I am farming in the real world

“You old fart! Can't you ever wish me well?”

Chen Jue looked at the pufferfish he had caught, his face instantly etched with black lines ￣□￣||

These things look cute, and when puffed up, they can even be used as scrubbing brushes for shoes. The meat is said to be delicious, but it's actually highly poisonous.

One mistake in preparation, and eating it could easily lead to an early grave.

In Rui County, Wenzhou, fishermen used to avoid pufferfish like the plague and release them immediately after catching them.

Only in recent years, with the upgrading of aquatic product processing technology, have many caught or farmed pufferfish been processed into grilled fish fillets for export to Japan and South Korea to earn foreign exchange, avoiding the waste of pufferfish resources.

The strategist Chen Shang sensed a hint of murderous intent and immediately restrained his flattering demeanor, obediently handing over the MC [Fishing Rod].

Chen Jue took the MC [Fishing Rod] and glanced at the subtitle description on it.

[Fishing Rod: A tool used to catch fish, can be synthesized with a wooden stick and string. Durability 64/65]

“Fishing once reduces 1 point of durability? This is the same as the setting in the original game,” Chen Jue muttered to himself.

He took down the lively pufferfish, held it in his hand, and gently poked it, enjoying himself like a child playing with a rubber ball.

Seeing the pufferfish “hissing~” and sucking air into its mouth, its belly swelling more and more, Chen Jue was afraid it would explode itself, so he threw it back into the water.

Then, he used the [Fishing Rod] to test the MC fishing gameplay, to see the fish-catching speed and probability in the real world.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he cast the mosaic-style black fishing line along with the J-shaped float and hook, in less than 45 seconds, the [Fishing Rod], without even bait, began to shake.

“A fish on the line?”

Chen Jue's face lit up with joy.

Before, when he went fishing with Zheng Bocheng in the reservoir, they could sit for hours without a single bite.

After all, the freshwater fish were all as clever as spirits, and no amount of chumming would work.

He didn't expect the fish in the sea to be so easy to catch!

So Chen Jue immediately pulled up the MC [Fishing Rod] in his hand.

The next second, he was stunned!

The pufferfish he had just released was now stuck on the mosaic hook, jumping around wildly, spitting seawater out of its mouth with “bububu~” sounds, looking like it was planning to continue inflating.

“Damn it!”

“Why is it you again?”

“Brother, please don't come back!”

Chen Jue took off the little pufferfish that had been hooked a second time and handed it to Tie Yi next to him, asking him to use his great strength to swing the ball-shaped pufferfish like a baseball, throwing it a hundred meters away back into the sea.

Only then did Chen Jue feel relieved and recast his line.

After another half a minute, the MC [Fishing Rod] shook violently again.

“Is this the game's setting where a fish is forced to bite within 30 to 45 seconds?” Chen Jue looked ecstatic.

Just now he was timing and calculating the fish-catching speed of this [Fishing Rod], but now his mouth was already wide open in an O shape.

If this BUG-level overpowered fishing rod were sold to those fishing enthusiasts, it would probably make those unlucky bastards who always come back empty-handed laugh in their dreams.

However, when Chen Jue pulled it up again, he couldn't hold his expression.

“Bububu~”

Stuck on the mosaic hook was, surprisingly, the same little pufferfish he had just thrown away!

“How old are you?”

“Why is it always you!”

Chen Jue felt a tingling sensation all over his body, and his language was almost garbled.

Thinking back to the setting mechanism of the fishing function in MC, he felt that the real-world environment must have changed the original 13% probability of catching a pufferfish.

After all, the [Fishing Rod] in his hand did not have the BUFF blessing of [Luck of the Sea] or anything like that.

What can be caught from the sea must be the fish closest to the hook in the nearby waters.

It's like fishing with a straight hook, with a magnetic force of law on the hook, sucking the fish up.

Otherwise, there would be no way to explain why this little pufferfish was caught every time he cast his line.

