The next day, the sun was high in the sky, and Fang Bai was still sleeping in.
It wasn't until he caught a whiff of a fragrant scent and sniffed twice that he wondered why there was a fragrance.
He opened his eyes and saw Qin Shuyu, dressed in a wide-skirted dress, leaning over him, smiling at him.
"Sleepyhead, time to get up! It's almost nine-thirty, and you didn't even notice when I came in."
Fang Bai wrapped his arm around her slender waist, closed his eyes, and sniffed her fair neck, saying, "Mmm, you smell good."
Qin Shuyu didn't resist; she let him hold her, then snuggled down slightly, resting her head on his chest.
Since their relationship became public, she would directly tell her Fang Bai's parents when she wanted to visit Fang Bai, no longer needing to hide anything.
"Why did you wake up so late?"
"I was reading until the early hours of the morning last night."
"Oh, that dedicated? The college entrance exam is over, you know." Qin Shuyu misunderstood him; no wonder Fang Bai was so good at his studies.
"I was reading professional books."
Upon hearing this, Qin Shuyu saw many professional materials, twenty or thirty books, piled on Fang Bai's desk.
Thinking of this, she placed her hands on Fang Bai's temples and slowly massaged him, moving from his temples to his eyes.
Looking at the squinting Fang Bai, a smile played on his lips, and she pecked him on the cheek: "Hehe, this is your reward."
Fang Bai's smile widened; Qin Shuyu had learned to take the initiative to kiss him.
He couldn't help but wrap his arms around her firm, full buttocks, holding her even tighter.
Mmm, so comfortable.
Suddenly, footsteps echoed in the corridor, and Fang Bai glanced over to see his mother standing at the doorway, clearing her throat before closing the door for him.
Qin Shuyu, who had been buried in Fang Bai's embrace, immediately tried to roll over, but Fang Bai held her tightly, making it impossible.
"She's gone!"
"Ah, who was that?" Qin Shuyu felt extremely embarrassed, her face instantly flushed, as she had thought Fang Bai's parents were both working at the mall.
Downstairs, only Wang Dakai and Li Xiaolong were sitting by the door chatting, even discussing combat techniques from the army when they had nothing else to do.
"It's my mom, what's there to be afraid of?"
"Fang Bai, I can't face your mom now."
"My mom's been through it all; it's fine."
The two of them lingered for about ten minutes before Fang Bai finally got up to rinse his mouth and brush his teeth, then ate some snacks.
Qin Shuyu saw that his desk was a bit messy and helped him clean and tidy it up.
After breakfast, Fang Bai took Qin Shuyu for a stroll around the mall, with Wang Dakai and Li Xiaolong following behind them like shadows, protecting them.
The mall's financial management was handled by Liu Fengqing, and Fang Bai had taught his mother some management methods; now an experienced accountant was assisting her.
The old accountant had not undergone systematic training, so Fang Bai would also verify things himself when he had time.
"Shuyu, you stay here and learn from my mom and the accountant. I'm going to check on the construction site." Fang Bai told Qin Shuyu to stay in the office and interact more with his mother.
Qin Shuyu became fully immersed in her work, being extremely meticulous with data management; one meant one, with no room for error, and she reconciled accounts very carefully.
The mindset taught by teachers from prestigious universities was indeed different, reflecting the professional attitude of an accountant.
That morning, Qin Shuyu saw Fang Bai studying professional knowledge so diligently, and she decided to work hard to pass the domestic and international certified public accountant exams, and in the future, the CFA. She hoped to be able to help Fang Bai, rather than just be a pretty face.
Fang Bai didn't expect that his all-night reading and subsequent lie-in would change Qin Shuyu's attitude towards studying so much.
In fact, Fang Bai's entire family, including his father-in-law, all had new personal goals, striving to improve themselves, not wanting to be a burden to Fang Bai.
