vrcanaries Chapter 161 Battle of Wealth
Chapter 161 Battle of Wealth
"Ms. Jiang, the price we agreed on before was 150,000 yuan for the whole project, and the construction period is within one month."
"but......"
Before Qin Shan finished speaking, Jiang Jiang knew his difficulty and immediately explained:
"I know your difficulties. Since the vehicles cannot drive up the mountain, our villagers will be responsible for carrying the purchased sand and soil up the mountain. After the construction starts, the villagers will also help. Their wages will be paid separately by the company. The only requirement is that the factory building must be strong and cold-resistant."
Qin Shan had learned before that the factory built in Qingshan Village was used to produce charcoal, but according to Jiang Jiang's requirements, it had to be cold-resistant. Why?
However, money is king, and customers are God. He soon stopped worrying about this and asked directly:
"Then...how do we settle the wages?"
"First, I'll pay you a 30% deposit to buy various materials. When you're halfway done, I'll pay you another 30%, and then 30% after you're done. If you finish earlier than the agreed time, I won't have to wait for the inspection for the remaining 10%. I'll pay you the money when the work is finished."
The conditions proposed by Jiang Jiang were quite generous. You know, the biggest headache for the construction team was the advance payment. After the construction was completed, it was unknown how long it would take to collect the payment for the house and the goods.
Qin Shan smiled for the first time in a long time. Since Jiang Jiang was willing to pay for the goods in advance, they were naturally willing to take on this job.
It's rare to meet such a good party A.
A party A who worked for Jiang Jiang has not yet received 50% of the payment for the goods, and the brothers have not received their wages this month.
Each of them is the backbone of the family, and each of them has several mouths to feed.
In front of Qin Shan, Jiang Jiang took out the contract she had prepared earlier, and both parties signed it. She transferred 45,000 yuan to Qin Shan on the spot.
As the contractor, Qin Shan managed to keep himself calm, but his brothers behind him did not have such composure. When they saw the money coming in, they all smiled.
"You will take our car later and bring some tools up first. I will contact them now and have them deliver the cement and sand to the side of the road, and we will transport them up together."
Jiang Jiang nodded, then called Zhang Qiang and told him that there was work in the afternoon. The villagers who came to move things would be paid. They would work half a day today and would be paid 80 yuan each.
"Eighty?! Half a day?!" Zhang Qiang was stunned by the price. He was originally holding the secretary's stand, but he immediately decided to go and help in the afternoon. Eighty half a day's wages are not common.
It’s just moving some things. They don’t know how to do anything, but they have a lot of strength.
Driven by money, everyone started running at high speed like lubricated gears.
When a truckload of cement and red bricks was transported to Qingshan Village, villagers from Qingshan Village had been waiting on the road for a long time.
Jiang Jiang was stunned when he got off the car.
"Grandma Wang! Why are you here too?"
No way, this is physical work, why are there more people coming than yesterday?
Moreover, according to Jiang Jiang's observation, many of these people were not from Qingshan Village.
Zhang Qiang pulled Jiang Jiang mysteriously.
"Everyone is related to us. When they heard that our village was going to build a factory, they all came to help. They said they would only pay 50 yuan a day, and they didn't even need to provide meals."
Jiang Jiang could only hold his forehead with his hand. Such prices were only available in Qingshan Village and Qingshui Village.
Who can earn fifty yuan a day by working hard?
"Uncle Qiangzi, please talk to the villagers. We won't accept the elderly because we are a formal company and we are afraid of accidents. If people from other villages are willing to help, that's fine. We will pay them 120 yuan a day, including meals. We will pay them 60 yuan this afternoon. People from our village will pay 150 yuan a day."
Jiang Jiang also figured it out. Having more people is a good thing. The work can be finished earlier and there will be fewer mistakes.
As for wages, Jiang Jiang tried to pay as much as possible, but he did not dare to go beyond the local prices.
After listening to Jiang Jiang's words, Zhang Qiang rubbed his hands excitedly, walked briskly to Qingshui Village and said something, his face beaming with joy and pride.
After the man finished communicating with Zhang Qiang, he cast a grateful look towards Jiang Jiang. Then he waved his hand, and the strong men in Qingshui Village started to work with baskets on their backs. Some of them even carried several sacks on their backs. Their green rubber shoes stepped in the mud, leaving deep footprints.
The people in Qingshan Village were not willing to be outdone and each of them competed secretly with the people in Qingshui Village. They heard from the branch secretary that, thanks to Jiang Jiang, they received more wages than the people in Qingshui Village, so they could not perform worse than them.
Qin Shan originally thought that taking over the job of building a factory in Qingshan Village was hard work and he would just earn some hard-earned money. Unexpectedly, people from both villages came to help, and it looked like it would only take a few trips to move all the cement and red bricks up there.
The six people from Qinshan looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe that they had such good luck to get such a great job.
"Excuse me, is this Captain Qin? Why don't you go up the mountain with everyone? The resting houses are ready."
Zhang Qiang knew that Qin Shan and his colleagues were responsible for the construction of the factory, so he was very friendly.
The brothers in Qinshan's team had never received such good treatment. In a small team like theirs, they could be called upon and dismissed at will. The youngest brother, Qin Dali, had tears in his eyes when he thought of the unfair treatment he had suffered before.
He silently returned to the van and put some tools on his back.
The others also followed suit. They didn't need to carry the sand and soil, but they still had to bring some tools with them.
Zhang Qiang asked the villagers to help with the transportation several times, but was rejected by Qin Shan and his companions. He never mentioned the matter again. He carried a basket of red bricks and went up the mountain with six people.
As they walked, Zhang Qiang introduced some details about the factory construction to Qin Shan and others.
"We have already decided on the location for the factory. It's the threshing ground in our village. The place is flat and wide, about 150 to 160 square meters. We'll have to wait for you to see the details before we decide."
Jiang Jiang did not help move things. She was carrying a schoolbag containing some medicines she bought at the pharmacy at noon.
She put most of the medicines in the space, and the ones in the bag were for crossing the open road.
"When we get busy later, you can arrange for the villagers and those who will help move things. We'll try to finish the work as soon as possible."
The sooner the work is completed, the sooner the factory can start operating, and the sooner they can make money.
Ever since everyone knew that a charcoal factory was going to be opened in the village, they stopped throwing away all kinds of messy things, after all, they could all be sold for money.
These garbage can be sold for 30 cents per pound, which is equivalent to half a pound of large oranges.
Qin Shan and his companions had already reached the halfway point of the mountain. He looked at the low trees in the distance and suddenly, he became even more ambitious.
When has he ever fought such a prosperous battle?
"Don't worry! I promise to build the factory before the agreed time!"
Not only does he want to build it quickly, he also wants it to be big and good!