I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

"Well, this is a good thing. Without official supervision, the association will be disbanded sooner or later." Chen Xi thought of the situation in his previous life.

"My father wants me to stay in Tuao, what about you?" After finding a restaurant to sit down, Shen Xinyi looked at Chen Xi.

"Haha, my husband has the same idea, but his idea is different from your father's. He doesn't want me to go back and disturb his and his new wife's good life." Chen Xi laughed.

"You haven't told me what you think yet!"

"Me? I want to go back."

Shen Xinyi had asked him this question more than once in his previous life, and Chen Xi gave the same answer in this life.

"Oh, recently a large group from Australia proposed to cooperate with us."

"What cooperation?"

"They think that the government is now cracking down on Asians who take out loans to buy land and build houses, so there must be pressure on funding. Australian construction workers are inefficient and often ask for a pay raise. Why don't they pay the money and we do the work..."

"Haha, every country has businessmen who go against the government. This is a good idea..." Chen Xi laughed and nodded.

"My uncle thinks we can cooperate, what do you think?"

"Sure. Now my other businesses have been affected. I'm thinking about how to contact the powerful local financial groups in Australia. But we have to be careful. These capitalists are not good people. We must be vigilant at all times. Once we are no longer useful, they will ruthlessly kick us away. We must make sure they can't leave us."

"How can we make them leave us?"

"Try to show our Chinese efficiency! Of course, the wages can't be reduced. Australia calculates by the hour, and their calculation is nothing more than to reduce costs. We must strive for workers' wages. We want them to increase the hourly wages of workers and reduce their overall costs, so that both parties can continue to cooperate..."

"Yeah, that makes sense. You're really smart."

"Hehe, I have to have a good relationship with the Australian consortium..." Chen Xi touched his chin and began to plan how to unite these consortiums and make money together.

"Chinese workers are highly efficient, but there is a problem..."

"What's the problem?" Chen Xi raised his eyebrows.

"These people have a lot of construction skills, such as bricklaying and tiling, which are more efficient than local workers. However, as our project volume increases and the houses we build become more and more complex, their shortcomings are exposed. They don't know how to use modern tools, and they don't like to use them.

At present, some technology companies have produced highly efficient construction equipment and even automatic bricklaying vehicles to replace low-level jobs. I think these Chinese workers will be eliminated sooner or later.

This is just like when we were in high school. Chinese students were better at calculating than foreigners when calculators were not available, but if everyone used calculators, they would be inferior to them. In the past, people used brooms to sweep the streets, but now cleaners have already used automatic cleaning machines. I don’t think it will be long in engineering..." Shen Xinyi expressed her concerns.

Although the brick-laying machines she mentioned are not yet popular and the effect is not good. However, the Chinese workers who come to Australia do not know how to use large equipment such as cranes. Even if they knew how to use them in China, some of them do not understand English and cannot verify it. Therefore, the construction of apartments now still requires the participation of foreign workers.

"Well, we can raise the threshold for recruitment in the future. Then again, this is not a bad thing. If you leave those foreigners without food, they will definitely complain to the authorities, and then we will be the ones who suffer. Now that the workers are in power, it is definitely necessary to safeguard the rights and interests of local workers, otherwise no one will support them in the next term." Chen Xi said after hesitating.

"Your thoughts have changed a lot. In the past, you only wanted to invite Chinese people to eat, but now you let foreigners sit at the same table with us to eat. Hehe." Shen Xinyi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Think about it. If this happened in China, it would be like outsiders going to work in a city and getting better benefits than the locals. The locals would definitely make a fuss. You know about taxi drivers. If local taxi drivers find that outsiders are crossing the line to pick up passengers, they will use some extreme methods to punish their competitors, and even hit the other party's car. Even if the person being punished cries out for injustice, he will be considered to have stolen someone else's job and deserves to be punished. This is the industry rule. We currently have no ability to break this rule, so we can only abide by it silently."

"Giggle."

"By the way, where is that guy Li Xin? Why haven't I seen him this semester?" Chen Xi suddenly remembered the man with facial paralysis.

