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  Song Baiyu had conducted a field investigation of the village and knew that the village had about 400 mu of land. According to local market conditions, the price for leasing one mu of land was around 200 yuan. Therefore, the total amount for leasing 400 mu of land for five years should be around 400,000 yuan. However, the contract only stated a price of 80,000 yuan for the five-year lease period of 400 mu of land, which made Song Baiyu frown.

  Seeing Song Baiyu frowning, Zhu Shuying and her daughter Mariana also felt a bit nervous. The village committee meeting last night was held in their courtyard, they knew how much the villagers were eager for Song Baiyu's investment. In order to retain Song Baiyu's investment in Tuanzi Village, the villagers discussed all night and lowered the contract price again and again, fearing that the high contract price would scare away Song Baiyu.

  Su Tingting didn't know what the contract was about, but she saw that Ma Hailong's family were all staring at her boyfriend with eager eyes, and knew that they must be very nervous. Just as Su Tingting couldn't help but plead for Ma Hailong, Song Boyu spoke up.

  "Uncle Ma, this contract price is too cheap, I don't want the villagers to lose out. You'd better draft another contract based on market prices. The money I provided should be enough." Song Baiyu really didn't want to take advantage of the villagers. If he did so now and the village's crops had a bumper harvest later, the villagers would definitely feel unfair. If someone stirred up trouble then, it wouldn't be worth it.

  "Ah..." Upon hearing Song Baiyu's words, the entire Ma family was stunned. Ma Hailong asked uncertainly: "Baiyu, do you think the contract price is too cheap, rather than too expensive?"

  Ma Haolong wants to ask what Manina and Zhu Shuying want to ask.

  Song Baiyu nodded affirmatively, "The land on the contract for five years, according to Jinyang City's land lease market conditions, should be around 400,000 yuan. The current price on the contract is unacceptably low, I cannot accept it."

  It wasn't until then that Ma Haichao confirmed he hadn't misheard, while Ma Naina's mouth was agape in incredulity, her eyes fixed on Song Boyu with a complex expression. This Song Boyu seemed quite astute, so why didn't he know to take advantage of a good deal?

  "Bo Yu, what's the condition of our village land? You're not unaware, are you? If we really lease it to you at market price, wouldn't that be cheating you? A person can't do things with a guilty conscience." Ma Hailong said firmly.

  "Bo Yu, you've already helped our village a great deal with the cement factory. Now that you can take over the contract for our village's land and offer salaries to the villagers, they're extremely grateful to you. In fact, the price we're offering is still not enough to repay your kindness." Zhu Shuying chimed in.

  "Uncle Ma, Auntie Ma, personal relationships are one thing, business is another. I'm confident that I can make money from these lands, and all I hope is that when the time comes, you won't take back the land or raise the price just because you see me making a profit. Let's do it this way: we'll set the contract price according to market rates, but the penalty for breach of contract will be higher. Otherwise, I won't contract any land in the village." Song Baiyu said seriously.

  Song Baiyu's tone left no room for doubt, and Ma Hailong and the others were stunned again. However, seeing that Song Baiyu seemed to be getting angry, Ma Hailong didn't dare continue persuading him.

  "Alright, let's do it as you said, at the market price. Whoever dares to back out or raise the price in the future is a turtle grandson." Ma Hailong didn't mind about the liquidated damages and thought that Song Boyu brought up the liquidated damages just to give face to the villagers. He was deeply moved by Song Boyu's sincerity.

  And Manina also looked at Song Boyu's gaze with a few points of appreciation, no matter how Song Boyu was as a person, at this moment, the decisiveness and breadth of a successful man were fully revealed.

  Could this man in front of her really make money from the land in the village? Manina thought with doubt, but soon she denied her own idea. The agricultural experts from the provincial city who were invited to the village at a great expense could not solve the problem of soil pollution, what could Song Baiyu, a small policeman, do?

  After settling the land contract with Tuozi Village, Song Baiyu and Su Tingting left Tuozi Village hand in hand. Before leaving, Song Baiyu again instructed Manina to recruit a few graduates from agricultural universities to plan and manage the land, rather than operating it according to the original traditional model, which made Manina stunned.

  Song Baiyu has a master's degree in landscape design from Harvard University, and he has studied agriculture abroad. His broad vision is naturally not comparable to that of Manina, a purely local graduate.

  On the way home, Su Tingting's eyes sparkled as she looked at Song Boyu. Today, Song Boyu's actions in Tunzi Village made Su Tingting feel sincerely admiring, and Song Boyu's originally tall image in her heart became even more lofty.

  "Brother, when can I be as awesome as you?" Su Tingting gazed at Song Boyu with adoration and admiration all over her face.

  Song Baiyu quite enjoyed Su Tingting's gaze, being stared at by the girl he liked with a worshiping gaze, he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, this feeling was something he had never experienced before.

  Li Yi returned to Sha Cheng after reaching an investment intention with Song Yuancheng, leaving only a secretary in Jinyang City to discuss specific cooperation matters with the New District Management Committee.

  Su Tingting stayed in Jinyang City for three days and reluctantly bid farewell to Song Boyu. The longer she followed Song Boyu, the greater the sense of crisis in her heart grew. She feared that the distance between her and Song Boyu would grow further apart, and eventually she wouldn't be able to keep up with his pace, thus ruining this relationship.

  The case of the ancient tomb theft in Nanyun County was concluded a week after the results were released. Song Baiyu inadvertently discovered the tomb raider's trail and independently captured the thief, undoubtedly taking the lead. After the case results were sent to the Chengxi Police Station, Luo Shuyuan immediately applied for a transfer order from the Municipal Bureau, requesting that Song Baiyu be transferred back to the Chengxi Police Station from Jinshan Town.

  During this time, Song Baiyu would often run to Tuozi Village whenever he had the chance. Seeing Mariana and several university students working enthusiastically with the villagers, his face was filled with a satisfied smile.

  Can't help but say that Manina still has a few eyes, the college students she chose are all from rural areas, willing to get along with villagers, and have real skills.

  Song Baiyu would borrow a hoe from villagers to dig soil or use sickles to cut some thorny vines whenever he arrived at Tuozizhuang Village.

  Seeing Song Baiyu busy in the field, without any pampering of a city person, the villagers became more and more respectful to Song Baiyu, enthusiastically teaching him some farming methods. In just one week, the relationship between Song Baiyu and the villagers had made rapid progress.

  The villagers didn't know that Song Baiyu followed them to work together just to secretly set up a soul-gathering array in the land.