Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Chen Yiran never really liked Dong Jianlong, mainly because he felt that the man was wasting his talents as a counselor and should have returned to China to run a pyramid scheme.

Or go to some remote, impoverished area in the American Midwest, and maybe you can start a cult.

However, in order to establish a domestic company more quickly, we still have to look for one.

Dong Jianlong received the call and sounded very happy: "Xiao Chen, Mr. Chen! You've been quite the big name in Silicon Valley lately. Oh, you missed the previous delegation's trip back to China, but now you have time? I'll contact the authorities back home; I can easily host you all by yourself."

"Sigh, going back to China is out of the question, I've been too busy lately. I have something I'd like to ask for your help with. I need to register a company in China, somewhere in Zhongguancun Shijingshan Park. I'm currently in the US and can't go back, so I don't know how to register a company in China, or if the procedures are complicated."

Dong Jianlong did not pursue the details. In his eyes, Chen Yiran had gone from being someone who needed to be valued to someone who needed to be won over, and now he had become someone with very high value for united front work.

Previous attempts at communication hadn't yielded good results, but he and his superiors were relatively reassured. His parents were both working and had no plans to go abroad. They were certain that Chen Yiran was still wavering and had no immediate intention of settling abroad.

As a result, two organizations in China have been notified, and Chen Yiran's parents are now being treated like treasures.

Now that Chen Yiran has actually taken the initiative to register a company in China, Dong Jianlong feels like a great achievement has fallen into his lap.

"No problem. Send a copy of your ID card and the power of attorney to the consulate. We'll issue the notarization and recommendation letter together in San Francisco. The Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of International Cooperation and the Zhongguancun Management Committee both have green channels in China. I'll help you connect with them. They have a special channel for overseas students starting businesses."

"Well, strictly speaking, I can't really be considered an international student."

"High-level technical returnees, it's the same thing. There are still many preferential policies here, such as the high-tech enterprise certification is definitely possible, and the corporate income tax is only 15%. Zhongguancun will provide a subsidy of 100,000 yuan, and Beijing also has the Overseas Talent Program, which can also approve a subsidy of 1 million yuan."

There are also rent subsidies. The rent ranges from 200 to 500 square meters, depending on your needs. The first year is free, and the second and third years will receive a 50% subsidy.

For your company's employees, we can also help with residence permits, and they can obtain Beijing residency after three years. We also offer talent apartments and other basic benefits.

It's a pity you're not returning to China full-time; otherwise, the two-year tax exemption and three-year half-tax reduction wouldn't be a problem. That is, tax exemption for the first two years after profitability, and half-tax reduction for the following three years. We can also provide research funding without taking your shares. There are also national key science and technology projects, which cost a considerable amount of money.

Chen Yiran covered her face. Here it comes again, another pyramid scheme. This money is not to be taken. Once you take it, you will lose your independence.

He quickly interrupted Dong Jianlong's spellcasting: "Um, let's talk about that later. My company in Silicon Valley is doing very well. Also, I don't need the various benefits right now; I have plenty of funds."

Dong Jianlong's tone showed no disappointment; he said warmly, "It's alright, it's alright. I was just explaining it to you. This is my job, please understand. Where is your contact person in China? Could you give me their contact information?"

"Okay, I'll send it to you in a bit. Also, I hope you can keep it confidential on your end. Although I don't think our competitors are really monitoring China's movements, it's better to be safe than sorry. The main reason I arranged for the domestic company this time is to keep it discreet and avoid attracting the attention of our competitors in Silicon Valley."

"Okay, I understand, no big-budget reporting."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yiran asked Jasmine to help draft a power of attorney.

Because Chen Yiran always makes Jasmine read the relevant legal documents when signing commercial contracts, and Jasmine usually treats law books as a pastime, she often directs Chen Yiran to take a look at them whenever she has free time.

Jasmine is now well-versed in both Chinese and American law. Although she might lack experience in actual combat, she can easily write a simple power of attorney.

