Chapter 378: He is a toilet repairman
"It doesn't matter if my cousin's husband is busy. My cousin is still at home. It's okay as long as I don't get turned away when I visit him." Li Quan was thinking about how to expose his cousin's husband's true colors. How could he be easily dismissed by his cousin's husband with just a few words?
After Li Quan finished speaking, he looked directly at his cousin without waiting for his cousin's husband to express his opinion.
"Cousin, I wonder when you are usually home?"
My cousin was not as cunning as my cousin-in-law. She said honestly, "Well... I'm a micro-business owner and I'm usually at home. You can call me before you come and I'll pick you up at the gate of the community."
In comparison, my cousin's attitude towards Li Quan is much more sincere.
At least they said they would greet him at the gate of the community.
Unexpectedly, after hearing the conversation between the two, my cousin's husband's expression changed drastically and he was frightened.
He judged others by his own standards and thought that Li Quan was just like him, always setting his sights on other people's wives.
If he was not at home and only his cousin was at home, and Li Quan went to visit her, wouldn't that be like a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken? God knows what would happen.
He didn't want the red flag at home to fall before the colorful flags outside were flying.
By then, I don’t know when my head will turn green.
No, we must not give Li Quan any chance to take action.
"Hey, um...your cousin is actually quite busy with her WeChat business. If you really want to come to my house and see what the big house looks like, you should just call me. For the sake of your cousin, no matter how busy I am, I will make time to go back and entertain you."
My cousin's husband felt in his trouser pocket and took out a business card.
"My phone number is on it, just call me directly."
Li Quan took it and looked down.
Modou Disinfection Equipment Company, General Manager, Chen Yafei.
Main business: one-stop service of selling, installing and maintaining a full set of disinfection equipment for hospitals, public toilets and other places.
There are also phone number, WeChat account, email, etc.
After listening to this cousin's husband bragging for quite some time, it turns out that he is a public toilet builder.
Li Quan almost burst out laughing on the spot.
"My cousin's husband is awesome. He has made huge contributions to the city." Li Quan said with a smile.
"Haha, it's just so-so." The cousin's husband didn't realize that Li Quan was speaking in a sarcastic way.
"Quan, what kind of job does my cousin's husband do? Why is he so awesome?" Sophie asked curiously.
Other relatives were equally interested in the issue.
Because this cousin's husband can buy his own house and drive a Mercedes at such a young age, he is definitely a social elite among young people.
"Hey, my cousin is a professional in public toilet construction. My cousin's husband has such a big business. There are so many public toilets in the city. I'm afraid more than half of them are due to my cousin's husband. Do you think his contribution is great?"
Li Quan said with a smile.
Puff~!
Sophie originally thought that her cousin's husband was very powerful, but it turns out that he is a public toilet builder.
She couldn't help laughing out loud.
A few others also laughed.
Isn't this everyone's fault? We can only blame this cousin's husband for being too flamboyant.
People are like this. When they see someone who is so awesome in front of them suddenly collapse and behave in an ugly way, most people will laugh happily.
Happiness is built on the suffering of others.
My cousin's husband was laughed at by many relatives and his face turned red in an instant.
"It's not what everyone thinks. Although I participated in the construction of public toilets, I only did the most advanced work and was only responsible for installing disinfection equipment. I would never do things like cleaning cesspools."
My cousin's husband explained loudly with a red face.
Were you just busy preventing Li Quan from having close contact with your wife? Did you not want Li Quan to know your wife's phone number? You took out your business card without thinking too much.
The result? The business content on the business card was directly publicized by Li Quan, making him look very embarrassed.
After listening to my cousin's husband's explanation, no one laughed at him anymore.
Just then, my cousin's husband's cell phone rang.
"Excuse me? I'm busy with work. I need to take a call first."
My cousin's husband took out his cell phone and answered the call in a very stylish manner.
"Hello? How are you? Who is this?" My cousin's husband looked serious.
He acts like a real business tycoon.
"Oh? Are you Director Zhang from Kuaikang Hospital? Hello, hello!"
Kuaikang Hospital is the hospital where Sophie used to work.
"Director Zhang is the director of the Logistics and General Affairs Department of our hospital! My cousin-in-law is really amazing." Sophie praised from the side.
When my cousin's husband heard Sophie's praise, a smug smile appeared on his face.
Now Director Zhang of the hospital where Sophie works called him, which was enough to prove that what he said before was not bragging. He really knew many big shots.
