They sat in a row, casting their rods, and soon a car pulled up. Before long, Li Ge stood behind Old Liu, and the three old men rose in unison, turning to board the newly arrived vehicle. Old Kong, Old Wen, and Old Liu! As the car door closed, Li Ge stood by the side of the vehicle while a young man in the passenger seat turned around and handed a printed image to Old Liu.
Staring at the image for a long time, Old Liu finally looked up at the passenger and said, "This picture isn't from around the country, is it?"
It was indeed from within the country, just under two hundred kilometers east of Huangyan Island. The weather there was warm and the fishing was good. Two fishing groups had gone there for a trip and managed to fish for three days. However, after traveling several dozen kilometers, they hadn’t caught any big fish—only small ones.
"Two hundred kilometers east of Huangyan Island? That's almost reaching their capital! You really know how to pick a spot," he remarked.
"You guys are quite efficient; you’ve managed to gather such a detailed map in just three days. It seems we need to train more fishermen," he casually commented as he handed the image back to the passenger. The old men got out of the car and turned towards the river to fish.
This group must have brought the photo to request more rods. However, with the price of boat rods being so high, acquiring another thousand rods would be quite a financial burden. Since they were fishing for small fish, there was no need to use professional boat rods; an intelligent Lei Qiang rod would suffice, which would save them a significant amount of money.
Moreover, if they wanted to expand their overseas market, starting with boat rods might not be the best choice; they should begin with hand rods, iso rods, and fly rods instead.
After spending three days at sea, their eyes finally stopped swelling. They sent Pingtou Ge back onto the platform and quickly turned the boat towards Sanya.
Last night on board, as soon as they set sail, Old Kong immediately called via video. Shi Tian guessed that this old man had been keeping an eye on his phone just waiting for him to connect to the internet.
Old Kong had placed an order—no boat rods but all lure rods—which was quite European and American in style. However, what did it mean that there were a thousand shrimp fishing rods? Those weren’t worth much; they could be given away as gifts.
Outside of Asia, very few people used hand rods; most preferred reels. While shrimp fishing rods were popular in Thailand, that was more of an amusement facility than actual fishing.
With orders worth tens of millions hanging in balance, if it weren't for strong hooks from Indonesia and the Philippines, there wouldn't be enough points for production. It seemed like his yacht would have to wait even longer.
After several busy days fulfilling orders and sending out three containers of hooks to monopolize the fish hook market in Indonesia and the Philippines for the old man and his team, he also sent two boxes of bait over temporarily. He wanted them to stay out of his way while he enjoyed some time alone with Li Ziyu.
He checked on yacht materials first; getting that yacht ready was a priority. The yacht business was still somewhat troublesome—the Air Force regulations alone made things complicated. He wasn’t sure if Old Lu would be helpful with the shipyard either.
Getting a yacht from Hainan to Zhejiang was no easy task.
Fortunately, Shi Tian's level of license was universal now. If it had been ten years ago, licenses from different provinces didn’t work together at all. To drive from here to Zhejiang back then would have required several licenses prepared in advance.
Having just a license wasn’t enough; one also had to report to various provincial departments beforehand or risk being stopped at any moment for inspections that could turn everything upside down.
"Xiao Yu, let’s take a trip to Cha Dong! Old Zhou's courtyard has been renovated; we should go check it out."
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