347: The funds distributed must also be managed!

"Why did Langfang Fine Carving plant so many flowers and plants? Was it just to welcome Minister Yang and the others?" Hong Tongtong asked, leaning over and looking at the photo.

"Yes, Langfang Jingdiao Industrial Park is too big. The original workshops plus the newly built ones only occupy less than half of the park. Most of the park is still empty. Do you think I could let Minister Yang and the others see such a large empty park?" Liu Xiaolin said.

"That's true, planting some flowers and plants like this is also quite good." Hong Tongtong said with a smile.

"But it's also very wasteful to keep planting flowers and plants on such a large empty plot in Langfang Jingdiao Industrial Park." Liu Xiaolin shook his head and said, "Kunhe City is a major city for the electronics industry. Land in the urban area is worth its weight in gold. Although Langfang Fine Carving is not in the urban area, it's only a thirty-minute drive away and has several bus routes connecting to it, so the price of its land won't be much lower."

"You mean Langfang Fine Carving has left a large piece of very valuable land idle?" Hong Tongtong was very smart and immediately understood what Liu Xiaolin wanted to say.

"Yes, today Minister Yang, representing the Ministry of Science and Technology, rewarded Jiantuan Electronics with 12 billion dragon currency. It looks like a huge sum, but the price of the large empty area in Langfang Fine Carving's park is more than 12 billion dragon currency. It's still worth 28 billion dragon currency according to the market price." Liu Xiaolin said with a frown, "Even if Minister Yang doesn't say anything, anyone else wouldn't bear to leave such a large area of the park empty."

"What should we do then? Should we do something else?" Hong Tongtong asked.

"We still have a lot of things to finish here. Where would we find the energy to do anything else?" Liu Xiaolin said through clenched teeth, "Let's just leave it like this for now. I'm stretched too thin right now."

"Oh, right, did the Ministry of Science and Technology just reward Jiantuan Electronics with 12 billion dragon currency?" Hong Tongtong said, staring at Liu Xiaolin with wide, sparkling eyes.

"Yes, didn't I just say so? Also, I immediately announced that I would take out 4 billion dragon currency as bonuses for all employees of the company. You wouldn't believe it, the attendees were ecstatic and gave a thunderous applause." Liu Xiaolin was overjoyed as he spoke about the scene from the afternoon.

"Good heavens, aren't you being too generous?" Hong Tongtong said in surprise, "Also, you said you were going to give out a 4 billion dragon currency bonus right in front of Minister Yang?"

"Yes, I announced it publicly." Liu Xiaolin said confidently.

"Didn't you look at Minister Yang's expression?" Hong Tongtong said, glaring at Liu Xiaolin.

"Minister Yang's expression? I really didn't notice. But now that you mention it, I feel like Minister Yang didn't really laugh heartily much afterwards. Every time he smiled, it felt like a forced smile just to be polite. I thought he was just too tired." Liu Xiaolin recalled the situation for a moment and immediately started to worry.

"You, you must have been carried away by the reward, right? Even if you want to give out bonuses, you shouldn't announce it right in front of Minister Yang and Director Zhao! And you're giving out so much bonus money!" Hong Tongtong said, tapping Liu Xiaolin's forehead, "I think you're going to be in for it tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Are Minister Yang and the others going to cause me trouble tomorrow?" Liu Xiaolin said uneasily.

"Maybe they're already thinking of a way tonight!" Hong Tongtong said impatiently.

"Huh? Really? What should I do then?" Liu Xiaolin was bewildered.

"What else can you do? If Minister Yang doesn't say anything tomorrow, then fine. But as long as he proposes any conditions, remember, agree immediately without a second thought, understand? Just spend the remaining 8 billion dragon currency that was rewarded to you, and that'll be it." Hong Tongtong said.

"That's all? If that's all it takes, then we've still made a profit." Liu Xiaolin said with a sigh of relief.

"You're still thinking about making a profit or loss? You should know that you've angered the National Science and Technology Bureau!" Hong Tongtong said discontentedly.

"Alright, I get it. If there are any more bonuses in the future, I'll never give them out in front of the leaders. I must distribute them to the employees secretly. Right?" Liu Xiaolin learned his lesson this time.

"That's more like it. Be more careful!" Hong Tongtong said in a tone of exasperation.

While Hong Tongtong was lecturing Liu Xiaolin here, over there, Minister Yang was indeed discussing with Director Zhao what project they should find for Liu Xiaolin.

Minister Yang's room was very large, a big suite with one bedroom and one living room. After he entered the room, Director Zhao followed him in.

"Director Zhao, today Liu Xiaolin directly took out one-third of the huge reward to give out as bonuses to the employees. What are your thoughts?" Minister Yang asked.

"I think since we rewarded him, he can spend it however he wants." Director Zhao said dismissively.

"Then do you know what Qingshan Industrial Co., Ltd. did after receiving a 5 billion dragon currency reward last year?" Minister Yang asked with a serious face.

"I know about that. They even made a detailed list of how the bonus was used and reported it to us." Director Zhao recalled for a moment and said, "A quarter of the 5 billion dragon currency was used to repay part of a bank loan, and the rest of the bonus was used for new technology research and development projects. I heard they even spent quite a bit over budget on buying equipment."

"Exactly. Look at what Qingshan Industrial Co., Ltd. did after receiving the reward, and then look at what Liu Xiaolin did after receiving the reward. It's all clear when you compare them, right?" Minister Yang said with a frown.

After hearing Minister Yang's questions and answering them himself, Director Zhao immediately understood. It turned out that Minister Yang was worried that Liu Xiaolin would spend the Ministry of Science and Technology's reward carelessly and wouldn't continue to use it for technology research and development. It seemed that Liu Xiaolin's generous bonus distribution yesterday had startled Minister Yang.

He immediately said with sudden realization, "Yes, Qingshan Industrial used all the reward they received for technology research and development. Liu Xiaolin just announced that he was giving out bonuses. Why didn't he propose any new research and development projects at today's meeting?"

"Yes, that's the key point! We can't just disburse the funds and consider the task completed. We must supervise that these funds are used properly. That's how we are responsible for the funds issued by the state." Minister Yang said meaningfully.

"Right, Minister Yang is absolutely correct. We can't just let things go." Director Zhao agreed.

"Now, General Manager Liu doesn't have any new technology research and development projects, so we can help him find one." Minister Yang said, his eyes darting around.

"We help him find one? Can we do that? We don't have any technology research and development tasks on hand right now either." Director Zhao said with a frown.

"How could there not be? Think again." Minister Yang said, looking at Director Zhao.

"Let me think... Last month, we had a meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency. They hoped to cooperate with us on developing a project. Is it that one?" Director Zhao asked tentatively.

. You provided God Wu Ji's Rise of Heavy Industry: Building the Light of National Goods.