Unfortunately, this pride didn't last for two seconds before his face changed.
"I'm afraid I don't have time right now. I'll call you later, okay?"
My cousin's husband glanced at the people around him guiltily.
I don't know what Director Zhang wants to talk to him about? Judging from the cousin's husband's behavior, he probably doesn't want others to know about the things he talked about.
Just then, my cousin's husband's expression began to change again.
His face turned paler and paler, his shoulders slumped involuntarily, his waist was slightly bent, his knees were slightly bent, and a flattering smile of apology appeared on his face.
"Director Zhang, please don't be angry. Please don't be angry. I will arrange for someone to clean up immediately."
"Okay, okay, don't worry, I promise not to affect the patients and medical staff in the hospital going to the toilet."
"goodbye!"
My cousin's husband was so nervous just now that he didn't care about his face at all.
There is no way to conceal the content of the speech.
It was just that he was trying to act like a big shot in front of everyone and show off how busy his business was, and then he accidentally failed.
He even picked one so hard that his head was bleeding and his face was covered with bruises.
After hanging up the phone, my cousin's husband felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere around him.
All the relatives and friends were silent, but looked at him with strange expressions, with contempt and sympathy in their eyes.
Some people want to laugh but are too embarrassed to do so, so they force themselves to hold it back, their faces turning red.
"ah……"
At this moment he realized that when he was talking on the phone with Director Zhang just now, Director Zhang got angry and told him that if he didn't quickly go over and solve the problem, he would never get the balance payment that the hospital had paid him for purchasing disinfection equipment.
Generally speaking, the final payment is not a small amount, but may be one-third of the total payment or even more.
If he can't get the final payment, not only will his work be in vain, but he will also lose a lot of money.
Even though he is doing this business, a set of disinfection equipment may cost hundreds of thousands of yuan in total. But it is hard to say whether he can make 10,000 yuan.
These days, competition in every business is fierce.
Whether it is a legal or illegal business, competition is fierce.
As long as they can make money, countless people will rush to do it.
The hospital's public toilet disinfection equipment usually needs to be obtained through bidding.
When it comes to bidding, you will have to bleed a lot.
Then the price is relatively transparent, your price can only be lower than others, not higher. And the quality must be guaranteed.
Then, before construction begins, you have to take care of all the people who need to be taken care of.
It's not bribery, but at least you have to bring some gifts to visit the mountain master, treat him to food, drinks and entertainment once or twice, that is definitely indispensable.
Otherwise, any small person with a little power will come out and find fault with you or deliberately make things difficult for you.
The construction progress will be greatly affected.
Work stoppages are possible.
That loss would be huge.
If you hire workers to work for you, you have to pay them wages.
In addition, after the bidding is successful, the completion date and acceptance period will be specified when signing the contract. If you fail to complete the project by the deadline, it will be a breach of contract.
At this time, those who have been treated to food and drinks by you and those who have received gifts from you will all become turtles.
No one stood up to speak for you.
Then they would be prepared to be stabbed. If the buyer was a hospital, the vice president in charge of that area would come with an 18-meter-long knife to bleed them.
As soon as the vice president showed up, all the directors in charge of logistics, people in charge of water and electricity in the hospital, etc., became useless.
The vice president said he wanted to cut your total payment for goods, but none of them dared to stand up and stop him.
There are many doors and windows inside, and there are many visible and invisible obstacles.
After completing a project and receiving the final payment, if you earn 10,000 yuan, it is absolutely a blessing.
Of course, this is much better than being an ordinary worker.
Just talk a little, accompany them for meals and drinks, and as long as you successfully get five or six orders like this a month, it is basically not difficult to earn a monthly income of over 50,000.
My cousin's husband just heard Director Zhang threaten to deduct the balance, he was frightened, too anxious to care about his face, and made promises and said nice things. It is not difficult to understand.
"Ahem...After using my disinfection system in a public toilet at Kuaikang Hospital, it seems that the pipe is blocked and sewage is flowing out. I have to send someone over to deal with it immediately."
When my cousin's husband said these words, I wished I could stick my head into my pants.
Not long ago, he boasted in front of everyone that the projects he worked on were all high-level affairs, and he would never do dirty work like cleaning manure pits. As a result, now he has to go to Kuaikang Hospital to clean manure pits for others.
Isn't this just slapping yourself in the face?
I don’t know if he is in pain?
In order to save face, my cousin's husband called his workers on the spot and assigned two workers to go to Kuaikang Hospital immediately.
