Super Rich: Starting the game by going back ten years to buy Bitcoin

Ji Yanran won't be back for another hour.

Li Yichen glanced at the time and decided to get up to go eat. He didn't plan to go out; the food in the company cafeteria was quite good—after all, he had hired a high-end chef, and the quality was no worse than that of restaurants outside.

The cafeteria is on the second floor.

Most employees have already finished eating and gone back to their workstations to rest. There's an hour break at noon, so there aren't many people around right now.

Li Yichen walked into the cafeteria and lined up behind several employees.

At the food serving window, Chef Zhou was scooping food with a large ladle when he looked up and saw Li Yichen. Just as he was about to greet him, Li Yichen waved his hand at him.

Master Zhou understood and remained silent.

Among the employees in line ahead of him, a bespectacled young man recognized Li Yichen and turned to whisper, "Mr. Li...would you like to go first?"

The people nearby then noticed that the boss was standing at the back and quickly made way for him.

"No need." Li Yichen smiled. "In the company, everyone is the same. Don't be special. I'll just wait in line."

The employees looked at each other and didn't insist any further.

The line continued to move forward.

Soon it was Li Yichen's turn.

Chef Zhou served him a full plate, with braised pork piled up like a small mountain, the largest piece of steamed fish, and two extra lion's head meatballs.

"Master Zhou, you're trying to stuff me to death." Li Yichen took the plate.

"You've had a good appetite lately, eat more," Chef Zhou said with a smile. "You can always get more if you're still hungry."

Li Yichen carried his tray to a seat by the window and sat down.

I had just picked up my chopsticks when I heard footsteps beside me.

He looked up.

Xue Shanshan stood across the table with a tray in her hand. Her ponytail was tied a little crooked, and a few strands of her bangs were damp with sweat.

"What a coincidence, we've run into each other again." Xue Shanshan looked at him. "Do you mind if I sit here to eat?"

Li Yichen smiled and pointed to the seat opposite him with his chopsticks.

"sit."

Xue Shanshan put down her plate, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Her plate was also quite full of food: braised pork ribs, Mapo tofu, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and rice piled high.

Li Yichen looked at her plate of food and raised an eyebrow.

"Can you really finish all this?"

"I can finish it all," Xue Shanshan mumbled between mouthfuls of rice. "It's mainly because the chef at the company cooks so well that I can't help but order extra every time."

She swallowed the food in her mouth and looked up at Li Yichen's plate.

"You're one to talk, but you've hit quite a lot yourself."

Li Yichen looked down at the mountain of braised pork on his plate and nodded in acknowledgment.

"It really tastes good."

The two began to eat, engrossed in their meal.

At the other end of the cafeteria, several female employees from the administrative departments were huddled together, whispering amongst themselves.

"Hey, look over there." The girl in the white shirt pointed towards the window with her chopsticks. "Why is Shanshan sitting next to the boss?"

"You're really brave..." The short-haired girl next to her shrank back. "I don't even dare to talk to the boss."

"Does she know the boss?" another girl wearing black-rimmed glasses asked in a low voice.

"I don't know." The man in the white shirt shook his head. "But judging from her demeanor, she seemed to be having a pretty natural conversation."

Several people craned their necks to look in that direction.

Xue Shanshan was completely unaware of the stares from her colleagues.

She was focused on the ribs on her plate, gnawing on them until her mouth was glistening with oil. Her eating manners were far from ladylike, but she was quite energetic.

Li Yichen found her expression somewhat interesting.

This girl really enjoys her food.

A few minutes later, Xue Shanshan finished gnawing on the last piece of rib, rummaged around in the plate with her chopsticks a couple of times, and then sighed contentedly.

She looked up and her gaze fell on Li Yichen's plate.

There were four or five pieces of braised pork left there.

Li Yichen noticed her gaze and smiled.

"If you don't mind, you can have this meat."

Xue Shanshan's eyes lit up.

"real?"

Li Yichen nodded.

Xue Shanshan immediately reached out with her chopsticks and picked up the braised pork pieces onto her plate, her movements so quick it was as if she was afraid he would change his mind.

After picking up the meat, she felt a little embarrassed and looked up at Li Yichen.

"Um... I have a few pieces of fish left on my plate, would you like to try some?"

Li Yichen glanced at the remaining steamed fish on her plate, picked up a piece, and put it in his mouth.

"It tastes good."

