Chapter 130: New Home, Aurora Countdown (Requesting Monthly Passes)

Gao Weilin stood outside the interview room, called Zhaoye's superior, and requested another three days off.

"Dylan, what's wrong at home? Do you need help?"

Seeing that Gao Weilin had already taken two days off and was now asking for three more, the superior assumed something major had happened at his home and asked with concern.

"Thank you, boss. Nothing's wrong at home; I just have some private matters to handle."

Gao Weilin answered vaguely. He had originally intended to resign directly, but remembering the superior's mentorship, he decided to return to Hong Island to say it in person.

After hanging up, Gao Weilin returned to Room 206 and walked up to Chen Yansen.

"This is Xu Xingxing, head of the administrative group at Fox Tao. You two will go together when renting the office building."

Chen Yansen looked up and introduced Xu Xingxing to Gao Weilin.

"Monitor, do you mean I've been promoted?" Xu Xingxing was slightly stunned, then asked with a grin.

"It's temporary. Whether you become permanent depends on your performance."

Chen Yansen said with a smile.

Xu Xingxing usually handled miscellaneous tasks in the project group, such as organizing team-building events, arranging dinners, and purchasing office supplies; in fact, her abilities fell far short of what an administrative head required.

Renting an office building should normally be the administrative department's work, but Chen Yansen knew Xu Xingxing couldn't handle it alone.

So having Gao Weilin take her along was equivalent to finding her a mentor.

Selecting the office area and negotiating rental prices with landlords or agents was just the basics.

Furthermore, one must understand budget control, calculating property fees, utilities, renovation costs, taxes, and a series of other expenses.

Gao Weilin turned and greeted Xu Xingxing; he understood Chen Yansen's meaning: to have him guide Xu Xingxing.

He and Xu Xingxing walked out smiling.

While learning about the location and environment of Zhuxianzhuang Science Park, they also inquired about Fox Tao's development.

Seeing the two leave, Chen Yansen leaned back, thinking: Once Old Gao settles the matter of the Chengzi Technology office building, the plan to manufacture mobile phones can get on track.

According to Wang Teng and the others' R&D progress, the beta version should be released by early June.

At that time, leveraging Fox Tao's traffic, they would first accumulate a wave of users and promote AuroraOS (Aurora System).

After all, whether a complete mobile operating system is user-friendly relies heavily on user testing and feedback.

Staying at the Entrepreneurship Park until six o'clock, Chen Yansen invited Wang Zihao and Wang Teng to dinner.

During the meal, Wang Teng reported on R&D progress; in another week, they could package some core modules, then enter the black-box testing phase to determine any functional defects.

As he spoke, a hint of reverence flashed in Wang Teng's eyes as he looked at Chen Yansen.

In this era gradually transitioning to money worship, extraordinary talent could still make people bow.

In Wang Teng's eyes, Chen Yansen's programming talent was god-tier!

In less than two months, from beginner to master.

He had seen many computer geniuses from USTC and Tsinghua/Peking University at the OPPO R&D center, but compared to Chen Yansen, they all faded into insignificance.

If not for the many ideas and solutions Chen Yansen provided during the R&D process, they probably wouldn't have even completed half the progress by now.

Wang Teng had originally come for the high salary, but now he felt that following Chen Yansen could very likely launch him into the sky!

The original worry about funding shortages no longer existed after the 800 million in funds from Augusta arrived.

After listening, Chen Yansen nodded and told Wang Teng that recruitment for hardware and industrial design engineers was already over halfway done.

In early June, he would move all members of the Chengzi Technology team to the nearby Zhuxianzhuang Science Park.

Since the R&D team members all lived near Xu Yuan, the company would rent two buses at that time.

They would shuttle back and forth between Xu Yuan and the Science Park to ease everyone's commuting pressure.

Of course, if anyone found it troublesome and wanted to move near the Science Park, that was their personal freedom.

Wang Teng chuckled: "I'm used to staying at school; suddenly moving out, I really can't bear to leave."

"You're not reluctant to leave the school; I think you're reluctant to leave the pretty junior female students."

Chen Yansen teased jokingly.

Wang Teng laughed awkwardly twice, waved his hands embarrassedly, and said he was already twenty-four and wouldn't date girls aged eighteen or nineteen.

Wang Zihao instantly felt he had met a kindred spirit, sighed deeply, and said, "I also like the older ones."

Chen Yansen smiled and said nothing more.

After dinner, Wang Zihao and Wang Teng slung their arms around each other's shoulders and walked toward the Entrepreneurship Park together.

Chen Yansen went to the library and borrowed six more books.

"Student, are you deliberately messing with me?" The librarian, who had held back for a month, finally asked.

Xu Yuan student IDs allow borrowing six books at a time.

Typically, 90% of students choose to borrow two or three books and return them one or two months later.

But Chen Yansen, no; every morning he borrowed six, returned them at noon, and borrowed six more when returning books in the evening.

Borrowing twelve books a day made it hard for the librarian not to have a deep impression of him.

"Borrowing them for classmates," Chen Yansen made up an excuse.

"Alright then." The librarian thought inwardly: Your classmates read really fast.

But since Chen Yansen hadn't violated the borrowing rules, he could only complain silently.

Chen Yansen took the books and headed toward 0418.

Two days later, Gao Weilin completed the office building rental task.

The new office area of Chengzi Technology is located in Building 8 of Zhuxianzhuang Science Park.

The entire building has five floors; the first floor is the reception, equipped with conference rooms, a multimedia conference hall, and a guest area.

The building has four floors above ground, each with over 600 square meters of office space, capable of accommodating 60 to 75 workstations.

There are elevators and staircases on both the left and right sides, with two restrooms on each floor.

The top floor features a sky garden gifted by the Technology Park, planted with potted bonsai, purple bamboo, and various flowers and plants.

The balcony on the second floor extends two meters outward, forming a relaxation area of over thirty square meters.

The total construction area is 3,000 square meters; although it exceeds Chen Yansen's requirement by 1,000 square meters, the environment is truly excellent.

Gao Weilin brought documents to Chen Yansen for approval; Chen Yansen glanced at them briefly and made the decision.

Leveraging the reputation of Fox Tao, Gao Weilin also secured some concessions from the Technology Park: full exemption from property management fees for the first three years, full exemption from parking fees for the first year, and a rental rate of 0.4 yuan per square meter per day.

As soon as Xu Xingxing returned, she went online to search for the scope of responsibilities and essential work skills for an Administrative Team Leader, planning to make up for her deficiencies.

This was because Gao Weilin had unintentionally told her that tasks like leasing office buildings originally belonged to administrative staff, with finance only providing assistance.

She then realized that her tenure as a temporary team leader was still far from being made permanent.

"I recall you still have one day of leave; accompany me to Beijing tomorrow."

Chen Yansen said this to Gao Weilin.

"No problem." Gao Weilin smiled bitterly; though somewhat helpless, he nodded and agreed.

Chen Yansen had previously promised Zhou Hongyi that he would attend the Internet Open Conference hosted by 360; it was merely a matter of making an appearance, and he would take Gao Weilin along to meet the venture capitalists.

Before getting off work, Xu Xingxing booked round-trip plane tickets for Chen Yansen, Gao Weilin, and Song Yuncheng.

(End of this chapter)