61: Xinghai's reputation is too strong.

“The Xijiang officials are probably dreaming and laughing their heads off right now.”

“Mr. Jia's analysis is spot on. Brothers, I'm taking my whole family to Xijiang to sell pancakes!”

“Yeah, I never really heard of this Mr. Jia before, it's like he just suddenly appeared.”

Reading this, Bai Qianqian felt something was off, but couldn't quite pinpoint what it was; it was just a sense of déjà vu.

“Tianshan Shepherd: No wonder there's been a sudden increase in people coming here to take photos and travel recently. We've sold over a dozen more lambs from our flock.”

“The real beneficiaries have emerged.”

“Mr. Jia is awesome, this really can drive the economy.”

“B&B Old Wang: You know, I've been running a B&B in Xijiang Ancient City for over ten years, and this is the first time I've seen anything like this. Next week's rooms are almost fully booked. Just yesterday, I hired a few young local lads.”

“Boss Wang, are you still hiring? I don't need wages, just room and board.”

“Xijiang is my hometown, and I'm truly overjoyed. Our family plans to move back next month.”

“Chosen Worker: My resignation letter has been submitted. I've decided to start a new life in Xijiang. I've even thought of a stall name: 'Rebirth: Selling Grilled Sausages at a Xijiang Construction Site.' Brothers, wait for my good news!”

Star Tower, top floor conference room.

At the rectangular conference table, on one side was Verlander Biotechnology's negotiation team, and on the other were Xinghai's core executives.

On Xinghai's side, Su Jin led the team, fully responsible for the negotiations.

Ten days ago, Verlander's team arrived in Modu. Including today's session, this was the fourth official negotiation between the two parties.

In the first three meetings, Verlander's side suffered greatly. Xinghai's negotiation team seemed to have known all their prepared plans in advance. Every time they spoke, it felt like hitting their own heads with a brick, which was very frustrating.

The two sides remained deadlocked over the equity transfer share and the payment for the North American distribution rights of Memory Tracing Clear.

Verlander had already relented, but their condition was 30% equity plus two hundred billion US dollars.

This was still quite far from the bottom line given by He Ming.

Xinghai naturally disagreed, maintaining a very firm stance.

After all, the initiative was with them. Holding the power of life and death, as long as they dragged it out until Memory Tracing Clear was officially launched, Verlander Biotechnology would be completely crushed.

Su Jin picked up her tea, took a small sip, her posture composed.

There was no room for bargaining in the negotiations between the two sides. Verlander could only follow Xinghai's terms. If they didn't agree, they could only wait for death.

Compared to Verlander's anxiety, Xinghai's executives all stood tall and straight, with faint smiles on their faces.

Earlier, facing Verlander's public opinion suppression, all of Xinghai's employees had been holding back their anger.

Now, with Verlander personally coming to seek peace, they naturally felt incredibly pleased.

If assault wasn't illegal, all members of Verlander's team would probably have been sent to the ICU long ago.

Just as Su Jin was about to speak again, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open. Her female assistant rushed over to her, leaned in, and whispered a few words.

Su Jin's expression changed slightly. After giving a few instructions, she immediately stood up and quickly walked out of the conference room.

Although Verlander's side was very displeased with Su Jin's sudden departure, they were currently under someone else's roof and had no choice but to swallow their anger.

When Su Jin arrived at Jiang Zhonghua's office, Xinghai's core executives were already gathered inside.

Lin Dong, Zhang Kaiwen, and Chen Wanwan were all present.

Jiang Zhonghua turned his computer screen to face everyone.

“An email just came from the Big Boss.”

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around.

Jiang Zhonghua continued, “The Big Boss wants us to immediately register Xinghai Aerospace and appoint Zhang Kaiwen as the CEO of Xinghai Aerospace.”

Zhang Kaiwen was stunned when he heard this, and his heart began to pound.

Su Jin became the CEO of Xinghai Energy, and Lin Dong became the CEO of Xinghai Entertainment. During this time... it would certainly be a lie to say he wasn't anxious.

He felt his abilities were no less than anyone else's, but the Big Boss's appointment had not yet come.

Lin Dong: “Congratulations, President Zhang.”

Su Jin's expression was serious. She thought more deeply than Lin Dong. If it was just this matter, there would have been no need to call her from the top floor conference room, as the negotiations with Verlander were also a major event.

“President Jiang, is there anything else?”

Jiang Zhonghua nodded.

“Xinghai Aerospace will be the only company in our Xinghai system preparing to go public.”

As soon as this was said, apart from Jiang Zhonghua, the other three simultaneously looked at Zhang Kaiwen.

It wasn't that they disagreed with the decision of the Big Boss behind the scenes. Among the people present, Zhang Kaiwen's ability was definitely top-notch.

Moreover, he also controlled a large amount of media resources. Before coming to Xinghai, he had already made a name for himself abroad and was indeed qualified to sit in this position.

Zhang Kaiwen was also surprised, but quickly understood the implications.

They had already guessed the Big Boss's purpose with about 90% accuracy: the great ship of Xinghai would definitely sail towards the sea of stars in the future.

They just didn't expect this day to come so soon.

Lin Dong: “Is it finally starting?”

Chen Wanwan: “Did the Big Boss give any other instructions?”

Jiang Zhonghua nodded.

“The Big Boss also wants us to immediately hold a press conference to announce our joint development of Xijiang's infrastructure project with Bais Technology.”

Jiang Zhonghua clicked on the email and enlarged a concept image.

In the picture, the background was a Gobi Desert, with snow-capped mountains in the distance.

In the center was a futuristic, large circular city.

The title was: “Starport.”

The circular city had connections in all directions, leading to a huge circular base in the central core layer.

“What is this?”

Su Jin: “Could this be the base for a space elevator?”

Jiang Zhonghua: “Very likely.”

“Prepare for the press conference. We might also need to help Bais Technology with some real estate cooperation matters later on.”

Su Jin understood Jiang Zhonghua's meaning. As soon as Xinghai released this news, the over 30,000 square kilometers of land approved for Bais Technology would become highly sought-after property.

Zhang Kaiwen gasped.

“So the Big Boss laid this chess piece a long time ago. I thought Bai Qianqian of Bais Technology had taken the wrong medicine.”

That afternoon.

Chen Wanwan, as the face of Xinghai, held a press conference.

The moment she announced that Xinghai would collaborate with Bais Technology to jointly build the major infrastructure project in Xijiang, the camera flashes went off like crazy.

“What?!”

“Xinghai is joining Bais Technology's Xijiang project?!”

“President Chen, is this true?”

...The reporters' questions were incessant because this news was truly explosive.

Bais Technology planned to invest five trillion in Xijiang, and the outside world unanimously believed that its helmswoman, Bai Qianqian, must have gone mad from taking the wrong medicine.

Although this was great news for Longguo, it did not affect industry insiders' assessment of Bai Qianqian's terrible move.

But with Xinghai joining, the nature of this matter completely changed.

Because Xinghai's reputation was simply too solid; the projects they brought forth were all products of a new era, capable of slapping all competitors into the ground, never to rise again.