Xiang Yang nodded. He could accept this reason.
In fact, there is nothing we can do even if we don't accept it. Li Chao is right. With so much money invested in planning a tourist area, its radiation range cannot be limited to such a small place as Yanlong Village.
At this time, Xiang Yang saw a very dry fishing net in the corner of the room.
Xiang Yang immediately asked in confusion: "Xiaohui, why is the fishing net upstairs?"
Xiang Hui raised his head and said, "Few people use this kind of small fishing net now. This fishing net is new. I was afraid that it would rot if I threw it in the pile of groceries downstairs, so I brought it upstairs."
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean? Don't the villagers fish anymore?"
"Of course we catch fish, but not many people use this kind of hand-cast fishing net anymore. This kind of net is only used by young people in the village when they occasionally go out to the sea, just for fun." Xiang Hui said.
Xiang Yang nodded. Going to the sea was indeed not a way to make a living as the income was too low.
In addition, Xiang Yang could get another piece of news from Xiang Hui's words. The villagers are now accustomed to using trawl nets to fish. He just doesn't know whether they are trawled by small fishing boats with engines, or the villagers have cooperated to buy fishing boats that can really go out to sea, or both.
"Do you often go fishing?" Xiang Yang asked.
Xiang Hui shook his head and said, "I only catch some clams occasionally to eat myself."
Razor clams are a very common marine shellfish, and they taste very good when fried with chili peppers.
Just then, there was a noise downstairs and a knock on the door.
Xiang Yang walked to the balcony curiously and saw a group of villagers, led by Village Chief Zuo, standing downstairs of Xiang Yang's house.
"Uncle Zuo, Uncle Yu, Uncle Fang, why are you all here?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
“Didn’t I hear that you were back? Hey, you didn’t even say hello when you came back. I must have run into that kid Fang Youqun on the road, otherwise I wouldn’t have known about you.” Village Chief Zuo said with a smile.
Now, the villagers have all moved to the side of the road, separated from the beach by a green belt and a beach. If not for going out to the sea, few people would go to the beach.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Isn't there no signal for mobile phones at sea? Even my family members don't know I'm back."
As he spoke, Xiang Yang suddenly slapped his head and said, "Uncle Zuo, wait a moment, I'll be down to open the door."
Soon, Xiang Yang ran downstairs, opened the door, and asked, "Uncle Zuo, what do you want to do with me?"
Village Chief Zuo deliberately asked, "Why, can't I come to your place if nothing happens?"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "You never come to the temple for no reason."
Xiang Yang exchanged pleasantries with his fellow villagers for a while before getting down to business.
"Xiang Yang, how much did you gain from this trip?" asked Village Chief Zuo.
Xiang Yang pondered for a moment. His transaction with Li Chao and Zhang Qicheng was conducted in public. Many people on the ship saw it. Even if he didn't say anything, the news couldn't be concealed. So Xiang Yang said openly, "The harvest is better than I thought."
"How much did it sell for in total?" asked Village Chief Zuo.
"Forty million." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"What? So many?" Village Chief Zuo exclaimed.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I will hold a celebration banquet tonight, and everyone can come to my house for dinner then."
"There's no rush to eat. I came to you this time because I have something urgent to tell you." said Village Chief Zuo.
"Oh?" Xiang Yang looked at Village Chief Zuo in confusion.
Village Chief Zuo looked at Li Chao and others behind Xiang Yang.
Li Chao smiled cheerfully, "Let me tell you something. I built a building next to the Binhai Hotel. I wanted to turn it into a department store, but your village chief disagreed and insisted that we discuss this matter after you come back."
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, and his expression changed instantly, "Department store? Why didn't I know about this?"
Li Chao shrugged, "When we were building the Binhai Hotel, the foundation was large enough. The hotel didn't need such a large piece of land, so when we were designing it, I built a building like this."
"Besides, shopping in Qinglongwan is not very convenient, so it would be nice to have a department store, right?" Li Chao said with a smile.
Xiang Yang's face looked a little grim. "Has it been built?"
Li Chao nodded.
"What do you think of this department store?" Xiang Yang asked.
Li Chao thought for a moment and said: The whole department store has seven floors in total. "The first floor is the best location, so it will naturally be used to sell souvenirs. I plan to rent out the second and third floors. The fourth and fifth floors are your land investments, so you can arrange the fourth floor. All the profits from this floor are yours, but you are not allowed to run a restaurant. The fifth floor belongs to your village collective, so I will arrange the specific business layout. I will take 30% of the profits as management fees, and the rest will be divided equally among the people in your village. I will run my own business on the sixth floor, and build a large cinema and some fun projects for children on the seventh floor."
Xiang Yang almost laughed out of anger when he heard this. "Boss Li, your calculations are too good. I gave you a piece of land to build a restaurant, but you even built a department store. I am one of the shareholders of the hotel, but I didn't even know you were going to build a department store before this."
Li Chao shrugged his shoulders. "But isn't the result good? Everyone makes money. When you think about it, you're the one who makes the most money. You just got a floor of a department store for nothing."
"This is not the same thing. You know, I plan to build a commercial district in Yanlong Village." Xiang Yang said in a deep voice.
"This commercial district can no longer be developed. Once the tourism plan for Dragon City is implemented, your commercial district plan will be scrapped. Except for my department store that has already been built, no shops will be allowed to be built near the beach."
“If I don’t build this department store, in the end, none of us, including you and I, will be able to get our hands on those goods,” Li Chao said seriously.
"Mr. Li is right. Now it's not just us who are planning to develop Qinglongwan into a tourist area. It's Longcheng who is planning to do it. Have you ever seen a tourist area that allows private businesses to be opened within the area?" Zhang Qicheng also said in a deep voice.
Private tourism development and locally planned tourist areas are two different concepts.
Like those privately built amusement parks, there are shops everywhere.
Locally planned tourist areas are different. Generally, there are no business activities in the entire tourist area. Instead, large commercial areas are planned not far from the tourist area to drive the commodity economy through tourism.
Xiang Yang pondered for a moment, then asked, "Where is the commercial district closest to Qinglongwan planned in Longcheng?"
"This is the street where we live now. All the buildings on this street are accommodation on the upper floors and shops on the lower floors. It can be considered a special commercial street." Village Chief Zuo said.