Chapter 121 - 96: Are These People Really Migrant Workers?

Chapter 121: Chapter 96: Are These People Really Migrant Workers?

He hung up the phone and gave the woman across from him an awkward look. "Uh, I’m so sorry, but something suddenly came up at the station."

The woman opposite him was tall and voluptuous, beautiful in her white dress.

He even had the condoms ready. This situation was so damn frustrating.

"Go on," the woman said with an understanding smile. "I’ll go ahead and get a room at the hotel."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao hurried away. He called his colleagues at the station as he rushed over to Li Yuan Farm. When he arrived at the construction site, he found Wu Hai and his men tied up.

Eager to get back to the hotel, he wasted no time and had his men take all dozen or so of them back to the station.

Chen Hu watched the scene unfold through his binoculars, his expression grim.

’He’d considered storming the site to rescue Wu Hai and his crew just now, but the thought of the workers’ fighting prowess and sheer numbers made him give up the idea.’

’If they’d charged in, they would’ve all been trapped and likely arrested by now. Besides, he trusted Wu Hai not to sell him out. His boys could hold out for a few days.’

’But this meant he could no longer use underhanded tactics against their construction team. It seemed he was outmatched.’

’These guys were more like thugs than his own crew. Now he had to worry about them investigating and retaliating.’

However, he didn’t dare entertain the thought of going after the people from Li Yuan Farm themselves.

’After all, he wasn’t an idiot with a death wish.’

’Never mind that the county officials were definitely keeping an eye on Li Yuan Farm. The fact that they had nearly 5 million online fans was enough. If he dared to make a move, it would be all over the internet by the next day. His photo would be plastered everywhere. That would truly be courting death!’

’So there was no way to target their construction team anymore. Now he was the one worried about being targeted.’

’Worst case, I’ll just abandon this contract,’ Chen Hu sighed to himself. He had truly lost his men and gained nothing.

...

「Time passed.」

Zhang Lin was woken up the next day by a notification from the game system:

[Congratulations! You have completed the 5 million online fans milestone. Your farm’s Rapeseed Flower Sea has been immensely popular. However, because the rapeseed blooming season is short, visitor anticipation may wane once it’s over. Therefore, a follow-up attraction is needed. Reward: Special Seven-Color Flower Sea Landscape Construction Scroll!]

Zhang Lin was a bit surprised by the notification.

’Another landscape construction scroll.’

’He was starting to see a pattern. It seemed like the milestones for gaining online followers always rewarded these landscape construction scrolls.’

’Is it because of the unique nature of fan engagement?’

’This reward was also really thoughtful. If the system hadn’t reminded him, he would have almost forgotten about the rapeseed’s short blooming season.’

The rapeseed blooming season isn’t very long. It’s less than 40 days, and for some varieties, it’s over in about 30.

So, the blooming season for his Rapeseed Flower Sea was indeed coming to an end.

As the first attraction that drew in tourists, Li Yuan Farm’s Rapeseed Flower Sea had garnered a huge amount of attention. Without it, visitor excitement would definitely drop.

’So, that’s why it gave him a construction scroll for a Seven-Color Flower Sea landscape?’

He immediately pulled up the game interface in his mind to check the scroll’s description:

[Special Seven-Color Flower Sea Landscape Construction Scroll: Quality 1]

[Seven-Color Flower Sea: As the name implies, this is a flower sea composed of seven types of brilliant flowers. The fields of color can be arranged to create the appearance of a magnificent rainbow. Attributes: Aesthetics +1, Photogenic +1, Mood-Lifting +1!]

[Restriction: Must be built within the farm’s boundaries!]

[Construction Requirements: 1. 500 mu of land. 2. 10,000,000!]

[Special: Blooming season of 90 days!]

Zhang Lin was astonished when he read the description!

It didn’t just have the Aesthetics +1 and Photogenic +1 attributes of the Rapeseed Flower Sea; it also had an additional Mood-Lifting +1 attribute.

’This attribute was incredible.’

He could just imagine it: visitors in a bad mood or feeling down would arrive at this Flower Sea and be instantly healed. Just think of the powerful emotional response it would evoke in visitors.

Although this Flower Sea couldn’t be grown from seed like the rapeseed, its scroll format allowed for rapid construction and transplantation. For a farm attraction, this was definitely faster and more convenient than planting it himself.

And then there was the 90-day blooming season, which was so much longer than the Rapeseed Flower Sea’s.

But for precisely those reasons, the cost to build this Seven-Color Flower Sea was 10 million, even though it was the same 500 mu of land.

Zhang Lin had to admit, that price was definitely steep. After all, the Bamboo Maze had only cost 5 million.

’But with a game system product, you get what you pay for. The more expensive it was, the more valuable it would be. He was actually starting to look forward to the Seven-Color Flower Sea’s Mood-Lifting attribute.’

However, with the farm’s current size, there was no room to build this Seven-Color Flower Sea. He would first have to go to the Agriculture Bureau and contract another 500 mu of land.

So, after leaving the house, he headed straight for the Agriculture Bureau.

Meanwhile, Zhao Neng arrived at Kailin Investment Company bright and early. The employees all greeted him respectfully when they saw him.

He was in no mood to respond to them, however. He hurried to his office, eager to see how many construction teams had accepted the contract he’d posted on a trade website last night.

’The teams he’d hired so far had been a huge disappointment. Li Yuan Farm had managed to find a capable crew, so why couldn’t he?’

He sat down in his office and immediately clicked on the posting from yesterday. He was stunned by what he saw. Not a single team had accepted the job, but there were plenty of comments underneath: