Chapter 457: Punctuation of Youth

Chapter 457: Punctuation of Youth

Chapter 457: Punctuation of Youth

The Science Valley Park is right next to CUHK, very close, but most CUHK students have never been there.

After all, which young college student would be willing to come to these places and get a taste of the "class atmosphere"?

However, the environment of the Science and Technology Valley Park is really good. The office buildings are not tall, with the tallest having only four floors, but they are all hidden among the lush trees. The glass curtain walls reflect the scorching spring sun through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

At lunchtime, programmers in plaid shirts, female clerks in office ladies, and researchers in lab coats walked slowly along the artificial lake towards the cafeteria. Under the uniquely shaped street lights, butterflies fluttered high and low among the rose bushes.

There is a beautiful scenery where technology and nature blend together.

“Is the environment so good?”

Mou Jiawen was like an ignorant "Grandma Liu". She looked around and exclaimed in surprise.

“It wasn’t like this last year.”

Chen said with a smile: "After the New Year, President Shu introduced some biotechnology and Internet companies, cleared out some old traditional enterprises, allocated funds to improve the hardware and software facilities, and it is estimated that more details will be repaired in the future to make the park a highlight of the school."

This is a bit like a "face project", because the higher the level of the park, the easier it is to apply for funding from the Ministry of Education and the Department of Education.

However, this is a deeper issue. Besides, since Su Hui works here, he can be considered a vested interest, so Chen did not discuss this issue.

Song Shiwei was also observing. This was not her first time entering the Science and Technology Valley Park, and she also felt that there had been tremendous changes compared to before.

In fact, this is mainly Chen Zhe's fault. He seldom brings Sister Sweet here. After all, Sister Cos often makes surprise attacks.

Yu Xian has been busy with the "Eight-Institute Exchange" task recently, plus the matter of erecting a monument on Qingming Festival, so he doesn't have much time.

However, there are a lot of people this time, and Song Shiwei is not the type to be intimate in public, so if he is careful, there won't be any flaws.

When eating in the clean and bright cafeteria of the park, employees often come to greet, "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, good afternoon, we will go back first, Mr. Chen, take your time eating..."

Chen nodded slightly in agreement.

"Chen Zhe, you are really good at managing the country."

Different from Mou Jiawen's heartless teasing, Cong Ni, who was a bit shrewd, silently calculated and estimated that more than 30 people came to greet her.

"How many people are there in Mr. Chen's company now?"

Cong Ni asked curiously.

"Do you mean just the Tech Valley, or the entire Backtrack?"

Chen Zhuo joined in the conversation.

"Hmm... How many are there in Tech Valley? How many are there in the entire traceback?"

Cong Ni felt that Chen was in a good mood today, so she boldly asked further questions.

"For Tech Valley, there are probably about 40 to 50 people."

Chen Zhuo replied: "The total number of people in the entire tracing process is estimated to be around 300."

“Where do all these employees come from?”

Since Ni was “pale with fright”, as far as I can remember, there seemed to be only about twenty people.

"It's not just the Learning Network that's being traced back now. Besides, the Learning Network has branches in other provinces."

Chen explained with a smile: "There is also a real estate agency below."

"what……"

Zhao Yuanyuan suddenly interrupted: "Brother Chen, is it called (Zhongda) Anju Real Estate Agency Co., Ltd.? I saw it when I was shopping with my mother the other day, and I thought the name was familiar."

"Correct."

Chen nodded and admitted generously: "There are more than 30 branches in Guangzhou now, but the headquarters and training center are located on Guangyuan Road."

"That makes sense. Any agency store would have several people there."

Cong Ni thought so and glanced at her roommate.

Song Shiwei had a calm expression, and it was obvious that he knew the existence of this real estate agent.

"No wonder Chen Zhuo doesn't care about his job in the student union. If I were in charge of so many people, who would want to deal with those little brats?"

Cong Ni sighed.

Cong Ni always felt that wasting energy on student union affairs was a waste of time and was far less important than what she learned from Chen Zhuo and Song Shiwei.

Compared with Suhui, Song Shiwei's investment company is also very promising and has an office in the "CITIC Building", one of the landmarks of Guangzhou.

However, the development of Suhui is more like building a villa, and every step is solid and traceable.

Of course, from the fact that Nicole didn't dare to talk about changing jobs to the fact that Chen Zhe and Song Shiwei had a relationship, offending one person would be equivalent to offending two.

In addition, the trend of "Mole World" is also very good. Recently, some newly established or soon-to-be-established Internet companies have contacted us.

The company Taomi Technology was able to revive, and the names of the two investors, "Chen Zhuo and Song Shiwei", were known to some interested people.

Especially Song Shiwei, the major shareholder and main investor.

She recently made her mailbox public and found many more emails, all of which were introductions to new companies and new projects, hoping to receive the favor and attention of financial sponsors.

"Mr. Chen, houses are being built and sold everywhere now, so the real estate agency business should be pretty good."

When the food tray was delivered after finishing it, Cong Ni couldn't help but ask one more question.

