Please make money.

"That's right, just have a meeting. I'm used to it. It's not a big deal."

Employees from the four engineering groups returned to the headquarters of Ai Group one after another to report on their work.

Alia forced them to come back, and no one knew what she was up to.

But it's easy to guess that it's nothing more than a post-event summary meeting or something like that, reviewing the glory of the group.

Although everyone was impatient with the procedures, they did not have any serious complaints.

They are still impressed by Alia, the boss who is rich, generous and provides adequate benefits.

That is to say, a boss can have ten thousand shortcomings, but as long as his salary and bonuses are the same, he is still a boss.

More than 10,000 people gathered in the gymnasium from rest areas in all directions, and it took more than an hour.

The gymnasium of the Ai Group is very large, and the indoor venue can accommodate more than 12,000 people.

This thing was a small landmark building in the past, and even hosted the Tianhai City Badminton Open.

In the past, our annual meetings were held in this large venue, and we invited many singers to perform.

Now that everyone has filled the venue, I still feel the layout is a bit strange.

What's going on? Why are there spaces between each section? What are they used for?

“It reminds me of history.”

"What history?"

"The training ground will give you money, so you don't need to bring weapons."

“…Don’t scare me.”

"Of course they can't be the same, but these glass cabinets look like they are used to store money..."

Just after everyone sat down according to the groups of the engineering team, Alia came.

——It just looks a bit strange.

Ailia, who was pushing the food cart, was immediately delighted when she saw the engineers and mechanics sitting in rows waiting for a commendation meeting.

"What do you mean? Are you waiting for me to give you red flowers?"

"Miss, what are you doing?"

"Dinner! Eating! Bonuses - well, we will give you little red flowers, but that's for later."

As Alia waved, food trucks came in one after another behind her.

The entire Ai Group cafeteria is running at full capacity today just for this meal.

"Eat! I've found the best and freshest ones for you! Have a good meal!"

Alia climbed onto the stage and took the microphone: [Ahem... Can you hear me? Can you hear me...]

The workers in the heavy industry department were looking at the food cart pushed in front of them with envy, but they stopped when they saw Alia talking.

[Don't worry about me, I'm telling you what I want to say, you guys just eat and listen.]

Everyone then sat down with peace of mind and set up tables on these camping-style dining trucks, with each group having a table of food.

Probably because during the disaster relief period, everyone cooperated very well, and didn't think there was anything wrong with this kind of camping-style dinner.

There were nearly 10,000 people, gathering at more than 1,300 tables, and the steaming aroma of food made the entire stadium look like a large open-air food court.

[Thank you for your hard work in participating in the rescue missions in various places. If you look carefully, you can see that these ingredients are local specialties from the places where you went to rescue.]

[For example, the Fourth Engineering Group went to Fucheng, and Fucheng gave them a batch of Linwu ducks and Dongjiang fish as gifts. I brought them back. I thought everyone should try them, so we had a celebration banquet and cooked them. Fucheng also said that they would give us a batch of Yongxing rock sugar oranges this year. I will share some with you when the time comes. Everyone should remember the credit for the Fourth Engineering Group.]

The booing engineers and mechanics applauded and cheered loudly.

The Fourth Engineering Regiment had the most difficult mission this time and had to endure the cold wave in Fucheng for more than two weeks.

The other teams knew how hard they worked, because they were the only ones who couldn't spare the energy to help the other guys, and they had to constantly draw in engineering machinery from other places to support them. It was said that the team leader Hong hadn't slept for two days and two nights at most, and when he took a break from work, he slept so hard that people almost thought he was frozen to death, which scared everyone...

[I won’t say anything sentimental. You all know how hard it was. I’ll just tell you one thing.]

Alia raised her finger: [This year, the bonus for those who have been assigned to field work has tripled! 30,000 per person! ]

There was silence for a while, and everyone looked at Alia almost in unison.

Alia cleared her throat: [This is just the bonus part. I’m calling everyone back because you all have to go for a physical examination in the next few days. Don’t hide any work-related injuries. I’ll reimburse you, but don’t leave any root causes of illness.]

The enthusiastic cheers almost blew the entire roof off, and Alia waved her hands.

[Okay, okay, stop crying, let’s eat and try some local specialties. After eating, we’ll give you a bonus. Tomorrow morning, we’ll go for a physical examination as scheduled.]

