On the top floor of the Central Building, Jiang Chen stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the apartment, taking in a panoramic view of the entire city's streets. For this grand opening ceremony of Penglai City, this is undoubtedly the best special seat to watch.
There were crowds of people in the distance, and it was dark as far as the eye could see. Although he could not clearly see the expressions of every face in the crowd, he could feel the strong enthusiasm of the people from a distance.
The edge of the island is paved with sandy beaches, dotted with green coconut trees, and along the streets inward, subtropical-style trees are planted along the roads. Although Penglai City focuses on high technology, Jiang Chen has not ignored the importance of greening. Looking around, you can clearly see the dotted greenery in the entire steel and concrete jungle.
The sea breeze blew across the road, and the shadows of the trees swayed slightly, bringing a touch of coolness to the hot air.
In addition to selling points such as AR, holographic images, and maglev train transportation, another major selling point of Penglai City is drones.
Futureren Heavy Industries has designed a beta series of drones for Penglai City, of which beta1 is a firefighting drone and beta2 is a police drone. These two drones will provide intelligent services for firefighting and public security in Penglai City.
If a fire breaks out, there is no need for fire trucks to be dispatched or firefighters to risk their lives to rush into the fire. Dozens of drones can fly over and control the fire immediately. If a crime occurs somewhere, after receiving the alarm, the drone hive deployed nearby will immediately release the drones to control the criminal before the police arrive.
While alleviating traffic pressure, it also improves execution efficiency and cuts a large amount of municipal expenses. With the cooperation of drones, the work that originally required five police officers can now be completed by just one police officer.
Penglai City will serve as a pilot for drones in firefighting and public security. If this model is proven to be feasible, the Presidential Palace will promote it throughout the country.
At the same time, the logistics drone that Futureren Heavy Industries is designing is about to be put into production and will first complete orders for the Penglai Logistics Center and various shopping malls in Penglai City. By then, 500,000 logistics drones will support express delivery, takeout and other delivery services throughout the city. Even without leaving home, you can buy your favorite products and enjoy delicious food from five-star restaurants.
Just as Jiang Chen was looking at the street scene outside the window and imagining the bright future of Penglai City, Jane's holographic bust appeared on the table nearby.
"There is someone looking for you outside the door. It's your eo."
"Let her in."
"Yes." Jane nodded, and the image disappeared from the table.
There was a soft sound from behind, and the elevator door opened. Xia Shiyu walked into the room and stood next to him.
"Thank you for your hard work." Jiang Chen said, turning around and looking at Xia Shiyu.
Xia Shiyu shook her head, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.
"This is my job, it's not hard work or not."
I don't know if it was because of the "frank meeting" last time, but Jiang Chen always felt that Xia Shiyu's eyes looked at him with a slightly different color. He couldn't tell what kind of color it was, but when he saw it inadvertently, it felt inexplicably heart-pounding. At work it is still the same as before, but once in the private space, this feeling is particularly obvious.
"How is the situation outside? There are no safety incidents." Jiang Chen asked.
"Xinghuan Trading has handled the safety work very well. It seems that we have nothing to worry about." Xia Shiyu said.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded.
With 127,000 people pouring into Penglai City at the same time, the traffic load is undoubtedly huge. If a stampede or other accident occurs accidentally, the name of Penglai City will undoubtedly be cast into a shadow.
"There is news from the Boston consortium. Mr. Carson Lodge asked us if we are interested in building a satellite city for Hawaii. There is also news from Saudi Arabia. The Saudi royal family hopes that we can build a maritime palace for them on the Persian Gulf. "
"Just tell me how many orders there are." Jiang Chen sweated.
"Future Man Heavy Industries hasn't signed it yet, so it can't be considered an order yet." Xia Shiyu pushed the frame on the bridge of her nose, retrieved the holographic image from the one she wore on her wrist, and gently pushed it in front of Jiang Chen, "As of An hour ago, Futureman Heavy Industries had received a total of 218 letters of intent for cooperation related to maritime city projects, of which 14 were from national organizations and 204 were from private enterprises."
An investment of 20 billion US dollars has created a value of 100 billion US dollars. Naturally, many corporate groups are envious of such a high return on investment. Expanding into the ocean has always been one of the strategic priorities of many coastal countries, and the business opportunities therein are simply immeasurable.
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and then said.
"Future Heavy Industries currently has no plans to build a new maritime city, but orders may be opened to the public next year. This is how we will reply to them for the time being."
Projects worth tens of billions may seem very profitable, but compared to the production capacity they occupy, the rate of return is not as high as imagined. At present, Futureman Group's industrial capabilities basically rely on the country's high-tech industrial park on Anga Island and the New Mat District on Papua Island. The production capacity is not high enough to be "wasted" casually.
What's more, he also wants to build a "Tower of Babel"
Regarding Jiang Chen's choice, Xia Shiyu just nodded. Although she stands in the group's EO position, she is more inclined to export offshore urban projects and expand the company's profits. But she also believed that Jiang Chen must have his reasons for making such a decision.
This tacit understanding of unreserved trust has been established as early as the establishment of Futureman Technology.
However, sometimes Jiang Chen's behavior of making decisions also gave her some headaches.
"Speaking of which, have you done anything recently?" After a pause, Xia Shiyu asked.
"Well, it's related to aerospace." Jiang Chen nodded.
Xia Shiyu sighed, stretched out her hand and pushed her eyes on the bridge of her nose.
"Really? If it's confidential, I won't ask. But in the future, when you allocate funds through the company's finances, you'd better tell me in advance, okay? Although the company is making money, its liquidity is not very abundant. Suddenly, Star Ring Trading In order to raise the capital, the Finance Department cut off all the funds that had already been approved by Future Life. Just now Tao Ming was still protesting to me, asking me what was going on with that money. It’s all used to expand production.”
At this point, Xia Shiyu didn't continue talking, but looked at Jiang Chen with a slightly complaining look.
Jiang Chen also looked a little embarrassed when he saw that his hasty actions had caused such trouble. He didn't think so much about it at the time. Kerwin reported the budget to him and he approved it directly. It only cost 20 billion to build this space elevator. His only thought at the time was that it was really cheap.
"Sorry, I will tell you later."
Xia Shiyu, who was accustomed to helping Jiang Chen with the group's management, didn't say anything and just made a wish-for-such expression.
At this moment, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered a question.
"By the way, you said our liquidity is not very abundant, right?"
Xia Shiyu answered professionally.
"This is a common problem for any large company, unless"
"Unless we open a bank." Jiang Chen said immediately.
Xia Shiyu was stunned. Although what she wanted to say was to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the bank, Jiang Chen's opinion seemed to be correct.
After a pause, she nodded and said.
"Exactly, unless we open a bank.".