Rebirth 70: I am a Koi

The morning light shines through the window, ushering in a new day. I have not slept all night, and my mind is full of how to deal with the challenges of the Chengnan project. After a simple wash, I quickly walked to the meeting room, where Bai Hanchuan was already waiting, with a steaming breakfast and fragrant coffee on the table.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Bai Hanchuan stood up and pulled out a chair for me, his tone filled with heartache.

"I can't sleep," I rubbed my brows, "We must win this battle!"

He handed me a cup of coffee, his eyes firm: "Don't worry, we are ready."

As the employees walked into the meeting room one after another, the originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became solemn. I took a deep breath and explained the plan I discussed with Bai Hanchuan last night in detail to everyone.

"We have to fight a great turnaround!" I said firmly. "Although the South City project is coming with great momentum, we can't lose our composure. We have to believe in ourselves, our products, and our team!"

As soon as I finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out in the conference room. I saw familiar faces full of determination and confidence.

In the following days, the entire base entered a tense state of preparation. Employees voluntarily worked overtime to carry out the final maintenance and decoration of the plantation, striving to welcome tourists in the best condition. In order to highlight our characteristics, I also specially arranged for people to design some experience activities, such as picking vegetables by hand, learning to make jam, etc.

Bai Hanchuan led the sales team to contact various media and travel agencies for promotion. Watching him busy, I was filled with gratitude and admiration.

Just as we were preparing intensively, something unexpected happened...

"What did you say? Someone is willing to help us?" I stood up suddenly, and the documents in my hand fell to the ground.

Bai Hanchuan held my shoulders and asked me to calm down, then he slowly said, "Do you remember the old man we met last time when we gave a lecture at the Agricultural University? He contacted me and said that he admired our ideas and was willing to do his best."

The old man is a retired gardening master, with many students all over the world and a high reputation in the industry. His presence is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for our project. I excitedly shook Bai Hanchuan's hand: "Great! There is always a way out!"

Surprises came one after another, and the botanical expert also contacted us. He was moved by our enthusiasm for ecological agriculture and expressed his willingness to provide free technical guidance and invited several of his friends in the same field to visit us.

As soon as the news came out, the whole base was in an uproar. The employees cheered and jumped for joy, as if they had seen the dawn of victory. I suppressed my excitement and immediately started to arrange the reception.

The day the expert team arrived, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear blue, as if cheering us on. I personally led them to visit the planting base and introduced our ideas and technology in detail. The experts listened attentively and nodded in approval from time to time.

"Your project is very forward-looking and combines ecological agriculture with tourism. It is very creative." An expert praised, "I believe that as long as you persist, you will succeed."

After hearing the experts' high evaluation, I finally felt relieved. I knew that we were already halfway to success.

In order to expand our influence, we also invited local media to report on our planting base. For a time, the news about our planting base was overwhelming and attracted a lot of attention.

Bai Hanchuan struck while the iron was hot and actively negotiated cooperation with surrounding tourist attractions and hotels to jointly create ecological tourism routes. Soon, we reached strategic cooperation agreements with several well-known companies.

Everything was going in the right direction, and I seemed to see the goddess of victory waving at us. However, at this moment, my cell phone suddenly rang, and an unfamiliar number flashed on the screen...

"Hello?" I answered the phone hesitantly.

"Ms. Mu, long time no see." A cold voice came from the receiver, and my heart sank. It was Zhao Tianming! The competitor we squeezed out of the market!

"What do you want to do?" I asked coldly, suppressing my anger.

"Nothing, I just wanted to kindly remind you not to be too happy too soon." Zhao Tianming said sarcastically, "It's still uncertain who will win!"

Before I could refute, he hung up the phone. With a bad feeling in my heart, I immediately contacted my colleague in charge of market research.

"Boss Mu, Zhao Tianming and his team have been very active recently. Not only have they significantly reduced ticket prices, they have also launched various free experience activities, which have attracted many tourists." The colleague reported in a serious tone, "Our customer base has been greatly affected."

