A week later, in this remote little town, a high-tech company had gotten on track.
A week earlier, under Zhou Song's guidance, Xiong Kexuan had inspected the town and ultimately decided to buy the town's old township government building.
It had to be said that Future Technology was very lucky. Taiping Township had built a new office building and moved into it as a whole after its completion a year ago, leaving the old government office building vacant.
After taking a liking to the somewhat dilapidated building, Xiong Kexuan went straight to the township government and explained her intentions.
When the township government learned that a high-tech company with a market value of one hundred billion had actually been established in their backwater, they were utterly stunned.
Once the shock passed, everyone was overjoyed. A golden phoenix had flown out of a chicken coop.
It had not been easy for a golden phoenix to emerge, and it was even local. More importantly, Future Technology was willing to keep its company in this mountain hollow. If they, as local officials, let this golden phoenix that had landed in their hands fly away, who would they cry to?
After learning the truth, the township party secretary immediately reported the matter to the county.
Once the county learned of the situation—and that this golden phoenix was Future Technology, which had even been praised by higher authorities—they were delighted. Everyone agreed that this was an excellent opportunity, so the county decided to give the old government building directly to Future Technology.
To make it easier for Future Technology to handle its affairs, the county even established a temporary emergency task force to serve Future Technology.
In just one week, the town had gradually begun to bustle with activity. Even the turnover at Li Zhou's mother's supermarket had doubled.
The old government building now officially served as Future Technology's temporary headquarters. Sitting in the shabby office and looking over Future Technology's staff list, Li Zhou clicked his tongue in amazement.
Sure enough, employees recruited by a beauty were all beauties. Future Technology currently had over a hundred employees, and an astonishing seventy percent of them were women.
According to Xiong Kexuan, she had leveraged years of connections to poach these talents. If not for her reputation, who would come to work in these mountains? Of course, the main reason was still the high salary and benefits Li Zhou offered.
Li Zhou sat in his office enjoying the air conditioning, while Xiong Kexuan took Shen Minting from the finance department to the government building.
Today was Future Technology's first tax payment day. They had already notified the county yesterday, and China Merchants Bank and the tax bureau had temporarily arranged specialists to handle Future Technology's paperwork today.
At the township government, Chu Daqi had been standing in the corridor since morning. By now, he had paced back and forth for more than two hours.
At that moment, Township Chief Peng Shun beside him nudged Party Secretary Chu Daqi's arm.
"Old Chu, they're here! They're here!"
Chu Daqi turned around, and his eyes lit up. Sure enough, Future Technology's ceo was walking toward the government building with a young woman, chatting and laughing.
"Come on, come on. Let's hurry and greet them."
By the time Chu Daqi and Peng Shun ran downstairs, Xiong Kexuan and Shen Minting had just entered the government building.
"President Xiong, we've been waiting and waiting, and you're finally here."
"Quick, please come inside!"
Xiong Kexuan could fully understand the township party secretary's enthusiasm. Future Technology had come to give them money this time. As Future Technology's local government body, the township would receive a portion of the taxes Future Technology paid. Once the local government had sufficient funds and reinvested them in construction, the area would develop rapidly.
"Secretary Chu, you're too kind. Please."
Xiong Kexuan remained very polite toward the local officials.
In a meeting room on the second floor of the government building, the staff temporarily dispatched by the county all stood up respectfully when they saw the township party secretary leading two beautiful women inside.
Only after Xiong Kexuan and Shen Minting had taken their seats did everyone else sit down.
After the staff served the two women tea and everyone chatted amiably for a while, Xiong Kexuan noticed Chu Daqi's anxious expression and made a suggestion with a smile.
"Secretary, it's getting late, and my boss is still waiting for us to return. How about we take care of the business first?"
Upon hearing that, Chu Daqi quickly said "Good! Good! Good!" three times.
Future Technology's accounts were easy to calculate. At present, it had only one source of income: revenue from Intelligent Assistant. However, Intelligent Assistant's rate of making money had far exceeded Li Zhou's expectations. Li Zhou had underestimated netizens' willingness to spend, and by now, Future Technology had already pulled in ten billion solely through Intelligent Assistant.
At a corporate income tax rate of twenty-five percent, ten billion would mean a full 2.5 billion in taxes. Of course, as a software and high-tech company, Future Technology qualified for national tax incentives. Even so, after the tax bureau staff finished their calculations, it still owed 1.5 billion in taxes.
When they heard the final figure, everyone was stunned. A company that had been established for less than a month had paid 1.5 billion in taxes alone. What kind of concept was that?
While everyone was still reeling from the shock, Xiong Kexuan signaled Shen Minting to take out her laptop and process the payment.
Even after receiving Future Technology's tax payment, no one had recovered from their shock.
"Secretary Chu, we still have matters to attend to, so we'll be leaving first. Is that all right?"
After getting to her feet, Xiong Kexuan smiled at Party Secretary Chu Daqi.
"Huh? Yes, yes, yes."
"I'll see you off."
Chu Daqi pulled Peng Shun along to escort Xiong Kexuan and Shen Minting out to the street. Only after the two women had disappeared from sight did Chu Daqi and Peng Shun come back to their senses.
"Old Peng, what does 1.5 billion even mean?"
Peng Shun replied irritably, "It's not like you don't know. Where would I have ever seen tax revenue that large?"
Right. How could township officials in some mountain hollow ever have seen so much tax revenue?
In front of Future Technology's office building, two cargo trucks had just pulled onto the football field in front of the building.
After receiving the news, Li Zhou hurried downstairs. The trucks carried his ride and the server cluster he had custom ordered from Huawei.
With both of those things arriving, how could Li Zhou not be happy?
Future Technology's official website had long since been built. All it lacked was this truckload of servers.
When the employees saw their boss wearing flip-flops, they greeted him one after another.
"Hello, boss."
"Hello, boss."
Whenever an employee greeted him, Li Zhou would smile and nod.
On the football field, Li Zhou had just run over to the large truck when Xiong Kexuan and Finance Director Shen Minting returned from the government building.
Clearly, the two beauties had also been drawn over by the trucks parked on the football field. That Hongqi vehicle was simply too eye-catching.
"Come, come, come. Isn't my ride handsome?"
Everyone nodded slightly. It really was handsome.
"Zhou Song, drive it down. When we have time, we'll take this ride out for a proper spin."
Zhou Song glanced at the vehicle, grabbed hold with one hand, and vaulted straight onto the truck. After he drove the modified Hongqi down and parked it, Li Zhou turned his attention to the other enclosed truck.
"Pan Jie, go call the men over. Move the servers to the east end of the first floor. I want the servers running normally by this afternoon."
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