Chapter 2433: Support Domestic Products

In the first courtyard, there were still more than a dozen air conditioner outdoor units placed there. Wang Hui told Zhou Andong that the installation would be completed today. Originally, Zhou Andong intended to install central air conditioning; after all, central air conditioning has obvious advantages in comfort and aesthetics.

However, when he considered the clubhouse, private kitchen, and hotel in front, if all of them used central air conditioning, the power consumption would be a huge problem, because there was a widespread problem of insufficient power supply in this era.

The power of central air conditioning is relatively large, especially in summer, when the air conditioner might need to run 24 hours a day without interruption. As a result, the power supply would definitely face huge pressure.

Therefore, he must go to the power department for power expansion to meet the air conditioning usage needs of all places. Actually, this is easy to talk about; just spend money for expansion.

What really worries him is that although this is Beijing and the power supply is relatively stable compared to other places, and it won't easily power off, if this area all uses central air conditioning and runs for a long time in summer, there is also a high probability that the power will fail.

Therefore, Zhou Andong finally decided to buy split-type wall-mounted air conditioners. Although the domestic air conditioner market was almost monopolized by imported machines at this time, and even throughout the 1990s, imported machines occupied a vital position in the market.

But in 1988, the Huabao Air Conditioner Factory successfully developed the first split wall-mounted unit KF-19GA, which is undoubtedly an important milestone in the development history of domestic air conditioners.

Immediately after, in the second year, which was 1989, Chunlan and Gree also launched their own split wall-mounted units one after another. Although compared with imported machines, domestic split wall-mounted machines might still have a certain gap in technology, Zhou Andong still chose to support domestic products and bought Chunlan.

If Zhou Andong still insisted on choosing central air conditioning, then he would have no choice but to buy imported machines. Because the technical level of domestic central air conditioning is relatively lagging and cannot meet the needs. He had no interest in the ugly and clumsy window machines, so imported machines became his only choice.

However, since he had changed his mind and no longer considered installing central air conditioning, he would naturally choose to support domestic machines without hesitation. Even if there is some gap in technology and imported machines, even if the appearance is not as exquisite and beautiful as imported machines, he still chose domestic machines.

Anyway, if this kind of wall-mounted machine breaks, it is convenient to replace it. In addition, he believes in the quality of domestic machines, because in his previous life, in 1998, he bought a Chunlan air conditioner.

Until his mother passed away, that air conditioner had been used for more than 20 years. Except for the noise being a bit loud like a tractor, the cooling effect was still great. Until the day he was reborn, the air conditioner was still hanging on the wall of that old house in Tanghezi.

Zhou Andong glanced at the air conditioner outdoor units neatly placed at the foot of the wall, regardless of the quality of these spaces. After the millennium, when the national power is stable and domestic central air conditioning technology is mature, it should be replaced.

Zhou Andong stepped out of the gate, and the security guards who had just returned from patrol saluted and greeted Zhou Andong as soon as they saw him.

"Chairman, hello!"

Zhou Andong nodded with a smile and walked toward the mouth of the hutong.

Gu Bing pouted and said: "Look at your ugly capitalist face now, if it were 20 years ago, you would definitely be the target of criticism."

Zhou Andong ignored him, but stood at the mouth of the Siya Tou Hutong. Gu Bing felt bored, rubbed his nose, and threw the cigarette butt on the ground.

"When will the clubhouse open?"

"Not yet determined." Zhou Andong walked forward a few steps, stood by a built sewer well, and looked down into it.

In the past few days, the clubhouse has been doing the final finishing work. That is, cleaning up, trimming branches, and organizing those flowers and plants. Each courtyard looks a bit messy, with this pile of trimmed branches and that pile of withered flowers and plants.

And An Jing is recruiting management personnel, as well as bartenders, pianists, waiters, etc. Moreover, after the recruitment is completed, systematic training is also required to ensure that they can be competent for their respective jobs after the clubhouse opens, and no problems will occur.

As for the opening time of the clubhouse, Zhou Andong initially decided on New Year's Day. Therefore, the time is relatively abundant, and he is not in a hurry. After all, this is not something to be in a hurry about.

