Chapter 249 - 247: Officially Moving into the Tsinghua Science Park

Chapter 249: Chapter 247: Officially Moving into the Tsinghua Science Park

Lin Yanwan comforted Jiang Hanhan for a while, and it cost her a sweet kiss, but Jiang Xia finally felt a little better.

But she was right. It didn’t matter what people from their past lives thought. Since they were reborn together in the present, all that mattered was living their own lives well.

"I don’t care if you agree or not. The moment I turn twenty-two, I’m marrying you!" he said fiercely, starting to pedal again.

"I’d marry you, I’d marry you right now. But what can I do if you can’t legally marry me yet?~" Lin Yanwan’s eyes were filled with amusement. Sometimes, it was just too much fun to tease him on purpose.

An idea struck Jiang Xia. He glanced back at her. "In that case, we could always handle the wedding night before the wedding day, couldn’t we?"

"Nope!"

The moment he turned his head, the bicycle nearly ran into a pedestrian. Startled, Lin Yanwan pinched his waist. "Stop thinking about sleeping with me all day! Watch where you’re going and focus on riding!"

Jiang Xia retorted with conviction, "A man who doesn’t want to sleep with his wife isn’t a good man."

"Heh, let’s see you say that after you turn thirty. Don’t be the guy who, when it’s time to perform his husbandly duties, wants to talk about his hopes and dreams instead." Lin Yanwan silently rolled her eyes.

"See? Everyone knows men start to go downhill after thirty. That’s why we should seize the day while we’re young. Otherwise, you’ll complain I can’t perform later, but you won’t let me when I still can!"

"Pfft! What kind of twisted logic is that?"

Lin Yanwan scoffed. She’d almost been taken in by his shtick again.

The two of them continued toward Tsinghua Science Park, bantering all the way.

A few days prior, once Li Weiya had wrapped things up on her end, she finally mailed him a stack of company documents.

But relocating a company across provincial lines was a huge hassle. You not only had to apply for relocation with the receiving region’s registration authority but also had to process the company’s official departure with the original authority.

It also involved tax audits. The entire process was estimated to take forty to fifty days.

Fortunately, Li Weiya had already handled the necessary procedures at the company’s original place of registration. Now, all he needed to do was process the relocation on his end.

He had considered just registering a new company—it would be faster. But he really didn’t have the energy to manage two companies. Besides, Qitian Animation Company already had numerous corporate partners. After weighing the pros and cons, relocating the existing company was the better option.

Jiang Xia still entrusted this task to Lin Yanwan. Today, his plan was to finalize their office location first.

After arriving at Tsinghua Science Park, Jiang Xia locked up his bike and called the park manager he had been in contact with previously.

The application materials had been submitted a few days ago. When the park manager saw that the applicant was Qitian Animation Company, the creator of *Cat and Mouse*, he was quite surprised.

He never would have thought that the owner of this recently famous animation company was actually a college freshman.

A true prodigy.

For such a promising company, Tsinghua Science Park was happy to roll out the red carpet. In this age of information overload, a company like this could very well become one of the Science Park’s star tenants in a few years.

"Congratulations, President Jiang! Qitian Animation Company’s application has been approved. You are officially the 169th enterprise in the Science Park. I look forward to watching your company achieve great things in the future."

"Hahaha, thank you for your generous support, President Li."

After they met, the two men exchanged a few pleasantries before taking the elevator up to the fifteenth floor together.

It was the same space he had his eye on last time. Once the contract was signed, these offices would be his, at least for the time being.

He carefully reviewed the lease agreement one more time. There were no major issues; in fact, it even included various incentives and preferential terms. So, he signed for a five-year term right then and there.

The space was just over three hundred square meters. At a rate of 2 yuan per square meter per day, the monthly rent came to 18,000 yuan. Over five years, the rent alone would be 1.08 million yuan. Including property management fees, the total would be around 1.2 million.

Fortunately, after the second season of *Cat and Mouse* was released, the response from all channels had been excellent. Li Weiya had signed broadcasting contracts with over a dozen television stations, as well as a few other companies. Adding in the profit-sharing from his future father-in-law’s toy factory, the company’s bank account now held over six million yuan.

You could say that Jiang Xia was now rolling in dough. He finally had some capital to spend as he pleased.

When the park manager saw Jiang Xia sign the five-year contract so decisively, the smile on his face grew even wider. In 2009, housing prices in the Imperial Capital were just over 10,000 yuan per square meter. A sum of over one million was no small amount.

Of course, this didn’t mean Jiang Xia was paying over a million yuan upfront. The lease was paid biannually, meaning a payment of a little over one hundred thousand yuan every six months secured him this three-hundred-square-meter office space.

If the company continued to grow quickly, he wouldn’t even mind buying an entire office floor to serve as the company’s permanent headquarters.

"President Jiang, congratulations on getting settled in. Feel free to contact me if you need anything."

"Will do, thank you."

With the contract signed, Jiang Xia stood before the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, his heart pounding with excitement. For the next five years, starting today, this was where he and Qitian Animation would strive for greatness.

To think that just a few months ago, he was a recently reincarnated high school student who had to borrow money from Old Wang just to buy drawing paper. And now, he had an office this large.

It had to be fate.

"The renovations are quite nice, and it already has desks and chairs. We just need to get some soft furnishings and decorations, and it will really start to feel like a proper office." Lin Yanwan said, walking over to Jiang Xia after a quick tour of the space.

The three-hundred-square-meter office looked vast and empty. It would look much better once it was filled with computers, sofas, potted plants, and other equipment. But of course, the most essential ingredient was people.

Without employees, it was all just an empty shell.

"When are you planning to start hiring?" she asked.

The question gave Jiang Xia a headache. He needed to hire a lot of people this time to get various departments up and running. The crucial problem was that both he and Yanwan had classes and couldn’t devote all their energy to the company.

At times like this, he desperately missed Li Weiya. If she were here, his job would be so much easier.

"Sometime in the next couple of days. I still need to think through the specific positions and headcount."

Lin Yanwan nodded. "I can help with the administrative work for now, but the rest will have to be up to you."

"Mm..."

Jiang Xia gently pulled Lin Yanwan into his arms, deciding not to overthink things for now. After all, you couldn’t build a company overnight. Getting it successfully up and running within the month would be a great achievement.

"Baby, you’ve been working so hard."

"It’s nothing." She slowly shook her head. "It’s always tiring when you’re just starting out."

"Thank you for always being by my side."

Jiang Xia tilted her chin up and lowered his head, capturing her delicate lips in a kiss.

They were the only two people in the empty room. Lin Yanwan’s heart suddenly began to pound.