Wu An simply got off the boat and poured himself a cup of tea.
He guessed that more calls would come in later.
Why are you still sleeping?
After chatting with A Jin and hanging up, I played on my phone for a while when Yu Kailang called.
"Ah An, are you asleep?"
"No, I'm just on my phone." Wu An paused, then asked knowingly, "Is there something you need for this call at this hour?"
Yu Kailang hesitated for a moment before saying, "There is indeed something."
I think I should tell you.
"Gu Jianfa just came to report that someone hired someone to beat him up. He was bruised and swollen, and he was indeed beaten quite badly. But don't worry too much. I checked him, and apart from the flesh wounds, he's not seriously injured."
Wu An exclaimed in surprise, "Such a thing actually happened!"
"He's just a gambler, who would go to such lengths to deal with him?"
Yu Kailang lowered his voice: "We're still investigating. Our initial suspicion is that it's Boss Chen from Shangwan Village."
Wu An's tone was even more surprised: "Him?"
"Why is he causing trouble for Gu Jianfa?"
"I do have some conflicts with Boss Chen, but it's impossible that Boss Chen is causing trouble for Gu Jianfa to get revenge on me, right?"
Yu Kailang said, "No."
"It might be related to Chen Baosheng. We'll have to wait until we arrest him and question him to confirm."
Wu An kept asking questions.
He acted as if he knew nothing, was completely ignorant, and was shocked by any news he heard.
Anyway, he thinks his acting skills are pretty good.
He told Yu Kailang not to take special care of Gu Jianfa, as Gu Jianfa had a bad relationship with his family and an even worse relationship with Gu Anran. As for his uncle, he was only nominally his uncle.
Upon hearing this, Yu Kailang understood the situation.
He didn't continue the topic, but said, "By the way, the silver pomfret you had someone send today, I distributed it at the station, and everyone was very happy. Thank you, you've been so kind to me, I'm really indebted to you."
Wu An smiled and said, "Don't mention it."
"It's not worth much money."
"There are plenty of them in the sea. For me, the cost was just putting in some effort."
Yu Kailang nodded, then added, "By the way, you often go out to sea to fish, and I heard you're quite lucky. The city is about to hold some kind of sea fishing competition, hosted by our city's fishing association and the Municipal Political Consultative Conference Office. They've asked our station to send some police officers to assist. I checked, and the first prize is 100,000 yuan. You can check it out if you have time."
Wu An responded.
He knew about this sea fishing competition; it was held every year and was considered one of the larger fishing events in their area. It was expected to have a significant impact in the future, attracting anglers from all over the country to participate.
If he were to participate, he would definitely aim for first place.
Playing the game and getting a 100,000 yuan bonus is really great.
After chatting for a while, Wu An also drank half a pot of tea after hanging up the phone.
Let's check the time again.
It was already around 11 p.m.
I went outside to pee, and then I heard my phone ringing again inside.
I took it out and looked at it.
It was Mei Wu who called.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Chen Shui came to my house and said he couldn't help, so he told me to go to the factory to resign."
"Okay, I'll go when I have time later."
"That's it?"
"Remember to spread this word. When the time comes, all of Chen Shui's hypocritical words will become 'knives' that the villagers use to stab him in the back."
"OK."
"Get some rest, you'll be busy early tomorrow morning."
"Okay, by the way, my older brother's shop is finished with renovations and will be opening soon. He'd like you to come and take a look and give him some pointers."
"No problem."
Although he didn't help much with the fast food restaurant, he still had some shares in it and could receive dividends every year. If Mei Wen did a good job, the annual dividends should be quite substantial.
If you're getting paid, it wouldn't be right not to do some work.
After hanging up the phone, Wu An looked at the message from Mai Hangyu. He would send project progress updates almost every two or three days. Wu An told him not to, but Mai Hangyu still did as he pleased.
That's fine too.
He would check on it whenever he had free time to keep track of the project's progress.
Mai Hangyu sent a message saying that Deputy Mayor Xi came to the village to inspect the project and was very optimistic about it. He said that cultural tourism is one of the key development areas for our town in the future, and told us to do a good job and to let him know if we have any difficulties.
Wu An thought for a moment and then called Mai Hangyu: "Have you told your superiors about any difficulties you're facing?"
Mai Hangyu said, "I originally wanted to talk about interest-free loans, but my grandfather stopped me."
Wu An said, "Have you figured out why your grandfather stopped you?"
"Brother An, you called about this..." Mai Hangyu thought for a moment and said, "Is it because what the leader said was just for show?"
Wu An said, "If it's just superficial, it's fine. But if Mayor Xi takes it seriously, it will be a problem."
Why?
"Think about it... who refused the interest-free loan?"
"It's Qi... Oh, I see. Leader Xi is not as good as Qi. If things get investigated, it will be difficult for Leader Xi to be in a better position."
"Hmm... to be honest, it's not that much of a difference now, so let's try not to cause any more trouble for the boss."
Mai Hangyu nodded, a little embarrassed, and said, "Now that you mention it, I understand. I even had a little argument with my grandpa back then. I'll have to coax him tomorrow, hehe."
We chatted for a few minutes, and it wasn't long before midnight.
After the system's luck value refreshed, Wu An took a look.
Luck value: 606 (505)
So tall?
It seems the system is planning to make a big splash when the weather is bad.
Silent your phone.
Set the alarm.
I lay down, tucked the blanket between my legs, and quickly fell asleep.
...
The next morning.
Four o'clock in the morning.
It was still dark.
Arriving at the dock, Ah Qing had returned by boat after selling the catch the day before. Ah Qing and Mei Wu had been busy lately, learning to drive the boat whenever they had a spare moment.
The technology isn't exactly advanced, but at least the ship can sail.
While eating breakfast, we greeted familiar faces as we passed by. Everyone was talking about the weather, saying that there wouldn't be many good days left. Once on the boat, Old Fu also said that he estimated there would only be one day of good weather.
Wu An estimated that it should be enough.
With a clear objective, we headed straight for the target sea area.
The trip took nearly three hours, and it's estimated that among all the fishing boats in the town of similar size, only they would venture that far.
Old Fu steers the boat.
Wu An and the other two fiddled with the blower. Each of them tried to put on the equipment. It was actually quite simple. Once they put on the equipment masks, the blower would transmit oxygen through the pipes.
You can breathe normally inside the mask.
Old Fu said that most fishermen who hunt and fish are like that.
After fiddling with it several times, everyone was exhausted and covered in sweat. Old Fu told them to rest, so they wouldn't be too tired now and wouldn't have the strength to do any work later.
Anyway, we have a whole day today, so we can practice when we get there.
Nobody listened to them.
The thought of the millions or even tens of millions of dollars worth of ambergris waiting for them in the sea made everyone excited and they all shouted with excitement.
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