The next day, Chen Yiran sent the items to the consulate via express delivery. She also had Lin Xiao begin the liaison process.

Dong Jianlong's efficiency was indeed astonishing. He sent the recommendation letter and notarized documents back to China on the same day, and they were simultaneously sent to the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Then, they were transferred through various levels and finally sent to the Zhongguancun Management Committee.

Liu Jianhua, deputy director of the Zhongguancun Administrative Committee in charge of entrepreneurship among returned overseas students, signed his approval on the document and then forwarded it to Shijingshan Park for processing.

Chen Yiran had thought that things were going so smoothly so far, and that the company could be set up in a week.

Then, suddenly, Lin Xiao found himself in a maze.

Sun Miao, head of the Enterprise Service Section of the Shijingshan Park Management Committee, is an overseas returnee and specializes in providing entrepreneurial services to overseas returnees.

He was very responsible and personally helped Lin Xiao with the paperwork.

That day, he and Lin Xiao handed Chen Yiran's materials into a service window. The clerk at the window was a middle-aged female staff member wearing reading glasses and arm sleeves. She flipped through the materials a couple of pages and then returned them.

"There's a problem with the address. I'll make a note of it for you first, and you can come back after you've got the approval number, okay?"

Sun Miao: "Okay."

Lin Xiao listened to Sun Miao's explanation with a blank expression: "The Shougang Park area will be completely shut down by the end of 2010, and the entire factory area is being transformed from old industrial land into a science and technology park. The approval for the change of land use from the Municipal Planning Commission has not yet been issued, and the new version of the business registration rules issued this year has stricter requirements for the registered address than in previous years. The address certificate must include the approval number from the Planning Commission."

"Oh, how do we solve this?"

"The park management committee does have the internal circulation documents from the planning commission, but the official approval hasn't been issued yet. The industry and commerce bureau says they won't issue a business license without an official approval number. The management committee says, 'Without a business license, how can I urge the planning commission to speed things up?' So, just submit it for now and wait. I'll call your superiors later to coordinate something."

This delay lasted a week. Chen Yiran didn't know how long it normally takes to register a company in China, and he regretted insisting on registering the company in Shougang, a newly developed area. It seemed like a mistake; he had thought that everything would be very fast in the early stages of development to attract investment.

Chen Yiran began to consider whether to ask his father to inquire. During the last video call, his father said it was best to let things take their course, but to contact him only if things got really stuck. He wasn't sure if things were stuck now.

Lin Xiao was even more anxious. He felt that if he didn't handle the first thing well, it would make his American-level salary seem a bit too much to handle.

Lin Xiao made up his mind; he was going to start throwing a tantrum and abandoning his dignity as a doctoral student in the next couple of days. These days, even professors at top-tier universities like 985 have to be promoted or dismissed after three years if they don't have money; they absolutely have to make money.

But before Lin Xiao could make any move, things started to go smoothly a day later.

The reason for the smooth progress is simple: although no one had given any prior notice, Chen Yiran was no nobody at Shougang.

Sun Miao, an outsider, didn't know, but everyone in the old Shougang knew about a section chief named Chen Jianguo who was lucky enough to have a good son, and now he's a division chief.

Zhao Rui, the executive deputy director of Shijingshan Park, had just attended a week-long meeting in Caofeidian.

It was supposed to be a meeting, but it was really just a trip to see old friends.

After returning, I started dealing with the backlog of documents. To put it simply, I just glanced at them to make sure I had a general idea of ​​what to expect if my superiors asked.

Then Zhao Rui saw Chen Yiran's name. No matter how you looked at the legal representative information, it was definitely Chen Yiran, the little genius of Shougang.

He wasn't an outsider like Sun Miao; he was a legitimate member of the Shougang family, and he had even met Chen Yiran's father, Chen Jianguo, at several meetings before.

