Those ten motorcycles were indeed provided free of charge, and Qinglongwan did not need to pay them any extra money.
Then, in the contract, the Abyss Beach Club used a long paragraph to describe the benefits of deploying 30 sea motorcycles in Qinglongwan, saying that it would increase the experience of tourists visiting Qinglongwan, improve the tourist facilities in Qinglongwan, and increase the number of tourist attractions in Qinglongwan! And so on and so forth.
There's nothing wrong with these.
However, the following words in the contract are very problematic.
Xiang Yang pointed to the bottom line of the first page of the contract and said, "You put a sea motorcycle in our Qinglongwan, you don't pay us a dime of rent, and all the profits generated by the sea motorcycle belong to you?"
"Young man, don't you understand? We are cooperating. Do you know what cooperation is? Cooperation means mutual benefit and win-win." The woman said loudly, "Look at what you have in Qinglongwan now? There is nothing, not even a road to the village. There is nothing on the beach except the beach. There is not even a little entertainment facility. Who would come to travel to your place like this?"
"We will invest in a number of tourist facilities for you and help you turn a poor fishing village into a tourist destination. In the end, you will be the ones who benefit. What have we earned? We earn nothing. Do you know how much each of my sea motorcycles is worth?"
“One hundred thousand!”
"Each of my motorcycles is worth a hundred thousand!"
"Thirty cars means three million. For a poor fishing village like yours, who would be willing to invest three million in you in one go?"
"And then I have to hire people to operate and maintain these motorcycles, and I have to spend a lot of effort to promote them for you. In the end, the tourists who come here will benefit your Yanlong Village, and I will only make a little money from the operation of the motorcycles. That's all, and you still want me to pay you rent?"
"Three million!" The woman held up three fingers and said excitedly, "How long will it take me to get my money back? And what about you? You sit back and enjoy the benefits, not only earning tourists, but also collecting rent from us? Is there anyone who cooperates like you?"
"I put so much effort and invested so much, but in the end I didn't even get my money back, and you guys made a fortune?"
Xiang Yang was too lazy to argue with this woman.
Because no matter whether he won or lost the argument, Xiang Yang would never give the Haimoto business to anyone else.
The profits of Haimoto are much greater than most people imagine.
Xiang Yang turned to the second page of the contract and continued expressionlessly: "In the next seventy years, the entire Qinglongwan, including the villagers of Yanlong Village, are not allowed to operate and release sea motorcycles?"
"Yes, because I think that our company is enough for HiMoto. If there are more, it will cause unnecessary market competition, and everyone will suffer in the end." The woman stroked her hair and smiled. She was secretly happy that Xiang Yang did not argue with him after he finished speaking, which proved that Xiang Yang was just a relative of Village Chief Zuo and a country bumpkin in essence, as she guessed.
Xiang Yang continued to read the next sentence: "Yanlong Village and any third party are not allowed to add or operate commercial marine entertainment activities in the Qinglongwan waters within 70 years."
Seeing that Xiang Yang did not make any excuses, the woman finally smiled. "Brother, we have invested more than three million in the early stage, and there will be various investments including advertising in the later stage. How can such a huge amount of money be recovered by the Hai Motorcycle project alone? We help you promote Qinglongwan and let you make a lot of money. We have to make some money ourselves, right? This Hai Motorcycle is purely for word of mouth. We are purely losing money and not making any money. Since it is a cooperation, after the word of mouth is built, while you make a lot of money, shouldn’t we also invest in some profitable projects to make some money?"
"Actually, making money is secondary. The main thing is that we were the ones who started the water project at Qinglongwan. We are most familiar with it. It will be more convenient to manage if we do everything." The curly-haired young man interrupted at this time.
The woman immediately said, "Yes, in fact, all offshore projects require huge investments, and it is impossible to recover the investment in decades. The reason we do this is really not to make money, but mainly to maintain our reputation and facilitate unified management."
The two of them sang in unison, saying it was all for your own good.
Xiang Yang pointed to the next clause in the contract and said, "Yes, offshore projects require large investments and are not profitable, so you have set your sights on the beach. From now on, the beach from the entrance of Yanlong Village to the Reef Fortress will all become the private beach of your Abyss Beach Club. No one, including the villagers of our Yanlong Village, is allowed to go to the beach without your permission."
"Young man, how can you talk like that?" The woman pretended to be angry and said, "Isn't it for the common interests of all of us? Managing the beach is our specialty. If you let us manage the beach, it will be convenient for us to manage and save management costs. We can also better select customers and increase the flow of people as soon as possible. As long as there is flow of people, what does a beach mean? When the time comes, you will have endless tourists in Yanlong Village. You can just open a small store and do some small business. I guarantee that it is not a dream for you to earn over ten thousand yuan a month."
Xiang Yang was so angry that he laughed at the woman's words, "What a good plan, you put in 30 sea motorcycles, and the sea motorcycles are still yours, without spending a penny, you want to take over the entire coastline of our Yanlong Village, plus a whole beach. You don't spend a penny to develop it, but the people of our Yanlong Village don't even get your consent and are not allowed to go to the beach."
"What do you mean?" The woman's face suddenly changed. She looked at Xiang Yang with a sullen look, "You can't be too greedy. We spent so much money and effort to help you promote this poor coastline, turning you from a backward fishing village into an economically prosperous area, so that all your villagers will benefit. What else do you want?"
The woman turned her head and looked at Village Chief Zuo. "Village Chief Zuo, please take good care of your nephew. My patience is limited. Do you want to continue to make your entire village live a hard life of fishing for a living, or do you want to follow me and let your entire village live a good life? You make your own decision."
The curly-haired young man smiled and held up three fingers. "Three million! Who else but our Manager Liao would be willing to invest three million in a shabby place like yours? This kind of opportunity is rare. If you miss it, you'll never have it again."
"Village Chief Zuo, as the village chief, even if you don't consider yourself, you have to consider so many people in the village, right?"