Chapter 285

Lei Tingjun accompanied the staff of the development office to wander around the West City construction site for half a day to investigate.

Finally, after the other party had fully understood the situation, they sent the person back.

The secretary went back to report to their director.

Meanwhile, Lei Tingjun immediately rushed back to discuss the matter with his most trusted brothers in the convoy.

Every crisis is often accompanied by a dangerous opportunity.

Lei Tingjun keenly sensed this opportunity.

After he returned, he called A-Qiang and Zhou Peng and asked them how the transportation team was operating.

A-Qiang and Zhou Peng, one in charge of external affairs and the other in charge of internal affairs, were able to cooperate well. During the ten days or so that Lei Tingjun was at East China University, there were basically no major issues that he needed to worry about.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang.

However, the absconding of the project owner in the development zone this time resulted in significant losses for Thunder Transportation Team.

Because at the time, including Lei Tingjun, everyone believed that since the land for this development project was provided by the municipal government, the project must be stable.

Therefore, they invested most of their manpower and resources in building materials and vehicle fleet there.

During the Spring Festival, Lei Tingjun and his transport team stayed behind instead of going home for the holiday.

The main purpose is to supply the project in the Xishi Development Zone.

It's no exaggeration to say that, like the workers on the construction site, they also lost two months' worth of materials and labor costs.

Because the remaining two-thirds of the payment was never received.

Although they could simply shut down the unfinished project and cut their losses, that would mean that the one-third of the materials and manpower they had invested in the early stages would have been wasted.

How could someone as cold and hard-hearted as Lei Tingjun allow his and his brothers' hard work of two or three months to go to waste?

Ah Qiang said, "Brother Lei, although the other two factories and construction sites we signed are still operating normally, if this West Market development project loses money, it's like we've worked for nothing for the three months before and after the Lunar New Year."

"Moreover, the Honghe brick factory won't bring in any revenue. We'll have to squeeze money out of the transportation team to pay the brick factory workers' wages."

This is equivalent to robbing Peter to pay Paul.

This is by no means a good solution.

Lei Tingjun remained silent, then asked Zhou Peng, "What's your opinion?"

Zhou Peng has only been with the transportation team for a short time, and he has not been involved in many of the business matters, so he is not very familiar with them.

However, he understood one thing, and that was—

“Brother Lei, if we can’t find that Fujianese guy, we can’t just let him lose money for nothing. We can forget about the manpower investment, but the brick factory has a real supply of bricks, dozens of truckloads.”

Zhou Peng may not know much about other things, but he does know Lei Tingjun's personality fairly well.

Although he appears reserved and taciturn, he plans things out silently in his heart and then strikes at the best opportunity to win.

On the surface, the lake appears calm and still, but in reality, it may have already planned the next few steps.

"Brother Lei, we have to find a way to recover our losses no matter what," Zhou Peng said.

Lei Tingjun smoked a cigarette, pondered for a long time, and then said, "Making up for our losses is not the best strategy; turning losses into profits is the best strategy."

Ah Qiang had a vague idea of ​​Lei Tingjun's plan, but he still felt that it was too risky and radical.

Firstly, because they simply don't have that much money on hand right now.

To take on such a large-scale project, especially one that has stalled in all aspects and is now a failed project with workers in a state of agitation and on strike, is extremely difficult.

No one would dare to take on this task lightly.

You have to think it over and over again, and be extremely cautious.

Secondly, this Xishi Development Zone is a commercial development zone approved by the municipal government, and the winning bid contract was in the hands of the Fujianese who absconded with the money.

In other words, even if they take over the project, they are very likely to risk working for someone else for free.

What if one day that Fujianese man comes back, takes the original contract to Lei Tingjun, and claims that the project originally belonged to him, and sues Lei Tingjun to return the building to him?

Even if Lei Tingjun completes the project by then, the Fujianese will still face a lot of trouble if they come back to sue.

Having been out there for a year now, A-Qiang has grown from a naive young man into a capable individual who can now analyze the pros and cons of many things on his own.

He said, "Brother Lei, I know you have an idea, but I think it's too risky and not feasible."

"If we don't handle this well, and that Fujianese person comes back to sue us, wouldn't we be doing all the work for someone else?"

Zhou Peng, who was listening nearby, also gave a knowing look and asked, "Brother Lei, do you mean... you want us to take over that project and do it ourselves?"

Lei Tingjun flicked the ash from his cigarette, glanced at the two of them, and asked, "So, what do you think of this plan? Is it feasible?"

Ah Qiang said, "Anyway, I still have reservations. Brother Lei, after all, our transportation team and brick factory have only been running for a year. I think it's better to be steady and take it slow. Consider this loss as a lesson learned. Next time we go to discuss projects, we'll sign a contract with them in advance so we won't have to worry about them running away and defaulting on their debts."

Lei Tingjun shook his head. "The contract templates for material transporters at various construction sites are basically all the same. Do you think you can be the only one? If you don't want to deliver, other building material factories will be scrambling to do it."

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