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

When it comes to fishing rods, Jiangxia is strictly speaking a complete novice.

His knowledge of fishing rods mostly comes from the tourists at the fishing grounds.

Besides that, there are fishing videos I watched in my past life, but I only remember a few words like carbon fiber.

Looking at the handmade bamboo fishing rod in his hand, he really didn't know how to evaluate it.

Seeing Jiang Xia holding the fishing rod without speaking for a long time, Zhao Dahai asked with a smile, "Brother, how does this rod feel?"

Jiang Xia returned the fishing rod to the other party and said directly:

"Brother-in-law, it feels great in the hand. However, I don't really know much about this fishing rod. Is there anything special about it?"

Upon hearing Jiang Xia's question, Zhao Dahai revealed a smug smile: "Brother, you may not know much about handmade fishing rods. This fishing rod in my hand was made by Master Qin Songnian himself. Its market price is at least this much."

As he spoke, Zhao Dahai held up three fingers.

"3?" Jiang Xia was somewhat surprised. He guessed that the fishing rod might not be cheap, but he did not expect it to sell for 08 yuan in 3.

Zhao Dahai nodded, and without hiding anything, said directly:

"Brother, your sister and I discussed it last night and decided to sponsor this fishing rod as a prize for your competition."

"Also, I'd like to offer two cheaper fishing rods for second and third place. What do you think of this suggestion, bro?"

After they finished speaking, Zhao Dahai and his wife looked at Jiang Xia with slight nervousness.

Wang Xiuqin's idea last night was to give away several good fishing rods from the shop in order to secure sponsorship for this competition.

The couple had come to a conclusion: the fishing rods in the shop were just sitting there unsold anyway, so they might as well take this opportunity to see if they could revive the small shop!

After listening to Zhao Dahai's explanation, Jiang Xia stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

The fishing rod reward is great, and it's also very suitable as a prize for a fishing competition.

However, given the current situation at the fishing grounds and the prevailing social context, a fishing rod worth 30,000 yuan is less attractive to people than 10,000 yuan in cash.

Of course, a fishing rod is a must, but Jiang Xia hasn't figured out how to set the rules after adding a fishing rod as a prize.

Seeing that Jiang Xia hadn't spoken yet, Zhao Dahai, who was standing to the side, became a little anxious.

"Brother, say something! Is this collaboration going to happen or not?"

"If that doesn't work, how about I add another ten thousand yuan in cash?"

Upon hearing about the 10,000 yuan in cash, Jiang Xia suddenly looked up, never expecting that being slow to answer would have this benefit!

He looked at Zhao Dahai and his wife: "Sister, brother-in-law, is it really settled?"

While Jiang Xia readily agreed, Zhao Dahai and his wife suddenly hesitated.

Seeing the couple's hesitant expressions, Jiang Xia said directly, "Sister, brother-in-law, if you have any concerns, just say so. It's better to talk things out directly now that we're face to face."

Zhao Dahai turned to look at Wang Xiuqin, and seeing that she didn't intend to speak, he gently tugged at her sleeve.

"You should tell me," Wang Xiuqin shook her head.

"Go ahead and say it, after all, you're the one who started this shop." Seeing Wang Xiuqin's hesitation, Zhao Dahai still refused.

"Sigh." Wang Xiuqin sighed, quietly clenching her fist, and looked earnestly at Jiang Xia:

"Brother, we've only known each other for two days now, and there are some things I didn't want to tell you. But my little shop is tied up with all my savings from all these years, and business is bad right now, so I'm really worried."

"Don't laugh at me, little brother, but I've invested over 300,000 yuan in this shop, but after more than six months of operation, I've only sold less than 10,000 yuan worth of goods."

"Now, let alone making money, even breaking even is a long way off. Lately, I've been thinking that if I can hold on until the end of the year and it still doesn't work out, I'll just close down. I might as well lose money; I can't just stay here forever."

Hearing Wang Xiuqin's words, Jiang Xia was somewhat surprised. He had guessed that the fishing tackle shop might not be doing well, but he hadn't expected it to be like this.

At this moment, Zhao Dahai thought for a moment and then spoke up:

"Brother, this is the current situation of your sister and me at the shop. The reason I'm telling you is that, besides what I just told you, your sister and I came up with another plan last night, but we don't know if you agree with it."

"Brother-in-law, just tell me." Jiang Xia was also very interested when he heard that there was another option.

"Alright, then I'll get straight to the point." Zhao Dahai poured Jiang Xia a cup of tea earnestly. "I wonder if you'd be interested in a long-term collaboration, brother?"

"Brother, my competition will probably only last a few days. How can we have a long-term partnership?" Jiang Xia asked curiously.

Zhao Dahai shook his head. "It's not the competition, it's that you've been helping us with publicity."

"Keep promoting it?" Jiang Xia understood what Zhao Dahai meant when he heard this. He meant to introduce some fishermen to buy things from him from time to time.

"Yes, we've been promoting it all along!" Zhao Dahai nodded.

"What benefits do I get?" Jiang Xia picked up her water glass, took a small sip, and asked Zhao Dahai.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dahai leaned forward slightly, refilled Jiang Xia's teacup with hot tea, and said, "Brother, you're running such a big business, it's too vulgar to offer tea money to the introducer, and I doubt you'd even consider such a paltry sum."

"So, your sister and I discussed it, and if you agree to cooperate, we'll give you half of the profits!"

Actually, the couple hesitated for a long time when they came up with this plan last night.

They were afraid that the first plan would cost money and send out goods, but wouldn't have much effect on their own shop.

So the couple came up with this plan, which would allow them to be closely tied to Jiang Xia.

After all, in their eyes, Jiangxia was a real big shot in the fishing circle in Linjiang.

But even in his own little shop, probably not many anglers know his name.

Not to mention that their own fishing tackle shop has been consistently losing money.

Finally, the couple discussed it and decided that as long as they could be tied to Jiangxia, they would accept even if they had to give up half of their profits.

They all knew in their hearts that their fishing tackle shop wouldn't last much longer, so they were going to take a gamble this time!

They were betting that the fishing grounds in Jiangxia would boost their fishing tackle shop.

"Half the profits? A 50/50 split?" Jiang Xia couldn't quite contain his excitement when he heard this.

This collaboration method was truly beyond his expectations.

After hearing about the long-term cooperation, he thought about the large sum of money that Wang Xiuqin and her husband would give him directly, the "tea money" they mentioned, and the several thousand yuan they would give him every month.

The only thing I never expected was that the couple would give me half of their profits.

This is a do-or-die tactic. If it succeeds, everyone gets rich. If it fails, the fishing grounds in Jiangxia will be unaffected, but the advertising expenses paid to the other party will definitely be lost.

"Yes." Wang Xiuqin chimed in at this moment:

"Little brother, your brother-in-law and I aren't the kind of people who like to drag things out. We don't want to start by suggesting 20% ​​or 30% and gradually increase it. That would be a waste of time and could easily hurt our relationship."

"So we're offering you half of our profits right away. If it works out, we're all happy. If not, we'll still sponsor the competition as usual."

After Wang Xiuqin finished speaking, Zhao Dahai handed Jiang Xia a cigarette and continued:

"Yes, brother, don't worry. Everything I told your sister can be written into the contract. Anyway, my little shop doesn't have many customers right now. If you really agree, we can just write half of the shop's profits into the contract."