My 1978 Hotel

After breakfast, Wu Jing and Chen Long brought the summer camp children to the open space in front of the observatory. There was a small performance stage in the middle of the open space, which was just right for holding the summer camp's closing ceremony.

"The first summer camp graduation ceremony of Chengfengpolang B&B is now starting."

Li Feng took the stage to speak, mainly introducing the development history of Chengfengpolang B&B.

"Li Ran, I remember the Chengfengpolang B&B your dad just opened this year, right?"

"Well, it's been less than a month since I got up."

Li Ran was also speechless. Dad, why don’t you say something else? It’s been less than a month since Chengfengpolang B&B was officially named. Stop it. It’s like I’m experiencing thousands of years of history listening to your introduction.

After much effort, everyone listened to Li Feng's speech of more than ten minutes. It was not easy to run a B&B, not to mention that when he talked about the brink of bankruptcy, they almost wiped away tears.

"How sentimental."

"Yes."

Li Ran was so embarrassed that he almost bought two villas. After finally finishing his words, Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's hand out the diplomas quickly." "Please invite Ms. Liu Wen, the first summer nutrition department director and mental health counselor, to the stage to present the diplomas."

Liu Wen really wanted to cover her face. What's the point of being the general manager of the nutrition department? She's the only nutritionist there is. And is there such a thing as psychological counseling? Forget it, just issue the certificate quickly and return to Jinling.

“Is this a diploma?”

"Yes, I polished the bamboo sign myself and carved my name on it."

A palm-sized bamboo plaque with the graduation certificate design that Li Feng found on the Internet engraved on it. Of course, the name was engraved by Li Feng himself. In order to do this, Li Feng spent a lot of time learning bamboo carving.

"I didn't expect that Boss Li could also carve bamboo."

"A little bit, nothing to mention."

Li Feng waved his hand nonchalantly. Liu Wen thought, "If I didn't know you, I'd think you were so calm and collected. You're so pretentious." However, Wu Xiaotian and the other kids really liked the bamboo graduation certificates, and each one happily thanked them and accepted their own.

"Okay, next, the head summer camp coach, Ms. Wu Jing, will present the Best Summer Camp Student Award to everyone."

Gao brought the wooden toys to the stage, and Li Feng introduced them with a smile. "These prizes were all made by me and your two uncles Gao."

"Wow, this is handmade again. This guy doesn't have to spend any money on the prize."

Liu Wen murmured quietly, "The little sedan is fun. She wants one, too, but she's a little embarrassed." Other items, like the bamboo pen holder and the wooden ornaments, were quite exquisite. She hadn't expected Brother Gao and Boss Li to be so skilled not only in furniture but also in small gadgets.

Wu Xiaotian and the others were all very happy. Toys that you buy normally are not as interesting as those you make yourself.

"Wow, snake."

“It’s made of bamboo.”

Li Feng held the bamboo snake's tail. Not only was the serpentine, wriggling body in front quite scary, but the bamboo itself, made of bamboo joints, was also quite realistic. "Are these carved snake scales?"

"Of course, the snake's tongue is made of bamboo strips, and the joints are made of bamboo strips. The whole snake is made of bamboo. It is completely natural and pollution-free."

Li Feng smiled and stretched out his hand in front of Wu Xiaotian and Li Ran. The two boys stepped back in fear. Kids nowadays are really brave. They would not dare to take money from their families when they were young, otherwise they would get beaten to pieces.

But now children dare to do so. However, nowadays, eight out of ten children are afraid of snakes. When Li Feng was a child, he and his brothers killed at least fifty snakes, if not a hundred. They would catch a few snakes, cut off their snake tongues, keep them in their pencil cases to play with, or use them to scare little girls.

"Or, the bamboo snake was made by your uncle Gao yesterday. It's not much."

"never mind."

Not to mention Chen Jingyi, even Wu Xiaotian and the others who were quite brave waved their hands.

"Okay, forget it."

Everyone liked the bamboo baskets, though. Everyone got one. There were seven outstanding graduates and ten best graduates. Wow, Wu Jing, Chen Long, and Liu Wen all won prizes. "The graduation ceremony is over."

"But let me say one last thing, I hope I won't see you again in future summer camps, otherwise, it won't be as simple as a black steamed bun." Li Feng threatened at the end, and people were really scared.

Everyone thought of the days in Hanjiaba. Although they were fun, no one wanted to go there again. It was too hard.

Watching the little ones run towards their parents, Li Feng rubbed Li Ran's head. Li Ran was speechless and hid aside. "I'm going to find my mom."

