This community encompasses various amenities including residential, commercial, educational, and medical facilities, comprehensively meeting the daily needs of all residents.
Most importantly, the construction site in this community is large enough, there are enough workers, and the construction period is long enough. There won't be a situation where someone comes to work for a month or two, gets to know the workers, and then the project is finished, requiring them to find a new construction site to start a new round of business.
The first phase of housing pre-sales will begin in March next year. As more and more people come to buy houses here, various food streets and commercial streets will gradually form around the area.
This area is still largely undeveloped, with little competition but high demand.
This is a very good choice.
After leaving the city bus station, the two boarded a bus, and after only two stops, they encountered a construction site.
There are security guards at the entrance of the construction site, so it's quite difficult to sneak in. But it's lunchtime now, and there are quite a few workers wandering around outside the site.
Xu An spotted a kind-looking man sitting under the shade of a tree outside the construction site, eating his boxed lunch with gusto.
The man's wrinkled, dark face and his large, somewhat deformed hands, resembling palm-leaf fans, were all testaments to his many years of work on construction sites.
Most of the boxed meals have been eaten, and the dishes can be inferred from the remaining food.
The lunchbox was divided into two compartments: the larger compartment contained white rice, and the smaller compartment contained stir-fried cabbage and half a chicken leg.
He took out a box of Double Happiness cigarettes he'd bought at the village store, took one out, and handed it to the man. As the man took the cigarette, he casually squatted down next to him.
"Hey buddy, do you work on this construction site? How's the pay here?"
The man finished his boxed lunch in two bites, carefully gathered every grain of rice together, put it in his mouth, and then licked his chopsticks with lingering satisfaction. He then stacked his boxed lunch with the clean, brand-new boxed lunch on the ground.
"The pay is alright, otherwise I wouldn't have come all this way to work on this construction site."
"Was the boxed lunch you just ate provided by the construction site? The dishes look pretty good, there's even a chicken leg."
The man scoffed, his voice tinged with disdain.
“You can see the chicken leg, how could it be food from a construction site? I’ve traveled all over the country for more than ten years and worked on twenty or thirty construction sites, big and small. Not a single construction site meal had big chunks of meat in it. If there was even a layer of oil floating on top, that was considered good.”
Xu Anxin understood, but knowing the answer already, she asked, "What was that boxed lunch just now?"
"Hey, see that Happiness Restaurant across the street? That's where we bought it. People working on construction sites need a lot of strength, and without some meat, they won't have the energy to work. They need to eat meat every now and then, otherwise they won't have the strength to work."
"Why not eat in the restaurant? It's so hot now. If you eat in the restaurant, you can enjoy the fan and have some free soup."
"You two look like greenhorns, you've never worked on a construction site before." The uncle tucked the cigarette he'd been playing with behind his ear before continuing, "Do you know what a construction site is? If you work on one for an hour, your white clothes will turn black, your black clothes will turn white, and dust will be falling off every time you walk. If we go into a restaurant to eat, and only order two or three dishes, the owner won't be able to do any business with anyone else."
As he spoke, the man suddenly chuckled.
"Although we can't go inside to sit and eat, the owner will give us an extra box of white rice as compensation. We can get a free box of rice just by sitting on the roadside, so it's not a bad deal."
Looking at the man's smile, which was a mix of smugness and cunning, Xu An was somewhat speechless. Most of the workers on this construction site were honest, hardworking, and capable middle-aged men who came from impoverished areas and had left their homes to earn more money.
As for discrimination, they don't care at all. In their minds, a box of white rice is much more worthwhile than sitting in a store with a fan blowing.
"How much does this meal cost?"
Upon hearing Xu An's question, the man's face showed a hint of pain.
"It's not cheap; any dish with meat costs eight yuan."
After offering the man another cigarette, the two got up and left.
The two visited four or five construction sites in one afternoon. Some sites wouldn't let them in, and the workers ignored them. Other sites had very enthusiastic workers who gathered around when Xu An asked questions, chattering about what they knew.
After some investigation, Xu An also learned about the pricing of boxed meals near the construction site. A meal with one meat dish and one vegetable dish cost eight yuan, two vegetable dishes cost only six yuan, and a box of white rice cost one yuan.
To win over the workers, buy lunchboxes from street vendors. A meal with meat and vegetables is essential, but it would be best to have something else that will appeal to them.
What would appeal to the workers is plenty of food, enough rice, and ideally, a soup to warm their stomachs and soothe their minds.
The specifications for the boxed lunches were decided: three dishes and a soup, with a large meat dish among the three dishes! The price was tentatively set at eight yuan, with a focus on small profits and high sales volume.
No matter which construction site, the workers' demand for boxed meals is not low. As long as they can get things going, they won't have to worry about not making money.
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