Chapter 107 Simple
In her previous life, Fang Lanxin focused most of her attention on the business world and the Huo Group, so she had never been to a place like this before. Now that she was here, she felt that the university atmosphere was quite good, and it seemed to be a different story compared to her own time.
Soon, Fang Lanxin arrived at the principal's office, but she never expected to see Guan Yu there.
"Second Master, what are you doing here?"
Fang Lanxin looked at Guan Erye in disbelief, her face full of surprise.
"I came to find you."
Guan Yu smiled and looked at Fang Lanxin.
Fang Lanxin rolled her eyes at him, knowing he was lying the moment he opened his mouth.
She ignored Guan Yu and walked straight to the front, introduced herself to the principal, and said, "I am Fang Lanxin from the Fang Group. This is my business card."
Fang's Group?
After Principal Bai took Fang Lanxin's business card, he smiled, but was also somewhat shocked. He never expected that Fang Lanxin would no longer mention the Huo family when she went out.
“I bought several plots of land along the coast of the fishing village. I want to build a bay hotel and would like to seek help from your architecture university.”
“I know you’ve been working on a new project recently, so I brought a million-dollar project fund as a small token of my appreciation.”
Fang Lanxin spoke of it very casually, as if one million was as simple as one hundred dollars.
It was still the 1990s. Although the economy was developing rapidly, a million dollars was still very valuable at that time. In particular, it was quite difficult for a project team to get an investment of a million dollars.
Principal Bai was initially hesitant, but upon hearing about the one million, he immediately became enthusiastic: "President Fang, you're too kind. We can't possibly accept that!"
"You shouldn't be embarrassed about the money you're entitled to. Besides, if you really develop a new project, it will be a good thing for the entire port city." Fang Lanxin smiled slightly and nodded to Principal Bai: "I heard that Professor Li Jianhua has been taking his students around a lot lately, probably looking for projects and working on their graduation theses, right? I think the construction of the Bay Hotel is really representative, so publishing a few papers shouldn't be too difficult, right?"
Principal Bai then realized that Fang Lanxin hadn't come blindly; she had already made plans. However, Principal Bai didn't hesitate and made a phone call, summoning Li Jianhua over.
"Mr. Fang, this Old Li is good in every way except for his very strange temper, so... you may have to be more tolerant of him."
Principal Bai also seemed to have a headache when he got to this point.
Previously, Li Jianhua's straightforward personality offended many investors, which negatively impacted the school's reputation.
Upon hearing this, Fang Lanxin smiled indifferently and said, "Generally, truly capable people don't have a good temper. I was prepared for that."
"Not entirely. Ms. Fang is very capable, but she has no temper at all." Guan Erye looked at Fang Lanxin with a smile, clearly teasing her on purpose.
Fang Lanxin was focused on the important matter at hand, and just rolled her eyes at Guan Erye's smug look.
The latter understood, but didn't dare say anything more. He could only awkwardly twitch the corners of his mouth before starting to drink his tea.
A moment later, a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing dirty work clothes, walked in. As soon as he entered, he grabbed Principal Bai's teacup and took a big gulp: "Hey Principal, what do you want with me again? I've already told you, I can't write those flashy but impractical papers!"
“That's perfect, I don’t like flashy but impractical things either.” Fang Lanxin smiled at Li Jianhua, then extended her hand: “Hello, I’m Fang Lanxin from Fang’s Group.”
Upon hearing this, Li Jianhua was taken aback for a moment, but quickly recovered and said with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Fang, I've heard so much about you!"
"I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with Professor Li." Fang Lanxin handed Li Jianhua the blueprints she had drawn herself and said with a smile, "This is a piece of land I bought in the fishing village. I plan to develop this entire coastline into a bay hotel. What do you think, Professor Li? Are you interested?"
What?
Li Jianhua was taken aback for a moment, then quickly took the blueprint Fang Lanxin handed him, examined it carefully, and then said with a smile, "This blueprint is very well drawn. Did you draw it, Madam?"
"Yes." Fang Lanxin nodded: "I studied art before, but I'm definitely not as good as a professional. However, if we're talking about aesthetics, I can still praise myself."
"Professor, I can guarantee that this is an absolutely amazing project. Once it's completed, it will become a local landmark. Don't you really want to be a part of it?"
Fang Lanxin is the kind of person who always speaks to people in a way that suits them, so she knows very well that money alone is not enough to win over someone like Li Jianhua; it also requires ideals and shared goals.
Sure enough, Li Jianhua immediately became interested after hearing this: "Great, great! My group doesn't have any research topics right now, so it's settled then. Leave this to us!"
“Okay, then it’s a deal. I’m the kind of person who’s a bit of a scoundrel first and a gentleman later.” Fang Lanxin smiled gently, took out the contract, and handed it to Li Jianhua: “We still need to put all the terms in black and white, so Professor Li, if you need anything, you can let me know at any time.”
Li Jianhua never expected that Fang Lanxin, who seemed to be acting on a whim, had actually come prepared. He suddenly felt like he had been tricked.
However, Li Jianhua quickly finished reading the contract and had to admit that Fang Lanxin was very meticulous. He nodded and signed his name.
Fang Lanxin took out a check for 500,000 yuan and handed it to Li Jianhua, saying, "Here you go. Consider this as your preliminary survey expenses. The conditions in the fishing village are harsh, so I'm sorry to have troubled you."
"President Fang is indeed generous!" Li Jianhua was not polite at all. He held up the check, gave Principal Bai a silly smile, and turned to leave.
It went so smoothly?
Principal Bai looked at Fang Lanxin in disbelief. Even though he had seen it with his own eyes, he found it hard to believe that the matter had gone so smoothly.
Even Guan Yu was amazed: "President Fang is indeed amazing. With just a few words, he made people consider you a kindred spirit?"
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