Chapter 97: Are These People Really Migrant Workers?

Chapter 97: Are These People Really Migrant Workers?

Wu Hai was one of Chen Hu's most capable subordinates, having once thrived in You City alongside Chen Hu, earning him the nickname "Brother Hai."

In the past, just mentioning his name would make people tremble.

But things were different now. He had to keep a low profile to avoid drawing attention. After all, the one who sticks out gets shot.

The more arrogant, the quicker they fall.

However, being low-key didn't mean he had become weak.

Times like these called for decisive action.

The construction team was cutting into their profits, and as Brother Hu had said, they needed to teach them a lesson.

As night fell, Wu Hai led a group of over ten men into the Liyuan Farm, heading straight for the construction site, each of them carrying a threatening stick.

The farm, devoid of tourists, was eerily quiet under the cover of darkness. However, the noise from the construction site could be heard from a distance.

Wu Hai's men began to grumble:

"Brother Hai, are these guys crazy? Why aren't they resting?"

"Exactly, it's just a construction project. Why push so hard?"

"..."

"That's why Brother Hu sent us to give them a little scare," Wu Hai said, leading his men toward the site.

Not far away, Chen Hu was watching through a pair of binoculars, using the lights from the construction site to see Wu Hai and his men arrive.

He wanted to see if the construction team would still push so hard after being warned.

Once Wu Hai and his men entered the site, he adjusted his expression to look more menacing.

After years of comfortable living, it was hard to regain his old fierce demeanor.

After a moment, he felt his expression was intimidating enough and strode into the site, shouting, "Who's in charge here?"

The workers glanced at him but continued their work as if nothing had happened.

A worker maintaining order stepped forward and warned, "Sir, this is a construction site. No unauthorized personnel allowed!"

This warning left Wu Hai stunned.

Was he not intimidating enough?

He had brought over ten men to cause trouble, and they couldn't see it? They were even warning him about unauthorized entry?

"Who's the boss? Bring him out," Wu Hai growled, pushing the worker who had warned him.

The moment he pushed, the worker pulled out a whistle and blew it.

The sound of the whistle caused a shocking scene. The workers stopped almost simultaneously, turned to look at them, and then picked up their tools, closing in.

The atmosphere turned tense.

Wu Hai involuntarily swallowed hard.

How could their movements be so synchronized?

It was as if they had been trained.

Worse, more and more workers were joining in, surrounding them.

"Trying to scare who?" Wu Hai, being an old hand, knew he couldn't show weakness. He shouted, trying to intimidate them.

Bang!

Suddenly, Wu Hai found himself thrown to the ground.

It was the worker who had blown the whistle.

Before he could react, two workers had iron hammers pressed against his head.

He was utterly bewildered.

How had he been taken down so quickly?

There was no resistance.

Shouts and cries of pain filled the air.

When Wu Hai was pulled to his feet, he saw that all the men he had brought were on the ground, restrained.

"Th-This..."

Wu Hai's face turned pale. Before he could think further, the workers had already tied him up with ropes, and the same fate befell the others.

Not far away, Chen Hu watched with his jaw dropped, unable to believe what he was seeing.

He had sent them to cause trouble, not to be captured.

He knew Wu Hai and his men's capabilities. This shouldn't have happened.

Are these really ordinary migrant workers?

Meanwhile, Zhang Lin had just returned home when a special event notification appeared in his mind:

【A sudden incident has occurred at the camping site construction area. It seems that over ten troublemakers have been caught by the construction workers. Please call the police immediately!】

Zhang Lin checked the game map, and sure enough, an exclamation mark indicating a sudden incident appeared at the camping site.

Why would anyone cause trouble at a peaceful camping site in the middle of the night? Could it be Kai Lin Investment's doing?

However, such matters should be left to the police.

Thinking this, he took out his phone and called his cousin, Zhang Zhao.

Sending a dozen troublemakers to cause chaos was a significant disturbance, and it was even more serious given the attention the county had on the project. This was a good opportunity to earn some favor.

So, this easy favor should go to his cousin.

The call was quickly answered, and Zhang Zhao's voice came through, "Little Lin, what's up so late? I'm dealing with some important matters!"

"Brother Zhao, you're on a date?"

Zhang Lin smiled and asked.

