Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 504 Eighteen years old

October 2013, 10, a special day.

There was once a funny brain teaser: September 9 is Confucius’ birthday, so what day is October 28?
Confucius Full Moon...

Now that I know the answer and look back, it feels like there’s nothing much to think about.

But Li Yan, who had solved a whole book of brain teasers, just couldn't figure out this one.

Why did you think of this memory?
Because today is the day Li Yan comes of age.

Of course, his birthday is December 12th, but the ID card mistakenly wrote October 15th. Legally speaking, he has adult status today.

"Mr. Li, do you think we still need to hold an expert meeting?"

A sturdy middle-aged man wearing a helmet said.

He is the person in charge of "Future City Construction Engineering Co., Ltd." which was established by Li Yan in cooperation with Yili Group at the end of 12.

His name is Lu Da. He has ordinary education and a common family background, but under Wei Yili's guidance, he rose from a small contractor to a department manager.

He is currently in charge of the construction project of the Future Technology Building in the core area of ​​Baijiang New City.

That is the office building of future technology.

Li Yan started the project at the end of 12 and personally led the design.

When he heard that it was going to be built in Baijiang New City, Secretary Li of Linjiang was very happy.

If other places want to attract a company of the level of Future Technology, it would probably require all the green lights from the policy.

Not only has Li Yan taken the initiative to settle down here, but he also spent every penny buying the land, which has really added a lot to the Xinqiao District's finances.

——In fact, Li Yan just doesn’t want to owe this kind of favor to anyone.

"If the government needs to open it, it will be opened. We don't need it ourselves." Li Yan said, "Looking for experts means that we lack professional strength and need others to endorse and guide us."

He was also wearing a safety helmet at the moment, followed by a group of Future Technology executives, and was inspecting the construction site that had been laid.

"It was my negligence. You were the one who led the design, so why would you need anyone else's guidance?"

A company that is definitely not short of money, a company that focuses on future industries, and a company with an extremely young boss. This kind of client is simply a rare treasure for an architectural design company.

The higher the level of an architectural design company, the more it needs landmark projects.

To be able to pursue cutting-edge design, one must be able to express oneself freely without restrictions.

The Future Technology Building fully meets the requirements. As soon as the news came out, countless design teams were ready to take action, and some even came up with conceptual plans in advance.

As a result, Li Yan directly invited Linjiang Architectural Design Institute.

This surprised a number of ambitious construction companies, and they all expressed "interests" and "understanding".

But soon, XON, known for its landmark building designs, Cooper Architecture, known for its avant-garde designs, and HAG China Architectural Design Institute, the strongest comprehensive firm in China, joined in.

The elites of the three giants formed the country's top super-high-rise building design team and served as the architectural design consultants for the Future Science and Technology Building.

Linjiang Institute of Construction had basically no say in front of this team, but their original position was also draftsmen.

The chief designer is Li Yan herself.

No one had seen this kind of combination before, and at first they thought Li Yan just picked out concepts from the design consulting team, set a direction, and let them deepen it.

Unexpectedly, Li Yan directly submitted several excellent design proposals and expressed the hope that "the consulting team can provide opinions on the pros and cons of the proposals."

In the early stages of project design in early 13, the designers were still quite arrogant. Although Li Yan was a major client and had outstanding personal abilities, "every profession has its own specialties" and architectural design was something that had no objective standards. In terms of experience and methods, they were the best in the industry and had enough confidence to give Li Yan suggestions.

By April 13, they had already started staying up all night.

Because the design seminar with Li Yan was too stressful, Li Yan had extremely high requirements for reports. He could compress and summarize all the information worth discussing in one minute after a five-minute report. At the same time, his knowledge reserve in civil engineering was also extremely amazing. When the design consultant proposed a relatively radical idea, he would immediately grasp the structural pain point and ask questions, while most architects did not have strong enough structural knowledge...

Otherwise, what is the point of having two majors, civil engineering and architecture?
But as we all know, in high-level professional conferences, once a question is asked, it will be a major blow to the prestige of the party that cannot answer it.

This made the design consultant panic every day. Now that he has achieved success, he deeply recalls the experience of being sweaty when asked questions by his teacher in college.

By the middle of the year, when we were in the stage of deepening the design, everyone's mentality had undergone a completely new change.

Impressed.

I am completely convinced by this god Li Yan.

Just being a creative designer who does more than just throw out concepts is already amazing.

Li Yan's design also takes into account several aspects, including structure, materials, and construction, and is very far-sighted. To a certain extent, it can be said that it has gone beyond the scope of "design".

What's even more terrifying is that he can solve difficult problems.

In order to create “bright and transparent” glass, materials were a challenge. Li Yan started a material research and development project on his own and completed the task in 19 days. In order to create a “radical exterior with a reasonable core”, Li Yan compiled a set of spatial design logic and published it in major top architectural design journals.

How does this work?
Even the boss of Cooper Architecture, the famous architect Cooper himself, has traveled across the ocean many times to communicate with Li Yan.

