Winning the Bid 2

Name: Winning the Bid 2
ISBN: 9787557031053

阁策Guangdong Tourism Publishing House · ChinaAug 2023

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Word count: 183K words
Chapters: 52
ISBN: 9787557031053

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Summary

Wang Sicheng, a middle-aged sales elite, once led a comfortable middle-class life—until a sudden company layoff caught him off guard. After much deliberation, Wang Sicheng decides to start his own business.

Hinted at by Ma Dongming, director of the Qianjiang High-Tech Park, he resolves to take a risk and earn his first pot of gold by acting as a middleman in the chip trade. Later, based on market conditions and his own strengths, Wang Sicheng chooses to invest in emerging technology industries and successfully reaches a cooperation agreement with a university professor in a related field, and the company gradually gets on track.

But then the earlier chip business unexpectedly implicates him due to a partner's illegal operations, and his career hits rock bottom. After inner struggle, calm reflection, and Ma Dongming's patient persuasion, he ultimately decides to keep pressing forward under pressure, using his proficient sales and bidding methods to help the company tide over the crisis for the time being.

Facing an uncertain entrepreneurial future, Wang Sicheng chooses to embrace hope, continuing toward his goal with full confidence!

Editor's review

As Ge Ce's deeper follow-up to the previous book, *Zhongbiao 2* is not a simple continuation of a business-war story. Taking the professional bidding field as its entry point, it rarely places the complex ecosystem of government and corporate project operations at the core of the narrative, revealing the full chain from information capture and bid document preparation to relationship maneuvering. Drawing on his deep industry experience, Ge Ce tightly interweaves plot development with professional knowledge, allowing readers to glimpse the operating rules and underlying logic of the bidding world as they follow the characters' fates. The book portrays with particular depth the struggle of human nature between interests and rules; the protagonist's moral choices and workplace dilemmas transcend the industry itself and touch on broader questions of survival. The writing style tends toward realism and introspection, with a steady narrative pace and attention to detail and realism; this may challenge readers seeking fast-paced gratification, but therein lies its value—it offers an immersive experience of industry knowledge and calm reflection on business ethics. More than a novel, it reads like an in-depth industry observation report with a human pulse.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Workplace professionals and researchers interested in the operating mechanisms of government projects and corporate bidding who wish to understand the logic behind the scenes
Professionals in marketing, sales, and project management who need to sharpen business insight and strategic thinking
Serious literary readers who enjoy deep realist style and prefer observing social reality and human nature through fiction
Working professionals facing career development and moral dilemmas who seek resonance and inspiration

Not a good fit for

Fans of fast-paced web fiction seeking light entertainment, strong plot twists, or romance
Readers impatient with or uninterested in business practice, industry details, and frequent professional terminology

Reading tips

Read it as a 'documentary-style industry novel,' focusing on the know-how in processes and details rather than purely pursuing the story's ending
While reading, reflect in light of your own work experience; many of the dilemmas and strategies described may offer practical inspiration
If bidding is completely unfamiliar, you may skim the most technical passages and focus on character relationships and decision psychology; the core reading experience remains intact

About the publisher

Guangdong Tourism Publishing House China · Founded in 1981

Founded in 1981, Guangdong Tourism Publishing House has long taken tourism and cultural tourism content as its main publishing focus, while extending into fields such as architecture, history, foreign literature, biography, and essays. Its books in the database show that it publishes scholarly and historical works such as Liang Sicheng's A History of Chinese Architecture and Chen Yuan's Examples of Taboo Names in History, as well as translations of foreign literature including Mishima Yukio's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and Spring Snow and Chekhov's collected letters. It also offers biographies such as From Emperor to Citizen (latest complete edition), The Complete Biography of Zuo Zongtang, and Slightly Out of Focus: Robert Capa's World War II Memoir. Its author resources span architectural history, historiography, and literary translation, giving its list a character that balances cultural tourism reading with humanities and social science titles. As public information is limited, this summary is based only on the publishing directions reflected in the books in the database.

版权信息
序
第一章 “中年失业魔咒”
被公司辞退
站在十字路口
迈出创业第一步
第二章挣第一桶金
远渡重洋
会见神秘人
初战告捷
第三章职场新人的迷茫
不知路在何方
各有各的难
第四章正式启航
确定创业方向
谈判桌上的斗争
科技创意脑洞大会
第五章创业新人遇上职场新人
做不后悔的决定
促成项目交流会
为了梦想拼一把
初学招投标
第六章初见曙光
前途一片光明
危险悄悄降临
救火队长的行动
第七章被引爆的定时炸弹
传授招投标秘籍
意外突然出现
病急乱投医
第八章创业之路陷入谷底
遵循内心的答案
解决问题的不同方案
除夕前的好消息
第九章重整旗鼓
《苦难辉煌》带来的启示
新的一年新的开始
寻找新的机会
第十章创业迎来新局面
努力不会被辜负
热火朝天地布展
有惊无险的参展过程
第十一章创业再起波澜
招投标中的法律要点
钩心斗角的创业合作
不正常的人员流动
了解员工离职的秘密
第十二章创业路在何方
遭人暗算
提前留了一手
脚踏实地往前走
后记满怀对未来的希望，继续前进

FAQ

If I haven't read *Zhongbiao 1*, will that affect my understanding of *Zhongbiao 2*?

Not much. The story here is relatively self-contained, and key character relationships and background are naturally explained in the text, so it can be read as a standalone work.

This book is highly professional—will it be dull to read?

The author strives to weave professional knowledge into concrete plot and character conflict; the core remains character fates and business maneuvering. If you have a basic interest in how the business world operates, the professional details will instead enhance the sense of authenticity and depth.

What is the core theme of this book?

It explores how individuals seek survival and development, and uphold or redefine their professional bottom lines and values, within a complex business environment where formal rules (bidding regulations) and informal rules (personal relationships) are intertwined.

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Ge Ce is an author about whom relatively little public information is available. His real name, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not recorded, and verifiable details remain scarce. According to the library's holdings, he has two works to his name, Zhongbiao and Zhongbiao 2, both of which fall under the common category of war and military fiction. This suggests that his writing centers mainly on military and wartime subjects. Judging from the titles and the category, the works likely focus on competition and confrontation within military operations or military life, though reliable materials on the characters, narrative structure, and writing techniques are still lacking, so speculation would be inappropriate. Although two works are not many, they form a related series-like thread, showing the author's sustained interest in this subject. In the absence of biographical background and authorial statements, readers' main entry point to Ge Ce remains the Zhongbiao series itself, and his style and influence will become clearer as more material comes to light.