The two bought a bunch of things and then went to the hospital where Grandpa Lin Nian was.
"Lin Nian, Uncle, Grandpa." Chen Feng carried in large and small bags and greeted them one by one.
"Brother, you're here." Lin Nian's face lit up with a smile as soon as he saw Chen Feng.
But when Lin Nian saw Xia Yingying behind him, he was shocked and his eyes widened. He was completely stunned.
"Sister Yingying, what brings you here?" he asked incredulously.
"What, you're not welcoming me?" Xia Yingying asked with a smile.
She was fairly familiar with Lin Nian, so she wasn't as cold to outsiders.
"No, it's just..." Lin Nian couldn't figure out what was going on. Did he have such a big reputation that she would come all the way from the hills to see him?
"No, just call her sister-in-law," Chen Feng said, stopping his teasing.
"Wow, she's really become my sister-in-law! Hello, sister-in-law!" Lin Nian was overjoyed upon hearing this, looking at the two of them with a gossipy expression.
Sure enough, he said they had something to do!
"Xiaofeng, quickly take your partner to sit down. Lin Nian, you too, they've been in here for ages and you're still making them stand," Lin Tiegang scolded Lin Nian.
"It's nothing, what's there between Lin Nian and me?" Chen Feng said nonchalantly, pulling Xia Yingying to sit down.
"Grandpa, how's your recovery going?" Chen Feng asked, looking at Grandpa Lin Nian, who was lying on the hospital bed with a big smile on his face.
Because they are close and have watched each other grow up, Chen Feng has always called him that, and there's nothing wrong with it.
"It's nothing, it's been fine for a while now. It's just that Lin Nian won't let me leave the hospital. You know, lying in the hospital bed every day is so boring. It's not as fun as walking around at home."
Upon hearing this, Grandpa Lin couldn't help but start complaining.
“He’s just worried about you. If you’re going to rest a few more days, it’s fine, as the doctor said,” Chen Feng advised.
“Exactly, the doctor said to abstain from smoking and drinking. I’m already being lenient by letting you smoke a couple of cigarettes occasionally, but you still want to drink whenever you want. Do you really think you’re immune to everything?” Lin Nian said with equal dissatisfaction.
"Then can you let me smoke my own cigarettes? Those cheap cigarettes you bought are gone in two puffs, not satisfying at all, Xiaofeng, don't you think?" Grandpa Lin was very aggrieved and wanted to get Chen Feng's support.
Now Lin Nian is in charge, and even his father's words don't carry weight. I guess only Chen Feng can control him.
"Not enough? I bought you all good cigarettes, over twenty yuan a pack. The thing you roll is as thick as a finger, one of them is half a pack."
"If I let you smoke a couple more, that would be outrageous!" Lin Nian said exaggeratedly.
Chen Feng couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the two men almost come to blows. He couldn't interfere with this matter; he should just listen to Lin Nian.
"By the way, Lin Nian, the auction proceeds are in. The gold sold for four million."
"Including the 500,000 I gave you before, I'll transfer the remaining several hundred thousand to you," Chen Feng said, taking out his phone.
Once the money is transferred again, Lin Nian will become a millionaire, arguably the second richest person in the village.
As for who came in first, is there even a question? It's naturally Chen Feng.
"No rush, brother, when are you going out to pan for gold again?" Lin Nian was also thinking about making money again, seeing that his grandfather would be discharged from the hospital soon.
"I won't be going anytime soon, but don't worry, I have work for you, it'll just take a few days." Chen Feng smiled mysteriously.
"Okay, brother, I'll do whatever you say." Lin Nian nodded without even asking any questions.
Anyway, his brother wouldn't betray him.
"Okay, then I'll be going now," Chen Feng said, standing up.
"Okay, brother, take care." Lin Nian got up to see him off.
After leaving the hospital, Chen Feng took Xia Yingying and headed to the city's land bureau.
"What? Weren't you going to buy fruit?" Xia Yingying looked at his navigation app, completely confused.
"Little Yingying, do you know why I'm in such a hurry to save money to go home?" Chen Feng, with one hand on the steering wheel, turned around and smiled at him.
"What do you mean?" Xia Yingying didn't quite understand.
“I discovered a gold mine outside the village,” Chen Feng said softly.
Upon hearing this, Xia Yingying's eyes widened immediately.
"A gold mine? Really?" Xia Yingying gasped.
Having been in this industry for so long, she knew all too well what an untapped gold mine meant.
That would be like a living money-printing machine! With this gold mine, you'd be set for life.
"Otherwise, why do you think I'm so eager to get home? We're going to the land bureau to register right now. I absolutely have to take over this gold mine," Chen Feng said with determination.
Before coming, he had consulted a lot of information to understand the process of developing a gold mine.
The first step is roughly to report to the land bureau and put your name on the list, so that it won't be useful for anyone else to come and find it, as you are the first person to discover it.
The second step is for the land bureau to send people to measure the area occupied by the gold mine and demarcate the land for you.
The third step is for you to negotiate compensation with the villagers whose land was occupied. The law stipulates that the compensation should be at least double the remaining value of the land.
The general idea is that if the original owner of this land still has a ten-year lease, and it can produce 20,000 yuan worth of cash crops every year.
Then you would need to pay at least double the amount, which is 40,000. Over ten years, that would be 400,000, a one-time compensation.
Of course, the national regulations stipulate that the compensation should be paid within one year, so Chen Feng knew that his money was far from enough to cover the compensation, but he was not in a hurry.
As long as the gold mine can be successfully opened, the compensation can be saved up in a few months, so he is not worried about not having enough money to make compensation.
The fourth step is to wait until you receive the compensation contract signed with the villagers, then submit it to the bureau and wait for the mining permit to be issued.
Once the license is issued, the mine will be registered under Chen Feng's name, and no one else can interfere. It's truly a case of "the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly," and his bank account will be flooded with money every day.
After driving the car into the gate of the Land Bureau, Chen Feng led Xia Yingying inside and found the staff.
"Hello, what kind of service do you need?" the staff member asked.
It's usually very quiet here, and not many people come. Even when they do come, it's just for trivial matters, so the staff seem a bit listless.
"I want to contract about a thousand acres of land..." Before Chen Feng could finish speaking, the staff interrupted.
“There isn’t that much land left in the area, and this isn’t our responsibility,” the staff member said.
"Gold mine..." Chen Feng added the last two words.
The staff member was stunned for a moment before finally asking, "What gold mine? What did you say?"
"I said I wanted to contract a gold mine of more than a thousand acres, which I just discovered," Chen Feng repeated in full.
After he said that, the staff member's listless eyes widened instantly, and he almost jumped up.
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