Chapter 105
Lin Minjun was flabbergasted for a moment, and began to calculate silently in her heart
She had never renovated a house, but she had renovated a rice noodle store, so she probably had a few things in mind
Nowadays, labor was not expensive, but materials were
“If I really rent it, I guess I’ll have to spend a lot of money on the renovation, because I’m planning to rent it for five years at once, and I’ll have to renovate it properly” Lin Minjun said
Zhou Ran answered, “How do you plan to decorate?”
“It’s not renovation, I think the original appearance of the house is quite good, so I will renovate it and restore it to its original appearance”
The house was originally decorated especially nice, although it has been mottled and faded, but still can see the former appearance, elegant, beautiful
Lin Minjun said, “Renovate the small building, pave the floor of the back yard with cement, redecorate a few cottages, I don’t understand the price of materials in the decoration market now, how much do you think it will cost”
Zhou Ran took out a pen and paper from his pocket, brushed the accounts written down, and finally added up a calculation, “I have been to that hotel, the structure is familiar, according to the way you want to refurbish, estimated to be eight hundred dollars”
He made a gesture of eight, and then said, “You know that the capital city is in a tight housing situation, everyone is trying to expand, redecorating, such as cement and putty are not easy to get, in addition to the floor in the small building is also a whole waste of water into the warping, but also have to be replaced, I am based on the lowest price, and this is not counting the labor”
That’s a lot of money, but that’s not all, there’s labor
Lin Minjun said, “I inquired before when the rice noodle store was being renovated, the big laborer was two dollars a day, and the small laborer was one dollar a day, and the money I have on hand to pay for the rent and materials is really nothing”
Her tone of voice with a little helpless, “So I have been thinking before in the end to rent it, money is really not generous, earn can not catch up with the flower”
As she was talking, the boss who had just been yelled at by Zhou Ran came out again, looking at this side impatiently, “Are you guys done eating yet, you just know how to be lazy all day long, I paid money to come here to invite you to chat here? Hurry up and get in here to work, two lazy bastards, doing a little work and grinding”
It’s only been ten minutes since he last came out, not to mention having a meal, even boiling water is difficult enough
Lin Minjun is angry, this person is simply Zhou PiPi reincarnation, just now Zhou Ran said, they have been working from five in the morning until now, the effort to eat a mouthful of rice are not
She stood here and chatted with them for a while, and this boss rushed twice
Even an iron man has to have a break
Lin Minjun was about to speak, Zhou Ran suddenly pulled the newspaper hat on his head, looking at his brother is still squatting next to him, also a hand on his head pulled down, turned around and yelled, “should be rolled is you, you give me to get out, I quit, resignation”
The boss was startled, staring at this side with his eyes, “I’m short of people, you say quit and quit? I think you don’t want to be paid, right?”
This means, if you quit now, he won’t give you your salary
Zhou Ran took out a cigarette and lit it, took a drag, grinning, “OK, you can not give, then I let my brother come to you every day to make trouble, in your paint the wall scribble, water your cement, these should be enough to compensate the two of us for the wages, Boss Huang, my brother and I have been doing this for so long for you to say that laziness is also there, but we do the work can absolutely afford to give you a wage Our wages, now we want to go, you are polite with me I’ll be polite with you, polite settlement of the wages, nothing happened, if you have to play a scoundrel, then we brothers will play a big one for you, how about it? Think clearly?”
After all, he had been in society before, as soon as he said this, his body exuded the habits of a small gangster
The boss glared, and finally gave in
What else could he do, he still had to earn money, two less people, the big deal was to find two more, if he got entangled with them, the loss would be too great
At that moment said nothing, turned around and went back to get the bag, one by one, and then settled the wages
Before the brothers left, the boss also sneered and said, “Now go, in the future want to beg me to give work can be no door, you two have to go out to beg along the street”
“Don’t worry, even if we beg for food, we can’t beg on your door” Zhou Rant said indifferently, “Besides begging you to give a fart of work, I have my own skills, I go out and contract work, do not give people as a dog” Follow this boss working is to give him as a dog, hoo to exchange, Zhou Ran is really fed up
Standing outside, listening to all the conversation Lin Minjun simply look dumbfounded, they just stopped to talk to the brothers two words, how they put the job on the loss
Lin Minjun see Zhou Ran smoking cigarettes from the inside out, a time really do not know what to say
Zhou Ran did have something to say, after coming out, seriously told Lin Minjun, “Ajun, my brother and I went to the countryside to find someone to learn how to build a house, for people to renovate the work of my grandmother’s house is that the two of us repaired it for her, painting the walls, installing the floor, paving the yard, these jobs I can do, you see if I can do the next renovation of the project you, my brother and I two people to do it Outside the big laborer two dollars a day, responsible for these jobs as well, we only charge one dollar and a half, and you don’t have enough money you can settle the bill once a week, no need to give a deposit, I can also help you look at the materials”
Lin Minjun backed up two steps, seriously survey Zhou Ran, see that there is not a bit of joking in his expression, the heart also began to consider, “In addition to those you said, there is also the ceiling needs to be re-ceilinged, in fact, I would like to find someone to help play the tables and chairs and benches, do you guys know anyone?”
