hsntnovel Chapter 81: Civil Engineering Regulations in the New Era
Chapter 81: Civil Engineering Regulations in the New Era
After some time, a civil engineering executive, having processed the information and calmed himself down, raised his hand and cautiously asked, "Mr. Zhou, each of our companies is different in size, internal management, and the capacity to handle different tasks. The difficulty of construction also varies. Yet you're applying the same standard to us... Isn't that a bit inconsiderate?"
"I understand everyone's concerns. The abandoned projects you have taken on are all different. Some only need minor finishing touches and are relatively small in scale. Some have been abandoned for many years and their structures are completely destroyed. They must be scrapped and rebuilt. Some are even just a dilapidated door with nothing else."
Zhou Luming nodded and said carefully, "At the same time, some of your companies are large, some are small, some have done similar projects before, and some are dealing with this type of project for the first time."
So, June 30th next year is my deadline, and your deadline is...”
At this point, Zhou Luming smiled broadly: "From the day construction began, the shortest period of time a project was left unfinished was only three days, and the longest was up to a month."
Before the civil engineering executives could speak, Zhou Luming reminded them, "One month."
Keep in mind that the electromagnetic sled's launch matrix only lasts for 28 days.
But for a mere large-scale unfinished project, I've given you a full 30 days. Isn't that plenty of time?
Do you really insist on having the military's engineering mecha team take over?
Also, the calculation starts from the day of construction, not today.
With so much time available, do you have any further objections?
"..."
After hearing Zhou Luming's follow-up remarks, the civil engineering executives couldn't help but mentally curse Zhou Luming's entire family tree over and over again.
Comparing their team to the military's engineering teams is not giving them too much credit, but rather insulting the military's engineering teams.
However, if they refute this with that, they are insulting the military's engineering team.
What the hell are they even talking about?!
If we really told them, they'd be nothing but a fart!
"Oh, right, I forgot to mention something."
Just as the civil engineering executives were secretly annoyed, Zhou Luming started causing trouble again: "In order to facilitate statistical management, I have specially created a nationally unified and unique engineering platform for everyone."
In the future, all civil engineering needs, both inside and outside the Earth, will be published on this platform.
At the same time, the potential profits, construction period, construction requirements, and so on of the relevant projects will be clearly listed.
Whether you accept the call or not is your business, but whether you can accept it is another matter entirely.
Because different projects have different requirements for the construction team.
However, one thing is clear: for the same project, companies with higher overall scores have priority.
And everyone's basic score starts from the rectification of unfinished projects.
The platform will automatically generate differentiated construction periods and difficulty coefficients based on each project's length of time it has been abandoned, the severity of its defects, the scale of construction, and the difficulty of renovation. Then, each participant's initial score will be calculated using the formula: [Project Difficulty Coefficient × Completion Quality × Number of Projects × Completion Efficiency].
"..."
After hearing Zhou Luming's words, some of the civil engineering executives suddenly squinted and secretly glanced around, while others watched the spectacle with glee. The last group of civil engineering executives were sweating profusely and internally roaring: "Has the higher-ups gone mad?!"
Zhou Luming's meaning was clear: in the future, the only way for the civil engineering industry to make money is through volume. They can no longer sell at exorbitant prices and get rich overnight like before.
Coupled with that platform and its rules, civil engineering companies that want to increase sales volume will not only try every means to improve their own ratings, but also try every means to devour lower-level companies in the industry.
In this way, they can expand their own scale, reduce competitors vying for orders, and indirectly get a larger share of the market.
Thinking of this, some civil engineering executives, disregarding whether they had offended anyone, suddenly stood up and anxiously said to Zhou Luming, "President Zhou, what you're doing is so unfair!"
Some companies grow and thrive because of their dirty and shady dealings, while companies like mine, which are hardworking, honest, and have no power to change the industry but can only keep themselves clean, simply cannot grow in size.
"If you introduce this rule, won't it just be a case of bad money driving out good?"
With one person taking the lead, other civil engineering executives who thought they would become prey also spoke up, saying, "President Zhou, these rules will only turn the civil engineering market into a stagnant pool!"
If the big fish eat the small fish and the weak are preyed upon by the strong, then in the long run, no fresh blood will be added. In that case, the civil engineering industry will only be left with long-established capitalist oligopolies.
By then, they'll have the final say on all civil engineering projects. You're ruining future generations!
"President Zhou..."
Where there are opponents, there are naturally supporters. Therefore, before Zhou Luming could even speak, someone stood up and started cursing at others, pointing their finger at them: "Hey, Li, stop pretending. The reason you can't develop is because your shoddy construction projects killed people and you've been blacklisted by the local authorities!"
"If someone hadn't taken the blame and cleaned up your mess, would you still be able to stand here yelling?"
"You son of a bitch surnamed Sun, you're a complete bastard! The construction teams under your command are either your relatives or your mistress's relatives. Not only is the construction quality absolutely appalling, but you're also embroiled in a bunch of disputes. And you still have the nerve to yell at me?"
"You, don't think I've forgotten about you just because you're hiding your head and not saying anything. You fucking bully me by stealing my land! I got into this business specifically to target you. You just wait, I've finally found my chance to deal with you. You just wait!"
"..."
Exposing shortcomings, insults, accusations, confrontations, splashing dirty water, making threats, etc. For a time, the conference room was as lively as a vegetable market. Zhou Luming listened with great interest, but he always felt that he was missing a handful of melon seeds.
stop?
Why should we stop it?
Some things are hard to find out, but once they're said in public, they become easy to find out.
Only when everything is thoroughly investigated can reconstruction be easier and better carried out.
Therefore, Zhou Luming did not stop them, but instead watched the show while silently recording the list.
However, it only lasted a short while. After the civil engineering executives argued for a while, they gradually quieted down and looked at Zhou Luming with either fear or a clear conscience.
"Now that the argument is over, I'd like to remind everyone of five points."
With no more gossip to share, Zhou Luming slowly raised his hand and said, "First: the rating can be manually modified."
Second: The retroactive period is permanent.
Third: The people being investigated are not only the parties involved, but also their superiors at the time, and so on up to everyone.
Fourth: In the future, all projects will be prefabricated, with each company responsible for only one link, and multiple companies for each link.
Fifth: It's not necessary for those above to be so ruthless, understand?
"..."
After Zhou Luming finished speaking once again, the civil engineering boss felt a chill in his heart: the higher-ups not only wanted to rebuild industry rules, but also put a tight rein on the industry, treating them like poisonous insects to be raised and pigs to be slaughtered!
Control life and death with a rating system, strictly manage with permanent traceability, eliminate monopolies with division of labor, and finally promote industry development with multiple companies.
The so-called "not driving them to extinction" means letting them compete with each other within the rules, with the best surviving and the weak being eliminated.
What else could this be but raising a venomous insect?
If they're not like pigs to be slaughtered and treated at will, then what are they like?
The problem is, now that things have come to this point, they have nothing more to say, and they dare not say anything more.
Therefore, some people sighed heavily, all the resentment, luck, and resistance on their faces fading away, leaving only a helpless resignation.
Now that things have come to this, resistance and complaining are useless. There is only one path left for everyone: put aside all thoughts and do their best to complete the rectification of the unfinished building, then try to get a high initial score, and finally struggle to survive in this new industry order.
A moment later, people began to bow their heads and say, "I...will obey the arrangements and strictly abide by all the rules."
Then, one voice of agreement after another rang out, and all the local "big shots" and "veterans" who had dominated the industry for many years put away their sharp edges.
Thus, the decades-long era of old civil engineering officially came to an end in this conference room.