Chapter 36: The Visitors’ Surprise! The First Quality 2 Product

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: The Visitors’ Surprise! The First Quality 2 Product

After getting their tickets for the rapeseed Flower Sea, Zhang Dong and Liu Li happily headed to the entrance.

In the parking lot below, however, the sound of a car starting up could be heard. It was Chen Yan, driving away with Liu Rui. He stomped on the gas, clearly in a bad mood.

One person’s joy is another’s sorrow.

A short while later, another car was heard outside. Zhao Lin, the person in charge of the ticket office, even walked out of the service center to act as a greeter.

Two cars pulled into the parking lot below, and a group of people got out, heading up toward the service center.

"Welcome, everyone. You can purchase your tickets in the service center and then enter the Flower Sea." Zhao Lin greeted them with a radiant smile, professionally guiding the visitors into the building.

The tourists followed her directions and filed into the service center.

Lin Jiali was a college student whose hobby was traveling. She had taken time off from school to return home for some personal matters. While out shopping with her cousin, she was captivated by a promotional video playing at the Darunfa plaza.

She never expected her small hometown county to suddenly have such a beautiful rapeseed Flower Sea.

Since she still had one day left of her leave, she decisively came over with her cousin.

’A trip home for business has turned into a trip home for pleasure.’

’This must be the perk of having a tourist attraction in your own backyard.’ Besides, this new rapeseed Flower Sea at Li Yuan Farm looked absolutely gorgeous and very appealing.

As for the 50 yuan ticket price mentioned in the ad, that was no issue.

If the real Flower Sea was even half as good as it looked in the video, then 50 yuan would be worth it.

Moreover, she didn’t expect the real Flower Sea to be as good as the video, since no tourist spot promotes itself without using filters.

But upon entering the service center, Lin Jiali suddenly froze. An inexplicable sense of joy washed over her. Yes, she wasn’t mistaken—her mood had improved.

Her cousin’s voice rang out, "Jiali, have you noticed? The style of this service center is really nice. Just walking in makes you feel happy."

Someone nearby immediately chimed in:

"Yeah, it’s really well-built. It’s so pleasant to look at!"

"Mhm, beautiful things can really lift your spirits."

"..."

Lin Jiali was surprised. ’Everyone felt it?’

Still, the service center was indeed stylish and beautiful. ’They must have hired an incredible master designer.’

Soon, Lin Jiali had bought her ticket and followed the others through the ticket check to enter.

The rapeseed Flower Sea wasn’t far from the entrance gate.

The moment she saw the sea of golden flowers, her gaze was captured, her face filled with astonishment.

She felt a deep sense of aesthetic pleasure; just looking at it gave her an extremely comfortable feeling.

The beauty of this Flower Sea was hard to describe with words.

This was, of course, the effect of the +1 Viewability attribute.

Lin Jiali had originally been worried about being scammed by a promotional video. She feared that the real Flower Sea wouldn’t even have half the appeal of the ad, a common state of affairs for tourist spots in the internet age. That’s why so many attractions get called out online, with batch after batch of videos comparing the "online" version to "reality."

Most attractions over-rendered their videos, using heavy filters to the point where the promotional video and the actual place looked like two different locations entirely.

It was just like those internet celebrities who use beauty filters. Wasn’t there a story about a female influencer who accidentally turned off her filter, and her top-spending fan ran for the hills overnight?

For travel lovers like her, the feeling of visiting many tourist spots was no different from that fan who ran for the hills.

But she never would have imagined that the rapeseed Flower Sea in her own hometown would be so genuine. Seeing it in person, it wasn’t the slightest bit inferior to the video ad—it was just as gorgeous, just as beautiful, and just as captivating.

’So the promotional video didn’t even use a filter. It’s just naturally this beautiful!’

Moreover, the beauty of seeing it in reality was different from seeing it in a video; each had its own unique charm.

With just a single glance, she was certain that no other rapeseed Flower Sea in the country could compare to this one.

It wasn’t just her; gasps of amazement continuously sounded out from all around.

"So beautiful! I feel like it’s even more beautiful than the ad. I was captivated instantly."

"Yeah, I’ve never seen such a stunning rapeseed Flower Sea before."

"..."

Lin Jiali wholeheartedly agreed with the discussions she heard from her cousin and the others. She couldn’t help but take out her phone and start filming the Flower Sea before her.

"It’s so beautiful!" Lin Jiali exclaimed in surprise again as she adjusted her phone to record a video.

The video she was shooting had a great cinematic feel, a kind of beautiful artistry to it.

’Even the top students in the university’s photography department probably couldn’t shoot something with this effect, right?’

It wasn’t just Lin Jiali. The other tourists who had entered with her also took out their phones and discovered that the videos they were taking looked amazing, highly watchable, and seemingly no worse than the official promotional video.

