The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen looked at his watch, rolled over from the bed and sat up, and asked, "I've gone to work, are you leaving?"

Liu Ligan said: "I'm going to indulge myself today and give myself half a day off to sleep."

Zhang Chen was too lazy to care about him and went downstairs.

When he arrived at the unit, Mr. Tan stood at the door of his office. When he saw Zhang Chen coming in, he waved to him. Zhang Chen hurried over and asked, "Mr. Tan, what's the matter?"

Mr. Tan shouted towards the hall: "You idiot, come here!"

The one who was called a second-rate man quickly ran over.

"Come on, let's talk inside." Mr. Tan and Zhang Chen said, turned and returned to the office. Zhang Chen followed in, and the idiot also ran in panting.

The second guy is the company commander below them. In their company, a company commander is equivalent to the project manager of the current engineering companies, responsible for the construction of the entire project.

Mr. Tan is from Puqi, Hubei Province. He served as a soldier at the Yulin Naval Base. It is said that he also participated in the Xisha Naval Battle in 1974 and taught the South Vietnamese navy a lesson. When he changed his job, Hainan Province was established, and a large number of their comrades were missing. I went back to my hometown, but stayed here because I was no longer used to the coldness in winter and the sweltering heat in summer.

He called a project a company, and each company was assigned a company commander. There were several classes under the company commander, namely, the carpentry class, the muddying class, the painting class, and the plumbing class.

The project Erhuo was currently responsible for was designed by Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen thought to himself that there must be some engineering problem that he could not solve.

The decoration company at that time, unlike now, all the drawings are complete, and the construction team only needs to follow the drawings. The most important drawing at that time is a rendering. Other drawings need to be made by the monitor of each class according to the drawings. The renderings are drawn by yourself on paper, roughly. During construction, you have to look at the renderings and your own sketches while communicating with the designer.

Although the designer will produce a black-and-white draft with the materials and dimensions written on it after drawing the renderings, these are only the main data. If the designer does not explain clearly, the construction team will just take the materials and drawings, and some place, and I don’t know how to achieve the same effect as the renderings.

When he encounters those difficult customers, he will insist, regardless of anything else, that I approve of the renderings, and you will make them the same as the renderings.

There are also some customers who have their own opinions. They have clearly confirmed the renderings, but when it comes to actual construction, they will come up with all kinds of strange ideas to modify the design. The construction manager is stupid and cannot explain clearly to him. The designer needs to communicate with the client and explain to him why this place cannot be changed as he wants.

When encountering this situation, Zhang Chen's approach was to directly draw the drawing for the client to see according to his wishes. After the client compared the drawing, he felt that his idea was a bit abrupt and gave up.

If he encounters a particularly insistent customer, Zhang Chen will change the new plan until he is satisfied with it, and then proceed according to the new plan. When encountering this kind of situation, everyone can accept it, because when making changes, Mr. Tan will add the price. , not at a loss anyway.

"Come on, you idiot, talk to Xiao Zhang yourself." Mr. Tan said impatiently.

The second guy looked at Zhang Chen, shy and speechless. Zhang Chen asked: "Second company commander, is there something wrong with the project?"

"It's not the project that has a problem, Designer Zhang, it's the stone on the facade..." The second-hand guy hesitated.

"Oh, damn, you can't even speak? You are so stupid, how can you lead your soldiers?" Mr. Tan was furious. He turned to Zhang Chen and said, "They used that facade. 'Sichuan Red'!"

Zhang Chen was startled: "Why do you use 'Sichuan Red'? Didn't I clearly write it as 'China Red'? How do you use 'Sichuan Red' on a facade?"

The so-called "Sichuan Red" and "China Red" are both a kind of red marble produced in Sichuan. At that time, in the stone market, the distinction was still very strict. People called marble produced in the Ya'an area of ​​Sichuan "China "Red", and those produced in other places in Sichuan, such as Yingjing and other places, are called "Sichuan Red".

The pattern of "China Red" is relatively delicate, similar to sesame dots, and the color is bright red, but it is calmer and looks very high-end, while the color of "Sichuan Red" is either darker or the pattern is thicker, like the skin of a toad. , or the color is lighter, more floating, and one level worse than "Chinese red".

