boyutpedia Chapter 20 Choice
Chapter 20 Choice
"No need, Mr. Lin, I choose option two! I've made friends with you, Mr. Lin, and I believe we'll become good friends!"
Xia Ming readily agreed.
He originally intended to feign an attack while secretly advancing, but Lin Chen exposed his plan, leaving him with no choice but to follow the other side.
The first option seemed good: a peaceful breakup with Yinghai, allowing Tianke a smooth transition and preserving the long-standing friendship between his uncle and Zhao Xiankun, making future meetings more respectable. However, all his efforts over the past few years would be wasted, and Tianke would suffer even more losses.
When Lin Chen bluntly exposed Xia Ming's elaborate scheme to secretly undermine Tianke's profits, create financial pressure, and use the opportunity to break away from Yinghai, Xia Ming had already become wary. Now, instead of pursuing accountability, exerting pressure, or exposing the scheme, Lin Chen offered two safe options. This was both a gesture of goodwill and a subtle warning, and a clear indication that no red line should be crossed. This level of shrewdness, strategic vision, and control was far beyond the reach of ordinary senior executives.
Currently, Yinghai Group is in a critical window of opportunity to achieve its overall listing. Maintaining stability, ensuring accounting compliance, and ensuring a well-organized structure across all subsidiaries are the top priorities and the core bottom line that Zhao Xiankun will not allow anyone to violate. Tianke, as Yinghai's largest, most qualified, and most resource-rich subsidiary, is a core asset in the listing report and a ballast stone supporting the group's revenue reputation, qualifications, and government-enterprise cooperation. At this juncture, proactively proposing a peaceful separation and decoupling from the system would not be seen by outsiders as a normal market-driven split, but rather as a core subsidiary sabotaging the group at a critical juncture and shaking its foundations.
Zhao Xiankun has dedicated half his life to the construction industry, painstakingly building Yinghai's business empire. He is determined to solidify his industry position and join the ranks of top real estate construction companies through a public listing. Calm yet decisive, he is most averse to anyone sabotaging his plans at crucial moments. Even with Lin Chen's intervention and persuasion, Zhao Xiankun outwardly tolerates the situation out of consideration for appearances, but he will undoubtedly remember this debt. Today's seemingly peaceful separation will surely be followed by future repercussions. Hidden obstacles will arise from government-enterprise cooperation, implicit suppression in industry ratings, indirect pressure from upstream and downstream partners, and even a thorough review of past compliance records. Countless unseen hindrances will silently weigh on Tianke.
Not to mention, most of Tianke's core municipal projects were secured thanks to the top-tier qualifications and government-business connections of Yinghai Group. After separating from Yinghai, its independent qualifications are difficult to replenish in the short term, its high-level connections have been severed, and large municipal contracts are constantly at risk of being re-tendered by clients, having its qualifications reviewed, or even having the cooperation terminated. While it may seem to have broken free from the group's draining control, it has in reality severed its most stable backer, leaving its future uncertain and its foundation utterly unstable.
The second option shows Lin Chen's sincerity.
For the time being, we will not force a separation. We will fully cooperate with the group's current audit and maintain a stable business situation, without causing trouble, undermining the group, or crossing the listing red line. After Yinghai Group successfully completes its overall listing and establishes a firm foothold in the capital market, Lin Chen will fulfill his promise and establish an independent special business segment for Tianke, with independent financial accounting, expanded operational authority, and a significantly increased profit retention ratio, free from excessive draining of funds by the group. When the industry is in a favorable position, policy conditions are met, and the group's overall situation is stable, we will then promote the market-oriented and compliant independent separation of Tianke, in a legitimate, smooth, and safe manner, without any turmoil, hidden dangers, or repercussions.
When the advantages and disadvantages are compared, the superiority is immediately apparent.
This path is prudent, sustainable, and controllable, ensuring both the current stable operation of Tianke and upholding its long-term independent mission.
Xia Ming knew in his heart that he actually had no choice at all, because the two choices had a deeper meaning: one was to choose Zhao Xiankun, and the other was to choose Lin Chen and Wang Mingyu.
Wang Mingyu is naturally no match for Zhao Xiankun, but adding Lin Chen changes everything.
"Since President Lin extended such a sincere invitation and was so open and honest with me, if I were to be coy and polite, it would only make me seem narrow-minded and ungrateful."
A knowing smile flashed across Lin Chen's eyes, but his expression remained calm as he nodded slightly. He was already certain that with Xia Ming's composure and long-term vision, he would make the most rational choice; taking risks had never been Xia Ming's style.
"But I also have something to say, and I hope Mr. Lin will keep it in mind. Today, Tianke is doing its best to consider the overall situation and support Mr. Lin. When the group goes public in the future, Mr. Lin's promises today regarding independent business segments, autonomous management rights, and market-oriented restructuring must be fulfilled as promised. I, Xia Ming, value relationships and promises, and I only make friends with those who keep their word and are true to their word."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen laughed heartily, raised his hand in a gesture of apology, and said in a frank and firm tone, "Alright, Xia Ming. I, Lin Chen, have been in the capital industry for many years, and I've built my reputation on keeping my word and being trustworthy. I won't let you down, and I believe you won't regret your choice today!"
The tense atmosphere that had been lurking in the private room instantly dissipated, replaced by an unspoken understanding and composure between the two.
"Xia Ming, I hope Tianke will actively cooperate with this review."
"President Lin, Xu Feng is young and ambitious, eager to make a name for himself. I'm worried that he might disregard Tianke's actual operational difficulties, deliberately nitpick, make a mountain out of a molehill, and falsely report problems about Tianke, unjustly accusing us of operational irregularities and lax internal controls. I'm afraid that if we cooperate fully, we'll become the scapegoats, which would be a huge loss."
"Haha, do you think Xia Ming is afraid of this? Don't even mention Xu Feng, even if Xu Zhiping personally leads the team, I believe he won't find anything!"
"Your accounts are so good that no one can find any major problems with them. You know better than anyone that what truly controls Tianke is never the numbers on the books or a few contracts and receipts."
Lin Chen looked out the window at the night scene and said calmly:
"Once the IPO bell rings, capital will flow in, the market will expand, and the landscape will be reshaped. At that time, you will naturally get what you want. Right now, we just need to pave the way together."
At 9:00 a.m., the audit team's convoy from Yinghai Group entered Tianke Construction Park on time.
Xu Feng, dressed in a well-fitting suit and with a solemn expression, was the first to get out of the car. Behind him followed several key audit personnel, each with a computer, a stack of blank working papers, and a stack of audit notices. Their steps were orderly, and their aura was heavy.
This was a tough battle personally assigned to him by Zhao Xiankun—to take down Tianke, to pry open the most independent, closed, and troublesome "independent kingdom" within the group, to obtain Tianke's true internal accounts, and to clear obstacles for the group to consolidate power, integrate, and go public.
The atmosphere in the entire Tianke Building was tense, but there was not a trace of confrontation.
Huang Lilin stood in the center of the hall, a polite and courteous smile on his face, without any arrogance of seniority or any guilty evasion. Xia Ming stood half a step to his side, his posture upright and his eyes calm.