"President Gao?" Zhang nglong had not heard a voice from the other side for a long ti and couldn't help but ask, "President Gao, we're all graduate students now, so dating at this ti shouldn't count as puppy love, right?"
President Gao was montarily speechless. Back in his hotown, children of their age could already "handle soy sauce" (a Chinese expression for being able to handle adult tasks), was his silence because the two of them were dating? His silence was because this surprise was a bit too big, it was almost turning into a shock.
"No no no, I'm not so traditional old fuddy-duddy, how could I have any objections to you two dating?" President Gao quickly said. Even if he did have objections, he certainly couldn't voice them, could he? If it weren't for Zhang nglong and a girl from their school dating, how could such good fortune fall into the lap of their school?
"That's good to hear. I wonder what the principal's attitude is towards expanding the campus at this ti."
"If the campus could be expanded, that would certainly be a good thing," said the principal. "But the Jiangdong District now is not the Jiangdong District from five or six years ago. At that ti, this area was still considered the suburbs of Jiangnan City, lacking in supporting facilities, and acquiring a piece of land was not difficult. Now, applying is not as easy as before."
When Zhang nglong had started university, the housing prices in Jiangnan City had not skyrocketed yet. The campus across from their school put up banners offering units at 6,999 per square ter, and nobody even glanced at it, while back in Zhang nglong's hotown, houses cost over 10,000 per square ter.
But three years later, after the Asia Summit was held in Jiangnan City, housing prices soared by several folds. The hos that were originally selling for 6,999 now had secondary market prices that exceeded 35,000, and this was just in a relatively poor location of Jiangdong District.
In contrast, the best locations in Zhang nglong's hotown had only increased to just below 20,000.
Now, if the school wanted to apply for land to expand the campus, the budget would be terrifying, and even with money, it wouldn't necessarily be possible to secure it.
Of course, considering Zhang nglong's finances and connections, maybe there really might be a way to do it.
"Principal, I rember there's a planned piece of land near Chaohai Road in the Jiangdong District. I think we can find a way to use that place," suggested the principal.
"Chaohai Road?" Zhang nglong shook his head quickly, "That's five or six kiloters away from here, too far. My aning is to expand on the existing campus!"
"How could that be possible?" said the principal. "Everything around us is either schools or companies, how can we expand? Are we supposed to build underground?"
It's not to say that this isn't a solution, but it seems that Jiangnan City's subway is just below their school, so this is probably not very likely.
"What do you think about that Yanhun Online Ga Company next to our Music College?"
"It's a very good company, it's been listed for five years, has more than 2,000 employees, and should be ranked within the top three in Jiangnan City and top ten nationally for online gaming companies."
"I'm not asking you about how the company is, I'm asking you about that building?"
"Ah? The... the building?" President Gao took a mont to catch on.
"Over twenty floors, quite impressive-looking. I heard they hired a world-renowned designer, and the cost of construction was close to 500 million. It can be considered a landmark corporate building of Jiangdong District already."
"How about using that building as a teaching building for the school?"
"What on earth are you talking about?" President Gao was so startled he slipped into his local dialect.
When you asked
how that company was, you had your sights set on their building already?
Isn't this nonsense? You say you have your sights set on it, but even if you have the money, do you think they will sell it to you? If they sell it to you, what about their work? Even if they need to find office space, there is nowhere to go in the anti.
"As long as President Gao has no objections, then let's proceed this way."
"That... I..." President Gao's mind was of course blooming with joy. A building worth nearly 500 million, and that's the price from five or six years ago, wouldn't it be wonderful to use? But he was the president of a college, and even if there was a huge opportunity to freeload, he absolutely couldn't laugh out loud, unless he really couldn't help himself.
If he said he wanted it, if soone found out, they'd definitely say he has a thick skin.
But if he said he didn't want it, wouldn't such a great opportunity, such a fine building, be wasted?
"Alright, I got it!" Zhang nglong understood as soon as he heard the principal's hesitant tone.
"Hold on, what do you understand?"
"Hehe, Principal Gao, I'll leave the application to you, and I'll handle the rest. Just arrange for the vocal music departnt to stay on this campus, we still have a week, that's enough!"
After finishing, Zhang nglong imdiately hung up the phone.
Principal Gao opened the window of the president's office, looking at the majestic building just across the street, and couldn't help but admire, "Truly wonderful!"
...
"Very well, let's push forward with this project, this year we aim to reach 30 billion in revenue with this ga!"
Lei Jia, the boss of Yanhun, had just completed the final launch work for a ga project. As one of the first generation of gars, Lei Jia had brought his company's market value to nearly 80 billion before turning 40.
Compared to giants like Tengxun, he couldn't quite match up, but he was definitely one of the top players in the industry.
This ga had taken them three years, from developing the ga engine to the final developnt, all independently done. It received an excellent response during the testing phase, and if successful, the company's market value could even have the chance to break through a hundred million!
Overlooking the entire Jiangdong District from this 20-plus-story building, Lei Jia's eyes still sparkled with the sa spirit and ambition as before.
To outsiders, Lei Jia might already seem very successful, but in his own eyes, he was still an entrepreneur. An 80 billion market value, in his view, was far from enough! His dream was to beco Huaxia's second Tengxun!
He had the technology, the team; what he needed most now was funding. With enough capital, his team and the independently developed ga engine could develop even cooler gas and compete with the hottest gas on the market!
But making gas is a very costly endeavor, no, it's burning money! The cost of developing a ga is incredibly high, and even if the ga successfully launches, there's no guarantee players will spend money on it.
His confidence, however, did not move the other shareholders. Those shareholders just hoped the company would grow steadily without investing in so flashy new gas that could potentially waste all their money without any returns, leaving them with losses in the end, right?
Therefore, the project Lei Jia advocated for had not passed the shareholders' eting decision, and he could only carry out projects he didn't like, even though they indeed could make money.
"I am Lei Jia, may I ask who's calling?" Lei Jia casually picked up the phone that had just rung, not even glancing at the unfamiliar caller ID.
"Hello Lei Sir, I'm Zhang nglong, sorry to disturb you at this ti."
"Mr. Zhang?" Lei Jia was startled, "Are you that... um... the Mr. Zhang from the Forbes rankings?"
As an internet entrepreneur, Lei Jia was naturally familiar with the na, and scrolling through social dia was also one of his hobbies.
"Yes, that's ."
"What can I do for you, Mr. Zhang?" Lei Jia was curious; although his company was listed, it really hadn't any comparison to soone like Zhang nglong. In his eyes, perhaps only a handful of people nad Ma and a few others in Huaxia were worthy of association with him.
"Oh, nothing much, just wanted to ask Mr. Lei, about Yanhun Tower–your building. Is it for sale?"
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