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Chapter 79 Meeting Confirms New Headquarters Plan
Jiang Miaolan looked at Lin Chuan: "How is it?"
Hearing this, Lin Chuan nodded in satisfaction and said decisively, "Okay, sign them all."
Lin Chuan chatted with them for a few minutes, then got up and returned to his study to finalize the overall plan for the DeepBlue Technology Super Headquarters Complex.
A short while later, Jiang Miaolan brought six copies of the contract and handed them to Song Wanqing and Zhong Chu.
The women took the contract, read it over, and signed it after confirming that there were no problems.
Jiang Miaolan put away the contract: "Go and choose one of the vacant rooms yourselves, and while you're at it, bring your luggage over. Today is your first day on the job."
The women nodded in agreement. Jiang Miaolan led them upstairs for a tour, and then let them choose their own rooms.
The villa has a total of 15 bedrooms. Originally, it housed Lin Chuan, Jiang Miaolan, and Shen Yuxin. With the addition of Zhong Chu, there were a total of six people, making a total of nine. The rooms were definitely more than enough.
After choosing their rooms, all six of them left the villa to bring their luggage and personal belongings.
That afternoon, everyone was settled in.
When it was time for dinner, Zhong Chu, Wen Yining, and others brought a sumptuous meal to the table and set out the tableware. The food looked delicious and smelled wonderful.
A short while later, Lin Chuan came downstairs.
Everyone was dining at the same table. Zhong Chu and Song Wanqing were quite reserved, feeling a little awkward dining with their employer for the first time.
However, this is not a big problem. As time goes by, people will become more familiar with each other and won't be so reserved.
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The following day, DeepBlue Technology.
Lin Chuan came to the company today and summoned the management team to the conference room.
The company's core team mainly consisted of the initial 15-person team. When Lin Chuan mentioned the plan to build a new headquarters, everyone was stunned.
Zhang Wei looked at Lin Chuan in astonishment: "What? Did I hear that right? Building a new headquarters with 2 employees?"
Everyone else present, except for Jiang Miaolan who already knew the truth, was taken aback.
Cheng Siyuan said, "Boss, isn't this a bit too ambitious? Our company only has about 500 employees in total right now, this..."
Si Mingche nodded and continued, "It was indeed a bit too radical."
Clearly, the founding team members present were worried that Lin Chuan's aggressive strategy might backfire and cause the company to collapse.
Lin Chuan looked around at everyone and said calmly, "Deep Blue Technology has entered a period of rapid development, and it is necessary to plan ahead. Moreover, the company is involved in top-secret military business. In this industrial park, there are many other companies, so the risk of leakage is not low."
Zhang Wei hesitated, then said, "But..."
Lin Chuan interrupted him directly, making a decision: "My mind is made up, it's settled then. It won't fall apart, so just go for it. I won't do anything I'm not confident about."
Seeing this, the others stopped objecting.
After Lin Chuan overcame all objections and finalized the matter, he began to arrange the work.
He turned to Jiang Miaolan: "The budget for the new headquarters is 80 billion."
These words stunned everyone present once again.
Guo Taoren, who was present at the meeting, quickly said, "This is crazy. Tencent's first office building headquarters, built in 2009, was in Shenzhen, a first-tier city, and the budget was only about 18 billion yuan."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan calmly replied, "The building at Tencent can only accommodate 1 people. I need at least 2. And who said we'd only build one building? In addition to the headquarters, there will be R&D facilities, manufacturing facilities, and employee housing. We won't build dormitories; we'll plan it like a residential community."
Zhang Wei immediately retorted, "Does it really need a budget of 80 billion? Xin'an isn't like Shenzhen, where construction costs are low. If we throw so much money into it, how luxurious would it have to be?"
At this moment, Lin Chuan got up and went to the map of Xin'an City hanging on the wall of the conference room.
He circled a spot in the east of the city with his pen, then returned to his seat, pointed to the circled area on the map, and said, "Because I plan to build the company's new headquarters there."
Everyone present looked over.
Immediately afterwards, everyone was stunned again, dumbfounded.
"The boss must be crazy to build the headquarters in such a remote location..." Zhang Wei turned to look at everyone, and the others nodded in bewilderment.
Clearly, no one understood Lin Chuan's decision.
They couldn't understand, and Lin Chuan couldn't explain it to them either.
If you tell them now that DeepBlue Technology will grow to a size with millions of employees, nobody will believe you.
The matter of the Hyperdimensional Technology Library and the Reborn Ones cannot be revealed to them.
Fortunately, Lin Chuan's word is law at Deep Blue Technology. They may not understand now, but as time goes on and his decisions are proven to be correct, they will choose to believe him even if they don't understand now.
Lin Chuan looked around at everyone and said, "I know this is crazy, but I believe that Deep Blue Technology will grow to a scale that we never dared to imagine in the future, so we have to plan ahead."
The others present looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
I really can't understand where the big boss's confidence comes from. I wanted to persuade him, but seeing his determined attitude, I knew it would be useless to try.
No wonder they need an 80 billion budget.
In such a remote location, with no infrastructure whatsoever, not even a decent road, it would be difficult to complete without such a large budget.
After a moment, Zhang Wei shrugged and said, "Alright, you're the boss, so you call the shots. Let's do it."
Lin Chuan smiled and then said, "Once the city approves the land, we'll start the bidding process for the project."
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three days later.
Lin Chuan personally met with the city leaders of Xin'an, naturally for the purpose of acquiring the land.
DeepBlue Technology is now a key high-tech enterprise in Xin'an, and the city leaders attach great importance to it. As early as after the Zhou family incident, they kept DeepBlue Technology and Lin Chuan in mind.
People within the system are more perceptive to these matters and know that Lin Chuan is no ordinary person.
When the city leaders learned that Lin Chuan was going to spend tens of billions of yuan to build a new headquarters on a wasteland in the far east of the city, they wondered if they had misheard.
After confirming several times that Lin Chuan was not joking, she even offered him some words of advice.
The city government clearly prefers that he acquire a plot of land in the city to build the headquarters. For a company like DeepBlue Technology, which offers high salaries and has a promising future, building the new headquarters in the city would drive up the value of surrounding land.
However, Lin Chuan insisted on choosing a wasteland in the east of the city, and the city government couldn't do anything about it.
We certainly can't refuse to approve it, nor can we force it. After all, it's highly likely that Lin Chuan has connections in the imperial family, so it's not advisable to cause any unpleasantness.
Another issue is that if DeepBlue Technology is not granted this land, it could cause the company to relocate to other cities.
This is definitely a major taxpayer in the future. If they really go to another city, they'll be in deep trouble.
Ultimately, the city approved a plot of land for DeepBlue Technology in the eastern part of the city, and Lin Chuan requested 7500 mu (approximately 433 hectares).
Because the location is so remote, the land price is very cheap, around 8.26 yuan per mu. For such a large area of 7500 mu, the land acquisition cost is only 6.2 million yuan.
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