Qin Lin explained, "Mom, I want to surprise Moqing once the villa is finished. Don't let Moqing find out!"
"You young people and your little games!" Lin Fen shook her head.
That night, Qin Lin paid off his debt and slept especially well, free of all financial burdens.
Early the next morning, he took the mature okra out of the game and delivered it to RT-Mart. Afterward, he printed out the labor contracts and headed to the villa.
When he arrived at the villa's parking lot, he saw Chen Dabe, wearing his security uniform, sitting in front of a tent and yawning. He looked exhausted, clearly having spent the whole night watching the Bougainvillea Sea.
The tent belonged to the villa. Some couples always wanted to prove how brave they were by camping out there at night.
"Boss, you're here." Chen Dabe immediately got up to greet Qin Lin.
"Thanks for all your hard work. Come with me to the lobby and sign your labor contract, then you can go home and rest." Qin Lin nodded to him.
"Sure, Boss!" Chen Dabe nodded and followed him.
At the lobby, Qin Lin asked Gao Yaoyao to gather everyone so they could sign their contracts.
The salaries in the contracts were the same as what everyone had earned before. Gao Yaoyao, for instance, would get 3,500 plus a cut of the project revenue. The more people who took part in jungle adventures and grass sledding, the more she had earned.
Master Lin had the highest salary, a fixed 6,000, since he had been a chef and also taken on several other duties.
The other employees had earned about the same as Gao Yaoyao.
That salary was nothing in a big city, but in Youcheng, where the average salary was around 3,000 to 4,000, it was fairly standard. Besides, the villa provided meals, and anyone who wanted to could stay in one of the dorm rooms, just like Gao Yaoyao.
That was one reason Gao Yaoyao and the others had returned after the villa was shut down and taken over by a new owner. Jobs were hard to find these days, after all.
Qin Lin also made it clear: "Your salaries are the same as before, but that's only temporary. I bought this villa because I intend to develop it."
"Once the villa takes off, and you've all done a good job, I'll naturally raise your salaries. I'll also hire more people, and you can move into management positions with higher pay."
It was basically a promise of future rewards, but he made it convincingly. After all, everyone had already been captivated at first sight by those beautiful bougainvilleas.
The new boss said he was going to create a 30-mu flower sea. It was bound to be a hit, which meant their salaries would definitely go up.
So Gao Yaoyao and the others were all looking forward to it.
Qin Lin felt good as he held the labor contracts everyone had signed.
He was now a boss with his own business and employees.
Before long,
the company contracted to build the flower sea arrived.
Qin Lin handed over the materials he had reviewed the night before.
The high-end flower sea he planned to create would need materials for gravel paths, swings, wooden benches, gazebos, and other facilities.
Using his expertise in tourism management, he had chosen the prices and colors. The contractor would contact suppliers to confirm the costs, then let him make the final decision.
Once everything was ready, construction could begin.
That afternoon,
the ordinary ornamental bougainvilleas on the level-two plot were ready to harvest again.
This time, there were 156 plants.
Qin Lin went to the warehouse and took all the ornamental bougainvilleas out of the game. Then he contacted Zhao Liyuan from the transport company and had him deliver them to the villa.
Two days passed like this. The villa employees settled into their routines, and construction on the Bougainvillea Sea was underway.
On the third day, the seven-color symbiotic ornamental bougainvilleas on the game's level-three plot matured again.
Qin Lin had his game character harvest them, bought new seedlings and planted them, then went to the warehouse and entered the game once more.
But when he returned to the seedling storage yard, he was stunned.
Among the more than twenty seven-color symbiotic ornamental bougainvilleas, each 2.5 meters tall, one stood out from the rest. It was taller, more beautiful, and more eye-catching. The moment he entered, his gaze was drawn to it despite himself.
Qin Lin had a hunch. He immediately went over to check the information on that bougainvillea.
