Chapter 161 Online Loans
Chapter 161 Online Loans
Jiang Ning was busy until the end of the get off work day.
When traveling in the wilderness, he didn't drive a Mercedes-Benz, but a 570.
Xu Wenjing also took his car and pleaded pitifully in the car: "Brother-in-law, you have to stop me from going to the second venue. There is nothing there, it's deserted, and it's inconvenient to do anything. I don't want to go!"
Jiang Ning criticized her: "What kind of talk is that? How can you experience the joy of harvest without going through the hardships of construction? The culture of our farm is that relatives should take the lead and set an example. Look at my uncle, it is always relatives who rush to do the dirty and tiring work. You are a relative from your mother's side, and you are your sister's face. If you don't fight for your sister's face, how do you think my relatives will look at you?"
Xu Wenjing was depressed: "Aren't relatives supposed to be taken care of? Why do they have to do all the dirty and tiring work?"
Jiang Ning had a reason: "If it's just one relative, then you should take care of him, but look at who is not a relative on the farm, how can you take care of him? From another perspective, shouldn't relatives be more considerate of relatives? Look at my mother's relatives who behave very well. Shouldn't you behave well and earn some face for your sister? Do you want people to say that Feng Yu's relatives on her mother's side are not good enough?"
Xu Wenjing was quite mad: "This is not right!"
Jiang Ning asked: "What's wrong?"
Xu Wenjing thought for a moment and said, "You are using moral kidnapping."
Jiang Ning said: "Just tell me if what I said makes sense!"
Xu Wenjing was discouraged, even though it was moral kidnapping.
But the logic is still correct.
Xianling Farm is indeed such a bizarre phenomenon. Lao Yang has worked hard to ensure the smooth operation of the farm. He has invented this bizarre management culture and is extremely strict with the boss's relatives, who are required to take the lead and set an example.
Set an example for other workers.
It's really a weird one.
When we got to the farm, we went to the cafeteria to eat.
Jiang Ning was too busy to have time, and his family had no meals prepared for him.
I can only eat in the cafeteria.
After dinner, I went back to the villa and found that Jiang's mother hadn't left yet.
I had just finished dinner and was taking a walk with Feng Yu.
There was a small car with a round head parked in the yard.
It can't be said to be ugly.
Anyway, Jiang Ning doesn't like this kind of car that is not tough enough. He prefers the angular G-Class. He turned around to look around. Feng Xue and Jiang's mother came with Feng Yu, so he let them open the car door and sit in to experience it.
The car is small and the space is small.
Even a big guy like him would feel cramped sitting in it.
Only women can open it.
Feng Yu was concerned about her cousin and asked about the situation: "Can Wen Jing adapt to the situation?"
Jiang Ning casually responded, "If there's anything she can't adapt to, then don't worry about her."
Feng Yu didn't ask any more questions and said, "I still have a month of vacation left. It's too boring to stay on the farm. I want to go out for a walk. Do you want to go?"
Jiang Ning slapped his forehead and said, "I can't go out. I've been so busy lately. How can I have time to go out?"
Feng Yu said, "Then my sister and I will go out."
Jiang Ning asked: "Where do you want to go?"
Feng Yu said: "I want to visit Fujian and Guangdong."
Jiang Ning nodded and asked Jiang's mother, "Mom, are you going?"
Zhang Yulan said: "I won't go. How can I leave?"
Jiang Ning asked: "How is the search for a nanny going?"
Zhang Yulan said: "I haven't found a suitable one."
Jiang Ning was scratching his head: "Is it so difficult to find a nanny?"
Zhang Yulan said, "What do you think? You are a farm worker when you are a nanny. You have to live in the house. You have to be clean and have a good personality. Otherwise, if you are sloppy or have a bad personality, it won't work. You have to find out clearly."
Jiang Ning had nothing to say, so he simply stopped asking and said to Feng Yu, "Brother-in-law Liu will be here soon, you and I will prepare a fruit plate."
Feng Yu asked: "What is Brother-in-law Liu Wei doing here?"
Jiang Ning shook his head: "I don't know, maybe something happened."
Feng Yu didn't ask any more questions and went to the orchard with Feng Xue to pick fruit.
Zhang Yulan also followed.
Liu Wei arrived before the fruits were picked.
Jiang Ning asked him to come in and sit down, and then he made tea for him.
Chatted for a few words.
Liu Wei asked about the business: "Do you really want to buy land in the United States?"
