Chapter 100 - 85: Holy Shit, These Stats...

Chapter 100: Chapter 85: Holy Shit, These Stats...

This remark made Liu County and Zhao Han exchange a look, the smiles on their faces growing wider.

They had been promoting You City as the home of Mao Bamboo and its bamboo culture for a long time, but with little real effect.

Now, listening to this, they could see the results.

Upon entering the Bamboo Culture Park, Zhao Han and the others felt an even livelier atmosphere. Most of the tourists arriving now were heading here first, gathering around the artisans’ workstations to watch them craft bamboo products and discuss all things bamboo.

The sound of bamboo being shaved, the smell of it being heated, the bustling crowd.

Liu County watched this scene with a gratified expression. In today’s world, reputation was everything. You City’s bamboo craftsmanship was experiencing a renaissance and was poised to become famous. That, in turn, would boost the development of conventional bamboo products as well.

A single glance was all it took for him to see the outcome he had hoped for.

"Liu County, that’s Boss Zhang over there!" Zhao Han suddenly pointed. Zhang Lin was making his rounds, checking on the work of the bamboo artisans.

Liu County looked over and saw a young man.

He was far too young compared to the typical successful entrepreneur. In a small place like You City, Liu County had never met a boss this young.

Zhang Lin walked up to a workbench. The artisan before him was one he had been paying close attention to.

The man’s name was Guo Fengchun, known as Old Guo, and he was one of the most skilled artisans there.

Old Guo had just finished a bamboo cup and was handing it to a tourist when he looked up and saw Zhang Lin standing nearby. He was about to greet him respectfully but was stopped by a gesture from Zhang Lin..

He immediately gave a respectful nod instead.

It was safe to say his respect for this boss had reached its peak.

He’d never imagined he could be so useful or feel such a sense of accomplishment. It was Boss Zhang who had given him this opportunity.

In just a short time this morning, he had already sold several bamboo products. After his commission, he had already earned 200 yuan.

"Boss Zhang!" Zhao Han had reached Zhang Lin’s side and greeted him.

"Director Zhao!" Zhang Lin replied immediately upon seeing Zhao Han. He glanced at the group of people with him, his gaze landing on one man in particular.

’This must be the county magistrate, Liu County.’

There was no other explanation, as everyone else was standing deferentially behind him.

In a situation like this, unless the man was some hot-headed fool, he had to be the one with the highest status.

Just as he thought, Zhao Han introduced the man. "Boss Zhang, this is Liu County. He’d like to talk to you about some matters concerning bamboo products."

"Boss Zhang, I’ve heard a lot about you lately." Liu County stepped forward and offered a handshake. A capable person deserved to be treated with due importance.

"Liu County!" Zhang Lin responded at once.

After that, he gave his guest a tour of the Bamboo Culture Park.

"Boss Zhang, how did you come up with the idea for a Bamboo Culture Park like this?" Liu County asked, very curious.

’How could I have thought of this? It was all the game system.’

Still, he had to say something. "Liu County, I’m a You City native, born and raised. I’ve been around bamboo since I was a child. When I was little, I’d go with my father into the bamboo forests to dig for shoots, and I saw the older generation in my village weave all sorts of bamboo products."

"I believe that we in You City have our own unique bamboo culture. It’s deeply rooted in our land and in the hearts of our people. But now when I go back to the village, those various bamboo products have all but disappeared."

"I feel that this shouldn’t be the case. It’s a cultural loss for the people of You City. We’re losing the most unique and precious part of our heritage."

In reality, this was all just a load of nonsense..

But the same nonsense sounds different coming from different people. If you’re not successful, your nonsense is just nonsense, and people will resent you for wasting their time.

When you’re successful, that nonsense is no longer nonsense. It’s imbued with a kind of special significance.

Upon hearing this, Liu County immediately turned to someone behind him and said, "Did you hear that? Write this down. This is true awareness. It’s precisely because of this awareness that Boss Zhang was able to create this Bamboo Culture Park. Have the other bosses in You City’s bamboo industry come and learn from him."

"..." Zhang Lin opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

He seemed to understand something now.

