I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 134 Zhang Zongchang and Xia Yuhe

There was definitely no Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake, but Zhang Zongchang must have been there. After dinner, strolling through the night view was quite an experience. Being called "the number one spring in the world," it must be quite worth seeing.

At that time, Daming Lake already had a nighttime light and fountain show, but the team's work was a bit rough and not as mature as it would be later. However, this was the popular trend at the time, and everyone loved to watch some exciting and lively light shows.

When I was a child, I loved watching the scrolling lights on fountains. Now that I'm older, I naturally love watching the scrolling lights on computer cases. When I'm driving, the ambient lighting is also scrolling lights... Maybe even when I close my eyes, that's still a scrolling light.

The scrolling marquee is awesome!
"Holy crap, is this a fishing game?"

I had just crossed the moat on the west side of the lake to see the night view when I saw people fishing.

No? How come it's the same as Xuanwu Lake in Jiangning?

Coach Zhang is wrong, terribly wrong. It doesn't matter whether Xia Yuhe and Zhang Zongchang come to Daming Lake or not, the fisherman will definitely come anyway.

“They never said fishing was prohibited before, but now that it’s become a scenic area, they keep chasing us away. What’s wrong with fishing? It’s not like I haven’t released fish into the water. I’ve even released two koi carp.”

"The uncle is generous, and I also like to swing a couple of clubs."

What kind of fish are you fishing for?

"Black carp, black carp is expensive where I live, and it's good for postpartum recovery."

"I just like fishing for crucian carp, but I don't like eating them because it's too much trouble."

The local old man was quite honest. Zhang Da'an chatted with him casually and even took out a pack of cigarettes, shaking one out to him.

The old man returned the favor with a "General" cigarette, a gesture of reciprocity.

However, they all instinctively tucked the cigarette behind their ears, but none of them lit it.

Fishing in a place like this is fine with mosquito coils, but smoking is not recommended; it's unseemly.

"bingo!"

"Hey, another one."

The old man was quite pleased. "Young man, where are you from?"

"Oh, Shazhou City."

"Sandbar? Where is a sandbar?"

"Jiankou, from Jiangkou Province."

"You must have a lot of fish where you live."

"There's plenty, but the price isn't good. Take crucian carp, for example; they're three to five cents cheaper here in Jicheng..."

After chatting for a while, the nanny waiting nearby didn't get impatient and listened quietly.

She soon learned that the old man lived nearby and worked as a gatekeeper in the power bureau's dormitory; then she learned that his name was Zhao Dezhu, a former power bureau cadre who couldn't stay idle after retirement and fished while guarding the gate; then she learned that he actually preferred traditional fishing, using a seven-star float, bottom fishing, and bloodworms as bait—a true earthworm hunter; finally, she learned that the city of Jinan was offering 12 million yuan for a plot of land of about 20 acres in the northwest corner of Daming Lake, and many people were now raising money to jointly acquire it…

As for the old man's understanding of the boss: a young man named Zhang Zongchang from Shazhou City, Jiangkou Province, came to Taiming Lake with his maid Xia Yuhe!

The old man was also in a daze, still wondering if there was a place called Shazhou City in Jiangkou Province.
I went back and thought about it all night, and only after asking around did I find out that it was a county-level city.

You, a county-level official, are giving me all this nonsense?!

That night, Zhang Da'an didn't stay in a hotel, but in a classic "cowshed," a two-and-a-half-story building with a basement and garage, classic glazed tiles, a small garden, and terrazzo flooring.

There were originally two lions, but Zhang Da'an sold them to his neighbor, a local antique dealer.

However, the merchant's willingness to buy this pair of stone lions might not be entirely unrelated to his desire to make friends with Zhang Da'an.

All the "cowsheds" have owners, who are either rich or powerful. Zhang Da'an was able to buy this newly renovated "cowshed" that had never been lived in before, simply because the original owner had been operating a sewing machine for seven or eight years before passing away.

Furthermore, the classic glazed tiles have an "overbearing" appearance, which is not strong enough to suppress.

Zhang Da'an pondered that since I was reborn, my birth chart was inaccurate and I didn't need any talisman.

If he were willing to walk an extra hundred meters or so, he might run into two or three local bank managers who also live here.

