Chapter 656
: Old Cat's Telegram
Tang Xiaohu has followed Xu Boan all the way to the present. With the tacit understanding they have formed over the years, Tang Xiaohu would never think that Xu Boan's words were an excuse for not wanting to take him to do business.
Lin Shan and Lin Miaomiao naturally wouldn't think so, because Tang Xiaohu is now Lin Shan's official son-in-law and they are already a family. Since Xu Boan has already agreed to let Lin Shan be the first-level distributor of the hangover liquid, he naturally wouldn't mind Tang Xiaohu joining.
After hearing what Xu Bo'an said, Lin Shan widened his eyes and said to Xu Bo'an, "Brother Bo'an, I thought you would only focus on the pharmaceutical industry in the future. Do you have any other plans after hearing what you said?"
Lin Shan, Lin Miaomiao, and Tang Xiaohu were no longer outsiders in Xu Bo'an's eyes. In front of them, Xu Bo'an didn't need to beat around the bush and said to Lin Shan, "Of course, but I haven't thought of a perfect plan yet. I can only take it one step at a time. So, Xiaohu, just do your current job honestly."
Tang Xiaohu nodded and said, "I understand, brother! Don't worry, as your brother, I will never let you down."
Xu Bo'an patted Tang Xiaohu on the shoulder and said, "That's too much. Just be yourself and have a clear conscience."
Lin Shan looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time. I asked the kitchen to prepare a table of food, and it's almost ready now! Now that we have finished discussing business, let's take our seats. I wish our future cooperation will continue to flourish."
Lin Miaomiao smiled and said, "Dad, Brother Xu's hangover solution is absolutely fine. We don't need to make any wishes in advance, we can just celebrate. On my way here, I happened to meet a construction worker who was selling wild turtles caught on the construction site. They are still at the front desk. You can ask the kitchen to make a special turtle soup."
Xu Boan couldn't help but laugh when he heard that. In an instant he remembered that when he delivered turtle soup to the little ones in Kaoshan Village of Bonsai World, he nourished them too much and they all had nosebleeds. It seemed that they were not worthy of this good thing.
However, this also reminded Xu Bo'an that he could no longer give gifts to the little guys in the bonsai world based on his own preferences.
The food that you think is good may not be tolerated by the little ones!
When it comes to eating, it is very important who you eat with. Eating with people you don't like will make the meal taste like chewing wax, but eating with people you get along with will make you happy.
The meal was very enjoyable to both the host and the guests, and lasted more than two hours before we left.
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when Xu Bo'an returned home. As soon as he entered the house, his cell phone rang. Xu Bo'an glanced at the caller ID and was quite surprised.
The caller ID showed that it was a number from my old friend Lao Mao. They hadn't seen each other or even contacted each other for a while.
Lao Mao is a sand and gravel boss. When Xu Boan was a project manager, Lao Mao was the supplier of sand and gravel to Xu Boan's project. The relationship between the two has always been pretty good.
Later, Xu Bo'an was promoted to chief engineer of Dongjiang Second Construction Company and became the actual person in charge of Dongjiang Second Construction Company. He took the opportunity to punish Qin Zhiyong and his son. The people on the project below were very tactful and eliminated the opportunity for Qin and his son to continue to supply sand and gravel.
After all, the Qin family is a relative of He Qiang, the former general manager of Dongjiang Erjian. Not to mention the ancient truth that "a new emperor chooses new ministers", everyone in Dongjiang Erjian knows that Xu Boan and He Qiang are in a very hostile relationship, so naturally they would not ask for trouble.
Riding on this favorable trend, although Xu Boan did not say hello or hint at anything, Lao Mao's sand and gravel business grew bigger and bigger under the care of the leaders of various projects of Dongjiang Erjian, and it became more and more widespread, and it almost won the sand and gravel business, earthwork business and construction site retaining wall business of half of the projects of Dongjiang Erjian.
People who work in the civil engineering industry know that although these three businesses may not sound impressive and are not big businesses, they are very profitable and easy to get back. Most importantly, they do not require any technical skills or risks. To put it bluntly, doing this business is just like giving away money, and most people can't really get it!
Because of this sudden windfall, Lao Mao had contacted Xu Boan several times and even visited him, wanting to thank him in various ways, but Xu Boan politely declined.