[Flowering ornamental seven-color symbiotic bougainvillea: Quality 3]
[This is a specially cultivated variety of symbiotic ornamental bougainvillea with seven colors. It is expensive, reaches 4 meters in height, has a canopy spread of 3.5 meters and a crown 36 centimeters across. Its dazzling beauty catches the eye at a glance. It is also easy to transplant and blooms year-round.]
[Produced by the game: Vibrancy +3, Ornamental Appeal +3, Attractiveness +3, Photogenic Quality +3, Transplant Survival Rate +3, Ecological Harmony +3!]
It was a higher-quality seven-color symbiotic ornamental bougainvillea. Every attribute was +3, so no wonder it outshone the other plants at a glance.
This Quality 3 bougainvillea also had an additional attribute: Ecological Harmony +3!
He had no idea what that attribute did yet.
It was too tall to take out of the game through the warehouse; it wouldn't fit. He had to leave the game and exit the warehouse. After making sure no one was around, he entered the game as quickly as possible and carried the bougainvillea out.
But to transport it to the villa, he would probably need Zhao Liyuan to bring a larger truck.
When Zhao Liyuan arrived with a convoy, he was just as amazed by the Quality 3 seven-color symbiotic bougainvillea. He hurriedly told his men to handle it with extra care. This one was clearly more valuable.
After half a day's work, they finally managed to load the single plant onto a truck.
The villa grounds bustled with construction.
The landscape gardeners and farmhands Qin Lin had hired had already started transplanting the bougainvilleas. The seven-color symbiotic ornamental bougainvilleas would go in the very center, surrounded by ordinary ornamental bougainvilleas, with ordinary bougainvilleas on the outermost ring, arranged in a radial pattern.
That way, visitors would be more and more amazed as they ventured deeper inside.
Of course, to keep the outer area from looking too plain, they would also mix in some of the game-grown seven-color symbiotic and ordinary ornamental bougainvilleas with the ones they had bought.
Chen Dabe was keeping a close eye on the bougainvilleas in the parking lot when he saw a convoy drive up. It seemed to be coming from the city.
The vehicles stopped outside the lot, and Chen Dabe walked out in confusion.
A middle-aged man got out and asked, "Is this Boss Qin's villa?"
"Yes. What's the matter?" Chen Dabe asked.
"My name's Ma Ke. I'm an instructor sent by the city's bougainvillea cultivation base. We're delivering bougainvilleas to Boss Qin, and I'm here to guide you in planting them."
Sending an instructor was an added service from the cultivation base. It was a 10,000-plant order, and they knew the villa was building a flower sea. If it took off, it would be a great advertisement for them too.
Chen Dabe immediately pointed to the nearby parking lot. "The boss told me to have you unload them in the parking lot if you came."
Ma Ke nodded and had his people unload the bougainvilleas and bring them inside. He went along with them, giving directions as they entered the parking lot.
But as soon as he stepped inside, Ma Ke froze. He stared at the bougainvilleas in the lot in disbelief.
"Seven colors?" Ma Ke exclaimed when he saw the seven-color symbiotic ornamental bougainvilleas.
Unlike Gao Yaoyao and the others, he was a professional cultivator and knew what seven-color symbiotic bougainvilleas represented.
Symbiotic bougainvilleas with multiple colors weren't uncommon, but they usually had three. Five colors were already considered elite. Fully grown plants over two meters tall with seven colors were exceptionally rare.
What was more, the seven colors were astonishingly perfect. Even he, a professional cultivator, couldn't take his eyes off them.
Just looking at them made him feel refreshed. What kind of master cultivator could have produced something like this?
Even their own cultivation base had never managed to grow such exquisite plants.
Judging by what he saw, there were quite a few of these exquisite bougainvilleas. This flower sea was definitely going to be a hit!
Ma Ke was still thinking about it when he heard a vehicle outside, followed by gasps from the cultivation base employees who had come with him.
"This bougainvillea is so tall!"
"Those plants over two meters are already beautiful, but this one is unbelievable."
"This has to be four meters, right?"
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