Chapter 268 Crucial
The car drove into the front yard and as soon as the people got out, Da Huang rushed over.
Looking at this guy's body, he has obviously gained weight, but he can still jump around Luo Yang flexibly.
"They all have the same car logo. I thought your dad was back."
Gu Honglan, who came out to open the door, was wearing a floral apron and a cloth tied on her head. She was covered in dust and was obviously cleaning.
Yes, ever since the new house in the city was renovated, Luo Yang has never returned to live in his old house in the countryside.
Over time, dust will naturally accumulate.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
Luo Yang squatted in the yard, scratching Da Huang's belly and asked, "Is dinner ready?"
"Eat, eat, eat. All you do all day long is eat!"
Gu Honglan took off her apron and the cloth tied around her head, held them in her hands and shook them vigorously a few times: "There are still a few windows to be cleaned, you continue, I will go to cook for you."
"okay!"
Luo Yang stood up with a smile and took the apron from his mother.
As he tied it on himself, he licked his face and said, "Mom, I want to eat some cabbage."
"You thought of me when you were eating the first dish. Where is Jiang Fan, whom you promised to bring back?"
Gu Honglan glared at her son and said, "If I don't see Fanfan again next time, I won't even cook any vegetables for you, let alone starters!"
It's no wonder that she was angry. Luo Yang had said in Shanghai that Jiang Fan would call her when he came to Songjiang. However, in half a year, he never fulfilled his promise.
"Hehe. I will definitely bring her to the countryside to see you during the winter vacation."
Luo Yang ran away with an awkward smile, using the opportunity of cleaning the windows to escape Gu Honglan's condemnation.
After being busy for more than an hour, the sky outside gradually darkened.
After cleaning, Luo Yang went upstairs to take a shower. When he came down with wet hair, Gu Honglan had already prepared dinner.
"Did you see your dad before you came back?"
"Well, the new company was established this morning. I was invited to attend and saw my dad participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony."
After taking a few quick bites, Luo Yang put down his chopsticks and talked about Luo Jianguo: "My father told me before I came back that I would get the last payment for the project progress the day after tomorrow. He would come back after paying the workers' wages and part of the material payment."
".Then we'll have to get number twenty-three or twenty-four."
Gu Honglan has been with Luo Jianguo on the construction site for many years and has seen a lot, so she naturally understands it.
After the general contractor receives the project payment from Party A, he usually pays it out directly. However, this cannot be done at the end of the year because he must keep a close eye on the small foremen who are subcontractors.
If you don't keep an eye on them, these people will just turn around and run away after paying the bill.
When the time comes, either don't answer the call or turn off the phone.
Near the end of the year, many small contractors will also balance their accounts. Once they find that they are in the red (many subcontractors take on more than one construction site. If the situation is good, they will make money, but if the situation is bad, they will lose money. This is especially true when they encounter units that are not good at settling accounts. In order to balance, they will often rob Peter to pay Paul), they will definitely hide after taking the money.
A group of workers who have not received their wages will surround the general contractor and the client to ask for it, until they run to the debt settlement office to ask for it.
At the beginning of the next year, this group of shameless guys continued to come back to work.
At worst, I won’t take the money when the next batch of payments is settled. Workers are usually just given living expenses anyway.
In order to avoid this situation, experienced general contractors will watch the money settled to the foreman and pay it to each worker.
In addition, there is material payment, part of which needs to be settled with the material supplier who provided the advance payment.
Time passed quickly and a few days went by.
This is still going smoothly. If we encounter Party A with poor financial conditions, some of them will delay going home until New Year's Eve.
Luo Jianguo was able to return home several days in advance to celebrate the New Year, thanks to Luo Yang.
Jincheng Real Estate has never defaulted on the progress payment of Guoyang Construction. Generally, the production value is declared in the late month, and after on-site verification and signature, the company pays on the 15th of the next month without any delay.
"This is already considered fast. Especially since Jincheng paid so quickly, Dad can't afford to be careless."
Luo Yang helped Luo Jianguo and said, "If there is a problem of asking for wages, whether we go to Party A's headquarters or the debt collection office, we will be really sorry to them."
"Haha. I think I'm sorry, Mr. Liang?"
