Chapter 2 — My Achievements, Finally Bear My Name

Trinh Da frowned slightly.

"Lan Hai's plan, if changed to someone else, even the data wouldn't be readable."

I looked at him.

"So why isn't the person in charge of the project me?"

He didn't answer. This is not the first time he knows this. Two years ago, for a project of a mother and baby brand, I edited seventeen versions of the proposal. After successfully signing the contract, there is only one line left in the summary document:

"The General Director directly directs the strategy."

Last year, as part of a bid for a regional supermarket chain, I stayed up three nights in a row. But when the bonus table was announced... My name was still just under:

"Document support."

Every time someone tells me:

"Just do well on the first project, your efforts will not be forgotten."

But the bigger the project... The more people forget. This isn't the first time I've asked that question. Over the past seven years, I have completed eleven sets of core bid documents. Of these, four projects won the bid. But after each successful contract signing... I changed from "Person in charge of the plan" to "Supporter of the plan". Because customer relations belong to the Sales department. Signing the contract is the boss's credit. Project implementation is the responsibility of the handover department. As for the plan... Once completed, it seems to no longer belong to anyone. The celebration is over. Luong Khai Dong drank quite a lot. He called me back to the elevator door.

"Van Ninh, tomorrow morning I will send Tinh Cang Retail's bid documents to you."

"Has their side sent a request?"

"Just sent it. There will be the first report in three days."

"Who is in charge of the project?"

He smiled.

"It's still the same, build a plan first. This type of project is what I'm most familiar with."

"And who's in charge?"

"Tan Man leads, in the end I will report directly."

He said it as if it were obvious.

"Time is very urgent. I'll look at the documents first tonight, and give you a complete copy tomorrow afternoon."

A complete version. Not a project framework. Not a research list. Nor are some strategic ideas within the scope of work. A complete set of plans that can be brought straight to the stage for presentation.

"So how will the winner's name and reward be confirmed?"

The smile on Luong Khai Dong's face faded a bit.

"Van Ninh, you just signed a big contract, don't rush to mention these things."

"The Lan Hai project has been signed."

"The company will not mistreat you."

"But my name is not on the bounty list."

He was silent for two seconds.

"Van Ninh, don't pay too much attention to immediate benefits when working."

"What I have accumulated now is ability and confidence."

I looked at him.

"So what is your 800,000 yuan bonus... calculated?"

At that moment... The elevator door slowly opened. There were people inside the elevator. Luong Khai Dong did not answer my question, just raised his hand to block the elevator door.

"Tomorrow afternoon, I want to see the complete plan."

Having finished speaking, he entered. Before the elevator door closed, I saw him bow his head to reply to Tan Man's message. On the phone screen is Tinh Cang Retail's project team. Right after the group name there is a line: 【Person in charge: Tan Man.】 When I returned to the company, it was already ten o'clock at night. Sure enough, documents of Tinh Cang project has been sent to email. One hundred sixty-seven pages. The email was sent simultaneously to Tan Man, Trinh Da, Luong Khai Dong and me. The content is only one sentence: 【Van Ninh has completed the full bidding plan in advance, tomorrow afternoon there will be an internal appraisal meeting.】 I will not download the documents immediately. Instead, I opened the data warehouse of the Lan Hai project. From the first edition... ...to the twenty-third edition. The creator is me. More than eighty percent of my edit history also comes from my account. In the notes of the nineteenth version, Luong Khai Dong's message is still intact: 【Write a little more detailed explanation for each page, so that when reporting, I can only look at it and read it.】 The project management system only displays the final version. No one could see during that process... Who was rebuilding the entire model over and over again. I won't write any more reviews. Full re-add for each version only: Customer request. Edited content. Completion time. From the first version of the industry analysis... To the twenty-third version completing the final budget. Each stage clearly states the name of the person performing it. I rearranged all twenty-three editions into correct chronological order. Do not rename the file. Do not copy to personal devices. Also don't send it to anyone. I just quietly added all my work content in the company's project system. Market research. Competitive model. Distribution channel analysis. Budget plan. Risk control plan. Presentation slides. Set of questions and customer response options. Total working time: Finally, the system displays a confirmation dialog box. 【Confirm project workload storage?】 I clicked Confirm. At that time, I just opened the documents of the Tinh Cang project. The first page is the project context. The second page is a request for bids. Starting on the third page... It's all raw, unprocessed business data. Exactly like the Lan Hai project of five months ago. If it were before... I would immediately start working on it. Split request. Clean data. Calibrate data. Even prepare every sentence your boss will say during the report. But this time... I just created a new document. The title is: 【Tinh Cang Retail bid plan framework】 I only write six items. Understanding of the project. Research scope. Data needs to be provided. Analytical method. Personnel assignment. Handover milestones. On the last page, I added one more line. 【The complete strategic plan will only be implemented after confirming the project leader, author registration form and bonus regulations.】 Upload to the system. Time to turn off the computer... It's twenty minutes past eleven. The complete plan that Luong Khai Dong requested... I never refused to do it. Just for the first time... I no longer wrote out all the answers for him. The next morning, it was only eight forty. As soon as I entered the company, Luong Khai Dong's phone rang.

"Where is Tinh Cang's plan?"

"Uploaded to project system."

"I mean the complete version."

"I have now uploaded the options framework, study scope, data requirements and delivery milestones."

The other end of the line was silent for a moment.

"Co Van Ninh, last night I said it very clearly. There will be an internal appraisal meeting this afternoon."

"So I need to confirm the prerequisites in advance."

"What conditions?"

"Who is in charge of the project, how to credit authors, reward regulations and data access rights."

Luong Khai Dong's voice lowered.