Chapter 188: Health is the Capital for Making Revolution

Sky Tower!

Although Tianrou Investment Company had grown to a massive scale, it still had not relocated its offices.

It was located very close to Tianhai University, which was convenient for Wang Xinrou to attend classes.

Compared to before, the staff at Tianrou Investment had increased exponentially!

Upon stepping inside, He Tian was momentarily dazzled. People were bustling back and forth, appearing extremely busy yet entirely orderly, which drew a deep sigh of admiration from He Tian.

With Cao Xiaomin running things, the framework of Tianrou Investment had finally been genuinely established.

If it had depended solely on Wang Xinrou, she probably never could have brought the company to where it was today!

By this point, who knows how much of He Tian's energy would have been drained away.

He Tian did not encounter any cliché scenarios of being blocked at the entrance!

Even though He Tian was a totally hands-off boss and was determined to remain a hands-off boss forever, that did not mean the employees under his command did not know who the true owner of the company was...

Some internal introductions and promotional materials were more than enough to resolve that issue.

However, considering that He Tian had walked in together with Wang Xinrou, whether that cliché blocking scenario would have occurred was something He Tian didn't quite dare to guarantee! Who knew if Cao Xiaomin, once she got busy, had remembered to introduce He Tian to the company personnel?

Besides, the employees working here now were all recent hires. It seemed entirely normal that they didn't recognize He Tian.

"Brother He Tian, you go ahead! I have to get to work!" Wang Xinrou said with a smile.

"Alright, off you go!" He Tian knew that Tianrou Investment had now established an investment department and had successfully recruited three veteran investment experts, specifically dedicated to short-term and long-term high-yielding investment projects! Wang Xinrou was currently leading that division. Meanwhile, controlling and equity-holding investments were currently managed by Cao Xiaomin, which included shares in Mengrou Clothing Group under the Tianrou banner, full ownership of Tongda Auto Repair, Haisheng Supermarket, and Qiyuan Grand Hotel.

Once Wang Xinrou left for work, He Tian leisurely strolled over to the door of Cao Xiaomin's office!

It was extremely busy here!

All sorts of personnel, holding various documents, were coming to find Cao Xiaomin for signatures!

Cao Xiaomin would always review the documents very carefully before signing them, occasionally exchanging a few words.

Yet everyone who entered Cao Xiaomin's office did so with extreme caution... It seemed they all knew Cao Xiaomin was in a bad mood? Or perhaps Cao Xiaomin's standards were simply too strict?

He Tian quietly turned away without directly disturbing Cao Xiaomin!

Arriving at his own office, He Tian closed the door, picked up his phone, and dialed Cao Xiaomin directly!

The call was answered, but Cao Xiaomin didn't say a word!

He Tian knew that Cao Xiaomin recognized who was calling from the caller ID. So, without standing on ceremony, he said, "Director Cao, please come to my office right now! Immediately!"

He Tian reckoned that if his tone had been even slightly softer, given Cao Xiaomin's workload and the lingering little resentment she held against him in her heart—cough, cough—He Tian honestly couldn't guarantee whether Cao Xiaomin would actually drop her work over there and come over.

Therefore, it was better to be direct, plain and simple, and use an authoritative tone to make Cao Xiaomin come!

After all, no matter what, He Tian was currently the chairman of Tianrou Investment, wasn't he? He was Cao Xiaomin's superior... When summoned by a superior, would she dare refuse to show up? That would simply be unreasonable!

Sure enough, a knock on the door sounded very soon. Cao Xiaomin arrived!

"Close the door!" He Tian said to Cao Xiaomin with a stern expression, putting on the act of working.

Cao Xiaomin closed the door as instructed.

However, while Cao Xiaomin obeyed, her face was ice-cold. She currently looked like a glacier, exuding an absolute-zero chilling aura.

He Tian leaned slightly back in his chair, twirling a pen in his hand.

"Sit down!" He Tian maintained a completely professional and official demeanor.

Cao Xiaomin remained frosty. If earlier she had merely felt a bit of resentment toward He Tian, unable to accept or figure things out in her heart, then just moments ago, upon receiving He Tian's call, she had felt a tiny surge of joy and expectation... mixed with a hint of quiet grievance! Did He Tian not know that girls needed to be coaxed? Instead of that, he had simply vanished for several days! But now... seeing He Tian act so strictly business, Cao Xiaomin was truly heartbroken! Her heart kept sinking and sinking... as if it were plummeting into a layer of solid ice, freezing everything about her into oblivion.

"Director Cao... I heard from Xinrou about your expansion plan for Tongda Auto Repair and Haisheng Supermarket. I want to ask now, what is the actual feasibility of these two projects?" He Tian maintained his purely professional facade.

Cao Xiaomin collected her chaotic emotions and said, "If Director He wishes to understand the details and specifics, I can bring out the project proposals for your review!"

"I don't need to look at any proposals; I just want to hear your presentation!" He Tian waved his hand and said.