Jiang Ning nodded: "If you want the right one, buy it."
Liu Wei asked: "How much does one mu of land cost?"
Jiang Ning said, "The unit of measurement there is different from that in my hometown. The unit of land is acres. One acre is about six mu. The price is not expensive. Except for the prices around big cities like Los Angeles, the general farmland is about 1000 to or US dollars. Ranches are cheaper, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand US dollars. It depends on the location."
Liu Wei calculated: "One acre is one thousand US dollars, one acre is more than one hundred dollars, one acre is one thousand dollars?"
Jiang Ning nodded: "That's right."
Liu Wei hissed, "Is it really that cheap?"
Jiang Ning said: "It's different outside. There are fewer people and more land, and the land is not valuable."
Liu Wei smacked his lips and said, "Even if it's worthless, this is too cheap. Is it still permanent property right?"
Jiang Ning nodded: "Yes."
Liu Wei asked: "One thousand yuan is not good, right?"
Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Of course, cheap things don't come cheap. They are either far away and have inconvenient transportation, or have poor infrastructure, or they are dry land with no water rights and rely entirely on the weather. Australia is even cheaper, 400 square kilometers of land for 1500 Australian dollars, which works out to dollars per acre. There are even cheaper ones, as low as dollars per acre."
Liu Wei asked: "Is it the same wasteland as ours?"
Jiang Ning nodded: "That's about right. Brother-in-law wants to buy some land outside?"
Liu Wei said, "I have this idea, but it's just a thought. It's too difficult to implement in practice. Unless your sister and I plan to live out our retirement, buying land outside is like throwing meat buns at a dog. What do you think? Do you plan to go out?"
Jiang Ning shook his head: "I don't plan to go outside, I just want to buy more land."
Liu Wei was very envious: "You can speak English and go out whenever you want. If we old guys want to go out and see the world, we have to follow a tour group. We are completely in the dark and can't understand anything people say. If we are sold, we have to help others count the money."
Jiang Ning said: "It's not too late now. You are only fifty, there is still time."
"My brain can't keep up. I remember something today and forget it tomorrow."
Liu Wei shook his head and asked, "When are you going to the United States again? Take me with you to see it."
Jiang Ning said: "It's hard to say, anyway, I don't have time recently."
Liu Wei understood that a major project was about to start construction.
It will definitely be busy for a while.
After chatting for a while, Jiang Ma and Feng Yu came back with a bag of fruits.
We washed a plate of fruit and sat down to continue chatting.
Liu Wei left when it was almost dark.
Zhang Yulan originally planned to ask Jiang's father to pick her up, so that she could get a ride.
He also left in Liu Wei's car.
After sending the people away, Feng Yu asked Jiang Ning: "Does Brother-in-law Liu also want to buy land outside?"
Jiang Ning said: "I have an idea, but it's not realistic."
Feng Yushen agreed: "Yes, he doesn't even speak the language, so who will take care of the land for him if he buys it outside?"
Jiang Ning asked her, "When are you and my sister going to go out?"
Feng Yu said, "Let's go tomorrow. We only have two vacations a year. I can't go out during the winter vacation, so I can't waste the summer vacation. I still have a lot of places I haven't been to, so I have to take advantage of the summer vacation to go around, otherwise I won't be able to go out after I give birth to the baby."
Jiang Ning was a little worried: "You're pregnant, be careful when you go out."
Feng Yu nodded and said, "I'm not a child. Besides, I still have my sister!"
The next morning, Jiang Ning went to the county.
When I came back and entered the South Gate, I saw two cars parked at the South Gate.
Several burly men were negotiating with the security guard.
He seemed to want to go in, but the guard wouldn't let him in.
Jiang Ning stopped the car, rolled down the window and asked, "What's going on?"
The guard came running over and said, "He said he wanted to go in and look for someone."
Jiang Ning asked: "Who are you looking for?"
Several men came over and spoke Mandarin. A bald man said, "Looking for Mao Bin."
Jiang Ning looked at him for a few seconds and asked, "Outsider?"
The bald man took a pack of cigarettes, handed one to the man swiftly, and said, "We are from the provincial capital."
Jiang Ning didn't answer and asked, "What do you want to see Mao Bin about?"
The bald man put away the cigarette and said, "We are friends with Mao Bin, so we want to ask him something."