"Get to the point," Zhang Zhao said irritably.

Zhang Lin got straight to the point. "A bunch of thugs came to cause trouble at my farm. The workers caught them and are holding them for you to deal with."

"Thugs causing trouble at your farm?" Zhang Zhao immediately stood up. "I'll bring a team over right away."

This was unacceptable. What era were they in where thugs could still cause trouble at his cousin's farm?

He hung up the call and looked sheepishly at the woman across from him. "Sorry, something came up at the station."

The woman wore a white dress, with a curvy and tall figure, and a beautiful face.

He had been all set to go, but now this situation was really frustrating.

"Go ahead, I'll check into a hotel room first," the woman said with a smile, showing her understanding.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao rushed out, immediately calling his team and heading to Liyuan Farm. When he arrived at the construction site, he saw Wu Hai and his men tied up.

Wanting to get to the hotel quickly, he didn't waste any time, taking the dozen men back with his team.

Chen Hu watched this through a telescope, his face darkening.

He had considered bringing his men to the construction site to rescue Wu Hai, but thinking about the workers' combat skills and their numbers, he decided against it.

Rushing in would only result in them all being trapped and possibly arrested. He believed Wu Hai wouldn't betray him, and the brothers could hold out for a few days.

However, this left him with no way to use underworld methods against the construction team. They seemed more like underworld figures now, and he feared they might investigate and retaliate.

Still, he had a few ideas to deal with Liyuan Farm.

He wasn't stupid enough to rush to his death.

Not to mention, Liyuan Farm was under the county's watch, and with nearly 5 million followers online, any move he made would be known by the next day. His photo would be plastered all over the internet, and that would be truly embarrassing!

So, he couldn't target their construction team now, and he was worried about being targeted himself.

"Guess I'll have to give up on this project," Chen Hu sighed, feeling like he had lost both the battle and the war.

...

Time passed.

Zhang Lin woke up the next day to a game system notification:

【Congratulations on reaching the 5 million follower milestone for your online promotion! Due to the immense popularity of your farm's oilseed rape flower sea, once the blooming period is over, tourists' expectations will wane. Therefore, you need a project to follow up. Reward: Special Seven-Color Flower Sea Construction Scroll!】

Zhang Lin was surprised by this notification.

Another scene construction scroll.

He was starting to see a pattern. It seemed that each milestone in online followers always came with a scene construction scroll.

Was it because of the special nature of the followers' attention?

Moreover, the reward was thoughtful. If the system hadn't reminded him, he might have forgotten about the oilseed rape flower's blooming period.

The blooming period of oilseed rape flowers isn't very long, lasting about 40 days, sometimes as short as 30 days.

Thus, the blooming period of his oilseed rape flower sea was indeed coming to an end.

As the first attraction to draw tourists, the oilseed rape flower sea at Liyuan Farm was highly popular. Without it, tourists' expectations would certainly drop.

Hence, the reward of a Seven-Color Flower Sea Construction Scroll?

He immediately checked the scroll's details in his game interface:

【Special Seven-Color Flower Sea Construction Scroll: Quality 1】

【Seven-Color Flower Sea: As the name suggests, a flower sea made of seven vibrant flowers, interwoven to create a stunning rainbow effect: Aesthetic +1, Photogenic +1, Mood Healing +1!】

【Restriction: Must be built within the farm!】

【Construction Requirements: 1. 500 acres. 2. 10 million yuan!】

【Special: Blooming period 90 days!】

Zhang Lin was amazed by the details!

This wasn't just about the Aesthetic +1 and Photogenic +1 attributes of the oilseed rape flower sea; it also included a Mood Healing +1 attribute.

This attribute was simply amazing.

Imagine tourists with bad moods or feeling depressed, coming to this flower sea and being instantly uplifted.

The impact on tourists would be immense.

Although this flower sea couldn't be planted like oilseed rape seeds, the scroll allowed for quick transplantation and construction, making it much more convenient and efficient for a farm landscape.

Moreover, with a blooming period of 90 days, this flower sea would last much longer than the oilseed rape flower sea.

However, because of this, the construction cost for the 500-acre Seven-Color Flower Sea was 10 million yuan.

Zhang Lin had to admit that this was quite expensive, considering the Bamboo Grove Maze only cost 5 million yuan.

