Chapter 806
Negotiations with Zhai Xiaofei
Zhai Xiaofei looked at Xu Bo'an, smiled and nodded, then gave Xu Bo'an a thumbs up and said, "Big brother, as expected of my big brother, you guessed it right every time!"
Xu Bo'an looked at Zhai Xiaofei with great surprise and said to him, "Last time when I bought a house, it just so happened that it was a development by your Zhai family. Is it just another coincidence this time? Does this mean that your Zhai family has contracted all the real estate developments in Dongjiang City?"
Zhai Xiaofei said, "We didn't contract all of them, but at least 60% of the properties in Dongjiang City belong to the Zhai family!"
Xu Bo'an knew that the Zhai family was the richest family in Dongjiang City. Hearing Zhai Xiaofei say this, he was not surprised at all. On the contrary, he was very happy because he needed a lot of reliable housing right now, and this convenient condition came to him.
Xu Bo'an was happy not because he wanted to take advantage of Zhai Xiaofei. The Zhai family was in the real estate business to make money. When Xu Bo'an and his cousin Tang Muyang went to buy a house last time, Zhai Xiaofei happened to give him a house as a gift, so Xu Bo'an accepted it.
However, Xu Bo'an needs more than one house right now. If Zhai Xiaofei were to give him all of these houses, what would he earn? Although he is the richest man in Dongjiang City, he also has many employees to support and many expenses.
Furthermore, Xu Bo'an is not short of money these days. The reason why Xu Bo'an finds it convenient is that at least with Zhai Xiaofei, the developer, he can save a lot of trouble in providing welfare housing for his employees.
At least in terms of communication and the quality of the house, Xu Bo'an didn't need to worry too much. He believed that Zhai Xiaofei would arrange these things perfectly for him.
Xu Bo'an smiled and said to Zhai Xiaofei, "That's great! If I had known that the houses here were developed by your Zhai family, I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble to look at each one. I could have just given you a heads-up!"
Zhai Xiaofei said with a smile, "That's right, as long as you just give me a heads-up, I'll definitely arrange everything for you!"
Xu Bo'an said, "In that case, if you're not busy right now, let's talk about this now!"
Zhai Xiaofei said with a smile, "Of course I can't say I'm busy when my brother asks me to talk business!"
Seeing Zhai Xiaofei's grinning face, Xu Bo'an reached out and patted Zhai Xiaofei's head, saying, "You better be serious. If you're not busy, let's talk about this now. If you are, then go ahead and do what you need to do. Don't let this delay your business! Anyway, this isn't urgent for me!"
Seeing Xu Bo'an's serious expression, Zhai Xiaofei stopped joking and said to Xu Bo'an in a serious tone, "Brother, I'm really not busy today. I'm just here for a routine inspection. Let's go to the sales office now to talk about this!"
After saying that, the two walked into the sales office, with Zhai Xiaofei's driver following behind to provide services for them at any time.
When Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei entered the sales office, the manager in the lobby immediately spotted their boss, Zhai Xiaofei, and quickly walked up to him with a smile.
When Zhai Xiaofei told the sales manager that he had something to discuss with Xu Bo'an, the manager immediately took them to his office, made tea for them, and then came out of the office.
Zhai Xiaofei's driver was also waiting outside. After the sales manager came out, he greeted Zhai Xiaofei's driver very warmly and asked him, "Who was that person with our boss just now?"
The driver, with a cold face, replied to the manager's question, "Don't pry into the boss's affairs!"
The sales manager said to the driver, "I'm not trying to pry into the boss's private affairs, but I noticed that our boss and that gentleman from earlier seemed to have a special relationship. I just want to know their relationship so I can better serve the boss in the future!"
Although the sales manager astutely noticed that his boss's relationship with Xu Bo'an was unusual, he couldn't be sure that his guess was correct.
After all, in the world of most adults, there are no true friends, only true interests. Having been a sales manager for so many years, I often see people in the business world who are good partners today but become bitter enemies tomorrow. There are also people who are friendly on the surface but not on the inside. They seem to have a good relationship, but in reality, there are undercurrents in their hearts.
