#661 - Eyesore
It takes 40 minutes to drive from Hongye Villa to the film and television base. Plus there was some traffic jam during the morning rush hour, so Xu Ye left home at 8:30 in the morning and arrived at the construction site at 9:30.
Although the area where the film and television base is located is some distance away from the city center, in Xu Ye's impression, a large number of shantytowns will be demolished in Jiangzhou in the next two years, and the entire urban area will slowly expand here.
Xu Ye didn't greet anyone, so he was not received when he arrived at the scene.
When Xu Ye stepped into the construction site, a worker wearing a white hat yelled at him, "Construction site, who let you in? Get out now."
Xu Ye was not angry. He obediently left the construction area and called Liu Daqing.
Not long after, Liu Daqing, who was also wearing a red worker's vest and a safety helmet, ran over in a hurry. When he saw Xu Ye, he immediately handed him the safety helmet in his hand: "Mr. Xu, put on the hat."
Xu Ye nodded and put on his helmet.
Liu Daqing didn't know what to say and seemed a little dull, but this was also the reason why Xu Ye sent him here. In this position, an honest man like Liu Daqing was needed. If it was Zhang Quan who came with Liu Daqing at the beginning, who knows what kind of shoddy project this project would have become.
"Call the project manager and ask him to come over and show me around to see how he arranges the progress."
"good."
Liu Daqing called the project manager. When the project manager heard that the boss had come to the site, he was so scared that he jumped out of his chair. He hurried to the construction site and immediately took Xu Ye to inspect the site.
"The most difficult part of our project is the two palaces in the middle. Our company has previously undertaken similar projects in Xi'an and has accumulated a lot of experience. According to our construction schedule, the two palaces will be completed in May. The rest of the project is relatively easy. With the current construction staff, it should not be a problem to complete the entire film and television project within two years."
"Should?" Xu Ye said with a smile, "I promised the secretary that the project must be completed within two years, so the contract stipulates that it will take 22 months. Now you tell me it should be done. Do you think it is appropriate?"
The project manager broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that no wonder he became a big boss at such a young age and how come he spoke like a man in his 50s or 60s.
He quickly changed his words: "Of course, of course."
"You have to set a time for each task. Don't blame the weather or the workers. I'll tell you straight away, if you can't meet the deadline, I'll go straight to your boss." Xu Ye continued walking forward, saying, "Also, you know very well that Jiangzhou Qingye Real Estate is a public-private partnership project. If there's any quality issues, not only will I have trouble with you, but the leadership of Jiangzhou City will also have trouble with you."
The project manager was sweating, but he quickly replied, "Yes, yes, I will definitely strictly control the quality issues. There won't be any problems. Please rest assured, Mr. Xu."
Xu Ye walked around the construction site, then took Liu Daqing aside to talk to him for a few words. Seeing that it was already past eleven o'clock and that it would take an hour to get back, Xu Ye called Chen Qingqing and said that he would eat outside at noon.
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In the afternoon, Xu Ye went to the factory on behalf of Pei Youwei.
Although YW has moved to Shanghai, its processing plants are all in Jiangzhou. Now, the two brands, Youwei and YW, have a five-story factory covering an area of about 2,000 square meters in the industrial park of Jiangzhou City.
As soon as Xu Ye walked into the factory, he was recognized by the workers inside.
This is not surprising at all.
Although Xu Ye has not been in the factory for a long time, many of the current factory management functions were promoted by Xu Ye.
When Tan Peng, the current director of YW factory, heard that Xu Ye had come to the factory, he immediately called Wang Wei, and the two of them quickly came down from their offices.
"Mr. Xu~"
"Mr. Xu~"
Almost everyone in the factory knew Xu Ye's identity and experience. No one treated him as a college graduate who knew nothing. Even the two factory directors would deliberately lower their posture in front of him.
"I just came over to take a look, you guys go about your business... Oh, by the way, how many workers are there in the factory now?"
"If you count the warehouse managers, there are more than 600 people on YW's side, and more than 400 people on Youwei's side."
"So there are more than a thousand people in the factory now?"
“Yes.”
Xu Ye nodded and continued to ask: "How much money do the workers on the production line get on average per month?"
Tan Peng replied: "There are quite a lot of differences. Some stay to work overtime every day, and some have to take care of their children and only have time to work during the day, so the highest can earn tens of thousands, and the lowest may only earn a little over 4,000 a month."
In a small city like Jiangzhou, a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan is already quite good.
Wang Wei also added: "Our factory has very good conditions in the entire industrial park. Every time we recruit workers, other factories have no interest in applying, but our factory always has a lot of applicants."
"This is a good thing, but don't think that just because there are so many people outside who want to come in, you can't care less about the workers in the factory. The most important thing for management now is to put yourself in their shoes. You also climbed up from the bottom."
"Yes~"
Xu Ye chatted with them for a few minutes and then let them go about their own business. He then went to the warehouse and saw that Youwei had a batch of swimsuits that would be launched in June. He picked up a few pieces, put them in the car and took them back.
Chen Hansong went to work at the bank today. Only Jiang Meilin, Chen Qingqing, and Shen Xinyi were at home. When Xu Ye saw Shen Xinyi coming over, he immediately asked, "Didn't Wei Ge come with you?"
"He has relatives coming to his house, and he is dealing with them at home."
"You're not with him?"
"They are all relatives I don't usually interact with. They came because they heard that Zhiwei was doing well in Shanghai. I was too lazy to stay at home and listen to their lies."
Xu Ye smiled and said, "You are quite smart."
Shen Xinyi took the initiative to ask: “Zhiwei No. 3 and I will take the plane back with you. Is there any seat on the plane?”
"have."
"That's good."
Xu Ye walked over and placed the clothes he brought from the factory on the coffee table. Chen Qingqing opened them out of curiosity and immediately covered them up again.
Chen Xinyi snorted coldly: "Why are you hiding it? I saw it all."
Xu Ye poured himself a glass of water and said with a smile, "It's just a few swimsuits. The warehouse happened to be shipping something, so I just took a few back. Anyway, I can use them."
After Xu Ye finished speaking, he was about to sit down on the sofa when his cell phone rang again.
"Who's calling?"
“Viagra.”
Xu Ye answered the call and turned on the speakerphone.
"Hello~"
"What's wrong?"
"Li Nan called me just now."
"Who is Li Nan?"
"High school class monitor, what a memory you have."
"What did he ask you to do?"
"Heh, they said they've all graduated from college, and asked if we wanted to get together during the National Day holiday."
"Just say I'm busy."
"I knew it, so I told him that you had to discuss a billion-dollar project during the National Day holiday and didn't have time to attend. I didn't tell him that you were getting married during the National Day holiday. If they came over on their own initiative, it would be an eyesore."
Xu Ye said with relief: "Haha, you did a great job."
"It's a rare trip home, why don't you go out for a drink tonight?"
"See you at the old place."
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