After all, Xu Bo'an thought at the time that he was already rich and there was no need to get himself stained with dirt. He always reminded Lao Mao to ensure quality and quantity, and politely declined kickbacks with a smile.
Even though the old cat wanted to invite Xu Boan to dinner or fishing every now and then, Xu Boan had been thinking about the bonsai world during this period and tried not to waste time on other things. Therefore, even such a simple invitation was just a toy to Xu Boan.
As time went by, Lao Mao saw that Xu Bo'an was determined, so he stopped bothering him about these things, and the two of them hadn't been in touch for a while. So when Xu Bo'an saw Lao Mao's call again, he was a little surprised.
Xu Boan answered the phone quickly, and after a few pleasantries, Xu Boan was left speechless and annoyed by what Lao Mao said.
Not many people knew about Xu Bo'an's resignation, but Lao Mao was one of them.
After all, it is an iron rule that people forget about you when you leave. From ancient times to the present, from high to low, no one or thing can escape this rule as long as it involves interpersonal relationships.
Even though Xu Bo'an had just stepped down and left office, and even though Xu Bo'an still had an extraordinary close relationship with the boss Su Taisu of the Construction Group, that could not be compared with the feeling he gave people when he was in office.
Being in office or leaving office itself means the disappearance of power, which will naturally arouse suspicion and gloating among many people.
In the workplace, if a rising new powerful person suddenly leaves his job quietly, most people will speculate that there is something wrong with him, or that there is a problem with the relationship behind him.
It was impossible for Xu Boan to explain to everyone, and Su Tai was even less likely to talk about such a trivial matter, so it was inevitable that some people would not care about Xu Boan's past reputation.
As a result, Lao Mao's business, which had been going smoothly, has encountered some difficulties in the past few days.
This is actually not a big deal. After all, Lao Mao is a veteran who has been in the business world for many years. He can still handle this. It’s just a matter of investing more energy and money.
But there are some things involving Xu Boan that he is not sure about.
Xu Bo'an has worked at Dongjiang Erjian for many years, although he has not brought relatives into the industry or arranged jobs for them in recent years.
But in the early years, Xu Bo'an still helped some relatives find jobs and arranged for them to make a living on various projects in the company.
Some people left for various reasons, but some people stayed on.
There are also a few who have taken advantage of various opportunities to become relatively stable long-term employees in the company.
Because Dongjiang Erjian has very strict entry control, if you can become a relatively stable long-term employee, you will receive equal pay for equal work.
There were also two smart ones who changed their careers and became small contractors, taking on some small projects.
The trouble that Lao Mao encountered this time was related to Xu Bo'an's relatives.
None of Xu Boan's relatives have a close relationship with him. After all, the age and ability to find a job must be right. It is impossible for me to be a project manager and arrange any relative to any position. It must be that there are vacancies in some positions, and there happens to be someone among the relatives and friends who meets the requirements, so that they can come to work.
The relatives who are currently causing trouble for Xu Boan are all relatives of Xu Boan's cousins, and can only be considered distant relatives.
When Xu Boan was working as a project manager, they would visit him during the holidays. Later, when Xu Boan fell from power, these so-called relatives all stopped visiting him.
Xu Boan understood it. After all, they still had to work in the company and make a living from it, so they wanted to avoid being affected.
After all, generally speaking, as long as you do your job honestly and are not the kind of person who is too extreme and too tactless, even if your backer falls, the opponent of your backer will not pay attention to a small fry like you. But if you insist on getting into their sight, you can't say for sure.
Based on this common sense, Xu Boan didn't think too much about it. Life is not easy for all living beings, so don't make things difficult for others.
However, with Xu Bo'an's comeback and even his rapid rise to fame, some of his relatives could no longer sit still. They wanted to fly!
In particular, one of his relatives was a small contractor who did some small projects such as sidewalk maintenance and mobile house construction in the early stages of the project. Seeing Lao Mao's sand and gravel business growing bigger and bigger, he couldn't help but want to get a piece of the pie.
For Xu Bo'an's sake, Lao Mao didn't say much and immediately gave half of the sand and gravel business of a project to the other party.
