I'm back in 1990

Chapter 437: Give Me a Result

Huang Xiaochuan would occasionally visit the two construction sites of Guangda Real Estate in Shanghai, but he couldn't enter the sites without someone leading him. However, he didn't want to disturb Nan Hui, so he could only wander around the perimeter.

However, he still managed to find some problems.

Huang Xiaochuan noticed that many construction workers would come out to eat at noon, which made some small restaurants near the construction site extremely popular.

Huang Xiaochuan changed his clothes and took Zhou Wei and Li Huan to a small restaurant where there were many construction workers. After they sat down, Zhou Wei went to order, while Huang Xiaochuan listened attentively to what the construction workers were saying!

The small restaurant was indeed doing good business. Before long, the owner came over apologetically and asked Huang Xiaochuan and his group, "Gentlemen, we can't fit everyone at the table. I see there are only three people at your table. Could you please add two more people?"

Zhou Wei was about to refuse when Huang Xiaochuan stopped him.

"Sure! Arrange for them to sit here!"

"Thank you so much, young man!" The restaurant owner hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Huang Xiaochuan.

A short while later, the restaurant owner brought over two construction workers in their forties, and they sat down at a table with Huang Xiaochuan.

While the dishes were being served, Huang Xiaochuan chatted with the two of them.

"Masters, why are you all out eating? Isn't there a canteen on the construction site?"

A middle-aged man with a ruddy complexion replied, "There is a canteen."

"Why eat out when there's a cafeteria? Restaurant food isn't cheap, and you'll have to spend a lot on food every month, right?"

"Young man, do you think we want to waste money like this? The cafeteria food has absolutely no meat, how are we supposed to eat? We all do manual labor, we can't survive on just rice! We'll be hungry again soon after eating, how are we supposed to work?"

The person who said this was another middle-aged man with a darker complexion.

Huang Xiaochuan knew that the two were telling the truth. People who do physical labor like this have a big appetite and need to have oil in their stomachs to have the strength, otherwise they really can't carry heavy work. In addition, the dishes need to be heavy on oil and salt.

"Is it because the cafeteria provides food for free that there's no meat?"

Upon hearing Huang Xiaochuan's words, the red-faced man immediately became furious: "Bullshit! You charged us the same amount for food, but all we get is vegetables and tofu. The rice is black; it's obviously old, stale rice from the warehouse, only good for feeding chickens and ducks. It's not fit for human consumption!"

The dark-faced man added, "When radishes are in season, we eat radishes every day; when cabbages are in season, we eat cabbages every day. We don't even use much oil; it's all just clear broth."

As they were talking, the dishes were served.

The dishes were served almost simultaneously, but the order was clearly different. Huang Xiaochuan and his two companions ordered six dishes and a soup, and apart from the soup, all six dishes were meat dishes.

The two middle-aged men only ordered a plate of stir-fried pork liver and a dish of braised tofu with pork cracklings, both of which were the cheapest meat dishes in this small restaurant. They started eating heartily with rice.

Huang Xiaochuan looked at the others and saw that almost everyone was doing the same thing; no one was ordering anything better.

Huang Xiaochuan smiled and pushed his dishes toward the two middle-aged men.

"Gentlemen, we've ordered too much food. Could you please help us eat it all?"

"No, no, no," the two middle-aged men quickly refused.

Without a word, Huang Xiaochuan used his chopsticks to put food into their bowls. Seeing that they couldn't refuse, the two could only say thank you and continue eating heartily, smiling shyly at Huang Xiaochuan and the others as they ate.

After finishing his meal, Huang Xiaochuan said goodbye to the two middle-aged men and left.

At 11 a.m. the next day, Huang Xiaochuan arrived at the construction site of the building under construction on Huaihai Middle Road by car.

He didn't get out of the car; he made a phone call to Nan Hui directly.

"I'm at the construction site entrance on Huaihai Middle Road. Come find me right now, and remember not to let the general contractor know."

Nan Hui was a little confused after hanging up the phone, but she didn't dare to delay at all. She immediately asked her secretary to notify the driver to prepare the car. She hurriedly touched up her makeup, changed into a pair of flat shoes, went downstairs, got in the car, and headed straight for Huaihai Middle Road. The distance from Shanghai Mall to Huaihai Middle Road was not far, so Nan Hui appeared in front of Huang Xiaochuan a dozen minutes later.

