Chapter 207 - Bidding for Decoration Project

Yesterday morning, Ye Fan didn’t go to work, but rather took a black Lenovo laptop and drove to Xianxing Road in Liujiahui.

The location of the martial arts studio he had rented was on the East Xianxing Road in the Qiyang Commercial Building.

He parked in front of a medium to high-end cafe called Suo Yu Cafe on Xianxing Road, then he entered and took a private room.

He ordered a cup of freshly ground Blue Mountain coffee and then took out his laptop, placing it on the table.

After a while, a phone call came in.

Ye Fan immediately picked it up to answer.

“Hello, Mr.

Ye,” a flirtatious female voice with a laugh came from the phone, “I’m from Sunshine Decoration Company.

I’ve already arrived at the Suo Yu Cafe you specified.

May I ask which private room you’re in?”

“Private room number three.

Come over,” said Ye Fan in a flat voice.

It turned out that today was Thursday, and the previous Sunday Ye Fan had arranged for three fairly strong decoration companies to bid for the renovation of the martial arts studio.

Three days had passed, and it was time for these three decoration companies to officially submit their bids.

Without a private office, he had to temporarily open a private room in the cafe to review the decoration plans of the three companies.

Not long after, there came a “knocking” sound at the door.

“Come in,” Ye Fan called out, setting down his half cup of coffee.

The door opened, and the first thing to catch his eye was a woman’s foot in a red pointed high heel and wrapped in black stockings, followed by a pair of long, sexy legs tightly ensconced in black silk.

Further up was a black hip-hugging skirt that stopped a palm’s width short of the knee, and the upper body donned a white ladies’ suit jacket.

This outfit was clearly an OL (Office Lady) suit, and a sexually alluring one at that, due to the low-cut camisole worn beneath the ladies’ business jacket.

The woman maintained an impressive figure and was somewhat pretty, wearing a fitted, sexy OL outfit that had a certain professional woman’s allure.

However, Ye Fan didn’t look much, his eyes passing over the woman, expecting someone else to follow her in, only to discover there was no one else behind her.

The OL-style dressed woman entered the room, gave Ye Fan a flattering smile, then turned and shut the door behind her.

“How come it’s a woman?

The project manager from the other day was clearly a man,” Ye Fan thought to himself, then stood up.

After shutting the door, the OL-suited woman turned back around, still smiling, and walked towards Ye Fan with a sultry voice, “Good morning, Mr.

Ye.”

“Uh-huh, good morning,” Ye Fan nodded slightly.

At this point, the OL-suited woman approached Ye Fan, bent at the waist, and extended her hand indicating a handshake.

“It seems this lady is here to seduce me,” Ye Fan thought to himself, understandingly.

It made sense; the budget for this not so large-scale renovation project was around three million, making it a very nice medium-sized renovation project.

With three decoration companies competing, they all wanted to win the bid.

However, the person responsible for the tender was the boss himself.

The usual back-room deals through wining and dining wouldn’t work, so the only extra edge would be to send a female public relations officer to seduce.

Ye Fan calmly extended his hand and lightly gripped the four fingers of the OL-suited woman, and just as he was about to retract his hand, the OL-suited woman’s other hand reached out, creating a more respectful handshake.

“My name is Xiaoyu, the PR manager and decoration designer for Sunshine Decoration Company.

Please take good care of me, Mr.

Ye,” the OL-suited woman said while holding Ye Fan’s right hand, maintaining a semi-bowing posture facing him.

Although OL-suited woman Xiaoyu intentionally displayed herself to Ye Fan, he didn’t look down, his gaze constantly on Xiaoyu’s face.

Such a commodity might be quite something in the eyes of others, otherwise, she wouldn’t be a company’s PR manager, but any woman by Ye’s side was at least ten times stronger than her; her display of flesh rather made Ye Fan lose his appetite.

