novelraw Chapter 122 : Final Exams, Construction Site Begins Work
Chapter 122 : Final Exams, Construction Site Begins Work
Chapter 122: Final Exams, Construction Site Begins Work
Seeing Chen Fan encourage her to continue, Ding Dian sneered.
"What's there to say? It's just about adding some activities suitable for women."
After saying that, he pointed at the dilapidated buildings across the street.
"Those buildings over there can be renovated and turned into a sports center."
"When I was in Europe, I saw similar sports facilities. You can open a few gyms, yoga studios... Basically, anything that can attract and retain female customers."
Chen Fan smiled.
"Wouldn't that mean the design fees will increase again?"
Ding Dian didn't show the slightest embarrassment, and instead wrote a few numbers on the paper.
Finally, he showed them to Chen Fan.
"If you need design drawings for those two buildings across the street as well, my design fee needs to be increased by another ten thousand on top of the previous amount."
Chen Fan stared at him and smiled.
"Do you know that with this price, I could hire a real famous designer from a first-tier city?"
Ding Dian remained calm and explained slowly.
"Whether you hire someone else is up to you. I'm just stating my price, and I won't lower my standards for money because I believe my skill level is worth this price."
Originally thinking these words would anger Chen Fan, unexpectedly Chen Fan smiled instead.
"How about this, I'll add three thousand on top of your price."
"But I have a condition, which is that you not only provide the design drawings, but also supervise the workers during the renovation from start to finish until it's completely renovated and passes inspection."
Ding Dian raised her eyebrows: "You want me to supervise the renovation?"
Chen Fan shrugged, "You drew the design drawings, so no one should understand how to renovate it better than you."
Ding Dian thought for two seconds, then nodded at Chen Fan.
"Deal."
Ding Dian quickly demonstrated her professionalism to Chen Fan.
In less than three days, she designed all the drawings Chen Fan had requested.
Chen Fan was very satisfied, and the two officially signed a contract to begin their collaboration.
The day after signing the contract, Ding Dian brought in a construction crew, and they quickly moved onto the site.
Originally, Chen Fan had wanted to discuss the choice of renovation company with her, but then he saw that she had directly called in the workers.
In the end, Chen Fan didn't bring up the matter again.
After all, the saying goes: "Don't doubt those you employ, and don't employ those you doubt."
Initially, Chen Fan gave Ding Dian 300,000 yuan to purchase various materials.
For the first few days, Chen Fan was able to visit the site daily to check on the progress.
But later on, Chen Fan couldn't go anymore.
Because the final exams were coming up soon.
Even if Chen Fan didn't care about his university studies, he still had to go back and prepare for the exams.
After all, if he failed all his courses, Chen Fan estimated that his father back home would probably break his legs and kick him out of the house.
In the last few days, there was no time left to review.
Chen Fan could only find Han Xu's class notes to copy, then went to the school print shop to print them out.
As for the rest, it was up to the heavens.
On Friday, the first day of final exams, four courses were tested.
On Saturday, three courses were tested.
After seven courses were examined, all the students were exhausted, groaning in pain.
Luo Wenjie lamented miserably, "It's over, I'm definitely going to fail this time."
"Serves you right!" Ma Xiaoshuai laughed mockingly. "Who told you to skip classes all the time?"
Luo Wenjie glared at him, "You're also scolding old Chen with that remark."
"Old Chen skipped even more classes than me."
Chen Fan sneered, "Don't drag me into this, I think I did okay on the exams."
"Really? For real?" Luo Wenjie glared at him. "I was thinking of re-taking the exams with you after the new year!"
Wu Di ran over at this time and asked with a smile, "Guys, when are you planning to leave?"
"Why don't we have another drinking session tonight?"
"I booked the train tickets for tomorrow," Luo Wenjie raised his hand first. "I don't care, I have time anytime."
Chen Fan pushed the exam supplies into Ma Xiaoshuai's embrace.
"Help me take these back to the dorm later."
Then he explained to Wu Di, "Let's get together again after the new year, I really have something to do today."
"I'll head out first."
Seeing Chen Fan leaving in a hurry, Wu Di couldn't help but comment.
"Why do I feel like this kid is busier than the principal every day?"
Luo Wenjie laughed, "The principal isn't as busy as him."
As soon as Chen Fan left the school gate, he hailed a taxi and headed straight to the western city.
In the car, he received a call from his good buddy Guo Shuai.
On the phone, Guo Shuai said it was his girlfriend's performance tomorrow and asked Chen Fan if he wanted to watch it live.
Chen Fan couldn't help but ask, "Have you guys finished your exams? Aren't you going home tomorrow?"
"I can't go home tomorrow, I plan to go back the day after," Guo Shuai smiled and asked, "Are you coming or not? If not, you can just go home alone first."
Chen Fan was still mindful of Guo Shuai accidentally crippling someone in his previous life, so he decisively nodded.
"I'll go. Didn't I say so before?"
"I want to see what kind of beauty has bewitched you completely."
"Hehe, my Ling Ling is no worse than your Su Ruochu."
"Bullshit!"
Chen Fan didn't mince words, "My Ruochu is number one in the world."
Guo Shuai laughed wryly, "Okay, okay, you're awesome, I won't argue with you. Tomorrow, just go to the Workers' Sports Stadium, we'll meet up there."
"Bye."
After hanging up, Chen Fan arrived at the amusement park.
Compared to last week, this amusement park had undergone significant changes.
Ding Dian employed three renovation teams simultaneously and divided the entire area into several zones for concurrent construction.
Fortunately, this kind of offline shooting game experience hall didn't have high requirements for site renovation.
In fact, the more rundown some areas were, the better.
For example, the desert and warehouse maps were basically just bare concrete walls and a mess of haphazardly piled buildings.
There was no aesthetic appeal whatsoever.
Wearing jeans and sneakers, Ding Dian donned a hard hat and was explaining something to the workers.
Upon spotting Chen Fan's arrival, Ding Dian immediately left the workers and walked over.
"This is the first time I've seen such a large project, yet the boss doesn't even show his face and has disappeared for several days."
Ding Dian looked at Chen Fan, somewhat speechless.
"For such a massive project, you didn't even come to take a look, just letting an outsider like me supervise it."
"Aren't you afraid I'll run off with the money?"
Chen Fan smiled, "I trust you."
Ding Dian shook her head, "I beg you, please don't trust me like that, okay?"
Chen Fan chuckled and immediately changed the subject.
"I see the renovation is progressing quite quickly."
"According to your calculations, how much longer do you think it will take to finish?"
Ding Dian looked towards the distant construction site and said,
"In a few more days, the workers will take their new year's holiday, so the site will have to stop."
"Work can only resume after the new year when they return."
"There's no difficulty in building these outdoor game areas, so the speed will be fast. It'll probably take a little over a month to finish."
Ding Dian pointed at the two abandoned buildings across the street.
"What have you decided? Do you want to open gyms in those two buildings over there?"