Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 59 One-stop service
The room of this youngest child, who is considered the most precious child in the eyes of the villagers, is not so comfortable to live in.

Chen Xuebing had considered this point.

However, I didn't expect that.

The landlady's name was Wu Jiuhong. After the three of them viewed the house, and Chen Xuebing and Tan Maoshui expressed their willingness to rent it out, she immediately said she would take them to town to buy bedding.

They do need a place to stay.

So they wrote a rental agreement by hand, paid the rent, and the landlady took them to town to buy things on her farm tricycle—all in one smooth motion.

I arrived by motorcycle a little after 1 p.m., and it wasn't even 3 p.m. when I got back to the house to pack up after shopping.

Wu Jiuhong immediately offered to treat them to the local specialty, Wujiang fish, to celebrate their start of construction, wishing them a smooth and successful project and great achievements. Her words of blessing were so smooth and fluent that Chen Xuebing felt he should reward her with a good omen. Moreover, since they were working near the Wujiang River, it was only right to treat them to a meal of Wujiang fish, which was famous throughout Southwest China. So he told her that the fish meal would be whatever the market price was, and it didn't have to be free.

Chen Xuebing's shop has been doing well these past few days. Apart from the 10,000 yuan he took out to buy clothes for his company and temporarily use for construction site expenses, all the other 60,000 yuan that he unfrozen has been used to stock up on goods. The harvest is almost full, and there are still orders waiting to be shipped. He is making four to five thousand yuan a day. The 60,000 yuan from Taobao will arrive in his account soon, so he is still very confident.

Wu Jiuhong said she wouldn't charge for the first meal; they could pay later if they were satisfied with the food, as her husband was a fisherman on the river.

Knowing she had ulterior motives, Chen Xuebing didn't say anything more.

At five o'clock, a fragrant and delicious dish of bighead carp was served, prepared with great care, featuring a hot fish head with cold fish fillets, and a red broth made with garlic sprouts, Sichuan peppercorns, scallion segments, and hot pot base.

It was more delicious than I could have imagined.

It's sour and spicy, very appetizing, and delicious.

After finishing their meal, Wu Jiuhong asked with a smile, "How was the taste?" Chen Xuebing raised his hand and said that from now on, the meals at the construction site would be served at Wu Jiuhong's house, and the food standards would be set by Engineer Tan.

The proprietress immediately launched into another round of auspicious words.

……

After we finished eating around six o'clock, the landlady's husband returned.

He wasn't very talkative, but when he heard they were renting rooms from a construction site down below, he just chuckled dryly, looking very honest.

Marrying this woman was the right decision.

Chen Xuebing and his two companions walked to the construction site a kilometer down the mountain, took a stroll around, and then warmed themselves by the stove on the second floor.

The second floor of this house has windows facing outwards, and there are two staircases, one on the right and one on the left. The staircase on the right leads to a room with a stove and a wooden sofa, which is like a living room. One door leads to the room on the left.

You can go down to either end of the room inside.

The three of them huddled around a 99 quota book that Lao Tan had brought, studying the prices. They told Ren Ying to go and rest, but she didn't leave or say anything. She just listened to their conversation and seemed quite interested.

"The cost of rubble masonry is about 75 yuan per cubic meter. This is a relatively large quantity. Rubble masonry is needed for both the slope protection wall and the retaining wall. The price of rubble masonry materials may rise after the new year. We'd better place the order and pay the deposit as soon as possible."

"C15 concrete is also used a lot. You should go out and compare prices for 325 and 425 cement."

"There's also the steel pipe rental. There's a section of pipeline that seems to go along the mountainside, which is quite high. It will probably require a lot of scaffolding. This area has high profit margins, but the market is volatile, and the price is hard to negotiate. Try to keep the deposit as low as possible and delay the payment until after the project is settled."

