Chapter 207 Private work, exploiting Ye Gong
She found her way smoothly to Engineer Ye's desk, took a chair and sat down with a smile. Others thought she came to see Engineer Ye about her previous design and did not pay much attention to her.
Engineer Ye looked at her in surprise and exclaimed, "Ms. Zhang! Why are you here? Is there something wrong with the previous design?"
Zhang Wanwan quickly shook her head and whispered, "I want to build a pavilion on the mountain and a wall at the foot of the mountain. Can you help me design it? Just treat it as an extra job for you. Don't let Dean He know. How about that?"
Ye Gong understood what he meant, made an "OK" gesture, and whispered, "Go to the coffee shop outside the company and wait for me. I'll come find you!"
The two of them acted like a meeting between spies.
By the time Mr. Ye arrived at the coffee shop, Zhang Wanwan had already drunk half a cup of coffee.
"I'm sorry, I was caught up in something when I was about to leave." Ye Gong sat down apologetically, ordered some food for Zhang Wanwan, and then asked, "Tell me, what are you thinking now?"
After so many interactions with Zhang Wanwan, he probably knew what kind of person she was. As long as he designed it according to Zhang Wanwan's wishes, she generally wouldn't find fault with it.
"It's like this. You know the situation of my villa. Have you ever visited the house after it was completed?"
Engineer Ye nodded, "Of course I have to go and see it! You haven't even paid the balance yet, how can I feel at ease if I don't go and take a look?"
Zhang Wanwan remained calm when hearing Ye Gong's teasing words. She was thicker than a city wall and continued, "Since you have seen it, you also know the situation of my mountain. It is now like a bald head with few hairs on it. My father is worried that the typhoon will cause soil erosion there and may also affect my villa. I think so too.
Finally, I decided to plant flowers, fruit trees and some evergreen trees on the mountain. But my dad said that naughty kids would not let my flowers and trees bloom, so I had to find you to design a nice-looking fence for me, a tall one, and a beautiful pavilion for me on the mountain, a spacious one, preferably with glass and bamboo curtains, and I can take a nap in it. I like the ancient style, and the material should be imitation bamboo.
Besides, I just found out yesterday that I would pass by a cemetery if I took the other road out. I have some psychological trauma now, so I hope the effect of your pavilion design can make me forget about the cemetery."
Engineer Ye almost spit out the coffee in his mouth, and complained with wide eyes: "The pavilions in Pu City are almost the same, and the one at the cemetery is no exception. You want me to build a pavilion but I can't let you associate it with the cemetery. Isn't this embarrassing for me?"
"That depends on the ability of Designer Ye!" Zhang Wanwan leaned her head against the table and said while blinking innocently.
Ye Gong was furious and said unhappily, "I knew that extra money is not that easy to get!"
However, despite his complaints, Ye Gong was still very concerned. He immediately opened his notebook and clicked several times before letting Zhang Wanwan go over to have a look. "Since you don't want the pavilion in our style, then let's build a teahouse similar to the ones in the tourist area. The exterior should be similar to a thatched house. I will design the exterior with imitation bamboo materials for you, and you can also use imitation bamboo materials inside to create the effect of a bamboo house. Then use warm-toned lighting to create a warm atmosphere. Design a sofa inside that can be used for entertaining guests and taking a nap. It's completely in the ancient style. How do you think?"
Zhang Wanwan nodded continuously, patted Engineer Ye's shoulder heavily, and praised: "I knew you were capable. Look, this style is good! Then design a stone staircase leading to the pavilion for me, and plant camellia on both sides. It feels good!"
"You really know how to enjoy life!" Engineer Ye said enviously, "Since the pavilion is in ancient style, then the fence should also be designed in ancient and simple style. It won't be expensive, and it won't be too abrupt."
Zhang Wanwan looked at a few more models and finally picked a simpler one. She didn't have any ideas about the wall, as long as it could keep out those "troublemakers".
After finishing this matter, Ye Gong saw that she was about to leave, so he hurriedly said, "My dear aunt, since you are here, why don't you go and settle the balance with our Dean He? You see, I am still counting on that little money to support my family!"
Engineer Ye feels depressed when talking about this. He always thought that it was Zhang's father who was rich. Every time he went to the villa and saw Zhang's father, he would try his best to introduce his design. When the project was almost finished, he found out that the rich old man was actually Zhang Wanwan. Without Zhang Wanwan's nod, Zhang's father didn't dare to make any decision on his own. Look, others are still in school and are rich, while he has children and has to work for others. What kind of life is this!
Zhang Wanwan looked as if she had suddenly realized something. "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about it! Settling the final payment is a small matter, but Mr. Ye, can you help me out a little more?"
Engineer Ye really wanted to vomit blood. With tears in his eyes, he watched Zhang Wanwan go to the design institute. He silently took out his cell phone and called a friend, "Hey, your family sells flower seedlings, fruit seedlings, and tree seedlings, right? No matter what kind of seedlings you sell, give me the lowest discount. I want them right away!"
Zhang Wanwan looked refreshed when she came out of the design institute. Even the traffic jams could not affect her good mood. Although she paid a sum of money, she settled the design matter with Engineer Ye. Because it was a direct connection, she saved some money on the design institute. The most important thing was that she got cheap saplings through Engineer Ye. The mountain was not small, so she could save a lot of money. She found that she was becoming more and more like Grandet.
Thinking of Mr. Ye who was exploited to madness by her, Zhang Wanwan couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth. It turned out that she also had this kind of evil hobby!
In the next few days, while Mr. Ye's design was not yet completed, she hurried to buy all the furniture and appliances for the villa, including the bed and bedding.
Zhang's mother didn't have time to help her clean the villa, so Zhang Wanwan had to hire two relatively reliable women to do the work. It took her a whole day just to clean up the tea stalks and fruit peels, and another day to scrub the cabinets and floors. She also had to dehydrate the sheets and hang the quilts to dry. In total, she was busy for three or four days.
By mid-July, her villa was finally ready for people to live in. At the same time, construction on the mountain began. Since Li Yongshou had too much work to do and could not continue to work for her, Zhang Wanwan could only use people recommended by Engineer Ye. Fortunately, all the workers he recommended were experienced. Besides, it would only take a few days to build a pavilion similar to a teahouse as the materials would arrive. However, it took more time to build the wall. After all, it was a lot of work to enclose the entire mountain.
Zhang's father came to take a look several times and knew that it would take at least until the end of August for the mountain to be completely completed. By that time, Zhang Wanwan should have gone to school. In order not to waste time, he went straight to find a Feng Shui master, chose a good day nearby to move into the new house, and treated everyone to a meal!
(End of this chapter)
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