“I can also do the ceiling, I can also help you install the lights, but I can’t do the carpenter’s work, I can help you find someone from the village, and give them a customized job, when it comes time to draw a drawing, what ever it looks like can be made”
So the two of them chatted in detail again, from how the house should be renovated, to how to choose the materials for the renovation, Zhou Ran said it all
Lin Minjun was especially quick when she made up her mind, “Okay, just follow what you said, I’ll go to the restaurant now and pay the rent, then you can get ready to go in”
She went to Director Zhao and said that she had made up her mind to rent it, but there wasn’t enough money
“Not enough money, what should we do? We really can’t reduce our rent any further Comrade Xiao Lin, it’s already the lowest price for you” Director Zhao spread his hands and said
Lin Minjun: “Can it be like this, we can sign a five year contract, I’ll pay the rent year by year, and if the business is good after the store opens, I can also pay it all at once I will renovate and decorate the store, even if you really can’t pay the rent, you can still get a decoration, it’s not a loss in any case”
Across a desk, the balding Director Zhao’s eyebrows furrowed, “We’ve never had this kind of example”
“That’s why we need to innovate, that’s why we need to reform ah, now that the country has reformed and opened up, Director Zhao, your way of doing things is not also to improve, now that everyone is poor, I dare say that people who can take a breath to get five years of rent are absolutely very few, why don’t we all take a step back, I’ll give you a guarantee, if I can’t pay the rent behind me, you can always clear out my stuff and make a profit for nothing A decoration” Lin Minjun could be said to have gone through a lot of trouble
Director Zhao balked, stood up and said, “Then I’ll go discuss this with the leaders”
After a while, he came back, smiling, “Comrade Xiao Lin, our leaders agreed, we can sign this five-year contract with you, and the rent can be given year by year”
The stone in Lin Minjun’s heart fell to the ground, and she also laughed out as an afterthought
“Then when can we sign the contract?” Director Zhao asked as he rubbed his hands together
Lin Minjun took a look at the clock hanging outside, “Today, now the post office is still open, you wait, I’ll go to the post office to get money, then we can sign the contract”
She immediately went out of the office’s gate, rode her bike back to the quadrangle, took out the post office’s deposit slip, and rushed to the post office, rushed to take out fifteen hundred dollars before the post office closed, and rushed back to the office, and slapped fifteen hundred in front of Director Zhao
A large stack of big unity, you don’t need to see the size of the director Zhao is a leader, he took a dead salary, really haven’t seen so much money, but also immediately handed over the contract
Signed, drawn, the contract in duplicate
The restaurant in the next five years, officially belongs to Lin Minjun
From the office out, Lin Minjun still have a kind of unreal feeling, all the way floating
To open the restaurant this thing decided in a hurry, who did not know a word, and only now to go back to report the good news
First back to the store, met Cao Auntie, Lin Minjun said: “Auntie, we have to move place, open the restaurant”
“What?” Auntie Cao was holding an enamel basin in her hand and was about to choose vegetables, when she let go of her hand, the enamel basin fell to the ground, banging everywhere, just like a firecracker
Lin Minjun picked up the enamel basin and announced with a smile, “I’ve just rented a restaurant, I’ll soon be able to open a restaurant”
Aunt Cao reacted for a long time before coming back to her senses, and said in surprise, “You’re really capable, how long has it been before you’re going to open a restaurant? When can I go? What will I do in the restaurant? Is it still the same work?”
“Which one of these questions should I answer first, the restaurant still needs to be renovated, it will take a few months before it can officially open, and then we will relocate there as a whole” Lin Minjun said, “But when you get to the restaurant, you’ll be doing a much more detailed job, either specializing in the back of the kitchen or coming out to serve food, where do you want to be?”
“What kind of dishes do I serve as an old woman, everyone surely likes young little girls to do the service, I’ll go to the back kitchen” Although Aunt Cao was smiling, that inferiority complex in her bones bubbled up again, happy was really happy
Lin Minjun deliberately said, “As long as you are clean and warm to the guests, I don’t believe that people won’t come just because the one who serves the food is an old lady By then, I will be working in the back kitchen, and you will have to be in charge of serving the food”
Auntie Cao’s mouth was wide open, “You’re the boss and you still have to cook in the back kitchen? Not hiring a cook?”
“The restaurant sells Yunnan style meals, there are too few cooks in Bei Cheng who want to find one who can do it, so I can only serve myself” Lin Minjun fell into deep thought, “But you’re right, the back kitchen does need to find someone as well”