The eastern suburbs of Shanghai were ridiculed by the locals for being a godforsaken place. If it weren't for the fact that there was a subway here, most people would have been expelled.
In fact, many Shanghai locals didn't recognize this place as Shanghai anymore.
Even though there were several areas planned here, such as intelligent manufacturing area, coordinated development area, intelligent ecology area, and marine science and innovation city, due to a series of reasons such as the local geographical location being too remote and the weak industrial foundation, there had not been particularly great development in recent years.
It was like …
It was like it had been abandoned.
However, things were different recently.
Around two months ago, a group of people with high social status came here. They walked around a few times with blueprints and drew a circle on the map.
Soon after, a group of construction teams entered the area and began to work on the land that was previously occupied by the group of people.
This matter was undoubtedly quite a hot topic for the residents and small business owners in the port area. However, no one knew what they were building. Judging from the area of the land, the scale of the project wasn't small.
Some people said that they were building a new business district, some people said that they were developing a new building, and some people even guessed that a semiconductor factory was planning on moving their factory to Shanghai.
All kinds of rumors flew around for more than two months. It wasn't until the news that Star Sky Technology was building a "Star Voyage One" quantum computer in Shanghai was released that the people living in the port area finally realized what was going on.
It turned out that this thing wasn't a shopping mall, nor was it a new building, nor was it a gymnasium. It was something as nutty as a quantum computer.
The only pity was that a non-labor-intensive industry like the supercomputing center probably wouldn't create many jobs, so it wouldn't have much of an impact on housing prices …
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Next to the main road of the intelligent manufacturing area, an Audi A6 stopped on the side of the road. Two men in suits got out of the car.
Looking at the billowing dust not far away, a slightly chubby man wearing gold-rimmed glasses narrowed his eyes and asked curiously.
"What are they doing over there?"
His name was Ding Rong, and he was quite a wealthy boss. He was engaged in the auto parts production business, mainly for export.
His factory was originally located in Su City Park. Recently, because he heard that there was policy support for the pilot area, he specially came here to investigate and see if there was any value in opening a branch here.
To be honest, he was quite satisfied with all the conditions here. The only thing he wasn't satisfied with was that the location was too remote. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to recruit anyone.
Hearing Boss Ding's question, Section Chief Liu, who was responsible for attracting investment in the park, immediately said.
"That's Star Sky Technology's land. They're building a supercomputer center there."
Two months ago, this news was still confidential. Even the management committee of the park didn't know the truth, let alone a section-level cadre of the Investment Promotion Bureau.
But now, this matter was almost an open secret. Star Sky Technology's only piece of land in Shanghai was here.
"Star Sky Technology? Supercomputing Center? "
Ding Rong was slightly taken aback, as if he had not figured out the relationship between the two matters.
Section Chief Liu saw the surprise on his face and immediately spoke with a smile.
"It's the Star Voyage One, the world's first quantum computer! Apparently, its computing power is comparable to all the supercomputers on the supercomputer leaderboard combined. If everything goes well, this will become the first park in China to provide 'quantum cloud' services. By then, the potential will be no less than the Jinling high-tech zone! "
While speaking, Section Chief Liu didn't forget to brag about his own development zone.
After listening to his explanation, Ding Rong was indeed shocked by the amount of information in it, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.
"It's that powerful?"
He had been busy with the new factory, even during lunch time. He didn't have time to pay attention to what was happening in the international science and technology frontier.
He didn't expect something like a quantum computer to be invented in the blink of an eye.
He thought back to when he was eating and listening to the technical backbones of the factory bragging about how industrial informatization was the trend of the future. In the future, the factory would be filled with artificial intelligence, not humans. His mind was suddenly filled with excitement.
Why did Star Sky Technology build a quantum computer here?
Why not Jinling?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
It was like a gold mine had been placed in front of him.
Without any hesitation, he pointed at the open space in front of him and spoke.
"Then I'll build the factory here."
"Here, here?"
"Yeah, the transportation here is good. I plan on investing 200 million yuan to open a new production line here to produce alternative energy auto parts …" Ding Rong suddenly noticed the awkward expression on Section Chief Liu's face. He frowned and said, "Is there a problem?"
Section Chief Liu smiled awkwardly at Ding Rong's confused look.
"Um … It's a bit difficult to build it here. Two months ago, all of the land around here was auctioned off. "
"All of it?" Ding Rong paused for a second. He realized that he might be behind on the news, so he quickly asked, "Did someone know that Star Sky Technology was going to build a supercomputer center here two months ago?"
Hearing this, Section Chief Liu quickly denied it.
"How is that possible, even the mayor doesn't know about this!"
Ding Rong: "Then how …"
Section Chief Liu sighed and spoke.
"It has nothing to do with the supercomputer center. When people heard that the construction team was working for Star Sky Technology, hundreds of companies came to our development zone management committee every week to inquire about the land transfer situation. Whether it's industrial land, commercial land, or residential land, they've all been auctioned off. "
Even though they could buy land from companies that hadn't developed yet, Section Chief Liu didn't recommend this.
After all, developing a high-tech industry wasn't just an economic task, it was also a political task. The higher-ups were watching. The main purpose of the development zone was to attract investment, not to inflate land prices.
If the land cost took up too much of their capital, how would they have the money to do production? How were they going to create jobs and increase consumption? How were they going to revitalize the economy of the entire development zone?
When Ding Rong heard that all of the land around here was sold out, his eyes widened in disbelief.
"… Not a single piece of land left?"
Section Chief Liu: "Of course there's land further away, but not a single piece of land is left within a kilometer …"
Not a single piece of land within a kilometer …
This, isn't this a little too crazy?
Ding Rong didn't know what kind of expression he should have on his face.
However, even though he was a little disappointed that he didn't get the location he wanted, hearing that the land here was so popular made him even more determined to move the factory here.
The benefits of scale for industrial production couldn't be ignored. As long as the traffic wasn't congested, a large-scale industrial park was far more attractive than a small development zone.
At the very least, in such a place, even if they suffered losses to the point of bankruptcy, they could still smoothly transfer the land in their hands. No matter how you looked at it, investing in a factory here was a guaranteed profit …
Miao Shu House
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