My 1978 Hotel

"Brother, two thousand acres is not a small number."

Li Feng was afraid that Li Muchen would act impulsively. If it wasn't a green and organic business, it would be fine. An investment of thirty to fifty million yuan would do the job well. But if it was a green and organic business, the cost of transforming just one acre of land would be tens of thousands, plus all the other costs added up.

To build an organic green base of 2,000 acres, I'm afraid it will cost more than hundreds of millions. Of course, if it's just to rent the land and cheat the state subsidies, there's nothing to say, even hundreds of millions or tens of millions can be done. But according to Li Muchen, this is a big move.

"count me in."

Wu Tong reacted and glanced at Li Muchen. Well, he never thought that he was afraid of scaring Boss Li, so he made an investment of 50 million, and Li Muchen followed suit. Now that he has arrived at Li Feng's hometown, this guy is even more ruthless.

Needless to say, this was intended to win over Boss Li's relatives and friends. Wu Tong's quick response gave Qin Yue pause. "I still have some pocket money, so I'll invest 20 million too."

"Pfft."

Qin Yue's words stunned everyone in the room. Some people who were drinking tea were even more furious. If they had some pocket money, they could invest some. Twenty million, no one in the room had so much wealth.

Even if Chen Cheng was the third-generation secretary, he could still come up with hundreds of millions by piecing together some money, but to casually say 20 million is really scary.

"What's wrong? Is it too little?"

Qin Yue saw everyone looking at her. "Then add another 20 million. I don't have much pocket money."

"Cough cough cough."

Li Feng was a little helpless. No, your pocket money is not much, and this guy has 40 million.

"It is okay."

"Oh."

Qin Yue was relieved. "I thought you thought it was too little."

"Nothing."

Li Feng thought to himself, I think I am short of money. I have sold everything on my body now. At most I can get 10 or 20 million. I still need to sell antiques and jades. You are just making pocket money. I really underestimated this girl.

"Um, old classmate, this is not a joke, right?"

Chen Cheng calmed down. He was really too excited and surprised.

"No, I'm not kidding."

Li Feng felt that Qin Yue was quite cunning, as she pulled out her phone while talking. Actually, it wasn't Qin Yue's fault; she had just figured it out. Wu Tong and Li Muchen had invested in Boss Li's homestay, so their relationship would be closer than theirs.

Now that Boss Li's hometown investment is being discussed, Qin Yue had to follow suit, otherwise the gap would really widen. Normally, Qin Yue would definitely not be so reckless, but Boss Li now had a magical weapon in his possession.

Grandma Wang's health has really improved. The terminal illness can really be cured, or at the worst, relieved. This is a priceless treasure. Qin Yue now realized why Li Muchen was so impulsive and agreed to the investment.

"Look, this is my balance of 15 million."

“This is WeChat 10 million.”

"There are also stocks and funds, but it will take a few years to get the money."

Wow, Chen Cheng swallowed his saliva. Wow, it was really pocket money. This guy didn’t even need to look at the bank card, he had more than 20 million directly through Alipay and WeChat, and stocks and funds worth tens of millions.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't doubt your meaning, please put your phone back."

Chen Cheng was so happy in his heart. This guy had the audacity to come to Li Feng's house, which was a good thing. In recent years, with more and more people moving to the city to buy houses, there are fewer and fewer young people in the village, especially after the coal mine not far away reduced production.

All the young people in the village have either gone out to work or moved to the city, which makes Chen Cheng very worried. As for the village secretary, there used to be talented people in the village. Now, there are only some old people left. These people are old and can't make money anymore.

It's good enough that he doesn't have to go to the village to beg for money. Not to mention the village income, it's getting worse every year. The problem is that now when he does something, no one responds. The longer he serves as the secretary, the more aggrieved he feels.

Following his grandfather, when his father was Party secretary, things were completely different. Why are they so shameless in trying to attract investment? If they weren't, there really wouldn't be any young people left in the village. A few years ago, you could still cheat on state subsidies by acquiring land, but now subsidies are being scrutinized more and more. Starting a project isn't like it used to be. You don't have to apply for loans or subsidies anymore. Nowadays, you have to have the money and build the project first.

Only by investing real money can you apply for subsidies and get loans. The problem is, how many people do this? Most of them are trying to get interest-free loans and subsidies. Now that the country has tightened its policies, everyone is dumbfounded.

