Chapter 408 Assembling the Engineering Team
The construction team quickly began work, but Meng Qingyin remained deep in thought.
There are countless cliffs all over the world, but only a handful of construction teams have the necessary permits. Iron Bull Brother's team is probably the only one of its kind.
It takes them three days to build a bridge; if players rely on them for everything, they definitely won't be able to endure it.
You can spend money to buy the target mileage in the short term, but if you only put in money and don't give it back, the psychological pressure alone is hard for most people to bear.
We need more construction teams.
To establish a construction team, one cannot avoid obtaining a bridge construction permit, which costs 10,000 gold coins—a sum that probably only a handful of people in their district can afford.
Meng Qingyin subconsciously opened the gold coin ranking list and glanced at it. Lu Cheng was ranked tenth, and he had exactly 10,300 gold coins.
In other words, only ten players can come up with 10,000 gold coins.
However, Hanmei's gold coins actually reached an astonishing one million or more?!
Meng Qingyin hadn't checked the gold coin leaderboard in a long time, and was unaware that Hanmei's gold coins had soared to over a million.
But on second thought, it makes sense.
A large portion of this million was "deposited" in Hanmei's account by the players.
Regardless of how the other positions on the leaderboard change, Hanmei's number one position remains unchallenged.
If she wants to form a new engineering team, Hanmei is the first partner she needs to persuade.
Thinking about it, Meng Qingyin sent a message to Hanmei: "Interested in partnering to make big money?"
Hanmei: "I'll always be interested in making money. But I think I know what you mean by making money—you mean using bridge construction permits to form an engineering team, right?"
Meng Qingyin stated frankly: "That's right, I want to create a bridge construction team with you."
Hanmei: "But I have the ability to build a construction team that is entirely my own, so why should I let you have a share?"
Meng Qingyin asked calmly, "Oh? Besides the necessary bridge construction permit, do you know anything about personnel configuration when setting up a construction team? Do you know what kind of people a construction team needs? Of course, you can go to the chat area to find some players with relevant experience, but no matter how much experience they have, can they compare to the NPCs in the game?"
Hanmei was speechless after hearing Meng Qingyin's words.
She really knew nothing about bridges, while Mengmeng seemed to be the opposite, being very knowledgeable about them.
More importantly, Mengmeng seems to have connections in this area.
Having connections makes getting things done much easier.
Hanmei: "Do you know any NPCs related to this?"
Mengmeng: "You know that I'm Li the blacksmith's apprentice, right?"
Hanmei: "Mm."
Mengmeng: "Li Tieniu, the son of Li the blacksmith, is the captain of the bridge construction team. We are not blood-related siblings, but we are closer than blood-related siblings."
Sometimes, negotiation requires some skill.
Meng Qingyin's words were true, but she was determined to let Hanmei know about her relationship with Brother Tie Niu.
This is how she can maximize her benefits in future collaborations—look, without her strong "connections," this collaboration would have been difficult to achieve.
Therefore, it is only natural that her share is higher.
Hanmei naturally understood her intention, but she was not disgusted; on the contrary, she appreciated Mengmeng even more.
As a businessman, one should naturally list out all the factors that are beneficial to oneself before cooperating with a partner in order to maximize one's interests.
Without hesitation, she agreed to the collaboration: "We can work together. I'll provide the funding, and you'll be responsible for finding the professionals. Once the bridge is built, we'll split the toll fees 40/60, with me getting 40% and you getting 60%."
Mengmeng: "Okay, but I hope you won't interfere with the selection of the person in charge of the bridge construction permit."
Hanmei: "Of course, no problem. In fact, if you're willing, you can take care of everything except money. I don't mind at all."
Mengmeng: "Since it's a collaboration, it's not really appropriate for you to just sit back and do nothing, is it?"
Hanmei: "I'll give you half of what I've divided up."
Mengmeng: "Deal. But I have one more question to confirm with you: how much capital do you have available right now?"
Hanmei: "Five hundred thousand."
Five hundred thousand means fifty bridge construction permits, which can be used to assemble a construction team of fifty people.
Meng Qingyin glanced at Li Tieniu's construction team and roughly counted more than a dozen people.
A construction team of fifty people must be quite large.
When Meng Qingyin arrived at Li Tieniu's side, he was engrossed in drawing blueprints and did not notice her arrival.
Meanwhile, the other workers were busy surveying, starting up equipment, and preparing building materials.
Li Tieniu was experienced and quickly completed the blueprints. He handed the blueprints to the safety and technical personnel on the side. After the two confirmed that there were no problems with the bridge, the workers began construction in full swing.
Li Tieniu then noticed Meng Qingyin: "Little Meng?"
Meng Qingyin handed him a glass of water and got straight to the point: "Brother Tie Niu, I want to form a construction team, and I have some questions I'd like to ask you."
Li Tieniu was somewhat surprised, "Why did you suddenly think of forming a construction team? There's a lot more to this than meets the eye."
It's said that competitors are enemies, but when Li Tieniu heard that Meng Qingyin wanted to form a construction team, he didn't feel any resentment. His first thought was that she might not know how to do it and would lose money.
Meng Qingyin smiled and said, "It is precisely because the water is deep that I would like to ask you, a senior, for advice."
Li Tieniu: "Okay, ask me anything you want, I'll answer everything I know."
Next, Meng Qingyin asked him many questions, and Li Tieniu answered them all. When Meng Qingyin didn't understand something, he would patiently explain it to her.
Meng Qingyin can be considered to have entered the field.
The essential personnel for a construction team are designers, safety personnel, and technicians, and among them, the designer can be said to be the soul of the entire construction team.
A good designer can often adapt to local conditions and build the most suitable bridge with the least amount of materials.
Li Tieniu was the key figure in their construction team.
Since he was the key figure, his responsibilities were relatively simple: to draw up the design plans for the bridge.
Once he finished drawing the design, there was nothing more to do.
But Li Tieniu is a restless person; he often becomes like a brick, moving wherever he is needed.
If he hadn't been explaining these things to Meng Qingyin today, he would have already started helping the workers after finishing the design drawings.
Meng Qingyin extended an olive branch to him: "Brother Tie Niu, shall I hire you as the chief designer of our construction team? I'll also hire Engineer Zhang and Engineer Liu as well."
Engineer Zhang and Engineer Liu are the safety and technical personnel of the construction team, and they are also indispensable technical roles in the team.
With these three experienced key personnel, there's not much to worry about with the remaining workers.
Moreover, it saves the money of buying a certificate, killing two birds with one stone.
Li Tieniu and the other two readily agreed.
Meng Qingyin began recruiting workers.
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