Chapter 24 Section Eleven

Qian Liangliang couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep for several days. During the day, he lay down in the library of Lumen City to look up materials on house decoration, and at night he lay in bed worrying.After he followed Hao Dongxi to the lakeside factory building that was going to be used to open a club, he began to collect information and prepare to provide Hao Dongxi with a decoration plan.He didn't know that the same request Hao Dongxi had already made arrangements for the vice president of the Great Southeast Group, Bird's Egg.As a successful entrepreneur, Hao Dongxi's simplicity and boldness are certainly not the whole of his character.The purpose of asking Qian Liangliang to propose a decoration plan was not just to test his ability, so as to obtain a bill for squeezing his surplus value in the future.Hao Dongxi has another intention, that is, after getting the two decoration plans, he can compare and reflect each other, absorb the advantages of the two different plans, and put forward his own improvement suggestions for Qian Liangliang's and Niaodan's plans, occupying the top view The strategic height of the two subordinates.

Qian Liangliang didn't know what Hao Dongxi was planning.He also thought that Hao Dongxi would rely on him to come up with a plan to convert the abandoned factory building into a luxurious clubhouse, so he was very serious and serious, just like when he just became the director of the reception office, Hold a chicken feather as an arrow, and treat corruption as a responsibility with sincerity and sincerity.Qian Liangliang didn't gain much. As for the project initially named "Chinese-style Dinner and Leisure Club", it can be said that he gained nothing.There are many books on decoration in the library, most of which are basic knowledge and professional aspects. Reading such books is like learning writing for students of the Chinese Department of Lumen University. The level does not improve much.The reason is simple. Knowledge and ability are two different things. To do these things, ability is more practical than knowledge.Reading a few professional books on decoration and wanting to come up with a decent club decoration plan is as difficult as asking a college student who has just graduated from the Chinese Department to write a novel that can be officially published.

After enjoying the coolness produced by the air conditioner in the spacious and elegant library in Lumen City all day long, Qian Liangliang's pigeon cage-like room is like a brick kiln with never-ending fireworks. He only wore a pair of underpants, and kept wiping his body with a towel dipped in cold water.During the four months of six, seven, eight, nine, it was difficult to live in Lumen. The humid air and high temperature made Qian Liangliang from the north miserable. His body was wet and greasy all day long, and he always felt that he was a catfish instead of a human being. .What was more tormenting than this weather was the test question Hao Dongxi posed, and Qian Liangliang was a poor student sitting at the test desk.Qian Liangliang racked his brains to draw countless drawings on the desktop that made him blush. Those papers covered with horizontal and vertical lines, hooks and crosses are not as good as the graffiti of children in kindergarten.Qian Liangliang was very troubled by this. He is a serious person and also a person with great self-esteem. The possibility of not completing the task has become a heavy psychological pressure. This psychological pressure is even more irritating. The pile of so-called blueprints that bothered him were all torn to pieces.He has already grabbed a few blueprints to vent, but he is not willing to tear them up. Some are better than nothing.Disturbance made him feel that this room was like a tomb, an oven, and it was almost impossible to stay in it for a minute, so he prepared to go outside for some air, knowing that it would be very cool outside when the sea breeze came in at night.He let out a long sigh, stood up and put on the vest, at this moment, the mobile phone rang, and the specific ringtone music could tell that it was from Wotou.

Wotou was his old subordinate when he was the director of the reception office in Jinzhou City. At that time, he was the director of the restaurant department of the reception hotel. Now he has become the deputy general manager of Jinlong Hotel. When he resigned to open the restaurant, Wotou also gave He has a cookbook of the Golden Dragon Hotel compiled by himself, hoping that Qian Liangliang can make a fortune from this cookbook. The recipes in that cookbook are all home-cooked dishes for the senior leaders of Jinlong Hotel. The officials in Jinzhou like them very much. Whoever comes here must order the above dishes. The precious recipes condensed with hard work and sweat not only did not bring money to Qian Liangliang, but also made Qian Liangliang bear a debt.In any case, the friendship between the two is very good, and they still maintain hotline contact.Wotou is one of the few people in Jinzhou City who knows his whereabouts. From time to time, he will take the news of Jinzhou City, such as who is promoted again, who committed crimes and went to prison, who engaged in an extramarital affair and caused a fire in the backyard, etc. as idle chatter Talk to Qian Liangliang to relieve boredom.To Qian Liangliang, receiving a call from an old friend in Jinzhou when he was irritable and lonely was like drinking hot porridge every three or nine days and cold beer during the dog days, so he answered the phone immediately.

