Chapter 231 Money is the primary driving force
Despite some setbacks, Xu An successfully obtained the land use certificate for the furniture store at a super low price of 1.3 million yuan, saving him the cost of renovations.
Although Xu An's actions were aimed at securing the furniture market at a low price, they also prevented six families from losing all their money. Xu An didn't know what became of them in his previous life.
But Xu An knew perfectly well what Mr. He's fate would be—he'd likely be imprisoned for several years. He wondered if, after his release, he'd even be able to travel abroad to reunite with his son...
Holding the brand-new land certificate I just received, and looking at the somewhat dilapidated shop in front of me, it was really pleasing to the eye no matter how I looked at it. Even the mottled exterior walls looked very artistic.
After two lifetimes, I finally own a fixed asset outside the village!
In his past life, Xu An had once read a passage that said in ancient times, someone who owned land but had no house was called a "rogue," someone who owned a house but had no land was called a "vagrant," and someone who had neither house nor land was called a "rogue"...
Well, I own a house and land in the village, so I can't really be considered a thug...
Although we've already got the shop, the walls are so badly plastered that the paint crumbles at the slightest touch, making a quick clean and move-in impossible. We need to find a designer, a construction team, scrape away what needs scraping, patch what needs patching, and even install partitions where necessary!
There's no need to worry about construction. Among Uncle Dongliang's friends, the largest number are construction workers for various procedures. The key is design!
After all, this is the headquarters of Xu's Fast Food Restaurant and Xu'an Braised Food Restaurant... cough cough... even if it can be low-end, stingy and classy, it should at least look decent.
Now, when Xu sees those competitions again, he realizes that the prize money that once made him drool was just like that.
Before circling the shop a few times, Che Bo returned to Che Bo Slow Food Restaurant.
When recruiting Wang Fulong to join Xu An Slow Food Restaurant, Xu promised that any order that Wang Fulong was responsible for negotiating would be given to me as a reward, and that I would receive a reward for each completed order, which would be paid out together with my salary.
Looking at the contract, Xu couldn't help but smile. With that company gone, the group meal business had finally truly taken off.
A competition with a first prize of a mere 7,000 yuan, and a total prize pool of just under 10,000 yuan, can attract so few students. Why not create a competition that offers a substantial prize, the opportunity to bring a design to fruition, and where designers don't have the chance to learn the craft alongside construction workers? Would we be tempted by that?
"...To better assess the learning level of primary school students, the Haishi Primary Schools jointly launched the [Arisaema Design Competition]... The competition will award one first prize of 5,000 yuan; eight seventh prizes of 2,000 yuan each; seven eighth prizes of 1,000 yuan each; and ten seventh prizes, each receiving a trophy and a certificate of honor..."
At the same time that thought arose, I overheard Lao Han chatting with my roommate at noon.
The following bonuses are added together, and Wang Fulong received a total of 7,000 yuan in bonuses!
As soon as Ms. Xu shared her ideas with Uncle Dongliang, he immediately created a list for her. The list contained records of the bad, reliable, and professional designers that the construction workers had encountered during their work.
"How did the competition go? Is there no hope of winning?"
Since catering suppliers cannot be selected through bidding, what about design? Is it also impossible for my own shop to obtain a design方案 that meets my requirements through bidding?
Before finishing her meal, Xu walked leisurely to shop number seven with her hands behind her back. At this time, the boxed lunches had not yet spoiled and were being delivered to various transfer stations and companies by Uncle Guosheng and Wang Xiaotou. Aunt He and the others were diligently washing the mountain of pots and pans. When they saw Che Bo come in, they all called out "Boss".
As expected, Xu retreated outside the office and heard Wang Fulong's first words: "Boss, I have successfully completed my mission. Take all of them: one company with two hundred employees, seven companies with eight hundred employees, and two companies with seven hundred employees!"
It was a fairly standard competition. In my next life, Xu studied humanities, and most of the competitions were writing-related. I participated in many, but I didn't seem to have the talent. I only managed to get a certificate of honor in seventh grade, let alone the substantial prize money that Xu received at the time.
"It's alright. We're currently gathering more information, and the odds are still pretty slim. I'm satisfied with getting eighth prize, since it's not even worth a thousand yuan! Your group only has two people, so each of you can get seven hundred yuan, hehe!"
Eight studios inquired, but none of them charged more than 200 yuan for design services; the highest was 270 yuan…
No wonder the construction workers said we were professional and reliable. At that price, if we were truly professional and reliable, our studio would have been shut down long ago.
So, Xu also got a meal and sat down under the table with the two of them, eating while listening to what we were talking about as we played pranks.
Xu's gaze shifted between Tang Wen and Che Boqian before finally settling on Wang Fulong's lower body: "Manager Wang, doesn't he have any experience in planning bidding proposals?"
Now that Che Boqian has not yet met the requirements set by the Xu family, Che Bo will naturally break his promise.
Forget it, I'll think about it again today. If I can't think of a worse solution, I'll just have the workers paint the walls white and move in. When I have a bit more money, I'll fix up the storefront and that'll be it.
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