Chapter 289
The construction project in the West City Development Zone is arguably the biggest news story that has been attracting attention throughout Pingdong City recently.
Once Lei Tingjun and the Development Office signed the takeover contract, the news spread like wildfire, causing an uproar in Pingdong.
The most shocked team was the Red Sun Transport Team, which had previously competed with the Thunder Transport Team.
Back when there was no Thunder Transport Team in Pingdong City, there were only two companies competing against each other: Red Sun and Ocean.
After Lei Tingjun started from scratch and established the Lei Ting Transport Team, the Ocean Transport Team was defeated by Lei Tingjun and replaced by Hong Ri, which split into two.
I thought this was a kind of balance.
But no one could have imagined that in just six months, Lei Tingjun would acquire a brick factory, expand his business, and now directly cooperate with the municipal government's development office to take on such a large project.
That's a commercial development zone spanning tens of thousands of square meters!
Lei Tingjun is incredibly audacious. He had nothing, yet he dared to take on such a huge, unfinished project.
However, as soon as this news spread, many people with a keen sense of business smelled the opportunity and asked others to contact Lei Tingjun in advance to discuss future business cooperation with him.
Lei Tingjun originally anticipated that the city hall and the former partners of the attached building developer would be the two major challenges he needed to overcome.
Unexpectedly, now that this inside information has spread within the building materials and engineering industry, people are automatically coming to him.
He didn't need to worry at all; people would come to him seeking cooperation.
The first person to sense the news and the first to come looking for them was Zou Jian, the owner of the Hongri Transportation Team.
Zou Jian had been dealing with Lei Tingjun for more than half a year and had gained a certain understanding of Lei Tingjun's personality.
He has the courage and boldness to do what others dare not do, and he also has a forward-looking vision that others do not have.
Since he dared to gamble his entire fortune to take on this project, it means he was at least 60% confident that the project could be turned around.
Zou Jian thought, if Lei Tingjun dared to take it on, what else wouldn't he dare to do?
As the saying goes, the bold get rich while the timid starve. Opportunities are fleeting; if you don't seize them, they'll fall into someone else's hands.
By then, it will be too late to regret it.
So, the next day, Zou Jian came to Lei Tingjun and told him that their Red Sun Transportation Team was willing to cooperate with Lei Tingjun and his team. Whether it was a need for building material transportation or a need for building material supply, Red Sun could provide it.
Lei Tingjun knew that before their Lei Ting Transportation Team grew big, the Red Sun Transportation Team was one of the top transportation teams in Pingdong City, and had cooperation with many construction sites for the transportation of building materials.
Moreover, Zou Jian has access to a large number of building material manufacturers.
Especially the main materials are sand, gravel, and cement.
With Zou Jian's involvement, the chances of this major project being completed are at least one-third.
Lei Tingjun immediately expressed his welcome to Zou Jian and his team to become one of the suppliers for the Xishi Development Zone project.
In addition, Zou Jian also has dozens of large transport trucks, and with Lei Tingjun's own manpower and vehicles, there should be no problem transporting various materials.
Next, we need to find a reliable and sustainable supplier of steel reinforcement materials.
This time, Lei Tingjun set his sights on the factory where they used to recycle scrap metal.
In that factory, A-Qiang has a distant relative who works there. Last time, it was A-Qiang who helped him sign the contract for this frontline position.
This time, Lei Tingjun again had A-Qiang contact his relative, who then found one of the leaders in charge of the steel factory. Lei Tingjun then accompanied A-Qiang and Zhou Peng to discuss the details, including the price.
Generally, large building materials factories like these require a prepayment once a purchase agreement is reached.
Lei Tingjun doesn't have that much money on him right now.
The sheer size of the building materials required means that even just half of the advance payment is staggering.
Lei Tingjun remained calm and confident. When he was negotiating business, no one could tell that he hadn't even submitted an application for a bank loan yet.
If it were anyone else, the first thing they would do upon receiving such a large project would be to apply for a bank loan, and then gradually find building material suppliers, transportation teams, and even construction workers.
But the Thunder Army did the opposite.
He first needs to negotiate with partners, arrange project plans, and find workers and labor.
Then, with a perfect plan in hand, go to the bank to discuss the loan.
Almost no one would dare to take such a risk, but Lei Tingjun did.
When the building materials factory learned that Lei Tingjun had come to discuss business and that he needed a considerable quantity of building materials, they readily agreed to give Lei Tingjun a share.
After reaching an agreement, Lei Tingjun returned to Pingdong City under the pretext of preparing the advance payment and coming back three days later to formally sign the contract, and continued to make arrangements for other matters without stopping.
With the government documents in hand, the building materials deal secured, and the transportation team in place, plus the red bricks and cement from Zou Jian's and Lei Tingjun's own hometown brick factory, things were pretty much settled.
Now, the only remaining group is the group of workers left behind by the original Fujian developer, who are owed two months' wages, and they are waiting for Lei Tingjun to recruit them.
Before leaving, Zhou Peng said, "Brother Lei, how about we get a different batch of workers? It's easy to find workers. We can go to the surrounding districts and counties and the countryside, offer lower wages than this, and people will still be willing to come."
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