The project is very tight, with less than 20 days left, and suddenly no workers can be found at this time…
Zhuo Shao knew that Tang Tianqing would be unwilling to take over Shen Xinghuo's project, but he never thought that Tang Tianqing would use such a trick...
This was something Zhuo Shao had never encountered before.
When he was released from prison ten years later, the decoration market was very mature, and it was not as chaotic as it is now. Although the competition among the decoration companies in the provincial capital was great, no one would use such a method, and no one could use it. Such means - at that time in the provincial capital, no one could monopolize the entire decoration industry.
Moreover, there are also many people who want to decorate in the provincial capital. As long as the company has a good reputation, there is no shortage of customers at all, and there is no need to snatch it from others.
But now...
Zhuo Shao was in a bad mood, but he wasn't too worried.
In this world, as long as you have money, you are afraid that you will not be able to find workers
Even if the workers in Fuyang County are unwilling to help him, isn't it still from the neighboring county
These days, many of the local people in Fuyang County are still living in this small county town. They have never seen the outside world. When they find someone to decorate their home, they will naturally only find nearby ones, but Zhuo Shao Different.
In Zhuo Shao's view, the provincial capital is not far away.
Don't look at the fact that it takes more than an hour, or even two hours, from Fuyang County to go to the provincial capital. When the expressway opens in the future, it will take 40 minutes to go to the provincial capital from here.
Of course, if you go to a certain place after arriving in the provincial capital... There is always a traffic jam in the provincial capital, and it is normal to be stuck on the streets of the provincial capital for an hour or two.
And if you take the high-speed rail... from Fuyang County to the provincial capital, it will only take ten minutes.
His decoration company is located in the provincial capital, but he once took over projects farther than Fuyang County. In the end, he still drove the workers to work every day without any delay
He couldn't find workers in Fuyang County, so he could look elsewhere.
It's a pity that today he made an appointment with Shen Xinghuo to see the wall and floor tiles, but he couldn't walk away.
When Zhuo Shao asked the woodworker to go back to work, and took out the phone book to call the woodworkers who had promised to come to work, Shen Xinghuo came.
When Shen Xinghuo opened a restaurant in Fuyang County, he knew a lot of people.
He knew so many people, and if Tang Tianqing did something, someone would naturally tell him.
At this moment, his face was not very good-looking, and as soon as he came in, he looked at Zhuo Shao anxiously: "I heard that those carpenters are unwilling to come to work? What should I do now?"
"Mr. Shen, don't worry, even if you can't find a woodworker nearby, I can call some woodworkers from the provincial capital." Zhuo Shao said.
"Call the woodworker from the provincial capital? Is it okay?" Shen Xinghuo asked curiously when Zhuo Shao said that.
The provincial capital... how far!
"Of course it can, but the expenses on my side may be a little bigger, and I will rent a house for the workers to live in." Zhuo Shao said: "But Mr. Shen can rest assured that since the contract has been signed, these are all our business. I'll handle it."
"That's good." Shen Xinghuo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. At the same time, he felt more and more that it was the right choice to ask Zhuo Shao to do this project.
In the past, he cooperated with Tang Tianqing and halfway through the decoration, Tang Tianqing began to find various reasons to increase the price for him, which really annoyed him.
Also, the last time his house was renovated, there were obviously two balconies and two bathrooms. On the list given to him, he even asked for ten floor drains!
Even if there is a shower room in the bathroom, floor drains must be installed inside and outside.
Well, this is what the workers did in private... But even so, it was enough to give him a bad impression of Tang Tianqing's company.
"Mr. Shen, if something like this happens, the thing you agreed with before to see the floor tiles may take a while..." Zhuo Shao said with a smile, but he was only halfway through when he was suddenly interrupted.
"Zhuo Shao!" A loud voice sounded, and at the same time, a fat man walked in from the door.
"Zhuo Shao, it's really you! Aren't you still in junior high school? Why didn't you go to school and come to do decoration?" Zhuo Jiabao looked at Zhuo Shao with malicious eyes.
Zhuo Shao's face turned black.
He didn't have time to talk to Zhuo's family for a while, so he just let it go. He didn't even ask for the money they owed him. As a result... This person came to the door
"Boss Shen, I heard that you asked Zhuo Shao to help you with the decoration? Did you know that he is only sixteen this year and is still in the third year of junior high school!"
"Boss Shen, if you find someone who doesn't have enough hair to help you do the decoration, you're not afraid that he will make a mess for you?"
"Boss Shen, you are so courageous!"
…
Zhuo Jiabao's face was full of pride, and he talked a lot like a cannonball.
These words, someone gave him money, let him say.
Since Zhuo Shao stole the money from their family, and even refused to let his parents collect the rent, his life has gotten worse and worse.