“Ha-ha, you don’t need to be too polite,” Ye Fan said with a light smile, “It’s your first time dealing with me, so you don’t know my personality.

I always deal with matters professionally.

As long as your company’s renovation plan satisfies me and the quote is reasonable, I will naturally choose your company.”

Xiaoyu, hearing Ye Fan hinting that she shouldn’t try to seduce him with small tricks, showed a brief embarrassed blush on her face, straightened up her waist, withdrew her hands, and then laughed awkwardly, “Thank you for the guidance, Mr.

Ye.

We have confidence in our company’s capabilities and pricing.”

“Mm,” Ye Fan nodded slightly and turned towards the coffee table, “Let’s sit down and talk.”

Xiao Yu responded and followed him over.

The coffee table was rectangular, and both sides had fixed sofas, so for the detailed understanding of the decoration plan, the two had to sit on the same side.

After sitting down, Xiao Yu took out her white laptop, placed it on the table, and powered it on.

While waiting for the computer to boot, Ye Fan pressed the service bell and then asked Xiao Yu, “What kind of coffee would you like?”

“Just plain water,” Xiao Yu said.

Soon, a waiter knocked and entered; Ye Fan asked for a cup of warm water to be brought over.

Once the laptop booted up, Xiao Yu skillfully opened her computer’s D drive, found an AutoCAD file in a folder, and clicked to open it.

The file was a bit large, and coupled with a laptop, it took nearly a minute to fully open.

With the CAD file open, Xiao Yu manipulated the mouse, scrolling the middle button to enlarge the CAD drawing, then holding the right button to move the operation plane with a black background, and dragged the total assembly drawing of the decoration design to the center.

She then used the mouse to enlarge the overall assembly drawing to fit the entire screen.

Ye Fan looked at the screen full of line markers; despite there being a 3D schematic in the overall assembly drawing frame, it was still overwhelming to look at.

Just as Xiao Yu was about to introduce it, Ye Fan said, “Don’t rush to look at the CAD drawings, let’s take a look at the 3D modeling effects first.”

“Okay,” Xiao Yu replied promptly.

She minimized the CAD window and then found and opened a Pro-E file from the documents.

Because it was an overall assembly drawing, the data was larger, and opening this file took more than two minutes.

“I’m sorry, the data was a bit large and the computer isn’t the best, sorry to keep you waiting,” Xiao Yu apologized.

“It’s fine,” Ye Fan replied indifferently.

The Pro-E overall assembly drawing finally opened, and Xiao Yu adjusted the model to a forty-five-degree angle for Ye Fan to view.

Compared to the CAD drawings, the Pro-E three-dimensional simulation model was much more intuitive; one could immediately see whether the outcome was good or bad.

Then, Xiao Yu operated the mouse, manipulated the three-dimensional simulation model for Ye Fan, and introduced the design ideas and features of their company’s decoration proposal.

Ye Fan watched the simulation model and listened to Xiao Yu’s presentation.

After about five minutes, Xiao Yu finished introducing, and Ye Fan said, “Take a sip of water.

I’ll take a closer look myself for a while.”

“Okay,” Xiao Yu nodded, pushed her laptop in front of Ye Fan, “Can you operate it yourself?”

“Heh, I may not really know Pro-E, but I can manage the basics,” Ye Fan said and started to look at the details of the simulation model, pondering whether such a design proposal met his expectations.

Half an hour later, Ye Fan copied the decoration proposal’s CAD files and the Pro-E files onto his own laptop.

“By six o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the latest, whether we adopt your proposal or not, I’ll give you a clear answer,” Ye Fan said to Xiao Yu as they both stood up and walked away from the coffee table.

“Okay, thank you, Mr.

Ye,” Xiao Yu said respectfully.

She understood that with two other decoration companies bidding, they couldn’t immediately settle on her company.

After Xiao Yu left, it didn’t take long for another decoration company to arrive.

The representative from this decoration company was also a woman.