1290. Business Negotiation (5/5)
Winnie explained her thoughts, and Qin Shiou suddenly realized that it had nothing to do with him, it was the town's tourism development needs.
After hearing Winnie's words, Poly was not so surprised. He smiled bitterly and asked, "Mrs. Qin, are you sure this can work? I don't want to hit you, but I hope you check first whether St. Johns allows sightseeing carriages to enter the tourism industry."
Seeing Qin Shiou confused, Poly explained: "I contacted several travel companies before and wanted to ask them if they needed horses for tourism, but they didn't need them. Now many cities have abolished the tourist carriage project."
"Why?" Qin Shiou asked in confusion.
Poly said helplessly: "Because the animal protection organizations and the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty in various places believe that forcing horse-race tourists is inhumane, this behavior should be abolished!"
Mao Weilong said stunned: "Shete, there is such a thing? Then why not abolish the horse racing event? There are no less than one hundred purebred horses that die every year due to horse racing, right?"
Poli spread his hands and said, "Who can control this?" Anyway, carriage tourism projects are abolishing everywhere.
Qin Shiou searched the Internet and found that this was indeed true. Since last year, there have been protests from relevant associations. The incident originated from two incidents last summer. One horse from Montreal and Vancouver suddenly fell to the ground and fell into shock during the soliciting process. The veterinarians found it was because of the fatigue and loss of strength after examination.
Then the Montreal Association for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals conducted a survey and found that horses in tourism projects often attract tourists 7 days a week and work 9 hours a day. They have to brave the high temperature in summer, face the severe cold in winter, and face the exhaust gas and noise of cars.
In this way, animal protection organizations and the associations for preventing animal cruelty began to exert their efforts. They believed that these horses were forced to work in a tight environment and were in noise. They walked on asphalt roads all year round, causing their hooves to be injured. After a day of hard work, they were tied there again. They were almost unable to move, which was inhumane.
In North America, there are two civil organizations that are very powerful, one is the Association for the Protection of Minors and Women, and the other is the Association for the Protection of Animals.
Protests on the tourist carriage project attracted the attention of Montreal Mayor Dennis Codell, who promised that the city would make regulations on the carriage industry. A nonprofit in the industry would ask for suggestions on how to improve the situation of horses, and the city would add regulations.
Tourism is one of Montreal's pillar industries, and their selling point is to feel the taste of the ancient city. Horse and carriage tourism has always been a key project and the government cannot easily abolish it. Therefore, targeted rectification has been carried out.
For other cities, horse-drawn carriage sightseeing doesn't matter, so this project is directly abolished and a large number of ordinary horses are eliminated and a large number of ordinary horses are eliminated into the trading market.
When saying goodbye to the town government, they did not check the relevant regulations when making this decision. They made a decision on this point and believed that the project was profitable.
Now that Poly warned, Winnie quickly called the Tourism Bureau of St. Johns to inquire about the relevant regulations.
From this point of view, Poly is a real person. He has no need to say these things. Instead, he said it might lead to his business failure. But he still said it. Qin Shiou admired it.
After hanging up the phone, Winnie said: "No problem, the tourism industry in St. Johns does not carry out a carriage project, there is no regulation on this aspect, and it can be carried out by saying goodbye to the town."
Poly was overjoyed and said, "This means you can buy my horse, right?"
Winnie smiled and said, "Yes. And we have a lot of demand. If you are going to sell eight horses, we can eat them all in town."
Because of the tourism industry, bid farewell to the town's fiscal revenue to increase sharply. There is no pressure to buy a few horses.
Poly took Winnie back to see the horse. This matter had nothing to do with Qin Shiou, so he didn't need to intervene, just waited for Mao Weilong to have a drink and chat with him.
After Winnie came back, she brought two denim scarves, and Mao Weilong smiled and said, "The business is done?"
Qin Shiou asked, "Why are you making such a judgment?"
Mao Weilong pointed to the denim scarf in Winnie's hand and said, "Look at that, this is given to her by Poly. In the rural horse farm transaction, if the two parties reach a cooperation, the seller will give the denim scarf as a gift."
Although denim scarves are not famous, this thing is actually one of the iconic clothes of denim. It has many functions and represents many meanings.
For example, a denim scarf can be used to wipe sweat, it can be used as a filter for drinking water, it can also cover the mouth and nose to resist dust, or it can be used as a bandage for first aid.
In the past, cowboys often drove animals to grazing in other places. The cowboy scarf can provide a lot of help in life and is an assistant in cowboys' life. After many cowboys die, people will cover their faces with a scarf he loved most during his lifetime, so that he still has a loyal companion in the lonely journey of another world.
Winnie gave Qin Shiou a piece and said that it was a small gift from Poly to them. Qin Shiou asked: "The deal has really been reached? Don't you need to go back and discuss it with Hani and the others?"
Winnie said: "I am the mayor, and there is still power. Of course, our transaction is just the beginning. Now we have just chosen the horses and negotiated the price. When we go back, we have to find a veterinarian to do an appraisal to prove that these horses have no health problems before the transaction is completed."
Qin Shiou asked curiously: "How much does it cost to buy it?"
Winnie smiled and said, "The group purchase price is about 25,000 yuan for the eight horses."
Mao Weilong nodded and said, "This price is more suitable. I asked about it a few years ago. The price of a good Quatta horse is between 3,400 and 4,000 Canadian dollars. It has been reduced so much in the past six months."
In the evening, Poly invited Qin Shiou, Mao Weilong and others to his own ranch as a guest, saying that he had slaughtered a calf to entertain them, and invited Qin Shiou and Winnie to taste the most authentic Hamilton veal.
Indeed, the veal raised by Poli himself is of good quality, tender, smooth and juicy. Qin Shiou usually eats stew at most half a pound and becomes greasy. This time, he ate two large plates of stew, which is estimated to be more than one and a half pounds.
The little melon also started eating meat. Mrs. Poly stewed her meat soup, which added honey to it, which was thick and sweet.
Qin Shiou felt that his daughter was a little young and ate meat too early, and eating some vegetables and fruits was OK. Mrs. Poly said it was okay, their meat soup was easy to digest, and four-month-old children could eat it.
Sure enough, Winnie fed the little melon a little to try, and the little girl was very happy to eat with her mouth. Obviously, she had reached the stage where she could eat meat.
They only took a plane back on Monday morning when they were still unsatisfied and said they were not having fun this time and would find a holiday next time.
This time, Qin Shiou decided to play temporarily. Winnie had to go to work and he had something to do - Butler's ship entered the Canadian waters and would soon be able to deliver the more than 40 disabled dolphins. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!