I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 467: Escaped the Financial Crisis_1

Chapter 467: Chapter 467: Escaped the Financial Crisis_1

He scooted closer to Shen Dong and chuckled, "Then you’ve got to help me, sigh, what should I do next with the tea plantation?"

"How is the tea garden actually doing? Give it to me straight."

"It’s really good." The accountant was no-nonsense, speaking candidly, "A mu of land earns four hundred more yuan than growing regular crops, not to mention the wages from the village tea workshop. The average income could reach thirty thousand a year."

Shen Dong was stunned for a moment, thirty thousand, that was quite a bit, his dad had only made a little over ten thousand yuan a year in his past life.

"The tea sells that well?"

"You take down a share, the university student from the village also handled a part, and we could even say there’s more demand than supply. That’s no boast. For the same price, our tea is the best!" The accountant proudly held up his thumb, completely engrossed in the topic.

That would make things easier.

After pondering for a long time, Shen Dong offered a strategy, "Ask the leaders if it’s possible to merge the nearby villages with the tea plantation into a few tea gardens, then give me the spare land so I can build houses for them."

Tsk.

The accountant glared, "You’re still scheming for your own benefit."

"My Ni Ma, we need to win together." There were no outsiders, so Shen Dong didn’t hold back in talking to the accountant, counting off on his fingers not to swindle... no, to reason.

"Imagine the sight of thousands of mu of tea gardens, the fragrance of tea pervading the air, birds singing, flowers fragrant. If I develop a refined teahouse retreat there, attracting wealthy people for vacations, guess what would happen to the tea plantation?"

"What would happen?"

"Silly, just like in Hai City, the property prices would soar. Plus, don’t the tourists need to eat and shop?"

"Let me tell you, in business, you have to think long-term."

If the hype of the Volcanic Stone Hot Spring in Hai City were to take off, Shen Dong was absolutely not boasting, of course, whether it could become a hit depended on future developments. If Luan Hongyue’s ideas could be realized, every inch of land in Hai City would be golden.

The accountant mulled over it for a while, eying Shen Dong with suspicion, "Should I take your word this time?"

"Oh please, just make the report, and by the way, ask if Yan Heping can be reinstated." After saying that, Shen Dong slipped down into the covers.

In that room, two men talked about everything under the sun; in the adjacent room, three women were chattering away.

It’s like a play with three women.

Kang Yue, who had been through two lifetimes, had no difficulty winning over a young girl; she kept teasing Chen Yuyan about ’your boyfriend,’ making her smile from ear to ear with laughter.

Listening to the two talk about Shen Dong, Wang Wei felt an inexplicable surge of jealousy and asked a damn damaging question. She asked Kang Yue, "Sister Kang Yue, you and Shen Dong are together every day. He’s so outstanding; don’t you have feelings for him?"

This girl... was she deliberately stirring up trouble?

That was indeed true.

During that time, Wang Wei was like a devoted schoolgirl, visiting Silver Moonlight daily, hoping for chance encounters with Shen Dong. Unfortunately, those were Huaxu’s most prosperous and busiest times, so Shen Dong was hardly ever at Silver Moonlight during the day.

Seeing Wang Wei’s nervousness, Kang Yue didn’t feel like giving her a hard time and squeezed in between the two girls with a smile, "Don’t mention it, I hardly see him a few times a day myself, do you think he has that much leisure time?"

"Let’s get some sleep already."

With that, Kang Yue turned off the light.

She felt like a mother, afraid that the two kids would fight, keeping the two girls apart.

Kang Yue was once a young girl herself, and seeing them like this made her nostalgic and regretful. She wanted to tell the two young women that the mistakes made in youth would surely yield bitter fruit in the future; they should not be impulsive.

But she couldn’t say it.

No matter how troubling the night may be, dawn will always come. Tomorrow never gives up on anyone, yet many people, due to the cruelty of the night, give up on tomorrow.

Early in the morning, as Shen Dong was enjoying his millet porridge, he had planned to take Chen Yuyan on a tour of Shenchuan City, but Zhou Wenbin’s life-or-death call kept him tethered.

Silver Moonlight was in disarray.

Half of Shishan’s population was gathered at the entrance to Silver Moonlight, their uproar surpassing even that of a riot; they clamored that their sweat and blood had gone into the shop and demanded compensation.

Wang Xiaocon handled matters decisively and efficiently, taking advantage of the dead of night to clear out all the items from the stores on the gourmet street and change all the locks, leaving these people unable to even enter their shops now.

Shen Dong sat in his car, observing the worldly spectacle outside Silver Moonlight.

He thought he would be furious, curse the ungrateful villagers, but he did not feel the slightest bit of anger.

"Make a note of these people; exclude them from Shishan’s welfare in the future, including Hai City relocations and pig farming in the village." Shen Dong smiled as he looked out the car window, hearing Kang Yue’s affirmation and turning to pat Zhou Wenbin, "You go announce it; register for compensation and take down their names."

"Okay," Zhou Wenbin immediately disembarked from the vehicle.

Sitting in the car, Shen Dong watched as the villagers swarmed around and said with a smile, "See that? The tragedy of human nature."

Without the experience of the underhanded dealings and not having heard the justifications from Luan Hongyue, Yan Heping, and the accountants, Shen Dong really couldn’t get past this hurdle. He would think, I devoted myself wholeheartedly to Shishan, how could this be the result?

Failure made Shen Dong grow.

He knew that the ultimate outcome of his wealth creation model was bound to be this.

Why was the tea plantation successful?

The college student merely gave the villagers an opportunity to get rich; their success was the result of the villagers’ own hard work.

Shishan, ascending to heaven in one step.

This was like the 80/20 rule mentioned by the accountant; if one only puts in twenty percent effort to succeed, the end is destined to be a failure.

Kang Yue sensed something unusual and a hint of a smile flickered in her eyes, "You finally have that feeling of heartlessness and ruthlessness."

At her words, Shen Dong turned around and asked with a smile, "Is that a compliment?"

"Heartlessness is not about being heartless as a person, but about the system being merciless, the rules being ruthless," said Kang Yue as she turned to face him, slumping lazily against the car door and looking at Shen Dong.

"Your contributions to Shishan might indeed make some people successful, like Xu Laonian, Zhu Dunzi, but most don’t want to make an effort themselves. They think if Shen Dong is impressive, you should bring everyone along to make money. If you don’t, you’re deemed unkind; if you do, it’s expected of you, and if you don’t do well, you’re to blame."

"In the end, no matter who earns more or less, they won’t admit their contribution was less, they’ll just blame you for playing favorites!"

The logic was sound, but Shen Dong was irritated to hear it.

He rubbed his ear and complained, "Why does everyone feel the need to lecture me these days?"

"Wow," Kang Yue sat up straight, rested both hands on Shen Dong’s shoulder, "To be honest, when you were at the peak of success, who didn’t think you were a miracle? I didn’t see any of this coming either."

"But think about it," Kang Yue tilted her head, the distance between their faces now just ten centimeters.

She blinked her eyes and said, "Do you think someone as smart as Dama would follow the Pear Company model step by step after seeing it?"

"Pear Company got an early grasp on smart technology, their original tech team had a breakthrough, and Pear still launched the smart era."

"They relied on their strength!"

The more one thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Just like Xia Dongqing, this guy received funding from Shen Dong and in just a few months managed to have three hundred million idle funds at his disposal. In such a scenario, even without Shen Dong’s support, Xia Dongqing would still have managed to turn things around.

As for Mr. Ma from Penguin, without Shen Dong, he would still have escaped the capital crisis.

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