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Chapter 14 Su Xiao is going to be fired again

What Su Xiao didn't know was that Wang Yang had seen all her hard work and efforts. Wang Yang changed Su Xiao's opinion of him, and he no longer had the idea of ​​driving Su Xiao away.

But ever since Chen Simin was reprimanded by Wang Yang and watched Su Xiao gradually establish herself at Tiancheng, his apprehension grew daily. Su Xiao's professional abilities were undeniable; she was young, energetic, and if he kept her in the company, she would eventually replace him.

The previous difficulties and suppression only allowed Su Xiao to stand out. Chen Simin knew that using the previous tricks would no longer work, and he had to take drastic measures and get rid of her completely to eliminate any future troubles.

After much deliberation, Chen Simin set his sights on a recently publicly tendered urban construction art museum project.

This project is large in scale, but it's a tough nut to crack that everyone avoids. The client has extremely high requirements, a tight schedule, and stringent quality standards. More importantly, many construction companies in the industry are eyeing it, so the bidding prices will inevitably be driven down to an extremely low level.

According to industry standard cost accounting, even if they won the bid, the profit would be pitifully thin, and they could easily lose money if they weren't careful. Tiancheng had done the calculations before and unanimously agreed that the project was too low-cost and there was no need to participate in the bidding. Wang Yang didn't take it too seriously either.

In Chen Simin's view, this was the perfect opportunity to get rid of Su Xiao.

He deliberately handed over the entire bidding process for this project to Su Xiao, without giving her any past reference data or assigning any assistants. He simply threw her a stack of bidding documents, his tone firm and unquestionable.

"Su Xiao, I'd like to put you in charge of this bidding project for the city's art museum. Are you willing?"

Su Xiao said with a hint of surprise:

"Of course, Director Chen, I will do my best."

"You must produce a complete tender document and price quotation within three days." Chen Simin sat behind his desk, glancing up at Su Xiao with a calculating look in his eyes.

This is clearly an attempt to make things difficult.

"Of course, your colleagues will help you too."

But in fact, he had privately warned everyone not to help Su Xiao.

"I've given you the chance. If you mess it up, it means you're really not up to the task, and Tiancheng won't be able to keep you."

"Yes, Director, I will definitely complete it."

Su Xiao was unaware of these things, but Chen Simin had been making things difficult for her, and now he had suddenly put her in full charge of a project. There must be something wrong with this, but she was Su Xiao, and she was confident in her abilities. She didn't want to let any opportunity slip by.

Everyone could see that Chen Simin wanted to use this project to force Su Xiao to make a mistake, so that he could then use the failure to win the bid and the resulting losses to the company as a legitimate reason to fire her.

Upon hearing the news, Du Juan was frantic. She secretly pulled Su Xiao aside and pleaded, "Xiao Xiao, you absolutely mustn't accept this! This is a trap Director Chen deliberately set for you! I heard that this project won't make any money at all. Chen Simin even told everyone not to help you. It can't be finished in three days. If you don't complete the tender documents or win the bid, even if you do, the company won't make a profit and will lose money. That will give him a reason to fire you!"

Su Xiao was well aware that this was Chen Simin's deliberate attempt to make things difficult for her.

But she had no way out.

From being fired by Zhongjian and facing setbacks everywhere, to finally gaining a foothold in Tiancheng, she has no choice but to accept it. This seemingly hopeless situation is actually the only opportunity she can seize. If she wins, she can truly establish herself in Tiancheng; if she loses, she will have to pack her bags and leave again.

She looked at the tender documents in her hand with a determined gaze: "I have to take this one. No matter if it's a trap or not, I'm going to give it a try. I refuse to believe that I can't do a good job with my expertise."

That being said, the difficulty was beyond imagination. To single-handedly complete a tender document for a complex project within three days, and to guarantee winning the bid.

Without a team to assist her, Su Xiao had to shoulder all the work alone. She buried herself in a massive amount of data, studying the bidding requirements word by word, repeatedly visiting the site to investigate construction conditions, and calculating the costs of materials, labor, machinery, management, and other aspects one by one.

For three days, she barely slept. When she was hungry, she would eat bread; when she was sleepy, she would doze off on her desk. Her desk was piled high with accounting drafts and cost reports, and the dense data was a testament to her persistence and meticulousness.

Instead of relying on the industry's traditional empirical approach to cost calculation, she broke with convention, reorganized the construction process, broke down each cost expenditure, optimized the construction plan, and tried every means to reduce ineffective costs while ensuring quality.

From material procurement channels to labor efficiency and consumable consumption control, she scrutinized and precisely calculated every detail.

Chen Simin watched Su Xiao working overtime all day long and sneered inwardly, just waiting for her to fail to produce a qualified bid in three days so that he could take the opportunity to get rid of her.

In the blink of an eye, the three-day deadline has passed.

With bloodshot eyes, Su Xiao handed over a thick stack of complete bidding documents to Chen Simin on time.

The tender documents were meticulously prepared, the price was clear, the construction plan was detailed, and every piece of data was accurate and well-documented, leaving no room for error. The final bid price was a staggering 5200 million.

This price is nearly five million lower than the break-even price calculated internally by Tiancheng, and far below industry expectations.

Chen Simin was surprised that she could complete the tender document on her own in three days, which strengthened his resolve to hire her.

But the moment he saw the bid, he laughed. The company had no profit margin at that price. Even if they won the bid, Tiancheng would inevitably lose money, and then Su Xiao wouldn't be able to shirk responsibility, no matter how many mouths she had.

Without making any changes, he submitted Su Xiao's bid directly, waiting to see Su Xiao suffer a crushing defeat.

Several powerful construction companies in the industry gathered together, each presenting their bids, resulting in fierce competition. Tiancheng's bid of 5200 million yuan immediately caused an uproar. Everyone thought that Tiancheng had gone mad, offering such a low price without regard for cost.

Even Xia Ming from Tianke, a competitor, raised an eyebrow slightly when he saw Tiancheng's offer, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

After rigorous review by the client's evaluation panel, it was finally announced that Tiancheng had successfully won the bid for the City Construction Art Museum project with a bid of 5200 million yuan!

Winning the bid should have been a joyous occasion, but the Tiancheng team felt no happiness; instead, a heavy atmosphere prevailed. Chen Simin immediately dialed Wang Yang's number, his voice frantic: "Mr. Wang, something terrible has happened! We've won the bid for the City Construction Art Museum project!"

"Winning the bid is a good thing, why are you panicking?" Wang Yang's voice was filled with doubt.

"The quote is too low, 5200 million! We simply can't afford it. This project is definitely going to lose money!" Chen Simin said hastily, shifting all the blame onto Su Xiao. "Su Xiao set the quote on her own, completely disregarding company costs. This is going to cause the company significant losses!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yang's expression changed drastically: "Old Chen, what's wrong with you? Why did you submit such a low price?"

"I didn't expect it either. Logically speaking, since Tianke was also involved in this project, they should have won the bid."

"What does this have to do with Tianke?"

"How about we tell General Manager Xu that we've made a mistake?"

Wang Yang snorted coldly and said:

"Fine, we'll accept it. Get rid of Su Xiao right now."