Hearing this, Murong Xue hurriedly touched her forehead and said, "Do I have a fever? Huh, it doesn't seem like it!"
"Cough, cough! Well, it's time for lunch! We're hungry, so we're going to lunch first! Miss Murong, you should hurry and eat too!" Old Master Qin said hastily upon seeing this.
After speaking, Old Master Qin and Steward Zheng hurriedly pushed Qin Mingyuan away.
This left Murong Xue feeling inexplicably confused, as she looked at the time and realized lunch was long past.
However, she didn't think much of it and turned back.
Meanwhile, Ye Feng, upon returning to his room, immediately collapsed from exhaustion.
He didn't wake up until the next morning.
After days of long journeys and fighting, peaceful days had finally returned.
Ye Feng first went to the company to handle some important matters before returning to the waters of Rocky Island.
He then went directly to the Sea God Palace and took Xiao Hei out, placing it inside the Sea God Palace.
Xiao Hei had been in a deep slumber since leaving the Misty Sea Domain.
Before falling asleep, Xiao Hei had told Ye Feng that although it had evolved after devouring the Black Dragon Pearl, it had not yet fully absorbed the power within it. Therefore, it needed a long period of sleep to absorb the power.
It had asked Ye Feng to place it in the Sea God Palace, as this would better help it absorb the Black Dragon Pearl's power.
After doing all this, Ye Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief, then returned to Rocky Island and greeted everyone.
Afterward, he went to check on the aquaculture pens.
Ye Feng discovered that after he broke through to the fifth level of the Sea God's Divine Art, the spiritual energy emanating from the Sea God Palace had become even more potent.
He felt that the sea fish could now be caught almost every three days, and the growth rate of other farmed seafood was astonishingly fast.
Especially the new seafood farmed in the expanded pens, they were worlds apart from when Ye Feng had last left.
What made him happiest was that the blue lobster fry in the first aquaculture pen had all matured.
Over five hundred mature second-generation blue lobsters were enough to make Ye Feng incredibly happy.
However, upon closer inspection, Ye Feng realized that not all the blue lobster fry were blue lobsters.
Some were still ordinary lobsters, some were half-blue lobsters, and only one-fifth met the standard for blue lobsters.
This infuriated him, but he supposed it was normal.
After all, blue lobsters were a natural mutation, and it was impossible for such stable inheritance to occur. Having one-fifth was already a stroke of luck.
He could only continue to breed them generation after generation, striving to cultivate blue lobsters with stable genes.
Ye Feng removed all those that did not meet the standard, and kept all the mature female blue lobsters.
As for the male lobsters, he took out half, as one male lobster was perfectly capable of mating with two females.
He found over twenty male blue lobsters, each exquisitely beautiful.
Ye Feng did not immediately take them to the Dragon King Hall, nor did he auction them off. Instead, he kept them to see when the time would be right to leverage their value.
After inspecting all the aquaculture pens, Ye Feng was in high spirits.
Because his breakthrough to the fifth level of the Sea God's Divine Art had greatly increased the growth speed of all the seafood, meaning his original plan would be significantly expedited.
Once this batch of seafood matured, Ye Feng's Sea God Company would become famous nationwide.
Just as Ye Feng was envisioning the grand ambitions for his future Sea God Company, he suddenly received a call from Xiao Feifei.
"Hello, Feifei! What's up?" Ye Feng asked.
However, the voice on the other end said, "Ye Feng, you're back, why didn't you come to see me!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng felt awkward. "Uh, I originally intended to come see you, but I was too tired, so I rested and forgot! Then, due to urgent matters, I returned to Rocky Island first!"
Ye Feng was eager to bring Xiao Hei to the Sea God Palace, so he didn't go to see Xiao Feifei.
"Alright! When are you coming back? I have something to discuss with you!" Xiao Feifei said.
Hearing this, Ye Feng quickly replied, "I can come back anytime, what's wrong?"
"The government recently launched a large-scale tourism project, and major companies and families with strength and resources are preparing for it! I want to discuss this with you!" Xiao Feifei said.
Ye Feng frowned upon hearing this. "A large-scale project?"
"That's right! You should come back quickly! I'll tell you more about it then!" Xiao Feifei said.
Ye Feng nodded. "Okay! I'll see if I have time today and come over immediately if I do!"
That evening, Ye Feng rushed back.
Upon arriving at the Dragon King Hall, Ye Feng found that the business there was even more booming than before.
Especially now that it was evening, the first three floors were packed.
Some even moved tables and set them up outside.
Seeing this scene, Ye Feng was extremely happy.
Soon, Ye Feng went inside and found Xiao Feifei. After not seeing each other for a while, they missed each other dearly.
Upon meeting, they shared a romantic French kiss, only separating after a long while.
"Hey, what was this big project you mentioned today?" Ye Feng asked.
Xiao Feifei replied, "After you went abroad a few days ago, our leaders in Southeast Province came up with a tourism project?"
"Tourism project? What do you mean?" Ye Feng was very confused.
Xiao Feifei continued to explain, "It's like this, our Southeast Province is a coastal city, but it doesn't have any decent tourism industry! Look at other coastal provinces, don't they all have several well-known tourism projects?"
"Indeed! This is also why the economy of our Southeast Province has always lagged behind that of other provinces!" Ye Feng nodded.
"Therefore, the higher-ups have initiated a project to develop the tourism industry, inviting families, companies, and enterprises within Southeast Province to compete, aiming to create a world-renowned tourism industry!" Xiao Feifei continued.
Ye Feng frowned upon hearing this and asked, "This is indeed a good idea! By the way, is there a fixed scope?"
"Yes, it's along the coast! Not only that, but the government has also provided a subsidy of two billion yuan, and future profits will be shared equally between the government and the contractor!" Xiao Feifei said.
Ye Feng's heart was immediately stirred after hearing this.
Putting aside other things, just the two billion yuan subsidy alone would be enough to attract any company or enterprise.
Even a small share of it would result in immense profits.
However, what Ye Feng was interested in was not the two billion yuan, but something else.
This tourism project was an opportunity for Ye Feng, a great opportunity.
Ye Feng had a premonition that if he utilized this opportunity well, his company might reach a higher level.
"By the way, when does the competition start? Where is the competition held? And in what form will the competition take place?" Ye Feng asked.
Xiao Feifei replied, "The competition will take place in three days at the Provincial Capital Finance Hall. The competition method is to present detailed proposals, and then the leaders from the Provincial Finance Department will vote to decide!!"
Ye Feng nodded upon hearing this. "I understand. I'll go back and think about it carefully!"
"Okay! It's best to be quick! Because the day after tomorrow is the birthday of the Director of the Provincial Finance Department, and we need to go congratulate him and make an appearance to get acquainted!" Xiao Feifei said.
Hearing this, Ye Feng nodded. "Oh, okay! I understand!"