Chapter 948

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Huo Guoqiang bringing his nephew into the company was truly a brilliant move.

Inside the renovation company, the three partners held the most power; right below them was that five-man renovation team.

In engineering quality surveillance, they wielded considerable decision-making authority.

This decision-making authority absolutely could not be left entirely in Wang Erhai's hands.

This was also why Huo Guoqiang initially had no intention of maintaining a renovation team — because once you maintain one, it's very likely the renovation team would hollow out your own power within the company.

Especially if you run into some petty leader who forms cliques and deceives superiors while concealing things from subordinates.

But later Wang Erhai gave him his opinion, and he had to admit that maintaining this renovation team was still very necessary — if you go renovate some leader's house and something goes wrong, it would absolutely cost the company its life!

Since a renovation team must be maintained, counterbalancing methods must be employed.

Coincidentally at this time his nephew had nothing to do, so he thought of this move and brought Huo Zhi Hui into the company.

A family relative who knows nothing — though to outsiders he looks like a useless waste — from his perspective as the top boss, happens to be perfectly usable to counterbalance the professional talents inside the company who know everything.

Professional talents easily become arrogant relying on their ability, even disregarding their leaders.

At this time if the leader places a relative beside these professional talents, it can effectively dampen their arrogant spirit.

This is also why many family-style companies and enterprises practice nepotism.

Nepotism may slow the company's development progress, but at least it won't let the company's lifeline be manipulated by outsiders, and your own power won't be hollowed out by outsiders.

Choosing the lesser of two harms — leaders aren't stupid, they naturally know what to do.

The renovation team had just been formed, and Wu Moli's side had already found a suitable venue.

Huo Guoqiang immediately sent people to register the company.

One week later, Liguo Mountain Decoration Company opened with great fanfare.

And held an opening ceremony of considerable momentum.

Real estate bigwigs like Zhang Sheng and Niu Chunsheng all came to attend the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Under Huo Guoqiang's operation, on opening day they also signed agreements with quite a few real estate developers.

Some developers who do premium finishing, like Niu Chunsheng, gave part of the renovation business for newly developed properties to Liguo Mountain Decoration Company.

But this is also normal.

Liguo Mountain Decoration Company — that's no ordinary renovation company!

Behind it not only has Huo Guoqiang this building materials bigwig from the city providing support, but also Zhang Sheng this local real estate number one's backing, plus Niu Chunsheng, Wu Moli, and even Wang Erhai who once had his glory days in the county town — so many prominent figures standing together, county town developers, as long as they're not blind, will absolutely give Liguo Mountain Decoration Company several points of face!

Liguo Mountain Decoration Company had just opened and immediately took on many orders.

Those unimportant orders were naturally outsourced to other renovation teams to do.

Their own maintained unmanned renovation squad was responsible for supervision.

Wang Erhai stayed up all night with Zhou Hongwei and others to formulate renovation standards.

Their supervision only needed to inspect according to these standards.

And at this time, on the other side.

Liang Xinghua had been searching in the county town for quite a few days, but really couldn't find satisfactory work.

Before he even tried being a security guard, but only did it for one day before he really couldn't continue.

Not to mention the low wages, standing there all day like a gatekeeping dog — he really couldn't bear it.

This person has quite strong self-esteem.

So being a security guard he felt was too shameful.

Then he went to interview for a cashier position, but during the trial shift even scanning product barcodes he couldn't do smoothly, and in the end was fired by the boss.

Later he worked as a porter — very hard, very tiring, and work only came when there was business; he felt it wasn't a long-term plan.

In about half a month's time, he changed jobs three times.

Thinking it over, doing his old trade was still more appropriate.

So this day he went out strolling again, looking to see if he could find masonry work.

Coincidentally at this time, he saw on the street wall a recruitment notice posted:

"Recruiting multiple renovation workers, daily settlement, 150 yuan per day, interested parties contact by phone..."

Liang Xinghua immediately called the phone number on the recruitment ad:

"Hello, are you recruiting renovation workers here?"

"That's right, recruiting renovation workers — are you here to apply?"

"Yes, 150 yuan a day — is that real?"

