The unloading continued until 8 p.m. When the last box of crabs was unloaded, everyone was so exhausted that they collapsed on the deck. Ah Qing even had her mouth open and her tongue sticking out.
Wu An kicked him: "Take your tongue back."
Aqing pouted and obediently did as instructed.
Wu An explained that the catch would be auctioned off, and everyone agreed without objection. As for delaying the distribution of profits by a few days, that was no big deal.
Everyone stayed behind to clean the fishing boat. Wu An gave a few instructions, mainly to divide up the remaining seafood so that everyone could take it home and enjoy it.
"You don't need to wait for me. Once you've cleaned up the fishing boat, head back to the village dock."
"Go back and rest early."
"We'll go out to sea again first thing tomorrow morning."
After Wu An finished speaking, he went to weigh himself.
It was already 9 p.m. when I finished. I ordered takeout by human delivery, which was delivered by Meiwen's store. The market area is the largest customer base for Meiwen Fast Food Restaurant.
When the staff are not busy, they will arrange for delivery.
Wu An naturally had no objection to this, but he had already discussed it with Mei Wen. Since they were treating the waiters like cattle, they should pay them more wages and there was no need to be so harsh.
Wu An also subtly asked the waiter a few questions.
The waiter looked wary: "Young man, I can't reveal anything, my boss isn't hiring anymore."
"how?"
"Isn't being a boatman profitable?"
Wu An was taken aback, thinking to himself that the waiter thought he was trying to steal his job. He smiled and said, "It's alright, thank you for bringing it over."
The waiter hopped on his electric scooter and said, "You're welcome."
After saying that.
He stepped on the gas and drove off.
Wu An was both amused and exasperated. Although the waiter hadn't mentioned the salary, his reaction suggested it must be quite high; otherwise, he wouldn't be so afraid of Wu An taking his job.
After finishing their fast food, while the fish were still being weighed, Wu An checked the time and said, "Brother Qiang, I'm leaving now."
Gao Qiangqi, with a mouthful of rice in one hand and a cigarette in the other, said, "So eager?"
Wu An nodded: "My wife called the designer over, I'll go take a look."
Gao Qiangqi said, "If you want to drive, go to the office to get the keys. Don't be shy with me."
Wu An found an electric scooter and rode away.
Gu Anran was at the milk tea shop, which had just closed for the day. The designer was none other than Li Xin, along with two of his classmates.
Li Xin couldn't handle the supermarket design alone.
Arrived at the milk tea shop.
Li Xin and the other two were already there, sitting obediently at a table to the side, discussing something on their computers. When Gu Anran saw him walk in, her face lit up with a bright smile, and she said, "What would you like to drink?"
Wu An casually replied, "Lemonade, please."
Gu Anran made him lemonade. Although it was called lemonade, it was actually made with hand-crushed lemons. Wu An had taught her this, and it was considered a star product in the milk tea shop, which was quite popular.
After Wu An sat down, Li Xin and the other two realized what was happening and rushed to call him "Little Wu".
Wu An said, "You are all a few years older than me, so just call me A-An."
"Let me see the design draft."
Li Xin quickly turned the laptop around, and as Wu An examined it carefully, all three of them couldn't help but nervously swallow, as this concerned a design fee of over 100,000 yuan.
Li Xin hasn't even graduated yet, and he's already received such a big project. If he can successfully secure it, the benefits to his future career are self-evident.
Wu An took a look and, based on his future experience shopping at supermarkets, thought that Li Xin and the others' design was actually quite good and the planning was very reasonable.
However, as the client, we cannot simply nod and agree.
He still pointed out a few issues and scrutinized the details.
Gu Anran also came over to take a look. She was much stricter than Wu An, and she listed several points. Li Xin took out his notebook and wrote them all down.
The supermarket can begin construction in a month.
A supermarket isn't a residence, so it can be set up in two months. Therefore, Gu Anran initially planned to open the store in January of 2013, choosing an auspicious day.
Wu An's task was relatively simple: to invest funds. Gu Anran, on the other hand, was fully responsible for the project. In fact, Gu Anran was busier than him in the end.
Wu An originally planned to buy a book titled "If You Can't Lead a Team, You'll Only Work Your Way to Death" so that Gu Anran could study it properly, but damn it, the book hadn't been published yet.
no way.
We had no choice but to give up.
Actually, he didn't need to worry. Gu Anran had already prepared a lot of study materials to improve herself. She had also done well in school.
After Li Xin and the others left, Wu An and Gu Anran lingered for a long time before finally leaving and going home. He specially gave Gu Anran a seafood dish to take back to her grandmother to cook.
It was past 10 p.m. when I got home.
The elder brother and sister-in-law were still awake. After hearing Mei Wu recount his experiences on the trip, Mei Yueqin smiled and said thank you for your hard work. She poured tea for them. Wu An, without any hesitation, made a request: he wanted a bowl of noodles.
Fast food is served in fixed portions, and to be honest, I wasn't very full.
Next time he should give Mei Wen some advice. Those who order fast food at the market are all manual laborers. Putting everything else aside, they should ask for more rice.
My sister-in-law quickly tied on her apron and went to do it.
The eldest brother was still preparing his lesson, and so was his father, who was writing and drawing in a small notebook at a small table. Wu An greeted him, went over and glanced at it; it was a speech draft.
Wu An asked, "Dad, what kind of meeting requires you to give a speech?"
Wu Yingwei shook his head and said, "What meeting is it that I have the right to give a speech? The town instructed us that leaders from the county and city were coming to inspect our work, and told all the villages to prepare."
"If a leader suddenly decides to come to the village for a visit, I, as the village head, will have to have something to say about it."
"I'm writing down everything I'm going to say beforehand, so I won't be too nervous to say anything when the time comes."
Wu An suddenly realized.
This matter...
Upon hearing this, he became interested, sat down, picked up his father's speech draft, and took a look. Sure enough, his father mainly talked about Shennan's contracted sea area for fish farming projects.
This is one of the few things the village can be proud of now.
He had known about this news beforehand, so he told Director Chen to make good preparations and to find a way to attract the big leaders to visit the town's village.
Anyway, we've prepared everything we can. As for whether we'll succeed in the end...
That depends on what God wants.
He didn't pay attention to the village, after all, Xiaoxi Village was still in a state of "everything waiting to be rebuilt" and there was nothing worth seeing. Besides, if a high-ranking leader really came to Xiaoxi Village, it would be Shen Nan who would show his face.
He wasn't the only one from the village who went out to sea to fish, and besides, his father would avoid suspicion.
But the situation in Zhenzhong Village is different. The guesthouse belongs to him. He was admitted to university and studied there for a period of time. In essence, he dropped out of school to start a business and become wealthy in his hometown, which definitely deserves a significant amount of media coverage.
Never underestimate the power of a leader's praise.
It might play a decisive role at a crucial moment.
Wu Yingwei wasn't sure either, so he asked, "How is it? You went to university, can you help me polish it up?"
Wu An put down his notebook and said, "It's alright, that's fine."
He had nothing to say.
If Dad does a good job, it will be a bonus for Shen Nan; he must be crazy to help.
In this respect, he and his father were not on the same side; rather, they were competitors.
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