When asked in an interview after returning to China about "what is your biggest impression of Li Yan", Cooper replied "modest".

The reason was: "He actually thinks that my level of architectural design is equal to his."

So, although what Lu Da said sounded a bit flattering, it was actually the truth.

"That's not the case." Li Yan was used to Lu Da's flattery.

This is his main ability, he is flattering to his superiors and cruel to his subordinates.

This skill may not sound impressive, but it is quite effective when it comes to construction site management.

Every time Li Yan saw Lu Da, he would think of a white-skinned, slightly plump senior brother in his previous life, who had grown a beard after working at the construction site for a year and a half...

He said: "If you are not fierce, no one will care about you."

Lu Da is very clear about his position. He is a gun, acting as a monitor on the project.

It doesn't matter what level of professional knowledge he has in construction projects. He doesn't need to understand any direction or design. He just needs to be absolutely loyal to his leadership and pass on the leadership's requirements meticulously.

It was for this reason that Wei Yili recommended Lu Da to Li Yan. Yili Group was not short of such talents, but future technology was in great need.

Training from scratch cannot keep up with the progress of Li Yan’s project, so we can only give him the finished product.

"Okay, I'll be with you at all times, don't worry."

"I just walked around this short circle and I've seen thirteen workers working at heights without wearing safety ropes," said Li Yan.

Including Lu Da, the four leaders of Future City Construction immediately changed their expressions.

"Mr. Li, maybe they are in a relatively safe position and there is no ..." the project leader who jumped from the New Taipei City Architectural Design Institute made up for it.

Then he was immediately interrupted by Lu Da, "It was our negligence! Mr. Li, I will implement the rectification immediately! Xiao Zheng, get the hell out of here!"

As he spoke, Lu Da strode towards the young man who was directing his work with a blueprint in hand.

Li Yan ignored the team leader and turned to Sun Miao, "Boss Sun, I don't want any kind of accident to happen on the construction site, especially when it comes to personal safety. I don't care about the cost, and I've already increased efficiency by piling up manpower. Every detail that needs to be implemented must be implemented, and I won't allow this to happen a second time."

"I understand, Mr. Li." Sun Miao nodded.

"They are basically some construction site management issues, the same old stuff. Let's go back." Li Yan said and walked out.

Sun Miao walked over quickly and said, "Mr. Li, Linjiang told me that they are going to conduct an inspection and Mayor Ren will be here. Do you think you can attend?"

"Ren Jiangfeng is here right after taking office?" Li Yan said to himself, "Come when you are free." After that, Li Yan got into the car - currently he has three main cars, one is a Maybach that accompanies him emotionally, one is a Rolls-Royce that only appears when he needs to show off, and the other is an Audi that he rides when dealing with official matters.

Of course, there are more than just these cars. There are two Lamborghinis parked in the basement of the luxury villa "Huajiang No. 1" in Baijiang New City. These were Li Yan's favorite cars in her previous life. She never owned them in her previous life, so now she bought them as toys.

But when it comes to real use, Li Yan has become accustomed to these three cars.

Especially the Maybach he is sitting in now, driver Xiao Gao is the most stable and smooth when driving this car.

The car also has Li Yan’s favorite license plate, A11215 – Li Yan’s real birthday.

Unfortunately, he had to change his license plate from time to time when traveling, otherwise he would be photographed following the car. Some brave ones even followed the car all the way to the destination and asked Li Yan for an autograph with a notebook in hand.

Li Yan once expressed his feelings to Huang Guohui about when China would produce top-notch cars. Secretary Huang joked, "That will have to wait until you take action."

Just as the car was about to start, Sun Miao waved outside the window.

"what happened?"

"Mr. Li, your coming-of-age ceremony..."

Li Yan showed an impatient expression, "I said I rejected them all."

"Okay." Sun Miao looked embarrassed, but could only nod.

"Is that Mr. Li?" The staff of Future Urban Construction who was responsible for receiving the leaders' inspections whispered.

"After today, you may have to call me Chairman Li."

"Ah? Isn't he?"

"He's only 18 years old, and he wasn't even a legal person before."

"Fuck, I didn't know that. It seems so hard to find information about Mr. Li now."

"He's been hidden. That's what happens to powerful people."

"Look at Mr. Sun, he is so humble in front of him."

"Speak softly, don't let anyone hear you."

Li Yan is an adult, and he is also a hot search... the kind that can't be suppressed.

Mainly because Li Yan's personal information is increasingly protected today, the fact that "I am an adult today" represents "I was a minor before" has greatly stimulated the onlookers.

Li Yan didn't have time to care about what people were saying on the Internet. Just dealing with the statements from all parties was enough to make him feel annoyed.

For example, this "coming of age ceremony" actually refers to all activities with the theme of Li Yan's adulthood, including a large number of banquet invitations and various forms of celebrations.

It's all wishful thinking...

