Time was running out.

This awkward situation wasn't just happening in Stardew Valley—it was also giving real-world Gu Sheng quite the headache.

The southern suburbs plot.

One wrong step could lead to everlasting regret.

Gu Sheng sighed inwardly about his impulsive decision that day.

His resolve had softened, and he had fallen for Little Nezha's "tempting words," accepting this plot that could only be described as the ultimate sucker's deal.

It was truly an impulse purchase.

While the impulse had been quite passionate,

The sucker part was indeed very sucky.

He couldn't relax and even had to carefully consider how to develop this place to create a miracle and make it profitable.

After all, Golden Wind's shareholders weren't just him and Little Nezha now.

Moriya, Da Jiang, and Lu Bian—all three of them had shares too!

If they really poured real money into this and couldn't recover it, although those three probably wouldn't say anything, Gu Sheng himself would find it very hard to accept.

So recently, whenever Gu Sheng had time, he would drive to the southern suburbs plot.

As for Shen Miaomiao? Naturally, she tagged along too.

After all, slacking off was slacking off wherever she did it—following Old Gu out meant she could get some fresh air and experience nature.

Most importantly, opportunities to see Old Gu racking his brains were rare!

You know what?

What was Old Gu usually like?

Completely self-satisfied, commanding respect, confident and dashing.

In the realm of games, his ingenious ideas seemed inexhaustible, capable of defeating gods and buddhas alike.

No matter how outrageous the ideas Shen Miaomiao proposed seemed, they never stumped him—he could even casually pull out something amazing for her.

But now.

The operational difficulty of real-world industries was clearly something Old Gu hadn't experienced before, making him quite hesitant.

After all, he wasn't an all-powerful superman who could master every field.

Shen Miaomiao had finally found a topic that stumped her man, which made her quite pleased.

After all, she couldn't be at a disadvantage in every aspect!

Moreover!

This was a major matter concerning loss rebates!

The more Old Gu frowned with worry, the harder it would be for the project to break even, meaning her rebate funds would be greater!

Thinking this,

Shen Miaomiao looked at Gu Sheng, who was staring blankly at the plot beside her, and asked with a hint of expectation and delight:

"How's the consideration going? Any new ideas today?"

"Kind of..."

Gu Sheng's response was somewhat hesitant.

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao's eyes lit up.

Great!

Having ideas was good!

Having ideas meant the project could proceed, and once the project started, money would begin burning! Once the slip was established, her days of waiting for losses would arrive!

"What ideas? Tell me about them."

Shen Miaomiao slightly turned her body, shifting direction in the passenger seat, leaning against the car door, stretching her long, jade-like legs over the gearshift lever, placing her feet on Gu Sheng's lap, while popping a lollipop into her mouth, looking at Gu Sheng with great interest.

"Hmm... resort,"

Gu Sheng murmured, gathering Shen Miaomiao's feet in his hands, gently massaging them like handling prayer beads, making Shen Miaomiao squint like a cat having its chin scratched:

"I've been studying this plot for the past few days—it looks so much like Stardew Valley Farm."

Exactly!

Gu Sheng's sense of déjà vu came from this plot's structure and terrain.

So remarkably, it actually resembled the structure of the protagonist's farm in Stardew Valley.

There were even cultivated and planted crops on both sides of the farmhouse.

And on the undeveloped land to its south, the relatively low terrain was sufficient to create a decent-sized pond.

With housing, land, mountains, water, and woods—

Not turning this place into [Stardew Valley Resort] would truly be a waste of natural gifts.

But the problem was...

"A resort of this large area would be very difficult to recoup costs quickly."

Gu Sheng said.

Because as everyone knew, a resort's profit sources were nothing more than charging vacationing tourists accommodation fees and leasing fees for related commercial facilities within the resort.

And for the resort's comfort, tourist density shouldn't be too high.

Of course, for money's sake, Golden Wind could consider building a large hotel here, but Gu Sheng felt that would lose Stardew Valley's romantic charm. He preferred building small villas, using the lowest possible density to create better experiences for tourists.

Building five or six two-to-three-story small villas, with fields on the left and ponds on the right.

