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

In early December 2010, Chen Yiran finally boarded a plane home after a year's absence.

He left as an unknown nobody, but returned with great honor.

Of course, since the company didn't operate domestically that year, the trending news in the middle of the year had long been replaced by other hot topics.

Chen Yiran was not recognized, which made him a little disappointed.

However, the preserved egg attracted the attention of a lot of young ladies.

Pidan is almost a year old, just past the end of his adorable phase. On the plane, he was being incredibly cute, attracting the flight attendants to keep coming over to look at him.

Of course, it's also possible that she wanted to see Chen Yiran, even though they are both professional flight attendants. For the sake of their jobs, they wouldn't do something as idiotic as leaving a note—something only seen in novels.

However, if customers call them, then accepting their calls is not against the rules.

So that Pidan could sit with him in the cabin, Chen Yiran specially asked Datong to help him get the emotional support dog certificate, making Pidan a working dog that could board the plane.

They even contacted the airline by phone and bought a separate ticket for Pidan.

The flight attendants can see the relevant information in the back office and know that this is a young and wealthy guest.

However, Chen Yiran didn't like older women, so he secretly ignored a bunch of flirtatious glances.

Ted did not come to Beijing with him; instead, he took his team to Shanghai first. There, they met up with the partner lawyers at Fenwick & West China and began preliminary preparations.

The people from Kai Deng have already arrived in Beijing. Chen Liwu personally led the team, which included more than a dozen legal professionals and more than twenty technical personnel, to begin a careful assessment of the value of the white lychee.

They couldn't afford to be careless. Based on an industry report issued by Chase Bank, Chen Yiran directly offered Bai Lizhi a price of 15 billion US dollars.

This is hardly an exorbitant price; in fact, it's quite a low quote.

The global PCB design software market is roughly worth between $15 billion and $20 billion.

Kaiden is the industry leader, holding nearly 4% of the market share, and they have excellent sales channels.

With the support of Bai Lizhi's super technology, it is very promising to reach a market share of 80%.

That's an annual increase of 600 million US dollars, and the gross profit margin of software is extremely high, basically reaching 85%.

It's safe to say that as long as you buy white lychees, Kai Deng can sit back and collect money for the next ten years or so.

However, Kaiden only has $1 billion in cash. To support Bai Lizhi, they not only need to offer their entire design-side EDA business line, worth $500 million, but also their PCB centers in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

This was almost a gamble with their lives. Although they had great confidence in Chen Yiran's skills, they were still very careful in conducting the tests.

Chen Yiran didn't want to get involved with them. Let them take their time. He was ready to hand over the negotiation power to Ted this time.

After the plane landed and they successfully entered the country, Chen Yiran pushed her suitcase and led Pidan out.

Then at the exit, I saw my parents.

This was the first time Chen's mother, Liu Shuya, had been separated from her son for so long, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears when she saw him come out.

Chen's father, Chen Jianguo, remained calm and immediately squatted down to pet the dog.

Chen's mother's emotions came and went quickly; once in the car, her attention shifted to Pidan.

Seeing this, Chen Yiran quickly asserted her ownership: "I said okay, Pidan is coming with me anyway, it can't stay here with you. If you can't have one, buy one and keep it as a pet."

Chen's mother said disdainfully, "We won't raise one. It's too much trouble to take it out every day, and the air outside isn't good. Besides, what if it rains?"

As he spoke, he took out the dried mutton he had bought in advance and fed it to Pidan.

Fortunately, it was afternoon, and there was no traffic jam on the East Second Ring Road. In just over half an hour, the family returned to Gongyuan No. 6.

It was Chen Yiran's first time here, and he looked around.

To be honest, he felt that the apartment layout and decoration were quite average, and there was a lot of room for improvement.

At least compared to his Silicon Valley residence, it's nothing.

Chen's mother glanced at her son's expression and knew he was disgusted, so she quickly recommended the new house to him.

"I knew you wouldn't like it. I saw your house in the video, that's a real mansion. But you really can't find anything like that in China now. Let's go to Diaoyutai State Guesthouse next week, that should be the best option."