Fang Bai arrived at the construction site and saw that the first phase of the mall was about to begin pouring the third-floor slab, estimating that the main structure could be completed in two months.
He and Li Xiaolong took helmets from the temporary construction site office, changed their shoes, and entered the site for inspection.
Currently, Xinghai Construction Company has over one hundred employees, with Shi Linping as the technical director, and three project managers: Lu Dahai, Song Ji, and Li Fugui.
Lin Ping, in his forties, was a project manager at Zhongjian Company, recruited by Fang Bai with a high salary; he currently holds no shares, but Fang Bai will grant him some shares if his future contributions are significant.
Song Ji and Li Fugui both brought their teams and capital investment, and their individual capabilities are very strong.
Currently, the workers at Xinghai Construction Company do not specialize in one task; they are multi-skilled, and after finishing brickwork, they will also do tiling in the future.
Bricklayers in this era were like that; some workers could also do carpentry.
Fang Bai instructed the three project managers to each select one or two experienced workers to specialize in carpentry, and all other workers would eventually specialize in one job, preparing them mentally for professional development.
The company's equipment was relatively outdated; Fang Bai's initial investment of 850,000 yuan was simply not enough (the capital was 1 million yuan, with an additional 150,000 yuan invested by the three contractors).
Xinghai Construction Company's independent core finance department invested after receiving advance construction payments from Xinghai Electrical Appliances Company, purchasing a large amount of auxiliary construction equipment.
Besides their basic salaries, the three project managers did not receive any dividends in the first year; all profits were reinvested to expand the scale.
After completing the first phase of the mall, Xinghai Construction Company would begin constructing residential buildings, preparing to develop and sell its first residential building to accumulate development experience and simultaneously activate the funds in Fang Bai's hands.
Fang Bai walked up to the third floor, and the workers respectfully greeted him, saying, "Hello, CEO Fang."
"Mmm, keep up the good work, and be careful!"
Fang Bai walked a round and found many cigarette butts on the site, so he instructed the three contractors.
"Old Lu, from now on, no more smoking on site. Look at how many cigarette butts are littered everywhere, even thrown into the rebar cages. You need to manage your subordinates well. If they want to smoke, they must go to the designated smoking area.
Think about it yourselves: there are so many dry wooden boards, oxygen-acetylene cylinders, paint, and other flammable materials on site. Once a fire starts, how great will the losses be? And it could easily lead to casualties.
I am now not only the Party B but also the Party A . If I saw such chaotic site management, if it were you, you wouldn't feel confident entrusting the project to someone else either."
Lu Dahai gave a bitter smile: "CEO Fang, some workers have heavy smoking habits. If they're not allowed to smoke, it might kill them." He himself smoked and was an old chain smoker; many of the cigarette butts on site were his.
Fang Bai said sternly: "Firstly, you must lead by example and explain the reasons to them properly.
It's not that smoking is forbidden altogether, but you must designate a safe smoking area. After smoking, throw the cigarette butts into an iron bucket filled with water, instead of scattering them everywhere as you do now.
No smoking in construction zones is not made up. With so many flammable materials on site, do you even need to think? If a fire breaks out, it's not just my money that burns, but yours too.
This rule must be enforced. Many international construction companies can do it, so why can't we? Do you still want to take on large projects in the future?
If we can't even manage our own construction unit well, the headquarters won't give projects to our own construction company.
Some things can be managed loosely, but others must be managed strictly."
"Okay, I will strictly enforce it and implement it diligently." Lu Dahai agreed; this company had his shares, after all.
"This system needs to be implemented gradually, allowing everyone to adapt and not resist. Otherwise, if the medicine is too strong, good medicine can become poison."
"Mmm, understood."
After Fang Bai finished discussing site safety with him, he asked about the construction equipment:
"Old Lu, do we not have concrete pump equipment?"
"What pump, CEO Fang? I don't understand." Lu Dahai sounded a bit confused. "Are you talking about pumps for pumping water, or what kind of pump?"