Century Horizon Established

A few days later, Xiao Liu returned to the company to report and confirmed that the origin of Greedy Blue Moon's Legend was indeed Ice City, but there was no further information.

Seeing that his superiors were calm and his report had not caused the slightest ripple, Zhou Xiao decided to drop the matter and redirect his energy to his daily work.

He had done all he could, and it wasn't a matter of life and death to insist further!

Not everyone had the courage to be a Wei Zheng, after all, not every boss was a Li Shimin.

However, a surging undercurrent had already begun to flow beneath Shanda's foundations, slowly eroding its base.

And Chen Hao, who had already become a prominent figure in this undercurrent, was currently in Beijing.

For the past few days, apart from meeting Xu Pengkun once at the beginning, he had done nothing else, dedicating all his energy to the company's major affairs.

Chen Hao established a network technology company named Century Horizon, signifying the ambition to dominate the world in the new century!

The registered capital was 10 million.

The business scope included computer software development, network engineering installation, sales of computer hardware and software, office equipment, stationery, and clothing, undertaking various advertising design and production, internet publishing of game works, telecommunications services, computer software design and production, and so on. It covered almost everything related to computers.

Chen Hao set his sights on China World Trade Center for the company's office location.

China World Trade Center, officially the China World Trade Center, is located at No. 1 Jianguo Outer Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, west of the East Third Ring Road, north of Jianwai Street, and south of Guanghua Road. It is a large complex within Beijing's Central Business District and an important commercial complex in Beijing.

At this time, the second phase of China World Trade Center had just been completed for three years. It had 39 floors and offered a panoramic view of Chaoyang District.

Chen Hao directly signed a lease for the entire twenty-second floor, initially for one year, with an annual rent of over one million. He paid the deposit in advance.

Then, he contacted a renovation team to begin the work, requesting five meeting rooms, the boss's office, and the finance department to be adjacent. He also designated two areas for a gym and a leisure snack area, with all remaining space to be opened up.

Chen Hao thought about it and increased the number of meeting rooms to seven, knowing that meeting rooms were the busiest places in a company and often required a scramble to use!

Of course, Chen Hao specifically emphasized to the foreman of the renovation company that while walls could be demolished, the building's load-bearing walls must not be touched! Otherwise, the renovation company would bear all consequences if any problems arose!

He also hired an engineering supervision company to oversee the project quality.

For this purpose, a disclaimer agreement was signed under the witness of the property management and the renovation company!

The property management also provided the architectural structure drawings left by the original developer, clarifying with the renovation company and the supervision company which walls could be moved and which could not!

There was no other way; he was truly scared. This was not something to be casually demolished, was it? If the building collapsed, lives would be at stake, and no amount of caution would be too much! Of course, he couldn't afford to compensate either. How many billions were involved? He was joking!

Spring of '02, all things were reviving.

In Beijing in '02, there were only a handful of high-rise buildings around the China World Trade Center.

On the twenty-second floor of China World Trade Center, a tall and handsome young man stood by the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, with a vast view stretching out before him. Tiananmen was faintly visible in the distance.

With a vast world before him to roam, Chen Hao felt like the sun rising in his heart, filled with ambition. This world had great potential!

Unfortunately, there were no spectators around!

The next day, Chen Hao moved from China World Trade Center to Zhongguancun, traveling from the southeast to the northwest, forming a diagonal line.

Haidian Street and Zhichun Road became a microcosm of China's internet era. In the next twenty years, Yongyou, Sina, Meituan, and Toutiao all emerged from here; Lei Jun joined Kingsoft, invested in Vancl, and founded Xiaomi, experiencing decades of ups and downs without leaving this small area.

Countless tech startups set up shop, developed, and then moved away. Over 20 years, the landscape changed dramatically, from development to prosperity, and then to decline. It could be said that Zhongguancun alone represented half of China's tech history.

At this time, e World did not exist yet, Dinghao Mall had not yet opened, and only Hailong Electronics City stood out.

Chen Hao directly rented a poorly managed, semi-abandoned factory near Netcom Company, signing a long-term lease agreement for three years.

He planned to turn this place into a professional server room!

He called his older brother and asked him to help mediate contact with server suppliers.

These days, Chen Hao was running back and forth between Zhongguancun and China World Trade Center. From a distance, he looked like a contractor who repaired computers!

Old Ban remained in Ice City, continuing to act as the director of the "nursery" in the rented apartment, while his older brother, besides his day job, was looking after the server room.

Xu Pengkun was still attending classes and could only come to help occasionally.

Now, Chen Hao felt like he was doing the work of three people by himself.

In his remaining time, with his older brother's help, he met with suppliers from well-known foreign companies like IBM, Cisco, and EMC. After comprehensive comparison, in a Zhongguancun coffee shop, he signed a server procurement contract with EMC, which offered the best value for money. He purchased ten sets of one hundred latest-generation Blade Servers, with a total amount close to ten million. He paid the deposit in advance and arranged for delivery at the beginning of next month!

EMC (Easy An Xin), founded in 1979, was also an old American information storage technology company, primarily engaged in information storage and management products, services, and solutions. Although not as famous as IBM, the quality and performance of its servers were comparable.

Besides the best value for money, there was another important reason: in his previous life, his older brother jumped directly from IBM to EMC. A few years later, EMC was eventually acquired by DELL for $67 billion. At that time, his older brother, nearing 40, was laid off by Dell for being over the age limit. How could they not be brothers when even their endings were the same!

Fortunately, the foreign company was quite generous, providing N+3 compensation. His older brother parted ways amicably with his former employer.

Unlike Chen Hao's small private company, where they argued over N+1 and went to labor arbitration, dragging on for half a year to get the compensation they were entitled to.

Returning to the hotel at night, Chen Hao still had to remotely monitor and direct the operation of Greedy Blue Moon's Legend. Even a donkey on a production team wasn't this tired.

After finishing his day's work, Chen Hao lay on the hotel bed, which had just the right firmness. He suddenly had an epiphany. He now had only two wishes, not about how much money he earned or how many companies he owned. First, he didn't want to have white hair and a receding hairline by the age of thirty like he did before; second, he wanted to live to seventy without dying suddenly!

After waking up, Chen Hao immediately adopted a hands-off approach. He sighed, "To hell with it! I've been reborn and still have to suffer like this. This habit of micromanaging is a sickness, and it needs to be cured!"

He directly searched online and spent money to hire another engineering quality supervision company.

As long as the money was in place, he would be worry-free. He would find someone to manage the quality and only look at the final results.

He spent a day finalizing the construction plan and renovation requirements for the professional server room, communicating with three parties. He sent it to his older brother, who then provided a few suggestions on the spot. Once everything was settled, Chen Hao inquired about the construction period, which was about a month.

Chen Hao shook his head and directly increased the price by 20%, demanding that the construction party complete the work by the end of the month!

After everything was settled, Chen Hao let out a long sigh. This was great, paying for peace of mind was worth it. Why bother doing it yourself when you could pay someone else?

At the construction site entrance, the workers behind him were toiling away with great enthusiasm. Chen Hao felt like he could finally catch his breath. The fatigue hit him all at once. When you're tired, you tend to miss home.

He figured he'd been out for over a month and hadn't called home yet. It felt wrong, so Chen Hao took out his phone and dialed his family's number.

The call connected.

"Hello? Mom~"

Chen Hao immediately held the phone far away from his ear. Even without speakerphone, the voice from the phone was loud enough to be heard all around, quite domineering.

"You little rascal, you finally decided to call back? Your old lady tried calling you twice, and your phone was off both times! I thought you'd been kidnapped! #&*#￥……&@￥"