Chapter 54: The Base Takes Shape
Time flies like an arrow, years go by like a knife!
After Christmas, the excitement that had filled the campus disappeared in an instant. Almost all students devoted their minds to reviewing for the final exams, and the entire Hainan University presented a good atmosphere of studying hard and striving upwards every day.
In the blink of an eye, each grade finished all courses in just half a month, and even New Year's Day was only a one-day holiday.
When the exams finally came to an end, Haida was suddenly plunged into a carnival atmosphere. Although the results had not yet been released, this did not prevent students who had been suppressed by the final exams for some time from letting loose and having fun before packing their bags and returning home one after another.
At that time, the campus of Haida was filled with reluctant lovers everywhere, and the sorrow of parting suddenly occupied every corner of Haida, making people sigh endlessly. It's also unknown how many of these lovers can continue to be together after a winter vacation?
As for Duan Wei and Tang Lian'er, there's no need to rush their parting. Duan Wei has decided not to return home for the New Year this summer vacation, as the base prototype is already built, and next he will be preparing for the opening of the Horticultural Expo.
For this exhibition, Duan Yue attaches great importance to it, because this may be an important opportunity for his rapid rise!
Following Duan Yue to Cai Village, the huge change in front of her eyes almost made Tang Lier's eyeballs drop off for a while without coming to the lab.
What was once a desolate piece of land is now surrounded by a wall, with blue paint that adds a splash of vibrant color to the surroundings.
"What's going on here?" Tang Liu'er asked in a somewhat disbelieving tone.
"It's just that during this period of preparing for the exam, this place will become the company's headquarters!" Seeing the surprised look on his crush's face, Duan Lei felt a slight sense of pride.
Actually, Duan Yue's psychology is also very normal. Any male will not lose the instinct to show his excellent side in front of the opposite sex. Although he has already confirmed a romantic relationship with Tang Li'er, Duan Yue still hopes that through his actions, Tang Li'er will understand that choosing him was not wrong.
Duan Yue was like a king inspecting his territory, taking Tang Lier on a tour of the base, giving her a detailed introduction to the base's basic situation and future plans. Of course, Duan Yue also selectively told Tang Lier the truth, and for now, it wasn't suitable for her to know about the existence of Dingding and the Makka civilization.
The base now, apart from a circle of walls, is just a few temporary sunshades, and many auxiliary facilities need to be gradually added in the later stages, but Duan Lei is still enthusiastically telling Tang Lier about his plans.
Actually, Tang Lier didn't understand many things, but she could clearly feel Duan Yue's confidence and his longing for the future. For Tang Lier now, it was already very blissful that Duan Yue was willing to share his career with her.
The last conversation with her mother also made Tang Lier feel a little crisis, she understood that the Tang family was not likely to easily accept an ordinary person. If Duan Lin could start his own business, then their affairs would not be so obstructed.
Seeing the bustling scene in the base, Tang Lier knew that Duan Lei still had a lot of things to deal with, so she very sensibly suggested going home herself, allowing Duan Lei to fully devote himself to the construction of the base.
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After sending Tang Lier and Xiao Shizi back to the city in a taxi, Duan Lei immediately returned to the base and started dealing with some matters.
Now, the base is just building walls and gates, connecting water and electricity, which is still a long way from Duan Yue's ideal biological experimental base. Now, with only ten days left before the opening of the Horticultural Expo, Duan Yue must tidy up the base within this short period and come up with 'pollution-tolerant elms' that can participate in the exhibition. So, Duan Yue's task is still very heavy, and he doesn't have the mind to keep Tang Lier down.
It is often said that if two people are meant to be together for a long time, they will be together despite being apart morning and evening.
Duan Wei returned to the base and carefully checked along the wall, discovering that Huang Jingzhong's engineering team, although a makeshift group, was still capable of repairing the wall, using solid materials and being exceptionally sturdy.
Duan Yue nodded secretly in his heart and decided to pay the agreed construction fee to Huang Jizhong soon, maintaining a good relationship between the two parties, after all, there would be many subsidiary projects that needed to be built in the future.
"Ding ding, can this little wall protect the entire base's safety?" Looking at the three-meter-high wall, Duan Lei couldn't help but feel a bit apprehensive.
As for the enormous value of 'Zhi Wu Rong', Duan Lei's heart was very clear, and after the exhibition, it might attract the attention of various forces. Perhaps on the surface, their appearance would not be too ugly, but the various means in the dark were not something that his current self could stop.
"No problem, there are still ten days before the exhibition starts, as long as you listen to me, it's completely on time!" Dangdang comforted Duanlei with great confidence in the face of his worries.
Seeing Dingding so confident, Duan Lei could only believe in her. After all, Dingding's performance had never disappointed him before, and she must have a good solution.
The wall has been repaired, but the large area of wasteland inside the wall still presents a desolate scene. Of course, in the past few days, the workers invited by Duan Lei have leveled all the land and built several huge sunshades. As long as He Yuan brings the small leaf palm from over there, Duan Lei can modify it into an "anti-pollution palm" and send it to the exhibition for display.
Those workers who came to work didn't know what the boss was doing by enclosing this wasteland. To be sure, for years, the villagers of Cai Village had already abandoned it like a worn-out shoe!
It was rumored that the boss here is a young man, and many workers secretly speculated that he might be a rich second generation, idle and useless, and came to lose his family. There were also many workers who worried that they would not get paid after finishing their work, but fortunately, Huang Jingzhong stepped forward and did a lot of soothing work, which made the project go smoothly.
Back in the lab, Huang Jingzhong had been waiting there for Duan Chui to settle the engineering payment!
Duanyue had paid 30% of the engineering fee to Huang Jizhong, now he still needs to pay half of the engineering fee, and it can be temporarily settled. As for the remaining 20% of the engineering fee, as long as the wall does not appear quality problems within three months, Duanyue will pay the balance.
Duan Lei happily accepted the red banknotes, and Huang Jing's inner joy was beyond words. You see, for a small contractor like him, getting paid after completing a project is always the most difficult thing. Sometimes it requires begging and pleading, but still can't get the money. To get paid, he had to entertain clients and spend a lot of money, yet the payment was still nowhere in sight.
Huang Jingzhong never thought that the boss in front of him would be so generous, and he immediately settled half of the engineering fee. After hearing Duanglei say that there will be some more projects to find him, Huang Jingzhong was even happier!
"Ding ding, what's next?" As Huang Jingzhong led the workers away, Duan Lei was left alone in the vast base and asked aloud. [Really sorry! I've been busy with some things lately, Xiaotian will adjust as soon as possible, thank you for your support, fellow villagers!]
