Chapter 59: Experts Know the Doorway
Lin Ruoyan said, "This building will be the sales office for our luxury housing project. Let's follow Lu Gan's instructions on how to use the sales office in the future. He explained it very well during the job interview. We should follow his logic and not compromise. The spatial layout, functional zoning, and decoration standards, as well as other aspects, must all cater to sales needs. Let's study and discuss it together. Don't be afraid to spend money. This is the face of our luxury housing project."
Of course, we also needed to ask a domestic firm specializing in small-scale construction and renovation design to produce formal blueprints. This project was urgent, and foreign design firms might not be fast enough; a general conceptual approach would suffice. The sales office's detailed plans, construction drawings, and interior design must meet our sales needs. We would consider renowned domestic firms with the expertise of Professor Qiao Yizhi.
As for the construction team, I think the one that renovated my courtyard house is pretty good, with superb craftsmanship. Lao Jiao, I'll give you their contact information later. You can go to my site and take a look; it's nearby. You can tell me if the work they do is up to par. If not, find a better team. We'll finalize the tender as soon as possible so we can start construction sooner."
Zhao Xingxing quickly wrote down the location of the sales office and carried out General Manager Lin's instructions without hesitation.
The design firm in Country D, chosen for the overall planning and design of this project, is certainly capable, but its speed is certainly not as fast as that of domestic firms. If they were to devote themselves entirely to the design of the 100,000 square meter project, they would not be able to consider the renovation and design of a half-built sales office in another location.
A building with a completed structure is different from a new building built on flat ground. All the existing spaces and hidden pipelines are already there. It takes a lot of effort to review whether the on-site construction is the same as the drawings.
A renovation project is more labor-intensive than a new one. It needs to be quick and meet marketing needs, and may require frequent adjustments and revisions. Foreign design companies obviously cannot keep up with this speed and quality requirements, and they cannot do it even if they are paid more.
The design firms of renowned domestic architects and celebrities are different. Renowned domestic architects who dare to open their own firms are driven by reputation and a portfolio of work. Overly large-scale projects are difficult to manage, and smaller-scale projects like these offer a greater potential for producing high-quality works. Zhao Xingxing had heard of Qiao Yizhi during her undergraduate years and knew he was a highly accomplished and insightful individual. Since President Lin had mentioned him, she was determined to visit him.
However, before visiting those design masters, she had to go to the project herself first, understand all the drawings and materials in combination with the on-site situation, and only then would she be qualified to communicate with the masters.
Old Jiao from the Engineering Department was also a savvy person. From an engineering perspective, creating something special in a building with an existing rooftop structure was no easy feat. He figured that before construction on the luxury housing project began, he needed to oversee the sales office project on site. Perhaps this was a test of his abilities from his boss.
It required a quick, decisive, and excellent job. So finding a reliable construction team would put his mind at ease. The team Mr. Lin recommended was already working on a project, and he could tell if they were up to par after just one on-site inspection. He had decades of experience in construction and knew plenty of reliable teams. Comparing prices meant finding the fastest, best, and most economical options, no worries.
Li Jia from the Cost Department frowned as he looked at the documents and asked, "Mr. Lin, did the previous owner of the project also hand over the engineering accounts and contracts? I see from these documents that they seem to still owe money to the previous construction team. Has anyone settled this debt?"
As expected, it was Li Jia. While others looked at photos and drawings, he focused on contracts and account information. Lin Ruoyan had also noticed this problem at the time, but the seller said that the outstanding balance would be settled after they received the auction proceeds, and there would be no more debt relationship after the property was delivered to the buyer.
Li Jia saw more than just this. Drawing on years of experience, he realized there was likely something fishy going on with the outstanding payments. Some of the terms in the contract were vague, and based on the available photos of the completed project, it seemed the amount owed wasn't justified. Of course, all of this required an on-site visit to confirm.
In case, the previous company was tricked by the construction party and spent extra money, he can provide reasonable evidence and maybe earn back some money for the company, or let the construction unit make up for the owed work "free of charge".
Li Jia wouldn't make any public announcements until there was solid evidence. If he misjudged something, his boss would be disappointed. So after the meeting, he planned to call Lao Jiao to go to the scene with him.
After Lin Ruoyan explained all this, she thought that now that she had a sales office, she would have a way to spend the remaining 10 million yuan. She felt much more at ease and left with her bag before getting off work.
As soon as the boss left, these directors immediately fell into a new round of hard struggle, and they also secretly competed with each other mentally.
Li Jia's cost department currently only has one assistant. He handed the assistant a pile of data for the sales office project and instructed him to verify the previous cost data one by one. He was determined to go to the site as soon as possible to verify the previous project's quantity.
Lao Jiao is still alone, but he must go to the project in person to check it out to feel at ease.
The two directors got together. They were both experts. After exchanging their goals in a few words, they went out to see the site together.
Lü Gan from the Marketing Department wasn't to be outdone. The sales office would be his future home, and he needed to familiarize himself with it quickly, figuring out how it would be used. Although he'd boasted to great lengths during the interview, now that he was hired and the Sales Director was the one to handle it, he was determined to pull out all the stops to deliver on his hype. As long as his boss allowed him to spend freely, he'd surely create the most luxurious sales office in the country.
He and several of his men, including Zhao Xingxing from the design department, squeezed into the company's official car, and the five or six of them headed straight for the building.
Shortly after the afternoon shift began, the office was already more than half empty. HR Director Wen Erya, however, was used to it and unfazed. She calmly instructed the receptionist to pick out nearby restaurants offering specialties that would replenish qi and blood and also offer delivery. She assumed the staff from these departments would be working overtime the next few nights after viewing the site, so she arranged dinner and a late-night snack for them.
Lin Ruoyan returned home and had already thought of some excuses for buying a house for 40 million in order to deal with her brother's questions.
Unexpectedly, my brother simply confirmed the matter and didn't ask any further questions. After all, many of my sister's previous actions weren't impulsive or meant to be a show of force. This time, she'd bought a building in a prime location like X City District to use as a sales office. Once the project sells out, she could resell the building or use it as her own real estate company headquarters, both being good options.
So there was no need for Lin Ruoyan to explain, her brother had already figured it out in his mind.
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