During the banquet, everyone made arrangements for the next few days. Director Hong will take everyone to the Stone Forest early tomorrow morning, and free activities in Huichun City in the afternoon.
Starting tomorrow night, everyone will be divided into two groups. Gao Yi, Zheng Peipei, Erxiao and Wang Xiaowa, accompanied by Director Hong, will take the evening train to Dali and Lijiang.
The miserable Sun Dahai and Hu Cheng will fly to the Simao area the day after tomorrow for a preliminary inspection of the investment. Chief Hong will accompany them.
The scenery in Yunnan Province is very beautiful. Sun Dahai has been here several times in his previous life. Moreover, the pace of life here is slow, which is very suitable for Sun Dahai to relax after trading.
However, now Sun Dahai does not need to take time out of his busy schedule to enjoy the tranquility of life, so he decided to go to work after playing with everyone for a day.
In Dian Province in the 1980s, many famous cultural attractions have not yet been established. The commercial development of natural landscapes is not enough, and the tourism experience is not very good.
For example, the Stone Forest and Dianchi Lake have insufficient supporting facilities around them. The scenery everyone sees is beautiful and suitable for taking pictures, but it is not very comfortable to play.
Sun Dahai was deeply poisoned by his previous life. Although he was not considered a rich man at that time, his income was almost gold-collared, and he was proud of all the white-bone spirits.
Especially for his profession, when it comes to closed trading, it's like being in jail, and he can't spend any money. So when the ban is lifted and the holidays come, he will wander around alone, and he will never travel on a budget.
At that time, there were planes to distant places, and high-speed trains and highways to nearby places were connected in all directions. As long as you were willing to spend money, traveling was easy and comfortable.
Unlike now, I have been walking on the mountain road for two hours and have not reached my destination yet.
Sun Dahai was still complaining yesterday about the poor road conditions to Stone Forest and Dianchi Lake, but today in Simao, he got a better understanding of what a remote country is.
Not to mention how miserable it was to fly on the old Russian propeller plane that was converted from cargo to passenger in the morning, just talking about the journey in the afternoon made Sun Dahai almost vomit blood.
Because they had made contact in advance, Sun Dahai and the three of them got off the plane and were picked up by local government receptionists at the guest house. After lunch, an old-fashioned jeep was sent to accompany them for an on-site inspection.
Sun Dahai had already explained when he was in Spring City that on behalf of Jiahua Investment Company, they were planning to contract a tea mountain in the Simao area and invest in the construction of a tea factory to process self-produced tea.
The Simao area is the origin of Pu'er tea. Tea cultivation and harvesting began more than a thousand years ago. There are artificially cultivated ancient tea trees on many mountains, as well as a large number of wild tea trees.
Because of the small population and inconvenient transportation here, many tea mountains and tea gardens have been abandoned. Sun Dahai's idea is to contract an abandoned tea mountain with ancient tea trees, carefully manage and maintain it, and only produce high-quality Pu'er in the future.
Sun Dahai also made preparations before coming. He asked Fang Lin for help and found Tao Lao, a professor at Agricultural University who had in-depth research on Pu'er tea, as a consultant.
Mr. Tao is a professor in the Department of Botany of Agricultural University. He once taught Fang Lin and is now retired.
He loves the Chinese tea culture and has a deep research on various teas, especially Pu'er, which is his favorite.
When Fang Lin came to visit with Sun Dahai and asked Mr. Tao to be a tea factory consultant, he asked about the relationship between Ming Jiahua Investment Company and Shiweitian, and after hearing Sun Dahai's business ideas, he readily agreed.
Mr. Tao originally wanted to come to Yunnan Province with him this time, but he caught a cold wind before leaving and became slightly ill. So Sun Dahai persuaded Mr. Tao to rest at home and come over first.
The old jeep drove for more than an hour and drove into the town government yard. The driver was a section chief of the Simao District Planning Commission. He was responsible for accompanying Chief Hong and Sun Dahai to complete the inspection.
Several town leaders were already waiting for everyone in the courtyard. After greetings, they entered the conference room. Sun Dahai's requirements for contracting the tea mountain were not high. There were many places in the town that could meet his conditions.
The deputy mayor in charge of this work was very skilled in his work. He casually marked many locations on the map with a pen, all of which met Sun Dahai's requirements, which actually shocked Sun Dahai.
Although it is not yet the time for the whole people to stir-fry Pu'er tea, it is still beyond Sun Dahai's expectation that so many tea mountains have been abandoned.
Growing tea and frying tea is a craft passed down from generation to generation by the locals. Almost everyone can speak fluently when talking about tea. Naturally, the mayor treated everyone to Pu'er tea. After drinking two cups of tea, his body felt warm.
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We carefully analyzed the situation, and based on the distance, quantity and quality of ancient trees, etc., we selected three tea mountains as candidates among the qualified locations.
Each of these three tea mountains has its own characteristics. The first tea mountain is the closest to the town. The second tea mountain is the largest in area and used to be a regular tea garden, so it is in the best condition. The last tea mountain has the most ancient tea trees on the mountain.
The mayor hopes that Sun Dahai can contract the second tea mountain, so that the town can get the most contract fees, and because the second tea mountain has a high tea output, the town will get more profits and taxes in the future.
Sun Dahai was naturally noncommittal at this time, so he had to take a look on the spot, take photos and take samples, and wait until he went back to let Mr. Tao analyze and study before he could finally decide where to contract.
It's getting late today, so everyone sets off quickly to visit the nearest tea mountain.
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After more than two hours, everyone climbed onto the Tea Mountain. Is this the nearest Tea Mountain? Sun Dahai thought about it for a while. Considering his physical condition, it was a bit strenuous.
The town is surrounded by mountains on three sides. To put it bluntly, the straight-line distance from here to the town is not very far. However, the mountain road is difficult to travel. Sun Dahai and the others walked around for more than two hours on the more than ten miles of mountain road.
It is said to be a mountain road, but in fact most of the road is made by people. In the words of the mayor, this is already the best road in the mountains, because on such a road, horses or donkeys can be used to transport goods.
The really difficult places to walk have no roads at all, and some places have very steep slopes that can only be climbed by manpower. The mayor still takes great care of Sun Dahai, and he has not introduced such places to Sun Dahai at all.
Everyone watched here for a while and then went back down the mountain. Today is just a way to explore the road. Starting from tomorrow, Sun Dahai and Hu Cheng will actually inspect and take samples.
There is no guest house in the town, so everyone lives in two farmhouses. The houses of these two families have just been renovated, and the town will provide insufficient daily necessities.
In the past few days, Sun Dahai and the others will have their meals prepared by people from the town. The main ingredients are sourced from the town, so they are afraid that they will not be well served.
Because Sun Dahai and his party include investors as well as leaders at the provincial and local levels, the town attaches great importance to their food and accommodation issues.