Only after being reborn did I realize how fascinating the world of the rich is.

A few days later, Li Xiaofeng finally received a call from Jiang Xueying: "Come pick me up!"

"Yes, sir."

Soon, Li Xiaofeng drove his BMW to the girls' dormitory at Shanghai University. Amidst the envious gazes of the girls, he gentlemanly opened the passenger door for Jiang Xueying and then drove away.

After arriving at Jiang Xueying's villa, Li Xiaofeng went to the trunk and took out the bird's nest and deer antler that he had prepared beforehand.

Jiang Xueying asked in surprise, "You brought something else?"

Li Xiaofeng replied with a smile, "When you visit someone's home, you can't go empty-handed. I just didn't know what Uncle Jiang liked, so I bought some tonics as a small token of my appreciation!"

However, when the two entered the room together, they found that Cao Jinpeng was also there.

"What are you doing here?" Cao Jinpeng and Jiang Xueying asked in unison.

Jiang Xueying was referring to Cao Jinpeng, while Cao Jinpeng was referring to Li Xiaofeng.

Jiang Xueying didn't understand what was going on and said angrily, "This is my home, why can't I be here? On the contrary, what are you doing here?"

President Jiang scolded Jiang Xueying with a hint of reproach, "Xueying, how can you talk like that? Dapeng finally has time to come to our house, how can you be so rude!"

"Who wants him to come to my house!"

"You two grew up together since you were little. When you were kids, you would always pester him to play with you. Last year you were always talking about Dapeng, so why are you ignoring him this year?"

"Tch!" Jiang Xueying turned her head away in a huff, refusing to say anything.

President Jiang turned to Cao Jinpeng and asked, "What's wrong? Did you and Xueying have a fight?"

Cao Jinpeng chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe, we had a little argument. I tried to coax him a few times, but it didn't work. I'll try again when we get back!"

President Jiang turned to Jiang Xueying again and said in a serious tone, "Xueying, a girl should just be a little coquettish. Don't have so many bad tempers. How will you get married in the future if you keep this up!"

"Hmph, I won't marry anyone in the future!"

"Alright, alright, stop throwing a tantrum. You young people should have a good talk. What kind of big problem can't be resolved?"

After saying that, President Jiang walked into his study on his own.

At this moment, Cao Jinpeng completely ignored Jiang Xueying, and instead frowned and growled at Li Xiaofeng in a low voice, "Third brother, what do you mean? What are you doing here?"

Li Xiaofeng said innocently, "I'm here to sign the contract. Xueying has already talked to my family and said that they'll allocate the interior and exterior wall painting project for their Jinlanwan Phase I project to me separately!"

"You're trying to steal my business? I was here first, you know!"

Jiang Xueying, who was standing to the side, seemed to have figured something out. She shoved Cao Jinpeng and stood in front of Li Xiaofeng, saying, "What do you mean by stealing your business? I already discussed this with my dad a few days ago!"

Li Xiaofeng quickly tried to smooth things over: "It's alright, it's all the same, it's all the same. As long as we get the construction site, that's all that matters. We're all on the same side, so let's not hurt our relationship!"

"Who says he's one of us? I was the one who made that agreement first!"

At this moment, General Manager Jiang came out of the study, holding a contract in his hand.

He seemed to have heard the two arguing and said with a smile, "Xueying, what's with all this 'yours' and 'mine'? You and Jinpeng don't need to distinguish between 'yours' and 'mine'! Alright, alright, this bill is for both of you, okay?"

As he spoke, President Jiang looked at Li Xiaofeng.

Mr. Jiang is a shrewd person; he knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Whoever's order is in it gets a kickback, so his intention was to show Li Xiaofeng that both of them were involved.

Li Xiaofeng spread his hands and smiled at President Jiang, saying, "President Jiang, I've said it before: we're all on the same side. Harmony brings wealth, so of course everyone gets a share. No one can earn all the money in the world!"

General Manager Jiang smiled slightly: "Hehe, young man, you have a bright future!"

As he spoke, he handed the contract to Li Xiaofeng.

Hearing her father and Li Xiaofeng say this, Jiang Xueying glared at Cao Jinpeng resentfully, while Cao Jinpeng hid behind President Jiang and made a face at her with a smug look.

Li Xiaofeng took the contract from General Manager Jiang and a surge of excitement welled up inside him.

Working directly with the client is just awesome.

Previously, Lu Zhendong's price for exterior wall textured silk latex paint was 40 yuan per square meter, while General Manager Jiang's price was 60 yuan per square meter.

Previously, Lu Zhendong's price for matte finish interior wall coating was 15 yuan per square meter, while General Manager Jiang's price was 20 yuan per square meter.

What pleased Li Xiaofeng even more was that the exterior wall coating construction area of ​​the first phase of Jinlan Bay was 3 square meters, and the interior wall coating construction area was 15 square meters. The total project cost for both the exterior and interior wall coatings was 480 million yuan.

Li Xiaofeng roughly estimated that, based on a cost price of 18 yuan per square meter for the exterior walls, the gross profit would be 126 million yuan, while based on a cost price of 8 yuan per square meter for the interior walls, the gross profit would be 180 million yuan.

Although Jiang Xueying said she didn't want a commission, Li Xiaofeng still prepared her commission.

She may not need it, but you can't be unprepared.

In addition, for construction sites that are taken over directly from the client, there is no need to give the engineering department or project manager too many benefits; just treat them to a meal later.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng's total expenses were 20% of the total project cost, which is 96 yuan.

In other words, the net profit from this construction project would be around 200 million.

Mr. Jiang smiled and said to Li Xiaofeng, "Young man, you're quite capable. You managed to persuade both my daughter and my future son-in-law to speak well of you!"

"Dad, what are you saying? What do you mean by your future son-in-law? I don't want someone like him!" Jiang Xueying pouted.

President Jiang seemed to be implying something, making his stance clear to Li Xiaofeng: he would only accept Cao Jinpeng as his son-in-law and not anyone else.

But Li Xiaofeng only wants to make money right now and has no intention of taking things further with Jiang Xueying. Could it be that Jiang Xueying misunderstood him because he came back with her?

So Li Xiaofeng smiled and explained, "My roommate and I are good brothers. I know Xueying because of my roommate!"

"Is everything alright? If not, let's sign the contract. This construction site might not be able to start for a while. As for the specific construction arrangements, I'll have someone coordinate with you!"

Mr. Jiang chuckled and continued to say to Li Xiaofeng, "I don't have any other requests. Since you have such a good relationship with the two of them, please keep an eye on them for me and mediate between them. Everything will be easier to handle if you do that."

"Definitely, definitely. I share a dorm with our leader, so I'll definitely talk to her and Xueying about anything that comes up!"

"That's good!" General Manager Jiang patted Li Xiaofeng on the shoulder and said meaningfully, "Young man, work hard. As long as you don't go astray, you'll have a bright future!"