In the evening, Chu Tian and his companions went to meet the leaders of the steel plant, including Liu Jiali's father and the sales director of the steel plant whom they were familiar with. Therefore, the atmosphere at the table was very good. After drinking half of the wine, everyone started to talk about business.
The director of the steel mill smiled and said, "Xiao Chu, look, we'll provide the steel ourselves. You just need to provide the workmanship, design, and other construction materials. Can we negotiate the price?"
Chu Tian knew the deal was done when he heard this. He touched his wine glass with his right hand and chuckled, "No problem, everything can be negotiated. Anyway, our business with your steel plant will continue. Next quarter, when our company's buyers come to purchase rebar, we'll ask Director Zhang to give us a better discount."
"Haha, come on, Xiao Chu, let's have another..."
The director of the steel plant was an old fox, but he still couldn't understand what was meant. He raised his glass and clinked it with Chu Tian again.
After seeing off the leaders of the steel plant, Chu Min and Zuo Zhuang saw that Director Liu had not left, so they knew that he was going to meet Chu Tian, so they said hello to him and went back to the hotel to pay the bill, leaving them to talk.
"Chu Tian, congratulations."
Chu Tian smiled and looked at Director Liu, "Uncle, thank you for speaking well for us earlier."
Director Liu waved his hand. "Hey, what does it have to do with me? It's mainly because your house is well built. You don't know, our factory director visited the family housing complex at the machinery factory last month, and when he came back, he called the deputy factory directors and the directors of each workshop to hold various meetings. Originally, a few people were against building the family housing complex now, but after our factory director took them to the machinery factory to take a look, they all agreed when they came back..."
Chu Tian looked at Director Liu with a smile on his face. "Anyway, no matter what, it was you, Uncle, who first mentioned to the factory director that the new residential building for the machinery factory was built by us."
"Otherwise, the factory director wouldn't know."
Director Liu laughed heartily, thinking, how could he not know? Their factory director knows a lot of people, and he can find out who built it by just asking around...
"Oh, I haven't told you the good news yet. Youjun is now the deputy director of the Education Department of our factory, and Jiali is also the deputy director of the Finance Office."
Chu Tian was surprised. "Oh, so after they finished the training, they were directly assigned to deputy section-level positions?"
Director Liu smiled and nodded. "Yes, but Youjun was already a technician before he took the college entrance exam. If he hadn't been admitted to university, he would have at least been a deputy director in these four years..."
"However, the deputy director of a workshop cannot have as much power as the deputy director of a department."
"No matter what, Youjun and Jiali have such a high starting point, and with their education, it will be easier for them to move up in the future."
Chu Tian was really happy. He knew that the first batch of college students, once they graduated, would definitely be promoted if they returned to their original units. Yao Youjun had said to him that he was very hesitant at first, whether to return to his original unit or go somewhere else. He decided to return to his original unit. He thought he would be promoted to cadre level directly, but he didn't expect to be promoted to deputy section level directly...
You know, in general, in state-owned enterprises like this, it's easy to get promoted from an ordinary worker to a technician, but if you want to move up one level from a technician, it's really difficult if you don't have someone behind you...
"Yes, they have this position now, and I can rest assured when I retire in the future.
Director Liu was also very happy. It was a good thing that he did not despise Yao Youjun's family background and break up the couple. Otherwise, such a good son-in-law would have belonged to someone else.
"By the way, I've never asked, how much does it cost to build a house in the city?"
Chu Tian thought for a moment and replied, "It depends on the building area, style, and number of floors. The price is different. In short, the taller the building, the larger the floor area, and the more compartments there are on each floor, the more money you will pay..."
After a pause, Chu Tian smiled and asked, "Uncle, are you asking for someone else?"
Director Liu nodded. "A colleague of ours, his son has just graduated from a normal school and is now a teacher at the city middle school. The school originally provided dormitories, but his son found them too small for a family of five, so he bought an old house near the school and wants to tear it down and rebuild it."
"It just so happened that his father heard me talking about you guys building a house, so he asked me roughly how much it would cost to build one."
Chu Tian touched his chin, thought for a moment and then answered, "It depends on whether he wants to do it all at once or just wants to live here temporarily."
"for example?"
"For example, if you just want to live temporarily and don't have much money, you can build a bungalow. Bricks and cement are essential, but steel bars are not necessary. A family of five should have at least six brick houses. No cement plastering or whitewashing, and no red brick walls. Based on the current prices of bricks and cement, it would cost around 2,500..."
"If you need steel bars, you belong to the steel mill, and you know the price of steel bars better than I do, so..."
"If it's a building, then the price can't be calculated. After all, the design, cement slabs, steel bars, deepening the foundation, workers, etc., all of these things cost money..."
Director Liu was shocked. "This, this price is so high?"
"I remember you only spent a little over a thousand to build the house?"
Chu Tian smiled and said, "Uncle, what were the prices of bricks and cement back then? What are the prices now? They've gone up a lot in the past ten years!"
"Besides, I didn't paint the walls white or put cement on them. I just laid a layer of cement on the ground..."
"Also, I didn't pay anyone to do the work. It was all my cousins and good friends in the team who helped me!"
Director Liu shook his head. "Tsk tsk, this house only costs a few hundred yuan. How could it cost so much to build a few brick houses?"
Chu Tian suggested with a smile, "Then you can tell him that if he wants to save money, he can buy the bricks and cement himself. On Saturdays and Sundays when he's not teaching, he can call a few friends he's close to to help him build it slowly. It's just a few houses anyway, so it can be built quickly."
Director Liu nodded, then smiled at Chu Tian, "Chu Tian, thank you..."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "It's nothing, but you know, our company isn't just me who has the final say, so the prices I quoted are the lowest I can offer. You can tell him that there are casual workers out there who can take on jobs, and they can do the work. Their prices may be a little higher than what I quoted, but they'll still be much cheaper than the city construction team."
"Okay, I understand. It's getting late, I'll go back..."
After he finished speaking, Director Liu said goodbye and left. He was actually just asking. If he really wanted to introduce him to Chu Tian, he'd better forget it. The projects Chu Tian took on now were all worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. A house like this one, which cost only a few thousand dollars, was not worth the trouble!
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