Free Web NovelChapter 105: Chapter 105 Private Secretary
Wang Hao wandered around the market for the entire morning and came away with quite a haul.
After leaving, he returned to the shop Zhou Mazi had provided for him and found that renovations had already begun.
Xia Xue was bustling about inside, and she was cheerful, after all, the renovation was free, so she could do whatever she wanted with the place.
"Not bad on the renovation!"
Wang Hao walked into the shop, nodding with satisfaction.
"Of course! The boss’s wife has a real eye for this, choosing only the best materials. Would she agree to anything less than perfect? This renovation will probably cost over a hundred thousand."
The renovating worker stopped his work and said to Wang Hao with a laugh.
"The boss’s wife sure has good taste, and the boss is so handsome and wealthy too. You two are quite the talented and beautiful pair!"
After chatting, just as Xia Xue walked in, the renovating worker said to her with a grin.
"Oh, yes, the boss’s wife is good not only at picking materials but also at picking people."
Wang Hao finished speaking and snickered inwardly. He had said that intentionally for Xia Xue to hear.
"Who said I’m the boss’s wife?"
Xia Xue shyly rolled her eyes at Wang Hao and then said.
"He’s the boss here, and I’m his employee beneath him. Don’t be misled by his nonsense."
"Ha ha, right, she’s my employee, my personal secretary!"
Wang Hao said shamelessly with a smile, and Xia Xue was at a loss with him.
While Xia Xue wanted to explain further, seeing the renovating workers smirking and stifling their laughter, she knew explanations would be futile and quickly left.
"Boss, is she really your personal secretary?"
The lead worker leaned in close to Wang Hao and chuckled mischievously.
"What, can’t she be?"
Wang Hao felt somewhat perplexed.
"Nothing like that, just envious, boss. You’re so fortunate to have such a beautiful secretary by your side, does it give you a boost of energy every day?"
After finishing, the lead worker laughed even more wickedly.
Wang Hao thought these workers were just too naughty, what were they always thinking about in their heads?
Although some of the comments hit close to home, such directness made him feel embarrassed.
Seeing that the workers were quite reliable and worked really hard, Wang Hao decided to hand out a pack of cigarettes to them.
Upon receiving the cigarettes Wang Hao had bought, the worker was taken aback and said in surprise.
"The boss is really generous. The money for this pack of cigarettes could probably cover half a day’s wages for us!"
Wang Hao was taken aback, not realizing how expensive the wages for renovation workers had become.
However, since he wasn’t footing the bill, he didn’t mind and couldn’t be bothered to care too much.
Wang Hao also opened a pack of cigarettes for himself and distributed one to each worker, saying.
"Come on, take a break and have a smoke. I’ve got a favor to ask of you guys!"
Hearing Wang Hao say this, everyone stopped their work, lit up their cigarettes, took a couple of draws, and waited for Wang Hao to speak.
"It’s nothing major, just wondering if you guys could speed things up a bit!"
Wang Hao said, lighting up a cigarette for himself.
"And here I thought it was something serious. This is easy, I’ll call a few more workers over tomorrow, and it’ll be taken care of."
The lead worker smiled and readily agreed.
But then he looked at the cigarette in his hand, puzzled, and asked,
"Boss, you getting us such good cigarettes, there must be more to it, right? When exactly do you want the work to be finished by?"
"Someone might come by the company to take a look tomorrow, so I was hoping you guys could be done by early in the morning."
Wang Hao stated calmly.
"What?"
"Finished by early in the morning?"
"And that’s not a big deal to you?"
All the workers stared wide-eyed at Wang Hao.
The shop spanned two floors, a total of over three hundred square meters, and had been a bare shell before.
Everything had to start from scratch, and even three days would hardly be enough, let alone one.
"Boss, this really puts us in a tight spot. You can afford such good materials, so we know you’re not short on cash, but to expect us to finish three days’ work in a day and a night, isn’t that a bit too much to ask?"
The foreman spoke with a pained expression.
"How about we return the cigarettes to you? We probably really can’t help with this."
"Can you really not finish it?"
Wang Hao asked with skepticism.
Several workers nodded repeatedly.
"What if I raise your wages, triple? How about that?"
Wang Hao continued to ask.
"Triple?"
The foreman seemed puzzled but after thinking it over he continued.
"Since you’re in such a hurry, I’ll call over a couple more crews to work together through the night. We should just about manage to finish."
"Okay, then you handle recruiting the workers. However many you can find, find them. I’ll pay double wages to the workers who show up. How does that sound?"
Wang Hao tentatively inquired.
"No problem, if three crews aren’t enough, I’ll call four, or five. We’ll definitely finish by tomorrow morning."
The foreman promised, slapping his chest confidently.
"Alright, I’ll leave it to you then."
With the foreman’s word, Wang Hao felt much more at ease.
After arranging everything, Wang Hao left the company. He didn’t understand much about renovations, and staying there wouldn’t make much of a difference.
No sooner had he walked far when Qi Shihan called. Wang Hao was still trying to guess what new scheme the little princess had conjured up to trouble him today.
"Big Brother Hao, come quickly to the street where we bought snacks yesterday!"
Qi Shihan’s voice was very urgent, as if something had happened.
"Are you okay? What happened?"
Wang Hao hastily asked.
"I’m fine, just hurry up. It’s the two kids from yesterday; they’re begging again!"
Qi Shihan answered with anxiety. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
"What?"
Wang Hao was shocked. The two children had been forced to beg yesterday.
Now that the youth who had been coercing them had been arrested, who else would be forcing them?
Wang Hao quickly hung up the call and hailed a taxi to rush to the snack street.
Arriving at the snack street, Wang Hao quickly found Qi Shihan and the two children.
Today, the two children weren’t trying to run away; instead, they were following Qi Shihan and eating fried ham sausages at a small stall.
"How come you’re begging again? Who forced you to come out?"
Wang Hao began grilling them as soon as he arrived.
The little girl was about to speak but was stopped by the boy, who didn’t say anything either, simply turning his head towards a small alley behind them.
Looking down the alley, Wang Hao saw two shadowy figures acting suspicious. When they saw Wang Hao looking, they quickly hid from view.
Wang Hao couldn’t help but frown, telling Qi Shihan to watch the kids while he decided to confront those two people himself.
After a while, the two figures peeked out of the alley again. Not seeing Wang Hao, they slowly emerged.
"Gangzi, that guy’s not here anymore. Let’s go scare that girl a bit. Otherwise, she’s going to keep those kids with her all day, and they might not get a single cent."
One of them said, frowning.
"Yeah, damn it, we can’t have her messing up our business. We need something to show when we get back," the one called Gangzi nodded.
As they walked out of the alley, they had barely stepped forward when a sharp pain shot through their arms.
Before they could react, Wang Hao gave a strong pull, and their heads smacked into each other, causing stars to fill their vision.
When they finally came to and turned around, they saw it was Wang Hao holding their shoulders, a wicked smile spread across his face as he stared at the two....
