I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 614: They donated 8000 million, so what's wrong with digging up a few trees? The Danget family's cooperation intentions!

Luzhou to Chunshen is only a little over 100 kilometers away. Huang Boxiang drove for only an hour and a half before getting off the highway and speeding along the wide road in the new city.

Behind the Hongqi L5, a black Mercedes-Benz van was trailing in the distance.

The street scene outside the window gradually became familiar.

Before long, Tongfei Gate came into view.

"Huh? Even Chun Shen has Mixue Ice Cream now? Mr. Huang, could you please stop the car for a moment? I need to get out and buy a lemonade."

After Meng Jie finished speaking, she looked at Chen Yansen and asked, "Should I buy you a cup too?"

"Go ahead," Chen Yansen waved his hand.

Mengjie hummed in agreement, opened the car door, and jogged towards the Mixue Ice Cream shop by the roadside.

The early summer sun shone on her, and the light green skirt fluttered slightly, giving her a touch of liveliness.

Chen Yansen saw this and a smile appeared on his face.

Seven or eight minutes later, Mengjie came back quickly, carrying a red and white milk tea bag.

As soon as she got in the car, Mengjie couldn't help but ask, "Guess who I saw?"

"The cashier and tea maker at the milk tea shop," Chen Yansen replied seriously, taking a glass of iced lemonade.

"..." Meng Jie rolled her eyes and answered herself, "It's Yuan Siyu! She works at Mixue Ice Cream."

"I don't know him," Chen Yansen said deliberately.

To be honest, although he and Yuan Siyu were high school classmates, they didn't exchange more than ten words in the three years they spent together.

"Chen Yansen, you're only twenty-two years old, and your memory is already this bad. She's our high school classmate, and she sits in the fourth row."

Mengjie explained.

"I can't remember, but out of all the girls in my class, you're the only one I remember." Chen Yansen tore open the straw, shoved it in with a 'plop' sound, and took a sip of lemonade.

"I do not believe."

Meng Jie smiled and chuckled.

Old Huang ignored this and drove slowly through the old town of Chun Shen in the summer, crossing the intersection and heading straight for the address of the No. 2 Middle School.

Chen Yansen turned his gaze to the shops along the street.

Back then, he and Wang Zihao walked all over the north and south streets here to conduct market research before deciding to start a business reselling MP3 and MP4 players.

2010 truly marked the last glorious year for MP3 and MP4 players. Since the widespread adoption of smartphones, the sales and prices of these two products plummeted, as if they had taken a laxative.

From being a well-known digital product, it has gradually become a niche product.

After all, the functions of MP3 and MP4 players have been integrated into mobile phones.

This shows that what defeats you is often not your competitors, but rather a newcomer from another industry.

As soon as Chen Yansen's Hongqi L5 appeared in Chun Shen, it was spotted by countless people with ulterior motives.

After learning about this, Tang Lixin considered it briefly and then instructed his secretary to call Meng Yun, wanting to pay a visit to Chen Yansen.

After conducting market research since the Spring Festival, Senlian Capital finally "bought" a 30-square-meter industrial site on an empty lot west of Chun Shen without spending a penny. The site will be used to build Orange Air Conditioner and Orange Electric Fan, which is expected to provide 4000 direct jobs.

It creates more than 2000 indirect jobs.

For example, upstream supply chain suppliers such as copper, steel, and plastic suppliers, as well as sales and technical support personnel from electrical control board, mold manufacturers, and equipment suppliers.

Downstream entities include logistics and transportation companies, warehousing service personnel, etc.

And the staff of commercial facilities such as restaurants, accommodations, retail, and entertainment around the factory.

Even if Chen Yansen just slipped some resources through his fingers, Chun Shen would still have a prosperous New Year.

Therefore, although many people recognized Chen Yansen's car and license plate, no one went up to disturb him.

They knew in their hearts that their own children, or even themselves, might have to work for Boss Chen in the near future. Who would be foolish enough to go up and cause trouble?
Even the traffic police on duty by the roadside only gave a standard salute when they saw the Hongqi L5 drive by.

Everyone knows that the air conditioner and electric fan factory that Senlian Capital invested in in Chun Shen is a major project that can boost the local economy, so Chen Yansen, this god of wealth, naturally has to be taken good care of.

Not long after, the car stopped in front of the large iron gate of Chun Shen No. 2 Middle School.

Because it's a holiday, the gate is currently locked.

Chen Yansen got out of the car and walked with Meng Jie to the gatehouse, where they knocked on the glass window.

The security personnel behind him were about to follow, but when they saw the boss wave his hand, they immediately stopped and returned to the van.

"What do you do?"

The security guard was holding a Qingcheng phone and scrolling through Douyin when he heard the noise outside. He was startled and thought it was a school leader who had nothing better to do than come to inspect the work.

But upon seeing that they were two well-dressed young people, he breathed a sigh of relief, pushed up his reading glasses, and casually asked.

"Grandpa, I am a graduate of No. 2 Middle School and I would like to go back to my alma mater for a visit."

Chen Yansen glanced at the room where the old man was. In the middle of summer, there was no air conditioning, only a Camel brand fan buzzing.

Do you have a graduation photo or diploma? A photo is fine too.

The gatekeeper stared at Chen Yansen, feeling that his face looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. When he heard that Chen Yansen wanted to enter the school, he told him his request.

"Sir, wait a minute, I have it on my phone."

Mengjie took out her phone and started browsing through the photo album.

Chen Yansen stood to the side, his hands in his pockets.

"Here, take a look." Mengjie pulled up a photo and handed it to the old man.

