About twenty minutes later, Liu Yutong arrived at her destination.
This stadium was being built to a standard capacity of sixty thousand people. The main structure was essentially complete, and it would certainly become a landmark building in a small city like Mingzhu City in the future.
Just as she was about to take a quick look around and leave, she suddenly spotted a man wearing a safety helmet, who looked like a secretary, running toward her.
"Director Liu, I spotted your car from afar. The leader is inside inspecting the work."
Liu Yutong then noticed an Audi parked not far away, with the license plate number being 001.
"Then I'll go see the leader."
Soon, Liu Yutong met Uncle Gao, who was chatting with the person in charge at the construction site.
When Uncle Gao saw her approaching, a smile immediately spread across his face.
"Little girl, what brings you here?"
"I had a sudden urge to check on the progress of our stadium. Uncle Gao, this stadium is being built quite well."
"Of course it is. This was built on your recommendation, with a sixty-thousand-person standard. It's more than enough to host a provincial sports meet. Look at the stands, the track, the roof design—all done by people from the provincial design institute, absolutely top-notch."
"As for you, once this stadium is completed, you can't let it sit empty all the time, or that would be a huge waste."
"Don't worry, Uncle Gao, I won't let it sit empty."
"Do you know about the variety show my subsidiary is producing called 'The Voice of Dragon Country'?"
Uncle Gao nodded: "Of course I do. I've heard your show cost over a hundred million—a big investment! And I've seen how popular it is online. The blind audition is quite interesting, judging only by voice. That idea is really fresh. Even my daughter talked to me about it."
Liu Yutong said, "Uncle Gao, the finals of 'The Voice of Dragon Country' are set for the National Day holiday in October. Given the influence of the several coaches and the show itself, I believe tickets will sell out quickly. Uncle Gao, you should know what that means, right?"
Uncle Gao's eyes immediately lit up.
"You mean you're planning to hold the finals right here in Mingzhu City?"
Liu Yutong nodded: "But there's a condition. The stadium must be completed before October, and the quality must be guaranteed. I don't want tens of thousands of people sitting in a venue that's still under construction."
"Don't worry about that!"
Uncle Gao immediately assured her: "It will be finished before October. I'll have the construction team work overtime to make sure nothing delays your finals."
Liu Yutong: "Then I'll trouble you with that, Uncle Gao."
Uncle Gao waved his hand: "No trouble at all. This is a good thing, a great thing."
He looked at Liu Yutong with emotion: "Little girl, you're giving Mingzhu City a huge gift."
Liu Yutong: "Uncle Gao, you're too kind. I just think holding it in Mingzhu City costs much less than in a big city. I'm trying to save on costs."
Uncle Gao laughed and shook his head: "Oh, you."
He knew very well that these were just polite pleasantries.
Given this girl's capabilities, she could hold the event anywhere. Choosing to put the finals in Mingzhu City—wasn't that just to bring vitality to her hometown?
He had some understanding of how popular "The Voice of Dragon Country" was online now.
The several coaches were heavyweight figures in the music industry. Any one of them could easily fill a stadium for a concert.
If the finals were really held in Mingzhu City, fans, media, and industry professionals from all over the country would flood in.
Hotels, restaurants, transportation, tourism... the entire city's service industry would be driven.
This was a golden opportunity for Mingzhu City to shine in front of the entire nation.
For a small city to host the finals of a top national variety show—that in itself was the best publicity for the city.
The only drawback was that Mingzhu City didn't have an airport, which would be inconvenient for fans from far away.
Just as Uncle Gao was thinking this, Liu Yutong brought it up first: "Uncle Gao, have you ever thought about when Mingzhu City might get an airport?"
Uncle Gao was stunned for a moment, then gave a wry smile.
Was this girl a mind reader?
He had just thought about the lack of an airport, and now she mentioned it.
"I've thought about building an airport too, but it's not something I can decide. Building an airport requires approval from higher authorities, and it involves so many departments. A small prefecture-level city like ours doesn't have that kind of power to build an airport."
"To be honest with you, given Mingzhu City's current economic scale and population size, even if we applied to build an airport, the application would most likely be rejected."
"What if I could help make the connections?" Liu Yutong asked.
Gao Zhiyuan froze.
He looked at the young girl who seemed far too young for her power and suddenly realized she was no longer the little girl who used to sell lobsters.
Now, she was the leader of the Wanlonghui Group, the chairman of Longxin.
Her network might even be stronger than his.
"Little girl, are you serious?" — should this be considered the form of address "Mr. Liu"? The glossary only provides the correct name translations for known glossary terms; translate based on the characters. "You weren't kidding me, were you?"
"I've never joked with you, Uncle Gao?"
Liu Yutong said seriously: "You can prepare the materials first, like site selection plans, environmental impact reports... Get everything ready. Once it's done, I'll go find Uncle Li and ask him to submit it to higher authorities."
Uncle Gao took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement.
Building an airport.
This was something he had only fantasized about occasionally, something he felt had little chance of being realized during his term of office.
If this girl really could push it forward, then there was a real possibility he might see it happen during his tenure.
Just like the high-speed rail station that was already in the planning and construction phase, an airport would boost the city's development across the board.
Investment attraction, tourism development, logistics and transportation... everything would reach a new level.
"Alright, since you've said so, let's give it a try. I'll go back and have the materials prepared. Whether it succeeds or not, we'll try!"
Liu Yutong: "Then I'll leave it in your hands, Uncle Gao."
Uncle Gao was beaming with joy: "No trouble at all. You're giving Mingzhu City a huge gift. I should be thanking you properly."
Liu Yutong exchanged a few more pleasantries with Uncle Gao, discussing details about the project progress, before taking her leave.
Back in the car, she immediately called Su Mansu and asked her to notify all senior executives of the group to return to the Mingzhu City headquarters for a meeting in two days.
The meeting was held in the large conference room of Shunchang Building.
The topic of this meeting was about the restructuring of the group.
Currently, the Wanlonghui Group operated with subsidiaries under a parent company framework. It had been fine in the early stages, but now that the scale was too large, the structure was no longer suitable.
So she planned a major restructuring.
After this restructuring, the next large group meeting would probably involve electing a new group CEO.