’In the past, when I listened to speeches by that tycoon, Boss Ma, I clearly felt he was spouting nonsense—a lot of it impractical—yet it was treated as gospel. If you dared to voice a different opinion, someone would sneer, "That tycoon makes more in a day than you’ll make in your entire life!"’

’So, once a person becomes successful, even their farts smell sweet.’

’Although I haven’t reached that level yet, at least this Bamboo Culture Park is a success. I just gave a long-winded, nonsensical speech, and now the county government is having someone write it down.’

Liu County didn’t stay long. After getting an understanding of the Bamboo Culture Park, he left with a smile.

Li Yuan Farm’s Bamboo Culture Park was a success, so naturally, the county would have to put more effort into the bamboo products industry.

After seeing Liu County and his entourage off, Zhang Lin immediately headed over to the Fertile Land.

A moment ago, the game’s new feature notification had also mentioned that a special sweet potato seedling had appeared in the test plot.

When he reached the plot of Fertile Land he’d prepared yesterday, he immediately started searching. Only one night had passed. Without the game’s attributes, it would be impossible for these transplanted sweet potato seedlings to sprout overnight.

However, it didn’t take Zhang Lin long to find the special sweet potato seedling.

It was just too obvious.

They had all been transplanted just yesterday, but that one seedling was clearly more lush than the others, with more stems and leaves.

A normal sweet potato seedling could never grow like this overnight.

’In other words, this seedling must have triggered the Fertile Land’s small chance to retain its game attributes.’

At this thought, he immediately called Liu De over and instructed, "Keep a special eye on this sweet potato seedling. Later, use it to transplant new seedlings into regular soil."

’If this is successful, it means I won’t have to rely on the game system to buy those few sweet potato seedlings. I’ll be able to plant them on a large scale.’

"Okay, Boss!" said Liu De.

Zhang Lin thought of something else and gave another order to Liu De. "Right, there are still 5 jin of special fertile fertilizer and some Sunshine Rose Seeds in the warehouse. Take them and prepare another mixed plot of land."

This special fertile fertilizer refreshed by 5 jin every day. Although it cost 100,000 yuan per jin, its effects were surprisingly good.

Therefore, he should prepare more of these mixed plots to have on hand. He never knew when they might come in handy.

After giving his instructions to Liu De, Zhang Lin didn’t hesitate. He opened the procurement market and bought all 5 jin of the fertile fertilizer that had refreshed today.

After that, he looked at a new item that had refreshed in the procurement market: the special Sunshine Rose Seeds from the level-up reward.

Special Sunshine Rose Seeds (Quality 1), 1,000 yuan/jin, 20 jin available for purchase per day,

Zhang Lin subconsciously took a longer look at the price of these Sunshine Rose Seeds. 1,000 yuan per jin. He had no idea how much more expensive that was than the real-world price, but the crucial point was that he could only purchase 20 jin per day.

Before, this would have seemed far too impractical. There would have been no way to cultivate them on a large scale.

But things were different now that he had the special fertile fertilizer. If he could propagate them from cuttings in the special fertilizer, and if they could trigger the special fertilizer’s probability of retaining their game attributes, then he wouldn’t need to rely on the game’s procurement system and could promote them on a massive scale.

Moreover, by being able to plant these special Sunshine Roses, he had filled another gap in his offerings.

Of the three types of fruit produced by the game—honey peaches, blueberries, and Sunshine Roses—only blueberries were left without seeds.

Zhang Lin immediately clicked to purchase the seeds. Then he turned to Liu De beside him and said, "Come with me to the warehouse. Besides the fertilizer, there’s another type of seed I need to tell you about!"

When they got to the warehouse, he saw the special Sunshine Rose Seeds. He picked them up and checked the item description:

[Special Sunshine Rose Seeds: Quality 1]

[These are a special type of Sunshine Rose Seeds. The Sunshine Roses grown from them have special effects. Regular Effects: Taste +1, Texture +1, Sweetness +1. Special Effects: Unaffected by Season +1, Environmental Factors Impact -1]

[Restriction: 1. Can only be planted within the farm’s boundaries!]

"Holy shit, these stats..." Zhang Lin was a bit stunned when he saw the attributes of the Sunshine Rose Seeds.