It's almost the end of the year, and new houses are starting to go on sale. We've already reserved one. What do you think? If it's good, we'll buy one there. Let me tell you, I feel that area has a lot of potential for appreciation, much better than No. 6 Gongyuan.”

Chen Yiran had to admire her mother's intuition; her judgment on the trend of the house was as accurate as ever.

For dinner, the family went to Lao Cheng Yi Guo. Chen Yiran wanted to eat lamb spine hot pot, and the taste here is top-notch.

After returning home from eating, Chen's mother showed off her baking skills again, baking a few egg tarts. Although they weren't incredibly delicious, Chen Yiran felt they were about the same as KFC's.

For the next week, Chen Yiran was completely laid up, and even his parents walked the dog for him. At first, things were fine; Chen's mother even bought fruit before going to work in the morning, and even washed grapes so he could eat them whenever he wanted.

Three days later, Chen Yiran's parents started complaining that he was too lazy and not as charming as Pidan.

Although Pidan isn't considered highly intelligent among Border Collies, it's still a Border Collie. On its first day at home, it discovered that Chen's mother was in charge, so it started acting cute like crazy. Chen's mother even started researching how to make special dog food.

After resting for more than a week, Chen Yiran and her parents went to Diaoyutai No. 7 to see the newly released houses.

Diaoyutai No. 7 Courtyard is located on the north bank of Yuyuantan Park, inside the West Third Ring Road.

Head west along Fucheng Road, past the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, and turn onto a quiet side road to reach your destination.

The gate was unassuming, without stone lions or gilded characters; a dark gray stone plaque bore the project's name. The security guards at the gate wore dark blue uniforms and looked more like soldiers from a military camp than community security guards.

A few months ago, Chen's mother paid the deposit, and of course, the property was registered under Chen Yiran's name. As one of the most sought-after high-end single-level residential properties in Beijing at the time, Diaoyutai No. 7 was extremely competitive, with far more applicants than available units.

After all, there are only four buildings and a little over a hundred households. The entire floor's resources are not even sold to outsiders; they are used internally directly.

Even if you come with money to buy a house, they might not sell it. Those who come to reserve a place need to register their basic information, and the seller will decide whether to sell it based on their discretion.

This discretionary approach is quite interesting; it basically means finding sellers at higher levels.

As a Silicon Valley upstart who had made the news, Chen Yiran naturally passed the test smoothly.

We finally decided to book a unit on the 8th floor of Building 1.

Chen's mother really liked the house and was worried about problems, so she dragged her two lazy men to the sales office early in the morning.

When we arrived at the sales office, there wasn't a single customer in the lobby; it was full of staff.

I was just about to contact a salesperson I knew before to start the purchase process.

A female sales manager wearing a dark suit came out, holding a folder in her hand, and walked up to Chen Ma.

"Hello Ms. Liu, this must be Mr. Chen Yiran. Welcome to Diaoyutai No. 7. You've arrived early. Please come with me, I have something to tell you."

The saleswoman didn't lead them to Building 1, but instead led them to Building 3.

Then, in a mysterious tone, he said, "Mr. Chen, you are a big entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Have you ever thought about buying an entire floor? On the 15th floor of our Building 3, there are two units that have been combined into one floor, a super large flat of 720 square meters. It's vacant now. You can take a look first, and if you want it, I'll have them reserve it for you."

Chen's mother quickly asked, "What happened? Didn't they say that Building 3 was all booked? It must have been rejected. Is there something wrong with this floor?"

The salesperson glanced around warily, then explained, "No, this used to belong to a coal mine owner who knew one of our managers and had been eyeing him for a while."

"Didn't they start coal industry reform a few years ago? I think they got a lot of subsidies, so I wanted to buy a house here. But it seems they're involved in some other business, and their financial situation isn't good right now."

Mr. Chen nodded and said to Mrs. Chen, "It seems like there was a credit crunch in the fourth quarter. I heard that a lot of loans were blocked, and private enterprises could easily run out of cash if they're not careful."

Chen Yiran felt that it would be more appropriate to buy the entire floor himself if possible, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then show us around."