"Alright, go in." The old man pointed to the small door in the room, indicating that the two should go through there, clearly not wanting to open the main door.

nonsense!

It's such a hassle to drive around like this in the middle of summer.

Chen Yansen didn't take it seriously and walked in with Meng Jie. The campus was deserted, almost unchanged from four years ago. The magnolias, pines, and osmanthus trees were growing extremely lushly. To the left was an octagonal pavilion, and to the right was a parking lot.

Several small buildings of varying heights are scattered throughout the area.

The wall was yellowed, and the rainwater had seeped into patches of different shades.

Several cicadas were hiding among the branches and leaves, chirping softly.

Sunlight filters through the dense foliage, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

Meng Jie held Chen Yansen's hand and walked along the familiar path, her tone full of nostalgia: "When I used to have morning reading sessions, I loved to recite my lessons under this magnolia tree. It was especially cool in the summer."

"Okay, I'll talk to the principal later and have the tree moved to the villa in Luzhou."

Chen Yansen nodded.

He donated 80 million yuan to No. 2 Middle School, so what's wrong with digging up a few trees?
"Stop messing around! I don't want to be killed by the crickets from the younger students."

Mengjie chuckled and said she appreciated the sentiment, but as for digging up the trees from her alma mater, she'd rather not.

"Yeah, I was just kidding," Chen Yansen said with a smile, holding Meng Jie's little hand.

Just as the two approached the teaching building where Class 8 of Senior Three was located, Zhang Li, with her round belly, bumped right into them.

"Chen Yansen? Meng Jie?" Zhang Li was taken aback at first, then smiled with delight: "I didn't expect to run into you two here! Did you just return to Chun Shen today?"

"Teacher Zhang, what's wrong with you...?" Meng Jie asked in surprise, looking at her protruding belly.

"Sigh, it's all Old Chen's fault for being so useless, otherwise the child in his belly would most likely be my younger brother."

Chen Yansen muttered to himself.

He knew that Zhang Li was interested in Chen Guobin, but Old Chen had not responded for a long time.

"I'm pregnant. When you come back for the New Year, you'll be able to see your junior brother or sister."

Zhang Li smiled slightly.

"Does Teacher Zhang like boys or girls?" Chen Yansen glanced at it and then asked.

“Either is fine, but of course, a girl would be best,” Zhang Li replied with a smile.

"Then Teacher Zhang will be disappointed," Chen Yansen joked.

"Chen knows about this?" Zhang Li didn't believe it at all and subconsciously asked back.

"Just a guess," Chen Yansen said.

“Teacher Zhang, Chen Yansen always talks nonsense. I think it must be a girl, as beautiful as you.”

Mengjie chimed in.

Zhang Li wanted to offer to treat the two students to lunch, but considering Chen Yansen's identity and fearing that others might misunderstand, she swallowed back the words she was about to say and turned to Meng Jie, saying, "Then you two go ahead and look around, I won't bother you any longer."

"Teacher Zhang, how about we have lunch together?"

Mengjie suggested.

"Teacher Li is waiting for me outside. How about next time?"

Zhang Li politely declined.

"Then let's invite Teacher Li along," Chen Yansen said casually.

Li Jingming is the history teacher of Class 8, Grade 12, and also Zhang Li's husband.

"Will it be inconvenient?" Zhang Li asked cautiously.

She knew very well that although she was Chen Yansen's high school homeroom teacher, given his current status and position, the fact that he was willing to call her "Teacher Zhang" was already a great honor.

Chen Yansen's main purpose in returning to Chunshen this time was to accompany Mengjie and also to visit Lao Chen. He had to fly to Qiongzhou tomorrow to have a meal with two of his high school teachers. There was nothing wrong with that, so he said, "There's nothing inconvenient about it. It's just a casual meal and a chat."

Mengjie chimed in, "Yes, Teacher Zhang, please don't be so polite."

Seeing their sincerity, Zhang Li no longer hesitated and nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll tell Jing Ming and have him book a private room at a casual restaurant near the school."

As she spoke, she took out her phone to send a message to Li Jingming, her eyes full of smiles.

Being able to eat with her former students like friends is a happy thing for her.

"Teacher Zhang, let me make the arrangements."

As Chen Yansen spoke, he sent a message to Huang Boxiang.

“Alright then.” Zhang Li did not refuse. She edited a new text message and then accompanied Chen Yansen and Meng Jie on a leisurely stroll around the campus.

Twenty minutes later, the three of them left the school. Upon seeing them, Li Jingming quickly went up to greet them.

The group then traveled by car to the hotel and entered a luxuriously decorated private room.

The meal lasted for more than an hour. Before parting, Chen Yansen gave Zhang Li and Li Jingming a small gift each.

Zhang Li refused repeatedly, but she couldn't refuse any longer and had no choice but to accept it.

After she got into Li Jingming's car, she realized that it was two brand-new, top-of-the-line Yao Cheng X2 Plus cars, which together were worth more than 10,000 yuan.

"This is too valuable, I can't accept it."

Zhang Li held the two Yao Cheng X2 Plus phones, her fingers trembling slightly.

She knew the price of this phone; the top-of-the-line version cost over six thousand yuan per unit, which was no small sum for ordinary teachers like her and Li Jingming.

Li Jingming turned his head and glanced at it, then immediately chimed in, "It is indeed too valuable. We can't accept it. We'll have to find a way to return it to Chen tomorrow."

the other side.

Chen Yansen first took Meng Jie home, and then had Lao Huang drive to the Guobin Bookstore.

at the same time.

Aliko Dangote, who was far away in Nigeria, obtained Chen Yansen's private contact information through Ma Wenteng's channels.

(End of this chapter)