A Villa! Upgraded Again!

What can you do with a million?

For Qin Lin, it was enough to pay off his family's debts, put a down payment on a house, and bring Zhao Moqing home.

Of course, for someone ambitious, a million would be for doing great things, perhaps even planning to make another hundred million.

However, he wasn't particularly ambitious. Without a set goal, he chose to be debt-free and let Zhao Moqing know she hadn't misjudged him.

After receiving the 650,000 transfer, Qin Lin promptly sent the 13,000 commission to Lin Sheng.

He'd made so much in one go, he didn't want to keep the middleman waiting. Mutual satisfaction was the foundation for future cooperation.

Who knew when that dwarf Ani might challenge him to a fishing match again and gift him a fish? Then he wouldn't need Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng, seeing that it was Qin Lin's first time selling ornamental fish, smiled after receiving the money and reminded him, "Mr. Qin, remember to file your taxes within a month. Although there aren't specific tax categories for ornamental fish sales, it's currently taxed under the special agricultural product category."

"Someone once forgot to declare the sale of a 500,000 ornamental fish because they hadn't gone through this before. They were soon reported, not only fined double but also served time with free meals."

"Thank you for the reminder, Boss Lin!" Qin Lin nodded gratefully.

He certainly wouldn't forget to pay taxes. He was more afraid of being caught for forgetting to pay taxes, as he didn't want his secrets revealed.

After bidding farewell to Lin Sheng, Qin Lin returned to his shop on Market Street and logged onto the tax bureau website to file taxes for the transaction online.

Although ornamental fish were classified under agricultural products, they were considered special value-added transactions, with a tax rate of 9% and a value-added tax of 3%. This meant that for his 650,000 sale, he had to pay 78,000 in taxes.

After filing and paying the taxes online, the millionaire minus one had only 953,000 left in his account.

In the evening, the strawberries and okra ripened. Qin Lin harvested them immediately, planted new seeds, and sent the ripe strawberries to RT-Mart, earning another 42,390 yuan.

Additionally, he gave 10 jin of Quality 2 okra to Manager Chen. At 400 per jin, Manager Chen happily paid 4,000 and urged him to deliver all his future stock to him.

Today's total income was 46,390 yuan. After it was deposited, his bank account balance surpassed one million again.

Millionaire plus one.

Night.

After dinner, Qin Lin took a shower, carefully chose an outfit, styled his hair, and then went to pick up Zhao Moqing from work.

When he arrived at the tax bureau, people working overtime were leaving one by one. He saw Chen Hao among them, indicating that many people were working late today.

Chen Hao naturally saw Qin Lin again. This time, he walked expressionlessly towards his Audi, utterly unwilling to see such a guy who played the pig to eat the tiger.

"Qin Lin!" Zhao Moqing came out with a file and Li Jiahui. Seeing Qin Lin, she happily ran over and got on the back seat of his electric scooter.

Li Jiahui looked on with envy. How romantic!

What woman wouldn't want a husband who picked her up from work on an electric scooter like this?

Qin Lin started the scooter and headed to the hotel. After getting the room key and going upstairs, he shook the key in his hand, "I booked the best room in the hotel today. I heard the bathtub inside is super..."

"Are you trying to die? We're in the hallway." Zhao Moqing shyly and angrily poked Qin Lin's waist with her slender, fair fingers.

Qin Lin triumphantly took out the room key and opened the door.

"I'm going to take a shower first!" Zhao Moqing put down her bag and files as soon as she entered the room and ran towards the bathroom.

Qin Lin wasn't oblivious and happily followed her.

An hour later.

Qin Lin watched Zhao Moqing, wrapped in a towel, organizing the documents she brought. He asked, "Moqing, what are these documents that are so important? You have to bring them home to work on even after getting off work?"

Zhao Moqing explained, "Didn't a township state-owned enterprise have problems before? The problems were quite serious, and several people went to jail. But some money couldn't be recovered, so they had to seal their assets and send them to court for auction."

