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

As the two entered the store, they discovered that the interior decoration was anything but ordinary.

Jiang Xia casually picked up a fishing rod from the display case and looked at it, only to find that it was priced at 3500, which immediately startled him.

Indeed, fishing is an expensive form of entertainment.

At that moment, a chubby man came to greet them.

"Hey bro, wanna take a look at the fishing rod?"

Jiang Xia could tell from the other person's demeanor that he was probably the boss. He shook his head and said in a low voice:

"Hello boss, I'm the owner of Qingshan Fishing Park. I'm here to discuss a collaboration with you."

"Cooperation? What cooperation? Do you want me to help you get a GG?" The man was a little confused.

"No, no, no." Jiang Xia quickly waved his hand upon hearing this. "It's like this, boss. Our fishing ground is planning to hold a fishing competition recently, but we don't have any sponsors yet. We came here to ask if you would be interested in sponsoring it."

Upon hearing this, the fat boss understood that Dezhao wasn't there to give him money, but to ask him for money!

He immediately asked, "What benefits would I get from sponsoring this competition?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia quickly took out a printed form from his bag.

"Boss, look, my fishing spot gets a peak of 70 to 80 people a day. We plan to get 200 people a day during our competition. If you sponsor our competition, I'll put up a big sign with your shop's name on it. Plus, we'll be organizing some activities during the competition, and we'll give you all a piece of our mind."

After listening, the fat boss frowned. To be honest, they were all in Linjiang and in the fishing circle.

He had heard the name Qingshan Fishing Park before, and more than once. In the past month, many customers had mentioned that fishing there was a lot of fun.

But now, faced with the sponsorship Jiang Xia mentioned, he couldn't muster any interest.

It wasn't because he thought Qingshan Fishing Park was bad; he felt that Qingshan Fishing Park had some ability to get things done in such a short time.

After listening to the customers talk about it for so long, he would have liked to go to Qingshan Fishing Park for a day if he had the time.

But the sponsorship of fishing competitions didn't seem to be of much use to him.

As a leading company in the fishing tackle industry in Linjiang City, we certainly don't lack brand recognition.

Although Jiang Xia didn't say how much the sponsorship fee was, he understood that if a boss was asking for sponsorship, the amount must be quite high.

He wasn't willing to spend a lot of money only to gain nothing in return.

Actually, he was wrong about this. Jiang Xia came to ask for sponsorship this time, thinking that he could get as much as he could, even if it was only a few thousand yuan.

Having made up his mind, the fat boss smiled.

"Hey, brother, you're the owner of Qingshan Fishing Park? Your place's really famous now. Let's not just stand here, come with me to your office for some tea."

No businessman is stupid. Although he knew in his heart that the cooperation would not work out, since Jiang Xia had come, the fat boss felt that he still had to give him face and could not give him the cold shoulder just because a cooperation failed.

When Jiang Xia heard what the fat boss said, he thought things were going to work out, so he followed the man to the office.

Upon entering the Jianghu Angler's office, Jiang Xia looked at the large tea table and various calligraphy and painting ornaments, and couldn't help but sigh, "This is what a proper office should be like."

As for his own office, which only had a sofa, a small desk, and a wooden chair, it could only be considered a rudimentary frontline command post in comparison to others.

"Brother, this is our first meeting. My surname is Chen, and my name is Chen Weihou. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Chen." The fat boss smiled and started making tea.

Sitting across from him, Jiang Xia took out a cigarette and handed it to him: "Hello, Brother Chen, my name is Jiang Xia, you can just call me Xiao Jiang."

"Haha, Brother Jiang is young and promising!" Chen Weihao laughed.

Jiang Xia waved his hand: "Not at all, it can't compare to Brother Chen's vast business empire."

Soon, Chen Weihao's tea was ready. He gestured for Jiang Xia and Su Qing to drink the tea.

Jiang Xia picked up the cup, took a sip, smacked his lips a couple of times, and didn't really taste anything. But he said, "Brother Chen, this is great tea. I've really learned something new today. I can never get such good tea at home."

Su Qing, standing to the side, looked puzzled. This thing didn't seem to have much of a taste. How did Jiang Xia manage to taste it? As expected of a young talent who returned from Shanghai, he really knows a lot.

"Haha, it seems you're quite the connoisseur of tea, brother. My 'duck poop fragrance' is rather faint; not many people can taste it," Chen Weihao said with a laugh upon hearing Jiang Xia's assessment.

Soon, Jiang Xia became close with the other party and they began to flatter each other.

However, the more Jiang Xia talked to Chen Junhao, the more she felt that things might fall through.

The other person talked to me about everything except the competition sponsorship.

Jiang Xia originally thought that the most important thing would be discussed at the end, but after drinking two pots of tea, Chen Junhao still showed no intention of talking about it, and he couldn't hold back any longer.

After finishing a bowl of tea, he spoke up, "Brother Chen, what's your decision regarding the sponsorship?"

Upon hearing the question, Chen Weihao remained expressionless, simply saying, "Brother Jiang, it's not that I don't want to sponsor your competition. When you introduced it, I thought it was a pretty good competition. But you don't know..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly changed the subject, a worried expression on his face: "Brother, I've staked everything I have on the shop, and I really don't have any extra money to sponsor the competition right now!"

Hearing this, Jiang Xia understood that the other party hadn't taken a liking to his collaboration at all. However, he didn't show it on his face, but just smiled and said, "I understand. I didn't come here today entirely for the competition. The main thing was to get to know you, Brother Li. Now that we've met, whether or not there's sponsorship is a trivial matter."

"Haha, I'm glad you understand, little brother. Don't be fooled by how glamorous my shop looks on the surface; I'm struggling financially behind the scenes too~" Chen Weihao said, and then started complaining about being poor again.

Seeing this, Jiang Xia felt a little amused; this chubby kid was quite the actor.

Since the cooperation couldn't be reached, Jiang Xia had no interest in continuing to watch Chen Weihao complain about being poor, so he simply made up an excuse and left.

After leaving the fishing tackle shop, Jiang Xia and Su Qing walked side by side for a while, but Su Qing still couldn't help but ask:

"Jiang Xia, have you ever drunk that tea of ​​his called 'Duck Shit Fragrance' before?"

Jiang Xia smiled upon hearing this: "I have indeed drunk Duck Shit Fragrance before, but this is the first time I've tried their tasteless Duck Shit Fragrance."

"But they wouldn't go to the trouble of serving us cheap tea; it must be that the tea was just weak."

"Huh? So when you said it tasted good, you were just praising it?" Su Qing asked curiously.

"Yeah, that's right." Jiang Xia nodded. "Look at the way he's making the tea, how could I not say it's delicious?"

Su Qing couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. Hearing Jiang Xia's words now, and recalling how he had seriously praised the tea in the shop just now, she found it quite amusing.