Gu Honglan glared at her son. "This girl comes to the construction site from time to time, and every time she comes to the accommodation area to check the hygiene, she always likes to hang around in front of me and say a few words from time to time. Do you really think I can't see what she's thinking?"
"Mom, don't get me wrong."
Luo Yang quickly raised his hand and swore: "There is really nothing between Mr. Liang and me. I swear to heaven!"
It’s not his fault that he was stamped with the stamp. He was so drunk that day that he almost lost his memory.
"Humph!"
Gu Hongland was very smart and could certainly tell whether what his son said was true or false.
That's why she didn't continue.
Some things just need to be made clear. After all, my son is a grown man now, and we have to give him some face.
"Mom, let's move back to the city next year?"
Luo Yang took the opportunity to change the subject.
"Why, do you dislike the old house in the countryside?"
Gu Honglan put down the chopsticks in her hand, looked at Luo Yang and said: "Son, you have to know that this is the last safe haven. If it weren't for this last time, our family would have been almost homeless!"
Women are always emotional, and their eyes became red as they spoke.
"I don't care where I live."
Luo Yang knew that in this situation, the more he tried to persuade her, the more angry she would become.
He pulled out his trump card: "Jiang Fan and I have discussed it. I will bring you to propose marriage next Spring Festival. Let's settle the matter between the two of you first. It's okay if you don't want to give up the old house in the countryside, but you can't ignore the feelings of Jiang Fan and his parents, right?"
"Yangyang, what did you just say?"
"I said we should always take Jiang Fanhe into consideration."
"That's not what you said!"
Gu Honglan interrupted immediately, and then asked anxiously, "Just now you said that you would go to Jiang Fan's house to propose marriage next Spring Festival, right?"
"Yes."
The main room suddenly fell into silence.
"Isn't it too sudden to come to your house and ask for marriage?"
Gu Honglan suddenly spoke up to break the atmosphere.
She had no sentimental feelings at all at this moment, as her attention was completely attracted by what Luo Yang said.
"No, we have to find a ready-made matchmaker first, and one that has to be of some importance, otherwise the Jiang family will lose face."
"Also, we need to prepare more gifts. Oh, the Jiang family is so rich, how much should we prepare?"
"What if Jiang Fan's family doesn't agree? Your child won't graduate next year. Why didn't you discuss this with me in advance?"
"." The Queen Mother Gu muttered to herself.
"Mom, please stop making trouble."
Seeing his mother like this, Luo Yang was helpless and had to reassure her by saying, "Jiang Fan's parents have agreed."
Good guy!
After saying this, the smile on Empress Dowager Gu's face never stopped.
She started to ask Luo Yang all sorts of questions, even repeating some of the questions for the third time, and only stopped after repeated confirmation.
Even when washing dishes, she was humming Yue Opera.
Luo Yang couldn't stand it anymore and planned to go upstairs to rest, but was caught by Empress Dowager Gu and repeatedly ordered to bring Jiang Fan to the countryside for dinner before the New Year.
Alas, my position in the family is no longer secure!
It’s just that this girl is so likable that the old lady went crazy over it.
Because he went to bed early at night, Luo Yang got up a little after seven the next day for a morning run, and just made it in time for breakfast after the exercise.
A little after 8:30, he drove straight to the Qingqing Garment Factory in the development zone.
Last time, Shang Guozheng happened to be inspecting fabrics, but I didn’t meet him. He should be in the factory today.
"Mr. Shang, come to my office."
When passing by the door of Shang Guozheng's office, Luo Yang greeted him directly.
Shang Guozheng had a lot of things to report to Luo Yang, but when he saw him coming to the factory today, he immediately packed up the documents quickly.
He and Sun Jingyu entered Luo Yang's office together.
"Mr. Shang, sit down."
Luo Yang asked Shang Guozheng to sit down and handed him a cigarette. "I wanted to talk to you about something last time, but you happened to be out on an inspection trip. We have plenty of time today, so let's talk about what we want to say."
When he saw Shang Guozheng holding a stack of information in his hand, he knew that the other party also had something to talk to him about.
"Mr. Luo, please speak first."
“When will the creation of the Fengshang menswear brand begin?”
"I was just about to report this as well."
