The news from the other end of the phone was like a bomb, exploding in Mou Xuan's heart.
The end of the world coming early?
This is not a joke!
The safe house must be impregnable and cannot afford any mistakes.
He hung up the phone and scanned the newly built "fortress" with eyes as sharp as a hawk.
"Come on, follow me in!" Mou Xuan waved his hand and stepped into the safe house first. His solemn expression seemed to foreshadow the coming of a storm.
The tense atmosphere spread like a spider web, making it hard to breathe.
He began to carefully examine every brick, every steel bar, and every bag of cement.
His keen observation allowed him to detect something amiss - some of the steel bars had rusty surfaces, and some of the cement had unusually rough textures, which were obviously different from the samples he had inspected before.
"Foreman Luo! Come here!" Mou Xuan's voice echoed in the safe house like thunder, startling the lazy worker Yang.
Contractor Luo came over with a reluctant look on his face, muttering, "What's the matter, Mr. Mou? Isn't the work done?" "Look at these building materials! These steel bars and cement, what the hell are these?!" Mou Xuan pointed at the inferior building materials, furious.
Luo Bao's eyes flickered, and he stammered, "These... these are all from regular manufacturers, there can't be any problems..." "Regular manufacturers? Do you think I'm stupid?" Mou Xuan sneered, "These building materials are obviously inferior products that were cut corners! Do you think I can't see it?"
"Boss Mou, please don't wrongly accuse a good person! I, Luo, have been working on projects for so many years, and I have always been honest and fair..." "Stop talking nonsense!" Mou Xuan slammed the table, "Do you really think I don't know your little tricks? Do you think you can make dirty money by fooling me with these inferior building materials?" He grabbed Luo the foreman by the collar, his eyes as sharp as a knife: "The end of the world is coming, this safe house is the key to our survival! How dare you tamper with it?!"
Luo the foreman was so frightened that his face turned pale and he was trembling and unable to speak.
The workers around were also silent, not daring to make a sound.
Mou Xuan let go of his hand, took a deep breath, and suppressed the anger in his heart.
At this point, there is no point in pursuing responsibility. The top priority is to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.
He looked around at everyone and said in a cold tone, "Now, immediately tear down all these inferior building materials! Purchase new qualified materials!"
"This..." Foreman Luo was embarrassed, "It might be too late to go shopping now..." Mou Xuan's eyes were stern, "We have to go even if it's too late! Even if we lose everything, we have to ensure the quality of the safe house!" He paused, and his tone became more determined, "The end of the world does not wait for anyone, we must race against time!" After that, he turned and walked out the door and called Su, the building materials merchant...
Mou Xuan stared at the shoddy building materials, and a scene flashed through his mind: after the end of the world, zombies poured in like a tide, the safe house was shaky and finally collapsed.
He felt suffocated, as if his heart was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand.
"No! Absolutely not!" Mou Xuan roared in his heart. The safe house was the guarantee of his survival in the apocalypse and he could not afford to be careless at all.
This is no joke, it's a matter of life and death. If the safe house collapses, won't he become a buffet for zombies?
He scratched his hair in annoyance, wishing he could grab Luo the foreman, "Old Six", and give him a good beating.
"Boss Luo, come here! Explain what's going on?" Mou Xuan's tone was as cold as ten thousand years of ice.
Luo Bao, the foreman, walked over slowly with a hint of disdain on his face. He thought to himself, "What can this kid do to me? I still have to pay the money." He said with a smile, "Boss Mou, don't be angry. This... maybe the workers made a mistake by accident. I'll ask them to change it right away."
"Change? Do you think I'm stupid?" Mou Xuan sneered, took out a thick stack of contracts from his pocket, and said in a tough tone: "It is clearly written in black and white on the contract that the building materials must meet national standards. You are now using these defective products to fool me. Do you think I'm easy to bully?"
Foreman Luo originally thought that Mou Xuan was young and easy to fool, but he didn't expect that he actually had such a trick up his sleeve.
He panicked immediately, the smile on his face froze, and he stammered, "Boss Mou, please listen to my explanation... this..."
Mou Xuan interrupted him impatiently: "I don't want to hear your explanation. Now, contact Su Building Materials Merchant immediately and replace all this garbage for me! Also, according to the contract, you need to compensate me for my losses!"
Foreman Luo was stunned. He didn't expect Mou Xuan to be so tough and show no mercy.
He said with a sad face: "Boss Mou, this...it will take time to re-purchase building materials. The end of the world is coming, we..."
"Time? I'll give you time!" Mou Xuan said in a grim tone, "But you must bear all the consequences!" He pointed to a line of words on the contract and said word by word: "Liquidated damages, 100 million!"
Foreman Luo felt dizzy and almost fainted.
One hundred million!
This is all his wealth!
He asked in a trembling voice: "Mr. Mou... Mr. Mou, can you...have less?"
Mou Xuan raised his lips to sneer, "Less? Sure..."
Mou Xuan sneered and tapped the contract with his finger, "Less? Sure, then return the money you earned for cutting corners, and I'll double the compensation! Also, you can get out now!" Foreman Luo suddenly collapsed to the ground like a deflated ball, all his previous arrogance gone.
"I... I'll compensate, I'll compensate!" He had a sad face and nodded repeatedly.
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