Chapter 63: A Paradise Beyond the World

  After a while, just when Ji Xinan thought it was hopeless, Song Jiangliang excitedly found Ji Xinan, pointing to the map with a gesture of pointing to the mountains and rivers, "The land is settled, this piece includes the entire lake, this river, mountain and surrounding hundreds of acres of wasteland."

  "How much is this going to cost?" Ji Xin'an stared at the circled area, his mouth agape in surprise.

  "Guess!" Song Jiang rarely had a mysterious look on his face.

  "Two hundred million?" This is the price at which a foreign investor bought this land in later generations, much lower than this, but considering the issue of prices, it should be about the same. But with their current funds, even if they add loans to buy the land, they won't need to do anything else.

  Song Jiang smiled and shook his head, stretching out one finger.

  "A billion?" Ji Xin'an looked at him, somewhat surprised.

  "One million." Song Jiang laughed even more complacently.

  "How much?" Ji Xin'an could hardly believe his ears.

  "When I went to bid for this land, it coincided with the city's plan to support a key project this year. Our project itself is not small in scale and can drive the tourism resources of the entire city. As soon as we proposed it, it immediately caught the attention of the city government. This land was given to us in support of this project, and the one million yuan was just a symbolic payment." Song Jiangliang explained with a smile, looking at Ji Xin'an who didn't dare to believe him.

  Ji Xin'an finally understood after listening, isn't this the preferential treatment for attracting investment? Didn't expect it to be available now. "Didn't expect to have such treatment."

  "I didn't expect it either, but now the problem has been solved and there is sufficient funding to build these projects. It all looks very promising." Song Jiangliang also looked delighted.

  "Yes, with the money in our hands plus the loan, the initial investment is enough. Can we start work immediately?" Ji Xin'an's plan was for several years, but he didn't expect it to start so easily.

  "It's not that simple, we need to find someone to plan and design the whole project first, then go through the bidding process. And I'm so busy, I can barely take a break, I'll just have to hire another manager to oversee everything." Song Jiangliang said to her as he saw how anxious she was.

  "That's your problem, same old story, I'm just responsible for taking the money, I need to go back and focus on my studies." Ji Xin'an still planned to be an absentee boss.

  "This time, not only do you not need to worry about it, but I don't even need to worry about it either. These things are beyond my understanding as well. So all we need to do is find someone who understands management, has the ability and can be trusted to take care of the details. We just need to control the overall direction." Song Jiangliang smiled, this time also getting over his addiction to being a shareholder who doesn't work.

  As for finding people, of course, it has nothing to do with Ji Xin'an anymore, and she went back to being her own good student.

  It wasn't until after the final exams that she remembered this matter again, and was informed by Song Jiangliang that the main project of the mountain villa had started construction. Even if she didn't care about these things, she would have to go take a look.

  Then he took another shareholder, Zou Ze, and went to the suburbs for "inspection".

  "An An, where are you guys taking me? Are we going to have another outdoor picnic?" Looking at the direction Song Jiang Liang was driving, it was exactly the same place they had a memorable picnic that year, which was also the closest time in their relationship.

  "The direction is right, but I don't have time to play romance with you two little kids." Song Jiangliang said while driving and glancing at them.

  Ji Xin'an turned around and said, "You are also a shareholder of our company. We'll take you to see the assets under your name."

  "Didn't I invest all my assets in an entertainment company?" Zou Ze was even more confused by her words.

  "You'll know when you get there." Ji Xin'an smiled and stopped talking.

  When the car arrived at the open space in the suburbs, Zou Ze saw a construction site built on the side of a mountain, surrounded by walls. "Is this what you were talking about? What does it have to do with me?"

  "At this time, all the land here has been bought by us. We plan to develop a resort here and turn it into a tourist destination while protecting the environment. What you see is the main body of the mountain villa, which has just started construction and will be gradually improved. And here, you have a share." Ji Xin'an said with a smile, pointing at the construction site that had just begun work.

  "You... You're really going all out, aren't you? Will anyone even come to a place this far away?" Zou Ze stared at everything in front of him in shock. He thought Ji Xin'an had already made a big deal by setting up the company, but he hadn't expected it to be such a massive project.

  "After this place is built, it's not just about this building, it's just the foundation. People who come here can choose to stay in a five-star villa, or a wooden house on the mountain, or even a tent by the lake. They can catch their own fish, pick their own vegetables and fruits from the field, bring them back to the villa for processing, or do it themselves. There are also various entertainment projects, ensuring that they won't be able to finish everything in just a few days." Ji Xin'an points in that direction as he speaks, as if it's already right in front of him.

  Looking at Ji Xin'an talking eloquently, Zou Ze felt that he was getting further and further away from her. Her beauty no longer had the chance to belong to him. He believed that such a girl would not be easily given up by anyone, and his desire to possess her became more and more impossible to fulfill. He feared that he could only silently watch this beautiful and special girl.

  "What are you looking at?" Ji Xin'an saw that Zou Ze seemed to have ignored her words and was staring at her intently.

  "Oh, you said I was listening." Zou Ze regained his composure and thought that since Ji Xinan already knew he liked her, there was no need to hide anymore. He wouldn't have missed the chance to confess if he hadn't been hiding before, so he continued to look at her calmly.

  "So tell me what I just said?" Ji Xin'an seemed to feel that Zou Ze had undergone some changes, but where exactly he had changed, she couldn't quite put her finger on.

  "Hmm...?" After some thought, "You just want to build a real-life Peach Garden, don't you."

  Ji Xinan was taken aback for a moment. This wasn't just her own innermost thoughts, she didn't think that Zou Ze would see through them.

  "Just go ahead and do it with confidence, that little money of mine is yours to play with, whether you make a profit or lose I'm willing either way." Zou Ze looked at her with trusting eyes, this trust was unconditional.

  "Thank you." Ji Xin'an now doesn't know what else to say apart from this.

  "You two stop chatting and take a look around." Song Jiang interrupted their conversation with a smile.

  Because there was no road ahead, they could only walk past, and the three of them stumbled into the construction site.

  Song Jiang showed the two people the blueprint of the villa after greeting the person in charge.

  The design of the mountain villa was initially in several styles, after several selections and giving up designs such as European castle style, this very Chinese-style, similar to imperial palace style drawing was chosen.

  Ji Xin'an had seen it once before, but that was just a rough draft. This time, seeing the detailed blueprint for the first time, he couldn't help but gaze at it excitedly. As for Zou Ze, who had already been stimulated many times, his eyes were wide with wonder and he didn't move them away from the paper for a long time.

  "Ah, after it's built, can I come live here?" Zou Ze fell in love with the place as soon as he saw it.

  "Of course, when the time comes, let Brother Song reserve a presidential suite for us. If there's nothing going on, we can come and stay for a while." Ji Xin'an smiled, if everyone was in the same mood as Zou Ze at that time, her utopia would be hard not to fire up.

  "How about just leaving one room for you guys?" Song Jiangliang smiled somewhat obscenely.

  "Of course, we're not here every day, staying too long is a waste anyway. We can just switch rooms to save you resources and let you earn more money."

  Zou Ze listened to her words and deliberately distanced himself, his heart full of bitterness. Although he knew it was impossible, he still held onto a glimmer of hope, but that glimmer of hope was so faint.

  "This isn't making money for me, I've figured it out now, I'm just a laborer, you two are the capitalists!" Song Jiangliang said with a smile.

  "It's all hard work!" Ji Xin'an smiled and said, leaving Song Jiangliang speechless.