On the top floor of the Central Building, Jiang Chen stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of the apartment and had a panoramic view of the entire city. For the grand opening of Penglai City, this was undoubtedly the best special seat to watch.
The crowd in the distance was crowded, and it was a dense mass of people. Although he couldn't see the expression of every face in the crowd, he felt the strong enthusiasm of people from a distance.
The edge of the island was paved with sand and green coconut trees. Along the street, subtropical trees were planted on the roadside. Although Penglai City focused on high technology, Jiang Chen did not ignore the importance of greening. Looking around, the entire jungle of steel and concrete could clearly see the green scattered like stars in the sky.
The sea breeze swept across the road, and the shadows of the trees swayed slightly, bringing a touch of coolness to the hot air.
In addition to AR, holographic images, maglev train transportation and other selling points, Penglai City also had a big selling point: drones.
Future Heavy Industries designed the Beta series of drones for Penglai City. Beta-1 was a firefighting drone, and Beta-2 was a police drone. These two drones would provide intelligent services for Penglai City's firefighting and security.
If there was a fire, there would be no need for fire trucks to be dispatched and firefighters to risk their lives. Dozens of drones would fly there and control the fire immediately. If there was a crime, after receiving a report, the drone hive deployed nearby would immediately release drones to control the criminals before the police arrived.
While alleviating traffic pressure, it also improved execution efficiency and reduced a lot of municipal expenses. With the help of the drone, the task that originally required five policemen to complete was now more than enough to be completed by one policeman.
Penglai City would be used as a pilot for firefighting and security drones. Once this model was proven to be feasible, the Presidential Palace would promote it throughout Xin.
At the same time, the logistics drones being designed by Future Heavy Industries were about to be put into production and would first complete orders from the Penglai Logistics Center and various shopping malls in Penglai City. At that time, 500,000 logistics drones would support express delivery, take-out, and other delivery services in the entire city. Even if people did not leave their homes, they would still be able to buy their favorite goods and enjoy the delicacies of five-star restaurants …
Just as Jiang Chen looked at the street outside the window and imagined the bright future of Penglai City, Jean's holographic bust appeared on the table beside him.
"Someone is looking for you outside the door. It's your CEO."
"Let her in."
"Yes." Jean nodded, and the image disappeared from the table.
A soft sound came from behind, and the elevator door opened. Xia Shiyu walked into the room and stood next to him.
"Thank you," Jiang Chen turned around and looked at Xia Shiyu.
Xia Shiyu shook her head as a smile appeared on her face.
"This is my job. It's not hard work."
Jiang Chen didn't know if it was because of the "honest" last time, but he felt that the way she looked at him was a bit different. He couldn't tell what kind of color it was, but when he accidentally met it, it made his heart beat faster. There was no difference at work, but when it came to personal space, this feeling was especially obvious.
"What's the situation outside? There was no safety incident, right? "Jiang Chen asked.
"Celestial Trade has handled the security well. It seems that we have nothing to worry about," Xia Shiyu said.
Jiang Chen nodded.
127,000 people poured into Penglai City at the same time, which undoubtedly caused a huge burden on traffic. If there was a stampede or other accidents, it would undoubtedly cast a shadow over the name of Penglai City.
"There is news from the B City Consortium. Mr. Carson Loki asked if we are interested in building a satellite city for Hawaii. There is also news from Saudi. The Saudi royal family hopes that we can build a sea palace for them and build it on the Persian Gulf … "
"Just tell me how many orders there are." Jiang Chen was speechless.
"Future Heavy Industries hasn't signed a contract yet, so it can't be considered an order." Xia Shiyu pushed the frame on the bridge of her nose, retrieved the holographic image from Future on her wrist, and gently pushed it in front of Jiang Chen. "As of one hour ago, Future Heavy Industries has received a total of 218 letters of intent related to the sea city project, including 14 from national organizations and 204 from private companies."
An investment of 20 billion US Dollar created a value of 100 billion US Dollar. With such a high return on investment, there were naturally many envious corporate groups. Expansion into the sea was one of the strategic priorities of many coastal countries. The business opportunities were simply immeasurable!
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said.
"Future Heavy Industries has no new plans for the construction of a sea city, but orders may be open next year. For the time being, let's reply to them."
Tens of billions of projects seemed to be profitable, but compared to the production capacity it occupied, the rate of return was not as high as imagined. At present, Future Group's industrial capacity basically relied on the high-tech industrial park on Ange Island, as well as the New Malaysia Special District on Papua Island. The production capacity was not high enough to be "wasted".
What's more, he wanted to build a "Tongtian Tower" …
Xia Shiyu just nodded at Jiang Chen's choice. Although from the perspective of the group's CEO, she was more inclined to export the sea city project to expand the company's profits. However, she also believed that Jiang Chen must have his reasons for making such a decision.
This tacit understanding of unreserved trust had been established as early as the establishment of Future Technology.
However, sometimes Jiang Chen's decision to act on his own also gave her a headache.
"Speaking of which, have you made any moves recently?" After a pause, Xia Shiyu asked.
"Mhmm, it's related to aerospace." Jiang Chen nodded.
Xia Shiyu sighed and pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose.
"Sure enough … If it's confidential, I won't ask. But in the future, when you allocate funds through the company's financial department, can you let me know in advance? Although the company is making money, the liquidity is not very abundant. Suddenly injecting 20 billion into Celestial Trade, in order to raise this money, the financial department cut the funds already approved by Future Biology. Tao Ming was still protesting to me and asked me what was going on. The money was used to expand production … "
Xia Shiyu didn't continue. Instead, she looked at Jiang Chen with a slightly resentful look.
Seeing that his sloppy action actually caused this mess, Jiang Chen's expression was also a bit awkward. At the time, he didn't think so much. Calvin reported the budget to him, and he directly approved it. Only 20 billion could build the space elevator. His only thought at the time was that it was fu * king cheap …
"Sorry, I'll let you know in the future."
Xia Shiyu, who was used to cleaning up Jiang Chen's mess, didn't say anything and just made an expression of hope.
Just then, Jiang Chen suddenly thought of a problem.
"Right, you said our liquidity is not very abundant, right?"
Xia Shiyu replied very professionally.
"This is a common problem of any large company, unless …"
"Unless we open a bank," Jiang Chen said immediately.
Xia Shiyu paused for a moment. Although she wanted to say to maintain a good relationship with the bank, Jiang Chen's suggestion seemed to be correct.
After pausing for a moment, she nodded and said.
"Yes, unless we open a bank."
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