Richest Rag-picker
Chapter 315 - 311: Sea, Land, and Air Assembled
Fang Chenyi, of course, paid no attention to any of this online chatter. After all, he was quite busy at the moment.
Of course, if he had seen that Weibo post, he probably would have been shocked. Although he now owned over a dozen companies, he had never bothered to calculate their specific value.
’He simply had no concept of how much all those shares were worth!’
After the groundbreaking ceremony ended, Professor Wu and his grandson, along with Dean Liu, were driven over by Mu Tou.
Fang Chenyi accompanied them on a survey of the site. Afterward, he called over the technical staff in charge of construction and pointed out several areas that required special attention.
Not only that, but in the afternoon, Dean Liu actually had all his students come to the site. They even began setting up large, temporary military-style tents.
It looked like the students were planning to live here temporarily.
Seeing this, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed. This commercial district was his project, after all, yet they were being so dedicated. After some thought, he found Dean Liu, who was discussing the blueprints with Professor Wu.
"Dean Liu, don’t you think having the students live here is a bit much? I feel terrible about it. How about this? I’ll arrange for a car to pick them up and drop them off every day."
But Dean Liu just waved his hand dismissively and said with a laugh:
"No, no, it’s perfectly fine for them to stay here. Haha, Chairman Fang, please don’t feel burdened by this. To be honest, letting these students participate is the biggest help we could give them. In other words, your commercial district is destined to be one of the top in Huaxia. For them to be involved means they’ll have the best possible work experience before they even graduate! This is the kind of opportunity our university couldn’t find even if we paid for it!"
Hearing Dean Liu’s words, Fang Chenyi chuckled, feeling a bit sheepish. ’How did I end up feeling like Zhou Bapi? They’re working for me, I’m not paying them, and they’re the ones thanking me...’
Of course, Fang Chenyi knew Dean Liu was telling the truth. It was just like his own experience. Back in school, he had fought tooth and nail for a spot on the construction project for the Bird’s Nest. Even though he was just an errand boy on the periphery, it gave him an impressive entry on his resume.
Even though Fang Chenyi understood all this, he still felt bad about using their labor for free. So, he immediately arranged for people to set up prefabricated modular housing next to the central area, hoping to get everyone out of the tents as soon as possible. Not only that, but he also instructed Wei Yilong to pay each of these students a monthly salary of five thousand yuan.
By the time he was done with everything, it was already evening. Fang Chenyi had originally wanted to take everyone out for a nice meal, but Professor Wu and Dean Liu flatly refused. In their own words, construction had already begun that afternoon, and they had countless tasks to handle.
Moreover, Professor Wu told Fang Chenyi that he wouldn’t be going back for the night and would be staying on-site as well.
Left with no other choice, Fang Chenyi had to arrange for meals to be ordered from a hotel and delivered to them daily.
When he returned to his villa, he didn’t see Bai Menghan. ’She must be over at Villa One,’ he thought. Sure enough, when Fang Chenyi arrived at Villa One, he found everyone sitting in the living room watching TV.
Fang Chenyi walked in and immediately flopped down next to Bai Menghan. Seeing this, his mom shot him an exasperated look.
"You brat, can’t you sit properly? Have you eaten?"
"I’ve eaten, Mom. Hehe, I’m just tired from running around the construction site all day."
As he spoke, Fang Chenyi straightened up.
After a brief exchange, everyone’s attention returned to the television.
Just then, Wen Jinjin, who was sitting nearby, scurried over to Fang Chenyi with a secretive look on her face and whispered to her brother:
"Bro, why is there so much money on the card you gave me? Did you give me the wrong one?"
Hearing this, Fang Chenyi smiled and whispered back:
"It’s your allowance. Spend it however you want. When you run out, just tell me."
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After they all finished watching the news rerun, everyone returned to their own villas.
He had to admit, a full day bustling around the construction site was truly exhausting.
He went to the bathroom, filled the tub, and soaked comfortably in a hot bath. The old saying goes, ’A full stomach and a warm body stir lustful thoughts,’ and it couldn’t be more true.
But just as he was about to pull Bai Menghan in to relax with him, he made the tragic discovery that Xiao Hanhan had indeed gotten her period. This was a real pain in the ass for Fang Chenyi.
With all this pent-up energy and no way to release it, a frustrated Fang Chenyi threw on his clothes, said a quick word to Bai Menghan, grabbed his clutch, and headed out the door.
He hopped on a small electric scooter and rode out of the villa complex, soon arriving at the same garbage collection point where his scooter had been stolen last time.
This time, Fang Chenyi had learned his lesson. After parking the scooter, he took out a heavy chain lock that he had specifically asked Liu Yishou to prepare for him. With a CLICK, he locked the scooter to a lamppost.
Looking at the electric scooter, now securely locked to the lamppost, Fang Chenyi nodded in satisfaction. Then, he vaulted over the wall and into the garbage collection area.
"Huh? It looks different in here."