551.Sea Festival Begins, Fishing Season Begins (6/10)
Butler's seafood supply channels are spread throughout the East Coast of the United States, with New York as the core and radiating to the Atlantic coast.
With the channel in his hand and his excellent communication skills, Butler naturally has no bad popularity in the American circle, and he has many friends in a city like Miami.
Qin Shiou is also more happy to choose Miami as a seafood sales channel, because it is Billy's old nest, although their Odyssey Marine Exploration Company does seabed salvage work, but it is all related to the ocean, and they have a good relationship with seafood merchants.
Butler and Qin Shiou discussed, first find a suitable place to stay in Miami, and then Qin Shiou sent seafood to Miami, and Butler contacted major high-end hotels and restaurants for sales.
"I don't know much about it, but man, I have to admit that you're a big sight. Lo and behold, the airport you built in the winter is now coming in handy, and it's making a big difference! In the end, Butler's eyebrows fluttered and he praised Qin Shiou, "Sue me buddy, did you plan to do this a long time ago?" ”
Qin Shiou said vaguely: "It's vaguely meaningful, but I want to sell seafood to cities like Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal, and I don't want to fly that far." ”
Butler slapped the table and shouted, "Stop teasing me, bro, Ottawa? Toronto? Montreal? No! How can those rural places eat seafood of your level? The price can't be raised at all there, which one is stronger to read novels on mobile phones? The price of haddock and pollock will be put at a level. ”
Qin Shiou was speechless, in the eyes of Americans, especially New Yorkers, the whole of Canada is the countryside.
Butler was heard slapping the table. The tiger and leopard at the door immediately rushed in, standing beside Qin Shiou and eyeing Butler. They thought Butler was arguing with his father.
"Ok, okay, babies. We're talking about things, don't look at me like that, okay? Butler hurriedly moved into the couch, and the tiger and leopard were ready to pounce at any moment.
Qin Shiou pulled the two little guys onto the sofa and lay beside him, and he said: "Then let's do it, you go and contact the shipping cargo plane, I will organize my fishermen to start working, let's go to conquer the East Coast of the United States together!" ”
Butler and Qin Shiou high-fived, and said with a little regret: "It's a pity that WFE is only held once in six years, and we can only participate next year." Otherwise, our seafood will be shipped directly to the WFE site, and it will definitely be an instant hit! ”
Founded in 1973 and held every 6 years, WFE is the abbreviation of World Fisheries Exhibition, and after decades of development, it has become the world's largest and most influential commercial fisheries expo.
However, there is a biennial European Seafood Expo to be held this year, which will be held at the exhibition center in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, for three days, and it is said that a total of 1,600 manufacturers from 144 countries and regions have been invited to participate.
But Qin Shiou didn't want to go. I went to study with the prince, Europeans seem to be generous but stingy, look open but actually conservative, this seafood fair is held for European seafood exporters, fishing and breeding companies, foreign seafood here is difficult to get praise.
It's negotiated. Start work immediately, do what you say, and you must have such a spirit to do it.
Of course. This is just in Butler's eyes, and in Qin Shiou's heart, how much seafood is sold in the fishing ground is actually not very important. He is not short of money anyway.
What attracted Qin Shiou was just a fame. A Daqin fishery went to fame throughout North America.
More than a year ago, the stupid Qin Shiou came here with a heritage book in his hand and inherited his grandfather's fishing grounds. He still remembered what Auerbach said, he said that he could restart the glory of the Daqin Fishing Ground, and bring the Daqin Fishing Ground back to life.
Now, Qin Shiou is going to do this.
Knowing that the fishery began to fish on a large scale, the fishermen were excited, yes, they were employed by the Daqin Fishery for wages, but according to the rules of the fishery, as long as they started to produce fish, they would have dividends.
For Qin Shiou's boldness, the fishermen have already experienced it deeply, and they also know how the catch of the fishery is, and when these are combined, it is not a problem to get tens of thousands of dividends every month!
Qin Shiou thought that it would be enough to drive the harvest to fish, but the fishermen were busy and began to prepare things, all kinds of fish, shrimp, crabs, fruits, bonfires, and tables in pots, which looked like they were going to have a dinner rather than going to sea.
Shaq explained to him: "Before the fishing season begins, there is a sea festival, because the fishing grounds in Canada are taken over by the Indians, and some Indian customs have been passed down. ”
After understanding, Qin Shiou smiled dumbly, his mother still thought that Canadians pay attention to science, but in fact, it is the same all over the world, and there are always superstitions left.
Seeing Qin Shiou's disapproval, Sha Ke said seriously: "No, boss, we are not superstitious, but to express our respect and awe for the ocean." Also, "God rules over the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the nether remain blank," the Bible cannot be mistaken. ”
Shaq was right, the mysterious temper of the ocean is what fishermen fear the most, and it is always good to maintain a sense of awe for it.
The sea festival, also known as the fishing festival, was inherited from the Newfoundland Indian Bivosuk, also known as the Red Indians in the United States. Among their people, the fishing festival is a grand festival second only to the harvest festival.
According to the custom of the Red Indians, fishing activities were often held after weddings and funerals, and later developed into the sea festival to start fishing, and the harvest festival to represent the end of fishing activities. It is said that after the British landed in Newfoundland, the Red Indians invited them to these festivals on several occasions.
It's ironic that the British exterminated this indigenous people, but inherited some of their customs.
Sha Ke told Qin Shiou about the process of the sea festival, which was actually very simple, and it was no longer as complicated and serious as the Red Indians.
In the past, when the Red Indians held a sea festival, they first set up a series of tents at the mouth of the sea, and the whole tribe had to migrate here. The priest then gathered large stones near the shore to make an altar, on which the priest carefully placed the offerings and fishing tools, and bowed to the god of the sea and recited the words of prayer.
After completing the sea festival, the chiefs of the Bivosuk people will receive priestly instructions to organize their equipment and find fishing grounds to fish.
They had to survive overseas for three days and two nights, forbidding women to get on boats, eating food brought from land, carrying only fishing tools and freshwater boats, then eating sashimi and the like at sea with local ingredients, and finally bringing back a good harvest.
Sea monsters, smoking guns, and bulls led the wooden tables up to the deck of the Harvest, and bonfires were lit on the beach, and offerings such as cod, lobster, and queen crabs in the basins were placed on the wooden tables, and the Harvest departed.
The sea festival has begun, and the fishing season has begun! (To be continued......) R1292