Although the host felt that Xu Shang was just joking, there were actually some people on the Internet who were neutral or even approving of Xu Shang's performance.
These voices were originally mostly ignored, because the mainstream public opinion on Xu Shang is still caught in a vortex of using any means, even cheating, to become famous, until a certain TV station took unethical action.
The TV station made a special commentary on the dream architect in today's morning news program and invited an expert to give a detailed introduction:
"We can see that architect Tao Ji is a typical overseas-educated architect. His style is varied and very modern!"
"As for Xu Shang, it's obvious that he is a classical architect!"
The news anchor immediately asked, "So, is this a contest between the classical school and the foreign-educated school?"
"That's right! It's a pity that we can't see the styles of the two architects yet. It seems that we can only feast our eyes on them after the Dream Architect program is officially aired in a month!"
Obviously, this TV station is the provincial TV station that invested in Dream Architect. And the commentary column of the morning news is also to promote this program.
But even the producers probably didn't expect that once this comment column was broadcast, it caused a huge response on the Internet, and everyone was arguing about it.
"God damn classical!"
"If Feng Shui is considered classical, then killing a chicken as a sacrifice to the heaven can be called Brutalism among architects?"
"Xu Shang's family is really powerful. They can go to such lengths to pave the way for his fame!"
"Mr. Chan, let me tell you something. If you youngsters don't respect Feng Shui, you will regret it later! Don't blame Grandpa for not reminding you!"
"That's right, who doesn't consider Feng Shui when looking at a house? I support Emperor Xu Tian, and that Tao Ji is a complete amateur, so just stay over there and cool off!"
…
At this time, at the construction site in Tianya Village where Tao Ji was in charge, there was another sound of slamming the table from under the awning in the distance.
Gao Xiaolong looked over there suspiciously, but heard the leader Qin Gong say with a smile: "Don't worry about it, that's our Master Tao. He will slam the table when he sees unhappy comments online.
Gao Xiaolong nodded and continued to move bricks.
There are not many people who come here to do odd jobs. Gao Xiaolong knows that they all go to the "Tianya Village Clay Sculpture Shop" in the village to do odd jobs. The salary is said to be higher than here, and many jobs do not require working in the sun.
However, Gao Xiaolong could not get over the hurdle in his heart when he was asked to work for Xu Shang, especially when he thought that Xu Shang could point fingers at him openly.
He and Xu Shang are both protagonists of Metamorphosis. Although Xu Shang is a rich second-generation, Xu Shang has not used his family's money yet. He is unwilling to be so much worse off than Xu Shang.
This man has a damn competitive spirit!
Gao Xiaolong also knew that the treatment would be better if he went to Xu Shang, but...
Let yourself be a little willful!
Gao Xiaolong worked very hard and seriously, but the others were obviously not as interested. They chatted while working.
"His second brother, why are you here?"
"Isn't this because I missed the queue? At first, Brother Xu said he would only give me three hours of odd jobs a day, and I asked why it was only three hours. Now I finally understand. If it wasn't for three hours, I might not be able to get a spot the day after tomorrow. My shift won't start until the evening, so I'm just sitting there doing nothing during the day!"
"It's all the same. My shift isn't until tomorrow, otherwise who's going to do this?"
Under the sun, they sweated profusely and were left sticky all over. In fact, with the economic level of Tianya Village, 20 yuan a morning and 50 yuan a day, many people should be happy to do it.
But isn’t there a good example before us?
Think about it, people work three hours and their basic salary is only 30 yuan, and if you add some performance bonus, it will be 40 or 50 yuan. Compared with this, I lose interest in the work at hand.
Tao Ji walked out of the shed at this time. Seeing the scattered and unenthusiastic odd jobs, he couldn't help but frowned, and found his assistant and asked, "Why are there only so many people?"
The assistant was a contractor found by the Architects Association. He smiled at Tao Ji and said, "The people here are too lazy. The recruitment notice was posted, but not many people came! And..."
"And what?"
"Some people came to ask, but when they heard the wages, they immediately turned around and left, not wanting to do it at all. To be honest, our odd jobs are not cheap, 20 yuan for half a day, 50 yuan for a day. I asked around, and the local odd jobs only make 40 yuan a day."
"No wonder this is a poor village!" Tao Ji frowned.
"Who says it's not true? They are all lazy people. It would be a miracle if they were not poor!"
"But no matter what, it can't affect the progress." Tao Ji said, "The wages have been raised to thirty and a half days, sixty yuan a day."
When the contractor heard this, his face suddenly turned bitter, and then he quickly smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say."
The reason why he was unhappy was very simple: money.
Tao Ji certainly didn't come here for the money. People who can study abroad these days don't care about a small amount of money like 180,000 yuan. Moreover, in addition to the 80,000 yuan construction fund, the program crew also gave Tao Ji 30,000 yuan in performance fees. The program crew even apologized to Tao Ji for this, saying that they could only give a small gift due to insufficient funds.
Tao Ji certainly had no objection. After all, this was an investment from their Architects Association to make their show popular. Not to mention the 30,000 yuan performance fee, he would have no objection even if he was not given it.
He was also very tactful and treated the program crew and the Architects Association to food, drinks and entertainment, and gave each of them gifts. He basically did not take a penny of the 30,000 yuan and spent it all.
But as a contractor who entertains guests with food, drinks and entertainment, it is impossible for him to be so carefree.
Tao Ji told him that the 80,000 yuan would be used as construction funds, and the rest would be at his disposal.
So this is not a pay raise for odd jobs, it's clearly cutting into the flesh and blood of the contractor!
But Tao Ji was the 'emperor' here who had the final say. He did not dare to be careless and quickly passed on the good news. However, what the contractor did not expect was that the casual workers did not respond enthusiastically to this, and some even felt that "that's it".
There is no way. After all, the 10 yuan increase for half a day is only the basic salary for three hours. What's more, it's only 10 yuan increase for a day's work. In the final analysis, that's all.
"It is true that poor mountains and bad waters give rise to unruly people!"
The contractor looked at the odd jobs with disdain, but at the same time he urged them, "Hurry up! Who told you to chat over there? I asked you to come here to work, not to be my boss!"
Although these words sounded a bit harsh to Gao Xiaolong, he still obediently quickened his pace and worked until noon, sweating profusely.
"Let's go and have dinner!" Qin Guangqing on the other side admired Gao Xiaolong's hard work and invited him.
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