The matter of buying land to build a headquarters in the United States is not too smooth.

Watching Buchanan mark the location he finally chose on the map, Feng Yiping praised, "This place is good,"

"Now we all know your view of homeownership," Buchanan said with a laugh.

Feng Yiping can only hehehe, his concept of real estate is very simple, if it is a coastal city, the place you choose must be able to see the sea view very conveniently.

This land is located in the bay of East Palo Alto, and it is nice to be able to see the sea in the office in the future!

"15 acres?" Feng Yiping groaned, I'm sorry, how many square meters is this?

Mike, who helped him buy a house, knew and immediately added, "About 60,000 square meters,"

That is, there are more than 90 acres, which is enough atmosphere!

"I don't understand, neither the UK nor the Commonwealth countries use the imperial system now, why do they still keep the imperial system here?" In order to alleviate his embarrassment, Feng Yiping complained.

This is also a strange thing about the United States, which is one of the only three countries in the world that retains the British system (the other two are Burma and Liberia), and the British system coexists, and some American British and British British systems are not consistent.

We were already in the Qin Dynasty, and we had the same track and the same text, okay!

"Several presidents have invested a lot of money and resources in pushing through the reform plan, and the end result is the coexistence of public and British systems," Buchanan said, "and it is mainly a matter of the habits of tens of millions of people, who are very resistant to the implementation of the metric system."

National Geographic magazine has published several issues of public-British publications, but because of the resistance of many readers who are not accustomed to the metric system, they have to continue to use a single imperial system. ”

Seeing that Feng Yiping was still looking at the information on the land, Mike said idly, "A few years ago, a satellite launched by NASA to detect Martian meteorology crashed. It is said that it is because of the use of both 'newton' and 'pound' to guide zhì,"

How can there be such a thing?

"I think it's mainly these people...... Feng Yiping was halfway through his words, and finally stopped in time, and when he said this, even the two Americans on the opposite side would be offended.

What's that. Feng Yiping thinks that the reason why so many people resist may be mainly because Americans are not good at mathematics.

If all of them are changed to the metric system, these guys, who have been accustomed to using the imperial system since childhood, will probably be blind when they go out, add a liter, how many gallons is a liter? And then when someone asks him how many meters tall he is, he will not be able to answer. How many meters is a foot?

Then Feng Yiping immediately didn't have the heart to secretly make fun of them, he pointed to the long list on the page in surprise and said, "These are all items that need to be approved?"

"Yes, it is necessary to pass these certifications and licenses,"

Feng Yiping took a look at it and said that the procedures in our country are cumbersome, and there seem to be more procedures here!

There were so many items on this list, some of which he could understand. For example, air emission permits, national and state pollutant discharge permits, wetland protection and impact permits, and federal water clean action plan approvals, which are probably similar to domestic environmental impact assessments.

But there are many more items that he knows about for the first time. For example, in the early stage of the cultural resources survey, this is a miracle thing? And the rainstorm pollution prevention and control plan? Is this to prevent me from being polluted by others, or to prevent me from polluting others?

"Although there are many projects and they are demanding, with Fremont here, it is actually very easy to get through. Buchanan knew what he was worried about.

This is also a characteristic of the United States, dealing with these things, without having to run back and forth from one department to another, all handled by lawyers, saving time and trouble. It also eliminates the possibility of some bribery.

It's debatable whether it's a money-saving thing, because the cost of a lawyer to represent you in these matters is not cheap.

"These are fine," Buchanan singled out another document from it, "this is the permission that the city of East Palo Alto needs from us to pass guò, and these are probably the most laborious,"

Feng Yiping looked at it, "How can there be permission for wetland protection and impact?"

"The city council has very strict requirements for wetland protection, and we want to involve local animal protection associations and environmental experts," he says.

That is, the local standard is higher than the national standard!

Another issue is the need to assess the impact that Nextdoor's headquarters in East Palo Alto could have on all aspects of the region.

"What does this mean?" Feng Yiping didn't understand.

"After the headquarters is completed, it is expected that at least 5,000 people will work there, and there are fewer than 25,000 people in East Palo Alto now, and they are worried that the addition of so many outsiders will affect their normal lives," he said.

Feng Yiping looked at Buchanan with some displeasure, what does this mean? I'm going to invest, it's to bring you job opportunities, looking like this, it seems to be very unpopular, very troublesome, and very disdainful?

He finally understood why the tough guy Schwarzenegger was the governor of the state, and the California government went bankrupt for a while, so it seems that it is not for nothing.

This project has been budgeted, and it is estimated that it will cost at least 80 million US dollars, which is too late for the local government to welcome it in China, even if it is a first-tier city, how can it be picky like this?

At this moment, Feng Yiping felt that it was better to be in China.

Although there will be some bureaucrats at home, there will also be bureaucrats in the United States, but they may not be as excessive as their domestic counterparts.

However, do they have another kind of resistance that has not yet risen in the country, can it be said that it is the people?

"I finally understand why so many people have done so much work, and as a result, a large number of imperial systems are still maintained here," Feng Yiping shook his head.

This could be a positive one!

In fact, this shows that the United States respects the rights of citizens, even if it seems unreasonable, as long as there are many people who hold this view, the government and society will respect it.

Of course, there are also negative effects, for example, the things Feng Yiping is facing now seem to be more troublesome than in China, the local government not only does not welcome it, but also picks and chooses, and the local people are not overjoyed, but actively nitpicking.

He finally understood why, more than ten years later, the high-speed rail planned by the United States is still on the drawing board, and our country's high-speed rail mileage has accounted for at least half of the world's total.

If we follow the US model, we will not be able to achieve the results of our development in the next 30 years if we do not use them for 100 years.

"How long does it take to process these permits?"

"Because there are so many departments involved in the city, state, and federal government agencies, if it is a qiē shun lì, it will take at least 6 months, and Fremont expects it to be 8 months,"

In 6 to 8 months, in China, more than half of such office buildings with up to three or four floors may have been built.

"What about the estimated construction time?"

"Around 18 to 20 months,"

Feng Yiping was very painful! It's okay to run all kinds of procedures, it is a lawyer who is handling it, although it takes a long time, but there are few people and little money spent.

But the construction of the park has to use a lot of workers, it takes 18 to 20 months, and the nobles among these workers have high wages.

Feng Yiping sighed again, it's still good in China!

But what's the solution? People here are so rich now that they don't even have a hard job offer.

He didn't bother to ask, "Then you guys hurry up, and, Mike, I want you to do your best to prepare a research center, and the main task of this research center is to develop some of the technologies we need in the future,"

He didn't know much about getting rich in Silicon Valley, and some of them were difficult to do, but he knew that it was a project with an amazingly high input-output ratio, and he didn't want to let it go.

In order to get a head start, it is necessary to stock up on some relevant technologies.

Mike originally wanted to shirk it, because the company was now preparing a review section, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to spare time, but looking at Feng Yiping's unhappy face, "Okay, I'll do my best to make a plan first," (To be continued.) )