"Go."

"Bring a float for my sister."

"understood."

After Li Ran finished speaking, he picked up a bamboo snake and planned to give it to his sister to play with. Li Feng glanced at the boy and thought he was afraid that he was trying to scare his sister. However, Yiyi was quite brave and might not be afraid of snakes.

The summer camp was disbanded. After cleaning up the observatory, Li Feng returned to the lobby of the B&B.

“How many tables are there today?”

"There are five tables reserved in total, and three tables of individual customers have just been booked."

There are many tourists, but not many people come to eat there. Perhaps they are still affected by the online black shop list. As far as Li Feng knows, several local restaurants at the intersection have been doing good business these days and are often full. Li Feng is also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

There are so many tourists in my homestay, but they go to other people's houses for dinner. I really don't know what to say. But let's do it first. Li Feng saw that Sister Wu didn't need to be entertained, so he went to the reservoir to take a look and take a stroll.

Just as I was wondering when Professor Wu from the Design Institute would arrive, the phone rang.

"Brother, Professor Wu and the others are almost here. I know."

Professor Wu is a professor at a 985 university in Jinling. He has participated in many rural revitalization projects in cities and counties and has extensive experience in manor and B&B design. This time, Li Muxiao hired him through a favor. Of course, the design fee was not low, a seven-figure sum, which is really not cheap.

Not long after, a black Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle stopped and Li Feng went to greet it.

"Professor Wu."

"It's Boss Li, right?"

Wu Xun is in his fifties and is well-dressed. He has a bit of the same vibe as Uncle Wu, a cultured man. As for the man and woman following him, they look to be around twenty-four or twenty-five years old, probably Professor Wu's graduate students or something like that.

After inviting the four of them to the lobby for tea and a brief chat, Li Feng learned that the three people beside him were Gao Wen, the assistant and driver, Mu Yang, and Cheng Xue. They were both students of Professor Wu and had come to participate in the design. "Professor Wu, let's take a break. After lunch, I'll show you around."

If you want a design, you definitely need to look around. As for when the design drawings can be produced, the other party has the final say. Don't think you're the boss just because you pay. It won't work if you meet a big shot paying. At noon, Li Feng specially asked Sister Wu to make Jiangnan's first fresh dish for the group to try.

Not to mention, Wu Xun and the others were quite surprised. This small fish pot was too delicious. Of course, they still had to be reserved, especially Professor Wu, who was very prestigious.

"Boss Li, show us around first."

"Row."

After resting for a while, Li Feng prepared to take Wu Xun and others out for a walk, to take a quick look first. Of course, the specific design process would be discussed later.

"Uncle Wu."

"Aunt Wang."

"Xiao Li..."

"Is it Xiao Wu?"

Wu Zhenxing and Wang Yin had just finished their health-preserving banquet and rested for a while. They were about to return to the courtyard when they met Li Feng and his group at the door.

Wu Xun was slightly stunned. No one had called him Xiao Li for a long time. You know, he is now the main leader of the Architectural Design Institute and an academician. Even the principal would not call him Xiao Wu when he saw him.

But when he saw the person who was speaking, he was stunned for a moment. "Old Dean?"

"It's really you, Xiao Wu."

Wu Zhenhua said with a smile. "This little Li has good taste, inviting you, a big shot in the industry."

"Dean, I don't dare to be in front of you."

He could handle others, but not Wu Zhenhua. Not only was Wu Zhenhua on his level, but Wu Xun was also half a student of Wu Zhenhua. Gao Wen, Mu Yang, and Cheng Xue, who were following Wu Xun, were all a little surprised. When had Professor Wu become so humble?

This was the first time they had met each other. Who exactly was this old dean that Professor Wu mentioned? The three of them looked at each other with some confusion. What's more, this Mr. Li, the boss of the mountain village B&B, was probably not an ordinary person.

Not only could he find someone to contact their teacher, but also this old man whom the teacher called the old dean, this Boss Li might not be just an ordinary person. The three of them were a bit arrogant at first. Although Li Feng paid a lot of money, for them, this money should be theirs.

But now I have some different thoughts. After all, he is not an ordinary person, so I still have to give him the face he deserves.

Wu Zhenhua chatted with Wu Xun for a while before returning to the courtyard with Wang Yin to rest. Of course, Wu Xun planned to visit Wu Zhenhua in the courtyard after finishing his work here, and Wu Zhenhua nodded in agreement. This scene surprised Gao Wen and the others even more, as their teacher had to get permission to visit.

