Old Zhang chuckled, "He really knows how to advertise, but can he make those small fiberglass speedboats?"
Han Yu explained, "He can’t make them, but he can go into a joint venture. The cooperative manufacturer is also from Linghai, just opened a new fiberglass boat factory. The owner of the boat factory is both his friend and now his business partner. The kind of fiberglass speedboats they make can fit two in the small berths behind our dunship."
"How fast are the fiberglass speedboats?"
"Very fast. They use imported gasoline engines, ranging from fifty to two hundred horsepower, which are much faster than our 002, but they’re not of much use to us."
"Afraid of wind and waves?"
"The hull isn’t sturdy, it can’t withstand collisions, and the propellers easily get tangled in fishing nets. On a calm sea or a lake for tourism, they’re nice to drive, but here, they’re not very practical."
Old Zhang knew Little Salted Fish wouldn’t mention this for no reason and asked curiously, "Did Boss Wu ever talk to you about something?"
Once the matter came up, Han Yu felt a bit upset and muttered, "Not with me, but with Sister Xiang Ning."
"What did he tell your cousin sister?"
"He and his joint venture partner wanted to sponsor a fiberglass speedboat to the Port Supervision Bureau. They wanted to use this as a way to build a good relationship with the Port Supervision Bureau and also to open up the market, considering that not many entities can afford speedboats."
"They are quite good at doing business."
Han Yu looked back again, feeling disgruntled, "But by doing this, they’re kind of burning their bridges after crossing. Without us, how could he get a chance to connect with the Port Supervision Bureau, let alone use our dunships and law enforcement rescue boats for advertising and treat our dunships and law enforcement rescue boats as their showcase projects!"
Although those small speedboats aren’t very useful for Yanjiang Police Station, the fact that Boss Wu and his partner offered the speedboats to someone else instead of Yanjiang Police Station did seem quite inappropriate, no wonder Little Salted Fish was upset.
Old Zhang looked at him with a smile and asked, "Did you tell him off?"
The wind was strong on the river, hurting the face as if cut by a knife.
Han Yu pulled up his coat collar and said in a low voice, "I didn’t put it that bluntly. I told him that Director Yu has already stationed here and that we will soon host an on-site meeting of all water public security management departments within the Binjiang Police System on our dunship. Since we have water equipment, others will definitely want to board too."
"Are they interested?"
"If several district county police departments want to come aboard, that’s a big deal, they’re definitely interested. As a result, they acted like burning bridges again. Yesterday afternoon, he came scurrying to Director Yu with his partner, planning to sponsor a speedboat to the Water Police Station."
"Does Director Yu want it?"
"Who refuses things given for free? Director Yu was very happy, bragged a lot with them, and urged them to deliver the speedboat quickly for a trial run and use. If the quality is fine, the Water Police Department and Water Police Division will purchase more and promote them aggressively. He even offered to invite them to our inauguration and ribbon-cutting ceremony and introduce them to the leaders of Customs and Binjiang Port Police Station."
One who stays near vermilion gets stained pink; one who stays near ink gets stained black.
The child is becoming more and more like Xu Sanye, even learning to "extort and blackmail" in various ways, having evolved from Little Salted Fish to a small wild fish.
It’s just that he hasn’t fully grasped it yet, his "extortion and blackmail" skills are not deep enough, and his first attempt at "extortion and blackmail" failed.
Old Zhang thought the more amused, patted him on the shoulder, "Boss Wu is indeed somewhat opportunistic, but he’s in business, business has its own rules. Besides, sponsoring the Water Police Division is essentially sponsoring us, neither Director Yu nor Chen Zikun are going to pilot the boat; even if they could, they wouldn’t find a place to dock."
"Did Boss Wu and his partner mention when they’ll deliver the fiberglass speedboat?"
"They are working overtime to produce it. Judging by their tone, they seem to plan to sponsor before our inauguration and ribbon-cutting ceremony, or else the leaders of the Port Supervision Bureau, Customs, and Binjiang Port Police Station won’t see it."
"Did your cousin sister say whether their Port Supervision Bureau wants it?"
"Who would refuse a free speedboat, but she said if it’s really delivered, their bureau will arrange for someone to drive it away. They oversee such a long stretch of water and are short of boats compared to us."
"Does Director Xu know about this?"
"I wanted to report it, but I haven’t been able to see him. Uncle Zhang, what on earth are Director Xu and Commander Li busy with these days?"
In order to combat the local ruffians who bully and terrorize in Linghai, the bureau has specially set up a special task force.
Including Xu Sanye and Li Weiguo, a total of nine officers are currently busy conducting secret investigations, discreetly finding victims to take evidence from, and are strictly keeping it confidential.
Old Zhang wasn’t worried about Little Salted Fish leaking any information, but considering the importance of the law enforcement rescue boat team’s work, he didn’t want him to be distracted, so he casually said, "The new year is coming soon, there are many meetings, and a lot of assessments too."