Many people looked toward the outdoor screen in the plaza. The flower-sea video that had suddenly started playing seemed to have an irresistible appeal, drawing them in.
The bonus attribute for appearing on camera made the footage seem to carry an artistic aura all its own.
As the camera zoomed in, each seven-color co-blooming bougainvillea looked even more graceful and dazzling.
More and more people in the plaza were drawn to the flower sea on the outdoor screen, and couldn't help stopping to watch.
Before long, Gao Yaoyao appeared as the model. Wearing a beautiful outfit, she approached the middle of the flower sea from a tourist's perspective and stood beneath the three Quality 3 seven-color co-blooming ornamental bougainvilleas.
All around her, with the +3 ecological harmony attribute, butterflies fluttered, birds sang sweetly, and Gao Yaoyao fed pine nuts to a few squirrels. The harmonious scene caught everyone's eye.
Exclamations of surprise rang out again.
"There are so many butterflies flying around the bougainvilleas!"
"Seeing butterflies in October is rare enough, but there are so many gathered here. It's beautiful!"
"Those squirrels aren't afraid of people. They're so cute!"
"Where is this flower sea?"
"I really want to go!"
Clearly, everyone who saw the video was captivated, and began wanting to visit the flower sea for themselves.
Zhao Moqing and Li Jiawen were just as drawn to the video.
They had seen flower seas before, and had even visited a bougainvillea flower sea, but none had ever made them feel this way from a video alone.
"Moqing, when did Youcheng get a flower sea like this? I really want to go!" Li Jiawen exclaimed. "I've decided. I'm definitely going to make your brother take me to see it sometime."
Zhao Moqing nodded. "Yeah, I want to go too, but I don't want to be a third wheel."
Li Jiawen laughed. "Get Qin Lin to take you. You're practically giving him all your money to start his business. If he doesn't take you, he's got no sense."
Zhao Moqing shook her head. "Qin Lin's been so busy starting his business lately. I don't want to distract him with something like this. Maybe another time."
"Oh, you!" Li Jiawen didn't know what to do with her sister-in-law.
"So this flower sea is in Youcheng? It's not far at all!"
"It's at the old Fuhai Villa. I've been there before."
"I've been to that villa too. I had no idea they'd turned it into a flower sea."
"It's only a thirty-minute drive. I'll get my boyfriend to take me this weekend."
"..."
At the end of the flower-sea video, an address appeared: Qinglin Villa. Many people memorized it on the spot.
Zhao Moqing was surprised.
She knew about Fuhai Villa. A rich man had bought it before, and at the time, she'd thought it was a shame to leave five hundred mu of land sitting unused. She'd even told Qin Lin that turning it into a bougainvillea flower sea would surely be popular.
She hadn't expected the rich man who bought the villa to actually create a flower sea. It looked like he'd spent quite a lot on it.
Li Jiawen gazed at the address, deep in thought. "Moqing, doesn't the name Qinglin Villa sound like it was made by combining parts of your and Qin Lin's names?"
Zhao Moqing had noticed the name too. She teased, "Sis-in-law, don't tell me you think Qin Lin and I opened this villa?"
Li Jiawen laughed and tapped Zhao Moqing on the forehead. "It's nighttime. It's not time to daydream yet."
Neither of them paid any more attention to the villa's name. After all, they both knew Qin Lin's family situation. How could he possibly open a villa like that?
The flower-sea video started playing again from the beginning. It would run for an hour.
That night, many people who visited Oriental Commercial Plaza were captivated by the flower sea.
But the hour-long screening left the other shop owners in Oriental Commercial Plaza feeling rather frustrated.
They had once tried to rent the outdoor screen's advertising time from RT-Mart, but the staff there had brushed them off without a second thought, saying, "Do you think RT-Mart is in the business of renting out advertising time?"
Now RT-Mart was renting its advertising time to a villa.
This gave quite a few people the idea of finding out how the villa owner had pulled it off so they could follow his example.
At that moment, Qin Lin was looking at the game on the screen in his mind, controlling his Game Character as he watered the crops, removed pests, and pulled weeds.
Aside from continuing to grow okra in the twenty-four Level 1 plots, he'd planted more strawberries in the Level 2 plots and watermelons in the Level 3 plots.
These weren't ordinary new watermelons, but Quality 2 watermelon seeds from the game.
Aside from the large quantity of okra, he didn't plan to sell the strawberries and watermelons wholesale to RT-Mart. Now that the villa had opened, he could try out his new plan.
The next morning, when Qin Lin got up, the okra, strawberries, and watermelons in the game had all ripened.
The first thing he checked was the watermelon field in the Level 3 plots. Quantity: 25.
Each plot yielded about the same amount as before!
After harvesting all the ripe crops, Qin Lin entered the game, picked up a watermelon, and checked its description.
[Seedless Watermelon: Quality 2]
[Description: A high-quality watermelon produced by the game. Its texture, taste, and fragrance are all far superior to those of a Quality 1 watermelon. It'll make you unable to resist indulging your taste buds. Deliciousness +2, Sweetness +2, Texture +2, Aftertaste +2!]
He set it down and picked up another.
[Seedless Watermelon: Quality 2]
After checking all the watermelons, Qin Lin could confirm that the Quality 2 watermelon seeds had indeed produced nothing but Quality 2 watermelons. What's more, every one of them was huge, weighing over ten pounds.
He'd previously wondered whether he could grow Quality 2 watermelons in bulk and sell them for the price of specialty imported watermelons.
Now, seeing these Quality 2 watermelon seeds, it seemed bulk production might really be possible.
He'd also looked into the prices of imported specialty watermelons. For example, one kind of square watermelon from Japan sold for 70 yuan per pound, while a black-skinned variety could fetch 120 yuan per pound. There was also a crisp-fleshed watermelon from Italy that sold for 100 yuan per pound...
There were plenty of other specialty imported fruits like these. Never mind the taste—if they could sell for that much and people were still willing to buy them, then their flavors and textures couldn't be bad.
But even if those fruits tasted great and had excellent texture, they still couldn't compare to his Quality 2 watermelons. Why shouldn't his sell for 100 yuan per pound?
After going to the warehouse, Qin Lin sent the okra to RT-Mart, but this time he set aside 200 pounds for himself.
Once he'd sent the shipment to RT-Mart, he went back to the warehouse and took the 200 pounds of okra he'd set aside and the 310 pounds of strawberries that had ripened in the Level 2 plots out of the game, then loaded them into his car.
In addition, there were five Quality 2 watermelons, five pounds of Quality 2 strawberries, and ten pounds of Quality 2 okra.
Then he drove to the villa.
He planned to try selling these there.
He'd price the Quality 2 watermelons at 100 yuan per pound, and the Quality 2 strawberries at 200 yuan per pound, the same as specialty imported strawberries.
His Quality 2 strawberries tasted much better than those imported strawberries selling for 200 yuan a pound.
He'd price the Quality 2 okra at 400 yuan per pound, the same price he'd charged Manager Chen.
If they sold well, these Quality 2 products alone could bring him an income of 28,000 yuan.
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