"This really is a nice place!"

"Yes, the air is so fresh!"

"Exactly! Looks like we can come here every weekend!"

"Right, it's a great opportunity for the kids to experience some work too!"

With such heartfelt praise, many people got out of their cars after parking.

In the past, they had only lived in the city, and seeing such an environment now, it felt very fresh!

At that moment, they planned to come here often for fun!

While they were making such plans, they saw many people walking towards them.

They knew these must be from Zhaojialou Village...

As they all thought this, they heard the approaching people speak, "You all are here to visit our village, aren't you?"

"Yes!"

"Then first, please pay the parking fee."

"Okay!"

Everyone agreed promptly because they knew paying for parking was customary, as they had paid everywhere else they went!

Hearing the agreement from the visitors, the people from Zhaojialou quickly set the price, "One hundred per car!"

The tourists, who were ready to pay, were stunned, "A hundred? That's too expensive!"

"Yes!"

The people from Zhaojialou knew they would find it costly, so they glanced at them and said indifferently, "We know it's a bit high, but that's normal. We used a lot of our farmland to make this parking space!"

Hearing this, the people looked around and saw that the land indeed had been used for planting, realizing their sacrifice, they didn't say anything further. Thus, all the tourists paid the parking fee...

Holding the money, the collectors were thrilled; they hadn't made this much in a year...

"All these rich people, looks like we need to fleece them hard!"

Thinking this, their gaze towards the tourists turned very warm; at that moment, in their eyes, these weren't visitors but fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered!

In the forum of Lake Water County, a few tourists complained about the high parking fees of Zhaojialou, but their posts were quickly buried by numerous new posts!

For those who lived in the city all year round, the environment of Zhaojialou was great, so many excitedly took lots of photos with their smartphones and posted them in the Lake Water County forum, which only made Zhaojialou's popularity surge!

Sitting at his desk, Zhao Datong saw the village's rising popularity and was thrilled...

"Murong Qingqing, this time, even you can't turn the tide!"

Zhao Datong felt he had won in his battle against Murong Qingqing, a total and absolute victory, as everyone's focus was now on him and the village; no one cared about Murong Qingqing's lousy livestream anymore!

...

While Zhao Datong was thrilled, other members of Zhaojialou Village, like Zhao Long, couldn't help but feel envious!

"Parking is so expensive, yet all the tourists paid? These people really are rich. Don't hold back, everybody, milk them for all they're worth. After all, if anything happens, Zhao Datong will have our backs!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Zhao Long's command, everyone was eager and ready...

...

"What? Ten yuan for a bottle of mineral water?"

"This… We just used the restroom, and it costs twenty yuan?"

"This chicken, we only took a photo, and there's a fee for that too?"

Soon, various discordant voices emerged from within Zhaojialou...

All the villagers of Zhaojialou were now competing against each other, furiously extorting the tourists visiting their village!

A bottle of water that was worth one yuan was suddenly being sold for ten yuan!

Even the originally free public toilets started charging a fee…

Even taking a photo was subjected to a charge!

Seeing that the tourists were not willingly parting with their money, the people of Zhaojialou grew disgruntled!

One scoundrel smirked and said, "This is how our village operates. If you come to our village to have fun, you naturally have to follow our rules!"

"Exactly! If you don't have money, why bother coming out to play?"

"Isn't it nice just watching TV at home?"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Hearing this disdain, the tourists were utterly dumbfounded. They couldn't believe that these people could be so shameless!

Did this mean that being a tourist here essentially translated to being fleeced?

What kind of logic was that!

Thinking this way, they quickly said, "Bring us the village chief!"

"Exactly! We need to seriously report this issue!"

"Absolutely!"

When they heard the tourists asking to see the village chief, they disdainfully said, "You want to see the village chief? What a joke. The village chief is too busy for the likes of you. Alright, we know you're all broke, just scram! Zhaojialou doesn't welcome you!"

"Yeah, scram!"

"Don't bother us here!"

It exploded!

All the tourists burst into anger!

Thus, a conflict directly ensued…

…

Over at Xiaohe Village, Murong Qingqing glanced at her three assistants and asked indifferently, "We have a live broadcast scheduled for this afternoon, is there still not much buzz about it on the forums?"

Hearing Murong Qingqing's inquiry, they nodded, "Yes! Although there has been some attention due to the continuous promotions by the TV station, it's still far from enough! Currently, all the focus of the people in Lake Water County is on Zhaojialou!"

"Okay, I understand!"

Murong Qingqing slightly nodded her head, then briskly stood up, moving apologetically towards Hu Xiaobei who was not far off, "Xiaobei, it seems this broadcast might not achieve the effects we anticipated. I'm really sorry!"

"That's alright, it's not your fault!"

Hearing Murong Qingqing's sincerely apologetic tone, Hu Xiaobei gently shook his head, knowing all too well that the current situation was all related to Zhao Datong, naturally, he wouldn't blame Murong Qingqing!

"But I did promise to help promote this properly, I…"

Before she could finish, Murong Qingqing heard exclamations from behind her!

Turning her head, she saw the three assistants staring excitedly at their phones!

Seeing their shocked expressions, Murong Qingqing joked, "What, did you win a big prize?"

"Qingqing, it really is like hitting the jackpot. Come have a look at the forum!"

Hurriedly, Murong Qingqing took out her phone, quickly logged onto the Lake Water County forum, and found that the forum was still dominated by posts about Zhaojialou, but this time it was flooded with negative news!

"Oh my gosh!"

Seeing countless negative news posts completely taking over the board, Murong Qingqing was stunned!

Following that, Murong Qingqing shook her phone excitedly and said, "Xiaobei, come quick and look at this!"

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