Chapter 50: The Mysterious Creature of Mountain and Lake
To develop a development plan for Taoyuan Village, it is necessary to conduct on-site investigations. Taoyuan Township is already a tourist development zone with very convenient transportation and good scenery, although it can't be called a paradise, at least the mountains are green and the water is clear, in the current context of increasingly severe haze, building a mountain villa has great prospects.
"Unlimited investment? Imitating the style of ancient mountain villas? Exquisitely decorated restaurants and rooms? I'm telling you, Hao You, 30 million is not enough to throw a dog!" When he finished listening to Li Mang's grand ambitions, Ge Xuelin expressed a different view.
"I have a beautiful jade here, you take it to auction, and get at least 10 million yuan." Li Mang had been prepared early on, and put the bag he was holding in his hand on the table.
"One hundred million!" Ge Xuelin and Xiao Yangzhou were both startled at the same time, and didn't even dare to open it.
"One billion is the minimum price. If it works properly, it may be higher, and several billions are not impossible." Li emphasized.
"Python, don't scare us! You just casually picked up something worth tens of millions like that? Aren't you afraid of breaking it?" Ge Xuelin asked three questions in a row, while carefully and gently opening the bag on the table with an unprecedented tenderness.
This is a jade mountain, with smooth and angular parts. It can be seen that it was naturally formed, and what cannot be ignored is its warm, delicate texture, lightly touching it like a girl's skin, and there are no flaws.
Although neither of them understands jade, they have at least seen it before. By comparison, they can see that this piece of jade is not inferior to any other in the world. The only shortcoming is that it has not been carved by a famous master, so the price may be discounted. But as Li Mang said, such a large natural jade mountain is hard to come by, even at a cost of millions.
This jade was found by Li Mang from the shore of Lixi River, it's a relatively ordinary piece. If it were too good, it would be too shocking and unconventional, this one is enough. In the past, Li Mang might not have dared to take it out easily, even if he entrusted it to Xiao Yangzhou and others for sale, Yan Huang could easily find out the truth. But now that Li Mang has become an official member of Yan Huang, his freedom is not comparable to before, a piece of jade naturally wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
"Boa... Hao You, do you really want to let us take this jade and auction it off? Aren't you afraid we'll abscond with the funds?" Ge Xue Lin's voice was already trembling.
"Of course, I have to rush back to work tomorrow, so you guys will be in charge of these trivial matters." Li Mang said without thinking, paused for a moment and added: "As for the embezzlement, even if you escape to Africa, I can still get the blacks to blast your ass."
"... things worth millions are also called trivial matters? The two of them couldn't help but stare blankly, feeling that the world of the wealthy was beyond their comprehension. As for the black man's sudden movement, although he tensed up at first, he soon understood that Li Mang was just joking, and the fact that he entrusted such an important matter to them was a clear sign of trust, which warmed their hearts."
"Python, do you really want to invest all this money in the mountain villa construction? You know that even if it's managed well, it's hard to recover this cost." Xiao Yangzhou's confidence was already not enough, such an investment was beyond his imagination and also exceeded his tolerance.
"It's nothing, as long as I don't lose money." Li Meng waved his hand casually, without any concern.
"...since Li Meng said so, what can they refute? Out of safety considerations, Xiao Yangzhou carefully locked the jade stone in the safe deposit box of the farmhouse, without even telling his girlfriend Zhao Lingyun."
"The design of the mountain villa should be done by professionals, we can't just mess around and end up with something that's neither here nor there, it'll only make people feel sick. It's best to have a unique antique design, otherwise it won't be attractive."
"Develop more leisure projects, such as fishing, mountain climbing, vegetable picking, barbecue and so on. Also add some projects for kids to play."
"We also want to create a unique and exclusive cuisine that is characteristic of our mountain resort, which will be the main product of our resort."
"Hold on, python, your words are easy to say but hard to put into practice. The previous ones were easy to talk about, and with funding, they can be done, but when it comes to our mountain village's unique cuisine, that's just empty talk. How can we make it happen for you?" Ge Xuelin interrupted Li Mao's idea, and Xiao Yangzhou on the side thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. Brothers are brothers, but business is business, and from a practical point of view, they would also refute him.
"Don't worry, I'll provide them." Li Mang was extremely calm and confident. This might be difficult for others, but it was easy for him because of the Shan Hai Jing. For now, he could not provide many items to the farm, but there were some.
Indeed, due to confidentiality considerations, directly providing the mountain villa with items from Shan Hai Jing is not feasible, but he can dilute them. Just like the honey from Tangting Mountain, when diluted with ordinary honey, it becomes a more fragrant and medicinally effective 'Taohu Honey'.
Peaches can be mixed with ordinary apples and oranges to make a juice called 'Taohuajiang Juice', which must taste great.
Even the snakes from Mount Taihang, not a whole one, but it can be diced into small pieces and mixed with ordinary snake species to stew soup, naturally there's no worry about lacking 'characteristics' to attract some rich people to linger and forget their worries.
"Really?" Ge Xuelin asked with a mixture of trust and doubt. The current Li Mang gave him the feeling that he was becoming more and more mysterious.
"Really." Li Mang nodded in confirmation.
"Since the big boss says so, we'd better follow his advice." Xiao Yangzhou said with a smile, and since Li Mang didn't want to say more, he didn't ask further.
Three people chatted, and time passed unknowingly. Before long, it was late afternoon, with the slanting sun casting a red glow, making the mountains and rivers of Taohuaxiang beautiful and magnificent. The spring breeze blew gently, intoxicating everyone, a feeling that cannot be experienced in the city.
"Help!"
"Come and save him quickly!"
However, the sudden cry for help from the mountain broke the tranquility of the sunset, and in an instant, the peaceful Taohuaxiang Village was boiling over. Villagers rushed to the mountain one after another. The three people who were discussing the design plan of the mountain villa were also startled, looked at each other, and without saying a word, followed the shouting sound and walked towards the mountain.
"It's Ah Chun's child who has been drowned by the flood!"
"Those kids said they were pulled down by something, possibly a water ghost."
"Didn't I forbid you kids from playing in the water at the mountain lake? Have you already forgotten the lesson from a few years ago?"
"This isn't the time to talk about these things, hurry up and go rescue people first!"
On the lakeside of the mountain, everything was in a mess. The crying of children, the scolding of women, and the shouting of old men were all mixed together. Several men jumped into the water to start rescuing people. However, since the child had already sunk into the water, and the lake was not small, for a while, it was unclear where anyone was, and they could only grope around like blind flies.
"Save people first!"
Li Meng and the three others rushed to the lake shore without asking much, they already knew what had happened from the shouting of these people, took off their upper garments and dove into the water, quickly swimming towards the center of the lake.
