Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Pond of Water
But this time in two lives, Hong Tao's temper is much better, and it can't be said that his temper has changed, but he is more able to control himself, doing business this thing, that is, smiling and welcoming people, the other party makes you look pleasing to the eye, you have to greet with a smile, the other party makes you look annoying, and you must also greet each other with a smile, or you will fight at two ends for three days in the store, and then be smashed by others at night and splash a big feces or something, how do you still do business, the loss is yourself, patronizing the temper is not happy.
The fishing tackle shop opened on the first day, there were not many customers, and only the two old men brought by the tall fat man bought things, but Hong Tao's harvest was not bad, the turnover was 1000 yuan, almost a third of all the costs of this month, and the main 29 days after 2000 could be sold 2000 of the flow, Hong Tao's fishing tackle shop could be maintained, and then more was the money to make.
Although it was just a day, I couldn't see the future development trend, but Hong Tao's confidence was more sufficient, and the angler's judgment on a certain fishing tackle or bait generally came from two aspects. One is the advertising of those manufacturers, such as the introduction of fishing magazines, the sponsorship of various fishing competitions, etc., Hong Tao does not have the conditions for the time being, and even if there are conditions, he does not plan to get them, because these baits are still produced by hand, and there is not such a large amount at all, and it is not worth engaging in that kind of pure commercial operation.
Another channel is word of mouth, no one in the fishermen found a no-one water surface to entertain themselves, not because they didn't want to, but because there was no such environment around Beijing. Wherever you go, the environment can change, the fish species can change, the only constant is people, there are people everywhere, and if you want to be quiet, it can only be relative. Therefore, every angler is a live advertisement, as long as the anglers near him see his fishing results, they will definitely come to ask.
Hong Tao is currently planning to use this means to promote his own bait, and there is no need for all Beijing anglers to know the road, as long as a small number of people know the road, it will be able to maintain the normal operation of this small fishing tackle shop, Hong Tao opened this fishing tackle shop on the one hand to survive, on the other hand, because of the preference, can contact more anglers in the fishing tackle shop, contact more fishing grounds, fishing skills information.
However, relying on the relationship between tall and fat people to publicize the bait is a little slower, and the coverage is also a little narrower, because most of those old cadres have a fixed place to fish, and they don't have many ordinary anglers, all of them are old colleagues in the unit to play together. In order to increase the publicity, Hong Tao decided to go out in person and go to the nearby toll fish pits to show his statement, and he could live the fishing addiction and expand the reputation of the bait.
According to Hong Tao's plan, he plans to start with the paid fishing ground in the West Sea, which is very close to Houhai, just across the road, on the west side of Houhai, the country's famous trauma orthopedic hospital is on the north shore of the West Sea, called "Jishuitan Hospital", because Xihai is also known as Jishuitan. Beijing's famous "Blue Lotus Bar" is also on the east coast of the West Sea, and it was the opening of this bar that led the trend of Houhai bars, but it will take 2 years.
The area of Xihai is the smallest among the three seas, about a square, the north side is close to the North Second Ring Road, the west side is Xinjiekou Street, the south side is Jishui Tang Hospital, the east side is Deshengmen Inner Street, all around are residential houses, only in the northwest corner there is a small earth mountain, there is a small temple on it and a famous restaurant in Beijing: Shanbu Restaurant.
This restaurant is famous in Beijing, not because it is a long-established restaurant or because its dishes are particularly famous, but because of its high level of tipping. In the mid-to-late 80s, Beijing's catering industry has the famous "three knives and one axe", which refers to the four most expensive restaurants, of which three knives refer to: Pearl Seafood, Da Sanyuan Restaurant, Fat Beef Seafood, and an axe refers to this Shanpu Restaurant, because the tips in these places have been sky-high in Beijing at that time, so the common people use three knives and one axe to describe them to eat here, just like being slaughtered by a knife and axe.
Of course, in that era, 9,999 out of 10,000 Beijingers could not go to these places, it was the early stage of reform and opening up, most of the rich people were the first to go to the sea and businessmen from the southern coastal open areas, even the government consumption of public funds has not risen in a large area, and officials are also riding bicycles to and from work like ordinary people, alas, a more innocent era...... Here the author omits 100,000 impressions!
It is this pond that has been privately contracted and turned into a place for paid fishing, and the people who contract here will buy a certain number of adult fish from the fish pond where freshwater fish are farmed every week, scatter them into the water, and then charge a certain fee to all those who fish here, the author can't remember it very clearly because of the age, it was about 10 yuan for 12 hours, that is, if you fish here, as long as you give 10 yuan to the manager, and then you can fish for 12 hours, no matter how many fish you catch, you can take it.
In addition, there is a fee for fish ponds, which are charged by the catty, that is, according to the weight of the fish you catch, and it is more expensive than buying fish in the vegetable market. The density of fish in this kind of fish pond is very large, and they are never fed, and the fish in it are not to mention seeing the bait, you just go down with an empty hook, and there are fish biting the hook, and they are very hungry.
This kind of fish pond is mainly for those who don't like fishing, such as if you have a treat, what should you do? Just invite the guests to fish, but you are afraid that the guests will not be able to catch it, which will be a disappointment, so you can come here to ensure that you can catch it even if you are blind. So this thing is a kind of game, strictly speaking, it can't be regarded as a fishing activity, Beijing people call this kind of fish pit high fishing, anglers generally don't come here to play, it's too embarrassing!
Because of its location in the center of the city, the transportation is convenient, so there are a lot of people who come here to fish, and the density of fish here is not very high, and they are often fished, and they become very slippery, and it is not easy to catch, but every weekend and rest day, it is still overcrowded. Of course, the majority of people go home empty-handed, and if everyone catches a lot of fish and leaves, then the boss who contracts here should cry, and he will have to shut down in 1 month.
Hong Tao deliberately chose a Saturday day to go to Jishuitan, because there are the most people at this time, if it is just for fun, such as Hong Tao who has free time to dispose of anglers will not choose this kind of day to come, too many people and fish are more difficult to catch. But today Hong Tao is here to "smash the field", of course, the more people the better, he can't wait to let everyone who comes here to fish know his bait.
The south shore and north shore of the pond are the best locations for fishing, the east bank is slightly worse, and the west bank is the worst, which may have something to do with the underwater terrain, because this is a very old artificial lake, there was it in the Yuan Dynasty, no matter when the pond is, no matter where the fish comes from, the fish have their unified living habits, such as carp like places with debris underwater, crucian carp like places with aquatic weeds and so on.
If you want to get a good spot on the south or north shore on the weekend, you have to wake up early, what? You say 6 o'clock? Don't tease you, go again at 6 o'clock and the people are full, you have to set off at 4 o'clock, and rush to the water's edge with the stars and the moon, the fisherman who fished the night before he left, you have to stand behind him and ask:
"Big brother, will you still be fishing during the day?"
If people say you won't fish, you're half the battle. You first say hello to this person, I will wait for you to leave here, and then use your horse and fishing chair to occupy the position, and it is best that you even support the pole, so that you can complete the important task of occupying the position. Fishing is a very difficult activity because of the luck component, and it is almost entirely uncertain except for your bait and tackle, so fishing is a very difficult skill.
Whether the weather is sunny, whether there is sun, whether the air pressure is high or not, whether the water temperature is suitable, whether the upstream has come in for salary, whether the fish sprinkled today is a fish raised in Tianjin or a fish raised in Jiangsu, etc., etc., etc., these will affect your catch today, so experienced anglers should explore these factors in advance, and then determine what can be determined first, and can only rely on luck if it is not determined.