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

Soon, Jiang Xia had drafted an announcement that the Fishing Masters Tournament fish release ceremony would be held at Qingshan Fishing Park at nine o'clock the next morning.

Then, Jiang Xia clicked the mouse and pressed the send button.

After finishing all that, he ignored the reactions in the group chat and directly took out his phone to call Huang Dafa, the fishpond owner.

Once the call connected, he politely said:

"Uncle Huang, please deliver the 5000 catties of fish I ordered tomorrow morning. I'll be having a promotion around nine o'clock, so please deliver it as early as possible."

Upon hearing Jiang Xia's words, Huang Dafa immediately assured him, "Nephew, the event is at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, right? I'll send it over to you at seven."

"Okay, no need to come too early, just don't delay my business here," Jiang Xia replied.

After hanging up Huang Dafa's call, he then notified Zhao Dahai and his wife, as well as Li Qiang, asking them to come and participate in the fish release ceremony if they had time the next day.

After receiving the notification, all of them replied that they would definitely come tomorrow.

After giving the notification, Jiang Xia found Ma Yuzhen and the others who were visiting the fishing grounds.

"Secretary-General Ma, how many judges and referees will you be bringing this time?"

The competition is starting the day after tomorrow, and he has basically arranged everything he can.

Now we need to talk to them about what they will provide.

Upon hearing Jiang Xia's question, Ma Yuzhen replied directly:

"Boss Jiang, I just contacted the association. The scale of your competition is quite large for fishing as a recreational activity in Shandong Province. The association replied that they will send six professional industry experts as judges, and in addition, they will provide you with 20 referees."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia nodded. The lineup of judges and referees was already quite good.

Even in later generations, fishing competitions remain a relatively niche event.

I'm already content with organizing a small competition in this era, having professional judges and referees.

Not to mention that there are six professionals as judges. If the judges are highly qualified, then the prestige is already quite impressive.

With 20 referees, corresponding to 200 contestants, it's just right that one referee supervises 10 people, which is more than enough.

After all, this was a fishing competition, and Jiang Xia couldn't think of any way to cheat.

Suddenly, Jiang Xia remembered something else and asked:

"Secretary-General Ma, I wonder if you could provide a host, someone who is responsible for hosting the ceremonies before and after the competition."

After saying that, he added, "We don't need professional hosts, as long as their Mandarin is standard and they have some hosting experience."

Actually, Jiang Xia originally wanted to find a wedding emcee from a wedding planning company to host the event.

But now that the fishing association can provide assistance, it's better to use the resources available.

Upon hearing Jiang Xia's request, Ma Yuzhen did not immediately make a promise, but nodded and replied, "Okay, I'll ask around for you. We should be able to contact the association."

"Alright, then I'll leave it to Secretary-General Ma."

Ma Yuzhen smiled and said, "No trouble at all, this is what I do."

After saying goodbye to Ma Yuzhen, Jiang Xia had nothing else to do at this point.

He wandered into the kitchen and found only his mother, Wang Guifen, picking and washing vegetables; Su Qing, the little girl, had disappeared.

"Mom, where's Su Qing?" Jiang Xia asked curiously.

Wang Guifen looked up at Jiang Xia and asked, "What do you want with Qingqing?"

Jiang Xia stood there with his hands behind his back. "It's nothing, I was just asking."

Upon hearing this, Wang Guifen rolled her eyes at him and said, "How could it be lost? I went to the toilet."

"Oh!" Jiang Xia nodded. He plopped down on a small stool and started helping Wang Guifen pick vegetables.

"Are you alright now?" Wang Guifen asked.

Jiang Xia nodded and replied, "It's alright, everything that needed to be arranged has been arranged."

Hearing her son, who had been busy talking, say that everything was alright, Wang Guifen suddenly felt a little uneasy.

She thought for a moment, then asked curiously, "Have you arranged accommodations and everything else for the leaders from the fishing association?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia slapped his forehead; he had truly forgotten about this.

They came to help for free, so we can't expect them to pay for their own food, drinks, and lodging.

In particular, not only Ma Yuzhen and the others who came today, but also the judges and referees who will be coming later, I need to make arrangements for their accommodations in advance.

You know, quite a few out-of-town contestants have come these past few days; the small hotel in town is probably almost full now.

Luckily, my mom reminded me, otherwise it would have been troublesome again.

Seeing her son's reaction, Wang Guifen understood what was going on.

She reached out and snatched the dishes from Jiang Xia's hands, saying, "Hurry up and make the arrangements."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

This time, Jiang Xia didn't stay in the kitchen anymore. He ran to the office, grabbed his keys, and drove the van towards the town.

……

Upon arriving in town, Jiang Xia parked the bread truck in front of the Happiness Hotel.

This is the only hotel in town; if it weren't right next to the provincial highway, there probably wouldn't be one at all.

At this moment, Jiang Xia saw that there were already quite a few vehicles parked in front of the hotel.

He estimated that most of the people living here now are athletes who will be participating in their competition the day after tomorrow.

As Jiang Xia entered the hotel, he thought to himself: Sure enough, there were many faces he had seen before.

Upon finding the hotel owner, Jiang Xia directly asked how many rooms were available.

The hotel owner, a woman in her thirties, thought for a moment after hearing Jiang Xia's question and said:

"Young man, I've been busy these past few days, and now there are only 12 rooms left."

"12 rooms?"

Jiang Xia sighed. He was too late. The hotel probably only had twenty or thirty rooms, and now that some contestants had checked in, it was normal that only a dozen or so rooms were left.

He was just thinking of asking to reserve the remaining 14 rooms first.

But to everyone's surprise, the proprietress continued:

"Young man, I've been busy lately, so if you want to book a room, it will be a bit more expensive than usual."

"Another price increase?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia immediately felt disgusted.

He never expected that this hotel in the small town would resort to such tricks as raising prices on the spot.

This hotel is right next to the owner's own fishing park. In the past month or two, every weekend, some tourists from afar choose to stay here for one night instead of making the round trip.

Jiangxia was quite pleased to hear from some tourists that they were staying in small hotels in town.

I feel that I have also contributed to the economic development of the surrounding area, even if it is negligible.

But now, faced with the prospect of price increases, he still frowned deeply.