Tokyo: The story begins with a confession.

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You should still have dreams, what if you actually succeed?

Kenichi Uesugi smiled helplessly as he watched the prices in the live stream keep rising. "Alright, I already said before the carving that all the items carved today will be given away through a lottery. If you want one, just talk to the winner later."

He carefully placed the wooden carving of the flying eaves house in his hands, feeling a little reluctant. This work, which he himself was very satisfied with, was like his own child.

In the following period, he sculpted Zhong Kui, the Monkey King, and some other mythological and animated characters that were popular with the audience.

Including the jade hairpin from before, there are a total of 7 items.

The efficiency is astonishing; other sculptors couldn't produce this many works in a week.

"Alright, it's getting late. Now I'll take you on a tour of my hometown. If you're interested in traveling, you're welcome to come and visit."

After finishing tidying up all the wood carvings, Uesugi Kenichi operated a drone, circled around the place where he kept his mountain produce, and then went to the place in the village where grain was stored.

"These are all agricultural products grown by our own family, as well as some wild game and mountain produce picked from the mountains. If you are interested, you can click the link below to purchase them. The quality of agricultural products from our village is very guaranteed."

"Buy, buy, buy! Just buy it all!"

"It does look really good. The main reason is that I trust your character, host. When buying these things, the worst thing is to run into an unscrupulous merchant."

"So this is what a conscientious livestreamer is like, actually helping the village sell agricultural products. I love it!"

The viewers in the live stream showed no resistance whatsoever. Nowadays, it's practically impossible to find a live streamer who doesn't sell products, so it's not a big deal.

Moreover, there are very few people like Uesugi Kenichi who help sell agricultural products from their hometown.

Anyway, these are all things used in daily life, so it doesn't matter where you buy them, not to mention that they are looking forward to the lucky draw later.

Within just a few minutes, all the products in the link were sold out.

Kenichi Uesugi raised an eyebrow, not too surprised by the result. After all, he had more than 200 million people watching his live stream, so this sales figure was nothing.

"Thank you all so much for your support. I will be live streaming again tomorrow to show you some unique scenery in the mountains. If you are interested in my content, you are welcome to come and visit."

"Alright, if I say any more, everyone will probably get impatient."

After glancing at the comments, Uesugi Kenshin smiled and took out all the wood carvings, arranging them in a row on the table.

He then piloted the drone to fly over and hover over each wood carving for a while, allowing viewers in the live stream to see it clearly.

He stepped forward, took out the jade hairpin, and placed it on the other side.

There are six wood carvings in front of him. He considers the best one to be the flying eaves house ornament, followed by the figurines of Zhong Kui and the Monkey King, then a rather interesting puppet, and finally two works, one of the mythological figures Yamata no Orochi and the other of Susanoo.

Because he didn't pay much attention to these Japanese myths and had little impression of them, the effect of his work was not as good as the others.

"It's finally starting! I refuse to accept my bad luck. This time I'm going to win. God help me."

"I want that flying eaves building; it's so beautiful, full of architectural beauty. If that doesn't work, Zhong Kui will do too."

"I only want the Monkey King. If anyone gets him in the draw, DM me. I'll buy him at a high price!"

"Similarly, if you win a prize, contact me. It doesn't matter which one you choose, and the price will definitely satisfy you."

Before the lottery even started, the viewers in the live stream were already impatient. At this moment, the number of people in the live stream reached nearly two million, and the popularity was nearly twenty million!

It ranked first in popularity across the entire Flyshark platform!

Not to mention the audience, even some streamers flocked to Uesugi Kenichi's live stream to watch and wait for the lottery. Judging from the popularity of these wealthy people, if they win, they will get at least several million yen. If they can win that flying eaves house, that would be even more amazing.

Kenichi Uesugi fiddled with his phone for a while, figuring out how to draw the prize, and then placed the house figure last, starting the process one by one.

There were no fancy maneuvers or underhanded tactics. Flying Shark did contact him, offering to help him manipulate the 713th wave, but he decisively refused—it was just a few wooden carvings.

If this is also faked, it would be too disgraceful.

