I Think It's Feasible

Su Yang took a drag of his cigarette, thought for a moment, and smiled. "I get it. You want to take it over?"

"Exactly!" Meng Wenzhou patted Su Yang on the shoulder. "It's always so easy talking to you. I just say a few words and you immediately know what I mean."

"Honestly, I've had my eye on this racetrack for quite a while now. Even though its location is relatively far from the downtown area, it has massive potential for renovation."

"You know the Qinglian Lake area. It's vast and sparsely populated. Well, maybe not sparsely, but the foot traffic is much lower compared to the city center. That comes with an advantage: the land prices over there are much cheaper."

"The place is called Qinglian Mountain Racetrack. As you probably know, the Qinglian Lake New District doesn't just have Qinglian Lake; it also has Qinglian Mountain. The racetrack was named after the mountain."

The two chatted as they walked, and by now, they had reached the top of the slope.

Su Yang listened silently as Meng Wenzhou continued, "Compared to traditional racetracks, this one has a longer track. If I remember correctly, the total length is about 10.3 kilometers."

"However, because it hasn't been maintained for a long time and hasn't hosted any events, the track is now completely overgrown with weeds and practically abandoned. The two owners of the racetrack have been trying to sell it, but no one has taken it off their hands."

"So I was thinking, why don't we buy it? We can renovate it and turn it into another professional-grade racetrack for Haicheng."

Hearing this, Su Yang thought to himself, 'Hmm, a racetrack that hardly anyone knows about. It sounds a bit like a money pit.'

'But it might actually be hugely beneficial to me. Racing is something I love, so it's part of enjoying life. I should also be able to get a reward from the system for it.'

With this in mind, Su Yang looked at Meng Wenzhou. "Sure."

"You're agreeing just like that?"

"Of course. I've always loved cars anyway. If we have a track, wouldn't it be much more convenient whenever I want to take a few laps?"

"Haha, that's true. But there's another main benefit. If we can make a name for this racetrack, various racing events might come to us to host their competitions in the future."

"When that time comes, we'll effortlessly make money and also get to network with more people. That's the biggest advantage for us."

Meng Wenzhou had said a lot, and Su Yang nodded. "Right. But there must be another reason why you want to buy this racetrack, right?"

"Oh? Let's hear your guess," Meng Wenzhou smiled.

"Because of Qin He's supercar club."

Hearing this, Meng Wenzhou blinked. "Hahaha, you never fail to impress. Exactly. We've joined Qin He's supercar club now, which means we have a lot of friends who are into cars."

"Once we get the track renovated, we can start a TikTok account and shoot some videos to promote it."

"You're the professional when it comes to this. Your Xingling Media specializes in this exact thing, so starting an account should be a piece of cake for you. When I realized how perfectly all these things tie together, I couldn't resist coming to talk to you about it."

"Originally, I was planning to wait until we got back to Haicheng, visit the racetrack, and talk to their manager before bringing it up with you. But after connecting all those dots just now, I simply couldn't wait."

Su Yang took a drag of his cigarette and replied, "Sounds good. It's a great idea. We can't just play around all day every day; we need to do something we actually enjoy."

"Speaking of Xingling Media, even though the company is mine, I'm not really that interested in incubating streamers and all that. But when it comes to racing, I just can't say no."

Meng Wenzhou laughed. "Great. Once we get back, I'll make some inquiries. If the price is right, we'll buy it. We could even get Fatty and Ziming in on it. What do you think?"

"We can talk to them about it. If they're interested, we can all do it together."

Su Yang then added, "By the way, do you have a rough idea of how much this is going to cost?"

Meng Wenzhou thought for a moment and said, "I asked them a few months ago, and they quoted me this number." Meng Wenzhou held up seven fingers, followed by five.

"Seven hundred and fifty million?" Su Yang asked, stunned.

"Yeah," Meng Wenzhou nodded. "Because when this track was built four years ago, they invested a total of eight hundred and twenty million."

"Who invested in it?"

"It was a private enterprise. This racetrack is privately owned. But because it wasn't profitable and they couldn't host any events, they started looking for a company to take it over a year ago. Up until now, no one has bought it."

"But for me, I feel the time is ripe. Plus, the price will probably be even lower now. Most importantly, I'm confident that if we work on it together, we can make this racetrack a success."

Su Yang wasn't worried about that at all. He was someone with a cheat system, after all. Why would he be afraid of failing to revive a racetrack?

