Chapter 61. Shen Lang and Jiang Can arrived by car...

Shen Lang and Jiang Can drove to the factory, where demolition banners had already been put up, and the neighboring village was filled with laughter and joy, even more lively than during the Spring Festival.

With demolition imminent, how could it not be lively!

The news has just been heard, and migrant workers are rushing home. In a couple of days, it will be even more lively with more demolitions and relocations. Who will care about those meager wages from outside?

Upon arriving at the factory, the security guard at the gate saw Jiang Can, called out "Factory Manager," and quickly opened the gate to let him in.

Xu Rao was leading the demolition office staff to measure the land next door. For the development of the factory, Xu Rao and Fengxi Village had bought several plots of land in the surrounding area, and now they had gotten a great deal.

Xu Rao was filled with regret. Why hadn't she built the factory here sooner? She had originally planned to start construction recently, but she was just a step too late!

The compensation for wasteland and factory buildings is completely different!

A short while later, Xu Rao returned with the demolition office staff and began measuring the factory's foundation.

The director of the demolition office still remembers Jiang Can; he was the one who measured Jiang Can's house during the last demolition of the enamel factory.

Only half a year has passed, and Jiang Can has already become the factory manager of such a large food factory. Who in Liao County hasn't eaten Flaming Mountain hot pot base? Now, when his wife cooks, she always likes to add a spoonful of beef sauce and chili sauce, making the dishes especially fragrant.

He didn't know how much money the food factory could make in a month, but he could calculate how much compensation he would receive if the food factory were demolished.

The compensation paid to this factory is equivalent to half the income of other people's villages.

While other families consider it remarkable to be able to build four brick houses, this place has built a six-story dormitory building with twenty rooms on each floor, each room being about six or seven square meters.

How much area is this?

The two-story building next door houses a canteen and a convenience store, as well as three large factory buildings.

Including the orchard on the back hill, the total compensation is 12 million. The compensation for the adjacent land is less, totaling 1.1 million.

Jiang Can is willing to demolish and rebuild the factory, but time must be given for rebuilding, and then the factory can be gradually moved over.

It takes at least two or three months to go from buying new land and building a factory to moving in.

If production stops during this period, the food factory will suffer huge losses.

Even if Jiang Can hadn't brought it up, the director of the demolition office would have mentioned it before. The government had told him that demolition was important, but it must not interfere with the normal operation of the food factory.

Nowadays, food factories are major taxpayers, and when Ontario experienced severe flooding, they were among the private enterprises that stepped forward to donate money and supplies.

He said, "Don't worry, Director Jiang! The contract states that we will move out within three months, so it won't interfere with the food factory's operations."

After reviewing the demolition contract, Jiang Can consulted a lawyer to confirm its accuracy before signing it.

The demolition compensation will be deposited into the account within one business day. Twelve million yuan belongs to Jiang Can and Shen Lang and will be transferred to her account. The remaining one million one hundred thousand yuan belongs to the food factory's property and will be accounted for through the company's accounts.

The village chief of Fengxi Village came to Xu Rao, wanting to buy the land back. It had only been two months since the sale, and he never expected it would be subject to demolition. The land was village property, and they said that the sale of the land was invalid because it hadn't been done with the villagers' consent.

The land only cost 50,000 yuan back then; in reality, Fengxi Village was asking for an exorbitant price.

It was a piece of barren land that yielded little to no grain and had been lying fallow for a long time. The village had planned to build a temple and a school there, but the village didn't have enough money and the villagers were unwilling to contribute, so it had just been left undeveloped.

In fact, no one wanted it even for 20,000 yuan. Xu Rao was worried about trouble later. After all, it was near the factory, and with the factory's development, there would definitely not be enough land. She had to buy it, and the sooner she bought it, the sooner she would save money.

I just spent money to buy it.

The village chief took 50,000 yuan, distributed some to the villagers, and used the rest to build a primary school.

Xu Rao: "We got the stamp from the housing management bureau, and now the land belongs to our factory. What you're saying really doesn't make any sense."

The village chief glared at Xu Rao: "Did you know in advance that this place was going to be demolished, which is why you bought this land? Last time the enamel factory was demolished, you also got rich from the demolition."

Xu Rao: "If I had known in advance, I would have built six-story buildings all over this place to make it shake?"

How much compensation can you get for demolishing a piece of wasteland?

The village chief was helpless; they couldn't just forcibly seize it. The villagers complained that he had sold the land, otherwise he could have received over a million more, and each household could have received tens of thousands more.

The old village chief said, "Contentment brings happiness. Being able to get redeveloped is something others can only envy."

Who doesn't have a homestead? Who doesn't have farmland?

Not to mention that several families' mountains were within the demolition area. For so many years, just thinking about those barren mountains made them angry. Nothing they could grow was good; the fruit wasn't as sweet or as big as other people's, and they couldn't fetch a good price. And then, they were demolished!

They paid the most compensation.

Everyone lived in single-story houses, the difference being between three or four rooms and seven or eight rooms; no one built a large house.

Although some families received more compensation than others, everyone got the money! They could use that money to buy property in the city and live off it for generations.

Jiang Can was also happy. Anyway, it didn't matter where the factory was built. The factory had a canteen, accommodation, one day off per week, and high wages, so he wasn't worried about workers quitting.

It's okay to leave; we can just hire someone else.

Making food doesn't require much technical skill; as long as you're healthy, you can do it.

Jiang Can and Xu Rao went to the county government to apply to the county leaders of Liao County to buy land. If they couldn't buy it, they would talk to the government of Moling County.

I imagine Moling County would be very happy to accept.

The tax revenue will then belong to Moling County.