"For transportation, I'll buy a motorcycle in a couple of days and hire someone to come with you. He can handle general procurement and negotiating prices for commonly used materials. He'll ride the motorcycle to take you there. I'm planning to find him a driving school here so he can get his driver's license. So he might not be here sometimes, and he won't be considered an employee. Therefore, you don't need to worry about his salary; I'll pay him."

"You know how to do the data collection, right? Start working on it first. This project is mainly located in the factory area, and the recipients are relatively concentrated, so I won't look for the data collection for now. Let's save some money. I'll give you a bonus when the project is finished."

"As for management, if you have any apprentices or colleagues you can trust and work with, you can call them over. The salary is 1200. Two or three people will be enough. I will also be bringing three more people over in June. Please help me train them well. This project is short, but the work is never-ending. I will make new arrangements before the project is completed."

Chen Xuebing explained things in an orderly manner, and Tan Maoshui and Ren Ying's impression of him gradually deepened.

Confident, experienced.

Chen Xuebing himself has the profit margin from engineering projects and the cash flow from Taobao, so he is very confident in making arrangements.

What a great year!

The profit margin of over ten percent is clearly stated in the quota book, and there is also the amount that can be adjusted. As long as the progress payment is sufficient, it can support unlimited turnover. Moreover, the larger the scale, the stronger the ability to hold payments. At a certain point, once the project is in hand, it becomes money. Banks, funds, and even insurance companies will come forward to provide financing.

When he was reborn, he also recalled the lottery and sports lottery, thought about some sudden money-making opportunities, and also thought about a question.

If you can make money easily, why would you want to work on a construction site?
Because those are all one-off market trends, and the trading volume has an upper limit.

Little Doyle.

With the scale of funds increasing, how many high-profit opportunities are there that can support a large amount of capital to enter and make huge profits?

It's nothing more than three carriages.

Finance, construction (real estate), internet.

In finance, the amount of funds raised by a private equity fund is calculated in hundreds of millions. The initiator must have the experience of making a lot of money to be qualified to talk to investors about the rate of return.

internet?
Doing anything now is just making money for others.

There's no profit in this industry right now; it's all hype and deception. If it weren't for the rise of Mobile Dream Network's SP business in 02, the three major portals would have died two years ago. Even the Taobao platform where he worked had a valuation but no profit. Without VC and PE funding, only a handful survived, and those that did were mostly in the gaming industry.

In the internet industry, without your own massive capital base, you burn through round after round of financing competition. After struggling to survive, the founders of top companies typically hold no more than 10% of the shares. Only NetEase, which started by raising pigs, is a miracle.

He really has no interest in playing games with capital shareholders every day, studying various action agreements, and different voting rights for different shares.

Wouldn't it be better to directly control the company?
To make big money, accomplish great things, and avoid being controlled by others, one must find the most appropriate time and method to seize the opportunities presented by these massive investment opportunities.

The construction industry is a large-scale project, representing a long-term plan for the next decade or more.

The first wave of share reform is coming soon, and there will be opportunities for capital to flow in quickly. But this is not the ultimate goal. He needs to quickly cultivate people, build a team, and enhance his reputation. The construction industry should get on board as soon as possible.

Thinking for a moment, Chen Xuebing hesitated and said, "Workers and trucks..." "Yes, yes, yes! I have them here!"

A series of thumping sounds came from upstairs, and Wu Jiuhong appeared at the door in less than three seconds, a bright smile on her dark face.

He was still holding a letter in his hand.

"Boss, don't bother looking, I have it all here!"

Wu Jiuhong slammed a piece of paper on the table.

Chen Xuebing and Tan Maoshui looked at each other in bewilderment.

The moment the workers picked up their truck, the boss's wife appeared. Was she squatting at the bottom of the stairs listening to them talk?

The two of them went over to take a look, and wow.

Chen Xiaobo, truck, phone number 139…

Huang Jiang, worker, phone number 8223…

Wu Guoqiang, steelworker, phone number…

Liu Xing, forklift, phone…

It was handwritten, and there was even a crooked box categorizing it by type, like a... menu.