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. Zhao Tianming's move was indeed ruthless. He used the price advantage to seize the market, which was beyond our expectation.

"We can't just sit there and wait for death!" Bai Hanchuan made a prompt decision, "We have to find a way to break through and get back the lost customers!"

After urgent discussion, we decided to hold a grand opening ceremony on the day of the project's completion, inviting celebrities and media reporters from all walks of life to attend in order to increase the project's visibility and influence.

"We want to make the opening ceremony a grand event to let everyone know that our project is the best!" I said firmly.

In the next few days, all of our staff entered the final sprint stage. We were busy day and night, setting up the venue, contacting guests, arranging programs... Everyone was on edge and didn't dare to relax.

Finally, the opening ceremony arrived as scheduled. Early in the morning, the entire park was decorated with festive atmosphere, colorful flags flying, and people were crowded. Celebrities and media reporters from all walks of life came one after another, and the scene was very lively.

Bai Hanchuan and I stood on the rostrum, looking at the huge crowd below, our hearts were filled with excitement and emotion. We have put in so much effort and sweat for this day.

"Dear guests, friends, good morning!" Bai Hanchuan took over the microphone from the host and began his passionate speech...

The ceremony went smoothly, the speeches of the guests were brilliant, and the performances were wonderful, winning rounds of applause. However, at this moment, my phone suddenly vibrated, and a text message came into my sight, and my face turned pale instantly...

"Look! What is that?!" The crowd suddenly cried out in surprise, and everyone's attention was drawn to it... The text message was sent by a mysterious ally. It was only a few words, but it was like a bolt from the blue: "Come quickly! Something happened!" My mind went blank. Could it be that something went wrong at the base? Without thinking too much, I immediately said goodbye to Bai Hanchuan and drove to the planting base in the suburbs. Along the way, my heart was hanging in my throat, and all kinds of terrible thoughts were circling in my mind.

When I arrived at the base, I saw a scene of panic. The workers looked flustered, talking about something in groups of three or five, and the expert team gathered together with frowns. I rushed to the mysterious ally, and his usually ruddy face was now extremely pale. When he saw me coming, he handed me a report with trembling hands: "You... you can read it yourself..."

I took the report and scanned it quickly, my expression becoming increasingly grim as I read the content. The report showed that a new variety of flowers cultivated at the base had withered on a large scale, and this flower was the main product of our project and our biggest advantage over our competitors!

"How could this happen? Wasn't it fine before?" I asked in disbelief, my voice trembling.

“We don’t know either. We have urgently invited experts to come for consultation, but…” The mysterious ally hesitated to speak, his face full of worry and self-blame.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. Now was not the time to blame anyone. The most urgent thing was to find a solution! I immediately convened a meeting with the expert team and the head of the base to discuss countermeasures.

After several days of all-night research, the expert team finally found the problem: the water source near the base was polluted, and this new variety of flowers has extremely high requirements for water quality, which is why large areas of wilting occurred.

"The most important thing now is to find a new water source, otherwise..." The botanical expert did not finish his words, but everyone understood what it meant.

It is not easy to find a new water source! There is no qualified water source near the base, and it is too late to transfer water from far away! Are all our efforts going to go to waste?

Despair spread throughout the base, and everyone's face was filled with exhaustion and frustration. I suppressed the grief in my heart and encouraged everyone not to give up, and never give up until the last moment!

At this time, Bai Hanchuan brought a piece of news. He used all his connections and finally found a ray of hope for us...

Three days later, we stood at the gate of the park that was about to be completed, looking at the sea of ​​flowers that had condensed countless efforts, with our hearts full of expectations and anxiety. Bai Hanchuan held my hand and whispered, "Don't worry, everything will be fine." I turned to look at him and nodded firmly. Yes, no matter what, we must persevere to the end! At this time, a military truck slowly drove over and stopped in front of us...