my dream forest

Chapter 177

Chapter 176 Buying Woodland in the Cardamom Mountains
Li Jie smiled, stopped talking, and started to concentrate on driving.Now, more than half of the journey has been gone, and it will take more than an hour to reach the destination.

The destination of their trip is also a relatively remote place, located in the westernmost end of Pusa Province, the Cardamom Mountains on the border with Thailand.

"Mr. Feng, we are just ahead. The owner of that mountain forest is an overseas Chinese in Cambodia. His surname is Xu. He is a native of the country. He is probably the third generation rooted in a foreign country."

The car turned into a country road, and after a while, I saw a small village.Li Jie smiled and pointed to the tallest building in the village, indicating that it was the end of their trip.

However, in Feng Tiance's view, the houses here are relatively simple.The materials used in the houses are mainly wood and bamboo. There are no buildings, but the area occupied by each household is not small.

After stopping the car, Li Jie called Feng Tiance to come down together, and saw a man walking from the yard.This person is about 50 years old, with a ruddy complexion, and he looks like a well-kept person.

"Mr. Feng, we are looking for him on this trip. Come on, let me introduce to you two. This is Mr. Xu Yan. Almost all the mountains and forests around here belong to him. Mr. Xu, this is Feng Tiance from China. Mr. Feng is also a close friend of Director Liang."

After Li Jie's introduction, Feng Tiance and Xu Yan exchanged greetings and shook hands.

"Manager Li, Mr. Feng, let's go into the room and talk. Please"

Xu Yan smiled slightly and invited the two of them into the room.Feng Tiance found that Xu Yan's accent was more Cantonese, but luckily he could still understand him.

After several people entered the room and sat down, two girls aged seventeen or eighteen came out to serve tea to the guests, and then brought out some snacks and fruits before bowing and leaving.

"The food here is not as refined as in China, but it is also unique. Please try it, both of you."

On the way, Feng Tiance and Li Jie had lunch, but at this time the hospitality could not be given up, so they each ate some fruit.

"Mr. Xu, is it easy to grow tropical fruits? I saw a lot of bananas and mangoes around the village and on both sides of the road."

Feng Tiance thinks the fruits here are delicious, with a unique sweet taste.However, the various fruit trees I saw along the way were all scattered in the ground, and it didn't look like someone took care of them.

"Haha, that's right. The natural conditions here are unique, and the fruit trees can grow very well without human management. It's just that the transportation here is inconvenient, and even the best fruits are hard to sell at a good price."

This village is mainly too remote. It is not cost-effective to transport the fruit to big cities such as Phnom Penh because the cost is too high.

"Mr. Xu, Chairman Liang asked me to accompany Mr. Feng to see the forest you are planning to sell. Why don't you introduce it to us first?"

Li Jie interjected at the right time, but he did not forget the main task of this trip at all.

"Haha, Manager Li is quite impatient. Alright, let me introduce you. The mountain forest I'm going to sell is in the southwest of the village, with a size of about [-] hectares. Rubber trees were planted on the mountain before, but if the effect is not good, they will be destroyed." It was cut down, and now there are only some worthless trees and weeds."

Xu Yan slowly introduced the situation of the mountains and forests he was going to attack, and Feng Tiance frowned. Isn't this equivalent to a barren mountain?However, you have to listen to other people's quotations. If the price is right, that's fine.

"As for the price, let's talk about it later, and I'll take you to the mountain to have a look right now."

Xu Yan didn't continue the conversation, but got up and took Li Jie and Feng Tiance out of the village.The village is not far from the mountain, and it takes about [-] minutes to walk there.

Feng Tiance observed all the way, and felt that the natural conditions here are indeed good.It can be said that everything can live, not only can live but also can grow very well.

Perhaps it is for this reason that the local people seem lazy.The fruit trees and farmland are not carefully taken care of, and they look like they are dependent on the sky.

"Mr. Feng, if you really develop here in the future, I advise you to use as few locals as possible. Well, how should I put it, they may not be used to hard work and live a leisurely life."

Li Jie didn't hide Xu Yan's back when he said this, because what he said was the truth, which was recognized by everyone anyway.

