After the six responsible persons had explained their bidding proposals, Xu An and the others left the main conference room and entered the small conference room opposite to discuss the merits and demerits of the six proposals.

"Plan One is priced at 7.6 million, Plans Three and Six are priced at 8 million each, Plan Two is priced at 8.6 million, and Plan Four is priced at 6 million."

Xu An waited for a while but didn't hear Uncle Dongliang mention the price of Plan Five, so he asked directly, "What about Plan Five? How much is Plan Five priced?"

"The asking price for Plan Five is seven million eight hundred thousand," Xu Dongliang said, scrutinizing Xu An for two seconds before continuing, "However, based on their design, a budget of seven million eight hundred thousand is far from sufficient."

"So, what is the minimum budget required to implement Plan Five?"

"It'll cost at least ten million," Xu Dongliang said, picking up a blank A4 sheet of paper and a pen to estimate on the spot.

"Based on a rough calculation according to the design plan, the entire project will require 600 tons of steel. Currently, the market price of steel is 4,200 yuan per ton, resulting in a steel expenditure of 2.52 million yuan."

Five hundred cubic meters of concrete are needed. Concrete suitable for offshore engineering costs 1,500 yuan per cubic meter, while ordinary concrete costs 360 yuan per cubic meter. The total cost for concrete is 800,000 yuan.

The main expenditures, including 300 cubic meters of bricks, 750,000 square meters of glass (let's say 1,000 square meters), 1.2 million in labor, and over 800,000, have already reached 6 million. However, there are still detailed items such as cable installation, waterproof membrane, paint, floor tiles, soft furnishings, and post-construction cleaning that have not yet been calculated.

Unless they cut corners, it's impossible to bring a design to fruition for only 7.8 million.

After saying that, Xu Dongliang seemed to realize that his statement was too absolute, so he added a conjecture: "Or, it's quite common for them to request additional investment when they've completed half or two-thirds of the construction."

Therefore, if you insist on investing only eight million in the first phase and choose Option 5, then you can only cut some projects in Option 5. If you insist on not cutting projects, you either need to increase the investment budget or change the option.

Xu An's gaze slowly swept over the other five tender documents, and the corresponding design schemes appeared in his mind one by one.

But whenever Xu An tried to recall the specific details of these design schemes, images of infinity pools, seawater swimming pools, and private ocean-view rooms from Scheme No. 5 would suddenly pop into his mind, interrupting his thoughts.

"When Proposal No. 5 submitted its design concept for the first round of screening, what was the budget listed?" Xu An rested his thumb on his temple, his index and middle fingers constantly rubbing his brow, his expression even showing distress and struggle.

"The budget submitted in the first round of selection was 7.8 million, and the budget submitted in the second round was 8 million. Both budgets met our requirements."

Tsk ————

Upon hearing this, Xu An smacked his lips, picked up the tender document for Proposal No. 5 again, and quickly flipped through it.

Large conference room.

Half an hour had passed since Xu An and the others left the conference room. The casual conversation had turned into anxious small talk, and everyone's gazes were increasingly drawn to the conference room door.

Tang Chen, one of the six participants in this bidding meeting and the presenter of Plan No. 5 from Hanhai Studio, had a more complicated feeling than the others.

Tang Chen was sent by his studio to participate in this bidding process as cannon fodder. The reason he called himself cannon fodder was because the price his studio offered was highly inflated.

This isn't about excessive profits, but rather that the quoted price completely fails to meet the requirements for implementing the plan. They're betting that the organizer, Xu An, won't see through this and will choose their plan.

Regardless of the studio's intentions, Tang Chen was only there to go through the motions at this bidding meeting.

but!

When Xu An was giving his presentation, Tang Chen caught a glimpse of interest in his eyes! Although it lasted less than 0.01 seconds, Tang Chen noticed it, spotted it, and saw it!

It's important to know that Xu An is not only the owner of the currently popular Xu's Catering, but also the initiator, investor, and person in charge of this project. He has veto power and decision-making power!

As long as he nods in agreement, as long as he approves of the studio's plan, those rules and regulations will cease to exist, and those restrictions will no longer be a problem!

That fleeting glimmer of hope ignited and rapidly grew stronger in Xu An's momentary flicker of interest.

Tang Chen's mood subtly shifted as her thoughts wandered, unconsciously growing both anticipation and trepidation. Her right leg, like those of the other attendees from various studios, began to tremble.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes.

Another ten minutes passed, and the conference room door remained silent, as immovable as an insurmountable mountain range, sealing the six people inside the small conference room. The frequency of the shaking in everyone's right feet increased, and the huge solid wood table in the center of the conference room began to shake as well.

It's been over forty minutes, and we still haven't reached an agreement?

Just as Tang Chen looked at the conference room door for the hundred and first time, he seemed to hear a series of hurried footsteps coming from outside the heavy door. Just as he was about to concentrate and listen carefully to see if it was just his imagination, the door slowly opened.

"Before officially announcing the bidding results, I have a question for Mr. Tang Chen, the presenter at Hanhai Studio," Xu An said, his gaze falling on Tang Chen, a gentle smile on his face, as he asked calmly, "Will the construction team be provided by my side?"

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