Without doing anything else, he got right to it, and within two minutes all six wood carvings were delivered.

"Let's congratulate the six viewers who just won the prize. Please send me a private message with your address later, and I will send the wood carving out."

"That concludes today's live stream. I will post the gift data on my personal social media account after it is released, and everyone is welcome to come and monitor it."

"There will be another live stream tomorrow, so don't forget to tune in if you want to watch." Uesugi Kenichi waved to the camera and said goodbye to the viewers in the live stream.

When the viewers in the live stream heard that Uesugi Kenichi was about to end the live stream, they immediately became anxious, "Mr. Uesugi, don't be in such a hurry to leave, let's chat a little longer."

"Yes, let's chat some more. It's still early. Even if we don't do anything, just chatting is fine."

"It's only a little past 5 o'clock, don't rush, let's broadcast for a little while longer, just a little while!"

Kenichi Uesugi piloted the drone down and smiled helplessly. "Alright, it's time to say goodbye for today. Those who are interested, remember to tune in tomorrow. See you all."

He clasped his hands in a fist salute towards the camera before closing the live stream.

Chapter 232 Developing Tourism

The live stream screen went completely black after Uesugi Kenichi closed it, turning into a black screen again, but the number of viewers in the live stream did not decrease at all.

Rockets and planes continued to rise, and many people were asking questions of the lucky audience members who had just seen the six lieutenant generals. They chatted about nonsensical things, reluctant to leave.

In just one afternoon, the viewers in the live stream completely fell in love with Uesugi Kenichi. Not only was he handsome, but his personality was also top-notch, and his talent was so outstanding that even if you searched all of Japan, you couldn't find a boy more outstanding than Uesugi Kenichi.

Especially during the afternoon carving sessions, the focused and earnest energy he displayed was truly captivating.

Many boys were also captivated by Kenichi Uesugi's charisma, and it's clear even without seeing the gifts in today's live stream that the total amount will be astronomical.

The gifts just kept coming, and not only were the wood carvings exquisite, but he remained unmoved by the high prices, keeping his promise and giving them all away.

Even if he changes his mind and doesn't give it to someone else, there's nothing anyone can say. Anyway, if it were them, they definitely wouldn't be willing to just give it away like that.

So one by one, the boys in the live stream started commenting that Uesugi-kun was so handsome.

Fortunately, Uesugi Kenichi didn't see it, or he would have felt a chill run down his spine.

After turning off the live stream, Uesugi Kenichi packed up the drone and charged it. He then returned to his room and looked around. Erii and the others were not in the room.

He poured himself a cup of tea, sat down, and rested quietly for a while. He felt a little tired after an afternoon of carving.

He picked up his phone to check the number of gifts he had received that day. Flying Shark's statistics were very efficient. He opened the backend and looked at it, a look of surprise on his face.

"There's so much!" Uesugi Kenichi clicked his tongue, looking at the amount displayed on the back end.

He earned a whopping 120 million yuan from just one afternoon of live streaming, which is nearly 9 million RMB.

Indeed, the spending power of the people of Japan should not be underestimated.

He had only rested for a short while when he saw Uesugi Nogo leading the village chief of Takeda in.

As soon as the village chief entered, he went straight to Uesugi Kenichi and then bowed at a 90-degree angle.

"What are you doing?" Uesugi Kenichi quickly helped the village chief of Takeda up. He felt a little unworthy of such a deep bow from the village chief, who was over 60 years old.

"I thank you on behalf of my fellow villagers." Village Chief Takeda grasped Uesugi Kenichi's hand, visibly moved, his cloudy eyes glistening with tears.

"Please don't stand there, sit down and let's talk." After Uesugi Kenichi gestured, Uesugi Nogo realized what was going on and quickly poured some tea.

"Excuse me." Village Chief Takeda nodded and gestured for him to kneel down.

"In just one afternoon, all the grain that our village had stockpiled was sold out, and the price was three times higher than what the grain merchants were selling. I was so excited."

Village Chief Takeda sighed, "Kenichi, everyone in the village should thank you. In the past, we had to store all this grain for a long time, and a lot of it would be wasted. This year, with this income, everyone will be much better off."

