What's wrong with me, a school principal, listening to students' suggestions?

"Principal Lin, you're really rich."

"Want to come and work?"

"Come on! Get someone to come and check out the site tomorrow!"

Lin Yucai hung up the phone and sent a message to Su Qingyan on WeChat.

"Vice Principal Su, come to the school tomorrow morning. We're going to do something big soon."

Su Qingyan replied instantly: "Are we going to have to spend money again?"

"You guessed right, but this time it was definitely worth it."

"Um, when have you ever said it wasn't worth it?"

Lin Yucai smiled, placed his phone face down on the table, and looked up out the window.

On the construction site near the research building, tower cranes are slowly turning, and workers have already started their work.

Add another library.

This summer vacation is destined to be anything but quiet for No. 13 Middle School.

……

The next morning at nine o'clock, Xu Jianfeng arrived with the new foreman, Lao Chen.

The two followed Lin Yucai into the old library and walked around inside.

"Principal Lin, this place isn't something that needs renovation."

Old Chen kicked the broken tiles on the ground and patted the metal bookshelf, causing rusty debris to fall down.

"The load-bearing walls are leaking water, and I estimate that the corrosion rate of the steel reinforcement in the floor slab is over 30%."

"Renovation is pointless; we must tear it down and rebuild."

"I know."

Lin Yucai handed over his phone, and the screen displayed a 2D rendering that he had extracted from the system drawings.

"According to this plan, it will be three stories, with a total area of ​​2,000 square meters."

Xu Jianfeng and Lao Chen leaned over for a look, and both of them gasped at the same time.

"A panoramic glass curtain wall?" Xu Jianfeng pointed to the facade in the drawing. "Principal Lin, this is not cheap. Just the glass and steel structure alone would conservatively cost three or four million."

"Money is not the problem, the construction period is." Lin Yucai put his phone away. "It must be completed in one and a half months, before school starts on September 1st."

Xu Jianfeng's smile froze.

"A month and a half?" he asked repeatedly, confirming. "A 2,000-square-meter frame structure, with a glass curtain wall and complete interior decoration, in one month?"

"right."

"Principal Lin, the normal construction period is at least three months." Xu Jianfeng counted on his fingers, "Five days to demolish the old building, ten days to reinforce the foundation, twenty days for the main frame, fifteen days for the exterior facade installation, and at least twenty days for the interior decoration..."

"We'll work in shifts, since this area is a bit remote, we can handle the night shift," Lin Yucai interrupted him. "We'll have two groups working in shifts, day shift plus night shift."

"That's still not enough..."

"The budget is increased by 40%, and I'll cover the entire rush fee."

"The maximum duration is two months, otherwise it will affect the students' military training and studies."

Xu Jianfeng shut his mouth, turned to look at Lao Chen, and Lao Chen looked at him in return.

Their eyes met, and they both read the same word on each other's faces: damn it.

A 40% rush fee means millions in pure profit.

Who would turn down money?

"Okay." Xu Jianfeng slapped his thigh. "But I need to add more people. I need to bring in at least two more shifts. We need a total of more than sixty people to make it work."

"No problem, you decide how many people to send. I only care about the results."

"In addition..." Xu Jianfeng hesitated for a moment, "The materials for the glass curtain wall have to be sourced from the provincial capital. The custom-made insulated glass will take at least ten days to arrive."

"I'll place the order today." Lin Yucai took out his phone. "Give me the manufacturer's number, I'll call them myself."

Xu Jianfeng pulled a crumpled address book from his pocket, searched for a while, found a number, and gave it to him.

Lin Yucai immediately made the call, negotiated the price in three minutes, confirmed the model and specifications in five minutes, and finalized the expedited production schedule in ten minutes.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Xu Jianfeng.

"The materials will arrive in twelve days. You need to demolish the old building and reinforce the foundation first. Once the materials arrive, you can start installing the frame directly. There can be no interruption even for a day in between."

Xu Jianfeng nodded, "Understood, we'll go in first thing tomorrow morning."

After seeing the construction team off, Lin Yucai returned to his office.

Su Qingyan had already arrived and was sitting on the sofa flipping through the drawings on his desk.

"The library?" She looked up.

"Yes, demolish and rebuild, and strive to complete it before September 1st."

"A month and a half?" Su Qingyan's reaction was exactly the same as Xu Jianfeng's.

"It's a bit rushed," Lin Yucai said, sitting down opposite her. "But we have to get it done before the start of the semester, so the new students can see it on their first day at school."

Su Qingyan remained silent for a moment, then put the blueprints back on the table.

"What's your budget?"

"A total of twelve million, covering demolition, reconstruction, renovation, equipment purchase, and book collection updates."

Su Qingyan's lips twitched slightly when she heard the number, but she didn't say anything.

She's used to it.

This man always has more money than he can spend.

Whether you believe it or not, the money is being poured into the school, and every penny is going towards the students.

"Okay." Su Qingyan stood up. "Is there anything you need me to do?"

"Keep an eye on the new book purchases for me." Lin Yucai pulled a list from the drawer and handed it over. "I've made a general outline; you can review the specific titles."

Su Qingyan took it and glanced at it.

High school textbooks and supplementary materials for all subjects, classic literary works, popular science books, cutting-edge technology books, introductory psychology books, career planning books...

The categories are clear and the quantities are fully labeled.

"Your taste is good." She nodded, "but your scope of cutting-edge technology is too broad. Let me help you refine it."

"Please, Vice Principal Su."

Stop flattering me.

Su Qingyan folded the list and stuffed it into her bag, then stopped at the door.

Oh, by the way, I'll keep an eye on the research building construction site for you tomorrow morning; you can take care of things at the library.

"Okay."

Su Qingyan went out.

Lin Yucai leaned back in his chair, looking at the "Completion Rate 0" message on the system panel, and mentally planned out the pace for the next month.

The research building and library are being constructed simultaneously on two sites.

In addition, the recruitment of teachers is not yet finished.

This summer vacation was more tiring than working.

But he didn't find it annoying at all.

On the contrary, I felt a sense of fulfillment I had never experienced before.

It felt like they were truly doing something meaningful.