Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 71 The King of Textual Research?

How do you repair a road?

Yilin: The road is under your feet; building a road means being down-to-earth.

RM Daily: Every brick and tile builds a thoroughfare, benefiting the present and future generations.

Chen Xuebing: The foundation layer and the subgrade layer are controlled layer by layer, with strict control over the ratio of sand and gravel to cement and admixture.

After the county meeting, Chen Xuebing went back and signed a contract with the town that same day. The contract didn't have many details, but it stipulated that the road width and concrete strength would be C25.

The money arrived in my account the next morning.

Mr. Chen spent 60,000 yuan, and when he returned, it had become 200,000 yuan.

Chen Xuebing immediately called Section Chief Huang to discuss the withdrawal of the report. He was pleased and had gained something. As for whether the town's work attitude would change in the future, that was not something he could care about. When the time came, the Eight-Point Regulation and the fight against corruption would come down like a sword falling from the sky.

This wasn't a major event that would attract public attention. Section Chief Huang would earn five thousand yuan for the trip, and without even needing to consider the tone and wording of the report, he naturally agreed.

However, Chen Xuebing still cautiously asked Section Chief Huang to leave him a backup of the video of Jiang Ping blocking the construction site, in case that Mayor Luo had ulterior motives and came looking for him later.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, we agreed to have dinner together sometime.

"Have time to eat" doesn't actually mean we're going to have a meal; it's more like "Let's talk if you need anything."

After taking a walk around the road and factory area, he immediately called Tan Maoshui, Chen Xiaobo, and Jiao Gui to hold a meeting on the second floor of the courtyard.

...

"Chen Xiaobo knows about our next project, right? The county committee has given us a highway project worth over 370 million yuan. Do you want to do it?"

Chen Xiaobo's eyes narrowed with laughter.

"Of course I want to do it, boss! I'll work for you!"

This boss is really something else; this project hasn't even started yet, and he's already secured a new one!
Follow in Mr. Chen's footsteps, and you won't have to worry about next year!
“If you want to do it, you need to push the price down further. I've looked at the transportation price, and there's still room for negotiation. Can you give me another 5% discount overall? I've already talked to Liu Laowu, and he gave me a discount too.”

My guarantee to you is that I will pay you a portion of the payment each month to cover your expenses, and I will settle the full amount before the end of each project. You will absolutely not need to come to my door to collect the payment.

"Even if I, Chen Xuebing, am working on projects elsewhere in the future, as long as you're willing to come to me, I guarantee I'll arrange work for you."

Since everyone was young, Chen Xuebing's words were enough to ignite their passion.

"Alright! Let's do it!" Chen Xiaobo slammed his hand on the table.

"To be honest, the price we discussed before was our bottom line, but I respect you, Mr. Chen, as a person! I'll talk to them about the price tomorrow!"

Chen Xuebing turned his head with a smile: "Old Tan, arrange for management personnel to enter the site immediately. Hire a few bricklayers and cement workers. Ask the boss's wife if she has any recommendations. You can also call over those you know. You are in charge of the technical aspects. If you have excellent skills and can lead a team, you can discuss the monthly salary, 1000 to 2000 yuan, and sign a formal employment contract."

Old Tan was a little shocked: "You're going to employ workers?"

"It depends on fate. If someone does a good job and is willing to work for me long-term, I can afford to support them."

Chen Xuebing didn't talk much about this issue. After all, it's just the beginning and there are relatively few options. He wants to build a team with strong core technology and management capabilities, and he needs to observe the situation gradually. Once a contract is signed, it means taking on responsibility.

"The equipment has arrived. I asked Mr. Ren from the project department to contact the client, the supervisor, and the designer of the factory area. They came over at four o'clock in the afternoon to conduct a handover of the pile points."

Regarding this road, I plan to widen the outer side of the large bend to increase the turning radius and improve safety. I checked and the soil quality in the factory area is suitable for filling.

