"Hey, you brat, didn't you just promise me everything? Why are you unhappy now that I've talked to you about a few people?" Father Lu glared at Lu Yuan, clearly displeased.
Lu Yuan, his face darkening, said, "Dad, it's not that I don't want to agree, but how can I give you hundreds of people at once? Although the construction site is nearing completion, we still need so many people for the finishing work. Where am I supposed to find hundreds of people for you?!"
"I don't care, you figure it out yourself. Besides, if you want to move into this house, you need to renovate it. How can you do it without wood and furniture!"
Upon hearing the news that they needed more people, Lu Yuan immediately looked worried. He had originally thought that his father would only need a dozen or twenty people at most, but he hadn't expected that his father would ask for hundreds, which put Lu Yuan in a difficult position.
"What do you need so many people for? I'll give you fifty, see if that's enough?"
After hearing this, Mr. Lu's face showed a hint of embarrassment, and he shook his head repeatedly, saying, "Fifty? Are you trying to fob me off? They don't have the materials I need here. We can only take people to the factories in the city to see if there are any leftover scrap materials. I've already planned the route map, and I've already searched online for all the materials that might be stored in these factories. All you need to do is lend me the people, and I'll bring the materials back and return the people to you untouched. Is that alright?"
Lu Yuan finally compromised somewhat. After all, he knew that food was in short supply. If he continued to recruit more people, Lu Yuan might not be able to accept them. Although he didn't want to cause trouble for himself, he knew that if he wanted his family to move over, they wouldn't be able to live in the house without renovations.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuan called Chen Bin directly. A short while later, Chen Bin rushed into the office, greeted Lu Yuan's father after a quick glance, and looked at Lu Yuan with a puzzled expression.
"Mr. Lu, what's the matter?"
"How many people can we spare from our work right now? I'd like to ask them to come with my dad and borrow them for a few days!"
Lu's father relayed his thoughts to Chen Bin verbatim. After listening, Chen Bin's face relaxed slightly, and he said, "Really? Since you're just borrowing people, then there's no problem. This way, we can spare more than 500 people from the construction site every day. When you come to the construction site, I'll give you exactly which people you need to go out each day. What do you think?"
Upon hearing that over five hundred people could be lent out, Lu's father's face immediately lit up, and he slapped his thigh, exclaiming, "Look how straightforward Xiao Chen is! He lends five hundred people without hesitation. Why is it so difficult to talk to you? You ask for fifty or twenty people at a time!"
After listening, Lu Yuan's face immediately darkened, as if he really couldn't find a reason to defend himself.
A few days later, Mr. Lu led a group of people, driving slowly from outside. Dozens of semi-trailer trucks loaded with goods drove excitedly into the rural base.
Everyone pointed and whispered when they saw the trucks loaded with goods, while Lu's father jumped off the first truck with a proud look on his face.
"Come on, unload the goods! This was all brought in from outside—high-quality putty powder, solid wood, tiles, and so on. From now on, everyone's room will be equipped with a toilet and shower. We'll use whatever is good and expensive!" Father Lu said to the crowd with a wave of his hand.
A cheer immediately erupted from the crowd, and everyone rushed onto the car, carefully unloading some of the toilets and toiletries.
After a while, Lu Yuan also heard the commotion outside the door. He stood up and looked outside. He saw more than ten trucks parked on the main road, slowly unloading their cargo. He was a little surprised and wanted to go out and see what was going on. But then he saw Chen Bin shaking his head helplessly and walking over with a smile, saying, "Uncle is really a capable person. He emptied out someone else's cargo yard!"
Lu Yuan was surprised when he heard this, so he quickly asked what was going on. Then he told Lu Yuan about Chen Bin calling Lu "Dad".
When Lu Yuan heard that his father had accomplished this feat, he was speechless.
"Sigh, the old man must be so bored at home. I wonder whose goods he's stolen this time. I wonder if he'll get attacked by them!" Lu Yuan sighed. After all, these goods all looked so new. If the sellers really came knocking on his door, Lu's father would definitely ignore them.
Although it's the apocalypse now and everything is basically ownerless, the loss of such a large quantity of goods will definitely attract attention.
However, Lu Yuan wasn't particularly worried. After all, he was now the leader of a base. If the other party really demanded compensation, he could pay them without batting an eye. He had many trump cards at his disposal, and any one of them would be enough to ensure they had no worries about food and drink.
Construction in the new district has entered a regular phase, and Lu's father is working tirelessly every day, even to the point of neglecting sleep and meals. Seeing this, Lu Yuan can only shake his head helplessly. He just wants to return to Qingshui City as soon as possible to bring the people over there.
Now he doesn't need to worry about most things at the base anymore. The only thing Lu Yuan is a little worried about is the finances. After all, although Xiao Shan has been in charge of the finances, she is not a professional. She can handle simple things, but when there are a lot of things, she becomes overwhelmed.
Lu Yuan had been looking for a reliable financial expert to help him manage the financial income and expenditure here, but no one had been able to do so. Although there were already several thousand people in the base, eighty percent of them were migrant workers.
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