"good."

Chen didn't give specific figures, but simply summarized: "Just like the learning network, it can basically support itself."

You may not understand the meaning of this sentence, but for some companies that are accelerating their expansion, this achievement is already remarkable.

Take real estate agents as an example.

The new store’s rent, decoration, employee training, basic salary, water, electricity, transportation costs, etc. no longer require funding from the headquarters, as the profits of the old stores can cover them.

To sum it up in one sentence, the more accounts you open, the more money you earn.

Therefore, the three-person team consisting of Song Qing, Wang Youqing and Qu Baoguo felt that the original plan was too conservative.

Now they plan to increase the number of stores to 8 by August, completely capture the Guangzhou market, and then expand to other provinces.

Of course, the reason for such good performance is first of all the trend of the times.

Without the booming real estate industry, real estate agencies would never have had the opportunity to grow.

The second is Wan Da behind Wang Youqing.

It seems that there is no actual support, but sometimes the key information provided (such as which area is the focus of government planning) cannot be bought with any amount of money.

The third is a perfect system.

Under Chen Zhuo's leadership, the company's operations from training to work were like an assembly line. In 2008, when real estate agencies had not yet expanded on a large scale, Anju Agency had completed its institutional upgrade and stood out among many similar companies that were run by makeshift teams.

Fourthly, the website Anju.com has also made great contributions.

Its existence is to improve work efficiency. While other agents are still taking notes with pens and taking photos with mobile phones, Anju Agency has already achieved a "paperless" work process.

Of course, Cong Ni didn't know this.

All she could see was that the "China Institute of Computer Software Science" occupied a four-story office building in the Science and Technology Valley, and the fountain at the door was spraying silver-like water.

A colorful rainbow formed above the institute's huge metal logo.

Cong Ni murmured, "It feels like Su Hui is now a multinational foreign-funded company."

Chen raised his eyebrows but said nothing. In 2008, the whole society was at its craziest in worshipping foreign things.

Articles from some stupid publications (Readers and Yilin):

Americans are very punctual and never late, because Americans are rigorous, unlike the Chinese who are lazy;
Americans are often late and never punctual, because Americans are romantic and not as rigid as Chinese.

This exaggerated brainwashing method has forcibly turned many Chinese people between the ages of 20 and 45 into "spiritual Americans", some of whom have received higher education.

Many young people in 2025 may not know that in this era, having a meal with the richest man in the United States has a far greater influence and sensation than an Olympic gold medal.

"There is also a two-story office in the park, which dates back to the original headquarters. Now it is used as the customer service training department of the learning network."

Chen introduced and led everyone into the four-story office building. The first floor is the rest area, reception room and conference room, the second floor is the territory of [Reply], and the third floor is the office area of ​​the learning network, mobile assistant, Anju network and other technical departments.

The fourth floor houses the finance, administration and leadership offices.

The best position is reserved for the reply R&D department, which occupies a separate floor, highlighting its importance.

Of course, it’s not called a reply yet, and its temporary name to the outside world is “Internal Communication Software of the Learning Network”.

Several people sat down on the circular sofa in the lounge area. Not long after, a young female administrator wearing a work badge and a neat suit came over with a smile and asked:
"Mr. Chen, what would you like to drink?"

"Go and do your work."

Chen Zhuo waved his hand: "These are all distinguished guests, I will serve them personally."

"Okay~"

The female administrator took a quick look at Song Shiwei's face. A face that was too beautiful would make girls unable to help but take a few more glances.

"What would you like to drink, ladies?"

Chen pointed at the ice chest in the glass corner and said, "We have everything."

“Apple juice!”

Yuanyuan raised her hand first. She saw that there seemed to be cream cake, so she licked her lips and added, "I want a small cake too."

“Apple juice is fine.”

Chen shook his head and said, "But cake is not okay. If your mother knew that I fed you sweets, she would scold me next time we eat."

Chen's parents and Yuanyuan's parents still maintain the habit of having dinner together every once in a while. The friendship between the families will not end just because of Chen's promotion.

"I want orange juice!"

Xiao Mou also started shouting.

"Please give me a cup of coffee, Mr. Chen."

Cong Ni said politely that she had originally planned to go over and lend a hand.

But when he saw Song Shiwei stood up, he tactfully started chatting with Mou Jiawen and the others.

"Are you here to help?"

Chen turned around and said to Sister Sweet behind him with a smile.

"No."

Song Shiwei spoke softly, her dark eyebrows curved like a landscape painting, and she made a small joke elegantly and easily: "I'm afraid you don't know my taste."

"Test me?"

Chen Zhuo said unconvincedly, and came to the bar. Without doing anything, he poured a glass of warm water and said confidently, "Boiled water, right?"

Song Shiwei didn't say anything, but a smile appeared at the corner of his lips, like a red carp startled from the depths of a lake, showing his happy mood.

As a girl, no matter how cold and indifferent she is, she will always feel surrounded by happiness if she knows that her boyfriend is carefully observing and remembering her preferences.

