20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3714 A Business That Even a Single Nanometer Would Not Be Touched

It is precisely these stringent conditions that enabled the cultural tourism group to acquire two nationally renowned scenic spots and three provincially renowned scenic spots in just two years. Furthermore, it is currently in talks to cooperate on one more nationally renowned scenic spot, one regionally renowned scenic spot, and one undeveloped, pristine scenic spot.

This model allows cultural tourism groups to acquire the operating rights of a scenic area with very little capital.

However, the next step is to invest heavily in the development of these old scenic spots, and this is where the current problem of cultural tourism groups lies.

The group needs to borrow money from banks, which incurs interest, and it plans to list in Hong Kong. However, the cultural tourism group is still operating at a loss and does not meet the listing standards.

Moreover, the excessive control imposed by local governments means that even if a company goes public, shareholders lack sufficient legal protection for the company's long-term prospects, and the stock price doesn't rise much.

However, from OneNumber's perspective, it certainly wouldn't want to keep receiving blood transfusions.

To put it bluntly, cultural tourism groups are essentially doing a thankless job helping local areas build their scenic spots. If the local area no longer wants to cooperate with the cultural tourism group, or is envious of the profits made by the scenic spots, they can easily find various reasons to manipulate and block the project, forcing the cultural tourism group to withdraw from the operation of the scenic spots.

Currently, scenic spots in China that are operated in this way can be roughly divided into two categories.

One type involves one or a few influential individuals who contract out the project, pay a small contracting fee, and profit from ticket sales and revenue generated within the scenic area.

Another type is like Rose Tourism, which does not plan to profit from ticket sales and revenue within the scenic area, but instead plans to go public in the future and profit by reducing its shareholding.

Now Zhao Chang'an doesn't want to take either of these two paths, but truly wants to develop these scenic spots. The best way is to make the scenic spots self-sustaining.

Therefore, Taohua Lake and Jiti Mountain scenic areas need the assistance of local administrators in the mountain city to focus on tea.

If this path proves successful, then other scenic spots under the cultural tourism group can also replicate this model.

The cultural tourism group helps create national tourist attractions, and the local government provides valuable and unique resources to encourage and support the cultural tourism group to participate, achieving a win-win situation.

Zhao Chang'an became more and more excited as he thought about it, wishing he could start making a big splash right now and teach those unscrupulous tea merchants a lesson, making them understand that it was the tea farmers who supported them and made them rich.

As for the fact that Zhao Chang'an and Chen Fanping's daughter and son-in-law have a good relationship, that doesn't affect his intention to strike at these tea merchants with his sword.

Just like Chu Guangying's question to Zhao Chang'an on the phone, "When we talk about the law, I don't think we should abandon morality either." If that's what Zhao Chang'an thinks, then what's the point of having a law?
The point here is that personal relationships are personal relationships, but just because Zhao Chang'an has a good relationship with them doesn't mean he can ignore the fact that these tea merchants are colluding to squeeze tea farmers out of prices.

"Uncle, let's change our family dinner this afternoon to a New Year's dinner with me and the senior executives of the cultural tourism group."

Zhao Chang'an and Liu Mingjie said, "I'd like to take this opportunity to have a good talk with everyone about the next steps for the cultural tourism group."

"Anything is fine, but I can't drink too much at noon. I have to go back early in the afternoon. Liu Cui's cooking is fine for us to eat, but if we serve it to guests, it will be a laughing stock."

Liu Mingjie knew that Zhao Chang'an was pressed for time, so he naturally didn't object; in fact, he thought it was better this way.

His woman is still incredibly proud, always believing that Zhao Chang'an owes his daughter something, which Liu Mingjie finds utterly absurd.

When men and women make love, it's good that the men are happy, but the women also enjoy this kind of thing and get satisfied. It's just a matter of giving and taking from each other, so it's hard to say who loses and who gains.

But his wife clearly didn't think so. Rather than giving Zhao Chang'an a hard time at dinner and making their daughter uncomfortable, she preferred to have more people eat together so that this kind of thing wouldn't happen. "I'll call my aunt and ask her to inform Wang Deyuan, Liu Mingxiong, Lin Yixia, and the director of the Jitishan Scenic Area to also attend."

Zhao Chang'an only knew that the director of Jiti Mountain was newly hired, but he didn't know who he was or whether he was male or female. However, since they were planning to integrate the tea gardens of Taohua Lake and Jiti Mountain, this director would definitely need to participate.

At this moment, the faint sound of a motor could be heard. Liu Mingjie put the fishing rod down from his hand, used a leather rope to hold down the tip of the rod, and stood up to stretch his body.

In this situation, the fish will definitely not take the hook.

Zhao Chang'an dialed Su Ying's number.

"Chang'an."

Su Ying's side was also quite lively, sounding like she was in a shopping mall: "I'm with Mrs. Xu, the wife of Mayor Zhou. Don't you like to eat river shrimp? We have some fresh ones here, so we'll buy some."

"Okay, Auntie, buy a few more pounds, I'll take them back to Mingzhu to eat."

Zhao Chang'an said with a smile, "Tonight we're planning to discuss the group's next phase of development, such as restarting the Peach Blossom Lake Ring Road project. Auntie, could you please inform Wang Deyuan, Liu Mingxiong, and the director of the Jiti Mountain Scenic Area to come over for a meeting tonight?"

Su Ying was a little stunned on the other end, and said in a slightly unhappy voice, "Can't we talk about it tomorrow?"

"I need to attend the donation ceremony at Qiaojiashan Town Primary School tomorrow noon, and the day after tomorrow morning there is a meeting between Ji Chengyong and Yinan, Ericsson and the Siemens delegation, so I need to rush back to Jiangcheng tomorrow afternoon. Secretary Duan's secretary called me this morning and said he wanted to meet me tonight, but I postponed it to tomorrow noon."

Hearing Zhao Chang'an's explanation, Su Ying realized that it wasn't so easy for Zhao Chang'an to make time for a meal with her.

Then his voice softened as he said, "Okay, I'll inform them."

As soon as Zhao Chang'an hung up the phone, he saw the once calm lake surface beneath the yacht begin to ripple, and the engine noise grew louder. A motorboat sped around the mountain at the bend, followed by another.

Liu Mingjie waved to them, and one of the fat, dark-skinned men recognized him and waved back. He then turned around and said something to the driver behind him. The speedboat sped across the water without stopping and disappeared behind the other side of the mountain that jutted into the water.

"What are you doing, like hunting wolves?"

Zhao Chang'an couldn't understand it.

"It's a water patrol. The fish in the lake are contracted out to a company from another region, and they're very strict about it. This water patrol mainly catches people who use electricity, nets, or fry fish with sawdust. As for fishing, using bamboo poles to tie fish, or catching fish with nets, those are handled by the patrol team on land. If they catch you, you'll be in big trouble."

Liu Mingjie said to Zhao Chang'an, "Logically speaking, these villagers by the lake can only catch a few fish to eat. How much can they eat? In my opinion, it would be better for us to take over the contracting rights."

"Uncle, we can't touch this. If we do, it'll just be a layer of shit."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chang'an immediately shook his head in opposition. This was a job that not everyone could afford; at least, no one had the ability to do it.

(End of this chapter)