Lin Jiali shot two more videos and finally confirmed something: this Flower Sea was so beautiful you could film it from any angle and it would still look incredible.

She knew her own skill level when it came to filming. If even her casual shots looked this good, it must be because the rapeseed Flower Sea in front of her was truly that beautiful.

"I finally believe in the three key elements of photography they talk about online!" her cousin suddenly said.

Lin Jiali asked, "1. The model is beautiful. 2. The model is beautiful. 3. The model is beautiful?"

Her cousin shook her head and corrected her, "1. The scenery is beautiful. 2. The scenery is beautiful. 3. The scenery is beautiful."

Lin Jiali laughed, completely agreeing with her cousin.

The three elements were interchangeable.

A truly beautiful woman would look stunning in any random photo, no need for specific angles, beauty filters, or Photoshop.

Likewise, when scenery is exceptionally beautiful, you don’t need advanced filming techniques to create something delightful to watch, just like the video she was taking now.

With this thought, Lin Jiali couldn’t resist sending the video she took to her university class group chat, adding a message: "Hey everyone, sharing a video of the most beautiful rapeseed Flower Sea in the country."

Instantly, the group chat blew up.

"Ah, Jiali, where is this? The Flower Sea is gorgeous!"

"Drop the location! Just from this video, I suddenly have the urge to go visit."

"Lin Jiali, you took time off just to go on a trip? That’s too much! And now you’re tempting us."

"This is the Flower Sea in my hometown. I really did take leave to come back for personal matters and just came here on the side," Lin Jiali explained. Seeing her classmates’ reactions, she knew. ’They’re definitely hooked, aren’t they?’

She had felt the same pull when she first saw the ad for the Flower Sea.

It wasn’t just Lin Jiali. Others were also posting videos in various group chats, and even on their WeChat Friends Circles, attracting a lot of attention.

These people were all enthusiastically recommending the place, generating organic, word-of-mouth buzz.

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Zhang Lin went into the restaurant, found a corner table to sit at, and then checked the game in his mind, opening the "Host Visitors" milestone.

As time passed, wave after wave of tourists arrived. The number of visitors for the milestone was steadily increasing. As long as he hosted 100 tourists, he would receive the first reward for this milestone.

By 11:00 AM, the number of visitors had already reached 85.

In other words, ticket sales alone had already brought in 4,250 yuan.

This 4,250 yuan might not seem like much compared to the 64,000 yuan daily profit from wholesaling 1,500 jin of peaches and 1,000 jin of Sunshine Rose grapes.

But this was just the morning of the first day of business. Plus, lunchtime was approaching, and many tourists would surely spend money at the restaurant.

More visitors would come in the afternoon as well.

’Once the word gets out, I’m confident that with the quality of this rapeseed Flower Sea, tourists will come flocking.’

’As for this "Host 100 Visitors" milestone, it might even be completed before the morning is over.’

’It’s just a matter of another one or two groups of tourists.’

Just then, he received a WeChat message:

"Mister, I’m in my last class." It was from Fu Yao.

Only then did Zhang Lin remember that he had promised the young woman he would pick her up and bring her to the farm for the grand opening today.

He immediately hopped on his scooter and hurried toward You City. He waited outside the No. 1 Middle School gate and even sent Fu Yao a video.

And just as he was waiting for her, a game notification suddenly sounded in his mind:

[Congratulations! You have completed the "Host 100 Visitors" milestone and received a milestone reward. The market has refreshed with a special purchase item: Special Dried Honeysuckle Flowers. Daily purchase limit: 1 jin. The Purchase Market has been refreshed!]

When Zhang Lin saw the quantity was only 1 jin of dried Honeysuckle flowers, he suddenly felt the urge to complain.

’Even if the "Host 100 Visitors" milestone is simple, you don’t have to be this stingy.’

But just as he was about to complain, another game notification appeared:

[Congratulations! A rare Quality Refresh occurred for the Dried Honeysuckle Flowers. The product’s quality is now +1!]

Zhang Lin stared at this notification, stunned. An expression of amazement uncontrollably appeared on his face.

In *Agricultural Tycoon*, most wholesale products were Quality 1. However, in very rare cases, a "Quality Refresh" would occur, turning the refreshed product into Quality 2.

Such products were destined to become a player’s signature item.

It was just that the probability of a Quality Refresh was extremely low.

And now, one had appeared in his mind-game, and on a reward for a minor milestone like hosting 100 visitors, no less.

He had truly kissed Lady Luck today.

He hurriedly opened the game’s Purchase Market in his mind and saw the dried Honeysuckle flowers.

Dried Honeysuckle Flowers (Quality 2), purchase price 45 yuan per jin, available quantity 1 jin/day.

It really was Quality 2.

’A Quality 1 item from the game already has magical effects. Now that there’s a Quality 2 item, I can’t help but feel excited.’

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