Free Web NovelChapter 207: Chapter 207: Where to Get Twenty Million?
Now, Zhao Youquan had become the rat that everyone in the village wanted to cross the street to avoid, despised by all, regardless of gender, age, or status.
"Such good news, I ought to use the village broadcast to let everyone know, so they all get the chance and don’t miss out on this opportunity,"
said the village accountant as he approached Wang Hao.
The village accountant had always worked under the oppressive Zhao Youquan and, being from outside the village, was never truly regarded by Zhao Youquan.
The accountant, surnamed Yang, was actually a decent person, honest and upright, which was why he had put up with Zhao Youquan’s bullying for years without daring to speak out.
"That works. Thank you for your troubles, Accountant Yang!"
Wang Hao thanked him with a smile.
"Yang Aimin, how dare you go against me? Do you not want your job anymore?"
Zhao Youquan burst out the moment he saw Yang Aimin siding with Wang Hao and giving him advice.
"You’ve got some nerve!"
After being oppressed by Zhao Youquan for so many years, learning that Zhao Youquan intended to prevent the entire Chen Village’s development was something Yang Aimin could no longer tolerate, so he rebuked him angrily.
"You’re not fit to be the village chief anymore, so stop hogging the position if you’re not going to do your business!"
Zhao Youquan was stunned by the response, never expecting that the village accountant, who had worked under him for years without ever raising his voice, would now dare to scold him.
"Good, very good!"
Zhao Youquan was seething with anger at the sight of Wang Hao gaining so much support, but he was at a loss for how to recover the situation, resorting to cursing Yang Aimin.
"Yang, you just wait. An outsider like you dares to challenge me? Just wait and see how I deal with you!"
This time, Yang Aimin was no longer afraid of him. He simply sneered without saying a word and headed straight to the village department.
"Wang Hao, if you manage to get that greenhouse project up and running, I’ll take your last name!"
The contemptuous glances from the surrounding villagers made it impossible for Zhao Youquan to stay any longer, so he spat out a fierce threat and scurried away in defeat.
Wang Hao didn’t take Zhao Youquan’s words to heart because he was no longer the naive little farmer he once was. If Zhao Youquan dared to cause trouble again, Wang Hao was determined not to let him get away with it.
With everything that Wang Hao had stirred up, Chen Village was now in an uproar.
Everyone knew there was money to be made with Wang Hao, so who would go against money?
No sooner had Yang Aimin used the broadcast to send out the notice than Su Zhenping’s home was overflowing with people. The villagers had rushed over after hearing the broadcast.
In less than two hours, the entire village had leased their land to Wang Hao. freewebnσvel.cøm
Once all was tallied up, Wang Hao and Su Zhenping looked over the list and began to fret; Chen Village might not be large, but it still had around a hundred households.
All together, there were probably close to a thousand acres of land.
Just the rental fees alone amounted to more than ten million, not to mention the cost of constructing the greenhouses, which would likely total twenty million. Where would they find so much money?
Currently, Wang Hao only had around five million on hand, which was far from enough even for the rental fees alone.
"What are we going to do now!"
Even Su Zhenping was stunned after doing the math. They had enough land now but where would the money come from?
"Why worry so much? There will be a way out when we get to the mountain; let’s take things one step at a time!"
Money wasn’t what Wang Hao was most worried about at the moment. He was more concerned about how to manage so much land in the future.
"Your heart is really big. I’d like to see where you’ll find twenty million."
Given the vast amount of land this time, even Su Zhenping was not very confident in Wang Hao.
Suddenly, Su Zhenping seemed to realize something and glared at Wang Hao, saying,
"I’m warning you, don’t even think about touching the Blood Ganoderma. Otherwise, I’ll fight you with my life!"
"Uncle Su, rest assured! I wouldn’t dream of touching the Blood Ganoderma,"
Wang Hao replied, a bit annoyed, giving Su Zhenping a sideways glance.
In fact, it wouldn’t be difficult for Wang Hao to come up with twenty million. Just considering the items in the Shen Nong ancient tomb, casually taking out two of them would easily amount to tens of millions, and people would clamor to pay even higher prices for them.