In the past, every time I asked Qu Guixiang for money, I could always ask for twenty or thirty dollars, but now, Qu Guixiang can give ten yuan at a time, which is very good!
Zhuo Jiabao is so poor now that he can't afford to go to the Internet cafe at all, so he can only stand behind others and watch others surf the Internet. Under such circumstances, even if he is afraid of Zhuo Shao, he still comes.
Even, he felt that he no longer had to be afraid of Zhuo Shao.
The person who came to him was a respectable person in Fuyang County. He helped that person with affairs, and that person would always protect him and prevent him from having an accident.
Zhuo Jiabao thought so, and then he straightened his chest again, and the chest that could have a C cup on his chest trembled.
Zhuo Shao was a little speechless.
At the same time, it can be regarded as a deeper understanding of the Zhuo family.
He is not yet sixteen! They don't even remember his age!
Speaking of which, it was a blessing that he was not yet sixteen years old. After the murder, he was only sentenced for more than ten years. Later, his good behavior was commuted, and he was released from prison after only ten years.
Zhuo Shao was speechless, but Shen Xinghuo looked at Zhuo Shao in surprise.
Zhuo Shao is only sixteen? Still in middle school? how can that be!
When Shen Xinghuo met Zhuo Shao for the first time, he also felt that Zhuo Shao was too young, but after talking with Zhuo Shao later, he felt that Zhuo Shao should only be tender, and his actual age was probably not too young.
If he was really young, how could he know so much
Because of this, when he signed the contract, he saw that Zhuo Shao had just turned eighteen, and Shen Xinghuo also sighed a few words about a hero being a teenager, but now, someone told him that Zhuo Shao was not an adult.
"Zhuo Shao is my cousin. Our Zhuo family has three generations of ancestors. There is no one who is very promising, let alone any wealthy relatives. There are no relatives who can even do carpentry, let alone open decoration in the provincial capital. It's from the company! Boss Shen, don't be deceived by him!" Zhuo Jiabao said again.
"Zhuo Jiabao, have you said enough?" Zhuo Shao frowned.
"I didn't say enough! Boss Shen, everything I said is true. This Zhuo Shao lived in my house before, but now he lives in a classmate's house, and he doesn't understand decoration at all." Zhuo Jiabao said.
Shen Xinghuo looked at the fat man in front of him with a speechless expression. The fat man seemed to be telling the truth, but... Don't know how to decorate
"Zhuo Jiabao, what you said is indeed true, is there anything else you want to say?" Zhuo Shao asked with a sneer.
"I've finished what I have to say." Zhuo Jiabao straightened his huge chest again: "Zhuo Shao, you lied, I'm here to expose you today!"
"Mr. Shen, I'm really young, and the time I spent on decoration is also compensated. Now many things have to be asked by the seniors in the company to find out, but I went to the provincial capital to follow a few projects before, and I promise to be able to renovate your hotel. Good." Zhuo Shao said to Shen Xinghuo.
Shen Xinghuo nodded, convinced Zhuo Shao's words, and even felt more and more that the decoration company in the provincial capital was very powerful.
This Zhuo Shao is only a junior high school student, but he can perform so well... This is definitely taught by the decoration company in the provincial capital!
"Just do a good job for me, but unfortunately your boss is too busy, otherwise I really want to see him." Shen Xinghuo said to Zhuo Shao.
He has always wanted to meet the boss of the decoration company where Zhuo Shao works, but unfortunately, he is not a small project, and they will not take time to meet him.
Zhuo Shao felt a little guilty, but he still smiled and talked to Shen Xinghuo. The two of them finally ignored Zhuo Jiabao together.
Zhuo Jiabao froze.
Zhuo Shao's true face was exposed by him, shouldn't Shen Xinghuo have an opinion on Zhuo Shao at this time, and then stop looking for Zhuo Shao for decoration? Why is this reaction
"Dagang, we can't let idle people wait at our construction site, you can send him away." Zhuo Shao suddenly turned his head and said to Xu Dagang.
Xu Dagang glanced at Zhuo Jiabao, who was tall and big, and finally took a shovel for mixing cement from the side, and then walked towards Zhuo Jiabao.
Xu Dagang is thin and small, Zhuo Jiabao doesn't take him seriously, but the shovel...
Zhuo Jiabao shivered, turned and ran, the fat on his body trembling violently.
The arrival of Zhuo Jiabao is just a farce for Zhuo Shao. What he needs to solve now is the lack of workers.
He had called all the carpenters he had phone numbers, and wanted them to come and work, but all of them, without exception, refused.
Zhuo Shao sighed, and finally contacted a truck driver he often cooperated with and asked the truck driver to come to him and then go to the city.
