Can't Buy It for 200,000! The Amazing Ecological Harmony +3

Can't Buy It for 200,000! The Amazing Ecological Harmony +3

When Ma Ke came out and saw it, his face was full of shock. The four-meter-tall bougainvillea, with its lush crown and dazzling seven-color blooms, immediately caught his eye.

"Th-this is an old specimen, isn't it?" Ma Ke hurried over to take a closer look.

As someone in the business, he knew exactly how valuable this bougainvillea was. A seven-color specimen, cultivated to such perfection, was absolutely a collector-grade old plant.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that tourist attractions across the country with large bougainvillea flower seas would be willing to pay over 200,000 for it.

This villa's flower sea wasn't just going to be popular—it could become a sensation.

Compared with these bougainvilleas, the ones delivered by the cultivation base were just little green leaves serving as a backdrop.

When Qin Lin got out of the car, Chen Dabe came over and introduced them. "Boss, this is Mr. Ma Ke, who's here to deliver the bougainvilleas from the cultivation base."

"Hello!" Qin Lin shook Ma Ke's hand.

After the handshake, Ma Ke couldn't help asking curiously, "Boss Qin, that old bougainvillea must have cost quite a bit, right? Even 200,000 wouldn't be enough to buy a bougainvillea of that caliber."

"A friend gave me a special price," Qin Lin said casually.

Still, he hadn't expected this Quality 3, seven-color bougainvillea to count as an old specimen.

Old specimens were mature bougainvilleas considered collector's items, and some wealthy people were willing to pay exorbitant prices for them.

He'd previously seen a news story about a giant, umbrella-shaped, two-color bougainvillea in Xiguang. Its owner had asked 300,000 for it.

Besides, this Quality 3 bougainvillea was surely worth far more than the price Ma Ke had mentioned. After all, Ma Ke didn't know that this seven-color ornamental bougainvillea bloomed all year round and had all sorts of additional attributes.

After seeing these bougainvilleas, Ma Ke was too embarrassed to offer to stay and help with the planting. He couldn't bring himself to show off his meager knowledge.

Ma Ke had brought 3,000 bougainvilleas this time. Since Qin Lin had ordered several varieties in different colors, and because of the limits of how quickly he could transplant them, they couldn't all be handled at once.

Qin Lin also asked Master Lin to bring his workers over. Now that a Quality 3, seven-color ornamental bougainvillea had appeared, the central area had to be rearranged. Naturally, that was where they would transplant it.

After learning the price of an old specimen, Chen Dabe was so alarmed that he suggested to Qin Lin, "Boss, shouldn't you hire a few more security guards?"

With such a valuable bougainvillea planted there, he was afraid someone might set their sights on it. Although he and Master Lin had discussed taking turns keeping watch at night, the two of them wouldn't be much help if someone actually came to steal it.

"Mm, I'll take care of it," Qin Lin said with a nod.

He'd already planned to hire more security guards. With the bougainvillea flower sea being so valuable, one guard like Chen Dabe wasn't enough.

When Master Lin and his workers saw the Quality 3 bougainvillea, they were clearly amazed, too. It took a great deal of effort to move it to the flower-sea planting site.

Transplanting it took another half a day.

Gao Yaoyao and the two female employees were drawn to the bougainvillea as well. They'd thought the previous ones were already the most beautiful, but they hadn't expected there to be an even more beautiful one.

The next day.

When Qin Lin arrived at the villa, Gao Yaoyao hurried over to him. "Boss, come take a look at yesterday's bougainvillea!"

"What happened to it?" Qin Lin asked, puzzled.

He followed Gao Yaoyao to the Quality 3, seven-color ornamental bougainvillea and saw what she meant.

A number of butterflies were fluttering around the bougainvillea, and a few birds were chirping melodiously in its branches. What surprised him even more was that two squirrels were peeking out from the tree.

If the scent of flowers naturally attracted butterflies, then it wasn't strange for the flower sea to draw them in. But the birds and squirrels had to have been attracted by something special.

Gao Yaoyao explained excitedly, "Amazing, right, Boss? I came up at noon to take a picture and post it to my Moments, and that's when I saw them. They aren't even scared when you get close."

As she spoke, she walked closer and stood beneath the bougainvillea. The squirrels in the tree didn't run away. Two of them even perched on the branch above Gao Yaoyao's head, seeming curious as they looked down at her.

Normally, as soon as a person approached, the birds and squirrels would have been frightened off.