Jiang Ning looked at the few people who were obviously not serious people. He knew without thinking that they were not telling the truth. He was too lazy to expose them and directly ordered the guard: "Call my uncle and ask him to ask Mao Bin what happened."
The guard agreed and ran back to the duty room to make a phone call.
Jiang Ning rolled up the car window and drove into the farm.
I went to the office building to ask and found out that several people who were transferred to the second venue had already left.
We have to settle down in Xiaozhazi Village today, and we have to bring bedding and other things with us. The farm arranged a car to take several transferred employees and their luggage over, and we left after breakfast.
Jiang Ning went to the hangar and towed the helicopter out.
While I was checking, the phone rang again.
I took it out and looked at it. It was the security guard calling.
Jiang Ning picked up the phone and asked, "What's going on?"
The guard said: "After asking clearly, Mao Bin borrowed money from an online loan company and refused to pay it back. Those people are from a debt collection company."
Jiang Ning: "..."
There are talented people on the farm!
Jiang Ning asked: "How much did you borrow online? How did you find the farm?"
The guard said, "I heard he has 400,000 yuan, so he borrowed from all the micro-loan platforms he could. Now he lives and eats on the farm, and doesn't go out unless necessary. The debt collection company couldn't wait for him, so they came directly to the farm."
Jiang Ning clicked his tongue twice and said, "Drive them away, don't let them block the entrance and get in the way."
The guard agreed and Jiang Ning hung up the phone.
I don't care about this kind of crap!
Should he be asked to help the loan company urge the farm employees to repay their debts?
What bullshit is this!
There is no fun in loan sharking.
Checked the plane and filled up the fuel.
Then it started up and flew to Xiaozhazi Village.
The straight-line distance is more than ten kilometers, but by car it takes more than twenty kilometers and half an hour to get there. Flying a helicopter is much more convenient and faster. Taking off from the farm, it only takes seven or eight minutes to reach Xiaozhazi Village.
People who have seen it in the past are no longer surprised.
The others had never seen it before, so when they heard the noise they all ran out to see what was going on.
Jiang Ning has a lot of things to do today and has an engineering meeting in the morning.
I will be meeting many engineering team leaders in the afternoon.
The schedule is quite full.
The engineering meeting is to set the prices for all the projects. Participants include engineering technicians and budgeters, as well as senior management and people from relevant departments. The meeting lasted a whole morning, and finally Jiang Ning decided on the external contracting price for all the projects.
In the afternoon, more than 20 construction team leaders came to discuss the bid.
Such as Zhang Yulong’s uncle Wang Peng, and the tree-planting Old Li and Old Wang.
Several other people who had worked on the same project also came, and they were all eager to try, ready to take advantage of the favorable conditions. It was not surprising to see the project quotation. Boss Jiang has always been stingy, and his project quotation surpassed that of his peers and set a record for the lowest.
But then again, Boss Gan Jiang's job is profitable.
Although I earn less, at least it's in my pocket.
As long as you control the cost well, you don't have to worry about other troubles. Even if you have never done it before, you still know the market and can stay calm.
But some people with connections were not calm.
When they saw the project quotation, they all protested.
The cost of the internal roads is 200,000 yuan per kilometer, which is much higher than the original budget for the construction of the first field. But the difference is that the internal roads of the second field need to be paved with asphalt. Just by looking at the construction standards, several people with connections felt that it was too rip-off.
"Two hundred thousand is enough to build a cement road, but not an asphalt one!"
An engineering boss raised the question directly.
Several people with connections also echoed the sentiment.
Jiang Ning glanced at them and pointed at the door: "If you don't want to do it, just go out and turn left. I didn't fucking invite you here."
The meeting room immediately fell silent.
No more whispering could be heard.
Bidding continues.
Several Baotou workers who had worked on the same project made faces at each other, wishing that these people with connections would quit their jobs and get out as soon as possible, so that they could get more projects. If they worked hard this year, they would be able to drive a Land Rover next year.
Negotiated bidding is not an open bidding competition.
The quotations given by engineering budget personnel may not necessarily be reasonable.
There is still room for negotiation and consultation.
After a busy day, I returned to the farm in the afternoon.
Since Feng Yu and Feng Xue went out, Jiang Ning didn't want to go home.
Tow the helicopter into the hangar and drive to the city.
The farm has started construction and there are so many people looking for him. I don’t know how many people are lining up to invite him to dinner. Jiang Ning’s nightlife is rich and colorful. Without his wife to control him, the man is like a wild horse that has broken free from its reins. He got drunk that night because he was so happy.
