The next morning, before seven o'clock, Wang Zhenbo had already eaten breakfast and came to the brigade headquarters to work.
Today is the first day of the subscription period, and he needs to prepare for the work.
As a result, before he even reached the brigade headquarters, he saw dozens of people squatting or sitting under the big locust tree in the distance!
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that these people were all there to pay their down payments.
Wang Zhenbo said yesterday that those who pay first can choose their seats first.
Who doesn't want a good position? Some people are afraid that their good position will be taken by others. That's why some people are already staking out the brigade headquarters before dawn.
According to Li Jinshan, he went out to get up at midnight because he was hungry, and saw someone squatting under the big locust tree, which startled him!
Wang Zhenbo instructed everyone to line up in order of arrival, while Li Kang led a group to maintain order. One by one, they entered the room, paid, signed, and pressed their fingerprints before choosing a seat.
The money arrived quickly. Li Qing, Li Kang, and Zhao Suixin each led a group to haul sand, gravel, bricks, tiles, and lime. Li Xiangchao led a group to Damutuo Brigade to order doors and windows. Since they were all the same size, they only needed to order two hundred sets.
When the head of the Damutuo brigade, Mu Weisan, saw a huge business opportunity fall from the sky, he grinned from ear to ear.
He offered Li Xiangchao a 20% discount and held his hand, repeatedly assuring him that he would use high-quality materials and workmanship, and deliver the goods on time, even bringing them to his door.
With the materials ready, the next step is to find a construction team.
Such a large project is unrealistic for Li Chang to lead the villagers alone, not to mention that they also have to work at shrimp ponds, vegetable greenhouses, and canneries, so they don't have that much time!
If your own people aren't good enough, you have to spend money to hire outsiders.
Now, many brigades in Huichuan County have established construction teams. Li Jin and his team counted eight teams that are doing a relatively good job.
Instead of messaging each person individually, they arranged for them to chat together at the same time.
The eight construction team leaders looked at each other, staring at each other blankly, wondering what Lijiapo was really up to.
Li Jin and Wang Zhenbo, among others, smiled and poured each of them a cup of tea. Not to mention that these construction team leaders didn't know, they didn't even know why Li Xiangdong was doing this at first!
Li Xiangdong gave them a thorough explanation of his approach. In his words, "This time, our new residential housing project will be put out to tender!"
Tendering and bidding is a transaction method used in my country for engineering construction projects, service projects, and goods procurement projects under market economy conditions.
This method doesn't even exist yet.
In order to reduce costs and complete the project in the shortest possible time, Li Xiangdong borrowed this method first!
First, Li Xiangdong divided the new residential project, which involves building 200 houses, into five sections, with each section responsible for building 40 houses. The highest bid was 3,000 yuan, and the construction period was three months.
The construction teams contracted for each section must complete the construction on time, on schedule, and with guaranteed quality and quantity, under the supervision of Lijiapo.
Building a new house in Lijiapo would take about a dozen people and half a month, so the price of three thousand yuan is neither too high nor too low.
After Li Xiangdong finished explaining the rules, the construction team leaders looked at each other in bewilderment. "We have eight teams, and you've divided up five sections. How are we supposed to allocate them?"
"Team leaders, we will now begin the bidding process! First, the first section, covering Hongxing Road and Feixia Street. Please submit your bids. Bids should not exceed three thousand yuan; the lowest bidder wins!"
Li Xiangdong gestured to Li Guoqing to hand each of the eight construction team leaders a piece of paper and a pen. The paper had the name of their respective team written on it, and they only needed to fill in the price they wanted.
This is actually called competitive negotiation in the bidding law. The construction conditions are determined first, and whoever offers the lowest price wins the bid.
Several construction team leaders gritted their teeth. Three thousand yuan was not a low price, but if they wanted to win the project, they had to offer a lower price than others. However, if the price was too low, it wouldn't be worthwhile for them.
For a moment, only the heavy breathing of a few grown men could be heard in the room, each holding their breath and concentrating on how much they had to write.
Li Jin and Li Xiangdong sat back and let others lower the price on their own initiative, which was much more satisfying than them negotiating the price themselves!
Not a single drop of saliva is wasted!
Time passed slowly, and soon fifteen minutes were up. Li Guoqing collected the slips of paper one by one, put them on a tea tray, and brought them over for Li Jin and the others to open and read.
Li Jin opened a sheet of paper, on which were written several Arabic numerals in crooked handwriting: “2900”.
The next one, "2800".
2960——
2850——
2741——
2942——
2810——
The last one, 2600!
Li Jin frowned at first, thinking that the price reduction wasn't that much!
Only when the last blank sheet of paper was opened and the number 2600 was seen did Li Jin grin. He slammed his hand on the table and announced, "The first section, construction fee of 2600 yuan, Dahuzhuang Construction Team wins the bid! Please come up to the stage to sign the contract!"
Shen Jianye, the captain of the Dahuzhuang construction team, stood up happily, went to the desk to sign the contract, and pressed a bright red handprint on his crookedly written name!
The other construction team leaders started to get restless. Didn't Old Shen just say that the price couldn't be lower than 2,800 yuan?
That traitor!
That old fox!
Wang Qingxiang of Wangfuzhuang expressed his disdain. Of course, the other six also expressed their dissatisfaction with him. You are no different from Lao Shen. Was it you who reported 2741 yuan?
The first round shattered the eight-person alliance; once suspicion arose, no one would trust anyone else.
In order to secure the remaining four bid sections, they offered the lowest possible profit margin in hopes of winning the bids.
Therefore, before noon, all five sections had been awarded contracts and signed.
Among them, the winning bid price of the Dahuzhuang construction team was the highest, while the remaining four bids did not exceed 2,300 yuan!
Of course, although the price wasn't as high as what that old fox Lao Shen signed, we finally won the bid. The two teams from Wuniuzhuang and Baidukou, on the other hand, came away empty-handed!
Old Shen's success was certainly heartbreaking, but Niu Sixing and Bao Guinan's failures made them even happier, hahaha~
Niu Sixing and Bao Guinan, two unfortunate brothers, were about to leave dejectedly when Li Xiangdong called them back at the door.
"What's wrong?"
"I have two more projects coming up. I wonder if either of you would be interested?"
Yes, yes, yes!
The two of them immediately shook off their previous dejection and perked up.
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