Chapter 963 Project Manager
It was extremely hot in Shanghai at the end of June. This year's summer came particularly early. Before July, the temperature in Shanghai had reached 36 degrees. In such a high temperature, you would be sweating profusely just by walking on the road. The scorching sun could almost dry you out.
A black car slowly drove into the construction site of Shenghua Building, which had already been topped off. Zhang Jiaming, general manager of Shenghua Real Estate, and several middle-level managers of the real estate company had been waiting at the construction site for quite some time. When he saw the car stop, Zhang Jiaming hurriedly stepped forward, opened the back door, leaned forward slightly, and put his left hand on the upper side of the door, while greeting Song Yuanchao who was in the car.
"Have you been waiting for a long time? You've been working hard in such a hot day..." Song Yuanchao saw Zhang Jiaming and others wearing suits and ties, meticulously dressed in such a hot summer. With sweat pouring down their faces, the white shirts inside their suits became somewhat transparent due to the sweat. He frowned slightly.
However, his brows soon relaxed, and he said this to Zhang Jiaming and others with a smile, because he knew that although he did not like his subordinates to behave like this deliberately, some things were unavoidable in the company even if he was the boss, such as the current welcome. This situation was the same not only in China, but also in Western countries.
"Don't wait long, boss, put this on." Zhang Jiaming said this, and after Song Yuanchao came out of the car, a safety helmet appeared in his right hand as if by magic, and he handed it to Song Yuanchao.
Song Yuanchao took the safety helmet and put it on, then shook hands with several middle-level managers of the real estate company who came to greet him, and expressed his gratitude for their hard work and words of encouragement.
The chairman's friendly expression made these middle-level managers very excited. After all, their positions were not high, and they did not have many opportunities to meet Song Chaoyuan, let alone have such close contact and conversation with Song Yuanchao.
Looking up at the towering building, Song Chaoyuan said to Zhang Jiaming beside him: "Let Lao Cao stay and walk with me, and the others can go about their business first."
"Okay, boss." Zhang Jiaming nodded in agreement, then left the project manager Lao Cao to accompany him, and sent the others away first.
Then, Zhang Jiaming and project manager Lao Cao accompanied Song Yuanchao towards the building which had been basically completed but was still under construction. While walking, they introduced Song Yuanchao to the current progress of Shenghua Building.
Entering the building from the parking lot, it felt a lot cooler inside without the direct sunlight. Once inside, although the external work had been completed, there was still a lot of post-work in progress inside. There were still many workers busy , and from time to time, construction carts loaded with construction materials went up and down the elevator.
"The weather is hot now. How is the heat prevention and cooling work on the construction site going?" Song Chaoyuan stopped and turned to ask Zhang Jiaming and Lao Cao.
Zhang Jiaming was slightly stunned, and the project manager Lao Cao beside him immediately understood and quickly took over the answer: "According to Mr. Zhang's arrangement, our construction site's heatstroke prevention and cooling work is still going well. Green bean soup and salty soda are always available on the construction site, and a special lounge with air conditioning has been set up inside the building for workers to rest and escape the heat during work. In addition, the construction site has also set up a medical room with special medical staff and equipped with medicines such as Rendan and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water..."
"Let's go and take a look." Song Chaoyuan said without comment after hearing this. Project manager Lao Cao did not expect that the chairman was so concerned about this matter, but he was not panicked, because what he said just now was indeed the fact. Shenghua is a large company, and Song Yuanchao is not an ordinary entrepreneur. Whether he founded Shenghua or later established Si Te, he attached great importance to corporate management. Compared with many other companies at present, even including state-owned enterprises, Shenghua is doing very well in some aspects.
After taking the elevator to the place, Song Chaoyuan took a look around and was very satisfied. He asked about the current working hours of the construction site. When he learned that the working hours of the workers would be adjusted accordingly according to the weather, Song Chaoyuan smiled more.
"Well done." Song Chaoyuan praised: "The progress of the construction site must be guaranteed, and the workers' treatment must also be guaranteed. Only by ensuring the latter can we ensure the former and quality."
Zhang Jiaming, feeling relieved, nodded repeatedly, and together with the project manager Lao Cao, once again assured Song Chaoyuan that they would strictly implement the company's requirements to ensure quality and progress.
Because of this incident, Song Chaoyuan had a deep impression of the project manager Lao Cao. To be honest, he had met this project manager before, but because he had too much to do, Song Chaoyuan had not come very often from the time the Shenghua Building project was launched to its almost completion, and most of the time he was in the real estate company's conference room to listen to work reports, and he had not been to the construction site many times.
He remembered that the project manager, Lao Cao, was not transferred from the Hong Kong company, nor did he come from Pengcheng, but was poached from a state-owned enterprise after Shenghua Real Estate was established in Shanghai.
