Rebirth of Prince Gong's Mansion

Chapter 48 Du Mingcai took on another big job

After looking at the condition of the house, Fan Ze asked: "Lao Du, how much more do I need to pay you?"

Du Mingcai was waiting for this sentence, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Some materials were obtained by Lao Guo, and they cost almost nothing. The main thing in your house is porcelain, which cost a lot of money.

Lao Guo paid all the money. There are six of us here. We agreed on thirty yuan per person, so you can pay one hundred and eighty yuan."

Fan Ze secretly said it was cheap.

The current average salary of workers across the country is only thirty yuan per month. Now that they have worked for more than ten days and receive a month's salary from workers, they think it is a good income.

At this time, Guo Daxi walked in.

As soon as he saw Fan Ze, he said, "I knew you might come over today. Are you satisfied with the house?"

"Satisfied, satisfied."

"You kid, I feel itchy after looking at a house like this. How could I be dissatisfied?"

Having said this, he asked Fan Ze again: "Have you given Lao Du their wages?"

Guo Daxi said: "The factory director said that if you want to make any porcelain in the future, he won't charge a penny."

"I think so too. I want to save it, but I don't have the money."

Fan Ze thought to himself that this decoration had really taken Guo Daxi's advantage, and it wouldn't be good to keep doing it like this.

"Would you believe it? I sell each string to foreigners for ten dollars."

"It's probably too much."

Fan Ze thought that he should not charge too high a price now. When he earns more in the future, he can secretly give more to Guo Daxi.

Fan Ze also sighed secretly, most of the dismantled waste wood in Prince Gong's Mansion was used to make fires.

"I'll have another job for you later. I'll talk to my uncle for a while first."

"It doesn't have to be made of wood, bamboo can also be used. Ancient rulers, pen holders, swords and the like can be made."

I originally thought that this must be a lot of money, but it turned out that I didn't even ask for a penny.

Fan Ze smiled and said nothing more.

Guo Daxi smiled and said: "Okay, you are capable. Since you have confidence, I will gather everyone together and the whole family will do it. I don't care how much you can sell it, just give me one RMB for each string."

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Calling Du Mingcai over, Fan Ze asked: "Old Du, if we contract the work and materials, can you handle the decoration of the two courtyards?"

"Oh, what's going on?"

After Du Mingcai left, Guo Daxi said: "You are quite generous."

"I don't have any money. If I don't have enough money, do you still have to post it?" Guo Daxi glared at Fan Ze.

"The thousand yuan you took has been spent."

"Uncle, your craftsmanship is really good, as I haven't mentioned before. Make as many as you can, and I'll charge you as much as you can."

"I took advantage of you."

Fan Ze saw at first glance that they were some wooden handicrafts.

Guo Daxi looked around, took out some things from his body and handed them to Fan Ze and said, "I made some of the things you mentioned, what do you think?"

After the two of them finished talking, Guo Daxi left.

"I've made a lot of bracelets. This one is easy. I found discarded red sandalwood from Prince Gong's Mansion. This thing is beautiful to make."

"Why are you thanking me? You are a capable man. From now on, you can just take care of the other boys in my family."

"In this way, the good stuff will be left to the construction team. Those scraps that they think cannot be used will be collected as much as they can. Except for Prince Gong's Mansion, all the good wood from other places in the capital will be collected, especially this kind of red sandalwood material.

It’s really nice to make into a bracelet.”

Fan Ze said: "The more you get, the more you will be rewarded."

However, if you think about it seriously, it’s true. Many porcelain factories today are firing old products. They probably haven’t discovered this kind of decorative tiles yet, but it’s a big bargain for that factory.

Guo Daxi smiled and said: "The porcelain factory I found has almost collapsed, so I spent a little money to let them bake this kind of ceramic tiles. What did you say? After they helped you bake the bricks, this matter spread.

I happened to meet a joint venture company looking for this kind of decoration material, and I liked it at first sight. So, the joint venture company ordered a large number of ceramic tiles from them, which saved their factory.

The factory director is very grateful to us, saying he wants to treat you to a meal or something, because for this matter, you, the tile decorator, don’t want a penny."

Fan Ze was also in a daze, he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Du Mingcai was also shocked. He opened his eyes wide and said, "What kind of two courtyards are there?"

Thinking of this, Fan Ze said: "I suggest you buy some of those discarded wood. It would be a pity if they were used to make fires."

"Uncle, do you really have enough money?"

Du Mingcai's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay, you guys talk and I'll do the work."

"Uncle, thank you."

Waving his hand, Guo Daxi said: "It can't be said that you took advantage. It should be that our family took advantage. If you ask our family to sell it, you may not be able to sell it for a dime. This matter is yours."

I came up with it. Besides, one string costs one yuan, one hundred strings does not cost one hundred yuan, and now a formal worker only costs less than thirty yuan. If you can do it, you will have solved a big problem for our family."

Fan Ze took out three hundred yuan and handed it over and said, "This is three hundred yuan, thank you."

After the two sat down, Guo Daxi said: "Your house has almost been rebuilt. That means their craftsmanship is good and many scraps have been used. Also, I spent a little money to get some scraps from Prince Gong's Mansion.

Of the materials, your ceramic tiles are the most expensive, and you, indeed, even burnt the ceramic tiles specifically, but your incident has opened up a business for the ceramic tile burners."

"You really charge one yuan for each string?"

Fan Zedao: "They really did a good job."

Guo Daxi nodded and said, "These are all fine."

Fan Ze knew in his heart that Guo Daxi had lost a lot of favors in this matter.

Fan Ze said while looking at the thing.

"this……"

"I plan to open up the two courtyards with one entrance and then renovate them to look like a restaurant. Of course, I will be responsible for the entire design, and the decoration needs to be similar to the one here."

"Nowadays, many things are free of charge. When I helped you decorate, we traveled to many places and met a lot of people. As long as the money is available, there should be no problem."

Seeing Du Mingcai talking like this, Fan Ze nodded and said, "Okay, you guys can rest for a few days, and I'll think about how to design it, and then I'll ask you to help decorate it."

Although he was full of admiration for Fan Ze when he saw Fan Ze renovating here, now when he heard that Fan Ze had a big job for them, Du Mingcai couldn't believe it, and he was full of a sense of mystery towards Fan Ze.

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PS: Thank you, Mr. Porcelain City, for the tip! Thanks to book friend 20190330083742746 for the tip!!

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