Just as he was thinking this, the system's voice chimed in.

Ding. Detected that the host is highly interested in the racetrack mentioned by a friend. Now issuing a new task.

Invest in and take over the Qinglian Mountain Racetrack with your friends. Upon successful payment, you will be rewarded with four hundred million. Upon successful renovation of the track, you will receive an additional reward of two hundred million.

Holy crap! This reward is pretty sweet. It's handing out hundreds of millions right off the bat.

Good system. You really are like a mind reader. I was just about to ask if you had any related tasks, and you issued one.

Hehe, awesome. In that case, let's do it! Either way, I'm making a profit.

After a quick internal dialogue with the system, Su Yang looked at Meng Wenzhou. "I think we can do it!"

"Right? That's what I thought too. I estimate the current price will be another ten or twenty million cheaper. Every little bit saved helps, since we'll have to shell out money to repair the track anyway."

"No problem. Are you planning to take it over under a company's name or individually?"

"A company, of course. It'll be easier to handle things that way."

"Alright, let's agree on that for now. This isn't a small matter, after all. Once we get back, I'll go with you to check out the racetrack in person first."

"No problem. I'll go talk to Fatty, Ziming, and the others in a bit."

"What are we waiting for? Let's go ask them right now," Su Yang smiled.

"Works for me. Let's go."

As they spoke, the two jogged down from the top of the slope to the Range Rover and called Zhang Ziming and Chu Qiunan out of the car. Then, they went over to the Navigator and called Liu Bo and Ji Bo out as well.

Meng Wenzhou gave them a brief rundown of the whole idea.

After hearing it, Liu Bo, Zhang Ziming, and Chu Qiunan were all very interested and ready to invest a little too.

Ji Bo was naturally interested as well, but his financial strength was limited, so he had to opt out for the time being.

As a result, the group turned into five investors. Of course, Meng Wenzhou and Su Yang would be putting up the lion's share.

The remaining portion would be covered by Liu Bo and the other two.

A project worth hundreds of millions was no small matter, after all. It required careful planning, and they would have to wait until they returned to Haicheng to discuss the details thoroughly.

The others didn't need to worry about the major aspects. Meng Wenzhou had a dedicated company to handle that; the rest of them just needed to provide the funds.

After finishing their discussion, everyone returned to their respective cars to rest.

Because there was no cell signal in the no man's land and they couldn't play on their phones, the girls in the Cullinan were still chatting and laughing merrily.

Seeing Su Yang return, Pan Ning asked, "What were you guys talking about for so long?"

"Just a small project."

"What kind of project?"

"Old Meng wants us to take over a racetrack together."

"Qinglianshan Racetrack?" Pan Ning said evenly.

"How did you know?" Su Yang asked, taken aback.

"There are only two large racetracks in Haicheng. Aside from the one we went to before, the other is Qinglianshan."

"You sure know a lot about this," Su Yang said with a smile.

"I've always been interested in racing, so I naturally picked up some related information."

"And there's another reason."

"What reason?" Su Yang asked.

"Because Qinglianshan Racetrack is cheap. If you were to take it over, I estimate it would cost around seven or eight hundred million."

"Holy crap. Are you a psychic?" Su Yang looked at Pan Ning in shock.

Pan Ning smiled faintly. "Because if it were the Haicheng International Racetrack, seven or eight hundred million wouldn't cut it. It would take at least three billion."

Su Yang scratched his head.

Three billion was indeed beyond his current means. Even half of that was more cash than he could pull together.

Su Yang gave Pan Ning a thumbs-up. "Awesome."

"So, did you agree?"

"Yeah, everyone is pretty interested. We've reached a verbal agreement. We'll discuss the details when we get back. It's not a small matter, after all. If it works out, we'll proceed as planned."

Pan Ning nodded. "That works. If you don't have enough money when the time comes, let me know. I should be able to help out a bit."

"Alright."

The group chatted in the car for a while. By 11:30 PM, everyone gradually quieted down.

Luck was on their side tonight; they didn't run into any more wild beasts, and no one suffered from altitude sickness.

Smelling the faint fragrance filling the car, Su Yang felt a bit uncomfortable. Four top-tier beauties were right beside him. Last night, his brain had been too wired from fighting wolves to pay them much attention.

Tonight, with everything quiet, his thoughts kept wandering in the wrong direction.

Every time certain images popped into his head, he hurriedly shook them away. Otherwise, only being able to think about it without being able to act would be even more agonizing.

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