Chapter 448 Visit to Qingpu Headquarters
After the May Day mini-break ended.
Everything went back to normal, those who needed to work worked and those who needed to study studied.
After Chen Pingsheng sent the two little ones home to Shenzhen, he returned to Magic City.
The Old Yang's Bun Shop downstairs was still a constant scene of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bickering endlessly.
The neighboring second-generation rich kid became a bonafide second-generation debtor due to the shared bikes.
Chen Pingsheng carried some tea as a gift to check in at Financial University, Jiang Hong reacted as if she'd seen a ghost when she saw him.
Jumping half a meter high with excitement.
"Look who we have here, Old Chen."
Ever since she learned about his real identity, Jiang Hong hadn't paraded it around.
Instead, she still treated him as a colleague; only she had hardly attended any gatherings with male colleagues since she married Yao Shan.
A married woman's life is, after all, different from a single woman's.
"I thought you would never come again."
"How could I not? I'm still hanging around here with a professor title, aren't I?"
"My husband Yao mentioned that Tengfei Group is about to announce something big, I thought you wouldn't come here anymore after getting busy with that."
The big news Jiang Hong mentioned is actually about Tengfei's first new energy vehicle entering the testing phase in June.
After a half-year testing phase, the first Tengfei New Energy vehicle would officially enter the mass-production stage.
This is indeed a big deal for the entire Tengying Group.
Up until now, Tengfei New Energy has invested a total of 110 billion.
Even Teng You Media seems minor in comparison.
Chen Pingsheng said: "No matter how big it is, there are specific people responsible for it, do I need to personally oversee it every day?"
"True that."
Jiang Hong chuckled, "You, Old Chen, are one of Magic City's big names, nationally renowned, you can't possibly do everything yourself."
"Don't think I can't tell there's more to what you're saying."
Chen Pingsheng smiled and said, "You just think Yao Shan has been overworking lately and can't enjoy being newlyweds with you."
"I didn't say that."
Jiang Hong didn't admit it with her words, but actually, she hadn't thought that way.
In June, Tengfei New Energy is going to release its first range-extender family car.
This is a big deal in the domestic new energy vehicle market since everybody knows these years, when it comes to new energy...
Tengfei would be second to none as nobody dares to claim the first spot.
Xu Pidai can shout all he wants, but he's just playing with capital ventures.
How much of it is real and how much is just to attract policy capital, who knows?
Chen Pingsheng today only had a morning lecture; after finishing it, he planned to go to Qingpu Tengfei Technology Park headquarters.
He just happened to run into Lin Qiunan, who was still preparing her graduation thesis here.
Jiang Hong asked if he was heading to Qingpu headquarters, and after he said yes, she immediately got in the car with him to visit Yao Shan.
And to bring a lovingly-packed lunch for Yao Shan.
As for Lin Qiunan, since her thesis was based on Tengying Group, she naturally wanted to take the chance to visit as well.
The black Volkswagen Phideon, from the outside, looks like a Passat, but sitting inside, it feels like a million-dollar luxury vehicle.
"I say, Old Chen, your car has a strong sense of camouflage, those who don't know any better would think it's just a couple hundred thousand."
"Do you think someone of my stature still needs to deliberately disguise?"
"Then why do you drive a Volkswagen, aren't Rolls-Royce and Maybach much nicer?"
"This car is for Little Third, I don't really want him to know the family is particularly wealthy."
"Oh... Boys should be raised frugally." Jiang Hong instantly understood.
Chen Pingsheng noncommittally said, "It's not exactly raising him frugally, two cars at home worth over thirty million, and a four-bedroom, two-living room suite, how does that have anything to do with being poor?"
In any case, such family conditions, even in Magic City, would definitely be considered the high-producing class, utterly unconnected to the middle class.
The drive from Financial University to Qingpu, if there's no traffic jam, can take twenty minutes.
Sadly.
It's absolutely impossible not to get stuck in traffic during peak hours in Magic City.
Even a Lamborghini can only creep along, but thankfully it's quiet inside the car and no one's in a rush.
The Qingpu Science Park covers more than 200 acres and took 10 billion in funds and two years to build.
The scale is immense.
It encompasses eight technological research and development centers, as well as a sixteen-story headquarters building.
Currently, there are over 9,000 technicians and experts working here.
Add another ten thousand from three other cities, and that's just the technological staff on the automotive ecological chain.
Smart structures including the motor control and battery super factories are separate entities.
In the future, a large portion will relocate to the Forest Headquarters at Golden Mountain.
The headquarters there are even more vast, spreading over more than 2,000 acres.
It can accommodate 50,000 people working at the same time.
Golden Mountain's headquarters will officially be completed in 2019.
The exact date isn't set, but anyway, it's going to be next year.
After the three of them arrived here, there were still quite a few people visiting nearby.
Some were here for job interviews, and others came just to have a look at this newly established Science and Technology City.
Chen Pingsheng wasn't walking too quickly, and he could distinctly hear a man and a woman excitedly talking ahead of him.
"I'm telling you, Chu Ting, your girlfriends are shallow, thinking day and night about snagging a rich husband. They have no idea how high the incomes are for people working here.
Let me put it this way, anyone who can work here for three to five years can easily buy a house in Magic City, and achieve financial independence by the age of 35.
Moreover, you know the technicians here are all nerds, absolutely clueless about flirting. If a pretty girl like you shows up, you can wrap them around your finger with ease.
It's just a pity that you ladies are short-sighted and can't see the shining technical talents we are."
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Is this guy also one of the technicians here? Quite the talker!
Chen Pingsheng wondered. It was clear from his tone that he was also trying to hit on the young woman beside him.
However, the girl named Chu Ting did indeed look lovely, fair and beautiful with an air of innocence.
Chu Ting gave him a look, "Stop talking nonsense. If you can get hired here, I'll be your girlfriend right away."
"That's your promise."
Luo Shihao said excitedly, "Just wait for me to come back clean and tidy tonight, getting hired here is as easy as pie for me."
Chu Ting scolded him, "All you ever think about is that stuff. We've known each other for so many years, can't you be serious for once?"
So this guy was just here for an interview. As Chen Pingsheng walked past him, he patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile,
"Bro, not bad. If you get the job, you'll win the beauty's heart. Good luck."
"Big brother, thanks for the encouragement. We're birds of a feather. I'm here for an engineer interview, what about you?"
Luo Shihao took one look at the two beautiful women accompanying him and was immediately in awe.
Especially Lin Qiunan, whose light brows and delicate appearance were as refreshing as a chrysanthemum.
Absolutely comforting.
Some women have that effect, just one glance makes you feel particularly at ease.
Makes you want to look again and again, four, five, six, seven, eight times; you'd wish you could keep staring right into their soul.
"I'm not here for an interview; I'm just having a look around."
Chen Pingsheng chuckled and then headed inside.
He happened to run into a senior engineer on the way and took a moment to introduce Luo Shihao,
Getting him to go in for the interview.
Luo Shihao walked in with his back straight alongside Chu Ting.
Fully confident, though still a little uneasy.
If he succeeds, great, but if he fails, he'd have overblown his own prowess.
Then forget about winning the beauty, it might even be hard to explain himself afterward.
The bull had been hyped up; success was the only option.
If successful, tonight he could be imparting wisdom and sharing fluids with the beautiful Ms. Chu, straight to the point.
If not successful…