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

Seeing that Li Qiang still wanted to say something, Jiang Xia quickly waved her hand, "Alright, stop."

"I'm not here to discuss life with you; I need your help with something."

"What is it?"

Upon hearing that Jiang Xia wanted to see him, Li Qiang quickly asked.

Jiang Xia casually found a computer chair in the other party's shop and sat down, saying, "When I came back this time, I did some work on the reservoir at home, and I'm planning to install surveillance cameras all over it. You happen to do this kind of thing, so I was thinking of having you take a look!"

"What reservoir? The one your dad used to raise fish in?" Li Qiang asked.

Jiang Xia nodded.

"Why are you building that reservoir? To raise fish?" Li Qiang asked after Jiang Xia nodded.

Jiang Xia shook his head: "No, I turned that place into a fishing park, specifically for people to pay to fish."

"A fishing park? Is that alright? You don't want to lose money!"

Upon hearing about the fishing park, Li Qiang didn't understand, but he was worried that Jiangxia might mess things up and lose all the money again.

Jiang Xia didn't explain much, only saying, "It's alright, we're open for business again."

"So what kind of surveillance camera do you want to install? Do you have any requirements for the resolution or anything like that?" Li Qiang didn't know much about fishing parks, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Jiang Xia was speechless upon hearing this. "How would I know? If I knew, why would I be asking you for help?"

Li Qiang then asked, "So you don't even know how many cameras you plan to install?"

"Hmm." Jiang Xia nodded and asked, "Are you busy right now? If you're not, I can take you to the site to take a look?"

Li Qiang replied, "What's the rush? I don't get many customers a day."

"Shall we go take a look now?" Jiang Xia stood up abruptly.

Li Qiang also stood up: "Okay, wait while I close the shop door."

Within minutes, Li Qiang locked the computer store door and got into the van with Jiang Xia.

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Half an hour later, Li Qiang and Jiang Xia stood side by side in front of the fishing spot.

Looking at the bustling crowd in the fishing area, Li Qiang's mouth dropped open.

He originally thought that Jiangxia's fishing grounds were just like his computer store, with hardly any customers all day.

When he arrived at the scene, he was truly astonished.

"Well done, kid. I was wondering why you gave up such a great job in Shanghai and suddenly came back home."

"So she was secretly planning a major business deal from home!"

Upon arriving at the fishing spot, Jiang Xia didn't continue to keep a low profile. He put his hands behind his back, deliberately acting as if he didn't care.

"That's nothing. You haven't seen what it's like during holidays. The scene...tsk tsk..."

Seeing Jiang Xia's expression, Li Qiang angrily slapped him on the back again: "You little brat, still putting on an act with me!"

"But seeing how busy you are here makes me feel relieved."

Jiang Xia laughed when he heard this: "Let's go, let's go and figure out how to install the surveillance cameras properly."

"I'm doing this in the village, so you'd better keep that in mind."

Hearing this, Li Qiang's expression turned serious: "I understand, don't worry."

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As Li Qiang followed Jiang Xia around the fishing grounds, he became increasingly alarmed.

He originally thought that he was already quite outstanding among his peers for running a small shop in the county town.

But now, looking at Jiangxia and seeing how skillfully he greeted the tourists, he suddenly realized that this was true early success.

My own achievements suddenly became nothing compared to what the other person had accomplished.

But after all, they were good brothers, and he was happy for Jiang Xia when he recovered.

After going around the room, Jiang Xia led Li Qiang to the office and they sat down.

Jiang Xiaobo changed a lot after being scolded by Jiang Jianjun in front of everyone that day.

He was resting on the sofa when he saw his older brother bring in guests, so he quickly brewed a pot of tea and brought it over.

"You should call this Brother Qiang," Jiang Xia said to Jiang Xiaobo.

Jiang Xiaobo nodded from the side and called out to Li Qiang, "Brother Qiang."

Jiang Xia then introduced Li Qiang: "This is Xiao Bo, my uncle's younger brother. He's currently unemployed and is temporarily helping me out."

Upon hearing this, Li Qiang quickly took out a cigarette and handed it to Jiang Xiaobo: "Hello, brother."

Jiang Xiaobo took the cigarette with both hands, but didn't light it immediately. Instead, he poured Li Qiang a cup of tea first.

"Brother Qiang, have some tea."

Jiang Xia nodded upon seeing this. Some things can be left undone, but it is certainly not something one cannot be ignorant of.

Afterwards, Li Qiang and Jiang Xia got down to business.

He said, "Brother, I just looked at this place too. Because it's an open environment, there are quite a few places where you need to install security cameras."

"Besides where they fish, I think we should install cameras at the entrance to the reservoir and here in your office, just to be safe."

Jiang Xia nodded. Professionals are different; they can plan most of the work after just one visit.

At first, I didn't really think about intersections or anything like that; I just thought about installing cameras around the reservoir.

He looked at Li Qiang and said, "Okay, just do as you say. I trust you."

Li Qiang nodded: "Let's not stand on ceremony, we're brothers. I estimate it will cost around 6000 yuan to install everything."

After he finished speaking, he saw Jiang Xia open his mouth, as if he knew what she was going to say, and said directly, "Don't worry, I have a profit margin at this price, it's just a little less. I can still make more money with you, right?"

Seeing Li Qiang say this, Jiang Xia swallowed back what she was about to say.

Although he didn't understand surveillance, he was still very price-sensitive. According to Li Qiang, his reservoir needed at least a dozen cameras.

Although he didn't know the exact price, he figured it would cost at least two or three hundred yuan each, which would bring the price of the camera alone to several thousand yuan.

Including wiring, installation, monitors, video recorders, and other miscellaneous items, I managed to get everything done for myself for around 6000 yuan. The other party really didn't make much money.

However, since the other party had said that, I couldn't say much more, after all, we were brothers.

After finishing their business, Jiang Xia and Li Qiang had tea in the office for a while and chatted about interesting things from their school days.

Jiang Xia then took out two fishing rods and suggested:

"Let's go, brothers, over to the fishing spot and cast our lines a few times."

The fishing rod was bought by Jiang Xia a few days ago. It's not a very good fishing rod; at this time of year, the ones sold in the county town are all off-brand. He couldn't resist the urge to try fishing after watching the other anglers, so he bought it for himself.

You know what, these past few days when he had nothing to do, he went to sit and fish for a while and found that this thing is actually quite fun.

"I don't know how to do this either!" Li Qiang said somewhat embarrassedly, as he really didn't know how to fish.

In those days, fishing was not yet widespread, and many people had never even touched a fishing rod, unlike in later generations when many people, even if they didn't usually fish, could still play with a fishing rod for a while.

"What's the big deal? I'm a beginner too. Come on, let me teach you," Jiang Xia urged.

Looking at the fishing rod in Jiang Xia's hand, Li Qiang was also a little curious about how fish were caught, so he took it and followed Jiang Xia to the fishing spot.