Chapter 142 - 104: Li Yuan Farm is About to Make Big Waves

Chapter 142: Chapter 104: Li Yuan Farm is About to Make Big Waves

However, Li Yuan Farm’s Seven-Color Flower Sea was a hot topic online, its buzz every bit as intense as the canola Flower Sea’s had been.

Just like with the canola Flower Sea before it, new topics popped up daily, and a steady stream of clout-chasing influencers came to visit. This caused Li Yuan Farm’s follower count to jump again, breaking the six million mark.

Unfortunately, hitting six million followers didn’t trigger another milestone reward.

Zhang Lin felt that whichever game designer planned these milestone rewards must have had a screw loose. Why give a reward for every million followers up to five million, only to demand ten million for the next one?

’That’s just completely brain-dead.’

Naturally, on the flip side, Kailin Investment Farm’s Flower Sea was getting relentlessly flamed online. Things couldn’t have been going worse for them.

As the days passed under these circumstances, Li Yuan Farm’s campground project was finally completed!

[Congratulations! Your campground has been successfully constructed!]

Just as he got the notification, Zhang Lin was getting up from his desk to go check on the campground. Lin Muxue rushed in. "President Zhang, something major is happening online! It involves our farm, Kailin Investment, and even the county. If we don’t handle this quickly, it could blow up into a huge problem."

"What is it?" Zhang Lin asked, confused.

"Look at this video from a finance blogger," Lin Muxue said, handing him a device.

Zhang Lin took it and saw the video’s title: "My Professional Guess: Li Yuan Farm Is Booming, But It’s About to Collapse and Vanish!"

’???’ The moment Zhang Lin saw the title, he thought the guy was full of it.

Li Yuan Farm was buzzing with popularity. With new projects launching one after another, the hype was well-maintained. All sorts of influencers were flocking to join the fun—even beauty bloggers, who had nothing to do with farming, were trying to get in on the action.

This finance blogger was clearly just another clout chaser, spewing clickbait nonsense.

But after watching the video, he was stunned. He almost felt like giving the guy a thumbs-up.

"I’m sure everyone has been following Li Yuan Farm recently. Their Seven-Color Flower Sea has been open for a while now, capturing the imagination of countless people. There was even that Flower Sea from Kailin Investment Farm that tried to compete, but it just ended up becoming a laughingstock!

"But has anyone stopped to wonder why Kailin Investment even exists? Logically, a business like Li Yuan Farm, especially in a small county, brings enormous benefits. The influx of tourists means massive economic growth for the area!

"To put it bluntly, the Bamboo Culture Park alone is significant enough that the ’Hometown of Bamboo’ should be cherishing this farm. Normally, when a business like Li Yuan Farm is doing so well, the You City authorities would never allow a competitor like Kailin Investment to pop up. They should be doing everything they can to support Li Yuan Farm.

"After all, we’ve seen plenty of other counties where a single enterprise like Li Yuan Farm has driven the entire local economy. Do the You City officials have a cheat sheet right in front of them and not even know how to copy the answers?

"But apparently, they really don’t know how. And so, we get Kailin Investment Farm—an entity with obviously little competence, yet it’s trying to steal food from Li Yuan Farm’s plate!

"There are only two possible explanations for this. The first is that someone in the You City government has a control-freak mentality. They want to control Li Yuan Farm, prevent it from becoming a monopoly, and impose restrictions. You know the type—people sitting in an office who think they can strategize a victory a thousand miles away without understanding the reality on the ground. Of course, there could also be some... under-the-table deals involved.

"The second possibility is even worse: someone got jealous of Li Yuan Farm’s success and wants a piece of the pie. They’ve targeted Li Yuan Farm, and it’s entirely possible a lot of dirty business has already gone down.

"I’d even go so far as to bet that Kailin Investment has already snapped up all the land surrounding Li Yuan Farm, boxing them in so they can’t expand.

"Anyway, I’ve said enough for you all to understand. I can’t go into details, or I’ll get my channel banned. But either way, this can’t end well for Li Yuan Farm. In fact, I think the people in You City have forgotten something important: Li Yuan Farm has over six million followers!"

Zhang Lin was blown away by the video. The blogger even reminded him at the end that he had six million followers.

If there really was the kind of collusion against Li Yuan Farm that the blogger mentioned... then those followers were his ace in the hole.

Unfortunately, the reality of the situation was a little different from the blogger’s speculation.

Still, a lot of what he said was brilliant—for instance, guessing that all the surrounding land had been taken.

"This video is holding the You City officials’ feet to the fire," Lin Muxue remarked after he finished watching. "And it’s already going viral. Should we...?"

"We should," Zhang Lin agreed without hesitation.

’Since the You City officials are already in the hot seat, why not add some fuel to the fire and make it burn even hotter?’

He saw an opportunity to finish Kailin Investment once and for all. If he didn’t make them lose their shirts and leave with their tails between their legs, he’d be letting down this blogger’s perfect assist.

He silently gave the blogger a mental thumbs-up.

Zhang Lin quickly instructed Lin Muxue, "Get it done. Just make sure no one can tell Li Yuan Farm is fanning the flames behind the scenes."

"Understood," Lin Muxue nodded.

Zhang Lin then added, "Also, the campground project is finished. Muxue, I’ll have to ask you to handle the promotion for that as well."

Naturally, the news of Li Yuan Farm’s campground completion didn’t escape Zhao Neng’s notice. Just as he had with the Flower Sea, he had people keeping an eye on it.

But when he heard the news, he fumed. "Damn it, how can the gap be so huge? I threw more money at our campground several times, kept construction going 24/7, and our costs shot up by a full 25 million! They’re already finished, and we’re only at 60%!"

His assistant immediately said, "President Zhao, the campground is our chance to strike back. We need to make a decision!"

"Do the same thing we did with the Flower Sea," Zhao Neng ordered. "Open the finished sections, cordon off the rest, get it cleaned up quickly, and start the official promotion. Also, find out what Li Yuan Farm is charging for their campground. We’ll undercut their price, then add discounts and subsidies. We have to come up with an offer those tourists can’t refuse."

"Yes, Boss! I’ll get people on it right away!" the assistant replied with a nod.

Clearly, Zhao Neng had no idea about the storm brewing against him. He was still focused on launching a meticulously planned counterattack with his campground.