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

Three days passed quickly.

That day, Zhao Dahai and his wife drove their Chevrolet to the fishing spot.

Jiang Xia welcomed the two into the office. As soon as they sat down, the other party took out a stack of contracts from his bag.

"Hey bro, this is the sponsorship agreement for the competition and the profit sharing. I had a lawyer draft it. Take a look."

Jiang Xia took the contract and found that its contents were not complicated; all the clauses were easy for him to understand at a glance. Moreover, all the details he had discussed with the others matched up perfectly.

It seems that Zhao Dahai and his wife are genuinely interested in cooperating with me.

Since the contract was not complicated and there were no problems with its contents, Jiang Xia immediately picked up a ballpoint pen from his desk and signed his name.

He is also very much looking forward to this collaboration.

After signing the contract, the group shook hands formally and then sat down in the office to drink tea.

With the cooperation agreement reached, Jiangxia's original intention was to have the two of them have a proper meal at the fishing spot.

But the two were in a hurry to get back to the city to tidy up their fishing tackle shop, and refused to eat there no matter what.

With no other option, Jiang Xia had Jiang Xiaobo catch another big grass carp from the fishing spot for the two of them to take with them.

When faced with the large bluefish, Wang Xiuqin and her husband were not as straightforward as Li Dafu.

After much back and forth, they finally reluctantly accepted it.

After Zhao Dahai put the bluefish into the trunk, Jiang Xia suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Dahai:

"Brother-in-law, could you get me 200 sets of balsa wood floats later? I'll give them to the participants when the competition starts."

"Okay, I'll send it over to you when I have some free time in a few days."

The price wasn't too high, so Zhao Dahai readily agreed.

Jiang Xia waved his hand upon hearing this: "Brother-in-law, you don't need to go through the trouble of making the trip yourself. Just find a courier and send it to the county town directly."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dahai hadn't yet realized what a delivery was.

He only understood after Jiang Xia explained it to him.

Indeed, mobile online shopping has not yet officially emerged in this era. Ordinary people have only heard of online shopping, but apart from a few avant-garde individuals, most people have never bought anything online.

This has led to many people having little understanding of express delivery.

However, it has been more than 5 years since Taobao was established in Lin'an in 2003.

As for express delivery services, these supporting facilities had already appeared in Linjiang and various county towns. It's just that at present they are only some fixed outlets, not as widespread as in later years.

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After making an appointment with Zhao Dahai and seeing him off, the water cup I had ordered a few days ago arrived shortly afterward.

This is the fastest-made souvenir among those customized by Jiangxia.

The factory will just continue production as usual, and find 1000 items to print the name and logo of Qingshan Fishing Park, and that will be the end of it.

The person who delivered the water cups to Jiangxia was an employee of the water cup factory, who drove a van.

After the other person got out of the car, Jiang Xia took out a bottle of drink and handed it to them.

Then he picked up a water glass and started looking at it.

The water cup is just the most common kind of plastic water cup. Many children used this kind of water cup when they went to school.

Don't let the classic design of this water bottle fool you; as an outdoor item, its quality and capacity far surpass those of some fancy but inferior products.

Moreover, Jiang Xia did not do nothing. In addition to printing the Qingshan Fishing Park logo on the surface of the water cup, he also had 1000 matching cup sleeves made.

The cup sleeve is made of leather and features a light green ink painting that clearly shows willow trees, a reservoir, and a cartoon figure sitting and fishing.

The pattern chosen with the perspective of Jiangxia's descendants is not only beautiful, but also perfectly suited to the fishing spot itself.

At the same time, there is a line of small print at the bottom of the cup sleeve. It reads "Presented as a gift by the First Qingshan Fishing Masters Tournament".

That's right, Jiangxia had already decided on the name of the fishing competition: the First Fishing Masters Competition.

Regardless of whether the contestants are masters or not, the competition is definitely for masters!

After checking that the cups and sleeves were almost identical to what he had ordered, Jiang Xia immediately said to the delivery driver, "Driver, let's unload!"

Immediately afterward, he shouted loudly to Jiang Xiaobo in the distance, "Xiaobo, come over here and help!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia didn't sit still either. He immediately rolled up his sleeves and started unloading the goods from the bread cart.

This thing isn't heavy, unloading it won't tire me out!

After Jiang Xiaobo arrived, along with the delivery driver, the three of them quickly unloaded all 1000 water cups onto the open ground.

After unloading, Jiang Xia, panting heavily, took a bottle of beverage from the refrigerator, unscrewed it, and started drinking.

Later generations have said that you shouldn't drink water immediately after exercise. But Jiang Xia says that a chilled drink at this moment is really refreshing!

After finishing his drink, he noticed that the bottle he had given to the delivery driver earlier had already been finished by the driver.

It was still summer and hot, but Jiang Xia wasn't stingy. He took out two more bottles of drinks from the refrigerator, handed one to Jiang Xiaobo, and the other to the delivery driver.

"Boss, the quantity of 1000 is correct. There are 20 boxes in total, with 50 in each box. Would you like to count them again?"

The delivery driver took the drink and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia didn't try to save time. Since he had paid for these himself, he started counting them box by box.

After counting and confirming that there were indeed 20 boxes, he looked at Jiang Xiaobo standing to the side.

"Brother, I counted 20 boxes too," Jiang Xiaobo nodded and said.

Jiang Xia nodded, returned to his office, used the key to open the metal drawer where the money was kept, and counted out four thousand yuan.

These cups and cup sleeves cost 4 yuan per set, and 1,000 sets would cost exactly 4000 yuan.

"Sir, here's the payment. Please check it!"

Jiang Xia handed the money to the delivery driver.

Upon hearing this, the delivery driver took the money and carefully counted it in a special way.

After counting three times, the delivery driver nodded to Jiang Xia: "Boss, exactly four thousand yuan, no problem. Please wait a moment while I write you a receipt."

Soon, the delivery driver found a stack of receipts in the van and wrote one for Jiang Xia with a ballpoint pen.

After receiving the receipt, Jiang Xia invited the other party to sit and rest in the office for a while.

The delivery driver shook his head: "No, boss. You gave me two bottles of drinks, and I've had enough water. I have to go back to work, and if I take too long, my boss will complain."

Upon hearing what the other party had said, Jiang Xia didn't let them rest any longer, but simply told them to drive carefully on the road.

After the other party left, Jiang Xia sat down with Jiang Xiaobo and smoked a cigarette.

Then, looking at the 20 boxes of water bottles in the open space, Jiang Xia sighed and said to Jiang Xiaobo, "Xiaobo, let's move these to the warehouse!"

"Okay, bro." Jiang Xiaobo nodded, then used his strong arms to pick up a box of water cups and headed towards the warehouse.

Seeing the two brothers busy in the kitchen, Su Qing ran over and picked up a box.

You know what, this little girl looks delicate and frail, but she's surprisingly strong!