Chapter 2078: Raising the Price

Chen Yong and Lu Chengwen both became excited.

Chen Yong said, "Oh, actually that's what I originally thought, it's just... the investment is too big."

"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub! You can't catch a... rogue without risking your wife."

Lu Chengwen threw the marking pen onto the drawing: "If you're going to build, build the best! You have to trust your own judgment. If you don't even have the guts to imagine, then you might as well not even think about it."

Chen Yong said, "Sometimes I always want to spend less money and get more done."

"Look, that's your limitation!" Lu Chengwen said, "How can you get more done with less money? Why aren't you a worker earning several thousand a month? Why are you a big shot? You need to understand this principle better than them. Spending less money will definitely result in getting less done. You may spend more money but not necessarily buy the best, but you will definitely buy the worst with the least amount of money!"

Chen Yong said, "Well, here, I actually wanted to do this and that..."

"Great!" Lu Chengwen exclaimed excitedly, picking up his pen again. "Since things are like this, why don't we just do it this way and that!"

"Brilliant!" Chen Yong exclaimed excitedly, "And here too, we do it like this, like this, like this..."

"Yes, yes, yes! Here, and here, oh, and here too..."

Lu Chengwen said he had had enough.

He took off his coat and handed it to Chen Yong's secretary.

Chen Yong's secretary was stunned, but the two were so engrossed in their performance that she could only continue.

Lu Chengwen stared at the blueprints and snapped his fingers to the side: "Coffee."

The secretary was stunned: "I...didn't bring any coffee..."

The sect leader immediately turned around and said, "Coffee!"

The two started examining it. Lu Chengwen pulled over a chair and turned to call to Long Aotian, "Brother, come and take a look!"

Long Aotian and Zhao Ritian came over, and they studied it together.

The coffee arrived, Lu Chengwen took a sip, then spat it out, looking at the maid with displeasure:

"What garbage!? Replace it!"

The strategist was dumbfounded!

The sect leader quickly said, "Change it! Change it! I want the best!"

Lu Chengwen turned around, frowning and glaring: "Don't just give it to me! What about President Chen? What about the friends President Chen brought?!"

The strategist quickly said, "Everyone gets some! Coffee! The best of the best!"

The two of them drastically rewrote the blueprints.

"almost."

Chen Yong stared at the blueprints, using his palm to measure the changes and dimensions in certain locations, and estimated the scale.

"It should be perfect."

Lu Chengwen asked, "Can your men understand it?"

Chen Yong looked at Lu Chengwen and said, "Anyone who dares to say they don't understand can go home today."

"Accounting".

Lu Chengwen picked up the coffee, took a sip, and said, "This is something only humans should drink. Everyone, have a sip first. Work is not urgent."

A female assistant, with a stern face, pushed aside her coffee and immediately began studying the blueprints and recalculating.

Lu Chengwen and Chen Yong, both wearing shirts and holding coffee cups, had finally had a moment to relax after a busy day.

"What kind of temper does this girl have?"

“That’s it, she’s talented, but she’s also strange.” Chen Yong took a sip of coffee. “She was already engrossed when we were drawing, and now you’re feeding and drinking her like it’s going to kill her. Let her calculate.”

Lu Chengwen finished his coffee: "This kind of person is a treasure, a real talent. We're not afraid of his temper, his unsociable nature, or his breaking the rules. The key is..."

The two of them exclaimed together, "Talent!"

Then they all burst into laughter.

The accountant's calculation results are out.

She said sternly, “After recalculating, you not only upgraded and modified the blueprints, but also raised the standards for decoration materials. As a result, the structure of the tenants will also need to be adjusted and the entry conditions will need to be reset. Whether this will lead to an increase in the overall consumption level of the shopping mall, thereby reducing the number of people and affecting the consumption structure, still needs to be simulated and analyzed.”

"Furthermore, the increase in costs is alarming, which puts enormous pressure on cash flow. It's unlikely that we'll be able to recover our costs in the short term."

Lu Chengwen and Chen Yong laughed together and said, "We're looking at the long term! Hahaha—"

The accountant said expressionlessly, "The cost we've calculated so far has reached 37.42 million. This includes material waste, safety and security expenses for all construction workers, and safety insurance for everyone."

Lu Chengwen held a fresh cup of coffee, tapping the cup with his fingertips.

"Thirty-seven million four hundred and twenty thousand..."

Chen Yong took a deep breath.

The cost is too high. This is a border city, already sparsely populated... In the future... can it really be recovered?

He looked at Lu Chengwen, hoping Lu Chengwen would give him some... information.

Lu Chengwen looked at Chen Yong and smiled slightly.

His smile was full of praise and encouragement.

"Mr. Chen, I suggest you approve the cost at 40 million!"

"what!?"

"When you're running around construction sites and negotiating with various departments in the future, you'll need a respectable minivan and an off-road vehicle that can handle both mountain and river driving. Also, your team needs to eat well."

Chen Yong smiled.

Lu Chengwen's meaning was very clear: he wanted to reward you first, and you should also reward your subordinates.

Let them see the light first!

Receiving the reward at this time will let everyone know that headquarters is supporting them! Headquarters is watching them! Headquarters believes in them!

Chen Yong's eyes reddened: "Okay! Let's raise it to forty million!"

The teacup in the sect leader's hand was overturned.

I fiddled with it for a while, then put it on the table and closed it up.

"Just... ah... umm... forty million..."

He turned to look at the strategist: I've finished speaking, it's your turn.

The strategist was taken aback and stammered, "Uh...yes...it's quite a lot...but...didn't the saleswoman just say that there might be a problem with covering costs?"

Chen Yong said, "You don't need to worry about that. Costs will be recovered gradually from profits."

The sect leader said, "How many years will it take us to recoup our costs? This... although the investment has increased, we... this..."

Lu Chengwen said:

"Master, it's like we rented out the land. He built houses there and rented them out for ten thousand yuan a month."

“We will split the 10,000 yuan into 5,000 yuan each! We will each receive a fixed 5,000 yuan profit every month. How they use their 5,000 yuan to pay for building houses is their business. We don’t need to worry about it.”

"oh--!"

The sect leader understood.

No matter how much you invest, we'll keep the profits for you every year; the pressure is your problem.

At this moment, the strategist stepped forward: "President Chen, your idea is excellent, and we are very excited. However... our profit margin is only thirty percent, which... seems a bit low?"

Chen Yong said, "You don't need to invest, build, or operate; it's like you're getting shares without any investment!"

The strategist smiled and said, "Without this land, wouldn't everything just be empty talk?"

Chen Yong was displeased: "Then how many do you want?"

The strategist held out one hand: "Fifty percent."

Chen Yong shook his head: "No, absolutely not. We've invested so much, and the pressure is so great. If the profit-sharing ratio is fifty percent... the pressure to recover our costs will be too much! This project simply can't stand up to this, and the head office won't agree to it!"

The strategist smiled and said, "Why don't you go and negotiate first? What if your headquarters agrees?"

"impossible!"

Chen Yong said, "Mr. Zhang, you didn't say this during our previous meetings!"

The strategist laughed: "Our Xiaowen has never drawn up blueprints for you before!"

Seeing the strategist's smug expression, Chen Yong's eyes burned with anger.

He stared at the strategist: "Pack up the blueprints, let's go."

Then he said to the sect leader, "Sect leader, I hope you will reconsider. I will wait for your call. Thank you all for your meeting, goodbye."

The sect leader panicked a little, but the strategist grabbed his wrist and shook his head at him.

At this moment, Lu Chengwen thought for a moment and said, "President Chen, please wait!"