Chapter 464: Hou Liangping's Catty

"General Manager Zhang, General Manager Qian, why have you come?" Gao Qiqiang quickly saw Zhang Ping'an and the other person approaching.

"Not bad, not bad."

When Zhang Ping'an had previously considered investing, he had someone inquire about which sea area was most suitable for contracting, and Gao Family Village was among them.

Gao Family Village is a rare treasure of a place, backed by mountains and facing the sea; the sea area here is almost calm all year round, making it very suitable for aquaculture development.

"Little Gao, you have a good eye; this place is very good."

"Hehe, General Manager Zhang, I only confirmed this place after scouting for more than half a month."

It must be said that Gao Qiqiang has indeed formed an indissoluble bond with fish, from his initial fish stall to his current business of delivering fish everywhere;

from his initial family workshop to his current company of dozens of people, Gao Qiqiang is no longer that fishmonger, but has become General Manager Gao, Qiang Ge.

Now, in Gao Family Village, he certainly still needs to recruit people to be responsible for the aquaculture side, and he even has to buy two or three boats to be responsible for transport.

Gao Qiqiang mainly wants to farm Big Yellow Fish, using nets in the near-shore waters to simulate a semi-wild environment; although this is not as good as purely wild ones, it is still higher than the general market price.

His current contracting investment is already stretching his funds thin, and the subsequent expenses for boats, feed, and labor costs are all significant.

"Hehe, General Manager Zhang, are you interested in taking a share?"

Gao Qiqiang holds Zhang Ping'an, his "benefactor," in high regard. It would be best if he could pull him into the partnership; firstly, his own funds are indeed insufficient, and secondly, he wants to repay Zhang Ping'an.

Although Zhang Ping'an might not care for these small sums, it is at least a gesture of his sincerity.

He has investigated the market for Big Yellow Fish; it was overfished more than a decade ago, and now there are very few wild Big Yellow Fish on the market. They could recoup their investment in at most two or three years, and the rest would be pure profit.

"Oh? Is money tight? I can lend you some."

Zhang Ping'an did not intend to intervene in the sea farming, nor did he want to steal business from Gao Qiqiang.

"Partly that, and partly..."

"Fine, I understand what you mean."

Zhang Ping'an also had to admire Gao Qiqiang's vision; Big Yellow Fish indeed offer a relatively quick return on investment. He really hadn't wasted his time reading those military strategy books.

"Good, then let's discuss the share distribution. It just so happens that I have a batch of Big Yellow Fish fry to deal with; they are all old wild breeds."

"That would be wonderful."

Gao Qiqiang had already inquired; there are many Big Yellow Fish farming bases, mainly concentrated in the Ningde and Zhoushan areas. If Zhang Ping'an has fry, then he won't need to make that long trip.

"Haha, then let's just do it all at once and expand the scale of the farming. I will buy them all at full price when the time comes."

The existing aquatic section of Oriental Supermarket is mainly focused on river products, with a small amount of seafood, which is imported at high prices and is not cost-effective at all.

Once this step of Big Yellow Fish farming is successful, other fish species can be added step by step, and Oriental Supermarket will no longer lack seafood.

Afterwards, the Jinghai Group branch and Gao Qiqiang began discussing the issue of share distribution, eventually ending in a fifty-fifty split, though the Oriental Group had to pay more in the early stages.

Zhang Ping'an stayed here for another half a month, just watching the farming base take shape bit by bit, and inadvertently learned about the situation of the Gao sisters.

The Gao sisters have an uncle-in-law, and that uncle-in-law has a son-in-law from Yantai named Hou Hai. Zhang Ping'an felt the name was strange when he heard it at the time.

After some deliberate inquiries, Zhang Ping'an felt even stranger in his heart; how could the image of that son-in-law named Hou Hai look so much like Hou Liangping?

That's not right either; if he remembered correctly, Hou Liangping should be married to Liang Lu in Jingzhou now, so how could he have a wife in Jinghai? Could it be that he and Liang Lu have already broken up? Zhang Ping'an was completely puzzled.

