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

The next day, Jiang Jianguo, who was extremely proactive, started arranging for workers to buy materials such as cement and sand to harden the ground of the fishing spot.

In his mind, once a decision is made, it's time to act quickly; there's no need to procrastinate.

Jiang Xia, on the other hand, was lounging on the sofa at home, holding a watermelon, looking as lazy as an old dog.

When it came to actually doing it, Jiang Xia realized that he couldn't help at all in the early stages!

Fortunately, after Jiang Jianguo finished arranging the construction in the morning, he drove his van in the afternoon and said he wanted to take Jiang Xia to see the fish.

Now, Jiang Xia regained his motivation; otherwise, the startup would have almost become his father's business all by himself!

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There are no large fish ponds near Qingshan Village, and there are very few large fish ponds in the entire town or even the county.

Because they needed to buy a large quantity, Jiang Jianguo took Jiang Xia on a trip of over 100 kilometers to Longxi Town in the neighboring Antai City.

Because of its abundant water resources, Longxi Town is home to fish farmers almost everywhere.

This was also where Jiang Jianguo used to sell his fish and buy fish fry.

Upon arriving in Longxi Town, the first thing Jiangxia saw was a variety of fishponds, large and small, with one every short distance between them.

However, Jiang Jianguo didn't even stop his car when he passed by these fishponds; instead, he went directly to a farmer's house.

Jiang Jianguo parked the car on the side of the road and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" came a noise from inside the house.

A moment later, a gaunt old man with a cigarette in his mouth pushed open the door and came out.

"Oh? Old Jiang? What a rare guest!"

Upon seeing the visitors, Jiang Jianguo quickly went to greet them.

"Haha, Lao Huang, long time no see."

As he spoke, he introduced Jiang Xia, saying, "You can call this Uncle Huang."

Seeing this, Jiang Xia quickly took out a cigarette and handed it to him, saying, "Uncle Huang."

"Hey, is this your son?" Old Huang took the cigarette Jiang Xia offered and exclaimed in surprise, "He's grown so much after all these years!"

"Haha, who can argue with that!"

After exchanging pleasantries, Huang Hanmin invited the father and son into the house.

At this point, Jiang Jianguo finally brought up the real business:

"Old Huang, I've come to buy some fish this time."

Old Huang asked with a smile, "Old Jiang, how much do you plan to ask for?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jianguo said seriously, "I estimate it will take at least seven or eight thousand catties."

"So many?" Old Huang asked in surprise.

Jiang Jianguo nodded seriously.

"What kind of fish do you want?" Old Huang asked seriously when he heard that the father and son wanted to buy so many fish.

"Carp and grass carp, all must weigh over a pound," Jiang Jianguo replied.

"Hmm." Old Huang nodded, stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said, "Carp is 4 yuan a pound, grass carp is 4.5 yuan a pound. The market is bad this year, so the prices are cheap."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jianguo handed a cigarette to Lao Huang and Jiang Xia respectively, then lit one for himself and began to ponder.

At this moment, Jiang Xia asked curiously, "Uncle, do we have any big fish here?"

"A big fish?" Old Huang's interest was piqued. "How big do you want?"

Jiang Xia replied without hesitation, "At least 20 jin or more."

Although he had never run a fishing park in his previous life, Jiang Xia knew that these places attracted people with big fish.

After all, no angler doesn't want to catch a fish bigger than himself!

Upon hearing Jiang Xia mention over 20 jin (10 catties), Old Huang's eyes lit up: "Nephew, you know what, I actually have some!"

Upon seeing this, Jiang Xia immediately put on an expression of eagerness to hear more.

Old Huang then said, "I have a small pond with over a hundred grass carp in it, all of them over five years old. I estimate the smallest one in there must weigh close to 20 jin (5 catties)!"

Jiang Xia asked directly, "Uncle, how much did that big fish cost?"

Upon hearing this, Old Huang sighed but remained silent for a long time.

Jiang Jianguo, who had been silent, spoke up upon seeing this:

"What's wrong, Lao Huang? Why are you sighing?"

Seeing Jiang Jianguo ask the question, Old Huang sighed with a long face, "Those big fish, just looking at them makes me annoyed!"

"It was originally booked by a hotel in the city that was about to open, but who knew the hotel would never open, and in the end, all one hundred or so fish were stuck with me!"

At this point, Old Huang sighed again: "Those are all large grass carp weighing over 20 jin (10 catties) each! Who am I supposed to sell them to?!"

Seeing this, Jiang Xia quickly said, "Uncle, if the price of these hundred items is right, I'll take them all!"

Upon hearing the word "price," Old Huang wasn't as excited as before. He simply said:

"I'm giving you all ten thousand yuan. This is a loss-making price. You can ask Lao Jiang if you don't believe me!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia looked at his father.

Meeting his son's gaze, Jiang Jianguo nodded. Old Huang was indeed losing money at this price.

Seeing his father nod, Jiang Xia agreed without any hesitation.

In the end, the father and son bought a total of 7000 catties of carp and grass carp from Lao Huang, which cost them a total of 20,000 yuan.

In addition, there are 100 large grass carp, which are the key to the operation of the fishpond and cost 10,000 yuan.

With his father's consent, Jiang Xia paid half of the deposit to Lao Huang and agreed to deliver the goods three days later.

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After returning home, Jiang Xia really had nothing to do this time.

He couldn't help with the cement hardening of the reservoir, and there was nothing else he could do at home. He stayed at home for three days in a row. Finally, on this day, Lao Huang delivered the fish he had bought.

It was midday when a truck slowly drove up to the side of Qingshan Reservoir.

Jiang Jianguo and Lao Huang began directing the release of fish into the reservoir.

The number of fish released this time is not all, but only 60%.

According to Jiang Jianguo, the fish need to adapt to the aquatic environment and should be released in batches.

Jiang Xia didn't understand this either, but he just listened to his father!

Just then, a few anglers were fishing not far away.

Seeing the commotion, they all gathered around.

"This is dry..."

A fisherman was about to ask what was going on when he was suddenly stunned into silence.

"What's wrong?" asked the companion next to him.

"A fish, a huge fish!" the fisherman exclaimed in shock, pointing tremblingly at the carriage.

"Wow!" His companion turned around and was also speechless with shock.

Inside the carriage, several enormous bluefish were swimming slowly in the water.

At this moment, Jiang Xia was holding a video camera and recording the bluefish in the carriage.

Seeing the fisherman's shocked expression, Jiang Xia smiled with satisfaction.

This is exactly the effect I wanted.

In this day and age, most anglers would never even have seen a fish this big, let alone catch one.

For Jiang Xia, aside from seeing it in short videos, this was the first time in his life that he had ever seen such a big fish.

Not to mention the fishermen at this time.

Before long, the few anglers by the reservoir had surrounded the fishing truck, all asking what it was all about!