Actually, what Huang He said was half-truth and half-false. This was because Huang He's memory was incomplete. All he remembered were instances like Leng Zhiqing saving him at the company and the time he first sent Leng Zhiqing home.
The rest was filled in by Huang He using his imagination. Judging by Leng Zhiwen's reaction, it seemed that these additions were accurate and that Huang He had filled in the blanks correctly.
At the same time, there was one thing Huang He was very certain about: in his memories, he had never harbored any special feelings for Leng Zhiwen, not even a ripple of emotion. He even had no recollection of the time she fell into a manhole.
Instead, his memories related to Leng Zhiqing were extremely vivid. Therefore, Huang He was certain that he deeply loved Leng Zhiqing, and saving Leng Zhiwen was a mere triviality.
It seemed very tragic for Leng Zhiwen, but that was the reality.
However, these were the memories of another Huang He. The current Huang He was brimming with affection for their Leng Zhiwen, almost overflowing.
“Brother-in-law…” Leng Zhiwen hugged Huang He and asked, “Then what was all of this for, for my three years?”
“There’s no ‘for what,’ it’s just youth!” Huang He patted Leng Zhiwen’s cheek and then whispered in her ear, “Zhiwen, brother-in-law still feels it’s not enough. How about you work a little harder?”
“Oh!” Leng Zhiwen nodded and was then ascended once more.
Actually, Huang He wasn’t that lustful. It was just that some things couldn’t be dwelled upon, so Huang He decided to use pleasure to help Leng Zhiwen forget these matters.
However, after the pleasure, there would be bigger problems to solve. The next morning, holding Leng Zhiwen, who this time had not left without saying goodbye, Huang He fell into a state of great confusion.
“Brother-in-law, are you worried about Sister Zhiruo and me?” Now that her body could communicate, her thoughts became more agile. Leng Zhiwen hugged Huang He and asked softly.
“Yes!” Huang He replied truthfully, “You, me, and Zhiruo, I really don’t know what to do! Do you have any good ideas?”
“What other ideas could there be? Just marry Sister Zhiruo!” Leng Zhiwen said without hesitation, very lightly, “As for our matters, you don’t need to worry. I will never tell Sister Zhiruo in this lifetime. Our current life, like this, is actually quite good!”
“You agreed so readily, are you truly content?” Huang He asked curiously.
“What can I do? I was a step too late twice in a row. This is my own doing, there’s no other way!” Leng Zhiwen said with a free and easy smile. After resolving her inner turmoil, Leng Zhiwen seemed like a different person, becoming completely cheerful and no longer appearing so gloomy.
“Besides, I still have a year to train. If I really become a celebrity in the future, I won’t be able to get married before I’m thirty. The audience won’t like a beautiful celebrity who is already married.”
“But brother-in-law, you are different. You can’t wait another ten years to get married. You need a stable family. Moreover, if I truly snatch brother-in-law, Sister Zhiruo, even if she doesn’t say anything, she will likely be completely ruined!”
“I’ve lived this kind of life for three years, I know what it feels like. Sister Zhiruo doesn’t need to live the same life as me. She is the best second sister in the world!”
“Uh, it seems this is the only way!” Huang He nodded, then scratched his head and said slyly, “Then, if I say something slutty, am I considered to be having an extramarital affair now?”
“Which rich person in the world doesn’t have an extramarital affair?” Leng Zhiwen had indeed become extremely cheerful. “Rather than having a useless actor have an extramarital affair, it’s slightly more acceptable for someone like brother-in-law who works hard in real industries and contributes to society!”
“However, brother-in-law, you’d better cover your tracks cleanly. Otherwise, if people catch you with evidence, you’ll inevitably have to go to jail.”
“What do you take brother-in-law for? Would brother-in-law do such a thing? Brother-in-law is content with you and Zhiruo for a lifetime, and will never think of other women, let alone do illegal things like Wu Yiqian!” Huang He said righteously, then felt a hot body entwining around him again.
“Brother-in-law, I can go into seclusion for a year, so I’ll ask for it one more time!” Leng Zhiwen said with a smile.
Ah, she really has changed. Her character has completely transformed.
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Watching Leng Zhiruo and Leng Zhiwen disappear through the boarding gate, Huang He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Leng Zhiwen was going to Shanghai to study, and Leng Zhiruo also had work to attend to in Shanghai. The two of them left together. Huang He, however, had to drag his exhausted body out early in the morning. First, he drove back to his own home, changed clothes, and then, feigning a full of spirit appearance, picked up Leng Zhiruo’s family from their home. Afterwards, he rushed to the hotel to pick up Leng Zhiwen, who was said to have been out singing with classmates all night and had randomly found a hotel to stay in. In reality, however, she had only booked the room for less than an hour. Then, he rushed to the airport. In between all this, Huang He and Leng Zhiwen had to maintain their previous demeanor, showing no reaction whatsoever. This was truly a test of Huang He's acting skills.
