Rebirth 1989: My Unlucky Career

Although he said it didn't matter, in order to ensure nothing went wrong, Zhao Zhuo arranged for two more staff members transferred from Zhuoyun Company headquarters to serve as Gao Fulin's assistants.

After everything was arranged, Zhao Zhuo embarked on the road back to Fengtian with two trucks full of cement.

Along the way, looking at the scenery on both sides, Zhao Zhuo felt some joy in his heart.

How much money Yunshan's cement business makes is secondary. The most important issue is that by entering the building materials industry, it will be of great help to Zhuo Yun Company's future business layout. This is what Zhao Zhuo is most interested in.

After all, with the rapid development of the real estate industry, it will be much more convenient for Zhao Zhuo to develop his own real estate or set up a professional construction company in the future.

The few hours' journey passed in the blink of an eye, and the group soon returned to Fengtian.

Zhao Zhuo didn't even return to the company and went directly to the construction site.

After arriving at the construction site, Zhao Zhuo was stunned for a moment subconsciously when he saw the huge building that was already taking shape in front of him.

I saw that a huge foundation had been laid in front of me, and the steel frame structure on top of the foundation was basically completed. The overall building was like a giant steel beast, standing in front of Zhao Zhuo.

This feeling can only be clearly felt when experienced personally.

Especially when Zhao Zhuo walked for half a month, there was no connection between the empty space and the spectacular scene, which shocked Zhao Zhuo even more.

While talking about the overall steel structure, I looked to the side and saw several large cement mixers rumbling in operation.

Zhao Zhuo looked at the building in front of him, and a man wearing a white safety helmet walked over there.

After the man saw clearly that the person coming was Zhao Zhuo, he couldn't help but said with some surprise:

"Mr. Zhao? When did you come back?"

Zhao Zhuo looked over and felt that the man looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

When the man saw Zhao Zhuo's expression, he immediately guessed what Zhao Zhuo was thinking and quickly said with a smile:

"I'm Liu Gang, the security director under Mr. Chen."

"Oh, yes, yes, Liu Gang."

Zhao Zhuo patted his head gently and nodded towards Liu Gang, now he finally remembered.

Zhao Zhuo and Liu Gang chatted casually:

"I think it's time for our building to be poured, right?"

Liu Gang nodded:

"That's right, according to the construction schedule, today is the day when the steel structure is officially completed. Starting tomorrow, the overall pouring work will be carried out."

Zhao Zhuo keenly heard the problem in Liu Gang's words:

"Originally according to the construction period? What does this mean?"

Liu Gang originally wanted to set the stage first, but he didn't expect that Zhao Zhuo's brain acuity completely exceeded his expectations. As soon as he started to speak, Zhao Zhuo heard the flaw in his words.

Upon seeing this, Liu Gang broke out in a cold sweat.

Seeing Liu Gang's expression, Zhao Zhuo's expression turned cold and he asked calmly:

"What the hell is going on? Find me Mr. Chen!"

Hearing that Zhao Zhuo was looking for Chen Lin, Liu Gang could only say frankly:

"Mr. Zhao, we, Mr. Chen, have gone to discuss business and won't be back for a while. This matter... Well, let me tell you about this matter first."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo nodded lightly:

"Okay, you tell me and I'll listen."

Liu Gang then slowly said:

"As you can see, the overall steel structure of our building has been completed, but the actual internal steel structure has not yet been completed. Because of this, pouring cannot be carried out in most locations."

Zhao Zhuo then asked:

"Then why haven't we built the internal steel structure yet?"

When Liu Gang heard this, his face suddenly turned bitter:

"Because... we don't have enough steel bars."

Zhao Zhuo frowned slightly when he heard this.

"What does it mean that the steel bars are not enough?"

Liu Gang did not explain directly, but first asked Zhao Zhuodao:

"Mr. Zhao, do you remember Li Dafa?"

Although Zhao Zhuo didn't understand what Liu Gang meant, he still nodded:

"What happened to Li Dafa from Dafa Real Estate who competed with me for the land?"

Seeing that Zhao Zhuo still remembered such a person, Liu Gang quickly explained:

"This Li Dafa, not only does his own real estate business, but he also works as a steel bar agent.

It just so happened that during this period, there were a lot of construction projects in Fengtian, and the sales of steel bars were very fast. Now only Li Dafa has enough steel bars."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo understood half of it.

During the initial bidding process, Zhao Zhuo defeated Li Dafa and Liu Jun to obtain the land.

Li Dafa has always held a grudge against this. Now that Zhao Zhuo's construction site needs steel bars, Li Dafa will definitely not be able to sell them so easily.

Zhao Zhuo looked at Liu Gang and asked:

"How did Li Dafa make this? Did he increase the price or not sell it to us?"

Hoarding is nothing more than these two methods.

Seeing that Zhao Zhuo was so familiar with this method, Liu Gang also said angrily:

"It can be said that Li Dafa combined these two methods to retaliate against us.

On the one hand, he has raised the price of steel bars to more than five times the usual market price! On the other hand, even if we buy them at five times the price, we cannot fully meet our construction needs because they are still limited!"

After a pause, Liu Gang said even more excitedly:

"And because Li Dafa also does this, he knows very well the amount of steel bars used in our construction site.

Therefore, every time he only sold us 70 to 80% of the actual demand for steel bars at a high price, making it clear that he would not let us complete the project."

After hearing these words, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, and his face didn't look good.

When we were bidding for the land, although the competition among the three parties was fierce, everyone was competing fairly. In the end, the failure could only be said to be due to inferior skills.

However, Li Dafa held a grudge over this incident and took advantage of this steel bar opportunity to use such despicable methods, which was somewhat despised.

However, Zhao Zhuo would naturally not say this to a subordinate like Liu Gang.

So, Zhao Zhuo asked calmly:

"At such an important time, where is your Mr. Chen?"

Zhao Zhuo didn't resent Chen Lin for not staying at the construction site around the clock to think of solutions, but he was a little curious about where Chen Lin went to discuss business.

Hearing this, Liu Gang replied:

"Mr. Zhao, we, Mr. Chen, are now going to Li Dafa to discuss the specific steel bar issue with him.

Mr. Chen hopes that Li Dafa can lower the price and increase the purchase volume, but he doesn’t know if the negotiation can be completed."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo raised his hand and looked at his watch, and then asked:

"How long has he been gone?"