At the start, I had to choose one of four options, and I immediately picked the Brahmin from the cou

"Is it finally finished?"

Chen Qiming was so excited that his voice cracked.

"Mr. Li, you have no idea. Although this lab is nominally a business school lab, its power supply and cooling are simply inadequate to handle our current computing power needs. Last week, we ran a province-wide million-concurrency stress test, and it almost burned out the transformer in this building! We're like a Tyrannosaurus Rex locked in a pigsty, feeling incredibly stifled. I've been eyeing Jiangyang's T4-level server room for over half a year!"

Li Xiao smiled too, after all, Jiangyang was the main base, and now he could finally go home.

"You have forty-eight hours. Encrypt and package all the core algorithms, raw data streams, and user distribution databases from Jianye with the highest level of encryption. Come back to Jiangyang with me this weekend. I need you to transplant Xinglan Technology's brain intact to Jiangyang's No. 1 server room by midnight on Sunday. Can you do it?"

"Forty-eight hours? That's plenty of time!"

Chen Qiming patted his chest confidently, "As long as the server hardware over there is fine, I guarantee that Xinglan's system will achieve seamless startup in Jiangyang within milliseconds!"

Li Xiao nodded and turned to look at Sun Zaiquan:

"Old Sun, your burden is heavier. Changing the registered address and transferring tax relations are too slow if you follow the usual procedures. You need to personally lead the legal team to run around and get the green light from the city and county. Before the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, I want to see the brand-new business license of Xinglan Technology (Jiangyang) headquarters on Cao Weidong's desk."

"clear."

……

Two days later. Saturday morning.

On the highway from Jianye City to Jiangyang County, a convoy of three black Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars and a custom-made bulletproof Maybach sped along like four black lightning bolts under the hazy sky.

Inside the car, the heating was on full blast. Li Xiao sat in the back of the Maybach, resting with his eyes closed. In the passenger seat, Sun Zaiquan was constantly making and receiving phone calls, confirming the various reception procedures with Jiang Yang.

Two hours later, the convoy smoothly drove out of the highway toll station in Jiangyang County.

Instead of returning to the Li family villa in the county town, the convoy drove straight to the Jiangyang High-tech Data Industrial Park located in the south of the city.

When that colossal machine finally came into view, even the well-traveled Sun Zaiquan couldn't help but let out a heartfelt exclamation through the car window.

This is not a typical building complex in a county town; it looks like a futuristic fortress straight out of a science fiction movie.

Within a vast campus spanning hundreds of acres, a main building brimming with minimalism and futuristic technology rises majestically. Its dark gray alloy curtain wall reflects a cold, hard sheen in the winter sunlight, devoid of any superfluous decoration, exuding only absolute rationality and ruthlessness. Surrounding the main building, three massive, windowless buildings arranged in a triangular formation stand like loyal guardians—this is Xinglan Technology's T4-level supercomputing data center, built at a cost of over a billion yuan and utilizing the world's most advanced cooling and security technologies.

The entire perimeter of the park is completely sealed off by towering anti-climb wire mesh and a dense array of infrared surveillance cameras. A suffocating sense of solemnity and oppression permeates the air.

The Maybach did not stop at the main entrance, but drove directly into the VIP underground passage on the ground floor of the main building.

As soon as the car door opened, a group of people who had been waiting in the spacious underground hall immediately came forward to greet them.

Leading the way was none other than a leader from Jiangyang County.

Half a step behind him were the heads of the county's various bureaus and the leadership team of the park's management committee.

If word got out about this level of welcoming lineup, it would absolutely shock countless people.

"Mr. Li! We've been waiting for you so long, it's finally here!"

Cao Weidong strode forward and firmly grasped Li Xiao's hand. His usually dignified, square face was now filled with a heartfelt and enthusiastic smile.

Over the past few months, he has endured a lot of pressure for this industrial park. As the saying goes, with every crown comes a crown. The higher-ups have placed such an important industry in their county, showing their attention to the county. Naturally, he cannot let the leaders down.

Now that the real deal has finally returned with the core technology, his heart, which had been hanging in mid-air, can finally rest easy.

Cao Weidong shook Li Xiao's hand seven or eight times, as if he was afraid that if he let go, this god of wealth would disappear on the spot.

The county leaders behind him nodded in greeting, their smiles growing more and more forceful. Even the usually serious county finance bureau chief had a forced smile on his face.

Li Xiao withdrew his hand from Cao Weidong's, his expression remaining calm, but his tone carrying a hint of familiarity: "Secretary Cao, we're all family, no need for these formalities. Let's go upstairs and talk."

Cao Weidong didn't feel slighted at all; instead, he laughed heartily and patted Li Xiao's arm familiarly. The core members present were all well aware that Cao Weidong's relationship with the Li family of Jiangyang was extremely close.

Cao Weidong didn't feel slighted at all; instead, he laughed and patted Li Xiao's arm familiarly.

The core team members present were well aware that the Li family had been deeply rooted in Jiangyang for a long time, and that the Li family's influence was behind many of Jiangyang's pillar industries.

In a sense, they have long been a community of shared interests where everyone prospers.

Cao Weidong accompanied Li Xiao into the private elevator, followed by the heads of several key departments in the county.

As the elevator ascended, Cao Weidong lowered his voice and said to Li Xiao in a volume only the two of them could hear, "The county has handled the inspection team matter as you instructed. All the materials have been submitted, stamped where necessary, and archived where required. The feedback from above is that a conclusion should be reached after the formal meeting in a few days."

Li Xiao nodded without saying anything more. He knew how much pressure Cao Weidong had been under lately, and that Cao Weidong's insistence on having him lead the welcoming party during such a sensitive period was itself a political statement.

The elevator doors opened, revealing a spacious and brightly lit government office area that had been fully furnished. The decor was minimalist, with a gray and white main color scheme accented by light-colored wood. Several large real-time data screens hung on the walls, displaying the business data flow of Xinglan Technology's system across the country. This was Xinglan Technology's headquarters administrative floor in Jiangyang, and today was its first day of use.

Cao Weidong looked around and exclaimed, "In just a few months, we've gone from a county-level struggling investment attraction hub to a key provincial industrial park. Mr. Li, others spend ten years honing their skills, but you've built a city in just a few months! City leaders came to investigate a few days ago and specifically praised our park's implementation efficiency, saying they'd promote the Jiangyang experience throughout the city."

Li Xiao smiled slightly, not following Cao Weidong's lead to boast, but instead gently deflecting the credit back:

"Secretary Cao, you flatter me. I'm just an investor who provided the money and technology. It was your county party committee and government team that truly turned the industrial park from blueprints into reality. Land acquisition, land supply, power grid construction, road construction—every single task required your overtime work. Especially you, Secretary Cao, you've probably staked half your life's political resources on this project. I've never seen another secretary in Jiangyang with such courage."

Cao Weidong kept saying "Not at all," but he couldn't suppress the smile in his eyes.

Everyone wants to carry a sedan chair; once the words have been said to this extent, the shrewd people present could easily understand the meaning.

Li Xiao was pushing the credit for Cao Weidong's achievements in front of the entire leadership team. Sun Zhengming, the director of the county government office, stood at the back of the crowd, quickly jotted down a couple of notes in his notebook, and had already decided on the tone for the press release at Monday's ribbon-cutting ceremony: County and enterprise join forces to build a high ground.