Sleep directly in the New Town Hotel.
I was woken up by a phone call the next day and answered it in a daze.
The office manager called.
Only then did I remember that I had to hold an on-site office meeting today.
I quickly got up, washed my face, and went to the farm without eating breakfast.
When I went out, I looked at the time and it was almost nine o'clock.
When we arrived at the farm, we towed the helicopter out, gave it a hasty inspection, and then flew towards Xiaozhazi Village.
We hurried to Xiaozhazi Village and it was almost half past nine.
The participants were already seated, just waiting for him.
Boss Lu also came, but didn't say anything.
"Sorry, I got up late."
Jiang Ning said this and quickly took his seat.
Cao Junqing sat at the reporting seat and asked, "Shall we start?"
Jiang Ning looked at Boss Lu.
Boss Lu said: "Let's get started!"
Cao Junqing began to report, mainly reporting on the progress.
The construction progressed very quickly. The county had done quite sufficient preliminary preparations, and Jiang Ning basically got to work right away after returning. Several first-phase projects had already been contracted out, such as building a building in the living area, water diversion projects, and fencing projects.
Construction work on the living quarters has already begun.
The construction team broke ground yesterday.
The progress was in line with expectations, and Boss Lu nodded frequently as he listened.
Next came the problems we encountered.
There is no big problem, but there is a small problem.
Jiang Ning set a goal to plant five million trees before October. The goal is ambitious, but it is difficult to implement. The biggest problem is the lack of digging equipment. Although many people in Bei'an have bought small excavators, most of them are working outside the province.
You can still find fifty or sixty of them.
No more will do.
The area where the first batch of tree species were selected had large rocky beaches, and it was not practical to dig pits manually.
Only with the help of machinery.
A deputy leader of the county asked: "A small excavator costs 50,000 or 60,000 yuan. Can the farm buy a batch of excavators?"
Jiang Ning said: "It's easy to buy an excavator. One hundred small excavators cost five or six million. But where can you find so many drivers?"
The deputy leader was silent too. This was indeed a problem.
It is easy to buy an excavator, but it is difficult to find a driver.
An excavator is not an ordinary vehicle that you can drive with just a C license.
That thing is construction machinery and requires certain operating skills and experience.
Moreover, buying excavators takes time. It is easy to buy one or two, but it is difficult to buy more than one. It takes time to buy them and to find drivers. If you delay it for a while, it will be next year. You can forget about completing the tree planting goal this year.
After some discussion, we decided on several plans.
One is for the county to find a way to find a small excavator in the neighboring county.
The second is to fully mobilize the strength of all units and carry out concentrated research.
Jiang Ning had a very good reason. The trees had to be planted before October, preferably within a month. They needed to grow well this year so that they could be mortgaged to a bank for a loan next year. Otherwise, the funds would not be enough. The shareholders could not provide the capital, but Jiang Ning could afford it.
But there is no money in the county.
We are just waiting for this chicken to lay eggs quickly so that there will be some financial relief.
This is a big deal and certainly cannot be delayed.
Lu Jingwei made the decision and asked the farm to set aside a piece of land and distribute it to various units in the county to mobilize employees to plant trees. These units referred to all county-level units, and those that were not under the jurisdiction of the county, such as banks and insurance, would not be bothered.
Of course Jiang Ning had no objection.
It is said that civil servants sit in offices every day and their physical fitness is relatively poor. Many people either suffer from cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, or periarthritis of the shoulder. It is very bad for health, so it would be good to do some work.
Just think of it as exercise.
I opened the plan and studied it.
Jiang Ning pointed to an area and said, "How about giving this area to the county?"
Another leader asked, "How big is this area?"
Jiang Ning said: "About 20,000 acres!"
The leader hissed, “That’s too many!”
Jiang Ning asked: "How much is appropriate?"
Lu Jingwei thought about it and made the decision: "Just for that area, the office will assign the tasks and mobilize all five teams. Team members must also take on tasks. I will set the tasks now. Each team member must plant 100 trees. You are not allowed to delegate. I will take the lead and the task must be completed within one month."
Several team members agreed.
But if you look closely, you can see the bitterness in his brows.
That's how it was settled.
The county office was very efficient. They asked the farm for specific maps and data that day and divided the tasks among the units according to the number of people in each unit. Some units were given thousands of acres of land, while others were given hundreds of acres.