Shang Guozheng pulled out seven or eight sheets of information from a stack and handed them to Luo Yang: "Boss Luo, what do you think of these men's clothing designs?"
It's obviously a hand-drawn sketch.
The lines on the paper are simple and clear, and with just a few strokes, the characteristics of the characters and clothing are all displayed.
Putting aside the clothing style, this sketch alone is enough to show that the designer has a solid foundation.
The pictures not only show the characters and clothing styles, but also use symbols to mark the fabric, craftsmanship, and design intention of the clothing.
Find an experienced tailor and he will immediately hand-make a men's suit based on the blueprint.
"Shang, sure. Where did you find such a great designer?"
"Mr. Luo, thank you for the compliment. I am only a decent sketcher, but my innovation in style is simply unbearable."
Shang Guozheng admitted that he had drawn the sketch himself, and sighed, "From these products, experts can tell at a glance which part borrowed the design ideas of which brand. Generally speaking, these designs can only be described as mediocre stitching."
"well enough?"
"Compared to your creativity, Mr. Luo, I am far behind."
Luo Yang's creativity obviously refers to the fact that he was personally responsible for the design of the Midnight Phantom style.
Meeting a genius in his profession, Shang Guozheng sincerely admired him: "It is precisely because of the endless stream of classic styles over the past year that it has become the number one brand of sexy lingerie in China."
"Stop talking, Mr. Shang."
After hearing this compliment, Luo Yang blushed slightly.
He quickly waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about Fengshang Men's Wear."
Shang Guozheng thought that his boss was embarrassed because of the sexy lingerie and did not think of it as plagiarism.
“Is the money in the account now enough to start the project?”
Luo Yang changed the subject: "In the early stage, should we start with design, production and direct store establishment, or should we do advertising at the same time?"
"That's enough, that's enough."
The company's account already had a half-tax reduction from the previous half year, plus this month's surplus of more than 17 million, the total was over 30 million.
“Design and finalize first.”
What the two of them wanted to say today was somewhat coincidental.
Shang Guozheng threw out the plan he had prepared for a long time: "After the first batch of flagship products are confirmed, we need to carry out several tasks simultaneously. It is best to advance the production, direct store establishment, endorsement advertising and other steps together."
“If endorsements are also being promoted simultaneously, will there not be enough funds?”
"That shouldn't happen."
Shang Guozheng handed another document to Luo Yang: "I have made a project plan with detailed time nodes. According to our promotion speed, the filming of endorsement advertisements will not be until March or April. By then, the company's account will have an additional 300 to 400 million yuan in funds, which will definitely be enough!"
Luo Yang took the plan and flipped through it casually.
"The advancement of these planned milestones all depends on Midnight Phantom's payment."
After a cigarette's time, Luo Yang raised his head after reading the plan.
He looked at Shang Guozheng and said, "Old Shang, the plan is a good one, but it is too tight and leaves no room for maneuver. If there is a small problem in any link in the middle, the progress of the entire project will be hindered."
"Mr. Luo spent 100 million yuan on this project. The capital cost alone is a considerable amount."
Shang Guozheng replied to Luo Yang: "Besides, with such a large investment, if we don't see the benefits soon, the company will be under great pressure."
"Mr. Shang, let me give you my personal opinion."
Luo Yang began to explain his point of view: "I think the number of direct-sale stores can be compressed in the initial stage. For example, we can focus on a few core urban markets and concentrate our resources first, and then copy and paste after the market is stable."
He was comparing himself to Nayuki.
"Besides, I don't think about getting rich from this industry."
At this time, he needed to explain his core ideas to Shang Guozheng.
Luo Yang explained seriously: "The reason why I want to engage in clothing is because it is a labor-intensive industry and can provide many jobs for the local area. I want to take root in this area in the future, so the industry I plan to develop may not necessarily make a lot of money, but it must be of great importance to the local area!"
Shang Guozheng was stunned for a moment.
A leading clothing company that integrates design, production and sales, is environmentally friendly and pollution-free, and can also increase local GDP, tax revenue and employment.
Such a boss may not be the richest, but as Luo Yang said.
It must be very important in the local area!
(For details, please refer to Heilan Home in Jiangyin)
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