Chapter 7 Collection of Telegraphic Seals
Chapter 7 Collection Call
evening.
Su Wu, who was tired from playing games, planned to get up and cook a sumptuous meal to reward himself.
Before closing your laptop.
His eyes glanced casually.
I saw the netizen named Chen Xin privately messaged me to express his gratitude. Apparently, the other party had made a decision because of his reminder.
With a slight smile, Su Wu's mood became quite good.
The next few days.
The process of digging the underground shelter entered an accelerated stage after Su Wu added a cement mixing and pouring machine to the engineering team.
The entrance passage, which is 10 meters deep underground, is completely completed.
An area of 50 to 60 square meters was also excavated in the first underground space of the shelter.
Follow the plan.
The first floor of the complete shelter will be a standard long cube with a length of 30 meters, a width of 20 meters and a height of 6 meters.
The ceiling and the outermost wall will be cast with concrete and steel bars to form a shell with a thickness of one meter.
The floor is part of the interior because it connects to the second floor below.
The protection requirement is not high. It only needs to be 30 cm thick.
It doesn't look like there is much space.
But you have to know that Su Wu sold his house in a coastal city worth 600 million.
The indoor area is only 100 square meters and the height is less than three meters.
One floor of a shelter is roughly equivalent to the total area of six houses. Taking into account the height difference, the actual space is more than ten times that of the latter.
Not to mention one person, it is more than enough for more than a dozen people.
It doesn't feel cramped at all.
but.
As the project progressed, some troubles caused by insufficient preparation also followed.
“You won’t know until you build it.”
“When we really started construction, we found that a standard shelter was simply a gold-eating beast.”
"It is completely different from the self-built houses in the countryside."
On the afternoon of June 5th.
Su Wu watched on his laptop computer as bags of cement were fed into the mixer for mixing.
I can't help but have a headache.
Relying on survival points to cheat.
Just like making a robot model before.
He had saved wherever possible when building the shell of the shelter.
The main body of the shell is mostly filled with scrap steel and almost cost-free broken cement blocks and other construction waste. Only a little cement is applied on the outermost surface for temporary reinforcement.
But even so.
The amount of cement and sand consumed still far exceeded expectations.
At the current rate of consumption, it is estimated that before the first level of the shelter is completely completed, there will be no materials available.
"Sand is easy to deal with."
"As for cement, it is no longer possible to buy it from regular merchants."
"We have to think of another way."
As a person who grew up in the coastal area, Su Wu didn't have many acquaintances and connections in Jianghe City. But that didn't mean he had no solution.
Open up the second-hand trading market online.
Su Wu directly searched for keywords such as cement and building materials.
After some effort, he filtered out some fake sellers who were selling fake goods, and finally found a merchant who could provide the source of goods.
"300 yuan a bag of cement."
“Not including delivery and shipping?”
Although he had prepared himself mentally, Su Wu was still shocked when he received the offer.
The price has almost increased 15 times, which is almost like a robbery.
What’s even worse is that the seller’s location is more than 400 kilometers away from him.
If he wants to transport it, he has to find a way himself.
"Don't think it's expensive."
"They are all in this business, you should know that."
"Cement has now become a national controlled substance."
"Most of the inventory was confiscated by the higher authorities."
"New products are taken away as soon as they leave the factory." "These are my hidden stocks. You can't have more than you want."
The seller responded with a bunch of content.
His attitude seems okay, but actually he looks like he doesn't care whether he wants to buy or not.
He refused to give any discount at all.
"Ok."
"You have a total of 1,000 bags of 50 tons of cement, right? I want them all."
"I'll ask someone to pick up the goods later."
Su Wu rubbed his forehead and thought about it, then decided to buy all the cement from the seller.
Money becomes less valuable as time goes by.
Su Wu simply took this opportunity to completely empty-handedly spend the little money he had left.
What else do you need to buy later?
At worst he could use the excavator as a barter.
Make a deal.
Su Wu went to the seller's location and found two large trucks to help pick up the goods.
Although the shipping fee was a little more expensive than finding someone familiar, Su Wu didn't care as it saved a lot of time.
"I hope there won't be any problems along the way."
Su Wu was somewhat worried about picking up the goods from a place more than 400 kilometers away.
But he had no other choice but to pray.
5 month 16 day.
The sky was gloomy and heavy rain poured down without warning.
The two trucks carrying cement were naturally affected.
The arrival time became uncertain.
Su Wu hid in the bedroom on the second floor.
Breathing in the faint moisture drifting in from the window.
He opened the map anxiously and calculated the remaining distance of the truck over and over again.
Hopefully they'll arrive soon.
As a result, instead of waiting for the driver's call, I received a call from the official first.
“My cement needs to be levied.”
“Is this a mandatory requirement of yours?”
Su Wu felt a little depressed. He had never thought that the cement he had purchased privately through a second-hand transaction would be targeted by the authorities.
“It’s not a mandatory requirement.”
“It’s just an emergency project that’s currently under construction in our city, and we’re still short of a large amount of cement.”
"So if you can, I hope you can support us."
On the other end of the line, the official male voice spoke politely, without any trace of arrogance or bullying.
"I'm sorry, this batch of cement is also very important to me."
"I can't let it out."
Su Wu sighed and refused very directly.
“We are not expropriating for free.”
"After the project is completed, you will be given corresponding contribution points."
"Please believe that you will never regret it in the future."
The voice on the other side was neither hurried nor slow, and did not become angry because of Su Wu's rejection. One could hear great sincerity in it. Between the lines, he was almost telling him directly that he would be provided with better treatment in the official shelter in the future.
"I know, but my shelter is just short of this batch of cement."
“There’s really no way to give in.”
Su Wu shook his head and clearly pointed out the purpose of this batch of cement.
"understood."
“I wish you a speedy completion.”
The official male voice was silent for a while, stopped trying to persuade her, and hung up the phone.
Su Wu turned off the screen and played with his phone.
There was also an inexplicable feeling in my heart.
He may seem selfish by doing this, but he is just an ordinary person. He can't change too many things. All he can do is to make his life better.
(End of this chapter)