After the excavator clears the road surface, we contact a loader to come and shovel it to create a temporary access road for trucks. Then your excavator can enter the factory area to start excavating. The excavated soil is transported by trucks to fill the outside of the bend. By turning from the outside to the inside, we can save money on the cost of transporting the excavated soil from the factory area. It's like working on both sides at the same time.

This job can be done in three days, which is just enough to get all the staff and teams together.

Let your excavator operator handle the record-keeping for now.

By the way, it would be best to hire someone who can drive as the administrator. I'm planning to buy a van for the construction site in a while, and also a digital camera.

In the future, for key processes, especially concealed works, in addition to having the supervisor take the measurements, we should also keep photos ourselves to avoid disputes during settlement.

We hold a formal meeting every three days, meeting briefly each morning for a few minutes to discuss and coordinate the project schedule. As more people joined, this became a formal meeting system.

The rest of the time, please try to handle things on your own. I'll go to the construction site whenever I have free time, and I'll contact you if there are any problems.

Chen Xuebing explained things one by one, putting some things that could be done formally on the agenda.

From small construction sites to large construction sites, and then to a fully-time construction company manager, the management methods were completely different at different times. But Chen Xuebing had gone through it all in his previous life, so he no longer needed to try and learn from mistakes. He knew how to do it, and he would do it even better than in his previous life.

After gradually improving the system at the appropriate time, the next two things are money and people.

Faced with a mountain of tasks from Chen Xuebing, Lao Tan looked rather miserable: "Boss, you're assigning me everything! I'm not Superman."

Chen Xuebing chuckled: "I'll pay for all the equipment in cash, and I'll also pay for the materials regularly, so you won't have to worry about the money. There are still projects to come, it'll just be a bit busy and tiring, but once we have enough people in a couple of days, things will be easier. What's so difficult about it?"

Old Tan smiled when he heard this.

The boss is capable and ambitious; he managed to get 20 yuan from the town and also secured a project.

He also has an uncle in the city who helps him buy up assets at rock-bottom prices and secures big projects.

Looking ahead, they'll definitely get stronger and stronger as they work.

Moreover, entrusting him with matters involving money, such as procurement and record keeping, is actually a sign of trust in him.

"Don't worry, boss. I'll definitely do a good job on the job. But the road construction cost of 3.7 million will be fully financed upfront. You'll need at least half of that to finish the job. You'd better discuss it with your family first."

Tan Maoshui still doesn't know the source of Chen Xuebing's funds, only that given Chen Xuebing's age, it must have been given to him by his family.

Chen Xuebing smiled slightly.

The Western Development Strategy is a national strategy that will continue for 20 years. Even if we didn't have Taobao's cash flow to support us now, we would still find a way to get a loan to get in.

"Alright, alright, this isn't your concern. This project is a fixed-price contract, and we can take a cut and subcontract it to others anytime. If we can't finish it, there are plenty of people who want me to give them a cut and take over! Jiao Gui, come with me to the county later to choose a motorcycle and register for a driving school."

Jiao Gui rubbed his hands together, a little excited: "Brother, when are you going to buy a minivan? Once I learn how to drive it, will I be able to drive it?"

Chen Xuebing pursed his lips and stood up.

"That's all the damn good for you."

Then I remembered my Audi A8 from my past life, and I suddenly felt an itch to buy it.

"Damn it, I'm going to sign up for a driver's license later too."

……

The motorcycle is here.

The bulldozer has arrived.

people come.

Old Tan had taken care of everything, and this nook and cranny of Furong Village was becoming more and more lively, but Chen Xuebing was forcibly kept in his room by Ren Ying for three days.

The soldier voluntarily agreed to be detained.

Ren Ying really has a knack for it. She explains things in a simple and easy-to-understand way, using some unique tricks to fill in a lot of Chen Xuebing's gaps in math knowledge.