Qin Lin had a pretty good idea what was going on.

This Quality 3 bougainvillea had the Ecological Harmony +3 attribute.

This scene had to be related to Ecological Harmony +3.

That was why the nearby butterflies, birds, and squirrels had been drawn over.

"Gao Yaoyao, maybe we should put up a sign asking people not to harm the animals," Qin Lin said as he watched. This could also become a major selling point.

Over the following days, construction at the entire villa was in full swing.

The villa also temporarily closed to visitors.

Every day, Qin Lin brought ordinary ornamental bougainvilleas out of the game. Then, over the following month, two more Quality 3, seven-color ornamental bougainvilleas appeared. The three Quality 3 plants were planted in the very center of the flower sea, where they were surrounded by a specially built flower bed and fence. A sign hung above them that read, "Please Don't Harm the Small Animals."

More butterflies fluttered around the three bougainvilleas, and the birds were just as plentiful. Their pleasant chirping sounded like music, and every so often, squirrels could be seen darting among the trees.

The beautiful scenery and harmonious scene were absolutely captivating.

Time passed, and before long, October arrived.

At dusk.

As usual, Qin Lin harvested the mature okra from his 24 plots of land and planted new seeds. Then he sent this batch of mature okra to RT-Mart and supplied Manager Chen with another ten jin of Quality 2 okra.

"Your account ending in ... received 19,653 yuan. Balance: 139,876.00!"

Over the past month, the okra he'd sent to RT-Mart had earned him more than 650,000 yuan in total. After paying taxes, settling the remaining balance with the bougainvillea cultivation base, and covering the construction company's fees, he had less than 140,000 left.

The bougainvillea flower sea was now complete, and the villa was preparing to open.

Qin Lin drove his old, beat-up three-wheeled cargo vehicle to the warehouse. Two large water barrels were loaded onto it. Carrying a small bucket, he entered the game and headed straight to the pond.

In the past month, the pond's wild fish had grown to number over a thousand.

He immediately used the small bucket to scoop up the wild fish and carried them out of the game, putting them into the two large barrels. After carrying out dozens of fish, both barrels were full.

Six of them were particularly big.

These were the fish he planned to put in the villa's pond.

He started the vehicle and headed for the villa.

At the entrance, he could see a distinctive wooden sign: Qinglin Villa!

Looking in from the entrance, he saw a riot of color in the distance: a bougainvillea flower sea, graceful and vibrant. A sense of pride rose within him. After all, he'd built this flower sea himself.

The flower sea was finished, but construction was still underway on a purely retro-style wooden building not far from the reception hall.

This was naturally the sales center where he planned to sell things. Rather than letting RT-Mart profit from the difference on the crops grown in the game, he might as well sell them himself. As long as the villa attracted enough visitors, he could sell everything on his own. Things would fetch even higher prices at a scenic attraction, and he could also stock other goods wholesale as a cover.

Qin Lin drove the three-wheeler straight to the front of the hall.

Gao Yaoyao was leading four girls in cleaning. They were all wearing specially made blue uniforms, with the words "Qinglin Villa" printed on them.

Three of the girls had been hired just a few days ago. Once the forest adventure and grass-skiing attractions opened, one of the new hires would handle ticket sales for one attraction, while another girl would sell tickets to the bougainvillea flower sea.

The other two girls were responsible for the hall.

As for Gao Yaoyao, she'd done well over the past month and had been promoted to team leader.

The young woman was now full of energy. She was a manager of sorts, and she'd also gotten a 1,000-yuan raise.

"Boss, is there anything you need us to do?" When Chen Dabe saw Qin Lin arrive, he came over with two security guards in uniform, looking extremely eager.

Now that the flower sea was complete, security staff were essential. Besides the two behind Chen Dabe, one person was monitoring the cameras in the surveillance room, and two others were patrolling at night. They'd all been hired through an online local recruitment section for veterans.

The villa had also installed some surveillance cameras.

This was something many scenic attractions had no choice but to do. After all, there were far too many people slipping through the cracks of quality education these days.

Chen Dabe had been hardworking over the past month, so he'd been promoted to head of security. His pay had also increased by 1,000 yuan.

Besides that, the villa had hired another kitchen assistant to help Master Lin, a cashier, and three dedicated horticulturalists to care for the bougainvillea flower sea.

Adding the original front-desk clerk and the cleaning staff, the villa now had nearly twenty employees.