Chapter 353: Showing Manager Yun Around the Village

A tourist route?

Yun Yun raised an eyebrow.

After a moment’s thought, she said, “Alright, I’m on my way.”

Half an hour later, the beautiful Yun Yun arrived at the agency.

Li Yang’s eyes lit up when he saw her. ‘She’s a real beauty,’ he thought.

“You’re the one who wants to partner with me?” Yun Yun asked, a little disappointed after seeing Li Yang. She shook her head.

“That’s right!” Li Yang quickly introduced himself. “My name is Li Yang, from Bishui Village in Gaodi Town. You probably don’t know me, but we’re building a mountain resort there. We’re planning to develop it for tourism, so I wanted to talk to you about creating a dedicated tourist route.”

Yun Yun chuckled in exasperation. ‘This guy’s really something,’ she thought. She had heard of Gaodi Town, and it was out in the middle of nowhere.

“Mr. Li, you must be joking, right?” Yun Yun felt it was a waste of her time. ‘I made a special trip here just for this?’

“Of course not!” Li Yang quickly shook his head and said earnestly, “I came here in all sincerity to partner with you. I wouldn’t joke about this.”

“Within Ruizhou, there aren’t really any places worth visiting…” Yun Yun said with a serious expression. “You say you’re in Gaodi Town. What could possibly be worth seeing there?”

“You’ve never been, have you,” Li Yang said. “How can you know it’s not suitable for tourism if you’ve never been? Come on, I’ll take you to see it.”

“No, thank you!” Yun Yun refused flatly. “I have a lot of other things to do. I can’t spare the time. Please, see yourself out.”

‘Well, looks like she has no intention of working with me,’ Li Yang thought.

The young woman was all smiles. ‘You’ve got guts, but it’s useless.’

Li Yang had no other choice. He had to play his trump card. “Manager Yun, I believe business at your Youth Travel agency isn’t doing so well, is it?”

Yun Yun’s eyebrow twitched. “And so what if it isn’t?”

“Your strategy is flawed!” Li Yang stated.

“Strategy?” Yun Yun laughed. “This is what we do for a living. No matter how flawed our strategy might be, it can’t possibly be worse than your judgment, can it?”

Yun Yun had the right to say that. After all, she had been struggling in this industry for many years. She definitely knew more than a guy like him.

Li Yang smiled. “Yes, yes, Manager Yun, your insight is naturally better than mine. But perhaps you’re too close to the situation to see it clearly. Ruizhou isn’t a big city, and local spending power is only so-so. Your main focus is on out-of-province tours, but the people who can afford those are mostly office workers who don’t have the time. A trip out of province takes two or three days, and you don’t even get to see much. It’s also exhausting. Do you think they really want to do that? They’re already tired enough from working every day; they don’t want to travel so far. As for the elderly… they’re usually looking after grandchildren, so they can’t go. And the younger generation wouldn’t be at ease letting them travel so far anyway, right?”

Yun Yun was taken aback. ‘It seems this guy came prepared.’

Seeing that Yun Yun was silent, Li Yang knew he had struck a chord. He pressed on, “So, for a place like ours, developing long-distance tourism isn’t really suitable.”

“So we should develop short-distance tourism instead?” Yun Yun retorted.

“Exactly!” Li Yang slapped the table. “Think about it, what do people who work all week need most? Rest! So even when they go on a trip, what they truly need is to relax. Our town is just over a hundred kilometers from the city, right? It’s less than a two-hour drive. We have mountains, water, and great food. They can have fun, go swimming, hike in the mountains, and rest when they’re tired. Most importantly, the journey is short. If they go for the weekend, they can both have a good time and get plenty of rest. Don’t you agree?”

Yun Yun was genuinely stunned by what Li Yang had said.

In fact, this was something she had been thinking about for a long time.

Expanding out of province was difficult, but there were no local destinations suitable for short-distance tourism.

“But what’s the special attraction?” Yun Yun wasn’t so easily swayed. ‘People are well-traveled these days. What you’re saying makes sense, but it’s useless if you don’t have something that can truly draw people in.’

“Won’t you know once you’ve been there?” Li Yang asked with a smile.

Yun Yun thought for a moment. “Alright then. I’ll do as you say. I’ll go to your village and see it for myself.”

“Deal!” Li Yang said, getting excited.

‘Looks like this silver tongue of mine is still good for something,’ he thought. “Let’s go, let’s go! Once Manager Yun sees our place today, we can basically seal the deal. Let’s go!”

Yun Yun drove her car, following Li Yang to Bishui Village.

From the moment she saw the Bi River, the look in Yun Yun’s eyes changed.

This town really was beautiful. After following Li Yang to Bishui Village and seeing Bishui Lake, she became even more certain.

“Manager Yun, come take a look…” Li Yang led her out of the car, pointing things out. “See that? That’s our Bishui Lake. What do you think? It’s beautiful, isn’t it? And over here, that’s an angling center I opened. We get dozens of fishing enthusiasts coming here to relax and fish every day. As for that way… look. That’s my mountain resort. It’s still under construction, but most of it is already finished. Let me take you over for a closer look.”