There were at least a hundred people.
The approach was fierce, and Ye Tianyu sensed something was wrong.
"Tianyu, what's going on?"
“Those people…”
Qin Hao and Ding Xue became nervous.
"Let's see what they're up to!"
Ye Tianyu offered them a word of comfort.
Soon, a group of people carrying hoes and sticks arrived at the scene and surrounded the three of them and the excavator driver.
They were men and women, ranging in age from their thirties to their sixties, and were clearly local villagers.
"Stop construction."
"No construction allowed!"
Many people shouted angrily.
Ye Tianyu understood; they had come to stop construction from starting.
The arrival of so many people at once suggests that the local people are quite tough and united.
However, he had all the necessary paperwork, so he wasn't too nervous.
At that moment, he said neither humbly nor modestly.
"Fellow villagers, I have all the necessary permits, please bear with me!"
As he spoke, he took out the contract and held it up above his head.
“Even with a contract, construction is not allowed to begin. This is our tribe’s territory.”
“We don’t agree to you, an outsider, coming here to make money off us and take our jobs.”
Everyone started jeering and completely ignored the contract in Ye Tianyu's hand.
When Ye Tianyu heard someone among them say the word "tribe," he immediately felt a chill.
Calling a village a tribe indicates that it was a relatively closed, backward, and self-governing village.
People from these tribes don't reason with you.
At this point, you must remain rational and avoid conflict with them, otherwise things will spiral out of control.
Ye Tianyu said calmly.
"Fellow villagers, my lease of these two plots of land was approved by higher authorities, and the contract was signed with the person in charge of your tribe."
"So please understand and don't make things difficult for me. After all, starting a business wasn't easy for me!"
"You talk a good game!"
At that moment, a girl in red walked out from the crowd.
"If you have it tough, do you think it has it tough for us?"
"You've opened restaurants and guesthouses here, stealing all the business. How are the restaurants and hotels run by our tribal villagers going to survive?"
Ye Tianyu looked over upon hearing the sound.
The girl was in her mid-twenties, with a face like a peach blossom, big eyes, long eyelashes, and delicate features. While she wouldn't be described as stunningly beautiful, calling her a beauty would not be an exaggeration.
Especially her bright red dress, which was very eye-catching, made her look like a fire-breathing woman.
As soon as she finished speaking, several people immediately echoed and shouted in agreement.
"Young lady is right. This outsider is coming to our territory to steal our business. How are we locals supposed to survive?"
Hearing them address the girl in red as "Miss," Ye Tianyu guessed that she must have a very high status in the tribe, possibly being the daughter of the chieftain or a young lady from a powerful family.
He looked at the girl in red and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Miss, I know everyone has their difficulties, but I do have all the proper paperwork."
"Besides, I have invested almost all of my family's money. If I am not allowed to start construction, I will suffer a great loss."
After listening, the girl in red lingered on Ye Tianyu with her bright eyes for a few seconds.
Then, raising her head, she said, "My name is Mu Lan, and my father is the chieftain of the Tianbao Mountain tribe!"
“I know that the contract you have was signed by my third uncle.”
"However, without the consent of all the villagers in the tribe, your contract is invalid, so you cannot take away our villagers' livelihoods here."
"As for your investment losses, that has nothing to do with us!"
As expected of the clan leader's daughter, no wonder she has such high prestige.
Ye Tianyu started to get nervous.
He didn't expect that even the connections Fang Xueqing had made for him would be useless.
The clan leader's daughter was very assertive; she simply said that his investment losses had nothing to do with them, leaving him helpless.
Arguing with Mulan and the local villagers is pointless.
Ye Tianyu could only tell Fang Xueqing about the situation.
After Fang Xueqing answered the phone, she told him to stop work, not to have any conflict with Mu Lan and the villagers, and to go back first.
Ye Tianyu knew that this was the only way, so he looked at Mu Lan and said politely.
"There might be some misunderstanding between us. I'm suspending construction, and I hope we can discuss it properly later!"
After saying that, he told the excavator driver to go back first, and then left with Qin Hao and Ding Xue.
The local villagers cheered when they saw that they had successfully stopped Ye Tianyu from starting construction.
"Okay, let's go!"
"Out-of-towners want to steal our jobs? No way!"
As the fire-breathing woman Mu Lan watched Ye Tianyu and his two companions leave dejectedly, a smile flickered across her lips.
"This man is quite interesting; he's sensible and doesn't dare to act rashly!"
At Fang's Group, Ye Tianyu walked into the president's office and immediately complained to Fang Xueqing.
"The locals are too tough; the connections you've made are useless!"
What should we do next?
He was very anxious. If construction couldn't start and the restaurant and guesthouse couldn't open, then the hundreds of thousands of yuan he had spent on materials would be wasted.
For him, several hundred thousand was a huge sum of money.
Fang Xueqing, however, seemed unhurried, crossing her arms and saying, "I just contacted Vice Clan Chief Mu Xiong."
"Someone is secretly plotting against you, inciting Mulan and the villagers to stop you from starting construction!"
Ye Tianyu was taken aback upon hearing this!
Who is it?
"It's my cousin, Fang Chenwei!"
Fang Xueqing said, "I only realized today that my cousin has great ambitions. He came back to Jiangnan not only to take the Fang Group from me, but also to develop the Tianbaoshan Scenic Area!"
"When he learned that you had beaten him to it and leased two plots of land in the Tianbaoshan Scenic Area to open a restaurant and a guesthouse, he was furious and wanted to stop you!"
“Last night he went to Mulan and stirred up trouble, offering a subsidy of 10,000 yuan to each of the five or six hundred people in the village, and asking Mulan to lead the villagers to stop you from starting construction on the grounds that the contract was not approved by them!”
"Once the villagers have tasted the benefits, they will naturally try to stop you!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Tianyu was immediately enraged.
"So it was this bastard who did it."
"When I met him that day, he was talking to Lin Hao about developing the Tianbaoshan Scenic Area. At that time, Lin Hao was praising him."
"I never expected that he would be unhappy after I leased two plots of land first, and he secretly tried to sabotage me."
He mentioned Lin Hao's name twice in his speech, glanced at Fang Xueqing, and saw that her expression did not change.
He then said, "Now Mulan and the villagers won't let me start construction, what should I do?"
"I won't help you figure it out!"
"If you want to start a business, you have to rely on yourself!"
Fang Xueqing smiled slightly: "I've told you before, the business world is like a battlefield. If you can't even handle this little setback, what kind of business are you trying to start?"
"I'll just give you a piece of advice: treat them as they treat you. If you can figure out the principle behind it, you'll be able to solve the problem!"
Ye Tianyu was taken aback: "You mean I should also use Fang Chenwei's method to provide more money to subsidize the local villagers?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head: "I have 500,000 yuan, and I spent more than 300,000 yuan on materials. Where would I get the money to build relationships with the villagers?"
"wrong!"
Fang Xueqing shook her head and said, "You spend money, but my cousin spends even more. You can't compete with him in terms of wealth!"
"What I mean is, you don't need to spend any money, but you can still get Mulan and the villagers to agree to let you start the project!"
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