Although the project coordination office doesn't have much power, it is the core department for the relocation and has a wide scope of supervision.

He quickly took out his phone and called Chen Jianguo directly.

Chen Jianguo already knew that Chen Yiran was going to register a company with Shougang during their last video call. He didn't come forward to inquire about it, but now she's calling to ask.

Of course, they quickly admitted it and then adopted an attitude of hoping that things would be handled officially.

There's a lot to learn about how large state-owned enterprises handle official business in a very formal and bureaucratic manner.

The matter was reported up and down the chain of command, and it became a top priority for Shougang Group.

The top leaders of Shougang Group directly called the director of the local industrial and commercial bureau, demanding that they cooperate with the entrepreneurial plans of Shougang employees and not make excuses to delay.

In just one day, everything that needed to be done and everything that shouldn't have been done were done.

When Lin Xiao went to Sun Miao's office again, all the formalities were complete.

There's no need to even go to the window; many applications are completely blank, as they've been pre-stamped and can be filled out by the applicants themselves.

The ICBC branch at Shougang was also quite outrageous; they opened a corporate account without going through any normal procedures.

After all, it's an ICBC branch located in Shougang, and from the branch manager to the receptionists, almost everyone there is either a child of a Shougang employee or a relative of a Shougang employee.

After receiving Lin Xiao's call, Chen Yiran immediately called his father.

"Dad, the company's officially opened. Could you transfer some money into it for me?"

"Okay, I got it. See, this is a lesson for you too. Connections are very important in China. If you weren't from Shougang, it might have taken you at least a month or two to get this sorted out."

Chen Yiran was also a little helpless: "I don't understand either. I've already sent a letter back to the US consul, so how can it still be stuck?"

"They're not intentionally obstructing the process to annoy people; they're just afraid, because this involves subsidy funds. If they rush to expedite it, someone might accuse them of having a conflict of interest with this company."

Even if no one gossips, who knows how these companies will fare in a few years? What if none of them achieve anything? During a period of transformation, it's not about who can turn the tide; the first priority is avoiding mistakes. If you recklessly accelerate and the results are poor, the person who pushed so hard might end up being blamed.

"Wait a minute, I didn't ask for any special treatment. And Dad, how come you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are so adept at office politics now? Dad, you've fallen from grace!"

"Hmph, it's even worse if you don't want preferential treatment. Everyone else wants it, but you don't. The people reviewing the application are even more worried. Who knows what kind of bad intentions your company might have? Your dad has always been a master of office politics. Otherwise, how come out of so many senior and junior colleagues, I'm the only one who got promoted to management? Stop joking around and get down to business. What kind of lousy name is this for your company? Isn't it supposed to be a tech company? Why is it called Wan Guo Yuan (Ten Thousand Fruit Garden)?"

"You just don't understand. You know Apple, right? They're so powerful. If one fruit is this powerful, then my Wan Guo Yuan (a fruit company) must be incredible."

"Alright, fine, that's settled then. Just do your job well, no need to work too hard. You're quite famous now, at the very least you can go back to Shougang. After all, you're a tech person, you can help us fix the system or something."

"Okay, I got it. My company is all on track now, it's not hard work at all."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the two hung up the phone.

What his father said wasn't entirely wrong; large state-owned enterprises generally take good care of their own children.

Although the succession system has long been abolished, many of Chen Yiran's classmates from her previous life still went to Shougang.

According to the older generation, even if they are given a job as a janitor, at least the children should be able to eat.

In fact, some of the jobs in Shougang's office buildings, such as operating elevators, were gradually eliminated only after the company relocated to Shijingshan, in order to accommodate more children of factory workers.

Chen Yiran actually quite liked the idea of ​​a company becoming its own kingdom, just like Nvidia.

Now he needs to start building his kingdom, so he has to hurry up and urge Lin Xiao to recruit people domestically.

High salaries attract brave men, so he decided to maliciously raise salaries to quickly recruit people.