Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0769: Year-end Party
"Don't mention it. I went to a company for an interview and they asked me to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan before I could be hired. Where would I get 1,000 yuan?"
"That kind of company is not a legitimate company. It makes money by collecting deposits."
"I knew it a long time ago. When I first arrived, I went to several companies for interviews. Many of them required a deposit. It's easy to register a company here. You can set up a company by renting an office. The investment is less than a thousand, and you can earn it back after receiving a deposit."
"Oh, you're not stupid." Nan Yi said with a strange smile: "If you really have nowhere to go, come to my place. The salary is not too bad, 300 yuan a month, which is better than being a waiter. There are travel allowances for business trips, and 5 yuan a day for food."
"Three hundred, so much?" Chen Ruishi said in surprise: "The decent companies out there only give two hundred, and the higher ones only give a few dozen yuan."
"More than 300? When you start working, ask your colleagues how much they earn a month. How about it, do you want to come?"
Chen Ruishi agreed hurriedly: "Come on, of course. But let me make it clear first, I may not be able to work for long, and I may have to go back to Chengdu in a few months."
"It's okay. It's a business job. Someone can take over from you at any time." Nan Yi first said warmly, then frowned, "Stand up and talk. Since you are ready to come, I am the boss and you are the employee. When you see me in the future, you should bow and say hello. You can only stand when talking to me."
"A small boss with such great power." Chen Ruishi said unmoved.
"No matter how small your boss is, he still has to pay you a salary. If you don't respect your seniority, I will make things difficult for you." Nan Yi threatened in a gentle and neither soft nor hard way, then waved his hand and said, "Go to the first floor later and find the female colleague you had dinner with just now. Her name is Su Meng. Tell her that you are a domestic sales representative."
"Oh, when are you going?"
"It's still early. Let's wait until two in the afternoon. If you feel sleepy, just take a nap on the sofa."
After saying that, Nan Yi closed his eyes and lay down on the big chair.
Chen Ruishi looked at Nan Yi for a while, then collapsed on the sofa and dozed off.
In the afternoon, Chen Ruishi completed the onboarding procedures and left. Nan Yi called Liu Xin and asked her to come to the company tomorrow, then hung up the phone and left.
Nan Yi's original idea of calling to attract investment was effective. The owners of the Taicun shoe companies were originally looking for ways to transfer their industries, and the mainland was their first choice. Someone took the initiative to call and invite them, so naturally some people were willing to come and inspect.
Three have come, two are waiting and watching, and one has already signed an investment agreement. Nanhai Development is responsible for providing the site and construction funds for the factory, and the boss of Taicun will provide technology, be responsible for the introduction of equipment, and carry out production management and sales after production starts. The investment is not too large, with a total of about 14 million yuan from both parties, but it has milestone significance.
Hu Guanghua acted decisively and the construction site had already started. He also borrowed Du Tiangong to manage the site, saying that he would return him after the people who developed Nanhai arrived.
When he arrived at the construction site of the shoe factory in Nanhai Industrial Park, Nan Yi saw Du Tiangong there with a bitter face.
"Mr. Du, what's wrong?"
"Oh, boss, this job can't be done. I have never seen such a bad construction unit." Du Tiangong pointed at the shell plate and said, "Look at the gap in the shell plate. Two fingers can be inserted. How can it not leak when pouring concrete?
When tying the steel bars, the bottom and sides are never fixed with mortar pads. Is there any concrete structure without exposed steel bars?
I have talked to them face to face several times, but they just turn around and don't follow my advice. They do whatever they can to save time, money, and cut corners. I have no idea what to do."
"How many packs?"
Du Tiangong lowered his voice and said, "The contractor of the construction site is a man named Suo. He seems to be an old friend of Deputy Manager Chen, who is in charge of infrastructure at Nanhai Development. He has the business license of a first-class state-owned construction unit, but the people working here are hired from outside. He does not have his own construction team."
