132: No equal distribution? Is there still law? Is there still law?

Lu Shenwei raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Regarding the price issue, it might differ somewhat from what everyone is imagining."

"Prices like ten thousand or eight or nine thousand are higher than the cost price, which seriously does not fit the actual situation of our Julong Steel workers."

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd below instantly exploded.

"No way? Selling price below 8000? I'd be willing to buy even a shell house."

"Since Director Lu has said so, shall I make a bold guess of 7000?"

"Can't you tell from Director Lu's expression? It must be below 6000!"

Lu Shenwei smiled and said: "6000 is still too high; our Finance Officer has calculated that the construction cost is at most 5000!"

"Holy crap! Selling price below 5000? Director Lu! You are a living Buddha!"

"I'm going to replace the shrine at home with Director Lu. A new house selling for under 5000? Good heavens! Even dilapidated houses don't cost that much."

"He's truly something, I'm crying."

"I want to raise funds to build a living shrine for Director Lu!"

A living shrine?

Lu Shenwei's mouth twitched. Seeing that the atmosphere had been built up enough, he said: "A flat price of 998 per square meter!"

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"What?!!"

"998? Director Lu, are you selling Chinese cabbage?"

"Holy sh*t! Long live Director Lu! 998 is great!"

"Isn't 998 basically giving it away? Can the quality of the house be guaranteed?"

"Rest assured, everyone, the 998 per square meter units are all fully furnished. We are launching three types of layouts at once: 108-square-meter 'Comfort Homes', 138-square-meter 'Cozy Homes', and 158-square-meter 'Four-Generation Homes'. None of the layouts have shared floor areas, and we support installment payments. Of course, if you really don't have the money, you can borrow from Director Ma."

"Hurray! Long live Director Lu!"

"Director Lu is awesome!"

"Director Lu, I love you!!!"

Looking at the frenzied crowd, Lu Shenwei whispered: "Everyone, work hard. As long as our factory can eat meat, I will absolutely not let you all just drink soup."

"The subsequent housing allocation work will be presided over by Director Ma. Rest assured, as long as you have joined the steel plant, regardless of whether you have passed the probation period, you are eligible to participate."

"Waaah, I'm crying to death. Director Lu really treats us graduates like human beings."

"The most correct decision of my life was to give up on taking the civil service exam and join Julong Steel."

"Don't even brag about that. The difficulty of getting into our factory now is no less than passing the exam for a civil servant directly under the capital city."

After the meeting ended, someone, who knows who, posted the meeting segment online, instantly causing an uproar.

[Is Julong Steel serious? Selling houses at 998? This is going to piss off the real estate developers in Qinchuan.]

[Julong Steel is doing internal benefits, what does it have to do with real estate companies? Besides, Director Lu is selling these houses at a loss.]

[998! I'm crying, damn it, I missed getting into Julong Steel by 2 points last year.]

[A 2-point gap is huge. Do you know how many people 1 point represents? Just 1 more point could eliminate over 7000 people!]

[Julong Steel's benefits are still the best. No shared floor area for housing allocation; that's outrageous.]

[Director Lu really doesn't want to make money; awesome!]

[He just doesn't want to earn money from the poor. Look at the pricing of the improved longmao small car, and you should know.]

[Lu Shenwei: Whoever has money, I'll earn from them.]

The day after the welfare housing allocation was announced, the General Managers of Dragon Xia Transport Construction, Dragon Xia Construction, and Dragon Xia Railway Construction all came knocking.

"You negotiate this with them. Discuss all construction projects within the factory area together. We don't need project advances; try to keep construction costs as low as possible."

Lu Shenwei looked at Zhou Cun, who nodded and said: "Understood, Director Lu."

"The old trees in the planned factory area have been pruned. The factory area landscaping should also be done well," Lu Shenwei reminded.

Zhou Cun nodded and was about to leave when Lu Shenwei suddenly called him back: "Tell Director Ma that the director of the Air Force Equipment Center is coming to the factory tomorrow morning. Prepare a good meal to host them."

The director of the Air Force Equipment Center?

"Understood, I will arrange it immediately."

Zhou Cun acknowledged and went to discuss it with Ma Quanlin.

Meanwhile, at the Air Force Equipment Center, Xu Lei and his entourage took a private plane straight to Julong Steel.

The next morning, Lu Shenwei was waiting alone at the entrance.

Xu Lei said half-jokingly: "Where is your factory director? Why did they send a mere worker like you to receive me?"

"The factory director is waiting for you in the conference room. Plus, you and I are familiar with each other, right?" Lu Shenwei responded with a joke as well.

"You kid, let's go. Let me take a look at your factory area before we go to the conference room."

Along the way, Lu Shenwei meticulously introduced the industrial development layout of Julong Steel to Xu Lei and the others.

"I knew your steel plant's name sounded familiar. So it was also sanctioned by the Eagle Sauce Defense Department."

"Indeed, sanctioned seven times already. I take it as a roll-call commendation."

"You've got a good attitude, young man. I wonder if your factory director and chairman think the same way."

"They definitely think so. Our factory director is very open-minded."

The workers met along the way kept nodding and greeting Lu Shenwei. Xu Lei asked in confusion: "The workers' quality is so high now?"

"The minimum educational qualification for our steel plant workers is a bachelor's degree. Those who didn't graduate from 985 or 211 universities can't get in," Lu Shenwei said proudly.

Xu Lei nodded and said: "With a large talent reserve, the enterprise's development potential can be great."

"You're right. In the future, we plan to re-divide the factory area, transitioning from traditional manufacturing to aerospace..."

"Alright, alright, you've finished bragging. What will your factory director have to say later?"

Xu Lei chuckled. Lu Shenwei, noncommittal, led everyone to the conference room.

Julong Steel conference room.

Ma Quanlin stepped forward quickly and shook hands firmly with Xu Lei: "Thank you for the trouble of traveling from afar."

"Director Ma, you're too polite. Has Director Lu told you about the steel plant's situation?" Xu Lei asked, tilting his head.

Director Lu? Which Director Lu?

Xu Lei was completely confused. He only heard Lu Shenwei say: "Everything has been introduced. Let's talk about the main business directly."

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Director Lu? Little Engineer Lu? He is Director Lu!!!

His mind felt like it was struck by thunder; Xu Lei stood there in a daze.

"You are Director Lu?"

Lu Shenwei nodded with a smile: "Director Lu or Little Engineer Lu, aren't they both contributing to the country? There's not much difference."

Xu Lei was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. To think he had boasted in front of Director Lu, telling him to work hard to serve the country.

"Why didn't you say so when we first met, you kid?"

"I hadn't had a chance to say it yet before you called me Comrade Little Lu, didn't you?"

He called me comrade, eh? Could I refute that? Isn't that the highest honor?

"Ahem, that is true."

Xu Lei felt a sense of loss, always feeling that he had been played by Lu Shenwei.

"We have already expanded three 'Liuguang' paint production lines, and the monthly output can reach 2000 barrels. Do you think that is enough?" Lu Shenwei asked.

Xu Lei pondered: "The higher-ups have decided to prioritize supply to the Air Force and Navy. If the monthly output is 2000 barrels, it will take at least two years to finish painting all the equipment."

"Not enough? Then how about this: we expand another production line, increase the monthly output to 2600 barrels, and donate the paint formula so that our Air Force military enterprises can handle the production themselves," Lu Shenwei said casually.

"What do you mean? You are willing to donate such valuable technology to the state for free?" Xu Lei asked in astonishment.