Collection of Gods

Chapter 960 Climbing to the top
"Xia Lao, welcome to visit Tianmu Taoist Temple!"

Tang Yuan looked at the old man who got out of the car in the middle. He bowed slightly and stretched out his hands, his expression full of sincerity.

"Mr. Tang, I have heard of your name for a long time, and finally I meet you in person."

"He is indeed very handsome!"

Xia Guotao is over sixty years old, but he still looks energetic, with a ruddy complexion and a strong voice. He stretched out his right hand and shook Tang Yuan's hands tightly, and his smile gave people a very kind feeling.

"Xia Lao, you flatter me."

Tang Yuan looked at the old man in front of him, feeling a little dreamy. He really didn't expect that his Tianmu Taoist Temple would attract Xia Guotao.

After Xia Guotao and Tang Yuan exchanged a few simple greetings, they did not favor one over the other and ignored the others. They shook hands and expressed a few words of comfort, which made Fan Chongzheng, Shen Wenxu and others feel flattered.

This time, Xia Guotao personally visited Tianmu Taoist Temple, and naturally he did not come alone. With Xia Guotao's introduction, Tang Yuan also became familiar with these people one after another.

Finally, Xia Guotao returned to Tang Yuan's side, and then, surrounded by the crowd, he began to walk along the stone steps towards the top of Tianmu Taoist Palace.

"What a spectacle!"

Xia Guotao looked at the three holy statues standing on the top of the mountain and couldn't help but say: "It's true that seeing is believing. It's hard to imagine that such a magnificent spectacle can be built by human power!"

"It's all because of the good infrastructure foundation of our country."

In response to Xia Guotao's sigh, Tang Yuan made a timely compliment.

"Mr. Tang, as far as I know, you spent a lot of money to build this Tianmu Taoist Temple. For a cultural landscape like this, it would take a long time to recover the cost just through ticket sales, not to mention the subsequent maintenance cost of the Tianmu Taoist Temple, which is not a small amount either."

Xia Guotao climbed the mountain at a moderate speed, seemingly neither hurried nor slow, and chatted with Tang Yuan as they walked: "If you put the money you invested in Tianmu Taoist Palace into the international financial market, even if you invest in those stable and high-quality assets, I'm afraid the return rate will be higher than the return on investing in Tianmu Taoist Palace, right?" "Xia Lao, you are right."

"But I think some things are hard to measure simply with money."

"The rich control a lot of social resources. If they only think about using the social resources in their hands to exchange for more social resources, but do not fulfill the social responsibilities that they need to bear when they control a lot of social resources, then I personally think that this is a kind of behavior of being rich but unkind."

Tang Yuan respected Xia Guotao, but he was not afraid of him, so he did not feel restrained in front of Xia Guotao. Since Xia Guotao brought up this topic, he talked about it and expressed his thoughts.

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Tang Yuan's words were half true and half false, but most of them came from his true feelings. Because with the power and resources he now possessed, there was really no need to be hypocritical in front of Xia Guotao. After all, even Zhou Xuyuan knew about what he had done abroad, so how could Xia Guotao not know about it?

"Mr. Tang, if all the wealthy people in the world can have your awareness, then the world will be peaceful." Xia Guotao praised with a smile, then turned his head to look at Gao Zhiguo: "Mr. Gao, Mr. Tang is certainly responsible and accountable, but he is a private entrepreneur after all. We can't let such a responsible and accountable private entrepreneur feel disheartened!"

Gao Zhiguo was about to speak when Tang Yuan answered, "Mr. Xia, I must say something for our leaders. Since the Tianmu Taoist Temple project was established, the leaders have been doing their best to deal with this matter. Not only have they provided all the necessary policies, but they have also done their best to provide us with convenience."

"When you went to Tianmu Taoist Temple just now, you should have seen the tourist resort that was also just completed. All the development projects there are under my control, and the leaders have also given me a very generous tax exemption policy. With the Tianmu Taoist Temple and the tourist resort complementing each other, I think it will be difficult for me to lose money on this investment project."

Gao Zhiguo was stunned at first because Tang Yuan spoke first. But after listening to what Tang Yuan said, a smile of relief appeared on his serious square face.

For some things, what Tang Yuan said was far more convincing than what they said. After all, if they said it themselves, there would be a certain degree of self-boasting.

“I did see it when I came here just now.”

“That tourist resort is beautifully built!”

(End of this chapter)