The villagers are suffering, having to eat coarse food. It's quite far from the city, but the coal mine is quite close, but production has been reduced and wages are very low. If this village doesn't have some kind of industry in a few years, it's going to be empty.

Although the place is quite large, with five or six villages and a registered population of three or four thousand, there are really not many people at home. Moreover, they are all elderly and they take advantage of their age to bully others. Not to mention they don't want to take their money, there are also people who go to them to cry poor and ask for money for no reason.

Now there is finally hope. Although these people have backgrounds, such as his cousin who is the deputy chief, he is not going to take their money. As long as the base is established, many young people in the village will stay.

As long as there are more people, there will always be some people who need to do things, such as building a house, having a child, etc. Of course, these are nothing. After the base is established, we can apply to build a road, build a signal tower, and do some other projects.

At least he can make some money, which is much better than the hard life now. He can also have face when he goes out. After all, the village is rich. As the secretary, he has made some contributions but has worked hard. He is young and still has some passion to do things.

Chen Cheng left happily, leaving only Li Feng's family in the house.

"Dad, Mom, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll clean up here."

While Li Feng was cleaning up the teacups and watermelon peels, he spoke to Li Fushan and Zuo Chuanlan, who had been silent.

“Feeding watermelon rinds to chickens?”

"Hey, let me do it."

Although Zuo Chuanlan was uneducated, she knew that tens of millions of dollars were not a small amount of money. What did this girl do? What did her family do? Why was she given so much pocket money? Aren't they afraid that the money would make her learn bad habits? Zuo Chuanlan secretly looked at Qin Yue, and Li Liang and Wang Xiaohui also exchanged a glance.

"Brother, what are these friends doing at home? My cousin, the deputy chief, has tens of millions in pocket money now. That's terrifying. No wonder the gifts are so expensive. They must be really rich. Oh, and about investments, is this the girl with 50 million?"
No, the person who just spoke was another one called Wu Tong. Li Liang was secretly shocked. How did the boss know these rich kids? And why did they all rush to curry favor with the boss? Is there some story behind this?

Help, yes, the boss said he had helped others, but what kind of help was it? Besides, this rich kid shouldn’t have this attitude towards the help he gave. He was grateful for the car and was eager to invest, and now he is even giving gifts to their homes.

Li Liang felt that things might not be as simple as the boss said, but he couldn't say it now, especially when these rich kids were present.

"Ugh."

After Li Feng and the others left, he looked at Li Muchen and the others with a wry smile. "Brother, you're just looking for something for me to do."

"Boss Li?"

Li Muchen was a little confused. Isn't investment a good thing? Li Feng, seeing that Li Muchen didn't seem to understand, said helplessly, "My old classmate is probably reporting to the town right now. Such a large investment would be considered a major investment not only in our town, but also in the district."

“Even the county wants to come and provide leadership.”

Li Feng sighed. "Originally, I was planning to take my parents on a trip for a few days: the capital, the grasslands, Qindao Island, Baotu Spring, then south to Shanghai, Gusu, and a tour of Nanjing. Now it's all over."

"what."

Li Muchen really hadn't thought so much about it, but when Li Feng mentioned it, he realized that this matter was not a small matter. At least for places like counties and towns, it was a big deal.

"Boss Li, don't worry," Wu Tong said with a smile. "Wait a minute, I'll tell my cousin that things here and the investment can be put on hold. Boss Li, you can go out and have fun with uncle and aunt. Oh, and I have a house in the capital, pretty close to the city, so it'll be convenient for us."

"Yes, Boss Li, let's talk about the investment. You just go about your business. By the way, I have a gold card here. I will call and inform the hotel under our family. The car and tour guide will be arranged for you and your uncle and aunt." Li Muchen took out a gold card and Li Feng took it subconsciously.

"Real gold?"

Wow, I'm not kidding, this is real, it's really powerful. Li Feng was a little speechless. This is the evil rich second generation who does this kind of thing.

"Thank you."

With Wu Tong and Li Muchen around, traveling was much easier. Li Feng didn't really enjoy traveling, as he'd always struggle to make the right arrangements when visiting a new city. In the afternoon, Li Feng, Wu Tong, Qin Yue, and Li Muchen went to the city.

He met Wu Tong's aunt's cousin, who was quite busy. After they met and chatted for a while, he politely invited Li Feng to have dinner with him that evening, but Li Feng declined. As for Li Muchen and the others, they stayed in the city that night. It's not that his family didn't have a room, but it was too messy.

