Chapter 235 - 231: A Development Opportunity for the Pastry Section

Chapter 235: Chapter 231: A Development Opportunity for the Pastry Section

Lin Feng was finally starting to see a pattern in how the quests refreshed.

They had to be related to buildings—ideally, to the items produced by the buildings or the staff in charge of them.

Of course, the quests themselves weren’t that important. What mattered most were the rewards, which were usually very powerful.

As for the experience he could gain from completing quests, Lin Feng no longer cared about leveling up his personal Level. It was just too slow.

[Lin Xian Village’s Bakery: The Water Mill has achieved flour self-sufficiency. The baked goods in the Restaurant can no longer meet tourist demand. Open a bakery in the village.

Quest Reward: Bitter and Sweet Steamed Bun.]

[Lin Xian Village’s Oil Shop: The fragrance of oil fills the village. The tourists’ strong demand should be met. Establish an oil shop in the village.

Quest Reward: Special Soy Sauce Recipe.]

These two quests were very simple to complete. Coincidentally, most of the shops in the Marketplace were still unused.

’The rewards are a bit strange, though. A Bitter and Sweet Steamed Bun and a special soy sauce recipe... a special bun and soy sauce. I can really collect a full set of seasonings.’

Lin Feng planned to have Hu Zhiming call the construction crew tomorrow to renovate two shops in the Marketplace.

As night fell, a group of business owners who were constantly paying attention to Lin Xian Village gathered for dinner and drinks to discuss matters concerning the village.

"Did you hear? That guy Old Yu got a large share of Lin Xian Village’s Spiritual Spring Water this time."

"I know about that. He did Lin Xian Village a small favor."

"Those foreigners are starting to get involved now, too."

"Heh, it won’t be easy for them to get a piece of the pie.

By the way, have any of you gotten your hands on Lin Xian Village’s hemostatic powder?

The effect is truly astonishing. It’s a shame the people ’up top’ have a monopoly on it. You can’t buy it at all."

"We shouldn’t even think about Lin Xian Village’s medicines. The higher-ups are watching them very closely.

I did hear, however, that Lin Xian Village is going to build an even bigger Restaurant. Do any of you have an in? We could get involved together."

At the mention of the Restaurant, the men suddenly went silent.

One raised his glass for a drink, another picked up his cigarette case, and a third pretended to look at his phone.

Even if they had an opportunity to get involved, they wouldn’t bring anyone else along. Too many people had their eyes on this matter.

It was said that some wealthy tycoons were already involved.

Someone with an in would be lucky just to guard it from others, let alone bring someone else along for the ride.

Of course, they were all a bit jealous of those in Wuyuan County who, being so close, were the first to reap the benefits.

One of the bosses broke the awkward silence. "I heard a new type of tea has appeared in Lin Xian Village. No one knows what it’s all about yet. Do you have any information on it?"

"No, but I did see a picture of the tea leaves. All I can say is that they look very beautiful."

"Sigh, if only we could get our hands on some of that tea."

The group grew thoughtful, but no one spoke. If Lin Xian Village wasn’t selling something to the public, it was very difficult to get it out.

It wasn’t like before, when anyone could send people in, or even conduct all sorts of experiments inside.

Too many people were watching Lin Xian Village now. If someone tried to pull any tricks, they would probably be reported to Lin Xian Village by someone else.

Besides, with the behemoth that was the state watching, no one wanted to feel the smackdown from the iron fist.

Nevertheless, these men still prepared to send people to Lin Xian Village to try and buy some of the tea.

At the same time, they began to plan, looking for opportunities to cooperate with Lin Xian Village.

Meanwhile, abroad, Derek Walker was also being targeted by a group of financial tycoons, all asking about Lin Xian Village.

"Walker, you’re back from that Lin Xian Village. Is it really as magical as they say?"

"Rose, it’s even more magical than you can imagine.

I spent one hundred and forty million US Dollars to buy a treatment slot for my daughter, and everyone called me a fool.

