Chapter 89

At once, Deng Deng Weiming nearly choked.

He was truly startled by someone's audacious demand.

After all, how large was the entire Songjiang District Entrepreneurship Center? Just over a hundred mu.

Yet within it stood so many factory buildings.

Now Lin Yi was casually asking for 500 mu, then 1,000 mu; he was genuinely shocked.

"Does a single battery factory require so much land?"

District Mayor Deng asked.

"It's not just for a battery factory!"

Lin Yi then prepared to play his trump card, saying to him:

"District Mayor, I won't hide anything from you. Dr. Zhao was formerly the R&D Director at Applied Materials in the Ugly Country.

He holds many unique research projects. Besides batteries, we have numerous other initiatives, such as the latest carbon fiber technology...."

Although District Mayor Deng was no tech expert, he knew something about carbon fiber.

After all, when configuring certain cars, any option featuring carbon fiber components commanded a high price.

He truly hadn't expected Fengyi Technology to not only achieve breakthroughs in batteries but also venture into the cutting-edge carbon fiber industry.

Such projects were traditionally held in the hands of the Ugly Country and Little Japan.

If this carbon fiber project could be implemented in Songjiang District and achieve corresponding results,

without doubt, it would constitute a solid political achievement.

To be honest, regarding young people like Lin Yi who were willing to engage in and develop real industry,

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District Mayor Deng held a clear measure in his heart and greatly appreciated them.

Compared to real estate and the internet, in his eyes only real industry could create true social wealth,

making the nation prosperous and strong.

The true strength of the Dragon Country lay not in how fast the internet was, nor in how many houses were built.

It lay in the title of the Dragon Country as the world's factory, composed of countless small and medium-sized enterprises.

Manufacturing was the cornerstone of everything.

Without thousands upon thousands of manufacturing enterprises,

Taobao, Jingdong, and real estate would all be rootless duckweed.

As the District Mayor of Songjiang District in Magic City, Deng Deng Weiming had always supported enterprises within the district, especially the development of innovative ones.

However, he had sorrowfully discovered

that nowadays, when young people discussed entrepreneurship,

very few would steadfastly engage in real industry.

Everyone talked about the internet economy, blockchain, e-commerce, and so on.

It seemed as though discussing entrepreneurship based on real industry meant falling behind the times.

Therefore, for a down-to-earth young person like Lin Yi,

District Mayor Deng naturally felt a sense of goodwill.

Otherwise, he would not have handled matters specially, directly incorporating Lin Yi into Magic City's household registration under the talent introduction policy.

His purpose in doing so was naturally to keep Lin Yi in Magic City.

Otherwise, with his technical skills and personnel,

wherever he went, he would be an honored guest of the government!

After pondering for a moment, Deng Deng Weiming said:

"How about this? Opposite Foxconn, there is a plot of land spanning roughly 700-plus mu. Originally, it was intended for constructing a logistics company's storage base.

I will find a way to secure this land for you..."

Upon hearing there were over 700 mu of land available, Lin Yi's eyes lit up.

He had originally thought securing two or three hundred mu would already be excellent.

His earlier statements had merely been part of the bargaining process.

As a result, District Mayor Deng was so straightforward, directly offering him over 700 mu of land.

This would provide not only factory buildings but also future employee dormitories.

"Don't get too excited just yet. I cannot decide this alone. Wait until I report it to the Municipal Committee, and we'll discuss it further then!"

District Mayor Deng said.

After all, this involved 700 mu of land; at his rank, he dared not approve it arbitrarily.

Without approval from his superiors, he could not make the decision.

"I understand!"

Lin Yi naturally understood the other party's difficulties.

After the two had nearly finished their discussion, Secretary Liu approached carrying tea.

Thus, Lin Yi could only accompany the District Mayor in drinking tea for a while.

Regarding the approval of the 700 mu of land, Deng Deng Weiming reported it to the Shanghai Municipal Government that very day.

Although the land value in Songjiang District was certainly not as exorbitant as in Huangpu, Xuhui, or Pudong, where every inch of soil was worth gold,

approving such a vast tract of land all at once

still prompted discussion during a government meeting at the Shanghai Municipal Government.

Taking into account the growth potential of Fengyi Technology and the future employment it might generate,

and with the approval of Secretary Wang, the top leader, the matter was finally settled.

At almost the same time,

the disciplinary inspection department placed Deputy Director Guo under dual regulation for serious violations of discipline.

Nearly simultaneously,

Guo Hong was arrested by the police for crimes involving rape and causing grievous bodily harm.

In an instant, rumors ran rampant at the Foreign Trade College and the Shanghai Engineering College.

After all, Guo Hong, known as the "Crown Prince of Shanghai," had relied on his father's power to become quite notorious in the Songjiang University Town.

Over the past three years of university, numerous women in the university town had fallen victim to him.

Back then, however, most people chose to keep quiet due to the influence of Guo's father.

But now, many people knew that Father Guo could not even save himself.

Naturally, many intended to kick a man while he was down.

It truly proved the saying: "However arrogant one was in the past, that is how miserable one is now."

At this moment, news was flying everywhere at the Shanghai Engineering College.

Among the rumors were photos of a certain female student from the "360" School of Engineering entering and exiting a hotel hand-in-hand with Guo Hong.

Although no one knew who had uploaded them to the school's BBS forum,

the photos clearly enough revealed the identity of the female student.

It was only now that Bai Lu, in Han Han Han Yajing's dormitory, realized

why that Young Master Guo had vanished recently and why she had been unable to find him anywhere.

It turned out he had learned something and gone into hiding.

In the end, however, he still could not escape the fate of being arrested.

What made things even more unfortunate for her was that a photo of her checking into a hotel with Guo Hong had been taken.

It was now uploaded to the school forum.

Fortunately, the photos were somewhat blurry,

so she kept insisting that the person in the pictures was not her.

However, neither Huang Yue nor Meng Meng Lingxuan in the same dormitory believed her.

They knew full well that Bai Lu owned clothes identical to those worn by the woman in the photos.

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