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Crete is located in the Mediterranean Sea 130 kilometers south of mainland Greece. It is the largest island and ancient cultural center in Greece. Surrounded by vast expanse of blue waves, the island is mountainous, with evergreen plants, melons and fruits everywhere, and flowers in bloom.

The beautiful island of Crete is known as the "Garden on the Sea" and is a famous tourist destination in the Mediterranean region. Especially in autumn and winter, although it is the off-season, the pleasant climate and affordable prices still attract many tourists.

It only takes less than an hour to fly from Athens, plus the airfare costs about 80 euros. At the same time, basic accommodation only costs 25 euros a night, which can be regarded as a very economical tourist spot.

Because the landing time of the plane happened to be lunch time, Liang En and the others simply found a restaurant with a good rating on the Internet to solve their lunch problem as soon as they left the airport.

The biggest feature of local dishes is the simple selection of ingredients, and the taste is better than the appearance. Even the green vegetables, simply cooked with the best olive oil produced in Crete, add a bit of deliciousness.

In particular, the local specialty sheep's milk cheese and yogurt form a special taste when added to the dishes, giving them a mellow aroma.

"I think it might be better to invest in a tourism-related industry here." Fan Meng said with emotion as he looked at the restaurant that was almost full even in the off-season.

"Of course I know that investing in tourism-related industries here is a very profitable investment, but the problem is that we are not familiar with this industry at all, so it is not a good idea to invest rashly."

Liang En actually considered investing in the catering or accommodation industry before, but he quickly gave up the idea. After all, he opened a restaurant after acquiring a house in the Czech Republic, but this year's net return rate was only about 5%.

The only good thing is that the restaurant's annual return rate this year is so low and the operating expenses in the first year are too large. Next year, it may be able to reach a normal net return rate of 8% to 10%.

However, in the process of restaurant management, Liang En also discovered that this industry is very professional and the risks are relatively high, so naturally he does not want another similar industry to appear in his own industry.

"You're right. Not one of the ten restaurants on my street can last ten years, but plantations or farms can even be passed down for hundreds of generations." After hearing what Liang En said, Fan Meng immediately nodded in agreement.

The reason why the restaurant near Prague was able to get on track so quickly was because Liang En gave 10% of the profits to Fan Meng and then asked him to find professionals in this field to take charge of the management through his own connections.

It was also because of this incident that Liang En and the others understood how complicated this business was to operate and how risky it was, so naturally they would not look for trouble in this regard.

After a simple breakfast, Liang En and the others quickly met with the official reception staff here, and then drove towards the hilly area in the south in a car.

The distance was not too far, only about seven or eight kilometers. It only took them 20 minutes by car to enter the hilly area, and then followed a paved asphalt road into the farm.

The farm is built on the flat part of 20 hectares of wasteland. It consists of simple bungalows and large sheds made of colored steel. It mainly stores various items and provides a living area for workers.

Another reason for the low price of this land can be seen from the construction of these infrastructures, because most of these buildings seem to be temporary buildings, and if you want to operate these houses, you have to tear them down and rebuild them.

The 60 hectares of land are quite attractive, equivalent to 900 acres of land in China, not to mention the 40 hectares of land neatly planted with olive trees, which is pleasing to the eye at first glance.

However, when they drove the battery car along the road to the hills accompanied by the farm staff, they found that the situation in the entire plantation was not optimistic. Although the trees grow lush and green, they are just leaves.

Originally, October was supposed to be the fruit-bearing period for olive trees, but now the trees look empty, with only scattered small green fruits dotted among the branches and leaves.

"Why do these trees look like this?" Liang En asked the plantation staff accompanying him, "The trees are obviously growing well and look very vigorous, but why don't they bear fruit?"

"We specially asked a professor who studies infection at the University of Athens to check this, but we didn't see anything wrong?" The staff member also had a puzzled expression on his face.

"Whether it is water, soil, nutrients, light, pests and diseases, we have considered and inspected a series of conditions, but in the end nothing was found."

"But according to the elders in our family, these olive trees should not have woken up after they were planted, but one day they will wake up and contribute fruits to us."

"This -" After hearing what the farm worker said, Liang En felt even more confused. Fortunately, the information handed over at this time explained his doubts.

According to the information, this plantation has no major problems with the environment or the trees themselves. The reason why it has not entered the fruiting period is purely due to the growth cycle of the fruit trees.

But the problem is, in this way, when the fruit trees can bear fruit and produce a high yield has become a metaphysical question. The fruit trees may bear fruit next year, or it may be delayed until 3-5 years later.

This uncertainty is the biggest weakness for investors, because the annual expenditure on a plantation like this is not small, and few people can accept losing money year after year.

Although Liang En didn't know much about how olive plantations were run, judging from his experience growing up on a farm, Greek officials had great ambitions to develop plantations here.

Just looking at the drip irrigation systems, water pumps, reservoirs, small laboratories and a host of various labor tools distributed throughout the plantation can tell that a lot of resources were invested in this place.

It's just that things go against expectations. Some things can't be done well if you want to do them well. No matter how hard a layman tries, the result will only be the opposite. From now on, it should be quite ugly for the Greek officials to lose money in this place.

Especially as the non-fruiting period increases, the price of this plantation continues to depreciate, because people will suspect that there is something wrong with this plantation.

What's more important is that if they don't bear fruit, people will have no choice but to uproot these trees and plant others. At this time, taking into account the labor costs of cutting down the tree and digging out the roots, the price of the plantation will be smashed to the bottom.

It is probably because the loss was too painful and the expectations were ugly, so the official put this land up for sale at a cabbage price. At least judging from the information, the bill for the sale of this plantation belonging to the Cretan government has almost no votes in the parliament. Passed unanimously.

"In other words, our next work is almost a matter of luck." Fan Meng said. After looking through everything, Liang En and the three of them occupied a separate room to discuss it in French.

"You are right, it really depends on luck." Liang En nodded and said, "If these fruit trees can enter the fruit-bearing period within two years, then the operation of this place will be profitable, but if it exceeds two years, If we lose money, we will pay it.”