"Don't think that partial fraction decomposition is difficult. It's actually a bonus problem. As long as you see such fractions in the first question of a sequence problem, use partial fraction decomposition to solve it. It's definitely not difficult! If it's in the second question, then... try to extract the power, open the parentheses, and cancel the common terms on both sides if possible. If you can't cancel them, change the form. You might get some partial credit. In the college entrance exam, you have to fight for every one or two points."

"Look at this..."

"Do you understand?" "Um... I understand."

Chen Xuebing felt that as long as the other party had a certain tolerance for his ignorance and was willing to start from the very beginning of the entire mathematical system, with the logical thinking of an adult with above-average intelligence, he wouldn't be completely unable to understand.

The system of functions may be a bit too large, so Ren Ying started from elementary school equations and spent two whole days explaining it to him. Although he hadn't reached the point where he could do all the basic problems, Ren Ying said that he had already developed some "guesses".

When it came to smaller systems like sequences, Chen Xuebing's learning progressed much faster.

Ren Ying slowly took off her glasses and wiped the corner of her eye.

"Don't memorize history and politics lately, it won't be effective. I think you have a strong understanding of humanities subjects and a broad knowledge base. For the next two months, focus on math and geography. Geography is the science of the humanities. If you develop your mathematical thinking, geography calculations will be much easier. We can't give up any opportunity to get points in any subject."

Chen Xuebing nodded slowly, noticing that Ren Ying's eyes were somewhat deep-set when she took off her glasses, her nose was quite straight, and her appearance was rather exotic, except for a few freckles that could be easily covered with makeup. He said with interest:
"Didn't you learn to dress up at all during your four years of university?"

Ren Ying stopped moving and noticed Chen Xuebing's somewhat direct and observant gaze, which made her feel a little awkward.

Why do we need to dress up in college?

"Why would you wear braces if you're not going to dress up?"

“...I have a slight underbite, and my teacher said it's not serious enough and will affect my job prospects.”

Chen Xuebing laughed in a very immoral way.

"Isn't this nice?"

"I've been wearing it for two years! I can take it off soon!" Ren Ying patted her chest heavily, a little embarrassed. "Oh, don't worry about it!"

Seeing that she was anxious, Chen Xuebing said in a serious tone, "Hey, after you get your braces off, I'll take you to change your clothes and get ready."

"No need, no need!" Ren Ying immediately waved her hand and said, "I'll be happy as long as you get into university!"

Chen Xuebing raised his eyebrows: "I was even saying I'd invite Professor Ren to join my startup team."

During this time, he discovered that Ren Ying was a very serious person, patient, and not stubborn. She was also a law student, and now that she had a huge sum of 300,000 yuan in her pocket, he was starting to think about bringing her into the business.

The main reason was that as his number of subordinates gradually increased, there wasn't a single woman among them, and none of them were educated.

Old Tan only had a junior high school education, which was understandable in his time.

The three administrators they recruited were quite diligent, but they were all junior high or high school graduates.

I can trust my brothers, but they are now in a state of uncertainty regarding their fate.

Their average educational background is almost on par with that of the Deyun Society (a famous Chinese crosstalk group).

He felt he should improve his team's image so that people wouldn't think of him as someone who came from humble beginnings.

After thinking it over, Ren Ying seems like a good fit.

However, he wasn't very keen on hiring. He was just chatting casually, and he figured Ren Ying probably wouldn't think much of him as a country bumpkin foreman.

Ren Ying fell silent upon hearing this, looking at him intently.

After a long pause, he hesitated and said:

"What can I do for you if you're looking for me?"

Chen Xuebing didn't expect her to actually respond to his suggestion. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You're so smart, why don't you get an accounting certificate and become my assistant?"

If he understands accounting and law, then even if the company grows big, Ren Ying would be qualified to be his assistant.

"I'm studying!" Ren Ying immediately stood up, hurriedly ran to her bedside, and took out several books from a cloth bag.

