"Professor Zhang, let's meet again."

There were three people in the conference room, one of whom was Professor Zhang Yuzhang, whom Shen Tingjun was most familiar with.

The two said hello, and Zhang Yu introduced the other two to Shen Tingjun, "This is Minister Li Yanli." ”

Li Yan is deputy director of the National Security Agency.

"This is Minister Sun Pingsun of the Ministry of Land and Resources."

"Hello Minister Li, Minister Sun."

Minister Li said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, please take a seat, I have always heard rumors about Mr. Shen, and today I finally met the real person." ”

"Lao Li, let's get down to business first, we're chatting after discussing polite words and other things." Sun Ping squeezed a sentence, looked at Shen Tingjun and said, "Mr. Shen, although you also learned something from Lao Zhang's mouth, I still have to talk about it roughly." ”

"Minister Sun, please speak." Shen Tingjun nodded.

"This time, the country will vigorously develop the northwest region, focusing on X province and several areas in the north, because there are natural gas resources and mineral resources that the country needs very much, and the northwest is a strict water shortage area, and the southwest is a place rich in water resources, so the state will establish a channel in the two regions."

Shen Tingjun listened quietly, Sun Pingzai looked at him carefully, and said: "Mr. Shen, if you want to open a passage through the two places, it will take a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. ”

"Yes, Professor Zhang and others from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have also thought about modifying intelligent machinery, but there is not much progress, Mr. Shen, do you have any good suggestions?" Li Yan asked.

Shen Tingjun held up two fingers, "There are two ways, one is more expensive and the other is more time-consuming." ”

"Oh? How do you say that? The two ministers and Professor Zhang were immediately curious, many professionals have been thinking for a long time and have not come up with a specific plan, this young man has two ways when he hears it?

Shen Tingjun smiled and said: "The time-consuming method is that I revise the current artificial intelligence machinery, a machine suitable for underground excavation is not difficult, I already have a draft before, but even if it is produced and it starts construction, it will take a lot of time, one year is the minimum." ”

Professor Zhang Yu said: "One year is not a long time, our previous expectation was three years. So what kind of solution do you mean by spending money? ”

"Hehe, this one is so much simpler. The northwest region lacks water resources because of the lack of lakes and rivers, but there are a lot of groundwater resources in the northwest region, and as long as this is used, there is no problem at all. ”

"Xiao Shen, we have also thought about this problem, but we don't have enough effective equipment to pump groundwater sources." Professor Zhang Yu smiled bitterly, and then his eyes lit up, "You said that you have a way to solve this?" ”

"Well, I can develop equipment for pumping groundwater resources, but such a complete pumping station is relatively expensive, and one pumping station is far from enough."

"And how much money do you estimate a pumping station will need?"

"$200 million, I think 10 pumping stations is the least amount to provide a provincial water resource, which is my estimate based on a medium-sized city, and the groundwater is not directly drinkable, and I estimate that it will be nearly $3 billion with some purification equipment."

"It's not a small amount." Both ministers pondered.

This question needs to be considered when the development of province X will be what kind of scale, since the country has chosen to develop this area, it does not mean that it is just to support the development of a small city, as the population of the city expands, more funds need to be filled.

"I need to go back and report this to a few chiefs, and we will discuss the construction of the city first and the problems after that." Minister Li said, and then handed a copy of the document in his hand to Shen Tingjun.

The text says that the commercial and industrial areas developed can each be allocated an area of no more than 10 square kilometers for their own commercial use, and the location of the area can be chosen by themselves. Of course, this is only the right to use, not the right to govern.

"I don't have any problems, I'm very satisfied with this condition." As he spoke, Shen Tingjun signed his name on both documents.

Sun Ping smiled and asked, "Has Mr. Shen ever thought about what kind of business he would start there at that time?" ”

"Minister Sun, I can't eat such a large place alone, so I also found some seniors in the business community to invest and develop together, and I don't have a clue about the specific project yet, but I have a hunch that I will visit Minister Sun's mansion when the time comes."

"Hah! Interesting, then I'll sweep the couch to greet you. ”

After the talk, Shen Tingjun and Yang Xue left temporarily, but the two did not leave Kyoto, since Shen Tingjun got what he wanted, of course, he also had to pay the ability to help the country develop the northwest region, and now the problem of water resources is not concluded, he will stay here for a few days.

After being idle, the two decided to take a good stroll in Kyoto, before Shen Tingjun came to Kyoto, he was just in a hurry, and he couldn't call it a sight, as for Yang Xue, he was naturally interested in coming for the first time.

The two walked into the door of a jade shop, Yang Xue seemed to be very interested, but she hesitated in front of the door, and finally walked in resolutely.

Shen Tingjun looked at her struggling and tangled expression with a smile, and he could guess a thing or two about Yang Xue's mood when he wanted to buy jade.

