1863. Acquisition
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Qin Shiou didn't expect that the day after he arrived at the No. 3 Fishing Farm, Charles Morrie, one of the new generation leaders in the Morrie family, came to the door, and was carrying a gift, smiling, as if he was visiting an old friend.
But both of them are not old friends, but old opponents, so the Qin Daguanren didn't know what he wanted to do. He would never believe that this neighbor came to visit him and then seek reconciliation. There was a direct conflict of interest between the two sides and were destined to be unable to become friends.
In particular, the fishing grounds of both sides are still adjacent, so in the future, they will definitely take action because of the ownership of the catch resources. This is predictable, so no matter how good the relationship is, it is useless.
However, since Charles came to the door with a gift, Qin Shiou would not turn him off and would not hit him with a smile.
He went up enthusiastically to receive the gift from Charles, patted his shoulder hard and said, "I'm so polite. My guy, I'm so polite. I don't know what to say. In short, I'm very moved."
Charles smiled reluctantly and said, "We are neighbors, man, isn't it normal for me to see you? We will have more opportunities to walk around in the future."
He was kind to the point, but in fact he was scolding Qin Shiou in his heart, because the latter had really strong strength to pat his shoulders. He felt that his shoulder blades were shattered!
After Qin Shiou took the gift, he asked Charles to sit down and asked him what to drink.
Charles smiled and said, "In such weather, have a glass of juice."
Qin Shiou shrugged and said helplessly: "Sorry, man, I just came and haven't bought fruits yet, so there is no juice."
"It's great to have a cup of coffee," Charles changed his choice.
Qin Shiou continued to shrugged and said helplessly: "Sorry, man. The coffee machine is broken. I can't polish the coffee beans and I can't drink it."
The smile on Charles' face was a little overwhelmed. He said, "Whatever."
Qin Shiou laughed and said, "How can that be possible? You are a guest. How can I just serve drinks for the guests? You can order the same one."
Charles said: "Where is that tea?"
"Do you want black tea, green tea or sweet tea?" Qin Shiou asked.
"black tea."
"Sorry, no."
“Where is green tea?”
"Sorry, there is no tea. I came here urgently this time and didn't bring tea here." Qin Shiou said embarrassedly.
Charles almost pissed him off. The blue veins on his forehead were pounding, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, why do you ask me why black and green tea? Forget it. I won't drink anything anymore, I'm not thirsty."
Qin Shiou looked very sincere: "No, how can you make the guests sit in a harsh manner? We Chinese people pay the most attention to hospitality. Let's do this. I have a very good mineral water here, so let's have a cup of mineral water?"
Charles suppressed his impatient mood and forced a smile: "Of course, drinking mineral water is also good, please trouble you, Qin."
"Nothing. I've said that we Chinese people pay the most attention to hospitality." Qin Shiou said generously, and Charles kept cursing in his heart.
Master Qin brought the gift into the kitchen. Shaq asked, "Boss, is it a bit too much for us to do this?"
He refers to the fact that Qin Shiou used words to tease Charles just now.
Qin Shiou sneered: "No, what's the point? I was just judging that this grandson must have had ill intentions, otherwise he wouldn't have such a good temper to cater to me."
He opened the gift box and there were two statues inside, one of which was painted with metallic fishing boats, which looked elegant and luxurious and extraordinary. The other was a marble statue of the sea god Poseidon. The stone statue was filled with beard and glaring, with blood rushing, and the trident in his hand pointed straight ahead. The copper hoof and golden horse walked forward on the waves, with fine carvings.
Seeing this gift, Qin Shiou was even more confused. These two statues were very exquisite, worth more than 100,000 US dollars together. Why did the Mory family be so generous to him? Could it be that they really came to the door to seek reconciliation and cooperation? But that was impossible. Both sides had fought hard in the seafood market, and everyone knew that there was no chance of cooperation.
He asked Shaq to wipe the two statues, then found a place to put them on, then took two bottles of mineral water and returned to Charles, handed him a bottle and unscrewed one and started drinking.
Charles apologized to him first and said, "I'm so embarrassed. Qin, what my friend did yesterday made me feel ashamed. They have a bad sense of direction. They actually came to your fishing ground to catch fish. Please forgive them."
Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, there are inevitably some misunderstandings in life, right? And we are neighbors, and it's nothing to cross the boundary a little. Of course, I hope we'll set up a boundary buoy on the edge of the fishing ground in the future, which is better."
The boundary line buoy is something used by fishing grounds to divide the boundaries. It is usually a long and bright rope with plastic buoys floating on the water at a distance, so that the boundary line can be roughly distinguished.
However, this kind of buoy is not absolutely useful, because sometimes when encountering storms or tsunami disasters, the buoy will be blown away. Even without these disasters, the buoy will change its position for a long time under the blowing of sea breeze and currents.
Charles took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and said, "Actually, Qin, maybe we have another solution. Look, our fishing grounds are adjacent to each other, and it is easy to have disputes due to catch problems in the future, right?"
Qin Shiou nodded, this is indeed true.
Charles said again: "I remember you Chinese have a very good saying, "A mountain does not allow two tigers, unless one male tiger and one female tiger. The owners of our two fishing grounds are men, so if our fishing grounds are close together, it is inevitable that conflict will arise."
Qin Shiou probably understood what he meant, and asked, "You mean, are you going to sell me the fishing ground?"
Charles, who was drinking water, choked and coughed, and he waved his hand quickly and said, "No, man, I mean, can you give up and sell this fishing ground to me?"
It was quite beautiful to think about it. Qin Shiou actually understood what he meant just now, and said it deliberately to stimulate him. Therefore, after hearing Charles' words, he shook his head decisively and said, "Sorry, Charles, you know we are very close, but this is not possible. I finally bought this fishing ground. I don't want to sell it anymore."
Charles also tried hard to convince him and said, "I'll tell the truth, Qin, when we bought the Carter Fishery, we thought this area also belonged to the Carter Fishery, all the way to the location of the St. Catherine River..."
"What then?" Qin Shiou asked with his eyes narrowed.
Chapter completed!