"The profits of state-owned enterprises are fixed, right?" Nan Yi asked.
"The legal profit plus technical equipment fee is 6.27% in total. There are regulations for first-, second- and third-level enterprises, but there is no such item for fourth-level collective enterprises. The Suo brand is probably rented. He can get a large amount of difference by subcontracting the project. There is also management fee. From the first to the fourth level, the difference can be nearly 10%.
Boss, you'd better take me away. We'll be hoisting light steel roof trusses soon. A total of more than seventy roof trusses will be hoisted. I talked to the guy named Suo about this and asked him whether he planned to use a truck crane or a gantry crane. Guess what he told me?
Renting a truck crane was too expensive, and he thought their shift fee was too high. Installing a gantry crane was too troublesome, so he planned to do the installation manually, using a fall chain. It was a joke to use a fall chain on a roof frame weighing hundreds of kilograms.
"Uh, what is a chain?" Nan Yi asked in confusion.
“It’s a hand-pulled hoist.”
“It should be OK to use a gourd to pull a few hundred kilograms, right?”
Nan Yi felt that Du Tiangong was making a fuss out of nothing. The prefabricated panels for building houses in rural areas were still pulled up to the roof using ropes around steel pipes. They used a hoist to pull several hundred kilograms, and only two or three people were needed to pull it.
"Boss, the steel roof frame is 18 meters long and in a vertical triangle shape. It's easy for it to spin when it's hung up. If it's not handled properly, it could crush someone and kill several people."
Du Tiangong almost jumped up as he spoke. It was tiring to talk to people who didn't understand engineering.
"Are you responsible for someone's death?" Nan Yi frowned.
"That shouldn't happen, but as long as the construction is done according to the specifications, nothing will go wrong. Boss, come with me and take a look."
Du Tiangong brought Nan Yi to a concrete wall whose shell plate had been removed. He found a rebound hammer from the side, bounced it on the wall, and showed the numbers on the rebound hammer to Nan Yi.
"The design grade of the concrete is 200, but no matter how I measure it, it's only 150."
“Will it collapse?”
"There are hidden dangers. No vibrator was used when pouring concrete. They just poked it with bamboo."
As Du Tiangong spoke, he picked up another piece of shell board from the side and hit it with his elbow, and the board broke in the middle.
"I asked someone and they said the shell board was not made with shoddy materials. The shell boards in the whole Coconut City are of similar quality. Once the vibrator is used, the shell board will definitely fall apart. That's why we use bamboo to poke the concrete here."
"Just tell me how long it will take for this factory building to collapse if it is built like this."
Nan Yi’s brows furrowed even deeper.
"It's hard to say. The boss of Tai Village came to visit once and talked to me for a while. From his tone, he should know something about construction. Even if the factory building is completed, he may not accept it."
"Yeah." Nan Yi nodded. "After we finish today, you don't have to come tomorrow. Can you walk well?"
Du Tiangong thought for a moment and understood what Nan Yi meant by his question. "That guy named Suo said he had deposited 20,000 yuan for me and would give it to me when the project was completed. I have clearly rejected him."
"good."
Nan Yi responded and left the construction site.
I originally wanted to come to the construction site to observe and learn, but I didn't expect to encounter such a bad thing.
After returning to the office, Nan Yi called Hu Guanghua and said that he needed Du Tiangong without telling him the real reason . Hu Guanghua seemed to have called someone to him and asked him a few questions, and then he readily let Nan Yi take the person away.
At Yiwan International, Chen Ruishi came to work the next day. Nan Yi asked Liu Xin to explain to her the key points of contacting manufacturers. Once she was familiar with them, Chen Ruishi would be sent out to visit the manufacturers.
Needless to say, we must give full play to Chen Ruishi's talents and advantages and let her go to Wuchuan . Of course, let her go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for transition first. It takes time and cannot be too straightforward.
