"Damn it, finally made it out of this godforsaken mountain!"

"Exactly! This is so great!"

"Yes, yes, yes, just now... just now it was really exhausting!"

Looking at the village not far ahead, they exchanged glances and let out a long sigh of relief!

Wang Xiaoming, leading the group, heard their muttering, frowned slightly, and straightforwardly said, "Alright, enough nonsense, let's hurry up!"

"Yes!"

They quickly agreed, and soon they rapidly arrived at the village in front of them...

This village is called Shore Village, which used to be one of the wealthier villages in the vicinity tens of miles around...

But later, because of Xiaohe Village, it was no longer so prosperous...

Gradually, it was further forgotten by everyone.

Now, when mentioning Shore Village, the biggest impression everyone has is that it's next to Xiaohe Village!

As for anything else, there's really nothing...

Honestly, if Shore Village had followed the lead of other villages by aligning closely with Xiaohe Village and standing with Hu Xiaobei earlier, things would definitely be much better!

But unfortunately, Shore Village's Village Chief Wang Zhi saw himself as superior and wasn't willing to do so, resulting in the village's worsening condition day by day.

At this moment, while Wang Xiaoming and others were walking into the village, Wang Zhi was in the village's small square ranting about Hu Xiaobei to everyone!

"That Hu Xiaobei calls himself Master Xiaobei! I think he's nothing but complete trash, claiming to lead the villagers to prosperity is a total joke, I feel people in Xiaohe Village aren't doing well either!"

Hearing Wang Zhi shamelessly spouting nonsense, everyone in Shore Village frowned heavily...

They used to think Wang Zhi was a good person, which is why they elected him as the village chief!

But after he became chief, they found he wasn't as good as he seemed...

In fact, he was nothing more than a petty and narrow-minded man!

Really!

As a village chief, he didn't have the slightest tolerance!

He couldn't accept anyone stronger than him at all.

"What? Why do you all frown like this? Don't you believe what I say? Do you think I'm talking nonsense?"

Seeing nearly everyone's brows slightly furrowed, he squinted his eyes, somewhat displeased...

In his eyes, as the village chief of Shore Village, all villagers there should unconditionally echo him because here, he's the one who decides!

But now, they weren't doing that, making Wang Zhi extremely unhappy.

...

"No, we believe, of course, we believe!"

"That's right!"

"Village Chief, do you have anything else to say? If not, we'll be going!"

"Yes! We have a lot to do!"

After glancing at Wang Zhi, they spoke up perfunctorily!

After finishing, they were all ready to leave!

They knew there was no point in staying to listen to his nonsense, so they were all eager to leave and do something meaningful.

Seeing everyone stand up, he said in a low, displeased tone, "Of course, there's more! Today I want to talk to you about Hu Xiaobei's true colors, let you know he's simply an absolute scoundrel!"

Wang Zhi felt the village's current decline was all because of Hu Xiaobei...

So, he wished he could curse Hu Xiaobei every day...

Even, he felt it wasn't enough to curse alone, so he wanted to rally everyone to curse him together...

...

"That's right! Village Chief Wang is absolutely right! That Hu Xiaobei is indeed a complete scoundrel, you all must be cautious in the future!"

Upon hearing someone echo him, Wang Zhi's eyes lit up...

Then, Wang Zhi raised his head...

Coincidentally, he saw a few people quickly walking over!

After scrutinizing them a bit and confirming he didn't know them at all, he spoke with full of confusion...

"Who are you? What are you doing in our Shore Village?"

At this point, Wang Zhi was somewhat alerted as these people looked very disheveled, like refugees...

Wang Xiaoming heard the slightly wary tone and his mouth twitched fiercely!

He knew Wang Zhi was so alert now because of his own disheveled appearance...

Confirming this, Wang Xiaoming dusted off himself and said, "Village Chief Wang, right! No need to be nervous, we have no ill intentions, we plan to come to your Shore Village as investors! Earlier, we got lost on our way here, so we wandered around the mountain, and that's why we look like this now."

"What... what did you say? You... you are here to invest in our village?"

Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment, then quickly widened his eyes!

The reason why Wang Zhi's eyes widened so much was because he found it a bit unbelievable...

The reason for this disbelief was that it had been really long since any investors came to the village!

Really!

Now, all investors were attracted to Xiaohe Village...

Seeing Wang Zhi's dazed appearance, Wang Xiaoming lit a cigarette for himself!

Taking a happy puff, he said calmly, "Yes! So, what? Doesn't Shore Village welcome outsiders to invest?"

"No! No! No! We welcome, of course, we welcome!"

After shaking his head vigorously, Wang Zhi quickly responded!

It's been so long!

It's been so long since an outsider came, that now seeing them, Wang Zhi was so excited he was almost incoherent.

"Since you're welcome, that's good! Now take us on a tour!"

"Alright! Alright! Alright! I'll take you on a tour now!"

Saying this, Wang Zhi paused for a moment...

Soon, he spoke unhurriedly, "Everyone, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I've been deceived quite a few times before, so now I want to ask you, are you really here to invest? Specifically, in what?"

Many have used the guise of investment to swindle money!

So, he was worried these people were swindlers!

Understanding Wang Zhi's concerns, Wang Xiaoming spoke softly, "We've taken a particular interest in your water resources here and plan to invest in building a water plant!"

"A water plant?"

Wang Zhi's eyes lit up!

He knew the village's water resources were indeed abundant, so building a water plant here would certainly be appropriate!

"Yes! Investing in a water plant, why? Do other investors also plan to build a water plant here?"

"No, no!"

"Since there's none, we can discuss it then, for now, show us around so we can understand the environment here!"

"Alright! No problem at all!"

Agreeing heartily, Wang Zhi, looking at the villagers, boisterously said, "Everyone, we'll hold the meeting to criticize Hu Xiaobei later, right now, I have important matters to attend to!"

After saying that, he quickly led them towards the surrounding mountains and forests...

The villagers watched them go, squinting slightly...

They were a bit happy as finally someone came to invest again!

But upon thinking carefully, they felt there was no need to be happy!

Because they knew Wang Zhi was extremely greedy, so even if someone came to the village to invest, it was unlikely they themselves would benefit much, as no matter the benefits, he would surely swallow it all...

"We'll see!"

Thinking this, they all gradually left...

They knew they couldn't afford to offend Wang Zhi, so now they could only watch and wait...

As they left, the very cheerful Wang Zhi led Wang Xiaoming and others quickly to the mountain ahead...

At this moment, walking at the forefront, Wang Zhi was genuinely in an excellent mood...

For during the earlier conversation with Wang Xiaoming, he learned that Wang Xiaoming was genuinely preparing to invest a large sum of money here this time...

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