“The raw cod, raw salmon, tropical fish, pufferfish, treasures, and trash that are randomly fished up in the MC game have become the catches in reality.”

“That is to say, the basic gameplay of the [Fishing Rod] is retained, ensuring 100% that you won't come back empty-handed.”

“What kind of fun fishing rod is this for fishing enthusiasts!”

Chen Jue stroked his chin and analyzed carefully, a playful look on his face.

Feeling a bit playful, he recast his line several times.

Seeing that all he caught was the same little pufferfish that he had released back into the sea, Chen Jue couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: “Forget it! Since we're so destined, you can stay by my side as a mascot!”

With that, Chen Jue took out an MC bucket, scooped a bucket of seawater into the dock, and threw the little pufferfish into it.

… …

After the initial testing of the [Boat] and [Fishing Rod] in MC, Chen Jue surveyed the internal environment of the Minghua Shipyard.

At this time, the factory was pitch black.

Due to the bankruptcy and shutdown for some years, the entire factory had not yet been reconnected to industrial electricity.

In order not to attract the attention of outsiders, Chen Jue didn't even let the iron golems insert [Torches], relying entirely on night vision to do a major cleaning in the factory.

After all, the Minghua Shipyard at this time was still a dilapidated factory with leaks everywhere, and had not yet achieved complete closed transformation.

“Hey! It's past three o'clock! Time for tea!”

Chen Jue sent a stop-work signal.

After receiving the message, Tie Lao Liu led the iron fools to immediately assemble, line up, and salute, shouting “Loyal! Sincere!” twice before drilling back into the underground shaft.

After that, Chen Jue returned to the Chen Village old house by business car to rest.

The next morning, when he came to the Binhai Industrial Park again, Chen Jue took the strategist and went straight to the committee responsible for overall management in the park.

Director Feng Zhiqiang, who was in charge of the entire park, was taken aback when he heard that the Minghua Shipyard in the park had changed hands yesterday and was quietly taken over by a company called 'Square Technology'.

After asking about the transaction price, which reached more than 5 million, he immediately invited Chen Jue to sit in his office for a detailed discussion with a warm expression.

“President Chen is really generous!”

“The Minghua Shipyard has been shut down for several years, and the county has been looking for someone to take over but couldn't find a suitable buyer. I didn't expect it to finally fall into the hands of your Square Technology.”

“I wonder what the main business direction of your company will be next? Our Binhai Industrial Zone is broken, but it is still supported by the county to some extent. If there are good projects, you can inform the county.” Feng Zhiqiang brewed a pot of authentic-looking Pu'er tea and brought it up, starting to inquire about the details of Square Technology.

Chen Jue took the tea and smiled slightly: “To be honest, Director Feng, our Square Technology's main business is in mechanical processing and building materials. The projects involved are a bit complicated, and it won't be too late to mention tax incentives after we have achieved results.”

“Mechanical and building materials?” Feng Zhiqiang pondered upon hearing this.

As the competent unit of the entire industrial park, the registration and entry of these enterprises cannot bypass this management committee.

If there are any popular and important projects, they will definitely take the initiative to ask about them.

Of course, Chen Jue's main purpose this time, in addition to submitting the entry materials, was to get the expansion procedures for the Minghua Shipyard done.

So, after drinking a few cups of tea with the director of the park and chatting for a while, Chen Jue changed the subject and asked: “Director Feng, when our company's legal department was checking the old contracting contracts of the shipyard yesterday, they found some very interesting clauses. I would like to ask you to give some guidance to see if our Square Technology can use them.”

After speaking, Chen Shang, who was running errands beside him, put a compiled approval document on the coffee table.

When Feng Zhiqiang saw the old contract procedures, an interested look appeared on his face. After quickly scanning the information, he asked with a strange expression: “President Chen, you don't plan to use the mudflat outside the shipyard, do you?”

