I was reborn and stayed in school to lie down. I really don’t want to roll anymore!

After this meeting, matters concerning the headquarters building progressed rapidly.

The Songjiang Municipal Party Committee's work on land approval and project approval is incredibly efficient.

In just five days, everything was ready.

The bidding work for Haijing is naturally being carried out at an accelerated pace.

In addition, the AI ​​laboratory led by Professor Wen will start construction even faster than the headquarters building.

It is also under the responsibility of Lin General Company, which is also under the construction of Jiangnan Hongyuan.

At the same time, Professor Wen’s laboratory at Songgong University has also been equipped with a special temporary algorithm computer room.

Before the AI ​​laboratory is completed, some initial research projects will be carried out temporarily.

Jiang Hao put a lot of effort into this small algorithm computer room.

Graphics cards are becoming increasingly scarce these days, and even Teacher Xu has a hard time getting one.

The computing graphics cards in this computer room were eventually collected from various channels at high prices before being put into use.

After everything went smoothly, Jiang Hao finally had some free time.

Although it can't be said that he has nothing to worry about, at least he doesn't have to worry about many things for the time being.

……

In Longyue Plaza, the “Bu Cha Bu Fan” milk tea shop is still doing booming business.

Jiang Hao was just about to go in to buy a cup of milk tea when Zhan Liang came out.

He arrived earlier than him, holding three cups of milk tea in his hands.

"Boss Jiang, long time no see!"

"Would you like Guiyin Youlan or Dahongpao milk tea?"

...

"Gui Yin You Lan, that cup should be given to Mr. Lu."

The milk tea shop opened by Zhan Liang has many new products every month, but Jiang Hao still prefers this one.

"Come on, let's find a place to sit."

With that, Jiang Hao turned around and left, looking for a store in the mall with Zhan Liang.

There is no way. There are too many people in the "No Tea, No Fan" store. It is not a good place to chat.

Walking up the stairs, I found that there are much fewer people in Longyue Plaza than when it opened.

Especially on this weekday, there are significantly fewer people on the second floor and above in the mall.

At the same time, Jiang Hao discovered that Brother Yang’s shopping mall was quite weird.

Maybe it’s the first year of investment promotion, an area on the third floor seems to be intentional.

On the left is the tutoring institution’s training class, and on the right is the Internet cafe.

Jiang Hao could even see many students coming out of the Internet cafe with their backpacks and going to the training class next door.

This made both him and Zhan Liang sigh with emotion.

Finally we found a private room in a Sichuan restaurant and sat down.

This made Lu Weiming, who had just arrived, very satisfied with the location he had chosen.

"I've been here with Lao Yang before, and it tastes pretty good!"

"Every time I come to the mall to see him, I eat at this restaurant."

As Lu Weiming spoke, he put down the Buddhist beads on his wrist.

After a new year, Lu Weiming's temperament has changed drastically.

Not only was the style of her clothes much older, but she was also suddenly covered with a lot of accessories.

There is a full green jade ring on her finger, which is very dazzling.

There are two strings of Buddhist beads and Bodhi beads on the wrist.

There was even a Dzi bead hanging around his neck, as if he was suddenly worshiping Buddha.

"Brother Lu, have you started to believe in Buddhism this year?"

...

"What kind of Buddha do you believe in?!"

"It was given to me by relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year. I just took it with me."

After that, he scanned the code and placed his order as he was familiar with it.

"It is becoming easier and easier to eat in shopping malls now. You can place an order by simply scanning a QR code."

"If this had happened before, I wouldn't even have dared to think about it."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at Jiang Hao.

"Brother Jiang, why don't you guys at Haijing develop this function of scanning the code to order?"

...

"Is it because I don't want to develop it? It's because Jiangnan QuickPay can't compete with Alipay and WeChat Wallet."

Jiang Hao couldn't help but explain out loud.

Haijing Technology not only lacks the foundation compared with Alibaba and Tencent, but also has a huge gap in the online payment industry.

Although Jiangnan Quick Payment Company has already boarded the recharge behind Haijing Technology, including Haijing Monthly Payment, and the registration and usage binding of Qingsen Cycling.

However, the gap between it and the top two, Alipay and WeChat Wallet, is too big.

Before Jiangnan Quick Payment was used on such a large scale across the country, Jiang Hao had no way to promote this business. After all, this was not the core competitiveness of Haijing Technology.

It is enough to meet expectations that Haijing can have its own payment company and not be strangled by other companies.

"Let's not talk about that. Today, Zhan Liang mainly wants to talk to us about "no tea and no food."

After saying that, he glanced at Zhan Liang standing beside him.

It has been nearly two years since "Bu Cha Bu Fan" was established, and Zhan Liang's temperament has changed a lot.

First of all, my hair has been reduced a lot, and my clothes are much simpler now. I don’t have to wear a suit every day!

Instead, his clothes were more like those for daily wear. Of course, maybe in order to meet Jiang Hao and Lu Weiming, Zhan Liang had his hair blown up today.

At the same time, the expression on his face, as well as the feeling he gave people, became more and more like Hu Sen, becoming more mature and casual.

"Boss Jiang, I'm here to talk to you today mainly about the C round."

...

"It's so fast! We have already raised our Series C round in the blink of an eye. The brand of 'Bu Cha Bu Fan' is really doing well!"

As soon as Zhan Liang opened his mouth, Lu Weiming subconsciously sighed.

The company that the two invested in in the angel round has been raising funds once a year under Zhan Liang's management, and this year they are directly starting the C round.

"Do you want me to introduce investors? Or is the funding insufficient and we need to add more?"

Jiang Hao didn't follow Lu Weiming's expression of emotion, but went straight to the point.

"Boss Jiang, don't worry about the investors. 'Bu Cha Bu Fan' has grown to over 800 stores across the country, so there is no shortage of investors."

When Zhan Liang talked about this, he was quite confident.

When I founded "No Tea, No Food", I originally just wanted to find something to do for myself.

After all, the incident at Totoro Technology left him with a criminal record, so it would be difficult for him to find his next job as a professional manager or senior executive.

Anyway, he made a lot of money when Totoro Technology went public, so he just started his own business.

Who knew that in the end, the "no tea, no rice" dish would actually be made.

"That is?"

...

"Boss Jiang, actually I mainly want to ask you about the listing."

...

"Going public? Are you planning to go public right after the C round?"

Jiang Hao didn't expect that Zhan Liang had prepared for work so early.

After all, it is a physical chain store, so it should be busy expanding its stores after the C round.

Although 800 stores nationwide may sound like a lot, it is actually not that many and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped.

Logically speaking, there is no need to consider going public so early, but Zhan Liang has thought about it.

Jiang Hao didn't plan to say anything more. At least it wasn't a bad thing to make preparations early.

"Well, we will expand our stores after the C round and then be ready to go public at any time."

"I am preparing for the domestic market and the Hong Kong market. What do you recommend, Mr. Jiang?"

...

"Let's go to the harbor city!"

"The Hong Kong Stock Exchange just added a new store, Jiang Yu Coffee, last year, and the recognition of this type of restaurant chain brand is quite high."