This impressed Zhang Da'an greatly; what courage! Wasn't he afraid of being seen?

However, it has nothing to do with him. Maybe there will be cooperation in the future. After all, the group of people from "Zhang An Education" who graduated from Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics and Jiangning University of Finance and Economics have been hanging around here for two months now, all for that 20-acre plot of land.

In five or eight years, this will definitely be at the level of a "land king," though not a very big king, maybe a minor one.

Acquiring this land required communication with multiple departments; it wasn't owned by a single entity.

This is why Mr. Zhao Dezhu, the old man who was fishing, said that many people raised money and then worked together to catch the fish.

Raising money is no big deal.

With the combined efforts of many people, these two things are quite a feat.

"Zhang An Education" is different. When contacting relevant units in Jicheng City, they were waiting, not waiting for a public relations opportunity. Jiangning City and Wudu City in Jiangkou Province would help with this matter, and there was an old cadre in Shazhou City who had some connections there. After all, being able to recite a poem "Linjiang Xian" on the spot and then take a group photo is quite clever.

For Jinan City, the requirements are as follows: First, it cannot be an unfinished project; the city's image is paramount. Second, the money must be used cleanly; nothing dirty or smelly can be mixed in, lest it bring negative publicity to Jinan. Third, the amount of money must be substantial, the more the better. Fourth, it must create jobs. Fifth, the overall scenic beauty of Daming Lake must be preserved. Sixth, it must have long-term benefits and be conducive to urban development. Seventh…

However, none of these are problems. Normally, if an outsider doesn't have the strength, it would take them at least a year or two to get through.

However, the professional team at "Zhang An Education" completed the task in just two months. In addition to the boss's "three consecutive top scorers", they also received support from several universities in Shandong Province.

The shady dealings involved Fang Daqiao and Du Xiaoshuai, who lobbied several engineering colleges in Jiangkou Province to develop industrial design programs, with Taihu Light Industry University as the core. This included cross-provincial and cross-university collaborations. Luzhou University of Technology and Qilu University were particularly interested in this.

Art-related art and design has too many drawbacks. The lack of basic industrial product concepts leads to a purely aesthetic design orientation, which is also the reason why Taihu University of Light Industry is dominant in the Yangtze River Delta region. This is because, apart from Taihu University of Light Industry's industrial design, which is an engineering discipline, the rest are all in the category of art and design.

For the same position, a graduate from Taihu University of Light Industry can save the cost of a production line modification engineer. Obviously, investors, whether state-owned, private, or joint ventures, would prefer to use this type of person.

Qilu University also wants to develop industrial design as an engineering discipline, and at the same time, it wants to help its graduates enter the high-end talent pool of the Yangtze River Delta region.

Building on this foundation, Qilu University aimed for immediate results. Firstly, it wanted graduate students to have high-paying jobs within one to two years; secondly, it wanted undergraduates to have employment opportunities five years later. This led to a strategic cooperation agreement spearheaded by "Zhang'an Education," but primarily signed by secondary industry entities. To make it more respectable, several companies, including "Zhang'an Food," "Zhang'an Health," and "Zhang Xiaobai Technology Co., Ltd.", were combined into a conglomerate called "Zhang'an Industry," which then signed agreements with Qilu University and other universities in Shandong Province.

After all, there is no "Zhang An Group" yet, and despite the constant urging from Shazhou City, nothing has come of it.

There's another issue here: if "Zhang'an Education" acquires the land, the development will be targeted, limited to cultural and tourism-related industries.

From the perspective of Jinan City, turning it into a hotel or restaurant would be quite a good idea.

But Zhang Da'an thought that running a private vocational school would be fine.

So he plans to build a school, but hasn't discussed it in detail with the city of Jicheng yet.

Since it's about culture and tourism, wouldn't it be reasonable for me to open a "Taiming Lake Culture and Tourism Vocational Secondary School"?

Don't ask Coach Zhang why he came up with this idea. It's mainly because he has a lot of ideas this year, but it's impossible to run a vocational school specializing in hotel management in Jiangning City.

Jiangning City needs more than Jinan City. I want to invest in both junior colleges and private undergraduate colleges. I want to do both well.

