The old house originally had three main rooms, and behind it was a row of four tile-roofed sheds used as animal pens, toilets, firewood sheds, and kitchen. The outer wall of the courtyard was built with green bricks.

  The old brick wall of the courtyard was not demolished and rebuilt, but a rain shelter parking shed was built outside the south wall of Linhe Tang. The color steel tile is naturally inferior, but it is made of tempered glass and stainless steel beams, which looks simple and modern.

  Pushing the door open, it's no longer an empty farmhouse, but a private garden with cobblestone, millstone, anti-corrosion wood paving, and dense tree shade. On the left is a grape trellis made of pine wood. Under the trellis is a small path paved with anti-corrosion wood, leading to a glass sunroom built in front of the western wing. In the corner of the inner wall, there is a shallow pool with two pots of aquatic plants that can't be named.

  The door of the hall has been completely changed into an old-fashioned wooden lattice glass door.

  The house was unlit, but the soft light from the courtyard lamps shone through the wooden lattice windows and onto the stone floor of the main hall, casting a patchwork of light and shadow.

  Rural house construction often prioritizes grandeur and height, but actual living needs are not that demanding.

  Three main rooms, except for the hall which was converted into a living room, the east and west rooms were both converted into suites with bathrooms. Because the original house was too high, the net height of the main beam is 3.4-3.5 meters, people living inside feel too empty, so under the purlins, another layer of purlins was added for decoration, also keeping the traditional Chinese architectural tradition, but the style is more delicate and has a better sense of proportion.

  Behind the veranda, one room was enclosed as an equipment room, one as a miscellaneous storage room, one served as both kitchen and dining room, and one was converted into a guest bedroom. Between the guest bedroom and the main house, another room was added to serve as a study or entertainment room.

  Shen Huai circled around, thinking that he had to do the job meticulously and it would take at least another month or so. He couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Is 400,000 enough for you to mess around?"

  "It's okay, some things need to be ordered from overseas manufacturers, and it may take three or four months to arrive domestically. I'm a person who doesn't have much patience, so I can only make do with domestic products, which has saved me quite a bit of money; if I had another 1-2 million, that would be enough, right?" Sun Yalin asked Zhu Li uncertainly.

  "It's almost enough without making major changes." Zhu Li replied.

  He has a broad vision, Donghua is not rich yet, but there are also wealthy people with assets of over 10 million, and he has handled several families who spent over 1 million to build private houses. To say the least, these families are indeed rich, but they always have a nouveau riche face, and in terms of taste, they can't compare to this house.

  It is said that "three generations of accumulation can become a noble family", Zhu Li still doesn't know what kind of family background Shen Huai and Sun Ya Lin have, but from their harsh requirements for renovating this house, Zhu Li can also sense the level of their families or clans.

  Sun Yalin is so strict and picky about the renovation of the old house, if it were someone else, they might have lost patience long ago. Zhu Li has a good temper and is very patient, with designers and construction managers who can't do the job here, he will replace them with others. Sun Yalin personally finds him, and he puts aside other things first.

  Shen Huai spread his hands out, indicating he was speechless.

  Nowadays, building a small villa in the countryside can be done with 700,000 to 800,000 yuan. Sun Yalin invested nearly ten times that amount to renovate her old house. To ordinary people, this is an extreme luxury, but compared to the extravagant life of the Sun family abroad, it's nothing.

  But this way, Shen Huan felt that he couldn't move in at all, otherwise it would spread out and who knows how many people would be pointing at his spine and scolding.

  Shen Huai suspected Sun Ya Lin's intention was this: she wanted to monopolize the old mansion by herself.

  Shen Huai didn't plan to expose Sun Ya Lin's ambition either, and had asked her to do many things these days, so he should let her take some advantage, but thinking that such a beautiful house, she couldn't move in, it was really a pity.

  Sun Yalin glanced at her watch. It had just turned dark, and she couldn't understand why Shen Hua would come over at this time to join in the fun. She asked, "Why did you come over at this hour?"

  "Just came back from the district, nowhere to go, so I came over to take a look." Shen Huai said.

  Sun Yalin knew that Shen Hua didn't like to run to the district, and some meetings were also let He Qing go to attend. He usually only came forward to deal with the district in important matters, and asked: "Is it about equity restructuring or administrative regional adjustment?"

  "Pan Shi Hua came to me in the past to discuss reform matters." Shen Huai said directly, aside from Zhu Li, there was no one else.

  "How is it? Has the deal been made?" Sun Yalin has also been most concerned about this matter recently.

  Although the Sun family and Evergreen Group behind her are very powerful, as the fourth generation of the Sun family, she has limited say in the family. The Meixi Steel Plant will be invested with $1 million in foreign capital, which is also a major breakthrough for her personal career, making it hard for her not to care.

  "It's not settled yet, but the city has clearly delegated the decision-making power to the district," Shen Hua didn't mind letting Zhu Li know some information, but wouldn't let him know the details of the negotiations with Pan Shi Hua and Zhou Yu, and just roughly told Sun Ya Lin, "This way, we can have some initiative..."

