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"Barely?" The expressions on the faces of the two directors and the mayor grew even more bizarre—did he really think that 50 billion was not enough?

But how could they know that this 50 billion was just enough for Zhang Menglong's monthly budget, and the next month he would have to start looking for projects to spend money on again? Such days are really tiring.

"Mayor Zhu, do you have any kind of project that could consistently spend a few tens of billions every month? It doesn't matter if it yields returns, the main thing is I want to make a contribution to my hometown," Zhang Menglong asked again.

"This... there really isn't any!" Mayor Zhu said helplessly. Before, he would run around for just a little funding, and now with a God of Wealth here, he actually couldn't find places to spend the money. Could there be anything more aggravating in the world?

"Well, I'll take what I can get," Zhang Menglong sighed and shook his head.

Seeing Zhang Menglong's expression, Mayor Zhu and Director Ding felt as if their worldviews had collapsed in an instant. Could having money that couldn't be spent be that distressing?

"Hong Yi, send 50 billion to our Dongji City's municipal account," Zhang Menglong texted Hong Yi. Although Hong Yi was on vacation, such a minor matter wasn't much trouble.

A short while later, Mayor Zhu's phone rang again.

"Excuse me, I need to take a call," Mayor Zhu stepped aside, "Chief Hong, what's the matter?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was from the head of Dongji City's Finance Bureau.

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"Mayor," the voice on the other end was tinged with excitement, "our municipal account just received a fund of 50 billion. What's going on?"

"This is the funding for our metro planning project!" Mayor Zhu glanced at Zhang Menglong—had the money already been transferred in less than a minute?

"50 billion? Did the provincial hall allocate that much money? No, wait! This is not the provincial hall's account!"

"Of course not, the money wasn't provided by the provincial hall, it was donated by a tycoon from our Dongji City."

"A donation of fifty billion? What are the conditions?"

"There are no conditions! The world's richest man, Zhang Menglong, is from our Dongji City!" Mayor Zhu immediately said, "Send a report to the higher-ups, we'll start forming a project team tonight, make all the plans before the New Year, and start breaking ground after that!"

"Okay!"

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"Menglong, you've made such a great contribution to our city. If you have time, how about we do an exclusive interview with you and hold a donation ceremony?"

"Forget it, there's no need for such a fuss over a little money!" Zhang Menglong quickly refused. If he had to make a big deal with a ceremony every time he made a donation, he feared that for 300 days out of the 365 in the year, he would either be at a donation ceremony or on his way to one.

"Little money..." Mayor Zhu shook his head. Probably only Zhang Menglong would consider 50 billion a small sum of money, right?

"Mayor, think about it, is there anything else I can do for our Dongji City? Don't be shy!"

"This..." Mayor Zhu felt that the shocks of the day had already exceeded a lifetime's worth. Was Zhang Menglong not satisfied after spending 50 billion? Was he trying to single-handedly support an entire city?

"If I really had to say," Mayor Zhu hesitated, "if you have projects that need to be done, could you consider doing them in our Dongji City?" Mayor Zhu found this request somewhat difficult to make.

It was known that most of Dongji City's fiscal revenue came from the tourism industry; they lived off the mountains and the sea. Without tourism, Dongji City might very well be at the bottom of the Jiangzhe region.

Currently, Dongji City is an eighteenth-tier city but has second-tier city housing prices, first-tier city living costs, and eighteenth-tier city wages.

Students who have completed university usually have little desire to return to Dongji City, except to seek civil service positions.

Even when Zhang Menglong was initially looking for a job, he paid attention to the employment situation in his city—bachelor's degree holders earning 3,000, master's degree holders 6,000.

Therefore, the population and talent exodus in cities built by non-competitive companies was severe.

If Zhang Menglong were willing to start some corporate projects here, given his generous pay standards, he would definitely attract numerous talents for employment, and the situation would be significantly improved.

"Speaking of projects, I actually have one in mind!" Zhang Menglong pondered for a moment.

The development of chips is a rather large industry chain, from the design of the chips, the production of raw materials, to various other processes, and currently, companies in Huaxia only handle the design and packaging and testing of chips.

Zhang Menglong would need a factory for mass-producing photolithography machines and another for Crystal Chips, yet these plans were not yet fully in place.@@novelbin@@

Zhang Menglong could very well choose Dongji City for these factories! Such labor-intensive industries would require a large workforce, which could drive the development of Dongji.

Once an industry chain is established here, many enterprises would soon enter the area, centering around this industry chain and creating a diffusion effect.

Zhang Menglong shared his ideas with the mayor, and Mayor Zhu immediately showed a surprised and pleased expression.

Although Dongji City is not large, its population density is very low, and there are many undeveloped areas, so there is plenty of land available for Zhang Menglong to build factories!

"Menglong, here's the deal! Since you are willing to build here, we can't be stingy. I can allocate 500 acres of land for your factory, with a five-year exemption from rent and taxes!"

"Exempt from rent and taxes?" When Zhang Menglong heard this, he became anxious, "No! We must pay whatever amount is due, and the same goes for taxes! I absolutely cannot take advantage even a little bit from the government!"

"No, Menglong, this isn't taking advantage!" Mayor Zhu said, "Your project not only drives our economic development and employment but also makes such a significant contribution. Even if it is a matter of advantage, it's us taking advantage of you!"

"No way!" Zhang Menglong said sternly, "If you give me rent and tax exemptions, then I won't go through with it!"

"This..." The officials looked at each other, bewildered by his stance.

Many companies yearn for such policies yet cannot obtain them, but Zhang Menglong actually turned them down. What kind of thought process was this?

"Are you really refusing?"

"Yes," said Zhang Menglong, "By the way, are there currently incentives for attracting talents to Dongji City?"

"Indeed, as long as they pay social security for half a year, we reward full-time bachelor degree holders fifty thousand, master's degree holders one hundred thousand, and PhDs one hundred and fifty thousand. There's also a housing subsidy—two hundred thousand for master's and eight hundred thousand for PhDs."

"Double those offers. Whatever excess there is, I will cover," Zhang Menglong stated, "Or, if the budget is tight, I can cover it all."

"I only have one condition," Zhang Menglong said.

"What's the condition?"

"We start these projects as soon as possible, ideally tomorrow. Otherwise, I wouldn't even know where to transfer the money!"

"Done!" Mayor Zhu was someone who acted swiftly, "Tomorrow I'll plan the site for you, and I'll involve the best construction company in Dongji. You'll have my response by no later than tomorrow!"

"Then I'm counting on you, Mayor!" Zhang Menglong was secretly delighted, thinking that his Super God Academy would soon unlock a new teacher!