Chapter 155 Inquiry

Chapter 155 Inquiry

The next day, Fan Yajun brought someone Tao Nanfeng didn't expect.

The man had white hair and a thin body. His limbs were a little stiff when he moved, but there was a tenacious look in his eyes that refused to admit defeat.

Ye Chu supported the old man, and Fan Yajun introduced him to Tao Nanfeng: "Nanfeng, this is my teacher, Ye Yintong."

Ye Yintong! This is a famous structural mechanics expert in China.

Tao Nanfeng had heard of Fan Yajun's story and knew that because Fan Yajun was young and naive, the secretary took advantage of her and sent Ye Yintong to the northwest rural area. I thought that time makes people grow old, but I didn't expect that when I needed a structural expert, Mr. Ye would come to support me at the first time.

Tao Nanfeng stretched out his hands and shook hands with Mr. Ye, feeling deeply moved: "Mr. Ye, I have long heard of your name! The textbook "Structural Mechanics" I took as an elective during my graduate studies had your preface at the front."

Ye Yintong smiled slightly, his expression less arrogant and more kind: "Are you still using that set of mechanics textbooks? They are all from 20 years ago, it's time to update them."

For some reason, Tao Nanfeng read a lot of profound things from Mr. Ye’s smile. She nodded repeatedly: "Yes, a new era, a new atmosphere, everything will be renewed."

Ye Yintong looked at Tao Nanfeng seriously: "Nanfeng, I heard from Yajun that your company needs structural design talents. Although I am old, I still want to come out and see this new world. Do you think I can do it?"

Is there any need to ask? Couldn’t ask for more!

Tao Nanfeng was overjoyed and held Ye Yintong's hand tightly: "Okay! Of course, if you can come to our company, I won't be afraid of the structure anymore."

Xiangbei invited Ye Yintong to sit on the sofa in his office, and brought him a cup of warm black tea. He said respectfully and enthusiastically, "Mr. Ye, you will be the general consultant of our company. You don't need to work in the office. Come over when you are free. If you have difficulty walking, you can work on the first floor. I will arrange it for you."

The winters in rural Northwest China are extremely cold and the conditions are difficult. Ye Yintong is old and has poor immunity, so he suffers from arthritis. He was rehabilitated last year and returned to Jiangcheng where he has been recuperating. I was barely able to move around this year, and when I heard my son and daughter-in-law were discussing resigning and coming to Nanfeng Company, I asked them a few more questions.

This question gave him the idea of ​​leaving the mountain again.

When Ye Yintong was young, he also lamented that the design institute's management ideas were outdated - at that time, design institutes were not allowed to go out to take on design tasks, but waited at home for the client to come to them. The fees were charged according to national unified standards, and all design institute staff were paid according to their length of service and level, and they were paid the same regardless of how much work they did. Everything is public to public, there is no competition and no market.

He once suggested that income be linked to project funds and that project leaders be given certain allocation powers. Unfortunately, he was severely criticized by his superiors, who said that he had backward ideas and showed signs of being bourgeois.

He remembered that the leader at that time taught him earnestly: The design institute serves the people and builds the motherland, how can you talk about money all day long? If you don’t get paid, will you stop working and struggling?

It’s a pity that behind the beautiful slogans, the big pot has produced a group of lazy people.

Among the vice president and secretary who pushed him onto the criticism platform, which one is the one who truly serves the people? They abused their power for personal gain, using public vehicles and public housing for personal use, and claiming reimbursement for food, clothing, and lodging... I don't know how many bad things they did to benefit themselves at the expense of the public. But those who really work diligently only get a fixed salary and live a miserable life.

When Ye Yintong was at the Northwest Farm, he looked at the vast fields and fell into deep thought - where should the country's construction industry go?

China in the 1970s lacked everything: talent, technology, resources, and most importantly, management. How to integrate limited talents, technologies and resources to maximize efficiency is a test of management level.

