The journalists' impression of the mainland was nothing more than backwardness and poverty. With Hong Kong about to return to China, many of them were unwilling but helpless, so their feelings towards people from the mainland were also very complicated.
To be honest, there are definitely some pointed questions, but the problem is, they don't dare to ask them now!
After all, He Guozhong and He Guohua were watching from the sidelines!
He Guozhong had deliberately kept Fu Wan's origins from the mainland from a low position, but he didn't expect Fu Wan to be so honest and reveal it herself.
This won't do. Knowing that Fu Wan came from Hong Kong, those reporters will definitely have a lot of questions waiting for them. There might even be traps in their questions. Fu Wan doesn't know anything and could easily be tricked.
He Guozhong frowned and turned to give He Guohua a wink.
He Guohua understood immediately and called out to Fu Wan loudly.
"Miss Fu, it's almost time. Let's check our fishing gear; we're about to head out to sea!"
"Hey, here it comes!"
Fu Wan smiled apologetically at the reporters, then turned and strode towards He Guohua.
"Ms. Fu, are you really not afraid of reporters? There are so many people, are you just going to say you're from the mainland?"
Ho Kwok-wah couldn't help but admire him, saying that when he went to the mainland to do business, there were also fearless Hong Kong reporters who reported that he went to the slums to commit suicide.
Fu Wan raised an eyebrow. "Why wouldn't I dare to say it? I'm Chinese and I'm proud of it. What's wrong with being from the mainland? We're not stealing or robbing anyone. We're doing this openly and honestly. Why wouldn't I dare to say it?"
He Guohua shook his head. "That's true, but newspapers these days love to denigrate the mainland. If you directly say you're from the mainland, they'll definitely start reporting nonsense again tomorrow."
He Guohua had already thought of the title: something like "Mainland girl humiliates herself in fishing competition." Even with He Guozhong keeping things under control, it was hard to guarantee that no newspaper would be so reckless as to try and grab attention by writing such an article.
Fu Wan said nonchalantly, "Let them write it. I'll see how they write their reports after I win the competition."
As they were talking, the group had already reached the speedboat. Bai Qianzhou went up to check the speedboat again, while Fu Wan and Fang Min opened the prepared fishing gear to check if there were any problems with the fishing lines and hooks.
Going out to sea for fishing sounds easy, but if it gets involved in a competition, you have to be careful at every turn.
If there's any problem with the speedboat, such as someone tampering with the engine or steering wheel, it could be fatal once it goes out to sea.
In contrast, fishing rods are not so dangerous; if they are damaged, at most you just won't be able to win the game.
However, it was alright, since the Governor's government was present, the competition still looked quite professional. Participants were responsible for providing their own fishing gear, but it had to be inspected by the organizers.
The speedboats were provided by the organizers. He Guohua had specifically asked Li Zhong and A Cai to choose the speedboats. One of them was good at the workplace and the other was an expert on speedboats. Choosing a good speedboat when dealing with the organizers was a piece of cake.
After checking everything, the fishing rods were all fine, and the speedboat engine and steering wheel were also normal.
To avoid affecting Fu Wan's performance, He Guohua chartered two speedboats: one for the other participants he hired and one for Fu Wan alone.
Of course, He Guohua, A Cai, and the others would go on the speedboat with Fu Wan. If Fu Wan got tired from fishing, A Cai could take over. He Guohua was mainly there to watch the excitement; he really wanted to know what surprise Fu Wan would bring him as soon as possible.
Ho Kwok-chung was also very curious, but he couldn't get away. As the current head of the Ho family, he had to sit on a large yacht with senior officials of the Hong Kong government to watch the fishermen's fishing.
He originally wanted to bring He Guohua along, but He Guohua had hated such occasions since he was a child. Even though the yacht was big and luxurious, He Guohua felt that it was better to stand on the speedboat with Fu Wan and the others and sunbathe than to sit with those people and force a smile.
Before the competition, while senior officials of the Hong Kong government were talking, Fu Wan took the opportunity to count the yachts on the beach.
There were a total of 25 speedboats participating in this fishing competition, which can be described as a very large scale.
Besides prominent figures from the port city, there were also some ordinary citizens among them.
The prize money for first place is a full one million Hong Kong dollars, and the cost of participating in the competition is only the rental fee for the speedboat. If you are lucky enough to win, it's like turning a cart into a motorcycle, which is quite a good deal!
However, according to the information He Guohua had gathered, only two of the twenty-five speedboats actually belonged to civilians.
Moreover, these people were selected through a screening process. In comparison, these people do not have much fishing experience and cannot catch any big fish. The reason for selecting them is that the competition needs to create the illusion of nationwide participation.
Ultimately, this fishing competition is a power struggle within the wealthy community. If the winner isn't from the city's wealthy elite, that's not what the organizers want.
Putting everything else aside, in addition to the HK$1 million prize, the winner also gets the right to use fifty wharves near Victoria Harbour. This alone is enough to tempt the big bosses in the city.
Even ordinary people are unaware of this reward.
Fu Wan didn't care about the right to use the dock, since she couldn't stay in Hong Kong. She was more concerned about the one million Hong Kong dollars than the right to use the dock.
Based on the current exchange rate, that's over 700,000 Chinese dollars. In other words, besides the reward He Guohua gave her, she could earn another 700,000 or so to take home.
Wow, it was worth it!
Looking at Fu Wan's bright eyes, Bai Qianzhou knew what she was happy about.
He didn't know about others, but in his heart, Fu Wan was definitely the champion today.
Ah Cai had just returned with the number flag when he saw Fu Wan and started excitedly shouting.
"Miss Fu, Miss Fu, I specially brought a red flag. What do you think? Isn't it pretty?"
"Beautiful, beautiful! Ah Cai, I didn't expect you to have such good taste!"
Fu Wan gave him a thumbs up, and Ah Cai scratched his head, but he was secretly overjoyed.
Last night, he happened to hear on the radio about the scene of raising the red flag in Beijing, so when he was choosing a flag just now, he suddenly remembered this and that's why he specially chose this flag.
"I'll stick it in now, and it'll look beautiful when the sea breeze blows it out to sea!"
Ah Cai hummed a song, picked up the red flag, and headed to find a place to plant it. Fu Wan looked around at the speedboats that were all preparing to go out to sea, and suddenly realized something.
She doesn't even know the rules of the game yet!
She hadn't been paying attention to those high-ranking officials who were just chattering away and exchanging pleasantries; she was too busy looking at the speedboat and the people on the dock!
It's no exaggeration to say that there were so many people at Queen's Pier today that even the seagulls didn't dare to approach. Fu Wan really suspected that the entire port city was watching them go out to sea to fish!
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