However, the game system's products were always worth the price, and he was eager to see the Mood Healing attribute in action.

Given the current size of the farm, there was no space to build the seven-color flower sea. Zhang Lin would need to first secure 500 acres of land from the Agricultural Bureau.

So, after leaving home, his first stop was the Agricultural Bureau.

Meanwhile, Zhao Neng arrived early at Kai Lin Investment Company, where employees greeted him respectfully.

However, he had no time to acknowledge them, rushing straight to his office to check how many construction teams had taken on the project he posted on the Engineering Network last night.

The current construction teams had let him down. If other farms could find capable teams, why couldn’t he?

Sitting down in his office, he immediately opened the commission from yesterday. But what he saw left him stunned. No one had taken the project, but there were many comments below:

"Who the hell is this, treating us like cattle and horses?"

"2000 acres of camping grounds, in half a month, for 50 million yuan? No one in their right mind would do that!"

"Another amateur looking for a sucker construction team!"

"In this society, who would be a sucker? Our company has blacklisted Kai Lin Investment. We won’t take on projects from such companies. They’ll just complain about everything!"

"Our company has blacklisted them too!"

Zhao Neng’s mouth opened in disbelief. He had expected many companies to bid and compete this morning.

Instead, he was being ridiculed?

And even the well-known construction companies were blacklisting him.

What...

Could he have misjudged the construction teams yesterday? Maybe it was Linyuan Farm that was abnormal, or perhaps they had spent an unimaginable amount of money to hire several times the number of workers?

That was the only possibility.

What should he do now? Should he offer more money and ask Chen Hu to keep looking for people?

The original cost was over 50 million yuan, but after raising the price, the 2000-acre camping ground project had already reached 60 million yuan.

But thinking about the construction speed of Linyuan Farm, he had no choice. Without taking action, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

He was already in a bind, unsure whether to move forward or retreat.

Finally, he gritted his teeth, added Chen Hu and others to a WeChat group, and sent a message: "I only hope the camping ground can keep up with Linyuan Farm’s progress. I can offer more money. Calculate the price."

After sending the message, Zhao Neng sighed in resignation. This would only drive the costs up even more.

At that moment, his assistant rushed in, holding a video and said, "Boss, look at this video about Linyuan Farm!"

Zhao Neng frowned and watched the video, which was about Linyuan Farm’s rapeseed flower sea.

"Linyuan Farm’s rapeseed flower sea is nearing the end of its blooming period. The flowers are starting to produce seeds. Without the flower sea, Linyuan Farm will lose one of its unique attractions. From what we can see, Linyuan Farm has no plans to develop other flower seas..."

Zhao Neng’s eyes brightened, understanding his assistant’s meaning.

Linyuan Farm was about to lose its rapeseed flower sea.

If he could create another flower sea nearby, how would visitors react? They would definitely be drawn to it.

The camping ground project couldn’t be completed ahead of schedule, but if he could match Linyuan Farm’s construction speed, he would have a chance to outmaneuver them.

This news was a silver lining, offering him another opportunity.

Even if the land cost 60 million yuan and the camping ground project exceeded 60 million yuan, their company would still have over 50 million yuan left.

Creating a flower sea would be well within their budget.

With the remaining funds, he could take out a bank loan to ensure he could outspend and outmaneuver them once the camping ground was built.

When Linyuan Farm’s rapeseed flower sea ended, adding a new flower sea would be like gaining a new weapon.

Zhao Neng immediately instructed his assistant, "Contact the flower sea design team and have them design a 500-acre flower sea for me. I want it done as quickly as possible, and it needs to be top-notch."

"Got it, boss!" the assistant nodded and quickly got to work.

When he returned to Zhao Neng, he brought a proposal: "Boss, we found the most famous flower sea design team in the country. They’ve designed a purple verbena flower sea for us. With enough workers and sufficient funds to order mature verbena, they can create this flower sea in the shortest time possible."

"However, the cost will be high, around 20 million yuan."

"Give them the money, sign the online contract, and send the deposit. I want them to start work immediately." Zhao Neng didn’t hesitate. Once he decided on a project or plan, he was always decisive.

He knew that hesitation meant losing the opportunity and failing.

(End of Chapter)

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