The project Erhuo is working on is a high-end hotel with relatively high requirements for the exterior facade, so Zhang Chen chose "Chinese Red" when designing.

"You changed the stone, why didn't you tell me? Where did you change it?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It's from Yingjing," Erhuo said.

Zhang Chen knew it as soon as he heard it. The stone in Yingjing was not only dark red in color, but also had a rough pattern. This kind of stone was more suitable for floors rather than facades.

When Zhang Chen first arrived at the company, he rode his bicycle every day when he had time and visited all the stone and building materials markets in Haicheng. He compared each material and took many samples. He went there by himself at night. When I was in the office, I watched them pondering what materials should be used where to achieve the best results, and they had different effects.

Customers have different visions, cultural accomplishments, and personal preferences. To do decoration design, you must grasp every detail of the customer during the communication process with the customer, and use a pen or pen to express what he wants to say but cannot say. Help him express it in kind, and you will succeed.

Zhang Chen looked at Mr. Tan, shook his head, and said, "Something is going to happen."

Mr. Tan glared at the idiot and cursed: "Something has happened!"

"But but but..." The second-rate guy said a few words but couldn't finish. Mr. Tan and Zhang Chen said: "This idiot is so self-righteous. He took Party A's vice president to see the stone, and the vice president saw 'Sichuan Red'." 'It's more than 20 yuan per square meter cheaper than 'China Red', so I wanted to take advantage of the price difference and pass 'Sichuan Red' off as 'China Red', so this idiot agreed."

"I didn't agree, it was him who insisted. He discussed it with the stone boss himself." Erhuo defended.

"Shut up!" Mr. Tan scolded. After finishing the scolding, he and Zhang Chen continued: "As a result, we were doing the facade yesterday afternoon. We just completed more than ten square meters. Party A's boss came and asked him to stop when he saw it. They said this was too low-end, but now it’s better. Can I return the stone? Can’t I return it? Damn it, tell me honestly, did you get any money during this process?”

"No, Mr. Tan, I promise not." The second-rate guy said quickly.

Mr. Tan pointed his finger at the idiot and scolded: "If you fucking let me know that you took a penny, I will kick you to death!"

Zhang Chen understood what was going on. He also felt confused. He thought that if the boss of Party A were more serious and asked someone knowledgeable to come over and take a look, he would know that this is "Sichuan Red", not "China Red", and quote them a price. If the product name written on the order is completely different, people will definitely think that their company is committing fraud. If it is serious, they may terminate the contract.

On my side, I haven't been able to tell the other party that it was entirely their vice president's idea. If I told him, it would be okay if the boss had the ability to kick the vice president away. If he couldn't be kicked away, or the vice president would bite back and say yes, The idiot's idea was that he wanted to bribe him. There is no evidence for this kind of thing. It depends on who the boss listens to.

If this is the case, then this project, even if the contract is not terminated, will cause countless troubles.

The only way now is to quickly replace the plates and rework them with "Chinese red" before the boss is angered. But the trouble is that stone materials are all ordered, and the money is paid, and there is never any. I’ve heard of people returning products after selling them.

Zhang Chen asked the second-hand guy: "Have all the things that were hung up yesterday taken down?"

The second-hand guy said it was removed.

"Where to put it?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The construction site."

"Find a truck immediately and take it away. Take everything away. Don't leave any residue there." Zhang Chen said.

"Pull it away, where?" asked the second-hand guy.

"No matter where it is, take it away first and then talk about it. Even if you ask the driver to find a cool place, stop there first and we will think of a solution." Zhang Chen said.

"Why?" asked the second-hand guy. Mr. Tan looked at Zhang Chen in confusion. Zhang Chen told them the stakes. When Mr. Tan heard this, his face turned pale. He pulled the second-hand guy up and shouted road:

"Get the fuck out of here, if you don't hurry up and pull me away, I'm going to be killed by you!"

The second-rate guy was also frightened and ran out quickly.

Mr. Tan sat there, and it took him a long time to calm down a little.

"It's such a close call, Xiao Zhang, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have fallen into the hands of this idiot today."