[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-romantic-path-to-success":3,"chapter-the-romantic-path-to-success-the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-554":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Romantic Path to Success",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2146745,3567,"Chapter 554","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-554",554,"\u003Cp>Han Xiangdong said, \"Geng Bo, you work at the Planning Commission, you must help Xinghui run this project successfully; otherwise, we'll become a joke. We can't fail to fulfill the bet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng nodded, \"Yeah, Geng Bo, we must help him run this matter successfully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo said, \"No problem. This matter of building the Changjiangdaqiao really needs to be stamped in our division. There's absolutely no problem in our division. As for the other divisions, I'll try my best to run it. Xinghui, let me see the materials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui hurriedly took out the relevant materials for the bridge project from his bag and handed them to Geng Bo, \"Brother Geng, please take a look and give us some guidance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo didn't say anything and took the materials to look at them. He had seen too many such materials. He looked at them ten lines at a glance and finished reading in a few minutes. He nodded, \"Hmm, these materials are okay, but there are some problems with the format. I'll help you correct them later. Some old fogies in the commission take this format quite seriously. How about this, I have a friend who specializes in helping people make such materials. I'll have him help you make a formal one later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said happily, \"That would be great. Thank you, Brother Geng. Tell me how much the fee is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo said, \"No fee is needed. Would he dare to charge a fee for someone I introduced? Besides, his place is very dark. It's work that can be finished in a day with not much workload, and he dares to ask you for ten thousand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Geng Bo said this, Su Xinghui understood. In his previous life, he knew that there were countless intermediary companies surviving by relying on various functional departments to produce materials for units coming to these functional departments to handle matters. It was a simple job, but they charged tens of thousands. What did they rely on? They relied on their relationship with these functional departments. Some such companies were simply opened by the relatives of the leaders of these functional departments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don't ask them to produce materials, that's fine; the functional departments don't have hard regulations. However, the materials you submit will definitely be returned again and again. If you ask them to produce materials, it will definitely pass at once. This method is too covert, and even if the discipline inspection department investigates, it won't be of much use. After all, it looks like a voluntary market behavior, and there is no coercion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, it was only the nineties, and such intermediary companies had already emerged. However, this was not strange. Power rent-seeking behavior was like mercury pouring on the ground, pervasive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is estimated that the old fogies Geng Bo mentioned who take the format very seriously are such leaders. Geng Bo spoke more obscurely, leaving them some face, but with Geng Bo's face, it was no problem to waive this ten thousand yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really had to pay this ten thousand yuan, Su Xinghui wouldn't care too much. To be able to run such a big project, let alone ten thousand yuan, even if it were one hundred thousand, he should pay it. However, it would be better if he didn't have to pay this money. This time, Su Xinghui only brought a few thousand yuan with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui then raised his wine cup, \"Brother Geng, thank you! I'll toast you a cup.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo drank this cup with him, \"Don't be polite with me. Even without mentioning the bet, just because you are Erzi's buddy, we brothers must help you run this matter successfully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui asked, \"Is there any problem with the content of these materials?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo nodded, \"Not much of a problem. I think this project is very feasible. Judging from the map attached to the materials, the geographical location of your Shangjun County is indeed good, located at a thoroughfare. If a Changjiangdaqiao can be built, it can drive the economic development of Shangjun County and the surrounding Qingyang City and Yulin City. You are also self-raising funds. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't pass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"Bozi, you don't know, Su Xinghui has a rival, and this rival's brother works in your Planning Commission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo asked, \"Who are you talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"Tian Xiaopeng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tian Xiaopeng?\" Geng Bo's face became serious, \"What kind of grudge do you have with him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"I don't have any direct grudge with him, but I have a bit of a grudge with his younger brother, Tian Xiaotao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo nodded, \"Tian Xiaopeng, there is an animal that can be compared to him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi asked, \"What animal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo said, \"A snake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Xiangdong asked, \"A snake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Geng Bo nodded, \"Tian Xiaopeng, this person, usually has a smile on his face with everyone, and doesn't speak without smiling, looking harmless to humans and animals. But in reality, this person is full of bad water and is insidious. If you offend him, he always hides in the dark, and when you are not paying attention, he jumps out and bites you. You guys look, doesn't he look like a snake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng said, \"There is such a person? Then he really looks like a snake, a poisonous snake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi frowned, \"Then which division does he work in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo said, \"Fixed Asset Investment Division. He is the division chief of the Local Investment Division.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few looked at each other in dismay. This was really enemies meeting on a narrow road. The approval of the Changjiangdaqiao project must pass through the Fixed Asset Investment Division, and it would likely have to be stamped in Tian Xiaopeng's division. If he refused to stamp it, or dragged it on for a few months, could this project still be done?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't think this is impossible. The State Planning Commission during this period was famous for its cumbersome project approval procedures. There were many departments that needed to stamp a project, and it was common for a project not to be approved for several months or even half a year. This was also one of the inducements for the subsequent institutional reform, because the provinces, cities, and counties that came to run projects below were full of complaints about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The central government wanted to simplify the cumbersome approval procedures through institutional reform, and later the Planning Commission became the Development and Reform Commission, but the effect of simplifying procedures was limited. Of course, that is a later story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Xiangdong said, \"Then we must think of a way. We brothers have agreed that we must help Xinghui run this project successfully. If it can't be run, then we brothers will lose face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng said, \"Isn't it just a small division chief? You guys are usually fearless, but now you are afraid of even a division chief? If he, Tian Xiaopeng, insists on dragging it and refuses to stamp it, find a mistake of his and get him down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Bo shook his head, \"This is really not easy to handle. Tian Xiaopeng is a very cautious person and rarely makes mistakes. He has strong work ability and a very positive work attitude. The key is that he is also particularly good at building relationships and has good relationships with many princelings. The leaders in the commission also like him very much. He is an advanced worker in the commission every year. How do you say we should handle him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"Bozi, according to what you said, this Tian is quite a character? And there's nothing we can do about him? Then do we brothers still have face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1305,"2026-06-16T17:50:43.208Z","2026-06-16T17:54:34.477Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","1f51ec476890789489918f3fa69367417fa84545e941e7bcee3abd7bc5c3f6e0","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-555","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-553",572,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-romantic-path-to-success-cover.jpg"]