Chapter 1957

Although Ye Chen was not from Jin Ling, he had long regarded Jin Ling as his second hometown.

He had lived in Jin Ling for nearly twenty years, and now that he had some ability, he really wanted to do something for Jin Ling.

Especially to do something for the orphans in Jin Ling and surrounding cities.

This complex of an orphanage and a twelve-year integrated school was a dream Ye Chen wanted to strive to realize.

He actually often recalled his life in the orphanage and those little friends in the orphanage.

He often thought of his former self, thought of his younger sister Li Xiaofen in the orphanage, his good brother Zhao Hao, and that pathetic yet annoying Zhao Zhuoyue, as well as Jiang Ming, who went astray and was ended by his own hands.

Before Tang Sihai found him, everyone actually didn't have much of a future.

The biggest reason for this was that everyone actually hadn't received a very good higher education.

Of course, this was not the orphanage's fault, nor was it Tang Sihai's fault.

After all, the orphanage itself being able to give these children a shelter from the wind and rain and letting them eat their fill and keep warm was already very remarkable; there wasn't an orphanage that also took care of these children's university education after they became adults.

Although Tang Sihai had the ability to manage it, in order to keep everything in the orphanage low-key and running normally, he didn't dare to let the orphanage's conditions be too out of the ordinary.

Moreover, in that era, most orphanages had somewhat difficult conditions due to funding.

It was precisely because of this that although Ye Chen's studies in junior high and high school were very good, after graduating from high school, in order to let the other younger brothers and sisters in the orphanage live a little better, he entered society to work early.

At that time, although Tang Sihai felt sorry for this, he also felt that this was more beneficial than harmful to Ye Chen.

Because, compared to a Ye Chen working at a construction site and a Ye Chen studying at a university, the latter would certainly have a greater chance of being exposed.

Based on this consideration, Tang Sihai did not interfere with Ye Chen's decision.

Now, Ye Chen no longer had the worries Tang Sihai had back then, so he planned to build such a utopian orphanage, not only to let these children have a good basic education and the opportunity to receive higher education, but also to let this group of children know how to be grateful and contribute their own strength to the development of this city in the future.

Song Wanting could also roughly understand Ye Chen's idea, so she said: "Master Ye, don't worry, I will definitely communicate with the city as soon as possible to see if the city can help solve the problems of site selection and related qualifications."

Ye Chen nodded and instructed: "The location can be more remote, but the area must be large. What we want to solve is a complex for the life, study, and daily leisure and art/sports activities of more than 10,000 children. In addition, it must also be able to solve the accommodation and living problems of related faculty and staff. Its scale must be at least the same as a university with 10,000 students, and it might even be larger."

Song Wanting hurriedly said: "Master Ye, don't worry, I will discuss this matter with the city in detail. Since you are doing such a great good deed, the city will certainly be very supportive."

Ye Chen sighed: "I hope that through our Rejuvenation Pill auction, we can raise Jin Ling's overall international popularity and economic development level by a step. When Dongxue confirms those high-end projects, we will call these wealthy people to Jin Ling again and let them do their best to invest and buy property in Jin Ling. By that time, Jin Ling will certainly leap to become a new international favorite!"

Song Wanting smiled: "Once the popularity of the Rejuvenation Pill continues to spread, I'm afraid that tycoons from all over the world will come to Jin Ling to invest..."

Ye Chen said confidently: "Don't worry, this day will come soon."

Song Wanting nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked Ye Chen: "Master Ye, who do you intend to hand this orphanage over to for operation? After we build everything, should we hand it over to the city for operation, or should we form our own operation team?"

Ye Chen hesitated for a moment and said: "I personally tend to let an aunt from the orphanage back then be responsible. She was responsible for taking care of me when I was young. Not only was she meticulous towards us, but she was also very responsible and very attentive. Moreover, she is also a person who has received higher education. Based on my understanding of her, she should be competent."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh: "It's just that she has already gone to Canada to enjoy her old age, so I don't have the heart to let her work hard and worry again."

Song Wanting thought for a while and said: "Master Ye, the scale of your project is still very large. Even if we have no problems with funding, the hardware from site selection to construction and then to completion and acceptance will take at least two or three years. Since you tend to have our own team operate it, I don't think there is any rush to decide on the person in charge immediately. We have plenty of time to look for one slowly."

"That's true." Ye Chen nodded and said: "You should first discuss the plan with the city. Let's strive to complete the site selection as soon as possible, and then get the project design out as soon as possible!"

"Alright." Song Wanting said: "I will discuss it as soon as possible."

Thinking of Auntie Li, Ye Chen thought about calling her and Li Xiaofen to ask how they had been doing recently.