They’ll never understand the benefits I reaped from spending that money," Walker said scornfully.

He wasn’t a real fool. He could have gotten the slot for much less money, so why did he spend so much?

It was a foot in the door. Only with enough money could he make certain people in Huaxia give up on blocking him.

He had learned from his own information channels that many wealthy foreigners who wanted to buy things from Lin Xian Village had been intercepted by that country’s influential powers.

They couldn’t even get the people they sent into Lin Xian Village.

Rose was a little surprised. Although he had files on Lin Xian Village, he still couldn’t believe the place had so many good things.

Especially that miraculous Medicinal Cuisine. When Walker said he was taking his daughter for treatment, Rose had even tried to talk him out of it, thinking it was a scam.

"Walker, you mean that Medicinal Cuisine is real?

And the temple inside can really judge if a person is good or bad?

Do those buildings really have magical abilities?"

Walker said, "You should have tested the water there by now.

Rose, I can only tell you this: unless you go there yourself, you can never understand how magical it is."

’He thought of the special environment in Lin Xian Village. It was completely abnormal, like a divine miracle.’

While he was there for his daughter’s treatment, he tried everything Lin Xian Village had to offer.

If the place sold real estate, he would have wanted to buy the house he was staying in.

A house whose temperature never changed, no matter the conditions, was simply too comfortable to live in.

After Rose left Walker, he shared the intelligence Walker had given him with his partners.

"Oh! We’ve underestimated that place. What should we do now?"

"Let’s find a way to seek cooperation first."

"Can we invite the people to our country?"

"Forget it. It’s completely impossible.

The magic is in the place itself. Inviting the people over would be useless."

"A reminder to all of you: that place is being watched by many powerful groups in that country. You’d better not do anything reckless, or you might bring trouble upon yourselves."

The information Walker revealed quickly spread among the foreign power groups.

Some groups began to change their strategies, because their previous attempts to contact that place had been blocked.

Now, they needed to learn from Walker and use other methods to get into that place—like investment.

In Wuyuan County, a leader had just arrived at his office when his secretary walked over with a document.

"Sir, Jiangcheng City sent a document over this morning. Last night, over a dozen foreign companies expressed interest in investing here."

"Investment? Is it a normal investment this time?"

The last time those foreign investors wanted to invest in Wuyuan County, their target was Lin Xian Village. Thankfully, they hadn’t agreed.

"This time, it’s a normal investment. They haven’t set their investment targets on Lin Xian Village.

The Walt Disney Company is preparing to invest in a Disneyland here, and Walmart wants to build a large-scale shopping mall, among others.

Sir, the cooperative projects in the file will have no impact on Lin Xian Village."

The leader took the file and began to read. He found that the proposed projects this time were indeed much more normal.

He quickly understood that the reason these companies were coming to invest in Wuyuan County was still because of Lin Xian Village.

If Lin Xian Village didn’t exist, these major foreign corporations probably wouldn’t even know a place like Wuyuan County existed.

As for whether to accept these foreign capital investments, he couldn’t make the decision himself. He had to ask for opinions from his superiors.

In addition, he also needed to inform Lin Xian Village of the situation and ask for Lin Feng’s opinion.

The leader felt a little fortunate. Choosing Lin Xian Village was the most correct decision he had ever made.

"Sir, Lin Xian Village submitted applications for the production and sale of cooking oil and flour this morning."

"Have the staff speed up the approval process. If there are no issues, approve it directly."

"Understood."

...

In Lin Xian Village, while having breakfast at the restaurant, Lin Feng assigned the matter of renovating the Marketplace shops to Hu Zhiming.

Then, he ran over to the Restaurant to find Bai He, the baker.

"Boss, you said you want to open a bakery in the Marketplace!"

"That’s right. I’ve already sent someone to handle the renovations. I’m just not sure about your situation here with the pastry-making."

Bai He said excitedly, "Boss, we need to hire more people. The two of us, Shi Chunyu and I, plus four apprentices, are nowhere near enough to meet the demand of a bakery.

