97: Chapter 97 The First Tourists to Bright Moon Village

Sun Ning did not rely solely on online marketing.

Through Gao Feng's connections, he arranged meetings with personnel from several travel agencies.

If not for Gao Feng's connections, these travel agencies would not have even given the Mingyue Village project a second glance.

For travel agencies, the profit margins for such projects were too thin.

It was not yet the situation that would exist three years later in the future.

Private cars were not yet popular, and self-driving tours had not fully taken off.

Most people preferred travel agencies for their trips.

For this Mishui Township project, they would only get a share of transportation costs and personnel commissions.

There were none of the miscellaneous fees like accommodation, dining, or shopping.

While the promotional efforts in Zhongzhou were in full swing, Sun Ning successfully boarded Shang Rou's private car.

Although Shang Rou would occasionally travel to Zhongzhou to meet her lover, the two had still not seen each other for a long time.

The tenderness between them goes without saying.

During this time, Shang Rou took Sun Ning to many drinking parties.

Although Sun Ning had the prestigious title of being Elder Shang's disciple, Mishui Township lacked resources, so he didn't manage to secure much investment.

These businessmen were not running charities; they wouldn't scramble to curry favor just because of his title!

Your so-called electric vehicle production base in Mishui Township is just a castle in the air; why should I agree to invest?

Take your claims about convenient transportation, a large population, and broad prospects.

Who can't say a few words like that?

Sun Ning knew that the businessmen who could associate with Shang Rou were all major players.

They would not easily invest in townships.

To put it bluntly, Mishui Township has limited land resources; how much would your electric vehicle production base occupy?

For a company as large as mine to build a factory, we need dozens or hundreds of acres of industrial land.

How many square kilometers is your entire township?

If I want to expand later, will you have land for me?

These have never been small issues.

As for those small factories and small businessmen, Sun Ning couldn't reach them because they weren't in the same circle.

Once there is the golden phoenix of an electric bicycle production base, why worry about not attracting the hens that lay the eggs?

However, Sun Ning still chatted enthusiastically with those businessmen and they all exchanged contact information.

These businessmen were all resources; as Sun Ning's status rose, there would eventually be a day for cooperation.

Sun Ning didn't stay in Jiangnan Province for long before he was summoned back by a call from Mishui Township.

Nothing else, the first batch of tourists had already arrived at their destination.

On the phone, Village Party Secretary Tian Lei told Sun Ning that a few scattered people had already arrived a few days ago.

After these tourists returned, they praised the Mingyue Village model highly on the internet.

Their comments on certain special forums and message boards piqued many people's curiosity.

Of course, there were also tourists who didn't like it much here, but no one gave a negative review.

As the saying goes, one does not strike a smiling face; Mingyue Village provided them with a different kind of service.

Although they felt there was no beautiful scenery here, they could stay for a few days when they had nothing else to do.

Therefore, the worst rating was a neutral one.

Sun Ning didn't have anyone arrange for review manipulation; he wanted authentic feedback.

Just like that, it caused a stir among a certain group of sentimental people.

And today's increase in foot traffic terrified Village Party Secretary Tian Lei.

"Why is there such a mix of people? Someone actually likes this broken mountain ravine."

Facing so many tourists, Village Party Secretary Tian Lei was flattered and at a loss for a moment, so he subconsciously called Sun Ning.

As for Sun Ning, having enjoyed a few days of tenderness in Jiangnan, he didn't hesitate to take a flight back to Heyang upon receiving Village Party Secretary Tian Lei's call.

After a day of traveling, Sun Ning finally returned to the Mishui Township Government.

After reporting to Secretary Xue Hongtao, he didn't even bother with the backlog of official business and headed straight for Mingyue Village.

He wanted to conduct an on-site inspection of the tourists' reactions.

When Sun Ning arrived at Mingyue Village, he could clearly feel an air of excitement emanating throughout the village.

Moreover, the air in the village was filled with a sense of restlessness.

As far as Sun Ning could see, the group of people at the Mingyue Village information center were looking at these tourists with strange expressions.

Emotions like confusion and burning curiosity were intertwined.

Such direct gazes made those who touted freedom and artistry feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Village Party Secretary Tian Lei, go tell those uncles and aunties to be more reserved. Most of the people coming here have social anxiety; don't scare away our cash cows."

It turned out that the first instruction from our Township Head Sun upon arriving at Mingyue Village was to restrain his own people.

Although Sun Ning said this, he followed Village Party Secretary Tian Lei to the information organization.

"Cadre Sun, sit down quickly."

"Township Head, have some peanuts."

"Oh my, Township Head, sit on my stool, his is too dirty!"

Sun Ning had spent the most time in Mingyue Village and had already become one with the people here.

However, this was the first time these uncles and aunties had been so enthusiastic toward Sun Ning.

There was no helping it; they had seen real benefits!

Combined with what Sun Ning had done in Mingyue Village before, they now completely regarded him as one of their own.

Sun Ning didn't stand on ceremony either and squatted right in the middle of the crowd.

He smiled and asked everyone, "Now that the tourists are here, are your younger generations all busy?"

"Cadre Sun, your idea is truly brilliant. I never expected that someone would come for tourism in our poor, harsh mountains."

"Township Head, thanks to your good fortune, I've already sold three of the chickens I raised, and I don't have to lug them to the township to sell them for money anymore."

"Township Head, will people keep coming to our village?"

With Sun Ning's simple greeting, the people in the area thanked him all at once.

They also poured out what had been bottled up in their hearts over the past few days.

Sun Ning answered the villagers' concerns one by one.

He repeatedly emphasized that the bright future of Mingyue Village was coming, and the opportunity for the villagers to shake off poverty and get rich had arrived.

He told them they must carry out activities in accordance with the various rules and regulations.

Not cheating tourists was a code of conduct that every person in Mingyue Village had to keep in mind.

Sun Ning stayed in Mingyue Village for three days; during these three days, he never initiated a conversation with any tourist.

His main purpose here was just to observe.

Supervise village officials, observe villagers, and keep an eye on tourists.

Everything is hard at the beginning!

Facing twenty or thirty tourists, the villagers of Mingyue Village were indeed a bit flustered at first.

However, they strictly followed Sun Ning's instructions, which was to resolutely not disturb the tourists.

Besides that, if some tourists needed meals provided, the villagers could do it for them.

Regarding cooking skills, Sun Ning did not provide too much training to the villagers of Mingyue Village.

What he wanted was authentic farmhouse food; he wanted that taste of home.

For these two or three days, his most important task was to pay attention to the tourists.

Just as he had anticipated, many artistic youths came for short stays.

Some carried sketchpads, some wore headphones, and some held guitars.

They were unlike other tourists who focused on beautiful scenery; they lived more in their own worlds.

It was undeniable that Mingyue Village did have some scenery.

Taking walks, drinking tea, doing farm work, fishing.

For a moment, Sun Ning was even a little envious of these people.