This matter has come to an end for the time being.
However, the high-end image created by my cousin's husband has collapsed by more than half.
"It's getting late, let's go to Juxianzhuang Restaurant for dinner! Xiao Li, you have to toast the elders twice at the table. After you and Xiao Fei hold your wedding, they will all become your elders."
Su Bingran said to Li Quan.
"Well, it's our duty to toast our elders!" Li Quan nodded.
The group went downstairs one after another.
"Is Juxianzhuang far from here? My car is there. If anyone doesn't have a car, you can take my car." My cousin's husband pressed the car remote key in his hand.
A black Mercedes-Benz not far away honked twice and its contour lights flashed twice.
I guess my cousin's husband also wanted to save his face.
Nowadays, if you walk around outside wearing a watch worth 20 million, few people will recognize you. But if you drive a luxury car worth about one million, you will become the focus of others no matter where you go.
Luxury cars are not only good for showing off, but also have a high success rate in picking up girls.
If you approach a girl in a luxury car, the chances of her getting in the car with you are quite high.
In addition, a luxury car has become an indispensable item for showing off at class reunions, business negotiations, and visiting relatives.
It is precisely for these reasons that many people who have made a little fortune, or those who are poor but very vain, like to buy a luxury car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to show off.
BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi have almost all been ruined by this group of people.
To the extent that now those truly wealthy people would rather buy other brands of cars than a BMW or Mercedes-Benz.
So as to avoid being laughed at for being tacky by others.
"Oh, Yafei changed his car. This Mercedes-Benz must be worth at least 600,000 or 700,000 yuan, right?"
"Hehe, almost there!" A smug smile appeared on my cousin's husband's face again.
My cousin also smiled proudly.
This is her family's car, and it must be very impressive in front of relatives.
"Cousin Sophie, where is your boyfriend's car? Let everyone see what kind of car a 'famous doctor' from a famous hospital like Weil Hospital drives?" The cousin's husband was resentful of Li Quan for exposing him for building a public toilet, which made him look bad in front of all the relatives.
He also wanted to embarrass Li Quan.
What kind of nice car can a doctor who earns 2,000 yuan a month drive?
I'm afraid I can't even afford the most dilapidated second-hand car that's more than ten years old.
Because buying a car is not just about the money to buy the car, you also have to gas it up, maintain it, buy insurance, pay for parking, and occasionally pay a fine for a traffic violation. That's all money.
All added up, the annual expenses are definitely not small.
"I don't have a car, so walking is healthier. It's not far from where I live to work at the hospital anyway."
Li Quan has strong financial strength, with hundreds of millions of yuan in his card, and he will have hundreds of millions or even more money coming into his account every month in the future.
He really doesn't care about face.
As long as there is substance, it's fine.
With his current wealth, what kind of luxury car can he not afford? Even buying a private helicopter is not a big deal.
As far as he knew, an ordinary helicopter would cost about 50 million.
With a monthly income of several hundred million, buying a helicopter is no different from buying a toy for him.
Therefore, he disdains to pretend to be cool, let alone show off like a nouveau riche, saying how rich he is.
The more you show off something, the more you lack it.
People who show off their wealth are often short of money.
Because he lacks self-confidence, he needs to show off in order to satisfy his vanity.
There is a classic saying from the ancients.
When a poor man suddenly becomes rich, he will shake his clothes and make a noise if he gets ten cents.
What does it mean?
That is to say, if a poor man suddenly becomes rich and earns ten cents, he will definitely shake his clothes deliberately in front of others to make the coins in his pocket collide and make a sound, so that others know that he has a lot of money in his pocket.
In fact, in the eyes of rich people, ten cents is not even enough for a meal.
But in the eyes of the poor, this is a lot of money.
Therefore, the poor's behavior of showing off their wealth is not only to satisfy their own vanity, but also to be seen as ridiculous by the rich.
"Oh, walking is healthier. So many rich people are rushing to buy cars, why don't they walk? Only those who can't afford a car will walk. And then they are afraid of being laughed at by others, so they deliberately say that walking is healthier. If you want to go somewhere more than ten kilometers away, can you walk for me to see?"
The cousin's husband sarcastically mocked Li Quan.
Just then, Li Quan's phone rang.
"Ha, cousin Sophie, your boyfriend is quite busy with his job. I wonder if the hospital asked him to go back to insert a catheter for the patient or to run errands." The cousin's husband was deliberately picking a fight with Li Quan.