kvmb Chapter 539: Work Starts
Chapter 539: Work Starts
Chapter 539: Trouble at the Start of Construction
At the same time, the groundbreaking ceremony for Universal Pictures’ landmark building in the old city renovation project in Qionglin District will be held.
The design of the building was created by a professor from the Department of Architecture of Huaqing University. Among the vast number of entries from home and abroad, this design stood out.
In this design draft, the most eye-catching part of the building is its appearance. The overall shape resembles a gear. Looking closely, it looks very much like the gear on the earliest movie players. It has a retro charm and cleverly echoes the business of Universal Pictures. The design is very exquisite.
Li Jiawei had seen the renderings of the building, which were unique in style and distinctive in features, and left a deep impression on her.
Precisely because the design was so outstanding, the draft was passed unanimously at the Universal Pictures board of directors.
Therefore, as the actual person in charge of Universal Pictures, Li Jiawei would naturally attend the groundbreaking ceremony of such an important project.
The groundbreaking ceremony was scheduled for 9:08 in the morning. In order to arrive on time, Li Jiawei had breakfast early, changed her clothes, and took a nanny car to the construction site.
After arriving at the construction site, Li Jiawei got out of the car. In front of her was a construction site decorated with joy, with red banners, fluttering ribbons, and a lively atmosphere everywhere.
She looked up and found that a groundbreaking ceremony seemed to be taking place not far away. She remembered that the location should have been taken by Li Xuanbao.
Seeing that Li Jiawei was looking across the street, Xu Anna hurriedly explained, "The other side is also holding a groundbreaking ceremony today. They are scheduled to start at 8:18. I asked about their schedule, and the entire ceremony was over before 9 o'clock."
"It seems that both sides have a good understanding. The groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled on the same day!" Li Jiawei responded with a smile, her mouth slightly raised.
Then he raised his hand to check the time, which was 8:20, and then asked, "Who are the people on the other side attending the opening ceremony?"
After all, the two construction sites are not far apart, and the two companies once competed fiercely for the same site, so Xu Anna would inevitably pay special attention to the progress of the project there and pay more attention to related situations.
Therefore, Xu Anna was quite familiar with the people who attended the groundbreaking ceremony opposite today: "The main leaders present were the deputy mayor, as well as the mayor and secretary of Qionglin District."
"What about us? Which leaders have we invited?" Li Jiawei continued to ask.
Anna Xu replied methodically: “We have invited Secretary Xu of the Municipal Party Committee, as well as the mayor and secretary of Qionglin District.
But last night, the secretary of Municipal Party Committee Secretary Xu called and said that Secretary Xu had to go to a factory for inspection today and couldn't come to the site, so the deputy mayor was asked to attend in his place. "
Li Jiawei nodded and said, "You control the time."
Xu Anna said: "Mr. Li, I know."
After that, Li Jiawei did not ask any more questions, nor did she focus on the opposite side. She turned and walked in the direction of Gong Yifei, the president of Xishi Construction Investment.
Today, six senior executives from Xishi Construction Investment, including Gong Yifei, and eight shareholders and senior executives from Universal Pictures came, so today's groundbreaking ceremony is of a very high standard, and the core personnel of both companies are here.
However, everyone had already drunk a pot of tea, but the deputy mayor, the mayor of Qionglin District, and the secretary had not yet arrived.
Li Jiawei raised her hand and looked at the time again. It was 8:55 and the groundbreaking ceremony at Universal Pictures was at 9:08. At this time, the deputy mayor, district head and district party secretary would definitely not be able to make it in time.
Xu Anna kept looking at the time. It was almost time for the groundbreaking ceremony, but the leaders were still there and hadn't come over here. She knew something was wrong and she was sweating profusely. But they couldn't rush them and could only worry here.
Li Jiawei called Xu Anna to her side, with a gentle look on her face, and gently comforted her: "Don't worry, we will follow the leader's schedule and adjust the start time to a later time."
Xu Anna has always been generous and magnanimous, but in this situation, the other party was obviously doing it on purpose. She couldn't suppress her anger and couldn't help complaining to Li Jiawei: "Boss Li, they did it on purpose! It's obvious that they are trying to cause trouble."
Li Jiawei raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a smile, but did not say anything.
After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Do you remember whether we set the time for the opening ceremony first, or they did?"
Anna Xu immediately replied, "Boss Li, they decided on the start time the day after we decided on it, which is the same day as ours, but an hour earlier than mine."
Li Jiawei said calmly: "I have an idea. You go down and arrange the work first."
Xu Anna bowed slightly and replied respectfully, "Okay, Mr. Li, I'll go notify the other staff members right away." After that, she turned around and left quickly.
As soon as Xu Anna left, Gong Yifei walked up to Li Jiawei, with a look of anxiety and dissatisfaction on his face, and said, "Boss Li, look at the situation over there, it's obvious that they are going against us.
The groundbreaking ceremony was not smooth, and the future projects will be affected in terms of feng shui!"
Li Jiawei raised her eyes to look at Gong Yifei, her eyes full of smiles, and said half-jokingly: "Boss Gong, you are a big boss, how come you also believe in Feng Shui?"
Gong Yifei was slightly stunned by this question, then he laughed unnaturally twice and changed the subject: "That's what I said, but you see, they are obviously stalling for time. Are you just going to put up with it? I really can't swallow this."
Li Jiawei gently held her slightly bulging belly, with a helpless look on her face, but still with a faint smile on her lips, she said slowly: "Boss Gong, you see I'm pregnant now, what else can you expect me to do? Are you going to ask me to fight with others?"
Gong Yifei certainly didn't want Li Jiawei to fight with others. Does the power behind her require her to fight? Obviously not!
Gong Yifei sighed heavily, his face full of helplessness and anxiety, and said with a wry smile: "Boss Li, please stop joking.
You have a close relationship with Mr. Li over there, so why don't you give him a call and ask how long it will take for them to finish the matter, so that we can have an idea and make the next plan.
Otherwise, if they keep dawdling and talking for a whole afternoon, do we really have to wait here for a whole afternoon?"
Hearing this, Li Jiawei slowly swept her eyes over the other shareholders present, and then looked at the senior executives of Xishi Construction Investment. She saw that they all had expectant looks on their faces, staring at her eagerly, as if their hopes of resolving the matter were pinned on her.
Seeing this situation, the last bit of beautiful fantasy that Li Jiawei had in her heart about these so-called executives was completely shattered like a bubble, leaving nothing behind.