Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 179 Ye Jinhe's Advice
Li Xu has become a true domineering CEO.

He still has to go to class. However, his attendance is currently much lower than that of his classmates. This is truly a last resort. But given his current achievements, even if he doesn't attend class, the teachers won't reprimand him.

As autumn arrives, the weather at Tsinghua and Peking Universities gradually becomes more and more bleak.

However, the offices of Xuri Zhike in the Tsinghua-Peking University entrepreneurship base were bustling with activity. During this period, the company recruited a considerable number of employees, and its business steadily moved in a more established direction.

In a small corner, Ye Jinhe was intently drafting new company employee management regulations and a brand-new compensation system.

The company's equity structure is becoming increasingly diversified, with investment from state-owned capital and Alibaba also participating in the investment previously.

However, Li Xu employed some strategies at the time to limit Alibaba's investment scope to the smart express locker business.

The next step is to separate smart parcel lockers from the smart campus solution, at which point Alibaba's investment will only be effective in this area. Furthermore, the data from this business is not as sensitive as student data, so there will be no major issues.

The surroundings were somewhat noisy at the moment, as the facilities here were rather poor. Only Li Xu and An Duoduo had private offices; everyone else worked in the large office, using partitioned workstations. Ye Jinhe, who was still an intern, naturally didn't have his own private office either.

Ye Jin has been here for a week now. The current working conditions are much worse than before when she was with Zhang Yi. But strangely, she feels satisfied.

Here, she could genuinely feel the kindness and harmony among everyone. There was no backstabbing or scheming; everyone was purely striving for a common goal. This positive atmosphere quickly infected her, even though she had only been there a few days.

Just then, An Duoduo came over with a plate of fruit and began to distribute it to everyone. When she placed the fruit plate in front of Ye Jinhe, Ye Jinhe smiled slightly and politely declined, saying, "No need." An Duoduo didn't insist and softly said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Just then, Li Xu walked into the office area from outside, still holding the textbook he had used in class.

Liu Yunfei, with his sharp eyes, immediately called out, "Li Xu, you went to class again?"

Li Xu retorted irritably, "I'm a student, isn't attending classes a given?"

Ye Ruida said with a grin, "What Liu Yunfei means is that you're the president now, why are you still going to classes? You should use that time to do more of the important things a president should do."

Li Xu glared at them both, annoyed, and said, "How is going to class not a serious matter?"

Ye Ruida said unhurriedly, "You should come and cheer everyone on more often. That's the proper thing for you as the president to do. For example, I suggest you sing a song for everyone right now, how about that?"

Everyone laughed when he said that, and the whole company was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Ye Jinhe watched this scene, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up. She then quickly immersed herself in the work of drafting the plan.

Li Xu didn't come to the company this time just to chat and kill time. In fact, he doesn't have much work to do that requires him to be at the company all the time. He came specifically to see an important person.

Li Xu walked over to Liu Yunfei's workstation, sat down, and chatted casually with everyone for a while. He glanced at his watch, estimating that the person he was supposed to meet would be arriving soon.

He then said to Xia Xiaohe, "Xiaohe, could you please clean up the meeting room for me?"

Xia Xiaohe nodded in response: "It was cleaned up a long time ago."

Li Xu stood up and said, "Director He will be here soon. I'll go to the school gate to meet him."

After Li Xu left, Ye Jin hesitated for a moment, then quietly asked the employee next to her, "Who is Director He?"

This employee had also been with the company for a short time, though he had joined a little earlier than Ye Jin. He replied, "It's Director He from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. He's here to discuss the company's site selection with Li Xu."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jin's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Is the company planning to build a new office location?"

The other party nodded and said, "The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission is prepared to invest 5000 million yuan to help us build an office building."

5000 million isn't a huge sum, but it's not insignificant either. If you don't consider land costs, that's enough to build a rather impressive office building. But once you factor in land costs…

Ye Jin lowered her head and pondered for a moment. Then she abruptly put down the work she was doing, stood up, and strode towards An Duoduo's office.