Wotou said that as usual: "Old chief, Wotou pays his respects to you." Qian Liangliang no longer felt like the director of the reception office at all: "What old chief, don't do this. How are you? Don't take bribes." Wotou laughed loudly: "How can that be? People who have been trained by Director Qian are more enlightened than those who go to the party school every day. Corruption and bribery are impossible." Qian Liangliang joked with him: "Are you still flirting with lesbians now? It's time to learn it well? Don't let people not regard you as a leader."

Wotou hurriedly pretended to promise: "I learned it a long time ago and completely quit. Let's not mention this matter, okay? I have an important report for you today." Qian Liangliang simply doesn't believe that there is anything in Wotou that is worthy of his own importance: "Okay, don't report it, I am now out of the Three Realms and not in the Five Elements. For me, Jinzhou City can't have anything else." It's important." Wotou said: "Why not? Let me tell you, your current whereabouts have been exposed. When the time comes, you must not suspect that I told you."

This really surprised Qian Liangliang, because after arriving at Lumen, he felt that he didn't do well, so he intentionally or unintentionally concealed his whereabouts from many relevant people in Jinzhou City.Among them is his wife, Juzi. He is afraid that after knowing his exact address, Juzi will run over to "arrest" him, and he is also afraid that other people will come to Lumen on business or tourism to find him, and see his downfall and return to Jinzhou to spread the word. . "Tell me, what's going on?" Qian Liangliang finally paid attention to it. Wotou said: "Today I heard Li Erqiu tell me that you are in Lumen, and asked me if I knew, did you tell him that you were in Lumen?"

Qian Liangliang resolutely denied: "No, I never told him, how did he know?" Wotou said: "I asked him how he knew you were in Lumen. He only said that he heard from others. I asked him if the news was reliable. He insisted that it was very reliable, and said that he even knew your phone number. I asked him He didn't give you your phone number." When Qian Liangliang was the director of the reception office in Jinzhou City, Li Erqiu was the deputy director of the Jinzhou Public Security Bureau, and now he is the director.Qian Liangliang had a good relationship with him when he was in power, especially when he opened a restaurant, Li Erqiu often brought his subordinates to "take care" of his business.Qian Liangliang was very moved, and felt that the person was very righteous. Who knew that the form he signed would not be written off in the city. Qian Liangliang approached him twice.Qian Liangliang was very annoyed with him, so he didn't contact him again.What Qian Liangliang couldn't figure out was how he would know his whereabouts, and even the phone number. He really couldn't figure out how this guy knew.

Qian Liangliang was pondering over here, but Wotou couldn't hear him over there, so he yelled "Hey, hey, hey" and asked, "Old chief, what's the matter? Are you okay?" Qian Liangliang, after years of wandering in the southeast coast, has greatly improved his life experience and social adaptability compared to before. For such things that he can't figure out for a while, he doesn't even bother to dig into the corners. Hearing that Wotou I was anxious on the other end of the phone, so I changed the subject: "You are proud of yourself now, the old chief is having a hard time."

Wotou immediately said: "What's the problem? Short of money? Zhisheng, how much do you want?" Qian Liangliang smiled bitterly. He believed that if he really raised the question of money, Wotou would definitely send it to him without hesitation.As for how much, it depends on the integrity of the steamed bread.Integrity, not many will be sent, because although he is a deputy general manager, he is still a working class, and Jinzhou City will not entrust Jinlong Hotel to him to contract and make a fortune.If it is not clean, there will be more mails, but that also means that Wotou is not far from the prison.Of course, Qian Liangliang would not bring up the money issue with Wotou, even though he is really embarrassed now: "Okay, don't be hypocritical, no matter what I do, I won't be without food, and you can't help me with the embarrassing things right now. "

