"Mm, that's what I thought too.
I came over today to see if there's anything I can help with?"
"Neither of you has done renovations before, and this is skilled work. If you're really bored, help out by fetching things and passing them around," Qiangzi said.
After a busy morning, the company's renovation had taken initial shape, at least enough to tell what kind of company it was at a glance.
"Everyone, stop what you're doing and let's go eat. We'll continue in the afternoon!" Liu Yifeng said to everyone.
Seeing that the hired help Qiangzi had called had left, Liu Yifeng also gestured for the two of them to go downstairs to eat.
"In the afternoon, I plan to go to the used car market to buy a few large trucks that are seven or eight years old. Lu Fei, you'll come with me to take a look!" Liu Yifeng said in the elevator.
Lu Fei nodded, "Okay. With the scale of the vegetable greenhouses, we definitely need to buy a few large trucks to facilitate deliveries."
"Don't forget to hire a few truck drivers later. We'll likely be making deliveries outside every day!" Qiangzi, who managed transportation, immediately reminded us.
Liu Yifeng had already considered this. "After we buy the trucks, I'll find some reliable drivers. Then, once the company renovation is finished and the hired employees start working, our vegetable company will be officially established.
We'll have to put in extra effort then and make sure the company grows big and strong!"
"You can rest assured. We brothers, united, can overcome anything. Making the company big is just a matter of saying it," Lu Fei was very confident about this.
As they talked, the group walked to where Liu Yifeng had parked his car.
"Qiangzi, want to experience the charm of a luxury car?" Liu Yifeng suddenly asked.
Qiangzi naturally understood what Yifeng meant. He smiled and said, "Then what are you two waiting for? Get in, I'll be your driver."
Liu Yifeng and Qiangzi both sat in the back seats, while Qiangzi took the driver's seat.
However, this was his first time driving such an expensive luxury car, and he was unsure how to start it. "Yifeng, how do you start the car without a key?"
This question startled Lu Fei greatly. "You know how to drive, right? If not, let Yifeng drive. I don't want to die young."
Liu Yifeng beside him chuckled, "This car has a one-button start. Just press that button there!" He pointed to the location.
Following Liu Yifeng's instructions, Qiangzi finally started the car, feeling a bit embarrassed. "This car is too good. It's my first time touching one.
I didn't expect cars nowadays could start without a key!"
"This is an automatic transmission car. Are you used to driving one?" Liu Yifeng asked.
Qiangzi fastened his seatbelt and said, "That's no problem. I've driven automatic cars before. D is for drive, P is for park, and R is for reverse, right?"
"Correct!" Liu Yifeng nodded.
Then, with Lu Fei's heart pounding, Qiangzi started the car and slowly drove out of the parking lot.
"Driving a luxury car feels different. No wonder rich people like to buy nice cars!" Qiangzi said on the road, touching the steering wheel.
Liu Yifeng smiled faintly. "They're all just modes of transportation, after all!"
"That's not the same. A house in the countryside is still a house, and a house in the city is still a house, but can they be the same?"
"Don't tease me, who doesn't have a car. Let's hurry up and talk about what we're eating for lunch. I'm starving," Lu Fei said, feeling a bit downcast and quickly changing the subject.
Liu Yifeng hadn't really decided either. He thought he hadn't been to Longteng Hotel in a while and it was a good chance to see if the popularity of his vegetables had waned.
So, he said, "Then let's go to Longteng Hotel!"
"Alright, Longteng Hotel it is. I'll make sure to take you for a good meal, so you don't show off in front of us every day!" Lu Fei said without reservation.
Qiangzi knew the location of Longteng Hotel and drove the car there without a second thought.
It was lunchtime, and there were quite a few guests at the hotel.
The lobby was almost full, and the private rooms were all occupied.
The hotel's lobby manager recognized Liu Yifeng and hurried to greet him. "Mr. Liu, please come in!"
"Do you have any tables available?" Liu Yifeng asked as he walked in.
The lobby manager nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, but the available seats are in the lobby. All the private rooms are full. Would you like to wait, or dine in the lobby?"
Liu Yifeng wasn't that fussy. "Let's eat in the lobby!"
"Okay, please follow me!" The lobby manager led the way.
As Liu Yifeng walked towards their seats, he specifically looked at the dishes on the guests' tables.
Almost all of them contained vegetables he had grown, and they were also the cleanest dishes consumed.
Seeing this, he felt reassured.
His vegetables had been introduced to hotels for such a long time and were still so popular, so much so that these wealthy people never got tired of eating them.
That meant his vegetables would have no trouble selling.
Soon, the lobby manager stopped at an empty table. "Please be seated, everyone. I'll get the menu!"
"Order whatever you'd like to eat!" Liu Yifeng took the menu and handed it to Lu Fei and Qiangzi.
The two looked at the menu and couldn't help but swallow as they saw that each vegetable dish cost 98 yuan.
If they hadn't known that these vegetables were supplied by Liu Yifeng, they would have complained to the regulatory bureau about the unreasonable pricing.
However, for the wealthy, as long as the food was delicious, they didn't care about the price.
Although Lu Fei had initially said he wanted to treat Liu Yifeng to a lavish meal, he didn't order the most expensive dishes when it came to ordering.
He only ordered a few home-style dishes, and Qiangzi agreed with him.
Seeing that they hadn't ordered any signature meat dishes, Liu Yifeng generously ordered two and then a bottle of beverage.
Those who had to work in the afternoon and those who had to drive were not suitable for drinking alcohol.
"Please wait a moment, the dishes will be served shortly." The lobby manager took the written menu to the kitchen.
Lu Fei looked at the many people eating in this five-star hotel and couldn't help but say, "How much money does this hotel make in a day? The owner of this hotel must be rich."
"What, do you want to open a five-star hotel too?" Liu Yifeng asked with a smile.
Lu Fei shook his head repeatedly, "No way. You can't just open a five-star hotel with money; you need connections.
If I opened one, I'd just be waiting to lose money!"
"You can't say that. Hotels rely on reputation. As long as your service is good and the food tastes great, why would you worry about not having customers?"
"Well, I'm not opening one. Putting aside that selling myself wouldn't be enough money, even if I had the money, I wouldn't use it to open a hotel."
"Then if you had money, what would you do?" Lu Fei asked curiously.
Lu Fei immediately said, "Real estate, of course. I'm telling you, real estate will definitely become the main dragon vein of the future economy. Don't be fooled by the current cheap housing prices.
With the country's development, more and more people will move to cities and settle down.
Then, houses will become hot commodities. It's still not too late to get into real estate now.
Once housing prices go up later and people can't afford to buy houses, then this industry won't have much future," Lu Fei said very quietly, for fear of being overheard.