Just steps outside the door would be Stardew Valley General Store, offering not only snacks and drinks but also gachapon machines filled with Golden Wind merchandise toys.

Tourists could gather in groups of three or five, staying in fully equipped villas with friends for completely relaxed parties, conveniently picking some vegetables and fruits from nearby fields for barbecue gatherings under the night sky, enjoying drinks and conversation.

Or one could enjoy a villa alone, bringing a favorite book or an unfinished painting, gazing from the rooftop at the surrounding fields and distant flowing river, casting a fishing line into the pond before closing eyes to rest, enjoying solitary moments.

In short, this would be a harbor for mental relaxation—low-density pure enjoyment allowing every tourist here to fully experience rural time.

But this way!

Profit seemed very difficult.

After all, building villas required money, building the general store required money, building the fishpond and related facilities required money—even the fields beside the resort and surrounding woods needed specialized maintenance.

After all, tourists came to experience farming, not actually farm seriously—at most, they'd just try it out.

"With all this, forget large-scale construction of resort villa clusters,"

Gu Sheng sighed:

"Even preliminary repairs and maintenance of surrounding crops and plants would incur significant costs."

"Too idealized—forget profit, breaking even would be difficult. So I was just casually mentioning..."

Oh?

Oh ho?!

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but shudder!

What did I just hear?

Did I hear "difficult to break even" from Old Gu's mouth?!

Friends! Family!

The sun's rising from the west!

Shen Miaomiao instantly perked up, raising her foot to hook Gu Sheng's chin, making him turn to look at her:

"What did you just say?"

"Ah? What did I say?"

Gu Sheng was somewhat confused:

"I said my idea was too idealized, profit would be difficult, might not even break even."

Heh heh heh!

Yes! Right! Exactly! So right!

My dear treasure, if you'd thought like this earlier, wouldn't our family have gotten rich long ago!

What about Comrade Lao Shen then?

If you'd done this three years ago, the "Gu couple" name would've been on the rich list ages ago!

Of course!

It wasn't too late now!

Thinking this, Shen Miaomiao shook her head, assuming a serious expression:

"Old Gu, I have to criticize you here. Let me ask—if we invest in this place, how much can we initially invest?"

"Let's see..."

Gu Sheng murmured, thinking:

"Five to six million?"

Actually, Gu Sheng didn't know exactly how much they could invest, but based on his rough market understanding, if they didn't build large villa clusters but just renovated the small farmhouse, built a Stardew Valley General Store using light steel structure, maintained crops, tidied the plot, built a fishpond and some decorations, five to six million would be more than enough.

"But this five to six million won't come back anytime soon,"

Gu Sheng shrugged:

"Even if our farmhouse is just a single-story courtyard, using Binjiang's average party villa price of two thousand per day for calculation, sixty thousand per month, assuming initial costs of six million, breaking even would take one hundred months, which is..."

"Eight and a half years..."

Shen Miaomiao's math was quick—before Gu Sheng could pull out his phone calculator, the break-even time instantly popped into her mind.

Good gracious!

Six million taking eight and a half years to earn back!

This blood-loss project was practically tailor-made for me!

And this was just the initial, first investment!

If following Old Gu's ideas, subsequent investments would only increase while revenue wouldn't grow much!

"Just a few million,"

Shen Miaomiao said righteously, persuasively:

"Compared to our games, this few million is just a drop in the bucket,"

"But precisely this drop can provide mental comfort for many players who love our games,"

"Actually, in my view, this Stardew Valley Resort doesn't necessarily need to profit..."

Huh?

Gu Sheng was baffled:

"Dear wife, what do you mean by that?"

Yes, Little Nezha wasn't short on money—he knew that from day one meeting Shen Miaomiao.

But they couldn't really be that flush with cash, right?

Really throwing money away?

"Ah—dear husband, please observe—"

Shen Miaomiao waved a hand, having Gu Sheng look at the wild mountains further south than their plot, saying with great assurance:

"Currently, the government proposed commercial south expansion plans, meaning all these lands will eventually be auctioned off,"

"Although our ten-thousand-plus square meter Stardew Valley Resort faces profit difficulties now, we can successfully establish reputation,"

"Then, when those vast lands fall into our hands, using the resort as a starting point, radiating construction to form comprehensive recreational commercial complexes, wouldn't we earn pots of money?"