Ye Yintong learned from Fan Yajun that Nanfeng Company was the first to win the first bidding project in the country, and also introduced its corporate management system to the design company and formulated detailed human resource management rules. Ye Yintong felt that he saw the light.

A salary structure of basic salary + commission + bonus, transparent company income, thoughtful and meticulous attention to employee needs, and growing together with employees, isn’t this kind of design company Ye Yintong’s ideal when he was young?

Ye Yintong felt that he had to support it. Currently, Nanfeng Company is just a young seedling. We cannot allow it to be destroyed by storms. We should continue to water and support it so that it can continue to grow and promote changes in the entire industry!

Therefore, in order to support the younger generation, Ye Yintong came here despite his sick body.

Mr. Ye is a benchmark in the industry. He is an expert who studied in the Soviet Union and is highly capable, humble and generous. People engaged in structural design in Jiangcheng have all benefited from him to some extent.

Coupled with Xiangbei's drastic salary reform, those with outstanding professional skills were very satisfied after coming here. During the movement, intellectuals were labeled as the "stinking ninth" and were excluded everywhere. Unexpectedly, Nanfeng Company directly links knowledge, ability, and degree of effort with income. How can this not be exciting?

One call brings a hundred responses. With the arrival of Mr. Ye, well-known designers from Jiangcheng came to Nanfeng Company one after another, and in less than two days, all the architectural majors were fully staffed.

Tao Shouxin and Ye Yintong served as chief consultants for the architecture and structure teams;

The construction team leader is Fan Yajun, and the team members include Fan Zhicheng and Cai Qiang;

Zhou Bin, the leader of the structural team, and his team members, in addition to Ye Chu, also include Qiu Shi and Xiao Lin, two structural engineers poached from other design institutes;

The leader of the water, electricity and HVAC team is Peng Kangbo, and his team members include two mobile personnel, Xiong Heping and Jiang Siling. Peng Kangbo was Xiong Heping's college classmate. He was very unhappy working at the Municipal Design Institute. When he heard that Nanfeng Company was recruiting, he immediately resigned and came here.

The leader of the landscape team is Zou Rongtao, and there is only one team member, Yao Xiaotao. Zou Rongtao is an engineer at the Garden Bureau. He is a graduate of a professional school, but he has not been valued by the company for many years after graduating from university, so he quit his stable job and came to Nanfeng Company. Yao Xiaotao studied architecture and had half a year left before graduation. She was assigned to the landscape group to work with Zou Rongtao and served as a photo printer.

After the personnel were organized and in place, everyone began to work intensively on the design of the gymnasium.

For twenty days, everyone worked day and night on the second floor, from drawing the architectural construction drawings, structural calculations, drawing the structural construction drawings to the design of water, electricity, and HVAC engineering construction drawings.

Xiangbei made every effort to ensure logistics, from breakfast to midnight snack, from cleaning to washing clothes and taking care of the children, everything was arranged meticulously.

After a busy week, the construction drawings were completed and Tao Nanfeng finally felt a little relieved.

It was a Sunday in September, early autumn, and the sun was shining brightly.

On the campus of Jiangcheng Architectural University, camphor trees sway gracefully, the sweet fragrance of osmanthus wafts in the air, and the roses and impatiens in the corners are in beautiful bloom.

Tao Nanfeng and Tao Shouxin took their three children for a stroll in the small garden of the family area. The two sat on a stone chair and watched Zhizhi leading her younger brother and sister to play with a small ball in the grass. The children's laughter soothed all their fatigue.

Tao Shouxin asked his daughter: "With Xiangbei's management system, can the company still make money?"

The company has introduced so many new talents. The basic salary alone is a huge sum of money every month. 30% is taken out as design fee and 10% is taken out as profit at the end of the year. After deducting the costs, can my daughter and son-in-law still make money?

Tao Nanfeng responded nonchalantly, "There should be money to be made, right? Look at the cigarette wholesale department and cigarette factory that we opened in the past. Which one didn't make money? Didn't you teach me that if you want to take something, you must first give it."

