Chapter 25: The Osprey
"Well, can you buy some and try it?" Hong Tao didn't care about his angry tone, and said to him with a smile. From the dark skin of the person, he has already seen that this master is also good at fishing.
"50 yuan a pack? Just this pouch? Aren't you a pit man? After that, the people who live on the seashore are all connoisseurs, and you have no good fruit to eat here. The middle-aged man ignored Hong Tao, looked at the instructions and price tags on the shelves, and even brought out the swear words in his mouth.
"Hey, I'll call you brother, can we stop talking like that? I also grew up on the shore of Houhai, if you want to think it's worth it, you can buy it, if you don't think it's worth it, I welcome you to come in and chat for a while. Hong Tao immediately put away his smiling face and said to him without being salty or light.
"You live here? Why haven't I seen you? The middle-aged man hesitated a little and asked again.
"The Clock Foundry."
"Oh, eye, eye, but you're too dark, can you sell it? If you want to believe my brother, I'll help you sell and sell, I know all the fishing people on the south bank. As soon as the middle-aged man heard Hong Tao's words, it was estimated that Hong Tao was really a nearby resident, so he didn't dare to cheat the cat anymore, changed his smiling face again, and began to set up.
"Let me tell you this, my bait, I don't want a penny if I can't catch a fish, I don't want a penny for the same fishing position, I don't want a penny less than others to catch fish, brother, I have this certainty, or I dare to open a fishing tackle shop on the beach in the back?" Hong Tao has long understood in his heart what kind of person this is, and his tone is not so polite, and this kind of person, the more polite you are, the more face-sensitive he is.
"Well, even if I didn't say it, you sell it slowly, don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes." The middle-aged man saw that there was nothing else on the shelves except bait, shook his head, and walked away slowly with a very sorry look.
"Walk slowly......" Hong Tao even saved these 3 words when he was free, because he really didn't want this kind of goods to come to the store.
Who is this man? Hong Tao didn't know him, but Hong Tao was sure that he lived nearby, and he should live on the south bank of Houhai Sea. It is said that this kind of person is actually not very harmful, it is nothing more than that when you are fishing, he pretends to be a big-tailed wolf behind you, just like the doctoral supervisor of the Department of Fishing of Tsinghua University, saying that your hook number is wrong, the bait tastes wrong, you fish and he says that you are blind, and if you don't fish, he says that you don't listen to him.
And then there is love to take advantage of a small bargain or something, if there are many people in your store, he may be able to take your coil, copy your bag of fish food or something, what he said just now is to let Hong Tao give him a few bags of bait for free, and then he will advertise for you, as for the real or fake, he has to say, anyway, he got the bait first.
This kind of person can be found everywhere, he himself is also fishing, and his fishing skills may be quite high, but they are too utilitarian, and they belong to the kind of people who do not catch bait and fish ticket money even if they lose money, and it is best to make some money. They don't see fishing as a recreational sport at all, but as a way to make money, so Hong Tao doesn't like to see them. This type of person has a nickname "osprey" in the fishing circle.
"Gao Ming, remember this person, pay more attention to him when he comes in the future, don't lose anything." Hong Tao saw Gao Ming looking out at the door of the inner room, and hurriedly instructed.
"Oh, I know." When the boy saw that the boss was paying attention to him, he rubbed his head back again.
This morning, there are really no fewer people in the fishing tackle shop, and there are anglers who come in to see the freshness every once in a while, for a newly opened fishing tackle shop, even if the angler does not buy anything, he has to go in and go around, to see if there is anything new, but everyone sees that the store is empty, so dozens of bags of bait, and it is expensive, and they have expressed their disappointment. Although a few people asked Hong Tao about the efficacy and usage of the bait, because the price was too high, the packaging was poor, and Hong Tao did not know anything, in the end, there was not even a person willing to pay for it.
After eating at noon, Hong Tao took Gao Ming to the kindergarten cafeteria, and the fishing tackle shop temporarily locked the door. Don't really say it, although the canteen is not big, but the quality of the meals is really not said, it's no wonder that several leaders of the kindergarten and the heads of the back organs are eating in the canteen, and the tall fat man dares not to care?
