224. One more ship (seeking monthly pass)
In the morning, Qin Shiou waved goodbye to Powell and other children and sent them onto the school bus. As soon as he came back, his cell phone rang.
After answering the call from Brandon, he asked: "Qin, you are so crazy. You spent 30 million in a week?! It must not be true, it is a problem with our bank network, right?"
Qin Shiou smiled and said, "Relax, man, I use it to do serious business. These 30 million are a must-have. You can't put it in your bank to make insects, right?"
Brandon smacked his lips exaggeratedly. He chatted with Qin Shiou for a while before he said it was formal: "Okay, man, your spending reached 50 million Canadian dollars in a year, so Yuntong Company provides you with a special service manager."
"Why is this for?" Qin Shiou asked.
Brandon said: "It's like the Express Company hired you a life secretary. You have to book air tickets, bus tickets, hotels, concerts, etc. Just give her a phone number and she will do it for you. Or, what do you want to consult, stock market trends, current affairs news, etc., give her a phone number and she will find the answer and tell you immediately."
Qin Shiou laughed and said, "Wow, this is a good service. Does she provide anything else?"
Brandon smiled even more unscrupulously and said, "You bastard boy, okay, she will provide you with whatever you want. But I don't believe that a boy who dares not take away a hot girl from a party will do anything to his life secretary."
Finally, he said, "Don't blame me for not reminding you that although Yuntong Company is rich and powerful, the life secretary they hire are all very scammed and the voice may be more beautiful. But if you meet, you will know that it is simply scary!"
Qin Shiou hung up the phone and smiled at Auerbach next to him, "Look, I've spent all the money to alarm the Americans. Will Obama call me later?"
Auerbach said: "I don't know if Obama calls you or not. But I think the mayor of St. Johns will call you."
Qin Shiou was just a joke. When Auerbach said this, he asked, "What does it mean?"
Auerbach handed a copy of the "Saint Port Economic News" to Qin Shiou, and there was a news on it that because Chinese fishing owner Qin Shiou made special contributions to local economic development, he was awarded the Tula Reeves Award in the first half of the year.
The Tula Reeves Award was first founded in 1987 and is a somewhat ironic award.
In 1987, the United States encountered a major economic crisis. As an important economic partner of the United States, Canada was naturally affected. Newfoundland is the second largest in Canada because it is close to the United States and has many transactions with Massachusetts.
At that time, the fishing grounds in St. Johns were almost shut down because almost all the accessories used by the fishing boats here were introduced from the United States. Factory in the United States was shut down. How could they replace the parts of the fishing boats here?
Tula Reeves is an African-American businessman and a very capable guy. He contacted the Soviet Union, which had not yet been disintegrated, and opened a new path to machine accessories.
In addition, as we all know, the Soviet Union also had a long coastline and was very good at building fishing boats. This also had a large number of low-cost and durable Soviet fishing boats were introduced to St. Johns by Reeves, and then promoted to the entire Newfoundland.
In order to commend Tula Reeves' contribution to saving the Newfoundland economy, the St. Johns government set up an award from that year, the Tula Reeves Award, also known as the Special Contribution Award for Economic Recovery. It is awarded every six months.
It is a bit ironic to say that the establishment of this award is because if Newfoundland fishing grounds had a rest that year, the cod resources might have been restored.
The result was the great Mr. Reeves who helped to deal with the fishery resources of Newfoundland fishery in the final hard: five years later. In 1992, the Canadian government had to close Newfoundland fishery, one of the world's four largest fishery!
Qin Shiou can't control this, anyway, he is going to win the prize now, and for immigrants, it's better to win with a prize than to win without a prize.
The Canadian government is still very efficient. On the day after this news broke, as Auerbach said, St. Johns Mayor Dennis Okever called him, first thanking him for his contribution to the economic recovery in his hometown, and then invited him to attend the government's awards press conference for him.
Qin Shiou was really amused and crying. Not to mention what Okever said about "contributions to his hometown" and just saying that he only spent 30 million Canadian dollars to win this award, which is a bit too powerless.
He knew that many cities in China are now engaged in real estate construction. It seems that any real estate developer invests, but it will be no less than 150 million yuan, right? This money is not enough to make a splash in China. When you arrive in St. Johns, you can ask the mayor to present him with awards.
This award is a real prize, not only a press conference, but also a government rewarded a ship as a bonus.
This boat is a fishing boat, which belongs to a tuna fishing boat. It has a length of 11 meters, a width of 4 meters, a draft of 1.4 meters, a regular speed of 14 knots, a fastest speed of 18 knots, and is equipped with 16 fishing rod sockets, a crane each with a bow and a stern of the boat. The power of the diesel engine is 380 kilowatts.
In order to get the ship, Qin Shiou went to St. Johns at the end of July. He thought that since the government had prepared a press conference for him, it must be a grand trip this time. The mayor must at least accompany him throughout the journey, right?
As a result, Mr. Okever, the mayor of St. Johns, issued him a framed certificate at the award ceremony, and then shook hands to encourage him to do it well. Then he floated away without a trace.
As for the celebration dinner that Qin Shiou was looking forward to? Sorry, no!
The ship was at Poseidon Marine Heavy Industry Group, and he was the last account manager Hanks Brewer.
Hanks shook hands with him enthusiastically and kept asking him if he wanted to build a few more ships. He was so impressed by Qin Shiou that he only pulled back two ships not long ago, but ended up investing tens of millions in the fishing ground. This is a big customer.
Qin Shiou couldn't stand this enthusiasm. He didn't even stay in St. Johns. Anyway, no one was in charge of food. So he took this tuna fishing boat back to the fishing ground, so his fishing boat had another boat.
What is the name of this ship? Qin Shiou scratched his head and called it Bluefin Tuna directly. As a result, when he signed up for the Ship Statistics Bureau, people told him that the name had been occupied and he had to rename it.
After scratching his head again, Qin Shiou simply named it "Snowball". So, this time his pet started to have a boat.
After finally settled down, Qin Shiou's cell phone rang again in the evening. This time he turned on the Weil who helped him get the dock.
With the same remarks, Weil first congratulated him on investing in the new fishing ground and then invited him to visit his home.
Qin Shiou is so busy recently that he has no time to be a guest? Fortunately, he has a remark and explained that Winnie is back to work. Next time she takes leave, she will definitely go to Weil's house to be a guest.
This cannot be pushed away. After all, I promised Weil at that time that he would visit someone else's house with Winnie.
Chapter completed!