Tao Shouxin thought about it and couldn't help but smile: "I haven't thought it through as well as you do. That's right, it doesn't matter if the initial investment is a little larger, everything is difficult at the beginning."

The father and daughter were chatting when two people came up from the path and greeted them enthusiastically: "Professor Tao, Nanfeng, why are you so relaxed today?"

When Tao Shouxin looked up and saw the two people, his expression suddenly turned cold. However, Tao Nanfeng greeted them politely: "Professor Ouyang, Aunt Zhou, hello."

There is a happy event in Ouyang Cheng's family today.

The youngest son Ouyang Minxing finally found a girlfriend and they agreed to visit on the weekend. He and Zhou Hongying went out to buy vegetables early in the morning and walked back home carrying a basket of vegetables. Seeing Tao Nanfeng and his daughter playing with their child in the garden, Ouyang Cheng exchanged glances with Zhou Hongying, changed his route and came over to chat with them.

Zhou Hongying smiled widely, looking at the three children having fun and said, "Nanfeng, your family is the most prosperous in our little red building. The family planning policy is strict now, and every family can only have one child. You gave birth to three at once, you are really lucky."

Tao Nanfeng looked at her meaningfully and said nothing.

As the saying goes, if someone shows you kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. Zhou Hongying is a person with a mind smaller than a needle tip. She never says nice things. She must have other intentions in suddenly trying to get close to him.

There were four drum-shaped stone benches next to the stone table in the small garden. Ouyang Cheng put the basket of vegetables on the table, sat down and smiled at Tao Shouxin.

"Lao Tao, we have lived next door to each other for so many years and have such a good relationship, why didn't you tell me when Nanfeng Company needed someone? Even if I can't help you because I teach at school, it's still okay for me to lend a hand when I don't have classes and recommend a few outstanding talents."

This person seems to have amnesia. He clearly refused when we asked him to participate, but now he turns the tables and says that the company needed people without telling him!

Tao Shouxin said calmly: "The temple is small and cannot accommodate a big Buddha like you."

Ouyang Cheng knew that Tao Shouxin was resentful, and he actually felt a little regretful.

In the past, Tao Nanfeng cooperated with Jiangcheng University of Architecture. Because the company was just starting out and had no reputation, the projects it received were small and the design fees were low, so each participating teacher only received a few dozen yuan. In addition, Tao Nanfeng had no management experience and her income was not transparent, which gave Ouyang Cheng the illusion that he was serving her and making money for her, which made him very unhappy.

But it's different now.

These past two days, teachers in the department have been saying that Mr. Ye Yintong has returned to support Nanfeng Company, and that Nanfeng Company is hiring all kinds of experts at high salaries, and the monthly income can be five or six hundred yuan!

Five or six hundred? Ouyang Cheng was so shocked that his face turned pale.

Zhou Hongying was so angry that she smashed pots and bowls at home and scolded Tao Shouxin: "For such good things, they didn't come to the neighbor next door, but poached people from other design institutes. They have no conscience at all. Your mother was so good to them when she was alive. She made meatballs and sent chicken soup for them every year. Now that she is gone, she doesn't think of her good neighbors at all when she has good things to do."

Ouyang Cheng was also very depressed: "Tao Shouxin came to see me before, but I rejected him."

Zhou Hongying didn't feel that she was wrong at all: "What's wrong with rejecting him before? When Lao Tao invited you, he didn't say that he would make 500 or 600 yuan a month. Well, your own people are actually playing such tricks, deliberately blurring the point, only asking you to help draw pictures, and not mentioning the amount of money. It's not fair for you to reject him and then spend a lot of money to find someone else. "

Ouyang Cheng sighed: "I don't want five or six hundred either, two or three hundred yuan a month will be fine..."

The more the couple thought about it, the more they felt they were at a disadvantage. Today, they had a rare opportunity to run into Tao Shouxin and his daughter in the yard, so they planned to ask them about everything and get some benefits from Nanfeng Company.

