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Chapter 1056 Things turn out differently
"Moreover, this material was left over from the previous dynasty and has been well preserved. Moreover, golden nanmu wood is not susceptible to insect infestation. The longer it is stored, the more valuable it will be!"

"Well, let's try it!" Wang Mantang said as he wanted to "negotiate the price" with Lin Hao.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, when negotiating a sale or transaction, in order to maintain confidentiality and prevent others from seeing the transaction amount, people would reach into the other party's sleeve to "feel the price". This way of trading was called "swallowing gold in the sleeve" or "bargaining in the sleeve."

Lin Hao also understood this, but at this moment the two of them were in the backyard of the courtyard. Apart from the two of them, there was not even a mouse, so there was no need for this at all.

"Don't do it. There are no outsiders here. No one will steal the business from Boss Wang!" Lin Hao said with a smile and shook his head.

"Look at my brain, I'm used to it!" Wang Mantang slapped his forehead and said apologetically:

"How about this? We will use our best golden nanmu wood to make the furniture, and then use our best carving, carpentry and painting skills. It will cost you 2800 yuan.

"Including the 300 dollars for renovating the house, the total is 3100 dollars. Since you are a big customer, I will give you a discount and make it 3000 dollars. How about that?" Wang Mantang said in a generous manner.

Lin Hao made an estimate and his first impression was that it was a little expensive. However, considering that the other party used golden nanmu wood, and that the labor and materials were all included, and the extra 100 yuan was waived, the price was indeed quite affordable.

What's more, Lin Hao doesn't really care about this little money. As long as it is comfortable to use in the future, it doesn't matter.

However, thinking about the fact that the furniture made by the other party was mostly old-fashioned, and the cold winter in Beijing, Lin Hao added:

"Don't rush to estimate the price yet, I have other requests!"

"If you have any other requests, Mr. Lin, please feel free to tell me!" Wang Mantang said happily.

So Lin Hao put forward his own request:
"I also want to install floor heating in this house, and toilets in the inner and outer courtyards. The furniture should be made according to my design drawings, in a modern Western style. I'll send the design drawings to you once I've finished them!"

Then Lin Hao described what modern style furniture is.

Wang Mantang was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that this courtyard house was not going to be overhauled, but was preparing for major changes and installing floor heating. This made him a little embarrassed.

No matter what style of furniture, it is not difficult for him. He has made everything. Even during the Beiyang period, he had made Western-style furniture!

But floor heating is the big problem. Although Beijing started using floor heating early, it was never promoted on a large scale.

For example, places like Dongjiaominxiang, Jingcheng Hotel, Qinghua Hospital, and Union Hospital had already used floor heating as early as the 1917s and s ().

But why it has not been popularized? Isn’t it because the cost of using floor heating is too high and ordinary people simply cannot afford it?

This was not something he could handle at all, so he said with some embarrassment:
"Mr. Lin, everything else is easy to say. You said that modern style furniture is not difficult. We made Western style furniture during the Beiyang period."

"The toilet problem is easy to solve. Although there is no sewage pipe here, it is next to the river. Even if we don't drain it into the river, digging a pipe to the toilet is not too expensive."

"But the floor heating is a bit difficult. It's not something that can be solved with thirty or twenty thousand dollars. It will cost a lot of money. With this money, it's better to buy a house in Dongjiaomin Lane. There are all kinds of supporting facilities there..."

Wang Mantang then explained the other difficulties to Lin Hao in detail, and finally said:
"So, instead of installing floor heating, it's more practical to build a kang."

Lin Hao thought about it carefully. He realized that the boiler still needed someone to maintain it, and the problem of fuel in the future also needed to be solved. Installing floor heating was indeed a bit too ostentatious.

In addition, he suddenly realized a problem, that is, in winter, if we have a kang, can we make the kang bigger so that everyone can live in one room, hiss~!

Thinking of this, Lin Hao nodded in agreement and said:

"Shopkeeper Wang is very experienced. If that's the case, there's really no need to install floor heating. I'll just listen to you and build a kang!"

"As for the toilet, don't drain it into the river. That would be too degrading and would make people gossip. Just dig a pipe to connect it to the toilet."

"I have several design drawings of furniture styles. You can just take them back and make them according to them!" As he said this, he handed the drawings that had been designed long ago to Wang Mantang.

"Manager Wang, please calculate how much this will cost?"

