A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
Many visitors noticed that a red ceremonial stage had been set up in a small plaza beside the parking lot after arriving at Qinglin Villa.
It caught their attention, and when they walked over, they saw the words "Qinglin Villa 4A Scenic Area Award Ceremony" on the backdrop.
A long red carpet stretched out in front of the stage, with neat rows of flower baskets on either side.
The visitors who saw this were clearly surprised.
"Is Qinglin Villa already a 4A scenic area?"
"Yeah, it says so right there."
They had known it was only a matter of time before Qinglin Villa became a 4A scenic area, but it had happened so quickly. Still, when they thought about how popular Qinglin Villa was, it seemed only right.
On a specially built stage stood a transparent raffle drum filled with scratch-off cards. Two service staff assigned to the area called out to the gathering visitors through their headsets. "Welcome to Qinglin Villa! Today is the joyous day we're being awarded 4A scenic-area status. Our villa has prepared lots of gifts for everyone..."
Qin Lin had left the award ceremony entirely in Lin Lanzi's hands. There was no need for him or Zhao Moqing to appear for something like this, and neither of them planned to show their faces in public.
Besides, the only official attending the ceremony from the county this time was the new director of the Youcheng Tourism Bureau.
Chen Li hadn't come in person. Even leaders couldn't handle everything themselves, and since he knew Qin Lin preferred to keep a low profile and didn't want to show up, he had left coordination with Qinglin Villa to the new director.
While the award ceremony was taking place, Qin