"Manager Li is right! We are the hardest-working Chinese wherever we go, so there are many rich Chinese in Nanyang. However, it is not impossible for the locals. As long as you strictly work hours and never work overtime, it is still possible."

Xu Yan interjected with a smile, he is actually a "local" born and bred, and he sees some things more clearly than Li Jie.

"Mr. Feng, from here to the south, the woodland from the high place to the mountain peak is the target I am going to sell. Just take a look at it."

After walking for a while, Xu Yan stopped, drew a rough range with his fingers, and showed Feng Tiance and the others.

"Okay, I'll climb up to have a look. Manager Li, you can take a rest here with Mr. Xu, and I'll be back soon."

Feng Tiance felt embarrassed that the laborers would climb the mountain together, so he greeted him with a smile, and walked up the mountain by himself.

"Then be careful, Mr. Xu and I will wait for your return here."

Li Jie stood on the spot and shouted, seeing Feng Tiance waving his hand behind him, he knew he had heard his words.

"Manager Li, Mr. Feng is really young. By the way, have you told him about the relevant regulations for foreigners buying land locally?"

Seeing Feng Tiance walking away, Xu Yan asked Li Jie.Because according to Cambodian law, foreigners are not allowed to hold land alone.In other words, if foreigners want to acquire land in Cambodia, they must either hold it through local people; or form a joint venture company, and the shareholding ratio must not exceed 40.00%.

Of course, if a foreigner becomes a Cambodian citizen, then all these restrictions will disappear.

"I don't know how Mr. Liang told Mr. Feng. I didn't think of talking to him about it."

Li Jie's mission is to accompany Feng Tiance on inspections here, which is equivalent to the role of a "tour guide", and he doesn't know much about other things.

Actually, Feng Tiance knew about this.On the flight from Yangcheng to Phnom Penh, Liang Hongbo explained these details to him,

As the saying goes, there are policies above and there are countermeasures. Many foreigners in Cambodia actually hold local land.As long as your legal documents are rigorous and there are no loopholes, there will be no problems.

Liang Hongbo also specifically told him that as long as he is sure to buy land here, he doesn't have to worry about all the formalities, and everything will be done for him.

After wandering around the mountain for less than an hour, Feng Tiance returned to the foot of the mountain and found Xu Yan and Li Jie who were resting in the shade.

"How about Mr. Feng, are you satisfied with this mountain forest?"

Xu Yan stood up with a smile, motioning for the two to go back the same way, talking while walking on the road.

"The natural conditions of the whole mountain forest are good, whether it is soil, water source or sunshine, etc. But all the valuable trees on the mountain have been cut down, and this is simply a barren mountain."

Feng Tiance said something, directly expressing his impressions.The entire mountain is lush and lush, and only this thousand hectares of forest land has been severely damaged, which makes people uncomfortable.

"That's right, it's a barren mountain. The price I offered was based on the price of the barren mountain. Mr. Feng, there is a house on the mountain. I wonder if you noticed it? A thousand hectares of forest, together with the house on the mountain, my price is $220 million."

The house on the mountain that Xu Yan mentioned was a stone castle located close to the mountain peak, separated from his woodland by quite a distance.Feng Tiance glanced at it before, and it should have been built after a European castle. The building area is quite large, but it already looks dilapidated.

"Mr. Xu, I've been to that stone castle on the mountain once. It must have been left by the French back then, right? Hehe, can that be considered a house? It's all dilapidated."

Since Li Jie came here with him, of course he had to remind Feng Tiance if he encountered any problems.

"Haha, that stone castle is attached to that mountain forest anyway, without it, the total price is so much!"

Xu Yan laughed, and didn't mind Li Jie exposing his petty thoughts.At this time, the three of them returned to Xu Yan's home, and they sat down to drink tea while continuing to talk.

220 million US dollars, almost equivalent to 500 million yuan in Huaxia currency, is not expensive at all to buy this large barren hill.After bargaining between Feng Tiance and Xu Yan, the deal was finally settled at US$210 million.

(End of this chapter)