"Right!" Xue Shanshan exclaimed happily, "Chef Zhou's fish is the best; it doesn't have any fishy smell at all."

The female employees in the distance exchanged glances upon seeing this scene.

"They've already started serving each other food..." the short-haired girl whispered. "Their relationship is definitely not ordinary."

"Looks like I'll have to be more careful at work from now on," the girl in the white shirt muttered. "I can't afford to offend Shanshan."

"Don't let her do anything," the girl with black-rimmed glasses concluded. "It would be best if you could help her out."

Several people reached a consensus.

The other employees at the cafeteria also witnessed this scene and silently memorized Xue Shanshan's face.

The fact that this girl can sit at the same table with the boss and even serve each other food suggests that their relationship is definitely not ordinary.

Xue Shanshan knew nothing about this.

She shoveled the last bite of rice into her mouth, put down her chopsticks with satisfaction, and took a tissue to wipe her mouth.

"I'm full."

Li Yichen had almost finished eating and put down his chopsticks.

Xue Shanshan looked at him, then suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, we're so familiar now, we're practically friends, right?" She blinked. "I still don't know your name. What should I call you?"

Li Yichen smiled.

"You can just call me Brother Li from now on."

"Brother Li," Xue Shanshan called out immediately, her voice clear and crisp. "My name is Xue Shanshan. I work in the administration department and I've only been here for a month."

"I know." Li Yichen nodded. "You mentioned it in the elevator this morning."

"Oh right." Xue Shanshan patted her forehead. "I'd forgotten all about it."

She glanced at the time on her phone and stood up.

"Brother Li, I have to go back to work now, bye-bye."

"Go."

Xue Shanshan picked up her plate and walked quickly towards the recycling area.

Li Yichen watched her figure disappear at the cafeteria entrance before getting up and leaving.

Back in his office on the 28th floor, Li Yichen lay down on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

The effects of the genetically modified serum are still ongoing, and his body needs an adaptation period; he has been feeling particularly sleepy these past few days.

I slept for more than an hour.

When she opened her eyes again, Ji Yanran was already sitting behind her desk working on documents.

"Awake?" Ji Yanran didn't even look up, her fingers tapping on the keyboard.

Li Yichen sat up and glanced at the clock on the wall.

1:30.

"When did you get back?"

"I just got back a few minutes ago." Ji Yanran finally looked up. "I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't disturb you."

She closed her laptop and sat down on the sofa.

"I thought about employee benefits on the way here."

"explain."

"Raising the housing subsidy to 5,000 is no problem; we can send out the notification tomorrow." Ji Yanran paused, "But what about the hardship assistance fund for employees? What's the limit? What are the application criteria?"

Li Yichen thought about it.

"Let's set the limit at 100 million."

Ji Yanran paused for a moment.

"One hundred million?"

"Okay." Li Yichen nodded. "You set the application criteria, but make sure that those who truly need it can get the money."

"Understood." Ji Yanran wrote it down. "Anything else?"

"That's all." Li Yichen stood up, walked to the window, and said, "Get it done as soon as possible."

"it is good."

Ji Yanran reopened her computer and began drafting documents.

Li Yichen stood by the window, watching the cars coming and going on the street below.

Xue Shanshan's round face flashed through my mind.

He shook his head, pulling his thoughts back.

The chip order has been finalized.

As for the rocket company, they will make their move when Ling'er has the right opportunity.

Now it's time to consider the next step.

"Ling'er," he said softly.

The phone screen lit up automatically.

A cute chibi-style character popped out.

"elder brother."

"Any new developments from Blue Sky Aerospace?"

"The bank issued an ultimatum this morning," Ling'er's voice came through the phone speaker, "demanding that they repay the overdue loan interest within five days, or they will initiate asset freeze procedures."

"Five days..." Li Yichen narrowed his eyes. "That's tight enough."

"In addition, the employees' wages have been two months in arrears," Ling'er continued. "This noon, dozens of workers gathered at the entrance of the office building to demand their wages, but were stopped by security guards."

"What was the boss's reaction?"

"The owner of Blue Sky Aerospace is Zhang Haifeng, 47 years old. He's been making calls all morning looking for investment." Ling'er paused, "He made seventeen calls, and was rejected by all of them."

Li Yichen twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Keep an eye on it."

"clear."

The screen went dark.

Li Yichen turned around, walked back to his desk, sat down, and turned on his computer.

There are several unread emails in my inbox.

He clicked on the top letter.

It was sent by General Manager Lei of the rice company.