In this complex business world, the relationships between people are often unpredictable. That's why the sales manager wanted to ask the driver to decide how to treat Xu Bo'an should he encounter him again in the future, so as to avoid making a mistake.
The driver and the sales manager were both employees, and the driver understood what the sales manager meant. Everyone had to act according to the boss's wishes, and no one was any better off than the other. Feeling the same way, the driver changed his previous cold attitude towards the sales manager and whispered to him, "That gentleman is a very important person to our boss, Mr. Zhai. He saved Mr. Zhai's life, and Mr. Zhai considers him his elder brother! Just be careful when you see him in the future!"
After hearing the driver's words, the sales manager nodded, grasped the driver's hand, and said with a face full of gratitude, "Thank you so much! Let's look out for each other from now on!"
Generally speaking, drivers are the boss's confidants and also take care of some of the boss's daily private matters. Therefore, most bosses' drivers are very well-connected and influential.
It must be said that this sales manager is quite shrewd; he knows how to build a good relationship with the driver to find out some of the boss's private matters.
While the driver and sales manager were chatting outside, Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei were discussing the house in the office.
Half an hour later, Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei reached an agreement on the welfare housing.
The final agreement reached by the two parties was that any employee of Xu Bo'an's company who wanted to purchase a house would be sold at an 80% discount, and the employee would only need to pay half of the discounted price, while the company would advance the other half.
Furthermore, all senior leaders and high-level talents at Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory will receive a house of more than 140 square meters, of varying sizes, as a gift from the company, based on their contributions to the company.
Lin Kangtai would report to Xu Bo'an every week on the company's specific situation, usually focusing on the company's financial status and development progress. Xu Bo'an was not very familiar with the personnel allocation issues.
Xu Bo'an only knew that Liu Quan, Tang Xiaotong, and Ma Lu, who had always followed him, were people he had to take care of. He asked Zhai Xiaofei to arrange a house of about 180 square meters for each of them.
Among them, Liu Quan and Ma Lu's houses are the largest because these two people are of great significance to me. Liu Quan goes without saying; he has worked at Dongjiang No. 2 Construction Company for half his life. The fact that he was willing to give up his secure job to follow me shows his absolute trust in me. Now he holds an important position at Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory and is one of the people I trust the most. I would never treat him unfairly.
As for Ma Lu, he was Xu Bo'an's classmate and good friend from university. Now that Ma Lu had come to work for him, not only did they share their old friendship, but Ma Lu would also be a valuable assistant in his future work. Moreover, Xu Bo'an was the godfather of Ma Lu's child. With so many connections, Xu Bo'an certainly wouldn't treat him unfairly. Considering that Ma Lu had started a family and his large household was no longer enough to live in the small house, Xu Bo'an also arranged a larger house for him.
Besides, Tang Xiaotong, a young girl, followed him without hesitation when she heard that he was going to resign, so Xu Bo'an certainly couldn't treat her unfairly.
Although Su Jie was a talent he had personally recruited, considered one of the top talents at Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory, and also Lin Miaomiao's best friend, Xu Bo'an certainly wouldn't treat her unfairly.
Although the hangover remedy for Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory was provided by Xu Bo'an, and the current development trend suggests that they are needed for research, such high-end talent is the best face of every company and must be given the highest reward. Therefore, Xu Bo'an also reserved a house of considerable size for her.
These people were all his trusted confidants, so Xu Bo'an directly reserved the houses for them. Zhai Xiaofei had also arranged for the sales office staff to hand over the keys to the four houses to Xu Bo'an.
Xu Bo'an will personally hand the keys to the group. As for the other employees in the company, Xu Bo'an is not familiar with their situation. The distribution of their welfare housing will be handled directly by Lin Kangtai.
As for whether Xu Bo'an would be accused of favoritism for doing this, Xu Bo'an didn't think that much about it.
After all, you can't do everything with a one-size-fits-all approach, and you can't treat everyone the same.
Those who swear to follow you and trust you should be rewarded accordingly. This will not discourage your followers, but will also inspire other employees to work hard and make them know that they will enjoy the benefits of following you. This will not only motivate employees, but also make them follow you wholeheartedly.
