough?"
Facing his wife's angry questioning, he also felt overwhelmed and said, "This is not what I wanted. Xie Zhendong approached me, and we have to do it."
His wife looked at the design drawings on his desk and calmed down a bit, saying, "This land belongs to him, and he wants us to fund these superficial things to build his image and win the recent urban construction project."
Zhao Jianhua nodded repeatedly, grabbed his wife's hand and said, "As expected of my good wife, you see it clearly too."
"But why are you trying so hard to please him? What's the benefit to our group?" His wife Zhang Yuyun pulled her hand back, not buying his act.
Zhang Yuyun was well aware of his affairs with other women outside and had long since given up on matters of love and romance.
She was just fortunate that she hadn't left the group back then and had retreated to become a housewife, always holding the majority of the group's financial power, and was the vice president second only to Zhao Jianhua in the group.
Now, at over fifty, she only wanted to protect the power and money she held, waiting for her two sons to grow up and inherit the entire group, and then she would settle accounts with Zhao Jianhua for those women!
"Currently, there are no apparent benefits." Zhao Jianhua knew that if he wanted to start this project according to Xie Zhendong's wishes, he still needed this tigress's approval.
He explained the entire story and the reasons why he had to do this project to Zhang Yuyun.
Zhang Yuyun understood completely and was furious, wanting to hit him, but she couldn't find anything suitable for a moment. She pointed at him and said, "You, why did you instigate the young master of the Xie family? The Xie family is not someone we can afford to offend..."
"My dear wife, my dear wife!" Zhao Jianhua was almost kneeling and kowtowing to her, clasping his hands together and saying, "I was thinking that the Xie family has great influence, and would ask Young Master Xie to help us get that piece of land back, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this! It concerns the survival of the group, so you must let me use this fund."
Zhang Yuyun roared, "Do you know how tight the group's cash flow will be after taking out these tens of millions?"
"I know, of course I know," Zhao Jianhua said with heartache, "but Xie Zhendong's ultimate goal in finding me is to deal with Qin Tianyi and the others. If we handle this matter well, our group will be attached to the Xie family, and we will definitely make it back in the future. You need to broaden your horizons and think long-term, understand?"
Zhang Yuyun didn't believe his sweet talk. Now this tens of millions public welfare project had to be done, but who could guarantee that they would make it back in the future?
She gritted her teeth and thought, "I can let you use tens of millions of the group's funds, but we also need to send someone to Xie Zhendong's side."
"Send them to do what?"
Zhang Yuyun glanced at him and said, "To ensure that he remembers us if there are any benefits in the future, so that the funds you invest can be earned back."
Zhao Jianhua couldn't help but nod and say, "That's a good idea, but who should we send? And will he agree to us arranging people around him?"
"Of course, we'll send those little vixen by your side," Zhang Yuyun glared at him. "We definitely can't openly arrange our people. Even if he is the CEO of the Xie Corporation, he is still a man, and you men are all the same."