……

Director He is a middle-aged man with a somewhat serious demeanor.

He had his hair neatly combed back and wore black-rimmed glasses.

With steady steps, I strolled with Li Xu through the campus of Tsinghua and Peking Universities, heading towards the entrepreneurship base.

Li Xu had chatted with this Director He a few times and had roughly figured out his temperament and character.

Compared to myself, Director He certainly has more resources at his disposal.

However, Director He was very polite when he spoke with him.

In Director He's words, "I'm just using the country's money to bully others, but you're different. You're the one who truly creates value. I greatly admire young people like you who are engaged in real industries. It's good to be involved in real industries, and I hope you can continue to do so in the future and not get involved in industries like finance and real estate that rely on existing assets."

The two had a very rich and varied conversation.

Although Director He did not graduate from Tsinghua or Peking University, he has come here for further studies several times.

Tsinghua and Peking Universities hold numerous training courses here every year, serving government officials from all over the country, as well as managers from some enterprises.

And Director He is already a regular here.

We chatted for quite a while, and finally, just as we were about to arrive at the startup base, we got to the main purpose of our trip.

Director He said, "According to the leadership, when you are promoting the construction of the project, a large amount of funds can be supplemented through bank loans. This way, you won't have to use equity and you can obtain relatively safe cash. As for our investment, if possible, we should try to turn it into assets. So let's build the office building first."

Li Xu had no objection to this.

He lowered his head slightly and asked humbly, "Director He, do you have any suggestions?"

Director He smiled and said, "How complicated can building a house be? However, the construction itself is quite simple; the difficulty lies in site selection. First, we need to determine where the office building will be built, and then we can discuss the details of the construction. Your company is a high-tech enterprise, but it is currently only considered a small and medium-sized enterprise. For companies like yours, the government offers some preferential policies when approving land. We'll discuss this further when we get to your office later."

When Director He arrived, the company was still somewhat noisy.

Li Xu did not intentionally require his colleagues to maintain a serious and formal demeanor in order to welcome Director He.

If you create strange poses just to welcome someone, that's simply formalism.

Li Xu will have many more dealings with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) in the future, and given that SASAC will not interfere in operations, he has no intention of changing the status quo.

The current atmosphere creates value, and there's no need to change the status quo before problems arise; doing so would only tire him out and everyone else. Seeing this, Director He didn't say anything.

He just smiled and said, "Everyone is very motivated."

Li Xu said, "After all, we are a company that needs inspiration, so I think it's very necessary for everyone to maintain a cheerful atmosphere. Director He, this is our meeting room. The conditions are a bit basic, so please forgive us."

Director He laughed heartily: "Although your facilities here may seem a bit basic, your personnel are top-notch. The fact that you won the creative competition shows that the most important thing for a company is not how good its facilities are, but its people and its team. I hope your team can maintain this momentum."

Li Xu took the initiative to open the meeting room door for Director He and invited him in.

Xia Xiaohe served hot tea to Li Xu and Director He; this was not a formality, but a gesture of courtesy.

Director He was naturally prepared; he took out a stack of materials from his bag.

He said, "There are many high-tech industrial parks around the capital, and there are also many development sites within the Fourth Ring Road. Let's take a look at them. We will also try our best to help coordinate where state-owned assets are needed."

Li Xu was pleased. He had to admit that by attaching himself to state-owned assets, he could gain far more advantages than private enterprises in many situations.

Of course, Li Xu was also well aware that the sites that Director He presented were all commercial land that had already been put on the market.

There are also some plots of land that are not publicly available, but at the moment I don't have any information channels and can't find better land for them.

As Li Xu flipped through the documents, Director He patiently explained the prices of the land and the application requirements to him.

Li Xu went through all this information in his mind, then silently weighed the pros and cons.

Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the tea had gotten a little cold.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Ye Jinhe's voice came from outside the conference room: "President Li, may I come in for a moment?"

Li Xu looked at Director He, who smiled and said, "It's alright."

Li Xu nodded before letting Ye Jinhe in.