After eating, Hong Tao planned to continue to go back to pack bait, and just walked to the back door of his small courtyard to open the key, and from the upstairs of the kindergarten, there was a shout from the tall fat man, asking Hong Tao to wait for him in the store not to go out, and then it was silent. Hong Tao didn't know what he was going to do, anyway, he didn't plan to go out in the afternoon, so let's talk about it when he came.
The two of them smoked in the hut for a while, and after a long time of idle talk, they saw that it was half past one, and the door of the outer room was opened, and before Hong Tao came out, they heard the sharp voice of the tall fat man screaming.
"Come on, come on, you're not afraid of this noon...... Hey, there's a guest, Brother Gao, who are you? "Hong Tao is a tall and fat man, and when he came out of the house, there were already 2 old comrades sitting on the sofa, and the tall and fat man was pouring tea for others.
"Liu, this is Xiaohong, called Hong Tao, just graduated from college, he started his own business, that bait is said to be their ancestral heirloom, I tried it, absolutely not. Xiao Hong, bring a few packs of your bait and let us take a look. The tall fat man introduced Hong Tao to the two old men, and at the same time shouted at Hong Tao to hurry up and get to work.
"Hey, this is coming, this is coming." As soon as Hong Tao saw the tall fat man's situation, he knew that the deal was coming, these two must be the leaders of the tall fat man's unit, but they are not his direct leaders, and they are estimated to be retired cadres based on their age, otherwise if the tall fat man was the boss, he would have offered his own bait, and dared to take the leader to let the leader consume by himself?
"That's it? Isn't this just pelleted feed? Another old man took the plastic bag in Hong Tao's hand, looked at it carefully, put it under his nose and sniffed it, very dissatisfied.
"Hey, look at what you said, I dare to Meng, and I don't dare to Meng, where do I rent this house from Brother Gao, don't look good, it won't work, if you don't believe it, Brother Gao has a ready-made fishing rod here, and it is Houhai when you go out, you can try, if you don't fish within half an hour, I don't want a penny." When it comes to fishing, there is not so much status and rights at all, you are the prime minister, and the fish in the water do not know you.
This thing is not like playing mahjong, we can let you in your official university, this thing can't cheat, because the fish does not cooperate, so the people who fish, regardless of age, wealth or poverty, and official positions, all judge heroes by the number of catches.
"Hey, I don't believe it yet, isn't this just a particle! Young man, I've been fishing longer than you, you have to really work with this thing, don't do more, I can bring you 20 people, all fishing in the West Sea. Xiao Gao, you give me your fishing rod to use, I'll try it. This old man is really grumpy, when he heard that Hong Tao was not soft-mouthed, he immediately overturned the car and Hong Tao.
"What if it doesn't work? You don't want money, don't sell your bait, 50 yuan a pack, isn't this a trap? What do you think! ”
"Cheng, if you don't want to fish, Brother Gao is here, let him look at me, I will pour all these baits into the sea, and only sell fishing gear in the future, not bait." Hong Tao must not be soft at this time, and this is not a personal grudge dispute, as long as he wins, the old man will not remember any grudges, and he will have to help himself make live advertisements.
"Let's go, Lao Liu, you are a referee, it's better than saying that I am always bullying juniors." After taking the fishing rod and the small horse from the tall fat man, the old man stood up and left, and the old man surnamed Liu also followed happily, with an expression that was not too big to see the excitement.
The four of them went out together, walked a few steps to the shore of the back sea, and the old man with the fishing rod handed the bait bag in his hand to Hong Tao:
"Come on, you bait."
"No, you just add water, soft and hard you come according to your habits, my fish food is one word: simple and easy to use!" Hong Tao didn't take over, and his mouth continued to arch fire.
"Cheng, don't be hard-mouthed, you'll be good-looking later." The old man didn't say much, tore open the plastic bag, poured the bait into the small plastic bucket, and then put the towel to wipe his hands into the lake to absorb the water, and squeezed it into the plastic bucket little by little.