"He went back home for the Chinese New Year. I heard that his family had a cooperation with a large real estate developer, and his father asked him to work in the family company after graduation. He should be back to school this time, but I seldom talk to him. I heard this from my parents..." Shen Xinyi tried her best to distance herself from Li Xin.

"How are your family's projects in China? They're building buildings everywhere now, so you must be making a lot of money."

"Haha, let me show you." Shen Xinyi laughed coquettishly after hearing this, and then began her own performance. She made a phone call gesture with her hand and imitated the man's voice and said, "We are a large Chinese company. If you work with us, you will definitely make more money than those small developers. Just be at ease!"

Then she imitated another person's voice and said, "What about the funding? Is there an advance payment?"

Person A: "Of course you need to advance the money first!"

B: "Well, nowadays, it's all advance payment, which is normal."

Person A: "You still need to pay a deposit. It's not much. One million will be enough."

B: "Okay."

Person A: "Give me a few cents as a commission, just to show my appreciation."

B: "Why do we need an intermediary fee?"

Person A: "You are talking nonsense. If I don't pay you for the commission, why should I do this job for you? It doesn't matter who I work for."

Person B: "Okay then...what if there is an emergency?"

Person A: "None of the situations you mentioned will happen. As long as the progress is fast, that's fine!"

After Shen Xinyi finished speaking, she picked up the seasoning boxes on the table and stacked them together, meaning that the project was completed.

B: "Boss, when will the project payment be settled?"

Person A: "We are still going through the process, why are you in such a hurry?"

B: One month later, "Boss, are you done yet?"

Person A: "It's almost done. All that's left is the leader's signature."

B: Another month... "Boss, are you done?"

Person A: "Oh, the finance department has asked for leave. Please come back next month..."

One month later…

B: "Boss, you can get the money now, right?"

Person A: "We don't have any money in our account, let's wait until the end of the year."

At the end of the year…

B: "Boss, I must get the project payment this time."

Person A: "What the hell are you trying to urge me to do? Do you still want to take on the next project? If you keep making trouble, I will say one word and no one will dare to give you a project in the future..."

Years later...

B: "F*ck, if you don't give me the money, I'll sue you!"

A: "Go ahead and sue me. I'll give you whatever the court decides!" "Hahaha!" After hearing this, Chen Xi held his stomach and laughed.

It was the first time he saw Shen Xinyi so humorous.

"Well, those who are doing the project can't get paid, so the workers under them will naturally suffer as well. They won't go to the client, they will only go to the foreman..." Shen Xinyi spread her hands.

Chen Xi nodded when he heard this. The "Regulations on Guaranteeing the Payment of Wages to Migrant Workers" have not yet been promulgated, which means that the bank currently does not have a special account to pay this money. As long as the foreman cannot get the money, the workers' wages will not be guaranteed.

"A large construction group like yours shouldn't be afraid of not getting the project payment." Chen Xi knew that Shen Xinyi's company was still very powerful in the country.

"Basically, we can get it back, but if a leader embezzles the money, and we can't get it back just once, then our group's capital chain may be in trouble..." Shen Xinyi was very worried.

The performances just now were all what she had seen over the years she had followed her father.

In fact, the biggest difficulty in doing business in China is getting money. If it weren’t so difficult to get money, there probably wouldn’t be so many companies going bankrupt.

One month later…

At the newsstand at the train station, Chen Xi bought a copy of "The Aage".

After Carsales was listed on the ASX main board, the issue price increased from 3.5 Australian dollars to 5.2 Australian dollars...

Looking at the news in the newspaper, Chen Xi raised the corner of his mouth and walked silently towards a Chinese fast food restaurant.

City, Carsales headquarters.

"Haha, I told you, a small Real-Car is nothing to be afraid of!" Norbert clinked glasses with Kim Junsu while holding a glass of champagne.

Both of them were in a good mood. Looking at the thriving company and stock price, as well as the competitor that had been beaten to pieces and there had been no news recently, they felt relieved at this moment.

After eliminating the external threat, the collision between these two people from the East and the West is about to happen again.