Even many high-ranking officials in Jinling didn't have such a big face, right? Who exactly was this old man? Wu Xun seemed to have seen through their thoughts and said with a smile, "Mr. Wu is the honorary president of Jinling University. He was the dean of my college when I was in college. I attended some of Mr. Wu's classes, so I'm half a student."

The honorary president of Jinling University is most likely the retired president of Jinling University. In addition, he was once half a teacher of Professor Wu. No wonder Professor Wu is so humble. It's just that such a big shot retired and we came to such a small mountain village B&B.

This was really strange. Not to mention them, Wu Xun was also quite puzzled. Didn't they say that the master's wife was in poor health? Could it be that she came here to recuperate? But this kind of mountain village B&B recuperation was a bit strange. Wu Xun glanced at Li Feng. It seemed that Boss Li was not simple.

Not only did the Li family use their connections to invite him, but the old dean also treated him with a special attitude, even seeming more friendly than his typical nephews. "Boss Li, let's take a look first."

"you please."

Li Feng took the four of them on a brief tour and shared some of his thoughts with the three. Along the way, Xu Xun probably had some understanding of the B&B, but the more he learned, the more confused Wu Xun became.

The B&B is not small, but it is not to the point where he needs to be hired as a designer. The layout here is basically fixed. At most, the tour route needs to be redesigned a little. Spending millions on it is a waste.

"Besides this place, Professor Wu, there is another part ahead."

Li Feng brought the four of them to a third-tier town where some houses were being repaired. "I plan to restore this place and create a distinctive third-tier town."

"A third-tier town?"

Wu Xun looked around and found that this place was not small. It seemed that there were at least two streets and the building complex was quite large. However, he was not very good at designing this kind of third-tier town. The main reason was that he was not old enough to live in the third tier at his age.

It was the late 1970s when he went to school, so he didn't know much about this area. Of course, he had visited some Third Front projects and seen some examples of transformation, mostly in literary and artistic creation centers.

It's not uncommon for small towns like Li Feng to restore third-tier cities, but most of them are just that, cleaning up some old stuff. Wu Xun looked at Gao Wen and the others. Originally, he came here just to be polite and come over to see the specific design, but he left it to his assistant and two students.

Gao Wen, Mu Yang and Cheng Xue looked at each other. They were interested in the design of the third-tier town, but when they learned that Li Feng wanted to restore some of the scenes at that time, they hoped that the design would conform to the actual appearance at that time.

This put them in a difficult position. They knew something about the Third Front Construction, but not much. Their research was not focused on this area. They mainly designed landscape gardens. Of course, designing a B&B estate was just a small task for them.

"What do you think?"

Wu Xun looked at the three people and asked. He was not very interested in this kind of B&B design itself, as it was not challenging at all.

"We need some time to collect information."

Cheng Xue did not agree immediately. They had never done anything in a third-tier town before. It was their first time, so they definitely needed to collect some information.

"Collecting information?"

Li Feng hesitated for a moment. As for collecting information from that era, it might be better if he had not been there. As for the Third Line, Li Feng remembered that there was something similar to the Little Third Line in the mountains not far from Maya Commune. The locals even called it Little Shanghai.

That place is even bigger than Li Feng's place. There are tens of thousands of people there during peak hours, and there were still many people there even in the late 1970s. Li Feng once wanted to go there to get some things to sell, but he almost got into trouble the first time he went to the county town, so he didn't go.

If these people want information, they can go there and collect first-hand information. However, the matter of the Space-Time Hotel cannot be told to others. Li Feng plans to find an opportunity to see if he can bring it over.

After returning to the B&B, Li Feng arranged for the four people to stay. There were not enough rooms in the B&B building, so Li Feng simply arranged a small courtyard for them, which happened to be empty.

"This place could use some redesign."

Wu Xun was quite interested in this kind of courtyard renovation, especially after learning that Uncle Wu and Aunt Wang lived in a nearby courtyard. This immediately piqued his interest in designing it. However, Li Feng declined, as the design fee was a bit too high.

With only a few dollars a day for his own small courtyard, the designer is afraid that he will never be able to make a profit in his lifetime.

Li Feng simply smiled and nodded without saying anything. After the group made their arrangements, Li Feng called Li Muxiao to express his gratitude. "Ah, Mr. Li, you said you were planning to take some people to Hanjiaba?"

After hanging up the phone, Li Feng rubbed his forehead. Mr. Li's tone said that he was going to bring some college students with him. This time, one of the college students was studying water conservancy, one was studying agriculture, and another was studying economics.

"It's okay to experiment." (End of this chapter)