Chapter 397: Experimental Base

Sun Changqing had an exceptional relationship with Old Hu, and he let Chen Yang invest in Jiangmen Town, which was about to be reorganized from a town to a district; this was actually a roundabout way of giving Chen Yang a big gift.

Because before its administrative status is raised, the land price in Jiangmen Town will definitely be cheap. Chen Yang just needs to follow Sun Changqing's advice and casually take a few plots; even if he doesn't develop them, he can simply wait for their value to double.

However, Chen Yang did not want to accept this gift.

Because his memories of his previous life told him that the real estate industry is not as glorious as people imagine. Those real estate moguls who once enjoyed smooth sailing rarely end well.

Most importantly, Chen Yang only needs to seize a few major opportunities in the stock market to easily boost his total assets; he has no need to wade into the murky waters of real estate.

Shen Anna worried that Sun Changqing would give Chen Yang trouble, but that was overthinking. As long as Chen Yang's marriage to Lin Wei is solid, given the relationship between the Hu and Sun families, the other side would hardly move against him.

Moreover, Chen Yang was helping Sun Changqing's future daughter-in-law Pan Ruoyun at the Reform Province Automobile Manufacturing Plant; out of gratitude for this favor, the other side would unlikely cause him trouble.

Two days later, Sun Changqing, together with several city leaders, inspected the office building of the Ordinary People's Agricultural Products Trading Company and personally tried shopping on the e-commerce platform. He praised the shopping experience on the platform without reservation.

When interviewed by East River Television and Xingcheng Television, he highly praised the Ordinary People's Agricultural Products Trading Company for daring to invest heavily in agricultural development and for its enthusiastic service to agriculture.

After the inspection ended, Shen Anna's worried heart finally settled completely.

At the same time, Chen Yang was again summoned back to Qingshui City by Lin Wei. The reason was that the vegetable greenhouse promotion plan in Double Phoenix Town was not going well; a large portion of people feared their investments would be lost, so they refused to join the plan.

When Chen Yang drove to Double Phoenix Town, he couldn't help but be shocked by the scene before him. He had expected to see a bustling construction site, with workers shuttling between bases on both sides of the road, enthusiastically erecting frames; however, the reality was completely different from his imagination.

The construction sites of the bases on both sides of the road were unusually deserted, with only a few people slowly building the greenhouses. These people appeared listless, seemingly lacking enthusiasm and motivation for work.

If development continued at this pace, the vegetable greenhouse base in Jiangmen Town would likely enter mass production, while Double Phoenix Town would still be under construction.

Carrying this concern, Chen Yang came to the Double Phoenix Town Government Office.

Lin Wei and Hu Tianyu were inside discussing how to increase the people's enthusiasm for working hard to get rich; seeing Chen Yang arrive, she immediately began to complain: 'Husband, the people here are too stubborn. I've broken down the benefits of building greenhouses and explained them to them, I've talked until my mouth is dry, but there's still no effect!'

Chen Yang first greeted Hu Tianyu, then gave his opinion: 'Husband, nothing should be rushed. Rural people basically have little experience and are not easily accepting of new things. To convince them, we must first let everyone know that this industry indeed makes money, and even more than before. Only when people are moved will they take action.'

Lin Wei sighed and said worriedly: 'By the time they realize that growing vegetable greenhouses is profitable, everyone else will know too—what profit will be left?'

Chen Yang thought for a moment, then said: 'Wife, Secretary Hu, you can first gather those willing to participate in this plan together for a meeting, letting them jointly undertake a project.'

After the project succeeds, they can be dispersed. Then, whether they develop freely or drive collective development, they can serve as a model.

With these role models leading by example, it will definitely be better than you going door-to-door doing ideological work.

Lin Wei strongly agreed with Chen Yang's idea, looking at Hu Tianyu and saying: 'Secretary Hu, what do you think of my husband's suggestion?'

Hu Tianyu had no ideas of his own; his only thought was to cling to Chen Yang's thigh.

'I think we can give it a try. However, the scale of this initial cooperative base should be made a bit larger; we must not let our problems delay the future sales plan of the Ordinary People's Agricultural Products Trading Company.'

Chen Yang immediately saw through Hu Tianyu's little calculation, but didn't expose it. Instead, he went along with his words and said: 'Since we want to make it bigger, I suggest directly building a thousand-mu base. Let them have a remote showdown with Jiangmen Town in Xingcheng to see whose greenhouse technology is better!'

Upon hearing Chen Yang say right away that he wanted a thousand-mu greenhouse base, Hu Tianyu got so excited he almost jumped up. He firmly shook Chen Yang's hand: 'President Chen, thank you for supporting our work!'

'Secretary Hu, you're being too polite!' Chen Yang waved his hand. He supports Lin Wei; as long as it brings her benefits, he would be willing to invest not just in a thousand-mu greenhouse base, but even ten times that.

Of course, as the town Party Committee Secretary, Hu Tianyu will be the biggest beneficiary of this plan no matter how Chen Yang operates.

If the Double Phoenix Town vegetable greenhouse plan goes smoothly, Lin Wei's town mayor position might not yet be secured before Hu Tianyu already gets promoted.

With Chen Yang's suggestion, Lin Wei and Hu Tianyu again convened the heads of relevant departments and the farmers supporting the vegetable greenhouse plan for a meeting.

They finally decided to first build a thousand-mu vegetable greenhouse experimental base; after the base's experiment succeeds, they will promote it to other places in the town.

During a break in their meeting, Chen Yang called Shen Anna and asked her to provide funds for this collective's greenhouse base in Double Wind Town.

Since it's an experiment, it's best for him to fully fund it, so those supporting Lin Wei's plan have no worries.

Once Chen Yang's funds were in place, the spirit of the new base's construction site changed immediately. Everyone was talking and laughing, working with vigor; even those who originally opposed the plan began to come over, intentionally or unintentionally, to inquire about the base's situation.

Upon receiving the news, the County Committee Secretary of Eastyang County, Gong Wen, specially came to the base's construction site for a visit. After the visit, he expressed praise for Hu Tianyu and Lin Wei's recent work performance.

With the County Committee Secretary's affirmation, those who originally had low hopes for the vegetable greenhouse plan finally began to waver.

Thus, Lin Wei and Hu Tianyu's work became busy again.

To help the farmers of Double Phoenix Town quickly get up to speed, Chen Yang also paid to bring in the agricultural expert who gives lectures at the Clearwater County Vegetable Greenhouse Base, focusing on having them popularize various basic knowledge of vegetable greenhouses for everyone.

Everything was moving toward the better side.