38: Chapter 38: Aerial Assassin

Although Su Rou didn't understand technology, it seemed like a fantasy to design an aircraft in just a few days.

Besides, that day, Su Rou also saw the requirements put forward by the military, and she went back to check them later.

To achieve every one of those requirements, strong technical support was needed.

Although Su Rou highly trusted Chen Yu's research and development capabilities, for him to build it so quickly seemed a bit outlandish!

"Chen Yu, did you really build that kind of aircraft according to the military's requirements?" Su Rou asked, wanting to confirm again.

Chen Yu laughed on the phone:

"Hehehe, you don't have to be surprised, I'm a very amazing scientist! I've already designed an aircraft for them according to the military's requirements. You can contact General Cao and them, and they can come to Huanyu Factory tomorrow morning."

Su Rou no longer doubted him. Since Chen Yu said so, she could only contact General Cao to come for inspection.

"Uh, alright then!"

Just as she was about to hang up, Su Rou seemed to remember something and continued:

"Oh, by the way, I've communicated with the Jiangcheng Land Bureau several times recently. The officials are still sticking to their previous conditions. Also, they've mobilized the villagers of Qifu Village. If they are to move, each family will receive a subsidy per person, 200,000 per person, and farmland will be subsidized at 150,000 per mu. In addition, they also need to build resettlement housing for them within the urban area of Jiangcheng."

When Chen Yu heard this, it was even more outrageous than a lion's open mouth!

Chen Yu roughly calculated in his mind.

If he were to acquire 25 square kilometers of land, he would have to subsidize thousands of households in Qifu Village.

There was also nearly half the area of cultivated land, and they even had to acquire land in the urban area to build resettlement housing.

All these expenses added up, he would probably need to invest 8 to 10 billion.

This was just the price of acquiring the land; subsequently, Chen Yu would also need to build an industrial park, and the expenses could only be described as terrifying.

Even if Chen Yu's new energy vehicles were selling well now, it couldn't withstand such a huge consumption!

Moreover, Chen Yu's hometown land had been occupied before, so he knew the ins and outs of it.

The subsidies given to the villagers seemed high, but these funds were given to the officials, and the subsidies they then gave to the villagers would be good if they were even half of that amount.

Furthermore, this was the most remote suburb of Jiangcheng, and the land price simply couldn't demand that much!

More than half of these funds would be earned by the official treasury.

"It seems the officials are really ruthless. My money doesn't just grow on trees. You don't need to communicate with the Jiangcheng Land Bureau anymore; they'll come looking for us sooner or later!"

Su Rou didn't know Chen Yu's thoughts, and she was even more confused about Chen Yu's statement that the Land Bureau would come looking for them.

"Alright, but I don't think the Land Bureau will budge. What they want now is fiscal revenue, and we are the fattest sheep!"

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I believe they will regret it!"

After ending the call with Su Rou, Chen Yu called Xia Yueshu.

The call was quickly answered, and Xia Yueshu's charming voice came through:

"Chairman Chen, I've been looking for you at the company these past few days, but I couldn't find you. I even wanted to invite you to dinner!"

"Uh, I've been developing an aircraft for the military recently, so I haven't been to the company much."

"Oh, oh, why did you think of calling me now? Do you miss me?"

Chen Yu coughed to hide his embarrassment. He hadn't expected Xia Yueshu to joke like this after they became familiar.

"Cough cough! Yue Shu, I want to ask, how are our Huanyu Auto flagship stores being built across the country?"

"Don't worry, I asked my dad to use all the resources of Qianye Group nationwide. In the early stage, construction has started simultaneously in several first-tier cities and more than a dozen second-tier cities. By the end of this month, the flagship stores in first and second-tier cities will all be completed."

"Hmm, not bad. I'm indeed at ease with you handling things!"

"Did you call me just to talk about this?"

Chen Yu did indeed only have this one thing to talk about when he called Xia Yueshu, but he also wanted to ask her if she had any resources for acquiring land.

In case those officials from the Land Bureau really didn't give him face, Chen Yu would still have to buy land at a high price.

"Oh, by the way, I do have one thing. I want to buy a piece of land."

"Buy land? That's simple! Our family is in real estate development, and my dad is an expert!"

"But the land I need is quite large, preferably in a sparsely populated suburban area."

"That's not difficult. How big do you need?"

"Uh, the bigger the better, at least not less than 20 square kilometers, about 30,000 mu."

"Pfft!" A sound!

"What? How big do you need? 30,000 mu! What are you going to do, build a city?"

"Don't worry about how big it is. Just tell me if your dad can find such a large piece of land, and the price shouldn't be too outrageous."

"Alright, although I don't know what you want to do, I can talk to my father about it!"

"Then thank you. I'll treat you to dinner another day!"

"Hmph, you better not just say it!"

"Alright, alright!"

The next day, in the morning! At Huanyu Factory, several military vehicles drove into the square.

Cao Guangde and some high-ranking officials from the Southern Military Region got out of the cars.

Su Rou and some senior executives of Huanyu Technology had already arrived early.

"General Cao, you're really early!" Su Rou stepped forward and extended her hand.

Cao Guangde shook hands with Su Rou and said:

"Where's Chen Yu?"

"Uh, General Cao, Chen Yu... he... he hasn't arrived yet." Su Rou was a bit embarrassed.

Cao Guangde's expression didn't change much, but there was a slight bulge between his brows.

Some high-ranking officials behind Cao Guangde, as well as the military scientists who came with him, all showed dissatisfaction.

"Chen Yu is too arrogant, isn't he, to make General Cao wait for him!" Cao Guangde's secretary, Xiao Luo, said unhappily.

"Exactly. We all have research tasks, and we don't have time to waste here with a young punk. Besides, we only put forward the requirements last week, and this week he's asking us to come see the finished product. Is that even possible?"

Zhou Wenping, a leading military scientist, also complained.

"Hey, Xiao Luo, Old Zhou, you don't need to complain. It's fine for us to wait!" Cao Guangde could only comfort everyone.

They waited for half an hour, and even Cao Guangde became a little impatient.

He, a dignified Major General of Yanxia, a powerful figure in the military, was actually waiting here in frustration for so long.

During this time, the secretary and a group of scientists all voiced their grievances.

"General Su, is your Chairman Chen playing tricks on us? Why isn't he here yet!" Secretary Xiao Luo said impatiently.

Su Rou held her phone. She had called Chen Yu several times just now.

Chen Yu didn't answer.

"Secretary Luo, don't worry. Please appease General Cao and the scientists first. Chen Yu should be arriving soon."

"What do you mean 'should be arriving soon'? It's impossible for him to develop any usable finished product so quickly. Is it that he can't make it at all, so he's asking us to come and terminate the cooperation?"

Su Rou could only smile bitterly. To be honest, she didn't even have confidence that Chen Yu could build the kind of aircraft the military requested within a week.

Just as everyone's mood was at its lowest, a black dot appeared in the distant sky!