Chen returned to the sofa with the tea tray and distributed the drinks. Then everyone started chatting in the bright sunshine at noon of spring.

In fact, there are not only these people in the rest area, but also many engineers who are here drinking juice and basking in the sun.

They are less intimidated by young bosses and greet them politely.

Chen is like this, and usually he just nods in response, but when he meets a subordinate with a special status.

For example, Chen Zhuo specially introduced the PhD student recruited by Shenzhou Taiyue as follows: "This is Lu Hui, Lu Bo, the technical director of a new software."

Lu Hui's child has already been enrolled in Dongfeng East Primary School. Because he helped solve this problem, Lu Hui was very positive and tried his best to meet Chen Zhuo's overall requirements.

Next, I met a researcher who graduated from Tsinghua University, and Chen Zhuo also introduced him specifically.

Finally, Chen also introduced a researcher who was neither from Shenzhou Taiyue nor from Peking University or Tsinghua University.

"Mou Jiawen, this is Meng Zhixue from your School of Software at Huazhong University of Science and Technology."

Chen called out to a young man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt: "Old Meng was the president of the student union of Huazhong University of Science and Technology."

"what?"

Mou Jiawen looked at it carefully and suddenly covered her mouth: "It seems so! Now the photo of the outstanding student, Mr. Meng, is still hanging on the bulletin board of the School of Software."

Meng Zhixue used to be the president of the student union, so naturally he was not as bad at communication as the average science and engineering guy. But he was not that talkative in front of the big boss.

Adjusting his black-framed glasses, Meng Zhixue said a little stiffly: "That's all old news. Now I'm just a soldier under Mr. Chen. My biggest wish now is to become a formal employee of Suhui after the project is completed."

The three masters from Zhongda University, one doctor and three masters from Huazhong University of Science and Technology do not have the same identities as Lu Hui and others.

They were sent here to help because of the cooperation between the research institute and the school. In addition to the normal doctoral or master's allowance, the most they can get from here is a subsidy that cannot be considered a salary.

However, Lu Hui and others were specially recruited as formal employees, and they were the main R&D force of "Fetion" in Shenzhou Taiyue.

Naturally, he received a high salary and multiple pay, and lived in a talent-insurance housing project provided by Suhui. Lu Hui even had a car for transportation.

This condition made Meng Zhixue and others envious. The PhD student from Huazhong University of Science and Technology had even received an offer from a university, but after weighing the pros and cons, they decided to give up and consider whether there would be a chance to become a formal R&D staff member of Suhui after the project was completed.

Chen Zhuo heard Meng Zhixue's plea but did not express his opinion.

Leaders generally do not express their opinions casually. Leaders who like to make promises too much will lose their prestige in the hearts of their subordinates.

Meng Zhixue did not get the answer he expected, and went upstairs a little nervously.

"Depend on!"

It was the first time that Xiao Mou saw Chen Zhuo's status in the company. He exclaimed without exaggeration: "I heard that Senior Meng was very powerful in the past. Our current student union president was trained by him."

"so what?"

Chen Zhuo curled his lips and asked back: "Can the glory of student days make me more proficient in using C language?"

"Weiwei, your man is hopeless."

Mou Jiawen pretended to sigh sadly: "His mind is full of capitalist exploitative ideas. The taciturn boy who scored full marks in math has forever stayed in the teaching building of Zhizhong."

"Hahaha~"

Chen couldn't help laughing. He often got full marks in mathematics in high school, but because his English and Chinese were too poor, his performance in the overall score ranking was not that impressive.

Because of Xiao Mou's words, Song Shiwei's thoughts were brought back to the scene when the monthly exam papers were distributed in high school.

I took a sip of boiled water, and because of the angle, some tiny bubbles appeared in the glass.

With a hint of nostalgia in her eyes, she gazed at the artificial lake in the garden through the glass window. A few strands of hair hung down on her perfect cheek, and there was a sense of purity and calmness in her calmness.

However, when she noticed Chen Zhuo's gaze and recalled their journey over the past year, it was not easy.

It was only in recent days that my mother's strict attitude relaxed.

But if you think about the future, it won’t be more difficult than when we first fell in love.

So, Sister Sweet smiled gently again, as if a crack appeared in the cumulus clouds, letting in a ray of spring light, which kissed the eyelids of the cold girl.

"So lovely."

If this wasn't a company, Chen Zhuo would definitely shake the little hand of School Beauty Song, but now is not the right time.

After a brief silence to reminisce about his high school life, Chen Zhuo rubbed his nose, because he suddenly realized that his good friend "Huang Baihan" was always an indispensable punctuation mark in his youth.

It may be the same for myself and Xiao Mou.

"that……"

Chen thought about it and decided to ask directly: "How is Huang Baihan doing recently?"

"Rhubarb..."

When hearing the strange yet somewhat familiar name, Mou Jiawen was stunned for a moment, then she let out a long breath, revealing an expression of melancholy, relaxation and relief.

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(End of this chapter)