At this moment, there were many footsteps in the corridor. I turned my back to the door and Sha pouted at me." The contractor is coming to ask for money again.”I turned around and saw a few people who looked like migrant workers walking into the corridor. "This time, Bo will be annoyed by their quarrels again. Let's not wait here, Bo will push them to us soon.”When Sha said this, Old Chen came back from Bo's side. As soon as he entered the door and saw the contract file on his desk, he immediately dragged it to the opposite table. He muttered," You people always make a mess of my table.”Old Sha said," Hey, hey, what are you doing? Why don't you look at who it is?"”"Who cares who he is? I'll put it on your desk.”It was only then that I saw Old Chen's face. He looked like a teacher in the factory primary school I worked in more than ten years ago. I had a good impression of that teacher, so I gave him my impression of that teacher." Hello, Old Chen.”I stood up from his seat and greeted him. Only then did he look at me. "You are…?" He didn't expect me to greet him. "This is the new CEO of the company.”Sha snapped at him. "You're President Niu. I thought you were a contractor too.”He was a little embarrassed and stuttered. From his "you are President Niu", it could be inferred that he knew that I was coming. "If we work together, just call me Old Bull.”I said. He quickly became cold again and said sarcastically," Another CEO. How can there be so many CEOs here?”There weren't many people who said that they were so difficult to listen to on their first meeting. Because of Sha's warning, I didn't bother with him. At most, I just ignored him. He added," This seat is mine. Move aside. I have to do something."”I moved aside and he sat down, ignoring me. Old Sha looked at me and stuck out his tongue at Old Chen. He probably meant," Now you know this birdman, right?”
At this moment, a few steps away, a scream came from Bo's office. Bo's sharp voice was prominent." Don't keep disturbing me. You signed the contract with them. Go and ask them for money. Yesterday, they sent their boss to ask him for money..." Sha Yi quickly touched me and pointed to the blueprint storage room opposite." The door isn't locked. Let's hide opposite for a while." He asked the contractor to come and disturb you, but you didn't know. These people were very difficult to deal with.”Sha dragged me into the room across the corridor. Just as I closed the door, I heard footsteps approaching from the corridor. "Which one is the new boss? Which one is the new boss?" A few people shouted in the office opposite. "Don't argue here. There's no boss here.”It was Old Chen's voice. "They said that the new boss brought money to pay for the wages and materials yesterday.”It was the contractor's voice. "If you want money, go to the finance office. Don't come here and make a fuss.”It was Old Chen's voice again. "If we don't sign here, what's the use of going to the finance department?”It was the contractor's voice. "I don't care about the signature. You guys go and find the one who signed it. I'm going out to do something. You guys wait outside. I'm going to lock the door.”It was Old Chen's voice. Then, the sound of the door closing and a series of footsteps could be heard, mixed with the contractor's curses." If I don't get paid for my work, I won't be able to carry it anymore. I quit. I'm going home now…" Footsteps came downstairs.
Sha opened the door a crack and listened. After making sure that the contractor had left, he opened the door and said with a bitter smile," It's so annoying to quarrel with the contractor all day.”He added," I'm fine now that you're here. If I keep looking, I'll look for you. I don't care about this anymore."”"Let's work together. There were only a few of them, didn't they have to hold on?”I said. "I'm just saying. If there's really something, how can I not show up?”Old Sha was afraid that I would misunderstand him. "I'm just saying my opinion. I know you're not the kind of person to quit. Sigh, the contractor said that they had gone back to ask people to stop working. Should we go to the construction site immediately to talk to them and calm them down?”I said. "They often say they're quitting, so they won't stop them. If they couldn't get the money, there was no guarantee that they wouldn't stop working and leave.”When dealing with a contractor, I have a good idea. "I've lured them away, and you're still hiding here?”Old Chen came back from somewhere and said this to me and Old Sha who were still standing in the blueprint storage room before walking back to the opposite side. After all, they were sent by the same company. At the critical moment, Old Chen was still biased towards his own people. He said he was going out to do something, but in fact, he was going to lure the few labor supervisors away.
Although Old Sha said that the contractor would not go to the construction site to stop work, he was not sure that the contractor would really do it. "Let's go to the construction site to take a look. You should also get to know these contractor.”Sha said. "I was just about to go to the construction site to take a look. I still don't know what the construction site is like.”I continued. "Alright, let's go now. We'll talk at the construction site.”Sha said. In order to be mentally prepared for the contractor to ask for money, I asked Sha," What if the contractor surrounded me at the construction site and asked me for money?”Sha said," Don't be afraid. We'll just tell them that the money will be transferred soon. Let them hold on a little longer and not stop work and go home. If they stop work and pull them home, they won't be able to get the money even if it comes. That way, they won't dare to leave just like that. Let's look for them one by one. Don't let them gather together. They're powerful when they're together. It's not too difficult to talk to them individually.”
We didn't go to Old Chen's place again, nor did we greet him. We went straight downstairs. It was already past ten o'clock. Old Sha called a tricycle to pull us to the bridgehead of the construction site. We walked down the bridgehead and followed the small path into the market construction site. Lao Sha led the way and explained the progress of the project to me. The land for the big market was built by filling the river bank with soil. Lao Sha said that the first phase of the project had filled up more than 60 mu of land, with a length of 250 meters along the river and a horizontal length of 150 meters. The first phase had a total of 80 mu, so the earth moving and filling continued.
The planned passages of the market had been lined with lime and some of them had been paved with gravel. Some wooden signs were erected with the names of the shops. Lao Sha said that the market was divided into local specialties (mushrooms, fungus, dried bamboo shoots, medicinal herbs, etc.), wood and bamboo products, wood and bamboo materials, and so on. In the first phase, 20 shops would be built, with a total of 200 storefronts. The second and third floors of the store were used by the merchants for office and living. In order to reduce the cost and reduce the burden of the buyers, the second and third floors were built shorter.
The shop's blueprint was designed according to the frame structure, but because the total height of the building was not high, only the frame structure was retained on the first floor during construction. The second and third floors were changed to brick-concrete structures, but the floor and roof were still cast-in-place according to the blueprint. The passageways between the shops were left wide and open. I measured with my steps. The distance between rows of shops is no less than 15 meters, and the distance between buildings is no less than 20 meters. It should be said that the engineers hired by President Hua in the provincial capital were quite generous in the layout of this market.
The foundation of half of the commercial buildings was already beyond the horizon, and a few of the commercial buildings had already set up the template for the cement pillars, as if they were about to be poured with cement. Most of these completed projects were hidden underground, and one would not be able to see these results unless they were at the scene. Yesterday evening, when we stood at the bridgehead and saw the dump truck moving the soil, I thought that it was just the beginning of filling the soil. Today, when he came to the construction site to take a look, he realized that a lot of things had been done.
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