If there really is a Promised Land in the world, then California is God's Promised Land for the United States.

When it comes to agriculture, the Central Valley is one of the most fertile in the world, producing the most sugarcane, vegetables, and fruits of any state in the United States.

In terms of industry, Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the West, covering almost all industrial categories.

In terms of mining and energy, although the gold mines here have been exhausted, California has something more valuable than gold, and that is oil, and California has the second largest oil reserves in the United States after Texas.

When it comes to the entertainment industry, is there any other part of the world where the entertainment industry can compare to Hollywood?

There are mountains, seas, natural scenery, and cultural landscapes.

Most importantly, there's Silicon Valley.

Although Silicon Valley has not yet become the center of the universe in 20 years, its vitality has already amazed the world.

HP, the oldest company here, has only been established for less than 60 years, Intel has only been around for 30 years, and Cisco has been around for less than 14 years.

But that's just the beginning.

No one could have imagined that in the next 20 years, countless legendary companies would be born on this land of less than 300 square kilometers and have such a profound impact on the entire world.

Zhang Chen looked at the more than 800 acres of land in front of him and couldn't help but feel excited.

800 acres, equivalent to 530,000 square meters, 53 hectares, 0.53 square kilometers.

These numbers are put in the planning book, and they may just be numbers, but if you are really immersive, you can know how big the area of 800 acres of land is.

Six or seven buildings covering an area of no less than 10,000 square meters are only sparsely dotted in the center of the land, and even one-fifth of the land has not been used.

These 800 acres of land and the just-completed above-ground buildings are the newly built Mountain View City Entrepreneurship Industrial Base of Tindersource!

I don't know which companies will grow into dazzling unicorns in their own start-up bases?

"Four three-storey and two five-storey business incubation bases, a single-storey entrepreneurial factory covering an area of 25,000 square meters, and four 11-storey single apartments. The supporting commercial facilities have also been built, and our negotiations with the City Council and City Hall have cost a lot of money, and all the cleaners and service personnel must use Mountain View local residents to increase the local employment rate. Now there is only a little greenery left to be done, when are you going to move?. Doug put his hand on the pergola and pointed to the entire Tinder Source Entrepreneurship Base to introduce Zhang Chen, his tone was quite self-conscious.

Zhang Chen can also understand that Doug has indeed contributed to the city council and environmental protection organizations in Mountain View.

Who made his mother a federal senator?

Zhang Chen nodded quietly: "The construction efficiency of the Beketel you introduced is good, and we can cooperate for a long time in the future." ”

Doug's eyes flashed, and he laughed: "Of course, Beckett is one of the largest construction companies in the United States, and it is the best in terms of efficiency and quality. They are also very formal in doing things and don't mess around. ”

He understood that Zhang Chen was reminding himself not to be too dark.

Doug's public relations firm took a large amount of money from Zhang Chen's Tinder Source to lobby the Mountain View City Council. Moreover, the builder also chooses the company recommended by Doug, and if there is no benefit from Doug, then there is a ghost.

After eating Party A and Party B, it is not only the court, but also consulting and public relations companies.

"Peter, a quarter of the second floor of that building, is PayPal. Zhang Chen turned to Peter Tier, who was already stupid, and said, "You can move here in the next two days." ”

Peter Till looked at the 12,000-square-meter office building and said in disbelief: "Here? This is at least 2,000 square meters, right? Now PayPal is not profitable, and I can't afford to rent such a big place." ”

Zhang Chen chuckled: "It's only one thousand four hundred and fifty square meters, and there are some public facilities in it." You're now more than 80 people, aren't you? Half of them are in the field, but the existing office environment is clearly not up to the needs of development. Don't worry, I don't charge PayPal rent here for the time being. ”

Although 80% of PayPal's shares are Zhang Chen's, one yard is one yard, and under normal circumstances, the mutual transactions between its subsidiaries must also be settled with each other.

Therefore, it was somewhat strange for Peter Tiel to hear Zhang Chen say that he would not charge PayPal rent.

Zhang Chen pointed to the modern buildings here and said to Peter Tier: "Not only PayPal, as long as the entrepreneurial project that has passed the review, we will approve a part of the office for them here, fortunately, PayPal is the first batch of users, until PayPal enters the A round of financing, they need to pay rent or choose to move out." Previously, people who worked here only had to pay $2.45 per person per day for a cup of Starbucks coffee. Of course, they also get an unlimited cup of coffee. How's that? Pretty fit, right?"

"What?" Peter Till couldn't close his mouth in surprise, he was a typical high-IQ person, and he reacted very quickly, as soon as Zhang Chen said this, he immediately thought that he understood Zhang Chen's intentions.

"Free start-up base?Oh my God, you're not doing charity, are you?" Peter Thiel's eyes flashed, "In addition to passing the audit, there should be other conditions, right?

Zhang Chen waved his finger and said with a chuckle: "No, as long as it passes the review, of course, for potential projects, Tinder Source will of course try its best to sign them, but we do not refuse to allow entrepreneurs to contact other investment companies." ”

"What about the benefits?" Peter Thiel didn't understand Zhang Chen's train of thought at all, you know, the annual cost of operating such a business base is at least more than 10 million US dollars, no, if you count the concessions to Mountain View, it will only be more.

Spending tens of millions of dollars a year just to support entrepreneurs without asking for returns?

Zhang Chen looked at Peter Tiel, smiled, and didn't explain much.

"Larry, Sergey, Google can move in in the near future, half of the third floor, it's all yours. However, Google will soon enter the Series A financing, and at that time, Google will have to pay the rent. Zhang Chen pointed to the three-story Bauhaus-style office building and said to Larry Page on the other side.

"Of course. Larry Page nodded, "Google was looking for a new office location, which is 40 percent less rent than other places and has better facilities." ”

"This in itself is a preferential treatment for the Tinder Source investment project, if you need to expand the office area in the future, you can only find your own land to build. Mountain View is a good place to go, and I suggest you can find a place nearby when the time comes. Zhang Chen stepped on the lawn that had not yet fully grown and said casually.

"That was a few years later. Larry Page shrugged his shoulders and his eyes were full of excitement, "With this, I won't have to look for an office space for at least three or five years." ”

Zhang Chen smiled dumbly, hehe, three or five years? I'm afraid that in two years, you will have to cry and shout for a new headquarters.

Google, already profitable.

(End of chapter)