1477. different New Year's greetings
It was just dawn, and Qin Shiou went out to see it strangely. Who would come to the fishing ground so early?
As soon as he went out, he saw a group of people walking from the dock. In front was Mayor William Hamley, the number one person in St. Johns. Hamley brought a group of men and women in suits, surrounded by middle-aged white men.
After Qin Shiou showed up, Hamre immediately waved his hand and said loudly: "Qin, my good friend, happy New Year! Happy New Year!"
After hearing this, Qin Shiou laughed and said, "Happy New Year, Hamley, thank you very much for coming to greet me and my family at this time."
Hamre winked and said, "It's not just me, man, look, who is this?"
He reached out to introduce a group of people gathered in the center to the north. Qin Shiou was stunned when he looked carefully. This was a big shot, Elvin Marbury, the governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Governor." Qin Shiou stretched out his hand politely.
Elvin shook hands with him enthusiastically and smiled enthusiastically: "Happy New Year, dear Qin, congratulations to Chai!"
For this New Year greeting, the governor deliberately learned a few Chinese words. Qin Shiou felt quite flattered by this. It seems that he is a bit heavy in Newfoundland.
"Congratulations to Chai." Qin Shiou responded with a similar voice, just listened and called the wrong one.
He brought a group into the house. Qin's father and mother were still fishing for dumplings. Qin Shiou introduced them. Then Erwin shook hands with Qin's father and mother one by one with a spring breeze on his face, and continued to say in his rap version of Chinese: "Happy New Year, congratulations to Chai, I wish you both good health and longevity and all the best!"
Qin's father and mother laughed happily, quickly arranged for them to sit down, and then scooped a bowl of dumplings for each of them.
Almost all the more important roles in the entire Newfoundland political arena came. Elvin brought his provincial parliament members and Hamre also brought his city councillors. A group of people looked happy, and then the media around began to take photos.
Qin Shiou actually doesn't like such occasions. It was a good day of the Lunar New Year. It was ruined like this. Indeed, the governor and mayor came to pay New Year's greetings, but he had long lost the heart to show off and be cool. It is important to be able to accompany his family well on this kind of festival.
When these people came, they couldn't eat breakfast. Although it was not said that this was a show, it must have certain elements of show. As the number of Chinese in Newfoundland increased, the local government began to show goodwill.
However, Elvin came not only to greet the New Year. After they started chatting, someone cleverly turned the topic to the economic side, and then inevitably mentioned the Bombardier Group.
In this way, Qin Shiou suddenly realized, oh, it turns out that there is such a thing, and these people may have the idea of letting him take the lead in driving the Newfoundland economy.
Erwin said: "Qin, you are now an important shareholder of Bombardier. We have to congratulate you, you are the first person in our province to join Bombardier's board of directors."
Qin Shiou said modestly: "I am just an external member, and I'm investing in a branch. I'm afraid I'm not qualified to join the board of directors."
Erwin smiled and said, "No, no, Qin, you have, you are already one of the important directors of Bombardier. I think you will receive a notice to attend Bombardier's shareholders' meeting in no time."
Hamley said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you make progress onto the board. Qin's most powerful thing is his potential. Oh, God, he is the youngest young hero in Newfoundland, right?"
"Qin also won the Tula Reeves Award in Newfoundland. He is an amazing young man. If there were more young people like this in our province, we would definitely be able to get out of the economic crisis better." A city councillor smiled.
The Tula Reeves Award is the special contribution award for economic recovery, and was obtained by Qin Shiou during Okever's reign.
Hamre blinked at him and said, "I bet. The Tula Reeves Award in the second half of last year also belonged to Qin, right?"
This award is evaluated twice a year. Qin Shiou later had a bad relationship with Okevo and directly supported Hamley's campaign. Since then, he has missed the Tula Reeves Award. Now Hamley has come to power. The situation is naturally different.
Qin Shiou said: "If I can win the award, it is obviously a good thing, but whether I can win the award or not, I have to contribute to the economic exhibition in our province, because I am a Newfoundlander and this is my hometown. I have no choice but to do with my hometown exhibition."
When facing politicians, you have to talk to others and talk to others. Qin Shiou regards Newfoundland as a nonsense hometown. What he values is only to say goodbye to the island, which is acre of three-point land, and he has no interest in St. Johns.
He felt disgusting to himself, but politicians needed such a promise. Erwin encouraged him: "You can let go, Qin, expand your business, and increase the size of your fishing grounds. This is your old job, and you are indeed very talented in this regard."
"If government support is needed, you can ask for it at any time, and we will give you the necessary support." Erwin also made a blank check for him. It seems that life is not easy for the provincial government.
Qin Shiou thanked him and said that he would work hard.
Erwin said: "I don't know if you have any ideas about the Newfoundland Fisheries Alliance. I think this is a good opportunity to show our local fisheries, right?"
Only then did Qin Shiou realize that his status was different from the past. He was no longer just a fishing farm owner in a large fishing farm, but also an important shareholder in a national-level enterprise. Of course, he was only an important shareholder in the Bombardier branch, but also a leader of an organization with a government background.
These identities are merged together, no wonder Elvin is coming to greet him as the governor. Now, he has the power to talk to Elvin in all aspects.
Looking back at the beginning, he didn't want to be the chairman of the Newfoundland Fisheries Alliance, this idea was very naive. Now that he is communicating with Erwin, he knows how powerful the alliance has.
Fisheries are an important industry in Canada and a pillar industry in Newfoundland!
Qin Shiou said: "I already have some ideas, including increasing communication between fishing owners, eliminating inferior marine aquatic products, adding more and better marine aquatic products, and slowly regaining the fishing ground."
Erwin coughed and a MP asked: "Do you have any idea to drive the sales of Newfoundland seafood through your Daqin Seafood brand?"
Qin Shiou thought to himself, you think well, you have a good idea, you want to sit down with a shy face with the country I have built up with a hard time? How can it be that easy?
Hamre chose to stand in the same camp as him at this time: "I don't think this is a good idea. I have discussed with Qin before. We think we can carry out a sales chain parallel to Daqin Seafood, rather than passively merging Daqin Seafood and local seafood." (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!