Wang Mantang lowered his head and calculated, and after a while he said:
"The furniture is just different in style, but it takes more time to make. In fact, it doesn't cost much more, only two or three hundred dollars more. A kang is only a few dozen yuan!"

"But the sewage pipe is half a mile long. If you take into account the cement pipe and the labor, it will cost at least 1000 dollars. The pipes in the courtyard must be installed with cast iron pipes, which will cost about 400 dollars. But if the six households along the road are also connected, the total cost will be about 6 dollars!"

Lin Hao was delighted when he heard this. He thought it would cost a lot of money. A good thing like this would definitely require the involvement of several neighboring courtyards!
At worst, he could just go to the other party in person to "persuade" them, which was not a difficult thing.

"Not counting the sewage pipe, which is 600 to 1600 dollars, the kang is free for you, so the total is 3400 dollars!" At this point, Wang Mantang said hesitantly:

"Then this deposit~!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Hao said generously:
"The sewage pipe will be charged at 600 dollars. I will negotiate the connection of the sewage pipes for the other six yards. The total price will be 4000 dollars, with a % deposit~!"

"Forget it, don't be so unreasonable. The Phoebe wood is yours. I'll give you 3000 yuan as a deposit, and I'll give you the rest of the money when the work is completed as scheduled!"

"Wait for me here, I'll get you the money!" Lin Hao said as he entered the main room, then took out 3000 silver dollars from his space ring, put them in a box, and then moved the box out.

Then Lin Hao said to Wang Mantang:

"I'm getting married in a while, so this thing has to be presentable and I can't lose face."

When Wang Mantang saw that Lin Hao gave him a deposit of 3000 yuan, he was so happy that he immediately thanked him profusely, "Thank you very much, Boss Lin!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin. Longji is a century-old brand. I will not let this golden sign fall into my hands."

Fiat currency is worthless now. If he uses fiat currency to trade with him for such a large amount of money, he will lose a lot of money given the rate at which fiat currency is depreciating.

Fortunately, it is cash, so I can take it back and hide it without worrying about currency depreciation.

Longji hasn't been in operation for half a year, so this is a big deal.

In the entire Longji Construction Factory, everyone can live well even if they don’t do any work in the next year.

"Mr. Lin, I have to go back and discuss with everyone what to do." Wang Mantang said radiantly.

"Okay, please!" Lin Hao sent Wang Mantang to the door.

Wang Mantang turned around, bowed and said, "Please stay, Mr. Lin."

"Then I won't see you off!" Wang Mantang hailed a rickshaw when he arrived at the entrance of the alley.

Wang Mantang led his men and went straight back to Longji Construction Factory without stopping.

"Boss!" "Master!"

"How about it?"

Everyone looked at him expectantly.

It is true that we haven't been working for half a year. It's not that there is no business at all, but the jobs we did before were small jobs that paid only thirty or twenty dollars, and now we are about to go out of business.

"As soon as I, Wang Mantang, stepped in, I was sure to succeed. I've already negotiated a deal for 5000 dollars (the 1000 dollars for digging the sewage pipe was shared equally with other residents)!"

"From now on, we'll have pork head wrapped in pancakes for one meal every day. If we don't eat this kind of food, we really can't do hard work. We'll start work tomorrow, and everyone must do their work beautifully."

"Let Mr. Lin take a look at the level of our Longji work. By the way, the furniture in Mr. Lin's home is all made of golden nanmu wood, and they are of Western style!"

"Mr. Lin will send the furniture design drawings tomorrow. You guys can discuss how to make it. I will go find your master's wife and tell her the good news." After Wang Mantang finished speaking, he trotted back to his own courtyard.

Their courtyard house has two entrances and is indeed not very big, but it is maintained quite elegantly.

After all, his family is in the construction and decoration business, and it was bought by his father-in-law, so naturally it can't be bad.

"Big girl, big girl!" Wang Mantang ran into the yard excitedly and then shouted loudly.

"What's the matter? Is there a fire?" Wang Mantang's wife, Da Niu, ran out of the house in a hurry.

"What's on fire? Can't you think positively?" Wang Mantang's face was distorted at this time. Seeing his wife's worried look, he said seriously:

"Forget it. I won't play dumb with you. I received a big order today."

"A big order, is it true or not? How big is it?" the girl asked him anxiously.

She had to be anxious. To be honest, Longji belonged to her family and Wang Mantang was her son-in-law.