Just blowing smoke!

Shen Miaomiao's thinking was simple.

After all, bragging didn't cost money—first draw the big picture, trick Old Gu into losing these six million-plus.

As for acquiring land, building entertainment complexes—those were pie-in-the-sky things that would take ages even if they really happened.

However!

Hearing Shen Miaomiao's 'vision,' Gu Sheng's spirit lifted!

Damn! Right—

Currently, commercial south expansion was already a municipally approved development plan.

But given the southern district's development difficulties, many investors automatically ignored this area, still focusing on the eastern district.

Thus, the vast southern suburbs plots would be sold in batches at very low prices with highly favorable policies—prices might even drop further to stimulate developers.

Looking here.

Far from urban pollution and noise, vast undeveloped territory, flat terrain, and riverside—both topography and location were perfectly suitable for comprehensive recreational commercial complexes.

If it really was like Little Nezha said, they acquired all land here in batches, then with comprehensive entertainment commercial complexes established, a super amusement park starting from Stardew Valley Resort could indeed bring them continuous massive wealth!

Golden Wind game-themed amusement park?

Sss—

Just thinking about this made Gu Sheng excited and full of anticipation.

This was a massive plan, an incredibly exhilarating plan.

And now before them was the opportunity to take the first step!

Thinking this, Gu Sheng couldn't help but give Little Nezha a thumbs-up:

"This plan... damn impressive."

"Of course!"

Shen Miaomiao shook her head, thinking Old Gu was quite easy to fool—her random nonsense actually made him dream like this.

Since that's the case, why not add another strong push!

Thinking here!

Shen Miaomiao's imagination ran wild as she continued giving Gu Sheng terrible advice:

"I think we shouldn't even repair that farmhouse—since we're called Stardew Valley Resort, when the Stardew Valley protagonist first arrives at Grandpa's house in Pelican Town, doesn't it have nothing too?"

"Farming we can assign specialized personnel to maintain, fishpond we can build early too—after all, these require professionalism and engineering, tourists can't do them,"

"But tidying the house—everyone can do that, right?"

"In my opinion, we just leave players some lumber and bricks—if they want to build small courtyards, let them create with their own hands,"

"At most we price lower—others charge two thousand daily for party villas, we charge five hundred daily. What do you think?"

It must be said!

Shen Miaomiao's move was truly terrible!

Tourists paying money still have to come do manual work?

Who the hell would want to come!

Shen Miaomiao also came up with this randomly, casually mentioning it.

Originally thinking Old Gu definitely wouldn't agree to such absurd suggestions—after all, making people pay to work was too ruthless.

But Gu Sheng was suddenly shocked!

His eyes gleaming with insight, he took a sharp breath!

Then couldn't help but cup Shen Miaomiao's little face and reward her with a smooch:

"Brilliant! Got it got it got it... I know how to do this now!"

"Mwah—huh? Ah?"

Shen Miaomiao was confused by the sudden kiss, instinctively responding before looking puzzled:

"So... so it's happily decided just like that?"

"Of course,"

Gu Sheng smiled, nodding affirmatively:

"Just happily decided like that!"

[Peripheral Main Project: Stardew Valley Resort]

[Project Investment Amount: 6 million yuan]

[Project Settlement Time: 28 days (+63 days)]

[Project Rebate Multiplier: 10x (+63x)]

[Current Revenue Amount: 0 yuan]

[Estimated Rebate Amount: 438 million yuan]

[Remaining Settlement Time: Waiting to start]

With another new investment project form opening, Shen Miaomiao's slip was preliminarily established.

The original slip's rebate settlement period was four weeks, 28 days.

But this time, since she and Old Gu both agreed this project was bound to lose, she for the first time so confidently extended the rebate settlement time to three months.

First try losing small for a quarter~

Thus!

Golden Wind's first peripheral project branching from online electronic entertainment industry toward diversified comprehensive enterprise—

[Stardew Valley Resort]

Officially launched!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com