I Really Didn't Mean to Make Money

“Let’s go in. At this time, the children are all in the classroom.”

Shen Rou spoke up. Ever since she quit her part-time job, she often comes to check on things, so she is quite familiar with the schedule of the Orphanage.

Upon entering the Orphanage, they passed by a classroom and indeed saw a female teacher teaching the children how to do crafts.

The group didn’t disturb them but went straight to the principal’s office to find Grandma Wu.

“You said you were coming, but why didn’t you let me know in advance?”

Grandma Wu looked at the newcomers with a slightly reproachful tone.

“Grandma Wu, if we told you in advance, you’d just be busy preparing for my arrival. So we decided to come directly. Today, our main task is to arrange for a new teacher for the Orphanage.”

Shen Rou stepped forward to support Grandma Wu as she stood up and explained.

“This is Yang Ju. She will also be working at the Orphanage today.”

“Hello, thank you for your willingness to come to the Orphanage to work.”

Grandma Wu turned her gaze to the Yang Ju standing beside her and expressed her gratitude, then her eyes shifted to Chen Mo.

“And thank you, Little Chen, for sponsoring the Orphanage.”

Shen Rou had been visiting the Orphanage occasionally during this time, and she had a bit of understanding about Chen Mo from her conversations with Shen Rou. She also recognized that he was a kind-hearted boss.

After some simple pleasantries and waiting for the crafts class at the Orphanage to finish, they informed the children about Yang Ju becoming their teacher and communicated with another instructor briefly.

There was no need to worry about living arrangements; there were readily available accommodations within the Orphanage.

After everything was arranged, Chen Mo approached Grandma Wu and proposed.

“Grandma Wu, I brought Yang Ju over, and I have another idea I’d like to discuss with you.”

“Go ahead, Little Chen.”

Grandma Wu looked at Chen Mo kindly.

Chen Mo took a moment to organize his thoughts and slowly began, “I plan to train Yang Ju to take over your position.”

This was a decision he had contemplated for a long time. After all, Grandma Wu was getting older and could not always oversee the Orphanage; sooner or later, someone would need to take over.

Moreover, Yang Ju’s parents were also involved in charitable work, so having her take over the Orphanage and continue the charitable legacy would be a good choice.

Now that the Foundation was established, Yang Ju’s parents were collecting information on impoverished people outside. If they discovered any impoverished children, it would be more convenient for Yang Ju to interface with them when coordinating with the Orphanage.

Of course, these were just his personal thoughts, and it still depended on Grandma Wu’s opinion.

When Grandma Wu heard Chen Mo’s words, she didn’t show any displeasure; instead, she was very excited.

“This is great news! Do you know what I’ve worried about most all these years?”

Grandma Wu seemed to be lost in memories, a hint of sadness on her face.

“What is it?” Chen Mo asked back.

“I’m most worried that one day I might suddenly die. It wouldn’t matter for me, but what about the children in the Orphanage? So I pray every day that I must live longer, at least to see these children grow up.”

Grandma Wu sighed deeply; this had been her greatest concern for years. The reality of the situation was that it happened right next to her.

Originally, there were two people managing the Orphanage, one of whom was her husband. However, three years ago, on an ordinary morning, her husband passed away without any warning or pain, just sitting there quietly, no longer breathing.

Since then, she has been the only one managing the Orphanage, and she worried that she might also die suddenly like her husband, leaving the children in the Orphanage without anyone to care for them.

Chen Mo’s earlier words alleviated her concerns perfectly. It was indeed a great thing that the Orphanage had someone to succeed it.

Hearing Grandma Wu’s words, Chen Mo fell silent; she was undoubtedly a great person.

After discussing the matters, Chen Mo and Shen Rou left the Orphanage, while Yang Ju stayed behind to start teaching the children there the next day.

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Just as they returned to the Clothing Factory, Li Shen and Wu Yu approached the office.

“Is there something wrong?”

Seeing Li Shen and Wu Yu walk in, Chen Mo asked in confusion.

“President Chen, we’ve completed the preparation work for the Boring short video project. We’ve been searching for office locations for the past few days. Here are the options we’ve selected for office spaces; you can take a look. There are various sizes and prices.”

Li Shen said as he handed over the prepared materials.

Chen Mo took the documents from Li Shen and flipped through them, furrowing his brows.

It wasn’t that Li Shen and the others didn’t make good choices; it was just that he felt the expenses were a bit low.

With December almost done, January would bring another wave of income from Tianlong. However, they had just made additional investments in the Pet Park, so they certainly couldn’t continue investing next month.

On the other hand, the Nanhe Coffee project would basically be completed next month, allowing him to expand by five more Coffee Shops.

Also, the Sports Meeting had just concluded, so they couldn’t hold a second Sports Meeting immediately.

Thus, it was clear that his expenses in January would be much lower.

He needed to look for more expenses elsewhere, so the rental prices for the office spaces Li Shen found were definitely not in line with his expectations.

However, how could he reasonably rent a larger office? After all, there weren’t many staff for the Boring short videos right now. If he sought a very large office space, it would certainly not be allowed by the system.

They could exceed a bit, but definitely not by too much.

Chen Mo showed a contemplative expression but soon came up with an idea.

Previously, the system had mentioned that once he owned five companies, he could establish a headquarters for a group company.

That’s right!

Establishing a group headquarters would definitely require an office building!

Currently, Cangxue Games had around 50+ employees; it was about time to expand. Once Fang Chang’s new game was completed, they would surely continue developing new games.

Developing new games required staff, and the two old games would still need employees for maintenance, which meant that the current workforce for developing new games would definitely be insufficient.

Having sorted all this out, Chen Mo finally felt relieved. Including the group headquarters, he needed to rent at least an entire floor for office space.

A three-floor group headquarters, with one floor for Cangxue Games and one for Boring short videos.

Calculating at 1,000 square meters per floor, that’s 5,000 square meters in total.

The rent for office spaces in Jiang City is about 2 yuan per square meter per day, totaling 3.6 million a year, and renting for two years would amount to over 7 million.

The System Funds consumed by Pet Park and the Sports Meeting were just over 7 million as well.

This means that it would balance out perfectly.

In other words, if he maintained this, he would basically be able to convert 15 million in System Funds fully.