You've been reborn and you're going to go farm?

"No, Boss Jiang has been helping his family sell watermelons lately, how did it turn into starting a business?"

"Yeah, you can even get servers wholesale from a watermelon-selling yard?"

"Isn't this leap a bit too big?"

Gu Zhengwei rolled his eyes again: "That's called technology empowering agriculture. President Jiang has set up an agricultural product traceability system for his watermelons."

"Hiss~" The roommates gasped again: "Wait, is it really that wild?"

"That sounds really high-end!"

Jiang Lin laughed: "Don't listen to Lao Gu's embellishment. It's just a website query. Don't listen to him making it sound so high-end."

Gu Zhengwei sneered: "You didn't say that to Director Liang."

"This is an agricultural technology project."

Jiang Lin blushed slightly: "Keep it down, keep it down. That was just a reasonable cover-up to scam subsidies from the hospital. Don't pull this stunt in front of the brothers."

"I have to go."

As Jiang Lin spoke, he packed his things. Gu Zhengwei put on his Alienware laptop and continued to remotely adjust the server. The three roommates just stared blankly for a while, waiting for Jiang Lin to leave with his bag.

"What's he busy with?"

"Let's go back to the village for a meeting," Gu Zhengwei said without turning his head.

The brothers looked at each other, their thoughts somewhat divided.

At the same age, are they going to be calling him President Jiang from now on?

I got home at 7 p.m., and the leftovers were still steaming.

"You're always rushing around like that, and you don't even tell me you're coming back beforehand." Xu Rong grabbed some pickled cabbage from the jar, cooked a bowl of soup, and felt both sorry for him and resentful.

Jiang Jiahe entered the main room and sat down on the sofa: "What brings you back at this hour?"

Jiang Lin shoveled a couple of mouthfuls of rice into his bowl. "Later, we need to have a meeting with Secretary Ke and the village leaders to sign the contract."

"Sign a contract?" Jiang Jiahe stared at him. "Sign what kind of contract?"

"I plan to lease those fifty acres of jointly cultivated land," Jiang Lin said casually. "After the watermelons are harvested, we'll plant strawberries."

"Growing strawberries?" Xu Rong sat down next to her. "These things are very precious. I saw on TV that those people who grow strawberries have to build greenhouses."

"That'll probably cost a lot of money!"

Jiang Lin picked up his bowl, took a sip, and chewed his rice as he mumbled, "Fifty acres of land, building greenhouses would cost around a million."

Hearing Jiang Lin casually mention the figure of one million, the couple were both taken aback, and Jiang Jiahe even subconsciously straightened his posture.

"A million or so?"

"You..." Xu Rong's voice trembled slightly, "Where did you get the money to do this?"

Jiang Jiahe's face also turned a little pale, but he held back and didn't say anything.

"I definitely don't have that much money," Jiang Lin explained. "It's someone else's investment, and I'm just helping out by acting as a middleman."

Xu Rong looked worried: "Don't be fooled! There's no such thing as a free lunch. Investing a million to farm?"

"If we lose money, our family can't afford to pay it back."

One million is simply terrifying; it's a number they could never even dream of.

Jiang Lin put down his chopsticks: "Investors are like watermelon buyers. We've already agreed that they'll buy the strawberries I grow directly. Regular strawberries will cost 12 yuan per jin, and premium ones will cost 20 yuan per jin."

"Let's not talk about the yield per mu, let's say it's 3000 jin, and if we take the middle price, 16 yuan per jin, then the total would be more than 200 million yuan."

"Others can easily recoup their costs."

Xu Rong was still a little uneasy. "The accounts are calculated this way, and there's no problem, but what if..."

"Mom, there's no 'what if'," Jiang Lin said firmly. "It's not like I asked your son to give me any money."

"Moreover, I also went to the agricultural university to find experts to select the varieties of strawberries, just like the watermelons at home this season. With scientific management, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Looking at his mother's still worried face, he did another calculation: "Mom, you think 100 million is a lot? Let me do another calculation for you."

"Our joint-cropping plot below can easily produce another 20 jin of watermelons."

"Do you know how much money it can sell for?"

"40?" Xu Rong replied, knowing the price Jiang Lin had agreed upon earlier.

"No, it's 60. Right now, other people are offering 3 yuan for this batch of watermelons as pre-orders."

"Huh? Three yuan?" Xu Rong exclaimed incredulously. "Isn't that the same price as the ones you sell in the university town?"

"Really? Good stuff is worth such a high price." Jiang Lin said, "My plan is to split 30 with the village, and after deducting other transportation costs, cold storage fees, etc., I'll still have about 20."

"Even if the strawberries don't grow, the worst that can happen is that we lose the 20 yuan."

"Do you think that with expert guidance, good varieties, and good sales channels, you could still lose money?"

He joked, "This is a complete loss. I'll just work honestly my whole life and never touch land again..."

Jiang Lin deliberately obscured many things, such as seedlings, manual labor, and water and electricity in the fields.

Xu Rong swallowed hard, turned her head to look at Jiang Jiahe, and felt uneasy.

Now, their family always uses tens of thousands as a unit of measurement.

It's a bit too unreal!

Jiang Jiahe closed his eyes, feeling his heart pounding wildly. After a long silence, he said, "Never mind, don't ask anymore."

"As long as he knows it in his heart, that's enough!"

Jiang Jiahe took several deep breaths and said with a solemn expression, "Just tell me, what can we do?"

Jiang Lin said in a relaxed tone, "Don't feel pressured. Growing strawberries is just like growing watermelons before. You're all experienced farmers, what's there to be afraid of?"

"At that time, I will invite teachers from the Agricultural University and experts from that nursery base to come and provide training."

"You should all follow along and learn from them."

"You all know the situation in the village. When people are working, they need someone to supervise them. I'm not comfortable with just Secretary Li watching over them."

"You all need to stay and keep watch, and promptly correct any mismanagement by any individuals."

Jiang Lin hadn't originally planned to say so much.

He knew exactly what the elderly couple would think.

He had lived an honest and hardworking life, and had only saved 3 to 5 yuan. If he suddenly threw out 100 million yuan, it would terrify them and keep them up at night.

But not telling them is also not an option.

Because this matter will be exposed sooner or later. A casual remark from the person building the greenhouse, a slip of the tongue by the Party Secretary, or some gossip heard from someone outside could all expose the hidden information.

If they act first and then report later, and then pull this stunt halfway through, there will be even more unexpected problems.

So, let's just lay it out like this, using the visible benefits to dispel the fear in the two elders' hearts, and use 200,000 as a safety net.

Most importantly, this 100 million can also force them to carefully learn from the experts.

Instead of assuming that because I have experience in this area, I should do things my way.

One million is enough to force them to follow the rules.

Of course, Jiang Lin knew very well that the elderly couple wouldn't accept it immediately.

The reason he's saying such things now is probably just to put his mind at ease and not hold him back.