"Sister, do you think we will still go to Yantai in the future?"

Gao Xiaofeng looked at the changes in the village over the past two months; the original dirt road had turned into a straight concrete road, and three fishing boats over ten meters long were docked at the coast;

the company's storefront, which had originally looked a bit shabby, had now become grand, and three refrigerated trucks were parked in the courtyard, not at all inferior to the Jingzhou that Yuan Mengyun spoke of.

"Let's wait and see. In any case, let's not fall behind on our book learning. If we can really be put to good use here, then whether we go to Yantai or not won't be important."

"Mm, okay."

The villagers of Gao Family Village, like Gao Xiaofeng, were all overjoyed to see the changes in the village, especially the older generation, who had walked on dirt roads their whole lives and were most moved by the sudden appearance of the wide concrete road.

In order to resolve the doubts in his heart, Zhang Ping'an intentionally or unintentionally asked the Gao sisters at the current office location.

"Xiaoqin, where did you get all these books? Why did you think of studying management books?"

"General Manager Zhang, these were all sent by my brother-in-law from Jingzhou. Oh, my brother-in-law is Hou Hai, he is the son-in-law of my uncle-in-law's family."

"He said that when we come of age, he will arrange for me and my sister to go to Jingzhou to work there."

Through these two months of getting along, they also understood Zhang Ping'an; he was not high and mighty like other bosses, but rather approachable like an uncle next door, so they did not guard against Zhang Ping'an, and these were not secrets anyway.

"Oh? Your brother-in-law is quite farsighted. Studying management in advance—is he a boss who started his own company?"

"No, no, he seems to be a Cadre. He said his whole family works in a government unit; I don't know the specifics."

"Oh? Then it seems your brother-in-law is preparing to leave his post and go into business."

"Maybe?"

The two of them didn't know Hou Liangping's thoughts either; at the time, they were just too excited because of Hou Liangping's promise.

Zhang Ping'an couldn't figure out what Hou Liangping wanted to do now, but as long as he returned to Jingzhou, everything would come to light.

With Gao Qiqiang in charge of everything here, Zhang Ping'an didn't intend to stay any longer; he would just come back when he needed fish fry.

Unexpectedly, before Zhang Ping'an could leave Gao Family Village, he encountered Hou Liangping's family of three arriving at Gao Family Village.

The moment the two made eye contact, Hou Liangping's heart skipped a beat; he and Zhang Ping'an had met at Qi Tongwei's wedding banquet.

Hou Liangping forced a smile at the corner of his mouth and spoke first:

"General Manager Zhang, I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Hehe, it's Little Hou, what a coincidence."

"Xiao Yun, you take the child and Xiaoqin and the others home first; I'll chat with General Manager Zhang."

"Mm, okay." The woman with big wavy hair looked at Hou Liangping with a hint of worry, but still left tactfully.

In fact, Zhang Ping'an didn't care what Hou Liangping did; he was just purely curious about how he dared to openly have children under Liang Lu's nose.

One must know that in the original drama, Qi Tongwei only dared to show his hand to Liang Lu after his own wings had grown strong, he was on good terms with Zhao Ruilong, and Liang Qunfeng had retired to the second line.

Is the current Hou Liangping still just a Section Member? Could it be that he has found a new backer? But in Handong, there are only two or three people who can wrestle with Liang Qunfeng, and none of them are likely to be Hou Liangping's backer.

"General Manager Zhang, this matter..." Hou Liangping deliberated for a long time before continuing to speak.

"General Manager Zhang, this matter is somewhat complicated..."

Hou Liangping steeled his heart and recounted the entire sequence of events from beginning to end; he was gambling that Zhang Ping'an would not report him, for after all, the Liang Family had a hand in the matter of Qi Tongwei, and it was impossible for them to be friends.

"You are certainly direct; aren't you afraid I'll tell Liang Qunfeng?"