He looked at Uesugi Ken with admiration in his eyes. If Uesugi Ken wasn't so young, he would have given him the village's location directly.

He then looked at Uesugi Nogo. Although Uesugi Kenichi was no longer eligible, having Uesugi Nogo take the position would have the same effect.

"I'd be happy if my words could be of any help."

Kenichi Uesugi picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then asked, "Have you considered the suggestion I mentioned yesterday?"

Yesterday, he discussed with Village Chief Wutian and a few others that if they really wanted to make Dahe Village rich, they still needed to develop tourism projects, in addition to selling agricultural products.

By attracting tourists to spend money through agritourism, and building a good reputation, this can be a long-term source of income.

However, Mayor Takeda still had some concerns yesterday because Kenichi Uesugi had made a request that all the families participating in the reception must have properly renovated their homes and that all basic facilities be in perfect condition.

Some households that don't meet the standards need to be renovated, because Uesugi Kenichi doesn't want tourists to feel upset after coming because of his name.

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Takeda's expression turned serious. "I think your suggestion yesterday is feasible. I will try to persuade everyone in the village to agree, since it's all for their own good."

There were indeed concerns yesterday, but those concerns disappeared after Uesugi Kenichi sold all the stockpiled agricultural products in just a few hours today.

Moreover, home renovations in the countryside don't cost much, especially since it's for one's own home, so people shouldn't have any objections.

"That's good. This would have been really difficult to do without everyone's help."

Uesugi Kenji paused for a moment before continuing, "...Although some initial investment is required, the potential profits will only be greater. You will also need to communicate with everyone to ensure that tourists are well received and to build a good reputation."

"And it needs to be done as soon as possible. I feel that guests may come in a few days. If guests come, we should first arrange for them to stay with families who are better off."

"I understand. So, which activities should we do?" Village Chief Takeda asked, puzzled.

“There are many projects. Doesn’t our village have an orchard? We can let them pick their own fruit. We’ll give them some of the fruit they pick for free, and if they want more, they’ll have to pay for it. They can also fish in the pond over there.”

"We can let them go to the fields to experience farm work."

Village Chief Takeda asked in surprise, "Would they be willing to work for us for money?"

If it weren't for what Uesugi Kenichi said, he probably would have thought the person opposite him was an idiot. Who would be so stupid as to help (Zhao Dehao) with someone else's work and then pay them?

As it turns out, many people living in big cities actually buy into this approach.

Some people who have lived in big cities for a long time have basically never been exposed to these things in the countryside, so they are more or less enthusiastic about them.

After thinking for a moment, Uesugi Kenichi said, "Don't we have a natural hot spring and a beautiful valley behind our mountain? I remember there are a lot of flowers there. When everyone makes money in the future, we can invest in developing these two places into tourist attractions."

"Then we can set up a rafting trip on this river, and a bungee jumping activity in the valley over there. But these have to wait, because these activities are a bit dangerous and we need to find some experienced people to do them."

Kenichi Uesugi is quite optimistic about developing tourism in this area. The environment is excellent, with a very leisurely and beautiful feeling reminiscent of a rural village in anime.

Chapter 233 Hot Discussion

This decision was made after taking into account the natural environment and local specialties of Dahe Village and their Bayun Town.

He really couldn't think of any other way to get rich besides developing the tertiary industry.

The whole plan is a long-term project, and it can only be improved as it is implemented.

After discussing some details, Village Chief Takeda took his leave.

As the village chief Takeda was leaving, he looked at Uesugi Kenichi and sighed repeatedly, as if a phoenix had truly flown out of their remote mountain village.

He had no objections to the plan proposed by Uesugi Kenichi. He considered the issues very comprehensively, and the plan he put forward was reasonable and well-founded, making it seem very feasible at first glance.

Moreover, he wasn't impatient; he sought development while maintaining stability. If Uesugi Kenichi hadn't brought his girlfriend back this time, he would have wanted to marry both of his granddaughters to him.

Following Uesugi Kenichi, it seems like we'll be able to live a good life in the future.