Today, Huang Xiaochuan wore an old cotton jacket, which he found at his uncle's house last night. It was Zeng Jiahua's clothes, and Huang Xiaochuan borrowed it to wear for a few days.

Upon seeing Nan Hui, Huang Xiaochuan didn't say much to her, but instructed, "Call the general contractor now and tell him you want to go to the construction site to take a look."

Without the slightest hesitation, Nan Hui immediately took out her phone and called the project manager from the general contractor who was stationed at the construction site.

Less than two minutes later, the construction site gate opened, and a group of people wearing hard hats came out to greet them.

Upon seeing Nan Hui, the leader hurriedly came up to greet her, "President Nan, why are you here at this hour? Why didn't you call beforehand? We could have made some preparations!"

Nan Hui didn't reply, but instead glanced at Huang Xiaochuan to see what he planned to do.

Huang Xiaochuan asked with a smile, "Excuse me, where is the cafeteria?"

The other party mistakenly thought that Nan Hui and her group were going to eat, so they eagerly persuaded them: "How can President Nan eat in the cafeteria when she comes! Come on, let's go to a restaurant. We can't invite her even if we invite her normally, but since she's here today, President Nan must give us face."

Although Nan Hui didn't know what Huang Xiaochuan wanted to do in the cafeteria, she knew he definitely wasn't there just to eat; there must be a reason. So she said to the project manager from the general contractor, "Manager Xie, forget about the food. Take us to the cafeteria first."

The other person paused for a moment, but quickly recovered: "The cafeteria, right? It's over there, please follow me!"

Suddenly a large group of people ran into the cafeteria, startling Xu Fuchun, who was in charge of the cafeteria.

Upon hearing the news, he rushed over to greet them.

It was lunchtime, and apart from the cafeteria staff, there were only three or five people eating in the cafeteria. Huang Xiaochuan walked to the food serving window and glanced inside. Damn it, after just one look, he felt a surge of anger.

The rice was indeed incredibly dark; today we'll only have one dish: braised potatoes.

Huang Xiaochuan turned around and asked, "What's on the menu today?"

Xu Fuchun glanced at Manager Xie and then said, "Braised pork with potatoes."

Huang Xiaochuan went straight into the kitchen and stirred the so-called braised pork with potatoes in a large spoon for a long time, but he couldn't find a single piece of meat. There wasn't even a shred of meat, let alone any.

"Braised pork with potatoes? Where's the pork?"

After saying that, he noticed that there seemed to be a separate restaurant next to the cafeteria, so Huang Xiaochuan headed straight for that restaurant.

When I went inside, wow! A table full of delicious food, but it hadn't been eaten yet. You could tell at a glance that it was specially prepared for the project leaders. This is just too much! There's plenty of meat and fish here, but there's only a plate of potatoes outside.

The key issue is that the contract stipulated that Guangda Real Estate, as the contracting party, provided a separate food subsidy to the general contractor in order to improve the meals for the construction workers. Based on this, the money must have been misappropriated or embezzled.

Huang Xiaochuan bluntly demanded of Xu Fuchun, "Bring me the daily purchasing records."

Xu Fuchun was stunned. He didn't recognize Huang Xiaochuan. He looked at Manager Xie.

If Nan Hui still didn't know what was going on, then all the meals she'd eaten over the years had been for nothing. She frowned and said, "Manager Jie, have the cafeteria manager bring out the purchasing records."

"Xu Fuchun, just take it. Hurry up and get it!" He then winked at Xu Fuchun.

Xu Fuchun understood immediately and ran off, saying he was going to get the ledger.

When the person still hadn't returned after a long time, Huang Xiaochuan was so angry he laughed.

He pointed at Nan Hui: "Tell me how this matter is handled later. I'll give you three days. If you can't give me a result, I will give you one."

After saying that, he left with Mai Guangde, Zhou Wei and others, leaving the general contractor's group looking at each other in disbelief. This young man was too arrogant, daring to speak to the general manager of Guangda Real Estate like that.

Nan Hui's face turned ashen. She stared intently at the project manager from the general contractor for a long time without saying a word. Manager Xie and the others in the project team dared not speak, and the atmosphere instantly plummeted to freezing point.