Chapter 49: Expanding the Base

  My collection is almost 6,000 now, hope those fellow villagers who haven't collected yet can collect some, thank you!

  Back to school for three days, Duan Yue's surface has returned to that of an ordinary student. Every day, he attends classes on time, eats with Tang Liu'er, and studies in the library at night. The only difference is that he gets up very early every day, runs to a small forest by the side of Xiang Si Lake to practice "Lian Ti Fist", and continues to use his water-milling skills to slowly break through the bottleneck of the third layer of "Lian Ti Fist".

  In fact, Duan Yue communicates with He Yuanzheng every day, paying attention to the progress of booth rental at the exhibition and putting forward his own requirements.

  As for Yang Feng, he didn't know what reason, and didn't come to find Duan Lei trouble, nor did he come to entangle Tang Lian'er, which made Duan Lei feel puzzled at the same time, but also felt much more relaxed.

  After all, who would like to have a fly buzzing around their own body?

  Three days later, He Yuanzheng finally rented a huge booth of nearly 1,000 square meters in the name of "Green Source Gardening Company" at the exhibition. Although the location was a bit remote, Duan Lei felt very satisfied after going to check on site. The monthly rent was as high as 50,000 yuan, which made Duan Lei feel painful, but he still thought it was worth it.

  "Stone, take a look at what kind of cooperative model we should adopt?" He Yuanzheng raised the most central issue as he walked out of the exhibition hall.

  In this day and age, when it comes to personal interests, if things are not handled properly, even brothers can become sworn enemies. Therefore, He Yuan would rather speak the ugly words upfront than have both parties end up unhappy afterwards.

  "Second brother, do you think this will work?" Duan Lei also knew that it was best to make things clear from the start, so as not to have any misunderstandings later on. He nodded and said: "I haven't registered a company yet, so for now I'll buy a batch of small-leafed betel nuts at market price in my own name, cultivate them, and then give them to you to sell on consignment. You can take 10% of the sales revenue as your commission..."

  Duan Yue had just finished speaking when He Yuanzheng began to calculate in his heart!

  A small-leafed Bodhi tree with a diameter of one centimeter, He Yuanzheng's profit is about 5 yuan. If Duan Lei's technology can attract the attention of exhibitors and the number of orders is not small, this is not a small amount. Adding 10% of the sales amount, He Yuanzheng estimates that he can get a total of 10 yuan per tree. All he needs to do is show up and help Duan Lei handle some things, and this business will be profitable. Moreover, Duan Lei has already paid for the exhibition booth fee, so for He Yuanzheng, this is a risk-free business.

  "It's settled then, let's sign the contract later!" Without much consideration, He Yuanzheng quickly agreed to Duan Lei's plan.

  For someone like He Yuanzheng from Haicheng, the spirit of contract has long been integrated into their lives. Whether they are meticulous or follow rules, once it involves business, people from Haicheng have always been this way.

  He Yuancheng can unhesitatingly hand over the small black worth hundreds of thousands to Duan Lei, which is a manifestation of friendship and trust. Now that we talk about business, it also reflects the contractual spirit of Haicheng people.

  For over a hundred years, Haicheng has adhered to the concept of "inclusiveness" and perfectly combined the local traditional credit system with the Western contractual spirit, which is also one of the charms of Haicheng.

  The details of the exhibition hall rental and the supply and sales of small leaf figs have been initially settled, and Duan Lei's next main task is to cultivate 'pollution-resistant figs' on a large scale.

  To keep the secret of the swallowing grass cultivation solution, Duan Lei did not choose to cultivate 'pollution willow' in He Yuanzheng's garden, but instead put the main cultivation site on the wasteland behind the laboratory.

  These wastelands originally belonged to the villagers of Cai Village, but in recent years, due to severe pollution in Cai Village, the income from planting things was not enough to cover costs, so they were abandoned. Duan Lei took a liking to these abandoned fields and ponds, hoping to transform them into a breeding base for 'pollution-tolerant' plants.

  Duan Lei, who had been living in Cai Village for some time, naturally knew that these wastelands would be rented to him with pleasure by the villagers as long as he opened his mouth.

  However, with the large-scale cultivation of 'Jiezhu', safety issues have been repeatedly raised.

  Duan Yue didn't have enough experience after all, and there were many things he hadn't thought of. Fortunately, he had an extremely capable biological brain by his side that could provide him with strategies and fill in the gaps.

  With the magical ability of 'Pollution-absorbing Fig', once it is exhibited at the exhibition, it will definitely attract the attention of various research institutions, companies and environmental protection organizations from all over the world. They will then focus their attention on its inventor. Similarly, as the main place for cultivating 'Pollution-absorbing Fig', the laboratory will also become a key target for many people to pay attention to, so safety issues are put on the agenda.

  "What should I do?" Duan Lei had no experience with this and could only ask Dingding for help.

  "Let's lease all of this land, over 100 mu, and build a secure base!" Ding Ding didn't hesitate at all, saying directly: "The current lab and cultivation area are really too small, they can no longer meet the requirements for rapid development, we have to expand!"

  After listening to the advice, Duan Yue had no choice but to find Huang Jingcai again and ask him to help rent out all the wasteland, ponds, etc. around the laboratory, which immediately spent another tens of thousands of yuan from Duan Yue's funds.

  Duan Lei can no longer return to his ordinary life at Xiaofu Ji'an. Once 'Zhi Wu Cong' makes its debut at the exhibition, Duan Lei will immediately become a public figure in the spotlight. He can only move forward step by step under Dingding's guidance and can never turn back.

  After renting out the land around the laboratory, Duan Yue needs to find someone to flatten the land, build a black awning, and purchase and install irrigation equipment. All this work needs to be completed in a short period of time so as not to affect the plan for the exhibition.

  The opening time of the exhibition is January 18th, and Duan Lei must at least get the whole base into shape before New Year's Day, and then start cultivating 'pollution-fighting mulberry'. Now it's already mid-December, so there isn't much time left for Duan Lei. Moreover, Duan Lei occasionally has to run back to school to take final exams, both sides are busy to death, Duan Lei wishes he could have a split body, otherwise, 48 hours a day would be barely enough.

  Of course, these tasks can only be considered small problems. As long as there is money to spend, a simple breeding base should be able to be built in a very short period of time and will not bring too much trouble to Duan Lei.

  The most critical issue now is what the so-called base security system looks like. Dingding seems to be confident, but Duanlei, who has no experience, is also a bit worried after curiosity!

  All we can do is wait with bated breath!