We can’t even satisfy the demand from the customers in the Restaurant."

The pastries made in the Restaurant every day were never enough to sell.

They even had to limit the purchase quantity so that more people could buy them.

"Then hire more people."

"Boss, hiring more people won’t solve it either. The Restaurant’s kitchen isn’t big enough. It would be best to have a separate place just for making pastries."

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Since you’ve brought it up, write down the requirements for a pastry-making space. Then go to the Marketplace and see if a place like that can be renovated.

If not, we’ll just have to build a new one."

Bai He said hurriedly, "The Marketplace will work. I’ve seen the buildings there. They just need to be renovated."

"I’ll leave this matter to you. Let me know after the renovations are done."

After Lin Feng left, Bai He rushed off to find Shi Chunyu. This was definitely good news for them.

Selling pastries in the Restaurant was a side operation. Now, with a dedicated bakery, they were essentially becoming independent from the Restaurant.

"Chunyu, the boss just came to see me. He wants to open a shop specifically for selling pastries."

"Really? That’s great news!

But the amount of pastries we make now is nowhere near enough to sell. How are we going to solve that?"

"I proposed hiring more people to the boss, and also setting up a dedicated kitchen for us to make pastries. He agreed!"

"That’s wonderful! Our pastry division can finally expand."

Shi Chunyu had seen how spectacularly the savory cooking division was developing and had long wanted to grow the pastry side of things in Lin Xian Village, but unfortunately, the Restaurant’s kitchen was too small.

She had thought they would have to wait until the new Restaurant was built, but she never expected the opportunity to come so soon.

"Let’s discuss this in a bit. We have to choose carefully when we recruit people this time. It would be best to recruit some bakers with special pastry skills."

"Exactly. If we want to make a name for ourselves as bakers, we have to choose the right talent this time."

Compared to the savory chefs, the pastry chefs didn’t have as much influence because of the nature of their products.

The most developed branch was probably Cantonese dim sum. In reality, pastry work was already a part of everyone’s daily life; most of the breakfast foods we eat belong to this category.

Of course, as long as it was a flour-based food, it was considered part of pastry work. It’s just that you couldn’t open a grand hotel based on pastries alone.

The two of them began planning the kitchen renovation while also looking for bakers who met Lin Xian Village’s requirements.

Meanwhile, over at the Barracks, the first phase of training was about to end.

Including Yao Enlong, the twenty-five trainees were now looking at the results of their training.

"Whoa! Are these really the results of just three weeks of training?!"

"Of course it is! The change in your physique is just too obvious."

"Haha! I have muscles now, too! Look, even if it’s not a six-pack."

"I only signed up to get into Lin Xian Village and didn’t really care about the training. I never thought the payoff would be this huge."

"Coach, Coach Zhou, can we sign up for the next training camp right away?"

"Yeah, Coach Zhou, I want to keep training and get a six-pack. Can I sign up again?"

Zhou Xing had just walked over when he was surrounded by everyone.

"As much as I’d like to agree, our training program here might be undergoing some changes, so we won’t be able to accommodate you."

The training camp was a great success. Because of the partnership with Starlight Entertainment, the Barracks would no longer be accepting ordinary people in the future.

The main reason was that the fees for the Barracks training camp would be very high in the future. Ordinary people who wanted to train here probably wouldn’t be able to afford it.

"Ah! Oh no, I still want to keep training."

"I can’t believe it’s over so quickly. It feels like it wasn’t enough."

"At first, I was resistant to the training, but I never expected to gain so much from it."

Zhou Xing clapped his hands. "Alright, even though it’s over after today’s session, everyone still needs to train seriously. Don’t slack off at the very end."

Zhou Xing definitely couldn’t let these people relax on the last day; he had to complete the task as the boss instructed.

When the day’s training plan was finished, Yao Enlong took a picture and posted it on his personal social media account.

"Three weeks of training complete. The results are excellent. I’ll be even more serious about my training from now on."

No one could have expected the huge change his photo would bring to the Lin Xian Village Barracks.