"He and Boss Lou went to check out the shop on Qianmen Street in the morning, and within two hours, the news had spread everywhere."
This is truly a case of worrying about nothing!
Li Chu thought for a moment and nodded: "I can put in a good word for you, but I can't guarantee whether they'll hire you or not."
"It's alright, Brother Li, just say the word for me."
"They probably need to renovate two places, but they'll definitely finish this one before they start on the other."
"You mean, his shop is going to be renovated too? It's only been two years." Zhu Wen's eyes lit up.
"I'll call him tonight and tell him to go to his shop to meet him tomorrow morning. You two can discuss the details yourselves. I'm not responsible for whether it works out or not."
"Thank you so much, Brother Li."
Zhu Wen hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Brother Li, there's something else I need to discuss."
As he spoke, he took an envelope out of his pocket and placed it on his desk.
"Brother Li, I ran into the woman you asked me to find last time on the street a couple of days ago. I noticed that she seems to have changed. This is a photo I secretly took with a borrowed camera."
He pointed to the envelope on the table.
"The woman I asked you to find last time?" Li Chu was caught off guard and didn't even realize what was going on.
"It's that woman who gave you some money," Zhu Wen said cautiously.
"You mean the one from the supply and marketing cooperative?" Li Chu then remembered who he was referring to—the young one that Ding Jianguo was raising.
"Yes, yes, that's her." Seeing that Li Chu remembered, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"You mean she's with a different man again? Did you take this photo?"
"Yes"
Li Chu picked up the envelope with great interest and poured out the photos inside.
This was the first time he had seen this woman. She looked to be about thirty years old and was quite attractive.
No wonder Ding Jianguo was so attracted to her; the woman looked so gentle and delicate that she easily aroused the protective instincts of a chauvinistic man.
The two people in the photo are behaving quite intimately; anyone with eyes can tell what their relationship is.
but……
Why does this guy look so familiar?
Due to the angle, the men in the photos are mostly shown in profile, not from the front.
"Zhu Wen, why isn't there a clear picture of this man's face?"
"Huh? Hey, Brother Li, I don't know how to take pictures. I just learned a little bit. I was mainly taking pictures of the woman, so I didn't pay much attention. But this man looks much younger than the woman, at most in his early twenties, and he should be a worker in some factory."
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"A worker?" Li Chu stared at the photo for a long time, but still couldn't recognize who the man was.
He didn't know many workers, and they were all so young.
"Brother Li, do you know him?"
"He looks somewhat familiar, but I can only see his profile, so it's hard to recognize him."
"Then I'll take a few more pictures for you tomorrow."
"No need, no need, let's ignore him." Li Chu shook his head and stuffed the photo back into the envelope.
"You go about your business. I'm just a little curious. I'll contact Xu Damao about the matter later. You can go tomorrow."
"Thank you, Brother Li. You go ahead with your work, I'm going now."
"Don't rush off! I still have something I need you to do!"
"Brother Li, please give your orders."
"Don't give me any orders. I have some work I'd like you to do, but it might be a bit troublesome."
When Zhu Wen heard there was work to be done, he grinned so wide you could see his back teeth.
"Brother Li, you're right. I'm not afraid of trouble, I'm just afraid of not having any work to do."
“I bought another courtyard house near Shichahai.”
The difference between people is amazing! Zhu Wen felt a toothache just listening to this. He looked at others and then at himself. These other people already had several courtyards. Just how much does this guy love houses?
"However, I want to tear down that back-facing house facing the street and rebuild it as a two-story building."
Hearing this, Zhu Wen understood and asked, "Brother Li, you want to turn that second floor into a storefront, right?"
"Yes, that's it!"
This is really troublesome! Zhu Wen thought to himself.
It's not that building a house is troublesome; that's his job. Building a small two-story house is nothing. The main trouble is the approval process. Changing the main structure of the house requires approval from the local street office.
"Brother Li, it's not that I'm making excuses, but I really don't have the ability to handle these kinds of change procedures," Zhu Wen said with a wry smile.
He really wanted to take on this job and work for this guy, partly because there was no rush, and partly because he didn't care about the price, only about the quality of the materials.
Which worker wouldn't like this kind of employer? And most importantly, they never deduct wages, and the payment process is always quick, so you don't have to pay too much upfront.
However, he didn't have the ability to get those procedures done, which required the signature of the street office director or even approval from the district.
"What are you thinking? Who said you had to handle the paperwork? I'll do that myself."
"Oh? So you said it's troublesome?"
"The problem I'm referring to is that I want to expand the first floor of that small two-story building, making it like a lobby, so that people sitting on the second floor can see the first floor."
"Isn't what you're describing just like the brothels of the past?"
"Uh...you can put it that way too!"
"Brother Li, what do you plan to use this house for?"
"I don't know either, let's just build it like this for now."
Zhu Wen was speechless. "You're being way too capricious!"
Li Chu took a bunch of keys from the drawer and tossed them over.
"Here's the key. Go take a look. That courtyard used to be where the neighborhood committee office was located."
"I know this house. It was later returned to Guo..."
At this point, Zhu Wenmeng stopped the car and asked hesitantly, "Brother Li, you didn't buy that shop on Qianmen Street, did you?"
You know?
"It really is you? You really got a good deal on this house. If Guo Xiangyang hadn't only asked for US dollars, he probably would have sold it long ago."
Li Chu smiled and said, "Don't make a fuss when you go out."
"No, don't worry! Brother Li, I'll head over there as soon as possible. I'll get you a blueprint for the house over there as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry."
"Hey, Brother Li, you're busy!"
After Zhu Wen left, Li Chu lost interest in going to the clinic and sat in a chair thinking about the house there.
I'd better ask my sister for help with the approval procedures. Although she's retired, she still has a lot of acquaintances in these neighborhood offices, and the same goes for the district.
Then he saw the envelope on the table, reached out and picked it up to examine it carefully.
That's strange. Who is this guy? Why does he seem familiar?
But he really didn't know many workers! And they were so young.
Wenxuan and Wenhui's classmates? He wasn't so sure about that.
But a young cow eating old grass? This guy's teeth are really good!
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