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

Zhao Dahai and his wife also felt that 6 was a bit high.

After careful consideration, Jiang Xia realized that there was no need to set such a high reward. After all, he wasn't exactly a tycoon, so there was no need to artificially increase the bonus.

Thus, the final solution that everyone agreed upon was:

The first place winner will receive a fishing rod worth 30,000 yuan, plus 10,000 yuan in cash.

The second place winner will receive a fishing rod worth 10,000 yuan, plus 5,000 yuan in cash.

The third place winner will receive a fishing rod worth 5,000 yuan, plus 1,000 yuan in cash.

As for those from third place onwards, Jiang Xia was thinking of giving participation prizes to the top ten or top twenty, but the prizes hadn't been decided yet.

As mentioned above, Zhao Dahai and his wife will provide the top three winners with in-kind prizes and the first-place winner with a cash prize of 10,000 yuan, under the guise of sponsorship.

The remaining participation prizes and the prize money for second and third place were all paid for by Jiang Xia himself.

In addition to these ranked rewards, Jiang Xia also plans to prepare a gift for each participant, preferably something like a baseball cap or water bottle printed with the name of their fishing spot.

Jiang Xia is considering visiting some places that offer custom-made products in the next few days.

The thought of all the things he still needed to do gave him a headache.

After finishing their business, Jiang Xia rubbed his temples and suggested to Zhao Dahai that they go fishing for a bit.

"Brother, let's go!"

Upon hearing Jiang Xia suggest going fishing, Zhao Dahai got up and walked outside without hesitation.

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Jiang Xia and the other went fishing. Su Qing saw Wang Xiuqin sitting there bored by herself, and then remembered that Zhao Dahai had said that she used to run a restaurant, so she quietly went over to her.

"Sister Xiuqin, I heard you used to own a restaurant. Can I ask you a question?"

"Qingqing, you say it," Wang Xiuying said gently, looking at the beautiful Su Qing in front of her.

She didn't treat Su Qing as just an ordinary employee under Jiang Xia.

Although Su Qing wasn't Jiang Xia's girlfriend, after a day, judging from her age relative to Jiang Xia and the attitude of Jiang's parents towards the young girl, Wang Xiuqin felt that this girl would most likely become the owner of the fishing pond in the future.

Su Qing asked softly, "Sister Xiuqin, do you know how they make the dipping sauce for their hot pot restaurant?"

Upon hearing this question, Wang Xiuqin thought for a moment:

"Are you talking about hot pot broth? I don't know much about it either, but I do know that some of the ingredients include..."

After telling Su Qing about the ingredients she knew, Wang Xiuqin looked at the young girl curiously: "What? You want to try making hot pot yourself?"

Su Qing nodded: "Yes, I thought the hot pot I had that day was pretty good, and I wanted to try making it myself."

"Are you talking about that Shancheng Hot Pot restaurant across from our fishing tackle shop?" Wang Xiuqin asked curiously.

"Yeah, their hot pot is super spicy!" Su Qing nodded and stuck out her tongue to show that the hot pot really was spicy.

Seeing Su Qing's recollection, Wang Xiuqin couldn't help but laugh, "Haha, you guys must have ordered the extra spicy one, right?"

Su Qing tilted her head and thought for a while, then realized she had only ordered a few vegetarian dishes. She could only say, "I don't know either, Jiang Xia ordered them all. Besides a few vegetarian dishes, I just ate the rest!"

These words made Wang Xiuqin laugh out loud again. She thought this little sister was quite interesting.

And so, Jiang Xia spent the afternoon fishing with Zhao Dahai at the fishing spot, while Su Qing spent the afternoon chatting with Wang Xiuqin in the office.

As darkness fell, the tourists at the fishing spot began to leave one after another.

Today is Saturday and there are many people. Jiang Xia has to help entertain the tourists, so he has no choice but to excuse himself and let Zhao Dahai fish for a while longer, while he goes to help the tourists weigh their fish.

Now, as time goes on, tourists no longer habitually take all the fish they catch home; instead, they've started trying to get the fish back to Jiangxia.

The policy for returning fish remains unchanged: four yuan per jin (500g) based on weight. Although it is cheaper than the market price, it saves time and effort for tourists.

Moreover, Jiangxia discovered that some tourists with particularly good skills had already broken even on their investment in fish, based on market prices.

However, such cases are still in the minority. Most anglers still leave most of the profits to Jiangxia.

After seeing all the tourists off with great satisfaction, Jiang Xia took care of Su Qing and asked her to pick a large fish weighing five or six pounds from the fish the tourists had brought back to stew, so that she could better entertain Zhao Dahai and his wife later.

If you come to a fishing spot, how can you not eat fish?

But Su Qing felt that stewing just one fish seemed a bit too ordinary, so she suggested, "How about I try making a whole fish feast?"

"One fish, four ways?" Jiang Xia subconsciously thought of the slang term used by many restaurants in later generations.

"No, no, no!" Su Qing waved her hands repeatedly, "It's a whole fish feast, not four-course meals. How can we entertain people with only four dishes!"

"For example?" Jiang Xia asked curiously.

Su Qing stroked her chin and thought for a moment, then looked up and said, "For example, chopped chili fish head, braised carp, deep-fried crucian carp, fish balls, fish dumplings... there are many, I'll try to put together seven or eight dishes, is that okay?"

Hearing Su Qing say this, Jiang Xia became interested, but he still asked with some uncertainty:

"Can you cook all of these dishes?"

"Of course!" Su Qing proudly raised her head.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia ran into the office and asked Wang Xiuqin and her husband, who were sitting and drinking tea:

"Sister, brother-in-law, Su Qing said she's going to cook a whole fish feast for you. Would you like to try it?"

"Oh? A whole fish feast? That's impressive! I've never had a whole fish feast before!" Zhao Dahai, who loves fishing, immediately became interested when he heard the words "whole fish feast".

When Wang Xiuqin heard about the whole fish feast and thought about eating fish at the fishing spot, she also found it quite interesting.

Both of them enthusiastically agreed, and Jiang Xia ran out to tell Su Qing to let her do it.

Then he asked Su Qing, "Do you need any other seasonings? I'll have Xiao Bo go buy them later."

Su Qing shook her head: "You go and entertain the guests first. I'll tell Xiao Bo what seasonings he needs later."

"Okay." Seeing that Su Qing didn't need any help, Jiang Xia went to have tea with Zhao Dahai and his wife.

As soon as he entered the house, he heard Zhao Dahai discussing Qingshan Village. Upon seeing Jiang Xia, he even said:

"Brother, this place is truly a paradise! Nestled against the mountains and beside the water, you can stroll around with your dog and go fishing when you have free time, and if you need to go somewhere, it only takes a few tens of minutes to drive to your county town."

Most importantly, they can make money on the side, which is truly enviable.

Upon hearing Zhao Dahai's assessment, Jiang Xia couldn't help but agree. Wasn't the very reason he returned from Shanghai to live this kind of life?