Ouyang Cheng pretended not to hear the sarcasm in Tao Shouxin's words and still had a friendly smile on his face.

"Lao Tao, you are being too polite. As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We have been neighbors for so many years. My mother was so kind to Nanfeng when she was alive. Now that Nanfeng has opened a company, I must help him. Besides, I work at the school, so I don't have to pay you a salary. It can also save you some money, right?"

After hearing this, Tao Nanfeng finally understood what the couple was planning. It turned out that Ouyang Cheng saw that Nanfeng Company's current salary level was much higher than its peers, and he was jealous and wanted to join.

"Professor Ouyang, are you planning to help us on a voluntary basis? Thank you so much! I will definitely contact you first when I get the next project."

Zhou Hongying heard that it was voluntary to help? His voice suddenly became high-pitched: "What do you mean by help? I heard that your company is very generous now. Anyone who participates in the project can get 500 to 600 yuan. Many people in the design institute are eager to get it. You are willing to give this money to others, but why are you so stingy when it comes to us Ouyang? Voluntary help! How could you think of it?"

Tao Nanfeng exchanged glances with his father.

Tao Nanfeng shook his head: "I just started a company and have no experience, please don't scare me. If everyone gives so much money, I will lose a lot of money, right?"

Zhou Hongying looked at Tao Nanfeng doubtfully: "Nanfeng, you are always honest, you can't lie to your aunt. Hasn't your company hired a lot of people recently? It's all over the place that you're holding a pile of money and handing it out everywhere, giving hundreds of dollars to each person who comes."

When Tao Nanfeng heard this, he laughed out loud: "Aunt Zhou, you are such a joker. I don't have that much money."

Zhou Hongying's gaze moved from her to Tao Shouxin, and then to the children playing in the distance. She muttered to herself: Looking at the way their family is dressed, they don't seem to be rich... Could it be that what others have said is false?

Although Xiangbei made money by opening a cigarette factory, the family still adhered to the principle of being low-key and dressed very simply. It was usually the old tailor Liang Yinzhen who personally picked the fabrics, cut and sewed the clothes for both adults and children.

Apart from a Plum brand watch and an antique silver bracelet on his wrist, Tao Nanfeng had no jewelry on him and did not look like a rich man at all.

Zhou Hongying snorted, stood up, and changed her previous attentiveness. She raised her chin to Ouyang Cheng arrogantly: "Take the food, let's go!"

Ouyang Cheng also came to his senses at this moment. He turned around and left without saying hello to the couple, as if the person who came over to chat enthusiastically just now was not him.

Watching the couple leave, Tao Nanfeng smiled and said to his father, "Dad, do you believe that starting tomorrow, those rumors about giving out 500 or 600 yuan to each person will stop?"

Ouyang Cheng and his wife couldn't bear to see Nanfeng Company develop well. This time they came over to ask all kinds of questions. After hearing Tao Nanfeng's denial, they would definitely tell everyone -

"Where did you make the money? You look like a poor family."

"How can they pay so much? Don't design companies make money anymore?"

Tao Shouxin also found it funny, shook his head and sighed: "I never thought that Ouyang is such a person."

Although their friendship was as pure as water before, Ouyang still had some intellectual character. I didn’t expect that the market economy is like the big waves in the sea. Once the waves come, they bring the charming smell of money. I wonder how many people can maintain that character.

After a short silence, Tao Shouxin told Tao Nanfeng: "My child, no matter how much money you make in the future, remember to keep a low profile. Although the country encourages reform now, who knows if there will be another policy to prohibit these things? Let's slow down a bit, because the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

"Dad, don't worry, I know."

Tao Nanfeng thought of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the passbook and secretly thanked God that he did not tell his father. If Professor Tao knew that opening a cigarette factory in Xiangbei was so profitable, he would probably be so shocked that he would be unable to sleep.

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