Mi Gong sat in his boss chair and heard his daughter say that Chen Chen had asked if the relatives who bought together could be included in the decoration. Mi Gong thought about it, two sets for his own family, two sets for Liu Chen's family, plus one set for relatives, five apartments? That's a bit much, but if they decorated together, they could drive down the price significantly.
He picked up the white tea brewed on the table, blew on it, and thought that with the heating on at home lately, he was feeling a bit dry, so drinking white tea was just right to cool down.
"Dad, Chen Chen said they have sixteen apartments over there, can you handle it?"
"Pfft!"
Mi Gong sprayed out a mouthful of white tea, which splashed onto his rosewood grand desk. kuAiδugg
"Cough, cough, Zhuzhu, you, you say that again, Dad didn't hear clearly just now."
Mi Zhuzhu looked at what Chen Chen had sent in QQ.
"Chen Chen said, her family has two sets, her aunt's family has two sets, her godmother's family, oh, isn't that Ren Mo's family? He has twelve sets, wow, Ren Mo's family is so rich, twelve apartments?"
Mi Gong put down the large teacup in his hand on the desk and thought about it. Sixteen apartments plus his own two, that's eighteen apartments. According to current market prices, decorating eighteen apartments…
This was a nearly million-dollar deal. If it were four or five apartments, he could oversee the decoration himself, but eighteen…
Just as Mi Gong was hesitating, Mi Zhuzhu read the message Chen Chen sent:
"Chen Chen said, Uncle, you can completely form your own decoration company. Eighteen apartments are enough for half a year's performance."
"Decoration company?"
Mi Gong fell into deep thought. He had been a small contractor for over a decade, always relying on a construction company to take on jobs. He made money, but only a few hundred thousand a year. Many times, when the company's payment was slow, he had to beg and entertain people to ask them to be lenient and settle the payment.
He had encountered decoration companies before, but they were not large. They called themselves decoration companies, but they were actually shell companies, setting up an office, hiring a few freshly graduated designers with base salaries of one or two thousand, and needing to rely on closed deals for commissions.
These were just to fool outsiders. For insiders like them, after a little contact, they would mostly find their own teams and get to work.
"Oh, Dad, I think Chen Chen's idea makes sense. Anyway, Dad only has work for half the year, so the other half is perfect for starting a decoration company?
Besides, we decorated the best house in the whole school, wouldn't that be a great reputation to spread!"
Mi Gong listened to Zhuzhu's earlier words and felt a chill down his spine. So, in his daughter's heart, his father was so idle?
However, Mi Gong, who had doted on his daughter for eighteen years, was easily swayed by Mi Zhuzhu's two attempts at acting cute.
"Alright, alright, it's just a decoration company, right? Let's do it! But you have to let me get the renovation team in order before we start decorating, right? Let's practice with our two apartments first, and then start decorating for them once we're on track."
Seeing Zhuzhu's fingers flying across the phone keyboard, Mi Gong quickly added, "Don't say what I just said out loud!"
Mi Zhuzhu replied without looking up:
"Got it, got it!"
Then she typed all of her father's words into QQ and sent them to Chen Chen.
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Seeing the message from Zhuzhu, Liu Chen was also a bit nervous. Since her rebirth, she seemed to have unintentionally changed the fates of many people. But this time, pushing Uncle Mi into the decoration industry, she was truly uncertain.
Fortunately, Uncle Mi also said that if it didn't work out, he would stop after decorating these eighteen apartments, otherwise, she would always worry.
When she told Liu Fang about Daddy Mi preparing to start his own decoration company to decorate their apartments, she expected Liu Fang to hesitate, as it sounded like a makeshift operation. To her surprise, Liu Fang agreed readily.
And her godmother, knowing it was the father of Mi Zhuzhu whom she had met before, agreed without asking too many questions, even saying that if it went well, she would introduce other friends to Mi Gong later.
Fortunately, the apartments wouldn't be handed over until the end of the month, so there was more than half a month for Mi Gong to set up a renovation team that he deemed acceptable.
Liu Chen found a notebook, and she and her mother wrote down their expectations for the future decoration of the house, and then they had a disagreement.
However, the final outcome was still the same—Liu Fang won by an overwhelming margin, and Liu Chen was forced to give up the design rights for the master bedroom in exchange for autonomy over her own study.
Yes, they were living in a four-bedroom apartment with one living room, and each of them had their own bedroom and study.
Perhaps it was the excitement about the design of the new house that made Liu Chen a bit overexcited. Lying in bed and fantasizing until late into the night, she arrived at class on Monday with dark circles under her eyes and was given the nickname "Panda" by Lai Jie Lun.
"Panda, cough, cough, Sister Chen, my mom said that our senior year science class and Shuimu University are organizing some kind of Seed Project, have you heard about it?"
Lai Jie Lun turned around, his right forearm resting on Ren Mo's desk, and asked towards Liu Chen.
Seed Project?
Liu Chen shook her head. She hadn't slept enough last night, and her mind was still a bit foggy, feeling like it couldn't quite process things.
"It seems that if your science scores meet certain requirements, you can be admitted early, but after admission, you can only choose to major in fields that are in demand for specific training programs."
As soon as Lai Jie Lun finished speaking, Teacher Lai walked in, wearing a gentle smile. She placed the papers in her hand on the podium and said, "Some students with keen information may already know about this. Through our outstanding college admission rates over the years, our Normal University Affiliated High School has reached an agreement with Shuimu University for a Seed Project. As the name suggests, Shuimu University will select seed candidates from our school and cultivate them at Shuimu University, thereby nurturing outstanding scientific research talents in various fields."
Saying this, Lai Jing winked at Liu Chen. In her opinion, Liu Chen was tailor-made for this project, like a gift from heaven!
Liu Chen, with her head still feeling groggy, looked at Teacher Lai's wink. She was still a bit dazed until after class, when she was called to the office to discuss her thoughts on the project. Only then did Liu Chen realize that Teacher Lai wanted to recommend her.
Without hesitation, Liu Chen directly shook her head and refused.
"Why? Chen Chen, you know, by participating in this project, you escape the uncertainty of the college entrance examination and directly become a preparatory student at Shuimu, without having to go through the arduous process of the college entrance examination."
Because I already know the questions for the college entrance examination… I can even get a perfect score, so there's no uncertainty at all.
But this reason could not be spoken. Thinking for a moment, she stood by Teacher Lai's desk and looked at the somewhat uncomprehending Teacher Lai.
Liu Chen said in a deep voice:
"I want to try to aim for the top scorer in the college entrance examination."