Lao Cao was previously the deputy director of a state-owned enterprise. A few years ago, in order to integrate the industry, the city carried out a merger of enterprises within the industry. This factory and several other enterprises were merged into a state-owned enterprise group. Shortly after the establishment of the state-owned enterprise group, the subordinate enterprises were adjusted, and a real estate company was established within the group for real estate development reasons.
After the establishment of the real estate company, Lao Cao was transferred from the enterprise to the real estate company as a project manager due to work needs. To be honest, real estate companies are a new thing in China, because it has only been a few years since the emergence of real estate companies. If it were not for the rise of the real estate boom in Qiongdao in the past two years and the country's policy opening to the real estate industry, there would be no real estate industry.
So, although he became a project manager of a real estate company, to be honest, when it comes to the opening up of the real estate industry, including infrastructure, most people are forced to do so, and Lao Cao is no exception.
However, Lao Cao, who was a junior college student, was very capable. Although he started his career late, he quickly mastered how to be a good project manager through self-study and research, and soon stood out in the industry. At the end of 1992, the Shanghai government held an evaluation of real estate project managers, and Lao Cao won the honor of an excellent project manager in one fell swoop, and General Zhu personally awarded him a certificate and medal.
Such an outstanding talent, who was well-known in the Shanghai real estate industry, should have been valued by the company after receiving the honor. Unfortunately, although he was nominally promoted from project manager to deputy general manager, he was still doing the specific work of project manager, and his salary did not change at all. He was even suppressed by his superiors because of his straightforward character.
In this situation, someone recommended him to Song Chaoyuan. After getting to know him, Song Chaoyuan decided to recruit him to Shenghua as project manager, responsible for the main work of Shenghua Building and serving as Zhang Jiaming's deputy.
Although there is no change in terms of position, the platform and treatment provided from a state-owned enterprise to Shenghua are very different.
Let's not talk about salary and bonuses for now. Shenghua's salary and benefits are among the best in Shanghai. Shanghai is a large city in the country, and the income has always been higher than other cities. Currently, the normal monthly income of better units in Shanghai is about 300 yuan, and the highest can reach 500 yuan a month. Even the monthly income of ordinary units is almost over 200 yuan.
Lao Cao previously worked as a vice president and project manager in a state-owned enterprise, earning about 480 yuan a month, which was considered good compared to ordinary people. But at Shenghua, his monthly income as a project manager is 3,000 yuan, more than six times his previous salary, and this does not include bonuses. If bonuses are included, the amount will be even higher.
In addition, there were family reasons why Lao Cao left his previous state-owned enterprise. Although Lao Cao had won the honor of an outstanding project manager, as the first generation of real estate people in Shanghai, the housing conditions of Lao Cao's family were really not that good.
There are five people in Lao Cao's family, including a couple, his mother and a pair of children. They live in a small two-bedroom apartment. It was barely manageable when the children were young, but now Lao Cao's son is in his early twenties and his daughter is over 18. The children have grown up, even though they are brothers and sisters. Together with their old mother, it is really inconvenient for them to live in a small two-bedroom apartment of less than 35 square meters in total.
Regarding housing situation, Lao Cao has submitted housing allocation reports to his workplace several times, hoping that they could help improve housing conditions. After all, his children will grow up and start their own families, and it would be difficult for his son to find a girlfriend if the family does not have the conditions. And his children cannot continue to live like this after they get married in the future, right?
Unfortunately, although Lao Cao had done several real estate projects for the unit and built many residential communities, there was no follow-up on his housing allocation report, which made Lao Cao very dissatisfied with the unit leaders. In addition, he was deliberately bullied by his superiors because of work reasons. At this time, someone introduced him to Shenghua Real Estate, which had just been established. Shenghua offered extremely favorable conditions, not only giving Lao Cao generous treatment, but also directly solving his housing problem.
Planting a paulownia tree will attract a golden phoenix. To attract talents you need to ensure their remuneration.
Song Yuanchao knew very well that it was impossible to have a horse run fast and not eat grass at the same time. Moreover, as a real estate company, Shenghua currently had several real estate projects in Shanghai. In addition to the Shenghua Building with the largest investment, there were also the previous alley renovation projects and the community project on Zhongshan Road.
Buying a house was extremely difficult for Lao Cao in the past, but it was nothing for Shenghua. Song Chaoyuan directly gave Lao Cao a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment on Zhongshan Road. After getting this house which was more than twice the size of his original living area, Lao Cao willingly came to Shenghua and directly took over the Shenghua Building project.
It must be said that Shenghua made a profit from this deal. Although Shenghua Real Estate had a lot of experience in Pengcheng, it had no advantages in establishing a real estate company and opening up real estate in Shanghai compared to Pengcheng. Lao Cao's arrival made up for this shortcoming of Shenghua. Thanks to Lao Cao's connections and channels in the real estate industry in Shanghai, plus his rich experience as a project manager, not only did Shenghua Building go smoothly, but he also provided great help in the other two projects.