"Welcome, sir, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Shen Tingjun smiled and looked at the sales lady behind the counter, "Don't worry, let's take a look first." ”

Yang Xue looked at the glass counter in front of her one by one, and there were all jade and jade objects in the format, including bracelets, pendants, wrenches, and jade pendants tied around her waist.

The warmth of the jade has a breathtaking charm under the illumination of the light, and people can't help but want to touch it carefully.

Yang Xue raised her head, stuck out her tongue at Shen Tingjun, and said softly, "It's all so expensive." ”

Indeed, don't look at the appearance of these jades, but the prices are extremely expensive, each piece of jade is in the tens of thousands, and many of them are more than one million.

"I think that piece of the pendant of the pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha is very suitable for Auntie." Shen Tingjun pointed to a piece of jade under the glass.

Yang Xue blinked, "How do you know that I want to give it to my mother?" ”

Shen Tingjun squinted his eyes and asked, "What, do you still have a lover I don't know about to send something?" ”

"I hate it, what nonsense." Yang Xue was very uncomfortable being stared at by Shen Tingjun, and hurriedly turned her head.

Eyes noticed the pendant that Shen Tingjun said, the upper body of the jade Buddha belonged to the transparent color of snowflakes, and the lower part was a verdant pale green.

"Miss, this jadeite pendant is produced in the jadeite gem-quality mining area of Myitkyina in northern Myanmar, and it belongs to the pure natural ice jadeite, with a total weight of 30.8 grams."

Listening to the waitress's words, Yang Xue was obviously more excited, but the price really made her unable to buy it.

Shen Tingjun glanced at the price of the pendant, 420,000.

"That's it, wrap it up for me."

"Don't! I can't ask you to buy it for me. Yang Xue said anxiously, "I already owe you a lot, and I don't want to continue to owe it." ”

Seeing her eyes that seemed to be wet, Shen Tingjun sighed: "Actually, I don't want to talk about the scenery, your monthly salary is 6,500 now, plus the bonus at the end of the year, you can earn more than 100,000 a year, after a year, Zhao Zihao will definitely give you a salary increase, do you still think you can't afford it?" It's hard to be ready to do it for two or three years and then change jobs! ”

Yang Xue sneered, and Shen Tingjun's last exaggerated tone made her laugh.

"That's not the same, I didn't make the money you sent it yet."

Shen Tingjun pointed to the pendant on the counter and signaled that the waiter could wrap it, "I'm not responsible for paying salaries to employees." ”

"Huh? So how do you know so much about my salary? Yang Xue looked at Shen Tingjun with a smile, obviously wanting to see how he answered.

Shen Tingjun felt as if he had fallen into a pit, and was about to find an excuse to open the topic when he heard a sound of footsteps behind him.

"Yang Xue, why are you here?"

A woman in a white work skirt had her eyes wide open and her face full of surprise.

Yang Xue also stared at the woman, and said with some uncertainty: "Are you ...... Zhou Lan? ”

"She's Zhou Lan?" Shen Tingjun was a little puzzled, and immediately recalled the memory of Zhou Lan in his mind.

He didn't know Zhou Lan, but Zhou Lan's name was thunderous. In high school, Zhou Lan was in Shen Tingjun's next class, and at that time, her and Yang Xue's grades were the first and second in the entire grade, anyway, the feng shui was turned on the two of them, and everyone wanted to get involved.

After every exam, the head teacher calls on all students to learn from Yang Xue and Zhou Lan, these two names are like a magic spell in everyone's ears to stimulate you and make you want to stop.

In the past, Zhou Lan and Shen Tingjun still had a vague memory, but now they look like they are completely different people, not only the body shape has changed, but also the appearance and temperament have also become charming, and the whole person looks like a goblin full of temptation.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, when did you come to Kyoto?" Zhou Lan said, and glanced at Shen Tingjun, who was only a few steps away, and said with a smile: "What about shopping with your boyfriend?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense! He was a classmate in a class in high school, but you don't know him, and now he's my boss. ”

"Your boss?" Zhou Lan looked at Shen Tingjun carefully, and indeed there was no memory of this person in his mind, so he leaned into Yang Xue's ear and whispered: "Isn't that better, isn't it normal for the boss to have a relationship with his subordinates?" ”

"I'm angry!" Yang Xue pursed her lips, looked at Zhou Lan's clothes, and asked, "You work here?" ”

"That's right, this jade jewelry store belongs to my father, I'll come over and help him take a look at it when I have time."

"Ah, you can hide deep enough, I never knew that you were the legendary Bai Fumei!"

Shen Tingjun saw the state of these two people and knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to finish talking in a short time, so he looked at the waiter at the counter and said, "Help me introduce other kinds of jade, it would be better if there was a jade Guanyin." ”