Let's go back to 2008, starting with a recreational fishing park.

When Jiang Xia woke up, her life was the same as the previous two days: eating breakfast, being busy, and seeing guests off.

As he had predicted, there were far fewer tourists at the fishing spot today, which was Monday.

At the end of the day, only about 20 anglers came to fish.

However, since most of the discounts offered by Penguin Space have already been used, the unit price is now 80. The daily profit is still around 1000 yuan.

Although it was less than half of what it had been in the previous two days, Jiang Xia was actually quite satisfied.

After all, this is a stable income; Saturdays and Sundays are holidays and need to be calculated separately.

And so, over the course of several days, the fishing spot gradually got back on track.

And Jiang Xia's previously depleted wallet has been replenished again.

Yesterday he calculated that he already had more than 2 yuan in his hands.

Of this, there was a profit of over ten thousand yuan, and the remaining ten thousand yuan was the cost of buying the fish.

With money in hand, Jiang Xia's heart began to stir again.

During this time, he discovered that there were still many areas where the fishing grounds could be improved.

For example, regarding lighting, he was not only afraid of being in the dark at night, but he also remembered that many fishing spots in later generations allowed night fishing.

In addition, surveillance cameras are also required and must be installed.

Although my family hasn't offended anyone in the village, many people in the village have seen the bustling activity at the fishing pond recently.

It's inevitable that some people will harbor ill intentions out of jealousy.

We can't be careless about this. You have to understand that our reservoir is a reservoir. If someone has bad intentions, all they need to do is put some drugs in the reservoir, and all our hard work over the past few months will be wasted.

Actually, it's not just about surveillance. Jiang Xia plans to have his dad have the entire fishing area fenced off with sheet metal once he gets more money back.

That way, even if someone has bad intentions, they won't be able to get in.

However, with limited funds at the moment, Jiangxia plans to start with lighting and surveillance.

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Today is Thursday, six days after the opening. After receiving the busiest wave of tourists, Jiangxia drove into the city.

This time, instead of wandering around aimlessly, he went straight to an office called Liyuan Construction Company.

This was recommended by Jiang Jianguo; you can contact them directly for lighting installation.

When Jiang Xia arrived at the office, he was greeted by a middle-aged man with a large belly.

"Hello, are you Mr. Sun?" Jiang Xia offered him a cigarette and asked.

The man nodded, took the cigarette from Jiang Xia, and smiled, "Oh, yes, that's me. What brings you here, young man?"

Seeing that they had come to the right place, Jiang Xia got straight to the point:

"Hello Mr. Sun, this is Jiang Xia. My dad said you can install streetlights here, is that right?"

Upon hearing the name Jiangxia, Boss Sun suddenly realized:

"So you're Jianguo's son. Your dad called me and told me you're going to install streetlights at the reservoir, right?"

"Yes." Jiang Xia nodded. Installing lights on their own reservoir would definitely require streetlights for illumination.

"So what kind of installation do you want? This thing isn't cheap!" Boss Sun continued to ask.

When Jiang Xia heard that the price was not low, he didn't think much of it at first. But when he explained his needs for the reservoir and heard that it would cost at least 4000 yuan per reservoir, he was stunned.

4000 yuan each, that's not something I can afford right now.

It's not that I don't have the money; I just don't have enough of my own money, but my parents can help me out. But spending tens of thousands of yuan just on lighting would definitely not be worthwhile.

"Boss Sun, I've heard about those solar-powered streetlights, right? What are they like?" Jiang Xia asked curiously. In his memory, he knew that solar-powered streetlights were very common in later generations, but he didn't know how they were in this era.

Upon hearing about solar streetlights, Mr. Sun shook his head immediately: "Those won't work. They're new, the battery life is very short, not many people use them, and they're not cheap either."

Hearing this, Jiang Xia understood. Since Boss Sun was introduced by his father, he wouldn't cheat him. It could only mean that the technology for solar streetlights was not yet mature, or rather, not yet widely applicable.

Jiang Xia, still unwilling to give up, wanted to ask if there were any cheaper options available.

But Mr. Sun said it would cost at least 4000 yuan each.

Because this thing isn't just about lights; the wiring and other miscellaneous things also cost a lot of money.

Hearing that the other party had almost told him the cost, Jiang Xia stopped pressing the issue and said that she would go back and think about it before calling him back.

Back in the bread cart, Jiang Xia sighed. Consider it? What's there to consider? Let's not worry about the lighting for now, we'll deal with it when we have more money later.

Let's think about the surveillance system first. Hopefully, it won't be too expensive; it's something we have to install regardless of the price.

Jiang Jianguo didn't know many people who installed surveillance cameras, but Jiang Xia did know some.

After leaving Liyuanjian, he drove to the front of a computer store called Liqiang Computer.

As I walked into the store, I saw a boy about my age sitting in front of a computer playing games.

At that moment, the opponent was engrossed in the game and was wearing headphones, so they didn't notice Jiang Xia walking in at all.

Seeing that the other person hadn't noticed him, Jiang Xia didn't say anything, but quietly walked up behind the other person.

He noticed that the game the boy was playing was CrossFire, which had just been released not long ago.

Seeing the town on the computer screen, Jiang Xia couldn't help but sigh at how long this game had lasted; even in later generations, it would still become popular from time to time.

Jiang Xia stood there for a while, and seeing that the other person still hadn't noticed him, he shouted loudly, "Qiangzi!"

The boy was startled and immediately took off his headphones and turned around.

After seeing Jiang Xia's appearance clearly, he exclaimed in surprise:

"Jiang Xia? What brings you here?"

Jiang Xia smiled and took out a cigarette from his pocket and offered it to the other person.

The boy's name was Li Qiang. He was Li Qiang's classmate in junior high school. However, unlike Li Qiang, Li Qiang did not continue his studies after graduating from junior high school. Instead, he rented a shop in the county town and opened his own computer store.

The computer business has been booming in recent years, which has made this kid quite a bit of money.

Jiang Xia and he had always had a good relationship. She remembered that in her previous life, every time she came back, she would find a place to get together with him.

Seeing Jiang Xia suddenly appear, Li Qiang was a little confused: "Jiang Xia, weren't you in Shanghai? Why are you back all of a sudden?"

Jiang Xia didn't want to explain too much, only saying, "It's too far from home, I don't want to work there anymore."

Upon hearing this, Li Qiang angrily slapped Jiang Xia on the back: "Brother, are you stupid?! That's Shanghai! You went to university so you could get a good job there, right?"

"Why did you leave such a great big city and come back to this poor, remote place?"

Jiang Xia sighed: "Big cities have their own hardships, you wouldn't understand even if I told you."