There are not enough quilts and other things, and taking a bath becomes a problem in this hot summer.

When he got home, dinner was already prepared and Li Feng ate it.

"dad."

Li Feng put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth. "I discussed with Zhaoxia and decided to build a house on the vacant land to the east. That way it would be more convenient for us to live here when we come back."

"build house?"

Li Fuan was stunned. "Building a house nowadays is probably not cheap."

"I have some money recently."

Li Feng said, "I've made an appointment to go to the bank tomorrow to make an advance payment. Do you think 300,000 yuan will be enough for the initial preparation?"

“The house doesn’t need to be too big.”

Li Feng said, "No need to build a second floor, just one floor will do, and create a courtyard. Oh, and I'll hire someone to design it. Can you find a better construction team?"

"design?"

Building a house in the countryside doesn't require so many details, but since his eldest son mentioned this, Li Fuan nodded. "I'll ask for you later."

Li Liang's wife nudged him gently. "His father is in the construction team," she said. "Brother, Xiaohui's father is in the construction team."

"Yeah, that's great."

Li Feng looked at Wang Xiaohui. "Xiaohui, why didn't you tell me earlier, Dad? Don't look for someone else to take charge of this construction team. I'll have the designer contact you directly when the time comes."

"fair enough."

Li Fuan looked at his daughter-in-law. "Xiaohui, tell your in-laws."

"Wait, I'll call my dad."

After finishing the discussion about the house, Li Liang was about to go back to his room when he hurriedly said, "Dad, Mom, brother, what should we do with these gifts? It's not good to leave them like this, right?"

"What's wrong?"

Li Fuan was a little confused. Aren't the wine and gift boxes that people usually give as gifts placed in the corridor?

"Dad, this box of wine costs tens of thousands. Look, these gift boxes are worth hundreds of thousands each. If we leave them like this, what shall we do if they are lost?" Li Liang was also helpless. This guy's gifts were worth tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands. Who would dare to leave them lying around like this?

"Ah, so valuable?"

Li Fuan was shocked. Although he thought the item was not cheap, he had no idea it was so expensive. Zuo Chuanlan was so frightened that his face turned pale. "Boss, why didn't you tell me earlier that it's such a valuable item? How can I accept it?"

"Third brother, are the things in my room also quite expensive?"

“I’m afraid it’s not cheap.”

Good boy, how could Zuo Chuanlan sit still any longer? "No, the door of my room is not closed, I have to go check it out." He ran back to the second brother's house and brought back all the things in a short while. The things were too valuable.

"How can this be done?"

Li Fuan looked at the gifts scattered on the floor, not knowing what to do for a moment. "Boss, can this be returned?"

"It's not easy to retreat."

Li Feng thought to himself, Wu Tong and the others are really giving him a hard time. "Let's leave it with the third brother first. After locking the door at night, it should be fine."

"Then you three should sleep lightly."

Li Fuan was still worried, but he had no other choice but to ask Li Liang and his wife to sleep more quietly so as not to notice any noise.

"Dad, don't worry."

Li Liang and Wang Xiaohui were actually quite worried. They were afraid that they would not be able to sleep well tonight. However, Li Feng did not care.

"Are you OK?"

Han Chaoxia didn't speak for a long time, and Li Feng was a little confused.

"It's okay. Hey, are those things really worth that much money?"

"Yeah, there were some at the B&B before, but I didn't expect they would give more this time." Li Feng sighed helplessly. "Oh, it's because of this."

"What kind of help did you provide?"

Han Chaoxia couldn't help asking. In fact, Han Chaoxia had been wondering in her heart all day. The life-saving grace shouldn't be so exaggerated. There must be something here that she didn't know.

"How do you say this?"

Li Feng thought to himself that he couldn't tell anyone about the secret of the Spacetime Hotel unless he took Han Zhaoxia there. "It's a long story. Wait a few days, and I'll take you somewhere and you'll understand."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Seeing that Li Feng seemed to have something difficult to say, Han Chaoxia sighed secretly and didn't ask any more questions.

"Go to sleep. We have to go to town early tomorrow morning."

Li Feng thought tomorrow would be a rough day. He was surprised that no one showed up in town that afternoon. He knew someone was going to show up tomorrow, so he had to go to the street early to get the money. "Oh, how could I have forgotten about buying the pension insurance?"

Li Dong slapped his forehead. He had been so busy talking about the house that he had forgotten about this. "Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow." (End of this chapter)