Huang Zhiqiu and Huang Jianjun looked at each other in surprise.

“Is the rent too expensive?”

Secretary He smiled and said, "You can say that."

Huang Qingning couldn't hold back his anger and couldn't help asking, "How much do you charge for that place per year?"

Secretary He did not mind Huang Qingning's rudeness. "Rent is one thing. The township has another requirement for investors who rent land."

"Request? What request?"

"If we want to rent the land for the school, we have to help the village build a cement road from the national highway to the township."

This is not even a request; it's simply a fantasy.

It is at least ten miles from the national highway to the village. At the current price, one kilometer of rural cement road costs five thousand yuan. Ten miles is five kilometers. It is calculated that the road construction alone will cost at least more than twenty-five thousand yuan.

No wonder the school’s land is so good but has never been rented out.

Huang Zhiqiu's joy was completely wiped out by this condition. He didn't even have time to ask about the rent before leaving with an excuse.

Secretary He was obviously used to it, and he escorted the three people out of the township government gate with a natural expression.

"They are clearly cheating us. They have to build a cement road for us just to rent a factory. In my opinion, they will never be able to rent out the school in their lifetime."

After walking out of the township government gate, Huang Jianjun muttered angrily.

"Dad, you are just ignorant. In fact, this situation is very common now. They put forward this condition, and the first point is to screen out those investors who have no strength.

We think building a cement road is expensive because we are poor. But to those big bosses, twenty or thirty thousand yuan is just a drop in the bucket.

The reason why the township government set such a high threshold is to attract large factories or big bosses who can really drive the economy of the entire township. So, it’s not their fault that they have high requirements, but that we are too weak. ”

These remarks not only shocked Huang Jianjun, but also left Huang Zhiqiu speechless.

"Qingning, where did you hear these words?"

"I heard from my co-workers that in order to attract big and powerful investors, many places either offer to create a certain number of jobs or to build waterways and dig canals. Anyway, they are similar in nature. For powerful investors, these are not difficult problems."

Yes, those big factories can earn hundreds of thousands or even millions a year, so it is not difficult for them to take out tens of thousands to build roads.

They just wanted to run a small bamboo weaving factory, and they might not even make 30,000 yuan a year, so how could they afford to help the village build roads?

When passing by the school, Huang Zhiqiu felt a little regretful.

Then I looked at other places, but with the school's jewelry in front, other places were more or less disappointing.

As the sky gradually darkened, Huang Zhiqiu had no choice but to return to the winery's guesthouse to settle down and prepare to continue tomorrow.

The purpose of this trip into the city is to find a suitable factory. The fare to the city is not cheap, so we have to find a factory before we go back.

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As soon as she got out of school at noon the next day, Yun Mo went straight to the telephone booth at the school gate.

As soon as she arrived, the phone in the booth rang.

"Hello."

"Momo."

Hearing Huang Zhiqiu's gentle voice on the other end of the phone, Yun Mo couldn't help but smile, "Mom, have you found a factory?"

When Yun Mo heard Huang Zhiqiu talking about the school and the surrounding environment, her heart was slightly moved.

In her opinion, building a road was not a very harsh condition.

She wants to expand the bamboo weaving factory into a bigger and stronger one. According to her vision and goal, the annual profit of the bamboo weaving factory will reach six figures within three years.

"Mom, since you like that place, let's open the bamboo weaving factory there. You write down the draft number and password first, go to the post office to withdraw the money, take out 1,000 yuan, go to the township government to negotiate the land lease, pay the deposit first, and I will personally discuss the rest with the township government when I come back."

Huang Zhiqiu had not expected his daughter to be so decisive. Hearing her say that she was going to rent the place, he hurriedly advised: "Momo, this is not a small matter. We can't say whether our bamboo weaving factory can be opened. What if..."

"Mom, you have to believe in me, and you have to believe in yourself, too. Even if the bamboo weaving factory doesn't work out, the worst that can happen is that we can just sublease the land.

Mom, let me tell you this, actually, acquiring land is also a kind of investment. In the future, there will be more and more factories, and accordingly, good land will become more and more popular. "

Huang Zhiqiu was somewhat moved by Yun Mo's words, but he still felt unsure when he thought about how much money it would cost to build a road.

"Momo, how about we wait for you to come over and see the place before we make plans?"

"Mom, one thousand yuan is not a lot. I am now working with Ronghua Company to make desserts, and I can easily earn it back. But if I miss out on a piece of precious land because of this one thousand yuan, I will be upset to death."

Huang Zhiqiu couldn't persuade her, so he agreed to go to the township government in the afternoon to discuss renting land.

After telling Huang Zhiqiu the bill of exchange number and password, Yun Mo suddenly remembered what Ling Chuan asked her last night.

"Mom, I want to ask you something."

"Momo, go ahead."

Yun Mo did not hesitate to repeat what Ling Chuan said last night, "I don't know what the customs are in An City, so let him prepare according to the rules in Jiang City. There shouldn't be any problem, right?"

Huang Zhiqiu smiled and said, "These are pretty much all of them. You don't have to buy anything too expensive. Just buy something in even numbers for good luck."

"Oh, I see."

"Momo, have you bought your tickets?"

"I haven't bought it yet. I'll wait until the Xie family has looked at the sample of the rice dumpling box and see if there's any problem. I'll see when I can come back."

"Once you have bought your tickets, please call home and I will pick you up at the train station."

"Um!"

When Huang Jianjun learned that Yun Mo wanted to rent the school space, he was the first to express his opposition.

"Zhiqiu, Momo is still young and impulsive. Why don't you try to persuade her? Road construction is not an easy task.

Think about it, if the villagers knew about this, what would they think of our Huang family? We have money but we go to build roads for people from other villages instead of helping our own village. We will be criticized by others.”

"Dad, what you said is wrong. My cousin didn't grow up in our Huang family. To put it bluntly, she is not from Xiacun. Why should she help the village build roads? Besides, building roads is a condition for renting land. It's not like she has to spend money to do charity for no reason."

"But this bamboo weaving factory is run by our Huang family. Our Huang family has been rooted in Xiacun for several generations. No matter what, we should help the people in our own village. It's unreasonable to run to help outsiders build roads."

Although Huang Jianjun's statement is ridiculous, there are probably many people in Shili Township who share the same idea as Huang Jianjun.

Once the news of them helping to build a road in another place spread out, they would inevitably be criticized and gossiped about by the villagers.

(End of this chapter)