20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3721 Wei Rulong

"Mr. Zhao, what you've said certainly excites us, and we're eager to get started. But even the most skilled cook can't cook without rice. Just restarting the tea garden town will cost tens of millions. And you mentioned that you'll no longer deal with the dozen or so miles of rural road from Sanqiao to the town, but instead build a three-kilometer straight road to the west, creating an interactive scenic area with Wenjia Village. That will also require a significant investment."

Wang Deyuan didn't want to waste time on evaluating Duan Fengqing. After all, Zhao Chang'an was leaving Shancheng tomorrow, so he had to quickly clarify the important matters, otherwise he wouldn't have such a good opportunity again.

It's important to understand that the cultural tourism group is a significant part of their lives, but compared to Zhao Chang'an's vast empire, it's not a particularly noteworthy, marginal entity.

Since the Rose Group is still controlled by Shan Qiang, Zhao Chang'an has not yet given him instructions on the jurisdiction of the Cultural Tourism Group. However, it is highly likely that it will be managed by Wen Ye, who is in charge of the One Nano Industrial in the Central Province.

Although Wen Ye's grandmother lived in Wenjia Village, Wang Deyuan had basically never interacted with Wen Ye because of his cold and aloof personality. Now he could easily talk to Zhao Chang'an about many things, but when facing Wen Ye, who was more than ten years younger than him, Wang Deyuan was far less open and bargaining than he was with Zhao Chang'an.

Given the sheer size of Green Garden and its status as a listed company, Zhao Chang'an readily relinquished control without hesitation. This also applies to the parent company of the Cultural Tourism Group, Rose Group, from which he had previously explicitly stated his intention to withdraw.

If it weren't for Mai Xuegui, Lang Ruping, and Liu Mingxiong sitting next to them being too shrewd and greedy, even using Liu Cui as a pawn and angering Zhao Chang'an, then Yi Nanmi would have already withdrawn from the Rose Group, and Wang Deyuan would have had to bring his family to Lin'an.

Within a distance of more than ten miles from Sanqiao in Shancheng City to Chayuan Town, the terrain is all rolling hills, like the old mound slope with its 30 to 40-meter drop. If the hills were leveled to make way for the road, it would cost a lot of money.

Moreover, the journey involves the land, houses, farmland, and orchards of various suburban villagers. Many of these suburban farmers grow vegetables to supply the city's vegetable farmers. They have seen more of the land prices in Peach Blossom Villa, and the wide roads present significant obstacles and troubles.

From the tea garden town westward to National Highway 107, there is a large area of ​​flat farmland, and there is already a fairly straight rural road. It only needs to be widened by two or three meters and rebuilt, which greatly reduces the difficulty and saves at least 80% of the investment.

Seeing Duan Fengqing's indifference towards the Peach Blossom Lake sightseeing route and his denial of the previous promise made with Wenyang Group to improve the rural roads from Sanqiao to Chayuan Town, which consisted entirely of uphill and downhill paths, Wang Deyuan, as the general manager of the cultural tourism group, first needed to consider where the money for these projects would come from.

"The Cultural Tourism Group can cover the road construction costs, but issues like land acquisition need to be resolved by Taohua Town. This isn't a major problem, as they, like us, urgently need to get this half-finished project up and running. Only then will they have subsequent tax revenue. Once the Tea Garden Town is completed, deep processing of tea will certainly be a profit center, and connecting the Taohua Lake Dam to the Wenjia Village pier and then to the Tea Garden Town will be another. The Tea Garden Town can serve as a complement to the Taohua Lake scenic area, providing hotel and catering services, a glass walkway, a Ferris wheel, a slide, rock climbing, shooting range, and various other entertainment facilities. It can also house the Cultural Tourism Group's future headquarters, its tea processing and sales market, the Southern Henan Cultural Corridor, regularly hosting various cultural events, and a sanatorium. We will continuously develop new profit growth points and expand the influence of the Tea Garden Town."

Zhao Chang'an addressed his subordinates, saying, "As for the scenic road around Peach Blossom Lake, we can restart the tea gardens that the Ye Group previously contracted with. However, we must keep a close eye on their tea gardens and absolutely prohibit the use of seedling growth promoters to increase yield, as well as the use of herbicides for weeding and pest control. The other key focus should be on negotiating with Pengzhou about the tea from Lingshan Xijiuhua Mountain, including Qiaojia Mountain, whose tea quality I think is also quite good. The geographical environment of southern Pengzhou is basically the same as that of Peach Blossom Lake, so it's entirely possible to independently create a new brand. As for funding, the group can provide support, as long as the demands are reasonable and demonstrate foresight and forward-thinking."

Zhao Chang'an glanced at Liu Mingxiong: "President Liu can choose to increase capital to maintain the shareholding ratio, or maintain the status quo but the share will be diluted."

"I'll keep the rest for my retirement and let that little bastard Liu Lang squander it." Liu Mingxiong only invested ten million yuan in the cultural tourism group. Originally, the cultural tourism group chose to continuously borrow money from banks to take over new scenic spots, and then continue to mortgage the scenic spots they acquired, forming a high-debt, low-asset operation.

In reality, the entire cultural tourism group is almost insolvent by now. Because of the large amount of marginal expenditures incurred by the group in taking on these new scenic spots, the situation facing the group is extremely serious. The only solution before was to quickly go public in Hong Kong before the cash flow ran out.

This is also why Mai Guixue, Lang Ruping, and Liu Mingxiong kept pursuing infrastructure projects and taking kickbacks.

In their view, as long as they withdraw the ten million yuan they invested, they are not afraid even if the cultural tourism group faces unpredictable risks or becomes worse in the future.

It's like I didn't spend any money, and I got to eat and play for free while showing off. No matter how you look at it, I didn't lose out.

This time, Liu Mingxiong and his son returned the kickbacks they had received and paid a fine of 300,000 yuan. Compared to Mai Guixue and the others, they only suffered less hardship and lost face this month. However, Zhao Chang'an's ruthless methods also made him wary, and he was unwilling to get too involved with the cultural tourism group anymore, so he continued to increase his investment.

After Duan Fengqing left, feeling somewhat bored, the banquet entered a new climax after the business was finished, mainly due to Zhao Chang'an taking on Su Ying, Lin Yixia, and Ai Xiaomo all by himself.

The three women exchanged glances, clearly indicating their desire to take Zhao Chang'an down.

In the mountain town, it is customary to entertain guests, especially during the New Year, by providing them with good company and drinks. Getting them drunk is considered the true embodiment of hospitality. Since this is Zhao Chang'an's first visit to Su Ying's house this New Year, it is natural that he should be entertained.

Wang Deyuan couldn't bear to see his wife's unrestrained behavior while half-drunk, so he called Liu Mingjie, Wei Rulong, and Liu Mingxiong to go out to watch TV and have tea. However, Liu Cui was worried that Zhao Chang'an would be drunk by her mother and the other two, so she was unwilling to leave the table.

Su Ying had always harbored a deep-seated prejudice against Zhao Chang'an. Just now, while playing mahjong, this little brat had subtly touched her thigh, so she was initially annoyed and really wanted to get him drunk and embarrass him.

However, after downing half a jin of Wuliangye, in a slightly tipsy state, she looked at Zhao Chang'an's young and handsome face, which could make women blush and their hearts race, and had to admit that he was indeed good-looking and charming to women.

Thinking that such a handsome young man had countless women and caused her daughter to suffer, Su Ying became even angrier, determined to get Zhao Chang'an drunk tonight.

(End of this chapter)