Chapter 402: Why Don’t I Just Kick You?

Su Jie took a sip of water from his tea cup and continued, "The province is currently focusing on developing island tourism. Your Golden Jellyfish Lake project has been approved as a provincial-level tourist attraction, and these major achievements are all noted in the city."

"Not to mention your leadership in the Nanjiang Beer Festival's five-star hotel tent renovation plan, which has promoted industry prosperity..."

"In short, after reviewing all these significant accomplishments, there's no one more deserving of the Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award than you."

"Yesterday, we held another meeting, and the association decided to fully support you in winning this honor."

Listening to Su Jie, Chen Jianhai felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Brother Su, hearing you say this makes me feel quite accomplished~"

"What do you mean 'feel'? You are accomplished!" Su Jie smiled at Chen Jianhai like he was a mischievous younger brother who hadn't yet grown up.

After a while, Su Jie sighed lightly, "Boss Chen, this is the last thing I can help you with."

Chen Jianhai was taken aback, "What do you mean? Brother Su, are you leaving?"

Su Jie looked down, his fingers brushing the tea cup, and said softly, "I'm stepping down as the secretary-general of the Shell Intermediate Hotel Industry Association. I've been selected for a new position."

"Once the Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award event is over, I'll pack up and leave for my new job."

Shell Intermediate Hotel Industry Association?

It sounded familiar...

Chen Jianhai frowned slightly and asked tentatively, "Brother Su, where is the Shell Intermediate Hotel Industry Association located?"

"In Zaomen," Su Jie replied, "It's not far from Nanjiang, just over two hours by car. If you come to Zaomen, let me know, and I'll treat you to a meal!"

Su Jie felt a bit sentimental, looking around the office he was reluctant to leave.

"I've worked here for 10 years, started right after graduation. It's hard to let go now."

"But at least I'll have some peace and quiet, no longer writing commendation materials for you."

"That's not necessarily true!" Chen Jianhai's timely voice interrupted. "Brother, to be honest... I've opened a hotel in Zaomen."

"Pfft!"

Su Jie almost spit out his tea.

"What did you say?! Another hotel?!"

Su Jie was dumbfounded.

"No, Boss Chen, how many hotels do you plan to open... You've opened two in Nanjiang in the past six months, and now you're opening one in Zaomen?"

Chen Jianhai felt embarrassed, "It's not exactly new, I just took the opportunity to buy a small hotel. It will need to be rebuilt later."

Su Jie asked, "May I ask, where exactly is your hotel in Zaomen?"

Chen Jianhai replied, "The location isn't great, it's quite remote, on Naiyou Road, Dream Street."

Su Jie's eyes widened instantly.

Naiyou Road, Dream Street, isn't that next to the Magic Century Amusement Park?

If that location isn't good, then there are no good locations in Zaomen!

Su Jie's barely calm and sentimental mood was once again unsettled.

Heading alone to Zaomen as the association's secretary-general made him anxious.

Hearing that Chen Jianhai also had a hotel in Zaomen, he felt a sense of companionship, which eased his anxiety and uncertainty about the future.

Seeing Su Jie's alternating expressions of joy and shock,

Chen Jianhai coughed and said seriously:

"Brother Su, let's be honest!"

"In the future, when my Zaomen hotel opens and joins the Shell Intermediate Hotel Industry Association, I'll leave all the tasks and reporting deadlines to you. Don't wait for me to remind you, got it?!"

Su Jie was so angry that he kicked him, "You jerk, why don't I just kick you to death!"

…

A few minutes later.

In the Coconut Umbrella Hotel Industry Association's secretary-general office,

Su Jie was retying his shoelaces after wiping his shoes.

Chen Jianhai rubbed his kicked sore spot and muttered, "It was just a joke, did you have to kick so hard."

Su Jie glared at Chen Jianhai, "Seriously, what's the deal with that hotel?"

Chen Jianhai explained softly, "There's a Squirrel Hotel on Naiyou Road that I bought. I plan to demolish and rebuild it into a large luxury resort hotel compatible with the Magic Century Amusement Park."

Hearing this, Su Jie frowned slightly, "A super-large luxury resort hotel, how much money will that take?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, taking it one step at a time," Chen Jianhai said honestly.

Unlike others who build hotels,

he mainly relied on points to exchange for things in the system mall, so he hadn't really thought about the money.

"Just buying the land will cost a lot." Chen Jianhai sighed.

"You need to buy land too?" Su Jie was shocked, looking at Chen Jianhai in disbelief.

"Yes." Chen Jianhai said, "I scouted the area, the east side of Naiyou Road is entirely occupied by the Magic Century Theme Park, and the west side is filled with old houses waiting for demolition."

"I want to buy the land on the west side of Naiyou Road, plan it well, and build a good hotel."

Su Jie was stunned, "Boss Chen, have you considered how much the land alone will cost?"

Even though Chen Jianhai was a wealthy hotel owner, the money he earned in the past six months couldn't support buying land and building a hotel!

Those amounts were astronomical, unimaginable for ordinary people.

Chen Jianhai shook his head, "I haven't thought about it. But I asked Yang Ruying from the External Publicity Office to look into it for me. She said she'll inform me as soon as there's news."

At this point, Chen Jianhai was quite distressed.

Even without Su Jie's reminder, he knew his current financial strength wasn't enough to buy land.

Moreover, the land next to the Magic Century Theme Park had probably skyrocketed in price.

But there was no choice, the system's first task was to expand the hotel's land area.

If he didn't complete this task, his next plans couldn't be realized.

His current idea was to negotiate directly with the Zaomen government to see if he could get land for building a five-star hotel, and then build the hotel on it.

If negotiations went well, he might even get some residential land as a bonus.

This way, he could build a staff dormitory on that land.

Overall, he would benefit from this arrangement.

"Why don't you directly talk to some real estate developers?" Su Jie suggested after a moment of thought.