It takes an hour and a half to drive from Fuyang County to the provincial capital, but it only takes 40 minutes to get to the city.
At this moment, Zhuo Shao planned to go to the city to find some woodworkers to work for him.
The truck driver came quickly.
These days, the people who are most familiar with the outside world are definitely the truck drivers who travel around. The truck driver Zhuo Shao knows often goes to the city.
"Do you know where there are plates in the city?" Zhuo Shao asked after seeing the truck driver.
"I know, there is a decoration city over there, and there are a lot of board sellers in it."
Does the city already have a decorated city? It's a good way to take a look at the floor tiles.
Although the types of floor tiles in the city are probably not as many as those in the provincial capital, they are definitely more than in Fuyang County.
Shen Xinghuo was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhuo Shao and asked him to stop by to see the bricks.
"Alright." Shen Xinghuo agreed, but it was a little strange: "Why do you go to the city to find workers instead of the provincial capital?"
"There is a shortage of workers in the provincial capital, and it is a bit far... If I can't find it in the city, I will go to the provincial capital." Zhuo Shao said.
Shen Xinghuo nodded.
Forty minutes later, they arrived at the decoration city on the outskirts of the city, and after arriving at the decoration city, Zhuo Shao went to the place to buy the board without delaying a step.
People who are in the wood business always know a lot of woodworkers. He can't find them all by himself, so he has to ask these people to recommend them.
However, when looking for them to help introduce, you must first pay attention to the wood in those plank shops.
Even after 20 years, there are still many people who are shoddy when decorating, and now…
At this time, the country did not control the decoration as strictly as it was later, so that the market is full of wood or paint with poor materials. When many people just decorated, the smell is pungent.
At this moment, Zhuo Shao planned to first see which plank shop has good wood, and then ask him to introduce the woodworker... The woodworker introduced by such a shop will never be ruthless.
Inside the door to see the door, the layman to watch the fun. Shen Xinghuo didn't understand anything, but Zhuo Shao had already selected two shops and asked them to introduce woodworking.
The shopkeeper gave Zhuo Shao several phone numbers.
Very few people have mobile phones these days, but many people have them, especially in the city, and almost every household has them.
After Zhuo Shao got the phone number, he started to call one by one, but at this time, Shen Xinghuo asked the price of the plates in the store.
The store will report them one by one.
"The wood here is much cheaper than Fuyang County!" Shen Xinghuo said, a little regretful.
After Zhuo Shao asked him to buy plates, he bought a lot in Fuyang County. As a result, now he finds that he is expensive...
"Mr. Shen, next time you want to buy wood, you can come here to buy it." Zhuo Shao smiled.
The owner of the wood shop gave Zhuo Shao a grateful glance.
Zhuo Shao called the carpenters, and after asking them to come to him, he said to Shen Xinghuo, "Mr. Shen, would you like to stop by to see the floor and wall tiles?"
Shen Xinghuo nodded and agreed.
This decorative city in the city is very big to Shen Xinghuo, but in Zhuo Shao's view, it is not big at all, even very small.
Not only that, there is no subdivision area here, and various shops are mixed together.
Zhuo Shao Shen Xinghuo looked around, and finally entered a store with a larger storefront.
Shen Xinghuo opened a hotel, or a luxury hotel, and the decoration should be luxurious, and many bricks should be selected to be glittering.
Of course, bricks of other colors are also required, after all, there are toilets and kitchens...
Zhuo Shao has roughly measured the area of each place, and now gives various data, and then takes out a computer to calculate the price while looking at the bricks.
When Shen Xinghuo came with Zhuo Shao before, he also said that he could buy some cheap bricks, but after he really came here, he was told by the store that he liked a few very expensive bricks.
Zhuo Shao knew the price roughly, and while giving him advice, he also helped counter-offer.
After ten or twenty years, many designers in the industry bring customers to buy floor tiles, and they will ask the store for red envelopes, and the store is willing to give them - so that the designer will bring customers over next time.
At this moment, it is more popular to get rebates. Some carpenters and masons take customers to buy things, and they will get 10% of the rebates alone.
But Zhuo Shao didn't intend to ask for these.
He was already fooling Shen Xinghuo. After Shen Xinghuo completed this project, he could make a lot of money. Under such circumstances, he had absolutely no need to worry about these small money.
Zhuo Shao helped Shen Xinghuo to cut the price severely, and he did not disclose that he was a decoration company during the period.
"Is this your son? The bargaining is really great!" Finally, the people in the tile shop had a bit of a toothache.
Shen Xinghuo is a good man. Zhuo Shao's actions are all he sees, and he is more and more satisfied with Zhuo Shao. Now he smiled and said: "He is not my son, but the bargaining is really good." He The bricks he bought this time are better than those he bought a few years ago, but the price is actually cheaper...