[As for the commendation of outstanding teams, I won’t go through all the red tape. I will give you a big red flower when the time comes, and you can take it back and hang it on the team. There is a bonus, there is a bonus - there is nothing else, eat! ]

After saying this, Alia also slipped away, running down to eat everywhere. Didn't she want to try the local specialties?

The engineering team's impression of Alia, if before it was still limited to the title of group chairman, is now more like a human being.

Alia was walking around with a plate in her hand, and she was not idle either, bragging to everyone from time to time.

"From the Third Engineering Regiment? Oh, now I remember. I saw your crew at the Jiujiang Bridge."

"The 12th Transport Team of the 1st Engineering Regiment - were you the ones who were sent up to repair the power tower on Wushi Mountain? Hiss... I can't tell, you dared to drive on that winding mountain road? Were you driving on the Erlang Mountain winding mountain road? No, what job do you do, Master?"

"The Fourth Engineering Group! Heroes! Two of the three fish dishes we had for today's meal were earned by you. Yes, the high mountain Hehua fish was also sent by Fucheng. This thing is rare. Fucheng only has it in Wuling and Luoxiao Mountains. The fish are raised in terraced fields above 11 meters above sea level. Moreover, there are few fish in winter. They were collected when the rice fields were harvested. November? Yes, yes, November. Anyway, they gave us all they had. At that time, I said no, how could I take so much, but they insisted on giving it to me. It was so embarrassing..."

Saying sorry, Alia directly took half of the grass fish from the table. When the other chefs saw it, they quickly picked up their chopsticks to grab it.

"Hmm... Speaking of which, what's the situation in Fucheng... Oh, they still need to clean up afterwards. Yes, it's very troublesome, but we can't help much. Heavy machinery is needed for mountain excavation and bridge building. Going to sweep the streets will only cause congestion and damage the roads later."

After comforting everyone, Alia felt full and walked out with a cup of oil tea.

This thing was given to me by my fellow villagers from Hunan Province. It's Linwu oil tea. They seem to like drinking it very much.

And they also like to use this to entertain guests, as the saying goes, one bowl for distant guests, two bowls for close guests, and three bowls for true friendship.

This thing is essentially a green tea, but when the Linwu people make it, they not only don't use the young leaves commonly seen in green tea, they even add ginger.

Drinking this in winter is absolutely amazing. It can dispel cold and dampness, and warm the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys with the spiciness of ginger.

"I always feel full after drinking three bowls in one go..."

Alia herself doesn’t know how much she weighs. When she is thin, she is around 90 pounds, and when she is heavy, she is around 120 or 130 pounds.

I don’t look fat, I just can eat a lot - but I’ve never heard of a normal person being able to eat dozens of kilograms.

"Sometimes, I think I might have been a camel in my previous life. I can eat three pounds of beef in one meal, and then have half a roast duck and a bowl of authentic noodles with soybean paste. I can also stay awake for three days and three nights, and then run like a madman on the snow."

"Miss, this line is not appropriate to say. Is that too much?"

"Okay, but I can definitely eat three pounds of beef in one meal plus half a roast duck."

"I can do that, too." Lele, who was struggling with the roast goose, said with a greasy mouth: "Who can't eat three pounds of meat?"

"How can we be the same martial artists...Why hasn't President Qian come yet? If you come late, you won't be able to attend the celebration banquet."

Ailia picked her teeth and thought that Xiao Qian was too honest and didn't know how to take advantage of others.

Just as I was thinking about it, the escort convoy arrived, and President Qian's face was blue - probably from the cold.

But after seeing Alia, he greeted her with a rosy face again. Well, he must be full of energy.

"Ms. Ai, the first batch of 300 million in cash and 12 million coins has arrived, of which 2 million are commemorative coins."

The circulation of commemorative coins in China is very large. As long as they are not made of precious metals such as gold and silver, the circulation volume is hundreds of millions.

The annual commemorative coins, such as those of the zodiac, are notoriously issued in huge quantities.

For example, a few years ago, 500 million zodiac commemorative coins for the Year of the Rooster were issued at one time, and were simply treated as normal currency circulation.

Of course, when Alia exchanged this thing, she exchanged it at the market value.

