After breakfast at home, Cao Shujie drove to Pingyuan County with his wife and daughter.
Halfway along the road, Cao Shujie saw their local private gas station "Weiming Gas Station" holding an event on the side of the road. The price of 92# gasoline was 98 yuan per liter. Compared with Sinopec's oil price of more than 7 yuan, this was really cheap.
When he saw that his oil level was only at the bottom, he turned directly and drove to a refueling station. When he got out of the car, he shouted: "Boss, fill up the 92# oil."
So proud!
"Okay!" A fat middle-aged man trotted over and asked Cao Shujie to take a look at the oil display on the refueling machine before he started to refuel.
After adding a full 63 liters in one go, the gas station owner still said: "Little brother, you are a gas tiger."
"Don't mention it, it's 12 gas at ordinary times and 89 gas at highway speeds." Cao Shujie muttered, but the payment was quite pleasant.
He handed over 400 yuan in cash, and the boss gave him change and got 36 yuan back.
"Little brother, you look unfamiliar. Are you from our local area?" He specifically took a look at Cao Shujie's license plate, which was still a Beijing license plate.
Cao Shujie did not pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, and said honestly: "I am from Caojiazhuang. My father is Cao Jianguo."
"Hey, you are the young man from Brother Jianguo's family. You haven't been home since you went to college. I really haven't seen you much." said the fat middle-aged man.
Hearing his tone, which sounded like he was very familiar with his father Cao Jianguo, Cao Shujie didn't dare to neglect him. He called out "uncle" in a polite manner and said, "I just returned to my hometown from the capital to develop my career. Uncle, we will have more to do with each other in the future."
Hearing what Cao Shujie said, the middle-aged man gave him a thumbs-up gesture: "Okay, I'll just say this to you, I'm optimistic about you."
"Haha!" Cao Shujie chatted with the other party for a few words and learned that his name was Liu Weiming. He said that he had something to do today and would come back to chat with him another day, then got in the car and left.
"Husband, why are you still chatting endlessly?" Cheng Xiaolin said to him.
Cao Shujie said with a smile: "It's no different now than before. When we come back to our hometown to develop, we have to be familiar with all the people in the field. If something happens, we can find someone to talk to."
It sounded reasonable, but Cheng Xiaolin didn't take it to heart and played with her daughter for a while.
Before he knew it, Cao Shujie drove to Pingyuan County.
He was not familiar with this place, so he called Cao Zhen as usual. Before he could speak, Cao Zhen on the other side of the phone shouted: "Shujie, what's the matter?"
"That's what you said. Can I come to you if nothing happens?" Cao Shujie didn't know what politeness meant.
But Cao Zhen also fell in love with him: "You tell me."
"I want to go to the Global Hardware Market to find someone who does automated watering. Do you know him?" Cao Shujie asked him directly.
Who would have thought that Cao Zhen said "Ah yo", seemed to be startled, and then asked him: "Are you spying on me, you little brat?"
"What?" Cao Shujie was also a little confused. He didn't know what it meant, and then he heard Cao Zhen say: "Damn it, I'll do this at the Global Hardware Market. You can go directly to the 'Changhong Building Materials and Hardware' store."
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Pingyuan County Global Hardware Market.
Although the name is very intimidating, it is actually a market that specializes in equipment, pipes, hardware, sanitary ware, etc.
In the 'Changhong Building Materials and Hardware' store, Cao Zhen was chatting with the store owner Xia Changhong.
Seeing that Cao Zhen had finished the call, Xia Changhong asked him: "Does Director Cao have anything else to buy?"
"It wasn't me who bought it, it was my friend who was very well-connected who wanted to install automated sprinkler irrigation equipment. Boss Xia, you are in business again, so you have to make good use of it." Cao Zhen said with a smile.
When Xia Changhong heard what he said, he quickly expressed his position: "Since I am Director Cao's friend, the price must not be higher and the quality cannot be worse."
"I guess the quantity he wants is quite large, and you won't be able to bear the loss." Cao Zhen didn't mean to joke.
Xia Changhong thought he was just a 'small customer' just now, so he took a look at Cao Zhen's face.
But hearing what Cao Zhen said, it was a 'big customer'. Xia Changhong didn't dare to neglect it. He subconsciously asked: "How big is it?"
"I really don't know the details, but he contracted more than 80 acres of mountain land in his hometown. Let him tell you later." Cao Zhen did not make the decision for Cao Shujie.
When Xia Changhong heard the keyword "more than 80 acres of mountainous land", he became even more interested.
According to his experience, if you install automated sprinkler irrigation equipment in this area, depending on the quality of the materials, the normal cost would be RMB 300,000, which is a big deal!
Xia Changhong felt that the water in the teapot was cold, so he went to get another pot of good tea, and chatted with Cao Zhen while drinking tea.
It had been more than half an hour, and Cao Zhen was about to call and ask, when his cell phone rang again.
After answering the phone, he said: "My brother should be here."
After saying that, he went out, and Xia Changhong followed Cao Zhen. Not long after, he saw Cao Zhen raising his right arm and waving, and a black Buick LaCrosse came not far away.
After the bus stopped, a young man about the same age as Cao Zhen got out, followed immediately by two women, one big and one small.
"Shujie, why are you so slow?"
"Don't mention it, we just had an accident and there was a traffic jam."
The two exchanged a few words, then Cao Zhen said hello to Cheng Xiaolin, and finally looked at Mengmeng and said, "Daughter, call me uncle."
"Hello, uncle!" Mengmeng was very well-behaved.
Cao Zhen smiled happily and introduced Xia Changhong and Cao Shujie to each other.
"Mr. Cao, I just heard from Director Cao that you want to install automated sprinkler irrigation equipment?" It was all obvious. Xia Changhong went straight to the topic without going into details.
Cao Shujie nodded: "Yes, Boss Xia, I have this plan. At what price?"
"This depends on the quality of the materials. Does Mr. Cao want good ones? Or average ones?" Xia Changhong asked him: "And what is the paving area?"
"The first phase has a total of 57 acres of land, and the second phase has 28 acres of land, which is still to be determined," Cao Shujie said.
Xia Changhong was very happy. Even if he didn't take all of it, 57 acres was still a lot.
Cao Zhen also asked him: "Shujie, do you really plan to pave all the mountainous land you contracted?"
"Yes!" Cao Shujie nodded: "Artificial watering has too many limitations. In the long run, it is not cost-effective and will also delay things."
"You are really good at it!" Cao Zhen expressed his admiration for him.
He himself never thought that this young boy would really dare to think and do something after returning from the capital.
I'm afraid hundreds of thousands of dollars have been thrown in. Isn't he afraid of losing all his money?
Xia Changhong thought for a while, and took a pen and paper to write and draw. After about three minutes, he had a detailed communication and discussion with Cao Shujie, determined the materials for each part, and finally gave a quotation, using the best pipe materials.
and sprinklers, to cover and install all 57 acres of land. The total cost of materials and installation is 20,000 yuan.
Seeing that Cao Shujie was still hesitating, Xia Changhong gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Cao, I really want to get this order from you. Director Cao is here, and I won't lie. This quality and this price are in the global hardware market.
You really can’t find another one.”
"It's 210,000, don't bring any change." Cao Shujie still haggled the price out of habit.
Xia Changhong looked heartbroken: "That's 210,000. I really can't lower it any more. I really don't make any money from this job, so I just want to make a friend!"
