Rural Farming: My Buildings Can Be Upgraded

Chapter 54: Chapter 53: Inspiration from the Archery Competition

Lin Feng casually accepted the Gourmet Menu quest. He would level up after completing just one more quest.

Mo Yu was also about to level up. The little guy had become the village’s beloved mascot.

[Gourmet Menu: After adding to the Restaurant, you can select eighteen dishes to create a gourmet menu, increasing deliciousness by 20%.]

"So it’s this kind of gourmet menu, not a recipe book!"

Although it was different from what he’d expected, this way offered more freedom. He could choose and pair eighteen dishes based on the situation.

Now that he understood how powerful these attributes were, a 20% increase in deliciousness didn’t seem small at all.

As long as he found a skilled chef, that 20% boost would make the dishes absolutely phenomenal.

Therefore, this Gourmet Menu had to be paired with a skilled chef. He couldn’t just use it casually.

’I’ll have to be very careful when selecting a chef during the next round of hiring.’

"Boss, Boss! There’s a fight at the Medicinal Tea shop!"

Seeing the new employee, Li Ming, running over, Lin Feng asked urgently, "Who’s fighting?"

"The people buying Medicinal Tea are fighting! They’re from the town down the mountain."

When Lin Feng rushed over, he found the people had already been pulled apart. A crowd of tourists was watching the spectacle.

"Zhiming, what happened?"

"These two started fighting over a spot in line."

Lin Feng didn’t understand. It was just one spot. What difference did it make who was first?

Hu Zhiming explained, "Because the Medicinal Tea is limited daily, we now give out numbers to people in line. Once they get a number and pay, they don’t have to wait in line anymore.

The two of them were fighting over the last number and it came to blows."

’That’s actually a pretty good system. It saves tourists the trouble of waiting in line, so they can go enjoy themselves without worrying about missing out on the Medicinal Tea.’

"You son of a bitch, I was here first!"

"You damn whore, if you were here first, why was I the one standing there?"

"..."

The fighting spirit of these two middle-aged women was off the charts. Even while being held back, they were craning their necks to curse at each other.

"Alright! All these tourists are watching. Aren’t you ashamed? If you keep arguing, neither of you will be welcome on this mountain again."

Lin Feng’s arrival instantly quieted them down. They might have been acting like shrews, but they knew perfectly well who was in charge on this mountain.

"I have security footage. We’ll watch it and see whose spot it was."

He had no intention of smoothing things over. He took both women directly to the security room and found the footage from that time.

"See for yourselves. This number didn’t belong to either of you. Someone had to leave in a hurry.

You came first," he said to one, "but you left when you saw there were no more numbers. This lady," he gestured to the other, "saw someone leave and then took the spot."

"But I was here first!"

"Whether you were here first is irrelevant now. You’re just like the tourist who had to leave. If you hadn’t left, the number would have been yours, but you chose to walk away."

The woman still felt wronged, but it was true that she had left. Only then did the person in front leave, and the other woman took the spot.

"Don’t feel so wronged. The number rightfully belonged to that tourist who left. Since they had an emergency, whoever claims the spot next gets it.

Next time something like this happens, find a staff member. Don’t cause a scene on the mountain. All the tourists are watching."

After sending the two women on their way, Lin Feng asked Hu Zhiming, "Are people from the town still buying up Medicinal Tea at high prices?"

"Not only are they buying it, I heard the price they’re paying has gone up. The first people to buy the tea every day are the villagers from down the mountain."

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed. He realized there was no way to stop this. He could only wait for those corporations to realize they couldn’t replicate the Medicinal Tea, and then things would naturally quiet down.

He had just stepped out of the security room when he saw a few people walking toward him.

"Hello there, Mr. Lin. Sun Yannian from the Imperial Capital sent us. We heard about what you’re doing here and came to take a look."

"Hello. What can I do for you?" ’These must be the visitors who were supposed to come today.’

Lin Chaoyan said, "Mr. Lin, we share the same surname. My name is Lin Chaoyan. Your two attractions here are quite good, but there aren’t many activities. Do you need a larger investment?"

"Not at the moment. It’s true that there are few attractions right now, but I’m already working on developing more."

"Mr. Lin, if you ever need anything, feel free to call me. For anything under a billion, I’d only require repayment in Jade Grapes."

Looking at the business card handed to him, he accepted it politely. The man had casually mentioned a billion. He was clearly a man of means.

"I’m Zhou Jun. This is my number. Give me a call next time you’re in the Imperial Capital."

Lin Feng added his number. They exchanged a few more words, and then the men left, leaving Lin Feng completely baffled.

"What did those two come here for?"

Hu Zhiming said, "Maybe they just wanted to meet you and make a friend."

’They definitely came for the Jade Grapes. It’s just strange that they didn’t mention them at all before leaving.’

To his surprise, not long after, another group from the Imperial Capital arrived.

At first, he thought they were with the first two men, but after talking with them, he realized they were a separate group.

These people came with the same objective: to befriend him and inquire about potential investments, without ever mentioning the Jade Grapes.

It was completely different from what he had imagined. The blatant robberies and threats you read about in novels—none of it happened. No one made any harsh remarks, and no one tried to force him to sell Lin Xian Village.

On the contrary, these people were extremely polite and adopted a very humble attitude, which struck him as very strange.

’Looks like there won’t be any story about me acting cool, slapping faces, and bravely fighting off tyrants.’

He was just about to go deal with the vegetable greenhouses when Hu Xia arrived with someone in tow.

"Hello, Boss Lin. I’m Zheng Kang, the president of the Jiangcheng City Archery Club. I’d like to host an archery competition here."

"An archery competition!" Lin Feng’s interest was piqued. "How would you host it?"

Seeing that Lin Feng was interested, Zheng Kang said, "It would be best if Boss Lin could provide a venue for free. If not, I can pay rent.

As for the competition logistics, Boss Lin doesn’t need to worry. This isn’t our first time hosting one; we have a detailed process."

"A free venue is fine, but could you add a tourist division to your competition so visitors can participate too?"

Zheng Kang thought for a moment and said, "That shouldn’t be a problem. If we want tourists to participate, we’ll need to screen them beforehand."

"No problem. Mr. Zheng, you provide the plan, and we’ll handle the promotion and screening of the tourists."

After discussing some details and confirming there were no issues, the two signed a letter of intent.

Once Zheng Kang’s side finalized the plan and set a date for the competition, they could start promoting it.

’This is a great idea for an event! We can learn from this and set up a leaderboard over at the Arrow Tower.

In the future, we could hold an annual archery tournament and invite the people from the top of the leaderboard back to compete.

Oh, and we could also set up some special challenge events. Anyone who completes them could get a special badge.’

Lin Feng suddenly realized that even a single attraction like the Arrow Tower could be developed into all sorts of different tourism projects if he planned it right.

Hu Xia also chimed in, "It’s true. If they hadn’t approached us, we never would have thought of developing an archery competition.

Those projects you mentioned are definitely feasible. We really need to hurry up and find some professionals to help us with the planning."

He, too, was discovering that developing a tourist attraction really did require professional design and planning.