Chapter 104 Insurance and Contracts

Inside the work zone office building, Liu Xiaohai, with a cigarette in his mouth and newly retrieved documents in hand, said, "It's all settled. Baolong Company will handle the insurance uniformly. Since our association isn't the only one taking on jobs, everyone else will need insurance too, and it's easier to do it together. We don't need too many types of insurance, just one will do – full accidental injury insurance, with a maximum payout of over nine hundred and eighty thousand. I chatted with Manager Zhang just now, and he said that it's actually not easy to get insurance for these temporary miners because it's a special type of work, and the insurance company's review process is strict, but they'll use their connections."

Su Tiannan nodded, "Baolong Company is paying for this?"

"Normally, the association should be responsible for insurance issues, because you guys are managing the workers, but I fought for it, and they agreed. Big companies aren't short of that bit of money," Liu Xiaohai replied with a smile.

"Thank you, Hai-ge. You've really helped us a lot," Su Tiannan said politely.

"Oh, we're all brothers at the bottom, helping each other out, making money together," Liu Xiaohai was full of the spirit of the streets. Although he definitely had some capital now, he still interacted with people like a江湖 (jianghu) figure, eager to show his loyalty, and his words were impeccable.

Su Tiannan nodded and asked softly, "What about the miner qualification certificates, how do we apply for those?"

"Here's what we'll do. Tonight, I'll have Baolong Group print out the insurance policies, and then have them list all the materials needed to apply for the miner qualification certificates. Tomorrow morning, they'll send someone to your association to deliver them," Liu Xiaohai said thoughtfully. "You can take a day to collect the information and hand it over, and then we'll handle the applications uniformly."

"Okay, that's no problem then." Su Tiannan nodded in agreement, seeing nothing wrong with what he said.

"Brother, if there are no problems, let's sign the letter of intent first, and tomorrow they'll give you the deposit. At the latest, you'll have to send workers to the site by Friday," Liu Xiaohai said with a smile. "The work here is urgent, we need to catch up on the schedule. The workers will also need to clean up the dormitories, so we'll do both at the same time."

"When the workers arrive, we'll sign a formal employment contract?" Su Tiannan asked.

"Correct!" Liu Xiaohai nodded. "As soon as they enter the gate, we'll sign the formal contract."

"Okay, let's sign then." Su Tiannan had stayed here all day, clarified all the details, and then decisively picked up the letter of intent and signed it in the name of the union.

During the signing process, Su Tiannan noticed that he wasn't signing the letter of intent directly with Baolong Group, but with a third-party company called Honggang Finance.

"Ge, this is your company, right?" Su Tiannan asked carefully.

"Yes!" Liu Xiaohai didn't hide it. "Just think of it as an intermediary, haha. Once you sign, I can get a referral fee from Baolong Group."

Liu Xiaohai was quite honest. He was running around doing this, and he definitely couldn't work for nothing. Whether it was the job resources or the worker resources, they were all his own, so it was understandable that he would earn some benefits in both directions.

In this way, after careful communication, Su Tiannan signed the letter of intent on behalf of the union, and then Manager Zhang came over with his people and signed it in the name of Baolong Company.

Everything was settled, the two sides shook hands, and even took a group photo.

...

An hour later.

Su Tianbei stood next to the car and asked Liu Xiaohai, "Ge, you really don't want to come back to the city with us for a drink?"

"Some other time," Liu Xiaohai waved his hand. "I still have two small companies to deal with. When I'm done with this, Ge will treat you."

"Okay, then you get busy, we'll get together again later."

"We're all family, don't be polite, brother! Go on, it's getting late," Liu Xiaohai replied with a smile.

"Alright, we're leaving."

Everyone got into the car and left the work zone together.

In the car, Kong Zhenghui yawned and commented, "Liu Xiaohai is quite the smooth operator."

"That's for sure, he's an old hand in society after all," Su Tianbei replied softly. "But this guy is pretty decent. He became sworn brothers with six people on Tufang Street, and he's brought them all up. Everyone has some money in their hands."

"Yeah." Kong Zhenghui nodded and didn't say anything more.

Late at night, the group rushed back to The Dragon City, first sending the workers who had gone to scout out the site home, and then returning to Yu Family Manor to rest.

After a day of running around, everyone was exhausted, and almost all of them fell asleep as soon as they hit the bed.

...

The next morning, a little after nine o'clock.

Kong Zhenghui had just gotten out of bed and picked up his phone to take a look when he saw that Baolong Company's deposit had actually been transferred.

One million as an initial payment!

Kong Zhenghui grinned, immediately got out of bed and went downstairs, shouting to Yu Mingyuan in the hall, "President Yu, the money from Baolong Company has arrived."

"So fast?" Yu Mingyuan was a little surprised.

"Yeah, one million, just arrived." Kong Zhenghui walked to the sofa and sat down, poured a glass of water and said, "Big companies are really different, they're quick to pay."

"They are a key enterprise in the city, after all," Yu Mingyuan said with a smile. "Alright, this job was well done. Find some time later to make an appointment with Liu Xiaohai to thank him. He really helped us a lot, otherwise so many workers wouldn't have any work, and it would be quite difficult for them to just sit around doing nothing."

"Okay, I'll find him when things are stable," Su Tianbei also came downstairs.

Yu Mingyuan looked down at his watch, got up and said, "The Old Triangle side is also starting to release mass-produced goods. Liu Zi called me yesterday and said that although the official operation will have to wait a few more months, we're handling such a large volume for the first time, so we still need to pay attention to the goods. We'll have to send someone over later to take a look at the sample goods."

"Okay, I'll handle that with you later. Tiannan and Tianbei can be responsible for the mining side."

"Good!"

Ever since the group came back from the Old Triangle, it seemed that their bad luck had been used up, and good things had been happening frequently recently, and all the industry lines were moving forward in an orderly manner.

Before, the people in this house were so idle they were bored to death. They were either drinking or sitting around bragging, but now they barely saw each other during the day.

After the group discussed the division of labor, they each left home to work on the association's affairs.

...

District One.

Gou Liuzi was also happy. He originally thought that An Qiqi's mother, even if she wasn't too difficult, would probably find it hard to acknowledge the relationship between the two of them. But he didn't expect this future mother-in-law to be so open-minded, and there wasn't any tragic drama of a love affair being broken up.

After meeting with An's family yesterday, An Qiqi also got a few days off, and the group simply packed up their things in the morning and went to the beach for vacation.

...

The Dragon City, Dockworkers Association Headquarters.

Gu Baishun, who had been missing for a long time, came to the new president Zhang Ming's office, nodding and bowing as he said, "Uncle Zhang, I have something I want to ask you...!"