Liu Jiali was about to pour the man a cup of hot tea when she saw Liu Qiping's eldest daughter, Liu Meng, passing by the front door after buying groceries. She hurriedly said, "Mengmeng, when you pass by the third floor on your way home, please call your uncle Chu Min for me and tell him that a client is here to discuss the project."
Liu Meng was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and nodded. He said, "Aunt Jiali, I'll go right away..." and ran upstairs.
Here, Liu Jiali brought tea to the man. As soon as she walked out of the reception room, Chu Min had already arrived on the first floor.
"Brother Chumin, the person is right here..."
"You go and get busy first."
"Um···"
After Liu Jiali left, Chu Min took a deep breath, put on the most appropriate smile on his face, and then pushed the door and walked into the guesthouse, "Hello, hello, I am..."
In the afternoon, after checking the progress of the project, Chu Tian and Zuo Zhuang looked at Chu Min in surprise.
"Brother Chumin, what did you say?"
Chu Min excitedly grabbed Zuo Zhuang's arms and shook them, "Zuo Zhuang, I got a big order, even bigger than the one for the staff housing at the division headquarters!"
"The machinery factory in the north of the city wants to build at least six buildings. Their factory director heard that our construction company was taking on the project, so he sent the director of their factory building management department to discuss it today!"
Zuo Zhuang was unable to come back to his senses for a while and just let out an "ah".
Chu Tian blinked and asked curiously, "Have you agreed?"
"No, no."
Chu Min let go of Zuo Zhuang, smiled, and waved his hand, "How can we reach an agreement so quickly? He heard from me that we have a project for the divisional staff housing, so he wants to take their factory director and several deputy factory directors to visit it tomorrow."
"If they all agree, we can discuss it in detail later."
Zuo Zhuang came back to his senses and asked with a slightly frown, "Is the appointment time tomorrow?"
"What's wrong?"
Chu Min was stunned for a moment, looking at Zuo Zhuang and then at Chu Tian, thinking, isn't this a good thing? Wouldn't it be nice to finish the tour sooner and reach an agreement sooner?
Chu Tian smiled and said, "Nothing, it's just that today Zuo Zhuang and I were invited by Division Commander Ge from the division headquarters. We have to leave early tomorrow to visit several regiments under the 11th Division to inspect the location of the new regimental headquarters!"
Chu Min was confused. "The location of the new regiment? What does that mean?"
Chu Tian and Zuo Zhuang exchanged a glance, then laughed. "There are too few offices in the division's regimental headquarters building, which is why so many departments are now mixed together. The regimental commanders collectively reported this to the division headquarters last year, and Division Commander Ge approved it a while ago."
"I was originally thinking about hiring another construction team, but it just so happened that Commander Ge saw that our family building was doing well, so he wanted us to rebuild the divisional office building for the 11th Division."
Chu Min was surprised, "Oh, really?"
Chu Tian nodded, "Of course it's true!"
"That's great! We've only just started in 1981 and we've already received so many orders! This year is truly a lucky year for us!"
"Xiaotian, you and Zuo Zhuang don't have to worry about the reception for the director and several deputy directors of the machinery factory. I'll take Weiguo and Xiao Qi, who we just hired last month, with me tomorrow to handle the reception."
Chu Tian nodded, "Okay!"
Because their construction company was getting busier and busier, they gradually recruited a lot of people. Xiao Qi was originally hired as a handyman, but one time when they had an appointment to invite a factory director and others to dinner to maintain relations, Sun Weiguo had something urgent to do and couldn't go. Chu Min couldn't handle it alone, so he brought him along, thinking of asking him to help with the drinking.
As a result, it turned out that he was not only eloquent, but also smart, tactful, and had high emotional intelligence, and he made the other party very happy both times.
So, every time Chu Min went out to meet people, he subconsciously liked to take him with him.
When we are busy, time always passes quickly. Spring goes and autumn comes, and several months pass in the blink of an eye.
It was already mid-July in 1981. Because they had taken on the construction of the family housing of the machinery factory and the office buildings of the ten regiments under the division, Chu Tian and others were so busy that they wanted to work every day. He now ran back and forth between the construction sites from morning to night and had no time to purchase goods from Kouli. Fortunately, he had left the addresses and phone numbers of several factories that purchased goods, and now freight trains have been available for a long time.
Therefore, before each season changed, he would contact the other factory and ask them to take photos of the new models with a camera, then develop them and send them to him. He would let Yao Xiujuan and others choose, and after selecting the style and quantity, he would pay the other party and wait for the goods to be delivered.
"Brother Tian, I've made up my mind! Can you just let us go? I want to see the styles and fabrics in person! I think the summer clothes they sent in May were not good in terms of style or quality..."
In the evening, after everyone had finished their meal and returned to their rooms, Yao Xiujuan was still begging Chu Tian.
Chu Tian shook his head and refused again, "No, no, you are old and young, how can you take grandma and three children to Guangzhou by yourself? No! I am worried!"
"Wait until winter? In winter, outdoor projects will stop, and there will only be indoor work. My second brother and Zuo Zhuang will be here, so I'll go with you!"
Yao Xiujuan glared at Chu Tian angrily and retorted dissatisfiedly, "By winter, the daylilies will be cold! By then, all the new styles will have been sold out! What's the point of going?"
"No, Grandma wants to go. Xinxin and the others have never been to the South and want to go too. It just so happens that school is on summer vacation now, so we must go this time!!"
Looking at the childish Yao Xiujuan, Chu Tian couldn't help laughing. Money is indeed a hero's courage and career is a woman's confidence. Yao Xiujuan had never been so stubborn with him before. Basically, if he said something was not allowed, Yao Xiujuan would go along with him.
Thinking that this was the first time Yao Xiujuan had refuted him so strongly, Chu Tian was not angry at all. Instead, he felt that this was quite good. She had her own thoughts and was firm in her ideas. Chu Tian felt that he should support her!
After figuring this out, Chu Tian said, "Although grandma has always been in good health, she is now in her early eighties, and her three children are still young. I am really worried..."
Before she finished speaking, Yao Xiujuan quickly said, "Brother Tian, I will take good care of you..."
Chu Tian waved his hand and continued with a smile, "Listen to me. What I mean is, I really don't feel comfortable with you taking them with you alone. How about this? You take Xu Cheng, Wu Bin, Li Doudou, and Yan Fang with you!"
Yao Xiujuan was stunned. "If I take them with me, what will happen to the store?"
Chu Tian chuckled, "It's not like the store is completely empty. We've hired a few new people this year, haven't we? Let Lin Yuan and Luo Fei look after the grain and oil grocery store... Let Liu Guihong take care of the two girls in the clothing and shoe stores..."
"Anyway, August and September are the busy farming seasons, and also the slowest business season of the year. Having a few of them in the store is enough..."
Yao Xiujuan was still a little worried, "But..."
Chu Tian interrupted her, "No buts, if it doesn't work, then don't go. Wait until winter comes!"
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