Detour to Rongcheng

During his stay in Bingcheng.

Some matters on the internet were also slowly fermenting.

Huang Xiuyuan noticed them as well; not only did he notice them, but he also collected a large amount of evidence.

Time rewinds to June 26.

He discussed several issues regarding Nitrogen-20 with a high-ranking official who had come for an inspection, taking the opportunity to provide the other party with a "milk powder and milk inspection report," along with the investigation findings from Shiguang Blog over the past few days.

As for how the other party would handle it, that was no longer a matter for Huang Xiuyuan to consider; at the very least, the outcome would be much better than delaying it until September.

July 8.

Having handled many essential tasks in Bingcheng, he began preparing to head south.

Before parting.

Liu Zhenting patted him on the shoulder earnestly: "Xiuyuan, this is Kenan's phone number. Since you run a company, you will inevitably have to deal with government officials. As long as it doesn't violate any principles, you can talk to him since he is over at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology."

"Many thanks, Uncle Liu."

"Remember to tell Fuqiang to come over for a gathering when he has time."

Huang Xiuyuan smiled and explained: "I spoke with my dad on the phone a few days ago. He said he is going to Beijing to watch the Olympics in August and will stop by Bingcheng then."

"Go on! The plane won't wait for anyone."

"Goodbye, Uncle Liu."

Huang Xiuyuan immediately took his leave, taking his group to Taiping International Airport to board a flight to Rongcheng, Shu Province.

A few hours later, the plane arrived in Rongcheng.

He first went to Huaxi Hospital to visit his grandmother, who was undergoing rehabilitation, and his mother, whom he hadn't seen in over a year.

As the largest hospital closest to the 512 incident, Huaxi Hospital had taken in a massive number of casualties, and he could feel the sorrow permeating the place.

Huang Xiuyuan could do nothing about this; he had already done his utmost to keep the casualties down to the current level.

After composing himself and leaving Huaxi Hospital, the Suiren Company branch in Rongcheng arranged a private car to take him to Ande Town, located in the northwest of Rongcheng.

As the motorcade approached Ande Town, he could see a large number of construction vehicles shuttling back and forth on the road from time to time.

Of the money he had previously donated, the remaining 200 million yuan had also been successively invested into "work-for-relief" projects.

However, this time it was no longer about building roads, but about helping to construct 30 Hope Primary Schools and 5 special rescue stations.

Shiguang Blog had also launched a half-month architectural design competition on the newly introduced Boku, with the theme of "Safe, Earthquake-Resistant, and Easy to Promote."

Currently, a large number of people in the architectural design industry had already participated in the competition.

The competition was divided into several design categories, such as the Hope Primary School design category, the rescue station design category, the mountain residential housing design category, and the special terrain building design category.

A portion of the winners' designs would be used for the upcoming Hope Primary Schools and rescue stations, as well as provided to local residents for reference.

At the Suiren Company branch in Ande Town, after the disaster relief efforts ended, the construction work here had only resumed over a week ago and was currently in the process of re-laying the foundations.

The previous furniture factory had left behind a three-story office building where his father, Huang Weichang, Li Feiyang, and others were currently working.

As soon as he stepped through the front door, that familiar voice rang in his ears.

"You brat, you didn't even say a word when you went to Bingcheng."

Huang Xiuyuan looked at his father, who had become dark and thin, as well as Huang Weichang and Li Feiyang in a similar state, and understood the hardships they had endured these past few days.

"Dad, there's nothing major going on here now. I just saw Grandma, and her recovery is going well. When the time comes, hire two caregivers to look after her, and you and Mom should go watch the Olympics to relax."

Huang Fuqiang did not stand on ceremony: "It's settled then. Don't go finding more trouble for me, you brat."

After the father and son discussed a few things, he asked Huang Weichang and Li Feiyang about the situation at the Rongcheng branch.

Thanks to the donations from Suiren Company, the procedures for the gas business license and other permits the company had applied for were almost completely unobstructed.

As for contracting the urban waste disposal for Rongcheng, considering the city's large size and some local concerns, they had only approved the northwestern region of Rongcheng for the time being—covering about one-fifth of the city's area—as a pilot zone.

Huang Xiuyuan was not surprised by this; once Rongcheng experienced the benefits of Suiren Company's recycling industry, they would likely take the initiative to seek further cooperation.

Regarding the investment in Rongcheng, the largest expenditure was actually purchasing land, followed by construction and equipment.

"General Manager Huang, this is the investment plan I've prepared. Please take a look."

Taking the document from Li Feiyang, he flipped through it roughly, focusing on the investment capital, which was expected to be around 300 million yuan for the first phase.

"Take this to the finance team for review."

Li Feiyang hurriedly took the plan back: "Understood."

In the management structure of Suiren Company, both branches and subsidiaries were under the management of the headquarters' Industrial Department.

The Industrial Department could be described as a massive "Frankenstein's monster." To keep the Industrial Department in check, Huang Xiuyuan had also transferred the Industrial Department's finance team to the Security Department over a week ago.

They were specifically tasked with managing the company's finances, reviewing the investments of various approved projects, and supervising the various capital flows during project implementation and business operations to check for kickbacks, corner-cutting, fabricated expenses, or embezzlement.

By coordinating with the Security Department, which already controlled the company's security team, internal affairs team, and cybersecurity team, they could basically supervise the Industrial Department.

And Li Feiyang was also aware of this.

Specifically, large projects from branches and subsidiaries usually require an audit by the headquarters' finance team (first review) to see if there is any "padding" in the project's financial planning.

Only after the finance team approves it does it enter the headquarters' industrial department for a feasibility assessment (second review).

Finally, it is reviewed by Lin Baijie and sent to Huang Xiuyuan for his signature and confirmation (final review).

A healthy large company must have a reasonable management system; otherwise, as the chairman, he would sooner or later die from overwork, and it would also lead to internal chaos.

The model of the Rongcheng branch is a replica of the Shanmei headquarters.

Under this model, where branches establish corresponding local subsidiaries, it is actually easy for "fiefdoms" to emerge, leading to the "regional warlordization" of branches.

However, in the early stages of a startup, one is forced to use the branch model to reduce the workload of the headquarters, but as the company expands, this must inevitably change.

It must shift from indirect hierarchical management to parallel vertical management—that is, the headquarters skips the branches to manage subsidiaries directly, preventing branches from forming cliques and becoming internally closed off.

In fact, Huang Xiuyuan has already taken precautions; currently, all operations of the security department are directly subordinate to the headquarters' security department and are not managed by the branches.

Many things cannot wait until they happen to be remedied; he does not like to respond passively, but is accustomed to taking precautions, nipping threats in the bud.

He stayed in Rongcheng for a week, during which he had two friendly discussions with the local Rongcheng authorities.

He also took a trip to Dujiangyan on the morning of July 15th.

After saying goodbye to his parents and the others, Huang Xiuyuan prepared to fly back to Lingnan, when his assistant Zhang Lei ran over in a hurry, holding a newspaper.

"Mr. Huang, today's People's Daily—that matter has blown up."

Huang Xiuyuan snatched the newspaper; it was indeed about the tainted milk scandal, and quite a few people had already been taken into custody.

All problematic dairy products were to be forcibly pulled from shelves.

He folded the newspaper and put it into his briefcase: "Let's go!"

The driver started the car and drove slowly toward the airport; all the way there, he kept his eyes closed to rest, pondering several matters.

Thank you all for your support, and thanks to book friends "Yuming Daoren" and "Qingtianyi" for their tips.