  Zhu Li knew some things about the equity reform and also knew that there were some things he shouldn't know too much about, so he made an excuse to find the construction manager to discuss a few details of the renovation and left.

  "If the Song and Sun families also learned about your tactics, I wonder if those arrogant guys would still consider you a useless son? Sun Ya Lin stared at Shen Huai's face and sighed, "You'll use this tactic on the Song and Sun families too, right?"

  Shen Huai crouched down to look at the aquatic plants in the shallow pool, which looked like miniature lotus leaves. He didn't answer Sun Yalin's question, but instead asked, "What is this called?"

  "Jiāo zé xiè, it will only bloom in June, with delicate white small flowers, very beautiful," Sun Yalin showed an expression of "originally there are things you don't know", but she didn't want to let Shen Hua off the hook, and continued to ask: "Is what you're doing worth it for you?"

  Sun Yalin knew that Shen Huai was willing to turn against Xiong Wenbin, just to make the decision-making power for the equity reform be delegated to the district.

  The equity restructuring of Meixi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. needs to be approved by the Municipal Planning Commission in terms of procedure.

  Tan Qiping's estrangement from Shen Hua, apart from Shen Hua hiding some things that made him unhappy, was mainly due to concerns that Shen Hua would bring unpredictable political risks. Shen Hua worried that Tan Qiping would proactively ask him to give up his shares and change the system.

  Shen Hua didn't mind having a falling out with Xiong Wenbin, actually to avoid directly clashing with Tan Qiping over this matter. Even if Tan Qiping still took care of him as a member of the Song family, if some words were spoken, he would also have to maintain his authority as the municipal party secretary. If so, Shen Hua and Tan Qiping would have no room for maneuver, and at this time Shen Hua was not yet in a position to directly confront Tan Qiping's authority in Donghua.

  Shen Huai and Xiong Wenbin laid out their cards, unfolding a three-year plan to build 500,000 tons of production capacity in front of Zhou Yu, Zhou Zhi Bai's siblings, and Xiong Wenbin. The fundamental purpose was not to give Tan Qiping the opportunity to speak up.

  Tan Qiping is now silent on the equity restructuring of Meixi Steel Plant, and Gao Tianhe maintains a compromising attitude, delegating the decision-making power to the district, it can be said that Shen Huai's goal has been achieved.

  The decision-making power is in the district, and it's nothing more than transactions, bribery or threats. Shen Hua can grasp the initiative as long as he has a certain amount of money.

  Of course, this matter also brought some serious consequences. Shen Hua actively chose to isolate himself from Tan Qiping's circle. Su Kai publicly quarreled with him, and there was no possibility of repairing the rift between him and Xiong Wenbin. Moreover, Shen Hua intentionally misled Tan Qiping into thinking that the restructuring of Mei Xi Steel Factory had the support of the Sun family and Changqing Group behind it. The truth will eventually come out, even if Tan Qiping finds out about the situation in the future and doesn't publicly turn against him, he won't support him anymore.

  When Shen Huai chose one path, he aggressively blocked the other, and even if Sun Ya Lin, who was equally arrogant, came to see it, this couldn't be considered the best choice.

  "What is worth it, what is not worth it?" Shen Hua smiled and asked ambiguously, "I'm just a small town party secretary, even if I want to compromise, who can I compromise with? In this world where the strong prey on the weak, small people have no choice but to bare their teeth and claws if they don't want to be trampled or swallowed up."

  "Who knew being arrogant could be interpreted this way?" Sun Yalin couldn't help but bicker with Shen Huan, and after staring at him for two or three seconds, she had to admit that she wholeheartedly supported his arrogance. She then asked, "So how did the district meeting go?"

  "Pan Shi Hua wants 40 million shares."

  Sun Yalin just whistled in response to Pan Shihua's loud roar.

  "Don't behave like a female hoodlum, standing with you is losing face." Shen Huai looked at Sun Ya Lin with disdain.

  "Didn't you scold him back on the spot?" Sun Yalin unexpectedly didn't retort.

  "Can I be as naive as you?" Shen Huai said, "The Zhou family still has a cooperative attitude, but it's unknown how much influence the Zhou family has on Yang Yurong, so for now, I can only drag my feet and not respond to Pan Shi Hua..."

  "Pan Shihua can isolate you, but he won't dare to openly turn against you in public. Even if he doesn't support it, he won't publicly oppose the reform - what are you afraid of him for?" Sun Yalun couldn't help but want Shen Hui to be tougher on Pan Shihua.

  "There are seven members of the district committee, which means that even if Pan Shihua abstains and doesn't express his opinion, we still need to get four votes for the restructuring plan to pass. How can we not be on guard against Pan Shihua secretly manipulating things? It's pointless to communicate with this female hooligan Sun Ya-lin, so Shen Hui goes to find Zhu Li. He doesn't have a single penny in his pocket and doesn't want to run to the Zhuxi Hotel to eat soft food, nor does he want to look at Sun Ya-lin's face, so he can only ask Zhu Li to treat him to a meal."