While Feng Haidong and Tang Anguo finalized the details with the shop owner who needed renovations.
On the other side, Gao Yongcheng led Lu Feng and Zhang Jianqiang to a building materials market in the suburbs of the provincial capital.
The three of them divided the work and defined the area, then began to go door to door to inquire about the prices of various building materials.
Gao Yongcheng gave Lu Feng and Zhang Jianqiang a special talk.
"Xiao Wu, Qiangzi, remember one thing: don't reveal too much. Just ask for prices and write down the prices of all kinds of building materials in each store."
Lu Feng couldn't help but ask, "Brother Gao, if we just ask like this, they'll just think we're homeowners looking to renovate, right? They probably won't tell us their bottom line."
Gao Yongcheng said, "Don't worry about that, just ask about the prices first."
Zhang Jianqiang thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Yongcheng, do you have any other plans?"
Gao Yongcheng smiled and said, "Well, that's a secret for now."
Seeing that Gao Yongcheng didn't say anything, Lu Feng and Zhang Jianqiang were both a little confused.
However, Gao Yongcheng did not give the two a chance to speak and urged them to go and ask about the price.
So the three of them split into three groups and went to inquire about prices from various vendors in the building materials market.
Although this building materials market in the suburbs of the provincial capital is still in its early stages, it already has quite a few shops.
So the three of them went to ask each other, one by one, and it really took a lot of time.
The three of them kept asking until it was past lunchtime.
Finally, I managed to find out the prices at each store.
The three met up again.
Seeing that Lu Feng and Zhang Jianqiang looked tired, Gao Yongcheng smiled and said, "Are you tired? Are you hungry? Shall we find a place to eat first, or go back first?"
Lu Feng was somewhat surprised: "Are we going back just like that? Shouldn't we put the prices together and compare them?"
Zhang Jianqiang said, "It's fine to go back first. We can take a bus from the station outside and have dinner after we get back."
Lu Feng said, "How about we find a restaurant here and eat first?"
At this point, Lu Feng added, "Brother Gao and Brother Qiang, you've both worked really hard today. Let's eat first. Anyway, my brother-in-law gave me some money when he came out."
Zhang Jianqiang insisted, "Let's go back first. There aren't any good restaurants around here, and they might rip us off because we're unfamiliar with them."
Gao Yongcheng nodded and said, "Qiangzi is right, let's go back first."
So the three of them left the building materials market and took a bus back.
The building materials market was indeed quite far away. It took the three of them almost an hour by bus, including a transfer, before they finally got back to Feng Haidong's shop.
Upon seeing the three return, Tang Anguo quickly invited them inside.
"We've been waiting for you to come back. How are the prices of building materials over there? Haidong and I have already finalized the renovation work with the boss, so we've officially taken it on."
Lu Feng couldn't help but say, "We asked about prices at each store, and then rushed back. We haven't even had a sip of water yet."
Feng Haidong was somewhat surprised: "You didn't have lunch over there?"
Lu Feng said, "I said I would eat there before coming back, but Brother Gao and Brother Qiang were in a hurry to come back, so we came back first."
Upon hearing this, Liu Fenzhen said, "You haven't eaten yet? Then wait a moment, I'll go and cook you two dishes, and heat up the rice for you."
Gao Yongcheng said, "Thank you for your trouble, sister. Just cook two dishes for us, and we'll mix the rice with the dishes."
Zhang Jianqiang said, "Do you have fried rice, sister? Just give me a fried rice, no side dishes needed."
Feng Haidong said to his older cousin, "How about this, sister, you and brother-in-law help cook two dishes. Don't reheat the rice, just cook it directly."
Liu Fenzhen said, "This is a good idea. I'll make you fried rice with eggs, and then I'll give you two dishes. That way, you can all have a meal."
Liu Fenzhen then called her husband to join her in cooking for them in the restaurant's kitchen.
While they waited, Feng Haidong gave the three of them three bottles of water, telling them to drink some water first, and then he would explain in detail.
Without any hesitation, the three of them tilted their heads back and drank the entire bottle of water in one gulp.
After drinking the water, Gao Yongcheng asked Lu Feng and Zhang Jianqiang to bring out the notes.
Gao Yongcheng handed the materials to Tang Anguo and Feng Haidong, saying, "These are the prices from all the stores in the building materials market. My idea is that we can contact some manufacturers based on these prices to see if they are reasonable, and then we can choose a few suppliers to use."
After hearing Gao Yongcheng's words, Lu Feng and Zhang Jianqiang immediately understood.
No wonder Gao Yongcheng asked them to inquire about prices and also bring back the advertising materials from each company.
It turned out that Gao Yongcheng planned to inquire about the manufacturer's price and then compare it with the quotations in the building materials market.
Feng Haidong said, "Yongcheng's method is good. This way, we have a better understanding of the price, and we will be more at ease when negotiating prices with the building materials market later."
Tang Anguo said with a smile, "I knew it. It would be no problem to leave this to Xiao Gao."
Gao Yongcheng said, "This is because Brother Tang and Brother Feng trust me."
Feng Haidong said, "Of course I trust you. I've always thought you and Qiangzi are very honest people, so I've always told my senior brother that you two are absolutely trustworthy."
Feng Haidong's words made Gao Yongcheng and Zhang Jianqiang feel very comfortable.
Then, Feng Haidong said, "Senior Brother, I think that since that's the case, we should just hand over the material matters to Yongcheng and Jianqiang. Of course, we should still hand over the wires to our Xiaowu. It's just right that the three of them can take charge of purchasing materials together."
Gao Yongcheng and Zhang Jianqiang were even more surprised when they heard this.
Gao Yongcheng, in particular, had previously felt that Feng Haidong and Tang Anguo did not trust him very much.
But hearing Feng Haidong's words now made Gao Yongcheng realize that he had been overthinking things, and that Feng Haidong was still willing to believe him.
Zhang Jianqiang was deeply moved, after all, his younger brother had made a mistake before, and now he was at odds with Feng Haidong.
However, Feng Haidong did not mind and was still willing to believe in himself.
This made Zhang Jianqiang feel that his hard work and dedication had finally earned him respect.
Upon hearing Feng Haidong's arrangement, Tang Anguo immediately agreed: "Sure, we'll follow your arrangement, Haidong. From now on, Xiao Gao will be in charge of material procurement, and Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wu will work with your Brother Gao."
Gao Yongcheng was about to decline when Tang Anguo smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Are you afraid to accept, Xiao Gao?"
When asked this question, Gao Yongcheng finally agreed.
Before long, Liu Fenzhen and her husband had prepared the dishes and fried rice in the kitchen.
Serve the food out for Gao Yongcheng, Lu Feng, and Zhang Jianqiang to eat first.
Feng Haidong and Tang Anguo were intently looking at the records the three men had brought back.
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