"Very well! Both of these plans are initial drafts obtained from General Manager Qin Lin of Tongda Auto Repair and General Manager Wang Tong of Haisheng Supermarket! The reason is that previously, when Tongda Auto Repair and Haisheng Supermarket belonged to He Jiansheng, He Jiansheng would siphon off ninety percent of the profits every single month! Consequently, this never gave Tongda Auto Repair and Haisheng Supermarket the opportunity to expand and continuously grow and develop!"

"Even so, the profits of Tongda Auto Repair and Haisheng Supermarket have continued to rise year after year. This fully demonstrates the capability of both Qin Lin and Wang Tong within their respective fields!"

"In light of this, I chose to listen to their proposals and thoroughly agreed with their systematic, step-by-step series of plans. Therefore, I participated in discussions with both of them and formulated a detailed development plan!"

"Specifically..."

Cao Xiaomin spoke fluently and eloquently, pulling information effortlessly, appearing completely familiar and confident.

A complete and comprehensive set of plans was laid out before He Tian.

The auto repair industry was an industry with genuinely vast future prospects. China was the market with the greatest potential in the world. Along with China's economic development and the improvement of people's living standards, the number of private cars was growing at a terrifying rate every single year.

And the growth of private cars presented opportunities for all upstream and downstream industries in the entire automotive manufacturing sector!

Auto repair was a crucially important link in this industrial chain.

Among the four S's of 4S car dealerships, one of them stood for service and maintenance at any time. Yet while bringing convenience, this gradually became a burden for every 4S dealership!

It required not only maintaining a professional, high-level repair team but also providing a vast repair facility. Furthermore, various issues constantly arose during mobile or external repair services!

Therefore, a model like Tongda Auto Repair taking over the maintenance operations of 4S dealerships—acting on behalf of the dealerships to perform these tasks—not only relieved the heavy financial pressure on 4S dealerships in this regard but also allowed customers to receive faster, more convenient, and more efficient service!

Tongda Auto Repair had numerous service points; whenever a problem arose, the nearest repair location could be chosen.

This brought a win-win-win situation for the 4S dealerships, Tongda Auto Repair, and the customers!

Moreover, Tongda Auto Repair possessed experience in this cooperative business model... and enjoyed a strong reputation in this regard. It also possessed a very robust system and maturity in the Tianhai market, which laid the foundation for Tongda Auto Repair to expand!

Meanwhile, the batch of highly skilled repair technicians that had grown over the course of long-term development had turned into a dilemma in terms of placement, precisely because the market scale had previously remained static!

It could be said that Tongda Auto Repair currently bordered on having an overabundance of talent!

If these personnel were to be let go, it would represent an immeasurable and massive loss!

Only expansion, and nothing but expansion, could solve this series of problems!

Furthermore, Tongda Auto Repair's cooperation with numerous 4S dealerships across Tianhai, collaborating across various brands, had also undergone research and preliminary recognition within those 4S dealerships. This laid the groundwork for market expansion...

Therefore, Qin Lin had requested financial assistance from Tianrou Investment to launch a truly major expansion of Tongda Auto Repair!

As for Haisheng Supermarket, the supermarket industry might seem saturated on the surface, but its profit margins were astonishingly high!

As long as one had the correct strategy and avoided making foolish mistakes, the prospects for the supermarket industry had always been exceptionally bright!

Particularly with China's economic development and the elevation of people's living standards, various purchasing powers were surging rapidly. The market share of the supermarket industry was actually in a state of continuous growth.

The fact that Wang Lin had been able to maintain steady growth even while profits were constantly being siphoned away was proof of his capability in itself.

This was also a crucial and vital link in why Cao Xiaomin had accepted his proposal and endorsed the expansion plan for Haisheng Supermarket.

Cao Xiaomin spoke in meticulous detail, and He Tian listened with rapt attention.

From time to time, He Tian would interrupt Cao Xiaomin's narrative to ask a few questions.

Upon receiving Cao Xiaomin's answers, he would prompt her to continue!

Until Cao Xiaomin finished explaining both plans in their entirety.

This allowed He Tian to gain a far more detailed understanding than he had from Wang Xinrou!

At the same time, he heard Cao Xiaomin's grand ambitions in these industries! Especially in the auto repair sector, Cao Xiaomin could be described as fiercely ambitious, determined to expand Tongda Auto Repair into every major city across the country and completely dominate this market.

"Director Cao, hearing this makes my blood boil with excitement! Excellent! Truly excellent! I am an outsider, and for this plan to be implemented, I need to sit down and have a thorough talk with Qin Lin and Wang Tong, since they are the ones actually executing it. However, I can make a promise right now: I will inject another one billion US dollars into the company to strongly support these two plans of yours!" He Tian waved his arms with great momentum, speaking with soaring ambition.

"Thank you for your support, Director He!" Cao Xiaomin felt a jolt in her heart. One billion US dollars... at the current exchange rate, that amounted to over six billion RMB! It far exceeded the financial requirements of these two proposals.

"Director Cao, I can see that you have immense ambition! But... even so, you shouldn't drive yourself this hard! Health is the capital of revolution! Why don't you understand that?" He Tian changed his tone, speaking with deep concern.