"That's good. My suggestion is that we don't turn it into a scenic area. No paradise on earth can withstand the gradual destruction caused by tens of thousands of tourists." Jiang Siming's tone relaxed.
Sun Zheng said bitterly, "But if we don't develop it as a scenic area, Nantian's resources will remain stuck at the poverty level. Nantian has no minerals, and its geographic location isn't advantageous either. It'll be difficult to achieve major development."
Sun Zheng meant well. He wanted to drive the economic development of the entire town.
Jiang Siming smiled and said, "Secretary Sun doesn't need to worry about that. Starting next year, I'll move all the medicinal herbs needed by my Pharmaceutical Company from Chongming to Nantian. In the future, all the herbs for our medicines will be planted in Nantian Town. When the time comes, the company will recruit large numbers of people from the town. We can develop the economy together. What do you think?"
"Wonderful! That's great!" Sun Zheng was overjoyed, then cautiously asked, "Mr. Jiang, could you tell me roughly how much labor the planting base will require?"
"If we include the planting staff, harvesting staff, security personnel, and transport workers, the minimum scale will exceed three thousand people. Moreover, it will definitely keep growing in the future," Jiang Siming replied.
Sun Zheng's eyes immediately filled with figures. A workforce of three thousand—Nantian Town had only a little over ten thousand people in total. Three thousand workers meant more than three thousand jobs.
That would give their town an employment rate of over thirty percent. Three thousand might not sound like much, but for a small town, it was already a tremendous figure.
And that was only the minimum. The more medicines Jiang Siming invented in the future, the more workers he