In addition, regarding the chef problem of the clubhouse restaurant, Tang Lin wants to build the Wenlin Hutong in front into a private kitchen restaurant. For this reason, he invited Yan Shuangxi, the inheritor of Yan family cuisine.

This old man is not simple; he is the executive chef of the State Guest House, a genuine section-level leader, who has just retired. Therefore, Zhou Andong intends to hand over the clubhouse to Yan Shuangxi as well.

The old man doesn't need to sit in town personally; just send a few disciples and grandchildren to the clubhouse. Because the old man's eldest disciple is also very awesome, a national treasure-level cooking master, the head chef of the state banquet, who has now succeeded the old man as the executive chef of the State Guest House.

Zhou Andong stood at the mouth of the Siya Tou Hutong, glanced inside, didn't stay too long, and walked toward Wenlin Hutong. At this time, all the courtyards had been connected, and the courtyard walls had been rebuilt, but the progress of the repair work was quite slow.

At present, only the courtyard near the mouth of the hutong has completed repairs, and the other courtyards are far from finished. According to the repair progress of those courtyards in the clubhouse, it will probably have to wait until next year to repair all these courtyards.

Gu Bing on the side said boredly: "Do you want to go in and see?"

Zhou Andong shook his head: "They are all ditches dug, so forget it."

All the work is right in front of his eyes, and there is nothing to see inside. Then, Zhou Andong turned and came to Zhou Le and Zhou Yu Hutong. The progress of the courtyard wall construction here is slower than Wenlin Hutong, and only half of it has been completed so far.

Moreover, the repair work of the houses here must be carried out synchronously. By the end of next year, all projects in this courtyard must be completed, including interior decoration. Therefore, he must remind Tang Lin to find another batch of repair masters as soon as possible to speed up the project progress.

"Chairman Zhou!" Zhou Andong heard a shout from behind, and subconsciously looked back, only to see the contractor Liu Zhanyong walking over quickly.

Zhou Andong looked at his watch, it was not yet 6:30: "Boss Liu, why are you here so early today?"

Liu Zhanyong walked to Zhou Andong and said very happily: "I received a notice from Rifeng last night, they said they would send the new pipes today, so I came over early."

"This is good news." Zhou Andong was also very happy: "I was still thinking, if they don't send the pipes by the end of the month, in order not to affect the construction period, I can only choose to use old-fashioned pipes."

"By the way, Chairman Zhou!" Liu Zhanyong looked at the boiler room that had been built in the opposite hutong: "The boiler room has been capped, when will the boiler arrive?"

"I really don't know much about this, you have to ask President Tang, he is responsible for these things." Zhou Andong walked forward two steps, squatted down, picked up a blue brick, and then smashed it fiercely toward the front. Immediately after, he heard a squeaking sound, and a mouse was hit by the blue brick.

"So accurate?" Liu Zhanyong was very surprised, because Zhou Andong was seven or eight meters away from that mouse, and still in a ditch.

Zhou Andong patted the dirt on his hands and said with a smile: "Actually, my slingshot shooting is accurate. When I was a child, I hit birds, didn't need a trap, just took a slingshot, and I could carry a schoolbag full of birds back at night."

"Awesome!" Liu Zhanyong gave a thumbs up, and the flattery was very obvious: "I can't, I also liked hitting birds when I was a child, but I couldn't hit them with a slingshot, so I like using an air gun."

Zhou Andong and Liu Zhanyong chatted for a while, seeing that it was almost 7:00: "The new pipes have arrived, how long will it take for the underground pipe network work to be completed?"

Liu Zhanyong pondered for a while and said: "The ditches have been dug, and the water wells and settling wells have also been built. Once the pipes arrive, it is estimated that it will definitely be completed in half a month. By then, the underground parking lot can officially start construction!"

"Okay!" Zhou Andong nodded: "You get busy, I'm going back to eat, and I have to go to work in a while."

When Zhou Andong came back, Zhou Anqin and the others were also up. After greeting them, he walked toward the back building to see his daughter. When he came to the fifth courtyard, he saw Fourth Sister was practicing horse stance, her round little face was full of sweat, but she was still persisting.