#361 - Chapter 361 The Second Batch of Quotas Opens

"Mr. Dongfang, isn't this a little too fast? These 20 chamber of commerce branches have only been operating for a little over a month, and many things haven't gotten on the right track yet," Niu Xingwang said with some concern.

"Not fast. Not only is it not fast, but it's too slow. The construction of the chamber of commerce branches is only paving the way for the implementation of the next plan. Our main task hasn't even started yet. It has been a full nine months since the Firefly Project began, and we don't have much time left."

"There's also one thing you need to pay attention to: three years is the formation time of the molecular light film. The impact of red oxygen on the Blue Star's climate may already be very obvious a year from now. Therefore, we can't make plans based on three years, at most two years. That is to say, by the end of December next year at the latest, we must have completed the construction of the underground base on a large scale."

"Based on the data currently available, there are nearly 600 officially recorded resettlement sites nationwide. Although intelligence reflects that many resettlement sites are being merged, it is estimated that at least 300 or more will still exist by next year. So, the actual time we can use is not much," Dongfang Chen analyzed.

Niu Xingwang nodded, indicating his agreement.

"We must go full steam ahead with the following things."

"First: Speed up the construction of the chamber of commerce branches. Let's open up another 30 places for the second batch. Our crystal cores are limited at the moment. I've calculated that this is the limit."

"Second: Speed up the construction of the logistics system. The speed of material flow between the existing chamber of commerce branches must keep up."

"Third: The matter of Huatong Business School should be implemented as soon as possible. We need more people."

"Fourth: We need more crystal cores. Try to communicate with the heads of several resettlement sites to see if they have any ideas about raising rats. Or, they can specialize in producing feed. This is also a way to make money for them, and I don't think anyone would refuse."

"Fifth: Forget it, let's discuss this matter later."

Dongfang Chen originally wanted to say that the fifth thing was to create conditions and find a way to obtain a seat in the council. However, this matter is not urgent, and the conditions are not yet ripe, so it's better not to mention it.

"Okay, I understand. Then I'll issue a notice to open up the second batch of places. Many resettlement sites are waiting now. Once this news is released, it will definitely cause a sensation across the country," Niu Xingwang said confidently.

"Don't release all the places in the second batch. Select a few key resettlement sites and designate them internally," Dongfang Chen added.

"Okay, I understand," Niu Xingwang said.

Dongfang Chen understood as soon as he said it that the limited resources should be used where they are most needed. Many people were waiting and watching the first batch of places, so no threshold was set. But the second batch will have a limit, and the chamber of commerce already has the qualifications to choose customers.

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The news that Huatong Chamber of Commerce planned to invest in another 25 chamber of commerce branches quickly spread.

Unsurprisingly, the resettlement sites were all boiling.

But what everyone didn't expect was that this time there were requirements for the resettlement sites that applied.

Condition 1: The population of the resettlement site must be over 500,000.

Condition 2: The resettlement site must be directly under the jurisdiction of a third-tier city or above in the original China.

Condition 3: Resettlement sites in cities where chamber of commerce branches have already been established are not within the quota range.

These three conditions basically excluded most of the resettlement sites.

The first condition was easy to meet, and there were countless resettlement sites with a population of over 500,000 nationwide.

However, the second condition excluded more than half of the resettlement sites. Because there are more than 100 third-tier cities or above in China, which also include cities where chamber of commerce branches have already been established and many large cities south of the Yangtze River.

The good thing is that even if the resettlement sites south of the Yangtze River move to Jiangbei, they can still apply according to the original city.

The third condition excluded many resettlement sites again. Because large cities generally have multiple resettlement sites, but Dongfang Chen does not plan to set up so many branches in the same city at present.

Considering these three conditions, there are not many resettlement sites that can apply.

Once the news was released, the heads of many resettlement sites rushed to the headquarters of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible.

They had already made up their minds that they must fight for it this time.

At the same time, Niu Xingwang had also confirmed the five internally designated places with Dongfang Chen, namely:

Qingtang City in Kunlun Province;

Sunlight City in Lazang Province;

Longnan City and Jiayu City in Ganlan Province;

Wulanhada in Inner Mongolia Province.

These five cities have one thing in common, that is, they are all distributed in sparsely populated areas and are not considered third-tier cities.

Since they are not third-tier cities, why choose them?

That's because these areas happen to be blind spots for signal towers and chamber of commerce logistics coverage. Setting up chamber of commerce branches in these places is more conducive to long-term layout.

After the quota was determined, Niu Xingwang immediately arranged five negotiation teams to go to these five places to discuss cooperation matters.