In the eyes of many people, the biggest and most obvious impact of Li Yan's coming of age is that he finally has full civil capacity and can officially take over the identity of the legal person of Future Technology.

In fact, Li Yan had already completed the necessary procedures. Article 11, paragraph 16 of the General Principles of Civil Law stipulates that citizens aged 18 to who rely on their own labor income as their main source of livelihood shall be deemed to have full civil capacity.

Li Yan had completed the corporate registration as early as the end of 12, but for protection purposes, the last step has been stuck, and the authorities are waiting until he officially turns 18 to complete the procedure.

As for why... the authorities do this to add an extra layer of protection. They are happy with it, so Li Yan naturally has no objection.

This means that this year, although the final step of handling the business was still in Li Chun's name, Li Chun could not actually decide anything - even if he was really cheated and wanted to make a decision, the official would pull Li Yan in, and then anyone with a wrong idea would be struck by lightning.

In fact, not really. Li Chun wished he could not care about anything - although he never did.

Today, Future Technology has become a giant with a total of nearly 100,000 employees, including those in its branches.

Its businesses cover mobile phones, lithography machines, smart devices, drones, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, intelligent assembly line manufacturing, the largest short video platform "Youkan", food delivery, online ride-hailing, financial payments, biomedical research, smart city construction, etc. It has cooperative relationships with many leading companies in the industry, has multiple academician-level R&D teams, and its markets are all international.

It has become a terrifying business empire.

In just three years, a company with a startup team consisting of several students has grown to this point. It can only be described as a miracle.

When the Jiaolong mobile phone sold its first 100 million yuan, Li Chun directly chose to block himself.

I don’t even dare to think about the idea that “I am the legal representative of Future Technology”.

He was actually looking forward to this day when his son would become an adult and officially take over the legal status of Future Technology. He would even set up a board of directors and become the chairman.

Li Chun himself thoroughly enjoyed life and experienced things that he could never imagine in his entire lifetime.

But when the day finally came, his emotions were very complicated.

Although there is actually no change, he still has to show up in some matters, and the name "Li Chun" has to be used.

Now this surface existence is gone, and the distance between him and Li Yan is really too far.

Li Chun would say to Chen Fengling from time to time, "We always hoped that our son could move forward, but how come he suddenly soared to the sky?"

At this moment, Li Chun was practicing calligraphy on the balcony. The doorbell interrupted his thoughts. The person who came was Mr. Lu, his neighbor who lived on the third floor, holding a pair of inkstones in his hand.

"Mr. Li, your son turned 18 today, right? I saw the clerk saying, let's celebrate for you."

"Lu Sheng...Uncle Lu, why are you doing this?" Li Chun smiled and invited Old Lu into the house.

"Then just think of it as a celebration for you, and you can relax. Let me tell you, this inkstone was given to me by an old subordinate when I returned to Rin City some time ago. It's very good."

"Thank you! If Auntie hadn't told you not to drink alcohol, I would have had a bottle of 30-year-old Maotai..."

"Have a drink, have a drink, one drink is fine." Mr. Lu smiled brightly, "Oh, Lincheng has a Li Yan, it's really amazing. Have a drink, I'll go see your calligraphy."

"I've made some progress recently, take a look."

In September 12, after attending the freshman ceremony of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Li Yan let his parents move into the house prepared for him by Wei Yili, an unnamed garden in Rongxi District.

Every time Li Yan gets a little exposed, many people would bother his parents through various means, sending gifts to build relationships or trying to get some exclusive stories or something like that - the residents of Tianhong Garden alone often do this, and the two old people are overwhelmed by it.

Ordinary people cannot enter this nameless garden, so you can have some peace and quiet here.

As a result, the social circle of Li Chun and Chen Fengling suddenly rose in level.

Wei Yili probably didn't expect this either. He thought Li Yan needed to grow to use this level of resources, but it turned out that the level of these resources couldn't keep up with Li Yan's development...

What Li Yan could not have expected was that this group of retired cadres were even more enthusiastic.

When Li Yan thought about the fact that there was a group of retired cadres who were nominally friends of her parents waiting to see her, she didn't want to walk into that nameless garden at all.

"Mr. Li, should we go back to the company now, or..." Xiao Gao asked after getting on the expressway back to Rong West District.

Under normal circumstances, Li Yan would just go back to the company without telling the location.

"Let's go back to Linda."

"Eh?" This option was beyond Xiao Gao's expectation. He had been Li Yan's driver for such a long time that he was more comfortable with her than others, so he dared to ask some questions that others did not dare to ask, "Are you going to celebrate your birthday?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "I don't celebrate this fake birthday. I used to celebrate my lunar birthday, but since the first day of the year, I only celebrate December 12th."

He was also happy to chat more with Xiao Gao. Now in the company, everyone treated him like a god and no one wanted to chat with him.

"Okay, no wonder you didn't attend any coming-of-age ceremonies. Oh, yes, you have something to do this afternoon..."

"It's okay. I just went back to Linda to have dinner with Yunzhi."

(End of this chapter)