Another day passed, and Zhao Jun and Xian Jitong's wholesale trip ended. They put the money together and counted it. It was 760,000 yuan in zero. As agreed beforehand, the decimals were not counted, so each of them got 53,333.33 yuan. The cents were still there, so there was no need to round up.
With tens of thousands of dollars in income, although he is still a little short of Su Meng and Pan Wuju, Zhao Jun's confidence has been boosted and he works more enthusiastically. However, it is hard to say whether he has any different thoughts .
Nan Yi remained calm, thinking that it was normal for people to come and go, and it would not be surprising if in a year or two some people jumped out to start their own business and compete with Yiwan International.
On the day of the year-end party, Yiwan International got off work early, Song Jia called a group of tricycles, and the group rushed to the university restaurant in a mighty manner.
There is a big table in the university restaurant, right next to the small stage. The company is full of young people, and after eating and drinking, they can also go on stage to sing.
For the New Year's Eve dinner, Nan Yi had not planned on it and Yu Chuan prepared thirty-six dishes for him. According to Yu Chuan, Nan Yi was taking advantage of Yu Chuan. He said that because when Nan Yi came to order dinner, he boasted that no matter how many people came or how many dishes were ordered, he would only earn twenty yuan from Nan Yi.
While the waiter was serving the dishes, Nan Yi stepped onto the small stage and quickly gave the leader's speech, which no one would like to listen to except the speaker who was self-indulgent.
Picking up the microphone, Nan Yi smiled faintly and said, "I'm standing here and speaking. I guess none of you will like to listen. However, what I'm going to say is different from the norm, so you'd better listen carefully.
First, the company's official holiday is January 20th, and the year-end bonus will also be paid on this day; if you want to go home early, you can find Song Jia to go through the leave procedures tomorrow, and the salary deducted for leave will be reduced by half.
If you leave early, your year-end bonus will not be paid early, as that would be unfair to those who stick around until the last day. Therefore, your year-end bonus for those who leave early will be paid on the seventh day of the following year when you return to work.
Chen Ruishi, you don’t have to worry about this issue. The year-end bonus has nothing to do with you.”
Nan Yi's words made the employees of Yiwan International laugh.
"Second, if you are going to fly back, please find Song Jia to register tomorrow and depart from Baiyun Airport. I will book the tickets for you. Don't worry about the letter of introduction. I guarantee that you can get on the plane.
However, if you still want to take a plane to come back, I can’t help you. You have to figure it out on your own.
Third, the New Year is coming soon, and some units need to generate revenue. During this period, don't run around after get off work. Men should not go to places they shouldn't go, and women should be careful when going out on the streets. You want to celebrate the New Year, and so do thieves and robbers. If you want to buy big items to bring back, you should find Song Jia to register, and I will have someone deliver the items to Yangcheng.
Okay, I won't waste any more time, everyone enjoy your meal and drink."
After Nan Yi finished speaking, he put down the microphone and walked off the stage. He came to the table, took out a stack of red envelopes from his pocket, and gave them to everyone. While giving them out, he said, "After you get the red envelopes, there's no need to be sneaky about how much money is in them. There's not much, it's just for good luck."
Everyone took the red envelopes and expressed their gratitude one by one.
After handing out the red envelopes, Nan Yi started eating first, then invited everyone to eat as they pleased. After eating for about ten minutes, his pager rang. Using the excuse of answering the call, Nan Yi walked out of the restaurant.
In fact, no one called, Nan Yi just set an alarm.
There are bosses who get along very well with one or several employees, and they may even roll into bed with each other, but the boss is the boss and the employees are the employees. There is always a gap between the employees and their bosses in their hearts. Eating and playing with the boss will suppress their self, and it is impossible for them to let go.
At that table, Nan Yi is an unpleasant person. He should be sensible and make some space for them to express themselves, and at the same time, he can also make some plans about him behind his back.
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