Chen Jue nodded: “That's exactly what I intend! I saw that it was stated in the contract that the usage rights of that beach plot belong to the shipyard, so I was thinking of expanding the scale of the factory next.”

After listening, Feng Zhiqiang immediately persuaded him with a 'you're dreaming' expression: “President Chen, I advise your Square Technology to give up this whimsical idea as soon as possible!”

Chen Jue hurriedly asked: “Director Feng, is there something wrong with this contract procedure?”

Feng Zhiqiang shook his head: “It's not that the procedure is not good. This is the contract signed when our Binhai Park was first opened, and it will still be valid for another 50 years. But the expansion project is too difficult, and a newly established small company like yours will definitely not be able to do it.”

Seeing that the old contract could continue to be valid, Chen Jue breathed a sigh of relief and said: “How do you know you can't do it without trying?”

Seeing Chen Jue's persistent appearance, Director Feng patiently explained with the old contract in hand.

It turned out that the Binhai Industrial Park was planned by the Rui County Government in the late 1990s and officially put into use through bidding at the beginning of the 21st century.

The purpose was to spend a lot of money and gather the resources of the entire county to create a new manufacturing park similar to the leading enterprise park across the river.

They even boasted that they would build a deep-water port terminal on the “convex” mudflat enclave of the Pearl Shipyard to solve the pressure of Rui County's foreign cargo transportation.

Under such publicity, the park was very popular when it first opened. It was reported in newspapers and on television, and the county had policies and financial support. Entrepreneurs from Rui County and even Wenzhou gathered here.

But once the park officially started construction, a series of troublesome problems arose!

Except for the quarter of the park's land closest to the Gexiang community, which was relatively normal and had a solid foundation once it was laid.

However, the closer the factory buildings were to the seaside, the worse the situation became.

Any civil engineering expert knows that whether a newly built house stands firm and level depends entirely on the foundation underneath.

When building on normal land, the ratio of ordinary building height to foundation depth is generally around 3:1.

That is, to build a three-story building 9 meters high, a 3-meter foundation is sufficient.

However, the Binhai Industrial Park was unlucky enough to hit a major snag!

As soon as the foundation was dug, the most common problem in coastal areas appeared: silt and extensive water seepage.

When it came to building a standard 7 or 8-story industrial factory, requiring foundations to be driven hundreds of meters or even deeper, those bosses who intended to move in were dumbfounded!

The entrepreneurs who initially acquired land in Binhai felt their enthusiasm plummet!

Some entrepreneurs who had already started construction even developed mental health issues because of it. They would be woken up in the middle of the night by phone calls from the construction contractors, saying that the foundation, halfway through, was either being grouted or seeping water.

The project budget was increasing rapidly.

Later, after some calculations, they discovered that building the foundation was more expensive than buying an existing factory, scaring those bosses who had already agreed to move in to pack up and run away overnight.

This is why the entire Binhai Industrial Park has put so much effort into attracting investment, but after repeatedly struggling for nearly 20 years, only a third of the land has businesses occupying it, with the vast majority remaining vacant.

No wonder Director Feng, standing beside him, was earnestly advising: "President Chen, it's a good thing that you want to invest in starting a business and support our park! But it's best to do what you can within your means before you act."

"I can approve the expansion and resumption of production procedures for you immediately. If you really have that great ability, all the several thousand acres of tidal flats outside the Minghua Shipyard can be allocated to you for use."

Because according to Director Feng's description, the Minghua Shipyard that Chen Juegang had just taken over was rebuilt on the basis of the so-called 'Rui County's First Deep-Water Port' unfinished project.

Of course, what Director Feng said also made sense.

After all, digging down revealed seawater and grout everywhere. Even the Rui County government, after investing billions of dollars 20 years ago, didn't hear a peep from this silty land.

What does your newly established little Square Technology count for in the face of this naturally formed geological pit?

Here is the first chapter today~