Wotou was still giggling: "What's the matter, old chief? I'm going to write a summary report again? I really can't help you with that kind of thing." Qian Liangliang was afraid that Wotou would think in a wrong way, and he didn't want to let Wotou feel that he looked down on him, so he told him truthfully: "There is no summary report to write now, I recently built a leisure club, and I will start renovation soon .This clubhouse is very functional, with first-class dining, drinking and entertainment, but I can’t come up with a decoration plan. I’ve been bored for two or three days, and I’ve searched for a lot of information, but there’s still no progress. Tell me, I’ve never done this before. This kind of thing, what kind of decoration plan should I take now, isn't this blind?" Wotou asked: "You run a clubhouse? Did you open it yourself or was someone hired you?" Qian Liangliang still told the truth: "I don't have the ability to hold a club by myself. Someone hired me as an executive, probably the general manager or something." Wotou half-truthfully fooled him: "That's perfect, you used to be the director of the reception office, what is it to manage such a club now? Do you need someone? If you need someone, I will go there immediately and continue to be your subordinate." Qian Liangliang: "Everything is not confirmed yet, didn't I tell you just now? There is not even a decoration plan." Wotou asked, "How do you pay?" Qian Liangliang: "I talked about the salary roughly. During the preparation period, it was five to six thousand a month. After the official opening, based on the annual salary, it may be about 100,000 a year." Wotou was startled: "Wahaha, old chief, you've paid more money than Aunt Jiang." Aunt Jiang used to be the vice mayor of Jinzhou City, but now she is the mayor of Jinzhou City. Jinzhou is an inland city, and the salary of civil servants is much lower than that of Lumen on the southeast coast. The mayor of a prefecture-level city only earns more than 5,000 yuan a month.Therefore, nowadays, not only the gap between the rich and the poor is large among the common people, but also among government officials. , eat the same amount, pull the same amount, the bitch gets more than the wife, and the coast gets more than the inland.It is about the problem of inequality in the income of government civil servants. Qian Liangliang sighed and said, "If you can't come up with a decoration plan, it's just empty talk." Wotou was silent for a moment, then smiled and said: "Director Qian, I said you looked down on me and you never admitted it, but this time I can really help you, and it's a big help." Qian Liangliang was dubious: "You have never done decoration, how can you help with this kind of work?" Wotou said: "I have never done decoration, but I have been in charge of the decoration of Jinlong Hotel. Believe it or not, the decoration of Jinlong Hotel is first-class in any place in the country, especially the No. 4 building in the past. Do you remember? It is dedicated to receiving the heads of the central government and foreign guests, absolutely luxurious." Qian Liangliang was still dubious: "Is it the level of the Golden Dragon Hotel? I used to think that the Golden Dragon Hotel was very high-end. Only after I came here to compare it did I realize that compared with the government reception hotels here, the Golden Dragon Hotel is at the township level." Wotou said: "What you are talking about is the old emperor's calendar. Now the Jinlong Hotel is advancing with the times. Building No. 4 is designed by top domestic designers, and the functional facilities are completely designed and decorated according to the international head-of-state level reception hotels. How about this, it's useless to say anything, I'll send you the full set of materials including the drawings, and let Director Qian take a look at the new look of the Golden Dragon Hotel today, so that your ears and eyes will be refreshed." Qian Liangliang first corrected him: "What ears and eyes are all new, that's called refreshing." Then he asked suspiciously, "The decoration materials and drawings should be kept in the municipal archives. How do you have them?" Wotou chuckled and said, "Isn't it just that the ears and eyes are all new? You still have the same old problem of grabbing my words. After the renovation, I didn't give the decoration drawings to the archives, and they couldn't think of asking for them. The drawings stayed in the archives." I need repairs and renovations here, isn’t it convenient to use? If you want it, I’ll send it to you tomorrow.” Qian Liangliang was dying and went to the doctor indiscriminately. At this time, he had no choice but to pin his hopes on the drawings of Wotou, and immediately agreed: "Okay, okay, you will send it over tomorrow." Wotou also reminded Qian Liangliang to keep it safe, and send it back to him as soon as he used it up, just in case the city archives remembered and asked him for the decoration materials of Jinlong Hotel, but he couldn't get it out.Qian Liangliang knew that there must be more than one copy of this kind of information, and there would be at least two sets of backups according to the rules.Wotou didn't know what method to take, and for what purpose, he kept a copy privately, and didn't say anything at the moment, and promised repeatedly, asking Wotou to send a message after sending the materials, so that he could pay attention to check. After hanging up the phone, although it is still unknown how much the decoration materials sent by Wotou will have on Qian Liangliang's difficulties, it is a hope to break through the difficulties.Sometimes, hope is more psychologically comforting than receiving, because the expected is better than the realized.Qian Liangliang chatted with Wotou for a while, and the restlessness in his heart was like the heat of the day quietly dissipating with the sea breeze at night.He wiped the mat with cold water, then took off the vest he had just put on, took the "Interior Decoration Craft" borrowed from the library, lay down on the mat, and wanted to sharpen his gun before going into battle, but the book hadn't been turned yet Fell asleep after a few pages.