They have everything!
Chen Xuebing laughed.

"Boss lady, you even have tanker trucks, but no excavators?"

“Waa…” Wu Jiuhong was annoyed: “The phone number for the tanker truck doesn’t belong to the boss, it’s just a worker. People who can afford excavators are all big bosses, and they don’t have to worry about finding work. We poor people don’t have relatives or friends like that.”

Upon hearing this, Tan Maoshui smiled faintly at Chen Xuebing, indicating that he would charge for his excavator to be put on site, and that he wasn't trying to rip him off; excavators were indeed in high demand.

Not everyone can afford to pay several hundred thousand yuan upfront. He had to borrow money from his wife's family to buy one.

Wu Jiuhong, who was observing the other person's expression, noticed the smile and assumed that the other person was complaining that his menu wasn't comprehensive enough. She straightened her back slightly, a little alarmed.
"You need an excavator... I can find one for you!"

Chen Xuebing is quite something.

You're the one who's in charge of the project.

According to this list, 80% of his expenses for this project can be spent at the boss's place.

"Boss lady, you've prepared everything so thoroughly. If we find everything according to your instructions, what's the point of comparing prices and making any money? Besides, our commercial concrete and materials are supplied by the client, so they're not under our control."

As soon as Chen Xuebing shook his head, Wu Jiuhong became anxious.

"The prices are all market prices, and... it's not like they're unnecessarily negotiable! You can negotiate the price yourselves; I'm just here to introduce the products. Whether you reach an agreement or not is your own business! Nobody's forcing you to use them!"

Chen Xuebing scratched the back of his head.

It's best to handle the trucking here. This is a well-protected industry in the area, and it's very difficult for people from other places to come in and transport construction materials.

“We need workers, but we don’t need foremen. We don’t do contract work, trucks… Is this Chen Xiaobo really your relative?”

Wu Jiuhong immediately leaned closer: "This really is my nephew! He calls me 'Mom'! My husband's surname is Chen!"

"How many cars does he own?" Chen Xuebing then asked.

Wu Jiuhong waved her hand.

"Oh, there are plenty! They all take jobs from each other and travel all over the county. If you need 20 vehicles, they'll arrange them for you right away!"

Chen Xuebing laughed: "Alright, I also have the surname Chen, and we're from the same clan. But boss lady, I'm giving you face. Have your nephew come and talk to us. Tell him not to overcharge. If we can reach an agreement on this, we can discuss the rest of your order. If he asks for exorbitant prices, then we won't be able to discuss anything else."

If you dig, you'll get something; if you don't dig, you'll still get something.

Trucks are the second largest expense on construction sites after workers' wages, even excavators come second. They are also middlemen at sand and gravel yards; you just need to negotiate with the truck drivers for whatever materials you want to buy. People in this industry know the market rates, and regulated truck drivers generally don't make a profit from this price difference.

However, that's a floating price. If I remember correctly, some material prices will rise after the new year, so he still plans to negotiate himself and have a truck pick them up.

"You come and discuss it, we'll only discuss shipping costs."

Chen Xuebing gave Tan Maoshui a wink, then tugged at Ren Ying, preparing to get up and go downstairs to read.

"Hey! Boss!"

As soon as he got up, Wu Jiuhong pressed herself against him again.

Chen Xuebing frowned: "Is there anything else?"

"Hey... look at that truck downstairs, it's brand new, never been used before! We'll haul some cement, sand, or anything like that! It can even carry people! I'll deliver it to the construction site for free!"

"Go, go, go!"

Chen Xuebing waved and went downstairs.

This boss lady is awesome.

Today, I received a one-stop service.

(Chapter 2 will be posted no later than tomorrow morning. I'm so sleepy, I'm going to take a nap first.)

(End of this chapter)