At that time, mainlanders seemed to have an inexplicable prejudice against wearing jeans. There were not many people wearing jeans in universities, and even fewer civil servants wore jeans. However, young people (known as 'gongs'), street vendors, cart drivers, and laborers who carried goods almost all wore jeans. This made it even more considered that jeans were a "low-class" outfit. I said,"If you like it, then wear it. Once you're used to it, no one will laugh. I started wearing jeans when I was working in the big market. At that time, I just thought that wearing jeans was durable and dirt-resistant. Later, I found that wearing jeans made me look more energetic, so I liked it. At first, my wife was also strongly opposed to it. She said,'What do I look like? I'm still foaming at this age.' But later, she was used to seeing me wear jeans. Once, I occasionally changed into suit pants, but she didn't like it. She said,'Hurry up and change into jeans. I don't think it's right for you to wear something else.'" The few little fellows smacked their lips when they heard this, but they still said,"Ahem, I'm embarrassed to wear it.”(Not long after, the young people in the company, including the middle-aged people, began to wear jeans because jeans were more suitable for the construction environment.)
It was my first time here. That afternoon, I was afraid that it would not be good to talk for a long time, so I advised everyone to talk another day. They reluctantly left. However, Xiao Wu insisted on not leaving and insisted on continuing the conversation. He said that he had nothing to do and would just sit there all day. I was a little confused and asked him,"Didn't the company assign you a job?”"There's a division of labor. I'm here to do real estate sales. There aren't any houses for sale yet, and the project has just started. It's still too early to sell." "What kind of projects are there?" "There are several projects, but I only know about the one in my hometown.”"What county?" "Gu Tong." "You're from Gutong. That place is very far from the provincial capital!”"Yeah, it's more than 200 kilometers.”"It's so far away. Why do you want to do real estate there?”"I'm not sure. It seems that President Hua is familiar with a deputy county head there. After that, he pulled my father's unit into the collaboration.”"What does your dad do?" "The director of the county's forest bureau." "Why do you need the Forest Bureau for real estate?”"It's a 'Wood Market' with shops on the bottom floor and houses on the upper floors.”So that was what happened. No wonder the Forest Bureau was involved. I've never been to that county, but I know it's in the remote mountains and forests of the northwestern border. More than ten years ago, the factory I worked in purchased wood for textile equipment production. That place produced wood, but would there be a market for real estate development in such a remote mountain? At that time, the real estate market in the provincial capital had yet to develop properly (it was still in the stage of privatizing the original public housing). The concept of buying a house was unfamiliar to the people in the provincial capital, let alone in such a remote mountainous area. "Did your father's unit send you to this company?”"No, I'm not from my dad's company. I'm studying here and just graduated this year. I don't want to go back to the county town, so my dad asked President Hua for help and asked me to come here.”Xiao Wu continued,"President Hua still wants to send me back to the timber market project, saying that it's easier for me to do things than others. My dad doesn't agree to let me go back, saying that I'll cause trouble for him if I go back. I don't want to go back either. He didn't assign me anything else to do and just sat there idly.”It was obvious that the reason why Little Wu could delay the project was mainly because of his father. Hua had to give his father face, but others did not dare to do so. Little Wu himself also understood. He said that the university students who were with him in the next few days would be assigned to the construction site. He also said with certainty that I would be sent to the construction site soon. He had heard from his father that the company was going to send a deputy general manager to him, and it might be me. This is completely new information to me. Old Zhao didn't say anything during the interview yesterday, and President Hua didn't say anything just now. Now that it's coming from Xiao Wu's mouth, I believe that Xiao Wu's words are full of confidence.
The large office was filled with tables, chairs, and cabinets. There were tables piled up in the corners, and it was so crowded that one had to walk sideways. The little ones told me that this room was used by the rental unit to store items. It was not rented out to the public. It was borrowed temporarily by the company boss and the manager of the rental unit. I saw some scattered civil engineering drawings on several tables, but I didn't see any designers, so I asked the little guy what was going on. They said that these drawings were from those projects. Because the office space was too small, the drawings couldn't be arranged, so the designers all drew at home. After they were done, they would bring them to the company for review. The reviewed drawings would be taken away by the project. They also told me that every Friday, the designers would gather here to review the blueprints, and every Saturday, there would be people from the project who would come to collect the blueprints. When these people came to the company, it would be very lively here.
It's already Thursday, but President Hua hasn't come back yet. Old Zhao is in the office at the group and doesn't come over to take care of the specific matters of the real estate company. I don't have anything to do, and those kids don't have anything to do either. They're waiting for the company to assign them to the project. I'm also waiting, but I don't know what I'm waiting for.
On Friday morning, a few designers came to the office with blueprints. They were all engineers from the former state-owned architectural design department. Due to the gradual opening of the construction market, the real estate market in the mainland cities had not yet formed."There were too many monks and too little porridge", and the competition was very fierce. Some state-owned architectural design institutes could not even eat their fill, so there was definitely no bonus. Some units could not even afford to pay their basic salary. These middle-aged designers had found their own way to work for their private bosses who had just been born. They had received some benefits, and many people had made their families rich from this. Since they were still working in the unit, the income from these was naturally called "gray" income. If the relationship was linked to the unit's salary, they would take it. If they couldn't pay the salary, they would owe it. It was a common phenomenon in all walks of life at that time. These professional designers are not employed by the company on a fixed basis like me. They only have a business relationship with the company. After both parties have agreed on the workload, submission time, quality requirements, and design fees for a set of drawings, they will go home or take it to the company to do it. They will only send the designed drawings to the company for review every week. The company hired a drawing review engineer, but it was actually a part-time job. When he needed to review the drawings, he would come to the company and usually do his own things.
Other than President Hua, these engineers didn't interact much with the other employees of the company. They only greeted each other when they met and stopped after knowing that they were colleagues of the company. In the past, President Hua would come to the office on Friday, which was considered an appointment. However, they stayed in President Hua's office for the whole morning, and President Hua did not come. They asked the office staff to call President Hua, but no one answered. The people in the office said that President Hua did not like to be disturbed when he was on a business trip, so he might not pick up on purpose. The engineers said that these drawings were urgently needed at the construction site, but they had to be signed by President Hua before they could be sent to the construction site. Someone told the engineers that I was the newly hired vice president. They asked me to sign on behalf of President Hua. I didn't understand the situation at all and didn't dare to sign randomly. They asked a secretary to take the blueprints and pass them to President Hua before leaving. Because the company had previously agreed with them to review the drawings for half a day a week, after this half a day, they did not wait any longer. They were not only designing the drawings for this company, but they were also responsible for the drawings of several places at the same time. In the afternoon, they had to hand over the drawings to other bosses.
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