The takeaway is gone, compensate me quickly!
If one watermelon weighs 10 catties, then a 22-ton truck can hold over 4,000 of them.
Binjiang Centennial has less than 1,800 households in total. If each household gets two, there would still be hundreds of watermelons left, which would be a welfare benefit for the Property Manager and other staff.
Perhaps in a fruit supermarket in the Imperial Capital, watermelons cost 6 or 7 yuan per catty, making one watermelon over 60 yuan.
But if it's in a watermelon producing area, it might only be a few mao per catty.
Even with shipping costs, the price would still be much lower than the retail price in the Imperial Capital.
Xu Jiafei was both speechless and relieved at this moment, her emotions truly complex.
She was speechless because Xu Ning was once again trying to find ways to give benefits to the owners.
At this rate, the property management company would definitely lose money.
But she was relieved that Xu Ning, this young master, actually knew how to save money.
If it were before, he would probably have directly purchased them in bulk from a fruit wholesale market in the Imperial Capital. How would he have thought of going to the watermelon's place of origin to pick up the goods?
The matter was settled, and Xu Jiafei began to figure out how to contact the watermelon producing area.
Fortunately, she had a classmate whose Hometown was there. Through her classmate, she quickly made contact and confirmed the arrangements.
A truckload of 22 tons of watermelons, at six mao per catty, cost 26,000 yuan for the melon farmers.
The driver was paid 10,000 yuan for the trip, meaning a total of 36,000 yuan was spent.
If this were purchased in the Imperial Capital, it would probably cost over 100,000 yuan!
At this time, some owners had already arrived at the property management office and indeed saw Xu Ning, just as in the pictures in the group chat, wearing a delivery rider's yellow vest.
"Xiao Xu, what is this...?"
"Why aren't you being a proper Property Manager and instead started delivering food?"
"Xiao Xu, don't hide it from us. Is the property management fund tight?"
"If so, then don't give us extra benefits anymore. Your service is already very good."
"Our conscientious property management company must not leave!"
Looking at the somewhat agitated owners, Xu Ning looked at the yellow vest he was wearing and suddenly realized.
So the owners thought the property management wasn't making money, which is why he was delivering food?
He couldn't help but feel a little touched. Who said property management and owners were naturally enemies?
No, he treated the owners sincerely, and the owners also treated him sincerely!
This scene was almost moving enough to be featured on 'Moving China', wasn't it?
Of course, he still had to reassure them to prevent them from overthinking things and affecting owner satisfaction.
"Everyone, you've misunderstood!"
"The property management is operating very well, and I am still the Property Manager."
"However, you can definitely see that the property management here doesn't make money."
"I also need to explore other channels for making money, so I want to try food delivery. Perhaps in the future, I might even run a food delivery platform."
Hearing Xu Ning's explanation, the owners were not so anxious anymore.
While they didn't necessarily understand, at least Xu Ning didn't seem to be lying.
"Haha, I knew Xiao Xu wouldn't abandon us!"
"Then go for it, Xiao Xu! If you happen to deliver food to me, I guarantee I'll give you a good review!"
"Food delivery is so boring, just go into catering directly!"
"Leaving everything else aside, if you open a restaurant outside the Residential Complex, I guarantee that just the owners alone will fill the restaurant every day!"
Listening to the owners' chatter, Xu Ning couldn't help but let a slight smile curl at the corners of his mouth.
Don't mention it, he actually did have a restaurant. He hadn't been there for a while and had almost forgotten he had a restaurant.
Hmm, it's not too far from here anyway.
He'd have the butler send out a notice later: Residential Complex owners dining at Lis Private Kitchen would get a 20% discount.
And just then, Xu Ning received a phone call.
"Hello, where did you deliver your food?"
As soon as the call connected, an impatient male voice came from the other end.
Food delivery?
He didn't have any orders right now; all the previous ones had already been delivered.
What was going on?
"Who are you...?" Xu Ning asked calmly.
"Didn't I tell you to put it on the fire hydrant earlier? Where's the food? Did you eat it?" The other party's tone grew increasingly impatient, even carrying a stern accusation.
Fire hydrant?
Xu Ning immediately remembered the last order he delivered that night, the rice noodles. The customer had indeed asked him to put it on the fire hydrant.
"I put it on the fire hydrant!"
"I even took a picture and sent it to the temporary group chat. You can take a look."
"Is the food missing now?"
"Do you want to ask your family or neighbors if they saw the food?"
Address the problem, but the other party's aggressive attitude made Xu Ning very unhappy, so his tone also became a bit impatient.
"I saw your picture!"
"But what's the use of that picture?"
"You could have easily taken the picture and then taken the food away!"
"I also sent a picture in the group, taken when I just got back, and there was no food on it at all!"
"I've seen your tricks many times!"
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and pay me back. It's 34 in total."
Listening to the other party's certainty that he had taken the food, Xu Ning couldn't help but frown.
"Wait for me, I'll check the picture!"
Ignoring whatever the other party was still complaining about, Xu Ning opened the rider's app for the food delivery platform and clicked into the temporary group chat that was still active.
There was indeed a picture posted by the customer, taken from roughly the same angle as Xu Ning's picture, facing the fire hydrant.
And indeed, there was no food on it.
But at this moment, an inadvertent discovery made Xu Ning's gaze focus and his pupils contract.
Zooming in on the photo, it became even clearer!
A smirk involuntarily appeared on his lips, the mockery very obvious.
The protective casing of the fire hydrant was reflective.
When the customer took the picture, his reflection was perfectly visible on the fire hydrant, and it was captured in the photo.
The reflection showed him holding a phone in one hand and a bag in the other.
And that bag was precisely the rice noodle delivery he had made.
He couldn't even commit a bad deed properly; he was utterly stupid.
Closing the rider's app, Xu Ning put the phone back to his ear.
"What are you doing?"
"Stop dilly-dallying and pay me back quickly!"
"Otherwise, be careful, I'll complain about you and make sure you can never deliver food again!"
The other party's attitude remained aggressive, as if he had Xu Ning, the "vulnerable" rider, completely cornered.
Xu Ning couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
"Next time you try such a little trick, please don't expose your flaws!"
"Also, delivery riders have it very tough. Don't you feel any guilt for trying to swindle a delivery rider out of money?"
"Alright, no more talking. You'd better watch yourself!"
He couldn't be bothered to say more to such a person. After speaking, he directly hung up the phone.
While most of the world is filled with sunshine, there is also darkness.
To save the cost of a meal, he abandoned his basic human decency. Such a person was both pathetic and sad.
He should be burning incense that Xu Ning wasn't going to bother with him!
Otherwise, if Xu Ning let Lawyer Liu handle it, that guy would definitely not get off lightly!