Ye Jinhe opened the door and walked in somewhat awkwardly, with a slightly unnatural expression on her face.

Li Xu asked, "What is it?"

Ye Jinhe glanced at Director He beside him, his eyes flickering. After a half-second of contemplation, he said, "Director He, President Li, I have a suggestion regarding the site selection."

Li Xu stroked his chin and then looked at Director He beside him.

Director He, with a smile still on his face, calmly asked, "Who are you?"

Ye Jinhe realized her lapse in composure and quickly said, "I am the human resources manager."

Li Xu explained from the side, "Her name is Ye Jinhe, and she was the marketing manager of Tonghuo Technology in the previous entrepreneurship competition."

Director He immediately became interested and asked curiously, "So you switched from Tonghuo Technology to come here... Oh, I remember now, you were the spokesperson for Tonghuo Technology!"

Ye Jinhe looked slightly embarrassed and nodded, saying, "Yes."

Director He asked Ye Jinhe to sit down opposite him before saying, "Then tell me your suggestion."

Ye Jin sat down, collected her thoughts, and then said in a deep voice, "When I was the director of the logistics office at Tonghuo Technology, I drafted a land use application. There is a piece of industrial land in the development zone that is being offered for sale at a low price."

Upon hearing this, Director He immediately smiled and said, "You mean the land in the Science and Technology Ecological Park, right?"

Ye Jinhe nodded and said, "Yes, Director He, it's that piece of land."

Director He paused for a moment, then said, "Although there are many universities nearby and the living facilities are quite complete, making it very suitable for building an office building, the land is designated for industrial use, and using it to build an office building would be illegal."

Ye Jin lowered her head and said in a deep voice, "Yes, I know. However, the policy allows 15% of the approved land use area to be used for the construction of supporting facilities such as office buildings, canteens, or accommodation areas."

After a pause, Ye Jinhe looked at Li Xu and said, "The application requirements for this land are that the company must meet the smart city construction standards issued by our capital city at the beginning of this year. Without a doubt, our company is fully capable of meeting these standards."

Director He didn't speak, but also looked at Li Xu.

Li Xu's eyes flickered slightly as he asked, "Why do you know so much about this?"

Ye Jinhe also made no attempt to hide it: "This piece of land is very suitable for building an office building, and that's what Tonghuo Technology thinks. The location, size, and surrounding facilities and transportation of this land are all more suitable for commercial office buildings. Although it is difficult to change the land use, we can apply for it in this way that skirts the edge."

During this period, Ye Jinhe had carefully reviewed many of the materials from Li Xu's company and had become thoroughly familiar with their specific business operations.

She was well aware that although Li Xu's company did not currently need its own factory, it was entirely feasible to build one.

Because the smart parcel lockers and other sensors in the smart campus solution can all be produced in-house, this part of the production is not technically difficult.

Producing everything in-house requires a large initial investment, but it also allows for further cost reduction.

As smart campus solutions continue to be rolled out, the demand for equipment will increase, and costs will continue to be driven down.

It's fair to say that if you have confidence in the company's future, this investment is absolutely worthwhile.

Compared to applying directly for commercial office land, this land is clearly better in terms of both price and actual demand.

Director He was clearly interested in Ye Jinhe's remarks. After thinking for a moment, he said, "We can discuss this. Li Xu, what do you think?"

Li Xu smiled and said, "I also think we can discuss it."

Director He burst into laughter and said, "Alright, let's discuss it carefully. If your results are similar to ours, I support you in bidding for this land."

Half an hour later, Li Xu and Ye Jinhe saw Director He off.

When he returned, Li Xu looked at Ye Jinhe and suddenly said meaningfully, "Tonghuo Technology was also bidding for this land, right?"

Ye Jinhe revealed a cold smile and said, "Yes, if we decide to bid for this land this time, I hope you can send me to do it."

Li Xu blinked but didn't say anything, finding it somewhat amusing; this girl seemed to hold a grudge quite a bit.

(End of this chapter)