Love That Extends Life

Chapter 354 Renting a House as a Project Engineering Department

"Director Chu, Xu Guangchang is just looking for trouble. Since he dares to act like this, even if the government departments intervene, he will continue to cause all kinds of trouble during the construction in the future."

"Well, no matter what, since we came here to invest and build a factory, we have to build a good relationship with the locals so that we can do our work better. And as long as we treat them sincerely, I believe that over time, they will naturally understand our good intentions. When they slowly enjoy the benefits brought by the factory, they will understand the economic benefits we bring to them. By then, all problems will be solved."

"Okay, Director Chu, let's take a look at the situation first and we'll talk about it later." Li Mingliang said helplessly.

Chu Yunhao smiled and patted his shoulder to show encouragement, then turned and left.

Li Mingliang was left standing there, thinking. He knew that Xu Guangchang just wanted money, but even if he was given money, people like him would not be satisfied, and he would continue to cheat for money. Therefore, to deal with such a person, you have to use force to solve the problem. Only when he is beaten so hard that it hurts, he will be more restrained.

Li Mingliang felt that he needed to find a suitable time to have a good talk with Xu Guangchang.

In Sanli Town Street, not far from the pharmaceutical factory, Chu Yunhao rented a two-story storefront building and used it as the engineering department of the military hospital project.

This two-story storefront building was originally a pharmacy, but the owner of the pharmacy found a good location and he no longer rented the house.

The house has been vacant for five months. Since the location of the building is a bit remote and the rent is not cheap, there has been no suitable tenant.

The landlord couple lived in Nanling County and were anxious to rent out the storefront building. During this period, only one person who sold agricultural supplies wanted to rent it, but considering the price was a bit high, he did not agree.

On this day, the landlord couple came to the storefront building again to discuss the rent with the owner of the agricultural supplies business. Based on the original 2,000 yuan, the landlord couple was only willing to reduce the rent to 1,800 yuan, and they could not accept the 1,500 yuan that the owner of the agricultural supplies business wanted.

Finally, when they parted at the door, the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the price of cooperation and had to part unhappily.

"Brother Wang, I can only offer fifteen thousand yuan for rent. If you think it's okay, you can call me anytime."

"Boss Sun, the rent you gave is fifteen hundred is too little. Let's talk about it later!"

When the landlord couple saw that the farmer, Mr. Sun, was walking away, the wife said to her husband, "Yalin, why don't you rent it to him for 1,500 yuan? You see, the house is just sitting there anyway."

"No, the price he offered is too low. It was around this price five years ago. Prices have gone up now, so it can't be less than 1,700 yuan. Business is all about persistence. We are actually doing business by renting out houses."

As the landlord couple were talking, Chu Yunhao and Li Mingliang happened to be next to them. Chu Yunhao basically understood the situation, so he whispered a few words in Li Mingliang's ear and then winked.

Li Mingliang nodded in understanding, and then he shouted to the landlord and his wife: "Haha, you two are the landlords of this concierge, right?"

At this time, the landlord and his wife noticed Li Mingliang who was talking. They looked at each other and the landlord man immediately said, "Yes, the house is ours. I don't know who you are..."

Li Mingliang immediately smiled and said, "Haha, that's right, we are also looking for a house to rent, and we happened to see a house for rent here, so we came to ask around."

"Oh, so you're here to rent a house. Then come in and talk." The landlord's wife nodded enthusiastically, and then invited Li Mingliang into the house to talk.

"Okay." Li Mingliang said and waved to Chu Yunhao, and the two followed the landlord and his wife into the house.

After entering the house, Li Mingliang began to chat with the landlord and his wife about the house. Then Li Mingliang and Chu Yunhao observed the layout and facilities of the room. They felt it was okay, so they planned to rent the house.

"Mr. Li, if you are satisfied with this house, we can discuss the rent." The landlord's wife said enthusiastically.

Li Mingliang nodded. "I think the house is OK, but I plan to rent it for a year. After all, we work in engineering projects all over the place, and our office and residence are not stable. To be honest, 1,800 yuan is a bit high. Can you make it a little cheaper?"

"Haha, you are all big bosses in the engineering business, how can you be short of money?" The landlord's wife teased with a smile.

"It's not easy to do projects nowadays. Funds are tight and sometimes people have to pay on credit. If I had money, I wouldn't bargain with you. So, I think the rent should be 1,600 yuan per month. How do you think?"

The landlord thought for a moment, then he smiled and said, "The main thing is that you are renting for a year, and this 1,600 yuan seems a bit too little. How about we make a concession and charge 1,700 yuan per month?"

At this time, Chu Yunhao spoke, "Although we are temporarily renting for one year, we may rent it again next year. By the way, if we rent the house, we will renovate the area in front of the house and on the north side, and install surveillance cameras around the house, and even install air conditioners in some rooms. All of these, we will not take away even if we don't rent the house anymore, so this will also increase the funds for the house. So let's calculate the rent at 1,600 yuan. If everyone thinks the price is right, we can sign the contract right away." His tone was firm and his eyes revealed sincerity.

The landlord couple hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed, "Okay, then 1,600 yuan, we will rent the house to you."

"That's settled then!" Li Mingliang said cheerfully, "We'll sign the rental contract in a minute."

The landlord and his wife looked at each other and smiled happily.

After solving the problem of the project housing, Chu Yunhao had one less thing to worry about. Next, he would start preparing for the comprehensive work of the Chinese medicine processing plant.

Chu Yunhao was busy with the project work at the military hospital during the day. At night, he went to Grandma Tian's house and accompanied Wu Qiu Shui to treat her illness.

Since Wu Qiu Shui was undergoing medical treatment, Chu Yunhao was very concerned and caring towards Wu Qiu Shui. He also didn't want Wu Qiu Shui to be disturbed by the outside world. He could only feel at ease when Wu Qiu Shui's condition improved.

Chu Yunhao heard from Wei Xiaodong that there were two boys who claimed to be Wu Qiu Shui's classmates. They wanted to get together with Wu Qiu Shui, but were rejected by Grandma Tian with excuses.

Wu Qiu Shui's return to his hometown was originally kept secret, but some people still saw Wu Qiu Shui, so some people said that Wu Qiu Shui had returned home.

At this time, the bodyguards sent by the Chu family also arrived, and there were three of them at once. What surprised Chu Yunhao the most was that the old butler Xu Bin came in person.

"Grandpa Xu, I really didn't expect that you would come here in person. Haha." Chu Yunhao welcomed him warmly.