Then the surveying and mapping units began to draw the lines.
This time is different from the previous responsibility forest planting in Shakou. Those activities were just for show and just expressed the attitude of the county. This time is different. It is serious. In total, more than 2,000 acres of windbreak forest were planted, and the county only planted less than 1,000 acres.
It is also easy to dig holes in the sand, and only fifty trees are planted per acre.
This time, 20,000 acres of land were covered, and 100 trees were planted per acre.
What’s more important is that digging a hole in the wilderness is not as easy as digging a tree hole on the beach.
It can be imagined that the employees of various units are probably very busy.
When the notice was issued, all units wailed.
There are only more than one hundred faculty and staff in Chengguan School, which are allocated 1200 acres of land. The principal was overwhelmed when he received the notice. He was still studying in another place, but he had to rush back after receiving the notice, and the notice was sent out as soon as possible.
All faculty and staff who are away from home are required to return home as soon as possible.
Feng Yu received the call as soon as he arrived in Wuyi Mountain.
He hurriedly called Jiang Ning to ask about the situation.
Jiang Ning told her about it.
Feng Yu was speechless: "Mr. Jiang is becoming more and more prestigious now. All the employees have to work for you."
Jiang Ning emphasized: "They are not working for me, but for themselves. Don't forget that the county also owns half of the shares. Now we need to speed up the progress, so it is reasonable for them to contribute a little. But you don't have to come back, call and ask for leave!"
Feng Yu responded and said a few words before hanging up.
Call the principal first and ask for leave.
The principal knew her situation and readily agreed.
Even if we are in Bei'an, we dare not let pregnant women work!
If something bad happens, who will take the responsibility?
Although there are many people in Chengguan School, excluding some who cannot work, such as pregnant women like Feng Yu and several teachers who had surgery last semester, there are only about 100 people who can work, and they have to plant trees on more than 300 acres of land.
This burden is no small one.
More than three hundred acres of land!
There is only a month left before school starts, and I can't finish it on time. I have to leave a week for preparation, which means I have only twenty days to plant an average of 60 acres every day. It may not be a lot, but I can't do it!
A woman who works hard can plant hundreds of trees every day by digging her own holes.
As long as there is soil underneath and not a rocky beach, it is not difficult to plant ten trees in an hour.
It is not a problem for a middle-aged male laborer to plant 200 trees a day.
But school teachers can't do that. They plant 100 trees per mu, so 60 mu means 6,000 trees.
On average, each person plants 60 trees, which is a very exhausting pace.
The principal was already very worried on his way back.
The county is preparing.
Jiang Ning took some time to go to the construction site and visit his cousin.
Zhou Aiguo insisted on taking on the project, so Jiang Ning gave him the fencing job.
The farm is too big and building a fence is too expensive.
They could only surround it with wire mesh, the same as the one his uncle had installed. The all-inclusive price was fifteen yuan per meter. Zhou Aiguo was still unwilling to do it. Firstly, he thought the price was too low, and secondly, he thought the workload was too small. He wanted to take on a larger project.
But Jiang Ning didn't let him do big projects like building roads and buildings.
How could they give such an important project to a rookie like him?
Zhou Aiguo had no choice but to start from a small level.
The project is worth just over one million and if we work quickly it can be completed in a month.
He calculated that he could earn 100,000 yuan, and he would have to buy a bunch of tools and supplies, including a pickup truck, whether for transporting materials or for logistical support, and a bunch of other miscellaneous things.
Some of them were thought of in advance.
Some of them were not thought of in advance and were only thought of after the work started.
If you do the math again, you won't make any money from this job.
All the profits were used to buy pickup trucks and tools and supplies.
Jiang Ning didn't come by helicopter today, he drove here specifically.
When I arrived at the construction site, I saw Zhou Aiguo from a distance wearing a sun hat and personally supervising the workers at work.
When I got off the bus, I heard Zhou Aiguo scolding a worker.
Complaining that the workers work too slowly and leave too many sloppy marks.
Seeing Jiang Ning get off the car, Zhou Aiguo didn't go over either.
Just wait for Jiang Ning to come and talk to him.
I have been suffering from insomnia recently. I can't sleep well at night, I feel tired during the day, and my typing efficiency is extremely poor. I can't type more than a thousand words in an hour. My friends, please allow me to adjust for a few days, and then work hard after I have adjusted my state.
(End of this chapter)