Shen Xinghuo ordered a lot of bricks in one go, and even asked the people from the tile shop to follow him back to measure the size, but at this time, Zhuo Shao went back to the board shop and chatted with a few woodworkers who came over.
This time, he is looking for a carpenter, including food and housing, and he pays a lot. Overtime is paid for overtime. However, these people will live in Fuyang County for a few days.
Fuyang County was not far away, and Zhuo Shao’s offer was very good. In the end, only one of the carpenters did not agree, and that person did not agree because there was something at home and he couldn’t leave.
Zhuo Shao asked these carpenters to go home and pack up, and take them to Fuyang County today.
After such a busy life, it was already noon... Zhuo Shao and Shen Xinghuo were looking for a place to eat, and by the way, they called the two children at home.
It was Liang Chen who answered the phone. After the call was connected, Zhuo Shao asked, "Liang Chen, have you eaten yet?"
"Already eaten." Liang Chen said.
"Is Xu Dagang okay with cooking?" Zhuo Shao asked again. He instructed Xu Dagang that if he couldn't go back, let Xu Dagang go and cook food for the two children, that's why he asked that.
Liang Chen wanted to say that Zhuo Shao's cooking was not as delicious, but he thought that Zhuo Shao was so busy now that he couldn't be bothered, so he changed his words: "He's cooking deliciously, so I'll just let him cook for us in the future."
"That won't do, I plan to cook for you for the rest of my life." Zhuo Shao said with a smile.
Liang Chen blushed on the other end of the phone, and Na Na was speechless.
But after a pause, Liang Chen asked again, "Zhuo Shao, I heard that someone made you unable to find workers. Are you okay? Do you want me to call Dad?"
Liang Chen knew about this when Xu Dagang came to cook for him. Zhuo Shao didn't tell him much about the construction site, and Xu Dagang didn't say it very clearly, so he didn't know the specific situation.
"It's okay, I have found a worker now." Zhuo Shao said, then smiled and chatted with Liang Chen about something else.
On this phone call, Zhuo Shao chatted for more than ten minutes. Fortunately, today is Saturday, so Liang Chen has time to chat with him.
In the past, Shen Xinghuo used to call people and hang up as soon as the matter was made clear. This is the first time he heard someone call someone for so long... "Are you on the phone with your little girlfriend?"
"It's not a little girlfriend, it's a little boyfriend." Zhuo Shao smiled.
At this time, people didn't know much about homosexuality. When Shen Xinghuo heard what Zhuo Shao said, he only understood the literal meaning: "You two guys can make phone calls for so long, you are also capable."
Zhuo Shao dared to say that just because he knew he couldn't hear it. At this time, he smiled and changed the subject.
Zhuo Shao found a total of eight carpenters in the city this time.
The restaurant does not need to make cabinets, and there are already two carpenters, and eight more carpenters. Even if there are a lot of things to do, they can definitely finish all the work in ten days!
Zhuo Shao reserved ten days for the carpenter to make the ceiling, but according to his calculations, it should be completed in less than ten days.
When they went back, everyone was sitting in the back of the truck.
The carpenters were all covered with quilts, each with a big burden, but they didn't find it troublesome at all, and all of them were smiling.
This time to work, Zhuo Shao offered them 80 yuan a day, and there was a bonus for doing well.
They worked in the city before, but they never got so much money. This time they worked for ten days a year ago, and maybe they could have a thousand dollars. This is a great good thing.
The truck stopped next to the construction site, and the people on the truck got out one after another. Zhuo Shao also got out of the car, and then went to see Tang Tianqing.
Tang Tianqing didn't even look at Zhuo Shao, but walked towards Shen Xinghuo: "Old Shen, I heard that your construction site here can't continue..."
Tang Tianqing was smiling when he spoke, and he didn't look embarrassed at all, and Shen Xinghuo didn't seem angry: "Old Tang, there's no such thing! Isn't it because there are a few carpenters missing? This time I went out and brought it with me. a few."
Only then did Tang Tianqing notice that Zhuo Shao was holding a man with a burden, and his face suddenly turned black.
"People outside, how can there be local reliability?" Tang Tianqing said again.
"They're not from outside the city, but from the city. That's the carpenter in the city!" Shen Xinghuo said, they looked down on outsiders, but the city was different. No students from Beimen Junior High School wanted to be admitted to the city. 's high school
Tang Tianqing's face turned even darker.
Zhuo Shao didn't care about him, but invited the workers to enter: "Put your things here for a while, I'll rent a house for you, and then you can move your things over there."
"Also, I'll tell you what to do, you can do it, and today I'll give you half a day's wages." Zhuo Shao said again, and then pointed out those people.