The attached document contains a detailed data report on the vehicle testing of the Lingyu system.

Li Yichen quickly scanned it.

The data is impressive.

The recognition accuracy rate under extreme weather conditions is 99.8%, the braking reaction time in the "ghost peek" scenario is 0.03 seconds, and the vehicle stability control after a high-speed tire blowout is almost perfect.

At the end of the email, Mr. Lei wrote the following:

"Mr. Li, the performance of the Lingyu system has far exceeded our expectations. The first batch of vehicles equipped with this system will be officially launched next Thursday, and we have already received more than 50,000 pre-orders. It's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

Li Yichen replied with two words: "Received".

Close the email.

He leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the table.

Chips, batteries, intelligent driving.

These three business segments are now on the right track.

Next up is the rocket.

And then...

A thought flashed through Li Yichen's mind.

After spaceflight, which direction should we take?

Biotechnology? New materials? Or something else entirely?

He hasn't decided yet.

But it's okay.

With a system in place and a wealth package available, there will always be direction.

What we need to do now is to do the things at hand well, one by one.

At that moment, Ji Yanran's voice came.

"Boss, the notice regarding the benefit adjustments is ready. Please take a look."

Li Yichen took the document and quickly browsed through it.

The content is very detailed.

The rental subsidy has been increased from 2,000 to 5,000, effective immediately.

A fund to assist employees facing difficulties has been established, totaling 100 million yuan. The application process is transparent and open, and is jointly reviewed by the Human Resources Department and the Finance Department.

"Okay." Li Yichen handed the document back. "Send it out."

"Okay." Ji Yanran took the documents and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute," Li Yichen called out to her.

Ji Yanran turned around.

"There's an employee in the administration department named Xue Shanshan. Keep an eye on her," Li Yichen said. "Her family situation is quite special. Her father has end-stage renal disease, and her mother is also in poor health. She saves her housing allowance and sends it home."

Ji Yanran paused for a moment, then nodded.

"I see."

Ji Yanran then returned to her workstation and went back to work.

Li Yichen looked back at the computer screen.

The time displayed in the bottom right corner is 2:10 PM.

It's still early before I get off work.

He opened the company's internal system, retrieved information about Blue Sky Aerospace, and began to study it carefully.

More than 3,000 mu of land.

Sea-based launch platform.

An existing technical team.

These things are worth 15 billion.

Very worthwhile.

Li Yichen closed the page and picked up his phone.

"Ling'er".

"Here I am, brother."

"Could you help me find out which private rocket companies in China are still in operation? They shouldn't be too large, but their technical teams should be very strong."

"Okay, brother."

The data stream begins to scroll on the screen.

Li Yichen leaned back in his chair, waiting for the result.

The sunlight streamed in through the window, casting long shadows on the floor.

The office was quiet.

The only sounds were the typing on the keyboard and the slight hum of the air conditioner.

A few minutes later.

Ling'er's voice rang out.

"I found it, brother."

There are currently seven private rocket companies in China.

"The largest is Starway Aerospace, with a valuation of over 30 billion yuan. It has a strong technical team, but its background is complicated, with foreign capital among its shareholders."

"Secondly, there's Skyspace, valued at around 20 billion. Its technology is relatively conservative, and it mainly focuses on government contracts."

"The smallest one is Deep Blue Rocket, with a valuation of less than one billion. The team is very young and has strong innovation capabilities."

Li Yichen listened to each of the points one by one.

Finally, they settled on the Deep Blue Rocket.

"Send me the information about Deep Blue Rocket."

"OK."

One minute later, an email notification sounded.

Li Yichen opened the attachment.

PDF file, over thirty pages.

He quickly browsed through it.

Deep Blue Rockets, established three years ago, has an average team age of 31 and five core technical personnel, all of whom have national team backgrounds.

Currently, the main product is small solid rockets, primarily used for commercial satellite launches.

However, the company has always been short of funds and almost went bankrupt last year, only surviving because the founder mortgaged his property.

Li Yichen smiled when he saw this.

"That's it."

"Is my brother going to acquire Deep Blue Rocket?"

"No." Li Yichen shook his head. "Let's make contact first and see what their boss's attitude is. If it's feasible, I plan to make further plans after acquiring Lantian Aerospace."

"clear."

"Also..." Li Yichen paused, "keep a close eye on Lantian Aerospace."

"Five days from now, I want to see their boss with nowhere to turn."

"clear."