Wang Meng's words of thanks went unheard.

Even if Ye Chen had heard them, he probably wouldn't have known how to respond.

After the silent murmur, Wang Meng regained his composure.

"President Ye, I'll thank you on their behalf first!"

"There's no need for thanks. Essentially, whether it's training or missions, they're entering their work positions, so providing them with corresponding salaries is what's due," Ye Chen said with a gentle shake of his head and a smile.

He continued, "Wang Meng, what do you think about using the special forces' training methods for training?"

"Special forces' training methods?" Wang Meng's expression turned serious.

"President Ye, if I may be frank, not many people can withstand that kind of hellish training!"

"It's alright. Those who can endure it will, and those who can't, won't. The main thing is, I want to divide them into two echelons: one with special forces standards and one with regular standards. But one thing is for sure, the future salary of the special forces echelon will definitely be much higher—a significant difference!" Ye Chen wasn't surprised by Wang Meng's answer.

After a brief silence, Wang Meng couldn't help but ask, "President Ye, please forgive my bluntness, but may I ask why you're aiming for special forces standards? Even if you want to build a top-tier security consulting company, there's no need to go down the path of special forces training!"

"Because I want to go global!" Ye Chen replied.

Wang Meng was stunned.

"Because I want our security consulting company to be renowned worldwide!"

"Because I want our security consulting company to become a national symbol of China on the international stage!" Ye Chen added two more sentences.

Wang Meng's heart trembled repeatedly.

He increasingly felt that Ye Chen's ambition was comparable to Blackwater.

"In short, my requirement is military-style training, to build the upcoming security consulting company into a second army, a second military camp! Any problems?" Ye Chen asked again.

"I'll do my best!" Wang Meng replied.

"Not 'do your best,' but 'must do'! Otherwise, there's no need for me to establish such a company. After all, there's no shortage of security companies in China!" Ye Chen said solemnly.

"Alright!" Wang Meng gritted his teeth.

"Then, in the following period, you should look around for suitable places to be training camps.

Once you've found suitable locations, tell me, and I'll acquire the land for camp construction.

You can arrange whatever you need.

I'll transfer ten million in funds to your account to get the training base up and running.

It must meet the training conditions of special forces!" Ye Chen said.

"Ten million? You trust me that much?" Wang Meng said with a surprised smile.

"Is ten million a lot? Perhaps in three to five years, you won't even bat an eye at ten million!" Ye Chen said with a meaningful smile.

Indeed.

Even though he had only known Wang Meng for less than two days, he had already regarded Wang Meng as the future head of the security consulting company.

Once the security consulting company truly developed as he planned, let alone ten million, Wang Meng, as the person in charge, probably wouldn't even consider three to five hundred million important.

"President Ye, please don't say that. I, Wang Meng, have limited ambition. Before receiving Lao Qi's call to find you, I didn't even dare to imagine myself one day earning an annual salary of a million!" Wang Meng said with a bitter smile.

Ye Chen simply smiled in response.

Wang Meng suddenly remembered an important question.

"By the way, President Ye, if you have me working on those things, then your personal safety...?"

"I've learned some combat skills, and I'm quite proficient. If it really comes down to a fight, a few ordinary people probably wouldn't be able to get close to me! Besides, isn't Zhu Wu following behind in the car? It's fine!" Ye Chen said with a smile.

"Okay, then!" Although he was slightly surprised by the statement that a few ordinary people probably couldn't get close to him, Wang Meng didn't say anything more.

After returning to Shanshui Jian, Ye Chen immersed himself in his study, dealing with the remaining design and planning work for the Mid-Levels villa area.

Although it was said to be the remaining work, it still took him two or three days.

During these two or three days, The little girl, Youyou, who had transferred to South China International Kindergarten, seemed to have forgotten about her previous kindergarten, Bauhinia Kindergarten.

She no longer mentioned wanting to return.

On the contrary, every day after school, she would pull Ye Chen and Chen Yinuo, telling them all the wonderful things about South China International.

This made Ye Chen secretly relieved.

If the little girl had insisted on returning to Bauhinia Kindergarten, he really wouldn't have known how to handle it, since returning to Bauhinia Kindergarten was impossible.

Three days passed in a flash.

When all the planning and design for the Mid-Levels villa area were stored on a USB drive by Ye Chen

At Restaurant A,

"Brother Ye!"

"Brother Ye!"

"Brother Ye!" Zhang Jingshan, Li Changfeng, and Zhao Jiwei, who had been invited by Ye Chen to meet at Restaurant A, immediately stood up from their seats when they saw Ye Chen walking over.

"Alright, sit down!" Ye Chen, exuding the demeanor of a leader, smiled and gestured with his hand.

"Brother Ye, we were just about to call you when you beat us to it!" Zhang Jingshan said with a grin.

"Oh? What is it?" Ye Chen asked, picking up a glass of water and taking a sip.

"The municipal government has announced the relevant information for the development bidding and auction of the Mid-Levels! We've already drafted and submitted the bidding application. If there are no surprises, we should get a reply in the next couple of days! And the official date for the Mid-Levels auction is set for fifteen days later!" Zhao Jiwei said with a smile.

"Alright, just keep following up on these matters! Given the current sluggish state of the real estate and tourism economies, there won't be many companies interested in the Mid-Levels, at most no more than three. If I'm not mistaken, the auction will probably be very quiet, so we shouldn't have to put in much effort to win it!" Ye Chen said calmly.

After speaking, he didn't beat around the bush.

He took out the USB drive and placed it on the table.

"Brother Ye, what's this?" Seeing the USB drive, the three of them were momentarily stunned.

"The planning and design for the Mid-Levels villa area. It took a lot of effort to find a design genius to create it. In terms of design, it's absolutely groundbreaking. At least, this futuristic style is unmatched by any current designs, both domestically and internationally! You can take a closer look later!" Ye Chen said.

He completely avoided mentioning that it was his own work.

"Wow, you actually got it done! That's too fast! We haven't even won the land yet, and the planning and design are already out. We... this is unprecedented, right?" Zhang Jingshan said blankly, then chuckled to himself as he spoke.

However, Ye Chen didn't bother to pay attention to him.

He said, "The rest is up to you! After we win the development rights for the Mid-Levels, I'll find a way to poach Xiao Qiang, the vice president of Hengda Real Estate. Specialization is the key to success, and I believe she can bring us significant help!"

"Xiao Qiang? The 'Iron Lady' in charge of real estate at Hengda Group? Brother Ye, didn't she grit her teeth at us last time, wishing she could tear us apart? You can poach her?" Zhang Jingshan said in astonishment.