But all these were the possessions of someone else’s ancestors, and Wang Hao would absolutely not trade the items inside for money unless it was absolutely necessary.
"I think you’re not harboring good intentions. I have to go up the mountain myself to check, to prevent you from secretly selling the Blood Ganoderma!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Zhenping took his tools and went up the mountain.
Since Wang Hao had already agreed to rent the land from the villagers, he would definitely keep his promise and treat them fairly.
However, he urgently needed twenty million to pay the villagers’ rent, otherwise, how could the villagers be at ease?
But under the current circumstances, except for the antiques in the ancient tomb and the Blood Ganoderma, there really was no other good way to get the twenty million in a short period of time.
It was at this moment that Wang Hao thought of the beast skin he had brought out of the ancient tomb before.
At that time, he had only taken out a piece of it, and that Uncle Wen was willing to offer six million for it. If he had the complete piece, it would probably be no problem to get sixty million for it.
This was also an opportunity, but now there was another problem, which was that Wang Hao had not yet translated all the text on the beast skin.
Wang Hao felt that something buried with Shen Nong himself, accompanying his coffin, must not be a common copy of "Shennong Herbal Medicine."
With this thought, Wang Hao took out the phone number Uncle Wen had left him from his bag and dialed it directly.
"Hello, who is this?"
Uncle Wen’s voice came from the phone, low and seeming not very happy.
"Uncle Wen, hello, this is Wang Hao. Do you remember me?"
Wang Hao heard from Uncle Wen’s tone that something seemed off, so he asked cautiously.
"Wang Hao?"
Uncle Wen thought for a moment, then, eyes lighting up, he said with a laugh.
"Are you the Wang Hao who sold me the beast skin? Hello, hello! I, Uncle Wen, have been looking forward to your call every day, how come you only thought to call me now?"
"I’ve been a bit busy lately, so I didn’t dare to disturb you!"
Wang Hao politely replied.
"I see, no problem, no problem! You must have something important for contacting me this time, I bet it has to do with the beast skin, just go ahead!"
Uncle Wen was very straightforward and didn’t put on airs with Wang Hao.
Of course, Uncle Wen roughly guessed the purpose of Wang Hao’s call and had his own plans.
"Uncle Wen, I’ve found another piece of beast skin and wanted to ask for your help to look over the text on it," said Wang Hao, unable to tell the truth outright, instead finding an excuse.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Wen’s body trembled with excitement, thinking that this was exactly what he had been waiting for Wang Hao to say.
"Really? Where are you now? I can send someone to pick you up right away!"
Uncle Wen was somewhat impatient to see the piece.
Last time, Wang Hao said he had found the piece of beast skin accidentally while working in the fields, something which Uncle Wen didn’t believe at all. But since Wang Hao didn’t want to reveal it, Uncle Wen was too lazy to call him out on it.
At that moment, Uncle Wen had determined that Wang Hao definitely had more beast skin, so he had been waiting for Wang Hao’s call.
This time Wang Hao took the initiative to find him and even asked him to help look at another piece of beast skin, which naturally filled him with great joy.
Wang Hao wasn’t foolish, either. Since Uncle Wen could casually offer sixty million for the beast skin he had, he must not be a simple man.
To protect the remaining beast skin he had, he naturally couldn’t give his address to Uncle Wen, so he made an excuse.
"My place is too remote, your people won’t be familiar with it and certainly won’t be able to find it. I think it’s better if you name a place, and I’ll just take a taxi there!"
"All right, come to the Peninsula International Hotel then, I can send someone to meet you at the entrance, that should be fine!" Uncle Wen laughed.
He understood that Wang Hao was deliberately not revealing his address. To think that Wang Hao, at his young age, was so cautious in his dealings, Uncle Wen instantly felt an increased respect for him.
However, Wang Hao had some misunderstandings about Uncle Wen. Uncle Wen only wanted to get the beast skin, and taking drastic measures to snatch others’ treasures, which could damage his reputation, was something he would never do.
After hanging up the phone, Wang Hao changed his clothes and prepared to leave...