Originally, Lao Mao was going to give it all to him, but Xu Bo'an, this relative, didn't have that much capital and couldn't take it all, so he just made do with supplying half of the sand and gravel.
In this case, Xu Bo'an's relative could not sign a contract directly with the project and could only do this business under the guise of the company run by Laomao.
This is equivalent to him and Lao Mao partnering to supply sand and gravel. After the money is settled on the project, Lao Mao transfers the money to him according to the supply quantity of Xu Bo'an's relatives.
This situation is common and not a rare thing. He just needs to do his job well. However, this guy just doesn't supply the goods honestly. In order to save money, the sand and gravel he finds either have excessive mud content and are unqualified, or he adds water to it in order to increase the weight and make more money.
For the sake of Xu Bo'an and Lao Mao, this kind of thing happened every now and then, but the project didn't say anything. Since there was no quality problem when mixed with good sand and gravel, they just turned a blind eye to it.
But this guy was getting more and more outrageous, so Lao Mao had to pay for it out of his own pocket to re-allocate the goods to him, and spend energy and financial resources to coordinate his unqualified sand and gravel to nearby projects in order to meet the pass rate requirements. He continued to run the business like this for a while.
Until recently, Xu Bo'an resigned.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for Laomao to coordinate the distribution of substandard sand and gravel, and some projects have even made it clear that entry is prohibited.
This puts a lot of pressure on the old cat.
Lao Mao immediately found his relative Xu Bo'an to explain the situation, but Qian Zhuang was too timid.
During this period of time, under the care of Lao Mao, this guy made a lot of money almost without any effort. He thought that this amount of money was a sum that he would never be able to earn in his entire life.
The man swelled up instantly.
He did not give Lao Mao any face and continued to supply unqualified sand and gravel, resulting in him being rejected by the project's receiving staff.
The guy got anxious when he saw this, and immediately arranged for the driver to block the car there. No one else could weigh and unload the goods unless he did.
Because his business is registered under Lao Mao's company, it is equivalent to Lao Mao's company offending the leaders on the project.
This time, we are in big trouble.
Lao Mao's business was completely targeted, and all of a sudden his subordinates were calling him everywhere to seek solutions.
Lao Mao really had no choice but to call Xu Bo'an.
After all, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. Given Xu Boan's relationship, he can't just deal with Xu Boan's relative.
Hearing this, Xu Bo'an's face suddenly turned grim, and he immediately said to Lao Mao on the phone: "Okay, I know about this. Let me say hello to the project side, and try to get this matter out of the way so that they will no longer target you.
As for my relative, you don't need to consider my face, just deal with it as you want. I believe you can definitely solve this small matter."
Lao Mao naturally had a way to solve the problem. When doing business like this, he was least afraid of being bullied or acted like a rogue. If it weren't for Xu Bo'an's sake, his relative wouldn't even have the chance to talk to Lao Mao, let alone do business with him.
Hearing Xu Bo'an's words, Lao Mao chuckled and said, "Okay, Mr. Xu, I understand. I know how to handle this matter, don't worry."
Lao Mao's meaning is very clear. After all, the other party is your relative. Even if your attitude is expressed very clearly, I will naturally not treat him as a stranger. I always have to give him some face.
Xu Bo'an also understood what the old cat was thinking, and said again: "I'll say it again, you can handle it yourself. I understand your intentions, but from now on, if something like this happens again, I will not admit that you are my relative. I mean, you understand what I mean."
When the old cat heard what Xu Boan said, he was stunned.
I understand, I understand very well, Xu Boan is planning to draw a clear line between himself and his relative.
Then this matter will be easier to handle.
Lao Mao said seriously, "Okay, Mr. Xu, now I really understand. By the way, Mr. Xu, I heard that you have resigned from Dongjiang No. 2 Construction. After being busy for so many years, it's time to take a break. It just so happens that I recently built a hill in the suburbs of the provincial capital and haven't decided what to do with it yet.
The ecological environment there is very good. I even built a pond and put some fish fry there. If you are interested, Mr. Xu, you can go there and stay for a few days. It can be regarded as getting close to nature and relaxing during a vacation. You can decide when you can find time. "
When Xu Boan heard this, his eyebrows slightly raised, and his heart moved! (End of this chapter)