When Chen Yiran arrived at the 15th floor of Building 3, she was still a little disappointed.

The understanding of luxury homes in China is ultimately not as advanced as in the United States.

Although some final finishing touches on the renovation are still to be done, the house is visibly lacking in character.

The entrance features a separate foyer with a copper-decorated screen facing the front and dark gray marble floor edged with copper strips.

The living room is divided into two semi-open connected areas, with three rows of movable black steel-framed glass folding doors in the middle. When fully opened, the entire living and dining area spans nearly thirty meters.

The south and east sides are curved, floor-to-ceiling glass windows, facing directly onto the central lake of Yuyuantan.

The west-facing balcony is almost twenty meters long. The master bedroom faces the southeast corner, with the bed directly opposite a floor-to-ceiling window in the corner of the wall. Outside the window are the lake, the willow-lined embankment, and the TV tower.

The saleswoman said that the registered price of this unit was significantly higher than that of the standard unit in Building 1, with a price of approximately 130,000 yuan per square meter, even with a discount. Because it was a refund and clearance sale, the developer didn't want to delay any longer before the end of the year and planned to sell quickly.

Chen Yiran actually felt that the house was just so-so, and the price was really a bit too high.

In 2010, Beijing's housing prices actually slowed down because in April the government issued the "Ten Measures," which raised the down payment for second homes to 50% and also increased loan interest rates.

Beijing subsequently introduced even stricter measures, known as the "Beijing Twelve Measures," in an attempt to further curb housing prices.

However, Diaoyutai No. 7 is still selling at an exorbitant price, and it even made the news next year because an entire floor of Building No. 4 sold for a sky-high price of 300,000 yuan per square meter.

It was subsequently investigated and rectified, which only stabilized the price at around 100,000 yuan and prevented it from continuing to rise.

Chen Yiran was thinking about how to tell the salesperson that he would be happy with a regular apartment, since all of them had private elevator access. He felt that 300 square meters was already quite suitable; this 700-square-meter apartment was starting to feel a bit cramped.

Turning my head, I saw Mr. and Mrs. Chen looking left and right.

Forget it, I'll just buy it. I won't lose money anyway. I don't know the exact price in 2025, but it should be at least a hundred or two hundred million.

[I know, I know, you saw it in a video before. It should be 1.7 million without considering the renovation.]

Ignoring Jasmine, who was trying to get attention, Chen Yiran went over to her mother and whispered, "How about we buy this?"

As Chen's mother did the calculations, she said, "Okay, I initially thought it was an exaggeration, but after calculating it in US dollars, it's only a little over ten million US dollars. Buying this house is definitely a good deal; look at the view from the balcony."

"Where else in the city can you find such a nice place? If I want to take a stroll, Yuyuantan Park is right outside my door. The train station isn't far either, and big supermarkets and shopping malls are all just a few kilometers away."

"Okay, then we'll buy this one. You two can stay here while I'm in the US."

Looking at the lake through the living room's floor-to-ceiling window, Mr. Chen sighed, "It's just that my commute to work is too far; otherwise, it would be a really nice place to live."

"What impact does that have? I've been home for ten days now, and you haven't gone to work a single day! You've just stayed home the whole time."

"I'm not staying home with you, I'm usually very busy."

Chen's mother also said, "Forget it, forget it. It's too cramped for just the two of us, your father and I."

Chen Yiran sighed helplessly: "No, then wouldn't my 700+ square meter apartment be even more cramped? By the way, didn't you guys say that everyone you saw in the model apartment looked awkward? Now we're not considering that anymore. If you're not considering that, I can buy you a smaller one, okay? You think 700 is too big, how about a 300?"

Chen's mother hesitated, "Hey, I heard that coal mine owners are buying too, and suddenly I feel like those people aren't so classy anymore. Buying a smaller one would cost a lot more. This would be fifteen million US dollars all at once. The money you transferred to us has almost gone into three houses, and I'm a little reluctant to part with it."

Without receiving a reply from Chen Yiran, his phone rang.

Chen Yiran glanced at the caller ID and said with a smile, "Buy it, buy it without worry, your son is going to make a fortune again. This little bit of money is nothing."