Of course, it is essentially a matter of time. When it comes to encouraging private education, Shandong Province, as a strategic reserve area, requires unwavering loyalty, not flexibility. Therefore, there will be delays. However, as long as there are no major problems, the determination will be the highest.

With the right timing, location, and people, Zhang Da'an has finally made his move. At most, he'll acquire it for 20 to 30 million, but overall, it's still a sure thing.

It should be noted that although the current housing price in Jinan is still at 2,100 yuan per square meter, it has doubled in five years, and the growth rate is still very infuriating to the people.

With the accelerated development of tourist attractions, it's estimated that in the next five to ten years, the number of tourists visiting Daming Lake specifically because of the "Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake" meme won't actually be that high.

The main reason is that Jinan City has invested a lot of money in infrastructure. Although citizens complain, their experience improves over time.

Even in the future, finding a spring to photograph "pigs and carp" could become a lasting selling point.

The number of people who went to Jicheng for "Pig and Carp" was tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands more than those who went for "Xia Yuhe".

As for now, the more famous ones are Zhang Zongchang and Xia Yuhe; Xin Jiaxuan is not as famous as this abstract and fictional character.

Before staying in the classic "cowshed" that night, the nanny was a little excited. While running the bathwater, she slipped into the bathtub and had a "half-hidden play" ahead of time.

"Are you alright?"

"Boss, I'm fine."

He waved his hands repeatedly, then put the tools for scrubbing the body in a small basin.

Taking a bath on a summer night is too hot and uncomfortable. In Zhang Da'an's memory, he was still soaking in the river and casting his net at this time. It was very cool, but there were a lot of snakes and mosquitoes.

"I've heard that Wang Douyan isn't very talkative?"

"She also escaped death by a hair's breadth; she was almost forced to drink 'Dichlorvos' by her mother."

"..."

No, you're not much better off, are you?

Zhang Da'an had heard from Guan Changsheng that Shi Yelu, the nanny, almost finished a bottle of paraquat. Her mother even prepared a table full of delicious food, planning for the whole family to have a good time.

Neuropathy……

Paraquat and dichlorvos are a perfect match.

There's one more I didn't ask, but it's not much better.

Zhang Da'an thought he would ask them if they wanted to drink the sweetened version when he had time.

Wow.

The nanny scooped up some water and poured it on Zhang Da'an's back. She rubbed it hard, but felt she couldn't get any strength out of it, so she ended up kneeling down to make it easier to exert force.

The light cast their shadows on the wall, and Zhang Da'an could see two "pomelos" swaying to the rhythm out of the corner of his eye.

With proper nutrition, there's definitely something there.

In the past year, Shi Yelu has grown nearly ten centimeters, but her grades have plummeted from A+ to BCDE...

She was "Little Xi Shi" last year, and now she's "Big Xi Shi".

My arms have gotten thicker and fleshier, and I also have some fat on my stomach, but because of long-term exercise, it's not the kind of skin that stretches for more than ten centimeters when pulled.

She deserves to be plump and healthy; it's no wonder that her aunt Li Jiawen feeds her regularly.

It's really well cared for.

"Boss, let me tell you, Wang Douyan is incredibly sweet. Although she always has a cold expression, she'll blush if you touch her ticklish spots..."

"Lulu, you're much more cheerful than before."

"The main thing is that I don't have to think too much here with the boss, and it's not too tiring. My mind naturally becomes more open and I've become much more generous. Boss, what do you think? Isn't it alright?"

Patting Zhang Da'an on the shoulder, the nanny weighed the "pomelo" in her hand. "The shape and color are alright, right? I use that shower gel the boss said smells really good every day. It's not as strong as perfume, but it does smell quite nice."

It was swaying back and forth, and I thought there were two broken bathroom heater lights.

The cheerful nanny was pulled over by Zhang Da'an and sat cross-legged on his waist. After carefully examining and appreciating her, she was indeed like a work of art.

After playing with it carefully for a while, he got up, dried himself off, and carried the nanny, who was still wrapped around his waist, back to his room.

"Boss, I haven't put on my slippers yet. Could you carry me back to the bathtub later?"

"Then you'd better hold me tight."

"Tight, very tight, definitely tight..."

(End of this chapter)