Xiang Yang could not help but smile bitterly, "Barnacle, didn't I give you the fish and three big yellow croakers? And I don't believe that Mr. Zhang will not give you some big lobsters when you go back. How can you go back empty-handed when you have so much? Brother Li, your hands are really big."
Li Chao's face was not very good. Although the barnacles and three large yellow croakers were precious, what he wanted more were the Jingxiu lobster and the humphead wrasse.
He stopped calling Xiang Yang "Brother". "Boss Xiang, you didn't do a good job this time. We have cooperated many times before. You told me that you had the goods but you gave the order to someone else without informing me. Tell me if this is justified."
Xiang Yang was stunned. "So this is what you are angry about, Brother Li. I did sell a Jingxiu lobster to someone else, but that person was a crew member on my own ship. As for the two humphead wrasses and the other Splendid lobster, I still have them."
"It's still in your hands? Then why can't you sell it to me? Do you think the price I offer you is not high enough? That's not right. You haven't even listened to the price I offer you!" Li Chao's face suddenly showed a smile again.
Xiang Yang thought about it carefully and felt that there was nothing worth keeping secret about selling ornamental fish, so he said, "Brother Li, you must have seen the list. In addition to the normal catch, I also caught Christmas tree worms and butterfly fish. These things are not edible. I will definitely sell them as ornamental fish. I have discussed it with my uncle. I will go to Longcheng Ornamental Fish Exhibition City to rent an exhibition stand tomorrow. Without Splendid Lobsters and Napoleon Wrasse to attract customers, you can't let me just display a few worms and a group of palm-sized fish to attract customers, right?"
"What?"
"What did you say?"
"Ornamental fish exhibition city?"
"You are quite ambitious!"
Zhang Qicheng said, "Brother Xiang, this ornamental fish exhibition city is different from the ornamental fish market. If you set up a stall in the ornamental fish market, you can only make a few hundred yuan a day at most. If you rent a booth in the ornamental fish exhibition city, the worst is several thousand yuan a day. The more expensive part is the labor cost, and there is no upper limit on the price."
Xiang Yang knew this. The booths in the ornamental fish exhibition city were like those in car shows. Even the lowest-level booths would be equipped with one or two models, and those one or two models also served as shopping guides.
These models are mandatory requirements for the ornamental fish exhibition city management when renting a booth. They are the only ornamental fish exhibition city in Longcheng City and also one of the top ornamental fish exhibition cities in the whole Guangdong Province. They cannot lose in momentum.
Some of the better booths were even designed to look like game launches or new car launches, and even had cosplay performances.
"Brother Xiang, listen to me. If you sell the humphead wrasse and Jingxiu lobster to me, I will trade with you at the price of ornamental fish. The price is definitely not lower than what you can sell at the ornamental fish exhibition city. As for the butterfly fish and Christmas tree worms, you can just arrange two crew members to rent a stall at the ornamental fish market for a few dozen yuan and sell them. It's really not worth it to go to the exhibition city."
Zhang Qicheng also said: "People who go to the Ornamental Fish Exhibition City are usually those who specialize in ornamental fish and those who want to fry ornamental fish. It's really not suitable for us to go. Although the exhibition fee is nothing to you, brother, your money is not blown by the wind. It's really not worth spending money to make a name for yourself."
"Brother Xiang, please think about it and think twice before you act!"
Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao both felt that it was not worth it for Xiang Yang to do this. If they sold the Jingxiu lobster and grouper to Li Chao, Li Chao would definitely not let Xiang Yang suffer a loss in terms of price. After selling the Jingxiu lobster and grouper, Xiang Yang would only have butterfly fish and Christmas tree worms left. These things were not particularly valuable ornamental fish, so why did he treat them as if he had got a big red dragon
Xiang Yang had his own thoughts. With the mysterious jade shell, he had a very high chance of catching particularly valuable ornamental fish in the future. He couldn't just focus on the present, but should look further ahead. If it was really just these few ornamental fish, Xiang Yang wouldn't even bother to go to the ornamental fish market. The time wasted on this small profit was not enough for him to go to the sea to catch another net. But then again, if Xiang Yang really caught particularly valuable ornamental fish in the future but had no place to sell them, the loss would be huge.
Plan ahead.
What needs to be prepared must be prepared!
What needs to be done must be done!
Compared with the considerable profits after opening up the market, the booth fees are just a drop in the bucket.
Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao tried to persuade Xiang Yang again, but Xiang Yang remained unmoved.
Li Chao smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Xiang, I think you are really good!"
Xiang Yang played dumb, "Ah? What's wrong with me?"
Li Chao said helplessly, "I see you are determined to go to the Ornamental Fish Exhibition City. However, the ornamental fish in the Ornamental Fish Exhibition City are dragon fish worth millions, koi worth hundreds of thousands, and the worst are seven-color fairy fish that are artificially bred at your level. You can liven up the scene with a Jingxiu lobster and two humphead wrasses, but it seems out of place. The fish there are so beautiful."
Xiang Yang was actually quite helpless. The quality of the Humphead wrasse and Jingxiu lobster had indeed improved and reached the threshold to enter the ornamental fish exhibition city, but in terms of appearance, they could not compare with ornamental fish such as the Big Red Dragon and Meng Jian Ni.
"Brother Li, do you have any good ideas?"
Li Chao said, "I owe you this. I also like ornamental fish, although it's just my hobby, but I have collected some treasures, even a big red dragon. You sell me the two humphead wrasses and the splendid lobster. When you go to Longcheng, come to my place. If you like any of my ornamental fish, I will lend it to you and let you use it as a treasure. What do you think? Am I a loyal brother?"
Just lend it to me
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "If it's not the best quality Big Red Dragon, I should still be able to afford it with my current wealth." There seemed to be something else in his words.
Zhang Qicheng uttered a "hmm".
Li Chao immediately turned hostile and said, "No, that's my Li family's Feng Shui fish. I won't sell it no matter how much money you offer."
Xiang Yang didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in this statement.
However, Xiang Yang had not originally planned to buy Li Chao's red dragon, but he was indeed tempted by Li Chao's proposal.
Li Chao thought for a moment and said to Li Chao, "Brother Chao, show me my brocade dragon first."
"Okay." Li Chao agreed immediately.
There is nothing special about the humphead wrasse. The price of that thing is purely based on its size, not its appearance. On the other hand, the price of the Splendid lobster varies greatly due to the slightest difference in its size, the length of its whiskers, and the pattern on its back.
Xiang Yang quickly took Li Chao to a water tank on the deck near the cabin.
Xiang Yang pointed at the water tank and motioned Li Chao to look for himself.
Li Chao quickly leaned over to the side of the water tank and took a closer look.
Zhang Qicheng quickly rolled up his sleeves and fished the spotted lobster out of the water.