Chapter 681 I was dumbfounded

Chapter 681 I was dumbfounded

Qi Tongwei and Hou Liangping were extremely anxious and ran around looking for solutions. Qi Tongwei went to the county government many times to report the village's planning and financial difficulties to the relevant departments in detail. After much persuasion, he finally won some special support funds. At the same time, he mobilized the village's local celebrities and successful people outside to donate money to expand funding channels. Hou Liangping urgently contacted agricultural experts and organized the villagers to carry out pest control work. They sprayed pesticides and set up insect nets in the fields day and night. After a hard battle, they finally controlled the disaster.

As time went by, the village's eco-tourism project began to bear fruit. The "sea of ​​flowers in the countryside" attracted a large number of tourists from surrounding cities to visit and play, and the farmhouses were often full, and the villagers' income increased significantly. In terms of agricultural planting, new crops also had a good harvest, and buyers arrived as promised and purchased agricultural products at high prices. Young people saw hope and became more motivated; the elderly also tasted the sweetness and praised the new plan.

As the development of the village is on track, under the surface prosperity, undercurrents are quietly surging. At first, everything was like a new seedling growing vigorously under the warm spring sun, full of hope. The continued popularity of eco-tourism projects has filled the village with laughter and joy. The proprietresses of farmhouses are busy all day, counting money every day, with brighter smiles on their faces; in the fields, new crops have become sought-after "gold nuggets" under the favor of buyers, and the old people sit by the grain pile, talking about the joy of the harvest, their eyes full of longing for the future.

Qi Tongwei and Hou Liangping watched this scene, feeling both relieved and not slacking off. However, problems always pop up inadvertently. That day, a few strangers who claimed to be "agricultural industry upgrading consultants" suddenly came to the village. They were dressed in suits and leather shoes, holding seemingly professional materials, and lobbying around the village. These people told the villagers that there is now a "high-tech" flower planting project that is not only highly ornamental, but also has a yield several times higher than existing crops such as sunflowers. As long as the villagers invest money, they can just sit back and wait to collect the money next year.

Some young people were excited when they heard this. They were already full of curiosity and desire for new things, and they gathered around these strangers, their eyes flashing with eagerness to try. The young leader, Wang Qiang, found Qi Tongwei and said eagerly: "Secretary Qi, we are now planting these ordinary flowers and crops, although we can make money, but compared with this high-tech project, it is simply a drop in the bucket. This is a good opportunity to get rich quickly, we must seize it!"

Qi Tongwei frowned, feeling uneasy. He looked at Wang Qiang's anxious look and patiently explained, "Qiangzi, this matter is not that simple. These people have unknown origins, and we haven't conducted in-depth research on the so-called high-tech project. If there is any risk, the money invested will be wasted. We are finally on the right track, and it is best to proceed step by step."

Wang Qiang disagreed and retorted: "Secretary Qi, you are too conservative. What era is it now? How can we get big returns without taking risks? Look at our previous eco-tourism, didn't we also make bold attempts to achieve today's results?"

At the same time, Hou Liangping also heard similar discussions when he visited farmers. He hurried to find Qi Tongwei. When the two met, they could tell each other's concerns from each other's serious expressions before they even opened their mouths. Hou Liangping said worriedly, "Tongwei, something is wrong. These people showed up too suddenly, and I learned from the side that the so-called technical information they provided was full of loopholes and it might be a scam."

Qi Tongwei nodded in agreement: "I think so too, but young people are so overwhelmed that they won't listen to advice. We have to think of a way to prevent everyone's hard-earned money from going to waste."

While the two were discussing countermeasures, public opinion in the village had intensified. There were also differences between the young people who supported the planting of "high-tech" flowers and the elderly who insisted on traditional planting and consolidating existing achievements. The elderly felt that the young people were "messing around", giving up their stable lives and taking risks to do unreliable things; the young people thought that the elderly had "outdated ideas" and could not keep up with the pace of development. The originally harmonious atmosphere of the village suddenly became tense again.

At a village meeting, the conflict broke out. Wang Qiang, as a representative of the young people, took the lead in speaking: "Fellow villagers, we cannot be satisfied with the status quo and must pursue higher profits. This high-tech flower planting is our next opportunity. As long as everyone works together and pools funds, we will definitely create greater wealth."

As soon as he finished speaking, Uncle Zhang stood up in anger, knocking his cane on the ground loudly: "What do you know, kid? We farmers value being down-to-earth. Can those fancy things be reliable? If we lose money, not only will we have worked in vain this year, but how will we live in the future?"

The two sides argued back and forth, neither side gave in, and the noise of quarrels continued. Qi Tongwei and Hou Liangping stood on the stage, trying their best to calm everyone down, but the villagers were so overwhelmed by their own thoughts that they simply could not listen to their advice.

After the meeting, Qi Tongwei and Hou Liangping sat in the village committee office, looking tired and speechless. After a long while, Qi Tongwei sighed: "Liangping, why do I feel like we are back to square one? Why are there so many twists and turns on this road of development?"

Hou Liangping rubbed his temples and said firmly: "Tongwei, the more difficult the time is, the more we cannot give up. Since the villagers won't listen to our advice, let's use facts to speak for themselves."

In the following days, Qi Tongwei and Hou Liangping split up. Hou Liangping decided to personally investigate the background of these "agricultural industry upgrading consultants". He traveled around, contacted agricultural departments and industrial and commercial institutions in various places, consulted a lot of information, and after a difficult tracking, he finally found out that there was an illegal pyramid scheme behind these people, and the so-called "high-tech" flower planting project was just a cover for them to defraud funds.

Qi Tongwei stayed in the village and led some rational villagers to carefully plant crops such as sunflowers in a test field according to traditional methods. At the same time, he strengthened the refined management of existing eco-tourism projects, improved service quality, and increased tourists' satisfaction and return rate. He shuttled between the fields and scenic spots every day, teaching the villagers how to manage the fields and how to improve the quality of the dishes in the farmhouses.

When Hou Liangping returned to the village with conclusive evidence, those young people who supported the cultivation of "high-tech" flowers were dumbfounded.