774: Chapter 769 Speed ​​is Key

"There are no construction teams from our Strasburg."

"Even if you have money, don't even think about building a single toilet in Vienna!"

After spitting out the harsh words, the man in the suit scurried away clutching the documents, nearly tripping over the threshold.

As the glass door closed again, only Shen Yan's group and the still-stunned Elsa remained in the room.

"Sign it."

Shen Yan pointed to the contract on the table.

"You will still be in charge here from now on."

"I will clear all the debts."

"Replace all the equipment with the best."

Elsa looked at the promissory note, then at Shen Yan, and finally couldn't hold back her tears.

It wasn't because of the money, but because of the phrase, 'born in the wrong era.'

"There isn't... a complete set of architectural drawings in here."

Elsa placed the black cylinder she was holding onto the table, her hand trembling slightly as she stroked its body.

"There are only some structural sketches."

"Grandpa called it the 'Spine of the Tower of Babel.'"

"He said as long as the material could withstand that kind of tension..."

"...humanity could build a house all the way up to the clouds."

Shen Yan reached out and opened the black cylinder.

A scent of aged paper wafted out.

He pulled out the yellowed blueprints inside and spread them out.

The system light screen instantly covered the blueprints, and dense streams of data began to analyze frantically.

【Comparison Complete.】

【Integrity: 10%.】

【Core Mechanics Formula Correct.】

【Material Science Bottleneck Solved with Modern Carbon Fiber Technology.】

【Congratulations Host, you have obtained the foundation for the 'sky city'.】

Shen Yan looked at the extremely complex lines on the blueprints.

Those weren't just lines.

They were a skeleton woven in the language of mathematics.

A geometric aesthetic that was incredibly bold, yet terrifyingly rigorous.

Just like Chu Li's code.

Only a madman could conceive it.

And only a madman could understand it.

"That's enough."

Shen Yan's finger tapped on the core node of the blueprint.

"I don't need complete architectural drawings."

"Because what I am going to build..."

"...is not the past."

"It is the future."

He turned around and looked at Elsa, who was still wiping away tears.

"Pack up."

"Digitize all these drawings."

"Also..."

Shen Yan paused.

"Send flowers to your grandfather's grave."

"Tell him..."

"...his era has arrived."

Elsa suddenly covered her mouth, sobbing uncontrollably.

Shen Yan didn't linger. The intelligence was acquired, the layout was complete.

Next, it was time to let this seed sprout.

He walked out of the office.

The sunlight outside broke through the clouds, shining on the wet street.

Chen Guangke followed behind him and asked curiously:

"Brother Yan, are those drawings really worth five million?"

He came from the industrial sector.

Seeing a set of old papers exchanged for a mansion made him feel somewhat uneasy.

Shen Yan stopped walking.

He looked at the spire of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna in the distance.

That was humanity's yearning for the sky.

It was also capital's craving for height.

"Guang Ke."

Shen Yan took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

He handed one to Chen Guangke.

And lit one for himself.

The pale blue smoke dispersed in the sunlight.

"In this world..."

"...some people sell bricks."

"Some people sell land."

"But the most profitable business..."

"...is always selling standards."

Shen Yan took a deep drag of the cigarette.

"Those few pieces of paper..."

"...are the industry standard for future skyscrapers."

"Forget five million."

"Add two more zeros to the end."

"You still couldn't buy them."

Chen Guangke's hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly.

He almost let the ash drop onto his overcoat.

Add two zeros? That meant five hundred million?

He looked at Shen Yan's perfectly calm face.

Suddenly, he felt that...

The world seen through the eyes of his childhood friend...

might truly be different from theirs.

That wasn't the state of seeing a mountain as just a mountain; it was the state of seeing a mountain as a mountain of gold.

"Let's go."

Shen Yan stubbed out the cigarette he had only taken two puffs from and threw it into the nearby trash can, his movements crisp and decisive.

"Let's go see An Ran."

"Since we have something good..."

"...we should find someone who recognizes its value to foot the bill."

"Also..."

"Have Wu Ya contact the material research institutes back home."

"I need a high-strength carbon nanotube composite material."

"Money is not an issue."

"What I need is speed."

The wheels of the maybach rolled over the cobblestone streets of Vienna's old town.

The cabin was quiet, broken only by the rustling sound of Chen Guangke occasionally flipping through documents.

Shen Yan leaned back against the leather seat, closing his eyes to rest, fiddling with the USB drive he had taken from the Steiner Office.

The blueprints were secured, Wu Ya was handling the materials back in China, and money was just a number to him now.

But one thing was still missing: a person who could understand this collection of 'madman's manuscripts.'

A mad Engineer capable of actually erecting an anti-gravity structure on the ground.

Chu Li alone wouldn't suffice. That guy was a god when it came to algorithms, but asking him to calculate the shear coefficient of a load-bearing wall would be overkill.

"System."

Shen Yan murmured in his mind.

Since the system could provide the blueprints, it should naturally provide the corresponding instruction manual.

Or rather, a human instruction manual.

【Searching talent pool matching requirements...】

【Search scope: Vienna and surrounding areas.】

【Matching degree filter: Structural Engineering, Mechanics, Material Application, Mental State.】

【Ding!】

【Target locked.】

Shen Yan opened his eyes.

A slightly decadent face appeared on the blue light screen in front of his retina.

【Name: Liang Yibai.】

【Age: 34.】

【Identity: Former 'China Construction Third Bureau' Senior Engineer, currently a safety officer at the 'Danube Riverside' residential project construction site in Vienna.】

【Resume: Once led the design of the load-bearing structures for three cross-sea bridges in the country. Three years ago, he was jointly blacklisted by the industry after insisting on rejecting the client's 'material reduction plan' and reporting it under his real name, leading him to drift overseas.】

【Personality Traits: Obsessive, technical fanatic, despairing of the original architectural mechanics system.】

【Current Coordinates: Vienna District 22, Danube City Construction Site Area B.】

Shen Yan's lips curved slightly upward. A genius blacklisted.

This script sounded familiar, much like the case of Chu Li, the doctoral student who was treated as trash.

The system seemed to always favor these marginalized remnants abandoned by the era.

Because only such people would grasp the only straw in desperation and burn themselves out for it.

"Guang Ke, turn around."

Shen Yan knocked on the partition in front of the driver's seat.

"We're not going to An Ran's place anymore?"

Chen Guangke sounded somewhat surprised, but he turned the steering wheel steadily.

"Let CEO An wait a bit longer."

Shen Yan looked at the streetscape flashing past the window.

"Engaging in empty profiteering is not my style."

"Before meeting the investor..."

"...I need to find the person responsible for building the wolf's den first."

"Head to District 22, Danube City Construction Site."

Half an hour later, the maybach stopped outside a muddy construction site.

This was part of Vienna's new district expansion project, filled with roaring mixers and towering tower cranes.

The air was thick with the smell of cement dust and diesel—definitely not a high-end location.