Golden Fishery
v2 Chapter 1477: .A different New Year
It was just dawn at this time, and Qin Shiou went out strangely to see, who would come to the fishing ground so early?
As soon as he went out, he saw a group of people coming from the pier. Walking in front was the mayor of St. John’s, William Hamley. Hamley brought a group of well-dressed men and women in suits, clustered in the middle. He is a middle-aged white man.
After Qin Shiou showed up, Hamley immediately waved his hand and said loudly: "Qin, my good friend, a good Chinese New Year! Happy New Year!"
Hearing this, Qin Shiou laughed and said, "Good New Year, Hamley, thank you very much for coming to visit me and my family at this time."
Hamley winked his eyes and said, "It's not just me, man, look, who is this?"
He stretched out his hand to introduce the group of people crowded in the center to the north. Qin Shiou took a closer look and was immediately stunned. This big man, the governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Elvin Marbury.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Governor." Qin Shiou politely stretched out his hand.
Irvin shook hands with him enthusiastically, and smiled enthusiastically: "Happy New Year, dear Qin, congratulations on sending firewood!"
For this new year's greeting, the governor deliberately learned a few words of Chinese. Qin Shiou felt flattered by this. It seems that he is a bit heavier in Newfoundland.
"Congratulations on sending the firewood." Qin Shiou responded with a similar pronunciation, and he would just listen, making a mistake.
Bringing a group of people into the house, Qin's father and Qin's mother were still fishing for dumplings. Qin Shiou introduced them to them. Then, Irvine shook hands with Qin's father and Qin's mother one by one in spring breeze, and continued to say in his rapped Chinese: "Happy New Year. Congratulations to Fatchai, and I wish you both health, longevity and all the best!"
Qin's father and Qin's mother laughed happily. Arranged for them to sit down quickly, and then one person scooped a bowl of dumplings.
Almost all the more important roles in the Newfoundland political arena have come. Irvine brought his provincial council members, and Hamley also brought his city councillors. A group of people looked happily, and then some media around started taking pictures.
Qin Shiou actually didn't like this kind of occasion very much, and it was ruined on the first day of the new year. Indeed. The governors and mayors are very proud of coming to visit the New Year, but he has long since lost the heart of pretending to be cool. This kind of festival is important to be able to accompany a good family.
As soon as these people came, they couldn’t eat breakfast. Although it can’t be said that this is a show, there must be some show-making elements. As the number of Chinese in Newfoundland increased, the local government began to show favor.
However, Irvine is not just for New Year's greetings. After they chatted, someone cleverly turned the topic to the economic aspect, and then inevitably mentioned Bombardier.
In this way, Qin Shiou suddenly realized that, oh, it turns out that there is still such a thing. These people probably still have the idea of letting him take the lead in boosting the Newfoundland economy.
Erwin said: "Qin, you are now an important shareholder of Bombardier. We have to congratulate you. You are the first person to enter the board of directors of Bombardier in our province of Nura."
Qin Shiou humbly said: "I'm still only a peripheral member, and the shareholding is a branch company, I am afraid I am not qualified to join the board of directors."
Erwin smiled and said: "No, no, Qin, you have, you are already one of Bombardier’s important directors, I think it won’t be long before you will be notified to attend Bombardier’s shareholders meeting."
Hamley said: “In fact, it doesn’t matter if you progress to the board of directors. Qin’s greatest strength is his potential. Oh, God. How young he is. He is the most promising young talent in Newfoundland, isn’t he?”
"Qin also won the Tula Reeves Award from Newfoundland. He is an amazing young man. If there are more such young people in our province, we will definitely be better able to survive the economic crisis. Come out." A city councilman laughed.
Tula-Reeves Award is the Special Contribution Award for Economic Recovery. It was obtained by Qin Shiou during the O'Kaifo reign.
Hamley blinked at him and said, “I bet. The Tula Reeves Award in the second half of last year also belonged to Qin, didn’t it?”
This award is evaluated twice a year. Qin Shiou later had a bad relationship with O’Keefer and directly supported the Hamley campaign. Since then, he has missed the Tula Reeves Award. Now that Hamley has come to power, the situation is naturally different.
Qin Shiou said: "If I can win the prize, it is obviously a good thing, but no matter whether I win the prize or not, I have to contribute to the economic development of our province, because I am a Newfoundlander and this is my hometown. It is my duty to develop my hometown."
In the face of politicians, you have to see people talk, talk to people, talk to people, and talk to people. Qin Shiou regards Newfoundland as his hometown. What he values is only the three acres of Farewell Island, and he is not even interested in St. John's.
What he said is disgusting, but politicians need such a promise. Irwin encouraged him: "You can let go, Qin, expand your business and increase the scale of your fishing grounds. This is your old man. In this industry, you are indeed very talented in this respect."
"If there is a need for government support, you can bring it up at any time, and we will give you the necessary support." Irvine also gave him a blank check, and it seems that life in the provincial government is not easy.
Qin Shiou thanked him and said that he would work hard.
Irwin said: "I don’t know if you have any ideas about the Newfoundland Fisheries Alliance. I think this is a good opportunity to develop our local fishery, isn’t it?"
Only then did Qin Shiou realize that his status is different from the past. He is no longer just a fisherman of a large fishery, but also an important shareholder of a national-level enterprise. Of course, he is only an important shareholder of the Bombardier branch, and even more so. Leaders of organizations with government background.
These identities are merged together. It is no wonder that Irvine, as the governor of the province, will come to pay him New Year greetings. Now he has integrated all aspects and at least has the power to talk to Irvine.
Recall that he did not want to be the chairman of the Newfoundland Fisheries Union. This idea was naive. Now in the exchange with Irvine, he knows how powerful this union is.
Fishery is an important industry in Canada, and it is also a pillar industry in Newfoundland!
Qin Shiou said: "I already have some ideas, including increasing the communication between fishery owners, eliminating inferior marine fish species, adding more and better marine fish species, and slowly rejuvenating the fishery."
Erwin coughed, and a congressman asked, “Do you have any ideas to drive the sales of Newfoundland seafood through your Daqin seafood brand?”
Qin Shiou secretly said that Nima, you think well, do you want to sit down with the shy faces of the Jiangshan that I have laid down? How can it be so easy?
Hamley chose to stand in the same camp with him at this time: "I don't think this is a good idea. I discussed with Qin before. We think we can develop a sales chain parallel to Daqin seafood instead of passively integrating Daqin seafood. Merged with local seafood." (to be continued~^~)