Chapter 137: You Sure Have a Lot of Bad Ideas

Lin Li had always been a man who refused to suffer even the slightest loss. Therefore, even though he was prepared to toss them a bone this time, he would never allow them to remain so arrogant and triumphant.

Su Lan still harbored a trace of worry that Lin Li might handle this matter improperly and thus incur massive losses for himself.

However, the moment she heard that Wang Qisheng was also involved in this affair, a realization seemed to dawn upon her.

"Your idea is to leverage the four major families to drive all the companies and enterprises throughout Jiangcheng into investing with you."

"At the same time, you are carving out a tiny fraction of the profits from the Tianxin District project and distributing it to these people. This allows them to make donations for a good reputation while simultaneously securing their qualifications to participate in the Tianxin District project."

Su Lan was brilliantly clever. Through these deductions, she could roughly guess what Lin Li's next objective was, and she had to admit that this young man was far more cunning than she had imagined.

Lin Li walked straight over to the desk and unfolded a map.

Spread out across it was the comprehensive blueprint for the Tianxin District project.

"To be honest, the original intent of the Tianxin District project was for all parties to cooperate in joint development, but look at the reality of the situation in Jiangcheng."

"The four major families can't even maintain a stable cooperation once, let alone expect them to sustain a long-term partnership with each other at a juncture like this."

At this, Lin Li could not help but let out a cold laugh.

This was precisely the most critical reason why the Tianxin District project had been delayed in development for so long.

"Residential complexes, along with supporting schools, shopping malls, and supermarkets, can all be handed over to us to build. There are huge profit returns in these, and they are of vital importance to our future planning."

"But beyond that, there is the corresponding construction of highways, public restrooms, parks, and so on."

"Naturally, the returns generated by these things cannot compare to what we hold in our hands. Therefore, in exchange for their donations this time, we can correspondingly transfer these tasks into their hands."

"We will also promise them a certain degree of dividend payout once the project is successfully completed."

As Su Lan listened to Lin Li's explanation bit by bit, even she began to feel tempted, even if she were only assigned the opportunity to build a public restroom in the Tianxin District project.

As long as the Tianxin District project could make a fortune in the future, their share of the dividends would only grow larger and larger.

"In this way, they are effectively tied by you to your own warship. No matter what they were thinking before, they will now be bound to help you from the bottom of their hearts."

Having finally learned the whole story, even standing right there, Su Lan still felt it was incredible.

She had to admit that Lin Li was indeed far more cunning than any of them could have imagined. To others, these matters would seem impossible to pull off successfully.

Yet Lin Li's performance had clearly completely exceeded their expectations.

"This is a series of moves I've specifically tailored against Ye Aotian. It will cause his original plan to vanish into thin air and turn him into a laughingstock."

This was Lin Li's strategy targeting Ye Aotian.

Through this method, not only could all of Ye Aotian's previous plans be aborted, but it would also allow Lin Li to firmly bind himself to Jiangcheng's four major families on the same warship.

After this, should they ever want to deal with Lin Li again, they would lack the courage to do so.

It could be said that Lin Li's approach solved the problem once and for all, while naturally costing him only a negligible price of his own.

"If this can actually be pulled off, it will indeed save us a tremendous amount of trouble and even guarantee that no major problems will arise for a long time to come."

Looking at Lin Li, Su Lan still found it hard to believe. These things sounded simple, but the severity of the problems hidden beneath the surface during actual execution was beyond anything they could imagine.

For Lin Li to make such a decision at this critical juncture meant that he possessed a far clearer and more definitive grasp of the entire situation.

"So, no matter how many schemes Ye Aotian has prepared to deal with me, he never expected that one day these very schemes would become the fatal weapon that finishes him off."

How could Lin Li not know what Ye Aotian wanted to do to him? It was just that he hadn't taken him seriously from the very beginning.

People who wanted to deal with Lin Li were as numerous as carp crossing a river; Ye Aotian was definitely not the only one.

Yet none of those people stood a chance of succeeding.

At first, Su Lan had harbored some misunderstandings, but after hearing Lin Li's explanation, she instantly understood the whole sequence of events.

At the same time, a deeper wave of admiration for Lin Li welled up within her heart. What was originally an immensely difficult problem to handle...

Under Lin Li's meticulous arrangements and various methods, it had actually opened up a brand-new train of thought for solving the dilemma.

"I finally understand why these fellows are so terrified of your rise. Once a guy like you truly stands at a height they cannot accept, the price these people will have to pay is bound to be extremely heavy."

As Su Lan spoke, the look in her eyes as she gazed at Lin Li shifted completely.

They had to admit that Lin Li was far more formidable than they had imagined. What seemed like a terribly complex problem was not nearly as difficult for Lin Li to handle.

No one could have anticipated that the four major families, arriving with such aggressive momentum, would end up being so effortlessly subdued by Lin Li.

"Sister Lan, please stop flattering me."

"To find the best solution to the problem, I've burned out a good number of brain cells too. There's no help for it; things have reached this point, and if we want a proper resolution, this is the only way."

Lin Li wore a helpless expression as he spoke. Indeed, given a choice, who would willingly resort to such convoluted schemes?

It was simply because he was inherently in a disadvantaged position regarding this issue; without devising a clever strategy, it would have been utterly impossible for him to win this ultimate victory.

Looking at Lin Li's haggard face, Su Lan felt a pang of heartache.

All of this was entirely on her account; otherwise, Lin Li would have had no reason to go through such trouble on his own.

"You've worked hard, running around and worrying so much during this period."

Su Lan stepped forward, unable to stop herself from offering comforting words.

Of course, Lin Li knew what Su Lan was thinking, and he responded with a smiling shake of his head.

"It's nothing much."

"No matter how powerful the four major families are, they ultimately cannot escape the palm of my hand. As long as I can clear away all obstacles for Sister Lan, I am completely fine."