20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3720 Life is rarely as one wishes

Duan Fengqing nodded repeatedly as she listened. To Su Ying and the others, Zhao Chang'an's words were nothing but empty talk. However, from her position, she didn't think so. She was more inclined to believe that Zhao Chang'an had understood the city's intentions and was expressing his determination to the city.

These words sounded very agreeable, and the somewhat serious expression on my face softened a little.

"This year's tea festival will heavily promote Fanpin's black tea. Would you have time to come back then to help promote your hometown and order some black tea to support us?"

This was the real reason Duan Fengqing came here tonight. As for the tea industry integration project proposed by Zhao Chang'an, she didn't support it from the bottom of her heart because Zhao Chang'an's ambition was to purify the tea industry brand of the entire mountain city and create a crushing effect at the top.

If she agrees and cooperates, what will happen to the tea companies in the city? Just like Chen Fanping only invested 10 to 20 million to build that black tea factory, isn't this cutting off his lifeline?

Moreover, given Zhao Chang'an's personal abilities and terrifying capital power, Duan Fengqing has no doubt that he can make the tea industry very large and strong. However, this powerful force is rising on the ruins of these dozens of tea brands. So what will happen to these companies and thousands of workers?
Zhao Chang'an's ability to manipulate events at Rose Culture and Tourism has instilled deep fear in Duan Fengqing. Will his scheming and ruthless methods lead him to control the pricing power of tea purchases in the entire mountain city? Will he manipulate or even force the formulation of rules in the mountain city based on some trivial demands?

Compared to a monopoly by a single dominant player, Duan Fengqing prefers a more diverse and vibrant ecosystem, supporting at least three leading Shancheng tea brands to mutually restrain each other and work together under the city's guidance to strengthen the Shancheng Maojian brand.

Moreover, Zhao Chang'an's idea is tantamount to forcibly binding the decision-makers of Shancheng City to his chariot. The entire Shancheng City has three districts, four counties, one development zone, and one industrial town, with a population of seven or eight million. How could they possibly revolve around him and provide credit endorsement just because of one company?

Pei Pingjiang and Feng Jianfei were in the same situation before. As a result, the Tea Garden Town project, the Peach Blossom Lake Ring Project, and now this troublesome black tea project are all examples of how local governments excessively supported and guaranteed the companies, creating historical problems.

Learning from past mistakes is a guide for the future. How could Duan Fengqing possibly make the same mistake again? Besides, because of Liu Cui's matter, she has always had a negative opinion about his character.

"I should be able to come back for a while. A team from the Ye Group in Europe will be coming to discuss cooperation with Taihang Pharmaceutical in a while. That is, Ms. Ye's side. Logically, they will also come to visit Wenye's grandmother."

Zhao Chang'an said with a smile, "You can participate in the tea festival, but under the name of the Lingshan, Xijiuhua, and Pingtashan Tea Garden Town Tea Industry Preparation Project Team. We will set up a recruitment booth to recruit people. You should contact the city TV station to solicit names for three tea brands, with a prize of 30,000 yuan for each. After the names are finalized, we will solicit trademark designs, with a prize of 100,000 yuan for each."

Zhao Chang'an only mentioned attending the tea festival, but avoided mentioning supporting Chen Fanping's black tea project or proposing to order a batch of black tea.

In his view, Shancheng Maojian tea now has a certain reputation nationwide, ranking between tenth and twentieth in the second tier.

Previously, Shancheng Maojian tea consistently ranked among the top ten teas in the country. However, this pesticide incident caused its reputation to plummet, and it continues to decline.

At this point, the mountain city should try every means, even at the cost of severely suppressing those tea companies, to correct the situation, instead of starting a new black tea project.

This is not about ignoring your own strengths and entering someone else's market to compete with other established black tea brands.

If you can't even figure out how to handle your own green tea (a metaphor for a manipulative woman), where does your confidence come from?
Zhao Chang'an was confident that, with the city's cooperation, he could transform Shancheng Maojian's high-end tea into an organic tea with zero pesticide content within three years at most. However, it was clearly unnecessary to do so.

"I'll talk to the organizing committee and send you an invitation." Duan Fengqing felt even more uncomfortable after hearing Zhao Chang'an say this, but since the cultural tourism group was going to invest in the mountain city, it was a good thing no matter what, so she didn't say anything more.

Without pausing, she brought up her second purpose for coming: "How did your talks with General Manager Shan go? The city hopes to resolve this matter properly before the Tea Festival. Mai Guixue and Lang Ruping have already returned the kickbacks they received and paid the full amount of the fine. It's been almost a month, they should be released by now."

Duan Fengqing's intention was to release Mai Guixue and Lang Ruping before the tea festival; otherwise, it wouldn't look good, and he was also worried that this incident would make investors from other regions hesitant, affecting the overall strategy of attracting investment.

"The deal is basically done. Now we just need to get back the assets of the Tea Garden Town. Wenye met with Boss Xiao this afternoon and mentioned his idea to revitalize the Tea Garden Town, which received his strong approval. We have a record of Wenyang Group's previous investments in these real estates, which amounted to about 20 million. We are not prepared to offer any discounts, and we should be able to finalize the deal in the next two or three days."

"That's good. Try not to delay."

Duan Fengqing glanced at Zhao Chang'an: "The city supports your decision to restart the Tea Garden Town project. However, the supporting facilities that were previously discussed with Wenyang Group can no longer be used because Wenyang Group breached the contract first."

Duan Fengqing's words implied that the city government was clearly not going to fund the reconstruction of the rural road from Taohuajiang Third Bridge to Chayuan Town.

“We have considered this point. We don’t have the capacity to expand or repair that road at all. However, the tea garden town is only three kilometers away from the national highway, and both are within the Taohua Township area. Once it is opened up, it can be connected directly to the road in Wenjia Village, forming an integrated tourist route.”

Now that urban development in the mountain city has shifted northward, the development of real estate villas in the tea garden town has lost its appeal. Therefore, Zhao Chang'an is preparing to try to change its use and no longer insist on selling houses.

Having said that, there was no need to discuss the matter further. Everyone continued chatting, eating, and drinking. Seeing that everything was alright, the three women began to drink and compete with Zhao Chang'an.

Su Ying, in particular, insisted on drinking three cups with Zhao Chang'an under the guise of supporting his work. Liu Cui felt sorry for Zhao Chang'an and didn't want him to drink more, but she dared not speak because of her mother's authority.

Duan Fengqing had been busy all day. After talking with Zhao Chang'an, she left early. Once she left, the somewhat oppressive atmosphere in the room immediately relaxed.

"Liu Mingjie, your sister-in-law has changed so much!"

After holding it in for a long time, Liu Mingxiong finally couldn't help but complain: "When I used to meet her, I felt like I was bathed in a spring breeze, but now she has a fierce look on her face, making me afraid to even breathe."

"Her position is different now, so she has more to consider, which is understandable. Don't you think so, Mr. Zhao?"

Su Ying asked Zhao Chang'an with a smile.

"That's how it is in business; things can't always go smoothly."

Zhao Chang'an smiled and raised his glass, gesturing to everyone at the table: "There are no outsiders here now, let's have a toast together and wish our cultural tourism group a brilliant year ahead."