My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 520: A Good Plan

"Okay," Zhu Yali nodded.

After Zhu Yali left, Lu Youxi contacted Lawyer Sheng to inquire about the contract issue with Boss Qiu’s construction team.

Thanks to the confidence her grandfather had given her.

Although the investment her grandfather gave her was fixed, it also ensured that Lu Youxi didn’t have to worry about delaying certain construction periods.

So Boss Qiu claimed he would halt construction, thinking that Lu Youxi would definitely hurt over the stoppage and that she wouldn’t look for a new construction team.

Because the time wasted in between was also a huge loss for Lu Youxi.

However, none of these were actual problems for Lu Youxi.

Lu Youxi had no intention of giving Boss Qiu a price increase; she didn’t want to indulge such bad habits.

A contract had been signed, so it should be honored.

She didn’t care how chaotic the unwritten rules of the current industry market were, or even that such a breach could occur.

It seemed to Boss Qiu that this wasn’t a big deal.

But Lu Youxi had no intention of letting him get away with it.

Otherwise, they would just go to court.

Now Lu Youxi was starting to feel like a rich person who didn’t have to worry about money.

Having such confidence felt incredibly liberating.

She could face these business challenges without fear.

After she explained the situation to Lawyer Sheng, she also provided him with a recording.

It was a recording of her conversation with Boss Qiu at the construction site, where she confirmed whether he intended to raise the price.

In the recording, Boss Qiu’s response was clear: if Lu Youxi didn’t agree to the price increase, his construction team would not start work.

So now the full responsibility lay with Boss Qiu.

It was Boss Qiu who breached the contract first, and Lu Youxi was completely entitled to terminate it.

Thus, Lu Youxi left the matter in the hands of Lawyer Sheng.

"I think Boss Qiu is being unreasonable; it would be best if you brought more people with you, having security or bodyguards would be ideal," Lu Youxi cautioned.

"Don’t worry, we’ve seen it all in our line of work, faced dangerous situations numerous times; we’ll be careful," Lawyer Sheng said with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, Lawyer Sheng called his student to handle the termination of Lu Youxi’s contract.

They didn’t immediately go to the construction site, but delayed for a few days.

During those few days, Boss Qiu really hadn’t made his construction team work.

Lawyer Sheng instructed his student to collect evidence every day.

After three days, they went to the construction site with the students.

On the construction site, work had stopped, and the workers gathered in small groups.

Some were inside metal housing, some were outside, eating peanuts and drinking Erguotou.

"When will we be able to start work again?"

"Who knows? I can’t feel at ease without earning money every day."

Someone lowered their voice and said, "Boss Qiu keeps saying that Lu Youxi loses more. But how much she loses has nothing to do with me; I just know I’m down three days’ wages."

"Yeah, we get paid by the month. With the New Year, there was already not much work to start with. Now we’ve come back after the New Year, and the work has stopped entirely. The month’s end is near, are we supposed to live on air this month?"

"Anyway, when I went home for the New Year, I left all the money I earned there. I was hoping that after coming back to work, I’d make money again. Even though we wouldn’t work a full month, I thought food and drink would surely be no problem. But to think, not a day’s work has been done."

Inside Boss Qiu’s metal house, the same three workers from before were sitting with Boss Qiu.

Having heard from Youshu Real Estate’s financial department about Boss Qiu’s profits, even the three who usually fawned over him felt a bit uncomfortable.

In these past few days, they hadn’t been as servile to Boss Qiu as before.

Still not wanting to show too stark a contrast, they occasionally flattered Boss Qiu, but not with the same enthusiasm as before.

It was impossible for their weather-beaten and rough faces to completely hide a hint of insincerity.

Boss Qiu, seeing all this, felt an itching hatred toward Lu Youxi in his heart.

It was her finance person’s indiscreet talk that had diminished his prestige among the workers.

Boss Qiu even suspected that Lu Youxi had spoken with the financial department beforehand, intentionally causing this to happen.

"Brother Qiu," the bald man took a sip of Erguotou and called out, "It’s been three days, hasn’t Lu Youxi shown any reaction?"

"What’s the rush?" Brother Qiu was nervous himself but tried to appear confident and certain, "It’s only been three days. I’m not just raising the price by ten or twenty yuan; a month’s increase of fifty thousand yuan requires consideration."

The gaunt and shrewd man thought it over and felt there was some logic to it, so he asked, "Then Brother Qiu, has she contacted you to negotiate the price?"

Brother Qiu: "..."

Brother Qiu forced a relaxed laugh, "Where does she have the time to negotiate with me right now? She must be busy with her company’s finance, calculating costs."

"I’m adamant about this money, and I won’t give her any room to negotiate," Brother Qiu said stubbornly, "I made my stance clear to her, I’m not negotiating. So she knows it’s useless to argue about the price with me, why waste each other’s time?"

"With that time, she might as well carefully calculate the finances," Boss Qiu said.

The short man blinked and smirked sycophantically, "Brother Qiu, if our construction team makes an extra fifty thousand yuan a month, can our wages be...?"

Brother Qiu knew he needed to keep a few of his lackeys on side to maintain order among the workers.

He couldn’t let everyone revolt.

So Boss Qiu said, "Even if you didn’t mention it, I was planning to raise your wages."

"For now, it will only be the three of you, the rest will remain unchanged," Boss Qiu continued, "Look at the next project, and if the overall income increases significantly, then I’ll consider a raise for the others, but it definitely won’t be as much as yours."

Seeing the evident joy on their faces, Boss Qiu added, "You three obviously can’t have the same relationship with me as the others."

"You’ve always thought of me when you had anything good, and now that wages are going up, it’s certain I’ll set you apart from the others."

Boss Qiu’s calculations were popping and resonating loudly in his head.

It would make these three feel special, knowing their efforts had paid off.

Reserving the higher wages just for them, compared to raising everyone’s wages, it was clear which was more economical.

It kept his henchmen happy and saved him money.

Boss Qiu’s plans were very shrewd indeed.

Sure enough, hearing Boss Qiu say this, all three were ecstatic.

They felt rewarded for their efforts and also felt superior because their wages were higher than the others.

This special treatment made them far happier than a general wage increase would.

Why should they, who always spent money on Boss Qiu, let others who hadn’t paid get the same benefits when it came time to reap the rewards?