Chen Hong's application solved the village's problem. Letting Chen Hong build a small hotel would also boost tourism, which would satisfy the city's demands. This time, Yujia Village wouldn't fall behind.
The village's Party Secretary, village head, and accountant all went out together to persuade Chen Hong. They said that if she agreed to build a small hotel, the village would grant her 10 mu of land and charge her the most favorable price according to policy.
Chen Hong didn't expect to be able to get the land approved so quickly and enjoy the preferential treatment. It didn't cause any trouble for the three leaders, but they required that the land be approved for at least 20 mu.
The three discussed it on the spot and agreed to Chen Hong's request. So, the village held a meeting that same day and unanimously agreed to Chen Hong contracting the wasteland.
The villagers' thinking was simple: the land was just lying fallow anyway, and Chen Hong could pay a contracting fee. Besides the money going to the state, the village and its residents would all get a share—wasn't that a win-win situation?
So Chen Hong secured the 100-year lease on 20 mu of wasteland at an incredibly low price of 100 yuan per mu per year. Chen Hong paid the full 200,000 yuan lease fee upfront.
For three consecutive days, the village leaders affixed official seals from four levels of administrative departments—city, county, town, and village—to her documents, ensuring all procedures were complete. Chen Hong also consulted a lawyer in the city and had the documents notarized.
Finally, the contract was signed, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the stack of documents in her hand, Chen Hong was incredibly excited. Had she taken a small step towards her dream of becoming a landlady?
Chen Hong decided to wait until she returned from Jinan before starting the house-building plan. She needed to find a professional architectural company to design the blueprints and a construction team to build the house. There were a lot of things to do and a lot of money to spend.
"Hey, why is it that the more money I earn, the less I have? I still need to keep working hard and not relax!"
On the eve of her return to Jinan, Chen Hong had accumulated more than 5.6 million yuan in her bank account.
Chen Hong thought to herself, if this money could buy a good house in Jinan, it should be enough to buy two small villas! But after buying a house, she didn't have the money to build another one. She was getting poorer and poorer.
Chen Hong thought that if she didn't have enough money by then, she would try to sell a batch of beads in Jinan. Originally, she had planned to bring the beads back to Jinan to sell anyway. If she could find good properties this time, she would buy several. In any case, the value would increase in the future, so as long as she bought them, she wouldn't lose money.
Whether it's stocks or real estate, good opportunities only last two or three years. Looking at myself, although I've been frantically fishing at sea and making money, I've only earned about 7.6 million. Compared to those big bosses who know how to invest, my little bit of money isn't even a fraction of what they make.
However, in her own small fishing village, her behavior was still quite conspicuous, even though she had tried her best to store the expensive catch in her storage space and hadn't sold it all. Thus, every time Chen Hong was under the envious and astonished gazes of the villagers, she felt a chill run down her spine and her heart pound with fear.
It seems I should take the opportunity to quietly sell a batch of goods in major coastal cities. My storage space is already overflowing, consuming too much of my energy. If I don't clear everything out, seeing so much stuff in my space every time I return always feels oppressive, and the pressure is immense.
My space is only a dozen acres, but it's filled with too many fish. As soon as you enter, you can hear the splashing of big fish tails, the crawling of big crabs in plastic boxes, and even the lobsters making squeaking noises. I don't know if they're courting or what.
I always feel that I would feel squeezed if I entered the space. It was only when the space was just a small river, fruit trees and land that I felt relaxed and comfortable.
Animals and plants evoke different feelings in a space; the sounds animals make can be quite irritating. Plants, whether flowers or fruits, bring a sense of warmth, comfort, and satisfaction.
Turning the space into an aquaculture farm was something Chen Hong hadn't expected; it completely went against her original intentions. But in order to increase profits, Chen Hong did something she didn't like.
Looking at the bag of jewelry in the sealed bag, Chen Hong thought, "These things could probably fetch 100,000 or 200,000 yuan in a jewelry store, right?" This was an unexpected windfall; it was something Chen Hong had found while salvaging trash during her diving trips. There were more than a dozen pieces of various jewelry.
In her previous life, Chen Hong had never handled gold, silver, or gemstones before, and didn't know their exact value. Since she had to sell them anyway, and she didn't like wearing these random things, as they hindered her work.
Drifting aimlessly across the vast sea, occasionally glancing at the seabed, Chen Hong's mind wandered. Today, Chen Hong had already cast her nets four times, reaping over 3,000 jin of fish and over 600 jin of shrimp and crabs.
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