Huang He figured that if this continued, he could also start acting in television dramas.
However, with these two women gone, Huang He could finally relax, recuperate, and prepare for Ni Guangnan’s arrival.
After all, in the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
Ni Guangnan arrived the next day. He came to Wenzhou alone and, accompanied by Huang He, toured Huang He’s Jiangnan Group.
To facilitate resource sharing and improve logistics, Huang He had acquired another plot of land in the suburbs of Wenzhou at the beginning of the year, intending to relocate the entire Jiangnan Group there within the year.
It is worth noting that this relocation not only cost Huang He no money but actually earned him a considerable sum, as he would be selling his old factory along with the land.
This plot of land covered a total area of about 50 mu and was located in a semi-central urban area of Wenzhou, an extremely advantageous geographical location. It was originally the land of a state-owned enterprise in Wenzhou, which was later transferred to his family through various means employed by Huang He's parents.
Now, Huang He had sold it.
This piece of land was very sought after due to its prime location near residential areas. Consequently, a real estate company purchased it for five hundred million yuan. How they would convert the industrial land into residential land was their own business, and Huang He didn’t concern himself with it.
Then, Huang He used one hundred million yuan to purchase 3,000 mu of land in a more remote area of Wenzhou, where a brand-new, planned factory park was currently under construction.
Huang He had reached an agreement with the developer that the old factory would be moved out by the end of the year, so they could still operate from the old factory for the time being.
This time, Huang He specifically commissioned a top domestic design institute to create a large-scale enterprise base designed to international first-class standards. However, it is worth mentioning that less than half of it was allocated for industrial production and offices. The other half was entirely dedicated to various logistics centers, packaging centers, and cargo distribution centers.
However, this was unavoidable, as the blind box business was growing larger and larger. Jiangnan could not produce everything themselves; they acquired goods and brought them to their own logistics centers, then packaged them as blind boxes and distributed them to companies nationwide. This was an extremely massive undertaking that required a large amount of space.
Currently, Jiangnan Group had conducted several recruitment drives, all for workers in the cargo distribution centers and packaging centers. The total number of workers in these two centers had now exceeded 1,500, which was more than the number of workers in the leather factory. This was because the workload in the leather factory had significantly decreased, and only fewer than 300 workers remained.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to these 3,000 mu of land, Huang He had also acquired an additional 1,000 mu near a large mountain, at a price that was practically free. This land was specifically given to Jiangnan Computer Technology Service Company as their network center and research and development center, especially for storing servers. The base currently under construction that he was showing Ni Guangnan was this site.
Ni Guangnan toured with great seriousness, from the overall planning and layout of the center to the arrangement of various functional areas and Huang He’s medium- to long-term plans. He even chatted with Leng Zhimeng for over an hour, and despite her being a young girl not yet twenty years old, he showed no arrogance whatsoever.
Ni Guangnan's visit was very valuable. During the tour, he provided many suggestions for improvement, some of which could significantly increase production efficiency and mitigate potential risks during production and operation.
Ni Guangnan creatively proposed finding another piece of land by the sea to build the server machine room right by the sea, and then submerging all the servers in the seabed to utilize seawater for rapid cooling. This would save a significant amount of cooling expenses.
This left Boss Huang stunned, not so much by the idea itself, but by Ni Guangnan’s foresight.
Because such an idea was not mere speculation. In fact, in 2018, Microsoft had indeed built an underwater server center by the sea, directly using seawater immersion for cooling. The ocean currents would automatically carry away a large amount of heat, preventing servers from fundamentally overheating.
However, Ni Guangnan also stated that this was just an idea. The key to realizing this idea was to properly waterproof the servers and prevent corrosion from seawater. Until these problems were solved, it would remain just an idea.
Therefore, Huang He immediately declared that as soon as the server construction base began, they would prioritize research into servers that were waterproof and resistant to seawater corrosion, and that could be cooled by seawater. Huang He believed this could bring significant profits to the company.
After all, for large server bases in the future, such as those of Tengda or Forty Thieves, the annual expenses for server cooling alone amounted to billions of yuan, and the electricity consumed was incalculable.
It was ironic that they consumed electricity to cool their servers, and the use of this electricity itself generated higher heat, which was a comical paradox.
Therefore, although the initial investment in researching seawater-cooled servers might be substantial, once successful, the cooling costs would be reduced to about one-third of the original amount. This would translate to billions saved annually.
Furthermore, if this system were to be promoted globally, it would also become a significant competitive advantage for Jiangnan servers.
Although such an idea was very appealing, for now, the servers could only be built on cooler land.