Life has been hard in the past six months. I haven't worked for a long time, and I can barely even cook.

"It's definitely a big deal, worth 5000 dollars. If we can get this deal, we won't have to worry about food and drink for the next year."

Wang Mantang still had that smiling face, but his eyes always gave people the feeling that he was smiling but not really smiling.

"5000 dollars!" The girl's voice changed, and then she said excitedly:

"This guy is really rich. Could it be that he is building a mansion for a county prince or a prince?"

"That's not right. If we are building a prince's mansion, we won't be able to afford it without 1 silver dollars. How much would that cost just for the raw materials?"

The girl knew all about Longji's work, so the price seemed a bit off, neither too high nor too low.

"It's a three-story courtyard house that needs some minor renovations, and it will cost at most 200 dollars."

"You charge 5000 for this kind of work, so give the money back quickly. Do you still want to keep the Long Ji reputation if you do this?" The girl became anxious when she heard this.

"Big girl, listen to what I have to say!" Wang Mantang then explained:
The money for house renovation is nothing. I didn’t even want any money from him. But he wanted three sets of furniture, all made of golden nanmu wood!”

"Aren't the few pieces of material handed down from our ancestors worth this price? Besides, he still needs to repair the sewage pipes and build a toilet in the courtyard!"

"That's good enough. Now that I have money, I want to eat some braised pork, okay?" The girl swallowed and said:

"I haven't eaten meat for two months. I've forgotten what meat tastes like."

"Okay, you can eat as much as you want, but I have to arrange some work first. You can arrange someone to buy groceries."

"Then you'd better go quickly, otherwise it will be dark." Longji started to get busy.

Lin Hao was not idle either. He took a rickshaw to the Six Nations Hotel again.

When we arrived at the Six Nations Hotel, we found out that Mu Chunhua had taken leave to go to the hospital because her father was seriously ill.

Lin Hao felt that the timing was too coincidental, so he turned to the hospital again. However, if he went directly to the hospital, took out penicillin and asked her to marry him, that would be too rough.

Even if the other party agrees, they will feel that they are asking for repayment for a favor and may not follow them wholeheartedly. They may even feel that they are being threatened.

Lin Hao had no doubt about this. Unless people are forced into a desperate situation, they always feel that they can do it and can persevere as long as they grit their teeth.

Even if you overcome difficulties with the help of others, after the difficulties are over, you always feel that it is a difficulty that you overcame by yourself, and it has nothing to do with the people who helped you. You even feel that the people who helped you are taking advantage of you.

Thinking of this, Lin Hao felt that he should find a suitable entry point and let the other party come to him on his own initiative, and then he would reluctantly agree.

That's right, Lin Hao took advantage of someone's misfortune. After all, Mu Chunhua used to be a waitress in the Six Nations Hotel and had seen too many people and things in the hotel.

It’s like a girl who comes to the city for the first time and is dazzled by its prosperity. As time goes by, her thoughts are no longer as pure as before.

So after arriving at the hospital, Lin Hao took out a box of penicillin from the space and went straight to the dean's office.

"What does this sir want to talk to me about?" Director Liu asked the nurse who reported the matter to leave and asked Lin Hao in confusion.

Lin Hao did not exchange pleasantries, but went straight to the point:
"I heard that your hospital is short of good medicine. I happen to have a batch of penicillin here. I wonder if Dean Liu is interested in it in the future?"

"What?" Dean Liu looked at Lin Hao, stood up in shock and asked, "Do you really have penicillin? What's the dosage?"

"Yes, there are, 10 units!" Lin Hao said lightly.

As early as 1946, the United States had mass-produced 40 units of penicillin, but the price sold to the Republic of China was as high as US$39 per unit.

This is also the reason why Xu Zhongyi in "Infiltration" used Mexican penicillin and changed the label to American penicillin. Not to mention that penicillin itself has high profits, the price difference between different unit doses alone is enough to move people.

Because for the Republic of China, which was short of medical care and medicine, especially for the vast majority of people who had never used penicillin, 100,000 units were more than enough to reduce inflammation and fever.

At this time, Dean Liu also calmed down, and then asked with some concern:

"By the way, sir, what's your name? Where did this batch of medicine come from?"

Strategic materials like penicillin are generally in the hands of the military. Even if they leak out from within the military, they are not available on the market and have long been bought up by various forces.