One coin is ten yuan, and the circulating denomination of the commemorative coin is also ten yuan. Two million coins only amount to two hundred thousand.

President Qian just couldn't understand why Alia was doing this. To mess with the bank? There was no need for that!

"I just want to be happy with everyone. My Aili supermarket has opened seven new branches."

"……so?"

"So I decided to give out red envelopes during the Spring Festival. The red envelopes are coins, and one coin is in each red envelope."

Alia weighed the two coins and said, "Well, we need to add a simple counterweight... But it doesn't matter. Here's what I'm thinking. Customers who come to my supermarket to shop over 88 yuan can participate in a lottery. The coin red envelope is for good luck. The minimum is an ordinary one yuan. If you're lucky, you can get a commemorative coin. The probability is one in fifty, one in a thousand. Isn't it interesting from time to time?"

What can Governor Qian say?

It is said that Alia’s head was hit by an icy spike, and instead of thinking about making money in broad daylight, she was thinking about giving coins to customers to play with?

He forced a smile: "What about the 300 million in cash?"

"Of course it's bonuses! You guys came just in time, let's eat first, then we'll give them out. If they want to save the money, you'll have to help take it back."

"…Then why not just send it to Kali?"

"The New Year should feel like the New Year. After working hard for a year, you should hold the bonus in your hands and feel happy when you see it."

Alia picked up a stack of brand new large bills and weighed them in her hand. "Hey, this feels just right, much better than the fluttery cards."

"But Miss Ai, if you do this, the work pressure in our banking system will be very high..."

"Really? Is that so... Then forget it. What about my subsequent loan? Then--"

“Ahem…” President Qian interrupted Alia’s spellcasting: “But! The purpose of our bank is to serve our customers. Withdrawing cash is a very normal need. It’s stressful, but we can overcome it!”

There is no reason why it cannot be overcome. The high interest rates on commercial loans are enough to overcome all difficulties.

Ailia borrowed 2 billion yuan for six months and paid the bank at least 4% interest.

What is a quality customer? This is a quality customer!

Banks have always been like this. They want to lend all the money to those who need it the least, just for the sake of stability.

When people say Alia has no money, guess how the bank reacts?

"Ms. Ai, if there is anything you need our help with in terms of business operations, please let us know. We are happy to provide loans to high-quality customers like the Ai Group!"

"You just want to move my three office buildings back home, right? No, or you can see how much my face is worth?"

President Qian really looked at it carefully, and after reading it, he clapped his hands and said: "Based on your appearance, you are worth at least this much!"

He held up a finger, and Alia smiled, "One hundred million?"

"One hundred million! Miss Ai's name is worth at least one hundred million in Tianhai now!"

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment. President Qian's promotion is not without reason. Your compliment makes me more confident."

For a moment, both sides burst into laughter, and it seemed that both the host and the guest were having a great time.

At the same time, Prime Minister Lei's office was also receiving another group of guests.

“Open bidding for drone procurement project?”

"Yes, please be sure to attend."

The person sitting in front of Prime Minister Lei smiled and said, "But with your company's strength and reputation, I think the result won't be a big problem."

Prime Minister Lei personally poured the other party a cup of tea.

"For these matters, we should contact the Electronic Sales Department. Besides, our current products such as drones are not on the market."

"It is precisely because we are not listed that we need to go through the bidding process. We hope that before the bidding begins, your company will register with the supplier management information system and obtain the procurement documents. You don't have to worry about other qualification reviews. We will take care of it."

"Two million?"

"A million have been delivered, haven't they?"

"Twenty thousand per unit?"

"Yes, although the price is a bit low, the quantity we purchased is large enough."

Prime Minister Lei was silent for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.

"Everyone, I just told our chairman this morning that the group was out of money, but I didn't expect you to come to our rescue right away."

He also planned to go fishing to see who was a friend, who was an enemy, and who was a fence-sitter. What was this?

It’s the same thing. It’s a good thing that Ai Group is not listed, otherwise the stock price would go on a roller coaster again.

"We also rushed here after hearing the news."

The other party is very sincere, or in other words, he is here to be frank.

"And please understand that according to relevant regulations, we must split these procurement projects into three sections, but Ai Group has been confirmed as the winning candidate for the first section."