Zhao Benshan held up a finger, thinking that if he had a hundred thousand, he could pay his subordinates some wages, and if they took on a few performances, he would slowly recover.

"One million. You guys eat here. I'll go downstairs and get it from the car."

Zhao Dashan was so excited that he was completely speechless. Chef Fan gave him a thumbs up and praised him: "Director Liu is so righteous that he is even more righteous than Master Guan."

Liu Xialian went down, and Zhao Dashan said to Li Shaoling: "Boss Li, persuade Xialian not to leave the money in the car, it's too dangerous."

"Okay, but you don't have to worry too much. Director Liu rarely drives when he travels long distances now. He usually takes the train. If something happens, he usually brings bodyguards and weapons with him, so his safety is guaranteed."

As Liu Xia Lian was speaking, she brought a waiter with her to help carry a canvas bag upstairs. She put the huge bag on the ground and turned around and went back down.

"Brother Zhao, please count it." Liu Xia Lian opened the canvas bag, which was full of big unity.

This year, a hundred-dollar bill should be released, but it has not been officially announced.

Zhao Dashan counted the money and found it was exactly one million. He quickly wrote a promissory note with a pen and paper, but he was a little confused about the due date. When could he pay it back? In a year?

"Two years is enough, I want to work harder and try to get on the Spring Festival Gala. And how do I write the interest?"

"What interest? I won't charge you a penny. It's impossible for me to give you so much money, but I don't charge you any interest."

Zhao Dashan wrote the IOU, pressed his fingerprint on it, and handed it to Liu Xia Lian. Liu Xia Lian took a look at it and put it in her bag.

Li Hu asked: "Brother Zhao, is it so difficult to perform on the Spring Festival Gala? Your level is the best in Northeast China."

"It's quite difficult. Many people try their best to get on the Spring Festival Gala. Northeast China is just a place, but when it comes to the Spring Festival Gala, it becomes a national stage."

Liu Xia Lian thought for a moment and slapped the table: "I remember now. There is a District Chief Zhou in Liancheng. I know him. I'll introduce you two to each other when I have time. He grew up in the compound and has many connections in Beijing. Maybe he can help you get things done."

Zhao Dashan was so excited: "That's great, that's great, thank you so much."

After the banquet, everyone went their separate ways.

Back at the guesthouse, Zhao Dashan was drinking tea to sober up when his brothers came over and were very happy: "Brother, our car was released. We didn't pay the fine, so we gave them a verbal lesson."

"We are lucky to have met a noble person. In the past, everyone blamed me for being too greedy. Tell the fleet to reduce overloading in the future and put safety first." Zhao Dashan made arrangements one by one.

The next morning, Zhao Dashan changed into a brand new suit and came to see Liu Xia Lian.

Daya was still driving, but Zhao Dashan noticed a jeep following behind.

When we arrived at a private estate in the suburbs, District Chief Zhou was actually there to greet us at the door.

Liu Xia Lian was also quite surprised: "Zhou Qu, how can I trouble you to come here? This is my friend, Zhao Dashan, you should know him."

"Yes, I know him. I often watch Brother Zhao's skits."

"Zhou Qu, nice to meet you."

There is a private restaurant in the manor, and the dishes are very exquisite.

After a few drinks, Zhou Qu found out that he was very talkative and not arrogant.

After three rounds of drinks, Zhou Qu told about Liu Xia Lian and Zhao Dashan.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Qu smiled and said, "It's nothing. I really like watching Brother Zhao's show. It's definitely good enough to be on the Spring Festival Gala. I'll arrange it for you this year."

Zhao Dashan was extremely surprised. What he had been trying to accomplish for many years but could not be achieved was solved by someone else with just a few words.

"Sister Zhou Qu, Sister Xia Lian, I'm so excited, I'll do one, you guys are free to do whatever you want."

Zhou Qu was very busy and went back after a while.

Liu Xia Lian and Zhao Dashan also returned. As for how Zhao Dashan would interact with Zhou Qu in the future, that was their business.

Li Hu did not go out to sea today, and came to the restaurant to entertain Liu Xialian and Daya at noon. However, as authentic Northeasterners, the two of them were still not familiar with eating seafood.

Li Hu was still very proud of this restaurant and asked, "Sister, can my Wanghailou seafood restaurant be opened in other places? It would be best if it could be opened in Beijing or in the south?"

"Okay, but you have to manage this restaurant well first. I don't care how much profit you make, but at least it can operate normally. The methods of hotel management are all ready-made. If you can run it well, I will let you open as many as 30 or 50 restaurants. But don't forget your main business, ocean fishing. The ocean is a huge treasure trove. The money you spend on opening a restaurant is nothing."

"Yes, but I think running a restaurant is fun, and I will definitely not forget about fishing."

"Now that you mention it, it's true. The weather is getting hot now. I'm going to go diving in the sea to catch some fish. I'll come back at noon and give you some hard goods."

Liu Xia Lian and Daya drove to a bay where the water was very clear.

Liu Xia Lian changed into a swimsuit, put on gloves, and picked up a harpoon.

"Daya, you help pick up the fish on the shore, I'll go get the fish."

Liu Xia Lian did a backflip into the water and dived towards the bottom.

The sea here is quite deep, about four or five meters. There are reefs under the water, and a lot of long whiskers can be seen in the crevices. Yes, this is a lobster, a Persian lobster at that.

I caught one, it weighed almost three pounds, it was amazing, I didn’t expect there were big lobsters here.

Later, I encountered a few lobsters, but they were too small, weighing only about one pound, so I didn't have the heart to catch them.

Suddenly a big silver pomfret swam over. These fish were unaware of the danger and even lingered in front of Liu Xia Lian.

A fork went in and pierced through it, then floated up: "Daya, another one."

I dived again and found a group of about 100 large yellow croakers. These days, large yellow croakers are not particularly expensive, but they are not cheap either, at more than 5 yuan per catty. Most of these fish are about 2 catties, and it seems that they have lived here for a long time.

Although the sea is very big, most fish have a fixed sphere of influence and will not run around everywhere. I found some big ones and caught two of them, which I steamed just in time for lunch.

When Liu Xialian brought a large bag of fish to the kitchen, the chef was stunned: "There are actually big lobsters here, how rare. And this big yellow croaker is also excellent, how are you going to eat it?"

"Lobster with garlic paste, steamed yellow croaker, we won't eat the pomfret, you can leave it for others."

Liu Xia Lian returned to the provincial capital to see her father and mother.

Dad said happily: "Xia Lian, your brother Liu Jingwen has been doing internship for two years and has now been arranged to be the mayor of Jianghe Town, Teng County."

"Yes, that's great. He became the mayor just two years after graduation. That's a pretty high starting point."

"Of course you should. Beijing University is not an ordinary university. Your brother has a bright future. But you have to help him. This town can barely make ends meet. The first term is very important. You must make some achievements."

"Yeah, that's no problem. One day I'll go check out the environment and start a business or get farmers to develop some planting."

"There's no rush for this. Your brother has just taken office and hasn't figured out the ropes yet. Let him figure it out on his own and get some training. I can't help you directly."

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