"We were working overtime today for this matter. My uncle-in-law asked me to verify these documents and then send them to the court for registration and auction tomorrow."

Qin Lin nodded. Zhao Moqing's uncle-in-law was a section chief in the bureau. This was clearly a favor to Zhao Moqing, giving her some small credit.

He had also heard about the township enterprise issue. It had spread throughout You City's WeChat moments, as corruption was a hot topic for everyone these days.

He curiously took the documents Zhao Moqing was reviewing. They were all about the cars, houses, and stocks under those people's names. However, one auction item caught his attention.

It was the auction of a farmhouse. Could this be the farmhouse that Moqing mentioned before, where those corrupt officials feasted and bragged, got filmed, and were exposed and reported?

This farmhouse was called Fuhai Villa. It was quite large, about 500 mu, including a fish pond and the right to use the reservoir near the villa area.

However, most of the villa's area was not well utilized; it was mostly wasteland...

Moreover, in a small place like Youcheng County, and being a court auction, the starting price for the lease term and the resale of the property rights wasn't very high, only 600,000.

The final price would depend on the bidders.

"Moqing, is Fuhai Villa also up for auction? Will there be any follow-up issues?" Qin Lin asked subconsciously, clearly having taken an interest.

He had majored in Tourism Management in college. Looking at the documents, he felt that Fuhai Villa could be combined with the Story of Seasons game in his mind. He couldn't keep planting watermelons, strawberries, and okra to sell at RT-Mart forever, could he?

Now that he had the system guaranteeing his income, he wasn't someone who would stubbornly stick to one path. With a ready-made opportunity, he could postpone his debt repayment and house purchase goals. After all, good opportunities don't wait.

If a creditor really had an urgent need, he could repay them then. Otherwise, a few days earlier or later wouldn't make a difference. Debts of gratitude lasted a lifetime, and it wasn't urgent to settle them in these few days.

However, court auctions usually came with many follow-up troubles, such as the family members of the involved parties causing trouble or potential debt risks.

Zhao Moqing explained, "There are potential issues with one car and one house, but anyone daring to bid on such a car or house would have a way to resolve them."

"As for Fuhai Villa, there are no problems. I've been there. The environment is quite good. It's just that the 'white gloves' were only focused on providing them with lavish meals and entertainment, without properly managing it."

Qin Lin was relieved to hear Zhao Moqing's words.

The next morning, Qin Lin checked out of the hotel with Zhao Moqing. He also planned to take her back to change clothes before dropping her off at work.

Later, in less than a day, Qin Lin saw the auction items appear on the You City judicial auction website, including Fuhai Mountain Villa. The starting bid remained 600,000, but a new clause was added: the lease contract could be optionally extended to the maximum term and re-signed. The extended rent would not increase during that period, and there was also a priority lease right.

The land for the villa belonged to the government. When the lease expired, it would need to be re-leased, and there was priority to lease it at the same price.

However, this wasn't attractive enough. After all, it was just a small mountain villa. Whether it could be managed successfully was uncertain. If it wasn't managed well, it would be a complete loss, making it meaningless.

What he needed to consider now was whether there would be competition. If someone with interest took a liking to it, the price would definitely exceed the starting bid of 600,000 by a lot, possibly even exceeding a million.

He believed he wasn't the only one with foresight.

Regardless, Qin Lin decisively filled out the information and registered for the auction. The auction date was in a week.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

During this week, growing strawberries and okra brought Qin Lin over 270,000 in income, bringing his total funds to over 1.28 million.

In the morning, Qin Lin received the judicial auction notice early. The auction was scheduled for 2 PM that afternoon, and a 10% deposit of the starting bid was required to qualify for bidding.

Qin Lin decisively paid the 60,000 deposit. Then, he turned his attention to the game screen, harvesting the ripe strawberries and okra, and planting new seeds.

This time, as soon as the seeds were planted, he received a prompt in the game.

His game character had leveled up again, allowing him to develop new land and upgrade one Level 3 plot.