Half an hour later, the two sat in a private room of a state-owned restaurant. Chu Tian wanted to pour wine, but Director Liu said that he had to work in the afternoon and could not drink, so he poured water instead.

Director Liu took a sip of water and asked without looking up, "Chu Tian, ​​what do you want to talk to me about? Just tell me directly! I'll help you if I can. No need to use those empty words!"

Chu Tian smiled when he heard this, "Uncle, then I will just say it directly?"

Seeing Director Liu nodded, Chu Tian said, "...That's it. We plan to build a house, and a building, and a building needs steel bars, so..."

Director Liu was stunned for a moment. "Have you already started building? When Jiali came back two days ago, she said they also bought a yard..."

Chu Tian nodded, "I know, I'll go check out their yard first."

Director Liu was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm not in charge of sales, but I also know that our steel plant never accepts such small orders..."

After a pause, he continued, "But that's not impossible. The director of their sales department and I have known each other for over 20 years."

"only····"

Before he finished speaking, Chu Tian hurriedly said, "Uncle, whether it's a gift or money, we are willing to accept it as long as we can buy it."

Director Liu smiled and said, "Giving gifts is definitely necessary, but don't worry, I'm here and I won't let you spend a lot of money."

Chu Tian picked up the teacup and said, "Uncle, I'll use tea instead of wine to thank you."

Director Liu also picked up his teacup and clinked it with Chu Tian's, smiling and saying, "You're welcome. This is nothing compared to the care you showed the friendly couple! The main thing is, this is something I can do."

What Director Liu didn't say was that if Chu Tian wasn't such a nice guy, and wasn't really caring and generous towards the friendly couple, and usually gave them any good things he got when he came back from driving, he wouldn't have cared about this matter. After all, no matter how small the matter is, it requires a favor, and favors need to be repaid.

After dinner, Director Liu had to go back to work, and Chu Tian also had something else to do, so he handed the things he brought to Director Liu and said, "Uncle, take these back!"

Director Liu didn't refuse too much. He graciously extended his hand to take it and said with a smile, "I'll go back and make an appointment with him today. Tomorrow, Thursday, probably won't be possible, so how about the day after tomorrow? The day after tomorrow, Friday, after get off work, you and your second brother can come over and have a couple of drinks with him, and then you can talk to him in person."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, uncle."

After saying goodbye to Director Liu, Chu Tian got on his bike and went to the production team. He was going to look for Li Gang. This time in southern Xinjiang, he had bought about 10,000 kilograms of last year's red dates and walnuts from several villages at the price of eight cents per kilogram. He planned to sell them all at once.

After discussing the price and delivery time with Li Gang, it was already six or seven in the afternoon. Chu Tian did not delay any longer and hurried home. As soon as he arrived at the brigade and had no time to look for Sun Baoguo and his brother, Chu Min came to find him first.

"Second brother? You just came back too?"

Chu Min shook his head, "I came back around three o'clock."

"How's it going? Did you say hello to the steel bars?"

Chu Tian moved two chairs, placed one in front of himself and Chu Min respectively, sat down on the chairs and nodded.

"Well, I did ask, but my friend's father-in-law said that he is only in charge of production, and the steel bar issue is under the management of the sales department, so for the details, I still need to talk to the director of the sales department."

Chu Min thought for a moment and asked, "Does your father-in-law know the director of the sales department?"

Chu Tian nodded. "Well, it is said that they have known each other for more than 20 years. He will help us tell him in advance, but we still need to discuss the details with him in person."

"when?"

"Friendly Army's father-in-law said that he will get off work the day after tomorrow. Then he will invite him to the state-owned restaurant. We will bring our things and go talk to him."

"Okay, we'll split the gifts in half."

"OK·····"

"By the way, has the cement board been ordered?"

Chu Min smiled when he heard this. "It's ordered. I gave two bottles of Xinjiang's Yili Laojiao to the cement factory director, and he approved a batch of cement slabs for me. But I have to wait in line, and it won't be until May."

Chu Tian nodded. "May is not too late. We can build the walls of the first floor first, and then build the upper part when the cement slabs arrive..."

After a pause, Chu Tian looked at Chu Min with amusement, "Second brother, I remember you received quite a lot of Wuliangye and Moutai back then? Why didn't you give me Wuliangye and Moutai?"

"That will be very useful in the future. It would be a pity to give it to him."

Chu Min grinned, "Besides, I just wanted to cut in line by sending two bottles of Yili Laojiao to the director of the cement factory. He can buy it anyway, but it will be two months later."

Chu Tian stared at Chu Min and uttered two words, "Cunning!"

Chu Min smiled indifferently and continued, "By the way, I heard that building a building is different from building a normal house. Buildings require blueprints. Do we need them too?"

Chu Tian nodded. "Yes, but don't worry about it, second brother. I have already paid the friendly forces to find two students from their school who are majoring in architectural design. I asked them to go to our yard to measure the dimensions and start helping us design the blueprints."

Chu Min was surprised. "When did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?"

Chu Tian smiled and said, "It's about what happened before we set out on this trip. Did you forget that I asked you for the keys to those courtyards?"

Chu Min nodded in understanding, "Okay, how much is a blueprint?"

"I agreed on 50 cents per drawing. I want him to produce at least three drawings for each yard. We can then choose the one we like best."

As I said, every profession has its own expertise, and everything should be left to professionals. Those people in the construction team are professional at their work, but if you ask them to draw blueprints, they will definitely not be as good as those who have studied design, even though those students have only been in school for a few months...

However, he thought that if the two students that the friendly forces were looking for were smart, they would definitely finish the painting and ask the teacher to look at it before coming to him.

Chu Min nodded. "Fifty cents isn't expensive. One house is one dollar and fifty cents, so four houses are only six dollars."

After a pause, he continued, "Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Although I don't have as much money as you, I won't take advantage of you. Let's keep a record of how much we spent. When we settle the bill, I'll slowly give you the money I need."

After Chu Min bought four courtyards in the city, he only had more than 80,000 yuan left. Because they built the house together, he gave all the 80,000 yuan to Chu Tian. He didn’t know whether it was enough, but if it was not enough, Chu Tian would have to pay for it first, and he would return it to Chu Tian later.

This was all agreed upon in advance, so Chu Tian nodded after hearing it, "Okay, I understand."