The government owns land, including an eight-acre plot in the eastern suburbs and a six-acre plot in the northern urban area. Both are about the same distance from the city center and are served by public transportation, making travel convenient.

Jiang Can also asked Master Bai to do a feng shui calculation. Master Bai said that the land in the eastern suburbs had particularly good feng shui and was a prosperous place.

Jiang Can spent 120,000 yuan to buy a plot of land in the eastern suburbs, nearly 5,000 square meters. This time, the money was used from the Cancan Food Factory's public account, and the land will belong to the food factory in the future.

Jiang Can then asked Master Bai to determine the location of the main gate, which was to face southeast, as this would bring wealth! He also determined the approximate location of the factory buildings, as well as the locations of the dormitory building and the canteen.

The factory is now rich; it received 1.1 million yuan in demolition compensation!

The factory was built to be very luxurious, and they even planned to build entertainment facilities such as a cinema, billiards room, and table tennis room, so that workers could play in the factory when they didn't want to go out during their breaks.

Xu Rao was basically in charge of keeping an eye on things afterwards.

The demolition wasn't a secret; everyone knew that Cancan Food Factory, the factory that produced Flaming Mountain hot pot base, had been demolished! It's said that the factory leaders previously owned a house in an enamelware factory, which became incredibly wealthy after the demolition compensation, leading them to start the food factory, which is now also facing demolition!

I wonder how much the compensation will be this time!

Now that CanCan Food Factory is rebuilding in the eastern suburbs, will that area be demolished?

Suddenly, land prices in the eastern suburbs skyrocketed, and some people even bought land in surrounding villages, intending to hoard it and make money when it was demolished along with the food factory.

Xu Rao secretly asked Jiang Can, "Is this place also going to be demolished?"

Jiang Can looked completely bewildered: "??? Where?"

Xu Rao: "If our new factory is to be demolished, we can't be as honest in building it, and we can't use the best materials. Should we stockpile more land?"

Jiang Can: "Demolition? Real demolition? Who told you that?"

Xu Rao: "Everyone says that wherever our factory director builds a house, that place will be demolished. Now the land has doubled in value, and the houses in the nearby Fanjia Village have increased in price a lot. Many people have bought land there."

Jiang Can was speechless: "Shall we take this opportunity to sell the land? Buy that piece of land in Beicheng and build a factory there?"

Of course, it's just a joke.

In such a pleasant atmosphere, "The Swordsman of Shushan" premiered on Beijing TV. Jiang Can and Shen Lang watched the first episode on TV. Unfortunately, she did not appear in the first episode, but she appeared in the opening and closing credits and looked especially beautiful.

In the second episode, she appeared as Xiao Yu'er, the daughter of the number one swordsman in the martial arts world. She traveled the martial arts world behind her father's back and discovered a notorious womanizer in a town who preyed on newlywed brides. No one in the town dared to get married.

Xiao Yu'er pretended to be the daughter of a county magistrate getting married, riding in a bridal sedan chair to lure out a flower thief.

After the ceremony, she lifted her veil and sat in the bridal chamber eating red dates and longans.

The large red candles swayed in the wind, and suddenly the door was opened, and a masked man in black walked in. "My bride, you've been waiting for a long time."

Xiao Yu'er dropped the dried fruit, drew her long sword, and leaped from the bed to fight the flower thief.

Miss Xiao's swordsmanship was superb, but she was unaware of the dangers of the world. She beat the flower thief severely, pointed her sword at his chest, and drew a trace of blood. She stepped on his chest and said, "Do you know your mistake?"

The next moment, she was drugged, her vision went black, and her long sword fell from her hand. She was knocked unconscious by the sleeping drug, and the lecherous thief picked up the beauty from the ground and carried her toward the wedding bed.

End of episode two.

Jiang Can thought she looked absolutely stunning. Wow, how could she be so beautiful!

Shen Lang also thought Jiang Can was beautiful; she was very photogenic and born for this.

For the next period of time, Jiang Can spent his days at home researching recipes, as both Flame Mountain and Jiang's Kitchen had to keep up with the times and constantly introduce new products.

She would watch TV dramas at night, and she loved seeing herself on screen; she thought she looked so beautiful.

Shen Lang didn't like watching it at all. How could he like Jiang Can to be in a romantic relationship with someone on TV? And there wasn't even a kissing scene yet.

When the male and female protagonists fell in love, it was a fleeting kiss, with their hands still touching.

Jiang Can turned off the TV under Shen Lang's resentful gaze. "Okay, okay, let's not watch anymore. Let's take Tiger for a walk."

Jiang Can didn't feel any impact at first, until she noticed that when she went out to buy groceries, she was frequently stopped by people saying, "Yu'er, you must not believe Nie Feng, he's lying to you! He's involved with several people! Chu Lin is much better, he's devoted to you, and he's your childhood sweetheart who knows you inside and out."

Another aunt said, "Nie Feng is great! He's so handsome! Although he's a bit of a womanizer, he loves you the most! Chu Lin is just a blockhead, he doesn't understand anything. What's the point of living with someone like that?"

The two started arguing.

Jiang Can belatedly realized that "The Swordsman of Shushan" seemed to be very popular, and everyone loved watching it.

During this period, Jiang Can participated in a very popular talk show with the cast and crew of "Swordsman of Shushan" and also went to the set of "Kangxi Emperor" to reshoot some scenes.

By the end of July, Jiang Can received her admission letter from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and she also got her driver's license. At first, Jiang Can was afraid to drive in the city, but after practicing for a few days, she gradually became bolder and dared to drive.

She got her first Santana, which was definitely more convenient and faster than riding a bicycle!