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Chapter 1078: Chapter 948 Creating History (Subscribe please!)_2
After his surprise, Bai Tong quickly stretched out both hands: "Hello, hello, it’s a great honor to meet Chairman Tang, so young and promising, young and promising indeed." Recalling the rumors about the directors behind Comet Group, Bai Tong was completely convinced.
The rumors said all the directors were influential descendants from Beijing.
This Tang Qing.
Must be the most formidable among them, otherwise why would he be the chairman.
"Don’t mention it, let’s go in and take a look," Tang Qing said with a smile.
"This way please."
Bai Tong led Tang Qing to the entrance.
Each received a safety helmet.
Construction site management in the Shanghai Stock Market is very strict, especially regarding dust control, so as soon as they entered, they saw that the ground everywhere was wet, and because of the hot weather, it needed to be watered every few hours.
"Mr. Bai, how long until the building is topped out?"
Tang Qing asked, looking at the huge construction site.
Bai Tong quickly replied: "Because each floor covers a huge area, our current pace is one floor per week, and that’s the result of working overtime and boosting manpower. According to the schedule, the topping out will be completed by the end of this December."
"According to your requirements, the glass, doors, windows, pipelines, and decoration at the base of the main structure will start simultaneously. By the time we top out, our decoration progress can reach the eleventh floor."
"We can move in by the end of next March."
"Very good."
Tang Qing also wanted to move in quickly. Here, he didn’t even have a ’decent’ office to himself, but this type of concrete construction simply couldn’t be accelerated, and he disliked using steel structures.
The reason?
Too many disaster movies had been watched.
Seeing that civilian houses in the United States were all made of wood.
Although theoretically, their wooden houses might last longer than those made of concrete, are more environmentally friendly, easier to dismantle, and generate no construction waste, Tang Qing still felt they were not safe.
At least.
These concrete buildings wouldn’t be pierced from east to west by a car, nor would a stone falling from the sky smash straight through from the roof to the basement.
Next.
Tang Qing took a tour around the construction site.
Nine buildings of various sizes and shapes rose from the ground.
One building for each company.
One building for the Group Headquarters.
One building for Comet Film and Television.
One building for Comet Video.
One building for Qidian Literature.
Two buildings for hotel-style single apartments.
One building for the cafeteria and leisure.
The remaining two buildings, one was a small data center, and the last one was reserved for future use, possibly for any new company that might be established, using this building for future expansion.
Fortunately, none of the buildings were very tall.
All around twenty floors, with the cafeteria and leisure building only being six floors.
Otherwise.
If they made some flashy skyscrapers, they wouldn’t be able to move in even by the end of next year.
"Tang Qing?"
Just as Tang Qing was passing through the multi-tier above-ground parking lot.
A voice came from here, and since the construction of the parking lot was less challenging, it was used as a rebar processing shed for the nearby three buildings, piled up with huge amounts of various rebars, and the mechanical noise was also very loud.
Tang Qing turned around.
He saw a face showing astonishment.
Ding Xiangming.
His roommate.
Next to him, Li Mo also looked over, a bit stunned.
The two were much tanner than they had been during the vacation.
"What are you guys doing here?" Tang Qing asked with a smile as he walked up.
"Working a summer job. Li Mo’s parents work here, so I followed him here. We’ve been here almost a month and a half, and we’re planning to go back the day after tomorrow for registration," Ding Xiangming said as he wiped his sweat.
Seeing Tang Qing.
And with the construction site leaders.
The first thing the two thought was that Tang Qing must be the son of Pu Chaodong or some other strangers they didn’t know; they only knew Tang Qing’s family was very wealthy. In school, only Zeng Rou fully understood how extensive Tang Qing’s business was.
"First time at a construction site?" Tang Qing asked.
"Yeah, although it’s a bit tiring, look, I’ve even got muscles now," Li Mo grinned, flexing his muscles, unlike his former nerdy self, who was quite frail.
"That’s good. How much are you earning per day?" Tang Qing inquired.
Li Mo happily said: "We’re the handymen, sixty for one day, and living here costs nothing, only much less than what my parents earn, but it’s almost enough to cover my expenses for the second half of the year."
"Will they pay you before you leave?"
Li Mo replied: "No, construction sites usually settle payments at the end of the year. By then, my mom will directly pay Ding Xiangming, who needs it for his tuition, and mine will just be given to me monthly for living expenses."
Tang Qing nodded.
On the construction site, this was the basic settlement method for workers, as behind them was not a company but various construction contractors, colloquially known as sub-contractors; companies could pay monthly wages.
These individuals could only settle once at the end of the year or upon project completion.
It varies from place to place.
There is no absolute standard.
The construction market is absolutely the most chaotic labor market, without a doubt.
"All right, then I’ll see you guys when school starts," Tang Qing didn’t say much else. Everyone has their own place in society, he might be able to help these two roommates in the future, but for now, they have their own paths to follow.
"Sure thing." Li Mo saw that those construction site leaders seemed to be waiting for Tang Qing, he too had work to do, and like Tang Qing thought, Tang Qing was wealthy, but that was his own business, unrelated to them.
They never thought about relying on Tang Qing for anything.
Tang Qing turned and left.
Bai Tong curiously asked: "Chairman Tang, your friend?"
Tang Qing nodded and said, "Mmm, they are my classmates. I didn’t expect to see them working here during the summer vacation, haha, by the way, President Pu, how many progress payments have we made?"
