After exchanging pleasantries, the four of them sat down at the table.
"Fengzi, what exactly happened there? I didn't quite understand what you were saying on the phone."
The speaker was Li Laoqi, who was considered a large-scale farmer in the village. His family had been farming this much land ever since Chen Feng could remember.
As for the others, they only started taking on so many contracts in recent years, and they relied on borrowing and other means to secure them, so they were far less confident than Li Laoqi.
"Don't rush, there's still one person who hasn't arrived yet." Chen Feng handed out cigarettes to everyone, signaling them to be patient.
Du Jin quickly walked through the door, glancing around every now and then, as if afraid he had gone to the wrong place.
"Is this... Chen Feng's house?" Du Jin asked the people inside the house, leaning over the doorway.
"Yes, I am Chen Feng. Please come in and sit down." Chen Feng stepped forward and led him into the house.
Du Jin was a bit chubby and looked very honest. He smiled at everyone before sitting down.
Of course, Li Laoqi and the others were all very kind and greeted everyone with smiles. They were all adults, and who would want to make an enemy for no reason? Even if they were from another village, they were all very polite to them.
"Have a smoke, bro." Chen Feng pulled out a cigarette and handed it to him.
"Hey, hey, I can do it myself." Du Jin took the cigarette and lit it himself with his lighter.
"Well, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. You all know that the land bureau came a couple of days ago."
"To tell you the truth, I discovered a gold mine here. They're just here to mark out the area and measure its size."
Chen Feng's words were astonishing, leaving the five people present stunned and speechless, their mouths agape in disbelief.
"What did you say, Fengzi? You found a gold mine here? Really? What's going on?" Old Li shuddered, and cigarette ash fell onto the table.
"Yes, so they're measuring gold mines, not some ancient tomb?" Du Jin said, extremely shocked.
"It's either an ancient tomb or a gold mine, located beneath your land."
“I have already reported to the city that I am preparing to mine this gold mine. I called everyone here to discuss the compensation issue with you.”
"How about this? You earned 800 yuan per mu last year. I'll round it up to 1,000."
"According to the time stipulated in your contract, I will compensate you double for each acre of land, which is two thousand."
"Then calculate it by year, do you understand?" Chen Feng asked.
Faced with such a massive amount of information, they had to take their time to explore it. Several minutes later, Du Jin finally spoke, counting on his fingers.
"What I mean is, I have two hundred acres of land, and the lease expires in twenty years. You're going to compensate me two thousand a year, which adds up to... eight million!!!"
When the number was calculated, Du Jin was stunned. His mouth gaped open for a moment, and he even thought he had made a mistake.
Eight million in compensation?!
How could such a good thing actually happen to him one day?
"It's not Chen Feng, am I right?" Du Jin gasped, his voice filled with disbelief.
“You’re right, that’s the number. I’ll give you all eight million each in one go!” Chen Feng leaned on the table and looked around at the shocked crowd.
Wow!
As soon as Chen Feng confirmed this, the five people immediately erupted in chaos.
"Holy crap, eight million!"
"My God, I still feel like I'm dreaming. Is Chen Feng real?"
"Wait a minute, I suddenly feel tightness in my chest and shortness of breath. Let me catch my breath."
"Eight million in one go, my God, I've never seen so much money in my life."
Li Laoqi leaned back in his chair, his eyes wide open, his face filled with disbelief.
"Of course, you all know that this kind of compensation doesn't come in so quickly, but I guarantee you'll get it within a year."
"If you've made up your minds, bring your land contracts. Then we'll sign a compensation contract based on the land area listed. Don't miss this opportunity!" Chen Feng lit a cigarette and said to them with a smile.
Everyone nodded blankly upon hearing this, still processing the shock this event had brought them.
"And you should know that if we give you this money, you don't even need to farm the land. It's like you're getting money for nothing. Besides, even if you did farm, with your meager land, when would you ever be able to grow eight million?"
"I'm afraid you won't be able to grow it even when your grandson grows up," Chen Feng continued, adding fuel to the fire and analyzing the relationship between them.
Moreover, even without Chen Feng saying it, they weren't stupid; anyone could figure out this.
This is like a windfall, all benefits and no harm.
"Alright, alright, let's go home now and discuss this with our families. We can't be careless about something this important."
"Yes, yes, my wife is the one who makes the decisions at home, so I have to talk to her about it."
"I'm going back too. How long is the deadline for this thing, Fengzi?"
"Anytime within three days is fine," Chen Feng said after a slight pause.
"Three days is enough, Fengzi. I'm going back now. Don't forget to let me know if there are any changes," Li Laoqi said impatiently as he stood up.
"Fengzi, me too. I'm going back first. You have to let me know if there are any changes."
The group stood up, said goodbye to Chen Feng, and left, leaving Du Jin alone in the end.
"Hey Fengzi, could you give me your phone number? I'm worried something might happen while you're not here, so I'll go home and discuss it with you," Du Jin said, holding Chen Feng's hand.
In their eyes, Chen Feng is now practically a god of wealth.
"Okay, write this down. This is my phone number."
Chen Feng gave him his phone number, which Du Jin wrote down and called him once.
"Okay, here's my phone number. Don't forget to let me know if anything happens," Du Jinqian repeatedly reminded her.
"Don't worry, take care." Chen Feng saw him to the door.
After they left, Chen Feng stretched, and Xia Yingying and Chen Feng's mother came out from a side room.
"My God, forty million! You paid all of that yourself?" Liu Ping was wondering if there were any subsidies or anything, but this was just too much.
"What's the big deal? I've already given you the gold mine. What more subsidies do you want? No problem, once my gold mine is officially operational, forty million is just a matter of time," Chen Feng said with a smile.
Liu Ping pursed her lips, still feeling a pang of heartache. The worst part was that she was just a peasant woman who had never even seen 400,000 yuan in her entire life, and now she had to take out 40 million yuan all at once.
Even though you know gold mines are profitable, you can't help but grin.
"Won't they cause any trouble?" Xia Yingying asked with slight worry.
After all, cases like this involving compensation payments are common among holdout households.
Even between individuals, let alone between nations, there are times when things can't be resolved.
In the end, nobody really had it easy. You think that lonely little house by the highway is really that comfortable?
Ultimately, it all comes down to insatiable greed.
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