"Real. What can you do?"

"Laying tile, plastering, suspended ceilings, installing windows and such — I can do them all!"

"Let me declare in advance: 150 a day, no meals provided, no lodging provided, no labor contract signed, no insurance bought. If you can accept this, come for a trial day — trial wage 80 a day. Pass the trial, then you can become a formal worker! Our company address is on the recruitment ad! If you feel you can accept these conditions, come on over!"

Hearing this, Liang Xinghua was immediately overjoyed:

"Good good, then I'll head over right now!"

Liang Xinghua hung up and hurriedly walked toward the address written on the recruitment ad.

That company was called Zhi Hui Human Resources Company, on the other side of the Zi River.

From here to that place was still quite far.

But Liang Xinghua was reluctant to take the three-wheeler there.

After all, taking the three-wheeler would cost five yuan in bus fare!

So he chose to walk there.

After walking for over half an hour, he finally arrived in front of Zhi Hui Human Resources Company.

Here he saw the company's interviewer.

The person conducting the interview was a young woman named Zhong Liying; Zhong Liying asked Liang Xinghua a few questions, then took him to the construction site for a trial shift.

"What you'll be trial-working on today is the Chuncheng Garden Phase One project; once you get to the site, the foreman will explain the renovation standards to you, you must renovate according to those standards; if the foreman says you're good, you can continue working; if he says you're not, then I'm sorry, we can only terminate the cooperation, understand?"

While taking Liang Xinghua to the construction site, Zhong Liying gave him some precautions.

"Understand, understand!"

Liang Xinghua hurriedly nodded:

"Rest assured, I'll definitely work hard!"

He cherished this hard-won job opportunity very much!

He didn't want to go back to being a security guard, a cashier, or a porter.

Additionally, only by finding a stable job could he give his wife an explanation.

Over this past half month, he hadn't had stable work, and his wife disliked him more and more; at the slightest disagreement she would belittle him in all sorts of ways, calling him a useless good-for-nothing!

Soon, led by Zhong Liying, Liang Xinghua arrived at the Chuncheng Garden renovation site.

Just stepping inside and taking a look, Liang Xinghua was dumbfounded.

Because he saw a familiar person.

Zhong Liying hurriedly introduced:

"Liang Xinghua, this is our site's foreman, Wang Zhanggen, Uncle Wang; Uncle Wang the foreman is very strict, you work hard, don't think about slacking off!"

Seeing Liang Xinghua, Wang Zhanggen was also full of surprise:

"Xinghua, how did you end up here?"

Liang Xinghua's face was full of embarrassment.

At that moment he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into!

He could only laugh embarrassedly:

"Brother Changgen, how did you become the foreman here?"

Seeing this, Zhong Liying smiled:

"So you two know each other, what a coincidence!"

Wang Zhanggen said to Zhong Liying:

"He's my fellow villager; he even renovated my house before!"

Hearing this, Zhong Liying said:

"Then I'm at ease; but the proper procedures still have to be followed — only after the trial shift can he be made permanent! I have other things to attend to, so I won't chat; I'm leaving first!"

After Zhong Liying left, Wang Zhanggen took the initiative to hand a cigarette to Liang Xinghua, then said:

"Erhai's company is short on hands; with no other choice, I came to help him out. Speaking of which, Erhai looked for you before — why didn't you come? Was the eight thousand monthly salary too little?"

Liang Xinghua didn't know what to say for a moment.

How could he think it was too little? He was afraid Wang Erhai would deceive him!

But now it seems Wang Erhai clearly didn't deceive him!

So right now he regretted it to death in his heart.

At the same time, he also hated his wife Lan Menglian to death.

If it weren't for his wife Lan Menglian instigating from the middle, how could he have refused the job Wang Erhai offered!

He himself was stupid too; initially he begged Wang Erhai again and again, and only with great difficulty got the job; in the end it was right at his doorstep, yet because of Lan Menglian's few words sowing discord, he retreated in a muddled confusion!

He even thought Wang Erhai offering such high wages was deceiving him!

He was simply stupid through and through!

Now he wished he could give himself two big slaps!