"I've looked at the materials and I want to take the intermediate accountant exam directly! Also, there's the CCF computer exam... but it has a programming exam, and I'm not very confident about it. I want to build a computer first, learn it, and then take the exam."

Chen Xuebing was stunned.

...Does that mean you're confident in passing the intermediate accountant exam?
The king of research!
"Are you really willing to come?" Chen Xuebing asked, his expression turning serious.

"Well, if I pass the accounting certificate exam, how much can you offer me?"

Ren Ying seemed flustered when money was mentioned, yet also had a resolute expression that suggested she had no other choice.

Chen Xuebing thought about her family situation, patted his head, and realized that more than ten days had passed and he hadn't given her a single penny.

"Oh, do you need money urgently? I can lend you some of my salary. As I said, working on the construction site counts as a business trip. In addition to the original 800, I'll give you an extra 50 a day, which is 2300 a month. How much are you short? I'll pay you."

After saying that, he took out his wallet and counted a wad of cash.

Ren Ying was only nervous this time, and kept shaking her head.

"No, no, no, no... I don't need the money right now! And 2,300 is too much! My previous part-time job only paid 450, and you're offering 800, which is already very high! I, I'm talking to you about your regular salary! After your college entrance exam!... it won't be 2,300 then! If you give me 1,500, I'll be your assistant!"

Hearing her restraint, Chen Xuebing couldn't help but laugh. 1,500 yuan was enough to make a top university student an assistant. Suddenly, he felt that his 300,000 yuan was actually quite a sum to be spent.

Seeing her like this, he wasn't in a hurry to give her the money. He put away his wallet and slowly said:
"I'm not saying I think highly of you, I think highly of myself. When hiring ordinary employees, I should pay whatever I'm supposed to. There's a market price to consider. Even if I pay fifty yuan more, a hundred employees would be five thousand, and a thousand would be fifty thousand. I have to think this through carefully."

But if you're doing something for me personally, that's different.

If you're going to be my teacher, you'll have to be extra attentive, because I can't afford to study for another year or give up my university degree—that would be a huge price to pay, so spending more money is definitely worth it.

The same applies to being my assistant. This salary includes overtime pay, emotional value fee, errand fee, learning fee, and confidentiality fee. The last two are the most important: you have to keep learning, meet my needs, remain unmoved by external temptations, and keep all business secrets.

If you become my colleague, your salary should be linked to my income. I think 2,500 is appropriate for now. In the future, it could be 3,500, 4,000, or even 10,000, depending on my development and your ability and efforts.

Okay, since you'll be with me until the college entrance exam anyway, you'll be my teacher first, take care of my studies, and in your spare time I'll be your teacher and guide you. You can observe and listen more, get involved in my business, help me with accounting, and study for certifications on your own.

For now, the salary will remain at the agreed-upon 800 plus travel allowance. Once I graduate from high school and you officially start working, I'll have a better idea of ​​your salary then, and we can discuss it further, okay?

"Oh..." Ren Ying listened attentively, then asked, puzzled, "What is an emotional value fee?"

Chen Xuebing demonstrated a smile: "Like this, smile more. Don't cry even if I scold you. I don't have time to comfort you. Also, change your clothes later, you look too ugly."

The last three words made Ren Ying's eyes widen.

Her eyes appeared exceptionally large due to the refraction of her thick lenses.

Chen Xuebing immediately said, "It's about emotional value; you can't be mean to me."

Ren Ying let out a long breath, her expression calmed down, and her mindset became much more peaceful. She felt that this emotional value should indeed be charged for.

"You can criticize me for not doing things well, but you can't insult my character!"

Chen Xuebing smiled again: "I'm telling the truth, it's not an insult, is it?"

Ren Ying took a deep breath.

Chen Xuebing chanted the incantation again: "Emotional Value!"

"Ah, haha..." Ren Ying covered her face, so angry she wanted to cry: "Can I not take this emotional value fee?!"

"Then the salary should be reduced by at least half."

Ren Ying: ...

(End of this chapter)