As for Lin Kangtai, although there might be some disagreement between them regarding employee welfare housing, he is the backbone of the entire company and has devoted the most effort to it. Since welfare housing has been distributed to employees, how could he be left out of the benefits?
Xu Bo'an decided to give Lin Kangtai a villa, and the money would not go through the company's account; Xu Bo'an would pay for the villa himself.
Dongjiang City is a small city of the fourth or fifth tier, and there are not many villa areas. The Central Courtyard where Xu Bo'an currently lives is one of the newest villa areas in recent years, so he decided to buy a villa for Lin Kangtai in the Central Courtyard.
The villa area of Central Courtyard also belongs to the Zhai family's property, so Xu Bo'an booked one with Zhai Xiaofei.
Since the villa wasn't going through the company's account, Xu Bo'an paid Zhai Xiaofei directly, and Zhai Xiaofei immediately instructed the sales office to send over the villa keys.
When Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei first discussed houses, Zhai Xiaofei insisted on giving Xu Bo'an a building, and all he needed to do was contribute the principal.
However, Zhai Xiaofei had already given away a 200-square-meter apartment for free last time. Xu Bo'an felt that even if he was his older brother and had saved his life, he couldn't keep taking advantage of him. Besides, the Zhai family was building so many properties to sell, so how would they recoup their investment if they gave them away?
Finally, after Xu Bo'an's repeated persuasion, this result was reached.
When the sales staff delivered all the keys to the properties that Xu Bo'an had reserved, Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei walked out of the sales office after receiving the keys.
When the sales staff heard that Xu Bo'an had purchased so many properties at once, they were in an uproar as they watched him leave the sales office.
Seeing everyone huddled together discussing something, the sales manager snapped at them, "What are you doing during work hours? Get back to work, or I'll fire you all!"
Everyone quickly returned to their work stations after seeing the sales manager lose his temper.
As Xu Bo'an and Zhai Xiaofei walked out of the sales office, Zhai Xiaofei noticed it was lunchtime and said to Xu Bo'an, "Brother, let's have lunch together!"
Xu Bo'an said, "Let's forget about it. I need to go to the company later to talk to Lin Kangtai about buying a house! Let's make an appointment another time when we're free!"
Zhai Xiaofei said, "It's no big deal. Why don't you just invite President Lin along too, and the three of us can go out to eat together? Anyway, he'll still come to me about employee housing issues later."
Xu Bo'an found Zhai Xiaofei's words very reasonable. Lin Kangtai would definitely need to talk to Zhai Xiaofei about the employee welfare housing issue afterward, and Kangtai Group would inevitably have contact with Zhai Xiaofei in the future. It would be good to have a meal together today and discuss the matter.
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an said to Zhai Xiaofei, "Okay, then I'll call Lin Kangtai to see if he's free?"
Zhai Xiaofei nodded and said to Xu Bo'an, "Okay, brother!"
After saying that, Xu Bo'an took out his phone from his pocket and dialed Lin Kangtai's number. Lin Kangtai answered the phone quickly, and Xu Bo'an heard Lin Kangtai's voice on the other end of the line say, "Hello, Mr. Xu!"
Upon hearing Lin Kangtai's voice, Xu Bo'an said to him, "Mr. Lin, are you busy right now? Let's come out and have lunch together!"
Lin Kangtai, who was on his way to the cafeteria for dinner, stopped in his tracks when he heard Xu Bo'an's words. Although his conversation with Xu Bo'an about employee welfare housing hadn't gone well the night before, and Lin Kangtai even harbored some resentment towards Xu Bo'an, the fact that the boss had personally called to invite him to dinner meant that the man had something to do, and he couldn't refuse him. So Lin Kangtai said to Xu Bo'an, "Okay!"
When Xu Bo'an heard Lin Kangtai agree, he said to him, "Okay, I'll send you the address in a bit!"
While Xu Bo'an was on the phone, Zhai Xiaofei stood beside him and overheard their conversation. After Xu Bo'an hung up, Zhai Xiaofei quickly sent the restaurant address to Xu Bo'an's phone. (End of Chapter)