"Now the company has been successfully listed, but the business scope remains the same. There is no improvement if we continue like this. It will be difficult to keep the stock price rising. We have to package it again so that investors can see the company's potential." Jin Junsu put down his wine glass and snapped his fingers.

"Well, you are right. Is there any good solution?" Norbert looked at the other party.

"In Korea, we have already created a car platform similar to Carsales. Now we need to announce the cooperation between the two companies, so that the stock price can rise again."

"Good idea." Norbert surprisingly did not object, which made Kim Junsu very satisfied with his attitude.

He now feels that he is the boss and Norbert is just his lackey.

"I think we should add more foreign employees. After all, Korea is still ahead of Australia in IT."

"it is good!"

“We will transfer some more Australian employees to Korea to help improve the platform.”

"it is good!"

"Don't you have anything to say?" Norbert's reaction made Kim Junsu frown.

It's the same feeling as if someone who always argues with you suddenly changes his nature today and starts to flatter you.

"What? I think your idea is good." Norbert smiled.

"Well, don't think that you can be complacent now that we're listed. We must stay vigilant and make the company bigger and stronger!" Jin Junsu thought Norbert was already immersed in a complacent state, so he coughed lightly to remind him.

"Yeah, I see." Norbert nodded, but sneered in his heart.

He was now wondering how this Asian would cry then.

In Ring wood, in front of a villa, Chen Xi rang the doorbell.

Soon, an old lady came out.

"Hello, this is the takeaway you ordered!" Chen Xi handed over the bag.

"Thank you, please come in and sit down." The old lady was about eighty years old and looked very old, but the smile on her face seemed very warm.

Chen Xi did not refuse, but followed the other party into the house.

After entering the house, Chen Xi looked at the furnishings around him. It was still the same as before, and he couldn't help feeling a little nostalgic.

"Come, come, have some coffee. Oh, where are you from?" The old lady brought an exquisite cup, poured a cup of fragrant coffee for Chen Xi, and then poured another cup for herself.

"Chinese."

"The Chinese are nice. I have never been to China, but my daughter and granddaughter have been there. They always tell me how beautiful it is there..." Chen Xi smiled slightly as he listened to the old man's nagging.

This was a customer for whom he delivered food in his previous life. It was also the first place he received a tip, so he had a particularly deep impression of it.

She usually lives alone in the huge house, without any relatives around her, and seems lonely, which reminds him of his grandmother.

In his previous life, he saw that the old woman was a little lonely, so he chatted with her for a long time. As a result, he missed the next takeaway order and was scolded by the manager in the end.

"What do you think of our service?" After listening to the old man's chatter, Chen Xi smiled.

"Very satisfied. No one has ever been willing to listen to me talk so much." The lovely white old lady clapped her hands and took out a fifty-dollar bill and stuffed it into his hand.

"No, I mean how fast is our delivery? It only takes about twenty minutes from the time you order the takeaway to the time it's delivered."

"Uh... I didn't notice. It seems to be faster than others. I remember that when the takeout I ordered was delivered, it was already cold..."

"You'd better eat first, otherwise it will get cold soon." Chen Xi reminded with a smile.

After saying goodbye to the old lady, Chen Xi returned to the car and opened an app called Hungry Dragon for food delivery. He looked at the planned route, then looked at the route displayed on TOMTOM, and then frowned.

"Hello, Lin Yu! Why is the route planning on our software different from TOMTOM's? Theirs shows it only takes fifteen minutes to arrive." Chen Xi picked up the phone and dialed the number.

"Oh, I'm debugging it! I'll look at other people's data and compare it then." Lin Yu on the other end of the phone seemed very busy.

"Hurry up, hurry up, Carsales' stock price has been soaring, we have to overtake them!" Chen Xi shouted and then hung up the phone, because his phone showed that the next takeaway order had arrived.

Based on the principle that the customer is God, he looked at the map and stepped on the accelerator.

"Young people nowadays are really good. They are willing to listen to me nagging for so long." The old lady standing in front of the window couldn't help but smile knowingly as she watched Chen Xi leave. (End of this chapter)