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

"I don't know which day it will be. They said on the phone that they'll be coming in the next few days. If I'm not at the fishing spot, please take good care of them for me."

Inside the warehouse, Jiang Xia gave Su Qing some instructions.

To be honest, although the fishing association is just a non-governmental organization and cannot provide resources, it has considerable influence in coordinating resources in fisheries, sports, and even commerce.

Over here, Jiang Xia and Su Qing were still packing souvenirs into canvas bags when Jiang Xiaobo ran over with a look of surprise.

Seeing Jiang Xiaobo walk in with a strange expression, Jiang Xia couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, grinning like a sea lion?"

Jiang Xiaobo exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, we have a foreigner here! Come out and see!"

"Huh? A foreigner?" Jiang Xia looked surprised. "Where? Let me go take a look!"

"It's over there in the office, looks like they're registering us for the competition!" Jiang Xiaobo said, pointing in the direction of the office with a peculiar expression.

"Let's go take a look!" Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia immediately put down what she was doing and headed towards the office.

Su Qing followed Jiang Xia with a curious expression.

Upon arriving at the office, Jiang Xia immediately spotted the foreigner that Jiang Xiaobo had mentioned.

The other person was an elderly white man, probably from a European country or the United States.

At that moment, the old white man was standing at the office door carrying a fishing tackle bag.

Not far away, Wang Guifen and Jiang Jianguo were also looking over in surprise, but perhaps because they were afraid they wouldn't be able to communicate, they didn't come over.

Upon approaching the white man, Jiang Xiaobo tried his best to put on a serious expression and pointed at Jiang Xia, introducing him: "Sir, this is our boss."

Upon hearing this, the white man sized up Jiang Xia, then awkwardly extended his hand and said, "Boss, how are you?"

Upon hearing the unique Chinese spoken by the other person, Jiang Xia almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.

However, since the visitor was a guest, he suppressed a smile and went over to shake hands with the other person.

"Hello sir, I'm the owner here. How can I help you?"

When Jiang Xia got closer to the other person, he could clearly smell the perfume on them.

Surprisingly, it doesn't smell bad.

The white man looked at Jiang Xia and tried to say, "I heard you have a fishing competition here?"

"Huh? Catching fish?" Jiang Xia was taken aback, then slapped his forehead and exclaimed in realization, "Oh~ a fishing competition? Yes, there is one. It starts in the next few days, and the registration fee is 100 yuan!"

The white man's eyes lit up at this, and his tone quickened:

"Really? That's great! I want to participate! I'm really good at it!"

Jiang Xia chuckled and pointed to the sofa in the office:

"Sure, sit on the sofa and rest for a while. Would you like some tea?"

The foreigner waved his hand and pointed towards the reservoir: "I'm not drinking. I want to check out the venue first! We need to prepare for the competition!"

Jiang Xia shook his head and patiently explained to the other party, "Sir, the competition won't start for several more days. There's no rush to check out the venue. It's hot right now, so please sit down and rest for a while."

The white man nodded, walked into the office, and sat down on the sofa.

This was the first time Jiang Xia had hosted foreign tourists, and he really didn't know what to do.

He first took a competition manual from his desk and handed it to the other person, then asked:

"Sir, I don't have coffee here. Would you like tea, a soft drink, or just water?"

The elderly white man took the competition manual from Jiang Xia and said politely, "Tea, I like to drink tea."

Then he lowered his head and carefully looked at the competition manual in his hand.

Jiang Xia pointed to the teapot and asked Su Qing to brew some tea. Then he watched as the white man read the competition manual word by word.

A moment later, the white man put down the competition manual in his hand and said to Jiang Xia, "Boss Jiang, I understand."

"Is there anything you don't understand?" Jiang Xia asked with concern.

The white man shook his head: "I understand, I need to save my life!"

Upon hearing the other party's name, Jiang Xia almost burst out laughing again.

Su Qing covered her mouth and left the office.

Inside the room, Jiang Xia pulled out a registration form and handed it to the white man, then poured him a cup of tea.

After receiving the registration form, the white man picked up a pen and began to fill it out carefully.

Jiang Xia, who was watching from the side, noticed that the other person's name was John, but didn't know which country he was from.

This registration form is only for informational purposes related to the competition. It's different from a company resume. The only personal information I have is my name and phone number. The rest are competition rules that I need to check to confirm.

Therefore, at present, Jiang Xia only knows that the white old man's name is John.

Old John quickly filled out the registration form.

He took out a hundred-yuan bill from his backpack and handed it to Jiang Xia: "Boss Jiang, here you go."

Jiang Xia took the money, touched the tie part of the money, and then casually put it into the drawer of his desk.

Then he wrote another receipt and handed it to old John:

"Mr. John, here is the receipt. Please keep it safe. You will need to bring it when the competition starts."

Old John nodded, took the receipt, and carefully put it into his backpack.

Then, he picked up the tea and carefully tasted it.

Seeing the other man's demeanor, Jiang Xia realized that this little foreign old man really knew how to drink tea.

Finally, he couldn't resist asking out of curiosity:

"Mr. John, may I ask which country you are from?"

Upon hearing this, Old John smiled and said, "I come from Britain, and I currently work in your China."

Upon hearing Old John say that he was from Britain, Jiang Xia had no doubts about the old man's tea-drinking ability.

Because the national drink of Britain is the same as that of the Rabbit Kingdom, which is tea.

Afternoon tea originated from Britain's love of tea culture.

According to Jiang Xia's understanding, in Britain, besides black tea with sugar and milk, there are also quite a few people like Old John who prefer to drink it plain.

However, Jiang Xia learned all of this from books when he worked in Shanghai in his previous life.

This is the first time in my two lifetimes that I've ever had tea with a Briton.

……

It was getting late, and after having some tea in Jiangxia, Old John got up to leave.

During the chat, Jiang Xia also learned that the other person did not work in Linjiang, but in Shanghai, the place where he had struggled all his life in his previous life.

Old John came to Jiang this time not for work, but for a road trip.

Then, because of his love for fishing, he happened to hear about a competition being held in Jiangxia during a wild fishing trip, and that's how he found out and came to the fishing spot.

When Jiang Xia heard Old John say these things in broken Chinese, he felt a sense of irony.

I had just hung up the phone with the fishing association when another foreigner ran off to participate in the competition.

This competition of mine is now really full of all sorts of gimmicks.

For some reason, Jiang Xia felt as if the heavens and earth were conspiring against him.