After breakfast the next day, Li Long had not been at the Purchasing Station long before Meng Hai arrived.
Li Long led Meng Hai into the reception room. Liang Shuangcheng poured him some hot tea, then went off to attend to his own work.
"I went to the Transportation Bureau yesterday," Meng Hai said. "I asked Deputy Bureau Director Guan about the situation, then went to inspect the place he told me about. We can take this job. We can do it."
"What exactly does it involve? I mean that road," Li Long asked.
"Six kilometers of existing asphalt road. We need to repair the damaged surface and potholes. The Transportation Bureau has budgeted ten thousand yuan for it."
"Have you had someone work out the costs? Is there a profit in it?" Li Long asked. "We can't take on work at a loss."
"We have," Meng Hai said with a smile. "We have someone at the company who understands this stuff, and the Transportation Bureau's budget is clearly laid out to begin with. The ten thousand includes labor costs. It's just that the labor rate they used is relatively high, so it's certainly acceptable to us."
Li Long nodded, then asked:
"Then roughly how long will the job take? How much will everyone get when it's done?"
"They've allowed half a month, starting the day after tomorrow. I did some rough calculations. Once we're finished, each of our workers can receive fifty to eighty yuan in wages, and the company should still have about a thousand yuan left over."
Perhaps afraid Li Long would think the profit was too small, Meng Hai added:
"The main thing is that this is our first time doing this, so we'll probably waste some asphalt mixture. I think once we've done it a